Agni Purana — Chapter 320

AgP 320.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे मण्डलानि नामोनविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {३२०} :श् अथ विंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः अघीरास्त्रादिशान्तिकल्पः ईश्वर उवाच अस्त्रयागः पुरा कार्यः सर्वकर्मसु सिद्धिदः मध्ये पूज्यं शिवाद्यस्त्रं वज्रादीन् पूर्वतः क्रमात्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe maṇḍalāni nāmonaviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {320} :ś atha viṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ aghīrāstrādiśāntikalpaḥ īśvara uvāca astrayāgaḥ purā kāryaḥ sarvakarmasu siddhidaḥ madhye pūjyaṃ śivādyastraṃ vajrādīn pūrvataḥ kramāt

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the three hundred and nineteenth chapter, called "The Maṇḍalas." Now the three hundred and twentieth chapter: the rite of appeasement by the Aghora-weapon and the rest. Īśvara said: The weapon-sacrifice is to be performed first; it grants success in all rites. In the middle the weapon of Śiva and the others is to be worshipped, and the thunderbolt and the rest beginning from the east, in order.

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AgP 320.2

पञ्चचक्रं दशकरं रणादौ पूजितं जये ग्रहपूजा रविर्मध्ये पूर्वाद्याः सोमकादयः

pañcacakraṃ daśakaraṃ raṇādau pūjitaṃ jaye grahapūjā ravirmadhye pūrvādyāḥ somakādayaḥ

The five-wheeled, ten-handed (form) is worshipped in battle and the like, for victory. As for the worship of the planets: the Sun in the middle, and the Moon and the rest beginning from the east.

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AgP 320.3

सर्व एकादशस्थास्तु ग्रहाः स्युः ग्रहपूजनात् अस्त्रशान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वोत्पातविनाशिनीं

sarva ekādaśasthāstu grahāḥ syuḥ grahapūjanāt astraśāntiṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvotpātavināśinīṃ

But by the worship of the planets all the planets come to stand in the eleventh (house). I shall now declare the weapon-appeasement, which destroys all portents,

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AgP 320.4

ग्रहरोगादिशमनीं मारीशत्रुविमर्दनीं विनायकोपतप्तिघ्नमघोरास्त्रं जपेन्नरः

graharogādiśamanīṃ mārīśatruvimardanīṃ vināyakopataptighnamaghorāstraṃ japennaraḥ

which quells planet-caused illnesses and the rest, which crushes plague and enemies; a man should recite the Aghora-weapon (mantra), destroyer of the affliction caused by Vināyaka.

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AgP 320.5

लक्षं ग्रहादिनाशः स्यादुत्पाते तिलहोमनम् दिव्ये लक्षं तदर्धेन व्योमजोत्पातनाशनं

lakṣaṃ grahādināśaḥ syādutpāte tilahomanam divye lakṣaṃ tadardhena vyomajotpātanāśanaṃ

With a hundred thousand (recitations) there is destruction of the planets and the rest; in the case of a portent, an oblation of sesame. For a portent of divine (origin) a hundred thousand; with half of that, the destruction of a portent arising in the sky.

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AgP 320.6

घृतेन लक्षपातेन उत्पाते भुमिजे हितम् घृतगुग्गुलुहोमे च सर्वोत्पातादिमर्दनम्

ghṛtena lakṣapātena utpāte bhumije hitam ghṛtagugguluhome ca sarvotpātādimardanam

With a hundred thousand offerings of ghee it is beneficial in the case of an earth-born portent; and in an oblation of ghee and guggulu there is the crushing of all portents and the rest.

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AgP 320.7

:प् १६७ दूर्वाक्षताज्यहोमेन व्याधयो ऽथ घृतेन च सहस्रेण तु दुःखस्वप्ना विनशन्ति न संशयः

:p 167 dūrvākṣatājyahomena vyādhayo 'tha ghṛtena ca sahasreṇa tu duḥkhasvapnā vinaśanti na saṃśayaḥ

By an oblation of dūrvā grass, unbroken rice and clarified butter, (there is destruction of) diseases; and with ghee, with a thousand (offerings), painful dreams perish — there is no doubt.

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AgP 320.8

अयुताद् ग्रहदोषघ्नो जवाघृतविमिश्रितात् विनायकार्तिशमनमयुतेन घृतस्य च

ayutād grahadoṣaghno javāghṛtavimiśritāt vināyakārtiśamanamayutena ghṛtasya ca

From ten thousand (oblations) of javā (hibiscus) mixed with ghee, the affliction caused by the planets is destroyed; and by ten thousand of ghee the pain caused by Vināyaka is quelled.

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AgP 320.9

भूतवेदालशान्तिस्तु गुग्गुलोरयुतेन च महावृक्षस्य भङ्गेतु व्यालकङ्के(१) गृहे स्थिते

bhūtavedālaśāntistu guggulorayutena ca mahāvṛkṣasya bhaṅgetu vyālakaṅke(1) gṛhe sthite

And with ten thousand (oblations) of guggulu there is appeasement of ghosts and vetālas — likewise when a great tree breaks, or when a snake or a crow(?) is present in the house.

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AgP 320.10

आरण्यानां प्रवेशे दूर्वाज्याक्षतहावनात् उल्कापाते भूमिकम्पे तिलाज्येनाहुताच्छिवम्

āraṇyānāṃ praveśe dūrvājyākṣatahāvanāt ulkāpāte bhūmikampe tilājyenāhutācchivam

On entering forest regions, (peace comes) from an oblation of dūrvā grass, ghee and unbroken rice; at the fall of a meteor or an earthquake, well-being (comes) from an offering made with sesame and ghee.

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AgP 320.11

रक्तस्रावे तु वृक्षाणामयुताद् गुग्गुलोः शिवं अकाले फलपुष्पाणां राष्ट्रभङ्गे च मारणे

raktasrāve tu vṛkṣāṇāmayutād gugguloḥ śivaṃ akāle phalapuṣpāṇāṃ rāṣṭrabhaṅge ca māraṇe

When trees flow with blood, well-being (comes) from ten thousand (oblations) of guggulu; likewise when fruits and flowers appear out of season, and in the breaking up of a kingdom, and in a killing —

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AgP 320.12

द्विपदादेर्यदा मारि लक्षार्धाच्च तिलाज्यतः हस्तिमारीप्रशान्त्यर्थं करिणीदन्तवर्धने

dvipadāderyadā māri lakṣārdhācca tilājyataḥ hastimārīpraśāntyarthaṃ kariṇīdantavardhane

— when there is a plague among two-footed creatures and the rest, (well-being comes) from half a hundred thousand (oblations) of sesame and ghee; (so too) for the purpose of quelling a plague among elephants, and for the growth of tusks in a she-elephant,

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AgP 320.13

हस्तिन्यां मददृष्टौ च अयुताच्छान्तिरिष्यते अकाले गर्भपाते तु जातं यत्र विनश्यति

hastinyāṃ madadṛṣṭau ca ayutācchāntiriṣyate akāle garbhapāte tu jātaṃ yatra vinaśyati

and when frenzy is seen in a she-elephant, appeasement is prescribed by ten thousand (oblations); likewise when there is miscarriage out of season, or where what is born perishes,

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AgP 320.14

विकृता यत्र जायन्ते यात्राकाले ऽयुतं हुनेत् तिलाज्यलक्षहोमन्तु उत्तमासिद्धिसाधने

vikṛtā yatra jāyante yātrākāle 'yutaṃ hunet tilājyalakṣahomantu uttamāsiddhisādhane

or where deformed (offspring) are born, one should offer ten thousand at the time of a (military) expedition; but an oblation of a hundred thousand of sesame and ghee (is prescribed) for the accomplishment of the highest attainment.

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AgP 320.15

मध्यमायां तदर्धेन तत्पादादधमासु च यथा जपस् तथा होमः संग्रामे विजयो भवेत् अघोरास्त्रं जपेन्न्यस्य ध्यात्वा पञ्चास्यमूर्जितम्

madhyamāyāṃ tadardhena tatpādādadhamāsu ca yathā japas tathā homaḥ saṃgrāme vijayo bhavet aghorāstraṃ japennyasya dhyātvā pañcāsyamūrjitam

For the middling (attainment) with half of that, and for the lowest with a quarter of that; as the recitation, so the oblation — there will be victory in battle. Having deposited (the mantra), one should recite the Aghora weapon, having meditated on the mighty five-faced one.

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