Agnipurana 144

English (machine translation) 144

Language: English

144.1 — 4 parts
144.2 — 1 part
144.8 — 2 parts
144.17 — 5 parts
144.25 — 7 parts
144.35 — 4 parts
144.37 — 3 parts

144.1

The Lord said: / I will proclaim the glorious Kubjikā, who bestows victory, dharma, wealth, and the rest; / one should worship [her] with the root mantra or accompanied by her retinue:

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"oṃ aiṃ hrauṃ śrīṃ khaiṃ hreṃ hasakṣamalacavayambhagavati ambike hrāṃ hrīṃ kṣrīṃ kṣauṃ kṣrūṃ krīṃ kubjike hrāṃ oṃ ṅañanaṇame aghoramukhi vrāṃ chrāṃ

chīṃ kili 2 kṣauṃ vicce khyoṃ śrīṃ kroṃ oṃ hroṃ aiṃ vajrakubjini strīṃ trailokyakarṣiṇi hrīṃ kāmāṅgadrāviṇi hrīṃ strīṃ mahākṣobhakāriṇi aiṃ hrīṃ kṣrīṃ aiṃ hroṃ śrīṃ pheṃ kṣauṃ namo bhagavati kṣrauṃ kubjike hroṃ hroṃ kraiṃ ṅañaṇaname aghoramukhi chrāṃchāṃ vicce oṃ kili 2".

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Having performed the nyāsa on the hands and limbs, one should perform the twilight adoration; / in succession to the three twilights: Vāmā, Jyeṣṭhā, and Raudrī.

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"We know the mistress of the Kula speech; we meditate upon Mahākālī; / may that Kaulī inspire us."

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The mantras begin with the five praṇavas; and [saying] 'I worship the sandals...', / with the name in the dative in the middle, and seed-syllables consisting of eighteen [elements].

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Or ending in 'namaḥ', all are to be known through the genitive; I shall declare them: / Kaulīśanātha, Sukalā, from birth then Kubjikā,

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Śrīkaṇṭhanātha, Kauleśa, Gaganānandanāthaka, / Caṭulā Devī, Maitrīśī, Karālī, Tūrṇanāthaka,

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Ataladevī, Śrīcandrā Devī—these ending in 'Devī' thereafter; / one should worship the sandals of Bhagātmapuṅgaṇadevamohanī,

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one should worship the sandals endowed with Atītabhuvanānandaratna; / [and] Brahma-knowledge, then Kamalā, the supreme, together with Vidyā.

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The threefold purity is the purity of Vidyā, Devī, and Guru; I proclaim it to you: / Gagana, Caṭulī, Ātman, Padmānanda, Maṇi, Kalā,

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Kamala, Māṇikyakaṇṭha, Gagana, then Kumuda, / Śrīpadma, Bhairavānanda, Deva, [and] Kamala, hence thereafter:

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Śiva, Bhava, and Kṛṣṇa; and the nine Siddhas, and the sixteen: / Candrapūra, then Gulma, Śubha, Kāma, Atimuktaka,

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Kaṇṭha, Vīra, Prayoga, then Kuśala, Devabhogaka, / Viśvadeva, Khaḍgadeva, Rudra, Dhātā, and Asir,

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Mudrāsphīṭī, Vaṃśapūra, [and] Bhoja—the sixteen Siddhas. / One whose body is deposited according to the pledge (samaya) is bound by the sixfold nyāsa.

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Having thrown a flower into the maṇḍala, one should then worship the maṇḍalas: / Ananta, Mahant, and always the sandals of Śiva,

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Mahāvyāpti, Śūnya, the maṇḍala consisting of the five tattvas; / one should worship the sandals of Śrīkaṇṭhanātha, [and] Śaṅkara and Ananta.

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Sadāśiva, Piṅgala, Bhṛgvānandanātha, / Lāṅgūlānanda, and Saṃvarta: one should worship them in the place of the maṇḍala.

