Agni Purana — Chapter 322

AgP 322.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे पाशुपतशान्तिर्नामैकविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः :न् १ असाध्यमपीति ख॥ :प् १७० छप्तेर् {३२२} :श् अथ द्वाविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः षडङ्गान्यघोरास्त्राणि ईश्वर उवाच ॐ ह्रूं हंस+इति मन्त्रेण मृत्युरोगादि शास्यति लक्षाहुतिभिर्दूर्वाभिः शान्तिं पुष्टिं प्रसाधयेत्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe pāśupataśāntirnāmaikaviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ :n 1 asādhyamapīti kha.. :p 170 chapter {322} :ś atha dvāviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ṣaḍaṅgānyaghorāstrāṇi īśvara uvāca oṃ hrūṃ haṃsa+iti mantreṇa mṛtyurogādi śāsyati lakṣāhutibhirdūrvābhiḥ śāntiṃ puṣṭiṃ prasādhayet

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the three hundred and twenty-first chapter, called the Pāśupata appeasement. (Note 1: the Kha manuscript reads 'asādhyamapi'.) Page 170. Chapter 322. Now the three hundred and twenty-second chapter: the six ancillaries, the Aghora weapons. Īśvara said: With the mantra 'oṃ hrūṃ haṃsa' one subdues death, disease and the rest. With a hundred thousand oblations of dūrvā grass one should effect appeasement and prosperity.

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AgP 322.2

अथ वा प्रणवेनैव मायया वा षडानन दिव्यान्तरीक्षभौमानां शान्तिरुत्पातवृक्षके

atha vā praṇavenaiva māyayā vā ṣaḍānana divyāntarīkṣabhaumānāṃ śāntirutpātavṛkṣake

Or else, O six-faced one, with the praṇava alone or with the māyā (syllable), (there is) appeasement of the divine, atmospheric and terrestrial (portents), and in the case of a portent-tree.

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AgP 322.3

ॐ नमो भगवति गन्ङे कालि २ महाकालि २ मांसशोणितभोजने रक्तकृष्णमुखि वशमानय मानुषान् स्वाहा ॥ ॐ लक्षं जप्त्वा दशांशेन हुत्वा स्यात् सर्वकर्मकृत् वशं नयति शक्रादीन्मानुषेष्वेषु क कथा

oṃ namo bhagavati ganṅe kāli 2 mahākāli 2 māṃsaśoṇitabhojane raktakṛṣṇamukhi vaśamānaya mānuṣān svāhā || oṃ lakṣaṃ japtvā daśāṃśena hutvā syāt sarvakarmakṛt vaśaṃ nayati śakrādīnmānuṣeṣveṣu ka kathā

Oṃ, homage, O Lady, O Gaṅgā(?), Kālī, Kālī, Mahākālī, Mahākālī, O eater of flesh and blood, O red-and-black-faced one, bring men under (my) control, svāhā. Oṃ. Having recited it a hundred thousand times and offered a tenth part in oblation, one becomes an accomplisher of all deeds. He brings under control Indra and the others — what then to say of men?

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AgP 322.4

अन्तर्धानकरी विद्या मोहनी जृम्भनी तथा वशन्नयति शत्रूणां शत्रुबुद्धिप्रमोहिनी

antardhānakarī vidyā mohanī jṛmbhanī tathā vaśannayati śatrūṇāṃ śatrubuddhipramohinī

This spell is one that makes (a person) invisible, that bewilders, and that causes paralysis; it brings enemies under control, deluding the minds of enemies.

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AgP 322.5

कामधेनुरियं विद्या सप्तधा परिकीर्तिता मन्त्रराजं प्रवक्ष्यामि शत्रुचौरादिमोहनम्

kāmadhenuriyaṃ vidyā saptadhā parikīrtitā mantrarājaṃ pravakṣyāmi śatrucaurādimohanam

This spell, the Wish-cow, has been declared in seven ways. I shall (now) declare the king of mantras, which deludes enemies, thieves and the rest.

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AgP 322.6

महाभयेषु सर्वेषु स्मर्तव्यं हरपूजितं लक्षं जप्त्वा तिलैर् होमः सिद्ध्येदुद्धरकं शृणु

mahābhayeṣu sarveṣu smartavyaṃ harapūjitaṃ lakṣaṃ japtvā tilair homaḥ siddhyeduddharakaṃ śṛṇu

In all great dangers it should be called to mind; it is honoured by Hara. Having recited it a hundred thousand times, the oblation is with sesame. Hear how it is to be extracted (from the code), that it may succeed.

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AgP 322.7

ॐ हले शूले एहि ब्रह्मसत्येन विष्णुसत्येन रुद्रसत्येन रक्ष मां वाचेश्वराय स्वाहा ॥ दुर्गात्तारयते यस्मात्तेन दुर्गा शिवा मता ॐ चण्डकपालिनि दन्तान् किटि २ क्षिटि २ गुह्ये फट् ह्रीं अनेन मन्त्रराजेन क्षालयित्वा तु तण्डुलान्

oṃ hale śūle ehi brahmasatyena viṣṇusatyena rudrasatyena rakṣa māṃ vāceśvarāya svāhā || durgāttārayate yasmāttena durgā śivā matā oṃ caṇḍakapālini dantān kiṭi 2 kṣiṭi 2 guhye phaṭ hrīṃ anena mantrarājena kṣālayitvā tu taṇḍulān

Oṃ, O hale, O śūle, come! By the truth of Brahmā, by the truth of Viṣṇu, by the truth of Rudra, protect me — to the Lord of speech, svāhā. Since she carries (one) across from difficulty (durga), she is therefore held to be Durgā, the auspicious one. Oṃ, O fierce skull-bearer, (seize?) the teeth, kiṭi kiṭi, kṣiṭi kṣiṭi, in the secret place, phaṭ, hrīṃ. Having washed rice grains with this king of mantras,

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AgP 322.8

:प् १७१ त्रिंशद्वारानि जप्तानि तच्चौरेषु प्रदापयेत् दन्तैश्चूर्णानि शुक्लानि पतितानि हि शुद्धये

:p 171 triṃśadvārāni japtāni taccaureṣu pradāpayet dantaiścūrṇāni śuklāni patitāni hi śuddhaye

— (the mantra) having been recited thirty times, he should have it given to the (suspected) thieves; for (the grains) fallen from their teeth, white and powdered, (attest) their innocence.

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AgP 322.9

ॐ ज्वलल्लोचन कपिलजटाभारभास्वर विद्रावण त्रैलोक्यडामर २ दर २ भ्रम २ आकट्ट २ तोटय २ मोटय २ दह २ पच २ एवं सिद्धिरुद्रो ज्ञापयति यदि ग्रहोपगतः स्वर्गलोकं देवलोकं वा आरामविहाराचलं तथापि तमावर्तयिष्यामि वलिं गृह्ण २ ददामि ते स्वहेति क्षेत्रपालबलिं दत्वा ग्रहो न्यासाध्रदं व्रजेत् शत्रवो नाशमायान्ति रणे वैरगणक्षयः

oṃ jvalallocana kapilajaṭābhārabhāsvara vidrāvaṇa trailokyaḍāmara 2 dara 2 bhrama 2 ākaṭṭa 2 toṭaya 2 moṭaya 2 daha 2 paca 2 evaṃ siddhirudro jñāpayati yadi grahopagataḥ svargalokaṃ devalokaṃ vā ārāmavihārācalaṃ tathāpi tamāvartayiṣyāmi valiṃ gṛhṇa 2 dadāmi te svaheti kṣetrapālabaliṃ datvā graho nyāsādhradaṃ vrajet śatravo nāśamāyānti raṇe vairagaṇakṣayaḥ

Oṃ, O blazing-eyed one, O you radiant with a mass of tawny matted hair, O router, O terror of the three worlds, ḍāmara ḍāmara, dara dara, whirl, whirl, ākaṭṭa ākaṭṭa, break, break, crush, crush, burn, burn, cook, cook — thus does Siddhirudra command: even if the seizing spirit has gone to the world of heaven or the world of the gods, or to a pleasure-grove, a resort, or a mountain, even so I shall bring it back. Take the offering, take it; I give it to you, svāhā. Having given this offering to the Kṣetrapāla, the seizing spirit goes to... (the place of deposit?); enemies come to destruction, and in battle the host of foes is annihilated.

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AgP 322.10

हंसबीजन्तु विन्यस्य विषन्तु(१) त्रिविधं हरेत् अगुरुञ्चन्दनं कुष्ठं कुङ्कुमं नागकेशरम्

haṃsabījantu vinyasya viṣantu(1) trividhaṃ haret aguruñcandanaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ kuṅkumaṃ nāgakeśaram

Having installed the haṃsa seed-syllable, (one) removes poison of the three kinds. Aguru, sandalwood, kuṣṭha, saffron, nāgakeśara,

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AgP 322.11

नखं वै देवदारुञ्च समं कृत्वाथ दूपकः माक्षिकेन समायुक्तो देहवस्त्रादिधूपनात्

nakhaṃ vai devadāruñca samaṃ kṛtvātha dūpakaḥ mākṣikena samāyukto dehavastrādidhūpanāt

and nail-perfume and devadāru — having made (them) in equal (parts), then the incense, combined with honey: from the fuming of the body, garments and the rest,

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AgP 322.12

विवादे मोहने स्त्रीणां भण्डने कलहे शुभः कन्याया वरणे भाग्येमायामन्त्रेण मन्त्रितः

vivāde mohane strīṇāṃ bhaṇḍane kalahe śubhaḥ kanyāyā varaṇe bhāgyemāyāmantreṇa mantritaḥ

it is auspicious in a dispute, in the bewitching of women, in reviling, in a quarrel; (and) in the choosing of a maiden, for good fortune, when consecrated with the māyā mantra.

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AgP 322.13

ह्रीं रोचनानागपुष्पाणि कुङ्कुमञ्च महःशिला ललाटे तिलकं कृत्वा यं पश्येत्स वशी भवेत्

hrīṃ rocanānāgapuṣpāṇi kuṅkumañca mahaḥśilā lalāṭe tilakaṃ kṛtvā yaṃ paśyetsa vaśī bhavet

hrīṃ — rocanā, nāga flowers, saffron and realgar: having made a tilaka mark on the forehead (with these), whomever one looks at becomes subject to (one's) will.

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AgP 322.14

शतावर्यास्तु चूर्णन्तु दुग्धपीतञ्च पुत्रकृत् नागकेशरचूर्णन्तु घृतपक्वन्तु पुत्रकृत्

śatāvaryāstu cūrṇantu dugdhapītañca putrakṛt nāgakeśaracūrṇantu ghṛtapakvantu putrakṛt

Powder of śatāvarī, drunk with milk, produces a son; powder of nāgakeśara, cooked in ghee, produces a son.

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AgP 322.15

पालाशवीजपानेन लमेत पुत्रकन्तथा ॐ उत्तिष्ठ चामुण्डे जम्भय २ मोहय २ अमुकं वशमानय २ स्वाहा :न् १ निघ्नान्त्वति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् १७२ षड्विंशा सिद्धविद्या सा नदीतीरमृदा स्त्रियम्

pālāśavījapānena lameta putrakantathā oṃ uttiṣṭha cāmuṇḍe jambhaya 2 mohaya 2 amukaṃ vaśamānaya 2 svāhā :n 1 nighnāntvati kha.. , cha.. ca :p 172 ṣaḍviṃśā siddhavidyā sā nadītīramṛdā striyam

Likewise, by drinking palāśa seed, one obtains a son. oṃ, rise up, Cāmuṇḍā, crush, crush, bewilder, bewilder, bring so-and-so under (my) power, under (my) power, svāhā. [note 1: 'nighnāntvati' in MSS kha, cha; page 172] That perfected vidyā of twenty-six (syllables), with earth from a river bank, (draws) a woman.

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AgP 322.16

कृत्वोन्मत्तरसेनैव नामालिख्यार्कपत्रके मूत्रोत्सर्गन्ततः कृत्वा जपेत्तामानयेत्स्त्रियम्

kṛtvonmattarasenaiva nāmālikhyārkapatrake mūtrotsargantataḥ kṛtvā japettāmānayetstriyam

Having made (the figure) with thorn-apple juice, having written the name on an arka leaf, and then having urinated (on it), let him recite (the mantra): he will bring that woman.

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AgP 322.17

ॐ क्षुंसः वषट् महामृत्युञ्जयो मन्त्रो जप्याद्धोमाच्च पुष्टिकृत् ॐ हंसः ह्रूं हूं स ह्रः सौंः मृतसञ्जीवनी विद्यां अष्टार्णा जयकृद्रणे

oṃ kṣuṃsaḥ vaṣaṭ mahāmṛtyuñjayo mantro japyāddhomācca puṣṭikṛt oṃ haṃsaḥ hrūṃ hūṃ sa hraḥ sauṃḥ mṛtasañjīvanī vidyāṃ aṣṭārṇā jayakṛdraṇe

oṃ kṣuṃsaḥ vaṣaṭ — this is the great Mṛtyuñjaya mantra; it should be recited, and by oblation it brings increase. oṃ haṃsaḥ hrūṃ hūṃ sa hraḥ sauṃḥ — the vidyā that revives the dead, of eight syllables, giving victory in battle.

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AgP 322.18

मन्त्रा ईशानमुख्याश् च धर्मकामादिदायकाः ईशानः सर्वविद्यानामीश्वरःसर्वभूतानां

mantrā īśānamukhyāś ca dharmakāmādidāyakāḥ īśānaḥ sarvavidyānāmīśvaraḥsarvabhūtānāṃ

And the mantras beginning with Īśāna are bestowers of dharma, kāma and the rest: "Īśāna is (lord) of all knowledges, the lord of all beings,

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AgP 322.19

ब्रह्मणश्चाधिपतिर्ब्रह्म शिवो मे ऽस्तु सदाशिवः ॐ तत्पुरुषाय विद्महे महादेवाय धीमहि तन्नो रुद्रः प्रचोदयात् ॐ अघोरेभ्यो ऽथ घोरेभ्यो धोरहरेभ्यस्तु सर्वतः

brahmaṇaścādhipatirbrahma śivo me 'stu sadāśivaḥ oṃ tatpuruṣāya vidmahe mahādevāya dhīmahi tanno rudraḥ pracodayāt oṃ aghorebhyo 'tha ghorebhyo dhoraharebhyastu sarvataḥ

and the overlord of Brahman, Brahman (itself); may Sadāśiva be auspicious to me." oṃ, we know that Puruṣa, we meditate on Mahādeva; may that Rudra impel us. oṃ, to the non-terrible ones, then to the terrible ones, and to those that take away the terrible, on all sides,

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AgP 322.20

सर्वेभ्यो नमस्ते रुद्ररूपेभ्यः । ॐ वामदेवाय नमो ज्येष्ठाय नमः रुद्राय नमः । कालाय नमः कलविकरणाय नमो बलविकरणाय नमो बलप्रमथनाय नमः । सर्वभूतदमनाय नमो मनोन्मानाय नमः ॐ सद्योजातं प्रवक्ष्यामि सद्योजाताय वै नमः भवे भवे ऽनादिभवे भजस्व मां भवोद्भव

sarvebhyo namaste rudrarūpebhyaḥ / oṃ vāmadevāya namo jyeṣṭhāya namaḥ rudrāya namaḥ / kālāya namaḥ kalavikaraṇāya namo balavikaraṇāya namo balapramathanāya namaḥ / sarvabhūtadamanāya namo manonmānāya namaḥ oṃ sadyojātaṃ pravakṣyāmi sadyojātāya vai namaḥ bhave bhave 'nādibhave bhajasva māṃ bhavodbhava

homage to all — homage to you in your Rudra forms. oṃ homage to Vāmadeva, homage to Jyeṣṭha, homage to Rudra, homage to Kāla, homage to Kalavikaraṇa, homage to Balavikaraṇa, homage to Balapramathana, homage to the Tamer of all beings, homage to Manonmana. oṃ, I shall proclaim the Suddenly-born; homage indeed to the Suddenly-born. In existence, in existence, in beginningless existence — favour me, O you arisen from existence.

