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Agni Purana — Chapter 98

AgP 98.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे शिवप्रतिष्ठा(८) नाम सप्तनवतितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ पृथक् पीठे इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ च २ स्थापनमित्यादिः, कुर्याद् विभाजिते इत्य् अन्तः पाठो ङ।पुस्तके नास्ति ३ स्वपीठे स्नपिते इति ख॥ ४ प्रभूतेप्यधिवेशनमिति घ॥ ५ वाणलिङ्गानामिति ज॥ ६ पिष्टकादि च तत्क्रमादिति छ॥ , ज॥ च ७ मृष्टिमन्त्रेणेत्यादिः दीक्षणादिविधानत इत्य् अन्तः पाठो ग॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ८ शिवपूजा इति क॥ :प् ३३८ छप्तेर् {९८} :श् अथाष्टनवतितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ गौरीप्रतिष्ठाकथनं ईश्वर उवाच वक्ष्ये गौरीप्रतिष्ठाञ्च पूजया सहितां शृणु मण्डपाद्यं पुरो यच्च(१) संस्थाप्य चाधिरोपयेत्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe śivapratiṣṭhā(8) nāma saptanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 pṛthak pīṭhe iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. ca 2 sthāpanamityādiḥ, kuryād vibhājite ity antaḥ pāṭho ṅa.pustake nāsti 3 svapīṭhe snapite iti kha.. 4 prabhūtepyadhiveśanamiti gha.. 5 vāṇaliṅgānāmiti ja.. 6 piṣṭakādi ca tatkramāditi cha.. , ja.. ca 7 mṛṣṭimantreṇetyādiḥ dīkṣaṇādividhānata ity antaḥ pāṭho ga.. pustake nāsti 8 śivapūjā iti ka.. :p 338 chapter {98} :ś athāṣṭanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || gaurīpratiṣṭhākathanaṃ īśvara uvāca vakṣye gaurīpratiṣṭhāñca pūjayā sahitāṃ śṛṇu maṇḍapādyaṃ puro yacca(1) saṃsthāpya cādhiropayet

Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the ninety-seventh chapter, called the Installation of Śiva. [Variants: for 'pṛthak kuryād' MSS kha, ga, gha read 'pṛthak pīṭhe'; the passage from 'sthāpanam' to 'kuryād vibhājite' is absent in MS ṅa; for 'svapīṭheṣvapi' kha reads 'svapīṭhe snapite'; for 'prabhūteś cānivedanam' gha reads 'prabhūte 'py adhiveśanam'; for 'vāṇaliṅgādau' ja reads 'vāṇaliṅgānām'; for 'piṣṭakādi ca takṣaṇāt' cha and ja read 'piṣṭakādi ca tatkramāt'; the passage from 'mṛṣṭimantreṇa' to 'dīkṣaṇādividhānataḥ' is absent in MS ga; for 'śivapratiṣṭhā' ka reads 'śivapūjā'.] Chapter 98. Now the ninety-eighth chapter: the telling of the installation of Gaurī. Īśvara said: I shall declare the installation of Gaurī together with her worship — listen. And having first set up the pavilion and the rest, he should raise (the image) up.

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AgP 98.2

शय्यायान्तांश् च विन्यस्य मन्त्रान्मूर्त्यादिकान् गुह आत्मविद्याशिवान्तञ्च(२) कुर्यादीशनिवेशनं

śayyāyāntāṃś ca vinyasya mantrānmūrtyādikān guha ātmavidyāśivāntañca(2) kuryādīśaniveśanaṃ

And having laid down the mantras beginning with the mūrti and ending with the couch, O Guha, and (those) from ātmavidyā up to Śiva, he should carry out the setting in place of the Lord.

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AgP 98.3

शक्तिं परां ततो(३) न्यस्य हुत्वा(४) जप्त्वा च पूर्ववत् सन्धाय च तथा पिण्डीं(५) क्रियाशक्तिस्वरूपिणीं

śaktiṃ parāṃ tato(3) nyasya hutvā(4) japtvā ca pūrvavat sandhāya ca tathā piṇḍīṃ(5) kriyāśaktisvarūpiṇīṃ

Then, having laid down the supreme Śakti, having offered oblation and muttered (the mantras) as before, and having likewise fitted on the pedestal, which has the nature of the power of action —

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AgP 98.4

सदेशव्यापिकां ध्यात्वा न्यस्तरत्नादिकां तथा एवं संस्थाप्य तां पश्चाद्देवीन्तस्यान्नियोजयेत्

sadeśavyāpikāṃ dhyātvā nyastaratnādikāṃ tathā evaṃ saṃsthāpya tāṃ paścāddevīntasyānniyojayet

having meditated on her as pervading her own place, and with the gems and the rest deposited — having installed her in this way, he should afterwards join the goddess to it.

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AgP 98.5

परशक्तिस्वरूपान्तां स्वाणुना(६) शक्तियोगतः ततो न्यसेत् क्रियाशक्तिं पीठे ज्ञानञ्च विग्रहे

paraśaktisvarūpāntāṃ svāṇunā(6) śaktiyogataḥ tato nyaset kriyāśaktiṃ pīṭhe jñānañca vigrahe

(Placing that) which ends in the form of the supreme Śakti, with his own mantra, by union with the Śakti; then he should place the power of action in the pedestal and knowledge in the body (of the image).

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AgP 98.6

ततोपि व्यापिनीं शक्तिं समावाह्य नियोजयेत् अम्बिकां शिवनाम्नीञ्च समालभ्य(७) प्रपूजयेत्

tatopi vyāpinīṃ śaktiṃ samāvāhya niyojayet ambikāṃ śivanāmnīñca samālabhya(7) prapūjayet

And thereafter, having summoned the all-pervading Śakti, he should join (her to the image); and having touched Ambikā, who bears Śiva's name, he should worship her.

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