Agni Purana — Chapter 65

AgP 65.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये कूपवापीतडागादिप्रतिष्ठाकथनं नाम चतुःषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {६५} :श् अथ पञ्चषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः सभास्थापनकथनं भगवानुवाच सभादिस्थानं वक्ष्ये तथैव तेषां प्रवर्तनं भूमौ परीक्षितायाञ्च वास्तुयागं समाचरेत्

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye kūpavāpītaḍāgādipratiṣṭhākathanaṃ nāma catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {65} :ś atha pañcaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ sabhāsthāpanakathanaṃ bhagavānuvāca sabhādisthānaṃ vakṣye tathaiva teṣāṃ pravartanaṃ bhūmau parīkṣitāyāñca vāstuyāgaṃ samācaret

[Thus ends the sixty-fourth chapter, called "The Statement on the Consecration of Wells, Step-wells, Tanks and the Like," in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa. Chapter 65. Now the sixty-fifth chapter: the statement on the founding of assembly-halls.] The Blessed One said: I shall declare the site of assembly-halls and the like, and likewise their construction. And on ground that has been examined one should perform the vāstu-sacrifice.

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AgP 65.2

स्वेच्छया तु सभां कृत्वा स्वेच्छया स्थापयेत् सुरान् :न् १ तोयं समुत्सृजेदेवमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ गोकुलं पाययेद् द्विजानिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १९१ चतुष्पथे ग्रामादौ(१) च न शून्ये कारयेत् सभां

svecchayā tu sabhāṃ kṛtvā svecchayā sthāpayet surān :n 1 toyaṃ samutsṛjedevamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 gokulaṃ pāyayed dvijāniti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 191 catuṣpathe grāmādau(1) ca na śūnye kārayet sabhāṃ

Having made the hall as he pleases, he should install the gods as he pleases. [Notes: 1 "toyaṃ samutsṛjed evam" is the reading of the manuscript marked kha; 2 "gokulaṃ pāyayed dvijān" is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. Page 191] He should have the hall made at a crossroads, in a village and so forth, and not in a deserted place.

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AgP 65.3

निर्मलः कुलमुद्धृत्य कर्ता स्वर्गे विमोदते अनेन विधिना कुर्यात् सप्तभौमं हरेर्गृहं

nirmalaḥ kulamuddhṛtya kartā svarge vimodate anena vidhinā kuryāt saptabhaumaṃ harergṛhaṃ

Pure, having raised up his family, the doer rejoices in heaven. By this rule one should make a seven-storeyed house of Hari.

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AgP 65.4

यथा राज्ञां तथान्येषां पूर्वाद्याश् च ध्वजादयः कोणभुजान् वर्जयित्वा चतुःशालं तु वर्तयेत्

yathā rājñāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ pūrvādyāś ca dhvajādayaḥ koṇabhujān varjayitvā catuḥśālaṃ tu vartayet

As for kings, so for others, the banners and the rest (are placed) beginning in the east. Avoiding the corner-wings, one should construct a four-hall (building).

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AgP 65.5

त्रिशालं वा द्विशालं वा एकशालमथापि वा व्ययाधिकं न कुर्वीत व्ययदोषकरं हि तत्

triśālaṃ vā dviśālaṃ vā ekaśālamathāpi vā vyayādhikaṃ na kurvīta vyayadoṣakaraṃ hi tat

Or a three-hall, or a two-hall, or even a one-hall (building). One should not make (a building) with excess of vyaya (expenditure), for that produces the fault of loss.

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AgP 65.6

आयाधिके भवेत् पीडा तस्मात् कुर्यात् समं द्वयं करराशिं समस्तन्तु कुर्याद्वसुगुणं गुरुः

āyādhike bhavet pīḍā tasmāt kuryāt samaṃ dvayaṃ kararāśiṃ samastantu kuryādvasuguṇaṃ guruḥ

If the āya (income) is in excess there will be affliction; therefore one should make the two equal. The master should make the total sum of cubits multiplied by eight.

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AgP 65.7

सप्तार्चिषा हृते भागे गर्गविद्याविचक्षणः अष्टधा भाजिते तस्मिन् यच्छेषं स व्ययो गतः

saptārciṣā hṛte bhāge gargavidyāvicakṣaṇaḥ aṣṭadhā bhājite tasmin yaccheṣaṃ sa vyayo gataḥ

When the quotient is divided by the seven-flamed one (fire, i.e. three)—so (says) one versed in Garga's science—and when that is divided in eight ways, whatever remains, that is the vyaya obtained.

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AgP 65.8

अथवा करराशिं तु हन्यात् सप्तार्चिषा बुधः वसुभिः संहृते भागे पृथ्व्यादि(२) परिकल्पयेत्

athavā kararāśiṃ tu hanyāt saptārciṣā budhaḥ vasubhiḥ saṃhṛte bhāge pṛthvyādi(2) parikalpayet

Or else the wise man should multiply the sum of cubits by the seven-flamed one (fire, three); when the quotient is divided by the eight (Vasus), he should reckon (the results as) earth and the rest.

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AgP 65.9

ध्वजो धूम्रस् तथा सिंहः श्वा वृषस्तु खरो गजः तथा ध्वाङ्क्षस्तु पूर्वादावुद्भवन्ति विकल्पयेत्

dhvajo dhūmras tathā siṃhaḥ śvā vṛṣastu kharo gajaḥ tathā dhvāṅkṣastu pūrvādāvudbhavanti vikalpayet

Banner, smoke, lion, dog, bull, ass, elephant, and crow: these arise beginning from the east; (accordingly) he should make his determination.

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AgP 65.10

त्रिशालकत्रयं शस्तं उदक्पूर्वविवर्जितं याम्यां परगृहोपेतं द्विशालं लभ्यते सदा

triśālakatrayaṃ śastaṃ udakpūrvavivarjitaṃ yāmyāṃ paragṛhopetaṃ dviśālaṃ labhyate sadā

A group of three halls is commended, excluding (those on) the north and east; on the south, one joined to another's house — a two-hall (building) is always obtainable.

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AgP 65.11

याम्ये शालैकशालं तु प्रत्यक्शालमथापि वा एकशालद्वयं शस्तं शेषास्त्वन्ये भयावहाः

yāmye śālaikaśālaṃ tu pratyakśālamathāpi vā ekaśāladvayaṃ śastaṃ śeṣāstvanye bhayāvahāḥ

But a single hall on the south side, or else a hall facing west — a pair of single halls is commended; but the remaining others bring danger.

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AgP 65.12

चतुःशालं सदा शस्तं सर्वदोषविवर्जितं एकभौमादि कुर्वीत भवनं सप्तभौमकं

catuḥśālaṃ sadā śastaṃ sarvadoṣavivarjitaṃ ekabhaumādi kurvīta bhavanaṃ saptabhaumakaṃ

A four-hall (house) is always commended, free of every defect; one should build a dwelling of one storey up to seven storeys.

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AgP 65.13

द्वारवेद्यादिरहितं पूरणेन विवर्जितं देवगृहं देवतायाः प्रतिष्ठाविधिना सदा

dvāravedyādirahitaṃ pūraṇena vivarjitaṃ devagṛhaṃ devatāyāḥ pratiṣṭhāvidhinā sadā

A temple, lacking door, altar and the rest, and without filling in, (is to be built) for the deity always according to the rule of consecration.

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AgP 65.14

:न् १ पूश् चतुष्पथग्रामादाविति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ ध्वजादि इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १९२ संस्थाप्य मनुजानाञ्च समुदायोक्तकर्मणा प्रातः सर्वौषधीस्नानं कृत्वा शुचिरतन्द्रितः

:n 1 pūś catuṣpathagrāmādāviti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 dhvajādi iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 192 saṃsthāpya manujānāñca samudāyoktakarmaṇā prātaḥ sarvauṣadhīsnānaṃ kṛtvā śuciratandritaḥ

And having installed (them) for men too by the rite prescribed for the collective (installation), in the morning, having bathed with all the herbs, pure and free of sloth,

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AgP 65.15

मधुरैस्तु द्विजान् भोज्य पूर्णकुम्भादिशोभितं सतोरणं स्वस्ति वाच्य द्विजान् गोष्ठहस्तकः(१)

madhuraistu dvijān bhojya pūrṇakumbhādiśobhitaṃ satoraṇaṃ svasti vācya dvijān goṣṭhahastakaḥ(1)

and having fed the twice-born with sweet foods, having had the twice-born pronounce the benediction over (the house), which is adorned with full pots and the like and has an archway, (the householder), with his hand (held in the) 'cow-pen' gesture,

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AgP 65.16

गृही गृहं प्रविशेच्च दैवज्ञान् प्रार्च्य(२) संविशेत् गृहे पुष्टिकरं मन्त्रं पठेच्चेमं समाहितः

gṛhī gṛhaṃ praviśecca daivajñān prārcya(2) saṃviśet gṛhe puṣṭikaraṃ mantraṃ paṭheccemaṃ samāhitaḥ

the householder should enter the house, and having first honoured the astrologers, he should sit down; collected in mind, he should recite in the house this mantra that brings prosperity:

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AgP 65.17

ॐ नन्दे नन्दय वाशिष्ठे वसुभिः प्रजया सह जये भार्गवदायदे प्रजानां विजयावहे

oṃ nande nandaya vāśiṣṭhe vasubhiḥ prajayā saha jaye bhārgavadāyade prajānāṃ vijayāvahe

Om! O Nandā, gladden (us); O Vāsiṣṭhī, with wealth together with offspring; O Jayā, heir of Bhṛgu, bringing victory to (our) offspring;

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AgP 65.18

पूर्णे ऽङ्गिरसदायादे पूर्णकामं कुरुध्व मां भद्रे काश्यपदायादे कुरु भद्रां मतिं मम

pūrṇe 'ṅgirasadāyāde pūrṇakāmaṃ kurudhva māṃ bhadre kāśyapadāyāde kuru bhadrāṃ matiṃ mama

O Pūrṇā, heir of Aṅgiras, make me full of desire (fulfilled); O Bhadrā, heir of Kaśyapa, make my mind auspicious;

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AgP 65.19

सर्ववीजौषधीयुक्ते सर्वरत्नौषधीवृते रुचिरे नन्दने नन्दे वासिष्ठे रम्यतामिह

sarvavījauṣadhīyukte sarvaratnauṣadhīvṛte rucire nandane nande vāsiṣṭhe ramyatāmiha

O you joined with all seeds and herbs, encompassed by all gems and herbs, O radiant one, O Nandanā, O Nandā, O Vāsiṣṭhī, may (she) take delight here;

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AgP 65.20

प्रजापतिसुते देवि चतुरस्रे महीयसि सुभगे सुव्रते देवि गृहे काश्यपि रम्यतां

prajāpatisute devi caturasre mahīyasi subhage suvrate devi gṛhe kāśyapi ramyatāṃ

O goddess, daughter of Prajāpati, four-cornered, most great, O fortunate one, of good vows, O goddess Kāśyapī, may (she) take delight in the house;

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AgP 65.21

पूजिते परमाचार्यैर् गन्धमाल्यैर् अलङ्कृते भवभूतिकरे देवि गृहे भार्गवि रम्यतां

pūjite paramācāryair gandhamālyair alaṅkṛte bhavabhūtikare devi gṛhe bhārgavi ramyatāṃ

O you honoured by the highest teachers, adorned with perfumes and garlands, O goddess who brings existence and prosperity, O Bhārgavī, may (she) take delight in the house;

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AgP 65.22

अव्यक्ते व्याकृते पूर्णे मुनेरङ्गिरसः सुते इष्टके त्वं प्रयच्छेष्टं प्रतिष्ठां कारयाम्यहं

avyakte vyākṛte pūrṇe muneraṅgirasaḥ sute iṣṭake tvaṃ prayaccheṣṭaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ kārayāmyahaṃ

O unmanifest one, O manifested one, O full one, O daughter of the sage Aṅgiras, O brick, grant what is desired; I have the consecration performed.

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AgP 65.23

देशस्वामिपुरस्वामिगृहस्वामिपरिग्रहे मनुष्यधनहस्त्यश्वपशुवृद्धिकरी भव

deśasvāmipurasvāmigṛhasvāmiparigrahe manuṣyadhanahastyaśvapaśuvṛddhikarī bhava

O you who are the possession of the lord of the land, the lord of the city, and the lord of the house, be the increaser of men, wealth, elephants, horses and cattle.

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