Agni Purana — Chapter 21
AgP 21.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये जगत्सर्गवर्णनं नाम विंशतितमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {२१} :श् अथ एकविंशो ऽध्यायः सामान्यपूजाकथनं नारद उवाच सामान्यपूजां विष्ण्वादेर्वक्ष्ये मन्त्रांश् च सर्वदान् समस्तपरिवाराय अच्युताय नमो यजेत्
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye jagatsargavarṇanaṃ nāma viṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {21} :ś atha ekaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ sāmānyapūjākathanaṃ nārada uvāca sāmānyapūjāṃ viṣṇvādervakṣye mantrāṃś ca sarvadān samastaparivārāya acyutāya namo yajet
Thus ends the twentieth chapter, called 'The Description of the Creation of the World', in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa. [Chapter 21] Now the twenty-first chapter: the exposition of general worship. Nārada said: I shall declare the general worship of Viṣṇu and the others, and the mantras that grant everything. One should worship with 'Homage to Acyuta together with his whole retinue.'
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AgP 21.2
:न् १ साग्नयो ह्य् अगादिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः, अग्निपाला वर्हिषदो ह्य् आज्यपाः साग्नयो ह्य् अजादिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ वैसारणी सुते इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ५२ धात्रे विधात्रे गङ्गायै यमुनायै निधी तथा द्वारश्रियं वस्तुनवं शक्तिं कूर्ममनन्तकम्
:n 1 sāgnayo hy agāditi kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ, agnipālā varhiṣado hy ājyapāḥ sāgnayo hy ajāditi gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 vaisāraṇī sute iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 52 dhātre vidhātre gaṅgāyai yamunāyai nidhī tathā dvāraśriyaṃ vastunavaṃ śaktiṃ kūrmamanantakam
[Notes: 1. 'sāgnayo hy agāt' is the reading of MS kha; 'agnipālā varhiṣado hy ājyapāḥ sāgnayo hy ajāt' that of MS gha. 2. 'vaisāraṇī sute' is the reading of MS kha. Page 52:] (One should worship) Dhātṛ, Vidhātṛ, Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and likewise the two treasures, the Śrī of the doorway, the nine substances, Śakti, the Tortoise and Ananta.
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AgP 21.3
पृथिवीं धर्मकं ज्ञानं वैराग्यैश्वर्यमेव च अधर्मादीन् कन्दनालपद्मकेशरकर्णिकाः
pṛthivīṃ dharmakaṃ jñānaṃ vairāgyaiśvaryameva ca adharmādīn kandanālapadmakeśarakarṇikāḥ
(One should worship) Earth, Dharma, Knowledge, Detachment and Sovereignty, and Adharma and the rest, (and) the bulb, stalk, lotus, filaments and pericarp.
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AgP 21.4
ऋग्वेदाद्यं कृताद्यञ्च सत्वाद्यर्कादिमण्डलम् विमलोत्कर्षिणी ज्ञाना क्रिया योगा च ता यजेत्
ṛgvedādyaṃ kṛtādyañca satvādyarkādimaṇḍalam vimalotkarṣiṇī jñānā kriyā yogā ca tā yajet
(One should worship) the Ṛgveda and the rest, the Kṛta age and the rest, sattva and the rest, the orb of the sun and the rest; and one should worship those (śaktis) Vimalā, Utkarṣiṇī, Jñānā, Kriyā and Yogā.
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AgP 21.5
प्रह्वीं सत्यां तथेशानानुग्रहासनमूर्तिकाम्(१) दुर्गां गिरङ्गणं(२) क्षेत्रं वासुदेवादिकं यजेत्
prahvīṃ satyāṃ tatheśānānugrahāsanamūrtikām(1) durgāṃ giraṅgaṇaṃ(2) kṣetraṃ vāsudevādikaṃ yajet
One should worship Prahvī, Satyā, and likewise Īśānā, the embodiment of the seat of grace, Durgā, speech(?), the host, the field, and Vāsudeva and the rest.
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AgP 21.6
हृदयञ्च शिरः शूलं वर्मनेत्रमथास्त्रकम् शङ्खं चक्रं गदां पद्मं श्रीवत्सं कौस्तुभं यजेत्
hṛdayañca śiraḥ śūlaṃ varmanetramathāstrakam śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ gadāṃ padmaṃ śrīvatsaṃ kaustubhaṃ yajet
One should worship the Heart, the Head, the Trident, the Armour, the Eye, and then the Weapon, the conch, the discus, the mace, the lotus, the Śrīvatsa and the Kaustubha.
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AgP 21.7
वनमालां श्रियं पुष्टिं गरुडं गुरुमर्चयेत् इन्द्रमग्निं यमं रक्षो जलं वायुं धनेश्वरम्
vanamālāṃ śriyaṃ puṣṭiṃ garuḍaṃ gurumarcayet indramagniṃ yamaṃ rakṣo jalaṃ vāyuṃ dhaneśvaram
One should worship the forest-garland, Śrī, Puṣṭi, Garuḍa and the teacher; Indra, Agni, Yama, the demon (Nirṛti), Water (Varuṇa), Vāyu, and the lord of wealth (Kubera),
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AgP 21.8
ईशानन्तमजं चास्त्रं वाहनं कुमुदादिकम् विष्वक्सेनं मण्डलादौ सिद्धिः पूजादिना भवेत्
īśānantamajaṃ cāstraṃ vāhanaṃ kumudādikam viṣvaksenaṃ maṇḍalādau siddhiḥ pūjādinā bhavet
Īśāna, Ananta, Aja, and the Weapon, the vehicle, Kumuda and the rest, and Viṣvaksena; in the maṇḍala and so forth success comes about through worship and the rest.
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AgP 21.9
शिवपूजाथ सामान्या पूर्वं नन्दिनमर्चयेत् महाकालं यजेद्गङ्गां(३) यमुनाञ्च गणादिकम्
śivapūjātha sāmānyā pūrvaṃ nandinamarcayet mahākālaṃ yajedgaṅgāṃ(3) yamunāñca gaṇādikam
Now the general worship of Śiva: first one should worship Nandin, then Mahākāla; one should worship Gaṅgā and Yamunā and the troop (of attendants) and the rest.
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AgP 21.10
गिरं श्रियं(४) गुरुं वास्तुं शक्यादीन् धर्मकादिकम् (५) वामा ज्येष्ठा तथा रौद्री काली कलविकारिणी
giraṃ śriyaṃ(4) guruṃ vāstuṃ śakyādīn dharmakādikam (5) vāmā jyeṣṭhā tathā raudrī kālī kalavikāriṇī
(One should worship) Speech, Śrī, the teacher, Vāstu, the Śaktis and the rest, Dharma and the rest; (and) Vāmā, Jyeṣṭhā, likewise Raudrī, Kālī, Kalavikāriṇī,
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AgP 21.11
बलविकरिणी चापि बलप्रमथिनी क्रमात् :न् १ प्रह्वी सन्ध्या तथेशानानुग्रहासनमूर्तिका इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ दुर्गां गिरिं गणमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः दुर्गां शिवं गणमिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ यजेत् दुर्गां इति ख, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ गिरिं श्रियमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः शिवं श्रियतमिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ गौरीं श्रियं गुरुं चास्त्रं शक्त्यादिं धर्मकादिकमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ५३ सर्वभूतदमनी च मदनोन्मादिनी शिवासनं
balavikariṇī cāpi balapramathinī kramāt :n 1 prahvī sandhyā tatheśānānugrahāsanamūrtikā iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 durgāṃ giriṃ gaṇamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ durgāṃ śivaṃ gaṇamiti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 yajet durgāṃ iti kha, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 giriṃ śriyamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ śivaṃ śriyatamiti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 gaurīṃ śriyaṃ guruṃ cāstraṃ śaktyādiṃ dharmakādikamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 53 sarvabhūtadamanī ca madanonmādinī śivāsanaṃ
and Balavikariṇī, and Balapramathinī, in order; [variant readings noted: for "prahvī sandhyā tatheśānānugrahāsanamūrtikā" in ms. ga; "durgāṃ giriṃ gaṇam" in ms. kha, "durgāṃ śivaṃ gaṇam" in ms. gha; "yajet durgāṃ" in mss. kha and gha; "giriṃ śriyam" in ms. kha, "śivaṃ śriyatam" in ms. gha; "gaurīṃ śriyaṃ guruṃ cāstraṃ śaktyādiṃ dharmakādikam" in ms. ṅa] — Sarvabhūtadamanī and Madanonmādinī, (and) Śiva's seat.
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AgP 21.12
हां हुं हां शिवमूर्तये साङ्गवक्त्रं शिवं यजेत् हौं शिवाय हामित्यादि हामीशानादिवक्त्रकं
hāṃ huṃ hāṃ śivamūrtaye sāṅgavaktraṃ śivaṃ yajet hauṃ śivāya hāmityādi hāmīśānādivaktrakaṃ
(With) "hāṃ huṃ hāṃ to the form of Śiva" one should worship Śiva together with his limbs and faces; "hauṃ to Śiva," "hāṃ" and so on — with "hāṃ" the faces beginning with Īśāna.
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AgP 21.13
ह्रीं गौरीं गं गणः शक्रमुखाश् चण्डीहृतादिकाः क्रमात्सूर्यार्चने मन्त्रा दण्डी पूज्यश् च पिङ्गलः
hrīṃ gaurīṃ gaṃ gaṇaḥ śakramukhāś caṇḍīhṛtādikāḥ kramātsūryārcane mantrā daṇḍī pūjyaś ca piṅgalaḥ
"hrīṃ" for Gaurī, "gaṃ" (for) Gaṇa; Śakra and the rest, Caṇḍī, the heart-(mantra) and the rest, in order. In the worship of the Sun the mantras (are these): and Daṇḍī is to be worshipped, and Piṅgala.
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AgP 21.14
उच्चैःश्रवाश्चारुणश् च प्रभूतं विमलं यजेत् साराध्योपरमसुखं(१) स्कन्दाद्यं मध्यतो यजेत्
uccaiḥśravāścāruṇaś ca prabhūtaṃ vimalaṃ yajet sārādhyoparamasukhaṃ(1) skandādyaṃ madhyato yajet
And Uccaiḥśravas and Aruṇa; one should worship Prabhūta and Vimala; (then) the supreme bliss (which is) the essence to be worshipped; one should worship Skanda and the rest in the middle.
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AgP 21.15
दीप्ता सूक्ष्मा जया भद्रा विभूतिर्विमला तथा अमोघा विद्युता चैव पूज्याथ सर्वतोमुखी
dīptā sūkṣmā jayā bhadrā vibhūtirvimalā tathā amoghā vidyutā caiva pūjyātha sarvatomukhī
Dīptā, Sūkṣmā, Jayā, Bhadrā, Vibhūti and likewise Vimalā, Amoghā and Vidyutā; then Sarvatomukhī is to be worshipped.
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AgP 21.16
अर्कासनं हि हं खं ख सोल्कायेति च मूर्तिकाम् ह्रां ह्रीं स सूर्याय नम आं नमो हृदाय च
arkāsanaṃ hi haṃ khaṃ kha solkāyeti ca mūrtikām hrāṃ hrīṃ sa sūryāya nama āṃ namo hṛdāya ca
The seat of the Sun (is) "hi haṃ khaṃ kha"; and with "solkāya" (one worships) the (Sun's) form; "hrāṃ hrīṃ sa, homage to Sūrya"; and "āṃ, homage" to the heart(-mantra).
