Agni Purana · Chapter 106

mānaś ca dvārataḥ pūrva(4) ūtarasyāndiśi kramāt /AP_105.039ab/
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe gṛhādivāsturnāma pañcādhikaśatatamo
'dhyāyaḥ ||
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:ś atha ṣaḍadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
nagarādivāstuḥ
īśvara uvāca
nagarādikavāstuś ca vakṣye rājyādivṛddhaye /AP_106.001ab/
yojanaṃ yojanārdhaṃ vā(5) tadarthaṃ sthānamāśrayet

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1 vanavāsī mṛtirdhanamiti gha.. / dharmaḥ kaliścetyādiḥ,
mṛtirdhanamityantaḥ pāṭho jha.. pustake nāsti
2 āyuḥ prāvāhyaśasyānīti kha.. , cha.. ca
3 bhogaṃ ca patyaṃ ceti kha.. , cha.. ca
4 dvārataḥ prokta iti gha..
5 bhojanārdhantadardhaṃ ca iti gha.. , ṅa.. ca
:p 362
abhyarcya vāstu nagaraṃ prākārādyantu kārayet /AP_106.002ab/
īśāditriṃśatpadake pūrvadvāraṃ ca sūryake

gandharvābhyāṃ(1) dakṣiṇe syādvāruṇye paścime tathā /AP_106.003ab/
saumyadvāraṃ saumyapade kāryā haṭṭāstu vistarāḥ

yenebhādi sukhaṃ gacchet kuryād dvāraṃ tu ṣaṭkaraṃ /AP_106.004ab/
chinnakarṇaṃ vibhinnañca candrārdhābhaṃ puraṃ na hi

vajrasūcīmukhaṃ neṣṭaṃ(2) sakṛd dvitrisamāgamaṃ /AP_106.005ab/
cāpābhaṃ vajranāgābhaṃ(3) purārambhe hi śāntikṛt

prārcya viṣṇu harārkādīnnatvā dadyād baliṃ balī(4) /AP_106.006ab/
āgneye svarṇakarmārān(5) purasya viniveśayet

dakṣiṇe nṛtyavṛttīnāṃ(6) veśyāstrīṇāṃ gṛhāṇi ca /AP_106.007ab/
naṭānāñcakrikādīnāṃ(7) kaivartādeś ca nairṛte

rathānāmāyudhānāñca kṛpāṇāñca vāruṇe /AP_106.008ab/
śauṇḍikāḥ karmādhikṛtā vāyavye parikarmaṇaḥ(8)

brāhmaṇā yatayaḥ siddhāḥ puṇyavantaś ca cottare /AP_106.009ab/
phalādyādivikrayiṇa īśāne ca vaṇigjanāḥ

pūrvataś ca balādhyakṣā āgneye vividhaṃ balaṃ /AP_106.010ab/
strīṇāmādeśino dakṣe kāṇḍārānnairṛte nyaset

paścime ca mahāmātyān koṣapālāṃś ca kārukān /AP_106.011ab/
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1 gandharvādyā iti ga.. , ja.. ca
2 sūcīmukhaṃ naṣṭamiti jha.. , cha.. ca
3 vyāyataṃ vajranāsābhamiti gha.. / cāpābhaṃ cakranābhābhamiti
ṅa..
4 stutvā natvā baliṃ balī iti ṅa..
5 āgneye tu karmakārāniti kha..
6 dakṣiṇe bhṛtyadhūrtānāmiti cha..
7 naṭānāṃ vāhlikādīnāmiti kha.. , ja.. ca
8 parikarmaṇa iti cha.. , ja.. ca
:p 363
uttare daṇḍanāthāṃś ca nāyakadvijasaṅkulān

pūrvataḥ kṣatriyān dakṣe vaiśyāñchūndrāṃś ca paścime /AP_106.012ab/
dikṣu vaidyān vājinaś ca balāni ca caturdiśaṃ

pūrveṇa caraliṅgyādīñchmaśānādīni dakṣiṇe /AP_106.013ab/
paścime godhanādyañca kṛṣikartṝṃstathottare

nyasenmlecchāṃś ca koṇeṣu grāmādiṣu tathā smṛtiṃ(1) /AP_106.014ab/
śriyaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ dvāri(2) pūrve tau(3) paśyatāṃ śriyaṃ

devādīnāṃ paścimataḥ pūrvāsyāni gṛhāṇi hi /AP_106.015ab/
pūrvataḥ paścimāsyāni dakṣiṇe cottarānanān(4)

nākeśaviṣṇvādidhāmāni rakṣārthaṃ nagarasya ca(5) /AP_106.016ab/
nirdaivatantu nagaragrāmadurgagṛhādikaṃ

bhujyate tat piśācādyai rogādyaiḥ paribhūyate /AP_106.017ab/
nagarādi sadaivaṃ hi jayadaṃ bhuktimuktidaṃ

pūrvāyāṃ śrīgṛhaṃ proktamāgneyyāṃ vai mahānasaṃ /AP_106.018ab/
śanayaṃ dakṣiṇasyāntu(7) nairṛtyāmāyudhāśrayaṃ

bhojanaṃ paścimāyāntu vāyavyāṃ dhānyasaṅgrahaḥ /AP_106.019ab/
uttare dravyasaṃsthānamaiśānyāṃ devatāgṛhaṃ(8)

catuḥśālaṃ triśālaṃ vā dviśālaṃ caikaśālakaṃ /AP_106.020ab/
catuḥśālagṛhāṇāntu śālālindakabhedataḥ(9)

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1 tathā sthitamiti kha.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. ca / yathāsthitamiti ja..
2 vaiśravaṇaṃ vāpi iti ga..
3 pūrvata iti kha..
4 dakṣiṇe cottareṇa ceti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. ca
5 nagarasya hīti kha.. , cha.. ca
6 rogādyair abhibhūyate iti ja..
7 dakṣiṇāyāṃ tviti ga.. , gha.. , jha ca
8 devatālayamiti jha..
9 śālālindaprabhedata iti ka..
:p 364
śatadvayantu jāyante pañcāśat pañca teṣvapi /AP_106.021ab/
triśālāni tu catvāri dviśālāni tu pañcadhā

ekaśālāni catvāri ekālindāni vacmi ca /AP_106.022ab/
aṣṭāviṃśadalindāni gṛhāṇi nagarāṇi ca(1)

caturbhiḥ saprabhiś caiva pañcapañcāśadeva tu /AP_106.023ab/
ṣaḍalindāni viṃśaiva aṣṭābhirviṃśa eva hi(2)