Agni Purana — Chapter 236
AgP 236.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे रणदीक्षा नाम पञ्चत्रिंअशधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ धर्मनिष्ठो जयो नित्य इति ख॥ , छ॥ च २ देवान् विप्रान् गुरून् यजेदिति घ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ३५६ छप्तेर् {२३६} :श् अथ षट्त्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः श्रीस्तोत्रं पुष्कर उवाच राज्यलक्ष्मीस्थिरत्वाय यथेन्द्रेण पुरा श्रियः स्तुतिः कृता तथा राजा जयार्थं स्तुतिमाचरेत्
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe raṇadīkṣā nāma pañcatriṃaśadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 dharmaniṣṭho jayo nitya iti kha.. , cha.. ca 2 devān viprān gurūn yajediti gha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca :p 356 chapter {236} :ś atha ṣaṭtriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ śrīstotraṃ puṣkara uvāca rājyalakṣmīsthiratvāya yathendreṇa purā śriyaḥ stutiḥ kṛtā tathā rājā jayārthaṃ stutimācaret
Thus, in the glorious Agni Mahāpurāṇa, the two hundred thirty-fifth chapter, called "The Consecration for Battle." [Notes: 1. kha and cha read "dharmaniṣṭho jayo nityaḥ"; 2. gha, ja and ña read "devān viprān gurūn yajet." p. 356, chapter 236] Now the two hundred thirty-sixth chapter: the Hymn to Śrī. Puṣkara said: For the stability of the royal fortune, as the hymn to Śrī was made of old by Indra, so should a king make the hymn for the sake of victory.
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AgP 236.2
इन्द्र उवाच नमस्ये सर्वलोकानां(१) जननीमब्धिसम्भवां(२) श्रियमुन्निन्द्रपद्माक्षीं विष्णुवक्षःस्थलस्थितां
indra uvāca namasye sarvalokānāṃ(1) jananīmabdhisambhavāṃ(2) śriyamunnindrapadmākṣīṃ viṣṇuvakṣaḥsthalasthitāṃ
Indra said: I bow to Śrī, the mother of all the worlds, born from the ocean, whose eyes are like blooming lotuses, who dwells on the breast of Viṣṇu.
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AgP 236.3
त्वं सिद्धिस्त्वं स्वधा स्वाहा सुधा त्वं लोकपावनि सन्धया रात्रिः प्रभा भूतिर्मेधा श्रद्धा सरस्वती
tvaṃ siddhistvaṃ svadhā svāhā sudhā tvaṃ lokapāvani sandhayā rātriḥ prabhā bhūtirmedhā śraddhā sarasvatī
You are perfection (siddhi), you are svadhā, svāhā, you are the nectar, O purifier of the worlds; (you are) twilight, night, light, prosperity, intelligence, faith, Sarasvatī.
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AgP 236.4
यज्ञविद्या महाविद्या गुह्यविद्या च शोभने आत्मविद्या च देवि त्वं विमुक्तिफलदायिनी
yajñavidyā mahāvidyā guhyavidyā ca śobhane ātmavidyā ca devi tvaṃ vimuktiphaladāyinī
(You are) the science of sacrifice, the great science, and the secret science, O lovely one; and you, O goddess, are the science of the self, the bestower of the fruit of liberation.
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AgP 236.5
आन्वीक्षिकी त्रयी वार्ता दण्डनीतिस्त्वमेव च सौम्या सौम्यैर् जगद्रूपैस्त्वयैतद्देवि पूरितं
ānvīkṣikī trayī vārtā daṇḍanītistvameva ca saumyā saumyair jagadrūpaistvayaitaddevi pūritaṃ
You alone are logic, the triple Veda, husbandry, and the science of governance; gentle (as you are), by you, O goddess, this (universe) is filled with gentle forms of the world.
