Agnipurana 116
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116.1
Agni said: / Having bathed in the Mahānadī along with [recitation of] the Gāyatrī, one should perform the twilight devotion. / In front of Gāyatrī in the morning, [one should perform] the ancestral rite and the imperishable funeral cake.
116.2
And having bathed at midday at Udyanta and worshipped with songs and musical instruments, / [one should perform] the twilight devotion before Sāvitrī and the offering of funeral cakes at her footstep.
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One should do so at the footstep of Agastya, and having entered the womb-gate, / having emerged, one does not enter the womb again; he is freed from worldly existence.
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[Footnote]
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1. "prātaḥ" thus in manuscript ka.
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2. "madhyāhne sarasi" thus in manuscript ga.
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3. "mucyate bhayāt" thus in manuscripts cha and jha.
116.4
Then, having offered an oblation at Kākaśilā, one should bow to Kumāra. / Then, offering funeral cakes at Svargadvārī, Somakuṇḍa, and Vāyutīrtha,
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one should offer funeral cakes at Ākāśagaṅgā and Kapilā; / and having bowed to Śiva as Kapileśa, one should offer funeral cakes at Rukmikuṇḍa.
116.6
And bowing to Koṭīśa at Koṭītīrtha, a man [offers funeral cakes] at the footprint of Amogha; / he should offer funeral cakes at Gadālola, Vānaraka, and Gopracāra.
116.7
Having bowed to the cow at the Vaitaraṇī, he delivers twenty-one generations; / he should become an offerer of ancestral rites and cakes, and offer funeral cakes at Krauñcapada.
116.8
He should offer funeral cakes at Tṛtīyā, Viśālā, and Niścirā. / Then, bathing with ashes at Bhasmakuṇḍa, at the [sites for] release from debt and release from sin,
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one who has bathed is freed from sin; he should bow to the god Janārdana: / 'This funeral cake is offered by me into your hand, O Janārdana!
116.10
May imperishable [merit] accrue to me who have gone to the other world.' / At Gayā, Janārdana himself [is present] in the form of the ancestors;
116.11
having seen that lotus-eyed one, one is truly released from the three debts. / Having bowed to Mārkaṇḍeyeśvara, a man should bow to Gṛdhreśvara.
116.12
In the root sacred site of Maheśa, he should offer funeral cakes at the stream.
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[Footnote]
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1. "namennaraḥ" thus in manuscripts kha, ga, gha, ṅa, and cha.
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2. "māsapade 'nnadaḥ" thus in manuscripts kha and gha.
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3 The reading beginning with “kapileśam” and ending with “gopracāre ca piṇḍadaḥ” is not found in manuscript ga.
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4 “śrāddhe piṇḍapradatā” in manuscript kha.
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5 The reading beginning with “bhavedākāśagaṅgāyām” and ending with “krauñcapāde ca piṇḍadaḥ” is not found in manuscript cha.
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6 “namedbhūteśvaraṃ naraḥ” in manuscript gha.
:p 10
116.12_2
One should offer a funerary ball at Gṛdhrakūṭa, at Gṛdhravaṭa, and at Dhautapāda.
116.13
One should offer a funerary ball at the Puṣkariṇī, at Kardamāla, and at Rāmatīrtha. / One should bow to Prabhāseśa, and should offer a funerary ball upon the Pretaśilā.
116.14
“May all my ancestors, kinsmen, and others—those dwelling in heaven, the atmosphere, or on earth, / [even] those in the form of ghosts—be liberated by the funerary balls offered by me!”
116.15
The purifying Pretaśilā is in three places at Gayāśiras; / offering a funerary ball at Prabhāsa and at Pretakuṇḍa, one delivers one's family line.
116.16
Having bowed to Vasiṣṭheśa, one should offer a funerary ball before him; / one should offer a funerary ball at the navel of Gayā, at Suṣumṇā, and at the Mahākoṣṭhī;
116.17
in front of Gadādhara, upon Muṇḍapṛṣṭha, and in the presence of the Goddess. / One should first bow to Muṇḍapṛṣṭha together with the protector of the site and others;
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having worshipped [it], there will be no fear, and poison, illness, and the like will be destroyed. / And having bowed to Brahmā, one leads one's family line to the realm of Brahmā.
116.19
Having worshipped Subhadrā, Balabhadra, and Puruṣottama, / endowed with all desires, having delivered one's family line, one partakes of heaven.
116.20
Having bowed to Hṛṣīkeśa, one should offer a funerary ball before him; / and having worshipped Mādhava, one becomes a deity traveling in a celestial chariot.
116.21
Having worshipped Mahālakṣmī, Gaurī, Maṅgalā, and Sarasvatī, / having delivered one's ancestors, one resides in heaven; having enjoyed worldly pleasures here, one's intellect is established in the scriptures.
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:n
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1 The reading “sarvakāmasamāyuktaḥ kulamuddhṛtya lokabhāk” is found as an addition here in manuscript jha.
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2 “pretādirūpamuktāḥ” in manuscripts kha, ga, gha, ṅa, and ja.
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3 “kulamuddhṛtya lokabhāk” in manuscripts ga and ja. / The reading beginning with “vaśiṣṭheśam” and ending with “kulamuddhṛtya nākabhāk” is not found in manuscript jha.
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4 “devair vaimānikaḥ” in manuscript cha.
:p 11
116.22
Having worshipped the twelve suns, fire, Revanta, and Indra, / freed from diseases and the like, one will go to heaven; having worshipped glorious Kapardivināyaka
116.23
and Kārttikeya, one will obtain perfection without obstacles. / Somanātha, Kāleśa, Kedāra, Prapitāmaha,
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Siddheśvara, Rudreśa, Rāmeśa, and Brahmakeśvara— / having worshipped these eight secret liṅgas, one attains everything.
116.25
For the sake of prosperity one should bow to Nārāyaṇa, Varāha, and Narasiṃha, / to the one known as Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśa, the slayer of Tripura, who bestows everything.
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And having fully worshipped Sītā, Rāma, Garuḍa, and Vāmana, / one obtains all desires and leads the ancestors to the realm of Brahmā.
116.27
Having fully worshipped the primordial deity Gadādhara together with the gods, / freed from the three debts, one delivers one's entire family line.
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The holy slab is of the form of the gods; therefore the slab is made of the deities. / There is no place in Gayā where there is no sacred ford.
116.29
In whose name one casts down a funerary ball, that [person] one leads to the eternal Brahman. / Having bowed to Phalgvīśa, Phalgucaṇḍī, and Aṅgārakeśvara,
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the performer of the ancestral rite should go to the foot of Mataṅga and to the hermitage of Bharata; / at Haṃsatīrtha and at Koṭitīrtha, where the Pāṇḍu stone is, one gives food;
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there, at Agnidhārā and at Madhusravas, one should offer a funerary ball; / one should bow to Rudreśa, Kilikileśa, and Vṛddhivināyaka.
116.32
Offering a funerary ball in Dhenukāraṇya at the foot of Dhenu, one should bow to the cow.
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:n
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1 “pūjayitvātha” in manuscripts ka, gha, ṅa, and ja.
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2 “namedbuddhivināyakam” in manuscripts kha, ga, and cha; “namedvṛddhavināyakam” in manuscript gha.
:p 12
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And offering a funerary ball at the Sarasvatī, one delivers all the ancestors.
116.33
Having performed the twilight ritual in the evening, one should bow to goddess Sarasvatī; / performing the three twilight rituals, the twice-born becomes one who has mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary branches.
116.34
Having circumambulated Gayā and worshipped the brāhmaṇas of Gayā, / all that is done—gifts of food and the like—becomes imperishable there.
116.35
Having praised him, one should pray thus to Gadādhara, the primordial deity: / “To Gadādhara, dwelling in Gayā, who bestows the ultimate goal upon the ancestors and others,
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for the sake of dharma, material wealth, desire, and liberation, the bestower of yoga, I bow; / to the one free from body, senses, mind, intellect, life-breath, and ego,
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eternally pure, endowed with consciousness, truth, the Brahman, I bow; / to the bliss, the non-dual God, praised by gods and demons,
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accompanied by the host of gods and goddesses, I bow at all times; / to the one who wears a garland of forest flowers, who subdues the afflictions of time and the stains of the Kali age,
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who protects the lord of all the worlds, whose mind is set upon delivering family lines, / whose Self is differentiated into manifest and unmanifest, yet whose Self is undivided within the Self,
116.40
who is stationed, exceedingly steadfast, the essence, the crusher of terrible sins, I praise! / O God Gadādhara, I have come to Gayā on ancestral business.
116.41
Be my witness today, here; I am freed from the three debts!
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:n
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1 “nityaśuddhabuddhiyuktam” in manuscripts gha and cha.
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2 “kālārtināśanam” in manuscript gha; “kālārtidalanam” in manuscripts ga, ṅa, gha, and ja.
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3 “pālitākhiladeveśam” in manuscript gha.
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4 “sthitataram” in manuscripts ga, gha, and ṅa.
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5 “vandehamarimardanam” in manuscript ṅa; “vande saṃsāramardanam” in manuscript ja.
:p 13
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May the gods, Brahmā, Īśāna, and the others, likewise be my witnesses!
116.42
Having arrived at Gayā, the redemption of the ancestors has been performed by me.” / From reciting this Gayā-māhātmya during an ancestral rite and the like, one partakes of the realm of Brahmā;
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the ancestral rite for the ancestors is imperishable, and bestows the imperishable realm of Brahmā. //43
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:e Thus in the holy Mahāpurāṇa of Agni, in the Glorification of Gayā, the hundred and sixteenth chapter, entitled “The Pilgrimage to Gayā.”
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:ś Now the hundred and seventeenth chapter.
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The procedure for ancestral rites.
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