Agni Purana — Chapter 194

AgP 194.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे शिवरात्रिव्रतं नाम त्रिनवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकमिति झ॥ , ट॥ च २ स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदायिने इति ङ॥ :प् २२५ छप्तेर् {१९४} :श् अथ चतुर्नवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः अशोकपूएणिमादिव्रतं अग्निर् उवाच अशोकपूर्णिमां वक्ष्ये भूधरं च भुवं यजेत् फाल्गुन्यां सितपक्षायां वर्षं स्याद्भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe śivarātrivrataṃ nāma trinavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 bhuktimuktipradāyakamiti jha.. , ṭa.. ca 2 svargamokṣapradāyine iti ṅa.. :p 225 chapter {194} :ś atha caturnavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ aśokapūeṇimādivrataṃ agnir uvāca aśokapūrṇimāṃ vakṣye bhūdharaṃ ca bhuvaṃ yajet phālgunyāṃ sitapakṣāyāṃ varṣaṃ syādbhuktimuktibhāk

[Editorial:] Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred ninety-third chapter, called "The Śivarātri Vow." [Notes:] 1. "bhuktimuktipradāyakam" in mss. jha and ṭa. 2. "svargamokṣapradāyine" in ms. ṅa. [Page] 225, chapter 194. [Section heading:] Now the one hundred ninety-fourth chapter: the Aśoka-full-moon and other vows. Agni said: I shall declare the Aśoka full moon; and one should worship Bhūdhara (the earth-bearer) and the earth. On the bright fortnight in Phālguna, for a year — (so doing) one becomes a partaker of enjoyment and liberation.

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AgP 194.2

कार्त्तिक्यान्तु वृषोत्सर्गं कृत्वा नक्तं समाचरेत् शैवं पदमवाप्नोति वृषव्रतमिदं परं

kārttikyāntu vṛṣotsargaṃ kṛtvā naktaṃ samācaret śaivaṃ padamavāpnoti vṛṣavratamidaṃ paraṃ

But on the full moon of Kārttika, having performed the release of a bull, one should take the night-meal; one attains the station of Śiva — this is the supreme bull-vow.

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AgP 194.3

पित्र्या यामावसी तस्यां पितॄणां दत्तमक्ष्यं उपोष्याब्दं पितॄनिष्ट्वा निष्पापः स्वर्गमाप्नुयात्

pitryā yāmāvasī tasyāṃ pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣyaṃ upoṣyābdaṃ pitṝniṣṭvā niṣpāpaḥ svargamāpnuyāt

The new-moon day belongs to the fathers; on it what is given to the fathers is imperishable. Having fasted for a year and worshipped the fathers, one becomes free of sin and would attain heaven.

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AgP 194.4

पञ्चदश्यां च माघस्य पूज्याजं सर्वमाप्नुयात् वक्ष्ये सावित्र्यमावास्याम्भुक्तिमुक्तिकरीं शुभां

pañcadaśyāṃ ca māghasya pūjyājaṃ sarvamāpnuyāt vakṣye sāvitryamāvāsyāmbhuktimuktikarīṃ śubhāṃ

And on the fifteenth day of Māgha, having worshipped the Unborn, one would obtain everything. I shall declare the Sāvitrī new moon, auspicious, bringing enjoyment and liberation.

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AgP 194.5

पञ्चदश्यां व्रती ज्यैष्ठे वटमूले महासतीं त्रिरात्रोपोषिता नारी सप्तधान्यैः प्रपूजयेत्

pañcadaśyāṃ vratī jyaiṣṭhe vaṭamūle mahāsatīṃ trirātropoṣitā nārī saptadhānyaiḥ prapūjayet

On the fifteenth day in Jyaiṣṭha, a woman under vow, having fasted three nights, should worship the great faithful wife (Sāvitrī) at the foot of a banyan with the seven grains.

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AgP 194.6

प्ररूढैः कण्ठसूत्रैश् च रजन्यां कुङ्कुमादिभिः वटावलम्बनं कृत्वा नृत्यगीतैः प्रभातके

prarūḍhaiḥ kaṇṭhasūtraiś ca rajanyāṃ kuṅkumādibhiḥ vaṭāvalambanaṃ kṛtvā nṛtyagītaiḥ prabhātake

And with sprouted (grains) and neck-threads, at night with saffron and the rest, having made the hanging (of the threads) on the banyan, with dances and songs, at daybreak —

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AgP 194.7

नमः सावित्र्यै सत्यवते नैवेद्यं चार्पयेद् द्विजे वेश्म गत्वा द्विजान् भोज्य स्वयं भुक्त्वा विसर्जयेत्

namaḥ sāvitryai satyavate naivedyaṃ cārpayed dvije veśma gatvā dvijān bhojya svayaṃ bhuktvā visarjayet

"Homage to Sāvitrī, to Satyavat" — and she should offer the food-offering to a brahmin; going home, having fed the brahmins and eaten herself, she should dismiss (them).

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AgP 194.8

सावित्री प्रीयतां देवी सौभाग्यादिकमाप्नुयात्

sāvitrī prīyatāṃ devī saubhāgyādikamāpnuyāt

"May the goddess Sāvitrī be pleased" — (so saying) she would obtain good fortune and the rest.

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