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AgP 236.6
का त्वन्या त्वामृते देवि सर्वयज्ञमयं वपुः अध्यास्ते देव देवस्य योगिचिन्त्यं गदाभृतः
kā tvanyā tvāmṛte devi sarvayajñamayaṃ vapuḥ adhyāste deva devasya yogicintyaṃ gadābhṛtaḥ
Who else but you, O goddess, occupies the body, made of all sacrifices, of the god of gods, the mace-bearer, (that body) which is meditated on by yogins?
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AgP 236.7
त्वया देवि परित्यक्तं सकलं भुवनत्रयं विनष्टप्रायमभवत् त्वयेदानीं समेधितं
tvayā devi parityaktaṃ sakalaṃ bhuvanatrayaṃ vinaṣṭaprāyamabhavat tvayedānīṃ samedhitaṃ
Abandoned by you, O goddess, the whole triple world became as good as destroyed; now by you it has been made to flourish again.
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AgP 236.8
दाराः पुत्रास् तथागारं सुहृद्धान्यधनादिकं भवत्येतन्महाभागे नित्यं त्वद्वीक्षणान् नृणां
dārāḥ putrās tathāgāraṃ suhṛddhānyadhanādikaṃ bhavatyetanmahābhāge nityaṃ tvadvīkṣaṇān nṛṇāṃ
Wife, sons, and house, friends, grain, wealth and the rest—all this comes to men constantly, O greatly fortunate one, from your glance.
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AgP 236.9
:न् १ सर्वभूतानामिति घ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च २ जवनीमम्बुसम्भवामिति ज॥ :प् ३५७ शरीरारोग्यमैश्वर्यमरिपक्षक्षयः सुखं(१) देवि त्वद्दृष्टिदृष्टानां पुरुषाणां न दुर्लभं
:n 1 sarvabhūtānāmiti gha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca 2 javanīmambusambhavāmiti ja.. :p 357 śarīrārogyamaiśvaryamaripakṣakṣayaḥ sukhaṃ(1) devi tvaddṛṣṭidṛṣṭānāṃ puruṣāṇāṃ na durlabhaṃ
[Notes: 1. gha, ja and ña read "of all beings"; 2. ja reads "javanīm ambusambhavām." p. 357] Bodily health, lordship, the destruction of the enemy's party, happiness—for men who are looked upon by your glance, O goddess, these are not hard to obtain.
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AgP 236.10
त्वमम्बा सर्वभूतानां देवदेवो हरिः पिता त्वयैतद्वोइष्णुना चाम्ब जगद्व्याप्तं चराचरं
tvamambā sarvabhūtānāṃ devadevo hariḥ pitā tvayaitadvoiṣṇunā cāmba jagadvyāptaṃ carācaraṃ
You are the mother of all beings, and Hari, the god of gods, is the father; by you and by Viṣṇu, O mother, this world, moving and unmoving, is pervaded.
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AgP 236.11
मानं कोषं तथा कोष्ठं मा गृहं मा परिच्छदं मा शरीरं कलत्रञ्च त्यजेथाः सर्वपावनि
mānaṃ koṣaṃ tathā koṣṭhaṃ mā gṛhaṃ mā paricchadaṃ mā śarīraṃ kalatrañca tyajethāḥ sarvapāvani
Do not forsake (my) honour, (my) treasury, nor (my) storehouse, nor (my) house, nor (my) retinue and furnishings, nor (my) body and wife, O purifier of all.
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AgP 236.12
मा पुत्रान्मासुहृद्वर्गान्मा पशून्मा विभूषणं त्यजेथा मम देवस्य(२) विष्णोर्वक्षःस्थलालये(३)
mā putrānmāsuhṛdvargānmā paśūnmā vibhūṣaṇaṃ tyajethā mama devasya(2) viṣṇorvakṣaḥsthalālaye(3)
Do not forsake (my) sons, nor (my) circle of friends, nor (my) cattle, nor (my) ornaments, (which are) mine, O you who dwell on the breast of the god Viṣṇu.
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AgP 236.13
सत्त्वेन सत्यशौचाभ्यां तथा शीलादिभिर्गुणैः त्यजन्ते ते नरा सद्यः सन्त्यक्ता ये त्वयामले
sattvena satyaśaucābhyāṃ tathā śīlādibhirguṇaiḥ tyajante te narā sadyaḥ santyaktā ye tvayāmale
Those men whom you have abandoned, O stainless one, are at once abandoned by goodness, by truth and purity, and by good conduct and the other virtues.
