Agni Purana · Chapter 213

nivedayāmi bhaktyā tu bhuktimuktyarthahetave /AP_212.036ab/
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe merudānāni nāma
dvādaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
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:ś atha trayodaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
pṛthvīdānāni
agnir uvāca
pṛthvīdānaṃ pravakṣyāmi pṛthivī trividhā matā /AP_213.001ab/
śatakoṭiryojanānāṃ saptadvīpā sasāgarā

jambudvīpāvadhiḥ sā ca uttamā medinīritā /AP_213.002ab/
uttamāṃ pañcabhirbhāraiḥ kāñcanaiś ca prakalpayet

tadardhāntarajaṃ kūrmaṃ tathā padmaṃ samādiśet /AP_213.003ab/
uttamā kathitā pṛthvī dvyaṃśenaiva tu madhyamā

kanyasā ca tribhāgena(1) trihānyā kūrmapaṅkaje /AP_213.004ab/
palānāntu sahasreṇa kalpayet kalpapādapaṃ

mūladaṇḍaṃ sapatrañca phalapuṣpasamanvitaṃ /AP_213.005ab/
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1 svalpā sā tu tribhāgeneti ṅa.. , ṭa.. ca
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pañcaskandhantu saṅkalpya pañcānāndāpayet sudhīḥ

etaddātā brahmaloke pitṛbhirmodate ciraṃ /AP_213.006ab/
viṣṇvagre kāmadhenuntu palānāṃ pañcabhiḥ śataiḥ

brahmaviṣṇumaheśādyā devā dhenau vyavasthitāḥ /AP_213.007ab/
dhenudānaṃ sarvadānaṃ sarvada brahmalokadaṃ

viṣṇvagre kapilāṃ dattvā tārayet sakalaṃ kulaṃ /AP_213.008ab/
alaṅkṛtya striyaṃ dadyādaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet(1)

bhūmiṃ dattvā sarvabhāk syāt sarvaśasyaprarohiṇīm /AP_213.009ab/
grāmaṃ vātha puraṃ vāpi(2) kheṭakañca dadt sukhī

kārttikyādau(3) vṛṣotsargaṃ kurvaṃstārayate kulaṃ(4)