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 234

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puṣkara uvāca |
sāmabhedau mayā proktau dānadaṇḍau tathaiva ca |
daṇḍaḥ svadeśe kathitaḥ paradeśe vravīmi te || 1 ||
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prakāśaścāprakāśaśca dvividho daṇḍa ucyate |
luṇṭhanaṃ grāmaghātaśca śasyaghāto'gnidīpanaṃ || 2 ||
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prakāśo'tha viṣaṃ vahnirvividhaiḥ puruṣairvadhaḥ |
dūṣaṇañcaiva sādhūnāmudakānāñca ca dūṣaṇaṃ || 3 ||
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daṇḍapraṇayaṇaṃ proktamupekṣāṃ śrṛṇu bhārgava |
yadā manyeta nṛpatī raṇe na mama vigrahaḥ || 4 ||
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anarthāyānubandhaḥ syāt sandhinā ca tathā bhavet |
sāmalabdhāspadañcātra dānañcārthakṣayaṅkaraṃ || 5 ||
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bhedadaṇḍānubandhaḥ syāttadopekṣāṃ samāśrayet |
na cāyaṃ mama śaknoti kiñcit karttumupadravaṃ || 6 ||
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na cāhamasya śaknomi tatropekṣāṃ samāśrayet |
avajñopahatastatra rājñā kāryyo ripurbhuvet || 7 ||
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māyopāyaṃ pravakṣyāmi utpātairanṛtaiścarat |
śatrorudvejanaṃ śatroḥ śivirasthasya pakṣiṇaḥ || 8 ||
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sthūlasya tasya pucchasthāṃ kṛtvolkāṃ vipulāṃ dvija |
visṛjecca tataścaivamulkāpātaṃ pradarśayet || 9 ||
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evamanye darśanīyā utpātā bahavo'pi ca |
udvejanaṃ tathā kuryyāt kuhakairvividhairdviṣāṃ || 10 ||
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sāṃvatsarāstāpasāśca nāśaṃ brūyuḥ parasya ca |
jigīṣuḥ pṛthivīṃ rājā tena codvejayet parān || 11 ||
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devatānāṃ prasādaśca kīrttanīyaḥ parasya tu |
āgatanno'mitrabalaṃ praharadhvamabhītavat || 12 ||
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evaṃ brūyādraṇe prāpte bhagnāḥ sarve pare iti |
kṣveḍāḥ kilakilāḥ kāryyā vācyaḥ śatrurhatastathā || 13 ||
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devājñāvṛṃhito rājā sannaddhaḥ samaraṃ prati |
indrajālaṃ pravakṣyāmi indraṃ kālena darśayet || 14 ||
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caturaṅgaṃ balaṃ rājā sahāyayayayayārthaṃ divaukasāṃ |
balantu darśayet prāptaṃ raktavṛṣṭiñcaredripau || 15 ||
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chinnāni ripūśīrṣāṇi prāsādāgreṣu darśayet |
ṣāḍguṇyaṃsampravakṣyāmi tadvarau sandhivigrahau || 16 ||
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sandhiśca vigrahaścaiva yānamāsanameva ca |
dvaidhībhāvaḥ saṃśayaśca ṣaḍguṇāḥ parikīrttitāḥ || 17 ||
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paṇabandhaḥ smṛtaḥ sandhirapakārastu vigrahaḥ |
jigīṣoḥ śatruviṣaye yānaṃ yātrā'bhivīyate || 18 ||
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vigrheṇa svake deśe sthitirāsanamucyaṃte |
balārddhena prayāṇantu dvaidhībhāvaḥ sa ucyate || 19 ||
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udāsīno madhyamo vā saṃśrayātsaṃśrayaḥ smṛtaḥ |
samena sandhiranveṣyo'hīnena ca balīyasā || 20 ||
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hīnena vigrahaḥ kāryaḥ svayaṃ rājñā balīyasā |
tatrāpi śuddhapārṣṇistu balīyāṃsaṃ samāśrayet || 21 ||
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āsīnaḥ karmavicchedaṃ śaktaḥ karttu riporyadā |
aśuddhapārṣṇiścāsīta vigṛhya vasudhādhipaḥ || 22 ||
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aśuddhapārṣṇirbalavān dvaidhībhāvaṃ samāśrayet |
valinā vigṛhītastu2 yo'sandehena pārthivaḥ || 23 ||
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saṃśrayastena vaktavyo guṇānāmaghamo guṇaḥ |
bahukṣayavyayāyāsaṃ3 teṣāṃ yānaṃ prakīrttitaṃ || 24 ||
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bahulābhakaraṃ paścāttadā rājā samāśrayet |
sarvaśaktivihīnastu tadā kuryyāttu saṃśrayaṃ || 25 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 234

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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