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AgP 322.21

पञ्चब्रह्माङ्गषट्कञ्च(१) वक्ष्ये ऽहं भुक्तिमुक्तिदं ॐ नमः परमात्मने पराय कामदाय परमेश्वराय योगाय योगसम्भवाय सर्वकराय कुरु २ सत्य २ भव २ भवोद्भव वामदेव सर्वकार्यकर पापप्रशमन सदाशिव प्रसन्न नमो ऽस्तु ते स्वाहा ॥ :न् १ पञ्चब्रह्माङ्गफट्कारमिति ञ॥ :प् १७३ हृदयं सर्वार्थदन्तु सप्तत्यक्षरसंयुतं ॐ शिवः शिवाय नमः शिवः । ॐ हृदये ज्वालिनि स्वाहा शिखा । ॐ शिवात्मक महातेजः सर्वज्ञ प्रभुरावर्तय महाघोर कवच पिङ्गल नमः । महाकवच शिवाज्ञया हृदयं बन्ध २ घूर्णय २ चूर्णय २ सूक्ष्मवज्रधर वज्रपाश धनुर्वज्राशनिवज्रशरीर मम शरीरमनुप्रविश्य सर्वदुष्टान् स्तम्भय २ हूं अक्षराणान्तु कवचं शतं पञ्चाक्षराधिकम्

pañcabrahmāṅgaṣaṭkañca(1) vakṣye 'haṃ bhuktimuktidaṃ oṃ namaḥ paramātmane parāya kāmadāya parameśvarāya yogāya yogasambhavāya sarvakarāya kuru 2 satya 2 bhava 2 bhavodbhava vāmadeva sarvakāryakara pāpapraśamana sadāśiva prasanna namo 'stu te svāhā || :n 1 pañcabrahmāṅgaphaṭkāramiti ña.. :p 173 hṛdayaṃ sarvārthadantu saptatyakṣarasaṃyutaṃ oṃ śivaḥ śivāya namaḥ śivaḥ / oṃ hṛdaye jvālini svāhā śikhā / oṃ śivātmaka mahātejaḥ sarvajña prabhurāvartaya mahāghora kavaca piṅgala namaḥ / mahākavaca śivājñayā hṛdayaṃ bandha 2 ghūrṇaya 2 cūrṇaya 2 sūkṣmavajradhara vajrapāśa dhanurvajrāśanivajraśarīra mama śarīramanupraviśya sarvaduṣṭān stambhaya 2 hūṃ akṣarāṇāntu kavacaṃ śataṃ pañcākṣarādhikam

And I shall declare the six limbs of the Five Brahmans, which give enjoyment and liberation. oṃ homage to the supreme Self, to the Highest, to the giver of desires, to Parameśvara, to Yoga, to the source of Yoga, to the doer of all — act, act; be true, be true; become, become, O you arisen from existence, Vāmadeva, doer of all deeds, allayer of sin, Sadāśiva, gracious one, homage be to you, svāhā. [note 1: 'pañcabrahmāṅgaphaṭkāram' in MS ña; page 173] The Heart-mantra, which grants all objects, is furnished with seventy syllables. oṃ śivaḥ, homage to Śiva, śivaḥ — oṃ, O flaming one in the heart, svāhā: (this is) the Crest. oṃ, you whose nature is Śiva, of great splendour, all-knowing, lord, turn (hither), most terrible one, O armour, O tawny one, homage; O great armour, by Śiva's command bind, bind the heart, whirl, whirl, crush, crush; O bearer of the subtle thunderbolt, thunderbolt-noose, bow, thunderbolt-lightning, thunderbolt-bodied one, entering into my body, paralyse, paralyse all evil ones, hūṃ. Of syllables the Armour has a hundred, with five syllables more.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain