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Agnipurana 62

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62.1

The Lord said:
I shall tell you comprehensively the consecration of the gods and other [deities]:
first, the consecration of Lakṣmī, and likewise of the group of goddesses.

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One should perform everything as before, the pavilion, the bathing, and the rest.
Having placed Śrī on an auspicious seat, one should indeed install eight jars.

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Having anointed [her] with ghee, one should bathe [her] with the five bovine products using the root mantra.
With [the verse] 'Golden-hued, a doe...', one should open the two eyes of Śrī.

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1. 'the maṇḍala, the bathing, and the rest' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.

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2. 'one should install jars for Varuṇa' is the reading of the manuscripts marked gha and ṅa.

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With 'Bring that to me...', one should thus offer the three sweets.
With the eastern jar, [reciting] 'Preceded by horses...', one should consecrate her by aspersion.

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With the southern [jar, reciting] 'I am desire...', [and] one should consecrate [her] with the western [jar],
reciting 'The moon of splendid appearance...', and from the north with 'Sun-colored...'

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and from the southeast with 'May it approach me...', from the southwest with 'Hunger and thirst...',
in the northwest with 'By the fragrant doorway...', [and with] 'Desire of the mind, form...'

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with the jar of the northeast upon the head, [bathing her] with golden clay.
The bath with eighty-one jars [is performed] with the mantra, releasing waters onto the earth.

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[Reciting] 'Moist, [standing on] a lotus pond...' with perfumes, and with flowers with 'Moist...', and the rest,
all [is offered] with the mantra 'Bring that to me...', and with the verse 'Who is bliss...'

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onto the bed with the Śāyantīya [hymn], and presence [is established] with the Śrīsūkta.
Having deposited the consciousness-power with the seed-syllable of Lakṣmī, one should worship again.

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Then in the pavilion, with the Śrīsūkta, one should offer lotuses into the fire-pits as fire oblations,
or having offered oleanders a thousand or a hundred [times],

62.11

and one should present household implements, food, and the like, only with the Śrīsūkta.
Then, having performed every consecration of the temple as before,

62.12

having prepared the pedestal with the mantra, then the consecration of Śrī [is done].
And one should recite the Śrīsūkta verse by verse as before [to invoke her] presence.

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Having awakened the consciousness-power, one should bring about the presence [beginning] from the garland.

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1. 'bring here into this' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha.

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2. 'one should seat her in jars with the mantra "Whose head is a horse"' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.

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3. 'and with the mantra he released the earth' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha.

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4. '"Who is bliss" [for offering] clothing' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.

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5. 'having prepared the pedestal with the mantra, installing the image of Śrī' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.

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6. 'one should worship verse by verse' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.

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One should offer land, gold, clothing, cows, food, and the like to the guru [and] to the priest.

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Thus all the goddesses should be installed; having invoked [them], one should contemplate heaven and the other realms.

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Thus ends the sixty-second chapter, called 'The Installation of Lakṣmī', in the primeval Mahāpurāṇa composed by Agni.

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Now begins the sixty-third chapter.

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Account of the Consecration of the Sudarśana Discus and Other [Deities]

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