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 151

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agniruvāca |
manvādayo bhuktimuktidharmāṃścīrtvāpnuvanti yān |
proce paraśurāmāya varuṇoktantu puṣkaraḥ || 1 ||
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puṣkara uvāca |
varṇāśrametarāṇānte dharmānvakṣyāmi sarvadān |
manvādibhirnigaditān vāsudevādituṣṭidān || 2 ||
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ahiṃsā satyavacanandayā bhūteṣvanugrahaḥ |
tīrthānusaraṇaṃ dānaṃ brahmacaryammatsaraḥ || 3 ||
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devadvijātiśuśrūṣā gurūṇāñca bhṛgūttama |
śravaṇaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ pūjanaṃ tathā || 4 ||
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bhaktiśca nṛpatau nityaṃ tathā sacchāstranetratā |
ānṛśaṃṣyantitikṣā ca tathā cāstikyameva ca || 5 ||
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varṇāśramāṇāṃ sāmānyaṃ dharmādharmaṃ samīritaṃ |
yajanaṃ yājanaṃ dānaṃ vedādyadhyāpanakriyā || 6 ||
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pratigrahañcādhyayanaṃ viprakarmāṇi nirdiśet |
dānamadhyayanañcaiva yajanañca yathāvidhiḥ || 7 ||
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kṣatriyasya savaiśyasya karmedaṃ parikīrtitaṃ |
kṣatriyasya viśeṣeṇa pālanaṃ duṣṭanigrahaḥ || 8 ||
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kṛṣigorakṣyavāṇijyaṃ vaiśyasya parikīrtitaṃ |
śūdrasya dvijaśuśrūṣā sarvaśilpāni vāpyatha || 9 ||
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mauñjībandhanato janma viprādeśca dvitīyakaṃ |
ānulomyena varṇānāṃ jātirmātṛsamā smṛtā || 10 ||
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caṇḍālo brāhmaṇīputraḥ śūdrācca pratilomataḥ |
sūtastu kṣatriyājjāto vaiśyādvai devalastathā || 11 ||
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pukkasaḥ kṣatriyāputraḥ śūdrātsyātpratilomajaḥ |
māgadhaḥ syāttathā vaiśyācchūdrādayogavo bhavet || 12 ||
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vaiśyāyāṃ pratilomebhyaḥ pratilomāḥ sahasraśaḥ |
vivāhaḥ sadṛśaisteṣāṃ nottamairnādhamaistathā || 13 ||
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caṇḍālakarma nirdiṣṭaṃ badhyānāṃ ghātanaṃ tathā |
strījīvantu tadrakṣāproktaṃ vaidehakasya ca || 14 ||
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sūtānāmaśvasārathyaṃ pukkasānāñca vyādhatā |
stutikriyā māghdhānāṃ tathā cāyogaśasya ca || 15 ||
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raṅgāvataraṇaṃ proktaṃ tathā śilpaiśca jīvanaṃ |
vahirgrāmanivāsaśca mṛtacelasya dhāraṇaṃ || 16 ||
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na saṃsparśastathaivānyaiścaṇḍālasya vidhīyate |
brāhmaṇārthe gavārthe vā dehatyāgo'tra yaḥ kṛtaḥ || 17 ||
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strībālādyupapato vā vāhyāṇāṃ siddhikāraṇaṃ |
saṅkare jātayo jñeyāḥ piturmātuśca karmataḥ || 18 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 151

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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