Agni Purana — Chapter 310
AgP 310.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे त्वरितामन्त्रादिर्नाम नवाधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {३१०} :श् अथ दशाधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः त्वरितामूलमन्त्रादिः अग्निर् उवाच दीक्षादि वक्ष्ये विन्यस्य सिंहवज्राकुले ऽब्जके हे २ हुति वज्रदन्त पुरु २ लुलु २ गर्ज २ इह सिंहासनाय नमः तिर्यगूर्ध्वगता रेखाश् चत्वारश् चत्वारश् चतुरो भवेत्
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe tvaritāmantrādirnāma navādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {310} :ś atha daśādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ tvaritāmūlamantrādiḥ agnir uvāca dīkṣādi vakṣye vinyasya siṃhavajrākule 'bjake he 2 huti vajradanta puru 2 lulu 2 garja 2 iha siṃhāsanāya namaḥ tiryagūrdhvagatā rekhāś catvāraś catvāraś caturo bhavet
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the three hundred and ninth chapter, called 'The Mantra of Tvaritā and so forth.' Now the three hundred and tenth chapter: 'The Root-mantra of Tvaritā and so forth.' Agni said: I shall declare the initiation and the rest. Having placed (the deity) on the lotus in the seat of the lion and thunderbolt: 'he he huti vajradanta puru puru lulu lulu garja garja — here, homage to the lion-throne!' The lines running crosswise and upward should be four and four, four (in all).
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AgP 310.2
नवभागविभागेन कोष्ठकान् कारयेद्बुधः ग्राह्या दिशागताः कोष्ठा विदिशासु विनाशयेत्
navabhāgavibhāgena koṣṭhakān kārayedbudhaḥ grāhyā diśāgatāḥ koṣṭhā vidiśāsu vināśayet
By a division into nine parts the wise man should make the compartments; the compartments lying in the (cardinal) directions are to be taken, in the intermediate directions he should eliminate (them).
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AgP 310.3
वाह्ये वै कोष्ठकोणेषु वाह्यरेखाष्टकं स्मृतम् वाह्यकोष्ठस्य वाह्ये तु मध्ये यावत् समानयेत्
vāhye vai koṣṭhakoṇeṣu vāhyarekhāṣṭakaṃ smṛtam vāhyakoṣṭhasya vāhye tu madhye yāvat samānayet
Outside, at the corners of the compartments, a set of eight outer lines is prescribed; and outside the outer compartment he should bring (them) together as far as the middle.
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AgP 310.4
वज्रस्य मध्यमं शृङ्गं वाह्यरेखा द्विधार्धतः वाह्यरेखा भवेद्वक्रा द्विभङ्गा कारयेद्बुधः
vajrasya madhyamaṃ śṛṅgaṃ vāhyarekhā dvidhārdhataḥ vāhyarekhā bhavedvakrā dvibhaṅgā kārayedbudhaḥ
The middle prong of the thunderbolt is the outer line, halved in two; the outer line should be curved, and the wise man should make it with two bends.
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AgP 310.5
:प् १४० मध्यकोष्ठं भवेत्पद्मं पीतकर्णिकमुज्ज्वलम् कृष्णेन रजसा लिख्य कुलिशासिशितोर्धता
:p 140 madhyakoṣṭhaṃ bhavetpadmaṃ pītakarṇikamujjvalam kṛṣṇena rajasā likhya kuliśāsiśitordhatā
The central compartment should be a lotus, bright, with a yellow pericarp; having drawn (it) with black powder, sharp-edged as a thunderbolt or a sword.
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AgP 310.6
वाह्यतश् चतुरस्रन्तु वज्रसम्पुटलाञ्छितम् द्वारे प्रदापयेन्मन्त्री चतुरो वज्रसम्पुटान्
vāhyataś caturasrantu vajrasampuṭalāñchitam dvāre pradāpayenmantrī caturo vajrasampuṭān
Outside, a square marked with a pair of joined thunderbolts; and the mantra-adept should have four joined thunderbolt-pairs set at the door.
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AgP 310.7
पद्मनाम भवेद्वामवीथी चैव समा भवेत् गर्भं रक्तं केशराणि मण्डले दीक्षिताः स्त्रियः
padmanāma bhavedvāmavīthī caiva samā bhavet garbhaṃ raktaṃ keśarāṇi maṇḍale dīkṣitāḥ striyaḥ
It should bear the name 'lotus', and the left path should be even; the womb (of the lotus) red, (with) filaments — in the maṇḍala women too are initiated.
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AgP 310.8
जयेच्च परराष्ट्राणि क्षिप्रं राज्यमवाप्नुयात् मूर्तिं प्रणवसन्दीप्तां हूंकारेण नियोजयेत्
jayecca pararāṣṭrāṇi kṣipraṃ rājyamavāpnuyāt mūrtiṃ praṇavasandīptāṃ hūṃkāreṇa niyojayet
And he will conquer enemy kingdoms and quickly obtain a kingdom. He should join with the syllable HŪṂ the image that blazes with the praṇava (OṂ).
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AgP 310.9
मूलविद्यां समुच्चार्य मरुद्व्योमगतां द्विज प्रथमेन पुनश् चैव कर्णिकायां प्रपूजयेत्
mūlavidyāṃ samuccārya marudvyomagatāṃ dvija prathamena punaś caiva karṇikāyāṃ prapūjayet
Having uttered the root-vidyā ending in the wind and the ether (syllables), O twice-born, he should worship (the deity) on the pericarp again with the first (syllable).
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AgP 310.10
एवं प्रदक्षिणं पूज्य एकैकं वीजमादितः दलमध्ये तु विद्याङ्गा आग्नेय्यां पञ्च नैरृतम्(१)
evaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ pūjya ekaikaṃ vījamāditaḥ dalamadhye tu vidyāṅgā āgneyyāṃ pañca nairṛtam(1)
Thus worshipping each single seed-syllable in turn from the beginning, moving rightwards; and in the middle of the petals the limbs of the vidyā — five in the southeast, (and) the southwest.
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AgP 310.11
मध्ये नेत्रं दिशास्त्रञ्च गुह्यकाङ्गे तु रक्षणम् हुतयः केशरस्थास्तु वामदक्षिणपार्श्वतः
madhye netraṃ diśāstrañca guhyakāṅge tu rakṣaṇam hutayaḥ keśarasthāstu vāmadakṣiṇapārśvataḥ
In the middle the eye, and in the directions the weapon; and on the limb of the Guhyaka, the protection. The oblations are placed on the filaments, on the left and right sides.
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AgP 310.12
पञ्च पञ्च प्रपूज्यास्तु स्वैः स्वैर् मन्त्रैः प्रपूजयेत् लोकपालान्न्यसेदष्टौ वाह्यतो गर्भमण्डले
pañca pañca prapūjyāstu svaiḥ svair mantraiḥ prapūjayet lokapālānnyasedaṣṭau vāhyato garbhamaṇḍale
Five and five are to be worshipped; one should worship (them) with their own respective mantras. One should place the eight world-guardians outside, on the womb-diagram.
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AgP 310.13
वर्णान्तमग्निमारूटं षष्ठस्वरविभेदितं(२) पञ्चदशेन चाक्रान्तं स्वैः स्वैर् नामभि योजयेत्(३)
varṇāntamagnimārūṭaṃ ṣaṣṭhasvaravibheditaṃ(2) pañcadaśena cākrāntaṃ svaiḥ svair nāmabhi yojayet(3)
(The syllable) mounted by fire at the end of the (series of) letters, divided by the sixth vowel, and overtopped by the fifteenth (vowel) — (these) one should join with their own respective names.
