Agni Purana — Chapter 264
AgP 264.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे देवपूजावैश्वदेवबलिर्नाम त्रिषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२६४} :श् अथ चतुःषष्ठ्यधिअकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः दिक्पालादिस्नानं अग्निर् उवाच सर्वार्थसाधनं स्नानं वक्ष्ये शान्तिकरं शृणु स्नापयेच्च सरित्तीरे ग्रहान् विष्णुं विचक्षणः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe devapūjāvaiśvadevabalirnāma triṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {264} :ś atha catuḥṣaṣṭhyadhiakadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dikpālādisnānaṃ agnir uvāca sarvārthasādhanaṃ snānaṃ vakṣye śāntikaraṃ śṛṇu snāpayecca sarittīre grahān viṣṇuṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ
[Colophon: Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred sixty-third chapter, called 'The Worship of the Gods and the Vaiśvadeva Offering'. Chapter 264. Beginning: Now the two hundred sixty-fourth chapter: the bathing of the guardians of the directions and the rest.] Agni said: I shall declare the bathing (rite) that accomplishes every aim and brings peace — listen. The discerning man should bathe the planets and Viṣṇu on the bank of a river.
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AgP 264.2
:न् १ सौरभेया इति क॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ , ञ॥ च २ पुष्पराशय इति ज॥ , ट॥ च :प् ४६७ देवालये ज्वरार्त्यादौ विनायकग्रहार्दिते विद्यार्थिनो ह्रदे गेहे जयकामस्य तीर्थके
:n 1 saurabheyā iti ka.. , gha.. , cha.. , ña.. ca 2 puṣparāśaya iti ja.. , ṭa.. ca :p 467 devālaye jvarārtyādau vināyakagrahārdite vidyārthino hrade gehe jayakāmasya tīrthake
[Notes: 1. 'saurabheyāḥ' in mss. ka, gha, cha, ña. 2. 'puṣparāśayaḥ' in mss. ja, ṭa. Page 467.] In a temple, in fever-affliction and the like; when one is tormented by Vināyaka or (an evil) planet; in a pool for one who seeks learning; in the house; at a sacred ford for one who desires victory.
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AgP 264.3
पद्मिन्यां स्नापयेन्नारीं गर्भो यस्याः स्रवेत्तथा अशोकसन्निधौ स्नायाज्जातो यस्या विनश्यति
padminyāṃ snāpayennārīṃ garbho yasyāḥ sravettathā aśokasannidhau snāyājjāto yasyā vinaśyati
He should bathe a woman whose foetus miscarries in a lotus-pond; and she whose (child), once born, perishes should bathe in the presence of an aśoka tree.
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AgP 264.4
पुष्पार्थिनाञ्च पुष्पाढ्ये पुत्रार्थिनाञ्च सागरे गृहसौभाग्यकामानां सर्वेषां विष्णुसन्निधौ
puṣpārthināñca puṣpāḍhye putrārthināñca sāgare gṛhasaubhāgyakāmānāṃ sarveṣāṃ viṣṇusannidhau
And for one who desires flowers, in a place rich in flowers; and for one who desires a son, in the sea; and for all who desire a home and good fortune, in the presence of Viṣṇu.
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AgP 264.5
वैष्णवे रेवतीपुष्ये सर्वेषां स्नानमुत्तमं स्नानकामस्य सप्ताहम्पूर्वमुत्सादनं स्मृतं
vaiṣṇave revatīpuṣye sarveṣāṃ snānamuttamaṃ snānakāmasya saptāhampūrvamutsādanaṃ smṛtaṃ
In (the asterism) Vaiṣṇava (Śravaṇa), in Revatī, in Puṣya, bathing is best for all; for one who desires the bath, an anointing (of the body) seven days beforehand is prescribed.
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AgP 264.6
पुनर् नवां रोचनाञ्च शताङ्गं गुरुणी त्वचं मधूकं रजनी द्वे च तगरन्नागकेशरम्
punar navāṃ rocanāñca śatāṅgaṃ guruṇī tvacaṃ madhūkaṃ rajanī dve ca tagarannāgakeśaram
Punarnavā, rocanā, śatāṅga, aloe-wood, bark, madhūka, the two turmerics, tagara, nāgakeśara,
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AgP 264.7
अम्बरीञ्चैव मञ्जिष्ठां मांसीयासकमर्दनैः प्रियङ्गुसर्षपं कुष्ठम्बलाम्ब्राह्मीञ्च कुङ्कुमं
ambarīñcaiva mañjiṣṭhāṃ māṃsīyāsakamardanaiḥ priyaṅgusarṣapaṃ kuṣṭhambalāmbrāhmīñca kuṅkumaṃ
and ambarī, mañjiṣṭhā, with māṃsī, yāsaka and mardana (?), priyaṅgu, mustard, kuṣṭha, balā, brāhmī, and saffron —
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AgP 264.8
पञ्चगव्यं शक्तुमिश्रं उद्वर्त्य स्नानमाचरेत् मण्डले कर्णिकायाञ्च विष्णुं ब्राह्मणमर्चयेत्
pañcagavyaṃ śaktumiśraṃ udvartya snānamācaret maṇḍale karṇikāyāñca viṣṇuṃ brāhmaṇamarcayet
mixed with the five products of the cow and with barley-meal — having rubbed (this on), he should perform the bath. And in the pericarp on the maṇḍala he should worship Viṣṇu and the brahman (priest).
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AgP 264.9
दक्षे वामे हरं पूर्वं पत्रे पूर्वादिके क्रमात् लिखेदिन्द्रादिकान्देवान् सायुधान् सहबान्धवान्(१)
dakṣe vāme haraṃ pūrvaṃ patre pūrvādike kramāt likhedindrādikāndevān sāyudhān sahabāndhavān(1)
On the right and on the left, Hara first; on the petals, beginning from the east, in order he should draw the gods Indra and the rest, with their weapons and together with their kinsmen.
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AgP 264.10
स्नानमण्डलकान् दिक्षु कुर्याच्चैव विदिक्षु च विष्णुब्रह्मेशशक्रादींस्तदस्त्राण्यर्च्य होमयेत्
snānamaṇḍalakān dikṣu kuryāccaiva vidikṣu ca viṣṇubrahmeśaśakrādīṃstadastrāṇyarcya homayet
He should make the bathing-maṇḍalas in the (four) directions and in the intermediate directions too; having worshipped Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Īśa, Śakra and the rest, and their weapons, he should make the fire-offering.
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AgP 264.11
एकैकस्य त्वष्टशतं समिधस्तु तिलान् धृतं भद्रः सुभद्रः सिद्धार्थः कलसाः पुष्टिवर्धनाः
ekaikasya tvaṣṭaśataṃ samidhastu tilān dhṛtaṃ bhadraḥ subhadraḥ siddhārthaḥ kalasāḥ puṣṭivardhanāḥ
For each one, one hundred and eight (oblations) of kindling sticks, sesame, and ghee. Bhadra, Subhadra, Siddhārtha — the jars that increase prosperity;
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AgP 264.12
अमोघश्चित्रभानुश् च पर्जन्यो ऽथ सुदर्शनः स्थापयेत्तु वटानेनान् साश्विरुद्रमरुद्गणान्
amoghaścitrabhānuś ca parjanyo 'tha sudarśanaḥ sthāpayettu vaṭānenān sāśvirudramarudgaṇān
Amogha, Citrabhānu, Parjanya, and then Sudarśana — he should set these jars in place, together with the Aśvins, Rudra, and the host of Maruts.
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AgP 264.13
:न् १ सहवाहनानिति घ॥ , ज॥ च :प् ४६८ विश्वे देवस् तथा दैत्या वसवो मुनयस् तथा आवेशयन्तु सुप्रीतास् तथान्या अपि देवताः
:n 1 sahavāhanāniti gha.. , ja.. ca :p 468 viśve devas tathā daityā vasavo munayas tathā āveśayantu suprītās tathānyā api devatāḥ
[apparatus: "sahavāhanāni" in MSS gh and j] [p. 468] The All-gods, and the Daityas, the Vasus and likewise the sages — may they, well pleased, enter in, and so too the other deities.
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AgP 264.14
ओषधीर् निक्षिपेत् कुम्भे जयन्तीं विजयां जयां शतावरीं शतपुष्पां विष्णुक्रान्तापराजिताम्
oṣadhīr nikṣipet kumbhe jayantīṃ vijayāṃ jayāṃ śatāvarīṃ śatapuṣpāṃ viṣṇukrāntāparājitām
He should cast herbs into the jar: jayantī, vijayā, jayā, śatāvarī, śatapuṣpā, viṣṇukrāntā and aparājitā.
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AgP 264.15
ज्योतिष्मतीमतिबलाञ्चन्दनोशीरकेशरं कस्तूरिकाञ्च कर्पूरं बालकं पत्रकं त्वचं
jyotiṣmatīmatibalāñcandanośīrakeśaraṃ kastūrikāñca karpūraṃ bālakaṃ patrakaṃ tvacaṃ
Jyotiṣmatī, atibalā, sandalwood, uśīra, saffron, and musk, camphor, bālaka, leaf (patraka), and bark (tvac),
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AgP 264.16
जातीफलं लवङ्गञ्च मृत्तिकां पञ्चगव्यकं भद्रपीठे स्थितं साध्यं स्नापयेयुर्द्विजा बलात्
jātīphalaṃ lavaṅgañca mṛttikāṃ pañcagavyakaṃ bhadrapīṭhe sthitaṃ sādhyaṃ snāpayeyurdvijā balāt
nutmeg and clove, earth, and the five products of the cow — with these the twice-born should bathe the one to be treated (sādhya), seated on an auspicious seat, forcefully.
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AgP 264.17
राजाभिषेकमन्त्रोक्तदेवानां होमकाः पृथक् पूर्णाहुतिन्ततो दत्वा गुरवे दक्षिणां ददेत्
rājābhiṣekamantroktadevānāṃ homakāḥ pṛthak pūrṇāhutintato datvā gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dadet
There are separate oblations to the gods named in the mantras of the royal consecration; then, having offered the full oblation, he should give the fee to the teacher.
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AgP 264.18
इन्द्रो ऽभिषिक्तो गुरुणा पुरा दैत्यान् जघान ह दिक्पालस्नानङ्कथितं संग्रामादौ जयादिकं
indro 'bhiṣikto guruṇā purā daityān jaghāna ha dikpālasnānaṅkathitaṃ saṃgrāmādau jayādikaṃ
Indra, consecrated of old by (his) teacher, slew the Daityas. The bathing (rite) of the guardians of the directions has (thus) been told, which yields victory and the rest in battle and other (undertakings).
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