Agni Purana · Chapter 73

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye snānādividhirnāma dvisaptatitamo
'dhyāyaḥ ||
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:ś atha trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūryapūjāvidhiḥ
īśvara uvāca
vakṣye sūryārcanaṃ skanda karāṅganyāsapūrvakaṃ /AP_73.001ab/
ahaṃ tejomayaḥ sūrya iti dhyātvārghyamarcayet

pūrayedraktavarṇena lalāṭākṛṣṭavindunā /AP_73.002ab/
taṃ saṃpūjya raveraṅgaiḥ kṛtvā rakṣāvaguṇṭhanaṃ

samprokṣya tajjalair dravyaṃ pūrvāsyo bhānumarcayet /AP_73.003ab/
oṃ aṃ hṛdvījādi(1) sarvatra pūjanaṃ daṇḍipiṅgalau

dvāri dakṣe vāmapārśve īśāne aṃ gaṇāya ca /AP_73.004ab/
agnau guruṃ pīṭhamadhye prabhūtaṃ cāsanaṃ yajet

agnyādau vimalaṃ sāramārādhyaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ /AP_73.005ab/
sitaraktapītanīlavarṇān siṃhanibhān yajet

padmamadhye rāṃ ca dīptāṃ rīṃ sūkṣmāṃ raṃ jayāṃkramāt(2) /AP_73.006ab/
rūṃ bhadrāṃ reṃ vibhūtīś ca vimalāṃ raimamoghayā

roṃ rauṃ vidyutā śaktiṃ pūrvādyāḥ sarvatomukhāḥ /AP_73.007ab/
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1 oṃ hāṃ hṛdvījādīti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 ruṃ jayāṃ kramāditi kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
:p 209
raṃ madhye arkāsanaṃ syāt sūryamūrtiṃ ṣaḍakṣaraṃ

oṃ haṃ khaṃ kholkayeti yajedāvāhya bhāskaraṃ /AP_73.008ab/
lalāṭākṛṣṭamañjalyāṃ dhyātvā raktaṃ nyasedraviṃ

hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ(1) sūryāya namo mudrayāvāhanādikaṃ /AP_73.009ab/
vidhāya prītaye vimbamudrāṃ gandhādikaṃ dadet

padmamudrāṃ bilvamudrāṃ pradarśyāgnau hṛdīritaṃ /AP_73.010ab/
oṃ āṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ arkāya śirase tathā

bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ sureśāya śikhāyai(2) nairṛte yajet /AP_73.011ab/
huṃ kavacāya(3) vāyavye hāṃ netrāyeti(4) madhyataḥ

vaḥ astrāyeti pūrvādau tato mudrāḥ pradarśayet /AP_73.012ab/
dhenumudrā hṛdādīnāṃ goviṣāṇā ca netrayoḥ

astrasya trāsanī yojyā grahaṇāṃ ca namaskriyā /AP_73.013ab/
soṃ somaṃ buṃ budhaṃ vṛñca jīvaṃ bhaṃ bhārgavaṃ yajet

dale pūrvādike 'gnyādau aṃ bhaumaṃ śaṃ śanaiś caraṃ /AP_73.014ab/
raṃ rāhuṃ keṃ ketave ca gandhādyaiś ca khakholkayā

mūlaṃ japtvārghyapātrāmbu datvā sūryāya saṃstutiḥ /AP_73.015ab/
natvā parāṅmukhañcārkaṃ(5) kṣamasveti tato vadet

śarāṇunā phaḍantena samāhatyāṇusaṃhṛtiṃ(6) /AP_73.016ab/
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1 hrīṃ hraṃ hraiṃ sa iti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
2 sureśāya jvāliniśikhāyai iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
3 krūṃ kavacāya iti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ
4 hrīṃ netrāyetīti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / bhāṃ netrāyeti ga,
cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
5 parāṅmukhañcārghyamiti kha, ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
6 śavānunā phaḍantena samāhṛtyānusaṃhatimiti kha,
cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ / śavāṇunā phaḍantena samahatyārthaṃ
saṃhatimiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
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hṛtpadme śivasūryetisaṃhāriṇyopasaṃskṛtiṃ(1)

yojayettejaś caṇḍāya ravinirmālyamarpayet /AP_73.017ab/
abhyarcyaiśe(2) japāddhyānāddhomātsarvaṃ raverbhavet