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 274

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agniruvāca |
somavaṃśaṃ pravakṣyāmi paṭhitaṃ pāpanāśanam |
viṣṇunābhyabjajo brahmā brahmaputro'triratritaḥ || 1 ||
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somaścakre rājasūyaṃ trailokyaṃ dakṣaiṇaāndadau |
samāpte'vabhṛthe somaṃ tadrūpālokanecchavaḥ || 2 ||
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kāmavāṇābhitaptāṅgyo naradevyaḥ siṣevire |
lakṣmīrnnārāyaṇaṃ tyaktvā sinīvālī ca karddamam || 3 ||
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dyutiṃ vibhāvasuntyaktvā puṣṭirdhātāramavyayam |
prabhā prabhākarantyaktvā haviṣmantaṃ kuhūḥ svayam || 4 ||
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kīrttirjayantambharttāraṃ vasurmmārīcakaśyapam |
dhṛtistyaktvā patiṃ nandīṃ somamevābhajattadā || 5 ||
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svakīyā iva somo'pi kāmayāmāsa tāstadā |
evaṃ kṛtāpacārasya tāsāṃ bharttṛgaṇastadā || 6 ||
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na śaśākāpacārāya śāpaiḥ śastrādibhiḥ punaḥ |
saptalokaikanāthatvamavāptastapasā hyuta || 7 ||
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vivabhrāma matistasya vinayādanayā hatā |
bṛhaspateḥ sa vai bhāryyāṃ tārāṃ nāma yaśasvinīm || 8 ||
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jahāra tarasā somo hyavamanyāṅgiraḥsutam |
tatastadyuddhamabhavat prakhyātaṃ tākāmayam || 9 ||
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devānāṃ dānavānāñca lokakṣayakaraṃ mahat |
brāhmā nivāryyośanasantārāmaṅgirase dadau || 10 ||
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tāmantaḥprasavāṃ dṛṣṭvā garbhaṃ tyajābravīdguruḥ |
garbhastyaktaḥ pradīpto'tha prāhāhaṃ somasambhavaḥ || 11 ||
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evaṃ somād budhaḥ puttraḥ puttrastasya purūravāḥ |
svargantyaktvorvaśī sā taṃ varayāmāsa cāpsarāḥ || 12 ||
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tathā sahācaradrājā daśavarṣāṇi pañca ca |
pañca ṣaṭ sapta cāṣṭau ca daśa cāṣṭau mahāmune || 13 ||
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eko'gnirabhavat pūrvvaṃ tena tretā pravarttitā |
purūravā yogaśīlo gāndharvvalokamīyivān || 14 ||
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āyurdṛḍhāyuraśvāyurdhanāyurdhṛtimān vasuḥ |
divijātaḥ śatāyuśca suṣuve corvvaśī nṛpān || 15 ||
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āyuṣo nahuṣaḥ putro vṛddhaśarmmā rajistathā |
darbho vipāpmā pañcāganyaṃ rajeḥ putraśataṃ hyabhūt || 16 ||
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rājeyā iti vikhyātā viṣṇudattavaro rajiḥ |
devāsure raṇe daityānabadhīt surayācitaḥ || 17 ||
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gatāyendrāya putratvaṃ datvā rājyaṃ divaṅgataḥ |
rajeḥ putrairhṛtaṃ rājyaṃ śakrasyātha sudurmmanāḥ || 18 ||
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grahaśāntyādividhinā gururindrāya taddadau |
mohayitvā rajisutānāsaṃste nijadharmmagāḥ || 19 ||
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nahuṣasya sutāḥ sapta yatiryyayātiruttamaḥ |
udbhavaḥ pañcakaścaiva śaryyātimeghapālakau || 20 ||
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yatiḥ kumārabhāve'pi viṣṇuṃ dhyātvā hariṃ gataḥ |
devayānī sukrakanyā yayāteḥ patnya'bhūttadā || 21 ||
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vṛṣaparvvajā sarmmiṣṭhā yayāteḥ pañca tatsutāḥ |
yaduñca turvvasuñcaiva devayānī vyajāyata || 22 ||
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druhyañcānūñca pūruñca śarmmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvvaṇī |
yaduḥ pūruścābhavatānteṣāṃ vaṃśavivarddhanau || 23 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 274

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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