Agni Purana — Chapter 205
AgP 205.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे मासोपवासव्रतं नाम चतुरधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२०५} :श् अथ पञ्चाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः भीष्मपञ्चकव्रतं अग्निर् उवाच भीष्मपञ्चकमाख्यास्ये व्रतराजन्तु सर्वदं कार्त्तिकस्यामले पक्षे एकादश्यां समचरेत्
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe māsopavāsavrataṃ nāma caturadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {205} :ś atha pañcādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ bhīṣmapañcakavrataṃ agnir uvāca bhīṣmapañcakamākhyāsye vratarājantu sarvadaṃ kārttikasyāmale pakṣe ekādaśyāṃ samacaret
[Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the two hundred and fourth chapter, called 'The Vow of the Month's Fast'. Chapter 205. Now the two hundred and fifth chapter: the Bhīṣmapañcaka vow.] Agni said: I shall declare the Bhīṣmapañcaka, the king of vows, which grants everything; one should perform it in the bright fortnight of Kārttika, on the eleventh day.
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AgP 205.2
दिनानि पञ्चत्रिःस्नाती पञ्चव्रीहितिलैस् तथा(१) तर्पयेद्देवपित्रादीन् मौनी सम्पूजयेद्धरिं
dināni pañcatriḥsnātī pañcavrīhitilais tathā(1) tarpayeddevapitrādīn maunī sampūjayeddhariṃ
For five days, bathing three times (a day), he should likewise gratify the gods, the ancestors and the rest with the five grains and sesame, and, keeping silence, should worship Hari.
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AgP 205.3
पञ्चगव्येन संस्नाप्य देवं पञ्चामृतेन च चन्दनाद्यैः समालिप्य गुग्गुलुं सघृतन्दहेत्
pañcagavyena saṃsnāpya devaṃ pañcāmṛtena ca candanādyaiḥ samālipya gugguluṃ saghṛtandahet
Having bathed the god with the five products of the cow and with the five nectars, and having smeared (him) with sandal and the rest, he should burn guggulu together with ghee.
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AgP 205.4
दीपं दद्याद्दिवारात्रौ नैवेद्यं परमान्नकं ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय जपेदष्टोत्तरं शतं
dīpaṃ dadyāddivārātrau naivedyaṃ paramānnakaṃ oṃ namo vāsudevāya japedaṣṭottaraṃ śataṃ
He should offer a lamp by day and by night, and as food-offering the finest rice-dish; he should recite 'oṃ, homage to Vāsudeva' one hundred and eight times.
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AgP 205.5
:न् १ यवव्रीहितिलैस्तथेति घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च :प् २४८ जुहुयाच्च घृताभ्यक्तांस्तिलव्रीहींस्ततो व्रती षडक्षरेण मन्त्रेण स्वाहाकारान्वितेन च
:n 1 yavavrīhitilaistatheti gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. ca :p 248 juhuyācca ghṛtābhyaktāṃstilavrīhīṃstato vratī ṣaḍakṣareṇa mantreṇa svāhākārānvitena ca
[Apparatus: 1 'yavavrīhitilais tathā' in MSS gha, ṅa, cha, ja. Page 248.] Then the observer of the vow should offer as oblation sesame and rice smeared with ghee, with the six-syllable mantra joined to the word svāhā.
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AgP 205.6
कमलैः पूजयेत् पादौ द्वितीये बिल्वपत्रकैः जानु सक्थि तृतीये ऽथ नाभिं भृङ्गरजेन तु
kamalaiḥ pūjayet pādau dvitīye bilvapatrakaiḥ jānu sakthi tṛtīye 'tha nābhiṃ bhṛṅgarajena tu
He should worship the feet with lotuses; on the second (day) the knees and thighs with bilva leaves; and then on the third the navel with bhṛṅgarāja.
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AgP 205.7
वाणबिल्वजवाभिस्तु चतुर्थे पञ्चमे ऽहनि मालत्या भूमिशायी स्यादेकादश्यान्तु गोमयं
vāṇabilvajavābhistu caturthe pañcame 'hani mālatyā bhūmiśāyī syādekādaśyāntu gomayaṃ
On the fourth with bāṇa, bilva and japā flowers, and on the fifth day with mālatī; he should sleep on the ground; and on the eleventh (he should take) cow-dung.
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AgP 205.8
गोमूत्रं दधि दुग्धं च पञ्चमे पञ्चगव्यकं पौर्णमास्याञ्चरेन्नक्तं भुक्तिं मुक्तिं लभेद्व्रती
gomūtraṃ dadhi dugdhaṃ ca pañcame pañcagavyakaṃ paurṇamāsyāñcarennaktaṃ bhuktiṃ muktiṃ labhedvratī
Cow's urine, curd and milk (on the following days), and on the fifth the mixture of the five cow-products; on the full-moon day he should eat only at night; the observer of the vow obtains enjoyment and liberation.
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AgP 205.9
भीष्मः कृत्वा हरिं प्राप्तस्तेनैव(१) भीष्मपञ्चकं ब्राह्मणः पूजनाद्यैश् च उपवासादिकं व्रतं(२)
bhīṣmaḥ kṛtvā hariṃ prāptastenaiva(1) bhīṣmapañcakaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ pūjanādyaiś ca upavāsādikaṃ vrataṃ(2)
Bhīṣma, having performed (it), attained Hari; for that very reason (it is called) the Bhīṣmapañcaka. A brahmin, by worship and the rest, (should perform) the vow consisting of fasting and so forth.
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