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 51

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bhagavānuvāca |
sasaptāśve saikacakre rathe sūryyo dvipadmadhṛk |
masībhājanalekhanyau bibhratkuṇḍī tu dakṣiṇe || 1 ||
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vāme tu piṅgalo dvāri daṇḍabhṛt sa ravergaṇaḥ |
bālavyajanadhāriṇyau pārśve rājñī ca niṣprabhā || 2 ||
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athavāśvasamārūḍhaḥ kāryya ekastu bhāskaraḥ |
varadā dvyabjinaḥ sarve dikpālāstrakarāḥ kramāt || 3 ||
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mudgaraśūlacakrāvjabhṛtognyādividiksthitāḥ |
sūryyāryamādirakṣontāścaturhastā dviṣaḍdale || 4 ||
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varuṇaḥ sūryanāmā ca sahasrāṃśustathāparaḥ |
dhātā tapanasañjñaśca savitātha gabhastikaḥ || 5 ||
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raviścaivātha parjjanyastvaṣṭā mitrotha viṣṇukaḥ |
meṣādirāśisaṃsthāśca mārgādikārttikāntakāḥ || 6 ||
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kṛṣṇo rakto manāgraktaḥ pītaḥ pāṇḍarakaḥ sitaḥ |
kapilaḥ pītavarṇaśca śukābho dhavalastathā || 7 ||
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dhūmro nīlaḥ kramādvarṇāḥ śaktayaḥ keśarāgragāḥ |
iḍā suṣumṇā viśvārccirindusañjñā pramardinī || 8 ||
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graharṣaṇī mahākālī kapilā ca prabodhanī |
nīlāmbarā ghanāntasthā amṛtākhyā ca śaktayaḥ || 9 ||
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varuṇādeśca tadvarṇāḥ keśarāgreṣu vinyaset |
tejaścaṇḍomahāvakro dvibhujaḥ padmakhaḍgabhṛt || 10 ||
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kuṇḍikākajapyamālīnduḥ kujaḥ śaktyakṣamālikaḥ |
budhaścāpākṣapāṇiḥ syājjīvaḥ kuṇḍyakṣamālikaḥ || 11 ||
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śukraḥ kuṇḍyakṣamālī syāt kiṅkiṇīsūtravāñchaniḥ |
arddhacandradharo rāhuḥ ketuḥ khaḍgī ca dīpabhṛt || 12 ||
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anantastakṣakaḥ karkkaḥ padmo mahābjaḥ śaṅkhakaḥ |
kulikaḥ sūtriṇaḥ sarve phaṇavaktrā mahāprabhāḥ |
indro vajrī gajārūḍhaślāgagogniśca śaktimān |
yamo daṇḍī ca mahiṣe nairṛtaḥ khaḍgavān kare || 14 ||
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makare varuṇaḥ pāśī vāyurdhvajadharo mṛge |
gadī kuvero meṣastha īśānaśca jaṭī vṛṣe || 15 ||
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dvibāhavo lokapālā viśvakarmmākṣasūtrabhṛt |
hanūmān vajrahastaḥ syāt padbhyāṃ sampīḍitāśrayaḥ || 16 ||
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viṇāhastāḥ kinnarāḥ syurmālāvidyādharāśca khe |
durbalāṅgāḥ piśācāḥ syurvetālā vikṛtānanāḥ || 17 ||
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kṣetrapālāḥ śūlavantaḥ pretā mahodarāḥ kṛśāḥ || 18 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 51

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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