Agni Purana [sanskrit]

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This Sanskrit edition of the Agnipurana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. It contains either 382 or 383 chapters and over 10.000 verses (Sanskrit Shlokas).

Chapter 142

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[English text for this chapter is available]

īśvara uvāca |
mantrauṣadhāni cakrāṇi vakṣye sarvapradāni ca |
cauranāmno varṇaguṇo dvighno mātrāścaturguṇāḥ || 1 ||
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nāmnā hṛte bhaveccheṣadyauro'tha jātakaṃ vade |
praśne ye viṣamā varṇāste garbhe putrajanmadāḥ || 2 ||
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nāmavarṇaiḥ samaiḥ kāṇo vāme'kṣṇi viṣamaiḥ punaḥ |
dakṣiṇākṣi bhavetkāṇaṃ strīpunnāmākṣarasya ca || 3 ||
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mātrāvarṇāścaturnighanā varṇapiṇḍe guṇe kṛte |
same strī viṣame nā syādviśeṣe ca mṛtiḥ striyāḥ || 4 ||
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prathamaṃ rūpaśūnye'tha prathamaṃ mriyate pumān |
praśnaṃ sūkṣmākṣarairgṛhya dravyairbhāge'khile matam || 5 ||
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śanicakraṃ pravakṣyāmi tasya dṛṣṭiṃ parityajet |
rāśisthaḥ saptame dṛṣṭiścaturdaśaśaterdhikā || 6 ||
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ekadvyaṣṭadvādaśamaḥ pādadṛṣṭiśca taṃ tyajet |
dinādhipaḥ praharabhākśeṣā yāmārdhabhāginaḥ || 7 ||
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śanibhāgantyajedyuddhe dinarāhuṃ vadāmi te |
ravau pūrve'nile mande gurau yāmye'nale bhṛgau || 8 ||
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agnau kuje bhavetsomye sthite rāhurbudhe sadā |
phaṇirāhustu praharamaiśe vahnau ca rākṣase || 9 ||
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vāyau saṃveṣṭayitvā ca śatruṃ hantīśasanmukhaṃ |
tithirāhuṃ pravakṣyāmi pūrṇimāgneyagocare || 10 ||
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amāvāsyā vāyave ca rāhuḥ sammukhaśatruhā |
kādyā jāntāḥ sammukhe syuḥ sādyā dāntāśca dakṣiṇe || 11 ||
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akle tyajetkujagaṇān dhādyā māntāśca pūrvataḥ |
yādyā hāntā uttare syustithidṛṣṭiṃ vivarjayet || 12 ||
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pūrvāśca dakṣiṇāstisro rekhā vai mūlabhedake |
sūryarāśyādi saṃlikhya dṛṣṭau hānirjayo'nyathā || 13 ||
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viṣṭirāhuṃ pravakṣyāmi aṣṭau rekhāstu pātayet |
śivādyamaṃ yamādvāyuṃ vāyorindraṃ tato'mbupaṃ || 14 ||
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nairṛtācca nayeccandraṃ candrādagniṃ tato jale |
jalādīśe caredrāhurviṣṭyā saha mahābalaḥ || 15 ||
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aiśānyāṃ ca tṛtīyādau saptamyādau ca yāmyake |
evaṃ kṛṣṇe site pakṣe vāyau rāhuśca hantyarīn || 16 ||
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indrādīn bhairavādīṃśca brahmāṇyādīn grahādikān |
aṣṭāṣṭakañca pūrvādau yāmyādau vātayoginīṃ || 17 ||
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yāndiśaṃ vahate vāyustatrastho ghātayedarīn |
dṛḍhīkaraṇamākhyāsye kaṇṭhe bāhvādidhāritā || 18 ||
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puṣyoddhṛtā kāṇḍalakṣyaṃ vārayetśarapuṅkhikā |
tathā 'parājitā pāṭhā dvābhyāṃ khaḍgaṃ nivārayet || 19 ||
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oṃ namo bhagavati vajraśṛṅkhale hana 2 oṃ bhakṣa 2 oṃ khāda oṃ are raktaṃ piba kapālena raktākṣi raktapaṭe bhasmāṅgi bhasmaliptaśarīre vajrāyudhe vajrākāranicite pūrvāṃ diśaṃ bandha 2 oṃ dakṣiṇāṃ diśambandha 2 oṃ paścimāṃ diśambandha 2 uttarāṃ diśambandha 2 nāgān bandha 2 nāgapatnīrbandha 2 oṃ asurān bandha 2 oṃ yakṣarākṣasapiśācān bandha 2 oṃ pretabhūtagandharvādayo ye kecidupadravāstebhyo rakṣa 2 oṃ ūrdhavaṃ rakṣa 2 adhā rakṣa 2 oṃ kṣurika bandha 2 oṃ jvala mahābale ghaṭi 2 oṃ moṭi 2 saṭāvalivajjāgnivajraprākāre huṃ phaṭhrīṃ hrūṃ śrīṃ phaṭhrīṃ haḥ phūṃ pheṃ phaḥ sarvagrahebhyaḥ sarvavyādhibhyaḥ sarvaduṣṭopadravebhyo hrīṃ aśeṣebhyo rakṣa || 2 ||
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grahajvarādibhūteṣu sarvakarmasu yojayet || 20 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 142

The Agni Puranam (Anandashram Edition)
by Shri Chimna Apate (श्री चिमणा आपटे) (1987)

Publisher: Anandashram, Pune; 633 pages; Title: अग्निपुराणम्;

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Agni Purana with Hindi Translation
by Tarinish Jha and Dr. Ghanshayam Tripathi (तारिणीश् झा और डॉ. घनश्याम त्रिपाठी) (2007)

Publisher: Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad; 1199 pages; Title: अग्निपुराणम् (संस्कृत एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद);

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Agni Purana (Two Volumes)
by M. N. Dutt (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Editor: K. L. Joshi.; ISBN-10: 8171101690; ISBN-13: 9788171101696; 1070 pages.

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Agni-Purana (Set of 4 Volumes)
by N. Gangadharan (2006)

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; ISBN: Part I 8120803590 (9788120803596); Part II 8120803604 (‎9788120803602); Part III 8120801741 (9788120801745); Part IV 812080306X (9788120803060); 1271 pages.

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