Agni Purana [sanskrit]

97,288 words

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 69

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snānavidhānaṃ |
agniruvāca |
brahman śṛṇu pravakṣāmi snapanotsavavistaraṃ |
prāsādasyāgrataḥ kumbhānmaṇḍape maṇḍale nyaset || 1 ||
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kuryāddhyānārcanaṃ homaṃ harerādau ca karmasu |
sahasraṃ vā śataṃ vāpi homayetpūrṇayā saha || 2 ||
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snānadravyāṇyathāhṛtya kalaśāṃścāpi vinyaset |
adhivāsya sūtrakaṇṭhān dhārayenmaṇḍale ghaṭān || 3 ||
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caturasraṃ puraṃ kṛtvā rudraistaṃ pravibhājyet |
madhyena tu caruṃ sthāpya pārśve paṅktiṃ pramārjayet || 4 ||
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śālicūrṇādināpūrya pūrvādinavakeṣu ca |
kumbhamudrāṃ tato badhvā ghaṭaṃ tatrānayedbudhaḥ || 5 ||
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puṇḍarīkākṣamantreṇa darbhāṃstāṃstu visarjayet |
adbhiḥ pūrṇaṃ sarvaratnayutaṃ madhye nyasedghaṭaṃ || 6 ||
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yavavrīhitilāṃścaiva nīvarān śyāmakān kramāt |
kulatthamudgasiddhārthāṃstacchuktānaṣṭadikṣu ca || 7 ||
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aindre tu navake madhye ghṛtapūrṇaṃ ghaṭaṃ nyaset |
palāśāśvatthanyagrodhavilvodumbaraśīrṣāṃ || 8 ||
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jambūśamīkapitthānāṃ tvakkaṣāyairghaṭāṣṭakaṃ |
āgneyanavake madhye madhupūrṇaṃ ghaṭaṃ nyaset || 9 ||
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gośṛṅganaśvagaṅgāgajendradaśaneṣu ca |
tīrthakṣetrakhaleṣvaṣṭau mṛttikāḥ syurghaṭāṣṭake || 10 ||
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yāmye tu navake madhye tilatailaghaṭaṃ nyaset |
nāraṅgamatha jambīraṃ kharjūraṃ mṛdvikāṃ kramāt || 11 ||
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nārikelaṃ nyasetpūgaṃ dāḍimaṃ panasaṃ phalaṃ |
nairṛte navake madhye kṣīrapūrṇaṃ ghaṭaṃ nyaset || 12 ||
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kuṅkumaṃ nāgapuṣpañca campakaṃ mālatīṃ kramāt |
mallikāmatha punnāgaṃ karavīraṃ mahotpalaṃ || 13 ||
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puṣpāṇi cāpye navake madhye vai nārikelakam |
nādayematha sāmudraṃ sārasaṃ kaupameva ca || 14 ||
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varṣajaṃ himatoyañca nairjharaṅgāṅgameva ca |
udakānyatha vāyavye navake kadalīphalaṃ || 15 ||
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sahadevīṃ kumārīṃ ca siṃhīṃ vyāghrīṃ tathāmṛtāṃ |
viṣṇuparṇīṃ śataśivāṃ vacāṃ divyauṣadhīrnyaset || 16 ||
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pūrvādau saumyanavake madhye dadhighaṭaṃ nyaset |
patramelāṃ tvacaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ bālakaṃ candanadvayaṃ || 17 ||
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latāṃ kastūrikāṃ caiva kṛṣṇāgurumanukramāt |
siddhadravyāṇi pūrvādau śāntitoyamathaikataḥ || 18 ||
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candratāraṃ kramācchuklaṃ girisāraṃ trapu nyaset |
ghanasāraṃ tathā śīrṣaṃ pūrvādau ratnameva ca || 19 ||
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ghṛtenābhyarjya codvartya snapayenmūlamantrataḥ |
gandhādyaiḥ pūjayedvahnau hutvā pūrṇāhutiṃ caret || 20 ||
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baliñca sarvabhūtebhyo bhojayeddattadakṣiṇaḥ |
devaiśca munibhirbhūpairdevaṃ saṃsthāpya ceśvarāḥ || 21 ||
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babhūvuḥ sthāpitvetthaṃ snapanotsavakaṃ caret |
aṣṭottarasahasreṇa ghaṭānāṃ sarvabhāgbhavet || 22 ||
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yajñāvabhṛthasnānena pūrṇasaṃsnāpanaṃ kṛtam |
gaurīlakṣmīvivāhādi cotsavaṃ snānapūrvakam || 23 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 69

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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