Agni Purana — Chapter 312
AgP 312.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे त्वरिताविद्या नामैकादशाधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {३१२} :श् अथ द्वादशाधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः नानामन्त्राः अग्निर् उवाच ॐ विनायकार्चनं वक्ष्ये यजेदाधारशक्तिकम् धर्माद्यष्टककन्दञ्च नालं पद्मञ्च कर्णिकाम्
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe tvaritāvidyā nāmaikādaśādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {312} :ś atha dvādaśādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ nānāmantrāḥ agnir uvāca oṃ vināyakārcanaṃ vakṣye yajedādhāraśaktikam dharmādyaṣṭakakandañca nālaṃ padmañca karṇikām
Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the three hundred and eleventh chapter, called "The Tvaritā Vidyā." Now the three hundred and twelfth chapter: Various Mantras. Agni said: Oṃ. I shall declare the worship of Vināyaka. One should worship the supporting power (ādhāraśakti), the bulb consisting of the eight, dharma and the rest, the stalk, the lotus, and the pericarp,
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AgP 312.2
:न् १ तारहेम्ना चेति ख॥ :प् १४६ केशरं त्रिगुनं पद्मं तीव्रञ्च ज्वलिनीं यजेत् नन्दाञ्च सुयशाञ्चोग्रां तेजोवतीं विन्ध्यवासिनीं(१)
:n 1 tārahemnā ceti kha.. :p 146 keśaraṃ trigunaṃ padmaṃ tīvrañca jvalinīṃ yajet nandāñca suyaśāñcogrāṃ tejovatīṃ vindhyavāsinīṃ(1)
the filaments, and the triple(?) lotus. One should worship Tīvrā and Jvālinī, and Nandā and Suyaśā and Ugrā, Tejovatī, Vindhyavāsinī,
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AgP 312.3
गणमूर्तिं गणपत्तिं हृदयं स्याद्गणं जयः एकदन्तोत्कटशिरःशिखायाचलकर्णिने
gaṇamūrtiṃ gaṇapattiṃ hṛdayaṃ syādgaṇaṃ jayaḥ ekadantotkaṭaśiraḥśikhāyācalakarṇine
Gaṇamūrti, Gaṇapati; the heart-mantra should be "gaṇa"; Jaya. "To the one-tusked, to him of the towering head, of the crest, of the unmoving ears,"
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AgP 312.4
गजवक्त्राय कवचं हूं फडन्तं तथाष्टकं महोदरो दण्डहस्तः पूर्वादौ मध्यतो यजेत्
gajavaktrāya kavacaṃ hūṃ phaḍantaṃ tathāṣṭakaṃ mahodaro daṇḍahastaḥ pūrvādau madhyato yajet
"to the elephant-faced" — that is the armour-mantra; ending in hūṃ phaṭ, so the eight (mantras). Mahodara, Daṇḍahasta: one should worship (them) beginning in the east, from the centre.
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AgP 312.5
जयो गणाधिपो गणनायको ऽथ गणेश्वरः वक्रतुण्ड एकदन्तोत्कटलम्बोदरो गज
jayo gaṇādhipo gaṇanāyako 'tha gaṇeśvaraḥ vakratuṇḍa ekadantotkaṭalambodaro gaja
Jaya, Gaṇādhipa, Gaṇanāyaka, then Gaṇeśvara, Vakratuṇḍa, Ekadanta, Utkaṭa, Lambodara, Gaja-
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AgP 312.6
वक्त्रो विकटाननो ऽथ हूं पूर्वो विघ्ननाशनः धूम्रवर्णो महेन्द्राद्यो वाह्ये विघ्नेशपूजनम्
vaktro vikaṭānano 'tha hūṃ pūrvo vighnanāśanaḥ dhūmravarṇo mahendrādyo vāhye vighneśapūjanam
-vaktra, Vikaṭānana; then, preceded by hūṃ, Vighnanāśana and Dhūmravarṇa, beginning in the east; outside (the diagram) is the worship of Vighneśa.
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AgP 312.7
त्रिपुरापूजनं(२) वक्ष्ये असिताङ्गो रुरुस् तथा चण्डः क्रोधस्तथोन्मत्तः कपाली भीषणः क्रमात्
tripurāpūjanaṃ(2) vakṣye asitāṅgo rurus tathā caṇḍaḥ krodhastathonmattaḥ kapālī bhīṣaṇaḥ kramāt
I shall now declare the worship of Tripurā: Asitāṅga, Ruru, likewise Caṇḍa, Krodha, and Unmatta, Kapālī, Bhīṣaṇa, in that order.
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AgP 312.8
संहारो भैरवो ब्राह्मीर्मुख्या ह्रस्वास्तु भैरबाः ब्रह्माणीषण्मुखा दीर्घा अग्न्यादौ वटुकाः क्रमात्
saṃhāro bhairavo brāhmīrmukhyā hrasvāstu bhairabāḥ brahmāṇīṣaṇmukhā dīrghā agnyādau vaṭukāḥ kramāt
(Then) Saṃhāra and Bhairava. The Brāhmī (goddesses) are the principal ones; the Bhairavas (are invoked) with short (vowels), but Brahmāṇī and the six-faced (goddesses) with long (ones); the Vaṭukas (are placed) in the quarters beginning with the fire-corner, in order.
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AgP 312.9
समयपुत्रो वटुको योगिनीपुत्रकस् तथा सिद्धपुत्रश् च वटुकः कुलपुत्रश् चतुर्थकः
samayaputro vaṭuko yoginīputrakas tathā siddhaputraś ca vaṭukaḥ kulaputraś caturthakaḥ
Samayaputra is a Vaṭuka, likewise Yoginīputra, and Siddhaputra is a Vaṭuka, and Kulaputra is the fourth.
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AgP 312.10
हेतुकः क्षेत्रपालश् च त्रिपुरान्तो द्वितीयकः अग्निवेतालो ऽग्निजिह्वः कराली काललोचनः
hetukaḥ kṣetrapālaś ca tripurānto dvitīyakaḥ agnivetālo 'gnijihvaḥ karālī kālalocanaḥ
Hetuka and Kṣetrapāla; Tripurānta is the second; Agnivetāla, Agnijihva, Karālī, Kālalocana.
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AgP 312.11
एकपादश् च भीमाक्ष ऐं क्षें प्रेतस्तयासनं ऐं ह्रीं द्वौश् च त्रिपुरा पद्मासनसमास्थिता
ekapādaś ca bhīmākṣa aiṃ kṣeṃ pretastayāsanaṃ aiṃ hrīṃ dvauś ca tripurā padmāsanasamāsthitā
And Ekapāda and Bhīmākṣa. aiṃ kṣeṃ — a corpse (serves) as her seat; aiṃ hrīṃ — and the second (is) Tripurā, seated firmly on a lotus seat.
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AgP 312.12
विभ्रत्यभयपुस्तञ्च वामे वरदमालिकाम् :न् १ विवासिनीमिति ख॥ २ त्रिपुरायजनमिति ख॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च :प् १४७ मूलेन हृदयादि स्याज्जालपूर्णञ्च कामकम्
vibhratyabhayapustañca vāme varadamālikām :n 1 vivāsinīmiti kha.. 2 tripurāyajanamiti kha.. , cha.. , ja.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca :p 147 mūlena hṛdayādi syājjālapūrṇañca kāmakam
(She) holds the (gesture of) fearlessness and a book, and in the left (hand) the boon-granting (gesture) and a rosary. [Notes: 1 "vivāsinī" in ms. kha; 2 "tripurāyajana" in mss. kha, cha, ja, ña, ṭa. p. 147] With the root-mantra the heart-rite and the rest are to be done, and the net-filled (?) desire-syllable.
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AgP 312.13
गोमध्ये नाम संलिख्य चाष्टपत्रे च मध्यतः श्मशानादिपटे श्मशानाङ्गारेण विलेखयेत्
gomadhye nāma saṃlikhya cāṣṭapatre ca madhyataḥ śmaśānādipaṭe śmaśānāṅgāreṇa vilekhayet
Having written the name in the middle of the go(-diagram?) and in the middle of an eight-petalled (lotus), one should have (it) drawn with charcoal from a cremation ground on a cloth (taken) from a cremation ground or the like.
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AgP 312.14
चिताङ्गारपिष्टकेन मूर्तिं ध्यात्वा तु तस्य च क्षिप्त्वोदरे नीलसूत्रैर् वेष्ट्य चोच्चाठनं भवेत्
citāṅgārapiṣṭakena mūrtiṃ dhyātvā tu tasya ca kṣiptvodare nīlasūtrair veṣṭya coccāṭhanaṃ bhavet
Having meditated on his image (made) with paste of charcoal from the funeral pyre, and having thrown (it) into the belly and wrapped (it) with blue threads, driving-out (of the enemy) results.
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AgP 312.15
ॐ नमो भगवति ज्वालामानिनि गृध्रगणपरिवृते स्वाहा युद्धेगच्छन् जपन्मन्त्रं पुमान् साक्षाज्जयी भवेत् ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं क्लीं श्रियै नमः उत्तरादौ च घृणिनी सूर्या पुज्या चतुर्दले
oṃ namo bhagavati jvālāmānini gṛdhragaṇaparivṛte svāhā yuddhegacchan japanmantraṃ pumān sākṣājjayī bhavet oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ klīṃ śriyai namaḥ uttarādau ca ghṛṇinī sūryā pujyā caturdale
oṃ, homage, O Lady, O flaming one, O you surrounded by a flock of vultures, svāhā. A man who goes into battle reciting this mantra becomes visibly victorious. oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ klīṃ, homage to Śrī. And on the four petals, beginning in the north, Ghṛṇinī and Sūryā are to be worshipped.
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AgP 312.16
आदित्या प्रभावती च हेमाद्रिमधुराश्रयः ॐ ह्रीं गौर्यै नमः गौरीमन्त्रः सर्वकरः होमाद्ध्यानाज्जपार्चनात्
ādityā prabhāvatī ca hemādrimadhurāśrayaḥ oṃ hrīṃ gauryai namaḥ gaurīmantraḥ sarvakaraḥ homāddhyānājjapārcanāt
And Ādityā and Prabhāvatī, (and) the sweet abode of the golden mountain (?). oṃ hrīṃ, homage to Gaurī: the Gaurī-mantra accomplishes everything, through oblation, meditation, recitation and worship.
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AgP 312.17
रक्ता चतुर्भुजा पाशवरदा दक्षिणे करे अङ्कुशाभययुक्तान्तां प्रार्थ्य सिद्धात्मना पुमान्
raktā caturbhujā pāśavaradā dakṣiṇe kare aṅkuśābhayayuktāntāṃ prārthya siddhātmanā pumān
(She is) red, four-armed, with noose and boon-gesture in the right hand(s), holding the hook and the fearlessness-gesture (in the others); having petitioned her with a perfected soul, a man...
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AgP 312.18
जीवेद्वर्षशतं धीमान्न चौरारिभयं भवेत् क्रुद्धः प्रसादी भवति युधि मन्त्राम्बुपानतः
jīvedvarṣaśataṃ dhīmānna caurāribhayaṃ bhavet kruddhaḥ prasādī bhavati yudhi mantrāmbupānataḥ
...the wise man would live a hundred years, and there would be no fear of thieves or enemies; one who is angry becomes gracious in battle, from drinking water charged with the mantra.
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AgP 312.19
अञ्जनं तिलकं वश्ये जिह्वाग्रे कविता भवेत् तज्जपान्मैथुनं वश्ये तज्जपाद्योनिवीक्षणम्
añjanaṃ tilakaṃ vaśye jihvāgre kavitā bhavet tajjapānmaithunaṃ vaśye tajjapādyonivīkṣaṇam
Eye-salve and a forehead-mark (are used) for subjugation; on the tip of the tongue poetic power arises; by reciting that (mantra) sexual union (is obtained) for subjugation, by reciting that, the sight of the female organ.
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AgP 312.20
स्पर्शाद्वशी तिलहोमात्सर्वञ्चैव तु सिध्यति सप्ताभिमन्त्रितञ्चान्नं भुञ्जंस्तस्य श्रियः सदा
sparśādvaśī tilahomātsarvañcaiva tu sidhyati saptābhimantritañcānnaṃ bhuñjaṃstasya śriyaḥ sadā
By touch (one becomes) a subjugator; by an oblation of sesame everything indeed is accomplished; and for one who eats food charged seven times (with the mantra), riches are his always.
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AgP 312.21
अर्धनारीशरूपो ऽयं लक्ष्म्यादिवैष्णवादिकः अनङ्गरूपा शक्तिश् च द्वितीया मदनातुरा
ardhanārīśarūpo 'yaṃ lakṣmyādivaiṣṇavādikaḥ anaṅgarūpā śaktiś ca dvitīyā madanāturā
This one has the form of the Lord who is half woman; (there are) Lakṣmī and the rest, the Vaiṣṇava ones and the rest. The Śakti whose form is Anaṅga (Bodiless), and the second, Madanāturā (Sick with love),
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AgP 312.22
पवनवेगा भुवनपाला वै सव्वसिद्धिदा :प् १४८ अनङ्गमदनानङ्गमेखलान्ताञ्चपेच्छ्रिये
pavanavegā bhuvanapālā vai savvasiddhidā :p 148 anaṅgamadanānaṅgamekhalāntāñcapecchriye
Pavanavegā, Bhuvanapālā — she indeed grants all attainments. [p. 148] For prosperity one should recite (the series) ending with Anaṅga, Madana, Anaṅgamekhalā.
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AgP 312.23
पद्ममध्यदलेषु ह्रीं स्वरान् कादींस्तितः स्त्रियाः षट्कोणे वा घटे वाथ लिखित्वा स्याद्वशीकरं
padmamadhyadaleṣu hrīṃ svarān kādīṃstitaḥ striyāḥ ṣaṭkoṇe vā ghaṭe vātha likhitvā syādvaśīkaraṃ
On the petals in the middle of the lotus (one should write) hrīṃ, then the vowels beginning with a and the consonants beginning with ka, (with) the woman's (name); or having written (them) in a hexagram or on a pot, subjugation results.
