Agni Purana — Chapter 40
AgP 40.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये प्रतिष्ठायां भूपरिग्रहो नामोनचत्वारिंशोध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {४०} :श् अथ चत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः अर्घ्यदानविधानं भगवानुवाच पूर्वमासित् महद्भूतं सर्वभूतभयङ्करं तद्देवैर् निहितं भुमौ स वास्तुपुरुषः स्मृतः
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye pratiṣṭhāyāṃ bhūparigraho nāmonacatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ || chapter {40} :ś atha catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ arghyadānavidhānaṃ bhagavānuvāca pūrvamāsit mahadbhūtaṃ sarvabhūtabhayaṅkaraṃ taddevair nihitaṃ bhumau sa vāstupuruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ
[Colophon: Thus in the primal great Purāṇa, the Āgneya, in (the section on) installation, the thirty-ninth chapter, called "Taking Possession of the Ground." Chapter 40. Now the fortieth chapter: the rule for the giving of the arghya.] The Lord said: Formerly there was a great being, terrifying to all beings; it was pressed down into the earth by the gods, and he is known as the Vāstu-puruṣa.
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AgP 40.2
चतुःषष्टिपदे क्षेत्रे ईशं कोणार्धसंस्थितं घृताक्षतैस्तर्पयेत्तं पर्जन्यं पदगतं ततः
catuḥṣaṣṭipade kṣetre īśaṃ koṇārdhasaṃsthitaṃ ghṛtākṣataistarpayettaṃ parjanyaṃ padagataṃ tataḥ
On a plot of sixty-four squares, Īśa is placed at half the corner; he should gratify him with ghee and unbroken rice; then Parjanya, who occupies a square,
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AgP 40.3
उत्पलादिभिर्जयन्तञ्च द्विपदस्थं पताकया महेन्द्रञ्चैककोष्ठस्थं सर्वरक्तैः पदे रविं
utpalādibhirjayantañca dvipadasthaṃ patākayā mahendrañcaikakoṣṭhasthaṃ sarvaraktaiḥ pade raviṃ
and Jayanta, who stands in two squares, with blue lotuses and the like; and Mahendra, who occupies a single cell, with a banner; the Sun, in a square, with all red things;
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AgP 40.4
वितानेनार्धपदगं सत्यं पदे भृशं घृतैः व्योम शाकुनमांसेन(२) कोणार्धपदसंस्थितं
vitānenārdhapadagaṃ satyaṃ pade bhṛśaṃ ghṛtaiḥ vyoma śākunamāṃsena(2) koṇārdhapadasaṃsthitaṃ
Satya, who occupies half a square, with a canopy; Bhṛśa, in a square, with ghee; Vyoma, who is placed at a half-corner square, with the flesh of birds;
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AgP 40.5
स्रुचा चार्धपदे वह्निं पूषाणं लाजयैकतः स्वर्णेन वितथं द्विष्ठं मथनेन गृहाक्षतं
srucā cārdhapade vahniṃ pūṣāṇaṃ lājayaikataḥ svarṇena vitathaṃ dviṣṭhaṃ mathanena gṛhākṣataṃ
and Vahni, in half a square, with a sacrificial ladle; Pūṣan, on one side, with parched grain; Vitatha, standing in two (squares), with gold; Gṛhākṣata with a churning-stick.
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AgP 40.6
मांसौदनेन धर्मेशमेकैकस्मिन् स्थितं द्वयं गन्धर्वं द्विपदं गन्धैर् भृशं शाकुनजिह्वया
māṃsaudanena dharmeśamekaikasmin sthitaṃ dvayaṃ gandharvaṃ dvipadaṃ gandhair bhṛśaṃ śākunajihvayā
(He should worship) with meat-and-rice the lord of dharma, the two standing each in one square; Gandharva, occupying two squares, with perfumes abundantly; (and) with a bird's tongue —
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AgP 40.7
एकस्थमूर्ध्वसंस्थञ्च मृगं नीलपटैस् तथा पितॄन् कृशरयार्धस्थं दन्तकाष्ठैः पदस्थितं
ekasthamūrdhvasaṃsthañca mṛgaṃ nīlapaṭais tathā pitṝn kṛśarayārdhasthaṃ dantakāṣṭhaiḥ padasthitaṃ
— (the deity) placed in one square and situated above; and the Deer (Mṛga) with blue cloths; likewise the ancestors, occupying half a square, with kṛśara (sesame-rice gruel); (and the deity) stationed in a square with tooth-sticks.
