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 278
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agniruvāca |
purorjanamejayo'bhūtprācīnnantastu tatsutaḥ |
prācīnnantānmanasyustu tasmādvītamayo tṛpaḥ || 1 ||
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śundhurvītamayāccā'bhūcchundhorbahuvidhaḥ sutaḥ |
bahuvidhācca saṃyātirahovādī ca tatsutaḥ || 2 ||
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tasya putro'tha bhadrāśvo bhadrāśvasya daśātmajāḥ |
ṛceyuśca kṛṣeyuśca sannateyustathātmajaḥ || 3 ||
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ghṛteyuśca citeyuśca sthaṇḍileyuśca sattamaḥ |
dharmmoyuḥ sannateyuścaḥ kṛceyurmmatinārakaḥ || 4 ||
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taṃsuroghaḥ pratirathaḥ purasto matinārajāḥ |
āsītpratirathātkaṇvaḥ kaṇvānmedhātithistvabhūt || 5 ||
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taṃsuroghācca catvāro duṣmanto'tha pravīrakaḥ |
sumantaścānayo vīro duṣmantādbharato'bhavat || 6 ||
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śakuntalāyāntu balī yasya nāmnā tu bhāratāḥ |
suteṣu mātṛkopena naṣṭeṣu bharatasya ca || 7 ||
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tato marudbhirānīya putraḥ sa tu bṛhaspateḥ |
saṃkrāmito bharadvājaḥ kratubhirvvitatho'bhavat || 8 ||
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sa cāpi vitathaḥ putrān janayāmāsa pañca vai |
suhotraṃ ca suhotāraṃ gayaṃ garbhaṃ tathaiva ca || 9 ||
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kapilaśca mahātmānaṃ suketuñca sutadvayam |
kauśikañca gṛtsapatiṃ tathā gṛtsapateḥ sutāḥ || 10 ||
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brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ kāśe dīrghatamāḥ sutāḥ |
tato dhanvantariścāsīttatsuto'bhūcca ketumān || 11 ||
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ketumato hemaratho divodāsa itiśrutaḥ |
pratardano divodāsādbhargavatsau pratardanāt || 12 ||
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vatsādanarkka āsīcca anarkkāt kṣemako'bhavat |
kṣemakādvarṣaketuśca varṣaketorvibhuḥ smṛtaḥ || 13 ||
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vibhorānarttaḥ putro'bhūddhibhośya sukumārakaḥ |
sukumārātsatyaketurvatsabhūmistu vatsakāt || 14 ||
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suhotrasya bṛhatputro bṛhatastanayāstrayaḥ |
ajamīḍho dvimīḍhaśca purumīḍhaśca vīryyavān || 15 ||
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ajamīḍhasya keśinyāṃ jajñe jahnuḥ pratāpavān |
jahnorabhūdajakāśvau balākāśvastadātmajaḥ || 16 ||
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balākāśvasya kuśikaḥ kuśikāt gādhirindrakaḥ |
gādheḥ satyavatī kanyā viśvāmitraḥ sutottamaḥ || 17 ||
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devarātaḥ katimukhā viśvāmitrasya te sutāḥ |
śunaḥ śephā'ṣṭakaścānyo hyajamīḍhāt suto'bhavat || 18 ||
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nīlinyāṃ śāntiraparaḥ purujātiḥ suśāntitaḥ |
purujātestu vāhyāśvo vāhyāśavāt pañca pārthivāḥ || 19 ||
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mukulaḥ sṛñjayaśyaiva rājā vṛhadiṣustathā |
yavīnaraśca kṛmilaḥ pāñcālā iti viśrutāḥ || 20 ||
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mukulasya tu maukulyāḥ kṣetropetā dvijātayaḥ |
cañcāśvo mukulājjajñe cañcāśvānmithunaṃ hyabhūt || 21 ||
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divodāso hyahalyā ca alyāyāṃ śaradvatāt |
śatānandaḥ śatānandāt satyadhṛnmithunantataḥ || 22 ||
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kṛpaḥ kṛpī divodāsānmaitreyaḥ somapastataḥ |
sṛñcayāt pañcadhanuṣaḥ somadattaśya tatsutaḥ || 23 ||
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sahadevaḥ somadattāt sahadevāttu somakaḥ |
āsīcca somakājjanturjjantośca pṛṣataḥ sutaḥ || 24 ||
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pṛṣatāddrupadastasmāddhṛṣṭadyumno'tha tatsutaḥ |
dhṛṣṭaketuśca dhūminyāmṛkṣo'bhūdajamīḍhataḥ || 25 ||
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ṛkṣātsambalaṇo jajñe kuruḥ samvaraṇāttataḥ |
yaḥ prayāgādapākramya kurukṣetrañcakāra ha || 26 ||
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kuroḥ sudhanvā sudhanuḥ parikṣaiccārimejayaḥ |
sudhanvanaḥ suhotro'bhūt suhotrāccyavano hyabhūt || 27 ||
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vaśiṣṭhaparicārābhyāṃ saptāsan girikāsutāḥ |
vṛhadrathaḥ kuśo vīro yaduḥ pratyagraho balaḥ || 28 ||
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matsyakālī kuśāgro'to hyāsīdrājño vṛhadrathāt |
kuśāgrādvṛṣabho jajñe tasya satyahitaḥ sutaḥ || 29 ||
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sudhanvā tatsutaścorjja ūrjjādāsīcca sambhavaḥ |
sambhavācca jarāsandhaḥ sahadevaśca tatsutaḥ || 30 ||
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sahadevādudāpiśca udāpeḥ śrutakarmakaḥ |
parikṣaitasya dāyādo dhārmiko janamejayaḥ || 31 ||
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janamejayāttrasadasyurjahrostu surathaḥ sutaḥ |
śrutasenograsenau ca bhīmasenaśca nāmataḥ || 32 ||
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janamejayasya putrau tu suratho mahimāṃstathā |
surathādvidūratho'bhūdṛkṣa āsīdvidūrathāt || 33 ||
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ṛkṣasya tu dvitīyasya bhīmaseno'bhavatsutaḥ |
pratīpo bhīmasenāttu pratīpasya tu śāntanuḥ || 34 ||
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devāpirvvāhlikaścaiva somadattastu śāntanoḥ |
vāhlikātsomadatto'bhūdbhūrirbhūrisravāḥ śalaḥ || 35 ||
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gaṅgāyāṃ śāntanorbhīṣmaḥ kālyāyāṃ vicitravīryyakaḥ |
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaścaiva kṣetre vaicitravīryyake || 36 ||
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dhṛtarāṣṭrañca pāṇḍuñca vidurañcāpyajījanat |
pāṇḍoryudhiṣṭhiraḥ kuntyāṃ bhīmaścaivārjunastrayaḥ || 37 ||
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nakulaḥ sahadevaśca pāṇḍormmādyrāñca daivataḥ |
arjunasya ca saubhadraḥ parikṣidabhimanyutaḥ || 38 ||
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draupadī pāṇḍavānāñca priyā tasyāṃ yudhiṣṭhirāt |
prativindhyo bhīmasenācchrutakīrttirddhanañjayāt || 39 ||
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sahadevācchrutakarmmā śatānīkastu nākuliḥ |
bhīmasenāddhiḍa़िmbāyāmanya āsīd ghaṭotkacaḥ || 40 ||
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ete bhūtā bhaviṣyāśca nṛpāḥ saṃkhyā na vidyate |
gatāḥ kālena kālo hi haristaṃ pūjayeddvija || 41 ||
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homamagnausamuddiśya kuru sarvvapradaṃ yataḥ || 42 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 278
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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The Agni Purana (Hindi)
by (2013)
Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; Title: अग्निपुराण (केवल हिन्दी अनुवाद); ISBN-10: 8129302934; ISBN-13: 9788129302939; 848 pages.
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Agni Purana (Kannada)
by Sreedharananda (2013)
Publisher: Pooja Pusthaka Bhandara, Bangalore; Title: ಅಗ್ನಿ ಪುರಾಣ; 560 pages.
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