Agni Purana — Chapter 23
AgP 23.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये स्नानविधिकथनं नाम द्वाविंशोध्यायः छप्तेर् {२३} :श् अथ त्रयोविंशोध्यायः पूजाविधिकथनं नारद उवाच वक्ष्ये पूजाविधिं विप्रा यत् कृत्वा सर्वमाप्नुयात् प्रक्षालिताङ्घ्रिराचम्य वाग्यतः कृतरक्षकः
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye snānavidhikathanaṃ nāma dvāviṃśodhyāyaḥ chapter {23} :ś atha trayoviṃśodhyāyaḥ pūjāvidhikathanaṃ nārada uvāca vakṣye pūjāvidhiṃ viprā yat kṛtvā sarvamāpnuyāt prakṣālitāṅghrirācamya vāgyataḥ kṛtarakṣakaḥ
[End:] Thus, in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, the twenty-second chapter, called "The Statement of the Rule of Bathing." — [Chapter 23] [Beginning:] Now the twenty-third chapter, the statement of the rule of worship. Nārada said: I shall declare the rule of worship, O brahmins, by performing which one may obtain everything. With feet washed, having sipped water, with speech restrained, having made the protective (rite),
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AgP 23.2
:न् १ ध्यायं हरिं देवमिति घ।चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ५६ प्राङ्मुखः स्वस्तिकं बद्ध्वा पद्माद्यपरमेव च यं वीजं नाभिमध्यस्थं धूम्रं चण्डानिलात्मकं
:n 1 dhyāyaṃ hariṃ devamiti gha.cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 56 prāṅmukhaḥ svastikaṃ baddhvā padmādyaparameva ca yaṃ vījaṃ nābhimadhyasthaṃ dhūmraṃ caṇḍānilātmakaṃ
[Note 1: "meditating on Hari the god" is the reading of the manuscript marked "gha."] [Page 56] Facing east, having made the svastika (posture) — or else the lotus posture and the rest — (he should meditate on) the seed-syllable YAM situated in the middle of the navel, smoke-coloured, whose nature is fierce wind;
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AgP 23.3
विशेषयेदशेषन्तु(१) ध्यायेत् कायात्तु कल्मषं क्षौं हृत्पङ्कजमध्यस्थं वीजं तेजोनिधिं स्मरन्
viśeṣayedaśeṣantu(1) dhyāyet kāyāttu kalmaṣaṃ kṣauṃ hṛtpaṅkajamadhyasthaṃ vījaṃ tejonidhiṃ smaran
he should dry up (his sin) entirely; he should meditate on the impurity (as gone) from the body; recalling the seed-syllable KṢAUṂ, the treasury of fire, situated in the middle of the heart-lotus,
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AgP 23.4
अधोर्ध्वतिर्यग्गाभिस्तु ज्वालाभिः कल्मषं दहेत् शशाङ्काकृतिवद्ध्यायेदम्बरस्थं सुधाम्बुभिः
adhordhvatiryaggābhistu jvālābhiḥ kalmaṣaṃ dahet śaśāṅkākṛtivaddhyāyedambarasthaṃ sudhāmbubhiḥ
with flames going downward, upward and sideways he should burn up the impurity; he should meditate on (the seed-syllable) as having the shape of the moon, situated in the sky, with waters of nectar,
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AgP 23.5
हृत्पद्मव्यापिभिर्देहं स्वकमाप्लावयेत्सुधीः(२) सुसुम्नायोनिमार्गेण सर्वनाडीविसर्पिभिः
hṛtpadmavyāpibhirdehaṃ svakamāplāvayetsudhīḥ(2) susumnāyonimārgeṇa sarvanāḍīvisarpibhiḥ
the wise man should flood his own body with those (nectar-waters) that pervade the heart-lotus, (waters) that spread through all the channels by way of the suṣumnā and the yoni-path.
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AgP 23.6
शोधयित्वा न्यसेत्तत्त्वं करशुद्धिरथास्त्रकं व्यापकं हस्तयोरादौ दक्षिणाङ्गुष्ठतोङ्गकं
śodhayitvā nyasettattvaṃ karaśuddhirathāstrakaṃ vyāpakaṃ hastayorādau dakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhatoṅgakaṃ
Having purified (thus), he should deposit the (mantra of the) principle; then the purification of the hands (is done) with the weapon-mantra; first the pervasive (placing) on the two hands, (then) the limb-(mantras) beginning from the right thumb.
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AgP 23.7
मूलं देहे द्वादशाङ्गं न्यसेन्मन्त्रैर् द्विषट्ककैः हृदयं च शिरश् चैव शिखा वर्मास्त्रलोचने
mūlaṃ dehe dvādaśāṅgaṃ nyasenmantrair dviṣaṭkakaiḥ hṛdayaṃ ca śiraś caiva śikhā varmāstralocane
He should place the root-mantra on the body, and the twelve limbs with the twelve mantras: the heart, and the head, the crest-lock, the armour, the weapon, the two eyes,
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AgP 23.8
उदरं च तथा पृष्ठं बाहुरुजानुपादकं मुद्रां दत्त्वा स्मरेत् विष्णुं जप्त्वाष्टशतमर्चयेत्
udaraṃ ca tathā pṛṣṭhaṃ bāhurujānupādakaṃ mudrāṃ dattvā smaret viṣṇuṃ japtvāṣṭaśatamarcayet
and likewise the belly, the back, the arm, the thigh, the knee, the foot. Having made the (hand-)gesture, he should recall Viṣṇu, and having muttered (the mantra) one hundred and eight times, he should worship.
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AgP 23.9
वामे तु वर्धनीं न्यस्य पूजाद्रव्यं तु दक्षिणे प्रक्षाल्यास्त्रेण चार्घ्येण गन्धपुष्पान्विते न्यसेत्
vāme tu vardhanīṃ nyasya pūjādravyaṃ tu dakṣiṇe prakṣālyāstreṇa cārghyeṇa gandhapuṣpānvite nyaset
On the left he should set the water-vessel, but on the right the materials of worship; having washed (them) with the weapon-mantra and with the arghya water, he should set (them) down when they are furnished with perfume and flowers.
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AgP 23.10
चैतन्यं सर्वगं ज्योतिरष्टजप्तेन वारिणा फडन्तेन तु संसिच्य हस्ते ध्यात्वा हरिं परे(३)
caitanyaṃ sarvagaṃ jyotiraṣṭajaptena vāriṇā phaḍantena tu saṃsicya haste dhyātvā hariṃ pare(3)
(Meditating on) consciousness, the all-pervading light, with water over which (the mantra) has been muttered eight times, ending in PHAṬ — having sprinkled, and having meditated on Hari in the hand, on the supreme (one) —
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AgP 23.11
धर्मं ज्ञानं च वैराग्यमैश्वर्यं वह्निदिङ्मुखाः अधर्मादीनि गात्राणि पूर्वादौ योगपीठके
dharmaṃ jñānaṃ ca vairāgyamaiśvaryaṃ vahnidiṅmukhāḥ adharmādīni gātrāṇi pūrvādau yogapīṭhake
(He should place) dharma, knowledge, dispassion and sovereignty facing the direction of fire (i.e. in the south-east and the other corners), and adharma and the rest as (their) limbs in the east and so on, on the yoga-seat;
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AgP 23.12
कूर्मं पीठे ह्य् अनन्तञ्च यमं(४) सूर्यादिमण्डलं :न् १ विशोषयेदशेषन्तु इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ स्वकामान् दाहयेत् सुधीः इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः स्वकमाह्लादयेत् सुधीरिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ स्थलं तेन तु संसिच्य हस्ते ध्यात्वा हरिं पठेदिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ पद्ममिति ख, ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः :प् ५७ विमलाद्याः केशरस्थानुग्रहा कर्णिका स्थिता
kūrmaṃ pīṭhe hy anantañca yamaṃ(4) sūryādimaṇḍalaṃ :n 1 viśoṣayedaśeṣantu iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 svakāmān dāhayet sudhīḥ iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ svakamāhlādayet sudhīriti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 sthalaṃ tena tu saṃsicya haste dhyātvā hariṃ paṭhediti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 padmamiti kha, ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ :p 57 vimalādyāḥ keśarasthānugrahā karṇikā sthitā
(and) the tortoise on the seat, and Ananta, and the restraint (yama), (and) the disc of the sun and the rest. [Note 1: "he should dry up entirely" is the reading of the manuscript marked "ṅa." 2: "the wise man should burn up his own desires" is the reading of the manuscript marked "kha"; "the wise man should gladden his own (body)" is the reading of the manuscript marked "ṅa." 3: "having sprinkled the place with that, and having meditated on Hari in the hand, he should recite" is the reading of the manuscript marked "ṅa." 4: "the lotus" is the reading of the three manuscripts marked "kha," "ga," "ṅa."] [Page 57] Vimalā and the rest are situated in the filaments, Anugrahā in the pericarp.
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AgP 23.13
पूर्वं स्वहृदये ध्यात्वा आवाह्यार्चैश् च मण्डले अर्घ्यं पाद्यं तथाचामं मधुपर्कं पुनश् च तत्
pūrvaṃ svahṛdaye dhyātvā āvāhyārcaiś ca maṇḍale arghyaṃ pādyaṃ tathācāmaṃ madhuparkaṃ punaś ca tat
Having first meditated (on him) in his own heart, and having invited (him) into the diagram with the offerings (of worship): the arghya, the water for the feet, then the water for sipping, the honey-mixture, and then that (sipping-water) again,
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AgP 23.14
स्नानं वस्त्रोपवीतञ्च भूषणं गन्धपुष्पकं धूपदीपनैर् वेद्यानि पुण्डरीकाक्षविद्यया
snānaṃ vastropavītañca bhūṣaṇaṃ gandhapuṣpakaṃ dhūpadīpanair vedyāni puṇḍarīkākṣavidyayā
the bath, the garment and the sacred thread, the ornament, the perfume and flowers, together with the incense and lamps — these are to be presented, with the lotus-eyed one's spell.
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AgP 23.15
यजेदङ्गानि पूर्वादौ द्वारि पूर्वे परेण्डजं दक्षे चक्रं गदां सौम्ये कोणे शङ्खं धनुर्न्यसेत्
yajedaṅgāni pūrvādau dvāri pūrve pareṇḍajaṃ dakṣe cakraṃ gadāṃ saumye koṇe śaṅkhaṃ dhanurnyaset
He should worship the limb-(deities) in the east and so on; at the door in the east, and beyond, the bird-born (Garuḍa); on the right the discus, the club in the northern corner; he should set the conch and the bow (there).
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AgP 23.16
देवस्य वामतो दक्षे चेषुधी खड्गमेव च वामे चर्म श्रियं(१) दक्षे पुष्टिं वामेग्रतो न्यसेत्
devasya vāmato dakṣe ceṣudhī khaḍgameva ca vāme carma śriyaṃ(1) dakṣe puṣṭiṃ vāmegrato nyaset
To the left of the god and on the right (he should place) the two quivers, and the sword as well; on the left the shield; Śrī on the right, Puṣṭi on the left — (these) he should set down in front.
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AgP 23.17
वनमालाञ्च श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभौ दिक्पतीन्वहिः स्वमन्त्रैः पूजयेत् सर्वान् विष्णुरर्घोवसानतः(२)
vanamālāñca śrīvatsakaustubhau dikpatīnvahiḥ svamantraiḥ pūjayet sarvān viṣṇurarghovasānataḥ(2)
And the forest-garland, the Śrīvatsa and the Kaustubha, and the guardians of the directions outside — all these he should worship with their own mantras; Viṣṇu (receives) the arghya at the end.
