Agni Purana

उदङ्‌मुखः कुण्डमीक्षेत् प्रोक्षणं ताडनं कुशैः। विदध्यादस्त्रमन्त्रेण वर्म्मणाभ्युक्षणं मतं

Facing north, one should inspect the altar, sprinkle and strike it with kuśa grass, perform the prescribed mantra, and anoint it with protective water.

खड्गेन खातमुद्धारं पूरणं समतामपि। कुर्वीत वर्म्मणा सेकं कुट्टनन्तु शरात्मना

With a sword, one should dig and clear the pit, fill it and level it; then sprinkle with protective water and pound it with an arrow.

सम्मार्ज्जनं समालेपं कलारूपप्रकल्पनम्। त्रिसूत्रीपरिधानं च वर्म्मणाभ्यर्च्चनं सदा

One should sweep, smear, and shape it according to the proper measure, bind it with three threads, and always worship with protective water.

रेखात्रयमुदक् कुर्य्यादेकां पूर्वाननामधः। कुशेन च शिवास्त्रेण यद्वा तासां विपर्य्ययः

He should make three lines of water, one to the east, one to the front, and one below; or, with sacred kusa grass and the Śiva weapon, he may reverse their order.

वज्रीकरणमन्त्रेण हृदा दर्भेश्चतुष्पथम्। अक्षपात्रन्ततनुत्रेण विन्यसेद्विष्टरं हृदा

With the mantra for making it vajra-like, he should, with his heart, lay out a fourfold path of darbha grass; with the mantra for the vessel, he should, with his heart, arrange the seat widely.

हृदा वागीश्वरीं तत्र ईशमावाह्य पूजयेत्। वह्निं सदाश्रयानीतं शुद्धपात्रोपरिस्थितम्

With his heart, he should invoke Vāgīśvarī there, and worship the Lord; the fire, brought with proper support, is placed upon a pure vessel.

क्रव्यादांशंपरित्यज्य वीक्षणादिविशोधितम्। औदर्य्यं चैन्दवं भौतं एकीकृत्यानलत्रयम्

Having discarded any portion fit for carnivores, and purified by inspection and other means, he should unite the bodily, lunar, and elemental fires into one.

ओं हूं वह्निचैतन्याय वह्निवीजेन विन्यसेत्। संहितामन्त्रितं वह्नि धेनुमुद्रामृतीकृतम्

Uttering 'om hūm' to the consciousness of fire, he should install it with the seed of fire; the fire, empowered by the samhita mantra, is made nectar by the cow mudra.

रक्षितं हेतिमन्त्रेण कवचेनावगुण्ठितम्। पूजितन्त्रिः परिभ्राम्य कुण्डस्योद्‌र्ध्वं प्रदक्षिणम्

Protected by the weapon mantra, veiled with armor, the worshipper should circumambulate above the altar to the right, with the worship thread.

शिववीजमिति ध्यात्वा वागीशागर्भगोचरे। वागीश्वरेण देवेन क्षिप्यमानं विभावयेत्

Meditating on the Śiva seed within the domain of Vāgīśā's womb, he should envision it being cast by the god Vāgīśvara.

भूमिष्ठजानुको मन्त्री हृदात्मसम्मुखं क्षिपेत्। ततोऽन्तस्थितवीजस्य नाभिदेशे समूहम्

The priest, seated on the ground, should cast it from his heart, facing his own self; then, at the navel region, he should gather the group of inner seeds.

सम्भृतिं परिधानस्य शौचमाचमनं हृदा। गर्भाग्नेः पूजनं कृत्वा तद्रक्षार्थं शराणुना

He should perform the gathering of the covering, purification, and sipping with his heart; after worshipping the womb-fire, for its protection, he should use the arrow.

वध्नीयाद्गर्भजं देव्याः ककङ्कणं पाणिपल्लवे। गर्भाधानाय सम्पूज्य सद्योजातेन पावकम्

He should bind the bracelet of the goddess, born of the womb, on her tender hand; having worshipped the fire with Sadyojāta for conception.

ततो हृदयमन्त्रेण जुहुयादाहुतित्रयम्। पुंसवनाय वामेन तृतीये मासि पूजयेत्

Then, with the heart mantra, he should offer three oblations; for the rite of producing a male child, he should worship in the third month on the left.

आहुतित्रितयं दद्याच्छिरसाम्बुकणान्वितं। सीमन्तोन्नयनं षष्ठे मासि सम्पूज्य रूपिणा

He should give three oblations, accompanied by drops of water on the head; in the sixth month, having worshipped the goddess of form, he should perform the parting of the hair.

जुहुयादाहुतीस्तिस्त्रः शिखया शिखयैव तु। वक्त्राङ्गकल्पनां कुर्य्याद्वक्त्रोद्‌घाटननिष्कृती

He should offer three oblations with the topknot, indeed with the topknot itself; he should perform the arrangement of the mouth and the rites for opening and purifying the mouth.

जातकर्म्मंनृकर्म्मभ्यां दशमे मासि पूर्ववत। वह्नि सन्धुक्ष्य दर्भाद्यैः स्नानं गर्भमलापहं

In the tenth month, as before, he should perform the birth and man-making rites; having kindled the fire with darbha and other things, he should bathe to remove the impurities of the womb.

सुवर्णबन्धनं देव्या कृतं ध्यात्वा हृदार्च्चयेत्। सद्यः सूतकनाशाय प्रोक्षयेदस्त्रवारिणा

Meditating on the golden binding made for the goddess, he should worship with his heart; for the immediate removal of birth impurity, he should sprinkle with water empowered by the weapon mantra.

कुम्भन्तु वहिरस्त्रेण ताडयेद्वर्म्मणोक्षयेत्। अस्त्रेणोत्तरपूर्व्वाग्रान्मेखलासु वहिः कुशान्

He should strike the pot with the external weapon and purify it with armor; with the weapon, he should place kusa grass outside the girdles, at the northern and eastern ends.

आस्थाप्य स्थापयेत्तेषु हृदा परिधिविस्तरं। वक्ताणामस्त्रमन्त्रेण ततो नालापन्तुत्तये

Having placed them, he should establish the wide covering with his heart; then, with the weapon mantra for the speakers, at the three ends of the stalks.

समिधः पञ्च होतव्याः प्रान्ते मूले घृतप्लुताः। ब्रह्माणं शङ्करं विष्णुमनन्तञ्च हृदार्च्चयेत्

He should offer five kindling sticks, soaked in ghee, at the ends and roots; with his heart, he should worship Brahmā, Śaṅkara, Viṣṇu, and Ananta.

दूर्वाक्षतैश्च पर्य्यन्तं परिधिस्थाननुक्रमात्। इन्द्रादीशानपर्य्यन्तान्विष्टरस्थाननुक्रमात्

With blades of dūrvā grass, circumambulate the boundary in sequence, at each designated place; from Indra and the other lords, proceed to each station in order.

अग्नेरभिमुखीभूतान् निजदिक्षु हृदार्च्चयेत्। निवार्य्य विघ्नसङ्घातं बालकं पालयिष्यथ

Facing the fire, offer worship in each direction with the heart; ward off obstacles and protect the child.

शैवीमाज्ञामिमान्तेषां श्रावयेत्तदनन्तरम्। गृहीत्वा स्रुक्‌स्रुवावूर्ध्ववदनाधोमुखैः क्रमात्

Then, announce the Śaiva command to them; taking the sruk and sruva, proceed with their mouths upward and downward, in order.

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After heating in the fire, touch the root, middle, and tip of the darbha grass; at the place touched by kuśa, contemplate the self as knowledge and Śiva.

क्रमात्तत्त्वत्रयं न्यस्य हां हीं हूं सं रवैः क्रमात्। स्रुचि शक्तिं स्रुवे शम्भुं विन्यस्य हृदयाणुना

Sequentially place the three principles with the syllables hāṃ, hīṃ, hūṃ, and saṃ; place Śakti in the sruci, Śambhu in the sruva, with the atom of the heart.

त्रिसूत्रीवेष्टितग्रीवौ पूजितौ कुसुमादिभिः। कुशानामुपरिष्टात्तौ स्थापयित्वा स्वदक्षिणे

Having adorned their necks with three threads and worshipped them with flowers and the like, place them above the kuśa grass, to your right.

गव्यमाज्यं समादाय वीक्षणादिविशोधितं। स्वकां ब्रह्ममयीं मूर्त्ति सञ्चिन्त्यादाय तद्‌घृतं

Take cow's ghee, purified by gazing and other means; meditate on your own form as Brahman, then take that ghee.

कुण्डस्योर्ध्वं हृदावर्त्यं भ्रामयित्वाग्निगोचरे। पुनर्व्विष्णुमयीं ध्यात्वा घृतमीशानगोचरे

Above the altar, revolve the ghee at the heart's center within the fire's domain; then, meditating on the form of Viṣṇu, place the ghee in the domain of Īśāna.