Agni Purana — Chapter 52
AgP 52.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये प्रतिमालक्षणं नाम एकपञ्चाशो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {५२} :श् अथ द्विपञ्चोशो ऽध्यायः देवीप्रतिमालक्षणं भगवानुवाच योगिन्यष्टाष्टकं वक्ष्ये ऐन्द्रादीशान्ततः क्रमात् :न् १ शिखिनीसूत्रवान् शनिरिति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः २ खड्गो इति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ मणिविद्याधराश् च खे इति ख, चिहितपुस्तकपाठः ४ विस्तृतानना इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ शूलयुता इति ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १४७ अक्षोभ्या रूक्षकर्णो च राक्षसी कृपणाक्षया(१)
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye pratimālakṣaṇaṃ nāma ekapañcāśo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {52} :ś atha dvipañcośo 'dhyāyaḥ devīpratimālakṣaṇaṃ bhagavānuvāca yoginyaṣṭāṣṭakaṃ vakṣye aindrādīśāntataḥ kramāt :n 1 śikhinīsūtravān śaniriti ga, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 khaḍgo iti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 maṇividyādharāś ca khe iti kha, cihitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 vistṛtānanā iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 śūlayutā iti ga, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 147 akṣobhyā rūkṣakarṇo ca rākṣasī kṛpaṇākṣayā(1)
Thus (ends) the fifty-first chapter, named 'The Characteristics of Images,' in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa. || Chapter 52. Now the fifty-second chapter: The Characteristics of the Images of the Goddess. The Lord said: I shall declare the eight sets of eight Yoginīs, in order from the east (Indra's quarter) to the north-east (Īśāna's). — Akṣobhyā, Rūkṣakarṇā, Rākṣasī, Kṛpaṇā, Akṣayā,
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AgP 52.2
पिङ्गाक्षी च क्षया क्षेमा इला लीलालया तथा लोला लक्ता बलाकेशी(२) लालसा विमला पुनः(३)
piṅgākṣī ca kṣayā kṣemā ilā līlālayā tathā lolā laktā balākeśī(2) lālasā vimalā punaḥ(3)
and Piṅgākṣī, Kṣayā, Kṣemā, Ilā, and likewise Līlālayā, Lolā, Laktā, Balākeśī, Lālasā, and again Vimalā,
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AgP 52.3
हुताशा च विशालाक्षी हुङ्कारा वडवामुखी महाक्रूरा क्रोधना तु भयङ्करी महानना
hutāśā ca viśālākṣī huṅkārā vaḍavāmukhī mahākrūrā krodhanā tu bhayaṅkarī mahānanā
and Hutāśā, Viśālākṣī, Huṅkārā, Vaḍavāmukhī, Mahākrūrā, and Krodhanā, Bhayaṅkarī, Mahānanā,
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AgP 52.4
सर्वज्ञा तरला तारा ऋग्वेदा तु हयानना साराख्या रुद्रशङ्ग्राही(४) सम्बरा तालजङ्घिका
sarvajñā taralā tārā ṛgvedā tu hayānanā sārākhyā rudraśaṅgrāhī(4) sambarā tālajaṅghikā
Sarvajñā, Taralā, Tārā, and Ṛgvedā, Hayānanā, she named Sārā, Rudrasaṅgrāhī, Sambarā, Tālajaṅghikā,
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AgP 52.5
रक्ताक्षी सुप्रसिद्धा तु विद्युज्जिह्वा करङ्किणी मेघनादा प्रचण्डोग्रा कालकर्णी(५) वरप्रदा
raktākṣī suprasiddhā tu vidyujjihvā karaṅkiṇī meghanādā pracaṇḍogrā kālakarṇī(5) varapradā
Raktākṣī, and Suprasiddhā, Vidyujjihvā, Karaṅkiṇī, Meghanādā, Pracaṇḍogrā, Kālakarṇī, Varapradā,
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AgP 52.6
चन्द्रा चन्द्रावली(६) चैव प्रपञ्चा प्रलयान्तिका शिशुवक्त्रा पिशाची च पिशिताशा च लोलुपा
candrā candrāvalī(6) caiva prapañcā pralayāntikā śiśuvaktrā piśācī ca piśitāśā ca lolupā
Candrā and Candrāvalī, Prapañcā, Pralayāntikā, Śiśuvaktrā, and Piśācī, and Piśitāśā, Lolupā,
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AgP 52.7
धमनी तापनी चैव रागिणी(७) विकृतानना वायुवेगा वृहत्कुक्षिर्विकृता विश्वरूपिका
dhamanī tāpanī caiva rāgiṇī(7) vikṛtānanā vāyuvegā vṛhatkukṣirvikṛtā viśvarūpikā
and Dhamanī, Tāpanī, Rāgiṇī, Vikṛtānanā, Vāyuvegā, Vṛhatkukṣi, Vikṛtā, Viśvarūpikā,
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AgP 52.8
यमजिह्वा जयन्ती च दुर्जया च जयान्तिका विडाली रेवती चैव पूतना विजयान्तिका
yamajihvā jayantī ca durjayā ca jayāntikā viḍālī revatī caiva pūtanā vijayāntikā
Yamajihvā, and Jayantī, Durjayā, and Jayāntikā, Viḍālī, and Revatī, Pūtanā, Vijayāntikā.
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AgP 52.9
अष्टहस्ताश् चतुर्हस्ता इच्छास्त्राः सर्वसिद्धिदाः :न् १ क्षपणा क्षमा इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । क्षपणा क्षपा इति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयकपाठः २ लोला रक्ता च लोकेशो इति ग, घ, ङ, चिह्निअपुस्तकत्रयपाठः ३ विमला तत इति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ४ रससङ्ग्राही इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । वसुसङ्ग्राही इति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ कालवर्णी इति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ६ चण्डा चण्दवतीति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ७ वामनी इति ख, ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १४८ भैरवश्चार्कहस्तः स्यात् कूर्परास्यो(१) जटेन्दुभृत्
aṣṭahastāś caturhastā icchāstrāḥ sarvasiddhidāḥ :n 1 kṣapaṇā kṣamā iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / kṣapaṇā kṣapā iti ga, gha, cihnitapustakadvayakapāṭhaḥ 2 lolā raktā ca lokeśo iti ga, gha, ṅa, cihniapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 3 vimalā tata iti ga, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 4 rasasaṅgrāhī iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / vasusaṅgrāhī iti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 kālavarṇī iti ga, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 6 caṇḍā caṇdavatīti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 7 vāmanī iti kha, ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 148 bhairavaścārkahastaḥ syāt kūrparāsyo(1) jaṭendubhṛt
(They are) eight-armed or four-armed, with weapons as they wish, granting all attainments. — Bhairava should have the sun in his hand, with a face at the elbow(?), wearing matted locks and the moon.
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AgP 52.10
खड्गाङ्कुशकुठारेषुविश्वभयभृदेकतः चापत्रिशूलखट्वाङ्गपाशकार्धवरोद्यतः
khaḍgāṅkuśakuṭhāreṣuviśvabhayabhṛdekataḥ cāpatriśūlakhaṭvāṅgapāśakārdhavarodyataḥ
On one side he holds sword, hook, axe, arrow, and the gesture of (dispelling) universal fear; (on the other) he holds up bow, trident, skull-staff, noose, and the half-gesture of boon-giving.
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AgP 52.11
गजचर्मधरो द्वाभ्यां कृत्तिवासोहिभूषतः प्रेताशनो मातृमध्ये पूज्यः पञ्चाननोथवा
gajacarmadharo dvābhyāṃ kṛttivāsohibhūṣataḥ pretāśano mātṛmadhye pūjyaḥ pañcānanothavā
With two (hands) he holds an elephant hide; he is clad in a skin and adorned with serpents; he devours corpses; he is to be worshipped in the midst of the Mothers, or else as five-faced.
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AgP 52.12
अविलोमाग्निपर्यन्तं दीर्घाष्टकैकभेदितं तत्षडङ्गानि जात्यन्तैर् अन्वितं च क्रमाद् यजेत्
avilomāgniparyantaṃ dīrghāṣṭakaikabheditaṃ tatṣaḍaṅgāni jātyantair anvitaṃ ca kramād yajet
(The mantra) not in reverse order, up to 'fire' (ra), differentiated one by one by the eight long vowels, and with those six limbs joined to the endings of the classes — thus one should worship in due order.
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AgP 52.13
मन्दिराग्निदलारूढं(२) सुवर्णरसकान्वितं नादविन्द्वन्दुसंयुक्तं मातृनाथाङ्गदीपितं
mandirāgnidalārūḍhaṃ(2) suvarṇarasakānvitaṃ nādavindvandusaṃyuktaṃ mātṛnāthāṅgadīpitaṃ
Mounted on the petal of the fire of the temple(?), joined with 'suvarṇarasaka', conjoined with the resonance and the dot, illumined by the limbs of the Lord of the Mothers.
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AgP 52.14
वीरभद्रो वृषारूढो मात्रग्रे स चतुर्मुखः गौरीं तु द्विभुजा त्र्यक्षा शूलिनी दर्पणान्विता
vīrabhadro vṛṣārūḍho mātragre sa caturmukhaḥ gaurīṃ tu dvibhujā tryakṣā śūlinī darpaṇānvitā
Vīrabhadra, mounted on a bull, (stands) before the Mothers, four-faced; but Gaurī (is) two-armed, three-eyed, bearing a trident and holding a mirror.
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AgP 52.15
शूलं गलन्तिका कुण्डी(३) वरदा च चतुर्भुजा अब्जस्था ललिता स्कन्दगणादर्शशलाकया(४)
śūlaṃ galantikā kuṇḍī(3) varadā ca caturbhujā abjasthā lalitā skandagaṇādarśaśalākayā(4)
(Or, four-armed with) trident, water-vessel, pot, and the boon-giving gesture; Lalitā, seated on a lotus, (is shown) with Skanda, Gaṇa, a mirror and a needle(?).
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AgP 52.16
चण्डिका सशहस्ता स्यात् खड्गशूलारिशक्तिधृक् दक्षे वामे नागपाशं चर्माग्कुशकुठारकं धनुः सिंहे च महिषः शूलेन प्रहतोग्रतः
caṇḍikā saśahastā syāt khaḍgaśūlāriśaktidhṛk dakṣe vāme nāgapāśaṃ carmāgkuśakuṭhārakaṃ dhanuḥ siṃhe ca mahiṣaḥ śūlena prahatogrataḥ
Caṇḍikā should be ten-armed, holding on the right the sword, the trident, the discus and the spear; on the left the serpent-noose, the shield, the goad, the axe and the bow; and (there are) the lion and the buffalo, struck in front with the trident.
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