Agnipurana 52.16
Agnipurāṇa 52.16
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52.16
caṇḍikā saśahastā syāt khaḍgaśūlāriśaktidhṛk /
dakṣe vāme nāgapāśaṃ carmāgkuśakuṭhārakaṃ /
dhanuḥ siṃhe ca mahiṣaḥ śūlena prahatogrataḥ //
Caṇḍikā should have ten hands, bearing a sword, a trident, a discus, and a spear / in the right, and in the left a serpent-noose, a shield, a goad, an axe, / and a bow; and the buffalo [demon] is fiercely struck by the trident on the lion.
52.16.p1
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye pratimālakṣaṇaṃ nāma
dvipañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
Thus ends the fifty-second chapter, titled "Characteristics of Images", in the venerable Mahāpurāṇa composed by Agni.
52.16.p2
:n
1 danturāsya iti kha, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ
1 "danturāsya" is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha and gha.
52.16.p3
2 maṇḍalāgnidalārūḍhamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 "maṇḍalāgnidalārūḍham" is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.
52.16.p4
3 śūlaṃ galantī kuṇḍī ceti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
3 "śūlaṃ galantī kuṇḍī ca" is the reading of the manuscript marked kha.
52.16.p5
4 skandagaṇā daśa vināyakā iti kha, cihinitapustakapāṭhaḥ
4 "skandagaṇā daśa vināyakāḥ" is the reading of the manuscript marked kha.
52.16.p6
5 atra caṇḍikādaśahasteṣu khaḍgaśūlāriśaktidhṛgiti yuktaḥ
pāṭhaḥ
5 Here, the reading "khaḍgaśūlāriśaktidhṛk" in the ten hands of Caṇḍikā is suitable.
52.16.p7
asmallabdhapustakapañcakeṣu nāyaṃ pāṭhaḥ
:p 149
This reading is not found in the five manuscripts obtained by us.
52.16.p9
:ś atha tripañcāśattamodhyāyaḥ
Now the fifty-third chapter.
52.16.p10
liṅgalakṣaṇaṃ
Characteristics of the Liṅga
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit