Agni Purana

यस्य भावोऽखिलं विष्णुस्तस्य नो बाधते कलिः । अनिष्ट्वा तु महायज्ञानकृत्वापि पितृस्वधां ।। ३८३.

For one whose entire disposition is Viṣṇu, Kali does not afflict; even without performing great sacrifices or offering to ancestors—

कृष्णमभ्यर्च्चयन्भक्त्या नैनसो भाजनं भवेत् । सर्वकारणमत्यन्तं विष्णुं ध्यायन्न सीदति ।। ३८३.

Worshipping Kṛṣṇa with devotion, one does not become a vessel for sin; meditating on Viṣṇu, the ultimate cause, one does not fall.

अन्यतन्त्रादिदोषोत्थो विषयाकृष्टमानसः । कृत्वापि पापं गोविन्दं ध्यायन्पापैः प्रमुच्यते ।। ३८३.

Even if the mind is drawn to objects due to faults arising from other doctrines, one who commits sin but meditates on Govinda is freed from sins.

तद्ध्यानं यत्र गोविन्दः सा कथा यत्र केशवः । तत् कर्म यत्तदर्थीयं किमन्यैर्बहुभाषितैः ।। ३८३.

Where that meditation is, there is Govinda; where that narration is, there is Keśava; that action which is for that purpose—what need is there for many words?

न तत् पिता पु पुत्राय न शिष्याय गुरुर्द्विज । परमार्थं परं ब्रूयाद्यदेतत्ते मयोदितं ।। ३८३.

A father does not tell his son, nor a teacher his student, nor a twice-born to another, the supreme truth, the highest, which I have declared to you.

संसारे भ्रमता लभ्यं पुत्रदारधनं वसु । सुहृदश्च तथैवान्ये नोपदेशो द्विजेदृशः ।। ३८३.

In wandering through saṃsāra, one may obtain sons, wives, wealth, and possessions, as well as friends and others; but such instruction is not given to a twice-born.

किं पुत्रदारैमित्रैर्वा किं मित्रक्षेत्रवान्धवैः । उपदेशः परो वन्धुरीदृशो यो विमुक्तये ।। ३८३.

What use are sons, wives, or friends? What use are friends, fields, or relatives? The supreme instruction is the true kin, which leads to liberation.

द्विविधो भूतमार्गोयं दैव आसुर एव च । विष्णुभक्तिपरो दैवो विपरीतस्तथासुरः ।। ३८३.

This path of beings is twofold: divine and demonic. The one devoted to Viṣṇu is divine; the contrary is demonic.

एतत् पवित्रमारोग्यं धन्यं दुःस्वप्ननाशनं । सुखप्रीतिकरं नॄणां मोक्षकृद् यत्तवेरितं ।। ३८३.

This, which has been declared, is pure, health-giving, auspicious, dispeller of evil dreams, giver of happiness and delight to people, and bestower of liberation.

येषां गृहेषु लिखितमाग्नेयं हि पुराणकं । पुस्तकं स्थास्यति सदा तत्र नेशुरुपद्रवाः ।। ३८३.

In whose homes the Agneya Purāṇa is written and the book is always kept, there calamities do not dwell.

किं तीर्यैर्गोप्रदानैर्वा किं यज्ञैः किमुपोषितैः । आग्नेयं ये हि श्रृण्वन्ति अहन्यहनि मानवाः ।। ३८३.

What is the use of crossing rivers, giving cows, sacrifices, or fasts? Those people who listen to the Agneya daily—

यो ददाति तिलप्रस्थं सुवर्णस्य च माषकं । श्रृणेति श्लोकमेकञ्च आग्नेयस्य तदाप्नुयात् ।। ३८३.

Whoever gives a prastha of sesame and a māṣaka of gold, and listens to even one verse of the Agneya, attains its fruit.

अध्यायपठनञ्चास्य गोप्रदानाद् विशिष्यते । अहोरात्रकृतं पापं श्रोतुमिच्छोः प्रणश्यति ।। ३८३.

The reading of its chapters surpasses the gift of cows; the sin committed in a day and night is destroyed for one who desires to listen.

कपिलानां शते दत्ते यद् भवेज्ज्येष्ठपुष्करे । तदाग्नेयं पुराणं हि पठित्वा फलमाप्नुयात् ।। ३८३.

By giving a hundred tawny cows at the foremost sacred lake, one attains the fruit of reciting the Agni Purāṇa.

प्रवृत्तञ्च निवृत्तञ्च धर्मं विद्याद्वयात्मकं । आग्नेयस्य पुराणस्य शास्त्रस्यास्य समं न हि ।। ३८३.

One should know that dharma consists of both action and renunciation; there is truly nothing equal to this scripture, the Agni Purāṇa.

पठन्नाग्नेयकं नित्यं श्रृण्वन् वापि पुराणकं । भक्तो वशिष्ठ मनुजः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ।। ३८३.

A devoted person, O Vasiṣṭha, who daily recites or listens to the Agni Purāṇa is freed from all sins.

नोपसर्गा न चानर्था न चौरारिभयं गृहे । तस्मिन् स्याद् यत्र चाग्नेयपुराणस्य हि पुस्तकं ।। ३८३.

There are no calamities, misfortunes, or fears from thieves or enemies in the house where the book of the Agni Purāṇa is present.

न गर्भहारिणी भीतिर्न च बालग्रहा गृहे । यत्राग्नेयं पुराणं स्यान्न पिशाचादिकं भयं ।। ३८३.

There is no fear of miscarriage, no harm to children, nor any terror from spirits and the like, in the house where the Agni Purāṇa is found.

श्रृण्वन् विप्रो वेदवित् स्यात् क्षत्रियः पृथिवीपतिः । ऋद्धिं प्राप्नोति वैश्यश्च शूद्रश्चारोग्यमृच्छति ।। ३८३.

By listening to it, a brāhmaṇa becomes a knower of the Veda, a kṣatriya becomes a ruler of the earth, a vaiśya attains prosperity, and a śūdra gains health.

यः पठेत् श्रृणुयान्नित्यं समदृग्विष्णुमानसः । ब्रह्माग्नेयं पुराणं सत्तत्र नश्यन्त्युपद्रवाः ।। ३८३.

Whoever, with an even mind and devotion to Viṣṇu, recites or listens daily to the Agni Purāṇa, all afflictions are destroyed there.

दिव्यान्तरीक्षभौमाद्या दुःस्वप्नाद्यभिचारकाः । यच्चान्यद्दुरितं किञ्चित्तत्सर्व्वं हन्ति केशवः ।। ३८३.

All evil omens—whether celestial, atmospheric, terrestrial, bad dreams, or sorcery—and any other misfortune whatsoever, all these Keśava destroys.

पठतः श्रृण्वतः पुंसः पुस्तकं यजतो महत् । आग्नेयं श्रीपुराणं हि हेमन्ते यः श्रृणोति वै ।। ३८३.

For a person who recites, listens, or worships with the great book of the Agni Purāṇa in winter, the result is as if performing a great sacrifice.

प्रपूज्य गन्धपुष्पाद्यैरग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् । शिशिरे पुण्डरीकस्य वसन्ते चाश्वमेधजम् ।। ३८३.

By worshipping with fragrance and flowers, one obtains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma in winter, of the Puṇḍarīka in the cold season, and of the Aśvamedha in spring.

ग्रीष्मे तु वाजपेयस्य राजसूयस्य वर्षति । गोसहस्रस्य शरदि फलं तत्पठतो ह्यृतौ ।। ३८३.

In summer, one gains the fruit of the Vājapeya; in the rainy season, of the Rājasūya; and in autumn, of giving a thousand cows, by reciting it in the proper season.

आग्नेयं हि पुराणं यो भक्ताग्रे पठते हरेः । सोऽर्च्चयेच्च वसिष्ठेह ज्ञानयज्ञेन केशवम् ।। ३८३.

Whoever recites the Agni Purāṇa with devotion before Hari, worships Vasiṣṭha here, and offers knowledge-sacrifice to Keśava.

यस्याग्नेयपुराणस्य पुस्तकं तस्य वै जयः । लिखितं पूजितं गेहे भुक्तिर्मुक्तिः करेऽस्ति हि ।। ३८३.

Victory belongs to the one who has the book of the Agni Purāṇa, written and worshipped in the home; enjoyment and liberation are truly in his hand.

इति कालाग्निरूपेण गीतं मे हरिणा पुरा । आग्नेयं हि पुराणं वै ब्रह्मविद्याद्वयास्पदम् ३८३.

Thus, in the form of Kāla and Agni, this was sung to me by Hari of old; indeed, the Agni Purāṇa is the abode of the twofold knowledge of Brahman.

वसिष्ठ उवाच व्यासाग्नेयपुराणं ते रूपं विद्याद्वयात्मकं । कथितं ब्रह्मणो विष्णोरग्निना कथितं यथा ।। ३८३.

Vasiṣṭha said: The Vyāsa-Agni Purāṇa is of twofold nature; it was spoken by Agni as related by Brahmā and Viṣṇu.

सार्द्धं देवैश्च भुनिभिर्मह्यं सर्व्वार्थदर्शकं । पुराणमग्निना गीतमाग्नेयं ब्रह्मसमिमतं ।। ३८३.

Together with the gods and sages, Agni sang to me this Purāṇa, which reveals all meanings and is esteemed by the wise as equal to Brahman.