Agni Purana — Chapter 69
AgP 69.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये देवयात्रोत्सवकथनं नाम अष्टषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ अर्चिकैर् इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १९९ छप्तेर् {६९} :श् अथोनसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः स्नानविधानं अग्निर् उवाच ब्रह्मन् शृणु प्रवक्षामि स्नपनोत्सवविस्तरं प्रासादस्याग्रतः कुम्भान्मण्डपे मण्डले न्यसेत्
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye devayātrotsavakathanaṃ nāma aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 arcikair iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 199 chapter {69} :ś athonasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ snānavidhānaṃ agnir uvāca brahman śṛṇu pravakṣāmi snapanotsavavistaraṃ prāsādasyāgrataḥ kumbhānmaṇḍape maṇḍale nyaset
Thus in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, the sixty-eighth chapter, called 'The Account of the God's Procession Festival'. [Note 1: the reading of the manuscript marked 'ga' is 'arcikaiḥ'.] Page 199, chapter 69. Now the sixty-ninth chapter: The Rule for Bathing. Agni said: Brahmin, listen — I shall declare at length the bathing festival. In front of the temple, in a pavilion, he should set the pots on a diagram.
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AgP 69.2
कुर्याद् ध्यानार्चनं होमं हरेरादौ च कर्मसु सहस्रं वा शतं वापि होमयेत् पूर्णया सह
kuryād dhyānārcanaṃ homaṃ harerādau ca karmasu sahasraṃ vā śataṃ vāpi homayet pūrṇayā saha
He should perform meditation, worship, and oblation to Hari at the beginning of (all) rites; he should offer a thousand or even a hundred oblations, together with the full offering (pūrṇā).
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AgP 69.3
स्नानद्रव्याण्यथाहृत्य कलशांश्चापि विन्यसेत् अधिवास्य सूत्रकण्ठान् धारयेन्मण्डले घटान्
snānadravyāṇyathāhṛtya kalaśāṃścāpi vinyaset adhivāsya sūtrakaṇṭhān dhārayenmaṇḍale ghaṭān
Then, having brought the materials for the bathing and also having set out the water-jars, having consecrated them (by the adhivāsa rite) he should hold in the diagram the pots with threads around their necks.
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AgP 69.4
चतुरस्रं पुरं कृत्वा रुद्रैस्तं प्रविभाज्येत्(१) मध्येन तु चरुं स्थाप्य पार्श्वे पङ्क्तिं प्रमार्जयेत्
caturasraṃ puraṃ kṛtvā rudraistaṃ pravibhājyet(1) madhyena tu caruṃ sthāpya pārśve paṅktiṃ pramārjayet
Having made the enclosure four-cornered, he should divide it (into portions) by the Rudras (i.e. eleven, or by the Rudra number); placing the oblation-porridge in the middle, he should wipe clean a row at the side.
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AgP 69.5
शालिचूर्णादिनापूर्य पूर्वादिनवकेषु च कुम्भमुद्रां ततो बध्वा घटं तत्रानयेद् बुधः
śālicūrṇādināpūrya pūrvādinavakeṣu ca kumbhamudrāṃ tato badhvā ghaṭaṃ tatrānayed budhaḥ
Having filled (them) with rice-flour and the like, in the nine (compartments) beginning from the east, and then having made the pot-gesture (kumbhamudrā), the wise man should bring the pot there.
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AgP 69.6
पुण्डरीकाक्षमन्त्रेण दर्भांस्तांस्तु विसर्जयेत् अद्भिः पूर्णं सर्वरत्नयुतं मध्ये न्यसेद् घटं
puṇḍarīkākṣamantreṇa darbhāṃstāṃstu visarjayet adbhiḥ pūrṇaṃ sarvaratnayutaṃ madhye nyased ghaṭaṃ
With the mantra of the lotus-eyed one he should dismiss those darbha grasses; in the middle he should set a pot filled with water and furnished with all the jewels.
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AgP 69.7
यवव्रीहितिलांश् चैव नीवरान् श्यामकान् क्रमात् कुलत्थमुद्गसिद्धार्थांस्तच्छुक्तानष्टदिक्षु च
yavavrīhitilāṃś caiva nīvarān śyāmakān kramāt kulatthamudgasiddhārthāṃstacchuktānaṣṭadikṣu ca
And in the eight directions, in order, (he should place) barley, rice, sesame, nīvāra grain, śyāmāka millet, kulattha, mung beans, mustard seeds, and their sour (preparations).
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AgP 69.8
ऐन्द्रे तु नवके मध्ये घृतपूर्णं घटं न्यसेत् पलाशाश्वत्थन्यग्रोधविल्वोदुम्बरशीर्षां
aindre tu navake madhye ghṛtapūrṇaṃ ghaṭaṃ nyaset palāśāśvatthanyagrodhavilvodumbaraśīrṣāṃ
But in the eastern set of nine he should set in the middle a pot filled with ghee; (and pots) with the tops of palāśa, aśvattha, banyan, bilva, and udumbara,
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AgP 69.9
जम्बूशमीकपित्थानां त्वक्कषायैर् घटाष्टकं आग्नेयनवके मध्ये मधुपूर्णं घटं न्यसेत्
jambūśamīkapitthānāṃ tvakkaṣāyair ghaṭāṣṭakaṃ āgneyanavake madhye madhupūrṇaṃ ghaṭaṃ nyaset
— eight pots with the astringent decoctions of the bark of jambū, śamī, and kapittha. In the south-eastern set of nine he should set in the middle a pot filled with honey.
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AgP 69.10
गोशृङ्गनश्वगङ्गागजेन्द्रदशनेषु च तीर्थक्षेत्रखलेष्वष्टौ मृत्तिकाः स्युर्घटाष्टके
gośṛṅganaśvagaṅgāgajendradaśaneṣu ca tīrthakṣetrakhaleṣvaṣṭau mṛttikāḥ syurghaṭāṣṭake
And (earth) from a cow's horn, from a horse('s hoof), from the Ganges, and from the tusks of a lordly elephant, and from sacred fords, holy fields and threshing-floors — these should be the eight kinds of earth in the eight pots.
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AgP 69.11
:न् १ प्रविभावयेदिति ख, ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः :प् २०० याम्ये तु नवके मध्ये तिलतैलघटं न्यसेत् नारङ्गमथ जम्बीरं खर्जूरं मृद्विकां क्रमात्
:n 1 pravibhāvayediti kha, ga, gha, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ :p 200 yāmye tu navake madhye tilatailaghaṭaṃ nyaset nāraṅgamatha jambīraṃ kharjūraṃ mṛdvikāṃ kramāt
[Note 1: 'pravibhāvayet' is the reading of the three manuscripts marked kha, ga, gha. Page 200] But in the southern set of nine he should set in the middle a pot of sesame oil; (and) orange, then citron, date, and grape, in order,
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AgP 69.12
नारिकेलं न्यसेत् पूगं दाडिमं पनसं फलं नैरृते नवके मध्ये क्षीरपूर्णं घटं न्यसेत्
nārikelaṃ nyaset pūgaṃ dāḍimaṃ panasaṃ phalaṃ nairṛte navake madhye kṣīrapūrṇaṃ ghaṭaṃ nyaset
he should set coconut, areca nut, pomegranate, and jackfruit fruit. In the south-western set of nine he should set in the middle a pot filled with milk.
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AgP 69.13
कुङ्कुमं नागपुष्पञ्च चम्पकं मालतीं क्रमात् मल्लिकामथ पुन्नागं करवीरं महोत्पलं
kuṅkumaṃ nāgapuṣpañca campakaṃ mālatīṃ kramāt mallikāmatha punnāgaṃ karavīraṃ mahotpalaṃ
Saffron and nāgapuṣpa, campaka, mālatī, in order, then mallikā, punnāga, karavīra, and the great blue lotus —
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AgP 69.14
पुष्पाणि चाप्ये नवके मध्ये वै नारिकेलकम् नादयेमथ सामुद्रं सारसं कौपमेव च
puṣpāṇi cāpye navake madhye vai nārikelakam nādayematha sāmudraṃ sārasaṃ kaupameva ca
And (he should place) flowers in the western group of nine, and in the middle indeed a coconut; and (waters) — from a river, from the sea, from a lake, and from a well.
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AgP 69.15
वर्षजं हिमतोयञ्च नैर्झरङ्गाङ्गमेव च उदकान्यथ वायव्ये नवके कदलीफलं
varṣajaṃ himatoyañca nairjharaṅgāṅgameva ca udakānyatha vāyavye navake kadalīphalaṃ
Rain-water, snow-water, and water from a waterfall and from a stream — (these) waters; then in the northwestern group of nine, a plantain fruit.
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AgP 69.16
सहदेवीं कुमारीं च सिंहीं व्याघ्रीं तथामृतां विष्णुपर्णीं शतशिवां वचां दिव्यौषधीर्न्यसेत्
sahadevīṃ kumārīṃ ca siṃhīṃ vyāghrīṃ tathāmṛtāṃ viṣṇuparṇīṃ śataśivāṃ vacāṃ divyauṣadhīrnyaset
He should set down the divine herbs: sahadevī, kumārī, siṃhī, vyāghrī, and likewise amṛtā, viṣṇuparṇī, śataśivā, and vacā.
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AgP 69.17
पूर्वादौ सौम्यनवके मध्ये दधिघटं न्यसेत् पत्रमेलां त्वचं कुष्ठं बालकं चन्दनद्वयं
pūrvādau saumyanavake madhye dadhighaṭaṃ nyaset patramelāṃ tvacaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ bālakaṃ candanadvayaṃ
Beginning in the east, in the northern group of nine, he should set a pot of curds in the middle; (also) leaf, cardamom, bark, kuṣṭha, bālaka, the two sandalwoods,
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AgP 69.18
लतां कस्तूरिकां चैव कृष्णागुरुमनुक्रमात् सिद्धद्रव्याणि पूर्वादौ शान्तितोयमथैकतः
latāṃ kastūrikāṃ caiva kṛṣṇāgurumanukramāt siddhadravyāṇi pūrvādau śāntitoyamathaikataḥ
a creeper, musk, and black aloe-wood, in due order — the perfected substances beginning in the east; and the water of appeasement on one side.
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AgP 69.19
चन्द्रतारं क्रमाच्छुक्लं गिरिसारं त्रपु न्यसेत् घनसारं(१) तथा शीर्षं पूर्वादौ रत्नमेव च
candratāraṃ kramācchuklaṃ girisāraṃ trapu nyaset ghanasāraṃ(1) tathā śīrṣaṃ pūrvādau ratnameva ca
He should set down, in order, moon-and-star (crystal?), silver, mountain-essence (iron?), tin, and camphor, and likewise the head (piece), and jewels too, beginning in the east.
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AgP 69.20
घृतेनाभ्यर्ज्य चोद्वर्त्य स्नपयेन्मूलमन्त्रतः गन्धाद्यैः पूजयेद्वह्नौ हुत्वा पूर्णाहुतिं चरेत्
ghṛtenābhyarjya codvartya snapayenmūlamantrataḥ gandhādyaiḥ pūjayedvahnau hutvā pūrṇāhutiṃ caret
Having anointed (the image) with ghee and rubbed it down, he should bathe it with the root-mantra; he should worship it with perfumes and the rest, and having offered oblation in the fire, should perform the full oblation.
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AgP 69.21
बलिञ्च सर्वभूतेभ्यो भोजयेद्दत्तदक्षिणः देवैश् च मुनिभिर्भूपैर् देवं(२) संस्थाप्य चेश्वराः
baliñca sarvabhūtebhyo bhojayeddattadakṣiṇaḥ devaiś ca munibhirbhūpair devaṃ(2) saṃsthāpya ceśvarāḥ
And he should feed an offering to all beings, having given the priestly fee; and, O lords, having installed the god together with the gods, the sages and the kings —
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AgP 69.22
:न् १ घोषसारमिति ख, ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः २ देवैश् च मुनिभिः सार्धमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । दिव्यैश् च बलिभिर्धूपैर् देवमिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २०१ बभूवुः स्थापित्वेत्थं स्नपनोत्सवकं चरेत् अष्टोत्तरसहस्रेण घटानां सर्वभाग् भवेत्
:n 1 ghoṣasāramiti kha, ga, gha, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 2 devaiś ca munibhiḥ sārdhamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / divyaiś ca balibhirdhūpair devamiti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 201 babhūvuḥ sthāpitvetthaṃ snapanotsavakaṃ caret aṣṭottarasahasreṇa ghaṭānāṃ sarvabhāg bhavet
[Apparatus: 1 'ghoṣasāram' is the reading of the three manuscripts marked kha, ga, gha. 2 'devaiś ca munibhiḥ sārdham' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa; 'divyaiś ca balibhirdhūpair devam' is the reading of the manuscript marked gha. p. 201] ...they became (present). Having installed (the god) in this way, he should perform the bathing-festival; with one thousand and eight pots he becomes a sharer in all (fruits).
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AgP 69.23
यज्ञावभृथस्नानेन पूर्णसंस्नापनं कृतम् गौरीलक्ष्मीविवाहादि चोत्सवं स्नानपूर्वकम्
yajñāvabhṛthasnānena pūrṇasaṃsnāpanaṃ kṛtam gaurīlakṣmīvivāhādi cotsavaṃ snānapūrvakam
By the bath at the conclusion of the sacrifice the complete lustration is accomplished; and the festival — the marriage of Gaurī and of Lakṣmī, and so forth — is preceded by the bath.
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