Agni Purana — Chapter 304
AgP 304.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे पञ्चाक्षरादिपूजामन्त्रा नाम त्र्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {३०४} :श् अथ चतुरधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः पञ्चपञ्चाशद्विष्णुनामाणि अग्निर् उवाच जपन् वै पञ्चपञ्चाशद्विष्णुनामानि यो नरः मन्त्रजप्यादिफलभाक् तीर्थेष्वर्चादि चाक्षयम्
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe pañcākṣarādipūjāmantrā nāma tryadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {304} :ś atha caturadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pañcapañcāśadviṣṇunāmāṇi agnir uvāca japan vai pañcapañcāśadviṣṇunāmāni yo naraḥ mantrajapyādiphalabhāk tīrtheṣvarcādi cākṣayam
Agni said: The man who recites the fifty-five names of Viṣṇu partakes of the fruit of mantra-recitation and the rest, and (gains) imperishable (merit from) worship and the rest at the sacred fords.
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AgP 304.2
पुष्करे पुण्डरीकाक्षं गयायाञ्च गदाधरम् राघवञ्चित्रकूटे तु प्रभासे दैत्यसूदनम्
puṣkare puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ gayāyāñca gadādharam rāghavañcitrakūṭe tu prabhāse daityasūdanam
At Puṣkara (one should worship) the Lotus-eyed one, at Gayā the Mace-bearer, at Citrakūṭa Rāghava, at Prabhāsa the Slayer of the demons,
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AgP 304.3
जयं जयन्त्यां तद्वच्च जयन्तं हस्तिनापुरे वाराहं वर्धमाने च काश्मीरे चक्रपाणिनम्
jayaṃ jayantyāṃ tadvacca jayantaṃ hastināpure vārāhaṃ vardhamāne ca kāśmīre cakrapāṇinam
at Jayantī Jaya, and likewise Jayanta at Hastināpura, at Vardhamāna the Boar, and at Kaśmīr the Discus-bearer,
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AgP 304.4
जनार्दनञ्च कुब्जाम्रे मथुरायाञ्च केशवम् कुब्जाम्रके हृषीकेशं गङ्गाद्वारे जटाधरम्
janārdanañca kubjāmre mathurāyāñca keśavam kubjāmrake hṛṣīkeśaṃ gaṅgādvāre jaṭādharam
and at Kubjāmra Janārdana, and at Mathurā Keśava, at Kubjāmraka Hṛṣīkeśa, at Gaṅgādvāra the Matted-haired one,
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AgP 304.5
शालग्रामे महायोगं हरिं गोबर्धनाचले :प् १२३ पिण्डारके चतुर्वाहुं शङ्खोद्धारे च शङ्खिनम्
śālagrāme mahāyogaṃ hariṃ gobardhanācale :p 123 piṇḍārake caturvāhuṃ śaṅkhoddhāre ca śaṅkhinam
at Śālagrāma the Great Yoga, at Mount Govardhana Hari, at Piṇḍāraka the Four-armed one, and at Śaṅkhoddhāra the Conch-bearer,
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AgP 304.6
वामनञ्च कुरुक्षेत्रे यमुनायां त्रिविक्रमम् विश्वेश्वरं तथा शोणे कपिलं पूर्वसागरे
vāmanañca kurukṣetre yamunāyāṃ trivikramam viśveśvaraṃ tathā śoṇe kapilaṃ pūrvasāgare
and at Kurukṣetra Vāmana, at the Yamunā Trivikrama, and likewise at the Śoṇa Viśveśvara, at the eastern ocean Kapila,
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AgP 304.7
विष्णुं महोदधौ विद्याद्गङ्गासागरसङ्गमे वनमालञ्च किष्किन्ध्यां देवं रैवतकं विदुः
viṣṇuṃ mahodadhau vidyādgaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame vanamālañca kiṣkindhyāṃ devaṃ raivatakaṃ viduḥ
one should know Viṣṇu in the great ocean, at the confluence of the Ganges and the sea; and Vanamālin at Kiṣkindhā; and they know the god at Raivataka.
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AgP 304.8
काशीतटे महायोगं विरजायां रिपुञ्जयम् विशाखयूपे ह्य् अजितन्नेपाले लोकभावनम्
kāśītaṭe mahāyogaṃ virajāyāṃ ripuñjayam viśākhayūpe hy ajitannepāle lokabhāvanam
On the bank at Kāśī the Great Yoga, at Virajā the Conqueror of foes, at Viśākhayūpa indeed the Unconquered, in Nepal the Creator of the worlds,
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AgP 304.9
द्वारकायां विद्धि कृष्णं मन्दरे मधुसूदनम् लोकाकुले रिपुहरं शालग्रामे हरिं स्मरेत्
dvārakāyāṃ viddhi kṛṣṇaṃ mandare madhusūdanam lokākule ripuharaṃ śālagrāme hariṃ smaret
know Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā, at Mandara Madhusūdana, at Lokākula the Destroyer of foes; at Śālagrāma one should call Hari to mind,
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AgP 304.10
पुरुषं पूरुषवटे विमले च जगत्प्रभुं अनन्तं सैन्धवारण्ये दण्डके शार्ङ्गधारिणम्
puruṣaṃ pūruṣavaṭe vimale ca jagatprabhuṃ anantaṃ saindhavāraṇye daṇḍake śārṅgadhāriṇam
at Pūruṣavaṭa Puruṣa, and at Vimala the Lord of the world, in the Saindhava forest Ananta, in the Daṇḍaka (forest) the Bearer of the Śārṅga bow,
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AgP 304.11
उत्पलावर्तके शौरीं नर्मदायां श्रियः पतिं दामोदरं रैवतके नन्दायां जलशायिनं
utpalāvartake śaurīṃ narmadāyāṃ śriyaḥ patiṃ dāmodaraṃ raivatake nandāyāṃ jalaśāyinaṃ
at Utpalāvartaka Śauri, at the Narmadā the Husband of Śrī, at Raivataka Dāmodara, at the Nandā the One who lies on the waters,
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AgP 304.12
गोपीश्वरञ्च सिन्ध्वव्धौ माहेन्द्रे चाच्युतं विटुः सहाद्रौ देवदेवेशं वैकुण्ठं मागधे वने
gopīśvarañca sindhvavdhau māhendre cācyutaṃ viṭuḥ sahādrau devadeveśaṃ vaikuṇṭhaṃ māgadhe vane
and Gopīśvara at the ocean of the Sindhu, and at Māhendra Acyuta they know; on Mount Sahya the Lord of the gods of gods, in the Magadha forest Vaikuṇṭha,
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AgP 304.13
सर्वपापहरं विन्ध्ये औड्रे तु पुरुषोत्तमम् आत्मानं हृदये विद्धि जपतां भुक्तिमुक्तिदम्
sarvapāpaharaṃ vindhye auḍre tu puruṣottamam ātmānaṃ hṛdaye viddhi japatāṃ bhuktimuktidam
in the Vindhya the Remover of all sins, and in Oḍra Puruṣottama; know (him) in your own heart as the Self, who gives enjoyment and liberation to those who recite (his names).
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AgP 304.14
वटे वटे वैश्रवणं चत्वरे चत्वरे शिवम् पर्वते पर्वते रामं सर्वत्र मधुसूदनं
vaṭe vaṭe vaiśravaṇaṃ catvare catvare śivam parvate parvate rāmaṃ sarvatra madhusūdanaṃ
At every banyan tree, Vaiśravaṇa; at every crossroads, Śiva; on every mountain, Rāma; everywhere, Madhusūdana —
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AgP 304.15
नरं भूमौ तथा व्योम्नि वशिष्ठे गरुडध्वजम् वासुदेवञ्च सर्वत्र संस्मरन् भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक्
naraṃ bhūmau tathā vyomni vaśiṣṭhe garuḍadhvajam vāsudevañca sarvatra saṃsmaran bhuktimuktibhāk
— Nara on the earth and likewise in the sky, in Vasiṣṭha the Garuḍa-bannered one, and Vāsudeva everywhere: (he who) keeps remembering (them) has a share in enjoyment and in liberation.
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AgP 304.16
नामान्येतानि विष्णीश् च जप्त्वा सर्वमवाप्नुयात् क्षेत्रेष्वेतेषु यत् श्राद्धं दानं जप्यञ्च तर्पणम्
nāmānyetāni viṣṇīś ca japtvā sarvamavāpnuyāt kṣetreṣveteṣu yat śrāddhaṃ dānaṃ japyañca tarpaṇam
And having muttered these names of Viṣṇu, one would obtain everything. Whatever śrāddha, gift, muttered recitation and libation to the ancestors (is done) in these sacred places —
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AgP 304.17
:प् १२४ तत्सर्वं कोटिगुणितं मृतो ब्रह्ममयो भवेत् यः पठेत् शृणुयाद्वापि निर्मलः स्वर्गमाप्नुयात्
:p 124 tatsarvaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ mṛto brahmamayo bhavet yaḥ paṭhet śṛṇuyādvāpi nirmalaḥ svargamāpnuyāt
— all that is multiplied ten million times, and when he dies he becomes made of Brahman. Whoever recites or even hears (this) becomes spotless and attains heaven.
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