Agni Purana — Chapter 302
AgP 302.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे नानामन्त्रा नामैकाधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {३०२} :श् अथ द्व्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः अङ्गाक्षरार्चनम् अग्निर् उवाच यदा जन्मर्क्षगश् चन्द्रो भानुः सप्तसराशिगः पौष्णः कालः स विज्ञेयस्तदा ग्रासं परीक्षयेत्
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe nānāmantrā nāmaikādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {302} :ś atha dvyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ aṅgākṣarārcanam agnir uvāca yadā janmarkṣagaś candro bhānuḥ saptasarāśigaḥ pauṣṇaḥ kālaḥ sa vijñeyastadā grāsaṃ parīkṣayet
Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa the three hundred and first chapter, called 'The Various Mantras'. Chapter 302: Now the three hundred and second chapter, the worship of the syllables in the limbs. Agni said: When the moon stands in the birth-asterism (and) the sun is in the seventh sign (?), it is to be known as the Pauṣṇa time; then one should examine the 'swallowing' (of the vital signs).
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AgP 302.2
कण्टोष्ठौ चलतःस्थानाद्यस्य वक्रा च नासिका कृष्णा च जिह्वा सप्ताहं जीवितं तस्य वै भवेत्
kaṇṭoṣṭhau calataḥsthānādyasya vakrā ca nāsikā kṛṣṇā ca jihvā saptāhaṃ jīvitaṃ tasya vai bhavet
He whose throat and lips move from their place, whose nose is crooked and whose tongue is black — his life will indeed last seven days.
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AgP 302.3
तारो मेषो विषं दन्ती नरो दीर्घो वणा रसः क्रूद्धोल्काय महोल्काय वीरोल्काय शिखा भवेत्
tāro meṣo viṣaṃ dantī naro dīrgho vaṇā rasaḥ krūddholkāya maholkāya vīrolkāya śikhā bhavet
(The syllable) tāra (oṃ), meṣa, viṣa, dantī, nara, the long (vowel), vaṇā, rasa — (thus the mantra becomes:) 'to the wrathful meteor, to the great meteor, to the heroic meteor', and there is the śikhā (crest-syllable).
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AgP 302.4
:प् ११७ ह्यल्काय राहसोल्काय वैष्णवोष्टाक्षरो मनुः कनिष्ठादितदष्टानामङ्गुलीनाञ्च पर्वसु
:p 117 hyalkāya rāhasolkāya vaiṣṇavoṣṭākṣaro manuḥ kaniṣṭhāditadaṣṭānāmaṅgulīnāñca parvasu
'to the hya-meteor, to the rāhasa-meteor' — the Vaiṣṇava mantra of eight syllables. On the joints of the fingers, of the eight beginning with the little finger,
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AgP 302.5
ज्येष्ठाग्रेण क्रमात्तावन् मूर्धन्यष्टाक्षरं न्यसेत् तर्जन्यान्तारमङ्गुष्ठे लग्ने मध्यमया च तत्
jyeṣṭhāgreṇa kramāttāvan mūrdhanyaṣṭākṣaraṃ nyaset tarjanyāntāramaṅguṣṭhe lagne madhyamayā ca tat
one should set them down in order with the tip of the middle finger, and likewise set the eight-syllabled (mantra) on the head; the interval up to the forefinger on the thumb, and that (is done) with the middle finger when they are joined.
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AgP 302.6
तलेङ्गुष्ठे तदुत्तारं वीजोत्तारं ततो न्यसेत् रक्तगौरधूम्रहरिज्जातरूपाः सितास्त्रयः
taleṅguṣṭhe taduttāraṃ vījottāraṃ tato nyaset raktagauradhūmraharijjātarūpāḥ sitāstrayaḥ
On the palm and the thumb (one should set) the concluding part of that; then one should set down the concluding part of the seed-syllable. Red, pale, smoky, green, gold-coloured, and three white ones —
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AgP 302.7
एवं रूपानिमान् वर्णान् भावबुद्धान्न्यसेत् क्रमात् हृदास्यनेत्रमूर्धाङ्घ्रितालुगुह्यकरादिषु(१)
evaṃ rūpānimān varṇān bhāvabuddhānnyaset kramāt hṛdāsyanetramūrdhāṅghritāluguhyakarādiṣu(1)
thus one should set down in order these letters, having such forms, realized in meditation, on the heart, mouth, eyes, head, feet, palate, private parts, hands, and so on.
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AgP 302.8
अङ्गानि च न्यसेद्वीजान्न्यस्याथ करदेहयोः यथात्मनि तथा देवे न्यासः कार्यः करं विना
aṅgāni ca nyasedvījānnyasyātha karadehayoḥ yathātmani tathā deve nyāsaḥ kāryaḥ karaṃ vinā
And one should set the limbs (of the mantra) and, having placed the seed-syllables, (set them) on the hands and the body; as on oneself, so the placing is to be done on the deity, except for the hands.
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AgP 302.9
हृदादिस्थानगान् वर्णान् गन्धपुष्पै समर्चयेत् धर्माद्यग्न्याद्यधर्मादि गात्रे पीठे ऽम्बुजे न्यसेत्
hṛdādisthānagān varṇān gandhapuṣpai samarcayet dharmādyagnyādyadharmādi gātre pīṭhe 'mbuje nyaset
One should worship with sandal-paste and flowers the letters located in the heart and the other places; one should place dharma and the rest, fire and the rest, adharma and the rest, on the body, on the pedestal, and on the lotus.
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AgP 302.10
यत्र केशरकिञ्जल्कव्यापिसूर्येन्दुदाहिनां मण्डलन्त्रितयन्तावद् भेदैस्तत्र न्यसेत् क्रमात्
yatra keśarakiñjalkavyāpisūryendudāhināṃ maṇḍalantritayantāvad bhedaistatra nyaset kramāt
Where the three circles of the sun, moon and fire pervade the filaments and stamens (of the lotus), there one should set down (the letters) in order by their divisions, to that extent.
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AgP 302.11
गुणाश् च तन्त्रसत्वाद्याः केशरस्थाश् च शक्तयः विमलोत्कर्षणीज्ञानक्रियायोगाश् च वै क्रमात्
guṇāś ca tantrasatvādyāḥ keśarasthāś ca śaktayaḥ vimalotkarṣaṇījñānakriyāyogāś ca vai kramāt
And the qualities beginning with sattva (of the tantra), and the powers seated in the filaments, namely Vimalā, Utkarṣaṇī, Jñānā, Kriyā and Yogā, in due order.
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AgP 302.12
प्रह्वी सत्या तथेशानानुग्रहा मध्यतस्ततः योगपीठं समभ्यर्च्य समावह्य हरिं यजेत्
prahvī satyā tatheśānānugrahā madhyatastataḥ yogapīṭhaṃ samabhyarcya samāvahya hariṃ yajet
Then Prahvī, Satyā, likewise Īśānā and Anugrahā (are placed), from the centre onward; having fully worshipped the yoga-seat and invoked (him) there, he should worship Hari.
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AgP 302.13
पाद्यार्घ्याचमनीयञ्च पीतवस्त्रविभूषणं एतत् पञ्चोपचारञ्च सर्वं मूलेन दीयते
pādyārghyācamanīyañca pītavastravibhūṣaṇaṃ etat pañcopacārañca sarvaṃ mūlena dīyate
Water for the feet, the offering-water, water for rinsing the mouth, a yellow garment and ornament — all this five-fold service is given with the root-mantra.
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AgP 302.14
वासुदेवादयः पूज्याश् चत्वारो दिक्षु मूर्तयः विदिक्षु श्रीसरस्वत्यै रतिशान्त्यै च पूजयेत्
vāsudevādayaḥ pūjyāś catvāro dikṣu mūrtayaḥ vidikṣu śrīsarasvatyai ratiśāntyai ca pūjayet
The four forms, Vāsudeva and the rest, are to be worshipped in the (cardinal) directions; in the intermediate directions he should worship Śrī and Sarasvatī, and Rati and Śānti.
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AgP 302.15
:न् १ हृदास्यनेत्रमूर्धाङ्घ्रिजानुगुह्यकरादिष्विति ख॥ :प् ११८ शङ्खं चक्रं गदां पद्मं मुषलं खड्गशार्ङ्गिके वनमालान्वितं दिक्षु विदिक्षु च यजेत् क्रमात्
:n 1 hṛdāsyanetramūrdhāṅghrijānuguhyakarādiṣviti kha.. :p 118 śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ gadāṃ padmaṃ muṣalaṃ khaḍgaśārṅgike vanamālānvitaṃ dikṣu vidikṣu ca yajet kramāt
[apparatus: n.1 'hṛdāsyanetramūrdhāṅghrijānuguhyakarādiṣu' thus in MS kha; p. 118] The conch, the discus, the mace, the lotus, the pestle, the sword and the bow, together with the forest-garland — these he should worship in order in the cardinal and the intermediate directions.
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AgP 302.16
अभ्यर्च्य च वहिस्तार्क्ष्यं देवस्य पुरतो ऽर्चयेत् विश्वक्सेनञ्च सोमेशं मध्ये आवरणाद्वहिः(१) इन्द्रादिपरिचारेण पूज्य सर्वमवाप्नुयात्
abhyarcya ca vahistārkṣyaṃ devasya purato 'rcayet viśvaksenañca someśaṃ madhye āvaraṇādvahiḥ(1) indrādiparicāreṇa pūjya sarvamavāpnuyāt
And having worshipped (them), he should worship Tārkṣya (Garuḍa) outside, in front of the god, and Viṣvaksena and Someśa in the middle, outside the enclosure; worshipping with the attendant retinue of Indra and the rest, he would obtain everything.
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