Agni Purana — Chapter 60
AgP 60.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये अधिवासनं नाम ऊनषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {६०} :श् अथ षष्टितमोध्यायः वासुदेवप्रतिष्ठादिविधिः भगवानुवाच पिण्डिकास्थापनार्थन्तु गर्भागारं तु सप्तधा विभजेद् ब्रह्मभागे तु प्रतिमां स्थापयेद् बुधः
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye adhivāsanaṃ nāma ūnaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {60} :ś atha ṣaṣṭitamodhyāyaḥ vāsudevapratiṣṭhādividhiḥ bhagavānuvāca piṇḍikāsthāpanārthantu garbhāgāraṃ tu saptadhā vibhajed brahmabhāge tu pratimāṃ sthāpayed budhaḥ
The Lord said: For the sake of installing the pedestal, he should divide the womb-chamber (sanctum) into seven parts, and the wise (priest) should install the image in the Brahmā-portion.
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AgP 60.2
देवमनुषपैशाचभागेषु न कदाचन ब्रह्मभागं परित्यज्य किञ्चिदाश्रित्य चाण्डज
devamanuṣapaiśācabhāgeṣu na kadācana brahmabhāgaṃ parityajya kiñcidāśritya cāṇḍaja
Never in the divine, human, or piśāca portions; abandoning the Brahmā-portion and resorting to some other, O twice-born (bird-born one).
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AgP 60.3
देवमानुषभागाभ्यां स्थाप्या यत्नात्तु पिण्डिका(३) नपुंसककशिलायान्तु रत्नन्यासं समाचरेत्
devamānuṣabhāgābhyāṃ sthāpyā yatnāttu piṇḍikā(3) napuṃsakakaśilāyāntu ratnanyāsaṃ samācaret
With the divine and human portions the pedestal is to be installed carefully; and on the neuter slab he should perform the deposit of gems.
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AgP 60.4
नारसिंहेन हुत्वा रत्नन्यासं(४) च तेन वै :न् १ चतस्रः स्थापयेच्च गा इति ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपठः २ घोषयेच्च ततो मखे इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ स्थापयेदाशु पिण्डिकामिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ वर्णन्यासमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १७३ व्रीहीन् रत्नांस्त्रिधातूंश् च लोहादींश् चन्दनादिकान्
nārasiṃhena hutvā ratnanyāsaṃ(4) ca tena vai :n 1 catasraḥ sthāpayecca gā iti ga, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapaṭhaḥ 2 ghoṣayecca tato makhe iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 sthāpayedāśu piṇḍikāmiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 varṇanyāsamiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 173 vrīhīn ratnāṃstridhātūṃś ca lohādīṃś candanādikān
Having offered oblation with the Nārasiṃha (mantra), and (having performed) the deposit of gems with that same (mantra): rice-grains, gems, the three metals, iron and the rest, sandal-paste and the rest —
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AgP 60.5
पूर्वादिनवगर्तेषु न्यसेन् मध्ये यथारुचि अथ चेन्द्रादिमन्त्रैश् च गर्तो गुग्गुलुनावृतः
pūrvādinavagarteṣu nyasen madhye yathāruci atha cendrādimantraiś ca garto guggulunāvṛtaḥ
— he should deposit (them) in the nine cavities beginning from the east, and in the middle as he pleases; and then with the mantras of Indra and the rest the cavity is covered with guggulu resin.
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AgP 60.6
रत्नन्यासविधिं कृत्वा प्रतिमामालभेद्गुरुः सशलाकैर् दर्भपुञ्जैश् च सहदेवैः समन्वितैः
ratnanyāsavidhiṃ kṛtvā pratimāmālabhedguruḥ saśalākair darbhapuñjaiś ca sahadevaiḥ samanvitaiḥ
Having performed the rite of the gem-deposit, the teacher should touch the image with bundles of darbha grass together with stalks and provided with sahadevī plants.
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AgP 60.7
सवाह्यन्तैश् च संस्कृत्य पञ्चगव्येन शोधयेत् प्रोक्षयेद्दर्भतोयेन(१) नदीतीर्थोदकेन च
savāhyantaiś ca saṃskṛtya pañcagavyena śodhayet prokṣayeddarbhatoyena(1) nadītīrthodakena ca
Having consecrated it together with its outer parts, he should purify it with the five products of the cow; he should sprinkle it with darbha-water and with water from a river or a sacred ford.
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AgP 60.8
होमार्थे खण्डिलं कुर्यात् सिकताभिः समन्ततः सार्धहस्तप्रमाणं तु चतुरस्रं सुशोभनं
homārthe khaṇḍilaṃ kuryāt sikatābhiḥ samantataḥ sārdhahastapramāṇaṃ tu caturasraṃ suśobhanaṃ
For the oblation he should make an altar-plot of sand all around, measuring one and a half cubits, four-cornered and very beautiful.
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AgP 60.9
अष्टदिक्षु यथान्यासं कलशानपि विन्यसेत् पूर्वाद्यानष्टवर्णेन अग्निमानीय संस्कृतं
aṣṭadikṣu yathānyāsaṃ kalaśānapi vinyaset pūrvādyānaṣṭavarṇena agnimānīya saṃskṛtaṃ
He should also set down the pots in the eight directions according to the (prescribed) arrangement, those beginning in the east, with the eight-syllabled (mantra); having brought the fire, consecrated,
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AgP 60.10
त्वमग्नेद्युभिरिति गायत्र्या समिधो हुनेत् अष्टार्णेनाष्टशतकं(२) आज्यं पूर्णां प्रदापयेत्
tvamagnedyubhiriti gāyatryā samidho hunet aṣṭārṇenāṣṭaśatakaṃ(2) ājyaṃ pūrṇāṃ pradāpayet
he should offer the kindling-sticks with "tvam agne dyubhiḥ" and with the gāyatrī; with the eight-syllabled (mantra) he should have one hundred and eight (offerings of) ghee made, and the full oblation.
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AgP 60.11
शान्त्युदकं आम्रपत्रैः(३) मूलेन शतमन्त्रितं सिञ्चेद्देवस्य तन्मूर्ध्नि श्रीश् च ते ह्य् अनया ऋचा
śāntyudakaṃ āmrapatraiḥ(3) mūlena śatamantritaṃ siñceddevasya tanmūrdhni śrīś ca te hy anayā ṛcā
Peace-water, (charged) with mango leaves and made potent by the root-mantra recited a hundred times, he should sprinkle on the head of the god, with the verse "śrīś ca te".
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AgP 60.12
ब्रह्मयानेन(४) चोद्धृत्य उत्तिष्ठ ब्रह्मणस्पते तद्विष्णोरिति मन्त्रेण प्रासादाभिमुखं नयेत्
brahmayānena(4) coddhṛtya uttiṣṭha brahmaṇaspate tadviṣṇoriti mantreṇa prāsādābhimukhaṃ nayet
Having lifted (the image) up by the Brahmā-conveyance with "uttiṣṭha brahmaṇaspate", he should lead it facing the temple with the mantra "tad viṣṇoḥ".
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AgP 60.13
शिविकायां हरिं स्थाप्य भ्रामयीत पुरादिकं गीतवेदादिशब्दैश् च(५) प्रासादद्वारि धारयेत्
śivikāyāṃ hariṃ sthāpya bhrāmayīta purādikaṃ gītavedādiśabdaiś ca(5) prāsādadvāri dhārayet
Having placed Hari on the palanquin, (one) should carry (him) around the city and so forth, and with the sounds of song, Vedic recitation, and the rest should hold (him) at the door of the temple.
