Agni Purana — Chapter 317

AgP 317.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे सकलादिमन्त्रोद्धारो नाम षोडशाधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः :प् १५८ छप्तेर् {३१७} :श् अथ सप्तदशाधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः गणपूजा इश्वर उवाच विश्वरूपं समुद्धृत्य तेजस्युपरि संस्थितम् नरसिंहं ततो ऽधस्तात् कृतान्तं तदधो न्यसेत्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe sakalādimantroddhāro nāma ṣoḍaśādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ :p 158 chapter {317} :ś atha saptadaśādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ gaṇapūjā iśvara uvāca viśvarūpaṃ samuddhṛtya tejasyupari saṃsthitam narasiṃhaṃ tato 'dhastāt kṛtāntaṃ tadadho nyaset

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the three-hundred-and-sixteenth chapter, called the extraction of the mantras beginning with sakala. Chapter 317. Now the three-hundred-and-seventeenth chapter: the worship of the Gaṇa. Īśvara said: Having extracted viśvarūpa, which is set above tejas, then below that narasiṃha, and below that one should place kṛtānta.

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AgP 317.2

प्रणवं तदधःकृत्वा ऊहकं तदधः पुनः अंशुमान् विश्वमूर्तिस्थं कण्ठोष्ठप्रणवादिकम्

praṇavaṃ tadadhaḥkṛtvā ūhakaṃ tadadhaḥ punaḥ aṃśumān viśvamūrtisthaṃ kaṇṭhoṣṭhapraṇavādikam

Having put the praṇava below that, and the ūhaka again below that; aṃśumān standing in viśvamūrti, with throat, lip, praṇava and the rest.

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AgP 317.3

नमो ऽन्तः स्याच्चतुर्वर्णो विश्वरूपञ्च कारणम् सूर्यमात्राहतं ब्रह्मण्यङ्गानीह तु पूर्ववत्(१)

namo 'ntaḥ syāccaturvarṇo viśvarūpañca kāraṇam sūryamātrāhataṃ brahmaṇyaṅgānīha tu pūrvavat(1)

It should end in 'namaḥ', consisting of four letters, and viśvarūpa is the cause; struck by the measure of the sun. Here the brahma-limbs (are) as before.

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AgP 317.4

उद्धरेत् प्रणवं पूर्वं प्रस्फुरद्वयमुच्चरेत् घोरघोरतरं पश्चात् तत्र रूपमतः स्मरेत्

uddharet praṇavaṃ pūrvaṃ prasphuradvayamuccaret ghoraghorataraṃ paścāt tatra rūpamataḥ smaret

One should first extract the praṇava, then utter 'prasphura' twice, and afterwards 'ghora ghoratara'; thereupon one should call the form to mind there.

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AgP 317.5

चटशब्दं द्विधा कृत्वा ततः प्रवरमुच्चरेत् दहेति च द्विधा कार्यं वमेति च द्विधा गतम्(२)

caṭaśabdaṃ dvidhā kṛtvā tataḥ pravaramuccaret daheti ca dvidhā kāryaṃ vameti ca dvidhā gatam(2)

Having made the word 'caṭa' twofold, one should then utter the foremost (syllable); 'daha' too is to be made twofold, and 'vama' likewise doubled.

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AgP 317.6

घातयेति द्विधाकृत्य हूंफडन्तं समुच्चरेत् अघोरास्त्रन्तु नेत्रं स्याद् गायत्री चोच्यते ऽधुना

ghātayeti dvidhākṛtya hūṃphaḍantaṃ samuccaret aghorāstrantu netraṃ syād gāyatrī cocyate 'dhunā

Having made 'ghātaya' twofold, one should utter it ending in 'hūṃ phaṭ'. That would be the aghora-weapon, the eye; and now the gāyatrī is spoken.

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AgP 317.7

तन्महेशाय विद्महे महादेवाय धीमहि ।अप्_३१७।००६*१अब्।तत्रः शिवः प्रचोदयात् गायत्री सर्वसाधनी ॥अप्_३१७।००६*१च्द्।यात्रायां विजयादौ च यजेत् पूर्वङ्गणं श्रिये तुर्यांशे तु पुरा क्षेत्रे समन्तादर्कभाजिते

tanmaheśāya vidmahe mahādevāya dhīmahi /ap_317.006*1ab/tatraḥ śivaḥ pracodayāt gāyatrī sarvasādhanī //ap_317.006*1cd/yātrāyāṃ vijayādau ca yajet pūrvaṅgaṇaṃ śriye turyāṃśe tu purā kṣetre samantādarkabhājite

"We know that (mantra) for the Great Lord, we meditate upon the Great God; may Śiva impel us (tan naḥ)" — this is the gāyatrī that accomplishes everything. On a journey and at (the festival of) Vijayā and the like one should worship the eastern courtyard for prosperity; but in the fourth portion, first, on a plot honoured on all sides by the sun,

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AgP 317.8

चतुष्पदं त्रिकोणे तु त्रिदलं कमलं लिखेत् :न् १ सर्वत इति ख॥ २ द्विधाकृतमिति ख॥ :प् १५९ तत्पृष्ठे पदिकाविथीभागि त्रिदलमश्वयुक्

catuṣpadaṃ trikoṇe tu tridalaṃ kamalaṃ likhet :n 1 sarvata iti kha.. 2 dvidhākṛtamiti kha.. :p 159 tatpṛṣṭhe padikāvithībhāgi tridalamaśvayuk

But in the triangle he should draw a four-footed (i.e. four-square) three-petalled lotus; on the back of that, in the section with a strip-shaped path, a three-petalled (figure) joined with seven.

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AgP 317.9

वसुदेवसुतैः साब्जैस्तिदलैः पादपट्टिका तदूर्ध्वे वेदिका देया भगमात्रप्रमाणतः

vasudevasutaiḥ sābjaistidalaiḥ pādapaṭṭikā tadūrdhve vedikā deyā bhagamātrapramāṇataḥ

The foot-band (is made) with eight and nine(?), together with lotuses, three-petalled; above that a platform should be provided, of the measure of a bhaga (vulva-shaped figure).

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AgP 317.10

द्वारं पद्ममितं कोष्ठादुपद्वारं विवर्णितम् द्वारोपद्वाररचितं मण्डलं विघ्नसूदनम्

dvāraṃ padmamitaṃ koṣṭhādupadvāraṃ vivarṇitam dvāropadvāraracitaṃ maṇḍalaṃ vighnasūdanam

The door is of the measure of a lotus; the side-door (is reckoned) from the compartment, as described. The maṇḍala constructed with doors and side-doors destroys obstacles.

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AgP 317.11

आरक्तं कमलं मध्ये वाह्यपद्मानि तद्वहिः सिता तु वीथिका कार्या द्वाराणि तु यथेच्छया

āraktaṃ kamalaṃ madhye vāhyapadmāni tadvahiḥ sitā tu vīthikā kāryā dvārāṇi tu yathecchayā

In the middle a reddish lotus; outside that the outer lotuses; the pathway is to be made white, and the doors as one wishes.

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AgP 317.12

कर्णिका पीतवर्णा स्यात् केशराणि तथा पुनः मण्डलं विघ्नमर्दाख्यं मध्ये गणपतिं यजेत्

karṇikā pītavarṇā syāt keśarāṇi tathā punaḥ maṇḍalaṃ vighnamardākhyaṃ madhye gaṇapatiṃ yajet

The pericarp should be yellow in colour, and likewise the filaments. This maṇḍala is called Vighnamarda (Crusher of Obstacles); in the middle one should worship Gaṇapati.

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AgP 317.13

नामाद्यं सवराकं स्याद्देवाच्छक्रसमन्वितम् शिरो हतं तत्पुरुषेण ओमाद्यञ्च नमो ऽन्तकम्

nāmādyaṃ savarākaṃ syāddevācchakrasamanvitam śiro hataṃ tatpuruṣeṇa omādyañca namo 'ntakam

The name should come first, with its vowel, (then) from 'deva' joined with 'cakra'(?); the head is struck by (the mantra) Tatpuruṣa; and it begins with Om and ends with 'namaḥ'.

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AgP 317.14

गजाख्यं गजशीर्षञ्च गाङ्गेयं गणनायकम् त्रिरावर्तङ्गगनगङ्गोपतिं पूर्वपङ्क्तिगम्

gajākhyaṃ gajaśīrṣañca gāṅgeyaṃ gaṇanāyakam trirāvartaṅgaganagaṅgopatiṃ pūrvapaṅktigam

Gajākhya, Gajaśīrṣa, Gāṅgeya, Gaṇanāyaka — thrice repeating (?) Gagana and Gaṅgāpati, placed in the eastern row.

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AgP 317.15

विचित्रांशं महाकायं लम्बोष्ठं लम्बकर्णकम् लम्बोदरं महाभागं विकृतं पार्वतीप्रियम्

vicitrāṃśaṃ mahākāyaṃ lamboṣṭhaṃ lambakarṇakam lambodaraṃ mahābhāgaṃ vikṛtaṃ pārvatīpriyam

(Him who is) of variegated form(?), of great body, with hanging lip, with hanging ears, pot-bellied, greatly fortunate, misshapen, dear to Pārvatī —

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AgP 317.16

भयावहञ्च भद्रञ्च भगणं भयसूदनम् द्वादशैते दशपङ्क्तौ देवत्रासञ्च पश्चिमे

bhayāvahañca bhadrañca bhagaṇaṃ bhayasūdanam dvādaśaite daśapaṅktau devatrāsañca paścime

Bhayāvaha, Bhadra, Bhagaṇa, Bhayasūdana — these twelve in the row of ten(?), and Devatrāsa in the west.

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AgP 317.17

महानादम्भास्वरञ्च विघ्नराजं गणाधिपम् उद्भटस्वानभश् चण्डौ महाशुण्डञ्च भीमकम्

mahānādambhāsvarañca vighnarājaṃ gaṇādhipam udbhaṭasvānabhaś caṇḍau mahāśuṇḍañca bhīmakam

Mahānāda, Bhāsvara, Vighnarāja, Gaṇādhipa, Udbhaṭa, Svānabha(?), the two Caṇḍas, Mahāśuṇḍa, and Bhīmaka;

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AgP 317.18

मन्मथं मधुसूदञ्च सुन्दरं भावपुष्टकम् सौम्ये ब्रह्मेश्वरं ब्राह्मं मनोवृत्तिञ्च संलयम्

manmathaṃ madhusūdañca sundaraṃ bhāvapuṣṭakam saumye brahmeśvaraṃ brāhmaṃ manovṛttiñca saṃlayam

Manmatha, Madhusūda, Sundara, Bhāvapuṣṭaka; in the north(east) Brahmeśvara, Brāhma, Manovṛtti and Saṃlaya;

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AgP 317.19

लयं दूत्यप्रियं लौल्यं विकर्णं वत्सलं तथा कृतान्तं कालदडण्च यजेत् कुम्भञ्च पूर्ववत्

layaṃ dūtyapriyaṃ laulyaṃ vikarṇaṃ vatsalaṃ tathā kṛtāntaṃ kāladaḍaṇca yajet kumbhañca pūrvavat

Laya, Dūtyapriya, Laulya, Vikarṇa, and likewise Vatsala, Kṛtānta and Kāladaṇḍa — one should worship (these), and the pot as before.

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AgP 317.20

:प् १६० श्रयुतञ्च जपेन्मन्त्रं होमयेत्तु दशांशतः शेषाणान्तु दशाहुत्या जपाद्धोमन्तु कारयेत्

:p 160 śrayutañca japenmantraṃ homayettu daśāṃśataḥ śeṣāṇāntu daśāhutyā japāddhomantu kārayet

And he should recite the mantra a thousand times, and make offerings into the fire to a tenth of that; for the remaining (mantras) he should perform the fire-offering with ten oblations, (or) according to the recitation.

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AgP 317.21

पूर्णां दत्वाभिषेकन्तु कुर्यात्सर्वन्तु सिध्यति भूगो ऽश्वगजवस्त्राद्यैर् गुरुपूजाञ्चरेन्नरः

pūrṇāṃ datvābhiṣekantu kuryātsarvantu sidhyati bhūgo 'śvagajavastrādyair gurupūjāñcarennaraḥ

Having offered the full oblation he should perform the consecration; everything succeeds. With land, cows, horses, elephants, garments and the like a man should perform worship of the teacher.

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