Agnipurana 109
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109.1
Agni said: / I shall declare the greatness of all sacred fords, which grants worldly enjoyment and liberation. / One whose hands, feet, and mind are well controlled,
109.2
who possesses learning, ascetic austerity, and good repute, attains the fruit of a sacred ford.
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[Footnote]
109.2.p2
1. 'svasaṃyatam' in MS gha.
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Refraining from acceptance of gifts, eating light food, with senses subdued,
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the pilgrim to a sacred ford, free from sin, obtains the fruit of all sacrifices. / Without having fasted for three nights and without having visited sacred fords,
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and without giving gold and cattle, one is born verily poor. / By visiting a sacred ford, that fruit which is gained by a sacrifice is obtained.
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Puṣkara is the supreme sacred ford; [the divine] presence is there at the three junctions of the day. / Ten thousand crores of sacred fords are present at Puṣkara, O brahmin.
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Brahmā resides [there] together with the gods, as do sages desiring everything. / Here the gods attained perfection, bathing [and] worshipping the ancestors and the deities.
109.7
Obtaining the fruit of a horse-sacrifice, they proceed to the world of Brahmā; / and by gifting food on the full moon of Kārttika, [a man] becomes spotless and enjoys the world of Brahmā.
109.8
Difficult it is to go to Puṣkara; difficult is ascetic austerity at Puṣkara; / difficult is gift at Puṣkara, and very difficult indeed to reside [there].
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By residing there, by recitation, and by ancestral rites, one would deliver a hundred ancestors' lineages. / Right there are Jambumārga, and the sacred ford Taṇḍulikāśrama,
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Karṇāśrama, Koṭitīrtha, the Narmadā, and the supreme Arbuda; / the sacred fords Carmaṇvatī, Sindhu, Somanātha, and Prabhāsa;
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and the confluence of the Sarasvatī with the ocean, the excellent sacred ford of the ocean.
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[Footnote marker]
109.11.p2
[Variant 1: "tīrthādigamane" in ms. gha]
109.11.p3
[Variant 2: "pitṛsurārcitāḥ" in ms. kha]
109.11.p4
[Variant 3: "aśvamedhaphalaścāsya" in mss. kha, ga, cha; "aśvamedhaphalaṃ cāpya" in ms. gha]
109.11.p5
[Variant 4: "brahmalokakam" in mss. kha, ga, ṅa, cha]
109.11.p6
[Variant 5: "duṣkaraṃ gantum" in ms. kha]
109.11.p7
[Variant 6: "vastuṃ tatra suduṣkaram" in ms. ja]
109.11.p8
[Variant 7: "kaṇvāśramam" in ms. gha]
109.11.p9
[Variant 8: "sarasvatyabdhisañjñayā" in mss. ga, gha, ja; p. 372]
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Piṇḍāraka, Dvārakā, and the Gomatī, which grants all perfections;
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Bhūmitīrtha, Brahmatuṅga, the supreme sacred ford Pañcanada, / Bhīmatīrtha, Girīndra, and the Devikā, which destroys sin;
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the holy sacred ford Vinaśana, Nāgodbheda that removes sins, / and the sacred ford Kumārakoṭi: all have been declared by the wise.
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“I will go to Kurukṣetra; I reside in Kurukṣetra”— / whoever would constantly say this, spotless, shall attain heaven.
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There dwell Viṣṇu and the other gods; by living there one goes to Hari. / Performing a bath in the Sarasvatī at the Sannihitī, one attains the world of Brahmā.
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Even the particles of dust in Kurukṣetra lead to the highest destination. / Dharmatīrtha, the one called Suvarṇa, and the unsurpassable Gaṅgādvāra;
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the holy sacred ford Kaṇakhala, and likewise the pool Bhadrakarṇa; / the confluence of the Gaṅgā and Sarasvatī, and Brahmāvarta that crushes sin;
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Bhṛgutuṅga, Kubjāmra, and Gaṅgodbheda that puts an end to sin; / Vārāṇasī, the excellent sacred ford, and the unsurpassable Avimukta;
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the sacred ford Kapālamocana, Prayāga the king of sacred fords, / and the confluence of the Gomatī and Gaṅgā: the Gaṅgā everywhere grants heaven.
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The holy sacred ford Rājagṛha, and Śālagrāma that puts an end to sin;
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[Footnote marker]
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[Variant 1: "ṛṣitīrthaṃ brahmatuṅgam" in ms. gha; "bhūmitīrthaṃ brahmasañjñam" in ms. cha]
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[Variant 2: "bhīmātīrtham" in ms. gha]
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[Variant 3: "vāmāddivaṃ brajet" in ms. ja]
109.20.p5
[Variant 4: "brahmalokagaḥ" in mss. kha, ga, gha, ṅa, cha, ja]
109.20.p6
[Variant 5: "tatra karṇahradaṃ tathā" in ms. kha; "bhadrakaṃ tu hradaṃ tathā" in mss. ga, ṅa]
109.20.p7
[Variant 6: "gaṅgodbhedamavantikam" in ms. ja; p. 373]
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Vaṭeśa, the sacred ford Vāmana, and the excellent confluence of the Kālikā;
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Lauhitya, the one named Karatoyā, the Śoṇa, and the supreme Ṛṣabha; / Śrīparvata, the Kolvagiri mountain, the Sahyādri, and the Malaya mountain;
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the Godāvarī, the Tuṅgabhadrā, the Kāverī, and the river Varadā; / the Tāpī, the Payoṣṇī, the Revā, and the excellent Daṇḍaka forest;
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Kālañjara, Muñjavaṭa, and the supreme sacred ford Sūrpāraka; / the Mandākinī, Citrakūṭa, and the supreme Śṛṅgaverapura;
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Avantī, the supreme sacred ford, and Ayodhyā, destroyer of sins; / and Naimiṣa, the supreme sacred ford that bestows worldly enjoyment and liberation.
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Thus ends the one hundred and ninth chapter, entitled “The Greatness of Pilgrimage to Sacred Fords,” in the great Agni Purāṇa.
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Now begins the one hundred and tenth chapter:
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The Greatness of the Gaṅgā.
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