Agni Purana — Chapter 62
AgP 62.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये ध्वजारोहणं नाम एकषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {६२} :श् अथ द्विषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः लक्ष्मीप्रतिष्ठाविधिः भगवानुवाच समुदायेन देवादेः प्रतिष्ठां प्रवदामि ते लक्ष्म्याः प्रतिष्ठा प्रथमं तथा देवीगणस्य च
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye dhvajārohaṇaṃ nāma ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {62} :ś atha dviṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ lakṣmīpratiṣṭhāvidhiḥ bhagavānuvāca samudāyena devādeḥ pratiṣṭhāṃ pravadāmi te lakṣmyāḥ pratiṣṭhā prathamaṃ tathā devīgaṇasya ca
[Thus in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, the sixty-first chapter, called "The Raising of the Banner." Chapter 62. Now the sixty-second chapter: the rule for the installation of Lakṣmī.] The Blessed One said: I shall declare to you collectively the installation of the gods and the rest; first the installation of Lakṣmī, and likewise that of the host of goddesses.
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AgP 62.2
पूर्ववत् सकलं कुर्यान्मण्डपस्नपनादिकं(१) भद्रपीठे श्रियं न्यस्य स्थापयेदष्ट वै घटान्(२)
pūrvavat sakalaṃ kuryānmaṇḍapasnapanādikaṃ(1) bhadrapīṭhe śriyaṃ nyasya sthāpayedaṣṭa vai ghaṭān(2)
He should perform everything as before — the pavilion, the bathing and so on; having placed Śrī on an auspicious seat, he should set out eight jars.
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AgP 62.3
घृतेनाभ्यज्य मूलेन स्नपयेत् पञ्चगव्यकैः हिरण्यवर्णा हरिणी नेत्रे चोन्मीलयेच्छ्रियाः
ghṛtenābhyajya mūlena snapayet pañcagavyakaiḥ hiraṇyavarṇā hariṇī netre conmīlayecchriyāḥ
Having anointed (her) with ghee, he should bathe (her) with the five products of the cow, using the root-mantra; and with "hiraṇyavarṇā hariṇī" he should open the eyes of Śrī.
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AgP 62.4
:न् १ मण्डलस्नपनादिकमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ स्थापयेद्वरुणे घटानिति घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १८२ तन्म आवह(१) इत्य् एवं प्रदद्यान्मधुरत्रयम् अश्वपूर्वेति पूर्वेण तां कुम्भेनाभिषेचयेत्(२)
:n 1 maṇḍalasnapanādikamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 sthāpayedvaruṇe ghaṭāniti gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 182 tanma āvaha(1) ity evaṃ pradadyānmadhuratrayam aśvapūrveti pūrveṇa tāṃ kumbhenābhiṣecayet(2)
[Apparatus: 1. "maṇḍalasnapanādikam" is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 2. "sthāpayed varuṇe ghaṭān" is the reading of the manuscripts marked gha and ṅa. Page 182.] With "tān ma āvaha" he should thus offer the three sweet substances; with "aśvapūrvā" he should sprinkle her from the east with a jar.
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AgP 62.5
कामोस्मितेति याम्येन पश्चिमेनाभिषेचयेत् चन्द्रं प्रभासामुच्चार्यादित्यवर्णेति चोत्तरात्
kāmosmiteti yāmyena paścimenābhiṣecayet candraṃ prabhāsāmuccāryādityavarṇeti cottarāt
With "kāmo 'smi" he should sprinkle from the south, and (again) from the west; uttering "candrāṃ prabhāsām", and with "ādityavarṇā" from the north.
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AgP 62.6
उपैतु मेति चाग्नेयात् क्षुत्पिपासेति नैरृतात् गन्धद्वारेति वायव्यां मनसः काममाकृतिम्
upaitu meti cāgneyāt kṣutpipāseti nairṛtāt gandhadvāreti vāyavyāṃ manasaḥ kāmamākṛtim
With "upaitu mā" from the southeast, with "kṣutpipāsā" from the southwest, with "gandhadvārā" in the northwest — the desire of the mind, (its) very shape.
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AgP 62.7
ईशानकलशेनैव शिरः सौवर्णकर्दमात् एकाशीतिघटैः स्नानं मन्त्रेणापः सृजन् क्षितिम्(३)
īśānakalaśenaiva śiraḥ sauvarṇakardamāt ekāśītighaṭaiḥ snānaṃ mantreṇāpaḥ sṛjan kṣitim(3)
With the Īśāna jar itself (he sprinkles) the head, with golden mud; the bathing is with eighty-one jars, while with the mantra he pours out the waters upon the earth.
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AgP 62.8
आर्द्रां पुष्करिणीं गन्धैर् आर्द्रामित्यादिपुष्पकैः तन्मयावह मन्त्रेण य आनन्द ऋचाखिलं(४)
ārdrāṃ puṣkariṇīṃ gandhair ārdrāmityādipuṣpakaiḥ tanmayāvaha mantreṇa ya ānanda ṛcākhilaṃ(4)
With (the verse) "ārdrāṃ puṣkariṇīm" (he offers) fragrances, with "ārdrām..." and the rest the flowers; with the mantra "tanmayāvaha" (he invokes), and with the ṛc "ya ānanda" the whole (rite).
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AgP 62.9
शायन्तीयेन शय्यायां श्रीसूक्तेन च सन्निधिम् लक्ष्मीवीजेन चिच्छक्तिं विन्यस्याभ्यर्चयेत् पुनः
śāyantīyena śayyāyāṃ śrīsūktena ca sannidhim lakṣmīvījena cicchaktiṃ vinyasyābhyarcayet punaḥ
With the Śāyantīya (verse) (he places the goddess) on the couch, and with the Śrīsūkta (he effects) her presence; with the seed-syllable of Lakṣmī he should install the power of consciousness and then worship (her) again.
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AgP 62.10
श्रीसूक्तेन मण्डपेथ कुण्डेष्वब्जानि होमयेत् करवीराणि वा हुत्वा सहस्रं शतमेव वा
śrīsūktena maṇḍapetha kuṇḍeṣvabjāni homayet karavīrāṇi vā hutvā sahasraṃ śatameva vā
Then, in the pavilion, he should offer lotuses in the fire-pits with the Śrīsūkta, or else oleander flowers, offering a thousand or just a hundred.
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AgP 62.11
गृहोपकरणान्तादि श्रीसूक्तेनैव चार्पयेत् ततः प्रासादसंस्कारं सर्वं कृत्वा तु पूर्ववत्
gṛhopakaraṇāntādi śrīsūktenaiva cārpayet tataḥ prāsādasaṃskāraṃ sarvaṃ kṛtvā tu pūrvavat
And the household utensils and the rest he should present with the Śrīsūkta itself; then, having performed the whole consecration of the temple as before,
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AgP 62.12
मन्त्रेण पिण्डिकां कृत्वा प्रतिष्ठानं ततः श्रियः(५) श्रीसूक्तेन च सान्निध्यं पूर्ववत् प्रत्यृचं जपेत्(६)
mantreṇa piṇḍikāṃ kṛtvā pratiṣṭhānaṃ tataḥ śriyaḥ(5) śrīsūktena ca sānnidhyaṃ pūrvavat pratyṛcaṃ japet(6)
having made the pedestal with the mantra, then (comes) the installation of Śrī; and with the Śrīsūkta (he effects) her presence, as before, reciting verse by verse.
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AgP 62.13
चिच्छक्तिं बोधयित्वा तु मालात् सान्निध्यकं चरेत् :न् १ अस्मिन्नावह इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ अश्वमूर्धेति मन्त्रेण तां कुम्भेभिनिवेशयेदिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ मन्त्रेण चासृजत् क्षितिमिति ख, चिह्नतपुस्तकपाठः ४ य आनन्देति वाससमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ मन्त्रेण पिण्डिकां कृत्वा प्रतिमां स्थापयन् श्रिय इति ङ, चिह्न्तपुस्तकपाठः ६ प्रत्यृचं यजेदिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १८३ भूस्वर्णवस्त्रगोन्नादि(१) गुरवे ब्रह्मणेर्पयेत् एवं देव्यो ऽखिलाः स्थाप्यावाह्य स्वर्गादि भावयेत्
cicchaktiṃ bodhayitvā tu mālāt sānnidhyakaṃ caret :n 1 asminnāvaha iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 aśvamūrdheti mantreṇa tāṃ kumbhebhiniveśayediti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 mantreṇa cāsṛjat kṣitimiti kha, cihnatapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 ya ānandeti vāsasamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 mantreṇa piṇḍikāṃ kṛtvā pratimāṃ sthāpayan śriya iti ṅa, cihntapustakapāṭhaḥ 6 pratyṛcaṃ yajediti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 183 bhūsvarṇavastragonnādi(1) gurave brahmaṇerpayet evaṃ devyo 'khilāḥ sthāpyāvāhya svargādi bhāvayet
But having awakened the power of consciousness, he should effect the presence by means of the garland. [Notes: 1. 'asminn āvaha' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. 2. 'he should place it in the pot with the mantra "aśvamūrdhā"' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 3. 'and with the mantra he created the earth' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. 4. 'ya ānanda' (and) 'vāsasam' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 5. 'having made the pedestal with the mantra, setting up the image of Śrī' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 6. 'he should worship verse by verse' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. Page 183] Land, gold, cloth, cattle, food and the rest he should present to the teacher, to the brahmin. In this way all the goddesses are to be installed; and having invoked (them) he should conceive heaven and the rest.
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