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AgP 310.14
शीघ्रं(४) सिंहे कर्णिकायां यजेद् गन्धादिभिः श्रिये(५) :न् १ आग्नेयावन्नैरृतमिति ञ॥ २ ज्येष्ठस्वरविभूषितमिति ख॥ , छ॥ च ३ नामभिर्योजयेदित्ययं पाठः समीचीनो भवितुमर्हति ४ नीलेति ञ॥ ५ श्रियमिति ञ॥ :प् १४१ अष्टाभिर् वेष्टयेत् कुम्मैर्(?) मन्त्राष्टशतमन्त्रितैः
śīghraṃ(4) siṃhe karṇikāyāṃ yajed gandhādibhiḥ śriye(5) :n 1 āgneyāvannairṛtamiti ña.. 2 jyeṣṭhasvaravibhūṣitamiti kha.. , cha.. ca 3 nāmabhiryojayedityayaṃ pāṭhaḥ samīcīno bhavitumarhati 4 nīleti ña.. 5 śriyamiti ña.. :p 141 aṣṭābhir veṣṭayet kummair(?) mantrāṣṭaśatamantritaiḥ
On the lion (seat), on the pericarp, one should quickly worship (her) with perfumes and the rest, for prosperity. [With eight pots, consecrated with a hundred and eight recitations of the mantra, one should encircle (it).]
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AgP 310.15
मन्त्रमष्टसहस्रन्तु जप्त्वाङ्गानां दशांशकम् तोमं कुर्यादग्निकुण्डे वह्निमन्त्रेण चालयेत्
mantramaṣṭasahasrantu japtvāṅgānāṃ daśāṃśakam tomaṃ kuryādagnikuṇḍe vahnimantreṇa cālayet
Having recited the mantra eight thousand times, and a tenth part of that for the ancillary (mantras), one should make the offering in the fire-pit and stir (the fire) with the fire-mantra.
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AgP 310.16
निक्षिपेद् हृदयेनाग्निं शक्तिं मध्ये ऽग्निगां स्मरेत् गर्भाधानं पुंसवनं जातकर्म च होमयेत्
nikṣiped hṛdayenāgniṃ śaktiṃ madhye 'gnigāṃ smaret garbhādhānaṃ puṃsavanaṃ jātakarma ca homayet
He should cast the fire in with the heart-(mantra); he should visualise the power that goes to fire in the middle. He should offer as oblations the impregnation, the male-producing rite, and the birth-rite.
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AgP 310.17
हृदयेन शतं ह्य् एकं गुह्येकं गुह्याङ्गे जनयेच्छिखिम् पूर्णाहुत्या तु विद्यायाः शिवाग्निर्ज्वलितो भवेत्
hṛdayena śataṃ hy ekaṃ guhyekaṃ guhyāṅge janayecchikhim pūrṇāhutyā tu vidyāyāḥ śivāgnirjvalito bhavet
With the heart-(mantra) a hundred, and one; with the secret (mantra) one; on the secret member he should generate the flame. With the full oblation of the vidyā the fire of Śiva becomes kindled.
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AgP 310.18
होमयेम्मूलमन्त्रेण शतञ्चाङ्गं दशांशतः निवेदयेत्ततो देव्यास्ततः शिष्यं प्रवेशयेत्
homayemmūlamantreṇa śatañcāṅgaṃ daśāṃśataḥ nivedayettato devyāstataḥ śiṣyaṃ praveśayet
He should offer with the root-mantra a hundred, and for the ancillaries a tenth part; then he should present (it) to the Goddess, and then he should bring the pupil in.
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AgP 310.19
अस्त्रेण ताडनं कृत्वा गुह्याङ्गानि ततो न्यसेत् विद्याङ्गैश् चैव सन्नद्धं विद्याङ्गेषु नियोजयेत्
astreṇa tāḍanaṃ kṛtvā guhyāṅgāni tato nyaset vidyāṅgaiś caiva sannaddhaṃ vidyāṅgeṣu niyojayet
Having struck (him) with the weapon-(mantra), he should then place the secret members; and (the pupil), bound up with the members of the vidyā, he should join to the members of the vidyā.
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AgP 310.20
पुष्पं क्षिपाययेच्छिष्यमानयेदग्निकुण्डकम् यवैर् द्वान्यैस्तिलैर् आज्यैर् मूलविद्याशतं हुनेत्
puṣpaṃ kṣipāyayecchiṣyamānayedagnikuṇḍakam yavair dvānyaistilair ājyair mūlavidyāśataṃ hunet
He should have (the pupil) throw a flower; he should lead the pupil to the fire-pit. With barley, other grains, sesame and ghee he should offer the root-vidyā a hundred times.
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AgP 310.21
स्थावरत्वं पुरा होमं सरीसृपमतः परं पक्षिमृगपशुत्वञ्च मानुषं ब्राह्ममेव च
sthāvaratvaṃ purā homaṃ sarīsṛpamataḥ paraṃ pakṣimṛgapaśutvañca mānuṣaṃ brāhmameva ca
First the oblation (for) the state of immobile things, next after that the creeping (state), and the state of bird, beast and cattle, and the human, and the brahmā (state) as well.
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AgP 310.22
विष्णुत्वञ्चैव रुद्रत्वमन्ते पूर्णाहुतिर्भवेत् एकया चैव ह्य् आह्त्या शिष्यः स्याद्दीक्षितो भवेत्
viṣṇutvañcaiva rudratvamante pūrṇāhutirbhavet ekayā caiva hy āhtyā śiṣyaḥ syāddīkṣito bhavet
And Viṣṇu-hood and Rudra-hood; at the end there should be the full oblation. And with one single oblation the pupil becomes one who has been initiated.
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AgP 310.23
अधिकारो भवेदेवं शृणु मोक्षमतः परम् सुमेरुस्थो यदा मन्त्री सदाशिवपदे स्थितः
adhikāro bhavedevaṃ śṛṇu mokṣamataḥ param sumerustho yadā mantrī sadāśivapade sthitaḥ
Thus there would be the entitlement (to ritual). Hear now, after this, about liberation: when the mantra-adept, standing on Sumeru, is established in the station of Sadāśiva—
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AgP 310.24
परे च होमयेत् स्वस्थो ऽकर्मकर्मशतान् दश पूर्णाहुत्या तु तद्योगी धर्माधर्मैर् न लिप्यते
pare ca homayet svastho 'karmakarmaśatān daśa pūrṇāhutyā tu tadyogī dharmādharmair na lipyate
and, self-composed, he should make offerings in the highest (fire), ten (times) a hundred (oblations) of act and non-act; then, by the full oblation, that yogin is not smeared by merit and demerit.
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AgP 310.25
मोक्षं याति परंस्थानं यद्गत्वा न निवर्तते यथा जले जलं क्षिप्तं जलं देही शिरस् तथा
mokṣaṃ yāti paraṃsthānaṃ yadgatvā na nivartate yathā jale jalaṃ kṣiptaṃ jalaṃ dehī śiras tathā
He goes to liberation, the highest station, going to which one does not return; just as water poured into water (becomes water), so the embodied one (becomes?) water...
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AgP 310.26
:प् १४२ कुम्भैः कुर्याच्चाभिषेकं जयराज्यादिसर्वभाक् कुमारी ब्राह्मणी पूज्या गुर्वादेर्दक्षिणां ददेत्
:p 142 kumbhaiḥ kuryāccābhiṣekaṃ jayarājyādisarvabhāk kumārī brāhmaṇī pūjyā gurvāderdakṣiṇāṃ dadet
And he should perform the consecration with the pots — (thereby) he becomes a partaker of everything, victory, kingship and so on. A maiden and a brahmin woman are to be honoured; he should give a fee to the teacher and the others.
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AgP 310.27
यजेत् सहस्रमेकन्तु पूजां कृत्वा दिने दिने तिलाज्यपुरहोमेन(१) देवी श्रीः कामदा भवेत्
yajet sahasramekantu pūjāṃ kṛtvā dine dine tilājyapurahomena(1) devī śrīḥ kāmadā bhavet
He should perform the worship day after day and make one thousand offerings; by the oblation of sesame, ghee and cake, the goddess Śrī becomes a giver of what is desired.
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AgP 310.28
ददाति विपुलान् भोगान् यदन्यच्च समीहते जप्त्वा ह्य् अक्षरलक्षन्तु निधानाधिपतिर्भवेत्
dadāti vipulān bhogān yadanyacca samīhate japtvā hy akṣaralakṣantu nidhānādhipatirbhavet
She grants abundant enjoyments and whatever else he wishes for. Having recited a hundred thousand syllables, he becomes lord of a treasure-hoard.
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AgP 310.29
द्विगुणेन भवेद्राज्यं त्रिगुणेन च यक्षिणी चतुर्गुणेन ब्रह्मत्वं ततो विष्णुपदं भवेत्
dviguṇena bhavedrājyaṃ triguṇena ca yakṣiṇī caturguṇena brahmatvaṃ tato viṣṇupadaṃ bhavet
With twice that there would be kingship, and with three times a yakṣiṇī; with four times, brahmā-hood; after that there would be the station of Viṣṇu.
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AgP 310.30
षड्गुणेन महासिद्धिर् लक्षेणैकेन पापहा दश जप्त्वा देहशुद्ध्यै तीर्थस्नानफलं शतात्
ṣaḍguṇena mahāsiddhir lakṣeṇaikena pāpahā daśa japtvā dehaśuddhyai tīrthasnānaphalaṃ śatāt
With six times, the great attainment; with one hundred thousand, the destruction of sin. Having recited ten times, (there is) purification of the body; from a hundred, the fruit of bathing at a sacred ford.
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AgP 310.31
पटे वा प्रतिमायां वा शीघ्रां वै स्थण्डिले यजेत् शतं सहस्रमयुतं जपे होमे प्रकीर्तितम्
paṭe vā pratimāyāṃ vā śīghrāṃ vai sthaṇḍile yajet śataṃ sahasramayutaṃ jape home prakīrtitam
He should worship the Swift One on a cloth, or in an image, or on the altar-ground: a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand are declared for recitation and for oblation.
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AgP 310.32
एवं विधानतो जप्त्वा लक्षमेकन्तु होमयेत् महिषाजमेषमांसेन नरजेन पुरेण(२) वा
evaṃ vidhānato japtvā lakṣamekantu homayet mahiṣājameṣamāṃsena narajena pureṇa(2) vā
Having muttered (the mantra) a hundred thousand times according to this rule, one should offer a burnt oblation with the flesh of buffalo, goat or ram, or with that born of a man, or with pura (guggulu resin).
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AgP 310.33
तिलैर् यवैस् तथा लाजैर् व्रीहिगोधूमकाम्रकैः श्रीफलैर् आज्यसंयुक्तैर् होमयित्वा व्रतञ्चरेत्
tilair yavais tathā lājair vrīhigodhūmakāmrakaiḥ śrīphalair ājyasaṃyuktair homayitvā vratañcaret
Having made the offering with sesame, barley, parched grain, rice, wheat, mangoes, and bilva fruits mixed with clarified butter, one should observe the vow.
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AgP 310.34
अर्धरात्रेषु सन्नद्धः खड्गचापशरादिमान् एकवासा विचित्रेण रक्तपीतासितेन वा
ardharātreṣu sannaddhaḥ khaḍgacāpaśarādimān ekavāsā vicitreṇa raktapītāsitena vā
At midnight, girded up, bearing sword, bow, arrows and the rest, wearing a single garment, variegated, or red, yellow or black,
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AgP 310.35
नीलेन वाथ वस्त्रेण देवीं तैर् एव चार्चयेत् व्रजेद्दक्षिणदिग्भागं द्वारे दद्याद्बलिं बुधः
nīlena vātha vastreṇa devīṃ tair eva cārcayet vrajeddakṣiṇadigbhāgaṃ dvāre dadyādbaliṃ budhaḥ
or else with a blue cloth—one should worship the Goddess with those very (things); the wise man should go to the southern quarter and offer the oblation at the door.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 310.36
:न् १ तिलाज्यप्लवहोमेनेति ख॥ , छ॥ च २ प्लवेनेति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् १४३ दूतीमन्त्रेण द्वारादौ एकवृक्षे श्मशानके एवञ्च सर्वकामाप्तिर्भुङ्क्ते सर्वां महीं नृपः
:n 1 tilājyaplavahomeneti kha.. , cha.. ca 2 plaveneti kha.. , cha.. ca :p 143 dūtīmantreṇa dvārādau ekavṛkṣe śmaśānake evañca sarvakāmāptirbhuṅkte sarvāṃ mahīṃ nṛpaḥ
[Notes: 1 'tilājyaplavahomena' in mss. kha and cha; 2 'plavena' in mss. kha and cha. Page 143] With the Dūtī mantra, at a doorway and so forth, at a solitary tree, at a cremation ground—thus there is attainment of all desires, and the king enjoys the whole earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition