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 269

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puṣkara uvāca |
chatrādimantrān vakṣyāmi yaistat pūjya jayādikam |
brahmaṇaḥ satyavākyena somasya varuṇasya ca || 1 ||
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sūryyasya ca prabhāvena varddhasva tvaṃ mahāmate |
pāṇḍarābhapratīkāśa himakundendusuprabha || 2 ||
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yathāmbudaśchādayate śivāyaināṃ vasundharāṃ |
tathācchādaya rājānaṃ vijayārogyavṛddhaye || 3 ||
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gandharvakulajātastvaṃ mābhūyāḥ kuladūṣakaḥ |
brahmaṇaḥ satyavākyena somasya varuṇasya ca || 4 ||
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prabhāvācca hutāśasya varddhasva tvaṃ turaṅgama |
tejasā caiva sūryyasya munīnāṃ tapasā tathā || 5 ||
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rudrasya brahmacaryyeṇa pavanasya balena ca |
smara tvaṃ rājaputro'si kaustubhantu maṇiṃ smara || 6 ||
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yāṃ gatiṃ brahāhā gacchet pitṛhā mātṛhā mātṛhā tathā |
bhūmyarthe'nṛtavādī ca kṣatriyaśca parāṅmukhaḥ || 7 ||
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brajestvantāṃ gatiṃ kṣipraṃ mā tat pāpaṃ bhavettava |
vikṛtiṃ māpagacchestvaṃ yuddhe'dhvani turaṅgama || 8 ||
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ripūn vinighnan samare saha bhartrā sukhī bhava |
śakraketo mahāvīryyaḥ suvarṇastvāmupāśritaḥ || 9 ||
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patatrirāḍvainateyastathā nārāyaṇadhvajaḥ |
kāśyapeyo'mṛtāharttā nāgādirviṣṇuvāhanaḥ || 10 ||
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aprameyo durādharṣo raṇe devārisūdanaḥ |
mahābalo mahāvege mahākāyo'mṛtāśanaḥ || 11 ||
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garutmāmmārutagatistvayi sannihitaḥ sthitaḥ |
viṣṇunā devadevena śakrārthaṃ sthāpito hyasi || 12 ||
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jayāya bhava me nityaṃ vṛddhaye'tha balasya ca |
sāśvavarmāyudhānyodhān rakṣāsmākaṃ ripūn daha || 13 ||
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kumudairāvaṇau padmaḥ puṣpadanto'tha vāmanaḥ |
supratīko'ñjano nīla ete'ṣṭau devayonayaḥ || 14 ||
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teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca balānyaṣṭau samāśritāḥ |
bhadro mando mṛgaścaiva gajaḥ saṃkīrṇa eva ca || 15 ||
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vane vane prasūtāste smara yoniṃ mahāgajāḥ |
pāntu tvāṃ vasavo rudrā ādityāḥ samarudgaṇāḥ || 16 ||
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bharttāraṃ rakṣa nāgendra samayaḥ paripālyatāṃ |
airāvatādhirūḍha़stu vajrahastaḥ śatakratuḥ || 17 ||
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pṛṣṭhato'nugatastveṣa rakṣatu tvāṃ sa devarāṭ |
avāpnuhi jayaṃ yuddhe susthaścaiva sadā vraja || 18 ||
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avāpnuhi balañcaiva airāvatasamaṃ yudhi |
śrīste somādbalaṃ viṣṇostejaḥ sūryyājjavo'nilāt || 19 ||
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sthairyyaṃ girerjayaṃ rudrād yaśo devāt purandarāt |
yuddhe rakṣantu nāgāstvāṃ diśaśca saha daivataiḥ || 20 ||
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aśvinau saha gandharvaiḥ pāntu tvāṃ sarvato diśaḥ |
manavo vasavo rudrā vāyuḥ somo maharṣayaḥ || 21 ||
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nāgakinnaragandharvayakṣabhūtagaṇā grahāḥ |
pramathāstu sahādityairbhūteśo mātṛbhiḥ saha || 22 ||
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śakraḥ senāpatiḥ skando varuṇaścāśritastvayi |
pradahantu ripūn sarvān rājā vijayamṛcchatu || 23 ||
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yāni prayuktānyaribhirbhūṣaṇāni samantataḥ |
patantu tava śatraṇāṃ hatāni tava tejasā || 24 ||
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kālanemibadhe yadvat yuddhe tripuraghātane |
hiraṇyakaśiporyuddhe badhe sarvāsureṣu ca || 25 ||
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śobhitāsi tathaivādya śobhasva samayaṃ smara |
nīlasvetāmimāndṛṣṭvā naśyantvāśu nṛpārayaḥ || 26 ||
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vyādhibhirvividhairghoraiḥ śastraiśca yudhi nirjjitāḥ |
pūtanā revatī lekhā kālarātrīti paṭhyate || 27 ||
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dahantvāśu ripūn sarvān patāke tvāmupāśritāḥ |
sarvamedhe mahāyajñe devadevena śūlinā || 28 ||
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śarveṇa jagataścaiva sāreṇa tvaṃ vinirmmitaḥ |
nandakasyāparāṃ mūrttiṃ smara śatrunivarhaṇa || 29 ||
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nīlotpaladalaśyāma kṛṣṇa duḥsvapnanāśana |
asirviśasanaḥ khaḍgastīkṣṇadhāro durāsadaḥ || 30 ||
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augarbho vijayaścaiva dharmmapālastathaiva ca |
ityaṣṭau tava nāmāni puroktāni svayambhuvā || 31 ||
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nakṣatraṃ kṛttikā tubhyaṃ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ |
hiraṇyañca śarīrante daivatante janārdanaḥ || 32 ||
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rājānaṃ rakṣa nistriṃśaṃ sabalaṃ sapurantathā |
pitā pitāmaho devaḥ sa tvaṃ pālaya sarvadā || 33 ||
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śarmapradastvaṃ samare varman sainye yaśo'dya me |
rakṣa māṃ rakṣaṇīyo'hantavānagha namo'stute || 34 ||
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dundubhe tvaṃ saptnānāṃ ghoṣāddhṛdayakampanaḥ |
bhava bhūmipasainyānāṃ yathā vijayavarddhanaḥ || 35 ||
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yathā jīmūtaghoṣeṇa hṛṣyanti varavāraṇāḥ |
tathāstu tava śabdena harṣo'smākaṃ mudāvaha || 36 ||
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yathā jīmūtaśabdena strīṇaṃ trāso'bhijāyate |
tathā tu tava śabdena trasyantvasmaddviṣo raṇe || 37 ||
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mantraiḥ sadārccanīyāste yojanīyā jayādiṣu |
ghṛtakambalaviṣṇādestvabhiṣekañca vatsare || 38 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 269

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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