Agnipurana 46
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46.1
The Lord said: / I shall declare the icons of the śālagrāma and others, which grant worldly enjoyment and liberation. / Vāsudeva is black, has two discs of the śālagrāma at the entrance.
46.2
Saṅkarṣaṇa is to be known as having two joined discs, red, and excellent. / Pradyumna has a minute disc, many apertures, and a long blue body.
46.3
Aniruddha is yellow, marked with a lotus, round, and possessing two or three lines. / Nārāyaṇa is black, elevated at the navel, and having a long cavity.
46.4
Parameṣṭhin is endowed with a lotus and a disc, has an aperture at the back, and is marked with dots. / Viṣṇu has a thick disc, is black, and has a line in the middle shaped like a mace.
46.5
Nṛsiṃha is tawny, has a thick curved [line], and possesses five dots. / Varāha has the mark of a spear; his two discs are uneven and spread out.
46.6
He resembles a sapphire, is thick, marked with three lines, and auspicious. / Kūrma is likewise elevated on the back, has a circular spiral, and is black.
46.7
Hayagrīva has a line resembling an elephant-goad, is blue, and marked with dots.
46.7.p1
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46.7.p2
[Alternative reading:] 'pṛthuśccchidraśceti' is the variant reading in the manuscript marked ṅa. / [Page 134]
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Vaikuṇṭha has a single disc, is endowed with a lotus, and has a tail-line with gems.
46.8
Matsya is long, has three dots, has the color of glass, and is plump. / Śrīdhara is marked with a garland of forest flowers, has five lines, and is round.
46.9
Vāmana is round, exceedingly short, blue, and marked with dots. / Trivikrama is dark, has a line on the right, and a dot on the left.
46.10
Ananta has the body of a serpent's coils, manifold luster, and manifold forms. / Dāmodara is thick, has a central disc, and small dots at the entrance.
46.11
Sudarśana has a single disc; Lakṣmīnārāyaṇa has two; / the god Acyuta has three discs, or Trivikrama has three discs.
46.12
Janārdana has four discs, and Vāsudeva has five; / Pradyumna has six curved [lines], and Saṅkarṣaṇa has seven.
46.13
Puruṣottama has eight discs; Navavyūha is marked with nine; / Daśāvatāra has ten; Aniruddha has eleven; / Dvādaśātman has twelve; beyond this, [the icon] is Ananta.
46.13.p1
Thus ends the forty-sixth chapter, titled 'The Characteristics of the Icons such as the Śālagrāma', in the venerable Mahāpurāṇa composed by Agni.
46.13.p3
Now the forty-seventh chapter.
46.13.p4
Declaration of the worship of the śālagrāma and other [stones].
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit