Agni Purana — Chapter 68

AgP 68.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये जीर्णोद्धारकथनं नाम सप्तषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ भूषिताञ्च यजेद् गुरुरिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १९७ छप्तेर् {६८} :श् अथ अष्टषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः यात्रोत्सवविधिकथनं भगवानुवाच वक्ष्ये विधिं चोत्सवस्य स्थापिते तु सुरे चरेत् तस्मिन्नब्दे चैकरात्रं त्रिरात्रञ्चाष्टरात्रकं

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye jīrṇoddhārakathanaṃ nāma saptaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 bhūṣitāñca yajed gururiti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 197 chapter {68} :ś atha aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ yātrotsavavidhikathanaṃ bhagavānuvāca vakṣye vidhiṃ cotsavasya sthāpite tu sure caret tasminnabde caikarātraṃ trirātrañcāṣṭarātrakaṃ

Thus in the primeval great Purāṇa, the Āgneya, the sixty-seventh chapter, called the account of the restoration of what is worn out. || [Note: 1. 'bhūṣitāñca yajed guruḥ' is the reading of the manuscript marked gha. p. 197] Chapter 68. Now the sixty-eighth chapter: the statement of the rules for processions and festivals. The Blessed One said: I shall declare also the rule of the festival, which one should perform when a deity has been installed: in that year, for one night, or three nights, or eight nights.

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AgP 68.2

उत्सवेन विना यस्मात् स्थापनं निष्फलं भवेत् अयने विषुवे चापि शयनोपवने गृहे(१)

utsavena vinā yasmāt sthāpanaṃ niṣphalaṃ bhavet ayane viṣuve cāpi śayanopavane gṛhe(1)

Since without a festival the installation would be fruitless, (it should be held) at a solstice or an equinox, or at the (rite of the god's) lying down (and rising) in the house,

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AgP 68.3

कारकस्यानुकूले वा यात्रान्देवस्य कारयेत् मङ्गलाङ्कुररोपैस्तु गीतनृत्यादिवाद्यकैः

kārakasyānukūle vā yātrāndevasya kārayet maṅgalāṅkuraropaistu gītanṛtyādivādyakaiḥ

or at a time favourable to the sponsor, he should have the god's procession performed, with auspicious sowings of sprouts and with singing, dancing and other music.

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AgP 68.4

शरावघटिकापालीस्त्वङ्कुरारोहणे हिताः यवाञ्छालींस्तिलान् मुद्गान् गोधूमान् सितसर्षपान्

śarāvaghaṭikāpālīstvaṅkurārohaṇe hitāḥ yavāñchālīṃstilān mudgān godhūmān sitasarṣapān

Shallow dishes, small pots and bowls are suitable for the raising of sprouts: barley, rice, sesame, mung beans, wheat, white mustard,

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AgP 68.5

कुलत्थमाषनिष्पावान् क्षालयित्वा तु वापयेत् पूर्वादौ च बलिं दद्यात् भ्रमन् दीपैः पुरं निशि

kulatthamāṣaniṣpāvān kṣālayitvā tu vāpayet pūrvādau ca baliṃ dadyāt bhraman dīpaiḥ puraṃ niśi

horse-gram, black gram and beans he should wash and then sow; and he should offer the bali beginning in the east, going around the town at night with lamps,

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AgP 68.6

इन्द्रादेः कुमुदादेश् च सर्वभूतेभ्य एव च अनुगच्छन्ति ते तत्र प्रतिरूपधराः पुनः

indrādeḥ kumudādeś ca sarvabhūtebhya eva ca anugacchanti te tatra pratirūpadharāḥ punaḥ

to Indra and the rest, to Kumuda and the rest, and indeed to all beings; and there those (beings), bearing corresponding forms, follow along.

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AgP 68.7

पदे पदे ऽश्वमेधस्य फलं तेषां न संशयः आगत्य देवतागारं देवं विज्ञापयेद् गुरुः

pade pade 'śvamedhasya phalaṃ teṣāṃ na saṃśayaḥ āgatya devatāgāraṃ devaṃ vijñāpayed guruḥ

At every step there is for them the fruit of a horse sacrifice — there is no doubt. Having come to the temple of the deity, the teacher should announce to the god:

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AgP 68.8

तीर्थयात्रा तु या देव श्वः कर्तव्या सुरोत्तम तस्यारम्भमनुज्ञातुमर्हसे देव सर्वथा

tīrthayātrā tu yā deva śvaḥ kartavyā surottama tasyārambhamanujñātumarhase deva sarvathā

"O god, the pilgrimage-procession that is to be performed tomorrow, O best of gods — you should by all means grant permission, O god, for its beginning."

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AgP 68.9

देवमेवन्तु विज्ञाप्य ततः कर्म समारभेत्(२) प्ररोहघटिकाभ्यान्तु वेदिकां भूषितां व्रजेत्

devamevantu vijñāpya tataḥ karma samārabhet(2) prarohaghaṭikābhyāntu vedikāṃ bhūṣitāṃ vrajet

Having thus informed the god, he should then begin the rite; and with the pots of sprouts he should go to the adorned altar.

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AgP 68.10

:न् १ शयनोत्थापने गृहे इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । शयनोत्थापने हरेरिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ समाचरेदिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १९८ चतुःस्तम्भान्तु तन्मध्ये स्वस्तिके प्रतिमां न्यसेत् काम्यार्थां लेख्यचित्रेषु स्थाप्य तत्राधिवासयेत्

:n 1 śayanotthāpane gṛhe iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / śayanotthāpane hareriti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 samācarediti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 198 catuḥstambhāntu tanmadhye svastike pratimāṃ nyaset kāmyārthāṃ lekhyacitreṣu sthāpya tatrādhivāsayet

[Notes: 1. 'śayanotthāpane gṛhe' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha; 'śayanotthāpane hareḥ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 2. 'samācaret' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga. p. 198] In its midst, within four pillars, he should set the image on a svastika; and having set up (images) for desired objects in written pictures, he should there perform the adhivāsana.

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AgP 68.11

वैष्णवैः सह कुर्वीत घृताभ्यङ्गन्तु मूलतः घृतधाराभिषेकं वा सकलां शर्वरीं बुधः

vaiṣṇavaiḥ saha kurvīta ghṛtābhyaṅgantu mūlataḥ ghṛtadhārābhiṣekaṃ vā sakalāṃ śarvarīṃ budhaḥ

Together with Vaiṣṇavas the wise man should perform the anointing with ghee, (reciting) from the root mantra, or the sprinkling with a stream of ghee, for the whole night.

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AgP 68.12

दर्पणं दर्श्य नीराजं गीतवाद्यैश् च मङ्गलं व्यजनं पूजनं दीपं गन्धपुष्पादिभिर्यजेत्

darpaṇaṃ darśya nīrājaṃ gītavādyaiś ca maṅgalaṃ vyajanaṃ pūjanaṃ dīpaṃ gandhapuṣpādibhiryajet

Having shown the mirror, (he should perform) the lamp-waving (nīrāja), and the auspicious rite with songs and instrumental music; (he should offer) the fan, the worship, the lamp, and worship (the deity) with perfumes, flowers and the rest.

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AgP 68.13

हरिद्रामुद्गकाश्मीरशुक्लचूर्णादि मूर्ध्नि प्रतिमायाश् च भक्तानां सर्वतीर्थफलं धृते

haridrāmudgakāśmīraśuklacūrṇādi mūrdhni pratimāyāś ca bhaktānāṃ sarvatīrthaphalaṃ dhṛte

Turmeric, mung, saffron, white powder and the like, when borne on the head of the image and (on the heads) of the devotees, (yields) the fruit of all pilgrimage places.

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AgP 68.14

स्नापयित्वा समभ्यर्च्य यात्राविम्बं रथे स्थितं नयेद्गुरुर् नदीर्नादैश्छत्राद्यै राष्ट्रपालिकाः

snāpayitvā samabhyarcya yātrāvimbaṃ rathe sthitaṃ nayedgurur nadīrnādaiśchatrādyai rāṣṭrapālikāḥ

Having bathed and fully worshipped it, the teacher should lead the procession-image, placed on the chariot, to the rivers with musical sounds; the guardians of the realm (should attend) with parasols and the like.

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AgP 68.15

निम्नगायोजनादर्वाक् तत्र वेदीन्तु कारयेत् वाहनादवतार्यैनं तस्यां वेद्यान्निवेशयेत्

nimnagāyojanādarvāk tatra vedīntu kārayet vāhanādavatāryainaṃ tasyāṃ vedyānniveśayet

Within a yojana short of the river he should have an altar made there; taking him (the image) down from the vehicle, he should set him on that altar.

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AgP 68.16

चरुं वै श्रपयेत् तत्र पायसं होमयेत्ततः अब्लिङ्गैः(१) वैदिकैर् मन्त्रैस्तीर्थानावाहयेत्ततः

caruṃ vai śrapayet tatra pāyasaṃ homayettataḥ abliṅgaiḥ(1) vaidikair mantraistīrthānāvāhayettataḥ

He should cook the oblation-porridge there, then offer the milk-rice in the fire; then, with the Vedic mantras of the water-verses (abliṅga), he should invoke the sacred waters.

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AgP 68.17

आपो हिष्ठोपनिषदैः पूजयेदर्घ्यमुख्यकैः पुनर्देवं समादाय तोये कृत्वाघमर्षणं

āpo hiṣṭhopaniṣadaiḥ pūjayedarghyamukhyakaiḥ punardevaṃ samādāya toye kṛtvāghamarṣaṇaṃ

With the Upaniṣadic verses beginning 'āpo hi ṣṭhā' he should worship (them) with arghya and the chief (offerings); then, taking up the god again, having performed the aghamarṣaṇa in the water,

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AgP 68.18

स्नायान्महाजनैर् विप्रैर् वेद्यामुत्तार्य तं न्यसेत् पूजयित्वा तदह्ना च प्रासादं तु नयेत्ततः पूजयेत् पावकस्थन्तु गुरुः स्याद्भुक्तिमुक्तिकृत्

snāyānmahājanair viprair vedyāmuttārya taṃ nyaset pūjayitvā tadahnā ca prāsādaṃ tu nayettataḥ pūjayet pāvakasthantu guruḥ syādbhuktimuktikṛt

he should bathe together with the great folk and the brahmins; having brought him up onto the altar he should set him down, and having worshipped (him) on that same day he should then lead (him) to the temple; the teacher should worship (the god) as abiding in the fire — this brings enjoyment and liberation.

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