Agni Purana — Chapter 58
AgP 58.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये कलशाधिवासो नाम सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {५८} :श् अथ अष्टपञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः स्नानादिविधिः भगवानुवाच ऐशान्यां जनयेत् कुण्डं गुरुर्वह्निञ्च वैष्णवं गायत्र्यष्टशतं हुत्वा सम्पातविधिना घटान्
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye kalaśādhivāso nāma saptapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {58} :ś atha aṣṭapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ snānādividhiḥ bhagavānuvāca aiśānyāṃ janayet kuṇḍaṃ gururvahniñca vaiṣṇavaṃ gāyatryaṣṭaśataṃ hutvā sampātavidhinā ghaṭān
The Lord said: In the northeast the teacher should produce a fire-pit and (kindle) the Vaiṣṇava fire; having offered a hundred and eight oblations with the Gāyatrī, (he should sprinkle) the jars by the sampāta rite.
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AgP 58.2
प्रोक्षयेत् कारुशालायां शिल्पिभिर्मूर्तिपैर् व्रजेत् तूर्यशब्दैः कौतुकञ्च बन्धयेद्दक्षिणे करे
prokṣayet kāruśālāyāṃ śilpibhirmūrtipair vrajet tūryaśabdaiḥ kautukañca bandhayeddakṣiṇe kare
He should sprinkle (them); in the artisans' workshop he should go with the craftsmen and the image-keepers; and to the sounds of drums he should bind the protective thread on the right hand.
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AgP 58.3
विष्णवे शिपिविष्टेति ऊर्णासूत्रेण सर्षपैः पट्टवस्त्रेण कर्तव्यं देशिकस्यापि कौतुकं
viṣṇave śipiviṣṭeti ūrṇāsūtreṇa sarṣapaiḥ paṭṭavastreṇa kartavyaṃ deśikasyāpi kautukaṃ
With the verse "To Viṣṇu Śipiviṣṭa...", with a woollen thread and mustard seeds, the protective thread should also be made for the officiant, with a silken cloth.
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AgP 58.4
मण्डपे(१) प्रतिमां स्थाप्य सवस्त्रां पूजितान् स्तुवन् नमस्तेर्च्ये सुरेशानि प्रणीते विश्वकर्मणा
maṇḍape(1) pratimāṃ sthāpya savastrāṃ pūjitān stuvan namastercye sureśāni praṇīte viśvakarmaṇā
Having set up the image, clothed, in the pavilion, (and) praising (the deities) who have been worshipped, (he should say:) "Homage (to you), O worshipful one, O mistress of the gods, fashioned by Viśvakarman."
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AgP 58.5
प्रभाविताशेषजगद्धात्रि तुभ्यं नमो नमः त्वयि सम्पूजयामीशे नारायणमनामयं
prabhāvitāśeṣajagaddhātri tubhyaṃ namo namaḥ tvayi sampūjayāmīśe nārāyaṇamanāmayaṃ
"O upholder of the whole world, brought into being (by you) — homage, homage to you! In you, O mistress, I duly worship Nārāyaṇa, the free from disease."
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AgP 58.6
रहिता शिल्पिदोषैस्त्वमृद्धियुक्ता सदा भव एवं विज्ञाप्य प्रतिमां नयेत्तां स्नानमण्डपं
rahitā śilpidoṣaistvamṛddhiyuktā sadā bhava evaṃ vijñāpya pratimāṃ nayettāṃ snānamaṇḍapaṃ
"Be you always free of the flaws of the craftsman and endowed with prosperity." Having thus made (his) request, he should lead that image to the bathing pavilion.
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AgP 58.7
शिल्पिनन्तोषयेद्द्रव्यैर् गुरवे गां प्रदापयेत् चित्रं देवेति मन्त्रेण नेत्रे चोन्मीलयेत्ततः
śilpinantoṣayeddravyair gurave gāṃ pradāpayet citraṃ deveti mantreṇa netre conmīlayettataḥ
He should gratify the craftsman with goods and have a cow given to the teacher; then with the mantra beginning "citraṃ devānām" he should open the eyes (of the image).
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AgP 58.8
:न् १ मण्डले इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १६४ अग्निर्ज्योतीति दृष्टिञ्च दद्याद्वै भद्रपीठके ततः शुक्लानि पुष्पाणि घृतं सिद्धार्थकं तथा
:n 1 maṇḍale iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 164 agnirjyotīti dṛṣṭiñca dadyādvai bhadrapīṭhake tataḥ śuklāni puṣpāṇi ghṛtaṃ siddhārthakaṃ tathā
[Apparatus: note 1: 'maṇḍale' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga. Page 164.] With "agnir jyotiḥ" he should indeed bestow sight, upon the auspicious seat; then white flowers, ghee, and likewise white mustard,
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AgP 58.9
दूर्वां कुशाग्रं देवस्य दद्याच्छिरसि देशिकः मधुवातेति मन्त्रेण नेत्रे चाभ्यञ्जयेद्गुरुः
dūrvāṃ kuśāgraṃ devasya dadyācchirasi deśikaḥ madhuvāteti mantreṇa netre cābhyañjayedguruḥ
the officiant should place dūrvā grass and the tip of a kuśa blade on the head of the god; and with the mantra "madhu vātāḥ" the teacher should anoint the eyes.
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AgP 58.10
हिरण्यगर्भमन्त्रेण इमं मेति च कीर्तयेत् घृतेनाभ्यञ्जयेत् पश्चात् पठन् घृतवतीं पुनः
hiraṇyagarbhamantreṇa imaṃ meti ca kīrtayet ghṛtenābhyañjayet paścāt paṭhan ghṛtavatīṃ punaḥ
With the Hiraṇyagarbha mantra and with "imaṃ me" he should recite; afterwards he should anoint (it) with ghee, reciting again the "ghṛtavatī" (verse).
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AgP 58.11
मसूरपिष्टे नोद्वर्त्य(१) अतो देवेति कीर्तयन् क्षालयेदुष्णतोयेन सप्त ते ऽग्रेति देशिकः
masūrapiṣṭe nodvartya(1) ato deveti kīrtayan kṣālayeduṣṇatoyena sapta te 'greti deśikaḥ
Having rubbed (it) down with lentil paste, reciting "ato devāḥ," the officiant should wash (it) with hot water with "sapta te 'gre."
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AgP 58.12
द्रुपदादिवेत्यनुलिम्पेदापो हि ष्ठेति सेचयेत् नदीजैस्तीर्थजैः स्नानं पावमानीति रत्नजैः
drupadādivetyanulimpedāpo hi ṣṭheti secayet nadījaistīrthajaiḥ snānaṃ pāvamānīti ratnajaiḥ
With "drupadād iva" he should anoint (it); with "āpo hi ṣṭhā" he should sprinkle (it); the bathing (is done) with waters from rivers and from sacred fords, and with "pāvamānī" with (waters) containing jewels.
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AgP 58.13
समुद्रं गच्छ चन्दनैस्तीर्थमृत्कलशेन च शन्नो देवीः स्नापयेच्च गायत्र्याप्युष्णवारिणा(२)
samudraṃ gaccha candanaistīrthamṛtkalaśena ca śanno devīḥ snāpayecca gāyatryāpyuṣṇavāriṇā(2)
With "samudraṃ gaccha" (he should bathe it) with sandal(-water) and with a jar of earth from a sacred ford; and with "śaṃ no devīḥ" and with the Gāyatrī he should bathe (it) with hot water.
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AgP 58.14
पञ्चमृद्धिर्हिरण्येति स्नापयेत्परमेश्वरं सिकताद्भिरिर्मं मेति वल्मीकोदघटेन च
pañcamṛddhirhiraṇyeti snāpayetparameśvaraṃ sikatādbhirirmaṃ meti valmīkodaghaṭena ca
With "hiraṇyam" (he should bathe it) with the five earths; he should bathe the Supreme Lord with sand-water with "imaṃ me," and with a jar of anthill earth-water.
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AgP 58.15
तद्विष्णोरिति ओषध्यद्भिर्या ओषधीति मन्त्रतः यज्ञायज्ञेति काषायैः पञ्चभिर्गव्यकैस्ततः
tadviṣṇoriti oṣadhyadbhiryā oṣadhīti mantrataḥ yajñāyajñeti kāṣāyaiḥ pañcabhirgavyakaistataḥ
With "tad viṣṇoḥ" (he should bathe it) with herb-waters, by the mantra "yā oṣadhīḥ"; with "yajñā yajñā" with the ochre substances, then with the five products of the cow.
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AgP 58.16
पयः पृथिव्यां मन्त्रेण याः फलिनी फलाम्बुभिः विश्वतश् चक्षुः सौम्येन पूर्वेण कलसेन च
payaḥ pṛthivyāṃ mantreṇa yāḥ phalinī phalāmbubhiḥ viśvataś cakṣuḥ saumyena pūrveṇa kalasena ca
With the mantra "payaḥ pṛthivyām" (with milk), with "yāḥ phalinīḥ" with fruit-waters, with "viśvataś cakṣuḥ" with the northern jar and with the eastern one.
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AgP 58.17
सोमं राजानमित्येवं विष्णो रराटं दक्षतः हंसः शुचिः पश्चिमेन कुर्यादुद्वर्तनं हरेः
somaṃ rājānamityevaṃ viṣṇo rarāṭaṃ dakṣataḥ haṃsaḥ śuciḥ paścimena kuryādudvartanaṃ hareḥ
Thus with "somaṃ rājānam" (he should bathe) Viṣṇu's forehead, on the right; with "haṃsaḥ śuciḥ" with the western (jar) he should perform the rubbing-down of Hari.
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AgP 58.18
मूर्धानन्दिवमन्त्रेण धात्रीं मांसीं च के ददेत्(३) मानस्तोकेति मन्त्रेण गन्धद्वारेति गन्धकैः
mūrdhānandivamantreṇa dhātrīṃ māṃsīṃ ca ke dadet(3) mānastoketi mantreṇa gandhadvāreti gandhakaiḥ
With the mantra "mūrdhānaṃ divaḥ" he should place emblic myrobalan and spikenard on the head; with the mantra "mā nas toke" and with "gandhadvārā" with fragrant substances.
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AgP 58.19
:न् १ मयूरपिच्छेनोद्वर्त्य इति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ गायत्र्या गन्धवारिणा इति ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः ३ धात्रीमांस्युदकेन चेति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १६५ इदमापेति च घटैर् एताशीतिपदस्थितैः एह्येहि भगवन् विष्णो लोकानुग्राहकारक
:n 1 mayūrapicchenodvartya iti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 gāyatryā gandhavāriṇā iti ga, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 3 dhātrīmāṃsyudakena ceti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 165 idamāpeti ca ghaṭair etāśītipadasthitaiḥ ehyehi bhagavan viṣṇo lokānugrāhakāraka
[Apparatus: note 1: 'having rubbed with a peacock feather' is the reading of the manuscript marked gha; note 2: 'with the Gāyatrī, with perfumed water' is the reading of the three manuscripts marked ga, gha, ṅa; note 3: 'dhātrī and māṃsī with water' is the reading of the manuscript marked gha. Page 165.] And with "idam āpaḥ" with the jars, these set in eighty places: "Come, come, Lord Viṣṇu, bestower of grace on the worlds!"
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AgP 58.20
यज्ञभागं गृहाणेमं वासुदेव नमोस्तु ते अनेनावाह्य देवेशं कुर्यात् कौतुकमोचनं
yajñabhāgaṃ gṛhāṇemaṃ vāsudeva namostu te anenāvāhya deveśaṃ kuryāt kautukamocanaṃ
"Receive this portion of the sacrifice, Vāsudeva; homage be to you." Having invoked the Lord of gods with this, he should perform the loosing of the (protective) thread.
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AgP 58.21
मुञ्चामि त्वेति सूक्तेन देशिकस्यापि मोचयेत् हिरण्मयेन पाद्यं दद्यादतो देवेति चार्घ्यकं
muñcāmi tveti sūktena deśikasyāpi mocayet hiraṇmayena pādyaṃ dadyādato deveti cārghyakaṃ
With the hymn "muñcāmi tvā" he should loose (the thread) of the officiant also; with a golden (vessel) he should offer the foot-water, and with "ato devāḥ" the guest-water.
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AgP 58.22
मधुवाता मधुपर्कं मयि गृह्णामि चाचमेत् अक्षन्नमीमदन्तेति किरेद्दर्वाक्षतं बुधः
madhuvātā madhuparkaṃ mayi gṛhṇāmi cācamet akṣannamīmadanteti kireddarvākṣataṃ budhaḥ
With "madhu vātāḥ" the honey-mixture; with "mayi gṛhṇāmi" he should offer the sipping-water; with "akṣann amīmadanta" the wise (officiant) should scatter dūrvā grass and unhusked grains.
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AgP 58.23
काण्डान्निर्मञ्छनं कुर्याद्गन्धं गन्धवतीति च उन्नयामीति(१) माल्यञ्च इदं विष्णुः पवित्रकं
kāṇḍānnirmañchanaṃ kuryādgandhaṃ gandhavatīti ca unnayāmīti(1) mālyañca idaṃ viṣṇuḥ pavitrakaṃ
He should perform the waving-away with the stalks, and the perfume with "gandhavatī"; with "unnayāmi" the garland, and with "idaṃ viṣṇuḥ" the purificatory thread.
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AgP 58.24
वृहस्पते वस्त्रयुग्मं वेदाहमित्युत्तरीयकं महाव्रतेन सकलीपुष्पं चौषधयः क्षिपेत्
vṛhaspate vastrayugmaṃ vedāhamityuttarīyakaṃ mahāvratena sakalīpuṣpaṃ cauṣadhayaḥ kṣipet
(He should offer) a pair of garments with "O Bṛhaspati," the upper garment with "vedāham," and with the Mahāvrata he should cast on the flower(s) of the sakalī rite and the herbs.
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AgP 58.25
धूपं दद्याद्धूरसीति विभ्राट्सूक्तेन चाञ्जनं युञ्जन्तीति च तिलकं दीर्घायुष्ट्वेति माल्यकं
dhūpaṃ dadyāddhūrasīti vibhrāṭsūktena cāñjanaṃ yuñjantīti ca tilakaṃ dīrghāyuṣṭveti mālyakaṃ
He should offer incense with "dhūr asi," eye-salve with the Vibhrāṭ hymn, the forehead mark with "yuñjanti," and the garland with "dīrghāyuṣṭva."
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AgP 58.26
इन्द्रच्छत्रेति छत्रन्तु आदर्शन्तु विराजतः चामरन्तु विकर्णेन भूषां रथन्तरेण च
indracchatreti chatrantu ādarśantu virājataḥ cāmarantu vikarṇena bhūṣāṃ rathantareṇa ca
The parasol with "indracchatra," the mirror with "virājataḥ," the fly-whisk with the Vikarṇa (verse), and the ornament with the Rathantara.
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AgP 58.27
व्यजनं वायुदैवत्यैर् मुञ्चामि त्वेति पुष्पकं वेदाद्यैः संस्तुतिं कुर्याद्धरेः पुरुषसूक्ततः
vyajanaṃ vāyudaivatyair muñcāmi tveti puṣpakaṃ vedādyaiḥ saṃstutiṃ kuryāddhareḥ puruṣasūktataḥ
The fan with the (mantras) whose deity is Vāyu, the flower with "muñcāmi tvā"; he should make praise of Hari with (verses) beginning with "veda" and with the Puruṣasūkta.
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AgP 58.28
सर्वमेतत्समं कुर्यात् पिण्डिकादौ हरादिके देवस्योत्थानसमये सौपर्णं सूक्तमुच्चरेत्
sarvametatsamaṃ kuryāt piṇḍikādau harādike devasyotthānasamaye sauparṇaṃ sūktamuccaret
He should do all this in the same way for the pedestal and the rest, and for Hara and the other (deities); at the time of the god's raising up he should recite the Sauparṇa hymn.
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AgP 58.29
उत्तिष्ठेति समुत्थाप्य शय्याया मण्डपे नयेत् शाकुनेनैव सूक्तेन देवं ब्रह्मरथादिना
uttiṣṭheti samutthāpya śayyāyā maṇḍape nayet śākunenaiva sūktena devaṃ brahmarathādinā
Having raised (the image) up with "uttiṣṭha," he should convey it from the bed to the pavilion; (he should convey) the god with the Śākuna hymn, by the Brahmaratha and the rest.
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AgP 58.30
अतो देवेति सूक्तेन प्रातिमां पिण्डिकां तथा श्रीसूक्तेन च शय्यायां विष्णोस्तु शकलीकृतिः
ato deveti sūktena prātimāṃ piṇḍikāṃ tathā śrīsūktena ca śayyāyāṃ viṣṇostu śakalīkṛtiḥ
With the hymn "ato devāḥ" (he should place) the image and likewise the pedestal, and with the Śrīsūkta; on the bed, the sakalī-rite of Viṣṇu (is performed).
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AgP 58.31
:न् १ तत्त्वायामीति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १६६ मृगराजं वृषं नागं व्यजनं कलशं तथा वैजयन्तीं तथा भेरीं दीपमित्यष्टमङ्गलं
:n 1 tattvāyāmīti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 166 mṛgarājaṃ vṛṣaṃ nāgaṃ vyajanaṃ kalaśaṃ tathā vaijayantīṃ tathā bherīṃ dīpamityaṣṭamaṅgalaṃ
[Note 1: "tattvāyāmi" is the reading of the manuscript marked gha. Page 166] The lion, the bull, the elephant, the fan, the water-jar, likewise the banner, likewise the drum, and the lamp — these are the eight auspicious things.
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AgP 58.32
दर्शयेदश्वसूक्तेन पाददेशे त्रिपादिति उखां पिधानकं पात्रमम्बिकां दर्विकां ददेत्
darśayedaśvasūktena pādadeśe tripāditi ukhāṃ pidhānakaṃ pātramambikāṃ darvikāṃ dadet
He should display (them) with the Aśva hymn; at the place of the feet, with "tripād" (he should place) the cooking pot, the lid, the vessel, the Ambikā (vessel?), and the ladle.
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AgP 58.33
मुषलोलूखलं दद्याच्छिलां सम्मार्जनीं तथा तथा भोजनभाण्डानि गृहोपकारणानि च
muṣalolūkhalaṃ dadyācchilāṃ sammārjanīṃ tathā tathā bhojanabhāṇḍāni gṛhopakāraṇāni ca
He should give a pestle and mortar, a grinding stone and likewise a broom, and likewise eating vessels and household implements.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 58.34
शिरोदेशे च निद्राख्यं वस्त्ररत्नयुतं घटं खण्डखाद्यैः पूरयित्वा स्नपनस्य विधिः स्मृतः
śirodeśe ca nidrākhyaṃ vastraratnayutaṃ ghaṭaṃ khaṇḍakhādyaiḥ pūrayitvā snapanasya vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ
And at the place of the head, the jar called Nidrā, furnished with cloth and jewels, having filled it with sugar-candy sweets — (thus) the rule of the bathing (rite) is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain