Agni Purana

गोनसा मन्दगा दीर्घा मण्डलैर्विविधैस्चिताः । राजिलाश्चित्रिताः स्निग्धास्तिर्य्यगूद्‌र्ध्वञ्च वाजिभिः ।। २९४.

With cow-like noses, slow-moving, long-bodied, adorned with various circles; striped, glossy, moving horizontally and vertically with horses.

व्यन्तरा मिश्रचिह्नाश्च भूवर्षाग्नेयवायवः । चतुर्विधास्ते षड्‌विंशभेदाः षोड़श गोनसाः ।। २९४.

Intermediate serpents with mixed signs, belonging to earth, rain, fire, and wind; these are fourfold, with twenty-six divisions, and sixteen with cow-like noses.

त्रयोदश च राजीला व्यन्तरा एकविशतिः । येऽनुक्तकाले जायन्ते सर्पास्ते व्यन्तराः स्मृताः ।। २९४.

Thirteen are striped, and among the intermediates, twenty-one; those born at unmentioned times are considered intermediate serpents.

आषाढादित्रिमासैः स्याद् गर्भो माषटतुष्टये । अण्डकानां शते द्वे च तत्वारिंशत् प्रसूयते ।। २९४.

With three months from Ashadha onward, the embryo develops in six pulses; from two hundred eggs, forty are produced.

सर्पा ग्रसन्ति सूतौघान् विना स्त्रीपुन्नपुंसकान् । उन्मीलतेऽक्षि सप्ताहात् कृष्णो मासाद्भवेद्वहिः ।। २९४.

Serpents devour the offspring, except for female, male, and neuter; the eye opens in seven days, and after a month, the snake emerges.

द्वादशाहात् सुबोधः स्यात् दन्ताः स्युः सूर्य्यदर्शनात् । द्वात्रिंशद्दिनविंशत्या चतुस्रस्तेषु दंष्ट्रिकाः ।। २९४.

After twelve days, it becomes fully aware; teeth appear at the sight of the sun; in thirty-two or nineteen days, four among them become fanged.

कराली मकरी कालरात्री च यमदूतिका । एतास्तीः सविषा दंष्ट्रा वामदक्षिणपार्श्वगाः ।। २९४.

Karali, Makari, Kalaratri, and Yamadutika—these fierce ones, with poisonous fangs, are found on the left and right sides.

षण्मासान्मुच्यते कृत्तिं जीवेत्षष्टिसमाद्वयं । नागाः सूर्य्यादिवारेशाः सप्त उक्ता दिवा निशि ।। २९४.

After six months, it sheds its skin and lives for sixty-two years; the serpents of the sun and other days are said to be seven, by day and night.

स्वेषां षट् प्रतिवारेषु कुलिकः सर्व्वसन्धिषु । शङ्खेन वा महाव्जेन सह तस्योदयोऽथवा ।। २९४.

Six of their own, on each day of the week, the Kulika at all joints; with a conch or a great serpent, its rise occurs, or otherwise.

द्वयोर्व्वा नाड़िकामन्त्रमन्त्रकं कुलिकोदयः । दुष्टः स कालः सर्व्वत्र सर्पदंशे विशेषतः ।। २९४.

Or in two, the mantra of the coconut or the mantra, the rise of Kulika; that time is inauspicious everywhere, especially in snake bites.

कृत्तिका भरणी स्वाती मूलं पूर्व्वत्रयाश्विनी । विशाखार्द्रा मघाश्लेषा श्रवणरोहिणो ।। २९४.

Krittika, Bharani, Swati, Mula, the first three, Ashwini; Vishakha, Ardra, Magha, Shlesha, Shravan, Rohini.

हस्ता मन्दकुजौ वारौ पञ्चमी चाष्टमी तिथिः । षष्ठी रिक्ता शिवा निन्द्या पञ्चमी च चतुर्द्दशी ।। २९४.

Hasta, Manda, Kuja, Vara, the fifth and eighth lunar days; the sixth, empty, auspicious, blameworthy, fifth and fourteenth.

सन्ध्याचतुष्टयं दुष्टं दग्धयोगाश्च राशयः । एकद्विबहवो दंशा दष्टविद्धञ्च खण्डितम् ।। २९४.

The four twilights are inauspicious, as are the burnt yogas and signs; single, double, or multiple bites, bitten and wounded, and fractured.

अदंशमवगुप्तं स्याद्दंशमेवं चतुर्विधम् । त्रयो द्‌व्येकक्षता दंशा वेदना रुधिरोल्वणा ।। २९४.

Unbitten and protected, bitten in four ways; three, two, or one wounded bites, with pain and profuse bleeding.

नक्तन्त्वेकाङ्‌घ्रिकूर्म्माबा दंशाश्च यमचोदिताः । दीहीपिपीलिकास्पर्शी कण्ठशोथरुजान्वितः ।। २९४.

At night, one-legged, turtle-bodied bites, and those prompted by Yama; touched by ants, with swelling and pain in the throat.

सतोदो ग्रन्थितो दंशः सविषो न्यस्तनिर्व्विषः । देवालये शून्यगृहे वल्मीकोद्यानकोटरे ।। २९४.

A bite that is moist or encrusted, poisonous or non-poisonous, found in a temple, an empty house, an anthill, or the hollow of a garden tree.

रथ्यासन्धौ श्मशाने च नद्याञ्च सिन्धुसङ्गमे । द्वीपे चतुष्पथे सौधे गृहेऽब्जे पर्व्वताग्रतः ।। २९४.

At a crossroads, on a highway, in a cremation ground, at the confluence of rivers, on an island, at a four-way junction, in a mansion, in a house, in a lotus, or on a mountain peak.

विलद्वारे जीर्णकूपे जीर्णवेश्मनि कुड्यके । शिग्रुश्लेष्मातकाक्षेषु जम्बू डुम्बरणेषु च ।। २९४.

At a swinging door, in a ruined well, in a dilapidated dwelling, on a wall, among moringa, śleṣmātaka, and āmalaka trees, and also among jambu and fig trees.

वटे च जीर्णप्राकारे खास्यहृत्‌कक्षजत्रुणि । तालौ शङ्खे गले मूद्‌र्ध्नि चिवुके नाभिपादयोः ।। २९४.

At a banyan tree, on a broken rampart, in the mouth, heart, armpit, collarbone, on the palm, conch, throat, head, cheek, navel, or feet.

दंशोऽशुभः शुभो दूनः पुष्पहस्तः सुवाक् सुधीः । लिङ्गवर्णंसमानश्च शुक्लवस्त्रोऽमलः शुचिः ।। २९४.

An inauspicious bite is harmful; an auspicious one is gentle, holding flowers, speaking well, wise, of the same gender and color as the sign, wearing white garments, spotless, and pure.

अपद्वारगतः शस्त्री प्रमादी भूगतेक्ष्णः । विवर्णवासाः पाशादिहस्तो गदगदवर्णभाक् ।। २९४.

One who comes through an improper entrance, is armed, careless, earthbound, sharp, wearing discolored clothes, holding a noose or weapon, and speaking with a faltering voice.

शुष्ककाष्ठाश्रितः खिन्नस्तिलाक्तककरांशुकः । आर्द्रवासाः कृष्णारक्तपुष्पयुक्तशिरोरुहः ।। २९४.

Dwelling among dry wood, weary, with hands stained by sesame oil, wearing damp clothes, and with hair adorned with black or red flowers.

कुचमर्दीं नखच्छेदी गुदस्पृक् पादलेखकः । केशमुञ्ची तृणच्छेदी दुष्टा दूतास्तथैकशः ।। २९४.

One who presses the breast, cuts nails, touches the anus, marks the feet, loosens the hair, cuts grass—such messengers are wicked, each in their own way.

इड़ान्या वा वहेद्‌द्वेधा यदि दूतस्य चात्मनः । आभ्यां द्वाभ्यां पुष्टयास्मान् विद्यास्त्रीपुन्नपुंसकान् ।। २९४.

If the messenger or oneself carries a staff split in two, by these two, the result is determined: female, male, or neuter.

दूतः स्पृशति यद्‌गात्रं तस्मिन् दंशमुदाहरेत् । दूताङ्‌घ्रिचलनं दुष्टमुत्थितिर्निश्चला शुभा ।। २९४.

Wherever the messenger touches the body, that is where the bite is declared; movement of the messenger's feet is inauspicious, while rising without movement is auspicious.

जीवपार्श्वे शुभो दूतो दुष्टोऽन्यत्र समागतः । जीवो गतागतैर्दुष्टः शुभो दूतनिवेदने ।। २९४.

A messenger on the right side of the living is auspicious; elsewhere, he is inauspicious. The living is inauspicious with comings and goings, but auspicious when reporting the messenger.

द्तस्य वाक् प्रदुष्टा सा पूर्व्वामजार्द्धनिन्दिता । विभक्तैस्तस्य वाक्यान्तैर्विषैर्निर्व्विषकालता ।। २९४.

The messenger's speech is corrupt if it is previously condemned or censured; by the division of his words, by poison or non-poison, and by the time.

आद्यैः स्वरैश्च काद्यैश्च वर्गैर्भिन्नलिपिर्द्विधा । स्वरजो वसुमान्वर्गी इतिक्षेपा च मातृका ।। २९४.

By the first vowels and by the initial consonants, the script is twofold; svara, rajas, earth, and groupings—thus the letters are classified.

वाताग्नीन्द्रजलात्मानो वर्गेषु च चतुष्टयम् । नपुंसकाः पञ्चमाः स्युः स्वराः शक्राम्बुयोनयः ।। २९४.

Wind, fire, Indra, and water are the four groups; the fifth, neuter, are the vowels, and those of Indra and water as their origin.