Agni Purana — Chapter 37
AgP 37.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये विष्णुपवित्रारोहणं नाम षट्त्रिंशो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {३७} :श् अथ सप्तत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः सर्वदेवपवित्रारोहणविधिः अग्निर् उवाच सङ्क्षेपात् सर्वदेवानां पवित्रारोहणं(१) शृणु पवित्र सर्वलक्ष्म स्यात् स्वरसानलगं त्वपि
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye viṣṇupavitrārohaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {37} :ś atha saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ sarvadevapavitrārohaṇavidhiḥ agnir uvāca saṅkṣepāt sarvadevānāṃ pavitrārohaṇaṃ(1) śṛṇu pavitra sarvalakṣma syāt svarasānalagaṃ tvapi
Thus in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, the thirty-sixth chapter, called "The Investiture of Viṣṇu's Sacred Thread." Chapter 37: Now the thirty-seventh chapter, the rule for the investiture of the sacred thread for all the gods. Agni said: Hear in brief the investiture of the sacred thread for all the gods. Let the sacred thread bear all marks; it may also be (soaked) in juices and (passed) over fire.
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AgP 37.2
जगद्योने समागच्छ परिवारगणैः सह निमन्त्रयाम्यहं प्रातर्दद्यान्तुभ्यं पवित्रकं
jagadyone samāgaccha parivāragaṇaiḥ saha nimantrayāmyahaṃ prātardadyāntubhyaṃ pavitrakaṃ
"O Womb of the world, come together with the hosts of (your) retinue; I invite (you): in the morning I shall give you the sacred thread."
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AgP 37.3
जगत्सृजे(२) नमस्तुभ्यं गृह्णीष्वेदं पवित्रकं :न् १ पवित्रारोपणमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ जगत्सूते इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १०७ पवित्रीकरणार्थाय वर्षपूजाफलप्रदं
jagatsṛje(2) namastubhyaṃ gṛhṇīṣvedaṃ pavitrakaṃ :n 1 pavitrāropaṇamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 jagatsūte iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 107 pavitrīkaraṇārthāya varṣapūjāphalapradaṃ
"Homage to you, Maker of the world; accept this sacred thread" [notes: kha reads pavitrāropaṇam; ṅa reads jagatsūte] — for the sake of purification, granting the fruit of a year's worship.
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AgP 37.4
शिवदेव नमस्तुभ्यं गृह्णीष्वेदं पवित्रकं मणिविद्रुममालाभिर्मन्दारकुसुमादिभिः
śivadeva namastubhyaṃ gṛhṇīṣvedaṃ pavitrakaṃ maṇividrumamālābhirmandārakusumādibhiḥ
"O God Śiva, homage to you; accept this sacred thread" — with strings of gems and coral, with mandāra flowers and the rest.
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AgP 37.5
इयं सांवत्सरी पूजा तवास्तु वेदवित्पते सांवत्सरीमिमां पूजां सम्पाद्य विधिमन्मम
iyaṃ sāṃvatsarī pūjā tavāstu vedavitpate sāṃvatsarīmimāṃ pūjāṃ sampādya vidhimanmama
"Let this yearly worship be yours, O Lord of the knowers of the Veda. Having accomplished this yearly worship of mine according to rule,
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AgP 37.6
व्रज पवित्रकेदानीं स्वर्गलोकं विसर्जितः सूर्यदेव नमस्तुभ्यं गृह्णीष्वेदं पवित्रकं
vraja pavitrakedānīṃ svargalokaṃ visarjitaḥ sūryadeva namastubhyaṃ gṛhṇīṣvedaṃ pavitrakaṃ
go now, O sacred thread, dismissed, to the world of heaven." "O God Sūrya, homage to you; accept this sacred thread,
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AgP 37.7
पवित्रीकरणार्थाय वर्षपूजाफलप्रदं शिवदेव नमस्तुभ्यं गृह्णीष्वेदं पवित्रकं
pavitrīkaraṇārthāya varṣapūjāphalapradaṃ śivadeva namastubhyaṃ gṛhṇīṣvedaṃ pavitrakaṃ
for the sake of purification, granting the fruit of a year's worship." "O God Śiva, homage to you; accept this sacred thread,
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AgP 37.8
पवित्रीकरणार्थाय वर्षपूजाफलप्रदं वाणेश्वर(१) नमस्तुभ्यं गृह्णीष्वेदं पवित्रकं
pavitrīkaraṇārthāya varṣapūjāphalapradaṃ vāṇeśvara(1) namastubhyaṃ gṛhṇīṣvedaṃ pavitrakaṃ
for the sake of purification, granting the fruit of a year's worship." "O Lord of Speech, homage to you; accept this sacred thread,
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AgP 37.9
पवित्रीकरणार्थाय वर्षपूजाफलप्रदं शक्तिदेव नमस्तुभ्यं गृह्णीष्वेदं पवित्रकं
pavitrīkaraṇārthāya varṣapūjāphalapradaṃ śaktideva namastubhyaṃ gṛhṇīṣvedaṃ pavitrakaṃ
for the sake of purification, granting the fruit of a year's worship." "O God Śakti, homage to you; accept this sacred thread,
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AgP 37.10
पवित्रीकरणार्थाय वर्षपूजाफलप्रदं नारायणमयं सूत्रमनिरुद्धमयं वरं(२)
pavitrīkaraṇārthāya varṣapūjāphalapradaṃ nārāyaṇamayaṃ sūtramaniruddhamayaṃ varaṃ(2)
for the sake of purification, granting the fruit of a year's worship." The thread consisting of Nārāyaṇa, the excellent one consisting of Aniruddha —
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AgP 37.11
धनधान्यायुरारोग्यप्रदं सम्प्रददामि ते कामदेवमयं सूत्रं सङ्कर्षणमयं वरं
dhanadhānyāyurārogyapradaṃ sampradadāmi te kāmadevamayaṃ sūtraṃ saṅkarṣaṇamayaṃ varaṃ
"I bestow on you (this thread) which grants wealth, grain, long life and health" — the excellent thread made of Kāmadeva, made of Saṅkarṣaṇa.
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AgP 37.12
विद्यासन्ततिसौभाग्यप्रदं सम्प्रददामि ते वासुदेवमयं सूत्रं धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदं
vidyāsantatisaubhāgyapradaṃ sampradadāmi te vāsudevamayaṃ sūtraṃ dharmakāmārthamokṣadaṃ
"I bestow on you (this thread) which grants learning, offspring and good fortune" — the thread made of Vāsudeva, which gives dharma, pleasure, wealth and liberation.
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AgP 37.13
संसारसागरोत्तारकारणं प्रददामि ते विश्वरूपमयं सूत्रं सर्वदं पापनाशनं
saṃsārasāgarottārakāraṇaṃ pradadāmi te viśvarūpamayaṃ sūtraṃ sarvadaṃ pāpanāśanaṃ
"I bestow on you (this) which is the means of crossing over the ocean of transmigration" — the thread made of the All-Form, granting everything, destroying sin.
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AgP 37.14
:न् १ गणेश्वर इति ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः २ परमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १०८ अतीतानागतकुलसमुद्धारं ददामि ते कनिष्ठादीनि चत्वारि मनुभिस्तु क्रमाद्ददे
:n 1 gaṇeśvara iti ga, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 2 paramiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 108 atītānāgatakulasamuddhāraṃ dadāmi te kaniṣṭhādīni catvāri manubhistu kramāddade
[Notes: 1. 'gaṇeśvara' is the reading of the three manuscripts marked ga, gha, ṅa. 2. 'para' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. Page 108] "I bestow on you (this) which rescues past and future lineages." With the mantras he offers, in order, the four (threads) beginning with the smallest.
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