Agni Purana — Chapter 212
AgP 212.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे नानादानानि नामैकादशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२१२} :श् अथ द्वादशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः मेरुदानानि अग्निर् उवाच काम्यदानानि वक्ष्यामि सर्वकाम प्रदानि ते नित्यपूजां मासि मासि कृत्वाथो काम्यपूजनं
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe nānādānāni nāmaikādaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {212} :ś atha dvādaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ merudānāni agnir uvāca kāmyadānāni vakṣyāmi sarvakāma pradāni te nityapūjāṃ māsi māsi kṛtvātho kāmyapūjanaṃ
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the two hundred and eleventh chapter, called "The Various Gifts." || Chapter 212. Now the two hundred and twelfth chapter: the Gifts of the Meru. Agni said: I shall tell you of the optional (desire-prompted) gifts, which grant every wish. Having performed the daily worship month by month, then (comes) the optional worship,
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AgP 212.2
व्रतार्हणं गुरोः पूजा वत्सरान्ते महार्चनं अश्वं वै मार्गशैर्षे तु कमलं पिष्टसम्भवं
vratārhaṇaṃ guroḥ pūjā vatsarānte mahārcanaṃ aśvaṃ vai mārgaśairṣe tu kamalaṃ piṣṭasambhavaṃ
the honouring of the vow, worship of the teacher, and at the year's end the great worship. In Mārgaśīrṣa (one should give) a horse and a lotus made of flour-paste.
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AgP 212.3
शिवाय पूज्य यो दद्यात् सूर्यलोके चिरं वसेत्(१) :न् १ स्वर्गलोके चिरं वसेदिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ट॥ च । शिवलोके चिरं वसेदिति झ॥ :प् २७२ गजं पौषे पिष्टमयं त्रिसप्तकुलमुद्धरेत्
śivāya pūjya yo dadyāt sūryaloke ciraṃ vaset(1) :n 1 svargaloke ciraṃ vasediti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ṭa.. ca / śivaloke ciraṃ vasediti jha.. :p 272 gajaṃ pauṣe piṣṭamayaṃ trisaptakulamuddharet
Whoever, having worshipped, gives (it) to Śiva dwells long in the world of the Sun. (Variants: "dwells long in the world of heaven"; "dwells long in the world of Śiva.") (Giving) an elephant made of flour-paste in Pauṣa, he would rescue three times seven generations of his family.
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AgP 212.4
माघे चाश्वरथं पैष्ठं दत्त्वा नरकं व्रजेत् फाल्गुने तु वृषं पैष्टं स्वर्गभुक् स्यान्महीपतिः
māghe cāśvarathaṃ paiṣṭhaṃ dattvā narakaṃ vrajet phālgune tu vṛṣaṃ paiṣṭaṃ svargabhuk syānmahīpatiḥ
And in Māgha, having given a horse and chariot made of flour-paste, he would go to hell(?); but in Phālguna, (having given) a bull of flour-paste, a lord of the earth would be an enjoyer of heaven.
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AgP 212.5
चैत्रे चेक्षुमयीं गावन्दासदासीसमन्वितां दत्त्वा स्वर्गे चिरं स्थित्वा तदन्ते स्यान्महीपतिः
caitre cekṣumayīṃ gāvandāsadāsīsamanvitāṃ dattvā svarge ciraṃ sthitvā tadante syānmahīpatiḥ
And in Caitra, having given a cow made of sugarcane together with male and female slaves, having remained long in heaven, at the end of that he becomes a lord of the earth.
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AgP 212.6
सप्तव्रीहींश् च वैशाखे दत्त्वा शिवमयो भवेत् बलिमण्डलकञ्चान्नैः कृत्वाषाढे शिवो भवेत्
saptavrīhīṃś ca vaiśākhe dattvā śivamayo bhavet balimaṇḍalakañcānnaiḥ kṛtvāṣāḍhe śivo bhavet
And having given the seven grains in Vaiśākha, he becomes one made of Śiva; and having made an offering-circle with cooked foods in Āṣāḍha, he becomes Śiva.
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AgP 212.7
विमानं श्रावणे पौष्पं दत्त्वा स्वर्गी ततो नृपः शतद्वयं फलानान्तु दत्त्वोद्धृत्य कुलं नृपः
vimānaṃ śrāvaṇe pauṣpaṃ dattvā svargī tato nṛpaḥ śatadvayaṃ phalānāntu dattvoddhṛtya kulaṃ nṛpaḥ
Having given a flower-palanquin in Śrāvaṇa, the king thereafter goes to heaven; and having given two hundred fruits, the king rescues his family.
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AgP 212.8
गुग्गुलादि दहेद्भाद्रे स्वर्गी स स्यात्ततो नृपः क्षीरसर्पिर्भृतं पात्रमाश्विने स्वर्गदम्भवेत्
guggulādi dahedbhādre svargī sa syāttato nṛpaḥ kṣīrasarpirbhṛtaṃ pātramāśvine svargadambhavet
In Bhādra he should burn guggulu and the rest; thereafter that king goes to heaven. A vessel filled with milk and clarified butter in Āśvina would be a giver of heaven.
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AgP 212.9
कार्त्तिके गुडखण्डाज्यं दत्त्वा स्वर्गी ततो नृपः मेरुदानं द्वादशकं वक्ष्ये ऽहं भुक्तिमुक्तिदं
kārttike guḍakhaṇḍājyaṃ dattvā svargī tato nṛpaḥ merudānaṃ dvādaśakaṃ vakṣye 'haṃ bhuktimuktidaṃ
In Kārttika, having given molasses, sugar-candy and ghee, the king thereafter goes to heaven. I shall declare the twelvefold gift of the Meru, which grants enjoyment and liberation.
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AgP 212.10
मेरुव्रते तु कार्त्तिक्यां रत्नमेरुन्ददेद् द्विजे सर्वेषाञ्चैव मेरूणां प्रमाणं क्रमशः शृणु
meruvrate tu kārttikyāṃ ratnamerundaded dvije sarveṣāñcaiva merūṇāṃ pramāṇaṃ kramaśaḥ śṛṇu
In the Meru vow, on the full moon of Kārttika, one should give a Meru of jewels to a brahmin. Hear now in order the measure of all the Merus.
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AgP 212.11
वज्रपद्ममहानीलनीलस्फटिकसञ्ज्ञितः पुष्पं मरकतं मुक्ता प्रस्थमात्रेण चोत्तमः
vajrapadmamahānīlanīlasphaṭikasañjñitaḥ puṣpaṃ marakataṃ muktā prasthamātreṇa cottamaḥ
(One made) of diamond, of padma-stone, of mahānīla, of sapphire, of crystal, of topaz, of emerald, of pearl — and, of the measure of a prastha, it is the best (kind).
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AgP 212.12
मध्यो ऽर्धः स्यात्तदर्धो ऽधो वित्तशाठ्यं विवर्जयेत् कार्णिकायां न्यसेन्मेरुं ब्रह्मविष्ण्वीशदैवतं
madhyo 'rdhaḥ syāttadardho 'dho vittaśāṭhyaṃ vivarjayet kārṇikāyāṃ nyasenmeruṃ brahmaviṣṇvīśadaivataṃ
The middling is half (of that), and below it (the lowest) is half of that; one should avoid miserliness with one's wealth. On the pericarp (of the lotus) one should set the Meru, whose deities are Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Īśa.
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AgP 212.13
माल्यवान् पूर्वतः पूज्यस्तत्पूर्वे भदरसञ्ज्ञितः अश्वरक्षस्ततः प्रोक्तो निषधो मेरुदक्षिणे
mālyavān pūrvataḥ pūjyastatpūrve bhadarasañjñitaḥ aśvarakṣastataḥ prokto niṣadho merudakṣiṇe
Mālyavān is to be worshipped on the east; to the east of that is the one named Bhadara; then Aśvarakṣas is declared; Niṣadha is on the south of Meru.
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AgP 212.14
हेमकूटो ऽथ हिमवान् त्रयं सौम्ये तथा त्रयं नीलः श्वेतश् च शृङ्गी च पश्चिमे गन्धमादनः
hemakūṭo 'tha himavān trayaṃ saumye tathā trayaṃ nīlaḥ śvetaś ca śṛṅgī ca paścime gandhamādanaḥ
Then Hemakūṭa and Himavān — these three; and likewise three in the north: Nīla, Śveta and Śṛṅgī; in the west, Gandhamādana,
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AgP 212.15
:प् २७३ वैकङ्कः केतुमालः स्यान्मेरुर्द्वादशसंयुतः सोपवासो ऽर्चयेद्विष्णुं शिवं वा स्नानपूर्वकं
:p 273 vaikaṅkaḥ ketumālaḥ syānmerurdvādaśasaṃyutaḥ sopavāso 'rcayedviṣṇuṃ śivaṃ vā snānapūrvakaṃ
Vaikaṅka and Ketumāla — so the Meru is joined with twelve (mountains). Observing a fast, he should worship Viṣṇu or Śiva, preceded by bathing.
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AgP 212.16
देवाग्रे चार्च्य मेरुञ्च मन्त्रैर् विप्राय वै ददेत् विप्रायामुकगोत्राय मेरुन्द्रव्यमयम्परं
devāgre cārcya meruñca mantrair viprāya vai dadet viprāyāmukagotrāya merundravyamayamparaṃ
And having worshipped the Meru before the god with mantras, he should give it to a brahmin: "To the brahmin of such-and-such a gotra (I give) this supreme Meru made of (precious) substance,
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AgP 212.17
भुक्त्यै मुक्त्यै निर्मलत्वे विष्णुदैवं ददामि ते इन्द्रलोके ब्रह्मलोके शिवलोके हरेः पुरे
bhuktyai muktyai nirmalatve viṣṇudaivaṃ dadāmi te indraloke brahmaloke śivaloke hareḥ pure
for enjoyment, for liberation, for purity — I give it to you, with Viṣṇu as its deity." In Indra's world, in Brahmā's world, in Śiva's world, in Hari's city,
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AgP 212.18
कुलमुद्धृत्य क्रीडेत विमाने देवपूजितः अन्येष्वपि च कालेषु सङ्क्रान्त्यादौ प्रदापयेत्
kulamuddhṛtya krīḍeta vimāne devapūjitaḥ anyeṣvapi ca kāleṣu saṅkrāntyādau pradāpayet
having rescued his family, honoured by the gods, he would sport in a celestial car. And at other times too, at a solstitial passage and the like, he should have (it) given.
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AgP 212.19
पलानान्तु सहस्रेण हेममेरुम्प्रकल्पयेत् शृङ्गत्रयसमायुक्तं ब्रह्मविष्णुहरान्वितं
palānāntu sahasreṇa hemamerumprakalpayet śṛṅgatrayasamāyuktaṃ brahmaviṣṇuharānvitaṃ
With a thousand palas (of gold) one should fashion a golden Meru, furnished with three peaks, (which are) Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Hara.
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AgP 212.20
एकैकं पर्वतन्तस्य शतैकैकेन कारयेत् मेरुणा सह शैलास्तु ख्यातास्तत्र त्रयोदश
ekaikaṃ parvatantasya śataikaikena kārayet meruṇā saha śailāstu khyātāstatra trayodaśa
Each single mountain of it he should have made with a hundred (palas) each; together with Meru the mountains there are said to be thirteen.
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AgP 212.21
अयने ग्रहणादौ च विष्ण्वग्रे हरिमर्च्य च स्वर्णमेरुं द्विजायार्प्य विष्णुलोके चिरं वसेत्
ayane grahaṇādau ca viṣṇvagre harimarcya ca svarṇameruṃ dvijāyārpya viṣṇuloke ciraṃ vaset
At a solstice, at an eclipse and so on, having worshipped Hari before Viṣṇu (i.e. before his image), and having presented the golden Meru to a brahmin, one dwells long in Viṣṇu's world.
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AgP 212.22
परमाणवो यावन्त इह राजा भवेच्चिरं रौप्यमेरुं द्वादशाद्रियुतं सङ्कल्पतो ददेत्(१)
paramāṇavo yāvanta iha rājā bhavecciraṃ raupyameruṃ dvādaśādriyutaṃ saṅkalpato dadet(1)
As many as are the atoms (in it), so long will he be a king here; he should give a silver Meru joined with twelve mountains, by (formal) resolve.
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AgP 212.23
प्रागुक्तं च फलं तस्य विष्णुं विप्रंप्रपूज्य च भूमिमेरुञ्च विषयं मण्डलं ग्राममेव च(२)
prāguktaṃ ca phalaṃ tasya viṣṇuṃ vipraṃprapūjya ca bhūmimeruñca viṣayaṃ maṇḍalaṃ grāmameva ca(2)
And the fruit of that is as stated before; and having duly worshipped Viṣṇu and the brahmin, (one should give) an earthen Meru, and a district, a province, or a village.
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AgP 212.24
परिकल्प्याष्टमांशेन शेषांशाः(३) पूर्ववत् फलं द्वादशाद्रिसमायुक्तं हस्तिमेरुस्वरूपिणं
parikalpyāṣṭamāṃśena śeṣāṃśāḥ(3) pūrvavat phalaṃ dvādaśādrisamāyuktaṃ hastimerusvarūpiṇaṃ
Having apportioned (the central peak) with an eighth part, the remaining parts (are) as before; the fruit likewise. (One should give) an elephant-Meru in form, joined with twelve mountains,
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AgP 212.25
:न् १ सङ्कल्प्य तद्ददेदिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ च २ मण्डलं ग्राममेवेति ग॥ , झ॥ , ट॥ च ३ शेषाङ्गा इति ख॥ :प् २७४ ददेत्त्रिपुरुषैर् युक्तं दत्त्वानन्तं फलं लभेत् त्रिपञ्चाश्वैर् अश्वमेरुं हययद्वादशसंयुतं
:n 1 saṅkalpya taddadediti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca 2 maṇḍalaṃ grāmameveti ga.. , jha.. , ṭa.. ca 3 śeṣāṅgā iti kha.. :p 274 dadettripuruṣair yuktaṃ dattvānantaṃ phalaṃ labhet tripañcāśvair aśvameruṃ hayayadvādaśasaṃyutaṃ
[apparatus: variant readings "saṅkalpya taddadet" in mss. ga, gha, ṅa, ña; "maṇḍalaṃ grāmameva" in ga, jha, ṭa; "śeṣāṅgāḥ" in kha; p. 274] — he should give (it) furnished with three men; having given it he obtains endless fruit. With fifty-three horses (one makes) a horse-Meru, joined with twelve (mountains) of horses.
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AgP 212.26
विष्ण्वादीन् पूज्य तं दत्त्वा भुक्तभोगो नृपो भवेत् अश्वसङ्ख्याप्रमाणेन गोमेरुं पूर्ववद्ददेत्
viṣṇvādīn pūjya taṃ dattvā bhuktabhogo nṛpo bhavet aśvasaṅkhyāpramāṇena gomeruṃ pūrvavaddadet
Having worshipped Viṣṇu and the rest and given that, the king becomes one who has enjoyed (all) enjoyments. By the same measure of number as the horses, he should give a cow-Meru as before.
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AgP 212.27
पट्टवस्त्रैर् भारमात्रैर् वस्त्रमेरुश् च मध्यतः शैलैर् द्वादशवस्त्रैश् च दत्त्वा तञ्चाक्षयं फलं
paṭṭavastrair bhāramātrair vastrameruś ca madhyataḥ śailair dvādaśavastraiś ca dattvā tañcākṣayaṃ phalaṃ
With silk cloths by the load (there is) the cloth-Meru in the middle, and with the mountains of twelve cloths; having given it, (there is) imperishable fruit.
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AgP 212.28
घृतपञ्चसहस्रैश् च पलानामाज्यपर्वतः शतैः पञ्चभिरेकैकः पार्वते ऽस्मिन् हरिं यजेत्
ghṛtapañcasahasraiś ca palānāmājyaparvataḥ śataiḥ pañcabhirekaikaḥ pārvate 'smin hariṃ yajet
With five thousand palas of ghee (there is) the mountain of clarified butter; each single one (of the other mountains) with five hundred. On this mountain he should worship Hari.
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AgP 212.29
विष्ण्वग्रे ब्राह्मणायार्प्य सर्वं प्राप्य हरिं व्रजेत् एवं च खण्डमेरुञ्च कृत्वा दत्त्वाप्नुयात् फलं
viṣṇvagre brāhmaṇāyārpya sarvaṃ prāpya hariṃ vrajet evaṃ ca khaṇḍameruñca kṛtvā dattvāpnuyāt phalaṃ
Having presented everything to a brahmin before Viṣṇu, he attains and goes to Hari; and thus, having made and given a Meru of sugar-lumps, he would obtain (the same) fruit.
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AgP 212.30
धान्यमेरुः पञ्चखारो ऽपर एकैकखारकाः स्वर्णत्रिशृङ्गकाः सर्वे ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वरान्
dhānyameruḥ pañcakhāro 'para ekaikakhārakāḥ svarṇatriśṛṅgakāḥ sarve brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarān
The grain-Meru (consists of) five khāras, the others of one khāra each; all have three golden peaks, (representing) Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara.
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AgP 212.31
सर्वेषु पूज्य विष्णुं वा विशेषादक्षयं फलं एवं दशांशमानेन तिलमेरुं प्रकल्पयेत्
sarveṣu pūjya viṣṇuṃ vā viśeṣādakṣayaṃ phalaṃ evaṃ daśāṃśamānena tilameruṃ prakalpayet
Having worshipped (them) in all (the peaks), or Viṣṇu especially, (there is) imperishable fruit. In the same way, with a measure of a tenth part, he should fashion a sesame-Meru.
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AgP 212.32
शृङ्गाणि पूर्ववत्तस्य तथैवान्यनगेषु च तिलमेरुं प्रदायाथ बन्धुभिर्विष्णुलोकभाक्(१)
śṛṅgāṇi pūrvavattasya tathaivānyanageṣu ca tilameruṃ pradāyātha bandhubhirviṣṇulokabhāk(1)
Its peaks are as before, and likewise on the other mountains; then, having given the sesame-Meru, one shares in Viṣṇu's world along with his kinsmen.
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AgP 212.33
नमो विष्णुस्वरूपाय धराधराय वै नमः ब्रह्मविष्ण्वीशशृङ्गाय धरानाभिस्थिताय च
namo viṣṇusvarūpāya dharādharāya vai namaḥ brahmaviṣṇvīśaśṛṅgāya dharānābhisthitāya ca
Homage to him whose form is Viṣṇu; homage indeed to the upholder of the earth; to him whose peaks are Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Īśa, and who stands at the navel of the earth;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 212.34
नगद्वादशनाथाय सर्वपापापहारिणे विष्णुभक्ताय शान्ताय त्राणं मे कुरु सर्वथा
nagadvādaśanāthāya sarvapāpāpahāriṇe viṣṇubhaktāya śāntāya trāṇaṃ me kuru sarvathā
to the lord of the twelve mountains, the remover of all sins, the devotee of Viṣṇu, the tranquil one: protect me in every way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 212.35
निष्पापः पितृभिः सार्धं विष्णुं गच्छामि ॐ नमः :न् १ बन्धुभिर्ब्रह्मलोकभागिति झ॥ :प् २७५ त्वं हरिस्तु हरेरग्रे अहं विष्णुश् च विष्णवे
niṣpāpaḥ pitṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ viṣṇuṃ gacchāmi oṃ namaḥ :n 1 bandhubhirbrahmalokabhāgiti jha.. :p 275 tvaṃ haristu hareragre ahaṃ viṣṇuś ca viṣṇave
Free of sin, together with my forefathers, I go to Viṣṇu — oṃ, homage. [apparatus: "sharing Brahmā's world with his kinsmen" in ms. jha; p. 275] "You are indeed Hari; before Hari I too am Viṣṇu" — to Viṣṇu
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 212.36
निवेदयामि भक्त्या तु भुक्तिमुक्त्यर्थहेतवे
nivedayāmi bhaktyā tu bhuktimuktyarthahetave
I offer (this) with devotion, for the sake of enjoyment and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition