Agnipurana 316
English (machine translation) 316
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The Lord said: / Sakala, Niṣkala, Śūnya, Kalāḍhya, Svamalaṅkṛta, / Kṣapaṇa, Kṣayamantastha, and the eighth is Kaṇṭhoṣṭha-Śiva.
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The form of the Prāsāda called the Supreme, O Guha, is traditionally known to be eightfold,
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[Footnote]
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[Footnote 1: "ripuduṣṭādi vārayed" in ka.. and ṭa..]
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[Footnote 2: "prasādasya" in kha..]
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[Footnote 3: "smṛtirūpam" in kha..]
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for the attainment of all success of Sadāśiva's sound-form.
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Amṛta, Aṃśubhān, Indu, Īśvara, Ugra, Ūhaka, / Ekapāda, Ojas, Auṣadha, Aṃśumān, Vaśin—
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these are in order from the letter "a" to "kṣa", and from the letter "ka" onwards: / Kāmadeva, Śikhaṇḍin, Gaṇeśa, Kāla, and Śaṅkara;
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Ekanetra, Dvinetra, Triśikha, Dīrghabāhu, / Ekapāda, Ardhacandra, Balapa, Yoginīpriya;
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Śaktīśvara, Mahāgranthi, Tarpaka, Sthāṇu, Dantura, / Nidhīśa, Nandin, Padma, and then another, Śākinīpriya;
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Sukhabimba, Bhīṣaṇa, Kṛtānta, the one named Prāṇa, / Tejasvin, Śakra, Udadhi, Śrīkaṇṭha, and Siṃha;
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Śaśāṅka, Viśvarūpa; and "kṣa" is Narasiṃha. / One should take Viśvarūpa mounted upon the solar measure,
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combining it with Aṃśumat, without the seed of the moon. / First, one should extract Īśāna combined with Ojas.
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Know Puruṣa as the third, and Dakṣiṇa likewise as the fifth; / Vāmadeva as the seventh, and Sadyojāta next.
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And the ninth, joined with Rasa, is declared as the pentad of the five Brahmans. / Beginning with the syllable Oṃ, ending in the dative, and concluding with "namaḥ" are all the mantras.
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From Sadyodeva, [extract] the second, the heart with its ancillary parts. / Know the head as the fourth, from the name Īśvara.
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Ūhaka combined with Viśvarūpa is to be known as the crest;
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[Footnote]
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[Footnote 1: "triśikhī cordhvavāhuka" in kha.. and cha..]
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that mantra is declared as the eighth; the eye is held to be the tenth.
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Śaśin is declared as the weapon; Śikhidhvaja is named Śiva. / "Namaḥ", "svāhā", likewise "vauṣaṭ", "hūṃ", and "phaṭ", in order,
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are the six classes of endings for the heart and other limbs; I shall declare the Prāsāda mantra. / Counted from Īśāna by Rudra, one should extract it coloured by Aṃśu,
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having its head overlaid by Auṣadha, placed upon Ūhaka, / with half-moon and half-sound, situated between two drops;
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at the end thereof Viśvarūpa, and Kuṭila threefold. / Such is the Prāsāda mantra, a formula that performs all rites.
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Extracting the crest-seed, ending with the syllable "phaṭ", followed by "phaṭ", / know it as having the crescent moon as seat, Kāmadeva with the serpent.
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The Mahāpāśupata weapon crushes all evil ones. / Sakala-Prāsāda has been spoken; Niṣkala is now declared.
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Auṣadha, Viśvarūpa, Rudra, the solar disc, / the crescent moon joined with nāda, devoid of vowel, and then Kuṭila:
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the Niṣkala is for enjoyment and liberation; this Sadāśiva has five limbs. / Aṃśumān and Viśvarūpa, encircled, adorned with the void,
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devoid of Brahmans and limbs, empty—its icon is the tree of desire; / it leads to the destruction of obstacles when worshipped by children and simpletons.
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Aṃśumān, Viśvarūpa, resting upon Ūhaka; / the Kalāḍhya of Sakala, and worship of limbs and all else from every side.
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Narasiṃha seated upon Kṛtānta, rising to the head of Tejasvin and Prāṇa,
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[Footnote]
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[Footnote 1: "mantramādarediti" in ña..]
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[Footnote 2: "candrārdhanādasaṃyuktam" in kha..]
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Aṃśumān placed upon Ūhaka, above and below, well-adorned,
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ending in the crescent moon, sound, and nādānta, adorned by Brahmā and Viṣṇu, / Udadhi and Narasiṃha differentiated by the measure of the sun:
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when made thus, its Brahmans and limbs are as before. / One should extract the first letter named Ojas, joined with Aṃśumat.
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The chief second letter is Aṃśumat overlaid by Aṃśu. / Likewise, Aṃśumān with Īśvara, the third, grants liberation.
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Ūhaka overlaid by Aṃśu, Varuṇa, Prāṇa, and Taijasa— / the fifth is proclaimed, and after that Kṛtānta.
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Aṃśumān, Udaka, and Prāṇa are the seventh letter extracted. / Padma overlaid by Indu; Nandīśa holding Ekapāda;
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the first is to be joined at the end: Kṣapaṇa has ten seed-syllables. / Half of it, and the third, fifth, and seventh,
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Sadyojāta as the ninth; from the second, the heart and other limbs. / That which is the ten-syllabled Praṇava ending with "phaṭ" is extracted as the weapon.
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Here the Brahmans and limbs are accompanied by salutations, not otherwise. / From the second, up to eight, are considered the eight Lord of Lore:
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Ananteśa, Sūkṣma, and the third is Śivottama, / Ekamūrti, Ekarūpa, and another is Trimūrti,
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Śrīkaṇṭha, and Śikhaṇḍin—these eight are remembered as the Lords of Lore. / From Śikhaṇḍin up to Ananta, ending in mantras, the iconic form is declared.
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Thus ends the three hundred and sixteenth chapter, named "Extraction of the Mantras of Sakala and Others", in the Mahāpurāṇa called the Āgneya.
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Now, the three hundred and seventeenth chapter:
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Worship of the Gaṇas.
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