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AgP 60.14
:न् १ प्रोक्षयेद् गन्धतोयेनेति ख, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः २ अष्टान्तेनाष्टशतकमिति ख, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ३ शान्त्युदकमाज्यपात्रैर् इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ ब्रह्मपात्रेणेति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ गीतवाद्यादिशब्दैश् च इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १७४ स्त्रीभिर्विप्रैर् मङ्गलाष्टघटैः(१) संस्नापयेद्धरिं ततो गन्धादिनाभ्यर्च्य मूलमन्त्रेण देशिकः
:n 1 prokṣayed gandhatoyeneti kha, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 2 aṣṭāntenāṣṭaśatakamiti kha, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 3 śāntyudakamājyapātrair iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 brahmapātreṇeti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 gītavādyādiśabdaiś ca iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 174 strībhirviprair maṅgalāṣṭaghaṭaiḥ(1) saṃsnāpayeddhariṃ tato gandhādinābhyarcya mūlamantreṇa deśikaḥ
[The intervening matter is an editorial note on variant readings in manuscripts kha, gha, ṅa, ga, and a page marker; not translated.] With women and brahmins (present), the teacher should bathe Hari with the eight auspicious jars, then worship (him) with perfume and the rest, using the root mantra.
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AgP 60.15
अतो देवेति वस्त्राद्यमष्टाङ्गार्घ्यं निवेद्य च स्थिरे लग्ने पिण्डिकायां देवस्य त्वेति धारयेत्
ato deveti vastrādyamaṣṭāṅgārghyaṃ nivedya ca sthire lagne piṇḍikāyāṃ devasya tveti dhārayet
And having offered garments and so forth and the eight-part guest-water with (the mantra) beginning 'ato devāḥ', (he) should, at a fixed (astrological) hour, set (the image) on the pedestal with (the mantra) 'devasya tvā'.
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AgP 60.16
ॐ त्रैलोक्यविक्रान्ताय नमस्तेस्तु त्रिविक्रम संस्थ्याप्य पिण्डिकायान्तु स्थिरं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः
oṃ trailokyavikrāntāya namastestu trivikrama saṃsthyāpya piṇḍikāyāntu sthiraṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ
"Oṃ, homage to you, Trivikrama, who strode across the three worlds" — having thus established (the image) on the pedestal, the wise one should make it firm.
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AgP 60.17
ध्रुवा द्यौरिति मन्त्रेण विश्वतश् चक्षुरित्यपि पञ्चगव्येन संस्नाप्य क्षाल्य गन्धदकेन च
dhruvā dyauriti mantreṇa viśvataś cakṣurityapi pañcagavyena saṃsnāpya kṣālya gandhadakena ca
With the mantra 'dhruvā dyauḥ' and also with 'viśvataś cakṣuḥ', having bathed (the image) with the five products of the cow, and washed (it) with perfumed water,
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AgP 60.18
पूजयेत् सकलीकृत्य साङ्गं सावरणं हरिं ध्यायेत् स्वं तस्य मूर्तिन्तु पृथिवी तस्य पीठिका
pūjayet sakalīkṛtya sāṅgaṃ sāvaraṇaṃ hariṃ dhyāyet svaṃ tasya mūrtintu pṛthivī tasya pīṭhikā
(he) should worship Hari, having performed the sakalīkaraṇa, together with his limbs and his encircling attendants; and he should meditate: "His body is my own; the earth is his pedestal."
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AgP 60.19
कल्पयेद्विग्रहं तस्य तैजसैः परमाणुभिः जीवमावाहयिष्यामि पञ्चविंशतितत्त्वगं
kalpayedvigrahaṃ tasya taijasaiḥ paramāṇubhiḥ jīvamāvāhayiṣyāmi pañcaviṃśatitattvagaṃ
(He) should form his body out of luminous atoms: "I shall invoke the living soul that goes through the twenty-five principles —
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AgP 60.20
चैतन्यं परमानन्दं जाग्रत्स्वप्नविवर्जितं देहेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिप्राणाहङ्कारवर्जितं
caitanyaṃ paramānandaṃ jāgratsvapnavivarjitaṃ dehendriyamanobuddhiprāṇāhaṅkāravarjitaṃ
consciousness, supreme bliss, free of waking and dreaming, free of body, senses, mind, intellect, breath, and ego,
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AgP 60.21
ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं हृदयेषु व्यवस्थितं हृदयात् प्रतिमाविम्बे स्थिरो भव परेश्वर
brahmādistambaparyantaṃ hṛdayeṣu vyavasthitaṃ hṛdayāt pratimāvimbe sthiro bhava pareśvara
established in the hearts (of all beings) from Brahmā down to a clump of grass: from (my) heart into the image's form, become fixed, O supreme Lord!
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AgP 60.22
सजीवं कुरु बिम्बं त्वं सवाह्याभ्यन्तरस्थितः अङ्गुष्ठमात्रः पुरुषो देहोपाधिषु संस्थितः
sajīvaṃ kuru bimbaṃ tvaṃ savāhyābhyantarasthitaḥ aṅguṣṭhamātraḥ puruṣo dehopādhiṣu saṃsthitaḥ
Make the image alive, you who abide both outside and within! The Person, of the measure of a thumb, is seated in the body's limiting conditions,
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AgP 60.23
ज्योतिर्ज्ञानं परं ब्रह्म एकमेवाद्वितीयकं सजीवीकरणं कृत्वा प्रणवेन निबोधयेत्
jyotirjñānaṃ paraṃ brahma ekamevādvitīyakaṃ sajīvīkaraṇaṃ kṛtvā praṇavena nibodhayet
light, knowledge, the supreme Brahman, one alone without a second." Having performed the enlivening, (he) should awaken (the deity) with the praṇava.
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AgP 60.24
सान्निध्यकरणन्नाम हृदयं स्पृश्य वै जपेत् सूक्तन्तु पौरुषं ध्यायन् इदं गुह्यमनुं जपेत्
sānnidhyakaraṇannāma hṛdayaṃ spṛśya vai japet sūktantu pauruṣaṃ dhyāyan idaṃ guhyamanuṃ japet
Touching the heart, (he) should indeed recite what is called the making-present (mantra); and meditating on the Puruṣa hymn, he should recite this secret formula:
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AgP 60.25
नमस्तेस्तु सुरेशाय सन्तोषविभवात्मने :न् १ मङ्गलाष्टघटे इति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् १७५ ज्ञानविज्ञानरूपाय ब्रह्मतेजोनुयायिने
namastestu sureśāya santoṣavibhavātmane :n 1 maṅgalāṣṭaghaṭe iti kha, ga, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 175 jñānavijñānarūpāya brahmatejonuyāyine
"Homage be to you, the lord of the gods, whose self is the majesty of contentment, [apparatus note on variant readings and page marker not translated] whose form is knowledge and discernment, who follows the brilliance of Brahman,
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AgP 60.26
गुणातिक्रान्तवेशाय(१) पुरुषाय महात्मने अक्षयाय पुराणाय विष्णो सन्निहितो भव
guṇātikrāntaveśāya(1) puruṣāya mahātmane akṣayāya purāṇāya viṣṇo sannihito bhava
whose guise transcends the qualities, to the Person, the great Self, to the imperishable, the ancient one — O Viṣṇu, be present!
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AgP 60.27
यच्च ते परमं तत्त्वं(२) यच्च ज्ञानमयं वपुः तत् सर्वमेकतो लीनमस्मिन्देहे विबुध्यतां
yacca te paramaṃ tattvaṃ(2) yacca jñānamayaṃ vapuḥ tat sarvamekato līnamasmindehe vibudhyatāṃ
That supreme reality which is yours, and that body of yours made of knowledge — let all that, merged into one, be awakened in this body."
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AgP 60.28
आत्मानं सन्निधीकृत्य ब्रह्मादिपरिवारकान् स्वनाम्ना स्थापयेदन्यानायुधान् स्वमुद्रया
ātmānaṃ sannidhīkṛtya brahmādiparivārakān svanāmnā sthāpayedanyānāyudhān svamudrayā
Having made the Self present, (he) should install Brahmā and the other attendants each by his own name, and the other weapons each by its own gesture.
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AgP 60.29
यात्रावर्षादिकं दृष्ट्वा(३) ज्ञेयः सन्निहितो हरिः नत्वा स्तुत्वा स्तवाद्यैश् च जप्त्वा चाष्टाक्षरादिकं
yātrāvarṣādikaṃ dṛṣṭvā(3) jñeyaḥ sannihito hariḥ natvā stutvā stavādyaiś ca japtvā cāṣṭākṣarādikaṃ
On observing a procession, rain, or the like, Hari is to be known as present. Having bowed, praised (him) with hymns and the like, and recited the eight-syllable and other (mantras),
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AgP 60.30
चण्डप्रचण्डौ द्वारस्थौ निर्गत्याभ्यर्चयेद्गुरुः अग्निमण्डपमासाद्य गरुडं स्थाप्य पूजयेत्
caṇḍapracaṇḍau dvārasthau nirgatyābhyarcayedguruḥ agnimaṇḍapamāsādya garuḍaṃ sthāpya pūjayet
the teacher should go out and worship Caṇḍa and Pracaṇḍa, who stand at the door; reaching the fire-pavilion, he should install Garuḍa and worship (him).
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AgP 60.31
दिगीशान् दिशि देवांश् च स्थाप्य सम्पूज्य देशिकः विश्वक्सेनं तु संस्थाप्य शङ्खचक्रादि पूजयेत्
digīśān diśi devāṃś ca sthāpya sampūjya deśikaḥ viśvaksenaṃ tu saṃsthāpya śaṅkhacakrādi pūjayet
Having installed and duly worshipped the guardians of the directions and the gods of the quarters, the teacher should install Viṣvaksena and worship the conch, discus, and the rest.
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AgP 60.32
सर्वपार्षदकेभ्यश् च बलिं भूतेभ्य अर्चयेत् परमवस्त्रसुवर्णादि गुरवे दक्षिणां ददेत्
sarvapārṣadakebhyaś ca baliṃ bhūtebhya arcayet paramavastrasuvarṇādi gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dadet
And he should offer an oblation to all the attendant hosts and to the spirits; he should give the teacher the best garments, gold, and the like as his fee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 60.33
यागोपयोगिद्रव्याद्यमाचार्याय नरोर्पयेत् आचार्यदक्षिणार्धन्तु ऋत्विग्भ्यो दक्षिणां ददेत्
yāgopayogidravyādyamācāryāya narorpayet ācāryadakṣiṇārdhantu ṛtvigbhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dadet
The man should hand over to the teacher the materials and other things used in the sacrifice; and he should give to the officiating priests a fee amounting to half the teacher's fee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 60.34
अन्येभ्यो दक्षिणां दद्याद्भोजयेद् ब्राह्मणांस्ततः अवारितान् फलान्(४) दद्याद्यजमानाय वै गुरुः
anyebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādbhojayed brāhmaṇāṃstataḥ avāritān phalān(4) dadyādyajamānāya vai guruḥ
He should give fees to the others, and then feed the brahmins; and the guru should give unrestricted fruits to the sacrificer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 60.35
विष्णुं नयेत् प्रतिष्ठाता(५) चात्मना सकलं कुलं :न् १ गुणातिक्रान्तरूपाय इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ यच्च ते परमं गुह्यमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ यात्रावर्षादिकं कृत्वेति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ अवारितफलमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ प्रतिष्ठाकृदिति ख, ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकचतुष्टयपाठः :प् १७६ सर्वेषामेव देवानामेष साधारणो विधिः मूलमन्त्राः पृथक्तेषां शेषं कार्यं समानकं
viṣṇuṃ nayet pratiṣṭhātā(5) cātmanā sakalaṃ kulaṃ :n 1 guṇātikrāntarūpāya iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 yacca te paramaṃ guhyamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 yātrāvarṣādikaṃ kṛtveti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 avāritaphalamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 pratiṣṭhākṛditi kha, ga, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakacatuṣṭayapāṭhaḥ :p 176 sarveṣāmeva devānāmeṣa sādhāraṇo vidhiḥ mūlamantrāḥ pṛthakteṣāṃ śeṣaṃ kāryaṃ samānakaṃ
The one performing the installation should lead Viṣṇu (in procession), himself together with his whole family. This procedure is the same for all the gods: their root-mantras are separate, but the remaining rite is to be performed alike.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain