Agnipurana 92

English (machine translation) 92

Language: English

92.4 — 2 parts
92.13 — 10 parts
92.24 — 7 parts
92.35 — 6 parts
92.43 — 11 parts
92.45 — 2 parts
92.48 — 1 part
92.49 — 9 parts
92.50 — 1 part
92.56 — 9 parts
92.59 — 3 parts

92.1

Īśvara said:
I shall explain consecration in sequence and in brief, O Guha.
The pedestal is Śakti, Śiva is the liṅga; their union is that [consecration] through Śiva mantras.

92.2

There are five varieties of consecration; I shall describe their nature to you.
Where there is union with the Brahmā stone, that is consecration in the specific sense.

92.3

Installation (sthāpana), however, is placement in the pedestal according to rule.
The placement of an already existing [liṅga] whose pedestal is separate is called sthitasthāpana.

92.4

And raising (utthāpana) is proclaimed as that which is preceded by the removal of the liṅga,
wherein having erected the liṅga, consecration is performed by the wise.

92.4.p2

1 'tathā kṣau hrau mantrāḥ sūryasya' is the reading in the manuscripts marked ga and gha. / [page 288]

92.5

Fixing (āsthāpana) is declared to be of two kinds, for Viṣṇu and others.
In all of these, one should unite consciousness with supreme Śiva.

92.6

According to the distinction of receptacle and the like, [consecration] is also fivefold in temples.
Then one should perform examination of the earth with the desire of [building] a temple.

92.7

White with the smell of clarified butter, red with the smell of blood, fragrant,
yellow, and black with the smell of liquor: such is the ground in order for Brahmins and the other [castes].

92.8

In the east, northeast, or north everywhere, and among these the east is distinguished
[The soil] on which, when a cubit-sized pit is dug and refilled, the earth exceeds [the pit]—

92.9

The teacher should recognize that earth as excellent, or [test it] when sprinkled with water and the like
If corrupted with bones, charcoal, and the like, he should purify it thoroughly.

92.10

For a city, a village, or a fort, or to prepare [ground] for a house or temple,
by repeated digging, by pasturing herds of cattle, or by plowing [he should purify it].

In the pavilion, having performed the rites beginning with the worship of the door and ending with the satisfaction of mantras,
he should worship the Aghorāstra [mantra] a thousand times according to the rules.

92.12

Having leveled and smeared the ground, he should purify the directions
With gold, curd, and unbroken grains he should draw lines in a clockwise direction.

92.13

In a full pitcher placed in the chamber of Īśāna [northeast] from the center, he should worship Śiva
Having worshipped the site architecture, he should sprinkle the spade and other tools with that water.

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[...]

92.13.p2

1 The reading of one and a half verses, beginning with 'utthāpanaś ca...' and ending with 'viṣṇvādikasya ca...', is absent in manuscript ga.

92.13.p3

2 'yathādhārābhibhedena' in ga.

92.13.p4

3 'raktagandhānugandhī' in kha.

92.13.p5

4 'praśasyate' in gha.

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5 'śodhayed dhruvam' in gha.

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6 The half-verse 'nagaragrāma...' is absent in manuscript gha.

92.13.p8

7 'mantradīptyavasānakam' in ga. / 'mantrabhūmyavasānakam' in gha.

92.13.p9

8 'nirvartya ghorāstraṃ mahāstram' in ga.

92.13.p11

10 'svarṇakuṇḍe' in ga. / 'svarṇakumbhe' in gha., ṅa., and ca.
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92.14

Having worshipped the hosts of demons outside, he should cast the directional offering according to rule
Having sprinkled and bathed the ground, he should worship the spade and other [tools].

92.15

Having placed another pitcher covered with a pair of cloths upon the shoulder of a twice-born,
resounding with singing, musical instruments, and the recitation of Vedic mantras,

92.16

and having performed worship in the pitcher, when the astrological moment arrives in the fire [southeast] chamber,
he should dig with the consecrated spade smeared with honey.

92.17

He should throw the earth toward the southwest, and pour the pitcher's water into the pit
He should lead it to the eastern boundary of the town, as far as desired.

92.18

Then, staying there for a moment, he should circumambulate around the town,
sprinkling boundary-marks as far as the domain of Īśāna [northeast].

92.19

This is declared to be the offering of water because of the circumambulation with the pitcher
In this manner he should take possession of the ground; thereafter:

92.20

Down to gravel or down to water, wishing to destroy the flaw of hidden foreign matter,
he should have it excavated; if the earth is virgin, he should extract the foreign matter according to rule.

92.21

From the letters A, Ka, Ca, Ṭa, Ta, Pa, Ya, and Śa, if a person [asks], the query's syllables
projected from Agni onto the banner [series] indicate the foreign matter in its proper place.

92.22

And from the bodily movement of the client he should know its measure
From the entrance of animals and the like, by the mentions and cries, [he should know] the directions.

92.23

He should write the syllabary rich in eight groups on a board or on the ground
The knowledge of foreign matter is by virtue of the groups, in order from the east ending with the northeast.

92.24

In the A-group [there is] iron; in the Ka-group, charcoal from fire

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92.24.p2

1 'bhūmiṃ saṃsicya saṃsthāpya' in ga., gha., and ṅa.

92.24.p3

2 'kuddālākhyam' in ga.

92.24.p4

3 'pūrvamīśāntam' in kha.

92.24.p5

4 'srāvayet' in kha.

92.24.p6

5 'nava cet praśnākṣarāṇi bhāṣante' in ga. and gha.

92.24.p7

6 'pūrvādīnāṃ tataḥ' in kha.
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92.24_2

In the Ca-group, there would be ashes in the south; in the Ṭa-group, bone in the southwest

92.25

In the Ta-group, a brick in the west; and a skull in the Pa-group
In the Ya-group, a corpse, worms, and the like; in the Śa-group, he should declare iron

92.26

In the Ha-group, silver; likewise from the vowel-group [he should determine] baneful objects as well
Having inspected [these], with the soil at intervals of eight inches filling cubit-measures,

92.27

filling the pit to three-quarters with [earth] moistened with water and beaten with mallets,
and having the ground smeared and leveled there, the teacher,

92.28

holding the general water offering, should proceed to the pavilion to be described
Having worshipped the guardian deities of the arched gateway and doors, he should enter through the western door.

92.29

He should perform the purification of himself and other rites there, the consecration of the fire-pit and pavilion,
the water-pot associated with the Vardhanī pitcher, and the worship of Śiva and the world-protectors.

92.30

He should perform the birth and worship of the fire and all [else] as previously
Accompanied by the patron, he should go to the bathing pavilion of the stones.

92.31

The stones of the temple and liṅga, named the 'foot', 'dharma', and so forth,
eight inches high, square, and a cubit in length are commended.

92.32

The stones should be made of rock, or of brick [at] half of that [size]
In a stone temple they are stone slabs; in a brick [temple], made of brick.

92.33

Marked with the nine faces and the like, lotuses, marked with lotuses;
Nandā, Bhadrā, Jayā, Riktā, and Pūrṇā is considered the fifth.

92.34

Of these, Padma, Mahāpadma, Śaṅkha, then Makara,
and Samudra: these five are the treasure-pitchers [placed] below in order.

92.35

Nandā, Bhadrā, Jayā, Pūrṇā, Ajitā, and Aparājitā,

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[...]

92.35.p2

1 'muśalair mudgarāhataiḥ' in ṅa.

92.35.p3

2 'vardhanīyuktam' in ga. and ṅa.

92.35.p4

3 'yajamānārcitaḥ' in gha.

92.35.p5

4 'navarudrādyaiḥ' in gha.

92.35.p6

5 The reading of two verses, beginning with 'pāṣāṇānām...' and ending with 'pañcamī matā', is absent in manuscript ga.
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92.35_2

Vijayā, the one named Maṅgalā, and Dharaṇī as the ninth stone

92.36

Subhadra, Vibhadra, Sunanda, Puṣpanandaka,
Jaya, and Vijaya, Kumbha, Pūrṇa, and likewise Uttara

92.37

are the treasure-pitchers of the nine in order of enumeration.
Having first given a seat, striking and inscribing with the arrow-mantra,

92.38

[there should be] veiling with the armor-mantra for all of them without distinction
With earths, a mixture of cow dung, urine, astringent decoctions, and perfumed water,

92.39

with the weapon-mantra ending in 'hūṃ phaṭ', he should perform the cleansing bath
according to rule, [followed by] a bath with the five products of the cow and with the five nectars.

92.40

He should make an interval with perfumed water, using the mantra marked with its own name;
then with water [containing] fruits, gems, gold, and [water poured from] a cow's horn,

92.41

anointing the stone with sandalwood paste, he should cover it with cloths
Having offered a seat made of gold, and leading [it] clockwise around the sacrifice,

92.42

He should deposit [them] upon a couch or upon a bed of kuśa grass with the heart mantra, / having worshipped and placed the aggregate of cosmic principles from intellect ending with earth.

92.43

He should deposit in sequence the three cosmic principles that pervade the three sections, / from intellect down to the mind, extending up to the subtle elements of perception;

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[...]

92.43.p2

1. 'puṣpadantaka' in manuscripts kha, ga, gha, and ṅa.

92.43.p3

2. 'eastern and likewise northern' in gha.

92.43.p4

3. 'having given the praṇava' in kha.

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4. 'by means of an arrow' in kha and ga.

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5. 'veiling with the subtle element' in kha.

92.43.p7

6. 'ending with huṃ phaṭ' in ga.

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7. 'he should make it marked with the name of the twice-born' in kha; 'he should make it marked with his own name' in ga.

92.43.p9

8. 'having smeared completely' in ga.

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9. 'or upon a bed of kuśa grass he should distinguish with the heart mantra' in kha; 'and upon a bed of kuśa grass he should deposit with the heart mantra' in ga.

92.43.p11

10. 'from intellect down to the mind, extending up to the mind and subtle elements' in gha. / The text of one and a half verses beginning with 'having cooked' and ending with 'extending up to the subtle elements' is absent in manuscript ga. / Page 292.

92.44

from the subtle elements down to earth is the presence of Śiva, Vidyā, and Ātman. / He should worship the cosmic principles with their own mantras and the lords of the cosmic principles with the heart mantra,

92.45

in their places marked with garlands of flowers and the like in due order:

92.45.p1

‘Oṃ hūṃ, homage to the Śiva-principle! Oṃ hūṃ, homage to Rudra, the presiding lord of the Śiva-principle! Oṃ hāṃ, homage to the Vidyā-principle! Oṃ hāṃ, homage to Viṣṇu, the presiding lord of the Vidyā-principle! Oṃ hāṃ, homage to the Ātma-principle!

92.45.p2

Oṃ hāṃ, homage to Brahmā, the presiding lord of the Ātma-principle!’

92.45_2

Earth, fire, sacrificer, sun, water, wind, moon, and ether—

92.46

on each cosmic principle he should deposit the eight forms, stone by stone: / Śarva, Paśupati, and Ugra, Rudra, Bhava, then Īśvara,

92.47

and Mahādeva and Bhīma, and the lords of the forms in due order: / mantras such as ‘Oṃ, homage to the Earth-form; Oṃ, homage to the Lord of the Earth,’ [and then] the guardians of the world according to their number with their own seeds.

92.48

Having deposited [them], he should worship the water jars with those mantras or with their own syllables. / The seed-syllables of Indra and the others, however, are in the order to be stated:

92.48.p1

‘lūṃ, rūṃ, śūṃ, pūṃ, vūṃ, yūṃ, mūṃ, hūṃ, kṣūṃ.’

92.49

The nine-stone option has thus been described; likewise the five-station stone [option]:

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[...]

92.49.p2

1, 2. 'oṃ hraṃ' in ga and gha.

92.49.p3

3. 'oṃ hīṃ' in gha.

92.49.p4

4. 'vidyātattvādhipataye' in kha.

92.49.p5

5. The reading beginning with 'oṃ hūṃ homage to the presiding lord of the Śiva-principle' and ending with 'oṃ hāṃ homage to Brahmā, the presiding lord of the Ātma-principle' is absent in manuscript ga.

92.49.p6

6. 'paśupatiṃ bhīmam' in gha.

92.49.p7

7. 'bhavamakheśvaram' in gha.

92.49.p8

8, 9. 'nijātmabhiḥ' in kha and ga; the half-verse beginning with 'vinyasya' is absent in manuscript ga.

92.49.p9

10. 'oṃ hūṃ ghūṃ būṃ yūṃ mūṃ haṃ kṣam' in ga; 'oṃ kaṃ sūṃ pūṃ śūṃ hrūṃ kṣam' in gha; 'lūṃ rūṃ śūṃ pūṃ vūṃ cūṃ mūṃ hūṃ kṣūm' in kha. / Page 293.

92.49_2

For each cosmic principle he should deposit five forms according to cosmic projection, beginning with earth:

92.50

Brahmā, Viṣṇu, likewise Rudra, Īśvara, and Sadāśiva; / and these five lords of forms are to be worshipped upon them as before:

92.50.p1

‘Oṃ, homage to the Earth-form! Oṃ, homage to Brahmā, the presiding lord of the Earth-form!’—such are the mantras.

92.51

Having worshipped the five water pots in sequence with their own names, / he should confine [them] according to rule. The deposition is in the order of the central stone.

92.52

Then he should make an enclosure with the protective-wall mantra using ashes and darbha grass; / having deposited the bearing power into the fire-pits and worshipped her, he should offer libation

92.53

with ghee and the like to the cosmic principles, their lords, the forms, and the lords of the forms. / Then, for the purification of the Brahmā-portion, performing in order the primary and secondary limbs with the Brahmā mantras,

92.54

ending with one hundred [oblations] up to the full oblation, the stones are to be sprinkled with the water of pacification. / Touching them with kuśa grass, he should worship them in sequence for each cosmic principle.

92.55

Having effected presence and then connection, he should deposit them purified once more; / thus, proceeding repeatedly, he should perform the rite upon the three divisions:

92.56

‘Oṃ āṃ īṃ, homage to the Ātma-principle and the Vidyā-principle!’

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[...]

92.56.p2

1. 'nyastavyāstāsu' in kha.

92.56.p3

2. 'nibadhnāti' in kha, ga, and ṅa.

92.56.p4

3. 'tatra tatrādhipān mūrtīrmūrtīśāṃśceti' in ṅa.

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4. 'tantratattvādhipān mūrtīrmūrtīśāṃsve' in kha.

92.56.p6

5. 'prokṣya śāntijalaiḥ śilām' in kha; 'prokṣya śāntijalaiḥ śilā' in ga and gha.

92.56.p7

6. 'kṛtvā mantram' in ga.

92.56.p8

7. The half-verse beginning with 'sānnidhyam' is absent in manuscript ṅa. / The text between 'sānnidhyamatha sandhānam' and 'hrasvadīrghaprayogataḥ' is absent in manuscript gha.

92.56.p9

8. 'oṃ āṃ hāṃ ātmatattvavidyātattvāya namaḥ' in ga; 'oṃ āṃ iṃ uṃ vidyātattvaśivatattvābhyāṃ namaḥ' in ḍa; 'oṃ āṃ iṃ ātmavidyātattvāya namaḥ' in kha. / Page 294.

92.56_2

He should touch the triad of the Brahmā-mantras, the limbs, and so forth in sequence with the roots and tips of darbha grass.

92.56_3

He should perform the unification of the cosmic principles through the application of short and long [vowels]:

92.57

‘Oṃ hāṃ uṃ, homage to the Vidyā-principle and the Śiva-principle!’ / [Placing] copper jars filled with ghee and honey, containing gems, / sprinkled with pañcagavya and offering-water, having the world guardians as their presiding deities,

92.58

and having worshipped them with their own mantras, he should perform fire oblation in their presence. / Then he should contemplate the presiding deities of all the stones:

92.59

possessing the form of Vidyā, bathed, gold-coloured, wearing garments of stone. / For the eradication of defects such as deficiency and the like, and for the purification of the architectural site, / he should offer one hundred oblations for each with the weapon mantra, concluding at the crown.

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