Agnipurana 76

English (machine translation) 76

Language: English

76.9 — 6 parts
76.14 — 3 parts

76.1

Īśvara said: / Then, going into the presence of Śiva and saying, 'O Lord, accept / my worship, fire oblation, and other rites, and their holy fruit,'

76.2

with water offering for the deity, with the ritual gesture called 'arising', / with a steady mind, preceded by the heart seed-syllable, one should offer [it] with the root mantra.

76.3

Then, having worshipped as before, praised with hymns, and prostrated, / offering an averted water offering, and saying, 'Forgive me!',

with the iron-arrow ritual gesture, with the weapon mantra ending in 'phaṭ', withdrawing the collection of elements / into oneself, one should unite the liṅga with the icon mantra by means of divine [power].

76.5

When the deity has been worshipped on an altar, having drawn the assembly of mantras into oneself / according to the prescribed rule, one should perform the worship of Caṇḍa:

76.6

'Oṃ salutation to Caṇḍeśāna' in the center, to Caṇḍa's icon. / 'Oṃ to Dhūlicaṇḍeśvara hūṃ phaṭ svāhā'—one should invoke him with this.

76.7

'To the heart of Caṇḍa hūṃ phaṭ', 'Oṃ to the head of Caṇḍa' likewise, / 'Oṃ to the crest of Caṇḍa hūṃ phaṭ', and 'To the armor of Caṇḍa',

76.8

likewise 'To the weapon of Caṇḍa hūṃ phaṭ'. One should meditate on Caṇḍa born of Rudra's fire, / holding a trident and a chisel, black, with a rosary and water-pot,

76.9

or in a chisel-shaped [pit] or a crescent, four-faced, one should worship him.

76.9.p1

[Footnote]

76.9.p2

1 Reading in the manuscript marked ga: 'oṃ balicaṇḍeśvarāya'.

76.9.p3

2 Reading in the manuscript marked ṅa: 'krūṃ phaṭ'.

76.9.p4

3 Reading in the manuscript marked ga: 'hūṃ caṇḍaśirase svāhā'.

76.9.p5

4 Reading in the two manuscripts marked ga and gha: 'hūṃ phaṭ caṇdata'.

76.9.p6

5 Reading in the manuscript marked kha: 'ṭaṅkāreṇārdhacandre'. / [p. 227]

76.9_2

One should perform recitation according to one's ability, and a tenth part for the auxiliary limbs.

76.10

Leaving aside cows, land, gold, garments, gems, gold ornaments, and the like, / one should offer the remaining used offerings to Caṇḍeśa:

76.11

'Food to be licked, sucked, and the like, the excellent betel, garlands, ointments, / the used offerings, and food are presented to you by the command of Śiva.

76.12

Whatever of this whole division of rituals has been performed by me by your command, O Caṇḍa, / deficient or excessive through delusion, may it always be complete for me.'

76.13

Having thus addressed the Lord of gods, offering him a water offering, remembering him, / with the icon mantra of dissolution, slowly with the dissolution ritual gesture,

76.14

with the root mantra accompanied by inhalation, one should unite the mantras into oneself. / One should smear the place of removing the used offerings with cow-dung water; / having sprinkled it, dismissed the water offerings and other things, and sipped water, one should perform other rites.

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Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit

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