Agni Purana · Chapter 63

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye lakṣmīsthāpanaṃ nāma
dviṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
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:ś atha triṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sudarśanacakrādipratiṣṭhākathanaṃ
bhagavānuvāca
evaṃ tārkṣyasya cakrasya brahmaṇo nṛhares tathā /AP_63.001ab/
pratiṣṭhā viṣṇuvat kāryā svasvamantreṇa tāṃ śṛṇu

sudarśana mahācakra śānta duṣṭabhayaṅkara /AP_63.002ab/
cchinda chinda bhinda bhinda vidāraya vidāraya paramantrān grasa grasa
bhakṣaya bhakṣaya bhūtān trāyasa trāyasa hūṃ phaṭ sudarśanāya
namaḥ ||
abhyarcya cakraṃ cānena raṇe dārayete ripūn

oṃ kṣauṃ narasiṃha ugrarūpa jvala jvala prajvala prajvala svāhā ||
narasiṃhasya mantroyaṃ pātālākhyasya vacmi te(2) /AP_63.003ab/
oṃ kṣauṃ namo bhagavate narasiṃhāya
pradīptasūryakoṭisahasrasamatejase vajranakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāyaṃ
sphuṭavikaṭavikīrṇakesarasaṭāprakṣubhitamahārṇavāmbhodadundubhinirghoṣāya sarvamantrottāraṇāya ehyehi bhagavannarasiṃha
puruṣaparāparabrahmasatyena sphura sphura vijṛmbha vijṛmbha ākrama
garja garja muñca muñca siṃhanādān vidāraya vidāraya vidrāvaya
vidrāvaya āviśa
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1 bhūsvarṇagavānnādi iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 pātālākhyasya vakṣyate iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
:p 184
āviśa sarvamantrarūpāṇi sarvamantrajātayaś ca hana hana chinda
saṅkṣipa saṅkṣipa sara sara(1) dāraya dāraya sphuṭa sphuṭa
sphoṭaya sphoṭaya jvālāmālāsaṅghātamaya sarvato
'nantajvālāvajrāśanicakreṇa sarvapātālān utsādaya utsādaya sarvato
'natajvālāvajraśarapañjareṇa sarvapātālān parivāraya parivāraya
sarvapātālāsuravāsināṃ hṛdayānyākarṣaya ākarṣaya
śīghraṃ daha daha paca paca matha matha śoṣaya śoṣaya nikṛntaya
nikṛntaya tāvadyāvanme vaśamāgatāḥ pātālebhyaḥ phaṭ
asurebhyaḥ phaṭ mantrarūpebhyaḥ phaṭ mantrajātibhyaḥ phaṭ
saṃśayānmāṃ bhagavannarasiṃharūpa viṣṇo sarvāpadbhyaḥ
sarvamantrarūpebhyo rakṣa rakṣa hrūṃ phaṭ(2) namo 'stu te ||
narasiṃhasya vidyeyaṃ harirūpārthasiddhidā(3)

trilokyamohanair mantraiḥ sthāpyastrailokyamohanaḥ /AP_63.004ab/
gado dakṣe śāntikaro dvibhujo vā caturbhujaḥ

vāmordhve kārayeccakraṃ pāñcajanyamatho hy adhaḥ /AP_63.005ab/
śrīpuṣṭisaṃyuktaṃ kuryād balena saha bhadrayā

prāsāde sthāpayedviṣṇuṃ gṛhe vā maṇḍape 'pi vā /AP_63.006ab/
vāmanaṃ caiva vaikuṇṭhaṃ hayāsyamaniruddhakaṃ

sthāpayejjalaśayyāsthaṃ matsyādīṃścāvatārakān /AP_63.007ab/
saṅkarṣaṇaṃ viśvarūpaṃ liṅgaṃ vai rudramūrtikaṃ

ardhanārīśvaraṃ tadvaddhariśaṅkaramātṛkāḥ /AP_63.008ab/
bhairavaṃ ca tathā sūryaṃ grahāṃstadvināyakam

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1 dara dara iti kha, ga, ṅa, iti cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 rakṣa rakṣa oṃ phaṭ iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / rakṣa
rakṣa hrīṃ phaḍiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
3 harirūpā sumidvidā iti ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ
:p 185
gaurīmindrādikāṃ lepyāṃ(1) citrajāṃ ca balābalāṃ /AP_63.009ab/
pustakānāṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ ca vakṣye likhanatadvidhiṃ

svastike maṇḍale 'bhyarcya śarapatrāsane sthitaṃ(2) /AP_63.010ab/
lekhyañca likhitaṃ pustaṃ gururvidyāṃ hariṃ yajet

yajamāno guruṃ vidyāṃ hariṃ lipikṛtaṃ naraṃ /AP_63.011ab/
prāṅmukhaḥ padminīṃ dhyāyet likhitvā ślokapañcakaṃ

raupyasthamasyā haimyā ca lekhanyā nāgarākṣaraṃ(3) /AP_63.012ab/
brāhmaṇān bhojayecchakyā śaktyā dadyācca dakṣiṇāṃ(4)

guruṃ vidyāṃ hariṃ prārcya purāṇādi likhennaraḥ /AP_63.013ab/
pūrvavanmaṇḍalādye(5) ca aiśānyāṃ bhadrapīṭhake

darpaṇe pustakaṃ dṛṣṭvā secayet pūrvavad ghaṭaiḥ /AP_63.014ab/
netronmīlanakaṃ kṛtvā śayyāyāṃ tu nyasennaraḥ

nyasettu pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ devādyaṃ tatra pustake /AP_63.015ab/
kṛtvā sajīvīkaraṇaṃ prārcya hutvā caruṃ tataḥ

samprāśya dakṣiṇābhistu gurvādīn bhojayeddvijān /AP_63.016ab/
rathena hastinā vāpi bhrāmyet pustakaṃ naraiḥ(6)

gṛhe devālayādau tu pustakaṃ sthāpya pūjayet /AP_63.017ab/
vastrādiveṣṭitaṃ pāṭhādādāvante samarcayet(7)

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1 indrādikāṃ japyamiti ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 śarayantrāsane sthitamiti kha, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
3 raupyamayyātha haimyā vā lekhanyatha varākṣaramiti ṅa,
cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
4 prāṅmukhaḥ padminīṃ dhyāyet likhitvā ca pradāpayet /
brāhmaṇān bhojayecchaktyā śaktyādadyācca dakṣiṇāmiti ga,
cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
5 pūrvamaṇḍapapārśve iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
6 pustakaṃ nara iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
7 ante sadārcayediti kha, ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
:p 186
jagacchāntiñcāvadhārya pustakaṃ vācayennaraḥ /AP_63.018ab/
adhyāyamekaṃ kumbhādbhiryajamānādi secayet

dvijāya pustakaṃ datvā phalasyānto na vidyate /AP_63.019ab/
trīṇyāhuratidānāni gāvaḥ pṛthvīṃ sarasvatī

vidyādānaphalaṃ datvā masyantaṃ patrasañcayaṃ /AP_63.020ab/
yāvattu patrasaṅkhyānamakṣarāṇāṃ tathānagha

tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṇuloke mahīyate /AP_63.021ab/
pañcarātraṃ purāṇāni bhāratāni dadannaraḥ /AP_63.021cd/
kulaikaviṃśamuddhṛtya pare tattve tu līyate