Agni Purana · Chapter 111

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe gaṅgāmāhātmyaṃ nāma
daśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
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:ś atha ekādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
prayāgamāhātmyaṃ
agnir uvāca
vakṣye prayāgamāhātmyaṃ bhuktimuktipradaṃ paraṃ(7) /AP_111.001ab/
prayāge brahmaviṣṇvādyā deva munivarāḥ sthitāḥ

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1 gatirgaṅgā hīti ga.. , ja.. ca
2 gatirgatimatāmiti jha..
3 gaṅgā pāvayate iti jha..
4 patitādayastu iti jha..
5 gacchanti sāmyatāmiti gha.. , jha.. ca
6 gaṅgātīrasamudbhūtamṛddhāro so 'ghahārkavaditi kha.. , ga.. , jha.. ca /
gaṅgātīrasamudbhūtamṛdaṃ mūrdhā vibharti yaḥ / vibharti
rūpaṃ sorkasya tamonāśāya kevalamiti ṅa..
7 bhaktimuktiphalapradamiti ga.. / bhuktimuktipradāyakamiti jha..
:p 375
saritaḥ sāgarāḥ siddhā gandharvasarāpsas tathā /AP_111.002ab/
tatra trīṇyagnikuṇḍāni teṣāṃ madhye tu jāhnavī

vegena samatikrāntā sarvatīrthatiraskṛtā /AP_111.003ab/
tapanasya sutā tatra triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā

gaṅgāyamunayormadhyaṃ(1) pṛthivyā jaghanaṃ smṛtaṃ /AP_111.004ab/
prayāgaṃ jaghanasyāntarupasthamṛṣayo viduḥ(2)

prayāgaṃ sapratiṣṭhānam kambalāśvatarāvubhau /AP_111.005ab/
tīrthaṃ bhogavatī caiva vedī proktā prajāpateḥ

tatra vedāś ca yajñāś ca mūrtimantaḥ prayāgake /AP_111.006ab/
stavanādasya(3) tīrthasya nāmasaṅkirtanādapi

mṛttikālambhanādvāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /AP_111.007ab/
prayāge saṅgate dānaṃ śrāddhaṃ japyādi cākṣayaṃ(4)

na devavacanādvipra na lokavacanādapi /AP_111.008ab/
matirutkramaṇīyānte prayāge maraṇaṃ prati

daśatīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyas tathāparāḥ /AP_111.009ab/
teṣāṃ sānnidhyamatraiva prayāgaṃ paramantataḥ

vāsukerbhogavatyatra haṃsaprapatanaṃ paraṃ /AP_111.010ab/
gavāṃ koṭipradānādyat tryahaṃ snānasya(5) tatphalaṃ

prayāge māghamāse tu evamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ /AP_111.011ab/
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1 gaṅāyamunayormadhye iti kha..
2 saritaḥ sāgarā ity ādiḥ, upasthamṛṣayo vidurityantaḥ pāṭho
ga.. pustake nāsti
3 śravaṇādasyeti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ja.. ca
4 śrāddhadravyādi cākṣayamiti gha..
5 tryahaṃ snātasyeti gha..
:p 376
sarvatra sulabhā gaṅgā triṣu sthāneṣu durlabhā

gaṅādvāre prayāge ca gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame /AP_111.012ab/
atra dānāddivaṃ(1) yāti rājendro jāyate 'tra ca

vaṭamūle saṅgamādau mṛto viṣṇupurīṃ vrajet /AP_111.013ab/
urvaśīpulinaṃ ramyaṃ tīrthaṃ sandhyāvatas tathā

koṭītīrthañcāśvamedhaṃ gaṅgāyamunamuttamaṃ /AP_111.014ab/
mānasaṃ rajasā hīnaṃ tīrthaṃ vāsarakaṃ paraṃ(2)