Agni Purana — Chapter 94
AgP 94.2
:ए इत्य् आदिमहपुराणे आग्नेये वास्तुपूजाकथनं नाम त्रिनवतितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {९४} :श् अथ चतुर्णवतितमो ऽध्यायः शिलाविन्यासविधानं ईश्वर उवाच ईशादिषु चरक्याद्याः(५) पूर्ववत् पूजयेद्वहिः आहुतित्रितयं दद्यात् प्रतिदेवमनुक्रमात्
:e ity ādimahapurāṇe āgneye vāstupūjākathanaṃ nāma trinavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {94} :ś atha caturṇavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ śilāvinyāsavidhānaṃ īśvara uvāca īśādiṣu carakyādyāḥ(5) pūrvavat pūjayedvahiḥ āhutitritayaṃ dadyāt pratidevamanukramāt
[Colophon: Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the ninety-third chapter, called the Exposition of the Worship of the Vāstu. Chapter 94. Now the ninety-fourth chapter: the Procedure for Laying the Stones.] Īśvara said: In (the corners) beginning with Īśa one should worship Carakī and the rest outside, as before; he should offer three oblations to each deity in due order.
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AgP 94.3
दत्वा भूतबलिं लग्ने शिलान्यासमनुक्रमात् मध्यसूत्रे(६) न्यसेच्छक्तिं कुम्भञ्चानन्तमुत्तमं(७)
datvā bhūtabaliṃ lagne śilānyāsamanukramāt madhyasūtre(6) nyasecchaktiṃ kumbhañcānantamuttamaṃ(7)
Having given the offering to the spirits at the (auspicious) moment, (he performs) the setting of the stones in order; on the central cord he should set Śakti, and the pot, (and) Ananta the highest.
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AgP 94.4
नकारारूढमूलेन कुम्भे ऽस्मिन् धारयेच्छिलां कुम्भानष्टौ सभद्रादीन् दिक्षु पूर्वादिषु क्रमात्
nakārārūḍhamūlena kumbhe 'smin dhārayecchilāṃ kumbhānaṣṭau sabhadrādīn dikṣu pūrvādiṣu kramāt
With the root-mantra mounted upon the syllable 'na', he should hold the stone upon this pot; (and set) the eight pots, Subhadra and the rest, in the directions beginning with the east, in order.
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AgP 94.5
लोकपालाणुभिर्न्यस्य(८) श्वभ्रेषु(६) न्यस्तशक्तिषु :न् १ खातारम्भे समं पृष्ठे इति ङ॥ । खातो बालोः समः पृष्ठे इति छ॥ २ निवेशेनेति ख॥ , छ॥ च ३ परं हस्तप्रमानत इति छ॥ ४ सर्वद इति ख॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ च । सर्वश इति ग॥ , च ५ ईशाद्यादिषु ब्रह्माद्या इति ग॥ ६ मध्ये श्वभ्र इति घ॥ ७ कुम्भञ्चानन्तमन्तिकमिति घ॥ , छ॥ च । कुम्भञ्चानन्तमन्तिममिति ङ॥ ८ लोकपालात्मभिर्न्यस्येदिति ख॥ , छ॥ च । लोकपालाणुभिर्न्यस्येदिति ङ॥ ९ सूत्रेष्विति क॥ । कुम्भेष्विति ग॥ :प् ३०० शिलास्तेष्वथ(१) नन्दाद्याः क्रमेण(२) विनियोजयेत्
lokapālāṇubhirnyasya(8) śvabhreṣu(6) nyastaśaktiṣu :n 1 khātārambhe samaṃ pṛṣṭhe iti ṅa.. / khāto bāloḥ samaḥ pṛṣṭhe iti cha.. 2 niveśeneti kha.. , cha.. ca 3 paraṃ hastapramānata iti cha.. 4 sarvada iti kha.. , gha.. , cha.. ca / sarvaśa iti ga.. , ca 5 īśādyādiṣu brahmādyā iti ga.. 6 madhye śvabhra iti gha.. 7 kumbhañcānantamantikamiti gha.. , cha.. ca / kumbhañcānantamantimamiti ṅa.. 8 lokapālātmabhirnyasyediti kha.. , cha.. ca / lokapālāṇubhirnyasyediti ṅa.. 9 sūtreṣviti ka.. / kumbheṣviti ga.. :p 300 śilāsteṣvatha(1) nandādyāḥ krameṇa(2) viniyojayet
Having set (them) with the mantras of the world-guardians in the pits in which the śaktis have been set, he should then assign in these the stones, Nandā and the rest, in order.
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AgP 94.6
शम्बरैर् मूर्तिनाथानां(३) यथा स्युर्भित्तिमध्यतः तासु धर्मादिकानष्टौ(४) कोणात् कोणं विभागशः(५)
śambarair mūrtināthānāṃ(3) yathā syurbhittimadhyataḥ tāsu dharmādikānaṣṭau(4) koṇāt koṇaṃ vibhāgaśaḥ(5)
with the śambaras of the lords of the (divine) forms, so that they may be from the middle of the wall; upon them the eight, Dharma and the rest, corner by corner, by division.
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AgP 94.7
सुभद्रादिषु नन्दाद्याश् चतस्रो ऽग्न्यादिकोणगाः अजिताद्याश् च पूर्वादिजयादिष्वथ(६) विन्यसेत्
subhadrādiṣu nandādyāś catasro 'gnyādikoṇagāḥ ajitādyāś ca pūrvādijayādiṣvatha(6) vinyaset
Among (the pots) Subhadra and the rest, the four Nandā and the rest, situated in the corners beginning with the south-east; and Ajitā and the rest he should then set down in the east and the other (directions), (and) in Jayā and the rest.
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AgP 94.8
ब्रह्माणं चोपरि मस्य(७) व्यापकं च महेश्वरं चिन्तयेदेषु चाधानं व्योमप्रसादमध्यगं
brahmāṇaṃ copari masya(7) vyāpakaṃ ca maheśvaraṃ cintayedeṣu cādhānaṃ vyomaprasādamadhyagaṃ
And he should think of Brahmā above, and of Maheśvara as all-pervading, and, among these, of the depositing that is located in the middle of the sky-shrine.
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AgP 94.9
बलिन्दत्त्वा जपेदस्त्रं विघ्नदोषनिवारणं(८) शिलापञ्चकपक्षे ऽपि मनागुद्दिश्यते यथा
balindattvā japedastraṃ vighnadoṣanivāraṇaṃ(8) śilāpañcakapakṣe 'pi manāguddiśyate yathā
Having given the bali, he should recite the weapon(-mantra), which averts the faults of obstacles. In the alternative of five stones too it is briefly taught, as follows.
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AgP 94.10
मध्ये पूर्णशिलान्यासः(९) सुभद्रकलशे ऽर्धतः पद्मादिषु च नन्दाद्याः कोणेष्वग्न्यादिषु क्रमात्
madhye pūrṇaśilānyāsaḥ(9) subhadrakalaśe 'rdhataḥ padmādiṣu ca nandādyāḥ koṇeṣvagnyādiṣu kramāt
In the middle is the setting of the full stone, in the Subhadra jar (it is set) halfway; and in the lotuses and the rest, Nandā and the rest, in the corners beginning with the south-east, in order.
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AgP 94.11
मध्यभावे(१०) चतस्रो ऽपि मातृवद्भावसम्मताः ॐ पूर्णे त्वं महाविश्वे(११) सर्वसन्दोहलक्षणे
madhyabhāve(10) catasro 'pi mātṛvadbhāvasammatāḥ oṃ pūrṇe tvaṃ mahāviśve(11) sarvasandohalakṣaṇe
In the central position all four are held to be like mothers. Oṃ! You, Pūrṇā, great all-pervader, marked by the totality of all,
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AgP 94.12
सर्वसम्पूर्णमेवात्र कुरुष्वाङ्गिरसः सुते ॐ नन्दे त्वं नन्दिनी पुंसां त्वामत्र स्थापयाम्यहं
sarvasampūrṇamevātra kuruṣvāṅgirasaḥ sute oṃ nande tvaṃ nandinī puṃsāṃ tvāmatra sthāpayāmyahaṃ
make everything full here, O daughter of Aṅgiras! Oṃ! You, Nandā, are the delight of men; I establish you here.
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AgP 94.13
प्रासादे तिष्ठ सन्तृप्ता यावच्चन्द्रार्कतारकं आयुः कामं श्रियन्नन्दे देहि वासिष्ठ देहिनां(१२)
prāsāde tiṣṭha santṛptā yāvaccandrārkatārakaṃ āyuḥ kāmaṃ śriyannande dehi vāsiṣṭha dehināṃ(12)
Stand satisfied in the temple as long as moon, sun and stars (endure); grant life, desire and prosperity, O Nandā, O Vāsiṣṭhī, to embodied beings.
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AgP 94.14
:न् १ शिलाद्यास्तथेति क॥ २ क्रमश इति घ॥ ३ शम्बरैर् मूर्तिनाधानामिति ख। छ॥ च । शम्बरैर् मूर्तिमाधानमिति ङ॥ ४ तान् सुधर्मादिकानष्टौ इति ख॥ ५ विभागत इति घ॥ ६ पूर्वादिजयादिषु चेति ग॥ ७ ब्रह्माणं चोपविन्यस्येति ख॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , च ८ विघ्नदोषनिवारकमिति ग॥ ९ पूर्वशिलान्यास इति घ॥ १० मध्याभावे इति ख॥ , ग॥ च ११ महाभागे इति ग॥ १२ देहि मामिति ख॥ , छ॥ च । देहि न इति घ॥ :प् ३०१ अस्मिन् रक्षा सदा(१) कार्या प्रासादे यत्नतस्त्वया ॐ भद्रे त्वं सर्वदा भद्रं लोकानां कुरु काश्यपि
:n 1 śilādyāstatheti ka.. 2 kramaśa iti gha.. 3 śambarair mūrtinādhānāmiti kha. cha.. ca / śambarair mūrtimādhānamiti ṅa.. 4 tān sudharmādikānaṣṭau iti kha.. 5 vibhāgata iti gha.. 6 pūrvādijayādiṣu ceti ga.. 7 brahmāṇaṃ copavinyasyeti kha.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ca 8 vighnadoṣanivārakamiti ga.. 9 pūrvaśilānyāsa iti gha.. 10 madhyābhāve iti kha.. , ga.. ca 11 mahābhāge iti ga.. 12 dehi māmiti kha.. , cha.. ca / dehi na iti gha.. :p 301 asmin rakṣā sadā(1) kāryā prāsāde yatnatastvayā oṃ bhadre tvaṃ sarvadā bhadraṃ lokānāṃ kuru kāśyapi
Protection must always be made by you with care in this temple. Oṃ! You, Bhadrā, do good always to the worlds, O Kāśyapī!
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AgP 94.15
आयुर्दा कामदा देवि(२) श्रीप्रदा च सदा भव ॐ जये ऽत्र सर्वदा देवि श्रीदा।अयुर्दा च सदा भव(३)
āyurdā kāmadā devi(2) śrīpradā ca sadā bhava oṃ jaye 'tra sarvadā devi śrīdā.ayurdā ca sadā bhava(3)
Be always, O goddess, a giver of life, a giver of desires, and a bestower of prosperity. Oṃ! Jayā, here always, O goddess, be ever a giver of prosperity and a giver of life.
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AgP 94.16
ॐ जये ऽत्र सर्वदा(४) देवि तिष्ठ त्वं स्थापिता मय(५) नित्यञ्जयाय भूत्यै च स्वामिनी भव भार्गवि
oṃ jaye 'tra sarvadā(4) devi tiṣṭha tvaṃ sthāpitā maya(5) nityañjayāya bhūtyai ca svāminī bhava bhārgavi
Oṃ! Jayā, always here, O goddess, stand, you who have been established by me; be the mistress for perpetual victory and for well-being, O Bhārgavī.
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AgP 94.17
ॐ रिक्ते ऽतिरिक्तदोषघ्ने(६) सिद्धिमुक्तिप्रदे शुभं सर्वदा सर्वदेशस्थे तिष्ठास्मिन् विश्वरूपिणि(७)
oṃ rikte 'tiriktadoṣaghne(6) siddhimuktiprade śubhaṃ sarvadā sarvadeśasthe tiṣṭhāsmin viśvarūpiṇi(7)
Oṃ! Riktā, destroyer of the fault of excess, giver of attainment and release, auspicious always, present in every place — stand in this (temple), O you whose form is the universe.
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AgP 94.18
गगनायतनन्ध्यात्वा तत्र तत्त्वत्रयं(८) न्यसेत् प्रायश्चित्तन्ततो हुत्वा विधिना विसृजेन्मखं
gaganāyatanandhyātvā tatra tattvatrayaṃ(8) nyaset prāyaścittantato hutvā vidhinā visṛjenmakhaṃ
Having meditated on the sky as the shrine, he should set therein the triad of tattvas; then, having made the expiatory oblation, he should dismiss the rite according to the rule.
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