Agni Purana — Chapter 73
AgP 73.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये स्नानादिविधिर्नाम द्विसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {७३} :श् अथ त्रिसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः सूर्यपूजाविधिः ईश्वर उवाच वक्ष्ये सूर्यार्चनं स्कन्द कराङ्गन्यासपूर्वकं अहं तेजोमयः सूर्य इति ध्यात्वार्घ्यमर्चयेत्
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye snānādividhirnāma dvisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {73} :ś atha trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūryapūjāvidhiḥ īśvara uvāca vakṣye sūryārcanaṃ skanda karāṅganyāsapūrvakaṃ ahaṃ tejomayaḥ sūrya iti dhyātvārghyamarcayet
Thus, in the Āgneya Ādi-mahāpurāṇa, the seventy-second chapter, called the rule of bathing and the rest. || Chapter 73. Now the seventy-third chapter: the rule for the worship of the Sun. Īśvara said: I shall declare, Skanda, the worship of the Sun, preceded by the placing (of mantras) on the hands and the body. Having meditated, 'I am the Sun, made of radiance,' he should honour (the deity) with arghya.
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AgP 73.2
पूरयेद्रक्तवर्णेन ललाटाकृष्टविन्दुना तं संपूज्य रवेरङ्गैः कृत्वा रक्षावगुण्ठनं
pūrayedraktavarṇena lalāṭākṛṣṭavindunā taṃ saṃpūjya raveraṅgaiḥ kṛtvā rakṣāvaguṇṭhanaṃ
He should fill (it) with a red-coloured drop drawn down from the forehead; having worshipped that with the limbs of the Sun, having made the protection and the covering (of the vessel),
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AgP 73.3
सम्प्रोक्ष्य तज्जलैर् द्रव्यं पूर्वास्यो भानुमर्चयेत् ॐ अं हृद्वीजादि(१) सर्वत्र पूजनं दण्डिपिङ्गलौ
samprokṣya tajjalair dravyaṃ pūrvāsyo bhānumarcayet oṃ aṃ hṛdvījādi(1) sarvatra pūjanaṃ daṇḍipiṅgalau
having sprinkled the material with those waters, facing east he should worship the Sun. oṃ aṃ — beginning with the heart-seed (is) the worship in every case. Daṇḍin and Piṅgala
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AgP 73.4
द्वारि दक्षे वामपार्श्वे ईशाने अं गणाय च अग्नौ गुरुं पीठमध्ये प्रभूतं चासनं यजेत्
dvāri dakṣe vāmapārśve īśāne aṃ gaṇāya ca agnau guruṃ pīṭhamadhye prabhūtaṃ cāsanaṃ yajet
(are worshipped) at the door, on the right and on the left side; in the northeast, aṃ, to Gaṇa; in the southeast the guru; and in the middle of the pedestal he should worship the abundant seat.
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AgP 73.5
अग्न्यादौ विमलं सारमाराध्यं परमं सुखं सितरक्तपीतनीलवर्णान् सिंहनिभान् यजेत्
agnyādau vimalaṃ sāramārādhyaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ sitaraktapītanīlavarṇān siṃhanibhān yajet
Beginning in the southeast (one should worship) Vimalā, Sārā, Ārādhyā, Paramā and Sukhā; he should worship them as white, red, yellow and blue in colour, and resembling lions.
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AgP 73.6
पद्ममध्ये रां च दीप्तां रीं सूक्ष्मां रं जयांक्रमात्(२) रूं भद्रां रें विभूतीश् च विमलां रैममोघया
padmamadhye rāṃ ca dīptāṃ rīṃ sūkṣmāṃ raṃ jayāṃkramāt(2) rūṃ bhadrāṃ reṃ vibhūtīś ca vimalāṃ raimamoghayā
In the middle of the lotus (he should worship) with raṃ Dīptā, with rīṃ Sūkṣmā, with raṃ Jayā in order, with rūṃ Bhadrā, with reṃ Vibhūti, and Vimalā, and with raiṃ Amoghā.
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AgP 73.7
र्ॐ रौं विद्युता शक्तिं पूर्वाद्याः सर्वतोमुखाः :न् १ ॐ हां हृद्वीजादीति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ रुं जयां क्रमादिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २०९ रं मध्ये अर्कासनं स्यात् सूर्यमूर्तिं षडक्षरं
roṃ rauṃ vidyutā śaktiṃ pūrvādyāḥ sarvatomukhāḥ :n 1 oṃ hāṃ hṛdvījādīti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 ruṃ jayāṃ kramāditi kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 209 raṃ madhye arkāsanaṃ syāt sūryamūrtiṃ ṣaḍakṣaraṃ
With roṃ (and) rauṃ, Śakti along with Vidyutā — (these) beginning in the east and facing in all directions. [Notes: 1. 'oṃ hāṃ hṛdvījādi' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. 2. 'ruṃ jayāṃ kramāt' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. Page 209.] With raṃ in the centre there should be the sun's seat; (then) the six-syllabled form of the Sun.
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AgP 73.8
ॐ हं खं खोल्कयेति यजेदावाह्य भास्करं ललाटाकृष्टमञ्जल्यां ध्यात्वा रक्तं न्यसेद्रविं
oṃ haṃ khaṃ kholkayeti yajedāvāhya bhāskaraṃ lalāṭākṛṣṭamañjalyāṃ dhyātvā raktaṃ nyasedraviṃ
With "oṃ haṃ khaṃ kholkāya" he should worship, having invoked the Sun; having drawn (him) from the forehead into the cupped hands and meditated (on him), he should install the red Sun.
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AgP 73.9
ह्रां ह्रीं सः(१) सूर्याय नमो मुद्रयावाहनादिकं विधाय प्रीतये विम्बमुद्रां गन्धादिकं ददेत्
hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ(1) sūryāya namo mudrayāvāhanādikaṃ vidhāya prītaye vimbamudrāṃ gandhādikaṃ dadet
(With) "hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ, homage to Sūrya," having performed the invocation and the rest with the (appropriate) hand-gesture, for (the god's) pleasure he should offer the vimba-mudrā and the perfume and other (offerings).
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AgP 73.10
पद्ममुद्रां बिल्वमुद्रां प्रदर्श्याग्नौ हृदीरितं ॐ आं हृदयाय नमः अर्काय शिरसे तथा
padmamudrāṃ bilvamudrāṃ pradarśyāgnau hṛdīritaṃ oṃ āṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ arkāya śirase tathā
Having displayed the lotus-gesture and the bilva-gesture, in the southeast the heart-(mantra) is uttered: "oṃ āṃ, homage to the heart"; and "to Arka, to the head."
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AgP 73.11
भूर्भुवः स्वः सुरेशाय शिखायै(२) नैरृते यजेत् हुं कवचाय(३) वायव्ये हां नेत्रायेति(४) मध्यतः
bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ sureśāya śikhāyai(2) nairṛte yajet huṃ kavacāya(3) vāyavye hāṃ netrāyeti(4) madhyataḥ
"bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, to the lord of the gods, to the crest-lock" — he should worship in the southwest; "huṃ, to the armour" in the northwest; "hāṃ, to the eye" in the middle.
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AgP 73.12
वः अस्त्रायेति पूर्वादौ ततो मुद्राः प्रदर्शयेत् धेनुमुद्रा हृदादीनां गोविषाणा च नेत्रयोः
vaḥ astrāyeti pūrvādau tato mudrāḥ pradarśayet dhenumudrā hṛdādīnāṃ goviṣāṇā ca netrayoḥ
"vaḥ, to the weapon" in the east and so on; then he should display the hand-gestures: the cow-gesture for the heart and the rest, and the cow's-horn (gesture) for the two eyes.
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AgP 73.13
अस्त्रस्य त्रासनी योज्या ग्रहणां च नमस्क्रिया स्ॐ सोमं बुं बुधं वृञ्च जीवं भं भार्गवं यजेत्
astrasya trāsanī yojyā grahaṇāṃ ca namaskriyā soṃ somaṃ buṃ budhaṃ vṛñca jīvaṃ bhaṃ bhārgavaṃ yajet
For the weapon the terrifying (trāsanī) gesture is to be employed, and salutation for the planets. He should worship with soṃ the Moon, with buṃ Mercury, and with vṛṃ Jupiter, with bhaṃ Venus.
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AgP 73.14
दले पूर्वादिके ऽग्न्यादौ अं भौमं शं शनैश् चरं रं राहुं कें केतवे च गन्धाद्यैश् च खखोल्कया
dale pūrvādike 'gnyādau aṃ bhaumaṃ śaṃ śanaiś caraṃ raṃ rāhuṃ keṃ ketave ca gandhādyaiś ca khakholkayā
On the petals beginning with the eastern, and beginning in the southeast, (he should worship) with aṃ Mars, with śaṃ Saturn, with raṃ Rāhu, and with keṃ Ketu, with perfumes and the rest, using the khakholka (mantra).
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AgP 73.15
मूलं जप्त्वार्घ्यपात्राम्बु दत्वा सूर्याय संस्तुतिः नत्वा पराङ्मुखञ्चार्कं(५) क्षमस्वेति ततो वदेत्
mūlaṃ japtvārghyapātrāmbu datvā sūryāya saṃstutiḥ natvā parāṅmukhañcārkaṃ(5) kṣamasveti tato vadet
Having muttered the root-mantra and offered the water of the guest-offering vessel, there is praise of the Sun; and having bowed to the Sun while facing away, he should then say, "Forgive (me)."
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AgP 73.16
शराणुना फडन्तेन समाहत्याणुसंहृतिं(६) :न् १ ह्रीं ह्रं ह्रैं स इति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ सुरेशाय ज्वालिनिशिखायै इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ क्रूं कवचाय इति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ४ ह्रीं नेत्रायेतीति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । भां नेत्रायेति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ पराङ्मुखञ्चार्घ्यमिति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ६ शवानुना फडन्तेन समाहृत्यानुसंहतिमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः । शवाणुना फडन्तेन समहत्यार्थं संहतिमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २१० हृत्पद्मे शिवसूर्येतिसंहारिण्योपसंस्कृतिं(१)
śarāṇunā phaḍantena samāhatyāṇusaṃhṛtiṃ(6) :n 1 hrīṃ hraṃ hraiṃ sa iti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 sureśāya jvāliniśikhāyai iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 krūṃ kavacāya iti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 4 hrīṃ netrāyetīti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / bhāṃ netrāyeti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 parāṅmukhañcārghyamiti kha, ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 6 śavānunā phaḍantena samāhṛtyānusaṃhatimiti kha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ / śavāṇunā phaḍantena samahatyārthaṃ saṃhatimiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 210 hṛtpadme śivasūryetisaṃhāriṇyopasaṃskṛtiṃ(1)
Having struck with the arrow-syllable ending in phaṭ, (he effects) the withdrawal of the syllables. [Notes: 1. 'hrīṃ hraṃ hraiṃ saḥ' is the reading of the manuscript marked gha. 2. 'sureśāya jvālinīśikhāyai' is the reading of kha. 3. 'krūṃ kavacāya' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha and ṅa. 4. 'hrīṃ netrāya' is the reading of kha; 'bhāṃ netrāya' is the reading of ga. 5. 'parāṅmukhaṃ ca arghyam' is the reading of kha and ga. 6. 'śavānunā phaḍantena samāhṛtyānusaṃhatim' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha; 'śavāṇunā phaḍantena samahatyārthaṃ saṃhatim' is the reading of ga. Page 210.] In the lotus of the heart, with the withdrawing (mantra) "śiva-sūrya," (he performs) the final rite.
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AgP 73.17
योजयेत्तेजश् चण्डाय रविनिर्माल्यमर्पयेत् अभ्यर्च्यैशे(२) जपाद्ध्यानाद्धोमात्सर्वं रवेर्भवेत्
yojayettejaś caṇḍāya ravinirmālyamarpayet abhyarcyaiśe(2) japāddhyānāddhomātsarvaṃ raverbhavet
He should join the radiance (to himself); he should present the Sun's used offerings to Caṇḍa. By worshipping, by muttering, by meditation and by oblation, everything comes to be from the Sun.
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