Agni Purana [sanskrit]

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This Sanskrit edition of the Agnipurana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. It contains either 382 or 383 chapters and over 10.000 verses (Sanskrit Shlokas).

Chapter 21

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nārada uvāca |
sāmānyapūjāṃ viṣṇavādervakṣye mantrāṃśca sarvadān |
samastaparivārāya acyutāya namo yajeta || 1 ||
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dhātre vidhātre gaṅgāyai yamunāyai nidhī tathā |
dvāraśriyaṃ vāstunavaṃ śaktiṃ kūrmmanantakam || 2 ||
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pṛthivīṃ dharmmakaṃ jñānaṃ vairāgyaiśvaryameva ca |
adharmādīn kandanālapadmakeśarakarṇikāḥ || 3 ||
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ṛgvedādyaṃ kṛtādyañca sattvādyarkkādimaṇḍalam |
vimalotkarṣiṇī jñānā kriyā yogā ca tā yajet || 4 ||
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prahvīṃ satyāṃ tatheśānānugrahasanamūrttikām |
durgāṃ giraṅgaṇaṃ kṣetraṃ vāsudevādikaṃ yajet || 5 ||
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hṛdayañca śiraḥ śūlaṃ varmanetramathāstrakam |
śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ gadāṃ padmaṃ śrīvatsaṃ kaustubhaṃ yajet || 6 ||
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vanamālāṃ śriyaṃ puṣṭiṃ garuḍaṃ gurumarcayet |
indramagniṃ yamaṃ rakṣo jalaṃ vāyuṃ dhaneśvaram || 7 ||
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īśānantamajaṃ cāstraṃ vāhanaṃ kumudādikam |
viṣvakasenaṃ maṇḍalādau siddhiḥ pūjādinā bhavet || 8 ||
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śivapūjātha sāmānyā pūrvaṃ nandinamarccayet |
mahākālaṃ yajedgaṅgāṃ yamunāñca gaṇādikam || 9 ||
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giraṃ śriyaṃ guruṃ vāstuṃ śaktyādīn dharmakādikam |
vāmā jyeṣṭhā tathā raudrī kālī kalavikāriṇī || 10 ||
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balavikariṇī cāpi balapramathinī kramāt |
sarvabhūtadamanī ca madanonmādinī śivāsanam || 11 ||
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hāṃ huṃ hāṃ śivamūrttaye sāṅgavaktraṃ śivaṃ yajet |
hauṃ śivāya hāmityādi hāmīśānādivaktrakam || 12 ||
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hrīṃ gaurīṃ gaṃ gaṇaḥ śakramukhāścaṇḍīhṛdādikāḥ |
kramātsūryyārcyane mantrā daṇḍī pūjyaśca piṅgalaḥ || 13 ||
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uccaiḥ śravāścāruṇaśca prabhūtaṃ vimalaṃ yajet |
sārādhyoparamasukhaṃ skandādyaṃmadhyato yajet || 14 ||
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dīptā sūkṣmā jayā bhadrā vibhūtirvimalā tathā |
amoghā vidyutā caiva pūjyātha sarvatomukhī || 15 ||
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arkkāsanaṃ hi haṃ khaṃ kha solkāyeti ca mūrtikām |
hrāṃ hrīṃ sa sūryyāya nama āṃ namo hradayāya ca || 16 ||
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arkkāya śikase tadvadagnīśāsuravāyugān |
bhūrbhavaḥ svare jvālini śikhā huṃ kavacaṃ smṛtam || 17 ||
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māṃ netraṃ vastathārkkāstraṃ rājñī śaktiśca niṣkubhā |
somo'ṅgārakotha budho jīvaḥ śukraḥ śaniḥ kramāt || 18 ||
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rāhuḥ ketustejaścaṇḍaḥ saṅkṣepādatha pūjanam |
āsanaṃ mūrttaye mūlaṃ hṛdādyaṃ paricārakaḥ || 19 ||
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viṣṇavāsanaṃ viṣṇumūrtte roṃ śrīṃ śrīṃ śrīdharo hariḥ |
hrīṃ sarvamūrttimantrīyamiti trailokyamohanaḥ || 20 ||
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hrīṃ hṛṣīkeśaḥ klīṃ viṣṇuḥ svarairddīrghairhṛdādikam |
samastaiḥ pañcamī pūjā saṅgrāmādau jayādidā || 21 ||
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cakraṃ gadāṃ kramācchaṅkhaṃ muṣalaṃ khaḍgaśārṅgakam |
pāśāṅkuśau ca śrīvatsaṃ kaustubhaṃ vanamālayā || 22 ||
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śrīṃ śrīrmahālakṣmītātārkṣyo gururindrādayo'rccanam |
sarasvatyāsanaṃ mūrttirauṃ hrīṃ devī sarasvatī || 23 ||
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hṛdādyālakṣmīrmmedhā ca kalātuṣṭiśca puṣṭikā |
gaurī prabhāmatī durgā gaṇo guruśca kṣetrapaḥ || 24 ||
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tathā gaṃ gaṇapataye ca hrīṃ gauryai ca śrīṃ śriyai |
hrīṃ tvaritāyai hrīṃ sau tripurā caturthyantanamontakāḥ || 25 ||
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praṇavādyāñca nāmādyamakṣaraṃ bindusaṃyutam |
oṃ yutaṃ vā sarvamantrapūjanājjapataḥ smṛtāḥ || 26 ||
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homāttilaghṛtādyaiñca dharmmakāmārthamokṣadāḥ |
pūjāmantrān paṭhedyastu bhuktabhogo divaṃ vrajet || 27 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 21

The Agni Puranam (Anandashram Edition)
by Shri Chimna Apate (श्री चिमणा आपटे) (1987)

Publisher: Anandashram, Pune; 633 pages; Title: अग्निपुराणम्;

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Agni Purana with Hindi Translation
by Tarinish Jha and Dr. Ghanshayam Tripathi (तारिणीश् झा और डॉ. घनश्याम त्रिपाठी) (2007)

Publisher: Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad; 1199 pages; Title: अग्निपुराणम् (संस्कृत एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद);

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Agni Purana (Two Volumes)
by M. N. Dutt (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Editor: K. L. Joshi.; ISBN-10: 8171101690; ISBN-13: 9788171101696; 1070 pages.

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Agni-Purana (Set of 4 Volumes)
by N. Gangadharan (2006)

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; ISBN: Part I 8120803590 (9788120803596); Part II 8120803604 (‎9788120803602); Part III 8120801741 (9788120801745); Part IV 812080306X (9788120803060); 1271 pages.

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