Agni Purana — Chapter 47

AgP 47.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये शालग्रामादिमूर्तिलक्षणं नाम षट्चत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {४७} :श् अथ सप्तचत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः शालग्रामादिपूजाकथनं भगवानुवाच शालग्रामादिचक्राङ्कपूजाः सिद्ध्यै वदामि ते त्रिविधा स्याद्धरेः पूजा काम्याकाम्योभयात्मिका

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye śālagrāmādimūrtilakṣaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {47} :ś atha saptacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ śālagrāmādipūjākathanaṃ bhagavānuvāca śālagrāmādicakrāṅkapūjāḥ siddhyai vadāmi te trividhā syāddhareḥ pūjā kāmyākāmyobhayātmikā

Thus in the primal Great Purāṇa, the Āgneya, the forty-sixth chapter, called the characteristics of the forms of the śālagrāma and the rest. // Now the forty-seventh chapter: the telling of the worship of the śālagrāma and the rest. The Lord said: I will tell you, for (your) attainment, the worships of the śālagrāma and the other disc-marked (stones). The worship of Hari is of three kinds: with desire, without desire, and of both natures.

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AgP 47.2

मीनादीनान्तु पञ्चानां काम्याथो वोभयात्मिका(२) :न् १ मध्यचक्राधः सूक्ष्मविन्दुक इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ काम्यार्थेवोभयात्मकेति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १३५ वराहस्य नृसिंहस्य वामनस्य च मुक्तये

mīnādīnāntu pañcānāṃ kāmyātho vobhayātmikā(2) :n 1 madhyacakrādhaḥ sūkṣmavinduka iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 kāmyārthevobhayātmaketi gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 135 varāhasya nṛsiṃhasya vāmanasya ca muktaye

But for the five beginning with the Fish it is with desire, or else of both natures. For Varāha, for Nṛsiṃha and for Vāmana it is for liberation.

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AgP 47.3

चक्रादीनां त्रयाणान्तु शालग्रामार्चनं शृणु उत्तमा निष्फला पूजा कनिष्ठा सफलार्चना

cakrādīnāṃ trayāṇāntu śālagrāmārcanaṃ śṛṇu uttamā niṣphalā pūjā kaniṣṭhā saphalārcanā

But hear the śālagrāma-worship of the three beginning with the Disc: the best worship is the fruitless one (done without desire for reward), the lowest is worship with a reward,

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AgP 47.4

मध्यमा मूर्तिपूजा स्याच्चक्राब्जे चतुरस्रके प्रणवं हृदि विन्यस्य षडङ्गङ्करदेहयोः

madhyamā mūrtipūjā syāccakrābje caturasrake praṇavaṃ hṛdi vinyasya ṣaḍaṅgaṅkaradehayoḥ

and the worship of the image is middling. On the disc(-marked stone), on the lotus within a square, having placed the syllable Om in the heart, (and) the six limbs (of the mantra) on hand and body,

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AgP 47.5

कृतमुद्रात्रयश् चक्राद् वहिः पूवे गुरुं यजेत् आप्ये गणं वायवे च धातारं नैरृते यजेत्

kṛtamudrātrayaś cakrād vahiḥ pūve guruṃ yajet āpye gaṇaṃ vāyave ca dhātāraṃ nairṛte yajet

having made the three seals, outside the disc he should worship the guru in the east; in the west the (Lord's) retinue, and in the north-west Dhātṛ; in the south-west he should worship

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AgP 47.6

विधातारञ्च कर्तारं हर्तारं दक्षसौम्ययोः विश्वक्सेनं यजेदीशे आग्नेये क्षेत्रपालकम्

vidhātārañca kartāraṃ hartāraṃ dakṣasaumyayoḥ viśvaksenaṃ yajedīśe āgneye kṣetrapālakam

Vidhātṛ, and the Maker in the south and the Destroyer in the north; in the north-east he should worship Viṣvaksena, in the south-east the field-protector;

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AgP 47.7

ऋगादिवेदान् प्रागादौ आधारानन्तकं भुवं पीठं पद्मं चार्कचन्द्रवह्न्याख्यं मण्डलत्रयं

ṛgādivedān prāgādau ādhārānantakaṃ bhuvaṃ pīṭhaṃ padmaṃ cārkacandravahnyākhyaṃ maṇḍalatrayaṃ

the Vedas beginning with the Ṛg in the east and so on; the support, Ananta, the earth, the seat, the lotus, and the three circles called sun, moon and fire;

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AgP 47.8

आसनं द्वादशार्णेन तत्र स्थाप्य शिलां यजेत् अस्तेन च समस्तेन स्ववीजेन यजेत् क्रमात्

āsanaṃ dvādaśārṇena tatra sthāpya śilāṃ yajet astena ca samastena svavījena yajet kramāt

(and) the throne with the twelve-syllabled (mantra). Having established (the deity) there, he should worship the stone; and with the weapon-(mantra) and with the whole (mantra), with its own seed-syllable he should worship in due order.

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AgP 47.9

पूर्वादावथ वेदाद्यैर् गायत्रीभ्यां जितादिना प्रणवेनार्चयेत् पञ्चान्मुद्रास्तिस्रः प्रदर्शयेत्

pūrvādāvatha vedādyair gāyatrībhyāṃ jitādinā praṇavenārcayet pañcānmudrāstisraḥ pradarśayet

Then, beginning in the east, one should worship with the mantras beginning "veda...", with the two gāyatrīs, with the mantra beginning "jita...", and with the praṇava (oṃ); after the five, one should display the three mudrās.

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AgP 47.10

विश्वक्सेनस्य चक्रस्य क्षेत्रपालस्य दर्शयेत् शालग्रामस्य प्रथमा पूजार्थो निष्फलोच्यते

viśvaksenasya cakrasya kṣetrapālasya darśayet śālagrāmasya prathamā pūjārtho niṣphalocyate

He should display (the mudrās) of Viśvaksena, of the discus, and of the Kṣetrapāla. The first worship of the śālagrāma is said to be fruitless as regards its (ritual) purpose.

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AgP 47.11

पूर्ववत् षोडशारञ्च सपद्मं मण्डलं लिखेत् शङ्खचक्रगदाखड्गैर् गुर्वाद्यं पूर्ववद्यजेत्(१)

pūrvavat ṣoḍaśārañca sapadmaṃ maṇḍalaṃ likhet śaṅkhacakragadākhaḍgair gurvādyaṃ pūrvavadyajet(1)

As before, he should draw a sixteen-spoked diagram together with a lotus; with conch, discus, mace and sword (mantras) he should worship the guru and the rest as before.

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AgP 47.12

पूर्वे सौम्ये धनुर्वाणान् वेदाद्यैर् आसनं ददेत् शिलां न्यसेद् द्वादशार्णैस्तृतीयं पूजनं शृणु

pūrve saumye dhanurvāṇān vedādyair āsanaṃ dadet śilāṃ nyased dvādaśārṇaistṛtīyaṃ pūjanaṃ śṛṇu

In the east and in the north (he should place) bow and arrows; with the mantras beginning "veda..." he should offer the seat; he should set down the stone with the twelve-syllable (mantra). Hear (now) the third worship.

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AgP 47.13

अष्टारमब्जं विलिखेत् गुर्वाद्यं(२) पूर्ववद्यजयेत् :न् १ चतुर्भिः पूर्ववद्यजेदिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ गन्धाद्यैर् इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १३६ अष्टार्णेनासनं दत्वा तेनैव च शिलां न्यसेत् पूजयेद्दशधा तेन गायत्रीभ्यां जितं तथा(१)

aṣṭāramabjaṃ vilikhet gurvādyaṃ(2) pūrvavadyajayet :n 1 caturbhiḥ pūrvavadyajediti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 gandhādyair iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 136 aṣṭārṇenāsanaṃ datvā tenaiva ca śilāṃ nyaset pūjayeddaśadhā tena gāyatrībhyāṃ jitaṃ tathā(1)

He should draw an eight-spoked lotus; he should worship the guru and the rest as before. [Notes: 1. "jitaṃ tataḥ" is the reading of the three manuscripts marked kha, ga and ṅa. 2. "gandhādyaiḥ" ("with perfumes etc.") is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. p. 136] Having given the seat with the eight-syllable (mantra), and with that same one setting down the stone, he should worship tenfold with it, and likewise with the two gāyatrīs and the "jita" (mantra).

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