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 159

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adhyāya {159 } |
athaikonaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ |
asaṃskṛtādiśaucaṃ |
puṣkara uvāca |
saṃskṛtasyāsaṃskṛtasya svargo mokṣo harimmṛteḥ |
asthnāṅgaṅgāmbhasi kṣepātpretasyābhyudayo bhavet || 1 ||
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gaṅgātoye narasyāsthi yāvattāvaddivi sthitiḥ |
ātmanastyāgināṃ nāsti patitānāṃ tathā kriyā || 2 ||
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teṣāmapi tathā gāṅge toye'sthnāṃ patanaṃ hitaṃ |
teṣāṃ dattaṃ jalaṃ cānnaṃ gagane tatpralīyate || 3 ||
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anugraheṇa mahatā pretasya patitasya ca |
nārāyaṇabaliḥ kāryastenānugrahamaśnute || 4 ||
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akṣayaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣastatra dattaṃ na naśyati |
patanāttrāyate yasmāttasmātpātraṃ janārdanaḥ || 5 ||
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patatāṃ bhuktimuktyādiprada eko harirdhruvaṃ |
dṛṣṭvā lokānmriyamāṇān sahāyaṃ dharmamācaret || 6 ||
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mṛto'pi bāndhavaḥ śakto nānugantuṃ naraṃ mṛtaṃ |
jāyāvarjaṃ hi sarvasya yāmyaḥ panthā vibhidyate || 7 ||
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dharma eko vrajatyenaṃ yatra kvacana gāminaṃ |
śvaḥ kāryamadya kurvīta pūrvāhṇe cāparāhṇikaṃ || 8 ||
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na hi pratīkṣate mṛtyuḥ kṛtaḥ vāsya na vā kṛtaṃ |
kṣetrāpaṇagṛhāsaktamanyatragatamānasaṃ || 9 ||
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vṛkīvīraṇamāsādya mṛtyurādāya gacchati |
na kālasya priyaḥ kaściddveṣyaścāsya na vidyate || 10 ||
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āyuṣye karmaṇi kṣīṇe prasahya harite janaṃ |
nāprāptakālo mriyate viddhaḥ śaraśatairapi || 11 ||
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kuśāgreṇāpi saṃspṛṣṭaḥ prāptakālo na jīvati |
auṣadhāni na mantrādyāstrāyante mṛtyunānvitaṃ || 12 ||
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vatsavatprākṛtaṃ karma kartāraṃ vindati dhruvaṃ |
avyaktādi vyaktamadhyamavyaktanidhanaṃ jagat || 13 ||
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kaumārādi yathā dehe tathā dehāntarāgamaḥ |
navamanyadyathā vastraṃ gṛhṇātyevaṃ śarīrikaṃ || 14 ||
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dehī nityamavadhyo'yaṃ yataḥ śokaṃ tatastyajet || 15 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 159

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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