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 231

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puṣkara uvāca |
tiṣṭhato gamane praśne puruṣasya śubhāśubhaṃ |
nivedayanti śakunā deśasya nagarasya ca || 1 ||
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sarvaḥ pāpaphalo dīpto nirddiṣṭo daivacintakaiḥ |
śāntaḥ śubhaphalaścaiva daivajñaiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ || 2 ||
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ṣaṭprakārā vinirdiṣṭāḥ śakunānāñca dīptayaḥ |
velādigdeśakaraṇarutajātivibhedataḥ || 3 ||
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pūrvā pūrvā ca vijñeyā sā teṣāṃ balavattarā |
divācaro rātricarastathā rātrau divācaraḥ || 4 ||
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krūreṣu dīptā vijñeyā ṛkṣalagnagrahādiṣu |
dhūmitā sā tu vijñeyā yāṅgamiṣyati bhāskaraḥ || 5 ||
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yasyāṃ sthitaḥ sā jvalitā muktā cāṅgāriṇī matā |
etāstisraḥ smṛtā dīptāḥ pañca śāntāstathāparāḥ || 6 ||
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dīptāyāndiśi digdīptaṃ śakunaṃ parikīrttitaṃ |
grāme'raṇyā vane grāmyāstathā ninditapādapaḥ || 7 ||
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deśe caivāśubhe jñeyo deśadīpto dvijottamaḥ |
kriyādīpto vinirddiṣṭaḥ svajātyanucitakriyaḥ || 8 ||
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rutadīptaśca kathito bhinnabhairavanisvanaḥ |
jātidīptastathā jñeyaḥ kevalaṃ māṃsabhojanaḥ || 9 ||
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dīptācchānto vinirdiṣṭaḥ sarvairbhedaiḥ prayatnataḥ |
miśrairmiśro vinirdiṣṭastasya vācyaṃ phalāphalaṃ || 10 ||
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gośvoṣṭragarddabhaśvānaḥ sārikā gṛhagodhikā |
caṭakā bhāsakūrmādyāḥ kathitā grāmavāsinaḥ || 11 ||
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ajāviśukanāgendrāḥ kolo mahiṣavāyasau |
grāmyāraṇyā vinirddiṣṭāḥ sarve'nye vanagocarāḥ1 || 12 ||
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mārjārakukkuṭau grāmyau tau caiva vanagocarau |
tayorbhavati vijñānaṃ nityaṃka vai rūpabhedataḥ || 13 ||
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gokarṇaśikhicakrāhvakharahārītavāyasāḥ |
kulāhakukkubhaśyenapherukhañjanavānarāḥ || 14 ||
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śataghnacaṭakaśyāmacāsaśyenakapiñjalāḥ |
tittiriḥ śatapatrañca kapotaśca tathā trayaḥ || 15 ||
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khañjarīṭakadātyūhaśukarājīvakukkuṭāḥ |
bhāradvājaśca sāraṅga iti jñeyā divācarāḥ || 16 ||
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vāguryulūkaśarabhakrauñcāḥ śaśakakacchapāḥ |
lomāsikāḥ piṅgalikāḥ kathitā rātrigocarāḥ || 17 ||
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haṃsāśca mṛgamārjāranakularkṣabhujaṅgamāḥ |
vṛkkārisiṃhavyāghroṣṭragrāmaśūkaramānuṣāḥ || 18 ||
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śvāvidvṛṣabhagomāyuvṛkakokilasārasāḥ |
turaṅgakaupīnanarā godhā hyubhayacāriṇaḥ || 19 ||
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balaprasthānayoḥ sarve purastātsaṅghacāriṇaḥ |
jathāvahā vinirdiṣṭāḥ paścānnidhanakāriṇaḥ || 20 ||
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gṛhādgamya yadā cāso vyāharet purataḥ sthitaḥ |
nṛpāvamānaṃ vadati vāmaḥ kalahabhojane || 21 ||
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yāne taddarśanaṃ śastaṃ savyamaṅgasya vāpyatha |
caurairmoṣamathākhyāti mayūro bhinnanisvanaḥ || 22 ||
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prayātasyāgrato rāma mṛgaḥ prāṇaharo bhavet |
ṛkṣākhujambukavyāghrasiṃhamārjāragardabhāḥ || 23 ||
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pratilomāstathā rāma kharaśca vikṛtasvanaḥ |
vāmaḥ kapiñjalaḥ śreṣṭhastathā dakṣiṇasaṃsthitaḥ || 24 ||
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pṛṣṭhato ninditaphalastittiristu na śasyate |
eṇā varāhāḥ pṛṣatā vāmā bhūtvā tu dakṣiṇāḥ || 25 ||
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bhacavantyarthakarā nityaṃ viparītā vigarhitāḥ |
vṛṣāśvajambukavyāghrāḥ siṃhamārjāragardabhāḥ2 || 26 ||
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vāñchitārthakarā jñeyā dakṣaiṇādvāmato gatāḥ |
śivā śyāmānanācchūcchūḥ piṅgalā gṛhagodhikā || 27 ||
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śūkarī parapuṣṭā ca punnāmānaśca vāmataḥ |
strīsañjñā bhāsakārūṣakapiśrīkarṇacchitkarāḥ || 28 ||
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kapiśrīkarṇapipyīkā3 ruruśyenāśca dakṣiṇāḥ |
jātokṣāhiśaśakroḍagodhānāṃ kīrttanaṃ śubhaṃ || 29 ||
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tataḥ sandarśanaṃ neṣṭaṃ pratīpaṃ vānararkṣaṃyoḥ |
kāryyakṛdbalī śakunaḥ prasthitasya hi yo'nvahaṃ || 30 ||
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bhavettasya phalaṃ vācyaṃ tadeva divasaṃ budhaiḥ |
mattā bhakṣyārthino bālā vairasaktāstathaiva ca || 31 ||
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sīmāntamabhyantaritā vijñeyā niṣphalā dvija |
ekadvitricaturbhistu śivā dhanyā rutairbhavet || 32 ||
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pañcabhiśca tathā ṣaḍbhiradhanyā parikīrttitā |
saptabhiśca tathā dhanyā niṣphalā parato bhavet || 33 ||
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nṛṇāṃ romāñcajananī vāhanānāṃ bhayapradā |
jvālānalā sūryyamukhī vijñeyā bhayavarddhanī || 34 ||
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prathamaṃ sāraṅge dṛṣṭe śubhe deśe śubhaṃ bhavet |
saṃvatsaraṃ manuṣyasya aśubhe ca śubhaṃ tathā || 35 ||
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tathāvidhannaraḥ paśyetsāraṅgaṃ prathame'hani |
ātmanaśca tathātvena jñātavyaṃ vatsaraṃ phalaṃ || 36 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 231

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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