Agni Purana — Chapter 39
AgP 39.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये देवालयादिमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम अष्टत्रिंशोध्यायः ॥ :न् १ कृष्णाश्रये गता इति ख, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः २ प्रतिष्ठाद्यमिति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् ११३ छप्तेर् {३९} :श् अथोनचत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः भूपरिग्रहविधानं हयग्रीव उवाच विष्ण्वादीनां प्रतिष्ठादि वक्ष्ये ब्रह्मन् शृणुष्व मे प्रोक्तानि पञ्चरातराणि सप्तरात्राणि वै मया
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye devālayādimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma aṣṭatriṃśodhyāyaḥ || :n 1 kṛṣṇāśraye gatā iti kha, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 2 pratiṣṭhādyamiti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 113 chapter {39} :ś athonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ bhūparigrahavidhānaṃ hayagrīva uvāca viṣṇvādīnāṃ pratiṣṭhādi vakṣye brahman śṛṇuṣva me proktāni pañcarātarāṇi saptarātrāṇi vai mayā
Thus, in the first great Purāṇa, the Āgneya, (ends) the thirty-eighth chapter, called the description of the greatness of temples and the rest. [Variants: "gone to Kṛṣṇa's shelter" in MSS kha, gha, ṅa; "the installation and the rest" in MSS kha, ṅa.] Chapter 39. Now the thirty-ninth chapter: the prescription for taking possession of the ground. Hayagrīva said: I shall declare the installation and the rest of Viṣṇu and the other (gods); O Brahman, listen to me. The Pañcarātras and the Saptarātras were indeed declared by me,
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AgP 39.2
व्यस्तानि मुनिभिर्लोके पञ्चविंशतिसङ्ख्यया हयशीर्षं तन्त्रमाद्यं तन्त्रं त्रैलोक्यमोहनं
vyastāni munibhirloke pañcaviṃśatisaṅkhyayā hayaśīrṣaṃ tantramādyaṃ tantraṃ trailokyamohanaṃ
and were distributed by the sages in the world to the number of twenty-five: the Hayaśīrṣa tantra is the first, (then) the tantra Trailokyamohana,
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AgP 39.3
वैभवं पौष्करं तन्त्रं प्रह्रादङ्गार्ग्यगालवं नारदीयञ्च सम्प्रश्नं शाण्डिल्यं वैश्वकं(१) तथा
vaibhavaṃ pauṣkaraṃ tantraṃ prahrādaṅgārgyagālavaṃ nāradīyañca sampraśnaṃ śāṇḍilyaṃ vaiśvakaṃ(1) tathā
the Vaibhava, the Pauṣkara tantra, the Prahrāda, the Gārgya, the Gālava, the Nāradīya, the Sampraśna, the Śāṇḍilya, and likewise the Vaiśvaka,
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AgP 39.4
सत्योक्तं शौनकं तन्त्रं वासिष्ठं ज्ञानसागरं स्वायम्भुवं कपिलञ्च तार्क्षं नारायणीयकं
satyoktaṃ śaunakaṃ tantraṃ vāsiṣṭhaṃ jñānasāgaraṃ svāyambhuvaṃ kapilañca tārkṣaṃ nārāyaṇīyakaṃ
the Satyokta, the Śaunaka tantra, the Vāsiṣṭha, the Jñānasāgara, the Svāyambhuva, the Kapila, the Tārkṣa, the Nārāyaṇīyaka,
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AgP 39.5
आत्रेयं नारसिंहाख्यमानन्दाख्यं तथारुणं बौधायनं तथार्षं तु(२) विश्वोक्तं तस्य सारतः
ātreyaṃ nārasiṃhākhyamānandākhyaṃ tathāruṇaṃ baudhāyanaṃ tathārṣaṃ tu(2) viśvoktaṃ tasya sārataḥ
the Ātreya, the one called Nārasiṃha, the one called Ānanda, and likewise the Aruṇa, the Baudhāyana, and also the Ārṣa: the Viśvokta is (drawn) from the essence of that.
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AgP 39.6
प्रतिष्ठां हि द्विजः कुर्यान्मध्यदेशादिसम्भवः नकच्छदेशसम्भूतः कावेरीकोङ्कणोद्गतः
pratiṣṭhāṃ hi dvijaḥ kuryānmadhyadeśādisambhavaḥ nakacchadeśasambhūtaḥ kāverīkoṅkaṇodgataḥ
A twice-born should perform the installation, one born in the Madhyadeśa or such (regions); not one sprung from the Kaccha country, nor one arisen from the Kāverī (region) or the Konkan,
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AgP 39.7
कामरूपकलिङ्गोप्त्यः काञ्चीकाश्मीरकोशलः(३) आकाशवायुतेजोम्बु भूरेताः पञ्च रात्रयः
kāmarūpakaliṅgoptyaḥ kāñcīkāśmīrakośalaḥ(3) ākāśavāyutejombu bhūretāḥ pañca rātrayaḥ
Kāmarūpa, Kaliṅga, ... Kāñcī, Kāśmīra, Kośala; ether, wind, fire, water and earth — these are the five ("nights").
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AgP 39.8
अचैतन्यास्तमोद्रिक्ताः पञ्चरात्रविवर्जितं ब्रह्माहं विष्णुरमल इति विद्यात्स देशिकः
acaitanyāstamodriktāḥ pañcarātravivarjitaṃ brahmāhaṃ viṣṇuramala iti vidyātsa deśikaḥ
(Those regions are) devoid of consciousness, overloaded with darkness, and bereft of the Pañcarātra. "I am Brahman, I am Viṣṇu the stainless" — he who knows thus is the (proper) preceptor.
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AgP 39.9
सर्वलक्षणहीणोपि स गुरुस्तन्त्रपारगः :न् १ चैश्वरं तथेति ग, ङ, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः २ तथाष्टाङ्गमिति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ३ काश्मीरके स्थित इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ११४ नगराभिमुखाः स्थाप्या देवा न च पराङ्मुखाः
sarvalakṣaṇahīṇopi sa gurustantrapāragaḥ :n 1 caiśvaraṃ tatheti ga, ṅa, gha, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 2 tathāṣṭāṅgamiti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 3 kāśmīrake sthita iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 114 nagarābhimukhāḥ sthāpyā devā na ca parāṅmukhāḥ
Even if he lacks all the (bodily) marks, he is a guru if he has gone to the far shore of the tantra. [Notes: 1. 'caiśvaraṃ tatha' is the reading of the three manuscripts marked ga, ṅa, gha. 2. 'tathāṣṭāṅgam' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha, ṅa. 3. 'kāśmīrake sthitaḥ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga. p. 114] The gods are to be installed facing the town, and not facing away from it.
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AgP 39.10
कुरुक्षेत्रे गयादौ च नदीनान्तु(१) समीपतः ब्रह्मा मध्ये तु नगरे पूर्वे शक्रस्य शोभनं
kurukṣetre gayādau ca nadīnāntu(1) samīpataḥ brahmā madhye tu nagare pūrve śakrasya śobhanaṃ
At Kurukṣetra, at Gayā and such places, and in the vicinity of rivers (they are to be installed); Brahmā, however, in the middle of the town, while in the east it is auspicious for Śakra.
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AgP 39.11
अग्नावग्नेश् च मातॄणां भूतानाञ्च यमस्य च दक्षिणे चण्डिकायाश् च पितृदैत्यादिकस्य च
agnāvagneś ca mātṝṇāṃ bhūtānāñca yamasya ca dakṣiṇe caṇḍikāyāś ca pitṛdaityādikasya ca
In the fire-quarter (southeast) (the place) of Agni, of the Mothers, of the Bhūtas and of Yama; in the south, of Caṇḍikā and of the ancestors, the Daityas and the rest.
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AgP 39.12
वैरृते मन्दिरं कुर्यात् वरुणाददेश् च वारुणे वायोर् नागस्य वायव्ये सौम्ये यक्षगुहस्य च
vairṛte mandiraṃ kuryāt varuṇādadeś ca vāruṇe vāyor nāgasya vāyavye saumye yakṣaguhasya ca
In the Nairṛta (southwest) quarter he should make the temple; in the western quarter that of Varuṇa and the rest; in the Vāyu quarter (northwest) that of Vāyu and of the Nāga; in the northern that of the Yakṣa and of Guha.
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AgP 39.13
चण्डीशस्य महेशस्य ऐशे विष्णोश् च सर्वशः पूर्वदेवकुलं पीड्य प्रासादं स्वल्पकं त्वथ
caṇḍīśasya maheśasya aiśe viṣṇoś ca sarvaśaḥ pūrvadevakulaṃ pīḍya prāsādaṃ svalpakaṃ tvatha
Of Caṇḍīśa and of Maheśa, and in the northeast quarter that of Viṣṇu, in every case. But (if) one crowds an already existing temple of a god with a small shrine —
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AgP 39.14
समं वाप्यधिकं वापि न कर्तव्यं विजानता उभयोर्द्विगुणां सीमां त्यक्त्वा चोच्छ्रयसम्मितां
samaṃ vāpyadhikaṃ vāpi na kartavyaṃ vijānatā ubhayordviguṇāṃ sīmāṃ tyaktvā cocchrayasammitāṃ
— (a shrine) equal or even larger should not be made by one who knows; and leaving a boundary twice (the size) of both, commensurate with the height,
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AgP 39.15
प्रासादं कारयेदन्यं नोभयं पीडयेद्बुधः भूमौ तु शोधितायां तु कुर्याद्भुमिपरिग्रहं
prāsādaṃ kārayedanyaṃ nobhayaṃ pīḍayedbudhaḥ bhūmau tu śodhitāyāṃ tu kuryādbhumiparigrahaṃ
he may have another temple built; the wise man should not crowd the two together. And when the ground has been purified, he should perform the taking possession of the ground.
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AgP 39.16
प्राकारसीमापर्यन्तं ततो भुतबलिं हरेत् माषं हरिद्राचूर्णन्तु सलाजं दधिसक्तुभिः
prākārasīmāparyantaṃ tato bhutabaliṃ haret māṣaṃ haridrācūrṇantu salājaṃ dadhisaktubhiḥ
Then, as far as the limit of the enclosure wall, he should carry out the offering to the spirits: black gram and turmeric powder, together with parched grain, with curds and barley-meal.
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AgP 39.17
अष्टाक्षरेण सक्तूंश् च पातायित्वाष्टदिक्षु च राक्षसाश् च पिशाचाश् च येस्मिंस्तिष्ठन्ति भूतले
aṣṭākṣareṇa saktūṃś ca pātāyitvāṣṭadikṣu ca rākṣasāś ca piśācāś ca yesmiṃstiṣṭhanti bhūtale
And having scattered the barley-meal in the eight directions with the eight-syllabled (mantra): "Whatever rākṣasas and piśācas stand on this ground,
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AgP 39.18
सर्वे ते व्यपगच्छन्तु स्थानं कुर्यामहं हरेः हलेन वाहयित्वा गां गोभिश् चैवावदारयेत्
sarve te vyapagacchantu sthānaṃ kuryāmahaṃ hareḥ halena vāhayitvā gāṃ gobhiś caivāvadārayet
let them all depart; I would make a place for Hari." Having driven a cow with the plough, he should also have (the ground) broken up by cattle.
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AgP 39.19
प्रमाण्वष्टकेनैव त्रसरेणुः प्रकीर्त्यते ॥१९
pramāṇvaṣṭakenaiva trasareṇuḥ prakīrtyate //19
By eight atoms (paramāṇus) a trasareṇu is declared. (19)
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AgP 39.20
तैर् अष्टभिस्तु बालाग्रं लिख्या तैर् अष्टभिर्मता ताभिर्यूकाष्टभिः ख्याता ताश्चाष्टौ यवमध्यमः
tair aṣṭabhistu bālāgraṃ likhyā tair aṣṭabhirmatā tābhiryūkāṣṭabhiḥ khyātā tāścāṣṭau yavamadhyamaḥ
By eight of those (comes) the tip of a hair; by eight of those a likṣā (egg of a louse) is reckoned; by eight of those a louse is known; and eight of those (make) a middling barley-grain.
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AgP 39.21
:न् १ नद्यद्रिषु इति ख, ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः :प् ११५ यवाष्टकैर् अङ्गुलं स्याच्चतुर्विंशाङ्गुलः करः चतुरङ्गुलसंयुक्तः स हस्तः(१) पद्महस्तकः
:n 1 nadyadriṣu iti kha, ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ :p 115 yavāṣṭakair aṅgulaṃ syāccaturviṃśāṅgulaḥ karaḥ caturaṅgulasaṃyuktaḥ sa hastaḥ(1) padmahastakaḥ
[Note: 1. 'nadyadriṣu' is the reading of the three manuscripts marked kha, ga, ṅa. p. 115] By eight barley-grains there is an aṅgula; a kara (hand) is twenty-four aṅgulas; joined with four more aṅgulas, that hasta is the padma-hasta.
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