Agnipurana 193
English (machine translation) 193
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- 193.6 — 6 parts
193.1
Agni said: / I shall declare the votive observance of Śivarātri, which grants worldly enjoyment and liberation; hear! / That which is the fourteenth [lunar day] of the dark fortnight between Māgha and Phālguna,
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endowed with desire, that is to be fasted on, while the observer of the vow keeps vigil: / 'I shall perform the votive observance of Śivarātri, abstaining from food on the fourteenth [lunar day].
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Through keeping vigil at night alone, as one observing the vow, I worship Śiva. / I invoke Sambhu, the bestower of worldly enjoyment and liberation.
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O Śiva, the boat for crossing over the ocean of hell, homage be to you! / Homage to Śiva, the tranquil one, the giver of offspring, sovereignty, and the like;
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to the bestower of good fortune, health, learning, wealth, and the path to heaven! / Grant me righteousness, grant me wealth, grant me desires, enjoyments, and so forth!
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Grant me virtues, renown, happiness; grant me heaven and liberation!' / Even the sinful hunter Sundarasenaka attained merit [by this].
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Thus in the great Purāṇa of Agni, the one hundred and ninety-third chapter, entitled 'The Votive Observance of Śivarātri'.
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[Footnote]
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1. 'the bestower of worldly enjoyment and liberation' in manuscripts jha and ṭa.
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2. 'to the bestower of heaven and liberation' in manuscript ṅa.
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Now, the one hundred and ninety-fourth chapter.
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The Votive Observances of Aśokapūrṇimā and Others.
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit