Agni Purana — Chapter 189
AgP 189.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे नानाद्वादशीव्रतानि नामाष्टाशीत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ मनोरथद्वादशीत्यादिः, अनन्तद्वादशीव्रतीत्यन्तः पाठः घ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति २ आषाढर्क्षे तु मूले वा इति ख॥ , ग॥ , ज॥ , ट॥ च ३ वर्षे स्याद् भुक्तिमुक्तिद इति ग॥ , घ॥ च :प् २१८ छप्तेर् {१८९} :श् अथैकोननवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः श्रवणद्वादशीव्रतम् अग्निर् उवाच श्रवणादशीं वक्ष्ये मासि भाद्रपदे सिते श्रवणेन युता श्रेष्ठा(१) महती सा ह्य् उपोषिता
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe nānādvādaśīvratāni nāmāṣṭāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 manorathadvādaśītyādiḥ, anantadvādaśīvratītyantaḥ pāṭhaḥ gha.. pustake nāsti 2 āṣāḍharkṣe tu mūle vā iti kha.. , ga.. , ja.. , ṭa.. ca 3 varṣe syād bhuktimuktida iti ga.. , gha.. ca :p 218 chapter {189} :ś athaikonanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ śravaṇadvādaśīvratam agnir uvāca śravaṇādaśīṃ vakṣye māsi bhādrapade site śravaṇena yutā śreṣṭhā(1) mahatī sā hy upoṣitā
Thus (ends) the one hundred and eighty-eighth chapter, named "The Various Twelfth-day Vows," in the great Āgneya Purāṇa. [Notes: 1 the passage from 'manorathadvādaśī' to 'anantadvādaśīvratī' is absent in ms. gha; 2 'āṣāḍharkṣe tu mūle vā' in kha, ga, ja, ṭa; 3 'varṣe syād bhuktimuktida' in ga and gha.] Chapter 189: Now the one hundred and eighty-ninth chapter: the Śravaṇa-dvādaśī vow. Agni said: I shall tell the Śravaṇa-dvādaśī. In the bright (fortnight) of the month Bhādrapada, (the twelfth) joined with (the asterism) Śravaṇa is the best, and that one, when fasted upon, is great.
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AgP 189.2
सङ्गमे सरितां स्नानाच्छ्रवणद्वादशोफलं(२) बुधश्रवणसंयुक्ता दानादौ सुमहाफला
saṅgame saritāṃ snānācchravaṇadvādaśophalaṃ(2) budhaśravaṇasaṃyuktā dānādau sumahāphalā
By bathing at the confluence of rivers (one obtains) the fruit of the Śravaṇa-dvādaśī; (that twelfth) joined with a Wednesday and with Śravaṇa is of very great fruit for giving gifts and the rest.
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AgP 189.3
निषिद्धमपि कर्तव्यन्त्रयोदश्यान्तु पारणं द्वादृश्याञ्च निराहारो वामनं पूजयाम्यहं
niṣiddhamapi kartavyantrayodaśyāntu pāraṇaṃ dvādṛśyāñca nirāhāro vāmanaṃ pūjayāmyahaṃ
Even what is forbidden is to be done: but the breaking of the fast (is) on the thirteenth. And on the twelfth, without food, (one says:) "I worship Vāmana."
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AgP 189.4
उदकुम्भे स्वर्णमयन्त्रयोदश्यान्तु पारणं आवाहयाम्यहं विष्णुं वामनं शङ्खचक्रिणं
udakumbhe svarṇamayantrayodaśyāntu pāraṇaṃ āvāhayāmyahaṃ viṣṇuṃ vāmanaṃ śaṅkhacakriṇaṃ
In a water-pot (there is) a golden (image); the breaking of the fast is on the thirteenth. "I invoke Viṣṇu, Vāmana, bearer of conch and discus,
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AgP 189.5
सितवस्त्रयुगच्छन्ने घटे सच्छत्रपादुके स्नापयामि जलैः शुद्धैर् विष्णुं(३) पञ्चामृतादिभिः
sitavastrayugacchanne ghaṭe sacchatrapāduke snāpayāmi jalaiḥ śuddhair viṣṇuṃ(3) pañcāmṛtādibhiḥ
in the jar covered with a pair of white cloths, with a parasol and sandals; I bathe Viṣṇu with pure waters and with the five nectars and the rest,
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AgP 189.6
छत्रदण्डधरं विष्णुं वामनाय नमो नमः अर्घ्यं ददामि देवेश अर्घ्यार्हाद्यैः सदार्चितः(४)
chatradaṇḍadharaṃ viṣṇuṃ vāmanāya namo namaḥ arghyaṃ dadāmi deveśa arghyārhādyaiḥ sadārcitaḥ(4)
Viṣṇu bearing the parasol and the staff — homage, homage to Vāmana! I give the water-offering, O lord of gods; you are ever worshipped with the offering-water and the rest.
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AgP 189.7
भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रजाकीर्तिसर्वैश्वर्ययुतं कुरु वामनाय नमो गन्धं होमो ऽनेनाष्टकं शतं
bhuktimuktiprajākīrtisarvaiśvaryayutaṃ kuru vāmanāya namo gandhaṃ homo 'nenāṣṭakaṃ śataṃ
"Make (me) possessed of enjoyment, liberation, offspring, fame and every lordship; homage to Vāmana" — (with this he offers) the perfume. With this (mantra) the fire-offering is (made) eight or a hundred times.
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AgP 189.8
:न् १ श्रवणेन समायुक्तेति घ॥ २ द्वादशद्वादशीफलमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ञ॥ च ३ शुद्धैर् हरिमिति ग॥ , ट॥ च ४ मुदार्चित इति ग॥ :प् २१९ ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय शिरः सम्पूजयेद्धरेः श्रीधराय मुखं तद्वत् कण्ठे कृष्णाय वै नमः
:n 1 śravaṇena samāyukteti gha.. 2 dvādaśadvādaśīphalamiti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ña.. ca 3 śuddhair harimiti ga.. , ṭa.. ca 4 mudārcita iti ga.. :p 219 oṃ namo vāsudevāya śiraḥ sampūjayeddhareḥ śrīdharāya mukhaṃ tadvat kaṇṭhe kṛṣṇāya vai namaḥ
(Variant readings: gha reads "śravaṇena samāyuktā"; kha, ga, gha, ṅa, cha, ña read "dvādaśadvādaśīphalam"; ga and ṭa read "śuddhair harim"; ga reads "mudārcitaḥ".) [p. 219] With "Oṃ, homage to Vāsudeva" one should worship the head of Hari; likewise the face with "to Śrīdhara"; on the neck, "homage indeed to Kṛṣṇa."
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AgP 189.9
नमः श्रीपतये वक्षो भुजो सर्वास्त्रधारिणे व्यापकाय नमो नाभिं वामनाय नमः कटिं
namaḥ śrīpataye vakṣo bhujo sarvāstradhāriṇe vyāpakāya namo nābhiṃ vāmanāya namaḥ kaṭiṃ
"Homage to Śrīpati" — the chest; the arms with "to the bearer of all weapons"; "homage to the All-pervading" — the navel; "homage to Vāmana" — the hips.
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AgP 189.10
त्रैलोक्यजयकायेति(१) मेढ्रं जङ्घे यजेद्धरेः सर्वाधिपतये पादौ विष्णोः सर्वात्मने नमः
trailokyajayakāyeti(1) meḍhraṃ jaṅghe yajeddhareḥ sarvādhipataye pādau viṣṇoḥ sarvātmane namaḥ
With "to him whose body is the conquest of the three worlds" — the generative organ; he should worship the two shanks of Hari; the feet with "to the lord of all"; "homage to Viṣṇu, the self of all."
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AgP 189.11
घृतपक्वञ्च नैवेद्यन्दद्याद् दध्योदनैर् घटान् रात्रौ च जागरं कृत्वा प्रातः स्नात्वा च सङ्गमे
ghṛtapakvañca naivedyandadyād dadhyodanair ghaṭān rātrau ca jāgaraṃ kṛtvā prātaḥ snātvā ca saṅgame
And he should present as food-offering what is cooked in ghee, and jars (of food) together with curd-and-rice; and having kept the night-vigil at night, and having bathed in the morning at a river-confluence,
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AgP 189.12
गन्धपुष्पादिभिः पूज्य वदेत् पुष्पाञ्जलिस्त्विदं नमो नमस्ते गोविन्द बुधश्रवणसञ्ज्ञित
gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ pūjya vadet puṣpāñjalistvidaṃ namo namaste govinda budhaśravaṇasañjñita
having worshipped with perfumes, flowers and the rest, he should utter this handful-of-flowers (prayer): "Homage, homage to you, Govinda, named after the Wednesday-Śravaṇa (conjunction)."
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AgP 189.13
अघौघसङ्क्षयं कृत्वा सर्वसौख्यप्रदो भव प्रीयतान्देव देवेश मम नित्यञ्जनार्दन
aghaughasaṅkṣayaṃ kṛtvā sarvasaukhyaprado bhava prīyatāndeva deveśa mama nityañjanārdana
"Having destroyed the mass of (my) sins, become the giver of every happiness. May you be pleased with me always, O god, lord of gods, Janārdana.
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AgP 189.14
वामनो बुद्धिदो दाता द्रव्यस्थो वामनः स्वयं वामनः प्रतिगृह्णाति वामनो मे ददाति च
vāmano buddhido dātā dravyastho vāmanaḥ svayaṃ vāmanaḥ pratigṛhṇāti vāmano me dadāti ca
Vāmana is the giver of understanding, (he is) the donor; Vāmana himself abides in the gift-substance; Vāmana receives, and Vāmana gives to me.
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AgP 189.15
द्रव्यस्थो वामनो नित्यं वामनाय नमो नमः प्रदत्तदक्षिणो विप्रान् सम्भोज्यान्नं स्वयञ्चरेत्
dravyastho vāmano nityaṃ vāmanāya namo namaḥ pradattadakṣiṇo viprān sambhojyānnaṃ svayañcaret
Vāmana abides always in the substance; homage, homage to Vāmana!" Having given the priestly fee, he should feed the brahmins and then himself partake of the food.
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