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Agnipurana 98

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Īśvara said: / I shall declare the consecration of Gaurī together with her worship; listen. / Having set up the pavilion and other requisites previously, one should raise [her] onto [the couch].

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Having deposited those [deities] on the bed, and the mantras of the icon and so forth, O Guha, / one should perform the installation of the Lord, ending with the self, knowledge, and Śiva.

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Then, having deposited the supreme Śakti, and having offered fire oblations and recited [mantras] as before, / and having joined the pedestal, which embodies the Śakti of action,

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meditating on it as pervading the region, and having deposited the jewels and other items likewise, / having thus established it, one should subsequently install the Goddess upon it:

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her who embodies the supreme Śakti, with her own mantra through the union of Śakti; / then one should deposit the Śakti of action on the pedestal, and knowledge upon the body.

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From there, having invoked the all-pervading Śakti, one should unite it; / having anointed Ambikā, bearing the name of Śiva, one should worship her:

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"Oṃ, homage to the Support-Power! Oṃ, homage to the Tortoise! Oṃ, likewise homage to Skanda! Oṃ hrīṃ, homage to Nārāyaṇa! Oṃ, homage to Sovereignty!"

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1. "One should enter the pavilion and so forth" in manuscript ga.

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2. "And the weapon of Śiva" in manuscript gha.

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3 "Likewise the supreme Śakti" according to manuscript Kha.

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4 "Having praised" according to manuscript Ja.

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5 "Caṇḍī" according to manuscript Kha.

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6 "By the self" according to manuscript Cha.

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7 "The name Tryambakeśī and having begun" according to manuscript Ja.

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"Oṃ aṃ, reverence to the lower covering. Oṃ, reverence to the lotus seat. Oṃ, reverence to the upper covering. Oṃ, reverence to the lotus seat." Then the Keśavas are likewise to be worshipped: "Oṃ hrīṃ, reverence to the pericarp. Oṃ kṣaṃ, to the lotus-eyed ones"—here he should worship. "Oṃ hāṃ, reverence to Puṣṭi; hrīṃ, to Jñānā; hrūṃ, to Kriyā." Then, "Reverence: oṃ, reverence to the stalk. Ruṃ, reverence to Dharma. Ruṃ, indeed reverence to Jñāna. Oṃ, indeed reverence to Vairāgya. Oṃ, indeed reverence to Adharma. Oṃ ruṃ, indeed reverence to Ajñāna.

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Reverence: oṃ, indeed reverence to Avairāgya. Aṃ, reverence to Anaiśvarya."

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"Huṃ, to Vāc; huṃ, and to Rāgiṇī; kraiṃ, to Jvālinī." Then, "Reverence: oṃ hrauṃ, and reverence to Śamā; hruṃ, then reverence to Jyeṣṭhā. Oṃ hrauṃ rauṃ krauṃ, to the nine Śaktis; gauṃ, and to the seat of Gaurī; gauṃ, reverence to the icon of Gaurī." Now the root mantra of Gaurī is stated: "Oṃ hrīṃ saḥ, O Mahāgaurī, beloved of Rudra, svāhā; reverence to Gaurī. Gāṃ hrūṃ hrīṃ, let Śiva be gūṃ, to Śivā, to the armor; goṃ, to the eye; goṃ, to the weapon; oṃ gauṃ, to Vijñānaśakti; oṃ gūṃ, reverence to Kriyāśakti." In the east and other [quarters], the regents led by Śakra: "Oṃ suṃ, reverence to Subhagā"; then, the seed-syllable hrīṃ with Lalitā; "Oṃ hrīṃ, and reverence to Kāminī; oṃ hrūṃ, Kāmaśālinī." Having consecrated Gaurī with these mantras, having worshipped, and then having recited, one enjoys all.

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Thus in the Mahāpurāṇa of Agni, the ninety-eighth chapter, entitled "The Consecration of Gaurī."

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Footnotes:

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1 "Oṃ khaṃ puṣkarebhyaḥ" according to manuscript Kha.

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2 "Dhaṃ dharmāya namaḥ" according to manuscript Kha.

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3 "Vaṃ jñānāya namaḥ" according to manuscript Kha.

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4 "Ruṃ adharmāya namaḥ" according to manuscript Ṅa.

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5 "Vāmāyai" according to manuscripts Kha, Ga, Gha, and Ṅa.

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6 "Oṃ hūṃ saḥ" according to manuscript Gha.

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7 "Hrīṃ kriyāśaktaye namaḥ" according to manuscript Jha; "Oṃ kriyāśaktaye namaḥ" according to manuscript Gha.

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8 "Japtvānurūpataḥ" according to manuscripts Ga, Cha, and Ca.

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Now the ninety-ninth chapter.

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Instruction on the consecration of Sūrya.

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