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 354

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[English text for this chapter is available]

skanda uvāca |
kārakaṃ sampravakṣyāmi vibhaktyarthasamanvitaṃ |
grāmo'sti hemahārkeha naumi viṣṇuṃ śriyā saha || 1 ||
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svatantraḥ karttā vidyāntaṃ kṛtinaḥ samupāsate |
hetukarttālambhayate hitaṃ vai karmmakarttari || 2 ||
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svayaṃ bhidyet prākṛtadhīḥ svayañca chidyate taruḥ |
sarttā'bhihita uttamaḥ karttā'nabhihito'dhamaḥ || 3 ||
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karttā'nabhihito dharmmaḥ śiṣye vyākhyāyate yathā |
karttā pañcavidhaḥ proktaḥ karmma saptavidhaṃ śruṇu || 4 ||
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īpsitaṃ karmma ca yathā śraddadhāti ddari yatiḥ |
anīpsitaṃ karmma yathā ahiṃ laṅghayate bhṛśaṃ || 5 ||
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naivepsitaṃ nānīpsitaṃ dugdhaṃ sambhakṣayanrajaḥ |
bhakṣyedapyakathitaṃ gopālo dogdhi gāṃ payaḥ || 6 ||
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karttṛ karmā'tha gamayecchiṣyaṃ grāmaṃ gururyathā |
karmma cābhihitaṃ pūjā kriyate vai śriye hareḥ || 7 ||
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karmmānabhihitaṃ stotraṃ hareḥ kuryyāttu sarvvadaṃ |
karaṇaṃ dvividhaṃ proktaṃ vāhyamābhyantaraṃ tathā || 8 ||
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cakṣuṣā rūpaṃ gṛhṇāti vāhyaṃ dātreṇa tallunet |
sampradānaṃ tridhā proktaṃ prerakaṃ brāhmaṇāya gāṃ || 9 ||
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naro dadāti nṛpataye dāsantadanumantṛkaṃ |
anirākarttṛkaṃ bhartre dadyāt puṣpāṇi sajjanaḥ || 10 ||
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apādānaṃ dvidhā proktaṃ calamaśvāttu dhāvataḥ |
patitaścācalaṃ grāmādāgacchati sa vaiṣṇavaḥ || 11 ||
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caturddhā cādhikaraṇaṃ vyāpakandadhni vai ghṛtam |
tileṣu tailaṃ devārthamaupaśleṣikamucyate || 12 ||
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gṛhe tiṣṭhet kapirvṛkṣe smṛtaṃ vaiṣayikaṃ yathā |
jale matsyo vane siṃhaḥ smṛtaṃ sāmīpyakaṃ yathā || 13 ||
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gaṅgāyāṃ ghoṣo vasati aupacārikamīdṛśaṃ |
tṛtīyā vātha vā ṣaṣṭhī smṛtā'nabhihite tathā || 14 ||
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viṣṇuḥ sampūjyate lokairgantavyantena tasya vā |
prathamā'bhihitakarttṛ karmmaṇoḥ praṇameddharim || 15 ||
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hetau tṛtīyā cānnena vased vṛkṣāya vai jalaṃ |
caturthī tādarthye'bhihitā pañcamī paryyupāṅmukhaiḥ || 16 ||
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yoge vṛṣṭaḥ pari grāmāddevo'yaṃ balavat purā |
pūrvvo grāmādṛte viṣṇorna muktiritaro hareḥ || 17 ||
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pṛthagvinādyaistṛtīyā pañcamī ca tathā bhavet |
pṛthaggrāmādvihāreṇa vinā śriśca śrīyā śraiyaḥ || 18 ||
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karmmapravacanīyākhyairdvitīyā yogato bhavet |
anvarjjunañca yoddhāro hyabhito grāmamīritaṃ || 19 ||
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namaḥ svāhāsvadhāsvastivaṣaḍādyaiścaturthyapi |
namo devāya te svasti tumarthādbhāvavācinaḥ || 20 ||
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pākāya paktaye yāti tṛtīyā sahayogake |
hetvarthe kutsite'ṅge sā tṛtīyā ca viśeṣaṇe || 21 ||
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pitā'gātsaha putreṇa kāṇo'kṣṇā gadayā hariḥ |
arthena nivasekadbhṛtyaḥ kāle bhāve ca saptamī || 22 ||
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viṣṇau nate bhavenmuktirvasante sa gato harim |
nṛṇāṃ svāmī nṛṣu svāmī nṛṇāmīśaḥ satāmpatiḥ || 23 ||
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nṛṇāṃ sākṣī nṛṣu sākṣī goṣu nātho gavāmpatiḥ |
goṣu sūto gavāṃ sūto rājñāṃ dāyādako'sviha || 24 ||
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annasya hetorvasati ṣaṣṭhī smṛtyarthakarmaṇi |
mātuḥ smarati goptāraṃ nityaṃ syāt kartṛkarmaṇoḥ |
apāṃ bhettā tava kṛtirna niṣṭhādiṣu ṣaṣṭhyapi || 25 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 354

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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