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AgP 236.14
त्वयावलोकिताः सद्यः शीलाद्यैर् अखिलैर् गुणैः कुलैश्वर्यैश् च युज्यन्ते पुरुषा निर्गुणा अपि
tvayāvalokitāḥ sadyaḥ śīlādyair akhilair guṇaiḥ kulaiśvaryaiś ca yujyante puruṣā nirguṇā api
Men looked upon by you, though devoid of virtues, are at once endowed with all the virtues beginning with good conduct, and with good family and lordship.
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AgP 236.15
स श्लाघ्यः स गुणी धन्यः स कुलीनः स बुद्धिमान् स शूरः स च विक्रान्तो यस्त्वया देवि वीक्षितः
sa ślāghyaḥ sa guṇī dhanyaḥ sa kulīnaḥ sa buddhimān sa śūraḥ sa ca vikrānto yastvayā devi vīkṣitaḥ
He is praiseworthy, he is virtuous, he is fortunate, he is well-born, he is wise, he is brave and he is valiant—whoever, O goddess, is looked upon by you.
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AgP 236.16
सद्यो वैगुण्यमायान्ति शीलाद्याः सकला गुणाः पराङ्मुखी जगद्धात्री यस्य त्वं विष्णुवल्लभे
sadyo vaiguṇyamāyānti śīlādyāḥ sakalā guṇāḥ parāṅmukhī jagaddhātrī yasya tvaṃ viṣṇuvallabhe
All the virtues beginning with good conduct at once turn into faults for him from whom you, O sustainer of the world, beloved of Viṣṇu, are turned away.
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AgP 236.17
न ते वर्णयितुं शक्ता गुणान् जिह्वापि वेधसः प्रसीद देवि पद्माक्षि नास्मांस्त्याक्षीः कदाचन
na te varṇayituṃ śaktā guṇān jihvāpi vedhasaḥ prasīda devi padmākṣi nāsmāṃstyākṣīḥ kadācana
Even the tongue of the Creator is not able to describe your virtues. Be gracious, O lotus-eyed goddess; never abandon us.
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AgP 236.18
पुष्कर उवाच एवं स्तुता ददौ श्रीश् च वरमिन्द्राय चेप्सितं सुस्थिरत्वं च राज्यस्य सङ्ग्रामविजयादिकं
puṣkara uvāca evaṃ stutā dadau śrīś ca varamindrāya cepsitaṃ susthiratvaṃ ca rājyasya saṅgrāmavijayādikaṃ
Puṣkara said: Thus praised, Śrī gave to Indra the boon he desired—firm stability of his kingdom, victory in battle, and the rest.
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AgP 236.19
:न् १ क्षयः स्वयमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , झ॥ च । क्षयः शुभमिति छ॥ २ देवदेवस्येति ट॥ ३ वक्षःस्थलाश्रये इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ३५८ स्वस्तोत्रपाठश्रवणकर्तॄणां भुक्तिमुक्तिदं श्रीस्तोत्रं सततं तस्मात् पठेच्च शृणुयान्नरः
:n 1 kṣayaḥ svayamiti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , jha.. ca / kṣayaḥ śubhamiti cha.. 2 devadevasyeti ṭa.. 3 vakṣaḥsthalāśraye iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ña.. ca :p 358 svastotrapāṭhaśravaṇakartṝṇāṃ bhuktimuktidaṃ śrīstotraṃ satataṃ tasmāt paṭhecca śṛṇuyānnaraḥ
Therefore let a man constantly recite and hear the Hymn to Śrī, which grants enjoyment and liberation to those who recite and hear this hymn (of the Goddess). [The preceding apparatus records variants: for "kṣayaḥ svayam," some manuscripts read "kṣayaḥ śubham"; "devadevasya" in one; "vakṣaḥsthalāśraye" in others.]
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