Agni Purana — Chapter 192

AgP 192.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे त्रयोदशी व्रतानि नामैकनवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१९२} :श् अथ द्विनवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः चतुर्दशीव्रतानि अग्निर् उवाच व्रतं वक्ष्ये चतुर्दश्यां भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकं(१) कार्त्तिके तु चतुर्दश्यां निराहारो यजेच्छिवम्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe trayodaśī vratāni nāmaikanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {192} :ś atha dvinavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ caturdaśīvratāni agnir uvāca vrataṃ vakṣye caturdaśyāṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ(1) kārttike tu caturdaśyāṃ nirāhāro yajecchivam

[Thus ends chapter 191, named 'The Trayodaśī Vows', in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 192: Now the one hundred ninety-second chapter, 'The Caturdaśī Vows'.] Agni said: I shall declare the vow (to be performed) on the fourteenth, which bestows enjoyment and liberation. On the fourteenth in Kārttika, fasting, one should worship Śiva.

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AgP 192.2

वर्षभोगधनायुष्मान्(२) कुर्वन् शिवचतुर्दशीम् मार्गशीर्षे सिते ऽष्टाभ्यां तृतीयायां मुनिव्रतः

varṣabhogadhanāyuṣmān(2) kurvan śivacaturdaśīm mārgaśīrṣe site 'ṣṭābhyāṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ munivrataḥ

Performing the Śiva-caturdaśī, he becomes possessed of enjoyment, wealth and long life for a year. In Mārgaśīrṣa, in the bright (fortnight), on the eighth, (or) on the third, keeping the vow of a sage,

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AgP 192.3

:न् १ भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं शृणु इति ख॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ , झ॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च ।भुक्तिमुक्तिसुखप्रदमिति ङ॥ २ भोगबलायुष्मानिति ङ॥ :प् २२३ द्वादश्यां वा चतुर्दश्यां फलाहारो यजेत् सुरं(१) त्यक्त्वा फलानि दद्यात्तु कुर्वन् फलचतुर्दशीं

:n 1 bhuktimuktipradaṃ śṛṇu iti kha.. , gha.. , ja.. , jha.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca /bhuktimuktisukhapradamiti ṅa.. 2 bhogabalāyuṣmāniti ṅa.. :p 223 dvādaśyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ phalāhāro yajet suraṃ(1) tyaktvā phalāni dadyāttu kurvan phalacaturdaśīṃ

[Notes: 'bhuktimuktipradaṃ śṛṇu' in kha, gha, ja, jha, ña, ṭa; 'bhuktimuktisukhapradam' in ṅa; 'bhogabalāyuṣmān' in ṅa. Page 223.] On the twelfth or the fourteenth, eating fruit, he should worship the god; and having given up fruits, he should give them (away), performing the Phala-caturdaśī.

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AgP 192.4

चतुर्दश्यां मथाष्टम्यां पक्षयोःशुक्लकृष्णयोः अनश्नन् पूजयेच्छम्भुं स्वर्ग्युभयचतुर्दशीं

caturdaśyāṃ mathāṣṭamyāṃ pakṣayoḥśuklakṛṣṇayoḥ anaśnan pūjayecchambhuṃ svargyubhayacaturdaśīṃ

And on the fourteenth and the eighth of both fortnights, bright and dark, without eating he should worship Śambhu: the Ubhaya-caturdaśī, which leads to heaven.

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AgP 192.5

कृष्णाष्टम्यान्तु नक्तेन तथा कृष्णचतुर्दशीं इह भोगानवाप्नोति परत्र च शुभाङ्गतिं

kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāntu naktena tathā kṛṣṇacaturdaśīṃ iha bhogānavāpnoti paratra ca śubhāṅgatiṃ

And on the dark eighth, with a single night-meal, and likewise the dark fourteenth — (by this) he obtains enjoyments here, and in the next world a good course.

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AgP 192.6

कार्तिके च चतुर्दश्यां कृष्णायां स्नानकृत् सुखी आराधिते महेन्द्रे तु ध्वजाकारासु यष्टिषु(२)

kārtike ca caturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ snānakṛt sukhī ārādhite mahendre tu dhvajākārāsu yaṣṭiṣu(2)

And in Kārttika, on the fourteenth of the dark (fortnight), one who performs the bath becomes happy. When great Indra has been propitiated in the form of banner-shaped poles,

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AgP 192.7

ततः शुक्लचतुर्दश्यामनन्तं पूजयेद्धरिं कृत्वादर्भमयं चैव वारिधानी समन्वितं

tataḥ śuklacaturdaśyāmanantaṃ pūjayeddhariṃ kṛtvādarbhamayaṃ caiva vāridhānī samanvitaṃ

then, on the bright fourteenth, one should worship Ananta, (that is) Hari, having made (an image) of darbha grass provided with a water-vessel.

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AgP 192.8

शालिप्रस्थस्य पिष्टस्य पूपनाम्नः कृतस्य च अर्धं विप्राय दातव्यमर्धमात्मनि योजयेत्(३)

śāliprasthasya piṣṭasya pūpanāmnaḥ kṛtasya ca ardhaṃ viprāya dātavyamardhamātmani yojayet(3)

Of a prastha of rice ground (into flour) and made into what is called a cake, half is to be given to a brahmin, and half he should apply to himself.

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AgP 192.9

कर्तव्यं सरितां चान्ते कथां कृत्वा(४) हरेरिति अनन्तसंसारमहासमुद्रे मग्नान् समभ्युद्धर वासुदेव

kartavyaṃ saritāṃ cānte kathāṃ kṛtvā(4) hareriti anantasaṃsāramahāsamudre magnān samabhyuddhara vāsudeva

And it is to be performed at the end of (i.e. on the bank of) rivers, having recited the story of Hari thus: "In the great ocean of endless transmigration, raise up those who are sunk, Vāsudeva!"

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AgP 192.10

अनन्तरूपे विनियोजयस्व अनन्तरूपाय नमो नमस्ते अनेन पूजयित्वाथ सूत्रं बद्धा तु मन्त्रितं

anantarūpe viniyojayasva anantarūpāya namo namaste anena pūjayitvātha sūtraṃ baddhā tu mantritaṃ

"Join (us) to the endless form; homage to the one of endless form, homage to you." Having worshipped with this (formula), he should then bind on the thread that has been consecrated with the mantra,

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AgP 192.11

स्वके करे वा कण्ठे वा त्वनन्तव्रतकृत् सुखी ॥११

svake kare vā kaṇṭhe vā tvanantavratakṛt sukhī //11

on his own arm or on his neck; and the performer of the Ananta vow becomes happy. (11)

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