Agni Purana

हयग्रीवोङ्कुशाकाररेखो नीलः सविन्दुकः। वैकुण्ठः एकचक्रोऽब्जी मणिभः पुच्छरेखकः

Hayagriva has a mark like a goad, is blue, and bears dots; Vaikuntha has one wheel, is lotus-like, gem-like, and has a tail line.

मत्स्यो दीर्घस्त्रिविन्दुः स्यात् काचवर्णस्तु पूरितः। श्यामस्त्रिविक्रमो दक्षरेखस्तु वर्त्तुलः

Matsya is long, with three dots, and filled with a glass-like color; Shyama Trivikrama has a right-side line and is round.

वामनो वर्त्तुलश्चातिह्रस्वो नीलः सविन्दुकः। श्यामस्त्रिविक्रमो दक्षरेखो वामेन विन्दुकः

Vamana is round, very short, blue, and bears dots; Shyama Trivikrama has a right-side line, and on the left, a dot.

अनन्तो नागभोगाङ्गो नैकाभो नैकमूर्त्तिमान्। स्थूलो दामोदरो मध्यचक्रो द्वाः सूक्ष्मविन्दुकः

Ananta has the form of a serpent coil, many marks, and many forms; Damodara is thick, with a central wheel, and at the entrance a subtle dot.

सुदर्शनस्त्वेकचक्रो लक्ष्मीनारायणो द्वयात्। चित्रक्रश्चाच्युतो देवस्त्रिचक्रो वा त्रिविक्रमः

Sudarshana has one wheel; Lakshmi Narayana has two; Chitrakra is Achyuta, the god, with three wheels, or Trivikrama.

जनार्द्दनश्चतुस्चक्रो वासुदेवस्च पञ्चभिः। षट्रचक्रस्चौव प्रद्युम्नः सङ्कर्षणश्च सप्तभिः

Janardana has four wheels; Vasudeva has five; Pradyumna has six wheels, and Sankarshana has seven.

पुरुषोत्तमोष्टचक्रो नवव्यूहो नवाङ्कितः। दशावतारो दशभिर्द्दशैकेनानिरुद्धकः

Purushottama has eight wheels; Navavyuha is marked with nine; Dashavatara has ten, and Aniruddha has ten plus one.

द्वाधशात्मा द्वादशभिरत ऊद्‌र्ध्वमनन्तकः

The twelvefold form has twelve wheels; above, Ananta is so described.

भगवानुवाच शालग्रामादिचक्राङ्कपूजाः सिद्ध्यैवदामि ते। त्रिविधास्याद्धरेः पूजा काम्याकाम्योभयात्मिका

The Blessed Lord spoke: I grant you the success of worships marked by wheels, beginning with Shalagrama; the worship of Hari is threefold—desire-based, desireless, and mixed.

मीनादीनान्त पञ्चानां काम्याथो वोभयात्मिका वराहस्प नृसिंहस्य वामनस्य चमुक्तये

Of the five beginning with the Fish, the worship is either for desire or both; for the Boar, the Man-Lion, and the Dwarf, it is for liberation.

चक्रादीनां त्रयाणान्तु शालग्रामार्च्चनं श्रृणु। उत्तमा निष्फला पूजा कनिष्ठा सफलार्चना

Now hear about the worship of the three beginning with the Disc at the śālagrāma stone: the highest worship is fruitless, the lowest yields results.

मध्यमा मूर्त्तिपूजा स्याच्चक्राव्जे चतुरस्रके। प्रणवं हृदि विन्यस्य षडङ्गङ्करदेहयोः

The middle worship is image worship, performed on the disc, the lotus, and the square; placing the praṇava in the heart and the six limbs on the hands and body.

कृतमुद्रात्रयश्चक्राद् बहिः पूर्वे गुरुं यजेत्। आप्ये गणं वायवे च धातारं नैर्ऋते यजेत्

Having made the three gestures outside the disc, one should first worship the teacher; in the east, the group for Vāyu, and the creator in the southwest.

विधातारञ्च कर्त्तारं हर्त्तारं दक्षसौम्ययोः। विष्वकसेनं यजेदीशे आग्नेये क्षेत्रपालकम्

One should worship the arranger and the doer, the remover in the south and northwest; Viṣvaksena in the northeast, and the field-guardian in the southeast.

ऋगादिवेदान् प्रागादौ आधारानन्तकं भुवम्। पीठं पद्मं चार्क वन्द्रवह्व्याख्यं मण्डलत्रयम्

The Ṛg and other Vedas are placed in the east at the beginning, the earth up to Ananta as the base; the seat, the lotus, and the three circles called Arka, Vandra, and Vahvya.

आसनं द्वादशार्णेन तत्र स्थाप्य शिलां यजेत्। व्यस्तेन च समस्तेन स्वबीजेन यजेत् क्रमात्

On a twelve-spoked seat, one should place the stone there and worship; separately and together, one should worship with one's own seed-mantra, in order.

पूर्वादावथ वेदाद्यैर्गायत्रीभ्यां जितादिना। प्रणवेनार्च्चयेत् पञ्चान्मुद्रास्तिस्रः प्रदर्शयेत्

Then, beginning in the east, with the Vedas and the Gāyatrī, with Jitā and others, worship the five with praṇava, and show three gestures.

विष्वक्‌सेनस्य चक्रस्य क्षेत्रपालस्य दर्शयेत्। शालग्रामस्य प्रथमा पूजाथो निष्फलोच्यते

Show the gestures for Viṣvaksena, the disc, and the field-guardian; the first worship of the śālagrāma is said to be fruitless.

पूर्ववत् षोडशारञ्च सपद्मं मण्डलं लिखेत्। शङ्खचक्रगदाखड्‌गैर्गुर्वाद्यं पूर्वंवद्यजेत्

As before, draw a sixteen-spoked circle with a lotus; worship the teacher and others first with conch, disc, mace, and sword.

पूर्वे सौम्ये धनुर्बाणान् वेदाद्यैरासनं ददेत्। शिलां न्यसेद् द्वादशार्णैस्तृतीयं पूजनं श्रृणु

In the east and northeast, assign bow and arrows, and the seat with the Vedas and others; place the stone with twelve spokes—now hear the third worship.

अष्टारमब्जं विलिखेत् गुर्वाद्यं पूर्ववद्यजेत्। अष्टर्णेनासनं दत्त्वा तेनैव च शिलां न्यसेत्

Draw an eight-spoked lotus, worship the teacher and others as before; having given the seat with eight spokes, place the stone in the same way.

पूजयेद्दशधा तेन गायत्रीभ्यां जितं तथा

With that, worship in ten ways, and likewise with the Gāyatrī and Jitā.

भगवानुवाच ओं रूपः केशवः पद्मशङ्खचक्रगदाधरः। नारायणः शङ्खपद्मगदाचक्री प्रदक्षिणम्

The Blessed Lord said: Om. The form is Keśava, bearing the lotus, conch, disc, and mace; Nārāyaṇa, with conch, lotus, mace, and disc, to the right.

ततो गदी माधवोरिशङ्खपद्मी नमामि तम्। चक्रकौमोदकीपद्मशङ्खी गोविन्द ऊर्जितः

Then, the mace-holder Mādhava, lord with conch and lotus—I bow to him; Govinda, powerful, with disc, mace, lotus, and conch.

मोक्षदः श्रीगदी पद्मी शङ्खी विष्णुश्च चक्रधृक्। शङ्खचक्राब्जगदिनं मधुसूदनमानमे

The giver of liberation, Śrīgadī, Padmī, Śaṅkhī, Viṣṇu, the disc-bearer; I honor Madhusūdana, with conch, disc, lotus, and mace.

भक्त्या त्रिविक्रमः पद्मगदी चक्री च शङ्ख्यपि। शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मी वामनः पातु मां सदा

With devotion, Trivikrama, Padmagadī, Cakrī, and also Śaṅkhī; Vāmana, with conch, disc, mace, and lotus, may he always protect me.

गतिदः श्रीधरः पद्मी चक्रशार्ङ्गी च शङ्ख्यपि

The giver of the path, Śrīdhara, Padmī, Cakraśārṅgī, and also Śaṅkhī.

वरदः पद्मनाभस्तु शङ्खाब्जारिगदाधरः। दामोदरः पद्मशङ्खगदाचक्री नमामि तम्

Padmanabha, the boon-giver, who bears the conch, lotus, discus, and mace, Damodara, holding the lotus, conch, mace, and discus—I bow to him.

तेने गदी शङ्खचक्री वासुदेवोब्जभृज्जगत्। सङ्कर्षणो गदी शङ्‌खी पद्मी चक्री च पातु वः

He, the wielder of the mace, conch, and discus, Vasudeva, sustains the world; Sankarshana, with mace, conch, lotus, and discus, may protect you.