Agni Purana — Chapter 61
AgP 61.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये वासुदेवप्रतिष्ठादिकथनं नाम षष्टितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {६१} :श् अथ एकषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः द्वारप्रतिष्ठाध्वजारोहाणादिविधिः भगवानुवाच वक्षे चावभृतस्नानं विष्णोर् नत्वेति(१) होमयेत् एकाशीतिपदे कुम्भान् स्थाप्य संस्थापयेद्धरिं
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye vāsudevapratiṣṭhādikathanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {61} :ś atha ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ dvārapratiṣṭhādhvajārohāṇādividhiḥ bhagavānuvāca vakṣe cāvabhṛtasnānaṃ viṣṇor natveti(1) homayet ekāśītipade kumbhān sthāpya saṃsthāpayeddhariṃ
Thus, in the primordial great Purāṇa, the Āgneya, the sixtieth chapter, called the account of the installation of Vāsudeva and so forth. || Chapter 61. Now the sixty-first chapter: the procedure for installing the door, raising the banner, and so forth. The Lord said: I shall declare the concluding (avabhṛtha) bath; having bowed to Viṣṇu, he should make the fire-offering. Having set the pots on the eighty-one-square diagram, he should install Hari.
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AgP 61.2
पूजयेद् गन्धपुष्पाद्यैर् बलिं दत्वा गुरुं यजेत् द्वारप्रतिष्ठां वक्ष्यामि द्वाराधो हेम वै ददेत्
pūjayed gandhapuṣpādyair baliṃ datvā guruṃ yajet dvārapratiṣṭhāṃ vakṣyāmi dvārādho hema vai dadet
He should worship (him) with perfumes, flowers and the rest; and having presented the offering, he should honour the guru. I shall declare the installation of the door: below the door one should indeed place gold.
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AgP 61.3
अष्टभिः कलशैः स्थाप्य शाखोदुम्बरकौ गुरुः गन्धादिभिः समभ्यर्च्य मन्त्रैर् वेदादिभिर्गुरुः
aṣṭabhiḥ kalaśaiḥ sthāpya śākhodumbarakau guruḥ gandhādibhiḥ samabhyarcya mantrair vedādibhirguruḥ
The guru, having set up the two fig-wood posts with eight water-jars, and having thoroughly worshipped them with perfumes and the rest, with the mantras from the Veda and so on—
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AgP 61.4
कुण्डेषु होमयेद्वह्निं समिल्लाजतिलादिभिः दत्वा शय्यादिकञ्चाधो दद्यादाधारशक्तिकां
kuṇḍeṣu homayedvahniṃ samillājatilādibhiḥ datvā śayyādikañcādho dadyādādhāraśaktikāṃ
—should offer into the fire in the fire-pits with firewood, parched grain, sesame and the rest; and having furnished the bed and so forth, he should place the supporting power (ādhāraśakti) below.
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AgP 61.5
शाखयोर्विन्यसेन्मूले देवौ चण्डप्रचण्दकौ ऊर्ध्वोदुम्बरके देवीं लक्ष्मीं सुरगणार्चितां
śākhayorvinyasenmūle devau caṇḍapracaṇdakau ūrdhvodumbarake devīṃ lakṣmīṃ suragaṇārcitāṃ
At the foot of the two posts he should set the two gods Caṇḍa and Pracaṇḍa; on the upper fig-wood (lintel), the goddess Lakṣmī, worshipped by the hosts of gods.
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AgP 61.6
न्यस्याभ्यर्च्य(३) यथान्यायं श्रीसूक्तेन चतुर्मुखं दत्वा तु श्रीफलादीनि आचार्यादेस्तु दक्षिणां
nyasyābhyarcya(3) yathānyāyaṃ śrīsūktena caturmukhaṃ datvā tu śrīphalādīni ācāryādestu dakṣiṇāṃ
Having placed and duly worshipped the four-faced one with the Śrī-sūkta, and having given bel-fruits and the rest, (he should give) the fee to the teacher and the others.
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AgP 61.7
प्रतिष्ठासिद्धद्वारस्य त्वाचार्यः स्थापयेद्धरिं :न् १ विष्णुर्नुकेति घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुर्स्तकद्वयपाठः २ समिदाज्यतिलादिभिरिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ अथाभ्यर्च्येति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १७७ प्रासादादस्य प्रतिष्ठन्तु हृत्प्रतिष्ठेति तां शृणु
pratiṣṭhāsiddhadvārasya tvācāryaḥ sthāpayeddhariṃ :n 1 viṣṇurnuketi gha, ṅa, cihnitapurstakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 samidājyatilādibhiriti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 athābhyarcyeti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 177 prāsādādasya pratiṣṭhantu hṛtpratiṣṭheti tāṃ śṛṇu
For the door whose installation has been accomplished, the teacher should install Hari. Now hear the installation of this one in the temple, which is called the heart-installation.
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AgP 61.8
समाप्तौ शुकनाशाया(१) वेद्याः प्राग्दर्भमस्तके सौवर्णं राजतं कुम्भमथवा शुक्लनिर्मितं(२)
samāptau śukanāśāyā(1) vedyāḥ prāgdarbhamastake sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ kumbhamathavā śuklanirmitaṃ(2)
At the completion of the śukanāsā (the temple's front projection), on the altar, upon the eastward-pointing tip of the darbha grass, (he should set) a pot of gold or of silver, or one made of white (material).
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AgP 61.9
अष्टरत्नौषधीधातुवीजलौहान्वितं शुभं सवस्त्रं पूरितं चाद्भिर्मण्डले चाधिवासयेत्
aṣṭaratnauṣadhīdhātuvījalauhānvitaṃ śubhaṃ savastraṃ pūritaṃ cādbhirmaṇḍale cādhivāsayet
—an auspicious (pot) furnished with the eight gems, herbs, metals, seeds and irons, wrapped in cloth and filled with water; and he should keep it overnight on the diagram.
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AgP 61.10
सपल्लवं नृसिंहेन हुत्वा सम्पातसञ्चितं नारायणाख्यतत्त्वेन प्राणभूतं न्यसेत्ततः
sapallavaṃ nṛsiṃhena hutvā sampātasañcitaṃ nārāyaṇākhyatattvena prāṇabhūtaṃ nyasettataḥ
(The pot,) with sprouts, having been offered into the fire with the Nṛsiṃha (mantra) and charged by the sampāta oblations, he should then, by means of the principle named Nārāyaṇa, install (in it) the vital breath.
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AgP 61.11
वैराजभूतान्तं(३) ध्यायेत् प्रासादस्य सुरेश्वर ततः पुरुषवत्सर्वं प्रासादं चिन्तयेद् बुधः
vairājabhūtāntaṃ(3) dhyāyet prāsādasya sureśvara tataḥ puruṣavatsarvaṃ prāsādaṃ cintayed budhaḥ
He should meditate (on the temple) as ending in the Vairāja being, O lord of the gods; then the wise man should conceive the whole temple as a person.
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AgP 61.12
अधो दत्वा सुवर्णं तु तद्ववद् भूतं(४) घटं न्यसेत् गुर्वादौ दक्षिणां दद्याद् ब्राह्मणादेश् च भोजनं
adho datvā suvarṇaṃ tu tadvavad bhūtaṃ(4) ghaṭaṃ nyaset gurvādau dakṣiṇāṃ dadyād brāhmaṇādeś ca bhojanaṃ
Having placed gold below, he should likewise set down the pot that has become (that being); he should give fees to the guru and the others, and food for the brahmins and the rest.
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AgP 61.13
ततः पश्चाद्वेदिबन्धं तदूर्ध्वं कण्ठबन्धनं कण्ठोपरिष्टात् कर्तव्यं विमलामलसारकं
tataḥ paścādvedibandhaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ kaṇṭhabandhanaṃ kaṇṭhopariṣṭāt kartavyaṃ vimalāmalasārakaṃ
Then afterwards the altar-course, above that the neck-course; above the neck are to be made the vimala and the āmalasāraka.
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AgP 61.14
तदूर्ध्वं वृकलं(५) कुर्याच्चक्रञ्चाद्यं सुदर्शनं मूत्तिं श्रीवासुदेवस्य ग्रहगुप्तां निवेदयेत्
tadūrdhvaṃ vṛkalaṃ(5) kuryāccakrañcādyaṃ sudarśanaṃ mūttiṃ śrīvāsudevasya grahaguptāṃ nivedayet
Above that he should make the (culvaka?), and the foremost discus, Sudarśana; he should present the image of the blessed Vāsudeva, guarded by the planets.
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AgP 61.15
कलशं वाथ कुर्वीत तदूर्ध्वं चक्रमुत्तमं वेद्याश् च परितः स्थाप्या अष्टौ विघ्नेश्वरास्त्वज(६)
kalaśaṃ vātha kurvīta tadūrdhvaṃ cakramuttamaṃ vedyāś ca paritaḥ sthāpyā aṣṭau vighneśvarāstvaja(6)
Or else he should make a jar (finial), and above it an excellent discus; and around the altar eight lords of obstacles are to be installed, O unborn one.
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AgP 61.16
:न् १ वनमालायामिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ शुक्तिनिर्मलमिति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः । शुल्वनिर्मितमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ वैराजरूपं तमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ तत्त्वभूतमिति घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ तदूर्ध्वं चूर्णकं कुर्यादिति ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः तदूर्ध्वं चुल्वकं कुर्यादिति ख, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ६ अष्टौ वेद्येश्वरास्त्वज इति ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः :प् १७८ चत्वारो वा चतुर्दिक्षु स्थापनीया गरुत्मतः ध्वजारोहं च वक्ष्यामि येन भूतादि नश्यति
:n 1 vanamālāyāmiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 śuktinirmalamiti ga, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ / śulvanirmitamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 vairājarūpaṃ tamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 tattvabhūtamiti gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 tadūrdhvaṃ cūrṇakaṃ kuryāditi ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ tadūrdhvaṃ culvakaṃ kuryāditi kha, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 6 aṣṭau vedyeśvarāstvaja iti ga, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ :p 178 catvāro vā caturdikṣu sthāpanīyā garutmataḥ dhvajārohaṃ ca vakṣyāmi yena bhūtādi naśyati
Editorial notes on manuscript variants and page 178. — Or four (images) of Garuḍa are to be installed in the four directions. And I shall declare the raising of the banner, by which spirits and the like are destroyed.
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AgP 61.17
प्रासादविम्बद्रव्याणां यावन्तः परमाणवः तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि तत्कर्ता विष्णुलोकभाक्
prāsādavimbadravyāṇāṃ yāvantaḥ paramāṇavaḥ tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi tatkartā viṣṇulokabhāk
As many are the finest particles in the materials of the temple and the image, for that many thousands of years its maker enjoys the world of Viṣṇu.
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AgP 61.18
कुम्भाण्डवेदिविम्बानां भ्रमणाद्वायुनानघ कण्ठस्यावेष्टनाज् ज्ञेयं फलं कोटिगुणं ध्वजात्
kumbhāṇḍavedivimbānāṃ bhramaṇādvāyunānagha kaṇṭhasyāveṣṭanāj jñeyaṃ phalaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ dhvajāt
O sinless one, from the turning by the wind of the pot-finial, the altar and the image, and from the wrapping of the neck (of the spire), the merit is to be known; but from a banner it is ten million times (that).
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AgP 61.19
पताकानां प्रकृतिं विद्धि दण्डं पुरुषरूपिणं प्रासादं वासुदेवस्य मूर्तिभेदं(१) निबोध मे
patākānāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi daṇḍaṃ puruṣarūpiṇaṃ prāsādaṃ vāsudevasya mūrtibhedaṃ(1) nibodha me
Know the banners to be primal nature (prakṛti) and the staff to have the form of Puruṣa; learn from me the temple as a distinct embodiment of Vāsudeva.
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AgP 61.20
धारणाद्धरणीं(२) विद्धि आकाशं शुषिरात्मकं तेजस्तत् पावकं विद्धि वायुं स्पर्शगतं तथा
dhāraṇāddharaṇīṃ(2) viddhi ākāśaṃ śuṣirātmakaṃ tejastat pāvakaṃ viddhi vāyuṃ sparśagataṃ tathā
Know the earth (element in it) from its supporting; the hollow (space) is of the nature of ether; know that heat to be fire, and likewise the wind as (that which is) present in touch.
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AgP 61.21
पाषाणादिष्वेव जलं पार्थिवं पृथिवीगुणं(३) प्रतिशब्दोद्भवं शब्दं स्पर्शं स्यात् कर्कशादिकं
pāṣāṇādiṣveva jalaṃ pārthivaṃ pṛthivīguṇaṃ(3) pratiśabdodbhavaṃ śabdaṃ sparśaṃ syāt karkaśādikaṃ
In the stones and the rest there is water, earthen, having the quality of earth; sound is (present) as the arising of an echo; touch would be roughness and the like.
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AgP 61.22
शुक्लादिकं भवेद्रूपं रसमन्नादिदर्शनं(४) धूपादिगन्धं गन्धन्तु वाग् भेर्यादिषु संस्थिता
śuklādikaṃ bhavedrūpaṃ rasamannādidarśanaṃ(4) dhūpādigandhaṃ gandhantu vāg bheryādiṣu saṃsthitā
Form would be white and the rest; taste is the presenting of food and so on; scent is the fragrance of incense and the rest; and speech resides in the kettledrums and the like.
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AgP 61.23
शुकनाशाश्रिता नासा बाहू तद्रथकौ स्मृतौ शिरस्त्वण्डं निगदितं कलशं मूर्धजं स्मृतं
śukanāśāśritā nāsā bāhū tadrathakau smṛtau śirastvaṇḍaṃ nigaditaṃ kalaśaṃ mūrdhajaṃ smṛtaṃ
The nose rests on the śukanāsā (dormer-window); the two are held to be its side-projections, the arms; the aṇḍa (dome) is called the head, and the finial-pot is held to be the hair of the head.
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AgP 61.24
कण्ठं कण्ठमिति ज्ञेयं स्कन्धं वेदी निगद्येते पायूपस्थे प्रणाले तु त्वक् सुधा परिकीर्तिता
kaṇṭhaṃ kaṇṭhamiti jñeyaṃ skandhaṃ vedī nigadyete pāyūpasthe praṇāle tu tvak sudhā parikīrtitā
The neck (of the spire) is to be known as the neck; the altar-platform is called the shoulder; the water-outlet is the anus and genitals; the plaster is declared to be the skin.
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AgP 61.25
मुखं द्वारं भवेदस्य प्रतिमा जीव उच्यते तच्छक्तिं पिण्डिकां विद्धि प्रकृतिं च तदाकृतिं
mukhaṃ dvāraṃ bhavedasya pratimā jīva ucyate tacchaktiṃ piṇḍikāṃ viddhi prakṛtiṃ ca tadākṛtiṃ
Its mouth would be the doorway; the image is said to be the living self; know its power to be the pedestal, and that shape to be prakṛti.
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AgP 61.26
:न् १ मूर्तिभूतमिति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ धरणाद्वारुणीं विद्धि इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ।धरणाद्वारुणीं देवीमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ।धारणीं धरणीं विद्धि इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ पार्थिवं पृथिवीतलमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । पार्थिवं पृथिवीजलमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ रसमास्थाय दर्शनं रसमाह्वादि दर्शनमिति ख, चिह्नितप्सुअतकपाठः :प् १७९ निश् चलत्वञ्च गर्भोस्या अधिष्ठाता तु केशवः एवमेव हरिः साक्षात्प्रासादत्वेन संस्थितः
:n 1 mūrtibhūtamiti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 dharaṇādvāruṇīṃ viddhi iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ /dharaṇādvāruṇīṃ devīmiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ /dhāraṇīṃ dharaṇīṃ viddhi iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 pārthivaṃ pṛthivītalamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / pārthivaṃ pṛthivījalamiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 rasamāsthāya darśanaṃ rasamāhvādi darśanamiti kha, cihnitapsuatakapāṭhaḥ :p 179 niś calatvañca garbhosyā adhiṣṭhātā tu keśavaḥ evameva hariḥ sākṣātprāsādatvena saṃsthitaḥ
And immobility— its inner sanctum (is the womb), while Keśava is its presiding lord. Just so is Hari himself present in the form of the temple.
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AgP 61.27
जङ्घा त्वस्य शिवो ज्ञेयः स्कन्धे धाता व्यवस्थितः ऊर्ध्वभागे स्थितो विष्णुरेवं तस्य स्थितस्य हि
jaṅghā tvasya śivo jñeyaḥ skandhe dhātā vyavasthitaḥ ūrdhvabhāge sthito viṣṇurevaṃ tasya sthitasya hi
His shank is to be known as Śiva; in the shoulder Dhātā is established; in the upper part Viṣṇu stands—such indeed is (the arrangement) of it as it stands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 61.28
प्रासादस्य प्रतिष्ठान्तु ध्वजरूपेण मे शृणु ध्वजं कृत्वा सुरैर् दैत्या जिताः शस्त्रादिचिह्नितं(१)
prāsādasya pratiṣṭhāntu dhvajarūpeṇa me śṛṇu dhvajaṃ kṛtvā surair daityā jitāḥ śastrādicihnitaṃ(1)
Now hear from me the consecration of the temple by means of the banner: it was by making a banner marked with weapons and the like that the gods conquered the demons.
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AgP 61.29
अण्डोर्ध्वं कलशं न्यस्य तदूर्ध्वं विन्यसेद्ध्वजं विम्बार्धमानं दण्डस्य(२) त्रिभागेनाथ कारयेत्
aṇḍordhvaṃ kalaśaṃ nyasya tadūrdhvaṃ vinyaseddhvajaṃ vimbārdhamānaṃ daṇḍasya(2) tribhāgenātha kārayet
Having set the finial-pot above the dome, above that one should set the banner; (its) measure being half that of the image, one should then make it (of) a third part of the staff.
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AgP 61.30
अष्टारं द्वादशारं वा मध्ये मूर्तिमतान्वितं नारसिंहेन तार्क्ष्येण ध्वजदण्डस्तु निर्ब्रणः
aṣṭāraṃ dvādaśāraṃ vā madhye mūrtimatānvitaṃ nārasiṃhena tārkṣyeṇa dhvajadaṇḍastu nirbraṇaḥ
(The wheel) with eight spokes or with twelve, having in the middle an image; the banner-staff, (surmounted) by Narasiṃha or by Garuḍa, is to be free of flaw.
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AgP 61.31
प्रासादस्य तु विस्तारो मानं दण्डस्य कीर्तितं शिखरार्धेन वा कुर्यात् तृतीयार्धेन वा पुनः
prāsādasya tu vistāro mānaṃ daṇḍasya kīrtitaṃ śikharārdhena vā kuryāt tṛtīyārdhena vā punaḥ
The breadth of the temple is declared to be the measure of the staff; or one may make it by half the spire, or again by half of a third.
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AgP 61.32
द्वारस्य दैर्घ्याद् द्विगुणं दण्डं वा परिकल्पयेत् ध्वजयष्टिर्देवगृहे ऐशान्यां वायवेथवा
dvārasya dairghyād dviguṇaṃ daṇḍaṃ vā parikalpayet dhvajayaṣṭirdevagṛhe aiśānyāṃ vāyavethavā
Or one may reckon the staff as twice the height of the doorway; the banner-pole (stands) at the god's house in the northeast or in the northwest.
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AgP 61.33
क्षौमाद्यैश् च ध्वजं कुर्याद्विचित्रं वैकवर्णकं(३) घण्टाचामरकिङ्किण्या भूषितं पापनाशनं
kṣaumādyaiś ca dhvajaṃ kuryādvicitraṃ vaikavarṇakaṃ(3) ghaṇṭācāmarakiṅkiṇyā bhūṣitaṃ pāpanāśanaṃ
One should make the banner of linen and the like, of many colours or of a single colour, adorned with bells, yak-tail whisks and little tinkling bells—destroying sin.
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AgP 61.34
दण्डाग्राद्धरणीं यावद्धस्तैकं विस्तरेण तु महाध्वजः सर्वदः स्यात्तुर्यांशाद्धीनतोर्चितः
daṇḍāgrāddharaṇīṃ yāvaddhastaikaṃ vistareṇa tu mahādhvajaḥ sarvadaḥ syātturyāṃśāddhīnatorcitaḥ
From the tip of the staff down to the ground, one cubit in breadth: that is the great banner, granting all things; when less by a quarter part it is (still) honoured.
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AgP 61.35
ध्वजे चार्धेन विज्ञेया पताका मानवर्जिता विस्तरेण ध्वजः कार्यो विंशदङ्गुलसन्निभः
dhvaje cārdhena vijñeyā patākā mānavarjitā vistareṇa dhvajaḥ kāryo viṃśadaṅgulasannibhaḥ
And a pennant, without (fixed) measure, is to be known as half of the banner; in breadth the banner should be made about twenty finger-breadths.
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AgP 61.36
अधिवासविधानेन चक्रं दण्डं ध्वजं तथा :न् १ जिताः शक्त्यादिचिह्नितमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । जिताः शक्रादिचिह्नितमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ विम्बार्धमानं चक्रन्तु इति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ विचित्रञ्चैव वर्णकमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १८० देववत् सकलं कृत्वा मण्डपस्नपनादिकं
adhivāsavidhānena cakraṃ daṇḍaṃ dhvajaṃ tathā :n 1 jitāḥ śaktyādicihnitamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / jitāḥ śakrādicihnitamiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 vimbārdhamānaṃ cakrantu iti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 vicitrañcaiva varṇakamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 180 devavat sakalaṃ kṛtvā maṇḍapasnapanādikaṃ
By the rite of consecratory deposit (adhivāsa), the wheel, the staff and likewise the banner— having performed the whole of it as for a god, the pavilion, the bathing and the rest.
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AgP 61.37
नेत्रोन्मीलनकं त्यक्ता पूर्वोक्तं सर्वमाचरेत् अधिवासयेच्च विधिना शय्यायां स्थाप्य देशिकः
netronmīlanakaṃ tyaktā pūrvoktaṃ sarvamācaret adhivāsayecca vidhinā śayyāyāṃ sthāpya deśikaḥ
Omitting the opening of the eyes, he should perform all that was said before; and the officiant, having laid (it) on a couch, should consecrate it by rule.
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AgP 61.38
ततः सहस्रशीर्षेति सूक्तं चक्रे न्यसेद् बुधः तथा सुदर्शनं मन्त्रं मनस्तत्त्वं निवेशयेत्
tataḥ sahasraśīrṣeti sūktaṃ cakre nyased budhaḥ tathā sudarśanaṃ mantraṃ manastattvaṃ niveśayet
Then the wise one should place the hymn beginning "sahasraśīrṣā" upon the wheel, and likewise the Sudarśana mantra, and should install the mind-principle (manas-tattva).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 61.39
मनोरूपेण तस्यैव सजीवकरणं स्मृतं अरेषु मूर्तयो न्यस्याः केशवाद्याः सुरोत्तम
manorūpeṇa tasyaiva sajīvakaraṇaṃ smṛtaṃ areṣu mūrtayo nyasyāḥ keśavādyāḥ surottama
By means of the mind-form, the animating of that very (wheel) is declared (to be accomplished); on the spokes the embodied forms, Keśava and the rest, are to be placed, O best of gods.
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AgP 61.40
नाभ्यब्जप्रतिनेमीषु न्यसेत्तत्त्वानि देशिकः नृसिंहं विश्वरूपं वा अब्जमध्ये निवेशयेत्
nābhyabjapratinemīṣu nyasettattvāni deśikaḥ nṛsiṃhaṃ viśvarūpaṃ vā abjamadhye niveśayet
On the navel-lotus and on the rim opposite, the officiant should place the principles (tattvas); and he should install Nṛsiṃha, or else the Viśvarūpa form, in the middle of the lotus.
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AgP 61.41
सकलं विन्यसेद्दण्डे सूत्रात्मानं सजीवकं निष्कलं परमात्मानं ध्वजे ध्यायन् न्यसेद्धरिं
sakalaṃ vinyaseddaṇḍe sūtrātmānaṃ sajīvakaṃ niṣkalaṃ paramātmānaṃ dhvaje dhyāyan nyaseddhariṃ
On the staff he should place the (Lord) with parts, the Thread-Self, endowed with life; on the banner he should place Hari, meditating on him as the partless Supreme Self.
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AgP 61.42
तच्छक्तिं व्यापिनीं ध्यायेद् ध्वजरूपां बलाबलां(१) मण्डपे(२) स्थाप्य चाभ्यर्च्य होमं कुण्डेषु कारयेत्
tacchaktiṃ vyāpinīṃ dhyāyed dhvajarūpāṃ balābalāṃ(1) maṇḍape(2) sthāpya cābhyarcya homaṃ kuṇḍeṣu kārayet
He should meditate on his all-pervading Śakti in the form of the banner, strong-and-weak(?); and having set (her) up in the pavilion and worshipped (her), he should have the oblation performed in the fire-pits.
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AgP 61.43
कलशे स्वर्णकलशं न्यस्य रत्नानि पञ्च च स्थापयेच्चक्रमन्त्रेण स्वर्णचक्रमधस्ततः(३)
kalaśe svarṇakalaśaṃ nyasya ratnāni pañca ca sthāpayeccakramantreṇa svarṇacakramadhastataḥ(3)
Having placed a golden jar in the (water-)pot together with the five gems, he should with the wheel-mantra set a golden wheel below it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 61.44
पारदेन तु सम्प्लाव्य नेत्रपट्टेन च्छादयेत्(४) ततो निवेशयेच्चक्रं तन्मध्ये नृहरिं स्मरेत्
pāradena tu samplāvya netrapaṭṭena cchādayet(4) tato niveśayeccakraṃ tanmadhye nṛhariṃ smaret
Having flooded (it) with quicksilver, he should cover (it) with an eye-cloth; then he should install the wheel, and should call Nṛhari to mind in the midst of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 61.45
ॐ क्ष्ॐ नृसिंहाय(५) नमः पूजयेत् स्थापयेद्धरिं ततो ध्वजं गृहीत्वा तु यजमानः सबान्धवः
oṃ kṣoṃ nṛsiṃhāya(5) namaḥ pūjayet sthāpayeddhariṃ tato dhvajaṃ gṛhītvā tu yajamānaḥ sabāndhavaḥ
With "oṃ kṣoṃ, homage to Nṛsiṃha" he should worship and install Hari; then the sacrificer, together with his kinsmen, taking hold of the banner...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 61.46
:न् १ चलाचलामिति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः, सुलोचनमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ मण्डले इति ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ३ स्वर्णचक्रन्तु मध्यत इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ नेत्रं यत्नेन च्छादयेदिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ ॐ क्षौं नृसिंहाय नम इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १८१ दधिभक्तयुते पात्रे ध्वजस्याग्रं निवेशयेत् ध्रुवाद्येन फडन्तेन ध्वजं मन्त्रेण पूजयेत्
:n 1 calācalāmiti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ, sulocanamiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 maṇḍale iti ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 3 svarṇacakrantu madhyata iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 netraṃ yatnena cchādayediti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 oṃ kṣauṃ nṛsiṃhāya nama iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 181 dadhibhaktayute pātre dhvajasyāgraṃ niveśayet dhruvādyena phaḍantena dhvajaṃ mantreṇa pūjayet
[Apparatus: 1. "calācalām" is the reading of the manuscripts marked kha and ṅa; "sulocanam" the reading of the manuscript marked ga. 2. "maṇḍale" is the reading of the two manuscripts marked ga and ṅa. 3. "svarṇacakraṃ tu madhyataḥ" is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 4. "netraṃ yatnena cchādayet" is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 5. "oṃ kṣauṃ nṛsiṃhāya namaḥ" is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. Page 181.] He should set the tip of the banner in a vessel filled with curd and boiled rice; and he should worship the banner with the mantra beginning with the Dhruva (syllable oṃ) and ending in phaṭ.
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AgP 61.47
शिरस्याधाय तत् पात्रं नारायनमनुस्मरन् प्रदक्षिणं तु कुर्वीत तुर्यमङ्गलनिःस्वनैः
śirasyādhāya tat pātraṃ nārāyanamanusmaran pradakṣiṇaṃ tu kurvīta turyamaṅgalaniḥsvanaiḥ
Placing that vessel upon his head, calling Nārāyaṇa to mind, he should perform the circumambulation, with the sounds of the auspicious musical instruments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 61.48
ततो निवेशयेत् दण्डं मन्त्रेणाष्टाक्षरेण तु मुञ्चामि त्वेति सूक्तेन ध्वजं मुञ्चेद्विचक्षणः
tato niveśayet daṇḍaṃ mantreṇāṣṭākṣareṇa tu muñcāmi tveti sūktena dhvajaṃ muñcedvicakṣaṇaḥ
Then he should set up the staff with the eight-syllabled mantra; and the discerning one should let the banner loose with the hymn "muñcāmi tvā".
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 61.49
पात्रं ध्वजं कुञ्जरादि दद्यादाचार्यके द्विजः एष साधारणः प्रोक्तो ध्वजस्यारोहणे विधिः
pātraṃ dhvajaṃ kuñjarādi dadyādācāryake dvijaḥ eṣa sādhāraṇaḥ prokto dhvajasyārohaṇe vidhiḥ
The twice-born should give the vessel, the banner, an elephant and the rest as the officiant's fee. This is declared to be the general rule for the raising of the banner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 61.50
यस्य देवस्य यच्चिह्नं तन्मन्त्रेण स्थिरं चरेत् स्वर्गत्वा ध्वजदानात्तु राजा बली भवेत्
yasya devasya yaccihnaṃ tanmantreṇa sthiraṃ caret svargatvā dhvajadānāttu rājā balī bhavet
Whatever emblem belongs to whichever god, with that (god's) mantra he should proceed to make it firm; and by the gift of a banner a king, having gone to heaven, becomes mighty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain