Agni Purana

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.

नीलेन वाथ वस्त्रेण देवीं तैरेव चार्च्चयेत् । व्रजेद्दक्षिणदिग्‌भागं द्वारे दद्याद्‌बलिं बुधः ।। ३११.

Or with blue cloth, one should worship the goddess with those same items; one should proceed to the southern direction and offer a bali at the door, being wise.

दूतीमन्त्रेण द्वारादौ एकवृक्षे श्मशानके । एवञ्च सर्व्वकामाप्तिर्भुङ्‌क्ते सर्व्वां महीं नृपः ।। ३११.

With the dūtī mantra, at the entrance or at a single tree in the cremation ground; thus, the king enjoys all desired objects and possesses the entire earth.

अग्निरुवाच विद्याप्रस्तावमाख्यास्ये धर्म्मकामादिसिद्धिदम् । नवकोष्ठविभागेन विद्याभेदञ्च विन्दति ।। ३१२.

Agni said: I will explain the topic of vidyā, which grants success in dharma, desire, and more; by division into nine compartments, one finds the varieties of vidyā.

अनुलोमविलोमेन समस्तव्यस्तयोगतः । कर्णाविकर्णयोगेन अत ऊद्‌र्ध्वं विभागशः ।। ३१२.

By direct and reverse order, by combined and separate application, by the method of ear and non-ear, and further by divisions above.

त्रित्रिकेण च योगेन देव्या सन्नद्धविग्रहः । जानाति सिद्धिदान्मन्त्रान् प्रस्तावान्निर्गतान् बहून् ।। ३१२.

And by the method of three triangles, with the goddess's form adorned; he knows the mantras granting success, many emerging from the topic.

शास्त्रे शास्त्रे स्मृता मन्त्राः प्रयोगास्तत्र दुर्ल्लभाः । गुरुः स्यात् प्रथमो वर्णः पूर्व्वेद्युर्न च वर्ण्यते ।। ३१२.

In each scripture, mantras are remembered, but their application is difficult; the teacher is the first syllable, the prior knower, but is not to be described.

प्रस्तावे तत्र चैकार्णा द्व्यर्णस्त्र्यर्णादयोऽभवन् । तिर्य्यगूद्‌र्ध्वगता रेखाश्चतुरश्चतुरो भजेत् ।। ३१२.

In the topic, there are single-syllable, double-syllable, triple-syllable, and so on; horizontal and vertical lines, fourfold, should be divided into four.

नव कोष्ठा भवन्त्येवं मध्यदेशे तथा इमान् । प्रदक्षिणेन संस्थाप्य प्रस्तावं भेदयेत्ततः ।। ३१२.

Thus, there are nine compartments in the middle region; having established them clockwise, one should then divide the topic.

प्र्स्तावक्रमयोगेन प्रस्तावं यस्तु विन्दति । करमुष्टिस्थितास्तस्य साधकस्य हि सिद्धयः ।। ३१२.

By the method of prastava and its sequence, whoever attains prastava, for that practitioner, the powers are held within the fist.

त्रैलोक्यं पादमूले स्यान्नवखण्डां भुवं लभेत् । कपाले तु समालिख्य शिवतत्त्वं समन्ततः ।। ३१२.

The three worlds are at his feet; he obtains the earth divided into nine parts. Upon a skull, inscribe the essence of Shiva all around.