Agni Purana — Chapter 202
AgP 202.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे नवव्यूहार्चनं नाम एकाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२०२} :श् अथ द्व्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः पुष्पाध्यायकथनं अग्निर् उवाच पुष्पगन्धधूपदीपनैवेद्यैस्तुष्यते हरिः पुष्पाणि देवयोग्यानि ह्य् अयोग्यानि वदामि ते
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe navavyūhārcanaṃ nāma ekādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {202} :ś atha dvyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ puṣpādhyāyakathanaṃ agnir uvāca puṣpagandhadhūpadīpanaivedyaistuṣyate hariḥ puṣpāṇi devayogyāni hy ayogyāni vadāmi te
Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa, the two-hundred-and-first chapter, called The Worship of the Nine Vyūhas. Chapter 202: The Telling of the Chapter on Flowers. Agni said: Hari is pleased by flowers, perfume, incense, lamps, and food-offerings. I shall tell you which flowers are fit for the god and which are unfit.
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AgP 202.2
पुष्पं श्रेष्ठं मालती च तमालो भुक्तिमुक्तिमान् मल्लिका सर्वपापघ्नी यूथिका विष्णुलोकदा
puṣpaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mālatī ca tamālo bhuktimuktimān mallikā sarvapāpaghnī yūthikā viṣṇulokadā
The best flower is the mālatī, and the tamāla grants enjoyment and liberation; the mallikā destroys all sins, the yūthikā bestows Viṣṇu's world.
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AgP 202.3
अतिमुक्तमयं तद्वत् पाटला विष्णुलोकदा :प् २४० करवीरैर् विष्णुलोकी जवापुष्पैश् च पुण्यवान्
atimuktamayaṃ tadvat pāṭalā viṣṇulokadā :p 240 karavīrair viṣṇulokī javāpuṣpaiś ca puṇyavān
Likewise (what is) made of atimukta (blossoms); the pāṭalā bestows Viṣṇu's world; with karavīra flowers one gains Viṣṇu's world, and with javā flowers one becomes meritorious.
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AgP 202.4
पावन्तीकुब्जकाद्यैश् च तगरैर् विष्णुलोकभाक् कर्णिकारैर् विष्णुलोकः करुण्ठैः पापनाशनं
pāvantīkubjakādyaiś ca tagarair viṣṇulokabhāk karṇikārair viṣṇulokaḥ karuṇṭhaiḥ pāpanāśanaṃ
With pāvantī, kubjaka and the rest, and with tagara flowers, one obtains Viṣṇu's world; with karṇikāra flowers Viṣṇu's world (is won), with karuṇṭha flowers destruction of sin.
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AgP 202.5
पद्मैश् च केतकीभिश् च कुन्दपुष्पैः परा गतिः वाणपुष्पैर् वर्वराभिः कृष्णाभिर्हरिलोकभाक्
padmaiś ca ketakībhiś ca kundapuṣpaiḥ parā gatiḥ vāṇapuṣpair varvarābhiḥ kṛṣṇābhirharilokabhāk
With lotuses, with ketakī blossoms and with kunda flowers, the highest goal (is attained); with vāṇa flowers, with varvarā and with the dark (varieties), one obtains Hari's world.
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AgP 202.6
अशोकैस्तिलकैस्तद्वदटरूषभवैस् तथा मुक्तिभागी बिल्वपत्रैः शमीपत्रैः परा गतिः
aśokaistilakaistadvadaṭarūṣabhavais tathā muktibhāgī bilvapatraiḥ śamīpatraiḥ parā gatiḥ
With aśoka and tilaka flowers likewise, and with those growing on the aṭarūṣa, one has a share in liberation; with bilva leaves and śamī leaves, the highest goal.
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AgP 202.7
विष्णुलोकी भृङ्गराजैस्तमालस्य दलैस् तथा तुलसी कृष्णगौराख्या कल्हारोत्पलकानि च
viṣṇulokī bhṛṅgarājaistamālasya dalais tathā tulasī kṛṣṇagaurākhyā kalhārotpalakāni ca
With bhṛṅgarāja flowers one gains Viṣṇu's world, and likewise with the leaves of the tamāla; also tulasī, the kinds called dark and pale, and the kalhāra and utpala (lotuses).
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AgP 202.8
पद्मं कोकनदं पुण्यं शताब्जमालया हरिः नीपार्जुनकदम्बैश् च(१) वकुलैश् च सुगन्धिभिः
padmaṃ kokanadaṃ puṇyaṃ śatābjamālayā hariḥ nīpārjunakadambaiś ca(1) vakulaiś ca sugandhibhiḥ
The kokanada lotus is meritorious; by a garland of a hundred lotuses Hari (is pleased), and by nīpa, arjuna and kadamba flowers, and by fragrant vakula flowers.
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AgP 202.9
किंशुकैर् मुनिपुष्पैस्तु गोकर्णैर् नागकर्णकैः सन्ध्यापुष्पैर् बिल्वतकै रञ्जनीकेतकीभवैः(२)
kiṃśukair munipuṣpaistu gokarṇair nāgakarṇakaiḥ sandhyāpuṣpair bilvatakai rañjanīketakībhavaiḥ(2)
By kiṃśuka flowers and muni flowers, by gokarṇa and nāgakarṇaka flowers, by sandhyā flowers, by bilvataka flowers, by those born of the rañjanī and ketakī —
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AgP 202.10
कुष्माण्डतिमिरोत्थैश् च कुशकाशशरोद्भवैः द्यूतादिभिर्मरुवकैः पत्रैरन्यैः सुगन्धिकैः
kuṣmāṇḍatimirotthaiś ca kuśakāśaśarodbhavaiḥ dyūtādibhirmaruvakaiḥ patrairanyaiḥ sugandhikaiḥ
and by those arising from the kuṣmāṇḍa and the timira, by those produced from kuśa, kāśa and śara grass, by dyūta and the rest, by maruvaka, and by other fragrant leaves —
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AgP 202.11
भुक्तिमुक्तिः पापहानिर्भक्त्या सर्वैस्तु तुष्यति स्वर्णलक्षाधिकं पुष्पं माला कोटिगुणाधिका
bhuktimuktiḥ pāpahānirbhaktyā sarvaistu tuṣyati svarṇalakṣādhikaṃ puṣpaṃ mālā koṭiguṇādhikā
(there is) enjoyment and liberation and removal of sin; by all of them (offered) with devotion He is pleased. A flower (offered) is worth more than a hundred thousand of gold, and a garland is ten million times more.
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AgP 202.12
स्ववने ऽन्यवने पुष्पैस्त्रिगुणं वनजैः फलं(३) विशीर्णैर्नार्चयेद्विष्णुन्नाधिकाङ्गैर्न मोटितैः
svavane 'nyavane puṣpaistriguṇaṃ vanajaiḥ phalaṃ(3) viśīrṇairnārcayedviṣṇunnādhikāṅgairna moṭitaiḥ
With flowers from one's own grove, from another's grove, (or) grown in the forest, the fruit is threefold; one should not worship Viṣṇu with withered flowers, nor with ones having extra parts, nor with ones crushed/broken off.
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AgP 202.13
काञ्चनारैस्तथोन्मत्तैर्गिरिकर्णिकया तथा :न् १ मुक्तिभागो कदम्बैश्चेति ङ॥ २ रजनीकेतकीभवैरिति ख॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च ३ जलजैः फलमिति ङ॥ :प् २४१ कुटजैः शाल्मलीयैश् च(१) शिरीषैर् नरकादिकं
kāñcanāraistathonmattairgirikarṇikayā tathā :n 1 muktibhāgo kadambaiśceti ṅa.. 2 rajanīketakībhavairiti kha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. ca 3 jalajaiḥ phalamiti ṅa.. :p 241 kuṭajaiḥ śālmalīyaiś ca(1) śirīṣair narakādikaṃ
With kāñcanāra flowers, likewise with unmatta (datura) flowers, and likewise with the girikarṇikā, [notes] with kuṭaja and śālmalī flowers, and with śirīṣa flowers, (there results) hell and the like.
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AgP 202.14
सुगन्धैर्ब्रह्मपद्मैश् च(२) पुष्पैर्नीलोत्पलैर्हरिः(३) अर्कमन्दारधुस्तूरकुसुमैरर्च्यते हरः
sugandhairbrahmapadmaiś ca(2) puṣpairnīlotpalairhariḥ(3) arkamandāradhustūrakusumairarcyate haraḥ
With fragrant brahma-lotuses and with blue-lotus flowers Hari (is worshipped); with arka, mandāra and dhustūra blossoms Hara is worshipped.
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AgP 202.15
कुटजैः कर्कटीपुष्पैः केतकीन्न शिवे ददेत् कुष्माण्डनिम्बसम्भूतं पैशाचं गन्धवर्जितं
kuṭajaiḥ karkaṭīpuṣpaiḥ ketakīnna śive dadet kuṣmāṇḍanimbasambhūtaṃ paiśācaṃ gandhavarjitaṃ
With kuṭaja flowers and karkaṭī flowers — but one should not offer ketakī to Śiva; what springs from the kuṣmāṇḍa and the nimba is demonic and devoid of fragrance.
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AgP 202.16
अहिंसा इन्द्रियजयः(४) क्षान्तिर्ज्ञानं(५) दया श्रुतं भावाष्तपुष्पैः सम्पूज्य देवान् स्याद् भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक्
ahiṃsā indriyajayaḥ(4) kṣāntirjñānaṃ(5) dayā śrutaṃ bhāvāṣtapuṣpaiḥ sampūjya devān syād bhuktimuktibhāk
Non-injury, mastery of the senses, patience, knowledge, compassion, sacred learning — worshipping the gods with (these) eight flowers of inner disposition, one becomes a partaker of enjoyment and liberation.
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AgP 202.17
अहिंसा प्रथमं पुष्पं पुष्पमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः सर्वपुष्पं दया भूते पुष्पं शान्तिर्विशिष्यते
ahiṃsā prathamaṃ puṣpaṃ puṣpamindriyanigrahaḥ sarvapuṣpaṃ dayā bhūte puṣpaṃ śāntirviśiṣyate
Non-injury is the first flower, restraint of the senses is a flower, compassion toward beings is the all-flower, and the flower of tranquillity is the most excellent.
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AgP 202.18
शमः पुष्पं तपः पुष्पं ध्यानं पुष्पं चसप्तमं सत्यञ्चैवाष्टमं पुष्पमेतैस्तुष्यति केशवः
śamaḥ puṣpaṃ tapaḥ puṣpaṃ dhyānaṃ puṣpaṃ casaptamaṃ satyañcaivāṣṭamaṃ puṣpametaistuṣyati keśavaḥ
Calm is a flower, austerity is a flower, meditation is the seventh flower, and truth indeed is the eighth flower; with these Keśava is pleased.
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AgP 202.19
एतैरेवाष्टभिः पुष्पैस्तुष्यत्येवार्चितो हरिः पुष्पान्तराणि सन्त्यत्र वाह्यानि मनुजोत्तम
etairevāṣṭabhiḥ puṣpaistuṣyatyevārcito hariḥ puṣpāntarāṇi santyatra vāhyāni manujottama
Worshipped with just these eight flowers, Hari is indeed pleased; other flowers than these are external here, O best of men.
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AgP 202.20
भक्त्या दयान्वितैर्विष्णुः पूजितः परितुष्यति(६) वारुणं सलिलं पुष्पं सौम्यं घृतपयोदधि
bhaktyā dayānvitairviṣṇuḥ pūjitaḥ parituṣyati(6) vāruṇaṃ salilaṃ puṣpaṃ saumyaṃ ghṛtapayodadhi
Worshipped with devotion by those endowed with compassion, Viṣṇu is fully pleased. Water is the flower of Varuṇa; ghee, milk and curds are of the moon (Soma);
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AgP 202.21
प्राजापत्यं तथान्नादि आग्नेयं धूपदीपकं फलपुष्पादिकञ्चैव वानस्पत्यन्तु पञ्चमं
prājāpatyaṃ tathānnādi āgneyaṃ dhūpadīpakaṃ phalapuṣpādikañcaiva vānaspatyantu pañcamaṃ
food and the like belong to Prajāpati; incense and lamps are of Agni; and fruit, flowers and the rest, the vegetal (offering), is the fifth;
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AgP 202.22
पार्थिवं कुशमूलाद्यं वायव्यं गन्धचन्दनं :न् १ शाल्मलिजैश्चेति ख॥ , ग॥ , ङ॥ च २ सुगन्धैः पत्रपुष्पैश्चेति ङ॥ ३ पूज्यो नीलोत्पलैर्हरिरिति ख॥ , ग॥ , ङ॥ , ज॥ च ४ अहिंसा इन्द्रियययम इति ग॥ ५ क्षान्तिर्दानमिति ख॥ ६ अहिंसा प्रथमं पुष्पमित्यादिः, पूजितः परितुष्यति इत्य् अन्तः पाठः ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ पुस्तकेषु नास्ति :प् २४२ श्रद्धाख्यं विष्णुपुष्पञ्च सर्वदा चाष्टपुष्पिकाः
pārthivaṃ kuśamūlādyaṃ vāyavyaṃ gandhacandanaṃ :n 1 śālmalijaiśceti kha.. , ga.. , ṅa.. ca 2 sugandhaiḥ patrapuṣpaiśceti ṅa.. 3 pūjyo nīlotpalairhaririti kha.. , ga.. , ṅa.. , ja.. ca 4 ahiṃsā indriyayayama iti ga.. 5 kṣāntirdānamiti kha.. 6 ahiṃsā prathamaṃ puṣpamityādiḥ, pūjitaḥ parituṣyati ity antaḥ pāṭhaḥ kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. , ña.. , ṭa.. pustakeṣu nāsti :p 242 śraddhākhyaṃ viṣṇupuṣpañca sarvadā cāṣṭapuṣpikāḥ
The earthy (offering) is kuśa-roots and the like; the airy is scent and sandal(paste); ... and the flower of Viṣṇu called faith — these are always the eight flowers.
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AgP 202.23
आसनं मूर्तिपञ्चाङ्गं(१) विष्णुर्वा चाष्टपुष्पिकाः विष्णोस्तु वासुदेवाद्यैरीशानाद्यैः शिवस्य वा
āsanaṃ mūrtipañcāṅgaṃ(1) viṣṇurvā cāṣṭapuṣpikāḥ viṣṇostu vāsudevādyairīśānādyaiḥ śivasya vā
The seat, the five limbs of the image, and Viṣṇu (himself) — (these too are) the eight flowers; for Viṣṇu with (the names) Vāsudeva and the rest, or for Śiva with (the names) Īśāna and the rest.
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