Agni Purana — Chapter 63
AgP 63.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये लक्ष्मीस्थापनं नाम द्विषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {६३} :श् अथ त्रिषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः सुदर्शनचक्रादिप्रतिष्ठाकथनं भगवानुवाच एवं तार्क्ष्यस्य चक्रस्य ब्रह्मणो नृहरेस् तथा प्रतिष्ठा विष्णुवत् कार्या स्वस्वमन्त्रेण तां शृणु
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye lakṣmīsthāpanaṃ nāma dviṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {63} :ś atha triṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ sudarśanacakrādipratiṣṭhākathanaṃ bhagavānuvāca evaṃ tārkṣyasya cakrasya brahmaṇo nṛhares tathā pratiṣṭhā viṣṇuvat kāryā svasvamantreṇa tāṃ śṛṇu
[Thus ends the sixty-second chapter, called the Installation of Lakṣmī, in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa. Chapter 63. Now the sixty-third chapter: the telling of the installation of the discus Sudarśana and the rest.] The Lord said: In this same way the installation of Garuḍa, of the discus, of Brahmā and likewise of Nṛhari (Narasiṃha) is to be performed as for Viṣṇu, each with its own mantra. Hear that.
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AgP 63.2
सुदर्शन महाचक्र शान्त दुष्टभयङ्कर च्छिन्द छिन्द भिन्द भिन्द विदारय विदारय परमन्त्रान् ग्रस ग्रस भक्षय भक्षय भूतान् त्रायस त्रायस हूं फट् सुदर्शनाय नमः ॥ अभ्यर्च्य चक्रं चानेन रणे दारयेते रिपून्
sudarśana mahācakra śānta duṣṭabhayaṅkara cchinda chinda bhinda bhinda vidāraya vidāraya paramantrān grasa grasa bhakṣaya bhakṣaya bhūtān trāyasa trāyasa hūṃ phaṭ sudarśanāya namaḥ || abhyarcya cakraṃ cānena raṇe dārayete ripūn
"Sudarśana, great discus, peaceful one, terror of the wicked: cut, cut! pierce, pierce! rend, rend! Swallow, swallow the mantras of the adversary; devour, devour! Protect, protect (living) beings! Hūṃ phaṭ. Homage to Sudarśana." And having worshipped the discus with this, in battle he tears apart his enemies.
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AgP 63.3
ॐ क्षौं नरसिंह उग्ररूप ज्वल ज्वल प्रज्वल प्रज्वल स्वाहा ॥ नरसिंहस्य मन्त्रोयं पातालाख्यस्य वच्मि ते(२) ॐ क्षौं नमो भगवते नरसिंहाय प्रदीप्तसूर्यकोटिसहस्रसमतेजसे वज्रनखदंष्ट्रायुधायं स्फुटविकटविकीर्णकेसरसटाप्रक्षुभितमहार्णवाम्भोददुन्दुभिनिर्घोषाय सर्वमन्त्रोत्तारणाय एह्येहि भगवन्नरसिंह पुरुषपरापरब्रह्मसत्येन स्फुर स्फुर विजृम्भ विजृम्भ आक्रम गर्ज गर्ज मुञ्च मुञ्च सिंहनादान् विदारय विदारय विद्रावय विद्रावय आविश :न् १ भूस्वर्णगवान्नादि इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ पातालाख्यस्य वक्ष्यते इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १८४ आविश सर्वमन्त्ररूपाणि सर्वमन्त्रजातयश् च हन हन छिन्द सङ्क्षिप सङ्क्षिप सर सर(१) दारय दारय स्फुट स्फुट स्फोटय स्फोटय ज्वालामालासङ्घातमय सर्वतो ऽनन्तज्वालावज्राशनिचक्रेण सर्वपातालान् उत्सादय उत्सादय सर्वतो ऽनतज्वालावज्रशरपञ्जरेण सर्वपातालान् परिवारय परिवारय सर्वपातालासुरवासिनां हृदयान्याकर्षय आकर्षय शीघ्रं दह दह पच पच मथ मथ शोषय शोषय निकृन्तय निकृन्तय तावद्यावन्मे वशमागताः पातालेभ्यः फट् असुरेभ्यः फट् मन्त्ररूपेभ्यः फट् मन्त्रजातिभ्यः फट् संशयान्मां भगवन्नरसिंहरूप विष्णो सर्वापद्भ्यः सर्वमन्त्ररूपेभ्यो रक्ष रक्ष ह्रूं फट्(२) नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥ नरसिंहस्य विद्येयं हरिरूपार्थसिद्धिदा(३)
oṃ kṣauṃ narasiṃha ugrarūpa jvala jvala prajvala prajvala svāhā || narasiṃhasya mantroyaṃ pātālākhyasya vacmi te(2) oṃ kṣauṃ namo bhagavate narasiṃhāya pradīptasūryakoṭisahasrasamatejase vajranakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāyaṃ sphuṭavikaṭavikīrṇakesarasaṭāprakṣubhitamahārṇavāmbhodadundubhinirghoṣāya sarvamantrottāraṇāya ehyehi bhagavannarasiṃha puruṣaparāparabrahmasatyena sphura sphura vijṛmbha vijṛmbha ākrama garja garja muñca muñca siṃhanādān vidāraya vidāraya vidrāvaya vidrāvaya āviśa :n 1 bhūsvarṇagavānnādi iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 pātālākhyasya vakṣyate iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 184 āviśa sarvamantrarūpāṇi sarvamantrajātayaś ca hana hana chinda saṅkṣipa saṅkṣipa sara sara(1) dāraya dāraya sphuṭa sphuṭa sphoṭaya sphoṭaya jvālāmālāsaṅghātamaya sarvato 'nantajvālāvajrāśanicakreṇa sarvapātālān utsādaya utsādaya sarvato 'natajvālāvajraśarapañjareṇa sarvapātālān parivāraya parivāraya sarvapātālāsuravāsināṃ hṛdayānyākarṣaya ākarṣaya śīghraṃ daha daha paca paca matha matha śoṣaya śoṣaya nikṛntaya nikṛntaya tāvadyāvanme vaśamāgatāḥ pātālebhyaḥ phaṭ asurebhyaḥ phaṭ mantrarūpebhyaḥ phaṭ mantrajātibhyaḥ phaṭ saṃśayānmāṃ bhagavannarasiṃharūpa viṣṇo sarvāpadbhyaḥ sarvamantrarūpebhyo rakṣa rakṣa hrūṃ phaṭ(2) namo 'stu te || narasiṃhasya vidyeyaṃ harirūpārthasiddhidā(3)
"Oṃ kṣauṃ, Narasiṃha, of fierce form, blaze, blaze, flame forth, flame forth, svāhā." This is the mantra of Narasiṃha. (Now) I declare to you (the mantra) called Pātāla: "Oṃ kṣauṃ, homage to the Lord Narasiṃha, whose splendour equals a thousand crores of blazing suns, whose weapons are adamant claws and fangs, whose roar is the thunder of the clouds over the great ocean churned up by his bristling, dreadful, outspread mane and hair, who carries all mantras across (to their goal). Come, come, Lord Narasiṃha! By the truth of the Person, the higher and lower Brahman, throb, throb! Yawn wide, yawn wide! Stride forth! Roar, roar! Loose, loose your lion-roars! Rend, rend! Rout, rout! Enter [notes: 1. 'dara dara' is the reading of the manuscripts marked kha, ga, ṅa; 2. 'he will declare (the mantra) called Pātāla' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa; page 184] enter into all the forms of mantras and all the classes of mantras! Slay, slay! Cut! Crush, crush! Move, move! Tear, tear! Burst, burst! Shatter, shatter! O you who are a mass of garlands of flame, with your discus of endless flame, adamant and lightning on every side, destroy, destroy all the nether worlds! With your cage of arrows of endless flame and adamant on every side, encircle, encircle all the nether worlds! Draw out, draw out the hearts of all the demons dwelling in the nether worlds! Quickly burn, burn! Cook, cook! Crush, crush! Dry up, dry up! Cut down, cut down—until they have come under my control! Phaṭ to the nether worlds! Phaṭ to the demons! Phaṭ to the mantra-forms! Phaṭ to the classes of mantras! From danger, O Lord Viṣṇu in the form of Narasiṃha, from all calamities, from all mantra-forms, protect me, protect me! Hrūṃ phaṭ [variants: 'protect, protect, oṃ phaṭ' in the manuscript marked kha; 'protect, protect, hrīṃ phaṭ' in the manuscript marked ga]. Homage be to you!" This is the vidyā of Narasiṃha, which grants the goal in the form of Hari.
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AgP 63.4
त्रिलोक्यमोहनैर् मन्त्रैः स्थाप्यस्त्रैलोक्यमोहनः गदो दक्षे शान्तिकरो द्विभुजो वा चतुर्भुजः
trilokyamohanair mantraiḥ sthāpyastrailokyamohanaḥ gado dakṣe śāntikaro dvibhujo vā caturbhujaḥ
With the Trailokyamohana mantras Trailokyamohana is to be installed; the mace is in the right hand, he is the maker of peace, with two arms or with four.
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AgP 63.5
वामोर्ध्वे कारयेच्चक्रं पाञ्चजन्यमथो ह्य् अधः श्रीपुष्टिसंयुक्तं कुर्याद् बलेन सह भद्रया
vāmordhve kārayeccakraṃ pāñcajanyamatho hy adhaḥ śrīpuṣṭisaṃyuktaṃ kuryād balena saha bhadrayā
On the upper left he should have the discus made, and the conch Pāñcajanya below; he should make (the image) joined with Śrī and Puṣṭi, together with Bala and Bhadrā.
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AgP 63.6
प्रासादे स्थापयेद्विष्णुं गृहे वा मण्डपे ऽपि वा वामनं चैव वैकुण्ठं हयास्यमनिरुद्धकं
prāsāde sthāpayedviṣṇuṃ gṛhe vā maṇḍape 'pi vā vāmanaṃ caiva vaikuṇṭhaṃ hayāsyamaniruddhakaṃ
He should install Viṣṇu in a temple, or in a house, or even in a pavilion: Vāmana, and Vaikuṇṭha, the Horse-faced one, and Aniruddha;
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AgP 63.7
स्थापयेज्जलशय्यास्थं मत्स्यादींश्चावतारकान् सङ्कर्षणं विश्वरूपं लिङ्गं वै रुद्रमूर्तिकं
sthāpayejjalaśayyāsthaṃ matsyādīṃścāvatārakān saṅkarṣaṇaṃ viśvarūpaṃ liṅgaṃ vai rudramūrtikaṃ
he should install (Viṣṇu) resting on the couch of water, and the incarnations beginning with the Fish, Saṅkarṣaṇa, the Universal Form, and the liṅga, which has Rudra for its embodiment,
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AgP 63.8
अर्धनारीश्वरं तद्वद्धरिशङ्करमातृकाः भैरवं च तथा सूर्यं ग्रहांस्तद्विनायकम्
ardhanārīśvaraṃ tadvaddhariśaṅkaramātṛkāḥ bhairavaṃ ca tathā sūryaṃ grahāṃstadvināyakam
likewise Ardhanārīśvara, Hariśaṅkara, the Mothers, and Bhairava, and also the Sun, the planets and, along with them, Vināyaka,
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AgP 63.9
:न् १ दर दर इति ख, ग, ङ, इति चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ रक्ष रक्ष ॐ फट् इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । रक्ष रक्ष ह्रीं फडिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ हरिरूपा सुमिद्विदा इति ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् १८५ गौरीमिन्द्रादिकां लेप्यां(१) चित्रजां च बलाबलां पुस्तकानां प्रतिष्ठां च वक्ष्ये लिखनतद्विधिं
:n 1 dara dara iti kha, ga, ṅa, iti cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 rakṣa rakṣa oṃ phaṭ iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / rakṣa rakṣa hrīṃ phaḍiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 harirūpā sumidvidā iti ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 185 gaurīmindrādikāṃ lepyāṃ(1) citrajāṃ ca balābalāṃ pustakānāṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ ca vakṣye likhanatadvidhiṃ
[Notes: 1. 'dara dara' is the reading of the manuscripts marked kha, ga, ṅa; 2. 'protect, protect, oṃ phaṭ' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha; 'protect, protect, hrīṃ phaṭ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga; 3. 'harirūpā sumidvidā' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked ga and ṅa. Page 185] Gaurī, and Indra and the others, whether moulded in plaster or produced in painting, strong or weak. And I shall declare the consecration of books and the rule for writing them.
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AgP 63.10
स्वस्तिके मण्डले ऽभ्यर्च्य शरपत्रासने स्थितं(२) लेख्यञ्च लिखितं पुस्तं गुरुर्विद्यां हरिं यजेत्
svastike maṇḍale 'bhyarcya śarapatrāsane sthitaṃ(2) lekhyañca likhitaṃ pustaṃ gururvidyāṃ hariṃ yajet
Having worshipped in a svastika-shaped diagram (the book) placed on a seat of reed-leaves, and (having worshipped) both what is to be written and the book (already) written, (the patron) should worship the teacher, the science (embodied in the text), and Hari.
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AgP 63.11
यजमानो गुरुं विद्यां हरिं लिपिकृतं नरं प्राङ्मुखः पद्मिनीं ध्यायेत् लिखित्वा श्लोकपञ्चकं
yajamāno guruṃ vidyāṃ hariṃ lipikṛtaṃ naraṃ prāṅmukhaḥ padminīṃ dhyāyet likhitvā ślokapañcakaṃ
The sacrificer, (having worshipped) the teacher, the science, Hari, and the man who does the writing, should face east and meditate on the lotus-lady, after writing five verses,
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AgP 63.12
रौप्यस्थमस्या हैम्या च लेखन्या नागराक्षरं(३) ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेच्छक्या शक्त्या दद्याच्च दक्षिणां(४)
raupyasthamasyā haimyā ca lekhanyā nāgarākṣaraṃ(3) brāhmaṇān bhojayecchakyā śaktyā dadyācca dakṣiṇāṃ(4)
the letters in Nāgarī script, with ink held in a silver (vessel) and with a golden pen. He should feed brahmins as far as he is able, and give a fee according to his means.
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AgP 63.13
गुरुं विद्यां हरिं प्रार्च्य पुराणादि लिखेन्नरः पूर्ववन्मण्डलाद्ये(५) च ऐशान्यां भद्रपीठके
guruṃ vidyāṃ hariṃ prārcya purāṇādi likhennaraḥ pūrvavanmaṇḍalādye(5) ca aiśānyāṃ bhadrapīṭhake
Having first worshipped the teacher, the science and Hari, a man may write a Purāṇa or the like; and as before, in the diagram and the rest, on a fine seat in the north-east (quarter),
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AgP 63.14
दर्पणे पुस्तकं दृष्ट्वा सेचयेत् पूर्ववद् घटैः नेत्रोन्मीलनकं कृत्वा शय्यायां तु न्यसेन्नरः
darpaṇe pustakaṃ dṛṣṭvā secayet pūrvavad ghaṭaiḥ netronmīlanakaṃ kṛtvā śayyāyāṃ tu nyasennaraḥ
having viewed the book in a mirror, he should sprinkle it with the pots as before; and having performed the opening of the eyes, the man should lay it on the couch.
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AgP 63.15
न्यसेत्तु पौरुषं सूक्तं देवाद्यं तत्र पुस्तके कृत्वा सजीवीकरणं प्रार्च्य हुत्वा चरुं ततः
nyasettu pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ devādyaṃ tatra pustake kṛtvā sajīvīkaraṇaṃ prārcya hutvā caruṃ tataḥ
He should place the Puruṣa hymn, beginning with the deity, there in the book; having performed the enlivening rite, having worshipped and offered the caru oblation in the fire, then—
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AgP 63.16
सम्प्राश्य दक्षिणाभिस्तु गुर्वादीन् भोजयेद्द्विजान् रथेन हस्तिना वापि भ्राम्येत् पुस्तकं नरैः(६)
samprāśya dakṣiṇābhistu gurvādīn bhojayeddvijān rathena hastinā vāpi bhrāmyet pustakaṃ naraiḥ(6)
—having eaten (the caru), he should feed the brahmins, the teacher and the rest, with gifts of fees; and he should have the book carried around in procession by men, or on a chariot or an elephant.
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AgP 63.17
गृहे देवालयादौ तु पुस्तकं स्थाप्य पूजयेत् वस्त्रादिवेष्टितं पाठादादावन्ते समर्चयेत्(७)
gṛhe devālayādau tu pustakaṃ sthāpya pūjayet vastrādiveṣṭitaṃ pāṭhādādāvante samarcayet(7)
He should install the book in a house or in a temple or the like and worship it; wrapped in cloth and so forth, he should worship it at the beginning and at the end of the recitation.
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AgP 63.18
:न् १ इन्द्रादिकां जप्यमिति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ शरयन्त्रासने स्थितमिति ख, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ रौप्यमय्याथ हैम्या वा लेखन्यथ वराक्षरमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ प्राङ्मुखः पद्मिनीं ध्यायेत् लिखित्वा च प्रदापयेत् ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेच्छक्त्या शक्त्यादद्याच्च दक्षिणामिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ पूर्वमण्डपपार्श्वे इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ६ पुस्तकं नर इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ७ अन्ते सदार्चयेदिति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १८६ जगच्छान्तिञ्चावधार्य पुस्तकं वाचयेन्नरः अध्यायमेकं कुम्भाद्भिर्यजमानादि सेचयेत्
:n 1 indrādikāṃ japyamiti ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 śarayantrāsane sthitamiti kha, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 raupyamayyātha haimyā vā lekhanyatha varākṣaramiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 prāṅmukhaḥ padminīṃ dhyāyet likhitvā ca pradāpayet brāhmaṇān bhojayecchaktyā śaktyādadyācca dakṣiṇāmiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 pūrvamaṇḍapapārśve iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 6 pustakaṃ nara iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 7 ante sadārcayediti kha, ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 186 jagacchāntiñcāvadhārya pustakaṃ vācayennaraḥ adhyāyamekaṃ kumbhādbhiryajamānādi secayet
[Footnotes of the edition, not verse text: (1) manuscripts ga and gha read indrādikāṃ japyam; (2) kha and gha read śarayantrāsane sthitam; (3) ṅa reads raupyamayyātha haimyā vā lekhanyatha varākṣaram; (4) ga reads prāṅmukhaḥ padminīṃ dhyāyet likhitvā ca pradāpayet brāhmaṇān bhojayecchaktyā śaktyādadyācca dakṣiṇām; (5) ṅa reads pūrvamaṇḍapapārśve; (6) kha reads pustakaṃ naraḥ; (7) kha and ga read ante sadārcayet. Page 186.] Having pronounced the (rite for the) appeasing of the world, the man should recite the book; he should sprinkle the patron and the others with the water of the jar, one chapter (at a time).
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AgP 63.19
द्विजाय पुस्तकं दत्वा फलस्यान्तो न विद्यते त्रीण्याहुरतिदानानि गावः पृथ्वीं सरस्वती
dvijāya pustakaṃ datvā phalasyānto na vidyate trīṇyāhuratidānāni gāvaḥ pṛthvīṃ sarasvatī
Having given a book to a brahmin, there is no end to the fruit (of it). They say there are three surpassing gifts: cows, the earth, and Sarasvatī (i.e. learning).
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AgP 63.20
विद्यादानफलं दत्वा मस्यन्तं पत्रसञ्चयं यावत्तु पत्रसङ्ख्यानमक्षराणां तथानघ
vidyādānaphalaṃ datvā masyantaṃ patrasañcayaṃ yāvattu patrasaṅkhyānamakṣarāṇāṃ tathānagha
Having given the fruit of the gift of knowledge—a collection of leaves complete with ink—: for as many as is the count of the leaves and likewise of the syllables, O sinless one,
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AgP 63.21
तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि विष्णुलोके महीयते पञ्चरात्रं पुराणानि भारतानि ददन्नरः कुलैकविंशमुद्धृत्य परे तत्त्वे तु लीयते
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṇuloke mahīyate pañcarātraṃ purāṇāni bhāratāni dadannaraḥ kulaikaviṃśamuddhṛtya pare tattve tu līyate
for that many thousands of years he is honoured in Viṣṇu's world. A man who gives the Pañcarātra (texts), the Purāṇas, and the Bhārata works, having rescued twenty-one generations of his family, is merged in the supreme reality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition