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 87

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īśvara uvāca |
sandadhyādadhunā vidyāṃ śāntyā sārdhaṃ yathāvidhi |
śāntau tattvadvayaṃ līnaṃ bhāveśvarasadāśivau || 1 ||
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hakāraśca kṣakāraśca dvau varṇau parikīrtitau |
rudrāḥ samānanāmāno bhuvanaiḥ saha tadyathā || 2 ||
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prabhavaḥ samayaḥ kṣudro vimalaḥ śiva ityapi |
ghanau nirañjanākārau svaśivau dīptikāraṇau || 3 ||
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tridaśeśvaranāmā ca tridaśaḥ kālasajjñakaḥ |
sūkṣmāmbujeśvaraśceti rudrāḥ śāntau pratiṣṭhitāḥ || 4 ||
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vyomavyāpine vyomavyāpyarūpāya sarvavyāpine śivāya anantāya anāthāya anāśritāya dhruvāya śāśvatāya yogapīṭhasaṃsthitāya nityayogine dhyānāhārāyeti dvādaśapādāni |
puruṣaḥ kavacau mantrau vīje vindūpakārakau |
alambuṣāyasānāḍyau vāyū kṛkarakarmakau || 5 ||
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indriye tvakkarāvasyā sparśastu viṣayo mataḥ |
guṇau sparśaninādau dvāvekaḥ kāraṇamīśvaraḥ || 6 ||
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turyyāvastheti śāntisthaṃ sambhāvya bhuvanādikaṃ |
vidadhyāttāḍanaṃ bhedaṃ praveśañca viyojanaṃ || 7 ||
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ākṛṣya grahaṇaṃ kuryācchāntervadanasūtrataḥ |
ātmanyāropya saṅgṛhya kalāṃ kuṇḍe niveśayet || 8 ||
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īśaṃ tavādhikāre'sminmumukṣuṃ dīkṣayāmyahaṃ |
bhavyaṃ tvayānukūlena kuryātvijñāpanāmiti || 9 ||
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āvāhanādikaṃ pitroḥ śiṣyasya tāḍanādikaṃ |
vidhāyādāya caitanyaṃ vidhinā. atmani yojayet || 10 ||
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pūrvavatpitṛsaṃyogaṃ bhāvayitvodbhavākhyayā |
hṛtsampuṭātmabījena devīgarbhe niyojayet || 11 ||
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dehotpattau hṛdā pañca śirasā janmahetave |
śikhayā vādhikārāya bhogāya kavacāṇunā || 12 ||
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layāya śastramantreṇa śrotaḥśuddhau śivena ca |
tattvaśuddhau hṛdā hyevaṃ garbhādhānādi pūrvavat || 13 ||
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varmaṇā pāśaśaithilyaṃ niṣkṛtyaivaṃ śataṃ japet |
malaśaktitirodhane śastreṇāhutipañcakaṃ || 14 ||
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evaṃ pāśaviyoge'pi tataḥ saptāstrajaptayā |
chindyādastreṇa kartaryā pāśānvījavatā yathā || 15 ||
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oṃ hauṃ śāntikalāpāśāya haḥ hūṃ phaṭ |
visṛjya vartulīkṛtya pāśamantreṇa pūrvavat |
ghṛtapūrṇe śruve datvā kalāstreṇaiva homayet || 16 ||
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astreṇa juhuyātpañca pāśāṅkuśanivṛttaye |
prāyaścittaniṣedhāya dadyādaṣṭāhutīratha || 17 ||
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oṃ haḥ astrāya hūṃ phaṭ |
hṛdeśvaraṃ samāvāhya kṛtvā pūjanatarpaṇe |
vidadhīta vidhānena tasmai śulkasamarpaṇaṃ || 18 ||
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oṃ hāṃ īśvara buddhyahaṅkārau śulkaṃ gṛhāṇa svāhā |
niḥśeṣadagdhapāśasya paśorasyeśvara tvayā |
na stheyaṃ bandhakatvena śivājñāṃ śrāvayediti || 19 ||
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visṛjedīśvarandevaṃ raudrātmānaṃ niyojayet |
īṣaccandramivātmānaṃ vidhinā ātmani yojayet || 20 ||
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sūtre saṃyojayedenaṃ śuddhayodbhavamudrayā |
dadyātmūlena śiṣyasya śirasyamṛtabindukaṃ || 21 ||
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visṛjya pitarau vahneḥ pūjitau kusumādibhiḥ |
dadyātpūrṇāṃ vidhānajño niḥśeṣavidhipūraṇīṃ || 22 ||
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asyāmapi vidhātavyaṃ pūrvavattāḍanādikaṃ |
svavījantu viśeṣaḥ syācchuddhiḥ śānterapīḍitā || 23 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 87

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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