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AgP 23.18
व्यस्तेन च समस्तेन अङ्गैर् वीजेन वै यजेत् जप्त्वा प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य स्तुत्त्वार्ध्यञ्च समर्प्य च
vyastena ca samastena aṅgair vījena vai yajet japtvā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya stuttvārdhyañca samarpya ca
And he should worship with (the mantra) taken apart and taken together, with the limb-mantras and with the seed-syllable, having recited it, having circumambulated, having praised, and having presented the arghya.
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AgP 23.19
हृदये विन्यसेद्ध्यात्वा अहं ब्रह्म हरिस्त्विति आगच्छावाहने योज्यं क्षमस्वेति विसर्जने
hṛdaye vinyaseddhyātvā ahaṃ brahma haristviti āgacchāvāhane yojyaṃ kṣamasveti visarjane
Having meditated, he should place (him) in the heart with "I am brahman, and (I am) Hari." "Come" is to be employed in the invocation, "forgive" in the dismissal.
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AgP 23.20
एवमष्टाक्षराद्यैश् च पूजां कृत्वा विमुक्तिभाक् एकमूर्त्यर्चनं प्रोक्तं नवव्यूहार्चनं शृणु
evamaṣṭākṣarādyaiś ca pūjāṃ kṛtvā vimuktibhāk ekamūrtyarcanaṃ proktaṃ navavyūhārcanaṃ śṛṇu
Having thus performed the worship with the eight-syllable (mantra) and the rest, one partakes of liberation. The worship of the single form has been declared; hear (now) the worship of the nine-fold group.
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AgP 23.21
अङ्गुष्ठकद्वये न्यस्य वासुदेवं बलादिकान् तर्जन्यादौ शरीरेथ शिरोललाटवक्त्रके
aṅguṣṭhakadvaye nyasya vāsudevaṃ balādikān tarjanyādau śarīretha śirolalāṭavaktrake
Placing Vāsudeva on the two thumbs and Bala and the others on the forefinger and the rest, then on the body: on the head, forehead, face,
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AgP 23.22
हृन्नाभिगुह्यजान्वङ्घ्रौ मध्ये पूर्वादिकं यजेत्(३) एकपीठं नवव्यूहं नवपीठञ्च पूर्ववत्
hṛnnābhiguhyajānvaṅghrau madhye pūrvādikaṃ yajet(3) ekapīṭhaṃ navavyūhaṃ navapīṭhañca pūrvavat
heart, navel, private parts, knees and feet — in the middle he should worship (them) beginning from the east. A single seat for the nine-fold group, and nine seats, as before.
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AgP 23.23
:न् १ वामे वर्म श्रियमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ अस्मल्लब्धपुस्तकेषु विष्णुरर्घोवसानत इति विष्णावर्घौ च मानतः इति च पाठो वर्तते । अयन्स्वसमीचीन इव प्रतिभाति विष्णुमर्घ्यासनादिभिरिति तु युक्तः पाठः ३ मध्यगुल्फादितः पिस्फच इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ५८ नवाब्जे नवमूर्त्या च नवव्यूहञ्च पूर्ववत् इष्टं मध्ये ततः स्थाने वासुदेवञ्च पूजयेत्
:n 1 vāme varma śriyamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 asmallabdhapustakeṣu viṣṇurarghovasānata iti viṣṇāvarghau ca mānataḥ iti ca pāṭho vartate / ayansvasamīcīna iva pratibhāti viṣṇumarghyāsanādibhiriti tu yuktaḥ pāṭhaḥ 3 madhyagulphāditaḥ pisphaca iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 58 navābje navamūrtyā ca navavyūhañca pūrvavat iṣṭaṃ madhye tataḥ sthāne vāsudevañca pūjayet
[Notes: 1. 'on the left the armour, Śrī' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. 2. In the manuscripts available to us the readings 'viṣṇurargho vasānataḥ' and 'viṣṇāvarghau ca mānataḥ' occur; this does not seem quite sound, and 'viṣṇum arghyāsanādibhiḥ' is the fitting reading. 3. 'from the middle of the ankles...' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. Page 58] On a nine-petalled lotus, with the nine forms, (he should worship) the nine-fold group as before; the chosen (deity) in the middle, and then in (that) place he should worship Vāsudeva.
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