Agni Purana — Chapter 311
AgP 311.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे त्वरितामूलमन्त्रो नाम दशाधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {३११} :श् अथैकादशाधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः त्वरिताविद्या अग्निर् उवाच विद्याप्रस्तावमाख्यास्ये धर्मकामादिसिद्धिदम् नवकोष्ठविभागेन विद्याभेदञ्च विन्दति
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe tvaritāmūlamantro nāma daśādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {311} :ś athaikādaśādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ tvaritāvidyā agnir uvāca vidyāprastāvamākhyāsye dharmakāmādisiddhidam navakoṣṭhavibhāgena vidyābhedañca vindati
[Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the three hundred and tenth chapter, called 'The Root Mantra of Tvaritā'. Chapter 311. Now the three hundred and eleventh chapter: the Tvaritā lore.] Agni said: I shall declare the setting-out (prastāva) of the vidyā, which grants dharma, kāma and the rest; and by the division into nine cells one obtains the varieties of the vidyā.
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AgP 311.2
अनुलोमविलोमेन समस्तव्यस्तयोगतः कर्णाविकर्णयोगेन अत ऊर्ध्वं विभागशः
anulomavilomena samastavyastayogataḥ karṇāvikarṇayogena ata ūrdhvaṃ vibhāgaśaḥ
By the forward and reverse order, by combination whole and separated, by the joining of ear and non-ear (karṇa and avikarṇa), and from that upward by divisions—
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AgP 311.3
त्रित्रिकेण च योगेन देव्या सन्नद्धविग्रहः जानाति सिद्धिदान्मन्त्रान् प्रस्तावान्निर्गतान् बहून्
tritrikeṇa ca yogena devyā sannaddhavigrahaḥ jānāti siddhidānmantrān prastāvānnirgatān bahūn
and by combination in triple triads, one whose body is girded with the Goddess knows the many mantras, granting siddhi, that have issued from the prastāva.
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AgP 311.4
शास्त्रे शास्त्रे स्मृता मन्त्राः प्रयोगास्तत्र दुर्लभाः गुरुः स्यात् प्रथमो वर्णः पूर्वेद्युर्न च वर्ण्यते
śāstre śāstre smṛtā mantrāḥ prayogāstatra durlabhāḥ guruḥ syāt prathamo varṇaḥ pūrvedyurna ca varṇyate
In text after text mantras are handed down, but their applications there are hard to obtain; the first syllable is the guru, and it is not described on the preceding day.
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AgP 311.5
प्रस्तावे तत्र चैकार्णा द्व्यर्णास्त्र्यर्णादयो ऽभवन् तिर्यगूर्ध्वगता रेखाश् चतुरश् चतुरो भजेत्
prastāve tatra caikārṇā dvyarṇāstryarṇādayo 'bhavan tiryagūrdhvagatā rekhāś caturaś caturo bhajet
In that setting-out there arose (mantras) of one syllable, of two syllables, of three syllables and so on; one should divide the lines running crosswise and upward into fours and fours.
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AgP 311.6
नव कोष्ठा भवन्त्येवं मध्यदेशे तथा इमान् प्रदक्षिणेन संस्थाप्य प्रस्तावं भेदयेत्ततः
nava koṣṭhā bhavantyevaṃ madhyadeśe tathā imān pradakṣiṇena saṃsthāpya prastāvaṃ bhedayettataḥ
Thus there come to be nine cells, and likewise in the middle region; having arranged these in clockwise order, one should then break up the setting-out.
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AgP 311.7
प्रस्तावक्रमयोगेन प्रस्तावं यस्तु विन्दति करमुष्टिस्थितास्तस्य साधकस्य हि सिद्धयः
prastāvakramayogena prastāvaṃ yastu vindati karamuṣṭisthitāstasya sādhakasya hi siddhayaḥ
He who, by the method of the sequence of the setting-out, comes to know the setting-out—for that adept the siddhis stand in the fist of his hand.
