Agni Purana · Chapter 24

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye ādimūrtyādipūjāvidhirnāma
trayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
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:ś atha caturviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
kuṇḍanirmāṇādividhiḥ
nārada uvāca
agnikāryaṃ pravakṣyāmi yena syātsarvakāmabhāk /AP_24.001ab/
caturabhyadhikaṃ viṃśamaṅgulaṃ caturasrakaṃ

sūtreṇa sūtrayitvā tu kṣetraṃ tāvat khanetsamaṃ /AP_24.002ab/
khātasya mekhalā kāryā tyaktvā caivāṅguladvayaṃ

sattvādisañjñā(1) pūrvāśā dvādaśāṅgulamucchritā /AP_24.003ab/
aṣṭāṅgulā dvyaṅulātha caturaṅgulavistṛtā

yonirdaśāṅgulā ramyā ṣaṭcaturdvyaṅgulāgragā /AP_24.004ab/
kramānnimnā tu kartavyā paścimāśāvyavasthitā

aśvatthapatrasadṛśī kiñcit kuṇḍe niveśitā /AP_24.005ab/
turyāṅgulāyatā nālaṃ pañcadaśāṅgulāyataṃ

mūlantu tryaṅgulaṃ(2) yonyā agraṃ tasyāḥ ṣaḍaṅgulaṃ /AP_24.006ab/
lakṣaṇañcaikahastasya dviguṇaṃ dvikarādiṣu

ekatrimekhalaṃ kuṇḍaṃ vartulādi vadāmyahaṃ /AP_24.007ab/
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1 sadmādisañjñā iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 malantu dvyaṅgulamiti ga,cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
:p 59
kuṇḍārdhe tu sthitaṃ sūtraṃ koṇe yadatiricyate

tadardhaṃ diśi saṃsthāpya bhrāmitaṃ vartulaṃ bhavet /AP_24.008ab/
kuṇḍārdhaṃ koṇabhāgārdhaṃ diśiścottarato vahiḥ

pūrvapaścimato yatnāllāñchayitvā tu madhyataḥ /AP_24.009ab/
saṃsthāpya bhrāmitaṃ kuṇḍamardhacandraṃ bhavet śubhaṃ

padmākāre dalāni syurmekhalānāntu vartule /AP_24.010ab/
bāhudaṇḍapramāṇantu homārthaṃ kārayet srucaṃ

saptapañcāṅgulaṃ vāpi caturasrantu kārayet /AP_24.011ab/
tribhāgena bhavedgartaṃ madhye vṛttaṃ suśobhanam

tiryagūrdhvaṃ samaṃ khātādvahirardhantu śodhayet /AP_24.012ab/
aṅgulasya caturthāṃśaṃ śeṣārdhārdhaṃ tathāntataḥ

khātasya mekhalāṃ ramyāṃ śeṣārdhena tu kārayet /AP_24.013ab/
kaṇṭhaṃ tribhāgavistāraṃ aṅguṣṭhakasamāyataṃ

sārdhamaṅguṣṭhakaṃ vā syāttadagre tu mukhaṃ bhavet /AP_24.014ab/
caturaṅgulavistāraṃ pañcāṅgulamathāpi vā

trikaṃ dvyaṅgulakaṃ tat syānmadhyantasya suśobhanam /AP_24.015ab/
āyāmastatsamastasya madhyanimnaḥ suśobhanaḥ

śuṣiraṃ kaṇṭhadeśe syādviśed yāvat kanīyasī /AP_24.016ab/
śeṣakuṇḍantu kartavyaṃ yathāruci vicitritaṃ

sruvantu hastamātraṃ syāddaṇḍakena samanvitaṃ (1) /AP_24.017ab/
vaṭukaṃ dvyaṅgulaṃ(2) vṛttaṃ kartavyantu suśobhanaṃ

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1 kuṇḍakena samanvitamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 kaṇṭhakaṃ dvyaṅgulamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ candrābhaṃ
dvyaṅgulamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
:p 60
gopadantu yathā magnamalpapaṅke tathā bhavet /AP_24.018ab/
upalipya likhedrekhāmaṅgulāṃ vajranāsikāṃ(1)

saumyāgrā prathamā tasyāṃ rekhe pūrvamukhe tayoḥ /AP_24.019ab/
madhye tisras tathā kuryāddakṣiṇādikrameṇa tu

evamullikhya cābhyukṣya praṇavena tu mantravit /AP_24.020ab/
viṣṭaraṃ kalpayettena tasmin śaktintu vaiṣṇavīṃ

alaṃ kṛtvā mūrtimatīṃ kṣipedagniṃ hariṃ smaran /AP_24.021ab/
prādeśamātrāḥ samidho datvā parisamuhya taṃ

darbhaistridhā paristīrya pūrvādau tatra pātrakaṃ /AP_24.022ab/
āsādayedidhmavahnī bhūmau ca śrukśruvadvayaṃ

ājyasthālī carusthālī kuśājyañca praṇītayā /AP_24.023ab/
prokṣayitvā prokṣaṇīñca gṛhītvāpūrya vāriṇā

pavitrāntarhite haste pariśrāvya ca tajjalaṃ /AP_24.024ab/
prāṅnītvā prokṣaṇīpātraṇ jyotiragre nidhāya ca

tadadbhistriś ca samprokṣya iddhmaṃ vinyasya cāgrataḥ /AP_24.025ab/
praṇītāyāṃ supuṣpāyāṃ viṣṇuṃ dhyātvottareṇa ca

ājyasthālīmathājyena sampūryāgre nidhāya ca /AP_24.026ab/
samplavotpavanābhyāntu kuryādājyasya saṃskṛtiṃ

akhaṇḍitāgrau nirgarbhau kuśau prādeśamātrakau /AP_24.027ab/
tābhyāmuttānapāṇibhyāmaṅguṣṭhānāmikena tu

ājyaṃ tayostu saṅgṛhya dvirnītvā triravāṅkṣipet(2) /AP_24.028ab/
sruksruvau cāpi saṅgṛhya tābhyāṃ prakṣipya vāriṇa

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1 rudranāsikāmiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ vaktranāsikāmiti ṅa,
cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 ādyaṃ tayostu sampūjya trīn vārānūrdhvamutkṣipediti ṅa,
cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
:p 61
pratapya darbhaiḥ sammṛjya punaḥ prakṣyālya caiva hi /AP_24.029ab/
niṣṭapya sthāpayitvā(1) tu praṇavenaiva sādhakaḥ

praṇavādinamontena paścāddhomaṃ samācaret /AP_24.030ab/
garbhādhānādikarmāṇi yāvadaṃśavyavasthayā

nāmāntaṃ vratabandhāntaṃ samāvartāvasānakam /AP_24.031ab/
adhikārāvasānaṃ vā karyādaṅgānusārataḥ

praṇavenopacārantu kuryātsarvatra sādhakaḥ /AP_24.032ab/
aṅgair homastu kartavyo yathāvittānusārataḥ

garbhādānantu prathamaṃ tataḥ puṃsavanaṃ smṛtam /AP_24.033ab/
sīmantonnayanaṃ jātakarma nāmānnaprāśanam

cūḍakṛtiṃ vratabandhaṃ vedavratānyaśeṣataḥ(2) /AP_24.034ab/
samāvartanaṃ patnyā ca yogaścāthādhikārakaḥ(3)

hṛdādikramato dhyātvā ekaikaṃ karma pūjya ca /AP_24.035ab/
aṣṭāvaṣṭau tu juhuyāt pratikarmāhutīḥ punaḥ

pūrṇāhutiṃ tato dadyāt śrucā mūlena sādhakaḥ /AP_24.036ab/
vauṣaḍantena mantreṇa plutaṃ susvaramuccaran

viṣṇorvahnintu saṃskṛtya śrapayedvaiṣṇavañcarum /AP_24.037ab/
ārādhya sthiṇḍile viṣṇuṃ mantrān saṃsmṛtya saṃśrapet (4)

āsanādikrameṇaiva sāṅgāvaraṇamuttamam /AP_24.038ab/
gandhapuṣpaiḥ samabhyarcya dhyātā devaṃ surottamam

ādhāyedhmamathāghārāvājyāvagnīśasaṃsthitau /AP_24.039ab/
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1 niyujya sthāpayitveti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 devavratānyaśeṣata iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
3 yogaścāthādhikārata iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
4 mantrān santarpya saṃtrapet iti kha, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ
:p 62
vāyavyanairṛtāśādipravṛttau tu yathākramam

ājyabhāgau tato hutvā cakṣuṣī dakṣiṇottare /AP_24.040ab/
madhyetha juhuyātsarvamantrānarcākrameṇa tu

ājyena tarpayenmūrterdaśāṃśenāṅgahomakam /AP_24.041ab/
śataṃ sahasraṃ vājyādyaiḥ samidbhirvā tilaiḥ saha(1)

samāpyārcāntu homāntāṃ śucīn śiṣyānupoṣitān /AP_24.042ab/
āhūyāgre niveśyātha hy astreṇa prokṣayet paśūn

śiṣyānātmani saṃyojya avidyākarmabandhanaiḥ /AP_24.043ab/
liṅgānuvṛttaś caitanyaṃ saha liṅgena pāśitam(2)

dhyānamārgena samprokṣya vāyuvījena śodhayet /AP_24.044ab/
tato dahanavījena sṛṣṭiṃ brahmāṇḍasañjñikām

nirdagdhāṃ sakalāṃ dhyāyedbhasmakūṭanibhasthitām /AP_24.045ab/
plāvayedvāriṇā bhasma saṃsāraṃ vārmayaṃsmaret(3)AP_24.045cd/
tatra śaktiṃ nyaset paścāt pārthivīṃ bījasañjñikām /AP_24.046ab/
tanmātrābhiḥ samastābhiḥ saṃvṛtaṃ pārthivaṃ śubham

aṇḍantadudbhavandhyāyettadādhārantadātmakam /AP_24.047ab/
tanmadhye cintayenmūrtiṃ pauruṣīṃ praṇavātmikām

liṅgaṃ saṅkrāmayet paścādātmasthaṃ pūrvasaṃskṛtam (4) /AP_24.048ab/
vibhaktendriyasaṃsthānaṃ kramād vṛddhaṃ vicintayet

tatoṇḍamabdamekaṃ tu sthitvā dviśakalīkṛtam /AP_24.049ab/
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1 samidbhirvā tilais tathā iti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 saha liṅgena darśitamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
3 saṃsārañcākṣayaṃ smarediti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
4 sthaṇḍile pūrvasaṃskṛtamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
:p 63
dyāvāpṛthivyau śakale tayormadhye prajāpatim

jātaṃ dhyātvā punaḥ prokṣya praṇavena tu saṃśritam /AP_24.050ab/
mantrātmakatanuṃ kṛtvā yathānyāsaṃ puroditam

viṣṇurhastaṃ tato mūrdhni datvā dhyātvā tu vaiṣṇavam /AP_24.051ab/
evamekaṃ bahūn vāpi janitvā dhyānayogataḥ

karau saṅgṛhya mūlena netre baddhvā tu vāsasā /AP_24.052ab/
netramantreṇa mantrī tān sadanenāhatena tu

kṛtapūjo guruḥ samyak devadevasya tattvavān /AP_24.053ab/
śiṣyān puṣpāñjalibhṛtaḥ prāṅmukhānupaveśayet

arcayeyuś ca tepyevamprasūtā guruṇā harim /AP_24.054ab/
kṣiptvā puṣpāñjaliṃ tatra puṣpādibhiranantaram

amantramarcanaṃ kṛtvā(1) guroḥ pādārcanantataḥ /AP_24.055ab/
vidhāya dakṣiṇāṃ dadyāt sarvasvaṃ cārdhameva vā

guruḥ saṃśikṣayecchiṣyān taiḥ pūjyo nāmabhirhariḥ /AP_24.056ab/
viśvaksenaṃ yajedīśaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam

tajjapantañca tarjanyā maṇḍalasthaṃ visarjayet //57

viṣṇunirmālyamakhilaṃ viṣvaksenāya cārpayet /AP_24.058ab/
praṇītābhis tathātmānamabhiṣicya ca kuṇḍagaṃ

vahnimātmani saṃyojya viṣvaksenaṃ visarjayet /AP_24.059ab/
bubhukṣuḥ sarvamāpnoti mumukṣur līyate harau