Agni Purana — Chapter 82
AgP 82.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये समयदीक्षाकथनं नाम एकाशीतितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {८२} :श् अथ द्व्यशीतितमो ऽध्यायः संस्कारदीक्षाकथनं ईश्वर उवाच वक्ष्ये संस्कारदीक्षायां विधानं शृणु षण्मुख आवाहयेन्महेशस्य वह्निस्थस्य शिरो हृदि
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye samayadīkṣākathanaṃ nāma ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {82} :ś atha dvyaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ saṃskāradīkṣākathanaṃ īśvara uvāca vakṣye saṃskāradīkṣāyāṃ vidhānaṃ śṛṇu ṣaṇmukha āvāhayenmaheśasya vahnisthasya śiro hṛdi
Thus, in the primeval Great Purāṇa, the Āgneya, the eighty-first chapter, called the exposition of the samaya initiation. Chapter 82. Now the eighty-second chapter: the exposition of the saṃskāra initiation. Īśvara said: I shall declare the procedure in the saṃskāra initiation; listen, six-faced one. He should invoke into the heart the head of Maheśa, who abides in the fire.
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AgP 82.2
संश्लिष्टौ तौ समभ्यर्च्य सन्तर्प्य हृदयात्मना तयोः सन्निधये दद्यात्तेनैवाहुतिपञ्चकं
saṃśliṣṭau tau samabhyarcya santarpya hṛdayātmanā tayoḥ sannidhaye dadyāttenaivāhutipañcakaṃ
Having thoroughly worshipped those two, joined together, and having satisfied (them) with the heart-mantra, he should offer with that same (mantra) five oblations for the presence of the two.
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AgP 82.3
कुसुमेनास्त्रलिप्तेन(३) ताडयेत्तं हृदा शिशुं प्रस्फुरत्तारकाकारं चैतन्यं तत्र भावयेत्
kusumenāstraliptena(3) tāḍayettaṃ hṛdā śiśuṃ prasphurattārakākāraṃ caitanyaṃ tatra bhāvayet
With a flower smeared with the weapon-mantra he should strike that child with the heart-mantra; he should imagine there the consciousness in the form of a flashing star.
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AgP 82.4
:न् १ शिवात्मनेति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः २ शिवहस्ते च स्थित्यर्थमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ कुसुमेनाष्टजप्तेनेति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २५३ प्रविश्य तत्र हुङ्कारमुक्तं रेचकयोगतः संहारिण्या तदाकृष्य पूरकेण हृदि न्यसेत्
:n 1 śivātmaneti kha, ga, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 śivahaste ca sthityarthamiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 kusumenāṣṭajapteneti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 253 praviśya tatra huṅkāramuktaṃ recakayogataḥ saṃhāriṇyā tadākṛṣya pūrakeṇa hṛdi nyaset
Having entered there, (the consciousness) released by the syllable hum through the outbreath—drawing it in with the withdrawal-gesture, he should deposit it in the heart with the inbreath.
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AgP 82.5
ततो वागीश्वरीयौनौ मुद्रयोद्भवसञ्ज्ञया हृत्सम्पुटितमन्त्रेण(१) रेचकेन विनिक्षिपेत्
tato vāgīśvarīyaunau mudrayodbhavasañjñayā hṛtsampuṭitamantreṇa(1) recakena vinikṣipet
Then, into the womb of Vāgīśvarī, by means of the mudrā called "arising," with the mantra enclosed within (the syllables of) the heart, (he) should cast (the self) out by the exhaling breath.
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AgP 82.6
ॐ हां हां हां आत्मने नमः(२) जाज्वल्यमाने निर्धूमे जुहुयादिष्टसिद्धये अप्रवृद्धे सधूमे तु होमो वह्नौ न सिद्ध्यति
oṃ hāṃ hāṃ hāṃ ātmane namaḥ(2) jājvalyamāne nirdhūme juhuyādiṣṭasiddhaye apravṛddhe sadhūme tu homo vahnau na siddhyati
Oṃ hāṃ hāṃ hāṃ, homage to the Self. When (the fire) is blazing and smokeless, one should offer oblation for the attainment of what is desired; but when it is not grown and is smoky, the offering into the fire does not succeed.
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AgP 82.7
स्निग्धः प्रदक्षिणावर्तः सुगन्धिः शस्यते ऽनलः विपरीतस्फुलिङ्गी च भूमिस्पर्शः प्रशस्यते
snigdhaḥ pradakṣiṇāvartaḥ sugandhiḥ śasyate 'nalaḥ viparītasphuliṅgī ca bhūmisparśaḥ praśasyate
A fire that is glossy, turning to the right, and fragrant is commended; and (a fire) that is contrary, throwing sparks, or touching the ground — (that too) is (said to be) commended.
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AgP 82.8
इत्येवमादिभिश्चिह्नैर् हुत्वा शिष्यस्य कल्मषं पापभक्षणहोमेन(३) दहेद्वा तं भवात्मना
ityevamādibhiścihnair hutvā śiṣyasya kalmaṣaṃ pāpabhakṣaṇahomena(3) dahedvā taṃ bhavātmanā
Having offered oblation with signs such as these, (the guru) should burn away the disciple's impurity, or (burn) it by the oblation of the devouring of sin, with the nature of Bhava.
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AgP 82.9
द्विजत्वापादनार्थाय तथा रुद्रांशभावने आहारवीजसंशुद्धौ(४) गर्भाधानाय संस्थितौ
dvijatvāpādanārthāya tathā rudrāṃśabhāvane āhāravījasaṃśuddhau(4) garbhādhānāya saṃsthitau
For the purpose of producing twice-born status, and likewise for the generating of a portion of Rudra, for the purification of food and of the seed, and for the placing of the embryo,
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AgP 82.10
सीमन्ते जन्मतो नामकरणाय च होमयेत् शतानि पञ्च मूलेन वौषडादिदशांशतः
sīmante janmato nāmakaraṇāya ca homayet śatāni pañca mūlena vauṣaḍādidaśāṃśataḥ
at the parting of the hair (rite), from birth, and for the naming, he should offer oblation: five hundred (oblations) with the root mantra, with a tenth part of them (ending) in vauṣaṭ and the rest.
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AgP 82.11
शिथिलीभूतबन्धस्य शक्तावुत्कर्षणं च यत् आत्मनो रुद्रपुत्त्रत्वे गर्भाधानं तदुच्यते
śithilībhūtabandhasya śaktāvutkarṣaṇaṃ ca yat ātmano rudraputtratve garbhādhānaṃ taducyate
And that drawing upward, into the (divine) power, of one whose bond has become loosened — that is called the placing of the embryo, (namely) of the self into the state of being Rudra's son.
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AgP 82.12
स्वान्तत्र्यात्मगुणव्यक्तिरिह पुंसवनं मतं मायात्मनोर्विवेकेन ज्ञानं सीमन्तवर्धनं
svāntatryātmaguṇavyaktiriha puṃsavanaṃ mataṃ māyātmanorvivekena jñānaṃ sīmantavardhanaṃ
The manifestation of the three qualities of the self within one's own inner being is here held to be the puṃsavana rite; the knowledge (that comes) through discrimination between māyā and the self is the sīmanta (hair-parting) rite.
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AgP 82.13
शिवादितत्त्वशुद्धेस्तु स्वीकारो जननं मतं :न् १ हृत्सम्पुटात्ममन्त्रेणेति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ ॐ हां हां आत्मने नम इति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । ॐ हां आत्मने नम इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ पापक्षयेण होमनेति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ वीजसंसिद्धौ इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २५४ बोधनं यच्छिवत्वेन शिवत्वार्हस्य नो मतं(१)
śivāditattvaśuddhestu svīkāro jananaṃ mataṃ :n 1 hṛtsampuṭātmamantreṇeti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 oṃ hāṃ hāṃ ātmane nama iti ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / oṃ hāṃ ātmane nama iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 pāpakṣayeṇa homaneti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 vījasaṃsiddhau iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 254 bodhanaṃ yacchivatvena śivatvārhasya no mataṃ(1)
But the taking to oneself of the purity of the levels of reality beginning with Śiva is held to be the birth (rite); the awakening, by means of Śiva-hood, of one who is fit for Śiva-hood is held by us (to be that).
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AgP 82.14
संहारमुद्रयात्मानं स्फुरद्वह्निकणोपमं विदधीत समादाय निजे हृदयपङ्कजे
saṃhāramudrayātmānaṃ sphuradvahnikaṇopamaṃ vidadhīta samādāya nije hṛdayapaṅkaje
With the mudrā of withdrawal he should take up the self, which resembles a flashing spark of fire, and place it in his own heart-lotus.
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AgP 82.15
ततः कुम्भयोगेन मूलमन्त्रमुदीरयेत् कुर्यात् समवशीभावं तदा च शिवयोर्हृदि
tataḥ kumbhayogena mūlamantramudīrayet kuryāt samavaśībhāvaṃ tadā ca śivayorhṛdi
Then, with the retained breath, he should utter the root mantra, and then he should bring about the state of equal union of the two, Śiva and (the self), in the heart.
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AgP 82.16
ब्रह्मादिकारणात्यागक्रमाद्रेचकयोगतः नीत्वा शिवान्तमात्मानमादायोद्भवमुद्रया
brahmādikāraṇātyāgakramādrecakayogataḥ nītvā śivāntamātmānamādāyodbhavamudrayā
By the exhaling breath, in the order of abandoning the causes beginning with Brahmā, having led the self up to Śiva, and having taken it up with the mudrā of arising,
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AgP 82.17
हृत्सम्पुटितमन्त्रेण रेचकेन विधानवित् शिष्यस्य हृदयाम्भोजकर्णिकायां विनिक्षिपेत्
hṛtsampuṭitamantreṇa recakena vidhānavit śiṣyasya hṛdayāmbhojakarṇikāyāṃ vinikṣipet
the one who knows the rule should, with the mantra enclosed within the heart-(mantra), by means of the exhalation, cast (it) into the pericarp of the disciple's heart-lotus.
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AgP 82.18
पूजां शिवस्य वह्नेश् च गुरुः कुर्यात्तदोचितां प्रणतिञ्चात्मने शिष्यं समयान् श्रावयेत्तथा
pūjāṃ śivasya vahneś ca guruḥ kuryāttadocitāṃ praṇatiñcātmane śiṣyaṃ samayān śrāvayettathā
The guru should perform the worship of Śiva and of the fire that is fitting for that occasion, and (should offer) obeisance to the Self; and he should likewise cause the disciple to hear the rules of conduct.
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AgP 82.19
देवं न निन्देच्छास्त्राणि निर्माल्यादि न लङ्घयेत् शिवाग्निगुरुपूजा च कर्तव्या जीवितावधि
devaṃ na nindecchāstrāṇi nirmālyādi na laṅghayet śivāgnigurupūjā ca kartavyā jīvitāvadhi
He should not revile the god or the scriptures; he should not step over the remains of offerings and the like; and the worship of Śiva, of the fire, and of the guru is to be performed as long as life lasts.
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AgP 82.20
बालबालिशवृद्धस्त्रीभोगभुग्व्याधितात्मनां यथाशक्ति ददीतार्थं(२) समर्थस्य समग्रकान्
bālabāliśavṛddhastrībhogabhugvyādhitātmanāṃ yathāśakti dadītārthaṃ(2) samarthasya samagrakān
For children, the simple-minded, the aged, women, those given to enjoyments, and the sick, one should give substance according to one's ability; for one who is capable, (one should give) the complete (observances).
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AgP 82.21
भूताङ्गानि जटाभस्मदण्डकौपीनसंयमान् ईशानाद्यैर् हृदाद्यैर् वा परिजप्य यथाक्रमात्
bhūtāṅgāni jaṭābhasmadaṇḍakaupīnasaṃyamān īśānādyair hṛdādyair vā parijapya yathākramāt
The limbs of (his) being — the matted hair, the ashes, the staff, the loincloth, and the restraints — having muttered over them in due order with the Īśāna and the other (brahma-mantras), or with the Heart and the rest,
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AgP 82.22
स्वाहान्तसंहितमन्त्रैः पात्रेष्वारोप्य पूर्ववत् सम्पादितद्रुतं हुत्वा स्थण्डिलेशाय दर्शयेत्
svāhāntasaṃhitamantraiḥ pātreṣvāropya pūrvavat sampāditadrutaṃ hutvā sthaṇḍileśāya darśayet
with the mantras joined (to each) ending in svāhā, having placed (them) in the vessels as before, having offered the prepared clarified butter as oblation, he should display (them) to the lord of the altar.
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AgP 82.23
रक्षणाय घटाधस्तादारोप्य क्षणमात्रकं शिवादाज्ञां समादाय ददीत यतिने गुरुः
rakṣaṇāya ghaṭādhastādāropya kṣaṇamātrakaṃ śivādājñāṃ samādāya dadīta yatine guruḥ
For protection he should place (them) beneath the pot for just a moment; and having received permission from Śiva, the guru should give (them) to the ascetic.
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AgP 82.24
एवं समयदीक्षायां विशिष्टायां विशेषतः :न् १ वर्धनमिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ ददीतान्नमिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २५५ वह्निहोमागमज्ञानयोग्यः सञ्जायते शिश्रुः
evaṃ samayadīkṣāyāṃ viśiṣṭāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ :n 1 vardhanamiti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 dadītānnamiti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 255 vahnihomāgamajñānayogyaḥ sañjāyate śiśruḥ
Thus, when the samaya initiation has been distinguished (by these rites), the pupil becomes especially fit for the fire-oblation and for the knowledge of the scripture.
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