Agni Purana

होमान्ते दक्षिणा देयै पापशान्तिर्हुतेन तु । हुतं शाम्यति चान्नेन अन्नहेमप्रदानतः ।। २५९.

At the end of the homa, a gift should be given; by the offering, sin is pacified; the offering is appeased with food, and by giving food and gold.

विप्राशिषस्त्वमोघाः स्युषंहिःस्नानन्तु सर्वतः । सिद्धार्थका यवा धान्यं पयो दधि घृतं तथा ।। २५९.

The blessings of the Brahmins are unfailing; bathing everywhere is auspicious; Siddharthaka, barley, grains, milk, curd, and ghee as well.

क्षीरवृक्षास्तथेध्मन्तु हामा वै सर्वकामदाः । समिपः कण्टकिन्यश्च राजिका रुधिरं विषं ।। २५९.

Milk-bearing trees and fuel wood, these indeed grant all desires; nearby are thorny plants, mustard, blood, and poison.

अबिचारे तथा शैलं अशनं शक्तवः पथः । दधि भैक्ष्यं फलं मृलमृग्विधानमुदाहृतं ।। २५९.

In counter-magic, stone, food, weapons, and paths are used; curd, alms, fruit, and the prescribed method for animal sacrifice are mentioned.

पुष्कर उवाच यजुर्विधानं वक्ष्यामि भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं श्रृणु । ॐकारपूर्व्विका राम महाव्याहृतयो मता ।। २६०.

Pushkara said: I will explain the Yajurveda procedure, which grants enjoyment and liberation; listen. The great Vyahritis, preceded by Omkara, are considered essential, O Rama.

सर्व्वकल्मषनाशिन्यः सर्व्वकामप्रदास्तथा । आज्यहुतिसहस्रेण देवानाराधयेद्‌बुधः ।। २६०.

They destroy all sins and grant all desires; with a thousand offerings of clarified butter, the wise should worship the gods.

मनसः काङ्क्षितं राम मनसेप्सितकामदं । शान्तिकामो यवैः कुर्य्यात्तिलैः पापापनुत्तये ।। २६०.

O Rama, whatever is desired in the mind, this fulfills the mind's wishes; one seeking peace should use barley, and for the removal of sin, sesame seeds.

धान्यैः सिद्धार्थकैश्चैव सर्व्वकामकरैस्तथा । औदुम्बरीभिरिध्मामिः पशुकामस्य शस्यते ।। २६०.

With grains and Siddharthaka seeds, which grant all desires, and with udumbara wood as fuel, the ritual is recommended for one desiring cattle.

दध्ना चैवान्नकामस्य पथसा शान्तिमिच्छतः । अपामार्गसमिद्भिस्तु कामयन् कनकं बहु ।। २६०.

With curd for one desiring food, and with the path for one seeking peace; with apamarga twigs as fuel, one wishing for much gold should perform the rite.

कन्याकामो घृताक्तानि युग्मशो ग्रथितानि तु । जातीपुष्पाणि जुहुयाद्‌ग्रामार्थी तिलतण्डुलान् ।। २६०.

One desiring a maiden should offer, in pairs, jasmine flowers anointed with ghee; one seeking prosperity for a village should offer sesame and rice grains.

वश्यकर्मणि शाखोटवासापामार्गमेव च । विषासृङ्‌मिश्रसमिधो व्याधिघातस्य भार्गव ।। २६०.

For the purpose of subjugation, use the wood of śākhoṭa and apāmārga; for the destruction of disease, O Bhārgava, offer kindling mixed with poison and blood.

क्रुद्धस्तु जुहुयात्सम्यक् शत्रूणां वधकाम्यया । सर्व्वव्रीहिमयीं कृत्वा राज्ञः प्रतिकृतिं द्विज ।। २६०.

If angry, wishing for the destruction of enemies, one should properly offer an effigy of the king made entirely of various types of rice, O twice-born.

सहस्नशस्तु जुहुयाद्राजा वशगतो भवेत् । वस्त्रकामस्य पुष्पाणि दूर्व्वा व्याधिविनाशिनी ।। २६०.

One should offer a thousand times; then the king will come under control. For the desire of garments, offer flowers and dūrvā grass, which destroys disease.

ब्रह्मवर्च्चसकामस्य वासोग्रञ्च विधीयते । प्रत्यङ्गिरेषु जुहुयात्तुषकण्टकभस्मभिः ।। २६०.

For one desiring Brahmic radiance, a garment is prescribed; in the rites of Pratyangiras, one should offer with the ashes of tuṣakaṇṭaka.

विद्वेषणे च पक्ष्माणि काककौशिकयोस्तथा । कापिलञ्च घृतं हुत्वा तथा चन्द्रग्रहे द्विज ।। २६०.

For enmity, offer the eyelashes of the crow and the kauśika bird; also, having offered kapila ghee, do so during a lunar eclipse, O twice-born.

वचाचूर्णेन सम्पातात्समानीय च तां वचां । सहस्रमन्त्रितां भुक्त्वा मेधावी जायते नरः ।। २६०.

By bringing vacā root at the time of its fall and consuming it after reciting a thousand mantras, a man becomes intelligent.

एकादशाङ्गुलं शङ्कु लौहं खादिरमेव च। द्विषतो वधोसीति जपन्निखनेद्रिपुवेश्मनि ।। २६०.

An iron stake, eleven fingers long, or one of khadira wood, should be buried in the enemy's house while reciting the mantra for the destruction of foes.

उच्चाटनमिदं कर्म शत्रूणां कथितं तव । चक्षुष्पा इति जप्त्वा च विनष्टञ्चक्षुराप्नुयात् ।। २६०.

This act is called the expulsion of enemies, as told to you; by reciting 'cakṣuṣpā,' one who has lost sight regains vision.

उपयुञ्जत इत्येतदनुवाकन्तथान्नदं । तनूपाग्ने सदिति दूर्व्वां हुत्वार्त्तिवर्ज्जितः ।। २६०.

By applying the phrase 'upayuñjata' from the Anuvāka, and 'tanūpāgne sad,' offering dūrvā grass, one becomes free from disease.

त्रियम्बकं यजामहे होमः सौभाग्यवर्द्धनः ।। २६०.

The offering with the Triyambakaṃ mantra increases good fortune.

कन्यानाम गृहीत्वा तु कन्यालाभकरः परः । भयेषु तु जपेन्नित्यं भयेभ्यो विप्रमुच्यते ।। २६०.

By taking the names of maidens, one obtains maidens; in times of fear, reciting constantly, one is freed from dangers.

धुस्तूरपुष्पं सघृतं हुत्वा स्यात् सर्वकामभाक् । हुत्वा तु गुग्गुलं राम स्वप्ने पश्यति शङ्करं ।। २६०.

By offering dhattūra flowers with ghee, one attains all desires; by offering guggulu, O Rāma, one sees Śaṅkara in a dream.

युञ्चते मनोऽनुवाकं जप्त्वा दीर्घायुराप्नुयात् । विष्णोरराटमित्येतत् सर्वबाधाविनाशनं ।। २६०.

By reciting the 'yuñcate mano' Anuvāka, one attains long life; the 'viṣṇorarāṭam' mantra destroys all afflictions.

रक्षोघ्नञ्च यशस्यञ्च तथैव विजयप्रदं । अयन्नो अग्निरित्येतत् संग्रामे विजयप्रदं ।। २६०.

It is both protective and brings fame, and also grants victory; the mantra 'ayanno agnir' bestows victory in battle.

इदमापः प्रवहत स्नाने पापापनोदनं । विश्वकर्मन्नु हविषा सूचीं लौहीन्दशाङ्गुलाम् ।। २६०.

O waters, carry away sins during bathing; O Viśvakarman, with the offering, a ten-finger-long iron needle is used.

कन्याया निखनेद् द्वारि साऽन्यस्मै न प्रदीयते । देव सवितरेतेन हुतेनैतेन चान्नवान् ।। २६०.

The needle is buried at the door of the maiden, and she is not given to another; by offering with this, O god Savitṛ, one obtains food.

अग्नौ स्वाहेति जुहुयाद्‌बलकामो द्विजोत्तम । तिलैर्यवैश्च धर्मज्ञ तथापामार्गतण्डुलैः ।। २६०.

O best of twice-born, one desiring strength should offer into the fire with 'svāhā,' using sesame, barley, and likewise apāmārga rice, O knower of dharma.

सहस्रमन्त्रितां कृत्वातथा गोरोचनां द्विज । तिलकञ्च तथा कृत्वा जनस्यप्रियकामियात् ।। २६०.

Having prepared a thousand-times-empowered pigment and also cow's gallstone, O twice-born, and having made a mark with it, one may go forth seeking the favor of people.

रुद्राणाञ्च तथा जप्यं सर्व्वाघविनिसूदनं । सर्व्वकर्मकरो होमस्तथा सर्व्वत्र शान्तिदः ।। २६०.

Recitation of the Rudra mantras, which destroy all sins, and the performance of homa accomplish all actions and bring peace everywhere.