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In the south-west: Śrī-Mahākāla, Pinākin, and Mahendraka, / Khaḍga, Bhujaṅga, Bāṇa, Aghāsi, Śabdaka, Vaśa,

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Ājñārūpa, [and] Nandarūpa; having given an oblation, one should worship the Krama.

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"hrīṃ khaṃ khaṃ hūṃ sauṃ, to Vaṭuka, aru 2, accept 2 water offering, flower, incense, lamp, fragrant paste, oblation, and worship; homage to you! / oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ kṣeṃ, to the guardian of the field (kṣetrapāla), descend 2, O you who have a heavy mass of tawny matted hair, blazing three-eyed one with a fiery face, come, come! Accept 2 the fragrant paste, flower, oblation, and worship, khaḥ khaḥ oṃ kaḥ oṃ laḥ oṃ, svāhā to the sovereign lord of great tumult!"

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After the remaining oblation, one should worship the triad with 'hrīṃ hrūṃ hāṃ śrīṃ':

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On the left, on the right, and in front; in the south, the sandals of Niśānātha; / on the right, [those] of Tamorinātha; and in front, [those] of Kālānala;

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Uḍḍiyāṇa, Jālandhara, Pūrṇa, and Kāmarūpa; / Gaganānandadeva, Svargānanda, Savargaka,

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Paramānandadeva, and the sandals of Satyānanda, / Nāgānanda, and the five jewels at the end of what is called the Varga-release.

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In the north, in the auspicious [quarter], one should worship the sextet: the sandals of Suranātha; / one should worship the venerable Samayakoṭīśa and Vidyākoṭīśvara;

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Koṭīśa, Bindukoṭīśa, and likewise Siddhakoṭīśvara. / In the south-east, one should worship the four Siddhas [and] Amarīśeśvara;

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Cakrīśanātha, Kuruṅgeśa, Vṛtreśa, and Candranāthaka; / one should worship these with fragrances and the like, and the five Vimalas in the south.

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One should worship Anādivimala, then Sarvajñavimala, / one should worship Yogīśavimala, the one named Siddha, and the one named Samaya.

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In the south-west, one should worship the four gods, Kandarpanātha, / all the eastern Śaktis, and the sandals of Kubjikā.

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6. “The eastern [deities] along with their Śaktis, and all of them” thus in manuscripts ja and ña.

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With the nine-syllabled mantra or with the fivefold praṇava, / one should constantly worship Viṣṇu, who is thousand-eyed and flawless, [and] Śiva.

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From the east ending at the northeast: Brahmā and the others; then Brahmāṇī, Maheśvarī, / Kaumārī, Vaiṣṇavī, Vārāhī, and the Śakti of Indra,

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and Cāmuṇḍā, and Mahālakṣmī—one should worship them starting from the east ending in the northeast. / Ḍākinī, Rākinī are to be worshipped, and likewise Lākinī, Kākinī,

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Śākinī, and Yākinī are to be worshipped in the six [directions] starting from the northwest in fierce forms. / Having meditated on the goddess whose nature consists of thirty-two syllables, one should then worship [her].

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One should worship her with the fivefold praṇava or with the syllable hrīṃ. / Dark as the petal of a blue lotus, six-faced, of six modes,

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she is the power of consciousness called eighteen-fold, endowed with twelve arms, / comfortably seated on a lion-throne, situated on a corpse and a lotus,

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abounding with ten million families. Karkoṭa is situated as her girdle, / Takṣaka is above, and Vāsuki is the necklace around her throat.

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Kulika is in her ears; Kūrma is the circular earring. / Padma and Mahāpadma are upon her brows; on her left [hands] are a serpent, a skull-bowl,

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a rosary, and a khaṭvāṅga; on her right, a conch and a manuscript; / a trident, a mirror, a sword, a jeweled garland, a goad, and a bow.

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The goddess's upward face is white, and another [is also] white above; / the eastern face is pale and wrathful, and the southern one is black-colored.