Agni Purana — Chapter 71

AgP 71.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमाहापुराणे आग्नेये पादपारामप्रतिष्ठाकथनं नाम सप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {७१} :श् अथ एकसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः गणेशपूजाविधिः ऐश्वर उवाच गणपूजां प्रवक्ष्यामि निर्विघ्नामखिलार्थदां(१) गणाय स्वाहा हृदयमेकदंष्ट्राय वै शिरः

:e ity ādimāhāpurāṇe āgneye pādapārāmapratiṣṭhākathanaṃ nāma saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {71} :ś atha ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ gaṇeśapūjāvidhiḥ aiśvara uvāca gaṇapūjāṃ pravakṣyāmi nirvighnāmakhilārthadāṃ(1) gaṇāya svāhā hṛdayamekadaṃṣṭrāya vai śiraḥ

[Thus, in the Āgneya, the first Great Purāṇa, the seventieth chapter, called 'The Account of the Consecration of Trees and Groves.' Chapter 71. Now the seventy-first chapter: the rule for the worship of Gaṇeśa.] The Lord said: I shall declare the worship of Gaṇa (Gaṇeśa), free of obstacles and granting every object: 'gaṇāya svāhā' is the heart(-mantra); 'to the one-tusked' is indeed the head;

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AgP 71.2

गजकर्णिने च(२) शिखा गजवक्त्राय वर्म च महोदराय स्वदन्तहस्तायाक्षि(३) तथास्त्रकम्

gajakarṇine ca(2) śikhā gajavaktrāya varma ca mahodarāya svadantahastāyākṣi(3) tathāstrakam

And to the elephant-eared one, the tuft; to the elephant-faced one, the armour; to the great-bellied one (and) to the one holding his own tusk in his hand, the eye and likewise the weapon.

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AgP 71.3

गणो गुरुः पादुका च शक्त्यनन्तौ च धर्मकः मुख्यास्थिमण्डलं(४) चाधश्चोर्ध्वच्छदनमर्चयेत्

gaṇo guruḥ pādukā ca śaktyanantau ca dharmakaḥ mukhyāsthimaṇḍalaṃ(4) cādhaścordhvacchadanamarcayet

Gaṇa, the guru, the sandal(s), Śakti and Ananta, and Dharma; and he should worship the chief circle of bones(?) and the lower and upper covering.

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AgP 71.4

पद्मकर्णिकवीजांश् च ज्वालिनीं नन्दयार्चयेत् सूर्येशा कामरूपा च उदया कामवर्तिनी

padmakarṇikavījāṃś ca jvālinīṃ nandayārcayet sūryeśā kāmarūpā ca udayā kāmavartinī

And (he should worship) the seeds of the lotus-pericarp, and Jvālinī together with Nandā; Sūryeśā and Kāmarūpā, Udayā, Kāmavartinī.

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AgP 71.5

:न् १ निर्विघ्नां पापनाशिनीमिति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः २ बलकर्णिने चेति ख, ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ महोदराये दण्डहस्तायाक्षि इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ मुख्यास्तिमण्डलमिति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् २०३ सत्यां च विघ्ननाशा च आसनं गन्धमृत्तिका यं शोषा रं च दहनं प्लवो लं वं तथामृतम्

:n 1 nirvighnāṃ pāpanāśinīmiti ga, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 balakarṇine ceti kha, ga, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 mahodarāye daṇḍahastāyākṣi iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 mukhyāstimaṇḍalamiti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 203 satyāṃ ca vighnanāśā ca āsanaṃ gandhamṛttikā yaṃ śoṣā raṃ ca dahanaṃ plavo laṃ vaṃ tathāmṛtam

Note 1: 'nirvighnāṃ pāpanāśinīm' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked ga and gha. Note 2: 'balakarṇine ca' is the reading of the manuscripts marked kha, ga, gha, ṅa. Note 3: 'mahodarāye daṇḍahastāyākṣi' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. Note 4: 'mukhyāstimaṇḍalam' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha and ṅa. [page 203] And Satyā and Vighnanāśā; the seat is fragrant clay; yaṃ is the drying, raṃ the burning, laṃ the flooding, and vaṃ likewise the nectar.

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AgP 71.6

लम्बोदराय विद्महे महोदराय धीमहि तन्नो दन्ती प्रचोदयात् गणपतिर्गणाधिपो गणेशो गणनायकः गणक्रीडो वक्रतुण्ड एकदंष्ट्रो महोदरः

lambodarāya vidmahe mahodarāya dhīmahi tanno dantī pracodayāt gaṇapatirgaṇādhipo gaṇeśo gaṇanāyakaḥ gaṇakrīḍo vakratuṇḍa ekadaṃṣṭro mahodaraḥ

"We know Lambodara, we meditate on Mahodara; may the Tusked One impel us." Gaṇapati, Gaṇādhipa, Gaṇeśa, Gaṇanāyaka, Gaṇakrīḍa, Vakratuṇḍa, Ekadaṃṣṭra, Mahodara,

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AgP 71.7

गजवक्त्रो लम्बुक क्षिर्विकटो विघ्ननाशनः(१) धूम्रवर्णा महेन्द्राद्याः पूज्या गणपतेः स्मृताः

gajavaktro lambuka kṣirvikaṭo vighnanāśanaḥ(1) dhūmravarṇā mahendrādyāḥ pūjyā gaṇapateḥ smṛtāḥ

Gajavaktra, Lambuka, Kṣi(?), Vikaṭa, Vighnanāśana, Dhūmravarṇa — these, beginning with Mahendra, are held to be worshipped as (the retinue) of Gaṇapati.

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