Agni Purana — Chapter 271
AgP 271.1
इत्याग्नेये महापुराणे वेदशाखादिकीर्तिनं नाम सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {२७१} :श् अथैकसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः दानादिमाहत्म्यं पुष्कर उवाच ब्रह्मणाभिहितं पूर्वं यावन्मात्रं मरीचये लक्षार्धाद्धन्तु तद्ब्राह्मं लिखित्वा सम्प्रदापयेत्
ityāgneye mahāpurāṇe vedaśākhādikīrtinaṃ nāma saptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {271} :ś athaikasaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dānādimāhatmyaṃ puṣkara uvāca brahmaṇābhihitaṃ pūrvaṃ yāvanmātraṃ marīcaye lakṣārdhāddhantu tadbrāhmaṃ likhitvā sampradāpayet
Thus, in the great Āgneya Purāṇa, the two hundred and seventieth chapter, called 'The Account of the Vedas, their Branches, and the Rest.' [Chapter 271] Now the two hundred and seventy-first chapter: The Greatness of Giving and the Rest. Puṣkara said: Whatever measure was formerly declared by Brahmā to Marīci — that Brāhma (Purāṇa) is of half a lakh; one should have it copied and given away.
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AgP 271.2
वैशाख्याम्पौर्णमास्याञ्च स्वर्गार्थी जलधेनुमत् पाद्मं द्वादशसाहस्रं द्यैष्ठे दद्याच्च धेनुमत्
vaiśākhyāmpaurṇamāsyāñca svargārthī jaladhenumat pādmaṃ dvādaśasāhasraṃ dyaiṣṭhe dadyācca dhenumat
And on the full-moon day of Vaiśākha, one who desires heaven (should give it) together with a water-vessel and a cow; and in Jyaiṣṭha one should give the Pādma (Purāṇa) of twelve thousand (verses) together with a cow.
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AgP 271.3
वराहकल्पवृत्तान्तमधिकृत्य पराशरः त्रयोविंशतिसाहस्रं वैष्णवं प्राह चार्पयेत्
varāhakalpavṛttāntamadhikṛtya parāśaraḥ trayoviṃśatisāhasraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ prāha cārpayet
Parāśara, taking as his subject the story of the Varāha Kalpa, told the Vaiṣṇava (Purāṇa) of twenty-three thousand (verses); and one should present it.
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AgP 271.4
जलधेनुमदाषाढ्यां विष्णोः पदमवाप्नुयात् चतुर्दशसहस्राणि वायवीयं हरिप्रियं
jaladhenumadāṣāḍhyāṃ viṣṇoḥ padamavāpnuyāt caturdaśasahasrāṇi vāyavīyaṃ haripriyaṃ
On the Āṣāḍha (full-moon day), together with a water-cow (gift), (the giver) would attain the station of Viṣṇu. The Vāyu (Purāṇa), dear to Hari, has fourteen thousand (verses).
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AgP 271.5
श्वेतकल्पप्रसङ्गेन धर्मान् वायुरिहाब्रवीत् दद्याल्लिखित्वा तद्विप्रे श्रावण्यां गुडधेनुमत्
śvetakalpaprasaṅgena dharmān vāyurihābravīt dadyāllikhitvā tadvipre śrāvaṇyāṃ guḍadhenumat
In connection with the Śveta Kalpa, Vāyu declared the duties here; having had it copied, one should give it to a brahmin on the Śrāvaṇa (full-moon day) together with a molasses-cow.
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AgP 271.6
यत्राधिकृत्य गायत्रीं कीर्त्यते धर्मविस्तरः :प् ५ वृत्रासुरबधोपेतं तद्भागवतमुच्यते
yatrādhikṛtya gāyatrīṃ kīrtyate dharmavistaraḥ :p 5 vṛtrāsurabadhopetaṃ tadbhāgavatamucyate
That in which, taking the Gāyatrī as its theme, the full extent of dharma is proclaimed, and which includes the slaying of the demon Vṛtra — that is called the Bhāgavata.
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AgP 271.7
सारस्वतस्त कल्पस्य प्रोष्ठपद्यान्तु तद्ददेत् अष्टादशसहस्राणि हेमसिंहसमन्वितं
sārasvatasta kalpasya proṣṭhapadyāntu taddadet aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi hemasiṃhasamanvitaṃ
(It relates the account) of the Sārasvata Kalpa; one should give it on the Proṣṭhapada (full-moon day); it has eighteen thousand (verses), (given) together with a golden lion.
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AgP 271.8
यत्राह नारदो धर्मान् वृहत्कल्पाश्रितानिहं पञ्चविंशसहस्राणि नारदीयं तदुच्यते
yatrāha nārado dharmān vṛhatkalpāśritānihaṃ pañcaviṃśasahasrāṇi nāradīyaṃ taducyate
That in which Nārada declared here the duties resting on the Bṛhat Kalpa, having twenty-five thousand (verses) — that is called the Nāradīya.
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AgP 271.9
सधेनुञ्चाश्विने दद्यात्सिद्धिमात्यन्तिकीं लभेत् यत्राधिकृत्य शत्रूनान्धर्माधर्मविचारणा
sadhenuñcāśvine dadyātsiddhimātyantikīṃ labhet yatrādhikṛtya śatrūnāndharmādharmavicāraṇā
One should give it in the month of Āśvina together with a cow; (thereby) one obtains final perfection. (That) in which, taking as theme (the account of) enemies, there is the examination of dharma and non-dharma —
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AgP 271.10
कार्त्तिक्यां नवसाहस्रं मार्कण्डेयमथार्पयेत् अग्निना यद्वशिष्ठाय प्रोक्तञ्चाग्नेयमेव तत्
kārttikyāṃ navasāhasraṃ mārkaṇḍeyamathārpayet agninā yadvaśiṣṭhāya proktañcāgneyameva tat
— on the Kārttika (full-moon day) one should then present the Mārkaṇḍeya of nine thousand (verses). And that which was spoken by Agni to Vasiṣṭha is the Āgneya itself.
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AgP 271.11
लिखित्वा पुस्तकं दद्यान्मार्गशीर्ष्यां स सर्वदः द्वादशैव सहस्राणि सर्वविद्यावबोधनं(१)
likhitvā pustakaṃ dadyānmārgaśīrṣyāṃ sa sarvadaḥ dvādaśaiva sahasrāṇi sarvavidyāvabodhanaṃ(1)
Having had the book copied, one should give it on the Mārgaśīrṣa (full-moon day); it is the giver of all things, of just twelve thousand (verses), the awakener of all knowledge.
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AgP 271.12
चतुर्दशसहस्राणि भविष्यं सूर्यसम्भवं भवस्तु मनवे प्राह दद्यात् पौष्यां गुडादिमत्
caturdaśasahasrāṇi bhaviṣyaṃ sūryasambhavaṃ bhavastu manave prāha dadyāt pauṣyāṃ guḍādimat
The Bhaviṣya, arisen from the Sun, has fourteen thousand (verses); but Bhava (Śiva) declared (it) to Manu; one should give it on the Pauṣa (full-moon day) together with molasses and the rest.
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AgP 271.13
सावर्णिना नारदाय ब्रह्मवैवर्तमीरितं रथान्तरस्य वृत्तान्तमष्टादशसहस्रकं
sāvarṇinā nāradāya brahmavaivartamīritaṃ rathāntarasya vṛttāntamaṣṭādaśasahasrakaṃ
The Brahmavaivarta, uttered by Sāvarṇi to Nārada, the account of the Rathantara (Kalpa), consisting of eighteen thousand (verses) —
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AgP 271.14
माघ्यान्दद्याद्वराहस्य चरितं ब्रह्मलोकभाक् यत्रग्निलिङ्गमध्यस्थो धर्मान्प्राह महेश्वरः
māghyāndadyādvarāhasya caritaṃ brahmalokabhāk yatragniliṅgamadhyastho dharmānprāha maheśvaraḥ
— on the Māgha (full-moon day) one should give the deeds of the Boar; (the giver) shares in the world of Brahmā. (That) in which Maheśvara, standing within the fire-liṅga, declared the duties —
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AgP 271.15
आग्नेयकल्पे तल्लिङ्गमेकादशसहस्रकम् तद्दत्वा शिवमाप्नोति फाल्गुन्यां तिलधेनुमत्
āgneyakalpe talliṅgamekādaśasahasrakam taddatvā śivamāpnoti phālgunyāṃ tiladhenumat
— in the Āgneya Kalpa, that liṅga (account), of eleven thousand (verses); having given it, one attains Śiva; (it is to be given) on the Phālguna (full-moon day) with a sesame-cow.
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AgP 271.16
चतुर्दशसहस्राणि वाराहं विष्णुणेरितम् भूमौ वराहचरितं मानवस्य प्रवृत्तितः
caturdaśasahasrāṇi vārāhaṃ viṣṇuṇeritam bhūmau varāhacaritaṃ mānavasya pravṛttitaḥ
The Vārāha, spoken by Viṣṇu, has fourteen thousand (verses): the deeds of the Boar on the earth, from the arising of the Mānava (Kalpa).
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AgP 271.17
सहेमगरुडञ्चैत्र्यां पदमाप्नोति वैष्णवम् :न् १ सर्वविद्यावधारणमिति ञ ॥ :प् ६ चतुरशीतिसाहस्रं स्कान्दं स्कन्देरितं महत्
sahemagaruḍañcaitryāṃ padamāpnoti vaiṣṇavam :n 1 sarvavidyāvadhāraṇamiti ña .. :p 6 caturaśītisāhasraṃ skāndaṃ skanderitaṃ mahat
(Given) together with a golden Garuḍa on the Caitra (full-moon day), one attains the station of Viṣṇu. The great Skānda, uttered by Skanda, has eighty-four thousand (verses).
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AgP 271.18
अधिकृत्य सधर्मांश् च कल्पे तत्पुरुषे ऽर्पयेत् वामनं दशसाहस्रं धौमकल्पे हरेः कथां
adhikṛtya sadharmāṃś ca kalpe tatpuruṣe 'rpayet vāmanaṃ daśasāhasraṃ dhaumakalpe hareḥ kathāṃ
Having taken as theme the true duties, one should present it in the Tatpuruṣa Kalpa. The Vāmana, of ten thousand (verses), (contains) the story of Hari in the Dhauma Kalpa.
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AgP 271.19
दद्यात् शरदि विषुवे धर्मार्थादिनिबोधनम् कूर्मञ्चाष्टसहस्रञ्च कूर्मोक्तञ्च रसातले
dadyāt śaradi viṣuve dharmārthādinibodhanam kūrmañcāṣṭasahasrañca kūrmoktañca rasātale
One should give it in autumn at the equinox — it teaches dharma, wealth and the rest. And the Kūrma, of eight thousand (verses), spoken by the Tortoise in Rasātala,
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AgP 271.20
इन्द्रद्युम्नप्रसङ्गेन दद्यात्तद्धेमकूर्मवत् त्रयोदशसहस्राणि मात्स्यं कल्पादितो ऽब्रवीत्
indradyumnaprasaṅgena dadyāttaddhemakūrmavat trayodaśasahasrāṇi mātsyaṃ kalpādito 'bravīt
in connection with Indradyumna — one should give it together with a golden tortoise. The Mātsya of thirteen thousand (verses) he declared from the beginning of the Kalpa;
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AgP 271.21
मत्स्यो हि मनवे दद्याद्विषुवे हेममत्स्यवत् गारुडञ्चाष्टसाहस्रं विष्णूक्तन्तार्क्षकल्पके
matsyo hi manave dadyādviṣuve hemamatsyavat gāruḍañcāṣṭasāhasraṃ viṣṇūktantārkṣakalpake
for the Fish declared (it) to Manu; one should give (it) at the equinox together with a golden fish. And the Gāruḍa, of eight thousand (verses), spoken by Viṣṇu in the Tārkṣya Kalpa,
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AgP 271.22
विश्वाण्डाद्गरुडोत्पत्तिं तद्दद्याद्धेमहंसवत् ब्रह्मा ब्रह्माण्डमाहात्म्यमधिकृत्याब्रबीत्तु यत्
viśvāṇḍādgaruḍotpattiṃ taddadyāddhemahaṃsavat brahmā brahmāṇḍamāhātmyamadhikṛtyābrabīttu yat
(tells) the birth of Garuḍa from the world-egg; one should give it together with a golden goose. And that which Brahmā declared, taking as theme the greatness of the Brahmāṇḍa,
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AgP 271.23
तच्च द्वादशसाहस्रं ब्रह्माण्डं तद्द्विजे ऽर्पयेत् भारते पर्वसमाप्तौ वस्त्रगन्धस्रगादिभिः
tacca dvādaśasāhasraṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ taddvije 'rpayet bhārate parvasamāptau vastragandhasragādibhiḥ
that too, the Brahmāṇḍa of twelve thousand (verses), one should present to a brahmin. In the case of the Bhārata, at the conclusion of each section, with garments, perfumes, garlands and the rest,
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AgP 271.24
वाचकं पूजयेदादौ भोजयेत् पायसैर् द्विजान् गोभूग्रामसुवर्णादि दद्यात्पर्वणि पर्वणि
vācakaṃ pūjayedādau bhojayet pāyasair dvijān gobhūgrāmasuvarṇādi dadyātparvaṇi parvaṇi
First one should honour the reciter, and feed brahmins with milk-rice; at each parvan (section-end) one should give cows, land, a village, gold and the like.
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AgP 271.25
समाप्ते भारते विप्रं संहितापुस्तकान्यजेत् शुभे देशे निवेश्याथ क्षौमवस्त्रादिनावृतान्
samāpte bhārate vipraṃ saṃhitāpustakānyajet śubhe deśe niveśyātha kṣaumavastrādināvṛtān
When the Bhārata is finished, one should worship a brahmin and the books of the Saṃhitā, setting them down in an auspicious place, wrapped in linen cloth and the like.
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AgP 271.26
नरनारयणौ पूज्यौ पुस्तकाः कुसुमादिभिः गो ऽन्नभूहेम दद्वाथ भोजयित्वा क्षमापयेत्
naranārayaṇau pūjyau pustakāḥ kusumādibhiḥ go 'nnabhūhema dadvātha bhojayitvā kṣamāpayet
Nara and Nārāyaṇa are to be worshipped, and the books, with flowers and so forth; then, having given a cow, food, land and gold, and having fed (the brahmins), he should ask their pardon.
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AgP 271.27
महादानानि देयानि रत्नानि विविधानि च मासकौ द्वौ त्रयश् चैव मासे मासे प्रदापयेत्
mahādānāni deyāni ratnāni vividhāni ca māsakau dvau trayaś caiva māse māse pradāpayet
Great gifts are to be given, and jewels of various kinds; and he should have two or three māṣakas given month by month.
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AgP 271.28
अयनादौ श्राबकस्य दानमादौ विधीयते श्रोतृभिः सकलैः कार्यं श्रावके पूजनं द्विज
ayanādau śrābakasya dānamādau vidhīyate śrotṛbhiḥ sakalaiḥ kāryaṃ śrāvake pūjanaṃ dvija
At the beginning of an ayana the gift for the reciter is prescribed first; the honouring of the reciter is to be done by all the hearers, O brahmin.
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AgP 271.29
:प् ७ इतिहासपुराणानां पुस्तकानि प्रयच्छति पूजयित्वायुरारोग्यं स्वर्गमोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
:p 7 itihāsapurāṇānāṃ pustakāni prayacchati pūjayitvāyurārogyaṃ svargamokṣamavāpnuyāt
One who presents books of the Itihāsa and the Purāṇas, having worshipped (them), would obtain long life, health, heaven and liberation.
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