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Chapter 22

स्नानविधिः

Agni Purana, Chapter 22: snānavidhiḥ

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Chapter 22 — snānavidhiḥ — Verse 1

Agni Purana · Chapter 22 · Verse 1

वक्ष्ये स्नानं क्रियाद्यर्थं नृसिंहेन तु मृत्तिकां । गृहीत्वा तां द्विधा कृत्वा मनःस्नानमथैकया ।।

vakṣye snānaṃ kriyādyarthaṃ nṛsiṃhena tu mṛttikāṃ | gṛhītvā tāṃ dvidhā kṛtvā manaḥsnānamathaikayā ||

I will describe bathing and rites: a clay image of Nṛsiṃha is taken, held and made twofold; then one performs a mental bath and also a single (external) bath.

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Chapter 22 — snānavidhiḥ — Verse 2

Agni Purana · Chapter 22 · Verse 2

निमज्याचम्य विन्यस्य सिंहेन कृतरक्षकः । विधिस्नानं ततः कुर्यात प्राणायामपुरःसरं ।।

nimajyācamya vinyasya siṃhena kṛtarakṣakaḥ | vidhisnānaṃ tataḥ kuryāt prāṇāyāmapuraḥsaraṃ ||

Dip, pour and place it; the lion‑form protector (Nṛsiṃha) is established. Then perform the ritual bath according to rule, ending with pranayama and initial recitations.

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Chapter 22 — snānavidhiḥ — Verse 3

Agni Purana · Chapter 22 · Verse 3

हृदि ध्यायन हरिज्ञानं मन्त्रेणाष्टाक्षरेण हि । त्रिधा पाणितले मृत्स्नां दिग्बन्धं सिंहजप्ततः ।।

hṛdi dhyāyan harijñānaṃ mantreṇāṣṭākṣareṇa hi | tridhā pāṇitale mṛtsnāṃ digbandhaṃ siṃhajaptataḥ ||

Meditate on Hari‑knowledge in the heart with the eight‑letter mantra. Recite the lion‑japa three times on the palm, sprinkle sacred water and bind the directions.

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Chapter 22 — snānavidhiḥ — Verse 4

Agni Purana · Chapter 22 · Verse 4

वासदेवप्रजप्तेन तीर्थं सङ्कल्प्य चालभेत । गात्रं वेदादिना मन्त्रैः सम्मार्ज्याराध्य मूर्तिना ।।

vāsadevaprajaptena tīrthaṃ saṅkalpya cālabhet | gātraṃ vedādinā mantraiḥ sammārjyārādhya mūrtinā ||

Having resolved to visit the tirtha consecrated by Vasudeva (Prajāpati), one should approach. With body, Vedas and mantras one ought to purify and worship the deity.

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Chapter 22 — snānavidhiḥ — Verse 5

Agni Purana · Chapter 22 · Verse 5

कृत्वाघमर्षणं वस्त्रं परिधाय समाचरेत । विन्यस्य मन्त्रैर द्विर्मार्ज्य पाणिस्थं जलमेव च ।।

kṛtvāghamarṣaṇaṃ vastraṃ paridhāya samācaret | vinyasya mantrair dvirmārjya pāṇisthaṃ jalameva ca ||

Wearing a garment smeared with perfuming paste, perform the rites. Having applied mantras, sprinkle water twice on the hand placed (for offering).

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Chapter 22 — snānavidhiḥ — Verse 6

Agni Purana · Chapter 22 · Verse 6

नारायणेन संयम्य वायुमाघ्राय चोत्सृजेत । जलं ध्यायन हरिं पश्चाद्दत्वार्घ्यं द्वादशाक्षरं ।।

nārāyaṇena saṃyamya vāyumāghrāya cotsṛjet | jalaṃ dhyāyan hariṃ paścāddatvārghyaṃ dvādaśākṣaraṃ ||

Restraining the breath with nārāyaṇa (mantra) and releasing it on the exhalation, meditate on Hari while pouring water; then offer arghya (water) and recite the twelve-syllabled (mantra).

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Chapter 22 — snānavidhiḥ — Verse 7

Agni Purana · Chapter 22 · Verse 7

जप्त्वान्याञ्छतशस्तस्य योगपीठादितः क्रमात । मन्त्रान दिक्पालपर्यन्तानृषीन पितृगणानपि ।।

japtvānyāñchataśastasya yogapīṭhāditaḥ kramāt | mantrān dikpālaparyantānṛṣīn pitṛgaṇānapi ||

Having chanted the prescribed numbers of recitations, proceeding from the yogapīṭha downward in order, one should recite mantras up to the guardians of the directions, rishis and groups of ancestors.

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Chapter 22 — snānavidhiḥ — Verse 8

Agni Purana · Chapter 22 · Verse 8

मनुष्यान सर्वभूतानि स्थावरान्तान्यथावसेत । न्यस्य चाङ्गानि संहृत्य मन्त्रान्यागगृहं व्रजेत । एवमन्यासु पूजासु मूलाद्यैः स्नानमाचरेत ।।

manuṣyān sarvabhūtāni sthāvarāntānyathāvaset | nyasya cāṅgāni saṃhṛtya mantrānyāgagṛhaṃ vrajet | evamanyāsu pūjāsu mūlādyaiḥ snānamācaret ||

For all humans and beings, place immovables and ends (objects) as appropriate; folding together the limbs, one should bring the mantras into the sacrificial house. In such other kinds of worship one should perform bathing from the roots onward.

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