Agni Purana · Chapter 90

:e ity ādimahapurāṇe āgneye ekatattvadīkṣākathanaṃ nāma
ūnanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
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:ś atha navatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
abhiṣekādikathanaṃ
īśvara uvāca
śivamabhyarcyābhiṣekaṃ kuryācchiṣyādike śriye /AP_90.001ab/
kumbhānīśādikāṣṭhāsu kramaśo nava vinyaset

teṣu kṣārodaṃ kṣīrodaṃ dadhyudaṃ ghṛtasāgaraṃ /AP_90.002ab/
ikṣukādambarīsvādumastūdānaṣṭasāgarān(1)

niveśayed yathāsaṅkhyamaṣṭau vidyeśvarānatha /AP_90.003ab/
ekaṃ śikhaṇḍinaṃ rudraṃ śrīkaṇṭhantu dvitīyakaṃ

trimūrtamekarudrākṣamekanetraṃ śivottamaṃ /AP_90.004ab/
saptamaṃ sūkṣmanāmānamanantaṃ rudramaṣṭamaṃ

madhye śivaṃ samudrañca śivamantraṃ ca vinyaset /AP_90.005ab/
yāgālayān digīśasya racite snānamaṇḍape

kuryāt karadvayāyāmāṃ vedīmaṣṭāṅgulocchritāṃ /AP_90.006ab/
śrīparṇādyāsane tatra vinyasyānantamānasaṃ

śiṣyaṃ niveśya pūrvāsyaṃ sakalīkṛtya pūjayet /AP_90.007ab/
kāñjikaudanamṛdbhasmadūrvāgomayagolakaiḥ

siddhārthadadhitoyaiś ca kuryānnirmañchanaṃ tataḥ /AP_90.008ab/
kṣārodānukrameṇātha hṛdā vidyeśaśambaraiḥ

kalasaiḥ snāpayecchiṣyaṃ svadhādhāraṇayānvitaṃ /AP_90.009ab/
paridhāpya site vastre niveśya śivadakṣiṇe

pūrvoditāsane śiṣyaṃ punaḥ pūrvavadarcayet /AP_90.010ab/
uṣṇīṣaṃ yogapaṭṭañca mukuṭaṃ kartarīṃ ghaṭīṃ

akṣamālāṃ pustakādi śivakādyadhikārakaṃ /AP_90.011ab/
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1 svādugargodānaṣṭasāgarāniti ka, kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
:p 285
dīkṣāvyākhyāpratiṣṭhādyaṃ jñātvādyaprabhṛti tvayā

suparīkṣya(1) vidhātavyamājñāṃ saṃśrāvayediti /AP_90.012ab/
abhivādya tataḥ śiṣyaṃ praṇipatya maheśvaraṃ

vighnajvālāpanodārthaṃ kuryādvijñāpanāṃ yathā /AP_90.013ab/
abhiṣekārthamādiṣṭastvayāhaṃ gurumūrtinā

saṃhitāpāragaḥ so 'yamabhiṣikto mayā śiva /AP_90.014ab/
tṛptaye mantracakrasya pañcapañcāhutīryajet

dadyāt pūrṇāṃ tataḥ śiṣyaṃ sthāpayennijadakṣiṇe /AP_90.015ab/
śiṣyadakṣiṇapāṇisthā aṅguṣṭhādyaṅgulīḥ kramāt

lāñchayedupabaddhāya dagdhadarbhāgraśambaraiḥ /AP_90.016ab/
kusumāni kare datvā praṇāmaṃ kārayedamuṃ

kumbhe 'nale śive svasmisaṃstataskṛtyamāviśet /AP_90.017ab/
anugrāhyāstvayā śiṣyāḥ śāstreṇa suparīkṣitāḥ

bhūpavanmānavādīnāmabhiṣekādabhīpsitaṃ /AP_90.018ab/
āṃ śrāṃ śrauṃ paśuṃ hūṃ phaḍiti astrarājābhiṣekataḥ