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AgP 40.8
:न् १ नृहस्त इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ व्योम शाकुलमांसेनेति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ११६ दौवारिकं द्विसंस्थञ्च सुग्रीवं यावकेन तु पुष्पदन्तं कुशस्तम्बैः पद्मैर् वरुणमेकतः
:n 1 nṛhasta iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 vyoma śākulamāṃseneti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 116 dauvārikaṃ dvisaṃsthañca sugrīvaṃ yāvakena tu puṣpadantaṃ kuśastambaiḥ padmair varuṇamekataḥ
(He should worship) the Doorkeeper, occupying two squares, and Sugrīva with lac-dye (yāvaka); Puṣpadanta with clumps of kuśa grass; Varuṇa, in one square, with lotuses. [Apparatus: variant readings noted in MS kha; page 116]
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AgP 40.9
असुरं सुरया द्विष्ठं पदे शेषं घृताम्भसा यवैः पापं पदार्धस्थं रोगमर्धे च मण्डकैः
asuraṃ surayā dviṣṭhaṃ pade śeṣaṃ ghṛtāmbhasā yavaiḥ pāpaṃ padārdhasthaṃ rogamardhe ca maṇḍakaiḥ
The Asura, occupying two squares, with liquor; Śeṣa, in a square, with ghee-water; Pāpa (Sin), occupying half a square, with barley; and Roga (Disease), in a half, with maṇḍaka cakes.
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AgP 40.10
नागपुष्पैः पदे नागं मुख्यं भक्ष्यैर् द्विसंस्थितं मुद्गौदनेन भल्लाटं पदे सोमं पदे तथा
nāgapuṣpaiḥ pade nāgaṃ mukhyaṃ bhakṣyair dvisaṃsthitaṃ mudgaudanena bhallāṭaṃ pade somaṃ pade tathā
With nāga-flowers the Nāga in a square; Mukhya, occupying two squares, with edibles; Bhallāṭa with mung-bean rice; and likewise Soma in a square.
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AgP 40.11
मधुना पायसेनाथ शालूकेन ऋषिं द्वये पदे दितिं लोपिकाभिरर्धे दितिमथापरं
madhunā pāyasenātha śālūkena ṛṣiṃ dvaye pade ditiṃ lopikābhirardhe ditimathāparaṃ
With honey, then with milk-rice, (and) with lotus-root the Ṛṣi in two (squares); Diti in a square; then the other Diti, in a half, with lopikā cakes.
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AgP 40.12
पूरिकाभिस्ततश्चापमीशाधः पयसा पदे ततोधश्चापवत्सन्तु दध्ना चैकपदे स्थितं
pūrikābhistataścāpamīśādhaḥ payasā pade tatodhaścāpavatsantu dadhnā caikapade sthitaṃ
Then Cāpa with pūrikā cakes; below Īśa, in a square, with milk; then below that Cāpavatsa, occupying one square, with curds.
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AgP 40.13
लड्डुकैश् च मरीचिन्तु पूर्वकोष्ठचतुष्टये(१) सवित्रे रक्तपुष्पाणि ब्रह्माधःकोणकोष्ठके
laḍḍukaiś ca marīcintu pūrvakoṣṭhacatuṣṭaye(1) savitre raktapuṣpāṇi brahmādhaḥkoṇakoṣṭhake
And Marīci with laḍḍukas, in the group of four squares to the east; red flowers for Savitra, in the corner-square below Brahmā.
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AgP 40.14
तदधःकोष्ठके दद्यात् सावित्र्यै च कुशोदकं विवस्ते ऽरुणं दद्याच्चन्दनञ्चतुरङ्घ्रिषु
tadadhaḥkoṣṭhake dadyāt sāvitryai ca kuśodakaṃ vivaste 'ruṇaṃ dadyāccandanañcaturaṅghriṣu
In the square below that he should give kuśa-water to Sāvitrī; to Vivasvat he should give red (offering), and sandal in the four corner-squares.
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AgP 40.15
रक्षोधःकोणकोष्ठे तु इन्द्रायान्नं निशान्वितं इन्द्रजयाय तस्याधो घृतान्नं कोणकोष्ठके
rakṣodhaḥkoṇakoṣṭhe tu indrāyānnaṃ niśānvitaṃ indrajayāya tasyādho ghṛtānnaṃ koṇakoṣṭhake
But in the corner-square below Rakṣas, boiled rice mixed with turmeric for Indra; below that, in the corner-square, rice with ghee for Indrajaya.
