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Agni Purana — Chapter 46

AgP 46.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये पिण्डिकालक्ष्मादिलक्षणं नाम पञ्चचत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {४६} :श् अथ षट्चत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः शालग्रामादिमूर्तिलक्षणकथनं भगवानुवाच शालग्रामादिमूर्तेश् च वक्ष्येहं भुक्तिमुक्तिदाः वासुदेवो ऽसितो द्वारे शालग्रामद्विचक्रकः

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye piṇḍikālakṣmādilakṣaṇaṃ nāma pañcacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {46} :ś atha ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ śālagrāmādimūrtilakṣaṇakathanaṃ bhagavānuvāca śālagrāmādimūrteś ca vakṣyehaṃ bhuktimuktidāḥ vāsudevo 'sito dvāre śālagrāmadvicakrakaḥ

Thus (ends) the forty-fifth chapter, called "The Marks of the Pedestal, the Auspicious Signs, and So Forth," in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa. Chapter 46: the telling of the marks of the śālagrāma and other forms. The Lord said: I shall now declare the forms beginning with the śālagrāma, which bestow enjoyment and liberation. Vāsudeva is dark, with an opening, a śālagrāma with two discuses.

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AgP 46.2

ज्ञेयः सङ्कर्षणो लग्नद्विचक्रो रक्त उत्तमः सूक्ष्मचक्रो बहुच्छिद्रः प्रद्युम्नो नीलदीघवः

jñeyaḥ saṅkarṣaṇo lagnadvicakro rakta uttamaḥ sūkṣmacakro bahucchidraḥ pradyumno nīladīghavaḥ

(He) is to be known as Saṃkarṣaṇa: with two adjoining discs, red — the best (of them); Pradyumna has a fine disc, many holes, is dark blue and long.

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AgP 46.3

पीतो निरुद्धः पद्माङ्गो वर्तुलो द्वित्रिरेखवान् कृष्णो नारायणो नाभ्युन्नतः शुषिरदीर्घवान्

pīto niruddhaḥ padmāṅgo vartulo dvitrirekhavān kṛṣṇo nārāyaṇo nābhyunnataḥ śuṣiradīrghavān

Aniruddha is yellow, lotus-bodied, round, and has two or three lines; Nārāyaṇa is black, raised at the navel, with a hole, and long.

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AgP 46.4

परमेष्ठो साब्जचक्रः पृष्ठच्छिद्रकश् च(१) विन्दुमान् स्थूलचक्रो ऽसितो विष्णुर्मध्ये रेखा गदाकृतिः

parameṣṭho sābjacakraḥ pṛṣṭhacchidrakaś ca(1) vindumān sthūlacakro 'sito viṣṇurmadhye rekhā gadākṛtiḥ

Parameṣṭhin has a disc together with a lotus, a hole on the back, and dots; Viṣṇu is black with a thick disc, and in the middle a line in the shape of a mace.

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AgP 46.5

नृसिंहः कपिकः स्थूलवक्रः स्यात् पञ्चविन्दुकः वराहः शक्तिलिङ्गः स्यात् तच्चक्रौ विषमौ सृतौ

nṛsiṃhaḥ kapikaḥ sthūlavakraḥ syāt pañcavindukaḥ varāhaḥ śaktiliṅgaḥ syāt taccakrau viṣamau sṛtau

Nṛsiṃha is brownish, thick and curved, and has five dots; Varāha would have a spear-mark (or liṅga of Śakti), and his two discs are uneven (and) elongated.

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AgP 46.6

इन्द्रनीलनिभः स्थूलस्त्रिरेखालाञ्छितः शुभः कूर्मस्तथोन्नतः पृष्ठे वर्तुलावर्तको ऽसितः

indranīlanibhaḥ sthūlastrirekhālāñchitaḥ śubhaḥ kūrmastathonnataḥ pṛṣṭhe vartulāvartako 'sitaḥ

Resembling sapphire, thick, marked with three lines, auspicious; and so the Tortoise (form) is raised, black, with a round whorl on the back.

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AgP 46.7

हयग्रीवोङ्कुशावाररेखो नीलः सविन्दुकः :न् १ पृथुश्च्च्छिद्रश्चेति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १३४ वैकुण्ठः एकचक्रो ऽब्जी मणिभिः पुच्छरेखकः

hayagrīvoṅkuśāvārarekho nīlaḥ savindukaḥ :n 1 pṛthuśccchidraśceti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 134 vaikuṇṭhaḥ ekacakro 'bjī maṇibhiḥ puccharekhakaḥ

Hayagrīva has a goad-shaped line all around, is dark blue and has dots. Vaikuṇṭha has one disc, bears a lotus, and has a tail-line with gems.

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AgP 46.8

मत्स्यो दीर्घस्त्रिविन्दुः स्यात् काचवर्णस्तु पूरितः श्रीधरो वनमालाङ्कः पञ्जरेखस्तु वर्तुलः

matsyo dīrghastrivinduḥ syāt kācavarṇastu pūritaḥ śrīdharo vanamālāṅkaḥ pañjarekhastu vartulaḥ

The Fish would be long with three dots, of the colour of glass and filled out; Śrīdhara bears the mark of the forest-garland, has five lines and is round.

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AgP 46.9

वामनो वर्तुलश्चातिह्रस्वो नीलः सविन्दुकः श्यामस्त्रिविक्रमो दक्षरेखो वामेन विन्दुकः

vāmano vartulaścātihrasvo nīlaḥ savindukaḥ śyāmastrivikramo dakṣarekho vāmena vindukaḥ

Vāmana is round and very short, dark blue and with dots; Trivikrama is dusky, with a line on the right and a dot on the left.

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AgP 46.10

अनन्तो नागभोगाङ्गो नैकाभो नैकमूर्तिमान् स्थूलो दामोदरो मध्यचक्रो द्वाःसूक्ष्मविन्दुकः(१)

ananto nāgabhogāṅgo naikābho naikamūrtimān sthūlo dāmodaro madhyacakro dvāḥsūkṣmavindukaḥ(1)

Ananta has a body (coiled) like a serpent's, is of many hues and of many forms, thick; Dāmodara has a disc in the middle and fine dots at the openings.

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AgP 46.11

सुदर्शनस्त्वेकचक्रो लक्ष्मीनारायणो द्वयात् त्रिचक्रश्चाच्युतो देवस्त्रिचक्रको वा त्रिविक्रमः

sudarśanastvekacakro lakṣmīnārāyaṇo dvayāt tricakraścācyuto devastricakrako vā trivikramaḥ

Sudarśana has one disc, Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa by two; the god Acyuta has three discs, or else Trivikrama has three discs.

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AgP 46.12

जनार्दनश् चतुश् चक्रो वासुदेवश् च पञ्चभिः षट्वक्रश् चैव प्रद्युम्नः सङ्कर्षणञ्च सप्तभिः

janārdanaś catuś cakro vāsudevaś ca pañcabhiḥ ṣaṭvakraś caiva pradyumnaḥ saṅkarṣaṇañca saptabhiḥ

Janārdana has four discs, and Vāsudeva five; Pradyumna has six discs, and Saṃkarṣaṇa seven.

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AgP 46.13

पुरुषोत्तमोष्टचक्रो नवव्यूहो नवाङ्कितः दशावतारो दशभिर्दशैकेनानिरुद्धकः द्वादशात्मा द्वादशभिरत ऊर्ध्वमनन्तकः

puruṣottamoṣṭacakro navavyūho navāṅkitaḥ daśāvatāro daśabhirdaśaikenāniruddhakaḥ dvādaśātmā dvādaśabhirata ūrdhvamanantakaḥ

Puruṣottama has eight discs; the Nine-fold Group is marked with nine; the Ten Descents by ten; Aniruddha by eleven; the Twelve-souled by twelve; beyond that (it is) Ananta.

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