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AgP 311.8
:प् १४४ त्रैलोक्यं पादमूले स्यान्नवखण्डां भुवं लभेत् कपाले तु समालिख्य शिवतत्त्वं समन्ततः
:p 144 trailokyaṃ pādamūle syānnavakhaṇḍāṃ bhuvaṃ labhet kapāle tu samālikhya śivatattvaṃ samantataḥ
[Page 144] The three worlds would be at the sole of his foot, and he would obtain the earth with its nine continents. Having inscribed on a skull the Śiva-tattva all around,
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AgP 311.9
श्मशानकर्पटे वाथ वाह्यं निष्क्रम्य मन्त्रवित् तस्य मध्ये लिखेन्नाम कर्णिकोपरि संस्थितम्
śmaśānakarpaṭe vātha vāhyaṃ niṣkramya mantravit tasya madhye likhennāma karṇikopari saṃsthitam
or on a cloth from the cremation ground—having gone outside, the knower of the mantra should write in the middle of it the name placed upon the pericarp.
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AgP 311.10
तापयेत्खादिराङ्गारैर् भूर्जमाक्रम्य पादयोः सप्ताहादानयेत् सर्वं त्रेलोक्यं सचराचरम्
tāpayetkhādirāṅgārair bhūrjamākramya pādayoḥ saptāhādānayet sarvaṃ trelokyaṃ sacarācaram
He should heat it with khadira-wood coals, pressing the birch-bark with his feet; within seven days he would bring the whole triple world, with all that moves and does not move.
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AgP 311.11
वज्रसम्पुटगर्भे तु द्वादशारे तु लेखयेत् मध्ये गर्भगतं नाम सदाशिवविदर्भितम्
vajrasampuṭagarbhe tu dvādaśāre tu lekhayet madhye garbhagataṃ nāma sadāśivavidarbhitam
In the womb of a pair of joined thunderbolts, in a twelve-spoked (diagram), he should have written in the middle the name placed in the womb, interwoven with (the mantra of) Sadāśiva.
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AgP 311.12
कुड्ये(१) फलकके वाथ शिलापट्टे हरिद्रया मुखस्तम्भं गतिस्तम्भं सैन्यस्तम्भन्तु जायते
kuḍye(1) phalakake vātha śilāpaṭṭe haridrayā mukhastambhaṃ gatistambhaṃ sainyastambhantu jāyate
On a wall, or on a board, or on a stone slab, with turmeric—there arises paralysis of the mouth, paralysis of movement, and paralysis of an army.
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AgP 311.13
विषरक्तेन संलिख्य श्मशाने कर्परे बुधः षट्कोणं दण्डमाक्रान्तं समन्ताच्छक्तियोजितम्
viṣaraktena saṃlikhya śmaśāne karpare budhaḥ ṣaṭkoṇaṃ daṇḍamākrāntaṃ samantācchaktiyojitam
Having written with poison and blood on a potsherd in the cremation ground, the wise man (should draw) a hexagram overrun by a staff, joined all around with the śakti (points).
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AgP 311.14
मारयेदचिरादेष श्मशाने निहतं रिपुं छेदं करोति राष्ट्रस्य चक्रमध्ये न्यसेद्रिपुं
mārayedacirādeṣa śmaśāne nihataṃ ripuṃ chedaṃ karoti rāṣṭrasya cakramadhye nyasedripuṃ
This one would kill before long the enemy struck down in the cremation ground; he works the ruin of a kingdom—he should place the enemy in the middle of the diagram.
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AgP 311.15
चक्रधाराङ्गतां शक्तिं रिपुनाम्ना रिपुं हरेत् तार्क्ष्येणैव तु वीजेन खड्गमध्ये तु लेखयेत्
cakradhārāṅgatāṃ śaktiṃ ripunāmnā ripuṃ haret tārkṣyeṇaiva tu vījena khaḍgamadhye tu lekhayet
With the śakti set at the edge of the wheel, by means of the enemy's name he would destroy the enemy; with the Tārkṣya seed-syllable he should write in the middle of a sword
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AgP 311.16
विदर्भरिपुनामाथ श्मशानाङ्गारलेखितम् सप्ताहात्साधयेद्देशं ताडयेत् प्रेतभस्मना
vidarbharipunāmātha śmaśānāṅgāralekhitam saptāhātsādhayeddeśaṃ tāḍayet pretabhasmanā
then the enemy's name in interlaced (vidarbha) form, written with charcoal from a cremation ground: within seven days one may subdue the land; one should strike (the target) with ash of a corpse.
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AgP 311.17
भेदने छेदने चैव मारणेषु शिवो भवेत् तारकं नेत्रमुद्दिष्टं शान्तिपुष्टौ नियोजयेत्
bhedane chedane caiva māraṇeṣu śivo bhavet tārakaṃ netramuddiṣṭaṃ śāntipuṣṭau niyojayet
In splitting and in cutting, and in killing rites, let it be Śiva (the syllable so named); the tāraka is said to be the 'eye'; one should employ (it) in rites of pacification and of prosperity.
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AgP 311.18
दहनादिप्रयोगोयं शाकिनीञ्चैव कर्पयेत् मध्यादिवारुणीं यावद्वक्रतुण्डसमन्वितः(२)
dahanādiprayogoyaṃ śākinīñcaiva karpayet madhyādivāruṇīṃ yāvadvakratuṇḍasamanvitaḥ(2)
This is the application for burning and the rest, and it cuts up the śākinī; from the middle (syllable) to the western one, accompanied by Vakratuṇḍa.
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AgP 311.19
:न् १ कुण्ड इति क॥ २ वज्रतुण्दसमन्वित इति ट॥ :प् १४५ कुष्टाद्या व्याधयो ये तु नाशयेत्तान्न संशयः मध्यादिउत्तरान्तन्तु करालीबन्धनाज्जपेत्
:n 1 kuṇḍa iti ka.. 2 vajratuṇdasamanvita iti ṭa.. :p 145 kuṣṭādyā vyādhayo ye tu nāśayettānna saṃśayaḥ madhyādiuttarāntantu karālībandhanājjapet
Whatever diseases there are, leprosy and the rest, it destroys them — no doubt of it. From the middle to the northern one should recite, by the binding of Karālī.
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AgP 311.20
रक्षयेदात्मनो विद्यां प्रतिवादी यदा शिवः वारुण्यादि ततो न्यस्य ज्वरकाशविनाशनम्
rakṣayedātmano vidyāṃ prativādī yadā śivaḥ vāruṇyādi tato nyasya jvarakāśavināśanam
One should guard one's own vidyā; when the opponent is Śiva (the syllable), then, having placed the western one and the rest, it destroys fever and cough.
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AgP 311.21
सौम्यादि मध्यमान्तन्तु गुरुत्वं जायते वटे पूर्वादि मध्यमान्तन्तु लघुत्वं कुरुते क्षणात्
saumyādi madhyamāntantu gurutvaṃ jāyate vaṭe pūrvādi madhyamāntantu laghutvaṃ kurute kṣaṇāt
From the northern to the middle, heaviness arises in the banyan; from the eastern to the middle, it produces lightness in an instant.
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AgP 311.22
भूर्जे रोचनया लिख्य एतद्वज्राकुलं पुरम् क्रमस्थैर् मन्त्रवीजैस्तु रक्षां देहेषु कारयेत्
bhūrje rocanayā likhya etadvajrākulaṃ puram kramasthair mantravījaistu rakṣāṃ deheṣu kārayet
Having written this thunderbolt-thronged fortress on birch bark with gorocanā, one should make protection upon the bodies with the mantra-seeds set in due order.
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AgP 311.23
वेष्टिता भावहेम्ना च(१) रक्षेयं मृत्युनाशिनी विघ्नपापारिदमनी सौभाग्यायुःप्रदा धृता
veṣṭitā bhāvahemnā ca(1) rakṣeyaṃ mṛtyunāśinī vighnapāpāridamanī saubhāgyāyuḥpradā dhṛtā
And when it is wrapped in gold, this amulet destroys death; worn, it subdues obstacles, sins and enemies, and bestows good fortune and long life.
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AgP 311.24
द्यूते रेणे च जयदा शक्रसैन्ये न संशयः बन्ध्यानां पुत्रदा ह्य् एषा चिन्तामणिरिवापरा
dyūte reṇe ca jayadā śakrasainye na saṃśayaḥ bandhyānāṃ putradā hy eṣā cintāmaṇirivāparā
It gives victory in gambling and in battle, even against Indra's army — no doubt of it; for it gives sons to barren women, being a second wish-granting gem.
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AgP 311.25
साधयेत् परराष्ट्राणि राज्यञ्च पृथिवीं जयेत् फट् स्त्रीं क्षें हूं लक्षजप्याद्यक्षादिर्वशगो भवेत्
sādhayet pararāṣṭrāṇi rājyañca pṛthivīṃ jayet phaṭ strīṃ kṣeṃ hūṃ lakṣajapyādyakṣādirvaśago bhavet
One may subdue foreign realms, and win kingship and the earth. phaṭ strīṃ kṣeṃ hūṃ — by reciting a hundred thousand (times), the akṣa and the rest become subject (to one).
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