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 197

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divasavratāni |
agniruvāca |
divasavratakaṃ vakṣye hyādau dhenuvrataṃ vade |
yaścobhayamukhīndadyātprabhūtakanakānvitāṃ || 1 ||
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dinaṃ payovratastiṣṭhetsa yāti parasampadaṃ |
tryahaṃ payovrataṃ kṛtvā kāñcanaṃ kalpapādapaṃ || 2 ||
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datvā brahmapadaṃ yāti kalpavṛkṣapradaṃ smṛtaṃ |
dadyādviṃśatpalādūrdhvaṃ mahīṅkṛtvā tu kāñcanīṃ || 3 ||
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dinaṃ payovratastiṣṭhedrudragaḥ syāddivāvratī |
pakṣe pakṣe trirātrantu bhaktenaikena yaḥ kṣapet || 4 ||
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vipulaṃ dhanamāpnoti trirātravratakṛddinaṃ |
māse māse trirātrāśī ekabhaktī gaṇeśatāṃ || 5 ||
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yastrirātravrataṃ kuryātsamuhiśya janārdanaṃ |
kulānāṃ śatamādāya sa yāti bhavanaṃ hareḥ || 6 ||
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navamyāñca site pakṣe naro mārgaśirasyatha |
prārabheta trirātrāṇāṃ vratantu vidhivadvratī || 7 ||
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oṃ namo vāsudevāya sahasraṃ vā śataṃ japet |
aṣṭamyāmekabhaktāśī dinatrayamupāvaset || 8 ||
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dvādaśyāṃ pūjayedviṣṇuṃ kārttike kārayedvrataṃ |
viprān sambhojya vastrāṇi śayanānyāsanāni ca || 9 ||
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chatropavītapātrāṇi dadetsamprārthayeddvijān |
vrato'smin duṣkare cāpi vikalaṃ yadabhūnmama || 10 ||
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bhavadbhistadanujñātaṃ paripūrṇaṃ bhavatviti |
bhuktabhogo vrajedviṣṇuṃ trirātravratakatratī || 11 ||
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kārttikavratakaṃ vakṣye bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ |
daśamyāṃ pañcagavyāśo ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ || 12 ||
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kārttikasya site'bhyarcya viṣṇuṃ devavimānagaḥ |
caitre trirātraṃ naktāśī ajāpañcapradaḥ sukhī || 13 ||
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trirātraṃ payasaḥ pānamupavāsaparastryahaṃ |
ṣaṣṭhyādi kārttike śukre kṛcchro māhendra ucyate || 14 ||
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pañcarātraṃ payaḥ pītvā dadhyāhāro hyupoṣitaḥ |
ekādaśyāṃ kārttike tu kṛcchro'yaṃ bhāskarorthadaḥ || 15 ||
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yavāgūṃ yāvakaṃ śākaṃ dadhi kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ jalaṃ |
pañcamyādi site pakṣe kṛcchraḥ śāntapanaḥ smṛtaḥ || 16 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 197

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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