Agni Purana · Chapter 16

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye mahābhāratavarṇanaṃ nāma
pañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
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:ś atha ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
buddhādyavatārakathanam
agnir uvāca
vakṣye buddhāvatārañca paṭhataḥ śṛṇvatorthadam /AP_16.001ab/
purā devāsure yuddhe daityair devāḥ parājitāḥ

rakṣa rakṣeti śaraṇaṃ vadanto jagmurīśvaram /AP_16.002ab/
māyamohasvaruposau śuddhodanasuto 'bhavat

mohayāmāsa daityāṃstāṃstyājitā vedadharmakam /AP_16.003ab/
te ca bauddhā babhūvurhi tebhyonye vedavarjitāḥ

ārhataḥ so 'bhavat paścādārhatānakarot parān /AP_16.004ab/
evaṃ pāṣaṇḍino jātā vedadharmādivarjitāḥ

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narakārhaṃ karma cakrurgrahīṣyantyadhamādapi /AP_16.005ab/
sarve kaliyugānte tu bhaviṣyanti ca saṅkarāḥ

dasyavaḥ śīlahīnāś ca vedo vājasaneyakaḥ /AP_16.006ab/
daśa pañca ca śākhā vai pramāṇena bhaviṣyati

dharmakañcukasaṃvītā adharmarucayas tathā /AP_16.007ab/
mānuṣān bhakṣayiṣyanti mlecchāḥ pārthivarūpiṇaḥ

kalkī viṣṇuyaśaḥputro yājñavalkyapurohitaḥ /AP_16.008ab/
utsādayiṣyati mlecchān gṛhītāstraḥ kṛtāyudhaḥ

sthāpayiṣyati maryādāṃ cāturvarṇye yathocitām /AP_16.009ab/
āśrameṣu ca sarveṣu prajāḥ saddharmavartmani

kalkirūpaṃ parityajya hariḥ svargaṃ gamiṣyati /AP_16.010ab/
tataḥ kṛtayugānnāma purāvat sambhaviṣyati

varnāśramāś ca dharmeṣu sveṣu sthāsyanti sattama /AP_16.011ab/
evaṃ sarveṣu kalpeṣu sarvamanvantareṣu ca

avatārā asaṅkhyātā atītānāgatādayaḥ /AP_16.012ab/
viṣṇordaśāvatārākhyān yaḥ paṭhet śṛṇuyānnaraḥ

sovāptakāmo vimalaḥ sakulaḥ svargamāpnuyāt /AP_16.013ab/
dharmādharmavyavasthānamevaṃ vai kurute hariḥ /AP_16.013cd/
avatīrṇañca sa gataḥ sargādeḥ kāraṇaṃ hariḥ