Agni Purana — Chapter 324

AgP 324.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे रुद्रशान्तिर्नाम त्रयोविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {३२४} :श् अथ चतुर्विंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः अंशकादिः ईश्वर उवाच रुद्राक्षकटकं धार्यं विषमं सुसमं दृडम् एकत्रिपञ्चवदनं यथालाभन्तु धारयेत्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe rudraśāntirnāma trayoviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {324} :ś atha caturviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ aṃśakādiḥ īśvara uvāca rudrākṣakaṭakaṃ dhāryaṃ viṣamaṃ susamaṃ dṛḍam ekatripañcavadanaṃ yathālābhantu dhārayet

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the three hundred twenty-third chapter, called "The Rudra-pacification". Chapter 324: Now the three hundred twenty-fourth chapter, beginning with the (mantra-)portions. The Lord said: A bracelet of rudrākṣa beads is to be worn, uneven (in number), well-matched, firm; one should wear (beads) with one, three, or five faces, according to what is obtained.

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AgP 324.2

द्विचतुःषण्मुखं शस्तमव्रणं तीव्रकण्ठकं दक्षवाहौ शिखादौ च धारयेच्चतुराननं

dvicatuḥṣaṇmukhaṃ śastamavraṇaṃ tīvrakaṇṭhakaṃ dakṣavāhau śikhādau ca dhārayeccaturānanaṃ

(A bead) with two, four, or six faces is commended, unblemished, with sharp points; on the right arm and on the crown-lock and so on one should wear the four-faced one.

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AgP 324.3

अब्रह्मचारी ब्रह्मचारी अस्नातः स्नातको भवेत् हैमी वा मुद्रिका धार्या(१) शिवमन्त्रेण चार्च्य तु

abrahmacārī brahmacārī asnātaḥ snātako bhavet haimī vā mudrikā dhāryā(1) śivamantreṇa cārcya tu

One who is not a celibate becomes a celibate, one who has not bathed becomes one who has bathed; or a golden ring is to be worn, having been consecrated with the Śiva mantra.

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AgP 324.4

:न् १ कार्येति ख॥ :प् १७७ शिवः शिखा तथा ज्योतिः सवित्रश्चेतिगोचराः गोचरन्तु कुलं ज्ञेयं तेन लक्ष्यस्तु दीक्षितः

:n 1 kāryeti kha.. :p 177 śivaḥ śikhā tathā jyotiḥ savitraścetigocarāḥ gocarantu kulaṃ jñeyaṃ tena lakṣyastu dīkṣitaḥ

Śiva, Śikhā, Jyotiḥ, and Sāvitra — these are the gocaras; the gocara is to be known as the "family"; by it the initiate is to be identified.

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AgP 324.5

प्राजापत्यो महीपालः कपोतो ग्रन्थिकः शिवे कुटिलाश् चैव वेतालाः पद्महंसाः शिखाकुले

prājāpatyo mahīpālaḥ kapoto granthikaḥ śive kuṭilāś caiva vetālāḥ padmahaṃsāḥ śikhākule

Prājāpatya, Mahīpāla, Kapota, Granthika — (these) in (the family) Śiva; and the Kuṭilas, Vetālas, Padmas and Haṃsas are in the Śikhā family.

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AgP 324.6

धृतराष्ट्रा वकाः काका गोपाला ज्योतिसंज्ञके कुटिका साठराश् चैव गुटिका दण्डिनो ऽपरे

dhṛtarāṣṭrā vakāḥ kākā gopālā jyotisaṃjñake kuṭikā sāṭharāś caiva guṭikā daṇḍino 'pare

The Dhṛtarāṣṭras, the herons, the crows, the Gopālas are in (the family) named Jyotiḥ; Kuṭikā, and the Sāṭharas, Guṭikā, and the Daṇḍins are the others (in Sāvitra).

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AgP 324.7

सावित्री गोचरे चैवमेकैकस्तु चतुर्विधः सिद्धाद्यंशकमाख्यास्ये येन मन्त्रःसुसिद्धिदः

sāvitrī gocare caivamekaikastu caturvidhaḥ siddhādyaṃśakamākhyāsye yena mantraḥsusiddhidaḥ

Thus also Sāvitrī among the gocaras; each single one is of four kinds. I shall declare the portions beginning with "siddha", by which a mantra becomes a good giver of attainment.

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AgP 324.8

भूमौ तु मातृका लेख्याः कूटषण्डाववर्जिताः मन्त्राक्षराणि विश्लिष्य अनुस्वारं नयेत् पृथक्

bhūmau tu mātṛkā lekhyāḥ kūṭaṣaṇḍāvavarjitāḥ mantrākṣarāṇi viśliṣya anusvāraṃ nayet pṛthak

On the ground the mātṛkā (alphabet) letters are to be written, the conjunct consonants and the neuters being omitted; separating the syllables of the mantra, one should carry the anusvāra apart.

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AgP 324.9

साधकस्य तु या संज्ञा तस्या विश्लेषणं चरेत् मन्त्रस्यादौ तथा चान्ते साधकार्णानि योजयेत्

sādhakasya tu yā saṃjñā tasyā viśleṣaṇaṃ caret mantrasyādau tathā cānte sādhakārṇāni yojayet

Whatever name the practitioner has, one should perform its separation (into syllables); at the beginning and likewise at the end of the mantra one should join the practitioner's letters.

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AgP 324.10

सिद्धः साध्यः सुशिद्धो ऽरिः संज्ञातो गणयेत् क्रमात् मन्त्रस्यादौ तथा चान्ते सिद्धिदः स्याच्छतांशतः

siddhaḥ sādhyaḥ suśiddho 'riḥ saṃjñāto gaṇayet kramāt mantrasyādau tathā cānte siddhidaḥ syācchatāṃśataḥ

Siddha, sādhya, susiddha, ari — one should count (them) in order from the (practitioner's) name; at the beginning and likewise at the end of the mantra (a siddha syllable) gives attainment a hundredfold.

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AgP 324.11

सिद्धादिश्चान्तसिद्धश् च तत्क्षणादेव सिध्यति सुसिद्धादिः सुसिद्धन्तःसिद्धवत् परिकल्पयेत्

siddhādiścāntasiddhaś ca tatkṣaṇādeva sidhyati susiddhādiḥ susiddhantaḥsiddhavat parikalpayet

(A mantra) beginning with siddha and ending with siddha succeeds that very moment; one beginning with susiddha and ending with susiddha one should reckon as being like siddha.

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AgP 324.12

अरिमादौ तथान्ते च दूरतः परिवर्जयेत् सिद्धः सुसिद्धश् चैकार्थे अरिः साध्यस्तथैव च

arimādau tathānte ca dūrataḥ parivarjayet siddhaḥ susiddhaś caikārthe ariḥ sādhyastathaiva ca

One should avoid from afar (a mantra) having ari at the beginning and likewise at the end; siddha and susiddha are one in effect, and so likewise ari and sādhya.

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AgP 324.13

आदौ सिद्धः स्थितो मन्त्रे तदन्ते तद्वदेव हि मध्ये रिपुसहस्राणि न दोषाय भवन्ति हि

ādau siddhaḥ sthito mantre tadante tadvadeva hi madhye ripusahasrāṇi na doṣāya bhavanti hi

If siddha stands at the beginning of a mantra, and just so at its end, then a thousand "enemy" (letters) in the middle do not cause a fault.

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AgP 324.14

मायाप्रसादप्रणवेनांशकः ख्यातमन्त्रके ब्रह्मांशको ब्रह्मविद्या विष्ण्वङ्गो(१) वैष्णवःस्मृतः

māyāprasādapraṇavenāṃśakaḥ khyātamantrake brahmāṃśako brahmavidyā viṣṇvaṅgo(1) vaiṣṇavaḥsmṛtaḥ

The portion (aṃśaka) is (determined) by māyā, prasāda and the praṇava in a well-known mantra; one with the Brahmā-portion is (given) the Brahma-vidyā; one with Viṣṇu's limb is held to be a Vaiṣṇava.

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AgP 324.15

:न् १ विष्ण्वंश इति ञ॥ :प् १७८ रुद्रांशको भवेद्वीर इन्द्रांशश्चेश्वरप्रियः नागांशो नागस्तब्धाक्षो यक्षांशो भूषणप्रियः

:n 1 viṣṇvaṃśa iti ña.. :p 178 rudrāṃśako bhavedvīra indrāṃśaśceśvarapriyaḥ nāgāṃśo nāgastabdhākṣo yakṣāṃśo bhūṣaṇapriyaḥ

One with the Rudra-portion becomes a hero; one with the Indra-portion is dear to the lord; one with the Nāga-portion has fixed, snake-like eyes; one with the Yakṣa-portion is fond of ornaments.

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AgP 324.16

गन्धर्वांशो ऽतिगीतादि भीमांशो राक्षसांशकः दैर्यांशः स्याद् युद्धकार्यो मानी विद्याधरांशकः

gandharvāṃśo 'tigītādi bhīmāṃśo rākṣasāṃśakaḥ dairyāṃśaḥ syād yuddhakāryo mānī vidyādharāṃśakaḥ

One with a gandharva portion is much given to singing and the like; one with a Bhīma portion has a rākṣasa portion; one with a daitya portion is occupied with fighting; one with a vidyādhara portion is proud.

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AgP 324.17

पिशाचांशो मलाक्रान्तो मन्त्रं दद्यान्निरीक्ष्य च मन्त्र एकात् फडन्तः स्यात् विद्यापञ्चाशतावधि

piśācāṃśo malākrānto mantraṃ dadyānnirīkṣya ca mantra ekāt phaḍantaḥ syāt vidyāpañcāśatāvadhi

One with a piśāca portion is beset by filth. And one should give a mantra (only) after examining. A mantra may be from one (syllable) up, ending in phaṭ; a vidyā extends up to fifty (syllables).

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AgP 324.18

बाला विंशाक्षरान्ता च रुद्रा द्वाविंशगायुधा तत ऊर्ध्वन्तु ये मन्त्रा दृद्धा यावच्छतत्रयं

bālā viṃśākṣarāntā ca rudrā dvāviṃśagāyudhā tata ūrdhvantu ye mantrā dṛddhā yāvacchatatrayaṃ

The Bālā (mantras) end at twenty syllables, and the Rudra (mantras) have twenty-two; those mantras above that are (called) dṛddha, up to three hundred.

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AgP 324.19

अकारादिहकारन्ताः क्रमात् पक्षौ सितासितौ अनुस्वारविसर्गेण विना चैव स्वरा दश

akārādihakārantāḥ kramāt pakṣau sitāsitau anusvāravisargeṇa vinā caiva svarā daśa

(The letters) from 'a' up to 'ha' are, in order, the two fortnights, bright and dark; and the vowels are ten, apart from the anusvāra and the visarga.

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AgP 324.20

ह्रस्वाः शुक्ला दीर्घाः श्यामांस्तिथयःप्रतिपम्मुखाः उदिते शान्तिकादीनि भ्रमिते वश्यकादिकम्

hrasvāḥ śuklā dīrghāḥ śyāmāṃstithayaḥpratipammukhāḥ udite śāntikādīni bhramite vaśyakādikam

The short (vowels) are white, the long dark; (they are) the lunar days beginning with the first. When (the breath) has risen, rites of pacification and the rest; when it moves about, subjugation and the rest.

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AgP 324.21

भ्रामिते सन्धयो द्वेषोच्चाटने स्तम्भने ऽस्तकम् इहावाहे शान्तिकाद्यं पिङ्गले कर्षणादिकम्(१)

bhrāmite sandhayo dveṣoccāṭane stambhane 'stakam ihāvāhe śāntikādyaṃ piṅgale karṣaṇādikam(1)

When (the breath) is made to circulate, conciliations; hatred, driving out; in immobilizing, the group of eight. Here, at the summoning (of breath), pacification and the rest; in the piṅgalā, attraction and the rest.

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AgP 324.22

मारणोच्चाटनादीनि विषुवे पञ्चधा पृथक् अधरस्य गृहे पृथ्वी ऊर्ध्वे तेजो ऽन्तरा द्रवः

māraṇoccāṭanādīni viṣuve pañcadhā pṛthak adharasya gṛhe pṛthvī ūrdhve tejo 'ntarā dravaḥ

Killing, driving out and the rest at the equinoctial (breath) — fivefold, each separately. In the house of the lower (breath) is earth, above is fire, in between is liquid.

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AgP 324.23

रन्ध्रपार्श्वे वहिर्वायुः सर्वं व्याप्य महेश्वरः स्तम्भनं पार्थिवे शान्तिर्जले वश्यादि तेजसे वायौ स्याद् भ्रमणं शून्ये पुण्यं कालं समभ्यसेत्

randhrapārśve vahirvāyuḥ sarvaṃ vyāpya maheśvaraḥ stambhanaṃ pārthive śāntirjale vaśyādi tejase vāyau syād bhramaṇaṃ śūnye puṇyaṃ kālaṃ samabhyaset

At the side of the aperture, outside, is wind; pervading all is Maheśvara. Immobilizing (is done) in the earthy (element), pacification in water, subjugation and the rest for fire; in wind there is roaming, and in the void one should practise the meritorious time.

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