Agni Purana — Chapter 198
AgP 198.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महपुराणे दिवसव्रतानि नाम सप्तनवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ त्रिरात्रशतकव्रतो इति ख॥ , घ॥ , ञ॥ च । त्रिरात्रशतककृद् व्रतो इति ङ॥ २ कार्त्तिकस्य सिते प्रार्च्य इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च ३ भास्करो ऽन्नद इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च :प् २३२ छप्तेर् {१९८} :श् अथाष्टनवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः मासव्रतानि अग्निर् उवाच मासव्रतकमाख्यास्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकं आषाढादिचतुर्मासमभ्यङ्गं वर्जयेत् सुधीः
:e ity āgneye mahapurāṇe divasavratāni nāma saptanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 trirātraśatakavrato iti kha.. , gha.. , ña.. ca / trirātraśatakakṛd vrato iti ṅa.. 2 kārttikasya site prārcya iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca 3 bhāskaro 'nnada iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca :p 232 chapter {198} :ś athāṣṭanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ māsavratāni agnir uvāca māsavratakamākhyāsye bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ āṣāḍhādicaturmāsamabhyaṅgaṃ varjayet sudhīḥ
Thus (ends) the one hundred and ninety-seventh chapter, called "The Vows of (Particular) Days," in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa. [Notes: 1. Mss. kha, gha and ña read "trirātraśatakavrato"; ms. ṅa reads "trirātraśatakakṛd vrato"; 2. mss. kha, ga, gha, ṅa, cha, ja and ña read "kārttikasya site prārcya"; 3. mss. kha, ga, gha, ja and ña read "bhāskaro 'nnadaḥ." p. 232] Chapter 198. Now the one hundred and ninety-eighth chapter: The Vows of (Particular) Months. Agni said: I shall relate the month-vow, which bestows enjoyment and liberation. The wise man should avoid oil-massage for the four months beginning with Āṣāḍha.
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AgP 198.2
वैशाखे पुष्पलवणन्त्यक्त्वा गोदो नृपो भवेत् गोदो मासोपवासी च(१) भीमव्रतकरो हरिः(२)
vaiśākhe puṣpalavaṇantyaktvā godo nṛpo bhavet godo māsopavāsī ca(1) bhīmavratakaro hariḥ(2)
Giving up flowers and salt in Vaiśākha, and giving a cow, he becomes a king; giving a cow and fasting for a month, performing the Bhīma vow, he becomes Hari.
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AgP 198.3
आषाढादिचतुर्मासं प्रातःस्नायी च विष्णुगः माघे मास्यथ चैत्रे वा गुडधेनुप्रदो भवेत्
āṣāḍhādicaturmāsaṃ prātaḥsnāyī ca viṣṇugaḥ māghe māsyatha caitre vā guḍadhenuprado bhavet
Bathing at dawn for the four months beginning with Āṣāḍha, he goes to Viṣṇu; in the month of Māgha, or else in Caitra, he should become a giver of a molasses-cow.
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AgP 198.4
गुडव्रतस्तृतीयायां गौरीशः स्यान्महाव्रती मार्गशीर्षादिमासेषु नक्तकृद्विष्णुलोकभाक्
guḍavratastṛtīyāyāṃ gaurīśaḥ syānmahāvratī mārgaśīrṣādimāseṣu naktakṛdviṣṇulokabhāk
One who keeps the jaggery-vow on the third (lunar day) becomes a great observer of vows, (a votary) of Gaurī's lord (Śiva); one who eats only at night during the months beginning with Mārgaśīrṣa gains the world of Viṣṇu.
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AgP 198.5
एकभक्तव्रती तद्वद् द्वादशीव्रतकं पृठक्(३) फलव्रती चतुर्मासं फलं त्यक्त्वा प्रदापयेत्
ekabhaktavratī tadvad dvādaśīvratakaṃ pṛṭhak(3) phalavratī caturmāsaṃ phalaṃ tyaktvā pradāpayet
Likewise one who vows to eat but once a day; and separately the vow of the twelfth day. One who keeps the fruit-vow for four months should give away fruit, abstaining from it (himself).
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AgP 198.6
श्रावणादिचतुर्मासं व्रतैः सर्वं लभेद्व्रती आषाढस्य सिते पक्षे एकादश्यामुपोषितः
śrāvaṇādicaturmāsaṃ vrataiḥ sarvaṃ labhedvratī āṣāḍhasya site pakṣe ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ
By vows through the four months beginning with Śrāvaṇa the observer obtains everything; having fasted on the eleventh (day) of the bright fortnight of Āṣāḍha,
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AgP 198.7
चातुर्मास्यव्रतानान्तु कुर्वीत परिकल्पनं आषाढ्याञ्चाथ सङ्क्रान्तौ कर्कटस्य(४) हरिं यजेत्
cāturmāsyavratānāntu kurvīta parikalpanaṃ āṣāḍhyāñcātha saṅkrāntau karkaṭasya(4) hariṃ yajet
he should make the formal undertaking of the four-month vows; and on the Āṣāḍha (full moon) or at the sun's entry into Cancer he should worship Hari.
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AgP 198.8
इदं व्रतं मया देव गृहीतं पुरतस्तव :न् १ मासे यवाशो चेति ख॥ २ भीमव्रतपरो हरिरिति ङ॥ ३ द्वादशीव्रतकं परमिति ङ॥ ४ आषाढगं वृषसङ्क्रान्त्यां कर्कटे चेति झ॥ :प् २३३ निर्विघ्नां सिद्धिमायातु प्रसन्ने त्वयि केशव
idaṃ vrataṃ mayā deva gṛhītaṃ puratastava :n 1 māse yavāśo ceti kha.. 2 bhīmavrataparo haririti ṅa.. 3 dvādaśīvratakaṃ paramiti ṅa.. 4 āṣāḍhagaṃ vṛṣasaṅkrāntyāṃ karkaṭe ceti jha.. :p 233 nirvighnāṃ siddhimāyātu prasanne tvayi keśava
"This vow, O God, has been undertaken by me before you; let its accomplishment come without obstacle, you being favourable, O Keśava."
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AgP 198.9
गृहीते ऽस्मिन् व्रते देव यद्यपूर्णे म्रिये ह्य् अहं तन्मे भवतु सम्पूर्णं त्वत्प्रसादाज्जनार्दन
gṛhīte 'smin vrate deva yadyapūrṇe mriye hy ahaṃ tanme bhavatu sampūrṇaṃ tvatprasādājjanārdana
"If, O God, I die while this undertaken vow is unfulfilled, let it become complete for me by your grace, O Janārdana."
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AgP 198.10
मांसादि त्यक्त्वा(१) विप्रः स्यात्तैलत्यागी हरिं यजेत् एकान्तरोपवासी च त्रिरात्रं विष्णुलोकभाक्
māṃsādi tyaktvā(1) vipraḥ syāttailatyāgī hariṃ yajet ekāntaropavāsī ca trirātraṃ viṣṇulokabhāk
Having given up meat and the like, a brahmin should become one; giving up oil he should worship Hari; and one who fasts on alternate days, for three nights, gains the world of Viṣṇu.
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AgP 198.11
चान्द्रायणी विष्णुलोकी मौनी स्यान् मुक्तिभाजनं प्राजापत्यव्रती स्वर्गी शक्तुयावकभक्षकः
cāndrāyaṇī viṣṇulokī maunī syān muktibhājanaṃ prājāpatyavratī svargī śaktuyāvakabhakṣakaḥ
One who performs the cāndrāyaṇa (vow) goes to Viṣṇu's world; one who keeps silence becomes a vessel of liberation; one who keeps the Prājāpatya vow goes to heaven, as does the eater of barley-meal and barley-gruel.
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AgP 198.12
गुग्धाद्याहारवान् स्वर्गी पञ्चगव्याम्बुभ्क्तथा शाकमूलफलाहारी नरो विष्णुपुरीं व्रजेत्(२)
gugdhādyāhāravān svargī pañcagavyāmbubhktathā śākamūlaphalāhārī naro viṣṇupurīṃ vrajet(2)
One whose food is milk and the like goes to heaven, and so one who consumes the five cow-products and water; a man who eats vegetables, roots and fruits goes to the city of Viṣṇu.
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AgP 198.13
मांसवर्जी यवाहारो रसवर्जी हरिं व्रजेत् कौमुदव्रतमाख्यास्ये आश्विने समुपोषितः
māṃsavarjī yavāhāro rasavarjī hariṃ vrajet kaumudavratamākhyāsye āśvine samupoṣitaḥ
One who abstains from meat, whose food is barley, and who abstains from savoury juices, goes to Hari. I shall declare the Kaumuda vow: having fasted in (the month of) Āśvina,
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AgP 198.14
द्वादश्यां पूजयेद्विष्णुं प्रलिप्याब्जोत्पलादिभिः घृतेन तिलतैलेन दीपनैवेद्यमर्पयेत्
dvādaśyāṃ pūjayedviṣṇuṃ pralipyābjotpalādibhiḥ ghṛtena tilatailena dīpanaivedyamarpayet
on the twelfth (day) he should worship Viṣṇu, anointing (the image) and (offering) lotuses, water-lilies and the like; with ghee and sesame oil he should present a lamp and a food-offering.
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AgP 198.15
ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय मालत्या मालया यजेत् धर्मकामार्थमोक्षांश् च प्राप्नुयात् कौमुदव्रती
oṃ namo vāsudevāya mālatyā mālayā yajet dharmakāmārthamokṣāṃś ca prāpnuyāt kaumudavratī
With "Oṃ, homage to Vāsudeva" he should worship with a garland of jasmine; and the keeper of the Kaumuda vow obtains dharma, pleasure, wealth and liberation.
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AgP 198.16
सर्वं लभेद्धरिं प्रार्च्य मासोपवासकव्रती
sarvaṃ labheddhariṃ prārcya māsopavāsakavratī
One who keeps the vow of a month's fasting obtains everything, having first worshipped Hari.
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