Agnipurana 304
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304.1
Agni said:
The man who recites the fifty-five names of Viṣṇu
obtains the fruit of mantra recitation and the rest, and imperishable [merit] from worship and other rites at sacred fords.
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[One should know] Puṇḍarīkākṣa at Puṣkara, and Gadādhara at Gayā, / Rāghava at Citrakūṭa, and the Slayer of Daityas at Prabhāsa,
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Jaya at Jayantī, and likewise Jayanta at Hastināpura, / Vārāha at Vardhamāna, and Cakrapāṇi in Kaśmīr,
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Janārdana at Kubjāmra, and Keśava at Mathurā, / Hṛṣīkeśa at Kubjāmraka, and Jaṭādhara at Gaṅgādvāra,
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Mahāyoga at Śālagrāma, Hari on Mount Govardhana,
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the Four-Armed at Piṇḍāraka, and the Conch-Bearer at Śaṅkhoddhāra,
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Vāmana at Kurukṣetra, and Trivikrama on the Yamunā, / Viśveśvara on the Śoṇa, Kapila at the Eastern Ocean,
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one should know Viṣṇu in the Great Ocean, at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean, / Vanamālin at Kiṣkindhā, and the god at Raivataka is known [by wise men],
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Mahāyoga on the bank of Kāśī, Ripuñjaya at Virajā, / Ajita at Viśākhayūpa, and Lokabhāvana in Nepāla.
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Know Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā, Madhusūdana at Mandara, / Ripuhara at Lokākula, and one should remember Hari at Śālagrāma.
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Puruṣa at Pūruṣavaṭa, and the Lord of the Universe at Vimala, / Ananta in the Saindhava Forest, and the Bow-Holder in Daṇḍaka,
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Śauri at Utpalāvartaka, the Husband of Śrī on the Narmadā, / Dāmodara at Raivataka, and the Recliner on the Water at Nandā,
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and Gopīśvara in the ocean of the Sindhu, and they know Acyuta at Mahendra, / the Lord of the God of Gods on Mount Sahya, and Vaikuṇṭha in the Māgadha forest,
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the Destroyer of All Sins in the Vindhya, and Puruṣottama in Oḍra; / know the Self in the heart, bestowing worldly enjoyment and liberation upon those who recite [His names].
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Vaiśravaṇa under every banyan tree, Śiva at every crossroads, / Rāma on every mountain, and Madhusūdana everywhere;
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Nara on the earth, likewise in the sky, and Garuda-Bannered at the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha; / constantly remembering Vāsudeva everywhere, one shares in worldly enjoyment and liberation.
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Having recited these names of Viṣṇu, one obtains everything. / Whatever ancestral rite, gift, recitation, and water libation is done in these sacred fields,
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all that is multiplied ten-millionfold; when dead, one becomes identified with Brahman. / Whoever recites or even listens to [them], becoming free of stain, reaches heaven.
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Thus ends the three hundred and fourth chapter, entitled “The Fifty-Five Names of Viṣṇu,” in the great Agni Purāṇa.
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Now begins the three hundred and fifth chapter.
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The Mantras of Narasiṃha and Others.
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit