Agnipurana 71
English (machine translation) 71
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71.1
The Lord said: / I shall describe the worship of the Gaṇa [chief], free of obstacles, bestowing all desires: / 'To the Gaṇa, svāhā' is the heart; 'to the Single-tusked One' is the head;
71.2
'to the Elephant-eared One' is the tuft; 'to the Elephant-faced One' is the armor; / 'to the Pot-bellied One' who holds his tusk in hand is the eye and the weapon.
71.3
One should worship Gaṇa, the guru, the sandals, Śakti, Ananta, Dharma, / the principal circle of bones below, and the covering above.
71.4
One should worship the seed-syllables of the pericarp of the lotus, Jvālinī, and Nandā, / Sūryeśā, Kāmarūpā, Udayā, Kāmavartinī,
71.4.p1
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71.4.p2
1 'nirvighnāṃ pāpanāśinīm' is the reading in the two manuscripts marked ga and gha.
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2 'balakarṇine ca' is the reading in the manuscripts marked kha, ga, gha, and ṅa.
71.4.p4
3 'mahodarāye daṇḍahastāyākṣi' is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.
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4 'mukhyāstimaṇḍalam' is the reading in the two manuscripts marked kha and ṅa.
71.5
Satyā, and Vighnanāśā; the seat, fragrant earth, / 'yaṃ' for drying, 'raṃ' for burning, 'laṃ' for flooding, and 'vaṃ' for nectar.
71.6
'We know the pot-bellied one, we meditate upon the large-bellied one; may that tusked one impel us.' / Gaṇapati, Gaṇādhipa, Gaṇeśa, Gaṇanāyaka, / Gaṇakrīḍa, Vakratuṇḍa, Ekadaṃṣṭra, Mahodara,
71.7
Gajavaktra, Lambuka, Kṣirvikaṭa, Vighnanāśana, / Dhūmravarṇa, and Mahendra and the others are taught to be worshipped for Gaṇapati.
71.7.p1
Thus ends the seventy-first chapter, entitled 'Instruction on the Worship of Vināyaka', in the primary Mahāpurāṇa, the Āgneya.
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Now, the seventy-second chapter.
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Instruction on special baths and other rites.
Other recensions (1)
- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit