Agni Purana — Chapter 193

AgP 193.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे नानाचतुर्दशीव्रतानि नाम द्विनवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ यजेत् स्वयमिति घ॥ २ वर्षं भोगधनायुष्मानित्यादिः ध्वजाकारासु यष्टिषु इत्य् अन्तः पाठः झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ३ भोजनमिति घ॥ , ङ॥ , ज॥ , झ॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च ४ कथां श्रुत्वेति झ॥ :प् २२४ छप्तेर् {१९३} :श् अथ त्रिनवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः शिवरात्रिव्रतम् अग्निर् उवाच शिवरात्रिव्रतं वक्ष्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं शृणु(१) माघफाल्गुनयोर्मध्ये कृष्णा या तु चतुर्दशी

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe nānācaturdaśīvratāni nāma dvinavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 yajet svayamiti gha.. 2 varṣaṃ bhogadhanāyuṣmānityādiḥ dhvajākārāsu yaṣṭiṣu ity antaḥ pāṭhaḥ jha.. pustake nāsti 3 bhojanamiti gha.. , ṅa.. , ja.. , jha.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca 4 kathāṃ śrutveti jha.. :p 224 chapter {193} :ś atha trinavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ śivarātrivratam agnir uvāca śivarātrivrataṃ vakṣye bhuktimuktipradaṃ śṛṇu(1) māghaphālgunayormadhye kṛṣṇā yā tu caturdaśī

[Thus ends chapter 192, named 'The Various Caturdaśī Vows', in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa. Notes: 'yajet svayam' in gha; the passage beginning 'varṣaṃ bhogadhanāyuṣmān' and ending 'dhvajākārāsu yaṣṭiṣu' is not in ms. jha; 'bhojanam' in gha, ṅa, ja, jha, ña, ṭa; 'kathāṃ śrutvā' in jha. Page 224. Chapter 193: Now the one hundred ninety-third chapter, 'The Śivarātri Vow'.] Agni said: I shall declare the Śivarātri vow, which bestows enjoyment and liberation — listen. The fourteenth of the dark (fortnight) which falls between Māgha and Phālguna,

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AgP 193.2

कामयुक्ता तु सोपोष्या कुर्वन् जागरणं व्रती शिवरात्रिव्रतं कुर्वे चतुर्दश्यामभोजनं

kāmayuktā tu sopoṣyā kurvan jāgaraṇaṃ vratī śivarātrivrataṃ kurve caturdaśyāmabhojanaṃ

joined with (the desire that prompts it), is to be fasted upon, the observer keeping the night-vigil. "I perform the Śivarātri vow, not eating on the fourteenth;

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AgP 193.3

रात्रिजागरणेनैव पूजयामि शिवं व्रती आवाहयाम्यहं शम्भुं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकं

rātrijāgaraṇenaiva pūjayāmi śivaṃ vratī āvāhayāmyahaṃ śambhuṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ

By the night-vigil alone I, the observer of the vow, worship Śiva; I invoke Śambhu, the giver of enjoyment and of liberation.

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AgP 193.4

नरकार्णवकोत्तारनावं शिव नमो ऽस्तु ते नमः शिवाय शान्ताय प्रजाराज्यादिदायिने

narakārṇavakottāranāvaṃ śiva namo 'stu te namaḥ śivāya śāntāya prajārājyādidāyine

O Śiva, homage be to you, the ship for crossing over the ocean of hell; homage to Śiva, the tranquil, the giver of offspring, kingdom and the rest.

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AgP 193.5

सौभाग्यारोग्यविद्यार्थस्वर्गमार्गप्रदायिने(२) धर्मन्देहि धनन्देहि कामभोगादि देहि मे

saubhāgyārogyavidyārthasvargamārgapradāyine(2) dharmandehi dhanandehi kāmabhogādi dehi me

To (you) the giver of good fortune, health, learning, wealth, and the road to heaven: give me dharma, give me riches, give me desire, enjoyment and the rest.

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AgP 193.6

गुणकीर्तिसुखं देहि स्वर्गं मोक्षं च देहि मे लुब्धकः प्राप्तवान् पुण्यं पापी सुन्दरसेनकः

guṇakīrtisukhaṃ dehi svargaṃ mokṣaṃ ca dehi me lubdhakaḥ prāptavān puṇyaṃ pāpī sundarasenakaḥ

Give (me) virtue, fame and happiness; give me heaven and liberation. The hunter obtained merit, (and so did) the sinner Sundarasenaka.

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