Agni Purana — Chapter 86

AgP 86.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये निर्वाणदीक्षायां प्रतिष्ठाकलाशोधनं नाम पञ्चाशीतितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {८६} :श् अथ षडशीतितमो ऽध्यायः विद्याविशोधनविधानं ईश्वर उवाच सन्धानमथ विद्यायाः प्राचीनकलया सह कुर्वीत पूर्ववत् कृत्वा(१) तत्त्वं वर्णय तद्यथा

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye nirvāṇadīkṣāyāṃ pratiṣṭhākalāśodhanaṃ nāma pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {86} :ś atha ṣaḍaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ vidyāviśodhanavidhānaṃ īśvara uvāca sandhānamatha vidyāyāḥ prācīnakalayā saha kurvīta pūrvavat kṛtvā(1) tattvaṃ varṇaya tadyathā

Thus in the primal great Purāṇa, the Āgneya, within the Liberation-Initiation, the eighty-fifth chapter, called the Purification of the Pratiṣṭhā-kalā. Chapter 86. Now the eighty-sixth chapter: the procedure for purifying the Vidyā (kalā). The Lord spoke: Next one should perform the joining of the Vidyā-kalā together with the preceding kalā; having done (it) as before, describe the tattva—thus:

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AgP 86.2

ॐ ह्ॐ क्षीमिति सन्धानं राग्श् च शुद्धविद्या च नियतिः कलया सह कालो मया तथाविद्या तत्त्वानामिति सप्तकं

oṃ hoṃ kṣīmiti sandhānaṃ rāgś ca śuddhavidyā ca niyatiḥ kalayā saha kālo mayā tathāvidyā tattvānāmiti saptakaṃ

The joining is with 'oṃ hoṃ kṣīṃ'. And passion (rāga), pure knowledge (śuddhavidyā), necessity (niyati), together with kalā, time (kāla), māyā, and likewise ignorance (avidyā)—this is the set of seven among the tattvas.

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AgP 86.3

रलवाः शषसाः वर्णाः षड् विद्यायां प्रकीर्तिताः पदानि प्रणवादीनि एकविंशतिसङ्ख्यया

ralavāḥ śaṣasāḥ varṇāḥ ṣaḍ vidyāyāṃ prakīrtitāḥ padāni praṇavādīni ekaviṃśatisaṅkhyayā

The letters ra, la, va, śa, ṣa, sa—six letters are declared to be in the Vidyā(-kalā); the words, beginning with the praṇava, are twenty-one in number.

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AgP 86.4

ॐ नमः शिवाय सर्वप्रभवे हं शिवाय(२) ईशानमूर्धाय तत्पुरुषवक्त्राय अघोरहृदयाय वामदेवगुह्याय(३) सद्योजातमूर्तये(४) ॐ नमो नमो गुह्यातिगुह्याय गोप्त्रे अनिधाय सर्वाधिपाय(५) ज्योतिरूपाय प्रमेश्वाराय भवेन ॐ व्योम :न् १ पूर्ववत् धृत्वेति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ इं शिवाय इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ वचोगुह्याय इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ सद्योजाताय मूर्तये इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ अथ निधाय सर्वाधिपतय इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २७३ ॐ रुद्राणां भुवनानाञ्च स्वरूपमथ कश्यपे प्रथमो वामदेवः स्यात्ततः सर्वभवोद्भवः

oṃ namaḥ śivāya sarvaprabhave haṃ śivāya(2) īśānamūrdhāya tatpuruṣavaktrāya aghorahṛdayāya vāmadevaguhyāya(3) sadyojātamūrtaye(4) oṃ namo namo guhyātiguhyāya goptre anidhāya sarvādhipāya(5) jyotirūpāya prameśvārāya bhavena oṃ vyoma :n 1 pūrvavat dhṛtveti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 iṃ śivāya iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 vacoguhyāya iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 sadyojātāya mūrtaye iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 atha nidhāya sarvādhipataya iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 273 oṃ rudrāṇāṃ bhuvanānāñca svarūpamatha kaśyape prathamo vāmadevaḥ syāttataḥ sarvabhavodbhavaḥ

oṃ, homage to Śiva, to the source of all, haṃ, to Śiva, to Īśāna the head, to Tatpuruṣa the face, to Aghora the heart, to Vāmadeva the secret part, to Sadyojāta the body; oṃ, homage, homage to the secret beyond the secret, to the protector, to the one without support, to the overlord of all, to him whose form is light, to the supreme Lord, with Bhava, oṃ, ether. [Notes: 1 kha reads pūrvavat dhṛtvā; 2 kha: iṃ śivāya; 3 kha: vacoguhyāya; 4 kha: sadyojātāya mūrtaye; 5 kha: atha nidhāya sarvādhipataya.] (273) oṃ. Now, O Kaśyapa, the proper forms of the Rudras and the worlds: the first is Vāmadeva, then Sarvabhavodbhava,

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AgP 86.5

वज्रदेहः प्रभुर्धाता क्रविक्रमसुप्रभाः वटुः(१) प्रशान्तनामा च परमाक्षरसञ्ज्ञकः

vajradehaḥ prabhurdhātā kravikramasuprabhāḥ vaṭuḥ(1) praśāntanāmā ca paramākṣarasañjñakaḥ

Vajradeha, Prabhu, Dhātā, Kravikrama, Suprabha, Vaṭu, the one named Praśānta, and the one designated Paramākṣara,

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AgP 86.6

शिवश् च सशिवो बभ्रुरक्षयः शम्भुरेव च अदृष्टरूपनामानौ तथान्यो रूपवर्धनः

śivaś ca saśivo babhrurakṣayaḥ śambhureva ca adṛṣṭarūpanāmānau tathānyo rūpavardhanaḥ

and Śiva and Saśiva, Babhru, Akṣaya, and Śambhu, and the two named Adṛṣṭarūpa, and likewise another, Rūpavardhana,

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AgP 86.7

मनोन्मनो महावीर्यश्चित्राङ्गस्तदनन्तरं कल्याण इति विज्ञेयाः पञ्चविंशतिसङ्ख्यया

manonmano mahāvīryaścitrāṅgastadanantaraṃ kalyāṇa iti vijñeyāḥ pañcaviṃśatisaṅkhyayā

Manonmana, Mahāvīrya, Citrāṅga, and after that Kalyāṇa—these are to be known as twenty-five in number.

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AgP 86.8

मन्त्रो घोरामरौ वीजे नाड्यौ द्वे तत्र ते यथा पूषा च हस्तिजिह्वा च व्याननागौ प्रभञ्जनौ

mantro ghorāmarau vīje nāḍyau dve tatra te yathā pūṣā ca hastijihvā ca vyānanāgau prabhañjanau

The mantra is Ghorā (?), the two seeds are Ghorā and Amarā; the two channels there are as follows: Pūṣā and Hastijihvā, and vyāna and nāga are the (breaths), the two winds.

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AgP 86.9

विषयो रूपमेवैकमिन्द्रिये पादचक्षुषी शब्दः स्पर्शश् च रूपञ्च त्रय एते गुणाः स्मृताः

viṣayo rūpamevaikamindriye pādacakṣuṣī śabdaḥ sparśaś ca rūpañca traya ete guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ

The object (of sense) is form alone; the organs are the foot and the eye; sound, touch, and form—these three are remembered as the qualities.

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AgP 86.10

अवस्थात्र षुप्तिश् च रुद्रो देवस्तु कारणं विद्यामध्यगतं सर्वं भावयेद्भवनादिकं

avasthātra ṣuptiś ca rudro devastu kāraṇaṃ vidyāmadhyagataṃ sarvaṃ bhāvayedbhavanādikaṃ

The state here is sleep, and the god Rudra is the cause; one should visualise everything—the worlds and the rest—as situated within the Vidyā(-kalā).

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AgP 86.11

ताडनं छेदनं तत्र प्रवेशञ्चापि योजनं आकृष्य ग्रहणं कुर्याद्विद्यया हृत्प्रदेशतः

tāḍanaṃ chedanaṃ tatra praveśañcāpi yojanaṃ ākṛṣya grahaṇaṃ kuryādvidyayā hṛtpradeśataḥ

There (are performed) the striking, the cutting, the entering, and the joining; drawing (the soul) up from the region of the heart, he should seize it by means of the Vidyā.

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AgP 86.12

आत्मन्यारोप्य सङ्गृह्य कलां कुण्डे निवेशयेत् रुद्रं कारणमावाह्य विज्ञाप्य च शिशुं प्रति

ātmanyāropya saṅgṛhya kalāṃ kuṇḍe niveśayet rudraṃ kāraṇamāvāhya vijñāpya ca śiśuṃ prati

Having raised it into himself and taken hold (of it), he should place the kalā in the fire-pit; having invoked Rudra the cause and informed (him) concerning the child (the initiand),

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AgP 86.13

पित्रोरावहनं कृत्वा(२) हृदये ताडयेच्छिशुं प्रविश्य पूर्वमन्त्रेण तदात्मनि नियोजयेत्

pitrorāvahanaṃ kṛtvā(2) hṛdaye tāḍayecchiśuṃ praviśya pūrvamantreṇa tadātmani niyojayet

having performed the invocation of the two parents, he should strike the child on the heart; having entered by means of the previous mantra, he should join it to himself.

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AgP 86.14

आकृष्यादाय पूर्वोक्तविधिना।अत्मनि योजयेत् वामया योजयेत् योनौ गृहीत्वा द्वादशान्ततः

ākṛṣyādāya pūrvoktavidhinā.atmani yojayet vāmayā yojayet yonau gṛhītvā dvādaśāntataḥ

Having drawn (it) out and taken (it), he should join (it) to himself by the rule stated before; with the left (mantra/hand) he should join (it) in the womb, having taken (it) from the twelve-finger point.

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AgP 86.15

:न् १ बुद्ध इति घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ आवाहनं कुर्यादिति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २७४ कुर्वीत देहसम्पत्तिं जन्माधिकारमेव च भोगं लयन्तथा श्रोतःशुद्धितत्त्वविशोधनं

:n 1 buddha iti gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 āvāhanaṃ kuryāditi ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 274 kurvīta dehasampattiṃ janmādhikārameva ca bhogaṃ layantathā śrotaḥśuddhitattvaviśodhanaṃ

[Notes: 1 gha, ṅa read Buddha; 2 ga, gha read āvāhanaṃ kuryāt.] (274) He should bring about the completion of the body, the birth and the qualification (for rites), the experience (of fruits), and likewise the dissolution—the purification of the tattva by purification of the channel,

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AgP 86.16

निःशेषमलकर्मादिपाशबन्धनिवृत्तये निष्कृत्यैव विधानेन यजेत शतमाहुतीः

niḥśeṣamalakarmādipāśabandhanivṛttaye niṣkṛtyaiva vidhānena yajeta śatamāhutīḥ

for the removal, without remainder, of the bondage of the fetters—impurity, karma and the rest. Having performed the expiation according to the rule, he should offer a hundred oblations.

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AgP 86.17

अस्त्रेण पाशशैथिल्यं मलशक्तिं तिरोहितां छेदनं मर्दनं तेषां वर्तुलीकरणं तथा(१)

astreṇa pāśaśaithilyaṃ malaśaktiṃ tirohitāṃ chedanaṃ mardanaṃ teṣāṃ vartulīkaraṇaṃ tathā(1)

With the astra(-mantra) comes the loosening of the fetters, the impurity-power being concealed, and their cutting, their crushing, and likewise their being made into a ball,

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AgP 86.18

दाहं तदक्षराभावं प्रायश्चित्तमथोदितं रुद्राण्यावाहनं पूजा रूपगन्धसमर्पणं

dāhaṃ tadakṣarābhāvaṃ prāyaścittamathoditaṃ rudrāṇyāvāhanaṃ pūjā rūpagandhasamarpaṇaṃ

their burning, the absence of that syllable—then the expiation is declared: the invocation of Rudrāṇī, worship, the presenting of form and fragrance.

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AgP 86.19

ॐ ह्रीं रूपगन्धौ शुल्कं रुद्र गृहाण स्वाहा संश्राव्य शाम्भवीमाज्ञां रुद्रं विसृज्य कारणं विधायात्मनि चैतन्यं पाशसूत्रे निवेशयेत्

oṃ hrīṃ rūpagandhau śulkaṃ rudra gṛhāṇa svāhā saṃśrāvya śāmbhavīmājñāṃ rudraṃ visṛjya kāraṇaṃ vidhāyātmani caitanyaṃ pāśasūtre niveśayet

“Oṃ hrīṃ, take (this) fee of form and scent, O Rudra, svāhā” — having caused (this) to be heard, (and) the command of Śambhu (likewise), he should dismiss Rudra, and having made (him) the cause, he should place the consciousness in himself into the cord of bonds.

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AgP 86.20

विन्दुं शिरसि विन्यस्य विसृजेत् पितरौ ततः दद्यात् पूर्णां विधानेन समस्तविधिपूरणीं

vinduṃ śirasi vinyasya visṛjet pitarau tataḥ dadyāt pūrṇāṃ vidhānena samastavidhipūraṇīṃ

Having placed the drop (bindu) on the head, he should then dismiss the two parents; he should offer, according to the prescription, the full (oblation) that completes all the rites.

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AgP 86.21

पूर्वोक्तविधिना कार्यं विद्यायां ताडनादिकं स्ववीजन्तु विशेषः स्यादिति विद्या विशोधिता

pūrvoktavidhinā kāryaṃ vidyāyāṃ tāḍanādikaṃ svavījantu viśeṣaḥ syāditi vidyā viśodhitā

In (the case of) the vidyā, the striking and the rest is to be done by the procedure stated before; but the distinction would be its own seed-syllable. Thus the vidyā has been purified.

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