Agni Purana — Chapter 53
AgP 53.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये प्रतिमालक्षणं नाम द्विपञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ दन्तुरास्य इति ख, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः २ मण्डलाग्निदलारूढमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ शूलं गलन्ती कुण्डी चेति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ स्कन्दगणा दश विनायका इति ख, चिहिनितपुस्तकपाठः ५ अत्र चण्डिकादशहस्तेषु खड्गशूलारिशक्तिधृगिति युक्तः पाठः अस्मल्लब्धपुस्तकपञ्चकेषु नायं पाठः :प् १४९ छप्तेर् {५३} :श् अथ त्रिपञ्चाशत्तमोध्यायः लिङ्गलक्षणं भगवानुवाच लिङ्गादिलक्षणं वक्ष्ये कमलोद्भव तच्छृणु दैर्घ्यार्धं वसुभिर्भक्त्वा त्यक्त्वा भागत्रयं ततः
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye pratimālakṣaṇaṃ nāma dvipañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 danturāsya iti kha, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 maṇḍalāgnidalārūḍhamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 śūlaṃ galantī kuṇḍī ceti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 skandagaṇā daśa vināyakā iti kha, cihinitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 atra caṇḍikādaśahasteṣu khaḍgaśūlāriśaktidhṛgiti yuktaḥ pāṭhaḥ asmallabdhapustakapañcakeṣu nāyaṃ pāṭhaḥ :p 149 chapter {53} :ś atha tripañcāśattamodhyāyaḥ liṅgalakṣaṇaṃ bhagavānuvāca liṅgādilakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye kamalodbhava tacchṛṇu dairghyārdhaṃ vasubhirbhaktvā tyaktvā bhāgatrayaṃ tataḥ
Thus (ends) in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, the fifty-second chapter, called the Characteristics of Images. [Notes:] 1. 'danturāsya' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha and gha. 2. 'maṇḍalāgnidalārūḍham' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 3. 'śūlaṃ galantī kuṇḍī ca' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. 4. 'skandagaṇā daśa vināyakāḥ' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. 5. Here, among Caṇḍikā's ten hands, the proper reading is 'khaḍgaśūlāriśaktidhṛk'; this reading is not in the five manuscripts obtained by us. [Page] 150. Chapter 53. Now the fifty-third chapter: the characteristics of the liṅga. The Lord said: I shall declare the characteristics of the liṅga and the rest, O lotus-born; hear that. Having divided half the length into eight, and then leaving aside three parts—
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AgP 53.2
विष्कम्भं भूतभागैस्तु चतुरस्रन्तु कारयेत् आयामं मूर्तिभिर्भक्त्वा एकद्वित्रिक्रमान् न्यसेत्
viṣkambhaṃ bhūtabhāgaistu caturasrantu kārayet āyāmaṃ mūrtibhirbhaktvā ekadvitrikramān nyaset
One should make the breadth square, with five parts; and dividing the length into eight, one should lay out (the sections) in the order of one, two, three.
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AgP 53.3
ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवांशेषु वर्धमानोयमुच्यते चतुरस्रेस्य वर्णार्धं गुह्यकोणेषु लाञ्छयेत्
brahmaviṣṇuśivāṃśeṣu vardhamānoyamucyate caturasresya varṇārdhaṃ guhyakoṇeṣu lāñchayet
In the portions of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva this is called the 'increasing' (vardhamāna) type; half the measure of its square one should mark off at the hidden corners.
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AgP 53.4
अष्टाग्रं वैष्णवं भागं सिध्यत्येव न संशयः षोडशास्रं ततः कुर्याद्द्वात्रिंशास्रं ततः पुनः
aṣṭāgraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ bhāgaṃ sidhyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ ṣoḍaśāsraṃ tataḥ kuryāddvātriṃśāsraṃ tataḥ punaḥ
The Vaiṣṇava portion, eight-cornered, is certainly accomplished, no doubt of it; then one should make it sixteen-cornered, and after that thirty-two-cornered.
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AgP 53.5
चतुःषष्ट्यस्रकं कृत्वा वर्तुलं साधयेत्ततः कर्तयेदथ लिङ्गस्य शिरो वै देशिकोत्तमः
catuḥṣaṣṭyasrakaṃ kṛtvā vartulaṃ sādhayettataḥ kartayedatha liṅgasya śiro vai deśikottamaḥ
Having made it sixty-four-cornered, one should then bring it to a round form; and then the best of teachers should shape the head of the liṅga.
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AgP 53.6
विस्तारमथ लिङ्गस्य अष्टधा संविभाजयेत् भागार्धार्धन्तु सन्त्यज्य च्छत्राकारं शिरो भवेत्
vistāramatha liṅgasya aṣṭadhā saṃvibhājayet bhāgārdhārdhantu santyajya cchatrākāraṃ śiro bhavet
Then one should divide the breadth of the liṅga into eight; leaving off a quarter of a part, the head should be umbrella-shaped.
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AgP 53.7
त्रिषु भागेषु सदृशमायामं यस्य चिस्तरः तद्विभागसमं लिङ्गं सर्वकामफलप्रदं
triṣu bhāgeṣu sadṛśamāyāmaṃ yasya cistaraḥ tadvibhāgasamaṃ liṅgaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradaṃ
That liṅga whose breadth equals the length in three parts, being equal to that division, bestows the fruit of all desires.
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AgP 53.8
दैर्घ्यस्य तु चतुर्थेन विष्कम्भं देवपूजिते सर्वेषामेव लिङ्गानां लक्षणं शृणु साम्प्रतं
dairghyasya tu caturthena viṣkambhaṃ devapūjite sarveṣāmeva liṅgānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ śṛṇu sāmprataṃ
The breadth is a fourth of the length in (the liṅga) worshipped by the gods. Now hear the characteristics of all liṅgas.
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AgP 53.9
मध्यसूत्रं समासाद्य ब्रह्मरुद्रान्तिकं(१) बुधः षोडशाङ्गुललिङ्गस्य षड्भागैर् भाजितो यथा
madhyasūtraṃ samāsādya brahmarudrāntikaṃ(1) budhaḥ ṣoḍaśāṅgulaliṅgasya ṣaḍbhāgair bhājito yathā
Having taken the middle line, which reaches to Brahmā and Rudra, the wise man—for a liṅga of sixteen aṅgulas, as it is divided into six parts—
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AgP 53.10
तद्वैयमनसूत्राभ्यां मानमन्तरमुच्यते यवाष्टमुत्तरे कार्यं शेषाणां यवहानितः
tadvaiyamanasūtrābhyāṃ mānamantaramucyate yavāṣṭamuttare kāryaṃ śeṣāṇāṃ yavahānitaḥ
by those two lines the intermediate measure is stated; for the upper one, eight barleycorns are to be made, and for the rest by successive reduction of a barleycorn.
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AgP 53.11
अधोभागं त्रिधा कृत्वा त्वर्धमेकं परित्यजेत् :न् १ व्रजेदात्यन्तिकमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १५० अष्टधा तद्द्वयं कृत्वा ऊर्ध्वभागत्र्यं त्यजेत्
adhobhāgaṃ tridhā kṛtvā tvardhamekaṃ parityajet :n 1 vrajedātyantikamiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 150 aṣṭadhā taddvayaṃ kṛtvā ūrdhvabhāgatryaṃ tyajet
Having made the lower portion threefold, one should discard one half. [Note 1: 'vrajed ātyantikam' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga. Page 150.] Having made that pair eightfold, one should discard three of the upper parts.
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AgP 53.12
ऊर्ध्वञ्च पञ्चमाद्भागाद् भ्राम्य रेखां प्रलम्बयेत् भागमेकं परित्यज्य सङ्गं कारयेत्तयोः
ūrdhvañca pañcamādbhāgād bhrāmya rekhāṃ pralambayet bhāgamekaṃ parityajya saṅgaṃ kārayettayoḥ
And from the fifth part upward one should draw a line around and let it hang down; leaving aside one part, one should make the junction of the two.
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AgP 53.13
एतत् साधारणं प्रोक्तं लिङ्गानां लक्षणं मया सर्वसाधारणं वक्ष्ये पिण्डिकान्तान्निबोध मे
etat sādhāraṇaṃ proktaṃ liṅgānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ mayā sarvasādhāraṇaṃ vakṣye piṇḍikāntānnibodha me
This common characteristic of liṅgas has been declared by me; I shall state what is common to all, up to the pedestal—learn it from me.
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AgP 53.14
ब्रह्मभागप्रवेशञ्च ज्ञात्वा लिङ्गस्य चोच्छ्रयं न्यसेद् ब्रह्मशिलां विद्वान् सम्यक्कर्मशिलोपरि
brahmabhāgapraveśañca jñātvā liṅgasya cocchrayaṃ nyased brahmaśilāṃ vidvān samyakkarmaśilopari
Knowing the insertion of the Brahmā-portion and the height of the liṅga, the learned man should set the Brahmā-stone properly upon the karma-stone.
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AgP 53.15
तथा सुमुच्छ्रयं ज्ञात्वा पिण्डिकां प्रविभाजयेत् द्विभागमुच्छ्रितं पीठं विस्तारं लिङ्गसम्मितम्
tathā sumucchrayaṃ jñātvā piṇḍikāṃ pravibhājayet dvibhāgamucchritaṃ pīṭhaṃ vistāraṃ liṅgasammitam
Likewise, knowing the height well, one should divide up the pedestal: the pīṭha raised by two parts, its breadth commensurate with the liṅga.
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AgP 53.16
त्रिभागं मध्यतः खातं कृत्वा पीठं(१) विभाजयेत् स्वमानार्धत्रिभागेण बाहुल्यं परिकल्पयेत्
tribhāgaṃ madhyataḥ khātaṃ kṛtvā pīṭhaṃ(1) vibhājayet svamānārdhatribhāgeṇa bāhulyaṃ parikalpayet
Having made the hollow in the middle three parts, one should divide the pīṭha; one should fix the thickness at three parts of half its own measure.
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AgP 53.17
बाहुल्यस्य त्रिभागेण मेखलामथ कल्पयेत् खातं स्यान्मेखलातुल्यं क्रमान्निम्नन्तु कारयेत्
bāhulyasya tribhāgeṇa mekhalāmatha kalpayet khātaṃ syānmekhalātulyaṃ kramānnimnantu kārayet
With a third of the thickness one should then fashion the girdle (mekhalā); the hollow should equal the girdle, and should be made deep by degrees.
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AgP 53.18
मेखलाषोडशांशेन खातं वा तत्प्रमाणज्ञः उच्छ्रायं तस्य पीठस्य विकाराङ्गं तु(२) कारयेत्
mekhalāṣoḍaśāṃśena khātaṃ vā tatpramāṇajñaḥ ucchrāyaṃ tasya pīṭhasya vikārāṅgaṃ tu(2) kārayet
Or one who knows its measure (may make) the hollow a sixteenth part of the girdle; and the height of that pīṭha he should make with modified members.
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AgP 53.19
भूमौ प्रविष्टमेकं तु भागैकेन(३) पिण्डिका कण्ठं भागैस्त्रिभिः कार्यं भागेनैकेन पट्टिका
bhūmau praviṣṭamekaṃ tu bhāgaikena(3) piṇḍikā kaṇṭhaṃ bhāgaistribhiḥ kāryaṃ bhāgenaikena paṭṭikā
One part is sunk into the ground; with one part the piṇḍikā; the neck is to be made with three parts; with one part the fillet (paṭṭikā).
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AgP 53.20
द्यंगेन चोर्ध्वपट्टन्तु(४) एकांशाः शेषपट्टिका भागं भागं प्रविष्टन्तु यावत् कण्ठं ततः पुनः
dyaṃgena cordhvapaṭṭantu(4) ekāṃśāḥ śeṣapaṭṭikā bhāgaṃ bhāgaṃ praviṣṭantu yāvat kaṇṭhaṃ tataḥ punaḥ
And the upper slab (is to be made) with two parts; the remaining fillet is of one part. It is to be inserted part by part up to the neck, and then again,
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AgP 53.21
निर्गमं भागमेकं तु यावद्वै शेषपट्टिका प्रणालस्य त्रिभागेन निर्गमस्तु त्रिभागतः
nirgamaṃ bhāgamekaṃ tu yāvadvai śeṣapaṭṭikā praṇālasya tribhāgena nirgamastu tribhāgataḥ
the projection (is) one part, as far as the remaining fillet extends; and the projection of the water-channel is by a third part, (measured) from three parts.
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AgP 53.22
:न् १ मध्यतः कृत्वा ततः पीठमिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ विकारांशांश्चेति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ भागेनैकेनेति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ चार्धपट्टन्तु इति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १५१ मूलेङ्गुल्यग्रविस्तारमग्रे त्र्यंशेन चार्धतः ईषन्निम्नन्तु कुर्वीत खातं तच्चोत्तरेण वै पिण्डिकासहितं लिङ्गमेतत् साधारणं स्मृतम्
:n 1 madhyataḥ kṛtvā tataḥ pīṭhamiti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 vikārāṃśāṃśceti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 bhāgenaikeneti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 cārdhapaṭṭantu iti kha, ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 151 mūleṅgulyagravistāramagre tryaṃśena cārdhataḥ īṣannimnantu kurvīta khātaṃ taccottareṇa vai piṇḍikāsahitaṃ liṅgametat sādhāraṇaṃ smṛtam
(Its) breadth at the base is a fingertip, in front by a third and by a half. One should make the excavation slightly sunken, and that toward the north. This liṅga together with its pedestal is declared to be the ordinary one.
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