Agni Purana — Chapter 196

AgP 196.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे वारव्रतानि नाम पञ्चवनत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ अनुराधेत्यादिः ग्रहार्तिनुदित्यन्तः पाठः झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् २२७ छप्तेर् {१९६} :श् अथ षण्णवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः नक्षत्रव्रतानि अग्निर् उवाच नक्षत्रव्रतकं वक्ष्ये भे हरिः पूजितो ऽर्थदः(१) नक्षत्रपुरुषं चादौ चैत्रमासे हरिं यजेत्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe vāravratāni nāma pañcavanatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 anurādhetyādiḥ grahārtinudityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ jha.. pustake nāsti :p 227 chapter {196} :ś atha ṣaṇṇavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ nakṣatravratāni agnir uvāca nakṣatravratakaṃ vakṣye bhe hariḥ pūjito 'rthadaḥ(1) nakṣatrapuruṣaṃ cādau caitramāse hariṃ yajet

[Editorial:] Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred ninety-fifth chapter, called "The Vows of the Weekdays." [Note:] 1. The passage beginning with "anurādhe" and ending with "grahārtinut" is not in ms. jha. [Page] 227, chapter 196. [Section heading:] Now the one hundred ninety-sixth chapter: the nakṣatra vows. Agni said: I shall declare the nakṣatra vow. Hari, worshipped in an asterism, is a giver of wealth. And first, in the month of Caitra, one should worship Hari as the Nakṣatra-Puruṣa (the Person of the asterisms).

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AgP 196.2

मूले पादौ यजेज्जङ्घे रोहिणीस्वर्चयेद्धरिं जानुनी चाश्विनीयोगे आषाढासूरुसञ्ज्ञके

mūle pādau yajejjaṅghe rohiṇīsvarcayeddhariṃ jānunī cāśvinīyoge āṣāḍhāsūrusañjñake

In Mūla one should worship the feet; in Rohiṇī one should honour Hari's shanks; the knees in conjunction with Aśvinī; in the Āṣāḍhās that which is called the thighs.

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AgP 196.3

मेढ्रं पूर्वोत्तरास्वेव कटिं वै कृत्तिकासु च पार्श्वे भाद्रपदाभ्यान्तु कुक्षिं वै रेवतीषु च

meḍhraṃ pūrvottarāsveva kaṭiṃ vai kṛttikāsu ca pārśve bhādrapadābhyāntu kukṣiṃ vai revatīṣu ca

(One should worship) the penis in the two Phalgunī (asterisms: Pūrva- and Uttara-), and the hips in the Kṛttikās; the two sides in the two Bhādrapadās, and the belly in the Revatīs.

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AgP 196.4

स्तनौ चैवानुराधासु धनिष्ठासु च पृष्ठकं भुजौ पूज्यौ विशाखासु पुनर्वस्वङ्गुलीर्यजेत्

stanau caivānurādhāsu dhaniṣṭhāsu ca pṛṣṭhakaṃ bhujau pūjyau viśākhāsu punarvasvaṅgulīryajet

And the two breasts in the Anurādhās, and the back in the Dhaniṣṭhās; the two arms are to be worshipped in the Viśākhās, and in Punarvasu one should worship the fingers.

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AgP 196.5

अश्लेषासु नखान् पूज्य कण्ठं ज्येष्ठासु पूजयेत् श्रोत्रे विष्णोश् च श्रवणे मुखं पुष्ये हरेर्यजेत्

aśleṣāsu nakhān pūjya kaṇṭhaṃ jyeṣṭhāsu pūjayet śrotre viṣṇoś ca śravaṇe mukhaṃ puṣye hareryajet

Having worshipped the nails in the Āśleṣās, one should worship the throat in the Jyeṣṭhās; and Viṣṇu's two ears in Śravaṇa, and in Puṣya one should worship Hari's mouth.

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AgP 196.6

यजेत् स्वातिषु दन्ताग्रमास्यं वारुणतो ऽर्चयेत् मघासु नसां नयने मृगशीर्षे ललाटकं

yajet svātiṣu dantāgramāsyaṃ vāruṇato 'rcayet maghāsu nasāṃ nayane mṛgaśīrṣe lalāṭakaṃ

In the Svātīs one should worship the tips of the teeth; in (Śatabhiṣā,) belonging to Varuṇa, one should worship the face; in the Maghās the nose; in Mṛgaśiras the eyes and the forehead.

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AgP 196.7

चित्रासु चार्द्रासु कचानब्दान्ते स्वर्णकं हरिं गुडपूर्णे घटे ऽभ्यर्च्य शय्यागोर्थादि दक्षिणा(२)

citrāsu cārdrāsu kacānabdānte svarṇakaṃ hariṃ guḍapūrṇe ghaṭe 'bhyarcya śayyāgorthādi dakṣiṇā(2)

In the Citrās and the Ārdrās, the hair. At the end of the year, having worshipped golden Hari in a pot filled with molasses, the gift (to the priest is) a bed, a cow, wealth, and so on.

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AgP 196.8

नक्षत्रपुरुषो विष्णुः पूजनीयः शिवात्मकः :न् १ हरिः सर्वत्र पूजित इति ग॥ २ शय्यागोश्चादि दक्षिणा इति ख॥ , ट॥ च । शय्यागोन्नादि दक्षिणा इति घ॥ , ञ॥ , ज॥ च । शय्याधेन्वादि सक्षिका इति ङ॥ :प् २२८ शाम्भवायनीयव्रतकृन्मासभे पूजयेद्धरिं

nakṣatrapuruṣo viṣṇuḥ pūjanīyaḥ śivātmakaḥ :n 1 hariḥ sarvatra pūjita iti ga.. 2 śayyāgoścādi dakṣiṇā iti kha.. , ṭa.. ca / śayyāgonnādi dakṣiṇā iti gha.. , ña.. , ja.. ca / śayyādhenvādi sakṣikā iti ṅa.. :p 228 śāmbhavāyanīyavratakṛnmāsabhe pūjayeddhariṃ

Viṣṇu as the Man of the asterisms, whose self is Śiva, is to be worshipped. [Variants: 'Hari is worshipped everywhere' (ms. ga); 'the gift is a bed, a cow, etc.' (mss. kha, ṭa); 'the gift is a bed, a cow, food, etc.' (mss. gha, ña, ja); 'a bed, a milch-cow, etc., with a witness' (ms. ṅa).] The performer of the Śāmbhavāyanīya observance should worship Hari on the asterism (that bears the name) of the month.

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AgP 196.9

कार्त्तिके कृत्तिकायां च मृगशीर्षे मृगास्यके नामभिः केशवाद्यैस्तु अच्युताय नमो ऽपि वा

kārttike kṛttikāyāṃ ca mṛgaśīrṣe mṛgāsyake nāmabhiḥ keśavādyaistu acyutāya namo 'pi vā

In Kārttika, on Kṛttikā, and in Mārgaśīrṣa on Mṛgaśiras, with the names beginning with Keśava, or else with 'Homage to Acyuta'.

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AgP 196.10

कार्त्तिके कृत्तिकाभे ऽह्नि मासनक्षत्रगं हरिं शाम्भवायनीयव्रतकं करिष्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिदं

kārttike kṛttikābhe 'hni māsanakṣatragaṃ hariṃ śāmbhavāyanīyavratakaṃ kariṣye bhuktimuktidaṃ

"In Kārttika, on the day of the Kṛttikā asterism, I shall perform for Hari, who dwells in the asterism of the month, the Śāmbhavāyanīya observance, which gives enjoyment and liberation."

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AgP 196.11

केशवादि महामूर्तिमच्युतं सर्वदायकं(१) आवाहयाम्यहन्देवमायुरारोग्यवृद्धिदं

keśavādi mahāmūrtimacyutaṃ sarvadāyakaṃ(1) āvāhayāmyahandevamāyurārogyavṛddhidaṃ

"I invoke the great image (called) Keśava and the rest, Acyuta, the giver of all, the god who gives long life, health, and increase."

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AgP 196.12

कार्त्तिकादौ सकासारमन्नं(२) मासचतुष्टयं(३) फाल्गुनादौ च कुशरमाषाढादौ च पायसं

kārttikādau sakāsāramannaṃ(2) māsacatuṣṭayaṃ(3) phālgunādau ca kuśaramāṣāḍhādau ca pāyasaṃ

Beginning with Kārttika, for four months, food with sugarcane juice; beginning with Phālguna, kuśara (rice and sesame); and beginning with Āṣāḍha, milk-rice.

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AgP 196.13

देवाय ब्राह्मणेभ्यश् च नक्तन्नैवेद्यमाशयेत्(४) पञ्चगव्यजलेस्नातस्तस्यैव प्राशनाच्छुचिः

devāya brāhmaṇebhyaś ca naktannaivedyamāśayet(4) pañcagavyajalesnātastasyaiva prāśanācchuciḥ

He should offer the food-offering, eaten at night, to the god and to the brahmins; bathed in water with the five products of the cow, he becomes pure by consuming that very (water).

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AgP 196.14

अर्वाग्विसर्जनाद् द्रव्यं नैवेद्यं सर्वमुच्यते विसर्जिते जगन्नाथे निर्माल्यन्भवति क्षणात्

arvāgvisarjanād dravyaṃ naivedyaṃ sarvamucyate visarjite jagannāthe nirmālyanbhavati kṣaṇāt

Before the dismissal (of the deity), the substance is called wholly "food-offering" (naivedya); once the Lord of the world has been dismissed, it becomes nirmālya (leavings) in an instant.

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AgP 196.15

नमो नमस्ते ऽच्युत मे क्षयोस्तु पापस्य वृद्धिं समुपैतु पुण्यं ऐश्वर्यवित्तादि सदाक्षयं मे(५) क्षयञ्च मा सन्ततिरभ्यपैतु

namo namaste 'cyuta me kṣayostu pāpasya vṛddhiṃ samupaitu puṇyaṃ aiśvaryavittādi sadākṣayaṃ me(5) kṣayañca mā santatirabhyapaitu

"Homage, homage to you, Acyuta! Let my sin come to destruction; let my merit come to increase; let my lordship, wealth and the rest be always undiminished for me, and let my line of descendants not go to destruction."

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AgP 196.16

यथाच्युतस्त्वम्परतः परस्तात् स ब्रह्मभूतः परतः परात्मन् :न् १ सर्वपापहमिति ङ॥ २ सर्वसारमन्नमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ च ३ मासचतुष्टकमिति ख॥ ४ नक्तं नैवेद्यमर्पयेदिति झ॥ ५ ऐश्वर्यवित्तादि महोदयं मे इति झ॥ :प् २२९ तथाच्युतं त्वं कुरु वाञ्छितं मे मया कृतम्पापहराप्रमेय

yathācyutastvamparataḥ parastāt sa brahmabhūtaḥ parataḥ parātman :n 1 sarvapāpahamiti ṅa.. 2 sarvasāramannamiti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. ca 3 māsacatuṣṭakamiti kha.. 4 naktaṃ naivedyamarpayediti jha.. 5 aiśvaryavittādi mahodayaṃ me iti jha.. :p 229 tathācyutaṃ tvaṃ kuru vāñchitaṃ me mayā kṛtampāpaharāprameya

"As you, Acyuta, are beyond the beyond, become Brahman, higher (than the highest), O supreme Self, [variants: 'remover of all sins' (ṅa); 'food of all essences' (kha, ga, gha); 'a set of four months' (kha); 'should present the offering at night' (jha); 'let my lordship, wealth and the rest be a great prosperity for me' (jha)] so, Acyuta, do you accomplish my desire, O immeasurable remover of the sin done by me."

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AgP 196.17

अच्युतानन्द गोविन्द प्रसीद यदभीप्सितं अक्षयं माममेयात्मन् कुरुष्व पुरुषोत्तम

acyutānanda govinda prasīda yadabhīpsitaṃ akṣayaṃ māmameyātman kuruṣva puruṣottama

"Acyuta, Ānanda, Govinda, be gracious! Whatever is wished for, make it undiminished for me, O immeasurable Self, O supreme Person."

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AgP 196.18

सप्त वर्षाणि सम्पूज्य भुक्तिमुक्तिमवापुनुयात् अनन्तव्रतमाख्यास्ये नक्षत्रव्रतकेर्थदं(१)

sapta varṣāṇi sampūjya bhuktimuktimavāpunuyāt anantavratamākhyāsye nakṣatravratakerthadaṃ(1)

Having worshipped for seven years, one would obtain enjoyment and liberation. I shall declare the Ananta observance, which gives the aim (of the observance) for one performing the asterism-vow.

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AgP 196.19

मार्गशीर्षे मृगशिरे गोमूत्राशो यजेद्धरिं अनन्तं सर्वकामानामनन्तो भगवान् फलं

mārgaśīrṣe mṛgaśire gomūtrāśo yajeddhariṃ anantaṃ sarvakāmānāmananto bhagavān phalaṃ

In Mārgaśīrṣa, on Mṛgaśiras, consuming cow's urine, one should worship Hari as Ananta (the Endless); the endless Lord is the fruit of all desires.

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AgP 196.20

ददात्यनन्तञ्च पुनस्तदेवान्यत्र जन्मनि अनन्तपुन्योपचयङ्करोत्येतन्महाव्रतं

dadātyanantañca punastadevānyatra janmani anantapunyopacayaṅkarotyetanmahāvrataṃ

And he gives (fruit) that is endless, and that same (fruit) again in another birth; this great observance produces an accumulation of endless merit.

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AgP 196.21

यथाभिलषितप्राप्तिं करोत्यक्षयमेव च पादादि पूज्य नक्ते तु भुञ्जीयात्तैलवर्जितं

yathābhilaṣitaprāptiṃ karotyakṣayameva ca pādādi pūjya nakte tu bhuñjīyāttailavarjitaṃ

And it brings about the attainment of what is desired, and that undiminished. Having worshipped (the god's) feet and so on, at night one should eat food free of oil.

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AgP 196.22

घृतेनानन्तमुद्दिश्य होमो मासचतुष्टयं चैत्रादौ शालिना होमः पयसा श्रावणादिषु

ghṛtenānantamuddiśya homo māsacatuṣṭayaṃ caitrādau śālinā homaḥ payasā śrāvaṇādiṣu

With ghee, addressed to Ananta, the oblation is for four months; beginning with Caitra the oblation is with rice, and with milk in the months beginning with Śrāvaṇa.

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AgP 196.23

मान्धाताभूद् युवनाश्वादनन्तव्रतकात् सुतः

māndhātābhūd yuvanāśvādanantavratakāt sutaḥ

From the Ananta-vow Māndhātṛ was born as a son to Yuvanāśva.

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