Agnipurana 102

English (machine translation) 102

Language: English

102.3 — 11 parts
102.12 — 12 parts
102.20 — 13 parts
102.28 — 13 parts
102.30 — 3 parts

102.1

The Lord said: / The consecration for the crest-pole, the flagpole, / the flag, and the temple, as it has been taught, / that, O Skanda, I shall relate to you.

102.2

Either from entry into half of the tank, or from entry into half of the pavilion: / on a brick [temple] the crest-pole is made of wood; on a stone abode, it is made of stone.

102.3

And on a Vaiṣṇava [temple] or the like, there should be an embodied pitcher adorned with a discus; / but that which is equipped with a trident is regarded as named the upper crest-pole.

102.3.p2

[Variant reading note] 1 'sannidhyābodhanam' in manuscripts kha.., cha.., and ja..

102.3.p3

[Variant reading note] 2 'vidhāyaiva' in manuscript ja..

102.3.p4

[Variant reading note] 3 'prakṛtyā tu' in manuscript kha..

102.3.p5

[Variant reading note] 4 'cūḍake dhvajadaṇḍe vā' in manuscript ja..

102.3.p6

[Variant reading note] 5 'yathādiṣṭā' in manuscript jha..

102.3.p7

[Variant reading note] 6 'tathā hy ahaṃ vadāmi te' in manuscript ṅa..

102.3.p8

[Variant reading note] 7 'aiṣṭe dārubhavaḥ' in manuscripts gha.. and ja..

102.3.p9

[Variant reading note] 8 The text from 'taḍāgārdha' up to 'śailajaḥ' is absent in manuscript jha..

102.3.p10

[Variant reading note] 9 'agraṃ cūḍābhidho mataḥ' in manuscript gha..; 'asracūlādidoṣataḥ' in cha..;

102.3.p11

'gṛhacūḍābhidho mataḥ' in manuscript ṅa..; 'agraṃ cūḍādidoṣataḥ' in kha..

102.4

The trident of the Lord is proclaimed to be furnished with a liṅga at its summit, / or equipped with a citron fruit; such is its description in the Śiva scriptures.

102.5

The variegated flag may be [equal in measure] to the shrine-wall, or to half the shrine-wall, / or its measure may be that of the staff, or else it may be at will.

102.6

The great flag is proclaimed to be that which wraps around the pedestal; / the staff is measured at fourteen, nine, or six cubits.

102.7

It should be understood by wise men in the order of excellent [downwards]; / made of bamboo or of the śāla tree, that staff grants all desires.

102.8

If this [flagstaff], while being raised, should indeed break, / one should know it portends misfortune for the king or for the patron of the sacrifice.

102.9

He should perform a pacification rite as before with the Bahurūpa mantra, / and having performed the worship of the door-guardians and the satiation of the mantras,

102.10

he should bathe the crest-pole and the staff with the astra-mantra. / Having sprinkled the flag with this very mantra, the preceptor

102.11

should then have the temple bathed gently with decoctions and other [liquids]; / having smeared it, covered it with sap, and deposited it upon the couch as before,

102.12

on the crest-pole there is the deposition of the phonemes of the liṅga, but neither cognition nor ritual action.

102.12.p2

[Variant reading note] 1 'īśaścūḍaḥ' in manuscript ga..; 'īśaścūlaḥ' in ṅa..; 'īṣaścūlaḥ' in cha..

102.12.p3

[Variant readings:] 1. 'śaśaḥ śūlaḥ' in manuscript ja.

102.12.p4

2. 'jaṅghāto yadvā jaṅghārdhato bhavet' in kha.; 'saṅghāto yathā jaṅghārdhato yajet' in gha.

102.12_2

And the fourth [offering] is for special purpose; no fire-pit is constructed [for it].

On the staff, [one should deposit] the reality of the self (ātmatattva), and the reality of knowledge (vidyātattva) as the second, / [with] the faces beginning with Sadyojāta; and the reality of Śiva (śivatattva) on the banner.

102.14

Having deposited the partless Śiva there, one should worship the limbs. / And on the crest, then, the mantra in proximity with the saṃhitā mantras.

102.15

One should offer fire oblations for each part, and upon the banner with [mantras] ending in 'phaṭ'. / And whatever consecration of the banner has been performed otherwise,

102.16

all of that has thus been shown in the rule for the ritual of the weapon. / In the temple constructed in that place, adorned with garlands, garments, and the like,

102.17

above the thigh-wall and altar, having installed the triad of realities and the rest, / and having performed fire oblations and the like, then worshiping Śiva as before,

102.18

meditating upon Śiva as consisting of all realities, one should deposit the all-pervading [deity]. / Having meditated on Ananta and Kālarudra at the lotus feet,

102.19

on Kūṣmāṇḍa and Hāṭaka on the base, together with the netherworlds and hells, / surrounded by the worlds, the world-protectors, and the hundred Rudras and others,

102.20

having meditated on this cosmic egg, one should visualize the thigh-wall, / endowed with water, fire, wind, ether, and the five groups of eight,

102.20.p1

[Gap in text]

102.20.p2

[Variant readings:] 1. 'viśeṣādyā' in gha.

102.20.p3

2. 'navadaṇḍasya' in jha.

102.20.p4

3. 'tathātmatattvañca' in ga. and gha.

102.20.p5

4. 'sadyojātādi vakrāṇi' in jha.

102.20.p6

5. 'cūlake ca' in kha. and ja.

102.20.p7

6. 'saṃhitātmabhiḥ' in kha. and ga.

102.20.p8

7. The verse containing 'cūlake' is missing in manuscript jha.

102.20.p9

8. 'tacca dhvaje saṃharaṇam' in kha. and cha.; 'yacca dhvajasaṃskaraṇam' in gha.

102.20.p10

9. 'astrayāge vidhāne ca' in ja.

102.20.p11

10. 'prāsādakāritasthāne' in kha. and jha.; 'prāsāde kāritasthāne' in ja.

102.20.p12

11. 'pātālanavakair' in ṅa. and ja.

102.20.p13

12. 'pañcāggakasamanvitam' in ga.

102.21

designated as all the coverings, endowed with the increase and source, / endowed with the eight yogas, the rule of destruction, and the three guṇas.

102.22

One should visualize the Puruṣa, the lion, and the left side situated on the cloth, / and on the cornice platform the group of four beginning with knowledge (vidyā);

102.23

on the neck Māyā with Rudra, and the vidyās on the āmalasāraka; / and on the pot Īśvara, the point (bindu), accompanied by the lords of knowledge (vidyeśvara);

102.24

one should know the trident to be his matted hair, having the form of a crescent moon, / and the triad of powers right there; and having visualized the resonance (nāda) on the staff,

102.25

and the Kuṇḍalī power on the banner, one should visualize thus in the abode. / Either joining [it] with the plinth, or the liṅga with the pedestal,

102.26

and raising it with excellent mantras, one should install it upon the deposited lotus of power, / in which jewels and the like have been placed, in its proper support.

102.27

When the banner is fixed, the patron, having circumambulated the abode / along with his kinsmen and friends, attains the desired fruit.

102.28

The guru, meditating on the Pāśupata [weapon], accompanied by the steadfast lords of mantras, / should awaken the presiding deities equipped with weapons for protection.

102.28.p1

[Gap in text]

102.28.p2

[Variant readings:] 1. 'vuddhayonyantakānvitam' in ga.

102.28.p3

2. 'yāgaṣṭakasamāyuktam' in jha.

102.28.p4

3. 'rāgaśca' in kha. and ja.

102.28.p5

4. 'kaṇṭhe māyāṅgavaktrañca' in jha.

102.28.p6

5. 'vidyāścāmanasārake' in kha. and ga.; 'vidyādyā manasārake' in ja.

102.28.p7

6. 'viśveśvarasamanvitam' in kha., gha., and cha.; 'vidyottarasamanvitam' in ga.

102.28.p8

The passage from 'sarvāvaraṇasañjñañca' up to 'viśveśvarasamanvitam' is missing in manuscript ṅa.

102.28.p9

7. 'liṅgapiṇḍikayāthavā' in gha., ṅa., and ja.; 8. 'svamantraiśca' in ga. and ṅa.

102.28.p10

9. 'labhate phalamīpsitam' in ṅa.

102.28.p11

10. 'pāśupataṃ dhyāyet' in kha. and gha.

102.28.p12

11. 'śivamantrādhipair yutam' in gha. and ṅa.

102.28.p13

12. 'rakṣaṇāya nivedayet' in kha. and cha.

102.29

Having offered fire oblations and given the offering to the directions to pacify defects such as deficiency, / he should give a sacrificial fee to the guru; the patron will go to heaven.

102.30

As many atoms as there are in an image, a liṅga, and pedestals, / for that many thousands of cosmic ages is the fruit enjoyed by the patron.

102.30.p1

Thus ends the one hundred and second chapter, entitled 'The Rule of Raising the Banner and the Like', in the great Purāṇa composed by Agni.

102.30.p3

Now the one hundred and third chapter:

102.30.p4

Renovation.

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