Agni Purana — Chapter 87

AgP 87.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये निर्वाणदीक्षायां विद्याविशोधनं नाम षडशीतितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {८७} :श् अथ सप्ताशीतितमो ऽध्यायः शान्तिशोधनकथनं ईश्वर उवाच सन्दध्यादधुना विद्यां शान्त्या सार्धं यथाविधि शान्तौ तत्त्वद्वयं लीनं भावेश्वरसदाशिवौ

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye nirvāṇadīkṣāyāṃ vidyāviśodhanaṃ nāma ṣaḍaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {87} :ś atha saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ śāntiśodhanakathanaṃ īśvara uvāca sandadhyādadhunā vidyāṃ śāntyā sārdhaṃ yathāvidhi śāntau tattvadvayaṃ līnaṃ bhāveśvarasadāśivau

Thus in the Āgneya, the foremost great Purāṇa, in (the section on) liberating initiation, the eighty-sixth chapter, called the Purification of the Vidyā. || Chapter 87. Now the eighty-seventh chapter, the account of the purification of Śānti. The Lord said: Now he should join the vidyā together with Śānti according to rule. In Śānti two principles are dissolved: Bhāveśvara and Sadāśiva.

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AgP 87.2

:न् १ छेदनं भेदनं तेषां बहुलीकरणन्तथा इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २७५ हकारश् च क्षकारश् च द्वौ वर्णौ परिकीर्तितौ रुद्राः समाननामानो भुवनैः सह तद्यथा

:n 1 chedanaṃ bhedanaṃ teṣāṃ bahulīkaraṇantathā iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 275 hakāraś ca kṣakāraś ca dvau varṇau parikīrtitau rudrāḥ samānanāmāno bhuvanaiḥ saha tadyathā

[Note 1: the reading of the manuscript marked 'ga' is: “their cutting, splitting, and likewise their multiplication.”] [Page 275] The letter ha and the letter kṣa are declared to be the two syllables (there). The Rudras bearing the same names as the worlds are as follows:

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AgP 87.3

प्रभवः समयः क्षुद्रो विमलः शिव इत्य् अपि घनौ निरञ्जनाकारौ स्वशिवौ दीप्तिकारणौ

prabhavaḥ samayaḥ kṣudro vimalaḥ śiva ity api ghanau nirañjanākārau svaśivau dīptikāraṇau

Prabhava, Samaya, Kṣudra, Vimala, and also Śiva; the two dense ones of stainless form, the two Svaśivas, the two causes of radiance;

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AgP 87.4

त्रिदशेश्वरनामा च त्रिदशः कालसज्ज्ञकः सूक्ष्माम्बुजेश्वरश्चेति(१) रुद्राः शान्तौ प्रतिष्ठिताः

tridaśeśvaranāmā ca tridaśaḥ kālasajjñakaḥ sūkṣmāmbujeśvaraśceti(1) rudrāḥ śāntau pratiṣṭhitāḥ

and (the one) named Tridaśeśvara, Tridaśa, the one called Kāla, and Sūkṣmāmbujeśvara — these Rudras are established in Śānti.

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AgP 87.5

व्योमव्यापिने व्योमव्याप्यरूपाय(२) सर्वव्यापिने शिवाय अनन्ताय अनाथाय अनाश्रिताय ध्रुवाय शाश्वताय योगपीठसंस्थिताय नित्ययोगिने ध्यानाहारायेति(३) द्वादशपादानि पुरुषः कवचौ मन्त्रौ वीजे विन्दूपकारकौ अलम्बुषायसानाड्यौ वायू कृकरकर्मकौ

vyomavyāpine vyomavyāpyarūpāya(2) sarvavyāpine śivāya anantāya anāthāya anāśritāya dhruvāya śāśvatāya yogapīṭhasaṃsthitāya nityayogine dhyānāhārāyeti(3) dvādaśapādāni puruṣaḥ kavacau mantrau vīje vindūpakārakau alambuṣāyasānāḍyau vāyū kṛkarakarmakau

“To him who pervades space, to him whose form pervades space, to the all-pervading, to Śiva, to the endless, to the masterless, to the unsupported, to the fixed, to the eternal, to him seated on the yoga-seat, to the ever-yoked, to him whose food is meditation” — these are the twelve pādas; (this is) the Puruṣa. The two Kavaca mantras are the two seeds, the auxiliaries of the bindu; the two channels are Alambuṣā and Yasā; the winds are the two whose function is kṛkara.

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AgP 87.6

इन्द्रिये त्वक्करावस्या स्पर्शस्तु विषयो मतः गुणौ स्पर्शनिनादौ द्वावेकः कारणमीश्वरः

indriye tvakkarāvasyā sparśastu viṣayo mataḥ guṇau sparśaninādau dvāvekaḥ kāraṇamīśvaraḥ

The organ (of sense) is the skin, the (organ) of action is (the hand?) — of this (level); and touch is held to be its object. There are two qualities, touch and sound; the one cause is Īśvara.

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AgP 87.7

तुर्म्यावस्थेति शान्तिस्थं सम्भाव्य भुवनादिकं विदध्यात्ताडनं भेदं प्रवेशञ्च वियोजनं

turmyāvastheti śāntisthaṃ sambhāvya bhuvanādikaṃ vidadhyāttāḍanaṃ bhedaṃ praveśañca viyojanaṃ

“(This is) the fourth state” — having thus conceived the worlds and the rest as residing in Śānti, he should perform the striking, the splitting, the entering, and the separating.

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AgP 87.8

आकृष्य ग्रहणं कुर्याच्छान्तेर्वदनसूत्रतः आत्मन्यारोप्य सङ्गृह्य कलां कुण्डे निवेशयेत्

ākṛṣya grahaṇaṃ kuryācchāntervadanasūtrataḥ ātmanyāropya saṅgṛhya kalāṃ kuṇḍe niveśayet

Having drawn (it) out, he should perform the seizing by means of the mouth-cord of Śānti; having raised (it) into himself and gathered (it), he should deposit the kalā in the fire-pit.

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AgP 87.9

ईशं तवाधिकारे ऽस्मिन् मुमुक्षुं दीक्षयाम्यहं भव्यं त्वयानुकूलेन(४) कुर्यात् विज्ञापनामिति

īśaṃ tavādhikāre 'smin mumukṣuṃ dīkṣayāmyahaṃ bhavyaṃ tvayānukūlena(4) kuryāt vijñāpanāmiti

“O Lord, within this domain of yours I initiate one who seeks liberation; may it be brought about by you favourably” — thus he should make the announcement.

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AgP 87.10

आवाहनादिकं पित्रोः शिष्यस्य ताडनादिकं :न् १ सूक्ष्मासूक्ष्मेश्वरश् चैव इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ व्योमव्यापकरूपाय इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । व्योमरूपायेति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ ध्यायपरायेति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । व्यानाहारायेति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ भाव्यं त्वया च शुद्धेन इति ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २७६ विधायादाय चैतन्यं विधिना।अत्मनि योजयेत्

āvāhanādikaṃ pitroḥ śiṣyasya tāḍanādikaṃ :n 1 sūkṣmāsūkṣmeśvaraś caiva iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 vyomavyāpakarūpāya iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / vyomarūpāyeti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 dhyāyaparāyeti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / vyānāhārāyeti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 bhāvyaṃ tvayā ca śuddhena iti ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 276 vidhāyādāya caitanyaṃ vidhinā.atmani yojayet

The invocation and the rest for the two parents, the striking and the rest for the pupil — [Note 1: 'and Sūkṣma and Sūkṣmeśvara' is the reading of the ms. marked ga. 2: 'to him whose form pervades space' is the reading of the ms. marked kha; 'to him whose form is space' is the reading of the ms. marked ga. 3: 'to him devoted to meditation' is the reading of the ms. marked kha; 'to him whose food is the vyāna breath' is the reading of the ms. marked ga. 4: 'it is to be brought about by you, who are pure' is the reading of the mss. marked ga and ṅa.] [Page 276] — having done (this) and taken up the consciousness, he should join (it) to himself according to rule.

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AgP 87.11

पूर्ववत् पितृसंयोगं भावयित्वोद्भवाख्यया हृत्सम्पुटात्मवीजेन देवीगर्भे नियोजयेत्

pūrvavat pitṛsaṃyogaṃ bhāvayitvodbhavākhyayā hṛtsampuṭātmavījena devīgarbhe niyojayet

Having conceived, as before, the union of the parents by means of (the mantra) called Udbhava, he should place (the consciousness) in the womb of the Goddess with the self-seed enclosed by the heart(-mantra).

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AgP 87.12

देहोत्पत्तौ हृदा पञ्च शिरसा जन्महेतवे शिखया वाधिकाराय भोगाय कवचाणुना

dehotpattau hṛdā pañca śirasā janmahetave śikhayā vādhikārāya bhogāya kavacāṇunā

For the arising of the body, five (oblations) with the heart(-mantra); with the head(-mantra) for the cause of birth; with the śikhā for authority; with the armour-syllable for enjoyment;

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AgP 87.13

लयाय शस्त्रमन्त्रेण श्रोतःशुद्धौ शिवेन च तत्त्वशुद्धौ हृदा ह्य् एवं गर्भाधानादि पूर्ववत्

layāya śastramantreṇa śrotaḥśuddhau śivena ca tattvaśuddhau hṛdā hy evaṃ garbhādhānādi pūrvavat

with the weapon-mantra for dissolution; and with (the mantra of) Śiva for the purification of the ear-channel; with the heart(-mantra) for the purification of the principles; thus the impregnation and the rest is as before.

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AgP 87.14

वर्मणा पाशशैथिल्यं निष्कृत्यैवं शतं जपेत् मलशक्तितिरोधने शस्त्रेणाहुतिपञ्चकं

varmaṇā pāśaśaithilyaṃ niṣkṛtyaivaṃ śataṃ japet malaśaktitirodhane śastreṇāhutipañcakaṃ

With the armour(-mantra), the loosening of the bonds; having thus performed the expiation, he should recite a hundred (times); for the concealment of the power of impurity, five oblations with the weapon(-mantra).

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AgP 87.15

एवं पाशवियोगे ऽपि(१) ततः सप्तास्त्रजप्तया छिन्द्यादस्त्रेण कर्तर्या पाशान्वीजवता यथा

evaṃ pāśaviyoge 'pi(1) tataḥ saptāstrajaptayā chindyādastreṇa kartaryā pāśānvījavatā yathā

Likewise also in the separation from the bonds; then, with the (mantra) recited seven times with the weapon(-mantra), he should cut the bonds with the weapon(-mantra), with the shears, as (prescribed), together with the seed-syllable.

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AgP 87.16

ॐ हौं(२) शान्तिकलापाशाय हः हूं फट् विसृज्य वर्तुलीकृत्य पाशमन्त्रेण पूर्ववत् घृतपूर्णे श्रुवे दत्वा कलास्त्रेणैव होमयेत्

oṃ hauṃ(2) śāntikalāpāśāya haḥ hūṃ phaṭ visṛjya vartulīkṛtya pāśamantreṇa pūrvavat ghṛtapūrṇe śruve datvā kalāstreṇaiva homayet

“Oṃ hauṃ, to the bond of the Śānti-kalā, haḥ hūṃ phaṭ” — having dismissed (it) and made (it) into a ring with the bond-mantra as before, having placed (it) in the ladle filled with ghee, he should offer it in the fire with the weapon-mantra of the kalā itself.

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AgP 87.17

अस्त्रेण जुहुयात् पञ्च पाशाङ्कुशनिवृत्तये प्रायश्चित्तनिषेधाय दद्यादष्टाहुतीरथ

astreṇa juhuyāt pañca pāśāṅkuśanivṛttaye prāyaścittaniṣedhāya dadyādaṣṭāhutīratha

With the weapon(-mantra) he should offer five (oblations) for the removal of the hook of the bonds; then he should give eight oblations for the warding off of expiation.

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AgP 87.18

ॐ हः अस्त्राय हूं फट् हृदेश्वरं समावाह्य कृत्वा पूजनतर्पणे विदधीत विधानेन तस्मै शुल्कसमर्पणं

oṃ haḥ astrāya hūṃ phaṭ hṛdeśvaraṃ samāvāhya kṛtvā pūjanatarpaṇe vidadhīta vidhānena tasmai śulkasamarpaṇaṃ

oṃ haḥ astrāya hūṃ phaṭ. Having invoked Īśvara into the heart, and having performed the worship and the gratifying libation, he should according to the prescribed manner make over the fee to him.

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AgP 87.19

ॐ हां ईश्वर बुद्ध्यहङ्कारौ शुल्कं गृहाण स्वाहा निःशेषदग्धपाशस्य पशोरस्येश्वर त्वया न स्थेयं बन्धकत्वेन शिवाज्ञां श्रावयेदिति

oṃ hāṃ īśvara buddhyahaṅkārau śulkaṃ gṛhāṇa svāhā niḥśeṣadagdhapāśasya paśorasyeśvara tvayā na stheyaṃ bandhakatvena śivājñāṃ śrāvayediti

"oṃ hāṃ, Īśvara, receive intellect and ego-sense as the fee, svāhā." "Īśvara, you must not stand as binder over this bound soul, whose bonds are burnt without remainder" — thus he should cause Śiva's command to be heard.

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AgP 87.20

:न् १ एकं पाशवियोगार्थमिति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ ॐ ह्य् ऐमिति क, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । ॐ ओमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । ॐ यैमिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २७७ विसृजेदीश्वरन्देवं रौद्रात्मानं नियोजयेत् ईषच्चन्द्रमिवात्मानं विधिना।अत्मनि योजयेत्

:n 1 ekaṃ pāśaviyogārthamiti ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 oṃ hy aimiti ka, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / oṃ omiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / oṃ yaimiti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 277 visṛjedīśvarandevaṃ raudrātmānaṃ niyojayet īṣaccandramivātmānaṃ vidhinā.atmani yojayet

[Note 1: "one, for the sake of separation from the bond" is the reading of the manuscripts marked ga and gha. Note 2: "oṃ hy ai" is the reading of the manuscripts marked ka and ṅa; "oṃ oṃ" is the reading of the manuscript marked ga; "oṃ yai" is the reading of the manuscript marked gha.] [p. 277] He should dismiss the god Īśvara and appoint the Raudra self; he should join to the self, according to rule, the self that is like a slender moon.

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AgP 87.21

सूत्रे संयोजयेदेनं शुद्धयोद्भवमुद्रया दद्यात् मूलेन शिष्यस्य शिरस्यमृतविन्दुकं

sūtre saṃyojayedenaṃ śuddhayodbhavamudrayā dadyāt mūlena śiṣyasya śirasyamṛtavindukaṃ

He should join him to the thread by the pure udbhava-mudrā; with the root-mantra he should place a drop of nectar on the pupil's head.

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AgP 87.22

विसृज्य पितरौ वह्नेः पूजितौ कुसुमादिभिः दद्यात् पूर्णां विधानज्ञो निःशेषविधिपूरणीं

visṛjya pitarau vahneḥ pūjitau kusumādibhiḥ dadyāt pūrṇāṃ vidhānajño niḥśeṣavidhipūraṇīṃ

Having dismissed the two parents of the fire, who have been worshipped with flowers and the rest, the one who knows the procedure should offer the full oblation that completes the whole rite.

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AgP 87.23

अस्यामपि विधातव्यं पूर्ववत्ताडनादिअकं स्ववीजन्तु विशेषः स्याच्छुद्धिः शान्तेरपीडिता

asyāmapi vidhātavyaṃ pūrvavattāḍanādiakaṃ svavījantu viśeṣaḥ syācchuddhiḥ śānterapīḍitā

In her case too the striking and the rest is to be performed as before; but the particular feature is one's own seed-syllable; the purification of Śānti is untroubled.

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