Agni Purana — Chapter 188

AgP 188.1

:ए इत्य् आग्न्येये महापुराणे एकादशीव्रतं नाम सप्ताशीत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१८८} :श् अथाष्टाशीत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः द्वादशीव्रतानि अग्निर् उवाच द्वादशीव्रतकं वक्ष्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकं एकभक्तेन भक्तेन तथैवायाचितेन च

:e ity āgnyeye mahāpurāṇe ekādaśīvrataṃ nāma saptāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {188} :ś athāṣṭāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dvādaśīvratāni agnir uvāca dvādaśīvratakaṃ vakṣye bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ ekabhaktena bhaktena tathaivāyācitena ca

[Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred eighty-seventh chapter, called "The Vow of the Eleventh Day." Chapter 188. Now the one hundred eighty-eighth chapter: the vows of the twelfth day.] Agni said: I shall declare the vow of the twelfth day, which bestows enjoyment and liberation: with a single meal of cooked food, and likewise with unsolicited food,

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AgP 188.2

उपवासेन भैक्ष्येण चैवं द्वादशिकव्रती चैत्रे मासि सिते पक्षे द्वादश्यां मदनं हरिं

upavāsena bhaikṣyeṇa caivaṃ dvādaśikavratī caitre māsi site pakṣe dvādaśyāṃ madanaṃ hariṃ

— by fasting and by eating only alms — thus (is) the observer of the twelfth-day vow. In the month of Caitra, in the bright fortnight, on the twelfth, (one should worship) Hari as Madana (the god of love),

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AgP 188.3

पूजयेद्भुक्तिमुक्त्यर्थी(४) मदनद्वादशईव्रती माघशुक्ले तु द्वादश्यां भीमद्वादशिकव्रती

pūjayedbhuktimuktyarthī(4) madanadvādaśaīvratī māghaśukle tu dvādaśyāṃ bhīmadvādaśikavratī

the observer of the Madana-dvādaśī vow should worship (him), seeking enjoyment and liberation. But on the twelfth of the bright half of Māgha, (there is) the observer of the Bhīma-dvādaśī vow.

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AgP 188.4

नमो नारायणायेति यजेद्विष्णुं स सर्वभाक् फाल्गुने च सिते पक्षे गोविन्दद्वादशीव्रती

namo nārāyaṇāyeti yajedviṣṇuṃ sa sarvabhāk phālgune ca site pakṣe govindadvādaśīvratī

(Saying) "Homage to Nārāyaṇa," he should worship Viṣṇu; he becomes one who partakes of everything. And in the bright fortnight of Phālguna (there is) the observer of the Govinda-dvādaśī vow.

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AgP 188.5

विशोकद्वादशीकारी यजेदाश्वयुजे हरिं लवणं मार्गशीर्षे तु कृष्णमभ्यर्च्य यो नरः

viśokadvādaśīkārī yajedāśvayuje hariṃ lavaṇaṃ mārgaśīrṣe tu kṛṣṇamabhyarcya yo naraḥ

The performer of the Viśoka-dvādaśī should worship Hari in (the month of) Āśvayuja; and the man who, in Mārgaśīrṣa, having worshipped Kṛṣṇa, (gives) salt

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AgP 188.6

ददाति शुक्लद्वादश्यां स सर्वरसदायकः :न् १ कीटिकोटिगुणोत्तमेति ख॥ २ एकादश्यामृषिं पूज्येति ख॥ , छ॥ च । एकदश्यामृषिपूजेति ङ॥ ३ कार्या सर्वाघहारिणीति झ॥ , ञ॥ च ४ भुक्तिमुक्त्यर्थमिति छ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् २१७ गोवत्सं पूजयेद् भाद्रे गोवत्सद्वादशीव्रती

dadāti śukladvādaśyāṃ sa sarvarasadāyakaḥ :n 1 kīṭikoṭiguṇottameti kha.. 2 ekādaśyāmṛṣiṃ pūjyeti kha.. , cha.. ca / ekadaśyāmṛṣipūjeti ṅa.. 3 kāryā sarvāghahāriṇīti jha.. , ña.. ca 4 bhuktimuktyarthamiti cha.. , ña.. ca :p 217 govatsaṃ pūjayed bhādre govatsadvādaśīvratī

on the bright twelfth, he becomes a giver of all savours. [Notes: 1 'kīṭikoṭiguṇottama' in ms. kha; 2 'ekādaśyām ṛṣiṃ pūjya' in kha and cha, 'ekadaśyām ṛṣipūjā' in ṅa; 3 'kāryā sarvāghahāriṇī' in jha and ña; 4 'bhuktimuktyartham' in cha and ña.] The observer of the Govatsa-dvādaśī vow should worship the calf of a cow in Bhādra.

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AgP 188.7

माध्यान्तु समतीतायां श्रवणेन तु संयुता द्वादशी या भवेत् कृष्णा प्रोक्ता सा तिलद्वादशी

mādhyāntu samatītāyāṃ śravaṇena tu saṃyutā dvādaśī yā bhavet kṛṣṇā proktā sā tiladvādaśī

But when the (month) Māghī has fully passed, the twelfth that falls in the dark fortnight joined with (the asterism) Śravaṇa is declared to be the Tila-dvādaśī (sesame twelfth).

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AgP 188.8

तिलैः स्नानन्तिलैर् होमो नैवेद्यन्तिलमोदकं दीपश् च तिलतैलेन तथा देयं तिलोदकं

tilaiḥ snānantilair homo naivedyantilamodakaṃ dīpaś ca tilatailena tathā deyaṃ tilodakaṃ

Bathing (is to be done) with sesame, the fire-offering with sesame, the food-offering is a sesame sweet, the lamp too with sesame oil, and likewise sesame-water is to be given.

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AgP 188.9

तिलाश् च देया विप्रेभ्यः फलं होमोपवासतः ॐ नमो भगवते ऽथो वासुदेवाय वै यजेत्

tilāś ca deyā viprebhyaḥ phalaṃ homopavāsataḥ oṃ namo bhagavate 'tho vāsudevāya vai yajet

And sesame seeds are to be given to the brahmins; the fruit (comes) from the oblation and the fast. And then he should worship with "Oṃ, homage to the Lord, to Vāsudeva."

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AgP 188.10

सुकलः स्वर्गमाप्नोति षट्तिलद्वादशीव्रती मनोरथद्वादशीकृत् फाल्गुने तु सिते ऽर्चयेत्

sukalaḥ svargamāpnoti ṣaṭtiladvādaśīvratī manorathadvādaśīkṛt phālgune tu site 'rcayet

The observer of the six-sesame twelfth vow, having become skilled(?), attains heaven. The performer of the Manoratha-dvādaśī should worship in the bright (fortnight) of Phālguna.

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AgP 188.11

नामद्वादशीव्रतकृत् केशवाद्यैश् च नामभिः वर्षं यजेद्धरिं स्वर्गी न भवेन् नारकी नरः

nāmadvādaśīvratakṛt keśavādyaiś ca nāmabhiḥ varṣaṃ yajeddhariṃ svargī na bhaven nārakī naraḥ

The performer of the Nāma-dvādaśī vow should worship Hari for a year with the names beginning with Keśava; the man (thus) goes to heaven and does not become a dweller in hell.

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AgP 188.12

फाल्गुनस्य सिते ऽभ्यर्च्य सुमतिद्वादशीव्रती मासि भाद्रपदे शुक्ते अनन्तद्वादशीव्रती(१)

phālgunasya site 'bhyarcya sumatidvādaśīvratī māsi bhādrapade śukte anantadvādaśīvratī(1)

Having worshipped in the bright (fortnight) of Phālguna, (one becomes) an observer of the Sumati-dvādaśī vow; in the bright (fortnight) of the month Bhādrapada, an observer of the Ananta-dvādaśī vow.

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AgP 188.13

अश्लेषर्क्षे तु मूले वा(२) माघे कृष्णाय वै नमः यजेत्तिलांश् च जुहुयात्तिलद्वादशीकृन्नरः

aśleṣarkṣe tu mūle vā(2) māghe kṛṣṇāya vai namaḥ yajettilāṃś ca juhuyāttiladvādaśīkṛnnaraḥ

But under the asterism Aśleṣā or Mūla, in Māgha, the man performing the Tila-dvādaśī should worship with "Homage indeed to Kṛṣṇa" and should offer sesame seeds in the fire.

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AgP 188.14

सुगतिद्वादशीकारी फाल्गुने तु सिते यजेत् जय कृष्ण नमस्तुभ्यं वर्षं स्याद् भुक्तिमुक्तिगः(३)

sugatidvādaśīkārī phālgune tu site yajet jaya kṛṣṇa namastubhyaṃ varṣaṃ syād bhuktimuktigaḥ(3)

The performer of the Sugati-dvādaśī should worship in the bright (fortnight) of Phālguna (with) "Victory to you, Kṛṣṇa, homage to you"; (doing this) for a year, he attains enjoyment and liberation.

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AgP 188.15

पौषशुक्ले तु द्वादश्यां सम्प्राप्तिद्वादशीव्रती

pauṣaśukle tu dvādaśyāṃ samprāptidvādaśīvratī

But on the twelfth of the bright half of Pauṣa, (there is) the observer of the Samprāpti-dvādaśī vow.

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