Agni Purana · Chapter 4

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye kūrmāvatāro nāma tṛtīyo
'dhyāyaḥ ||
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1 hariṇā cāsinā cchinnamiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 bhaveyaṃ ye tadā dānaṃ dāsyante syāttadakṣayamiti kha,
cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
3 māyayā mohito rudrastarasā tāṃ jagāma ha / mohinīṃ prāpya
matimān striyaḥ keśāmadhārayaditi ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
4 tatra tatra mahātīrthaṃ kṣetrāṇāmuttamottamamiti ga,
cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
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:ś atha caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ
varāhādyavatāravarṇanaṃ
agnir uvāca
avatāraṃ varāhasya vakṣye 'haṃ pāpanāśanam /AP_4.001ab/
hiraṇyākṣo 'sureśo 'bhūt(1) devān jitvā(2) divi sthitaḥ

devair gatvā stuto viṣṇur yajñarūpo varāhakaḥ /AP_4.002ab/
abhūt, taṃ dānavaṃ hatvā daityaiḥ sākañca kaṇṭakam(2)

dharmadevādirakṣākṛt tataḥ so 'ntardadhe hariḥ /AP_4.003ab/
hiraṇyākṣasya vai bhrātā hiraṇyakaśipus tathā(4)

jitadevayajñabhāgaḥ sarvadevādhikārakṛt /AP_4.004ab/
nārasiṃhavapuḥ kṛtvā taṃ jaghāna suraiḥ saha

svapadasthān surāṃś cakre nārasiṃhaḥ suraiḥ stutaḥ /AP_4.005ab/
devāsure purā yuddhe baliprabhṛtibhiḥ surāḥ

jitāḥ svargātparibhraṣṭā hariṃ vai(5) śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ /AP_4.006ab/
surāṇāmabhayaṃ datvā adityā kaśyapena ca

stuto 'sau vāmano bhūtvā hy adityāṃ sa kratuṃ yayau /AP_4.007ab/
baleḥ śrīyajamānasya, rājadvāre 'gṛṇāt śrutiṃ

devān paṭhantaṃ taṃ śrutvā vāmanaṃ varado 'bravīt /AP_4.008ab/
nivārito 'pi śukreṇa balir brūhi yad icchasi

tatte 'haṃ sampradāsyāmi, vāmano balimabravīt /AP_4.009ab/
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1 surendrobhūditi gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 surān jitveti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
3 sārdhantu kaṇṭakamiti kha, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ
4 hiraṇyakaśipustadeti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
5 harinte iti kha, ga, gha, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ
:p 8
padatrayaṃ hi gurvarthaṃ(1) dehi dāsye tamabravīt

toye tu patite haste vāmano 'bhūdavāmanaḥ /AP_4.010ab/
bhūrlokaṃ sa bhuvarlokaṃ svarlokañca padatrayaṃ

cakre baliñca sūtalaṃ tacchakrāya dadau hariḥ /AP_4.011ab/
śakro devair hariṃ stutvā bhuvaneśaḥ sukhī tvabhūt

vakṣye paraśurāmasya cāvatāraṃ śṛṇu dvija /AP_4.012ab/
uddhatān kṣatriyān matvā bhūbhāraharaṇāya saḥ

avatīrṇo hariḥ śāntyai devaviprādipālakaḥ /AP_4.013ab/
jamadagne reṇukāyāṃ bhārgavaḥ śastrapāragaḥ

dattātreyaprasādena kārttavīryo nṛpastvabhṛt /AP_4.014ab/
sahasrabāhuḥ sarvorvī- patiḥ sa mṛgayāṃ gataḥ

śrānto(2) nimantrito 'raṇye muninā jamadagninā /AP_4.015ab/
kāmadhenuprabhāveṇa bhojitaḥ sabalo nṛpaḥ

aprārthayat kāmadhenuṃ(3) yadā sa na dadau tadā /AP_4.016ab/
hṛtavānatha rāmeṇa śiraśchitvā nipātitaḥ

yuddhe paraśunā rājā dhenuḥ svāśramamāyayau(4) /AP_4.017ab/
kārttavīryasya putraistu jamadagnirnipātitaḥ

rāme vanaṃ gate vairād atha rāmaḥ samāgataḥ /AP_4.018ab/
pitaraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā pitṛnāśābhimarṣitaḥ

triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṃ niḥkṣatrāmakarodvibhuḥ /AP_4.019ab/
kurukṣetre pañca kuṇḍān kṛtvā santarpya vai pitṝn

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1 me gurvarthamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 bhrānta iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
3 aprārthayaddhomadhenumiti kha, ga, cihinitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ
4 sadhenuścāśramaṃ yayau iti kha, gha, ṅa,
cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ
:p 9
kāśyapāya mahīṃ datvā mahendre parvate sthitaḥ /AP_4.020ab/
kūrmasya ca varāhasya nṛsiṃhasya ca vāmanaṃ /AP_4.020cd/
avatāraṃ ca rāmasya śrutvā yāti divaṃ naraḥ