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AgP 312.24
ॐ ह्रीं छं नित्यक्लिन्ने मदद्रवे ॐ ॐ मूलमन्त्रः षडङ्गओयं रक्तवर्णे त्रिकोणके द्रवणी ह्लादकारिणी क्षोभिणी गुरुशक्तिका
oṃ hrīṃ chaṃ nityaklinne madadrave oṃ oṃ mūlamantraḥ ṣaḍaṅgaoyaṃ raktavarṇe trikoṇake dravaṇī hlādakāriṇī kṣobhiṇī guruśaktikā
oṃ hrīṃ chaṃ, O you who are ever moist, flowing with passion, oṃ oṃ — this is the root-mantra with its six limbs. In the red triangle (are) Dravaṇī, Hlādakāriṇī, Kṣobhiṇī and Guruśaktikā.
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AgP 312.25
ईशानादौ च मध्ये तां नित्यां पाशाङ्कुशौ तथा कपालकल्पकतरुं वीणा रक्ता च तद्वती
īśānādau ca madhye tāṃ nityāṃ pāśāṅkuśau tathā kapālakalpakataruṃ vīṇā raktā ca tadvatī
And in the northeast and the rest, and in the centre, (one should worship) her, the Eternal (Nityā); likewise (she holds) the noose and hook, a skull, a wish-granting tree, and a lute; and she is red, possessed of these.
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AgP 312.26
नित्याभया मङ्गला च नववीरा च मङ्गला दुर्भगा मनोन्मनी पूज्या द्रावा पूर्वादितः स्थिता
nityābhayā maṅgalā ca navavīrā ca maṅgalā durbhagā manonmanī pūjyā drāvā pūrvāditaḥ sthitā
Nityā, Abhayā, Maṅgalā, Navavīrā, Maṅgalā, Durbhagā, Manonmanī and Drāvā are to be worshipped, placed beginning from the east.
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AgP 312.27
ॐ ह्रीं अनङ्गाय नमः ॐ ह्रीं ह्रीं स्मराय नमः मन्मथाय च माराय कामायैवञ्च पञ्चधा कामाः पाशाङ्कुशौ चापवाणाः ध्येयाश् च विभ्रतः
oṃ hrīṃ anaṅgāya namaḥ oṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ smarāya namaḥ manmathāya ca mārāya kāmāyaivañca pañcadhā kāmāḥ pāśāṅkuśau cāpavāṇāḥ dhyeyāś ca vibhrataḥ
oṃ hrīṃ, homage to Anaṅga; oṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ, homage to Smara; and to Manmatha, to Māra, and to Kāma — thus in five ways. The Kāmas are to be meditated on as holding the noose and hook and the bow and arrows.
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AgP 312.28
रतिश् च विरतिः प्रीतिर्विप्रीतिश् च मतिर्धृतिः विधृतिः पुष्टिरेभिश् च क्रमात् कामादिकैर् युताः ॐ छं नित्यक्लिन्ने मदद्रवे ॐ ॐ । अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ ॠ ऌ ॡ ए ऐ ओ औ अं अः । क ख ग घ ङ च छ ज झ ञ ट ठ ड ढ ण त थ द ध न प फ ब भ म य र ल व श ष स ह क्ष । ॐ छं नित्यक्लिन्ने मदद्रवे स्वाहा आधारशक्तिं पद्मञ्च सिंहे देवीं हृदादिषु
ratiś ca viratiḥ prītirviprītiś ca matirdhṛtiḥ vidhṛtiḥ puṣṭirebhiś ca kramāt kāmādikair yutāḥ oṃ chaṃ nityaklinne madadrave oṃ oṃ / a ā i ī u ū ṛ ṝ ḷ ḹ e ai o au aṃ aḥ / ka kha ga gha ṅa ca cha ja jha ña ṭa ṭha ḍa ḍha ṇa ta tha da dha na pa pha ba bha ma ya ra la va śa ṣa sa ha kṣa / oṃ chaṃ nityaklinne madadrave svāhā ādhāraśaktiṃ padmañca siṃhe devīṃ hṛdādiṣu
Rati, Virati, Prīti, Viprīti, Mati, Dhṛti, Vidhṛti and Puṣṭi — with these (goddesses) the (five) Kāmas and the rest are joined in order. oṃ chaṃ, O ever-moist one, flowing with passion, oṃ oṃ / a ā i ī u ū ṛ ṝ ḷ ḹ e ai o au aṃ aḥ / ka kha ga gha ṅa ca cha ja jha ña ṭa ṭha ḍa ḍha ṇa ta tha da dha na pa pha ba bha ma ya ra la va śa ṣa sa ha kṣa / oṃ chaṃ, O ever-moist one, flowing with passion, svāhā. (One should install) the supporting power and the lotus, the Goddess on the lion, in the heart and the other (places).
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