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 212

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agniruvāca |
kāmyadānāni vakṣyāmi sarvakāma pradāni te |
nityapūjāṃ māsi māsi kṛtvātho kāmyapūjanaṃ || 1 ||
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vratārhaṇaṃ guroḥ pūjā vatsarānte mahārcanaṃ |
aśvaṃ vai mārgaśīrṣe tu kamalaṃ piṣṭasambhavaṃ || 2 ||
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śivāya pūjya yo dadyātsūryaloke ciraṃ vaset |
gajaṃ pauṣe piṣṭamayaṃ trisaptakulamuddharet || 3 ||
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māghe cāśvarathaṃ paiṣṭhaṃ dattvā narakaṃ vrajet |
phālgune tu vṛṣaṃ paiṣṭaṃ svargabhuksyānmahīpatiḥ || 4 ||
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caitre cekṣumayīṃ gāvandāsadāsīsamanvitāṃ |
dattvā svarge ciraṃ sthitvā tadante syānmahīpatiḥ || 5 ||
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saptavrīhīṃśca vaiśākhe dattvā śivamayo bhavet |
balimaṇḍalakañcānnaiḥ kṛtvāṣāḍhe śivo bhavet || 6 ||
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vimānaṃ śrāvaṇe pauṣpaṃ dattvā svargī tato nṛpaḥ |
śatadvayaṃ phalānāntu dattvoddhṛtya kulaṃ nṛpaḥ || 7 ||
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guggulādi dahedbhādre svargī sa syāttato nṛpaḥ |
kṣīrasarpirbhṛtaṃ pātramāśvine svargadambhavet || 8 ||
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kārttike guḍakhaṇḍājyaṃ dattvā svargī tato nṛpaḥ |
merudānaṃ dvādaśakaṃ vakṣye'haṃ bhuktimuktidaṃ || 9 ||
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meruvrate tu kārttikyāṃ ratnamerundadeddvije |
sarveṣāñcaiva merūṇāṃ pramāṇaṃ kramaśaḥ śṛṇu || 10 ||
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vajrapadmamahānīlanīlasphaṭikasañjñitaḥ |
puṣpaṃ marakataṃ muktā prasthamātreṇa cottamaḥ || 11 ||
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madhyo'rdhaḥ syāttadardho'dho vittaśāṭhyaṃ vivarjayet |
kārṇikāyāṃ nyasenmeruṃ brahmaviṣṇvīśadaivataṃ || 12 ||
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mālyavān pūrvataḥ pūjyastatpūrve bhadrasañjñitaḥ |
aśvarakṣastataḥ prokto niṣadho merudakṣiṇe || 13 ||
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hemakūṭo'tha himavān trayaṃ saumye tathā trayaṃ |
nīlaḥ śvetaśca śṛṅgī ca paścime gandhamādanaḥ || 14 ||
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vaikaṅkaḥ ketumālaḥ syānmerurdvādaśasaṃyutaḥ |
sopavāso'rcayedviṣṇuṃ śivaṃ vā snānapūrvakaṃ || 15 ||
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devāgre cārcya meruñca mantrairviprāya vai dadet |
viprāyāmukagotrāya merundravyamayamparaṃ || 16 ||
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bhuktyai muktyai nirmalatve viṣṇudaivaṃ dadāmi te |
indraloke brahmaloke śivaloke hareḥ pure || 17 ||
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kulamuddhṛtya krīḍeta vimāne devapūjitaḥ |
anyeṣvapi ca kāleṣu saṅkrāntyādau pradāpayet || 18 ||
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palānāntu sahasreṇa hemamerumprakalpayet |
śṛṅgatrayasamāyuktaṃ brahmaviṣṇuharānvitaṃ || 19 ||
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ekaikaṃ parvatantasya śataikaikena kārayet |
meruṇā saha śailāstu khyātāstatra trayodaśa || 20 ||
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ayane grahaṇādau ca viṣṇvagre harimarcya ca |
svarṇameruṃ dvijāyārpya viṣṇuloke ciraṃ vaset || 21 ||
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paramāṇavo yāvanta iha rājā bhavecciraṃ |
raupyameruṃ dvādaśādriyutaṃ saṅkalpato dadet || 22 ||
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prāguktaṃ ca phalaṃ tasya viṣṇuṃ vipraṃ prapūjya ca |
bhūmimeruñca viṣayaṃ maṇḍalaṃ grāmameva ca || 23 ||
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parikalpyāṣṭamāṃśena śeṣāṃśāḥ pūrvavatphalaṃ |
dvādaśādrisamāyuktaṃ hastimerusvarūpiṇaṃ || 24 ||
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dadettripuruṣairyuktaṃ dattvānantaṃ phalaṃ labhet |
tripañcāśvairaśvameruṃ hayayadvādaśasaṃyutaṃ || 25 ||
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viṣṇvādīn pūjya taṃ dattvā bhuktabhogo nṛpo bhavet |
aśvasaṅkhyāpramāṇena gomeruṃ pūrvavaddadet || 26 ||
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paṭṭavastrairbhāramātrairvastrameruśca madhyataḥ |
śailairdvādaśavastraiśca dattvā tañcākṣayaṃ phalaṃ || 27 ||
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ghṛtapañcasahasraiśca palānāmājyaparvataḥ |
śataiḥ pañcabhirekaikaḥ parvate'smin hariṃ yajet || 28 ||
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viṣṇvagre brāhmaṇāyārpya sarvaṃ prāpya hariṃ vrajet |
evaṃ ca khaṇḍameruñca kṛtvā dattvāpnuyātphalaṃ || 29 ||
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dhānyameruḥ pañcakhāro'para ekaikakhārakāḥ |
svarṇatriśṛṅgakāḥ sarve brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarān || 30 ||
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sarveṣu pūjya viṣṇuṃ vā viśeṣādakṣayaṃ phalaṃ |
evaṃ daśāṃśamānena tilameruṃ prakalpayet || 31 ||
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śṛṅgāṇi pūrvavattasya tathaivānyanageṣu ca |
tilameruṃ pradāyātha bandhubhirviṣṇulokabhāk || 32 ||
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namo viṣṇusvarūpāya dharādharāya vai namaḥ |
brahmaviṣṇvīśaśṛṅgāya dharānābhisthitāya ca || 33 ||
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nagadvādaśanāthāya sarvapāpāpahāriṇe |
viṣṇubhaktāya śāntāya trāṇaṃ me kuru sarvathā || 34 ||
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niṣpāpaḥ pitṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ viṣṇuṃ gacchāmi oṃ namaḥ |
tvaṃ haristu hareragre ahaṃ viṣṇuśca viṣṇave || 35 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 212

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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