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AgP 21.17
अर्काय शिरसे तद्वदग्नीशासुरवायुगान्(२) भूर्भुवः स्वरे ज्वालिनि शिखा हुं कवचं स्मृतं
arkāya śirase tadvadagnīśāsuravāyugān(2) bhūrbhuvaḥ svare jvālini śikhā huṃ kavacaṃ smṛtaṃ
"To the Sun" for the head, and likewise (the syllables) going to Agni, Īśāna, the demon (i.e. southwest) and Vāyu (quarters); "bhūr bhuvaḥ svar" — in "jvālini" (is) the top-knot(-mantra); "huṃ" is held to be the armour.
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AgP 21.18
भां नेत्रं वस् तथार्कास्त्रं राज्ञी शक्तिश् च निष्कुभा(३) सोमो ऽङ्गारकोथ बुधो जीवः शुक्रः शनिः क्रमात्
bhāṃ netraṃ vas tathārkāstraṃ rājñī śaktiś ca niṣkubhā(3) somo 'ṅgārakotha budho jīvaḥ śukraḥ śaniḥ kramāt
"bhāṃ" (is) the eye, "vas" likewise the Sun's weapon; and Rājñī, Śakti and Niṣkubhā; then the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, in order.
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AgP 21.19
राहुः केतुस्तेजश् चण्डः सङ्क्षेपादथ पूजनं आसनं मूर्तये मूलं हृदाद्यं परिचारकः
rāhuḥ ketustejaś caṇḍaḥ saṅkṣepādatha pūjanaṃ āsanaṃ mūrtaye mūlaṃ hṛdādyaṃ paricārakaḥ
Rāhu, Ketu, Tejas, Caṇḍa — thus the worship in brief: the seat, the root(-mantra) for the form, the heart(-mantra) and the rest, (and) the attendant.
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AgP 21.20
विष्ण्वासनं विष्णुर्मूर्तेर्ॐ श्रीं श्रीं श्रीधरोहरिः ह्रीं सर्वमूर्तिमन्त्रोयमिति त्रैलोक्यमोहनः
viṣṇvāsanaṃ viṣṇurmūrteroṃ śrīṃ śrīṃ śrīdharohariḥ hrīṃ sarvamūrtimantroyamiti trailokyamohanaḥ
The seat of Viṣṇu, Viṣṇu (himself) for the form: "oṃ śrīṃ, śrīṃ Śrīdhara, Hari, hrīṃ" — this is the mantra of all the forms; (it is called) "the deluder of the three worlds."
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AgP 21.21
ह्रीं हृषीकेशः क्लीं विष्णुः स्वरैर् दीर्घैर्हृदादिकं समस्तैः पञ्चमी पूजा सङ्ग्रामादौ जयादिदा
hrīṃ hṛṣīkeśaḥ klīṃ viṣṇuḥ svarair dīrghairhṛdādikaṃ samastaiḥ pañcamī pūjā saṅgrāmādau jayādidā
"hrīṃ Hṛṣīkeśa," "klīṃ Viṣṇu"; with the long vowels the heart(-mantra) and the rest; with all (of them) the fifth worship (is performed), which gives victory and the like in battle and so forth.
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AgP 21.22
:न् १ सावाराध्योपरं दुःखमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ अग्निसाश्रयवायुगानिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । अर्काय शिरसे तद्वदग्निजायायुतञ्च तदिति ङ,चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ शक्तिश् च निर्गता इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ५४ चक्रं गदां क्रमाच्छङ्खं मुषलं खड्गशार्ङ्गकम् पाशाङ्कुशौ च श्रीवत्सं कौस्तुभं वनमालया
:n 1 sāvārādhyoparaṃ duḥkhamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 agnisāśrayavāyugāniti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / arkāya śirase tadvadagnijāyāyutañca taditi ṅa,cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 śaktiś ca nirgatā iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 54 cakraṃ gadāṃ kramācchaṅkhaṃ muṣalaṃ khaḍgaśārṅgakam pāśāṅkuśau ca śrīvatsaṃ kaustubhaṃ vanamālayā
[Apparatus: variants "sāvārādhyoparaṃ duḥkham" in ms. kha; "agnisāśrayavāyugān" in ms. kha, and "arkāya śirase tadvad agnijāyāyutaṃ ca tat" in ms. ṅa; "śaktiś ca nirgatā" in ms. kha] — the discus, the mace, in order the conch, the pestle, the sword and the Śārṅga bow, the noose and the goad, and the Śrīvatsa, the Kaustubha, together with the forest-garland.
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AgP 21.23
श्रीं श्रीर्महालक्ष्मीतार्क्ष्यो गुरुरिन्द्रादयो ऽर्चनम् सरस्वत्यासनं मूर्तिरौं ह्रीं दधी सरस्वती
śrīṃ śrīrmahālakṣmītārkṣyo gururindrādayo 'rcanam sarasvatyāsanaṃ mūrtirauṃ hrīṃ dadhī sarasvatī
"śrīṃ" — Śrī, Mahālakṣmī, Tārkṣya (Garuḍa), the teacher, Indra and the rest: (such is) the worship. The seat of Sarasvatī, (then) for the form "auṃ hrīṃ," the giver (of speech?), Sarasvatī.
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AgP 21.24
हृदाद्या लक्ष्मीर्मेधा च कलातुष्टिश् च पुष्टिका गौरी प्रभामती दुर्गा गणो गुरुश् च क्षेत्रपः
hṛdādyā lakṣmīrmedhā ca kalātuṣṭiś ca puṣṭikā gaurī prabhāmatī durgā gaṇo guruś ca kṣetrapaḥ
The heart(-mantra) and the rest; Lakṣmī and Medhā, Kalā, Tuṣṭi and Puṣṭikā, Gaurī, Prabhā, Matī, Durgā, Gaṇa (Gaṇeśa), the teacher, and the guardian of the field.
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AgP 21.25
तथा गं गणपतये च ह्रीं गौर्यै च श्रीं श्रियै ह्रीं त्वरितायै ह्रीं सौ त्रिपुरा(१) चतुर्थ्यन्तनमोन्तकाः
tathā gaṃ gaṇapataye ca hrīṃ gauryai ca śrīṃ śriyai hrīṃ tvaritāyai hrīṃ sau tripurā(1) caturthyantanamontakāḥ
And likewise "gaṃ to Gaṇapati," "hrīṃ to Gaurī," "śrīṃ to Śrī," "hrīṃ to Tvaritā," "hrīṃ sau" (to) Tripurā — (these) ending in the dative and closing with "namaḥ,"
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AgP 21.26
प्रणवाद्याश् च नामाद्यमक्षरं विन्दुसंयुतं ॐ युतं वा सर्वमन्त्रपूजनाज्जपतः स्मृताः
praṇavādyāś ca nāmādyamakṣaraṃ vindusaṃyutaṃ oṃ yutaṃ vā sarvamantrapūjanājjapataḥ smṛtāḥ
and beginning with the praṇava (oṃ); or the first syllable of the name joined with the anusvāra, or joined with "oṃ" — (such mantras) are prescribed, for one who worships and recites all mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 21.27
होमात्तिलघृताद्यैश् च धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदाः पूजामन्त्रान् पठेद्यस्तु भुक्तभोगो दिवं व्रजेत्
homāttilaghṛtādyaiś ca dharmakāmārthamokṣadāḥ pūjāmantrān paṭhedyastu bhuktabhogo divaṃ vrajet
And by oblation with sesame, ghee and the like they bestow dharma, pleasure, wealth and liberation. Whoever recites the mantras of worship, having enjoyed his pleasures, goes to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition