Agni Purana

आकाशं व्यापकं न्यस्य करे देहे तु पूर्ववत्। अङ्गुलीषु च वाय्वादि शिरोहृद्‌गुह्यपादके

The all-pervading ether is to be placed on the hand and body as before; and on the fingers, Vāyu and the others; at the head, heart, secret part, and feet.

वायुर्ज्योतिर्जलं पृथ्वी पञ्चव्यूहः समीरितः। मनः श्रोत्रन्त्वग्दृग्जिह्वा घ्राणं षड्‌व्यूह ईरितः

Vāyu, fire, water, earth—these are declared as the fivefold array; mind, ear, skin, eye, tongue, and nose are spoken of as the sixfold array.

व्यापकं मानसं न्यस्य ततोङ्गुष्ठादितः क्रमात्। मूर्द्धास्यहृद्‌गुह्यपत्सु कथितः करुणात्मकः

The all-pervading mind is to be placed, then, in order from the thumb onward; at the head, mouth, heart, secret part, and feet, the compassionate one is described.

आदिमूर्त्तिस्तु सर्वत्र व्यापको जीवसञ्‌ज्ञितः। भूर्भुवः स्वर्म्महर्ज्जनस्तपः सत्यञ्च सप्तधा

The primal form, all-pervading everywhere, is called the living being; Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ, Svaḥ, Mahar, Jana, Tapas, and Satya—these sevenfold divisions.

करे देहे न्यसेदाद्यमङ्गुष्ठादिक्रमेण तु। तलसंस्थः सप्तमश्च लोकेशो देहके क्रमात्

On the hand and body, the primal one is to be placed in order from the thumb onward; the seventh, established at the base of the palm, is the lord of the worlds, in the body, in sequence.

देहे शिरोललाटास्यहृद्‌गुह्याङ्‌घ्रिषुसंस्थितः। अग्निष्टोमस्तथोक्थस्तु षोडशी वाजपेयकः

In the body—at the head, forehead, mouth, heart, secret part, and at the ends of the feet—are Agniṣṭoma, Uktha, Ṣoḍaśī, and Vājapeya.

अतिरात्राप्तोर्यामञ्च यज्ञात्मा सप्तरूपकः। धीरहं मनः शब्दश्च स्पर्शरूपरसास्तत

Atirātra and Aptoryāma, the essence of sacrifice, are the sevenfold forms; the steadfast self, mind, sound, touch, form, taste, and then

गन्धो बुद्धिर्व्यापकं तु करे देहे न्यसेत् क्रमात्। न्यसेदन्त्यौ च तलयोः के ललाटे मुखे हृदि

Scent and intellect, all-pervading, are to be placed on the hand and body in order; the last two are to be placed on the palms, and on the forehead, mouth, and heart.

नाभौ गुह्ये च पादे च अष्टव्यूहः पुमान् स्मृत । जीवो बुद्धिरहङ्कारो मनः शब्दो गुणोनिलः

At the navel, secret part, and feet, the eightfold array is remembered as the person: life, intellect, ego, mind, sound, quality, and air.

रूपं रसो नवात्मायं जीव अह्‌गुष्ठकद्वये। तर्जन्यादिक्रमाच्छेषं यावद्वामप्रदेशिनीम्

Form, taste—these are the ninefold self; life is in both thumbs; the rest, in order from the index finger, up to the left ring finger.

देहे शिरोललाटास्यहृन्नाभिगुह्यजानुषु। पादयोश्च दशात्मायं इन्द्रो व्यापी समास्थितः

In the body—at the head, forehead, mouth, heart, navel, secret part, knees, and feet—this tenfold self, Indra, is established as all-pervading.

अङ्‌गुष्टकद्वये वह्निस्तर्जन्यादौ परेषु च। शिरोललाटवक्त्रेषु हृन्नाभिगुह्यजानुषु

In both thumbs is fire; in the index finger and others, in order; at the head, forehead, and mouth; at the heart, navel, secret part, and knees.

पादयोरेकादशात्मा मनः श्रोत्रं त्वगेव च। चक्षुर्जिह्वा तथा घ्राणं वाक्‌पाण्यङ्घ्रिश्च पायुकः

In both feet, the elevenfold self: mind, ear, skin, eye, tongue, nose, speech, hands, feet, and the organ of excretion.

उपस्थं मानसो व्यापी श्रोत्रमङ्गुष्ठकद्वये। तर्जन्यादिक्रमादष्टौ अतिरिक्तं तलद्वये

The generative organ, mind, all-pervading; ear in both thumbs; from the index finger onward, eight in order; the remainder in both palms.

उत्तमाङ्गललाटास्यहृन्नाभावथ गुह्यके। ऊरुयुग्मे तथा जङ्घे गुल्फपादेषु च क्रमात् ।। ३७ विष्णुर्म्मधुहरश्चैव त्रिविक्रमकवामनौ। श्रीधरोथ हृषीकेशः पद्मनाभस्तथैव च

At the uppermost limb, forehead, mouth, heart, navel, and then the secret part; at both thighs, likewise at the shanks, ankles, and feet, in order—Viṣṇu, Madhusūdana, Trivikrama, Vāmana, Śrīdhara, Hṛṣīkeśa, and Padmanābha as well.

दामोदरः केशवश्च नारायणस्ततः परः। माधवश्चाथ गोविन्दो विष्णुं वै व्यापकं न्यसेत्

Damodara, Keshava, then Narayana the Supreme; then Madhava and Govinda—thus, one should install the all-pervading Vishnu.

अङ्‌गुष्ठादौ तले द्वौ च पादे जानुनि वै कटौ। शिरः शिखरकट्याञ्च जानुपादादिषु न्यसेत्

On the thumbs, palms, feet, knees, hips, head, crown, waist, knees, and feet—one should install accordingly.

द्वादशात्मा पञ्चविंशः षड्‌विंशव्यूहकस्तथा। पुरुषो धीरहङ्कारो मनश्चित्तञ्च शब्दकः

The twelvefold self, the twenty-fifth, and the arrangement of the twenty-sixth; the person, the steadfast, the sense of 'I', the mind, the intellect, and the principle of sound.

तथा स्पर्शो रसो रूपं गन्धः श्रोत्रं त्वचस्तथा। चक्षुर्जिह्वा नासिका च वाक्‌पाण्यङ्घ्रिश्च पायवः

Likewise, touch, taste, form, smell; ear, skin, eye, tongue, nose, speech, hands, feet, and the organs of excretion.

उपस्थो भूर्जलन्तेजो वायुराकाशमेव च। पुरुषं व्यापकं न्यस्य अङ्गुष्ठादौ दश न्यसेत्

The organ of generation, earth, water, fire, air, and space as well; having installed the all-pervading Person, one should place the ten (principles) beginning with the thumb.

शेषान् हस्ततले न्यस्य शिरस्यथ ललाटके। मुखहृन्नाभिगुह्योरुजान्वङ्घ्रौ करणोदूतौ

The rest should be placed on the palms, on the head, and on the forehead; on the mouth, heart, navel, groin, thighs, shanks, feet, and the two messengers of the senses.

पादे जान्वोरुपस्थे च हृदये मूद्‌र्ध्नि च क्रमात्। परश्च पुरुषात्मादौ षड्‌विंशे पूर्ववत्परम्

On the feet, knees, thighs, heart, and head, in order; and the Supreme, beginning with the Self of the Person, and the twenty-sixth, as before, the highest.

सञ्चिन्त्य मण्डलैके तु प्रकृतिं पूजयेद्‌बुधः। पूर्वयाम्याप्यसौम्येषु हृदयादीनि पूजयेत्

Having meditated on the single circle, the wise should worship Prakriti; in the east, south, west, and north, one should worship the heart and other (parts).

अस्त्रमग्न्यादिकोणेषु वैनतेयादि पूर्ववत्। दिक्‌पालांश्च विधिस्त्वन्यः त्रिव्यूहेग्निश्च मध्यतः

The missile (astra) in the southeast and other corners, Garuda and others as before; the guardians of the directions in another manner, and the triple array of fire in the center.

पूर्वादिदिग्‌बलावासोराज्यादिभिरलङ्‌कृतः। कर्णिकायां नाभसश्च मानसः कर्णिकास्थितः

Adorned with clarified butter and so on, in the abodes of the lords of the directions beginning with the east; in the pericarp and in the sky, the mental (deity) is established in the pericarp.

विश्वरूपं सर्वस्थित्यै यजेद्राज्यजयाय च। सर्वव्यूहैः समायुक्तमङ्गैरपि च पञ्चभिः

One should worship the Universal Form for the maintenance of all, and for the victory of the clarified butter sacrifice; united with all arrays and also with the five limbs.

गरुडद्यैस्तथेन्द्राद्यैः सर्वान् कामानवाप्नुयात्। विष्वक्‌सेनं यजेन्नाम्ना वै बीजं व्योमसंस्थितम्

With Garuda and others, and likewise with Indra and others, one attains all desires; one should worship Vishvaksena by name, the seed established in the sky.

नारद उवाच मुद्राणां लक्षणं वक्ष्ये सान्निध्यादिप्रकारकम्। अञ्चलिः प्रथमा मुद्रा वन्दनी हृदयानुगा

Narada said: I shall describe the characteristics of the mudras, their modes such as presence and so on; the first mudra is Anjali, to be offered with the heart.

ऊद्धर्वाङ्गुष्ठो वाममुष्टिर्द्दक्षिणाङ्गुष्ठबन्धनम्। सव्यस्य तस्य चाङ्गुष्ठो यस्य चोद्धर्वे प्रकीर्त्तितः

With the thumbs raised, the left fist and the binding of the right thumb; the thumb of the left hand is said to be raised in this way.