Agni Purana — Chapter 41
AgP 41.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये अर्घ्यदानकथनं नाम चत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {४१} :श् अथैकचत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः शिलाविन्यासविधानं भगवानुवाच पादप्रतिष्ठां वक्षामि शिलाविन्यासलक्षणं अग्रतो मण्डपः कार्यः कुण्डलानान्तु चतुष्टयं
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye arghyadānakathanaṃ nāma catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {41} :ś athaikacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ śilāvinyāsavidhānaṃ bhagavānuvāca pādapratiṣṭhāṃ vakṣāmi śilāvinyāsalakṣaṇaṃ agrato maṇḍapaḥ kāryaḥ kuṇḍalānāntu catuṣṭayaṃ
[Colophon:] Thus, in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, the fortieth chapter, called 'the account of the giving of the arghya'. || Chapter 41. [Heading:] Now the forty-first chapter: the rules for laying the (foundation) stone. The Lord said: I shall declare the establishing of the base, the characteristics of the laying of the stone. In front a pavilion is to be made, and a set of four ladles (?).
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AgP 41.2
कुम्भन्यासेष्टकान्यासो द्वारस्तम्भोच्छ्रयं शुभं पादोनं पूरयेत् खातं तत्र वास्तुं यजेत् समे
kumbhanyāseṣṭakānyāso dvārastambhocchrayaṃ śubhaṃ pādonaṃ pūrayet khātaṃ tatra vāstuṃ yajet same
The placing of the jars and the placing of the bricks; the height of the door-post is auspicious; he should fill the excavation up to three-quarters, and there, on the level (ground), he should worship the Vāstu (deity).
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AgP 41.3
इष्टकाश् च सुपक्वाः स्युर्द्वादशाङ्गुलसम्मिताः सविस्तारत्रिभागेन वैपुल्येन(१) समन्विताः
iṣṭakāś ca supakvāḥ syurdvādaśāṅgulasammitāḥ savistāratribhāgena vaipulyena(1) samanvitāḥ
And the bricks should be well fired, measuring twelve aṅgulas, provided with a thickness of a third of their breadth.
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AgP 41.4
करप्रमाणा श्रेष्ठा स्याच्छिलाप्यथ शिलामये(२) नव कुम्भांस्ताम्रमयान् स्थापयेदिष्टकाघटान्
karapramāṇā śreṣṭhā syācchilāpyatha śilāmaye(2) nava kumbhāṃstāmramayān sthāpayediṣṭakāghaṭān
A stone of a cubit's measure would be best; and (so) in a stone (building). He should set up nine copper jars (and) brick-pots.
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AgP 41.5
अद्भिः पञ्चकषायेण सर्वौषधिजलेन च गन्धतोयेन च तथा कुम्भैस्तोयसुपूरितैः
adbhiḥ pañcakaṣāyeṇa sarvauṣadhijalena ca gandhatoyena ca tathā kumbhaistoyasupūritaiḥ
With water, with the fivefold astringent decoction, with water of all the herbs, and likewise with scented water — with jars well filled with water,
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AgP 41.6
हिरण्यव्रीहिसंयुक्तैर् गन्धचन्दनचर्चितैः आपो हि ष्ठेति तिसृभिः शन्नो देवीति चाप्यथ
hiraṇyavrīhisaṃyuktair gandhacandanacarcitaiḥ āpo hi ṣṭheti tisṛbhiḥ śanno devīti cāpyatha
(the jars) furnished with gold and rice-grains, smeared with fragrant sandal-paste, with the three (verses) 'āpo hi ṣṭhā', and also with 'śaṃ no devīḥ',
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AgP 41.7
तरत् समन्दीरिति च(३) पावमानीभिरेव च उदुत्तमं वरुणमिति कथानश् च तथैव च
tarat samandīriti ca(3) pāvamānībhireva ca uduttamaṃ varuṇamiti kathānaś ca tathaiva ca
and with 'tarat sa mandī', and with the Pāvamānī verses, and with 'ud uttamaṃ varuṇa', and likewise with 'kathā naḥ',
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AgP 41.8
:न् १ सुविस्तारं विभागेन नैपुण्यनेति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ शिला स्यान्न शिलामये इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ भवतत्समन्दीरितीति ख, ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् ११९ वरुणस्येति मन्त्रेण हंसः शुचिषदित्यपि श्रीसूक्तेन तथा शिलाः संस्थाप्य संघटाः(१)
:n 1 suvistāraṃ vibhāgena naipuṇyaneti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 śilā syānna śilāmaye iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 bhavatatsamandīritīti kha, ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 119 varuṇasyeti mantreṇa haṃsaḥ śuciṣadityapi śrīsūktena tathā śilāḥ saṃsthāpya saṃghaṭāḥ(1)
[Notes: 1. 'suvistāraṃ vibhāgena naipuṇyena' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. 2. 'śilā syān na śilāmaye' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga. 3. 'bhava tat samandīri' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha, ga, ṅa.] [p. 119] and with the mantra 'varuṇasya', and also with 'haṃsaḥ śuciṣat', and likewise with the Śrī-sūkta — having set up the stones together with the jars,
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AgP 41.9
शय्यायां मण्डपे प्राच्यां मण्डले हरिमर्चयेत् जुहुयाज्जनयित्वाग्निं समिधो द्वादशीस्ततः
śayyāyāṃ maṇḍape prācyāṃ maṇḍale harimarcayet juhuyājjanayitvāgniṃ samidho dvādaśīstataḥ
he should worship Hari on the couch in the pavilion, in the eastern circle (maṇḍala); having kindled the fire, he should then offer twelve pieces of kindling wood.
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AgP 41.10
आघारावाज्यभागौ तु प्रणवेनैव कारयेत् अष्टाहुतीस् तथाष्टान्तैर् आज्यं(२) व्याहृतिभिः क्रमात्
āghārāvājyabhāgau tu praṇavenaiva kārayet aṣṭāhutīs tathāṣṭāntair ājyaṃ(2) vyāhṛtibhiḥ kramāt
He should perform the two āghāra libations and the two ājyabhāga offerings with the praṇava (Om) alone, and then, in order, eight oblations of ghee with the eight final vyāhṛtis (utterances).
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AgP 41.11
लोकेशानामग्नये वै सोमायावग्रहेषु च(३) पुरुषोत्तमायेति च व्याहृतीर्जुहुयात्ततः
lokeśānāmagnaye vai somāyāvagraheṣu ca(3) puruṣottamāyeti ca vyāhṛtīrjuhuyāttataḥ
(He should offer) to the lords of the worlds, to Agni, to Soma, and in the case of the eclipses(?), and 'to Puruṣottama'; then he should offer the vyāhṛtis.
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AgP 41.12
प्रायश्चित्तं ततः पूर्णां मूर्तिमांसघृतांस्तिलान् वेदाद्यैर् द्वादशान्तेन(४) कुम्भेषु च पृथक् पृथक्
prāyaścittaṃ tataḥ pūrṇāṃ mūrtimāṃsaghṛtāṃstilān vedādyair dvādaśāntena(4) kumbheṣu ca pṛthak pṛthak
Then the expiatory offering, then the full oblation (pūrṇā); (he should offer) the bodily portions(?), flesh, ghee and sesame seeds, with (the mantras) beginning with the Vedas and ending with the twelfth, in each jar separately.
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AgP 41.13
प्राङ्मुखस्तु गुरुः कुर्यादष्टदिक्षु विलिप्य च मध्ये चैकां शिलां कुम्भं न्यसेदेतान् सुरान् क्रमात्
prāṅmukhastu guruḥ kuryādaṣṭadikṣu vilipya ca madhye caikāṃ śilāṃ kumbhaṃ nyasedetān surān kramāt
The teacher, facing east, should do (this): having smeared (the places) in the eight directions and one in the middle, he should lay down the stone and the jar, (invoking) these deities in order:
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AgP 41.14
पद्मं चैव महापद्मं मकरं कच्छपं तथा कुमुदञ्च तथा नन्दं पद्मं शङ्खञ्च पद्मिनीं
padmaṃ caiva mahāpadmaṃ makaraṃ kacchapaṃ tathā kumudañca tathā nandaṃ padmaṃ śaṅkhañca padminīṃ
Padma, and Mahāpadma, Makara, and likewise Kacchapa, and Kumuda, and likewise Nanda, Padma, Śaṅkha, and Padminī.
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AgP 41.15
कुम्भान्न चालयेत्तेषु इष्टकानान्तु देवताः ईशानान्ताश् च पूर्वादाविष्टकां प्रथमं न्यसेत्
kumbhānna cālayetteṣu iṣṭakānāntu devatāḥ īśānāntāś ca pūrvādāviṣṭakāṃ prathamaṃ nyaset
One should not move the pots among them; (they are) the deities of the bricks, (beginning with?) ending with Īśāna; starting from the east one should set down the first brick.
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AgP 41.16
शक्तयो विमलाद्यास्तु इष्टकानान्तु देवताः न्यसनीया यथा योगं मध्ये न्यस्या त्वनुग्रहा
śaktayo vimalādyāstu iṣṭakānāntu devatāḥ nyasanīyā yathā yogaṃ madhye nyasyā tvanugrahā
The powers beginning with Vimalā are the deities of the bricks; they are to be set down as appropriate, and Anugrahā is to be placed in the middle.
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AgP 41.17
अव्यङ्गे चाक्षत पूर्णं मुनेरङ्गिरसः सुते इष्टके त्वं प्रयच्छेष्टं प्रतिष्ठां कारयाम्यहं
avyaṅge cākṣata pūrṇaṃ muneraṅgirasaḥ sute iṣṭake tvaṃ prayaccheṣṭaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ kārayāmyahaṃ
"O unblemished one, O full one with unbroken (grain), O daughter of the sage Aṅgiras, O brick, grant (me my) wish; I perform the installation."
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AgP 41.18
मन्त्रेणानेन विन्यस्य इष्टका देशक्रमोत्तमः :न् १ सम्युता इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ।। २ अष्टाहुतीप्लथा पूर्णैर् आज्यमिति ग, घ, ङ, इति पुस्तकत्रयपाठः ३ सोमाय च ग्रहाय चेति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ द्वादशार्णेन इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १२० गर्भाधानं ततः कुर्यान्मध्यस्थाने समाहितः
mantreṇānena vinyasya iṣṭakā deśakramottamaḥ :n 1 samyutā iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ .| 2 aṣṭāhutīplathā pūrṇair ājyamiti ga, gha, ṅa, iti pustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 3 somāya ca grahāya ceti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 dvādaśārṇena iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 120 garbhādhānaṃ tataḥ kuryānmadhyasthāne samāhitaḥ
Having laid down the bricks with this mantra, (the officiant), best in the order of the place, should then, with concentrated mind, perform the depositing of the germ (garbhādhāna) in the middle spot.
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AgP 41.19
कुम्भोपरिष्ठादेवेशं पद्मिनीं न्यस्य देवतां मृत्तिकाश् चैव पुष्पाणि धातवो रत्नमेव च(१)
kumbhopariṣṭhādeveśaṃ padminīṃ nyasya devatāṃ mṛttikāś caiva puṣpāṇi dhātavo ratnameva ca(1)
Above the pot one should place the lord of gods and the goddess Padminī, and earths, flowers, metals, and a jewel.
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AgP 41.20
लौहानि दिक्पतेरस्त्रं यजेद्वै गर्भभाजने द्वादशाङ्गुलविस्तारे चतुरङ्गुलकोच्छ्रये
lauhāni dikpaterastraṃ yajedvai garbhabhājane dvādaśāṅgulavistāre caturaṅgulakocchraye
He should worship the irons and the weapon of the guardian of the direction in the germ-vessel, twelve fingers wide and four fingers high.
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AgP 41.21
पद्माकारे ताम्रमये भाजने पृथिवीं यजेत् एकान्ते सर्वभूतेशे पर्वतासनमण्डिते
padmākāre tāmramaye bhājane pṛthivīṃ yajet ekānte sarvabhūteśe parvatāsanamaṇḍite
In a copper vessel of lotus shape he should worship the Earth: "O you who are alone, in whom are all beings, adorned with a seat of mountains,
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AgP 41.22
समुद्रपरिवारे त्वं देवि गर्भं समाश्रय नन्दे नन्दय वासिष्ठे वसुभिः प्रजया(२) सह
samudraparivāre tvaṃ devi garbhaṃ samāśraya nande nandaya vāsiṣṭhe vasubhiḥ prajayā(2) saha
surrounded by the ocean — O goddess, take hold of this germ; O Nandā, gladden (us); O daughter of Vasiṣṭha, together with the Vasus and with offspring;
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AgP 41.23
जये भार्गवदायादे प्रजानां विजयावहे पूर्णेङ्गिरसदायादे पूर्णकामं कुरुष्व मां
jaye bhārgavadāyāde prajānāṃ vijayāvahe pūrṇeṅgirasadāyāde pūrṇakāmaṃ kuruṣva māṃ
O Jayā, heiress of Bhṛgu, bringer of victory to (my) offspring; O Pūrṇā, heiress of Aṅgiras, make me one whose desires are fulfilled;
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AgP 41.24
भद्रे काश्यपदायादे कुरु भद्रां मतिं मम सर्ववीजसमायुक्ते सर्वरत्नौषधीवृते
bhadre kāśyapadāyāde kuru bhadrāṃ matiṃ mama sarvavījasamāyukte sarvaratnauṣadhīvṛte
O Bhadrā, heiress of Kaśyapa, make my thinking auspicious; O you joined with all seeds, encompassed by all jewels and herbs;
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AgP 41.25
जये सुरुचिरे नन्दे वासिष्ठे रम्यतामिह प्रजापतिसुते देवि चतुरस्रे महीयसि
jaye surucire nande vāsiṣṭhe ramyatāmiha prajāpatisute devi caturasre mahīyasi
O Jayā, O lovely one, O Nandā, O daughter of Vasiṣṭha, may you take pleasure here; O goddess, daughter of Prajāpati, O four-cornered, O greatest one;
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AgP 41.26
सुभगे सुप्रभे भद्रे गृहे काश्यपि रम्यतां पूजिते परमाश् चर्ये गन्धमाल्यैर् अलङ्कृते
subhage suprabhe bhadre gṛhe kāśyapi ramyatāṃ pūjite paramāś carye gandhamālyair alaṅkṛte
O fortunate one, O radiant one, O Bhadrā, O daughter of Kaśyapa, may you delight in this house; O honoured one, O supremely wondrous one, adorned with perfumes and garlands;
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AgP 41.27
भवभूतिकरी देवि गृहे भार्गवि रम्यतां देशस्वामिपुरस्वामिगृहस्वामिपरिग्रहे
bhavabhūtikarī devi gṛhe bhārgavi ramyatāṃ deśasvāmipurasvāmigṛhasvāmiparigrahe
O goddess who brings about welfare, O daughter of Bhṛgu, may you delight in this house, you who are the possession of the lord of the region, the lord of the town, and the lord of the house;
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AgP 41.28
मनुष्यादिकतुष्ट्यर्थं पशुवृद्धिकरी भव एवमुक्त्वा ततः खातं गोमूत्रेण तु सेचयेत्
manuṣyādikatuṣṭyarthaṃ paśuvṛddhikarī bhava evamuktvā tataḥ khātaṃ gomūtreṇa tu secayet
for the satisfaction of men and the rest, become one who increases the cattle." Having spoken thus, he should then sprinkle the pit with cow's urine.
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AgP 41.29
कृत्वा निधापयेद्गर्भं गर्भाधानं भवेन्निशि गोवस्त्रादि प्रदद्याच्च गुरवेन्येषु भोजनं
kṛtvā nidhāpayedgarbhaṃ garbhādhānaṃ bhavenniśi govastrādi pradadyācca guravenyeṣu bhojanaṃ
Having done (this) he should have the germ deposited; the depositing of the germ should take place at night; and he should give a cow, garments and so on to the teacher, and food to the others.
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AgP 41.30
:न् १ रसमेव चेति ग। घ। ङ। चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः २ प्रिययेति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १२१ गर्भं न्यस्येष्टका न्यस्य ततो गर्भं प्रपूरयेत् पीठबन्धमतः कुर्यान्मितप्रासादमानतः(१)
:n 1 rasameva ceti ga. gha. ṅa. cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 priyayeti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 121 garbhaṃ nyasyeṣṭakā nyasya tato garbhaṃ prapūrayet pīṭhabandhamataḥ kuryānmitaprāsādamānataḥ(1)
Having placed the germ and laid the bricks, he should then fill up the germ (pit); thereafter he should make the binding of the plinth according to the measure of the temple as measured.
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AgP 41.31
पीठोत्तमञ्चोच्छ्रयेण प्रासादस्यार्धविस्तरात् पदहीनं मध्यमं स्यात् कनिष्ठं चोत्तमार्धतः
pīṭhottamañcocchrayeṇa prāsādasyārdhavistarāt padahīnaṃ madhyamaṃ syāt kaniṣṭhaṃ cottamārdhataḥ
And the highest plinth is, in height, half the width of the temple; the middling one is less by one pada, and the lowest is half of the highest.
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AgP 41.32
पीठबन्धोपरिष्ठात्तु वास्तुयागं पुनर्यजेत् पादप्रतिष्ठाकारी तु निष्पापो दिवि मोदते
pīṭhabandhopariṣṭhāttu vāstuyāgaṃ punaryajet pādapratiṣṭhākārī tu niṣpāpo divi modate
Above the binding of the plinth he should again perform the Vāstu sacrifice; he who carries out the installation of the base becomes free of sin and rejoices in heaven.
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AgP 41.33
देवागारं करोमीति मनसा यस्तु चिन्तयेत् तस्य कायगतं पापं तदह्ना हि प्रणश्यति
devāgāraṃ karomīti manasā yastu cintayet tasya kāyagataṃ pāpaṃ tadahnā hi praṇaśyati
He who merely thinks in his mind, "I shall build a house for the god" — the sin residing in his body perishes that very day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 41.34
कृते तु किं पुनस्तस्य प्रासादे विधिनैव तु अष्टेष्टकसमायुक्तं यः कुर्याद्देवतालयं
kṛte tu kiṃ punastasya prāsāde vidhinaiva tu aṣṭeṣṭakasamāyuktaṃ yaḥ kuryāddevatālayaṃ
How much more so for him when the temple has actually been built according to the rule! He who makes a dwelling for the deity furnished with the eight bricks —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 41.35
न तस्य फलसम्पत्तिर्वक्तुं शक्येत केनचित् अनेनैवानुमेयं हि फलं प्रासादविस्तरात्
na tasya phalasampattirvaktuṃ śakyeta kenacit anenaivānumeyaṃ hi phalaṃ prāsādavistarāt
The abundance of merit that comes to him could not be told by anyone; the fruit is only to be inferred from the extent of the temple.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 41.36
ग्राममध्ये च पूर्वे च प्रत्यग्द्वारं प्रकल्पयेत् विदिशासु च सर्वासु ग्रामे प्रत्यङ्मुखो भवेत् दक्षिणे चोत्तरे चैव पश्चिमे प्राङ्मुखो भवेत्
grāmamadhye ca pūrve ca pratyagdvāraṃ prakalpayet vidiśāsu ca sarvāsu grāme pratyaṅmukho bhavet dakṣiṇe cottare caiva paścime prāṅmukho bhavet
In the middle of the village and in the east (of it) one should lay out a west-facing door; in all the intermediate directions in a village (the temple) should face west; in the south, the north and the west it should face east.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition