Agnipurana 48
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48.1
The Lord said: / Keśava, whose form is the syllable Oṃ, bears the lotus, conch, disc, and mace. / Nārāyaṇa holds the conch, lotus, mace, and disc in circumambulatory order.
48.2
Next, Mādhava holds the mace, disc, conch, and lotus; I bow to him. / Govinda, mighty, holds the disc, Kaumodakī, lotus, and conch.
48.3
Viṣṇu, the grantor of liberation, holds Śrī, mace, lotus, conch, and disc. / I bow to Madhusūdana, who holds the conch, disc, lotus, and mace.
48.4
With devotion, Trivikrama holds a lotus, mace, discus, and conch.
May Vāmana, holding a conch, discus, mace, and lotus, always protect me.
48.5
Śrīdhara is described as holding a lotus, discus, bow, and conch.
May Hṛṣīkeśa, holding a mace, discus, lotus, and conch, protect us.
48.6
Padmanābha is the boon-giver, holding a conch, lotus, discus, and mace.
I bow to Dāmodara, who holds a lotus, conch, mace, and discus.
48.7
Vāsudeva, holding a mace, conch, discus, and lotus, pervaded the world.
May Saṅkarṣaṇa, holding a mace, conch, lotus, and discus, protect you all.
48.7.p1
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48.7.p2
[Footnote 1: The reading in the three manuscripts marked kha, ga, and ṅa is 'jitaṃ tataḥ'.]
48.7.p3
[Footnote 2: The reading in the manuscript marked ṅa is 'cakrī gadyatha śaṅkhyapi'.] / [Page 137]
48.8
Lord Pradyumna holds a mace, discus, conch, and lotus.
May Aniruddha, holding a discus, mace, conch, and lotus, protect us.
48.9
Puruṣottama, lord of the gods, is endowed with a discus, lotus, conch, and mace.
May Adhokṣaja, holding a lotus, mace, conch, and discus, protect you all.
48.10
The god Nṛsiṃha holds a discus, lotus, mace, and conch; I bow to him.
May Acyuta, holding Śrī, a mace, lotus, discus, and conch, protect you all.
48.11
Upendra has the form of a child, holding a conch, mace, discus, and lotus.
Janārdana holds a lotus, discus, conch, and mace.
48.12
Hari holds a conch, lotus, discus, and the Kaumodakī [mace].
Kṛṣṇa holds a conch, mace, lotus, and discus; he grants me worldly enjoyment and liberation.
48.13
Vāsudeva is the primary icon; from him arose Saṅkarṣaṇa.
From Saṅkarṣaṇa arose Pradyumna, and from Pradyumna, Aniruddha.
48.14
By division into Keśava and the rest, three-fold in sequence for each one:
whoever recites or listens to this hymn of twelve syllables embodying the twenty-four icons,
becomes stainless and attains everything.
48.14.p1
Thus ends the forty-eighth chapter, called 'Hymn of the Twenty-Four Icons', in the venerable Agni Mahāpurāṇa.
48.14.p3
Now begins the forty-ninth chapter.
48.14.p4
Description of the characteristics of Matsya and other [incarnations].
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit