Agni Purana — Chapter 43
AgP 43.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये प्रासादलक्षणं नाम द्वाचत्त्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {४३} :श् अथ त्रिचत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः प्रासाददेवतास्थापनं भगवानुवाच प्रासादे देवताः स्थाप्या वक्ष्ये ब्रह्मन् शृणुष्व मे पञ्चायतमध्ये तु वासुदेवं निवेशयेत्
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye prāsādalakṣaṇaṃ nāma dvācattvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {43} :ś atha tricatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ prāsādadevatāsthāpanaṃ bhagavānuvāca prāsāde devatāḥ sthāpyā vakṣye brahman śṛṇuṣva me pañcāyatamadhye tu vāsudevaṃ niveśayet
The Lord said: I shall declare the deities to be installed in a temple; hear me, O Brahmā. In the middle of a five-shrine (complex) one should install Vāsudeva,
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AgP 43.2
वामनं नृहरिञ्चाश्वशीर्षं तद्वञ्च शूकरं आग्नेये नैरृते चैव वायव्ये चेशगोचरे
vāmanaṃ nṛhariñcāśvaśīrṣaṃ tadvañca śūkaraṃ āgneye nairṛte caiva vāyavye ceśagocare
(and) Vāmana, Nṛhari, the Horse-headed one, and likewise the Boar — in the southeast, in the southwest, in the northwest, and in the region of Īśa (northeast).
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AgP 43.3
अथ नारायणं मध्ये आग्नेय्यामम्बिकां न्यसेत् नैरृत्यां भास्करं वायौ ब्रह्माणं लिङ्गमीशके
atha nārāyaṇaṃ madhye āgneyyāmambikāṃ nyaset nairṛtyāṃ bhāskaraṃ vāyau brahmāṇaṃ liṅgamīśake
Or else (one should set) Nārāyaṇa in the middle, and place Ambikā in the southeast, the Sun in the southwest, Brahmā in the northwest, and the liṅga in the northeast.
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AgP 43.4
अथवा रुद्ररूपन्तु अथवा नवधामसु वासुदेवं न्यसेन्मध्ये पूर्वादौ वामवामकान्
athavā rudrarūpantu athavā navadhāmasu vāsudevaṃ nyasenmadhye pūrvādau vāmavāmakān
Or (one may install) the form of Rudra; or, in nine shrines, one should place Vāsudeva in the middle, and in the east and the rest the Vāma (forms) in turn,
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AgP 43.5
इन्द्रादीन् लोकपालांश् च अथवा नवधामसु पञ्चायतनकं कुर्यात् मध्ये तु पुरुषोत्तमं
indrādīn lokapālāṃś ca athavā navadhāmasu pañcāyatanakaṃ kuryāt madhye tu puruṣottamaṃ
and the world-guardians beginning with Indra; or (thus) in nine shrines. (Or) one should make a five-shrine (complex), with Puruṣottama in the middle,
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AgP 43.6
लक्ष्मीवैश्रवणौ पूर्वं दक्षे मातृगणं न्यसेत् स्कन्दं गणेशमीशानं सूर्यादीन् पश्चिमे ग्रहान्
lakṣmīvaiśravaṇau pūrvaṃ dakṣe mātṛgaṇaṃ nyaset skandaṃ gaṇeśamīśānaṃ sūryādīn paścime grahān
Lakṣmī and Vaiśravaṇa in the east; in the south one should place the host of Mothers, Skanda, Gaṇeśa and Īśāna; in the west the planets beginning with the Sun;
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AgP 43.7
उत्तरे दश मत्स्यादीनाग्नेय्यां चण्डिकां तथा नैरृत्यामम्बिकां स्थाप्य वायव्ये तु सरस्वतीं
uttare daśa matsyādīnāgneyyāṃ caṇḍikāṃ tathā nairṛtyāmambikāṃ sthāpya vāyavye tu sarasvatīṃ
in the north the ten (incarnations) beginning with Matsya; in the southeast Caṇḍikā; and having installed Ambikā in the southwest, Sarasvatī in the northwest,
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AgP 43.8
पद्मामैशे वासुदेवं मध्ये नारायणञ्च वा त्रयोदशालये मध्ये विश्वरूपं न्यसेद्धरिं
padmāmaiśe vāsudevaṃ madhye nārāyaṇañca vā trayodaśālaye madhye viśvarūpaṃ nyaseddhariṃ
Padmā in the northeast, and Vāsudeva — or else Nārāyaṇa — in the middle. In a thirteen-shrine (complex) one should place Hari in his universal form in the middle,
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AgP 43.9
:प् १२५ पूर्वादौ केशवादीन् वा अन्यधामस्वयं हरिं(१) मृण्मयी दारुघटिता लोहजा रत्नजा तथा
:p 125 pūrvādau keśavādīn vā anyadhāmasvayaṃ hariṃ(1) mṛṇmayī dārughaṭitā lohajā ratnajā tathā
or Keśava and the rest in the east and so on, and Hari himself in the other shrines. (An image may be) of clay, put together of wood, made of metal, made of jewels,
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AgP 43.10
शैलजा गन्धजा चैव कौसुमी(२) सप्तधा स्मृता कौसुमी गन्धजा चैव मृण्मयी प्रतिमा तथा
śailajā gandhajā caiva kausumī(2) saptadhā smṛtā kausumī gandhajā caiva mṛṇmayī pratimā tathā
made of stone, and made of fragrant substance, and made of flowers: thus it is held to be of seven kinds. The flower image, the fragrance image, and likewise the clay image —
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AgP 43.11
तत्कालपूजिताश् चैताः सर्वकामफलप्रदाः अथ शैलमयीं वक्ष्ये शिला यत्र च गृह्यते
tatkālapūjitāś caitāḥ sarvakāmaphalapradāḥ atha śailamayīṃ vakṣye śilā yatra ca gṛhyate
these, worshipped at that (one) time, bestow the fruit of all desires. Now I shall speak of the stone one: (and) where the stone is to be taken.
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AgP 43.12
पर्वतानामभावे च गृह्णीयाद्भूगतां शिलां पाण्डरा ह्य् अरुणा पीता कृष्णा शस्ता तु वैर्णिनां
parvatānāmabhāve ca gṛhṇīyādbhūgatāṃ śilāṃ pāṇḍarā hy aruṇā pītā kṛṣṇā śastā tu vairṇināṃ
And in the absence of mountains one should take a stone lying in the ground. White, red, yellow and black are commended, (respectively) for the (four) classes.
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AgP 43.13
न यदा लभ्यते सम्यग् वर्णिनां वर्णतः शिला वर्णाद्यापादानं तत्र जुह्यात् सिंहविद्यया
na yadā labhyate samyag varṇināṃ varṇataḥ śilā varṇādyāpādānaṃ tatra juhyāt siṃhavidyayā
When a stone matching the colour of the (respective) classes is not properly obtained, then, to bring about the colour and the rest, one should offer oblations with the Lion (Nṛsiṃha) formula.
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AgP 43.14
शिलायां शुक्लरेखाग्र्या कृष्णाग्र्या सिंहहोमतः कांस्यघण्टानिनादा स्यात् पुंलिङ्गा विस्फुलिङ्गिका
śilāyāṃ śuklarekhāgryā kṛṣṇāgryā siṃhahomataḥ kāṃsyaghaṇṭāninādā syāt puṃliṅgā visphuliṅgikā
On the stone, (if) a white line is foremost — or a black one foremost — as a result of the lion-oblation, (and if) there is a sound like that of a bronze bell, and sparks (fly), (the stone) is of the male sex.
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AgP 43.15
तन्मन्दलक्षणा(३) स्त्री स्याद्रूपाभावान्नपुंसका दृश्यते मण्डलं यस्यां सगर्भां तां विवर्जयेत्
tanmandalakṣaṇā(3) strī syādrūpābhāvānnapuṃsakā dṛśyate maṇḍalaṃ yasyāṃ sagarbhāṃ tāṃ vivarjayet
One marked with that circle would be female; from the absence of (any) mark it is neuter. The one in which a circle appears is pregnant — that one he should reject.
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AgP 43.16
प्रतिमार्थं वनं गत्वा व्रजयागं समाचरेत् तत्र खात्वोपलिप्याथ मण्डपे तु हरिं यजेत्
pratimārthaṃ vanaṃ gatvā vrajayāgaṃ samācaret tatra khātvopalipyātha maṇḍape tu hariṃ yajet
Going to the forest for the sake of an image, he should perform the vraja-offering; there, having dug and smeared (the ground), he should then worship Hari in the pavilion.
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AgP 43.17
बलिं दत्वा कर्मशस्त्रं टङ्कादिकमथार्चयेत् हुत्वाथ शालितोयेन अस्त्रेण प्रोक्षयेच्छिलां
baliṃ datvā karmaśastraṃ ṭaṅkādikamathārcayet hutvātha śālitoyena astreṇa prokṣayecchilāṃ
Having given the offering (bali), he should then worship the working implements, the chisel and the rest; then, having made the oblation, he should sprinkle the stone with rice-water using the astra-mantra.
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AgP 43.18
रक्षां कृत्वा नृसिंहेन मूलमन्त्रेण पूजयेत्(४) हुत्वा पूर्णाहुतिं दद्यात्ततो भूतबलिं गुरुः
rakṣāṃ kṛtvā nṛsiṃhena mūlamantreṇa pūjayet(4) hutvā pūrṇāhutiṃ dadyāttato bhūtabaliṃ guruḥ
Having made the protective rite with the Narasiṃha (mantra), he should worship with the root-mantra; having offered the full oblation, the teacher should then give the offering to the spirits.
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AgP 43.19
:न् १ अन्यधामसु यज्ञविदिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ।युग्मधामस्वयं हरिमिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ कौमुदी इति ख, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ३ उन्मत्तलक्षणा इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ मन्त्रयेदिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १२६ अत्र ये संस्थिताः सत्त्वा यातुधानाश् च गुह्यकाः सिद्धादयो वा ये चान्ये तान् सम्पूज्य क्षमापयेत्
:n 1 anyadhāmasu yajñaviditi kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ /yugmadhāmasvayaṃ harimiti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 kaumudī iti kha, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 3 unmattalakṣaṇā iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 mantrayediti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 126 atra ye saṃsthitāḥ sattvā yātudhānāś ca guhyakāḥ siddhādayo vā ye cānye tān sampūjya kṣamāpayet
[Footnotes: 1. 'anyadhāmasu yajñavit' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha; 'yugmadhāmasv ayaṃ harim' is the reading of the manuscript marked gha. 2. 'kaumudī' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha and gha. 3. 'unmattalakṣaṇā' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 4. 'mantrayet' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. Page 126] Whatever beings are settled here, and the yātudhānas and guhyakas, or the siddhas and the rest and whatever others there are — having worshipped them, he should beg their pardon.
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AgP 43.20
विष्णुबिम्बार्थमस्माकं(१) यात्रैषा केशवाज्ञया विष्ण्वर्थं यद्भवेत् कार्यं युष्माकमपि तद्भवेत्
viṣṇubimbārthamasmākaṃ(1) yātraiṣā keśavājñayā viṣṇvarthaṃ yadbhavet kāryaṃ yuṣmākamapi tadbhavet
"This expedition of ours is for the sake of an image of Viṣṇu, by Keśava's command; whatever benefit accrues for Viṣṇu's sake, let that be yours as well.
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AgP 43.21
अनेन बलिदानेन प्रीता भवत सर्वथा
anena balidānena prītā bhavata sarvathā
"By this giving of the offering, be pleased in every way.
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AgP 43.22
क्षमेण गच्छतान्यत्र मुक्त्वा स्थानमिदं त्वरात् ॥अप्_४३।०२१च्देएवं प्रबोधिताः सत्त्वा यान्ति तृप्ता यथासुखं शिल्पिभिश् च चरुं प्राश्य स्वप्नमन्त्रं जपेन्निशि
kṣameṇa gacchatānyatra muktvā sthānamidaṃ tvarāt //ap_43.021cdeevaṃ prabodhitāḥ sattvā yānti tṛptā yathāsukhaṃ śilpibhiś ca caruṃ prāśya svapnamantraṃ japenniśi
"Go elsewhere with forbearance, quickly leaving this place." [43.21cd–e] Thus informed, the beings, satisfied, go away as they please. And having eaten the caru together with the artisans, he should recite the dream-mantra at night.
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AgP 43.23
ॐ नमः सकललोकाय विष्णवे प्रभविष्णवे विश्वाय विश्वरूपाय स्वप्नाधिपतये(२) नमः
oṃ namaḥ sakalalokāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave viśvāya viśvarūpāya svapnādhipataye(2) namaḥ
"Om, homage to (him who is) all the worlds, to Viṣṇu, to the mighty Viṣṇu, to the All, to him whose form is the universe, to the lord of dreams — homage.
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AgP 43.24
आचक्ष्व देवदेवेश प्रसुप्तोस्मि(३) तवान्तिकं स्वप्ने सर्वाणि कार्याणि हृदिस्थानि तु यानि मे
ācakṣva devadeveśa prasuptosmi(3) tavāntikaṃ svapne sarvāṇi kāryāṇi hṛdisthāni tu yāni me
"Tell (me), lord of the gods of gods: I have lain down to sleep near you — in a dream, all the matters that are in my heart."
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AgP 43.25
ॐ ॐ ह्रूं फट् विष्णवे स्वाहा(४) शुभे स्वप्ने शुभं सर्वं ह्य् अशुभे सिंहहोमतः प्रातरर्घ्यं शिलायां तु दत्वास्त्रेणास्त्रकं यजेत्
oṃ oṃ hrūṃ phaṭ viṣṇave svāhā(4) śubhe svapne śubhaṃ sarvaṃ hy aśubhe siṃhahomataḥ prātararghyaṃ śilāyāṃ tu datvāstreṇāstrakaṃ yajet
"Om oṃ hrūṃ phaṭ, to Viṣṇu, svāhā." If the dream is auspicious, all is auspicious; if inauspicious, (all is set right) by the lion-oblation. In the morning, having given the arghya-water on the stone, he should worship the weapon with the astra-mantra.
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AgP 43.26
कुद्दालटङ्कशस्त्राद्यं मध्वान्याक्तमुखञ्चरेत् आत्मानं चिन्तयेद्विष्णुं शिल्पिनं विश्वकर्मकं(५)
kuddālaṭaṅkaśastrādyaṃ madhvānyāktamukhañcaret ātmānaṃ cintayedviṣṇuṃ śilpinaṃ viśvakarmakaṃ(5)
He should proceed with the spade, the chisel, the (other) implements and so on, their edges smeared with honey and the rest; he should think of himself as Viṣṇu and of the artisan as Viśvakarman.
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AgP 43.27
शस्त्रं विष्ण्वात्मकं(६) दद्यात् मुखपृष्ठादि दर्शयेत् जितेन्द्रियः टङ्कहस्तः शिल्पी तु चतुरस्रकां
śastraṃ viṣṇvātmakaṃ(6) dadyāt mukhapṛṣṭhādi darśayet jitendriyaḥ ṭaṅkahastaḥ śilpī tu caturasrakāṃ
He should hand over the implement, which has Viṣṇu as its essence, and should point out the face, the back and so forth; and the artisan, his senses controlled, chisel in hand, (should shape the stone) four-sided.
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AgP 43.28
:न् १ लोकसिद्ध्यर्थमस्माकमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ विश्वाधिपतये इति ख, चिह्नितपुअतकपाठः ३ प्रपन्नो ऽस्मि इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ ॐ ॐ ह्रीं फडिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ विश्वकर्मणिमिति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुअतकपाठः ६ विश्वात्मकमिति ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः :प् १२७ शिलां कृत्वा पिण्डिकार्थं किञ्चिन्न्यूनान्तु कल्पयेत् रथे स्थाप्य समानीय सवस्त्रां कारुवेश्मनि पूजयित्वाथ घटयेत् प्रतिमां स तु कर्मकृत्
:n 1 lokasiddhyarthamasmākamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 viśvādhipataye iti kha, cihnitapuatakapāṭhaḥ 3 prapanno 'smi iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 oṃ oṃ hrīṃ phaḍiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 viśvakarmaṇimiti kha, ga, cihnitapuatakapāṭhaḥ 6 viśvātmakamiti ga, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ :p 127 śilāṃ kṛtvā piṇḍikārthaṃ kiñcinnyūnāntu kalpayet rathe sthāpya samānīya savastrāṃ kāruveśmani pūjayitvātha ghaṭayet pratimāṃ sa tu karmakṛt
[Footnotes: 1. 'lokasiddhyartham asmākam' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. 2. 'viśvādhipataye' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. 3. 'prapanno 'smi' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. 4. 'oṃ oṃ hrīṃ phaṭ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga. 5. 'viśvakarmaṇim' is the reading of the manuscripts marked kha and ga. 6. 'viśvātmakam' is the reading of the three manuscripts marked ga, gha and ṅa. Page 127] Having made the stone (ready), he should fashion a somewhat smaller one for the pedestal. Setting it on a cart and bringing it, draped with cloth, into the artisan's house, and having worshipped it, that workman should then shape the image.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition