Agni Purana — Chapter 80

AgP 80.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये पवित्रारोहणं नाम एकोनाशीतितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {८०} :श् अथ अशीतितमो ऽध्यायः दमनकारोहणविधिः ईश्वर उवाच वक्ष्ये दमनकारोहविधिं पूर्ववदाचरेत् हरकोपात् पुरा जातो भैरवो दमिताः सुराः

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye pavitrārohaṇaṃ nāma ekonāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {80} :ś atha aśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ damanakārohaṇavidhiḥ īśvara uvāca vakṣye damanakārohavidhiṃ pūrvavadācaret harakopāt purā jāto bhairavo damitāḥ surāḥ

Thus in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, the seventy-ninth chapter, called "The Setting On of the Pavitra." || Chapter 80. Now the eightieth chapter: the rule for the setting on of the damanaka. The Lord said: I shall declare the rule for the offering of damana; one should proceed as before. Formerly, from Hara's wrath, Bhairava was born, and the gods were subdued.

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AgP 80.2

:प् २४२ तेनाथ शप्तो विटपो भवेति त्रिपुरारिणा प्रसन्नेनेरितं चेदं पूजयिष्यन्ति ये नराः

:p 242 tenātha śapto viṭapo bhaveti tripurāriṇā prasanneneritaṃ cedaṃ pūjayiṣyanti ye narāḥ

Then by him — by the enemy of Tripura — (Bhairava) was cursed: "Become a shrub!" And this was said by him when he was pleased: "Those men who shall worship (it) —

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AgP 80.3

परिपूर्णफलं तेषां नान्यथा ते भविष्यति सप्तम्यां वा त्रयोदश्यां दमनं संहितात्मभिः

paripūrṇaphalaṃ teṣāṃ nānyathā te bhaviṣyati saptamyāṃ vā trayodaśyāṃ damanaṃ saṃhitātmabhiḥ

— for them there will be complete fruit; for you it shall not be otherwise." On the seventh or the thirteenth (lunar day) the damana (is to be offered) by those of concentrated mind.

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AgP 80.4

सम्पूज्य बोधयेद्वृक्षं भववाक्येन मन्त्रवित् हरप्रसादसंभूत त्वमत्र सन्निधीभव

sampūjya bodhayedvṛkṣaṃ bhavavākyena mantravit haraprasādasaṃbhūta tvamatra sannidhībhava

Having worshipped (it), the knower of mantras should awaken the tree with the utterance of Bhava: "You who have arisen from Hara's grace, be present here!

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AgP 80.5

शिवकार्यं समुद्दिश्य नेतव्यो ऽसि शिवाज्ञया गृहे ऽप्यामन्त्रणं कुर्यात् सायाह्ने चाधिवासनं

śivakāryaṃ samuddiśya netavyo 'si śivājñayā gṛhe 'pyāmantraṇaṃ kuryāt sāyāhne cādhivāsanaṃ

With a view to Śiva's business you are to be led away by Śiva's command." Even at home he should make the invitation, and in the evening the installation (adhivāsana).

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AgP 80.6

यथाविधि समभ्यर्च्य सूर्यशङ्करपावकान् देवस्य पश्चिमे मूलं दद्यात्तस्य मृदा युतं

yathāvidhi samabhyarcya sūryaśaṅkarapāvakān devasya paścime mūlaṃ dadyāttasya mṛdā yutaṃ

Having duly worshipped Sūrya, Śaṅkara and the Fire, he should place the root of it, together with earth, to the west of the god.

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AgP 80.7

वामेन शिरसा वाथ नालं धात्रीं तथोत्तरे दक्षिणे भग्नपत्रञ्च प्राच्यां पुष्पञ्च धारणं

vāmena śirasā vātha nālaṃ dhātrīṃ tathottare dakṣiṇe bhagnapatrañca prācyāṃ puṣpañca dhāraṇaṃ

Or with the left, with the head; the stalk and the earth likewise in the north, the broken leaf in the south, and in the east the flower and the support.

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AgP 80.8

पुटिकास्थं फलं मूलमथैशान्यां यजेच्छिवं पञ्चाङ्गमञ्जलौ कृत्वा आमन्त्र्य शिरसि न्यसेत्

puṭikāsthaṃ phalaṃ mūlamathaiśānyāṃ yajecchivaṃ pañcāṅgamañjalau kṛtvā āmantrya śirasi nyaset

The fruit set in a leaf-cup, and the root — then in the northeast he should worship Śiva; making the five parts into a handful (añjali) and invoking (Śiva), he should place it on his head.

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AgP 80.9

आमन्त्रितो ऽसि देवेश प्रातःकाले(१) मया प्रभो कर्तव्यस्तपसो लाभः पूर्णं सर्वं तवाज्ञया

āmantrito 'si deveśa prātaḥkāle(1) mayā prabho kartavyastapaso lābhaḥ pūrṇaṃ sarvaṃ tavājñayā

"You have been invited by me, O Lord of gods, O master, for the morning time; the gain of (my) austerity is to be effected — all is complete by your command."

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AgP 80.10

मूलेन शेषं पात्रस्थं पिधायाथ पवित्रकं प्रातः स्नात्वा जगन्नाथं गन्धपुष्पादिभिर्यजेत्(२)

mūlena śeṣaṃ pātrasthaṃ pidhāyātha pavitrakaṃ prātaḥ snātvā jagannāthaṃ gandhapuṣpādibhiryajet(2)

With the root-mantra he should cover the remainder placed in the vessel, and then the pavitraka; in the morning, having bathed, he should worship the Lord of the world with perfumes, flowers and the rest.

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AgP 80.11

नित्यं नैमित्तिकं कृत्वा दमनैः पूजयेत्ततः शेषमञ्जलिमादाय आत्मविद्याशिवात्मभिः

nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kṛtvā damanaiḥ pūjayettataḥ śeṣamañjalimādāya ātmavidyāśivātmabhiḥ

Having performed the daily and the occasional (rites), he should then worship with damana (leaves); taking up the remaining handful (of flowers), with the ātman-, vidyā- and śiva-(mantras),

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AgP 80.12

मूलाद्यैर् ईश्वरान्तैश् च चतुर्थाञ्जलिना ततः ॐ हौं मखेश्वराय मखं पूरय शूलपाणये नमः :न् १ देवेश पूजाकाले इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ गन्धपुष्पादिनार्चयेदिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २४३ शिवं वह्निं च सम्पूज्य गुरुं प्रार्च्याथ बोधयेत्

mūlādyair īśvarāntaiś ca caturthāñjalinā tataḥ oṃ hauṃ makheśvarāya makhaṃ pūraya śūlapāṇaye namaḥ :n 1 deveśa pūjākāle iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 gandhapuṣpādinārcayediti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 243 śivaṃ vahniṃ ca sampūjya guruṃ prārcyātha bodhayet

and with (the mantras) beginning with the root-mantra and ending with Īśvara, then with a fourth handful: "oṃ hauṃ, to Makheśvara: fill up (i.e. complete) the sacrifice, homage to the trident-bearer." [Notes: 'deveśa pūjākāle' is the reading of MS ga; 'gandhapuṣpādinārcayet' is the reading of MS kha. p. 243] Having fully worshipped Śiva and the fire, and having worshipped the guru, he should then awaken (him).

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AgP 80.13

भगवन्नतिरिक्तं वा हीनं वा यन्मया कृतं सर्वं तदस्तु सम्पूर्णं यच्च दामनकं मम सकलं चैत्रमासोत्थं फलं प्राप्य दिवं व्रजेत्

bhagavannatiriktaṃ vā hīnaṃ vā yanmayā kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ tadastu sampūrṇaṃ yacca dāmanakaṃ mama sakalaṃ caitramāsotthaṃ phalaṃ prāpya divaṃ vrajet

"O Lord, whatever has been done by me in excess or deficiently, let all that be complete, and (likewise) whatever damanaka (offering) is mine." Having obtained the whole fruit arising from the month of Caitra, he goes to heaven.

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