Agnipurana 21

English (machine translation) 21

Language: English

21.1 — 3 parts
21.11 — 6 parts
21.21 — 4 parts
21.27 — 3 parts

21.1

Nārada said: / I shall declare the general worship of Viṣṇu and others, and the mantras that grant all things. / One should worship saying: "Homage to Acyuta along with his entire retinue."

21.1.p2

1. "sāgnayo hy agāt" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha; "agnipālā varhiṣado hy ājyapāḥ sāgnayo hy ajāt" in gha.

21.1.p3

2. "vaisāraṇī sute" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha. / [p. 52]

21.2

To Dhātṛ, Vidhātṛ, Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and the two treasures, / the fortune of the door, the nine substances, Śakti, Kūrma, and Ananta;

21.3

Earth, Dharma, knowledge, dispassion, and sovereignty, / Adharma and the rest, the bulb, stalk, lotus petals, filaments, and pericarp;

21.4

the Ṛgveda and the rest, the Kṛta age and the rest, the sattva quality and the rest, the disc of the sun and the rest. / One should worship them: Vimalā, Utkarṣiṇī, Jñānā, Kriyā, and Yogā;

21.5

Prahvī, Satyā, and likewise the icon on the seat of grace of Īśāna; / one should worship Durgā, Gir, Gaṇa, the field, and Vāsudeva and the others;

21.6

and the heart, the head, the trident, the armor, the eye, and the weapon; / one should worship the conch, discus, mace, lotus, Śrīvatsa, and Kaustubha;

21.7

one should revere the forest garland, Śrī, Puṣṭi, Garuḍa, the guru, / Indra, Agni, Yama, the Rakṣas, the waters, Vāyu, the lord of wealth,

21.8

Īśāna, Ananta, Aja, the weapon, the mount, Kumuda and the rest, / and Viṣvaksena in the maṇḍala and elsewhere; accomplishment comes through worship and the like.

21.9

Now the general worship of Śiva: first one should revere Nandin; / one should worship Mahākāla, Gaṅgā, Yamunā, the Gaṇas, and the rest;

21.10

Gir, Śrī, the guru, the site, the powers and the rest, Dharma and the rest; / Vāmā, Jyeṣṭhā, Raudrī, Kālī, Kalavikāriṇī,

21.11

and Balavikariṇī, Balapramathinī in order,

21.11.p2

1. "prahvī sandhyā tatheśānānugrahāsanamūrtikā" is the reading in the manuscript marked ga.

21.11.p3

2. "durgāṃ giriṃ gaṇam" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha; "durgāṃ śivaṃ gaṇam" in gha.

21.11.p4

3. "yajet durgām" is the reading in the manuscripts marked kha and gha.

21.11.p5

4. "giriṃ śriyam" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha; "śivaṃ śriyatam" in gha.

21.11.p6

5. "gaurīṃ śriyaṃ guruṃ cāstraṃ śaktyādiṃ dharmakādikam" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa. / [p. 53]

21.11_2

Sarvabhūtadamanī, and Madanonmādinī, on the seat of Śiva.

21.12

"Hāṃ huṃ hāṃ to the icon of Śiva"—one should worship Śiva with his limbs and faces; / "Hauṃ to Śiva, hām" and so forth; "hām" to the faces beginning with Īśāna;

21.13

"hrīṃ" to Gaurī, "gaṃ" to Gaṇa, and those headed by Indra, the heart of Caṇḍī, and the rest. / In order, the mantras in the worship of Sūrya: Daṇḍin and Piṅgala are to be worshipped,

21.14

Uccaiḥśravas and Aruṇa; one should worship Prabhūta and Vimala; / one should worship the supreme bliss easily attained, Skanda and the others, in the center;

21.15

Dīptā, Sūkṣmā, Jayā, Bhadrā, Vibhūti, Vimalā, / Amoghā, and Vidyutā; and then Sarvatomukhī is to be worshipped;

21.16

the seat of Sūrya with "haṃ khaṃ kha solkāya" and the icon; / "Hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ to Sūrya, namaḥ," and "āṃ namaḥ to the heart,"

21.17

likewise "to the Sun, to the head"; those residing in the directions of Agni, Īśa, Asura, and Vāyu; / "bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ, O radiant one," the crest; "huṃ" is stated to be the armor;

21.18

"bhāṃ" the eye, "vaḥ" likewise the weapon of the Sun; Rājñī, Śakti, and Niṣkubhā; / Soma, Aṅgāraka, then Budha, Jīva, Śukra, Śani in order,

21.19

Rāhu, Ketu, and the fierce splendor; now the worship in brief: / the seat, for the icon, the root [mantra], beginning with the heart, the attendant;

21.20

the seat of Viṣṇu, Viṣṇu for the icon: "oṃ śrīṃ śrīṃ Śrīdhara Hari, / hrīṃ"—this is the mantra for all icons, enchanting the three worlds;

21.21

"hrīṃ Hṛṣīkeśa, klīṃ Viṣṇu," with the long vowels for the heart and other limbs; / the fifth worship with all of them grants victory and the like in battle and elsewhere.

21.21.p2

1. "sāvārādhyoparaṃ duḥkham" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.

21.21.p3

2. "agnisāśrayavāyugān" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha; "arkāya śirase tadvadagnijāyāyutañca tat" in ṅa.

21.21.p4

3. "śaktiś ca nirgatā" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha. / [p. 54]

21.22

The discus, club, in order the conch, pestle, sword, and bow Śārṅga, / and the noose and goad, the Śrīvatsa mark, the Kaustubha jewel, together with the forest garland;

21.23

Śrīṃ, Śrī, Mahālakṣmī, Garuḍa, the guru, Indra and the other [guardians], are worshiped. / Sarasvatī's seat and icon: auṃ hrīṃ dadhī Sarasvatī;

21.24

The deities of the heart and other limbs, Lakṣmī, Medhā, Kalā, Tuṣṭi, and Puṣṭi, / Gaurī, Prabhāvatī, Durgā, Gaṇapati, the guru, and Kṣetrapāla;

21.25

Likewise, gaṃ to Gaṇapati, hrīṃ to Gaurī, and śrīṃ to Śrī, / hrīṃ to Tvaritā, hrīṃ sauḥ to Tripurā, ending with the dative and namas;

21.26

Beginning with praṇava and the first letter of the name, joined with the bindu, / or combined with oṃ, [these] are handed down from the worship and recitation of all mantras.

Through fire oblations of sesame seeds, clarified butter, and the like, they grant duty, pleasure, wealth, and liberation. / Whoever recites these mantras of worship, having enjoyed worldly pleasures, goes to heaven.

21.27.p1

Thus ends the twenty-first chapter in the venerable Mahāpurāṇa, the Āgneya, entitled ‘The Account of the Worship of Vāsudeva and Others’.

21.27.p3

Now, the twenty-second chapter.

21.27.p4

The account of the rules for bathing.

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