Agni Purana — Chapter 22

AgP 22.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये वासुदेवादिपूजाकथनं नाम एकविंशतितमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {२२} :श् अथ द्वाविंशो ऽध्यायः स्नानविधिकथनं नारद उवाच वक्ष्ये स्नानं क्रियाद्यर्थं नृसिंहेन तु मृत्तिकां गृहीत्वा तां द्विधा कृत्वा मनःस्नानमथैकया

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye vāsudevādipūjākathanaṃ nāma ekaviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {22} :ś atha dvāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ snānavidhikathanaṃ nārada uvāca vakṣye snānaṃ kriyādyarthaṃ nṛsiṃhena tu mṛttikāṃ gṛhītvā tāṃ dvidhā kṛtvā manaḥsnānamathaikayā

[Colophon: Thus in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, the twenty-first chapter, called the account of the worship of Vāsudeva and the others. Chapter 22. Now the twenty-second chapter: the account of the rules of bathing.] Nārada said: I shall declare the bath, for the sake of ritual action and the rest, (to be done) with the Man-lion (mantra). Having taken clay and divided it in two, (one performs) the mental bath with one (half),

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AgP 22.2

निमज्याचम्य विन्यस्य सिंहेन कृतरक्षकः(२) :न् १ ह्रीं त्वरितायै, ह्रीं ऐं क्लीं सौ त्रिपुरा इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ कृतरक्षण इति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ५५ विधिस्नानं ततः कुर्यात् प्राणायामपुरःसरं

nimajyācamya vinyasya siṃhena kṛtarakṣakaḥ(2) :n 1 hrīṃ tvaritāyai, hrīṃ aiṃ klīṃ sau tripurā iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 kṛtarakṣaṇa iti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 55 vidhisnānaṃ tataḥ kuryāt prāṇāyāmapuraḥsaraṃ

having immersed oneself, sipped water, and placed (the syllables), having made his protection with the Lion(-mantra) — [variants: "hrīṃ to Tvaritā, hrīṃ aiṃ klīṃ sau Tripurā" in ms. kha; "kṛtarakṣaṇa" in ms. gha] — then he should perform the prescribed bath, preceded by breath-control,

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AgP 22.3

हृदि ध्यायन् हरिज्ञानं(१) मन्त्रेणाष्टाक्षरेण हि त्रिधा पाणितले मृत्स्नां दिग्बन्धं सिंहजप्ततः

hṛdi dhyāyan harijñānaṃ(1) mantreṇāṣṭākṣareṇa hi tridhā pāṇitale mṛtsnāṃ digbandhaṃ siṃhajaptataḥ

meditating in the heart on the knowledge of Hari, indeed with the eight-syllable mantra; (he takes) the clay on his palm three times, (and performs) the binding of the directions by muttering the Lion(-mantra).

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AgP 22.4

वासदेवप्रजप्तेन तीर्थं सङ्कल्प्य चालभेत् गात्रं वेदादिना मन्त्रैः सम्मार्ज्याराध्य मूर्तिना

vāsadevaprajaptena tīrthaṃ saṅkalpya cālabhet gātraṃ vedādinā mantraiḥ sammārjyārādhya mūrtinā

With (water) over which the Vāsudeva (mantra) has been muttered, having resolved it (to be) a sacred bathing-place, he should touch (it); having wiped the body with the mantras beginning with the "veda" (syllable), and having worshipped with (i.e. by means of) the form (of the deity) —

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AgP 22.5

कृत्वाघमर्षणं वस्त्रं परिधाय समाचरेत् विन्यस्य मन्त्रैर् द्विर्मार्ज्य पाणिस्थं जलमेव च

kṛtvāghamarṣaṇaṃ vastraṃ paridhāya samācaret vinyasya mantrair dvirmārjya pāṇisthaṃ jalameva ca

having performed the aghamarṣaṇa (rite), and having put on a garment, he should proceed; depositing (the mantras) with the mantras, wiping twice, and (using) the water held in the hand —

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AgP 22.6

नारायणेन संयम्य वायुमाघ्राय चोत्सृजेत् जलं ध्यायन् हरिं पश्चाद्दत्वार्घ्यं द्वादशाक्षरं

nārāyaṇena saṃyamya vāyumāghrāya cotsṛjet jalaṃ dhyāyan hariṃ paścāddatvārghyaṃ dvādaśākṣaraṃ

restraining the breath with the Nārāyaṇa (mantra), and having drawn it in, he should release the water, meditating on Hari; afterwards, having offered the arghya with the twelve-syllable (mantra),

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AgP 22.7

जप्त्वान्याञ्छतशस्तस्य योगपीठादितः क्रमात् मन्त्रान् दिक्पालपर्यन्तानृषीन् पितृगणानपि

japtvānyāñchataśastasya yogapīṭhāditaḥ kramāt mantrān dikpālaparyantānṛṣīn pitṛgaṇānapi

and having muttered the other (mantras) a hundred times each, in due order from his yoga-seat onward — the mantras up to those of the guardians of the quarters, and the seers, and the hosts of the ancestors,

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AgP 22.8

मनुष्यान् सर्वभूतानि स्थावरान्तान्यथावसेत् न्यस्य चाङ्गानि संहृत्य मन्त्रान्यागगृहं व्रजेत् एवमन्यासु पूजासु मूलाद्यैः स्नानमाचरेत्

manuṣyān sarvabhūtāni sthāvarāntānyathāvaset nyasya cāṅgāni saṃhṛtya mantrānyāgagṛhaṃ vrajet evamanyāsu pūjāsu mūlādyaiḥ snānamācaret

men, (and) all beings down to the immobile ones — thus should he settle (them in their places); and having deposited the limbs (i.e. the aṅga-mantras) and withdrawn the mantras, he should go to the sacrificial house. In the same way, in the other worships, he should perform the bathing with the root-mantra and the rest.

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