Agni Purana

वाह्यतश्चतुरस्रन्तु वज्रसम्पुटलाञ्छितम् । द्वारे प्रदापयेन्मन्त्री चतुरो वज्रसम्पुटान् ।। ३११.

Outside, a quadrangle marked with a vajra enclosure; at the doors, the adept should place four vajra enclosures.

पद्मनाम भवेद्वामवीथी चैव समा भवेत् । गर्भं रक्तं केशराणि मण्डले दीक्षिताः स्त्रियः ।। ३११.

The left path is called Padma, and it should be equal; the womb is red, the filaments are within the circle, and the women are consecrated.

जयेच्च परराष्ट्राणि क्षइप्रं राज्यमवाप्नुयात् । मूर्त्ति प्रणवसन्दीप्तां हूँकारेण नियोजयेत् ।। ३११.

He should conquer foreign kingdoms and swiftly attain sovereignty; the form, kindled by the sound of Om, should be engaged with the syllable hūṃ.

मूलविद्यां समुच्चार्य्यं मरुद्व्योमगतां द्विज । प्रथमेन पुनश्चैव कणिकायां प्रपूजयेत् ।। ३११.

Reciting the root mantra, O twice-born, which moves through wind and sky, he should first worship in the particle, and then again.

एवं प्रदक्षिणं पूज्य एकैकं वीजमादितः । दलमध्ये तु विद्याङ्गा आग्नेय्यां पञ्च नैर्ऋतम् ।। ३११.

Thus, worshipping in a clockwise manner, each seed syllable from the beginning; in the middle of the petal are the limbs of the mantra, five in the southeast and southwest.

मध्येनेत्रं दिशारूञ्च स्वैः स्वैर्म्मन्त्रैः प्रपूजयेत् । मध्येनेत्रं दिशारूञ्च गुह्यकाङ्गे तु रक्षणम् ।। ३११.

He should worship the central eye and the guardians of the directions with their respective mantras; the central eye and the guardians of the directions, and protection at the secret limb.

पञ्च पञ्च प्रपूज्यास्तु स्वैः स्वैर्म्मन्त्रैः प्रपूजयेत् । लोकपालान्न्यसेदष्टौ वाह्यतो गर्भमण्डले ।। ३११.

He should worship five and five, each with their own mantras; he should place the eight guardians of the world outside the central circle.

वर्णान्तमग्निमारूढं षष्ठस्वरविभेदितं । पञ्चदशेन चाक्रान्तं स्वैः स्वैर्नामभि योजयेत् ।। ३११.

He should join the end of the syllables, mounted on fire, divided by the sixth note, and penetrated by the fifteenth, with their respective names.

शीघ्रं सिंहे कर्णिकायां यजेद् गन्धादिभिः श्रिये । अष्टाभिर्वेष्टयेत् कुम्भैर्म्मन्त्राष्टशतमन्त्रितैः ।। ३११.

Swiftly, in the lion's position at the center, he should worship with fragrances and the like for prosperity; he should surround with eight pots, each with a hundred and eight mantras.

मन्त्रमष्टसहस्रन्तु जप्त्वाङ्गानां दशांशकम् । होमं कुर्य्यादग्निगुण्डे वह्निमन्त्रेण चालयेत् ।। ३११.

Having recited eight thousand mantras, a tenth for the limbs, he should perform the fire offering in the fire pit, stirring it with the fire mantra.

निक्षिपेद् हृदयेनाग्निं शक्तिं मध्येऽग्निगां स्मरेत् । गर्भाधानं पुंसवनं जातकर्म्म च होमयेत् ।। ३११.

He should deposit fire with the heart, and remember the power in the center of the fire; he should perform the rites of conception, quickening, and birth.

हृदयेन शतं ह्येकं गुह्याङ्गे जनयेच्छिखिम् । पूर्णाहुत्या तु विद्यायाः शिवाग्निर्ज्वलियो भवेत् ।। ३११.

With the heart, he should generate one hundred in the secret limb as flames; with the full offering of the mantra, the auspicious fire of Shiva should blaze forth.

होमयेन्मूलमन्त्रेण शतञ्चाङ्गं दशांशतः । निवेदयेत्ततो देव्यास्ततः शिष्यं प्रवेशयेत् ।। ३११.

He should offer a hundred with the root mantra, and a tenth for the limbs; then he should present it to the goddess, and then admit the disciple.

अस्त्रेण ताडनं कृत्वा गुह्याङ्गानि ततो न्यसेत् । विद्याङ्गैश्चेव सन्नद्धं विद्याङ्गेषु नियोजयेत् ।। ३११.

Having struck with the weapon mantra, he should then place the secret limbs; and, being equipped with the limbs of the mantra, he should assign them to the mantra limbs.

पुष्पं क्षिपाययेच्छिष्यमानयेदग्निकुण्डकम् । यवैर्द्वान्यैस्तिलैराज्यैर्मूलविद्याशतं हुनेत् ।। ३११.

He should have the disciple throw a flower and lead him to the fire pit; with barley, two doors, sesame, and clarified butter, he should offer a hundred root mantras.

स्थावरत्वं पुरा होमं सरीसृपमतः परं । पक्षिमृगपशुत्वञ्च मानुषं ब्राह्ममेव च ।। ३११.

First, the state of immobile beings is offered in the fire, then that of reptiles; then that of birds, wild animals, domestic animals, humans, and finally that of Brahma.

विष्णुत्वञ्चैव रुद्रत्वमन्ते पूर्णाहुतिर्भवेत् । एकया चैव ह्याहुत्या शिष्यः स्याद्दीक्षितो भवेत् ।। ३११.

Then the state of Vishnu and Rudra, and at the end, the full offering is made; with a single offering, the disciple becomes initiated.

अधिकारो भवेदेवं श्रृणु मोक्षमतः परम् । सुमेरुस्थो यदा मन्त्री सदाशिवपदे स्थितः ।। ३११.

Thus, authority is attained; now listen to liberation thereafter: when the officiant stands on Mount Meru, established in the state of Sadashiva.

परे च होमयेत् स्वस्थोऽकर्म्मकर्म्मशतान् दश । पूर्णाहुत्या तु तद्योगी धर्म्माधर्मैर्न लिप्यते ।। ३११.

Then, being self-possessed, he should offer ten hundred acts and non-acts; with the full offering, that yogi is not tainted by virtue or vice.

मोक्षं याति परंस्थानं यद्‌गत्वा न निवर्त्तते । यथा जले जले क्षिप्तं जलं देही शिरस्तथा ।। ३११.

He attains liberation, the supreme state, from which there is no return; just as water cast into water merges, so does the embodied soul with its head.

कुम्भैः कुर्य्याच्चाभिषेकं जयराज्यादिसर्वभाक् । कुमारी ब्राह्मणी पूज्या गुर्व्वादेर्दक्षिणं ददेत् ।। ३११.

One should perform anointing with pots, for victory, sovereignty, and all enjoyments; a maiden and a Brahmin woman are to be honored, and one should give gifts to the teacher and others.

यजेत् सहस्रमेकन्तु पूकजां कृत्वा दिने दिने । तिलाज्यपुरहोमेन देवी श्रीः कामदा भवेत् ।। ३११.

He should worship with a thousand offerings, making pūkajā daily; by offering sesame and ghee in the fire, the goddess Śrī grants desires.

ददाति विपुलान् भोगान् यदन्यच्च समीहते । जप्त्वा ह्यक्षरलक्षन्तु निधानाधिपतिर्भवेत् ।। ३११.

She gives abundant enjoyments and whatever else is desired; by reciting a hundred thousand syllables, one becomes lord of treasures.

द्विगुणेन भवेद्राज्यं त्रिगुणेन च यक्षिणी । चतुर्गुणेन ब्रह्मत्वं ततो विष्णुपदं भवेत् ।। ३११.

With twice the number, one obtains kingship; with thrice, a yakṣiṇī; with four times, Brahmahood; thereafter, the abode of Viṣṇu.

षड्‌गुणेन महासिद्धिर्ल्लक्षेणैकेन पापहा । दश जप्त्वा देहशुद्ध्यै तीर्थस्नानफलं शतात् ।। ३११.

With six times, great accomplishment; with one hundred thousand, the destruction of sin; by reciting ten times for purification of the body, one gains the merit of a hundred pilgrimages.

पटे वा प्रतिमायां वा शीघ्रां वै स्थण्डिले यजेत् । शतं सहस्रमयुतं जपे होमे प्रकीर्त्तितम् ।। ३११.

On cloth or in an image, or swiftly on a sand altar, one should worship; a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand recitations are prescribed for worship and fire offering.

एवं विधानतो जप्त्वा लक्षमेकन्तु होमयेत् । महिषाजमेषमांसेन नरजेन पुरेण वा ।। ३११.

Thus, after reciting a hundred thousand times according to the procedure, one should make a fire offering with buffalo, goat, or human flesh, or with the city itself.

तिलैर्यवैस्तथा लाजैर्ब्रीहिगोधूमकाम्रकैः । श्रीफलैराज्यसंयुक्तैर्होमयित्वा व्रतञ्चरेत् ।। ३११.

With sesame, barley, rice, wheat, godhūma, mango, coconut, and ghee mixed, after making the fire offering, one should observe the vow.

अर्द्धरात्रेषु सन्नद्धः खड्गचापशरादिमान् । एकवासा विचित्रेण रक्तपीतासितेन वा ।। ३११.

At midnight, equipped with sword, bow, arrows, and the like, wearing a single garment, whether variegated, red, yellow, or black.