Chapter 23
वासुदेवादिपूजाविधिः
Agni Purana, Chapter 23: vāsudevādipūjāvidhiḥ
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 1
वक्ष्ये पूजाविधिं विप्रा यत कृत्वा सर्वमाप्नुयात । प्रक्षालिताङ्घ्रिराचम्य वाग्यतः कृतरक्षकः ।।
vakṣye pūjāvidhiṃ viprā yat kṛtvā sarvamāpnuyāt | prakṣālitāṅghrirācamya vāgyataḥ kṛtarakṣakaḥ ||
I will declare the procedure of worship which, when performed, grants all attainment. Wash the feet, anoint them; by the power of speech be a protector.
Chapter 23 — vāsudevādipūjāvidhiḥ — Verse 2
Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 2
प्राङ्मुखः स्वस्तिकं बद्ध्वा पद्माद्यपरमेव च । यं वीजं नाभिमध्यस्थं धूम्रं चण्डानिलात्मकं ।।
prāṅmukhaḥ svastikaṃ baddhvā padmādyaparameva ca | yaṃ vījaṃ nābhimadhyasthaṃ dhūmraṃ caṇḍānilātmakaṃ ||
Facing east, make a swastika and a foremost lotus; place a seed at the navel, and a smoky seed embodying fierce wind.
Chapter 23 — vāsudevādipūjāvidhiḥ — Verse 3
Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 3
विशेषयेदशेषन्तु ध्यायेत कायात्तु कल्मषं । क्षौं हृत्पङ्कजमध्यस्थं वीजं तेजोनिधिं स्मरन ।।
viśeṣayedaśeṣantu dhyāyet kāyāttu kalmaṣaṃ | kṣauṃ hṛtpaṅkajamadhyasthaṃ vījaṃ tejonidhiṃ smaran ||
Discriminate and remove all blemishes; meditate that the seed kṣauṃ placed in the heart-lotus is a repository of radiant energy.
Chapter 23 — vāsudevādipūjāvidhiḥ — Verse 4
Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 4
अधोर्ध्वतिर्यग्गाभिस्तु ज्वालाभिः कल्मषं दहेत । शशाङ्काकृतिवद्ध्यायेदम्बरस्थं सुधाम्बुभिः ।।
adhordhvatiryaggābhistu jvālābhiḥ kalmaṣaṃ dahet | śaśāṅkākṛtivaddhyāyedambarasthaṃ sudhāmbubhiḥ ||
Let the purifying flames, rising and falling like sacrificial fires, burn away the stains. Visualize the sky filled with moonlike drops of ambrosia.
Chapter 23 — vāsudevādipūjāvidhiḥ — Verse 5
Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 5
हृत्पद्मव्यापिभिर्देहं स्वकमाप्लावयेत्सुधीः । सुसुम्नायोनिमार्गेण सर्वनाडीविसर्पिभिः ।।
hṛtpadmavyāpibhirdehaṃ svakamāplāvayetsudhīḥ | susumnāyonimārgeṇa sarvanāḍīvisarpibhiḥ ||
By the heart-lotus channels let the wise purify the body with their own pervading essences; through the path of the suṣumṇā and the yoni let them flow through all nāḍīs.
Chapter 23 — vāsudevādipūjāvidhiḥ — Verse 6
Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 6
शोधयित्वा न्यसेत्तत्त्वं करशुद्धिरथास्त्रकं । व्यापकं हस्तयोरादौ दक्षिणाङ्गुष्ठतोङ्गकं ।।
śodhayitvā nyasettattvaṃ karaśuddhirathāstrakaṃ | vyāpakaṃ hastayorādau dakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhatoṅgakaṃ ||
After purifying, place the hand—cleanse the palm, fingers like a bow-string. At the beginning of both hands let the thumb be outward and the little finger inward.
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 7
मूलं देहे द्वादशाङ्गं न्यसेन्मन्त्रैर द्विषट्ककैः । हृदयं च शिरश चैव शिखा वर्मास्त्रलोचने ।।
mūlaṃ dehe dvādaśāṅgaṃ nyasenmantrair dviṣaṭkakaiḥ | hṛdayaṃ ca śiraś caiva śikhā varmāstralocane ||
Place the base on the body’s twelve members using sixty-two mantras. Then on the heart and the head, on the top-knot, on the breast, weapon and eye-brow place (the seals).
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 8
उदरं च तथा पृष्ठं बाहुरुजानुपादकं । मुद्रां दत्त्वा स्मरेत विष्णुं जप्त्वाष्टशतमर्चयेत ।।
udaraṃ ca tathā pṛṣṭhaṃ bāhurujānupādakaṃ | mudrāṃ dattvā smaret viṣṇuṃ japtvāṣṭaśatamarcayet ||
Also place it on the belly, back and arms, on the thighs and knees. Having given the mudrā, remember Viṣṇu; having chanted eighty times, worship him.
Chapter 23 — vāsudevādipūjāvidhiḥ — Verse 9
Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 9
वामे तु वर्धनीं न्यस्य पूजाद्रव्यं तु दक्षिणे । प्रक्षाल्यास्त्रेण चार्घ्येण गन्धपुष्पान्विते न्यसेत ।।
vāme tu vardhanīṃ nyasya pūjādravyaṃ tu dakṣiṇe | prakṣālyāstreṇa cārghyeṇa gandhapuṣpānvite nyaset ||
On the left place Vardhanī; on the right place the worship-substance. Wash and anoint with water and argha, and on them place scented flowers.
Chapter 23 — vāsudevādipūjāvidhiḥ — Verse 10
Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 10
चैतन्यं सर्वगं ज्योतिरष्टजप्तेन वारिणा । फडन्तेन तु संसिच्य हस्ते ध्यात्वा हरिं परे ।।
caitanyaṃ sarvagaṃ jyotiraṣṭajaptena vāriṇā | phaḍantena tu saṃsicya haste dhyātvā hariṃ pare ||
Imbue all with consciousness, light, and with eightfold chanting and water. Fanning and kindling it, having placed in the hand, meditate on Hari beyond (yourself).
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 11
धर्मं ज्ञानं च वैराग्यमैश्वर्यं वह्निदिङ्मुखाः । अधर्मादीनि गात्राणि पूर्वादौ योगपीठके ।।
dharmaṃ jñānaṃ ca vairāgyamaiśvaryaṃ vahnidiṅmukhāḥ | adharmādīni gātrāṇi pūrvādau yogapīṭhake ||
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Chapter 23 — vāsudevādipūjāvidhiḥ — Verse 12
Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 12
कूर्मं पीठे ह्य अनन्तञ्च यमं सूर्यादिमण्डलं । विमलाद्याः केशरस्थानुग्रहा कर्णिका स्थिता ।।
kūrmaṃ pīṭhe hy anantañca yamaṃ sūryādimaṇḍalaṃ | vimalādyāḥ keśarasthānugrahā karṇikā sthitā ||
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Chapter 23 — vāsudevādipūjāvidhiḥ — Verse 13
Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 13
पूर्वं स्वहृदये ध्यात्वा आवाह्यार्चैश च मण्डले । अर्घ्यं पाद्यं तथाचामं मधुपर्कं पुनश च तत ।।
pūrvaṃ svahṛdaye dhyātvā āvāhyārcaiś ca maṇḍale | arghyaṃ pādyaṃ tathācāmaṃ madhuparkaṃ punaś ca tat ||
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 14
स्नानं वस्त्रोपवीतञ्च भूषणं गन्धपुष्पकं । धूपदीपनैर वेद्यानि पुण्डरीकाक्षविद्यया ।।
snānaṃ vastropavītañca bhūṣaṇaṃ gandhapuṣpakaṃ | dhūpadīpanair vedyāni puṇḍarīkākṣavidyayā ||
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 15
यजेदङ्गानि पूर्वादौ द्वारि पूर्वे परेण्डजं । दक्षे चक्रं गदां सौम्ये कोणे शङ्खं धनुर्न्यसेत ।।
yajedaṅgāni pūrvādau dvāri pūrve pareṇḍajaṃ | dakṣe cakraṃ gadāṃ saumye koṇe śaṅkhaṃ dhanurnyaset ||
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 16
देवस्य वामतो दक्षे चेषुधी खड्गमेव च । वामे चर्म श्रियं दक्षे पुष्टिं वामेग्रतो न्यसेत ।।
devasya vāmato dakṣe ceṣudhī khaḍgameva ca | vāme carma śriyaṃ dakṣe puṣṭiṃ vāmegrato nyaset ||
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 17
वनमालाञ्च श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभौ दिक्पतीन्वहिः । स्वमन्त्रैः पूजयेत सर्वान विष्णुरर्घोवसानतः ।।
vanamālāñca śrīvatsakaustubhau dikpatīnvahiḥ | svamantraiḥ pūjayet sarvān viṣṇurarghovasānataḥ ||
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 18
व्यस्तेन च समस्तेन अङ्गैर वीजेन वै यजेत । जप्त्वा प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य स्तुत्त्वार्ध्यञ्च समर्प्य च ।।
vyastena ca samastena aṅgair vījena vai yajet | japtvā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya stuttvārdhyañca samarpya ca ||
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 19
हृदये विन्यसेद्ध्यात्वा अहं ब्रह्म हरिस्त्विति । आगच्छावाहने योज्यं क्षमस्वेति विसर्जने ।।
hṛdaye vinyaseddhyātvā ahaṃ brahma haristviti | āgacchāvāhane yojyaṃ kṣamasveti visarjane ||
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 20
एवमष्टाक्षराद्यैश च पूजां कृत्वा विमुक्तिभाक । एकमूर्त्यर्चनं प्रोक्तं नवव्यूहार्चनं शृणु ।।
evamaṣṭākṣarādyaiś ca pūjāṃ kṛtvā vimuktibhāk | ekamūrtyarcanaṃ proktaṃ navavyūhārcanaṃ śṛṇu ||
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Chapter 23 — vāsudevādipūjāvidhiḥ — Verse 21
Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 21
अङ्गुष्ठकद्वये न्यस्य वासुदेवं बलादिकान । तर्जन्यादौ शरीरेथ शिरोललाटवक्त्रके ।।
aṅguṣṭhakadvaye nyasya vāsudevaṃ balādikān | tarjanyādau śarīretha śirolalāṭavaktrake ||
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 22
हृन्नाभिगुह्यजान्वङ्घ्रौ मध्ये पूर्वादिकं यजेत । एकपीठं नवव्यूहं नवपीठञ्च पूर्ववत ।।
hṛnnābhiguhyajānvaṅghrau madhye pūrvādikaṃ yajet | ekapīṭhaṃ navavyūhaṃ navapīṭhañca pūrvavat ||
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Agni Purana · Chapter 23 · Verse 23
नवाब्जे नवमूर्त्या च नवव्यूहञ्च पूर्ववत । इष्टं मध्ये ततः स्थाने वासुदेवञ्च पूजयेत ।।
navābje navamūrtyā ca navavyūhañca pūrvavat | iṣṭaṃ madhye tataḥ sthāne vāsudevañca pūjayet ||
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