<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.12.55 -->

[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Agnipurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) › 12.55

# Agnipurana 12.55

Agnipurāṇa 12.55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.12.55)

harī remenekamūrto rukmiṇyādibhirīśvaraḥ /  
putrānutpādayāmāsa tvasaṃkhyātān sa yādavān /  
harivaṃśaṃ paṭhet yaḥ sa prāptakāmo hariṃ vrajet //

> Thus in the venerable and primordial Mahāpurāṇa composed by Agni, the twelfth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Harivaṃśa'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.55.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.12.55.p1)

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye harivaṃśavarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśo  
'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the twelfth chapter, named The Description of the Harivaṃśa, in the glorious and ancient Mahāpurāṇa composed by Agni.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.55.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.12.55.p2)

:n

> \[Variant note on verse 12.54:\] 'karṣakaḥ' is the reading in the manuscript marked kha. / \[Page 32\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.55.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.12.55.p3)

1 karṣaka iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ  
:p 32

> % Chapter 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.55.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.12.55.p5)

:ś atha trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ

> The narration of the origin of the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas and other matters  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.55.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.12.55.p6)

kurupāṇḍavotpattyādikathanaṃ

> Agni said: / I will fully declare the Bhārata, characterised by the majesty of Kṛṣṇa, / \[wherein\] Viṣṇu relieved the burden of the earth using the Pāṇḍavas as his instrument.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.12.55) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.12.55) — Sanskrit

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.12.55) · Pramāṇa