Agni Purana — Chapter 90
AgP 90.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहपुराणे आग्नेये एकतत्त्वदीक्षाकथनं नाम ऊननवतितमो ऽध्यायः :प् २८४ छप्तेर् {९०} :श् अथ नवतितमो ऽध्यायः अभिषेकादिकथनं ईश्वर उवाच शिवमभ्यर्च्याभिषेकं कुर्याच्छिष्यादिके श्रिये कुम्भानीशादिकाष्ठासु क्रमशो नव विन्यसेत्
:e ity ādimahapurāṇe āgneye ekatattvadīkṣākathanaṃ nāma ūnanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ :p 284 chapter {90} :ś atha navatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ abhiṣekādikathanaṃ īśvara uvāca śivamabhyarcyābhiṣekaṃ kuryācchiṣyādike śriye kumbhānīśādikāṣṭhāsu kramaśo nava vinyaset
Thus in the primal great Purāṇa, the Āgneya, the eighty-ninth chapter, called the exposition of the one-tattva initiation. [p. 284, chapter 90] Now the ninetieth chapter: the exposition of the consecration and the rest. Īśvara said: Having worshipped Śiva, one should perform the consecration upon the disciple and the others, for prosperity. He should set down nine jars, one after another, in the quarters beginning with the north-east (that of Īśa).
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AgP 90.2
तेषु क्षारोदं क्षीरोदं दध्युदं घृतसागरं इक्षुकादम्बरीस्वादुमस्तूदानष्टसागरान्(१)
teṣu kṣārodaṃ kṣīrodaṃ dadhyudaṃ ghṛtasāgaraṃ ikṣukādambarīsvādumastūdānaṣṭasāgarān(1)
In them (he should place) the salt sea, the sea of milk, the sea of curds, the sea of ghee, and (the seas of) sugarcane (juice), kādambarī liquor, sweet (drink), whey and water — the eight seas.
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AgP 90.3
निवेशयेद् यथासङ्ख्यमष्टौ विद्येश्वरानथ एकं शिखण्डिनं रुद्रं श्रीकण्ठन्तु द्वितीयकं
niveśayed yathāsaṅkhyamaṣṭau vidyeśvarānatha ekaṃ śikhaṇḍinaṃ rudraṃ śrīkaṇṭhantu dvitīyakaṃ
He should install, in corresponding number, the eight Lords of Knowledge (Vidyeśvaras): the one Rudra Śikhaṇḍin, and Śrīkaṇṭha as the second,
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AgP 90.4
त्रिमूर्तमेकरुद्राक्षमेकनेत्रं शिवोत्तमं सप्तमं सूक्ष्मनामानमनन्तं रुद्रमष्टमं
trimūrtamekarudrākṣamekanetraṃ śivottamaṃ saptamaṃ sūkṣmanāmānamanantaṃ rudramaṣṭamaṃ
Trimūrta, Ekarudrākṣa, Ekanetra, Śivottama, the seventh named Sūkṣma, and Ananta as the eighth Rudra.
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AgP 90.5
मध्ये शिवं समुद्रञ्च शिवमन्त्रं च विन्यसेत् यागालयान् दिगीशस्य रचिते स्नानमण्डपे
madhye śivaṃ samudrañca śivamantraṃ ca vinyaset yāgālayān digīśasya racite snānamaṇḍape
In the middle he should place Śiva, and the ocean, and the Śiva-mantra; in the bathing pavilion constructed to the north-east of the sacrificial halls,
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AgP 90.6
कुर्यात् करद्वयायामां वेदीमष्टाङ्गुलोच्छ्रितां श्रीपर्णाद्यासने तत्र विन्यस्यानन्तमानसं
kuryāt karadvayāyāmāṃ vedīmaṣṭāṅgulocchritāṃ śrīparṇādyāsane tatra vinyasyānantamānasaṃ
he should make an altar two hands in length and eight fingers in height; there, on a seat of śrīparṇa wood or the like, having placed the seat(?) of Ananta,
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AgP 90.7
शिष्यं निवेश्य पूर्वास्यं सकलीकृत्य पूजयेत् काञ्जिकौदनमृद्भस्मदूर्वागोमयगोलकैः
śiṣyaṃ niveśya pūrvāsyaṃ sakalīkṛtya pūjayet kāñjikaudanamṛdbhasmadūrvāgomayagolakaiḥ
having seated the disciple facing east and performed the sakalīkaraṇa upon him, he should worship (him); with balls of sour gruel, boiled rice, clay, ash, dūrvā grass and cow-dung,
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AgP 90.8
सिद्धार्थदधितोयैश् च कुर्यान्निर्मञ्छनं ततः क्षारोदानुक्रमेणाथ हृदा विद्येशशम्बरैः
siddhārthadadhitoyaiś ca kuryānnirmañchanaṃ tataḥ kṣārodānukrameṇātha hṛdā vidyeśaśambaraiḥ
and with mustard seed, curds and water, he should then perform the lustration; then, in the sequence beginning with the salt-sea (jar), with the heart-mantra, the Vidyeśas and the Śiva(-mantras),
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AgP 90.9
कलसैः स्नापयेच्छिष्यं स्वधाधारणयान्वितं परिधाप्य सिते वस्त्रे निवेश्य शिवदक्षिणे
kalasaiḥ snāpayecchiṣyaṃ svadhādhāraṇayānvitaṃ paridhāpya site vastre niveśya śivadakṣiṇe
he should bathe the disciple with the jars, (the disciple) being joined with the retention of his own (mantra?); having clothed him in white garments, having seated him at Śiva's right,
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AgP 90.10
पूर्वोदितासने शिष्यं पुनः पूर्ववदर्चयेत् उष्णीषं योगपट्टञ्च मुकुटं कर्तरीं घटीं
pūrvoditāsane śiṣyaṃ punaḥ pūrvavadarcayet uṣṇīṣaṃ yogapaṭṭañca mukuṭaṃ kartarīṃ ghaṭīṃ
on the seat mentioned before he should again worship the disciple as before: turban and yoga-band, crown, shears, water-pot,
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AgP 90.11
अक्षमालां पुस्तकादि शिवकाद्यधिकारकं :न् १ स्वादुगर्गोदानष्टसागरानिति क, ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २८५ दीक्षाव्याख्याप्रतिष्ठाद्यं ज्ञात्वाद्यप्रभृति त्वया
akṣamālāṃ pustakādi śivakādyadhikārakaṃ :n 1 svādugargodānaṣṭasāgarāniti ka, kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 285 dīkṣāvyākhyāpratiṣṭhādyaṃ jñātvādyaprabhṛti tvayā
rosary, book and the rest, which confer authority over the Śiva-rites and so on. [Note 1: manuscripts marked ka and kha read 'svādugargodānaṣṭasāgarān'. p. 285] "Having learned initiation, exposition, installation and the rest, from this day forward by you
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AgP 90.12
सुपरीक्ष्य(१) विधातव्यमाज्ञां संश्रावयेदिति अभिवाद्य ततः शिष्यं प्रणिपत्य महेश्वरं
suparīkṣya(1) vidhātavyamājñāṃ saṃśrāvayediti abhivādya tataḥ śiṣyaṃ praṇipatya maheśvaraṃ
it is to be performed (only) after careful examination" — thus he should cause the injunction to be heard. Then, having saluted the disciple, and having bowed down to Maheśvara,
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AgP 90.13
विघ्नज्वालापनोदार्थं कुर्याद्विज्ञापनां यथा अभिषेकार्थमादिष्टस्त्वयाहं गुरुमूर्तिना
vighnajvālāpanodārthaṃ kuryādvijñāpanāṃ yathā abhiṣekārthamādiṣṭastvayāhaṃ gurumūrtinā
for the sake of driving away the blaze of obstacles he should make an announcement thus: "Commanded by you in the form of the guru, I, for the sake of the consecration —
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AgP 90.14
संहितापारगः सो ऽयमभिषिक्तो मया शिव तृप्तये मन्त्रचक्रस्य पञ्चपञ्चाहुतीर्यजेत्
saṃhitāpāragaḥ so 'yamabhiṣikto mayā śiva tṛptaye mantracakrasya pañcapañcāhutīryajet
this man, who has gone to the far end of the Saṃhitā, has been consecrated by me, O Śiva." For the satisfaction of the circle of mantras he should offer five times five oblations.
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AgP 90.15
दद्यात् पूर्णां ततः शिष्यं स्थापयेन्निजदक्षिणे शिष्यदक्षिणपाणिस्था अङ्गुष्ठाद्यङ्गुलीः क्रमात्
dadyāt pūrṇāṃ tataḥ śiṣyaṃ sthāpayennijadakṣiṇe śiṣyadakṣiṇapāṇisthā aṅguṣṭhādyaṅgulīḥ kramāt
Then he should give the full oblation, and should station the disciple at his own right; the fingers, beginning with the thumb, that are on the disciple's right hand, in order,
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AgP 90.16
लाञ्छयेदुपबद्धाय दग्धदर्भाग्रशम्बरैः कुसुमानि करे दत्वा प्रणामं कारयेदमुं
lāñchayedupabaddhāya dagdhadarbhāgraśambaraiḥ kusumāni kare datvā praṇāmaṃ kārayedamuṃ
he should mark for the one bound (to the observance) with burnt tips of darbha grass and water; and having placed flowers in his hand, he should make him bow down.
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AgP 90.17
कुम्भे ऽनले शिवे स्वस्मिसंस्ततस्कृत्यमाविशेत् अनुग्राह्यास्त्वया शिष्याः शास्त्रेण सुपरीक्षिताः
kumbhe 'nale śive svasmisaṃstataskṛtyamāviśet anugrāhyāstvayā śiṣyāḥ śāstreṇa suparīkṣitāḥ
In the jar, in the fire, in Śiva, in himself — thereafter he should enter upon the duty (to be done). "Disciples well examined by you according to the scripture are to be favoured (with grace)."
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AgP 90.18
भूपवन्मानवादीनामभिषेकादभीप्सितं आं श्रां श्रौं पशुं हूं फडिति अस्त्रराजाभिषेकतः
bhūpavanmānavādīnāmabhiṣekādabhīpsitaṃ āṃ śrāṃ śrauṃ paśuṃ hūṃ phaḍiti astrarājābhiṣekataḥ
For kings, ordinary men and the rest, what is desired (comes) from consecration. "Āṃ śrāṃ śrauṃ, (bind) the beast, hūṃ phaṭ" — thus by the consecration with the king of weapon(-mantras).
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