Agni Purana — Chapter 213

AgP 213.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे मेरुदानानि नाम द्वादशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२१३} :श् अथ त्रयोदशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः पृथ्वीदानानि अग्निर् उवाच पृथ्वीदानं प्रवक्ष्यामि पृथिवी त्रिविधा मता शतकोटिर्योजनानां सप्तद्वीपा ससागरा

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe merudānāni nāma dvādaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {213} :ś atha trayodaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pṛthvīdānāni agnir uvāca pṛthvīdānaṃ pravakṣyāmi pṛthivī trividhā matā śatakoṭiryojanānāṃ saptadvīpā sasāgarā

[colophon: Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred and twelfth chapter, called "The Gifts of Merus". Chapter 213. Now the two hundred and thirteenth chapter: The Gifts of Earth.] Agni said: I shall declare the gift of the earth. The earth is held to be of three kinds. (It measures) a hundred crore yojanas, with seven continents and the oceans.

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AgP 213.2

जम्बुद्वीपावधिः सा च उत्तमा मेदिनीरिता उत्तमां पञ्चभिर्भारैः काञ्चनैश् च प्रकल्पयेत्

jambudvīpāvadhiḥ sā ca uttamā medinīritā uttamāṃ pañcabhirbhāraiḥ kāñcanaiś ca prakalpayet

And that which extends as far as Jambudvīpa is called the highest earth. The highest one he should fashion with five loads of gold.

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AgP 213.3

तदर्धान्तरजं कूर्मं तथा पद्मं समादिशेत् उत्तमा कथिता पृथ्वी द्व्यंशेनैव तु मध्यमा

tadardhāntarajaṃ kūrmaṃ tathā padmaṃ samādiśet uttamā kathitā pṛthvī dvyaṃśenaiva tu madhyamā

The tortoise (base) arising from half of that, and likewise the lotus, he should prescribe. Thus the highest (grade of) earth-gift has been described; with two parts (of that measure) it is the middling one.

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AgP 213.4

कन्यसा च त्रिभागेन(१) त्रिहान्या कूर्मपङ्कजे पलानान्तु सहस्रेण कल्पयेत् कल्पपादपं

kanyasā ca tribhāgena(1) trihānyā kūrmapaṅkaje palānāntu sahasreṇa kalpayet kalpapādapaṃ

And the least is by a third part, with a reduction by a third in the tortoise and the lotus. With a thousand palas (of gold) one should fashion the wish-granting tree.

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AgP 213.5

मूलदण्डं सपत्रञ्च फलपुष्पसमन्वितं :न् १ स्वल्पा सा तु त्रिभागेनेति ङ॥ , ट॥ च :प् २७६ पञ्चस्कन्धन्तु सङ्कल्प्य पञ्चानान्दापयेत् सुधीः

mūladaṇḍaṃ sapatrañca phalapuṣpasamanvitaṃ :n 1 svalpā sā tu tribhāgeneti ṅa.. , ṭa.. ca :p 276 pañcaskandhantu saṅkalpya pañcānāndāpayet sudhīḥ

(with) root and trunk, with leaves, furnished with fruits and flowers. [note: some manuscripts read 'and the small one is by a third part'] Having conceived it as of five trunks, the wise man should have five (?) given.

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AgP 213.6

एतद्दाता ब्रह्मलोके पितृभिर्मोदते चिरं विष्ण्वग्रे कामधेनुन्तु पलानां पञ्चभिः शतैः

etaddātā brahmaloke pitṛbhirmodate ciraṃ viṣṇvagre kāmadhenuntu palānāṃ pañcabhiḥ śataiḥ

The giver of this rejoices long in Brahmā's world together with his forefathers. And (one should make) a wish-cow of five hundred palas before Viṣṇu.

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AgP 213.7

ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाद्या देवा धेनौ व्यवस्थिताः धेनुदानं सर्वदानं सर्वद ब्रह्मलोकदं

brahmaviṣṇumaheśādyā devā dhenau vyavasthitāḥ dhenudānaṃ sarvadānaṃ sarvada brahmalokadaṃ

Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśa and the other gods are established in the cow; the gift of a cow is (equal to) every gift, always granting Brahmā's world.

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AgP 213.8

विष्ण्वग्रे कपिलां दत्त्वा तारयेत् सकलं कुलं अलङ्कृत्य स्त्रियं दद्यादश्वमेधफलं लभेत्(१)

viṣṇvagre kapilāṃ dattvā tārayet sakalaṃ kulaṃ alaṅkṛtya striyaṃ dadyādaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet(1)

Having given a tawny cow before Viṣṇu, one may carry across his whole family. Having adorned her, he should give a woman (in marriage) and obtain the fruit of a horse-sacrifice.

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AgP 213.9

भूमिं दत्त्वा सर्वभाक् स्यात् सर्वशस्यप्ररोहिणीम् ग्रामं वाथ पुरं वापि(२) खेटकञ्च दद्त् सुखी

bhūmiṃ dattvā sarvabhāk syāt sarvaśasyaprarohiṇīm grāmaṃ vātha puraṃ vāpi(2) kheṭakañca dadt sukhī

Having given land that grows all crops, one becomes a sharer in everything; and giving a village, or a town, or a hamlet, one becomes happy.

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AgP 213.10

कार्त्तिक्यादौ(३) वृषोत्सर्गं कुर्वंस्तारयते कुलं(४)

kārttikyādau(3) vṛṣotsargaṃ kurvaṃstārayate kulaṃ(4)

Performing the release of a bull on the full moon of Kārttika and the like, one carries one's family across.

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