[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) › [Agni Purāṇam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag) › 115 # Agnipurana 115: atha pañcadaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ — gayāyātrāvidhiḥ Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) 115 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [115.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.39) — 1 part - [115.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.74) — 1 part ### atha pañcadaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ — gayāyātrāvidhiḥ ### [115.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.1) agniruvāca udyataścedgayāṃ yātuṃ śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ vidhāya kārpaṭīveśaṃ grāmasyāpi pradakṣiṇam > Agni said: / If one is prepared to go to Gayā, having performed an ancestral rite according to rule, / having assumed the attire of a pilgrim, and having circumambulated the village, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.2) kṛtvā pratidinaṅgacchet saṃyataścāpratigrahī gṛhāccalitamātrasya gayāyā gamanaṃ prati > he should travel every day, self-restrained and receiving no gifts. / As soon as one has set forth from home towards Gayā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.3) svargārohaṇasopānaṃ pitṝṇāntu pade pade brahmajñānena kiṃ kāryaṃ gogṛhe maraṇena kim > at every step there is a stairway to heaven for the ancestors. / What need is there for knowledge of Brahman? What need for dying in a cowshed? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.4) kiṃ kurukṣetravāsena yadā putro gayāṃ vrajet gayāprāptaṃ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitṝṇāmutsavo bhavet > What need for dwelling in Kurukṣetra, when a son goes to Gayā? / Seeing the son arrived at Gayā, there is rejoicing for the ancestors: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.5) patamapi jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā asmabhyaṃ kinna dāsyati brahmajñānaṃ gayāśrāddhaṃ gogṛhe maraṇaṃ tathā > "Touching even the water with his feet, what will he not give to us?" / Knowledge of Brahman, an ancestral rite at Gayā, and likewise death in a cowshed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.6) vāsaḥ puṃsāṃ kurukṣetre muktireṣā caturvidhā kāṅkṣanti pitaraḥ putraṃ narakādbhayabhīravaḥ > and dwelling in Kurukṣetra—these are the four kinds of liberation for men. / Frightened by fear of hell, the ancestors desire a son: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.7) gayāṃ yāsyati yaḥ putraḥ sa nastrātā bhaviṣyati muṇḍanañcopavāsaśca sarvatīrtheṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ > "Whichever son goes to Gayā, he will be our deliverer." / Shaving the head and fasting—this is the rule at all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.8) na kālādirgayātīrthe dadyāt piṇḍāṃśca nityaśaḥ pakṣatrayanivāsī ca punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam > At the sacred ford of Gayā there is no restriction of time or the like; one should offer rice-balls daily. / And one who dwells \[there\] for three fortnights purifies up to seventy generations of his family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.9) aṣṭakāsu ca vṛddhau ca gayāyāṃ mṛtavāsare atra mātuḥ pṛthak śrāddhamanyatra patinā saha > On the Aṣṭakā days, during a rite for prosperity, at Gayā, and on the anniversary of death, / an ancestral rite is performed here separately for the mother; elsewhere, it is together with the husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.10) pitrādinavadaivatyaṃ tathā dvādaśadaivatam prathame divase snāyāttīrthe hyuttaramānase > \[An ancestral rite\] for nine deities beginning with the father, and likewise for twelve deities— / on the first day, one should bathe in the sacred ford Uttaramānasa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.11) uttare mānase puṇye āyurārogyavṛddhaye sarvāghaughavighātāya snānaṃ kuryād vimuktaye > In the holy Uttaramānasa, for the increase of life and health, / to destroy the flood of all sins, and for liberation, one should perform a bath: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.12) santarpya devapitrādīn śrāddhakṛt piṇḍado bhavet divyāntarīkṣabhaumasthān devān santarpayāmyaham > Having satisfied the gods, ancestors, and others, the performer of the ancestral rite should offer rice-balls: / 'I satisfy the gods residing in heaven, the atmosphere, and on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.13) divyāntarīkṣabhaumādi pitṛmātrādi tarpayet pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ > One should satisfy the ancestors and mothers in heaven, the atmosphere, and on earth: / father, paternal grandfather, and likewise paternal great-grandfather; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.14) mātā pitāmahī caiva tathaiva prapitāmahī mātāmahaḥ pramātāmaho vṛddhapramātāmahaḥ > mother, paternal grandmother, and likewise paternal great-grandmother; / maternal grandfather, maternal great-grandfather, and maternal great-great-grandfather. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.15) tebhyo'nyebhya imān piṇḍānuddhārāya dadāmyaham — namaḥ sūryadevāya somabhaumajñarūpiṇe > To them and to the others I offer these rice-balls for their deliverance. / Oṃ, reverence to the Sun-god, who has the forms of the Moon, Mars, and Mercury, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.16) jīvaśukraśanaiścārirāhuketusvarūpiṇe uttare mānase snāta uddharetsakalaṃ kulam > who has the forms of Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rāhu, and Ketu.' / Having bathed in Uttaramānasa, he delivers his entire lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.17) sūryaṃ natvā vrajenmaunī naro dakṣiṇamānasam dakṣiṇe mānase snānaṃ karomi pitṛtṛptaye > Having bowed to the Sun, a man should go in silence to Dakṣiṇamānasa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.18) gayāyāmāgataḥ svargaṃ yāntu me pitaro'khilāḥ śrāddhaṃ piṇḍantataḥ kṛtvā sūryaṃ natvā vadedidam > Having come to Gayā, may all my ancestors go to heaven.' / Then, having performed the ancestral rite and offered rice-balls, he should bow to the Sun and recite this: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.19) — namo bhānave bhartre bhavāya bhava me vibho bhuktimuktipradaḥ sarvapitṝṇāṃ bhavabhāvitaḥ > 'Oṃ, reverence to the Sun, the maintainer, the origin \[of all\]; be \[gracious\] to me, O Lord! / Bestower of worldly enjoyment and liberation, revered by the world, \[gratify\] all ancestors! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.20) kavyavāhānalaḥ somo yamaścaivāryamā tathā agniṣvāttā varhiṣada ājyapāḥ pitṛdevatāḥ > Kavyavāhana fire, Soma, Yama, and Aryaman, / the Agniṣvāttas, the Barhiṣads, the Ājyapas, the ancestral deities— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.21) āgacchantu mahābhāgā yuṣmābhī rakṣitāstviha madīyāḥ pitaro ye ca mātṛmātāmahādayaḥ > may the illustrious ones come here, protected by you! / And those who are my ancestors, the maternal ancestors and the rest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.22) teṣāṃ piṇḍapradātāhamāgato'smi gayāmimām udīcyāṃ muṇḍapṛṣṭhasya devarṣigaṇapūjitam > I, the giver of rice-balls to them, have come to this Gayā.' / North of Muṇḍapṛṣṭha is \[the ford\] worshipped by hosts of divine sages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.23) nāmnā kanakhalaṃ tīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam siddhānāṃ prītijananaiḥ pāpānāñca bhayaṅkaraiḥ > by name the Kanakhala sacred ford, renowned in the three worlds, / which causes delight to the perfected ones and strikes terror into sinners, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.24) lelihānairmahānāgai rakṣyate caiva nityaśaḥ tatra snātvā divaṃ yānti krīḍante bhuvi mānavāḥ > and is constantly guarded by darting-tongued great serpents. / Having bathed there, humans go to heaven \[or\] delight on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.25) phalgutīrthaṃ tato gacchenmahānadyāṃ sthitaṃ param nāgājjunārdanāt kūpādvaṭāccottaramānasāt > Then one should go to Phalgu sacred ford, the supreme \[spot\] situated on the Mahānadī. / From the serpent, from Janārdana, from the well, from the banyan tree, and from Uttaramānasa— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.26) etad gayāśiraḥ proktaṃ phalgutīrthaṃ taducyate muṇḍapṛṣṭhanagādyāśca sārāt sāramathāntaram > this is declared to be Gayāśiras, and it is called Phalgu sacred ford; / and Muṇḍapṛṣṭha, Nāga, and others are the innermost essence of the essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.27) yasmin phalati śrīrgaurvā kāmadhenurjalaṃ mahī dṛṣṭiramyādikaṃ yasmāt phalgutīrthaṃ na phalguvat > Because fortune, speech, the wish-granting cow, water, earth, / pleasant sights, and so on bear fruit there, Phalgu sacred ford is not unsubstantial. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.28) phalgutīrthe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā devaṃ gadādharam etena kiṃ na paryāptaṃ nṛṇāṃ sukṛṭakāriṇām > When a man has bathed in the Phalgu sacred ford and seen the god Gadādhara, / is this not sufficient for men who perform good deeds? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.29) pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni āsamudrātsarāṃsi ca phalgutīrthaṃ gamiṣyanti vāramekaṃ dine dine > Whatever sacred fords and lakes there are on earth as far as the ocean, / they will go to Phalgu sacred ford once day after day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.30) phalgutīrthe tīrtharāje karoti snānamādṛtaḥ pitṝṇāṃ brahmalokāptyai ātmano bhuktimuktaye > Devoutly he bathes in Phalgu sacred ford, the king of sacred fords, / for the ancestors' attainment of the world of Brahmā and for his own worldly enjoyment and liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.31) snātvā śrāddhī piṇḍado'tha nameddevaṃ pitāmaham kalau māheśvarā lokā atra devo gadādharaḥ > Having bathed, the performer of the ancestral rite, offering rice-balls, should then bow to the god Pitāmaha. / In the Kali age people are devotees of Maheśvara; here the god is Gadādhara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.32) pitāmaho liṅgarūpī tannamāmi maheśvaram gadādharaṃ balaṃ kāmamaniruddhaṃ nārāyaṇam > Pitāmaha has the form of a liṅga, so I bow to Maheśvara, / to Gadādhara, Bala, Kāma, Aniruddha, and Nārāyaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.33) brahmaviṣṇunṛsiṃhākhyaṃ varāhādiṃ namāmyaham tato gadādharaṃ dṛṣṭvā kulānāṃ śatamuddharet > I bow to the one called Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Nṛsiṃha, and to Varāha and the rest. / Then, having beheld Gadādhara, he delivers a hundred \[generations of his\] families. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.34) dharmāraṇyaṃ dvitīye'hni mataṅgasyāśrame vare mataṅgavāpyāṃ saṃsnāya śrāddhakṛt piṇḍado bhavet > On the second day, in Dharmāraṇya at the excellent hermitage of Mataṅga, / having bathed in Mataṅga's pond, he should perform the ancestral rite and offer rice-balls. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.35) mataṅgeśaṃ susiddheśaṃ natvā cedamudīrayet pramāṇaṃ devatāḥ santu lokapālāśca sākṣiṇaḥ > Having bowed to Mataṅgeśa and Siddheśa, he should speak this: / 'May the deities be the authority and the world-protectors the witnesses! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.36) mayāgatya mataṅge'smin pitṝṇāṃ niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā snānatarpaṇaśrāddhādirbrahmatīrthe'tha kūpake > Having come to this Mataṅga, redemption has been made by me for the ancestors.' / Then bath, water-libations, ancestral rites, and other \[rites\] in the Brahma sacred ford and at the well— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.37) tatkūrpayūpayormadhye śrāddhaṃ kulaśatoddhṛtau mahābodhaturuṃ natvā dharmavān svargalokabhāk > between that well and the sacrificial post, an ancestral rite \[serves\] for the deliverance of a hundred families. / Having bowed to the tree of great enlightenment, the virtuous one shares in the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.38) tṛtīye brahmasarasi snānaṃ kuryādyatavrataḥ snānaṃ brahmasarastīrthe karomi brahmabhūtaye > On the third day, firm in his votive observance, he should bathe in Brahmasaras: / 'I bathe in the sacred ford of Brahmasaras for the attainment of Brahmā > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.39) pitṝṇāṃ brahmalokāya brahmarṣigaṇasevite tarpaṇaṃ śrāddhakṛt piṇḍe pradadyāttu prasecanam kuryācca vājapeyārthī brahmayūpapradakṣiṇam > and for the world of Brahmā for the ancestors, \[at the lake\] frequented by hosts of Brahmanical sages.' / The performer of the ancestral rite should offer libation, rice-balls, and sprinkling of water; / and desiring \[the fruit of\] a Vājapeya sacrifice, he should circumambulate Brahmā's sacrificial post. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.39.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.39.p1) eko muniḥ kumbhakuśāgrahasta āmrasya mūle salilandadāti ### [115.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.40) āmnāya siktāḥ pitaraśca tṛptā ekā kriyā dvyarthakarī prasiddhā > A single sage, holding a jar and kuśa grass tips in hand, pours water at the root of a mango tree: / the sacred traditions are watered, and the ancestors are satisfied—a single rite is well known to accomplish two purposes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.41) brahmāṇañca namaskṛtya kulānāṃ śatamuddharet phalgutīrthe caturthe'hni snātvā devāditarpaṇam > And having bowed to Brahmā, he delivers a hundred families. / On the fourth day, having bathed in Phalgu sacred ford and offered libations to the gods and others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.42) kṛtvā śrāddhaṃ sapiṇḍañca gayāśirasi kārayet pañcakrośaṃ gayākṣetraṃ krośamekaṃ gayāśiraḥ > and having performed the ancestral rite with rice-balls, he should have it done on Gayāśiras. / The sacred precinct of Gayā is five krośas; Gayāśiras is one krośa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.43) tatra piṇḍapradānena kulānāṃ śatamuddharet muṇḍapṛṣṭhe padaṃ nyastaṃ mahādevena dhīmatā > By offering rice-balls there, he delivers a hundred families. / On Muṇḍapṛṣṭha the footprint was imprinted by the wise Mahādeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.44) muṇḍapṛṣṭhe śiraḥ sākṣād gayāśira udāhṛtam sākṣād gayāśirastatra phalgutīrthāśramaṃ kṛtam > Muṇḍapṛṣṭha is declared to be visibly the head, Gayāśiras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.45) amṛtaṃ tatra vahati pitṝṇāndattamakṣayam snātvā daśāśvamedhe tu dṛṣṭvā devaṃ pitāmaham > Nectar flows there, imperishable for the ancestors when offered. / Having bathed at Daśāśvamedha and seen the god, the grandfather \[Brahmā\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.46) rudrapādaṃ naraḥ spṛṣṭvā neha bhūyo'bhijāyate śamīpatrapramāṇena piṇḍe dattvā gayāśire > And having touched the footstep of Rudra, a man is not born here again. / Having offered a funeral cake the size of a śamī leaf at Gayāśiras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.47) narakasthā divaṃ yānti svargasthā mokṣamāpnuyuḥ pāyasenātha piṣṭena śaktunā caruṇā tathā > Those staying in hell go to heaven, and those in heaven attain liberation. / Then, with milk rice, flour, barley meal, or sacrificial boiled rice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.48) piṇḍadānaṃ taṇḍulaiśca godhūmaistilamiśritaiḥ piṇḍe dattvā rudrapade kulānāṃ śatamuddharet > With rice grains and wheat mixed with sesame seeds, the offering of funeral cakes \[is performed\]. / Having offered a funeral cake at the footstep of Rudra, one delivers a hundred families. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.49) tathā viṣṇupade śrāddhapiṇḍado hyṛṇamuktikṛt pitrādīnāṃ śatakulaṃ svātmānaṃ tārayennaraḥ > Likewise, offering an ancestral rite and funeral cakes at the footstep of Viṣṇu, he is freed from debts; / a man rescues a hundred families of ancestors and others, and himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.50) tathā brahmapade śrāddhī brahmalokaṃ nayetpitṝn dakṣiṇāgnipade tadvadgārhapatyapade tathā > Likewise, performing the ancestral rite at the footstep of Brahmā, he leads the ancestors to the world of Brahmā. / In the same way at the footstep of the Dakṣiṇāgni, likewise at the footstep of the Gārhapatya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.51) pade vāhavanīyasya śrāddhī yajñaphalaṃ labhet āvasathyasya candrasya sūryasya ca gaṇasya ca > Or at the footstep of the Āhavanīya, the performer of the ancestral rite obtains the fruit of a Vedic sacrifice. / At \[the footsteps\] of the Āvasathya fire, the Moon, the Sun, the Gaṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.52) agastyakārttikeyasya śrāddhī tārayate kulam ādityasya rathaṃ natvā karṇādityaṃ namīnnaraḥ > Of Agastya, and of Kārttikeya, the performer of the ancestral rite delivers his family. / Having bowed to the chariot of the Sun, a man should bow to Karṇāditya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.53) kanakeśapadaṃ natvā gayākedārakaṃ namet sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ pitṝn brahmapuraṃ nayet > Having bowed to the footstep of Kanakeśa, he should bow to Gayākedāra. / Freed from all sins, he leads the ancestors to the city of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.54) viśālo'pi gayāśīrṣe piṇḍado'bhūcca putravān viśālāyāṃ viśālo'bhūdrājaputro'bravīd dvijān > Even Viśāla, offering funeral cakes at Gayāśīrṣa, obtained sons. / Viśāla was born as a prince in Viśālā; he addressed the brahmins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.55) kathaṃ putrādayaḥ syurme dvijā ūcurviśālakam gayāyāṃ piṇḍadānena tava sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati > "How may I have sons and the like?" The brahmins said to Viśālaka: / "By the offering of funeral cakes at Gayā, everything will be yours." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.56) viśālo'pi gayāśīrṣe pitṛpiṇḍāndadau tataḥ dṛṣṭvākāśe sitaṃ raktaṃ puruṣāṃstāṃśca pṛṣṭavān > Then Viśāla too offered funeral cakes to the ancestors at Gayāśīrṣa. / Having seen white and red persons in the sky, he asked them: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.57) ke yūyanteṣu caivaikaḥ sitaḥ proce viśālakam ahaṃ sitaste janaka indralokaṃ gataḥ śubhān > "Who are you?" And one white one among them said to Viśālaka: / "I, white, am your father; through auspicious deeds I have gone to Indra's world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.58) mama raktaḥ pitā putra kṛṣṇaścaiva pitāmahaḥ abravīt narakaṃ prāptā tvayā muktīkṛtā vayam > The red one is my father, O son, and the black one is the grandfather." / He said, "Having reached hell, we have been liberated by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.59) piṇḍadānād brahmalokaṃ brajāma iti te gatāḥ viśālaḥ prāptaputrādī rājyaṃ kṛtvā hariṃ yayau > From the offering of funeral cakes, we go to the world of Brahmā." Having spoken thus, they departed. / Viśāla, having obtained sons and other blessings, ruled the kingdom and went to Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.60) pretarājaḥ svamuktyai ca vaṇijañcedamabravīt pretaiḥ sarvaiḥ sahārtaḥ san sukṛtaṃ bhujyate phalam > And the king of ghosts spoke thus to a merchant for his own liberation: / "Afflicted along with all the ghosts, the fruit of good deeds is being enjoyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.61) śravaṇadvādaśīyoge kumbhaḥ sānnaśca sodakaḥ dattaḥ purā sa madhyāhne jīvanāyopatiṣṭhate > On the conjunction of the twelfth lunar day of Śravaṇa, a pot with food and water / was formerly given at midday; that presents itself for our subsistence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.62) dhanaṃ gṛhītvā me gaccha gayāyāṃ piṇḍado bhava vaṇigdhanaṃ gṛhītvā tu gayāyāṃ piṇḍado'bhavat > Take my wealth, go, and become an offerer of funeral cakes at Gayā." / Then the merchant, taking the wealth, became an offerer of funeral cakes at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.63) pretarājaḥ saha pretairmukto nīto hareḥ puram gayāśīrṣe piṇḍadānādātmānaṃ svapitṝṃstathā > The king of ghosts, along with the ghosts, was liberated and led to the city of Hari. / From offering funeral cakes at Gayāśīrṣa, \[one delivers\] oneself and one's ancestors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.64) pitṛvaṃśe mṛtā ye ca mātṛvaṃśe tathaiva ca guruśvaśurabandhūnāṃ ye cānye bāndhavā mṛtāḥ > And the sons who are in the paternal lineage and likewise in the maternal lineage, / and the other deceased kinsmen of teachers, fathers-in-law, and friends; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.65) ye me kule luptapiṇḍāḥ putradāravivarjitāḥ kriyālopagatā ye ca jātyandhāḥ puṅgavastathā > Those in my family who have been deprived of funeral cakes, destitute of sons and wives, / those who have missed funeral rites, those born blind, and the bull-like men, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.66) virūpā āmagarbhā ye jñātājñātāḥ kule mama teṣāṃ piṇḍo mayā datto hyakṣayyamupatiṣṭhatām > The deformed, the miscarried embryos, known or unknown in my family— / to them a funeral cake has been offered by me; may it present itself as imperishable! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.67) ye kecit pretarūpeṇa tiṣṭhanti pitaro mama te sarve tṛptimāyāntu piṇḍadānena sarvadā > Whichever of my ancestors abide in the form of ghosts, / may all of them attain satisfaction forever through this offering of funeral cakes! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.68) piṇḍo deyastu sarvebhyaḥ sarvairvai kulatārakaiḥ ātmanastu tathā deyo hyakṣayaṃ lokamicchatā > A funeral cake should indeed be offered to all by all saviours of their lineage; / and it should likewise be offered for oneself by one desiring an imperishable world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.69) pañcame'hni gadālole snāyānmantreṇa buddhimān gadāprakṣālane tīrthe gadālole'tipāvane > On the fifth day, a wise man should bathe at Gadālola with the mantra: / "At Gadālola, the sacred ford for cleansing the mace, which is supremely purifying, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.70) snānaṃ karāmi saṃsāragadaśāntyai janārdana namo'kṣayavaṭāyaiva akṣayasvargadāyine > I bathe for the pacification of the disease of worldly existence, O Janārdana!" / "Homage to the imperishable banyan tree, the granter of imperishable heaven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.71) pitrādīnāmakṣayāya sarvapāpakṣayāya ca śrāddhaṃ vaṭatale kuryād brāhmaṇānāñca bhojanam > For the imperishable benefit of father and other ancestors, and for the destruction of all sins!" / One should perform an ancestral rite at the foot of the banyan tree and feed brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.72) ekasmin bhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā kimpunarbahubhirbhuktaiḥ pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam > When one brahmin is fed, ten million are fed; / what then when many have eaten? That which is given to the ancestors becomes imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.73) gayāyāmannadātā yaḥ pitarastena putriṇaḥ vaṭaṃ vaṭeśvaraṃ natvā pūjayet prapitāmaham > He who gives food at Gayā—through him the ancestors possess a son. / Having bowed to the banyan tree and to Vaṭeśvara, one should worship the great-grandfather \[Brahmā\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.74) akṣayāṃllabhate lokān kulānāṃ śatamuddharet kramato'kramato vāpi gayāyātra mahāphalā > He attains imperishable worlds and delivers a hundred families. / In due order or out of order, the pilgrimage to Gayā bears great fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [115.74.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.74.p1) ityāgneye mahāpurāṇe gayāmāhātmye gayāyātrā nāma pañcadaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.115.1) — English, machine translation ## Other recensions (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.115.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (6) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.43.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.16.336.61) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.175.51) — Sanskrit - [Tīrthacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.tirtha.tirthacintamani.13.p1) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyasārasamuccaya (Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyasarasamuccaya.2.p414) — Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman 1800, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.62.2-2) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115) · Pramāṇa