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 218

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agniruvāca |
puṣkareṇa ca rāmāya rājadharmmaṃ hi pṛcchate |
yathādau kathitaṃ tadvadvaśiṣṭha kathayāmi te || 1 ||
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puṣkara uvāca |
rājadharmaṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvasmāt rājadharmataḥ |
rājā bhavet1 śatruhantā prajāpālaḥ sudaṇḍavān || 2 ||
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pālayiṣyati vaḥ sarvān dharmmasthān vratamācaret |
saṃvatsaraṃ sa vṛṇuyāt purohitamatha dvijaṃ2 || 3 ||
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mantriṇaścākhilānmajñānmahiṣīṃ dharmmalakṣaṇāṃ |
saṃvatsaraṃ nṛpaḥ kāle sasanbhāro'bhiṣecanaṃ || 4 ||
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kuryyānmṛte nṛte nātra kālasya niyamaḥ smṛtaḥ |
tilaiḥ siddhārthakaiḥ snānaṃ sāṃvatsarapurohitau || 5 ||
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ghoṣayitvā jayaṃ rājño rājā bhadrāsane sthitaḥ |
abhayaṃ ghoṣayed durgānmocayedrājyapālake || 6 ||
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purodhasā'bhiṣekāt prāk kāryyaindrī śāntireva ca |
upavāsyabhiṣekāhe vedyagnau juhuyānmanūn3 || 7 ||
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vaiṣṇavānaindramantrāṃstu sāvitrān vaiśvadaivatān |
saumyān svastyayanaṃ śarmmaāyuṣyābhayadāmmanūn || 8 ||
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aparājitāñca kalasaṃ vahnerdakṣiṇapārśvagaṃ |
sampātavantaṃ haimañca pūjayedgandhaṣuṣpakaiḥ || 9 ||
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pradakṣiṇāvarttaśikhastaptajāmbūnadaprabhaḥ |
rathaughameghanirghoṣo vidhūmaśca hutāśanaḥ || 10 ||
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anulomaḥ sugandhaśca svastikākārasannibhaḥ |
prasannācirmmahājvālaḥ sphuliṅgarahito hitaḥ || 11 ||
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na vrajeyuśca madhyena mārjāramṛgapakṣiṇaḥ |
parvatāgramṛdā tāvanmūrddhānaṃ śodhayennṛpaḥ || 12 ||
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valmīkāgramṛdā karṇau vadanaṃ keśavālayāt |
indrālayamṛdā4 grīvāṃ hṛdayantu nṛpājirāt || 13 ||
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karidantoddhṛtamṛdā dakṣiṇantu tathā bhujaṃ |
vṛṣaśrṛṅgoddhṛtamṛdā vāmaścaiva tathā bhujaṃ || 14 ||
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saromṛdā tathā pṛṣṭhamudaraṃ saṅgamān mṛdā |
nadītaṭadvayamṛdā pārśve saṃśodhayettathā5 || 15 ||
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veśyādvāramṛdā rājñaḥ kaṭiśaucaṃ vidhīyate |
yajñasthānāthaivorū gosthānājjānunī tathā || 16 ||
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aśvasthānāttathā jaṅghe rathacakramṛdāṅghrike |
mūrddhānaṃ pañcagavyena bhadrāsanagataṃ nṛpaṃ || 17 ||
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abhiṣiñcedamātyānāṃ catuṣṭayamatho ghaṭaiḥ |
pūrvato hemakumbhena ghṛtapūrṇena brahmaṇaḥ || 18 ||
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rūpyakumbhena yāmye ca kṣīrapūrṇena kṣatriyaḥ |
dadhnā ca tāmrakumbhena vaiśyaḥ paścimagena ca || 19 ||
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mṛṇmayena jalenodak śūdrāmātyo'bhiṣecayet |
tato'bhiṣekaṃ nṛpaterbahvṛ capravaro dvijaḥ || 20 ||
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kurvīta madhunā vipraśchandogadya kuśodakaiḥ |
sampātavantaṃ kalaśaṃ tathā gatvā purohitaḥ || 21 ||
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vidhāya vahnirakṣāntu sadasyeṣu yathāvidhi |
rājaśriyābhiṣeke ca ye mantrāḥ parikīrttitāḥ || 22 ||
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taistu dadyānmahābhāga brāhmaṇānāṃsvanaistathā |
tataḥ purohito gacchedvedimūlantadeva tu6 || 23 ||
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śatacchidreṇa pātreṇa sauvarṇenābhiṣecayet |
yā oṣadhītyoṣadhībhīrathetyukteti gandhakaiḥ || 24 ||
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puṣpaiḥ puṣpavatītyeva brāhmaṇeti ca vījakaiḥ || 7 ||
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ratnairāśaḥ śiśānaśca ye devāśca kuśodakaiḥ || 25 ||
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yajurvedyayarvvavedī8 gandhadvāreti saṃspṛśet |
śiraḥ kaṇṭhaṃ rocanayā sarvatīrthodakairdvijāḥ || 26 ||
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gītavādyādinīrghoṣaiścāmaravyajanādibhiḥ |
sarvauṣadhimayaṃ kumbhaṃ dhārayeyurnṛpāgrataḥ || 27 ||
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taṃ paśyeddarpaṇaṃ rājā ghṛtaṃ vai maṅgalādikaṃ |
abhyarcya viṇuṃ brahmāṇamindrādīṃśca graheśvarān9 || 28 ||
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vyāghracarmmottarāṃ śayyāmupaviṣṭhaḥ purohitaḥ |
madhuparkkādikaṃ dattvā paṭṭabandhaṃ prakārayet || 29 ||
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rājñomukuṭabandhañca pañcakṣanmāttaraṃ dadet |
dhruvādyairiti ca viśeda vṛṣajaṃ vṛṣadaṃśajaṃ || 30 ||
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dvīpijaṃ siṃhajaṃ vyāghrajātañcarmma tadāsane |
amātyasacivādīṃśca pratīhāraḥ pradarśayet || 31 ||
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gojācavigṛhadānādyaiḥ sāṃvatsarapurohitau |
pūjayitvā dvijān prārcya hyanyabhūgonnamukhyakaiḥ || 32 ||
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vahniṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya guruṃ natvātha pṛṣṭhataḥ |
vṛṣamālabhya gāṃ vatsāṃ pūjayitvāśca mantritaṃ || 33 ||
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aśvamāruhya nāgaśca pūjayettaṃ samāruhet |
paribhramedrājamārge balayuktaḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ || 34 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 218

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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