Agni Purana — Chapter 70

AgP 70.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये यज्ञावभृतस्नानं नाम ऊनसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {७०} :श् अथ सप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः वृक्षादिप्रतिष्ठाकथनं भगवानुवाच प्रतिष्ठां पादपानाञ्च वक्ष्ये ऽहं भुक्तिमुक्तिदां सर्वौषध्युदकैर् लिप्तान् पिष्टातकविभूषितान्

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye yajñāvabhṛtasnānaṃ nāma ūnasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {70} :ś atha saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ vṛkṣādipratiṣṭhākathanaṃ bhagavānuvāca pratiṣṭhāṃ pādapānāñca vakṣye 'haṃ bhuktimuktidāṃ sarvauṣadhyudakair liptān piṣṭātakavibhūṣitān

[Thus, in the Āgneya, the first Great Purāṇa, the sixty-ninth chapter, called 'The Concluding Bath of the Sacrifice.' Chapter 70. Now the seventieth chapter: the account of the consecration of trees and the like.] The Lord said: I shall declare also the consecration of trees, which bestows enjoyment and liberation. (The trees are) smeared with the waters of all the herbs and adorned with fragrant powder;

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AgP 70.2

वृक्षान्माल्यैर् अलङ्कृत्य वासोभिरभिवेष्टयेत् सूच्या सौवर्णया कार्यं सर्वेषां कर्णवेधनम्

vṛkṣānmālyair alaṅkṛtya vāsobhirabhiveṣṭayet sūcyā sauvarṇayā kāryaṃ sarveṣāṃ karṇavedhanam

having decorated the trees with garlands, he should wrap them round with cloths; with a golden needle the piercing of the ears of all of them is to be done.

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AgP 70.3

हेमशलाकयाञ्जनञ्च वेद्यान्तु फलसप्तकम् अधिवासयेच्च प्रत्येकं घटान् बलिनिवेदनं

hemaśalākayāñjanañca vedyāntu phalasaptakam adhivāsayecca pratyekaṃ ghaṭān balinivedanaṃ

And (the application of) collyrium with a golden rod, and on the altar a set of seven fruits; and he should consecrate by overnight placement each one — the pots, (and) the presentation of the food-offering.

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AgP 70.4

इन्द्रादेरधिवासो ऽथ होमः कार्यो वनस्पतेः वृक्षमध्यादुत्सृजेद्गां ततो ऽभिषेकमन्त्रतः

indrāderadhivāso 'tha homaḥ kāryo vanaspateḥ vṛkṣamadhyādutsṛjedgāṃ tato 'bhiṣekamantrataḥ

Then the overnight consecration for Indra and the rest, and the fire-oblation is to be performed for the lord of the forest; he should release a cow from among the trees, and thereafter, by the mantra of aspersion,

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AgP 70.5

ऋग्यजुःसाममन्त्रैश् च वारुणैर् मङ्गलै रवैः(१) वृक्षवेदिककुम्भकैश् च(२) स्नपनं द्विजपुङ्गवाः

ṛgyajuḥsāmamantraiś ca vāruṇair maṅgalai ravaiḥ(1) vṛkṣavedikakumbhakaiś ca(2) snapanaṃ dvijapuṅgavāḥ

with the mantras of the Ṛg-, Yajur- and Sāmaveda, with the Varuṇa (mantras), with auspicious sounds, and with the pots on the tree-altar, the bathing, O best of twice-born ones,

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AgP 70.6

तरूणां यजमानस्य कुर्युश् च यजमानकः भूषितो दक्षिणां दद्याद्गोभूभूषणवस्त्रकं

tarūṇāṃ yajamānasya kuryuś ca yajamānakaḥ bhūṣito dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādgobhūbhūṣaṇavastrakaṃ

of the trees, on behalf of the sacrificer — (this) they should perform; and the sacrificer, adorned, should give as fee a cow, land, ornaments and cloth.

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AgP 70.7

:न् १ वारुणमनुमिर्वररिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ वृक्षवेदीशकुम्भैस्तु इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २०२ क्षीरेण भोजनं दद्याद्यावद्दिनचतुष्टयं होमस्तिलाद्यैः कार्यस्तु पलाशसमिधैस् तथा

:n 1 vāruṇamanumirvarariti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 vṛkṣavedīśakumbhaistu iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 202 kṣīreṇa bhojanaṃ dadyādyāvaddinacatuṣṭayaṃ homastilādyaiḥ kāryastu palāśasamidhais tathā

[Apparatus: 1 'vāruṇamanumirvarar' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 2 'vṛkṣavedīśakumbhais tu' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. p. 202] He should give food (prepared) with milk for as long as four days; and the fire-offering is to be made with sesame and the rest, and likewise with palāśa firewood.

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AgP 70.8

आचार्ये द्विगुणं दद्यात् पूर्ववन् मण्डपादिकम् पापनाशः परा सिद्धिर्वृक्षारामप्रतिष्ठया

ācārye dviguṇaṃ dadyāt pūrvavan maṇḍapādikam pāpanāśaḥ parā siddhirvṛkṣārāmapratiṣṭhayā

To the officiant he should give twice as much; the pavilion and the rest as before. By the consecration of trees and a grove there is destruction of sin and the highest attainment.

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AgP 70.9

स्कन्दायेशो यथा प्राह प्रतिष्ठाद्यं तथा शृणु सूर्येशगणशक्त्यादेः परिवारस्य वै हरेः

skandāyeśo yathā prāha pratiṣṭhādyaṃ tathā śṛṇu sūryeśagaṇaśaktyādeḥ parivārasya vai hareḥ

Hear now the consecration and so forth as the Lord declared it to Skanda — of the retinue of the Sun, of Śiva, of Gaṇeśa, of the Goddess and the rest, and indeed of Hari.

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