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AgP 40.16
चतुष्पदेषु दातव्यमिन्द्राय गुडपायसं वाय्वधःकोणदेशे तु रुद्राय पक्वमांसकं
catuṣpadeṣu dātavyamindrāya guḍapāyasaṃ vāyvadhaḥkoṇadeśe tu rudrāya pakvamāṃsakaṃ
In the four squares, milk-rice with molasses is to be given to Indra; and in the corner region below Vāyu, cooked meat to Rudra.
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AgP 40.17
तदधःकोणकोष्ठे तु यक्षायार्द्रं फलन्तथा महीधराय मांसान्नं माघञ्च चतुरङ्घ्रिषु
tadadhaḥkoṇakoṣṭhe tu yakṣāyārdraṃ phalantathā mahīdharāya māṃsānnaṃ māghañca caturaṅghriṣu
But in the corner-square below that, fresh fruit for the Yakṣa; likewise rice with meat for Mahīdhara, and māgha (?) in the four corner-squares.
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AgP 40.18
मध्ये चतुष्पदे स्थाप्या ब्रह्मणे तिलतण्डुलाः चरकीं माषसर्पिभ्यां स्कन्दं कृशरयासृजा
madhye catuṣpade sthāpyā brahmaṇe tilataṇḍulāḥ carakīṃ māṣasarpibhyāṃ skandaṃ kṛśarayāsṛjā
In the middle, in the four squares, sesame and rice-grains are to be set for Brahmā; Carakī (is to be worshipped) with black gram and ghee, Skanda with kṛśara and blood.
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AgP 40.19
रक्तपद्मैर् विदारीञ्च कन्दर्पञ्च पलोदनैः पूतनां पलपित्ताभ्यां मांसासृग्भ्याञ्च जम्भकं
raktapadmair vidārīñca kandarpañca palodanaiḥ pūtanāṃ palapittābhyāṃ māṃsāsṛgbhyāñca jambhakaṃ
And Vidārī with red lotuses, and Kandarpa with meat-and-rice; Pūtanā with flesh and bile, and Jambhaka with flesh and blood.
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AgP 40.20
:न् १ मध्यचतुष्टये इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ११७ पित्तासृगस्थिभिः पापां पिलिपिञ्जं(१) स्रजासृजा ईशाद्यान् रक्तमांसेन अभावादक्षतैर् यजेत्
:n 1 madhyacatuṣṭaye iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 117 pittāsṛgasthibhiḥ pāpāṃ pilipiñjaṃ(1) srajāsṛjā īśādyān raktamāṃsena abhāvādakṣatair yajet
Pāpā with bile, blood and bones; Pilipiñja with a garland and blood; those beginning with Īśa with red meat; in the absence (of these) he should worship with unhusked grains. [Apparatus: MS kha reads 'madhyacatuṣṭaye'; page 117]
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AgP 40.21
रक्षोमातृगणेभ्यश् च पिशाचादिभ्य एव च पितृभ्यः क्षेत्रपालेभ्यो बलीन् दद्यात् प्रकामतः
rakṣomātṛgaṇebhyaś ca piśācādibhya eva ca pitṛbhyaḥ kṣetrapālebhyo balīn dadyāt prakāmataḥ
And he should give offerings, as much as he wishes, to the hosts of Rakṣases and Mothers, and likewise to the Piśācas and the rest, to the ancestors, and to the field-guardians.
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AgP 40.22
आहुत्वैतानसन्तर्प्य प्रासादादीन्न कारयेत् ब्रहमस्थाने हरिं लक्ष्मीं गणं पश्चात् समर्चयेत्
āhutvaitānasantarpya prāsādādīnna kārayet brahamasthāne hariṃ lakṣmīṃ gaṇaṃ paścāt samarcayet
Without having made offering to these and satisfied them, one should not have temples and the like built. In Brahmā's place he should afterwards worship Hari, Lakṣmī, and Gaṇa (Gaṇeśa).
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AgP 40.23
महीश्वरं वास्तुमयं(२) वर्धन्या सहितं घटं ब्रह्माणं मध्यतः कुम्भे ब्रह्मादींश् च दिगीश्वरान्
mahīśvaraṃ vāstumayaṃ(2) vardhanyā sahitaṃ ghaṭaṃ brahmāṇaṃ madhyataḥ kumbhe brahmādīṃś ca digīśvarān
(He should worship) the Lord of the Earth in the form of the Vāstu (deity), the jar together with the vardhanī vessel, Brahmā in the middle of the pot, and Brahmā and the other lords of the directions.
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AgP 40.24
दद्यात् पूर्णाहुतिं पश्चात् स्वस्ति वाच्य प्रणम्य च प्रगृह्य कर्करीं सम्यक् मण्डलन्तु प्रदक्षिणं
dadyāt pūrṇāhutiṃ paścāt svasti vācya praṇamya ca pragṛhya karkarīṃ samyak maṇḍalantu pradakṣiṇaṃ
Afterwards he should offer the full oblation, pronounce the blessing, bow down, take up the water-pot properly, and (go) round the circle to the right.
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AgP 40.25
सूत्रमार्देण हे ब्रह्मंस्तोयधाराञ्च भ्रामयेत् पूर्ववत्तेन मार्गेण सप्त वीजानि वापयेत्
sūtramārdeṇa he brahmaṃstoyadhārāñca bhrāmayet pūrvavattena mārgeṇa sapta vījāni vāpayet
With half the thread, O Brahman, he should carry a stream of water around; along that same path, as before, he should scatter the seven seeds.
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AgP 40.26
प्रारम्भं तेन मार्गेण तस्य खातस्य कारयेत् ततो गर्तं खनेन्मध्ये हस्तमात्रं प्रमाणतः
prārambhaṃ tena mārgeṇa tasya khātasya kārayet tato gartaṃ khanenmadhye hastamātraṃ pramāṇataḥ
By that (measured) line he should have the beginning of the excavation made; then, in the middle, he should dig a pit, one cubit (hasta) in measure.
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AgP 40.27
चतुरङ्गुलकं चाधश्चोपलिप्यार्चयेत्ततः ध्यात्वा चतुर्भुजं विष्णुमर्घ्यं दद्यात्तु कुम्भतः
caturaṅgulakaṃ cādhaścopalipyārcayettataḥ dhyātvā caturbhujaṃ viṣṇumarghyaṃ dadyāttu kumbhataḥ
And four fingers (deep) below; having smeared it, he should then worship: meditating on four-armed Viṣṇu, he should offer the arghya water from the jar.
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AgP 40.28
कर्कर्या पूरयेत् श्वभ्रं शुक्लपुष्पाणि च न्यसेत् दक्षिणावर्तकं श्रेष्ठं बीजैर् मृद्द्भिश् च पूरयेत्
karkaryā pūrayet śvabhraṃ śuklapuṣpāṇi ca nyaset dakṣiṇāvartakaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bījair mṛddbhiś ca pūrayet
He should fill the hole with the water-pot and place white flowers (in it); the one that turns to the right is best; and he should fill (it) with seeds and earth.
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AgP 40.29
अर्घ्यादानं विनिष्पाद्य गोवस्त्रादीन्ददेद्गुरौ कालज्ञाय स्थपतये वैष्णवादिभ्य अर्चयेत्
arghyādānaṃ viniṣpādya govastrādīndadedgurau kālajñāya sthapataye vaiṣṇavādibhya arcayet
Having completed the giving of the arghya, he should give a cow, garments and the rest to the teacher; he should honour the astrologer, the master-builder, and the Vaiṣṇavas and others.
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AgP 40.30
ततस्तु खानयेद्यत्नज्जलान्तं यावदेव तु पुरुषाधःस्थितं शल्यं(३) न गृहे दोषदं भवेत्
tatastu khānayedyatnajjalāntaṃ yāvadeva tu puruṣādhaḥsthitaṃ śalyaṃ(3) na gṛhe doṣadaṃ bhavet
Then he should have (the ground) dug carefully, right down to the water; a splinter (śalya) lying below the depth of a man does not cause harm in the house.
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AgP 40.31
:न् १ पिलिपिच्छमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ महीधरं वास्तुमयमिति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ पुरुषाधिष्ठितं शल्यमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ११८ अस्थिशल्ये विद्यते वै भित्तिर्वै गृहिणो ऽसुखं यन्नामशब्दं शृणुयात्तत्र शल्यं तदुद्भवं
:n 1 pilipicchamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 mahīdharaṃ vāstumayamiti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 puruṣādhiṣṭhitaṃ śalyamiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 118 asthiśalye vidyate vai bhittirvai gṛhiṇo 'sukhaṃ yannāmaśabdaṃ śṛṇuyāttatra śalyaṃ tadudbhavaṃ
[Notes: 1. 'pilipiccham' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 2. 'mahīdharaṃ vāstumayam' is the reading of the manuscripts marked kha and ṅa. 3. 'puruṣādhiṣṭhitaṃ śalyam' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga.] [p. 118] When there is a bone-splinter, the wall (?) surely brings the householder unhappiness; whatever name-sound one hears there, from that the splinter has arisen.
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