Adhyaya 37

Verse 1

इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये विष्णुपवित्रारोहणं नाम षट्त्रिंशो ऽध्यायः अथ सप्तत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः सर्वदेवपवित्रारोहणविधिः अग्निर् उवाच सङ्क्षेपात् सर्वदेवानां पवित्रारोहणं शृणु पवित्र सर्वलक्ष्म स्यात् स्वरसानलगं त्वपि

Thus, in the Agni Purāṇa, the thirty-sixth chapter entitled “The Installation of the Pavitra for Viṣṇu” is concluded. Now begins the thirty-seventh chapter: “The Procedure for Installing the Pavitra for All Deities.” Agni said: “Hear, in brief, the method of installing the pavitra for all the gods. The pavitra should bear every auspicious mark, and it should also be joined with the proper mantra-sound and with the consecrated fire.”},{

Verse 2

जगद्योने समागच्छ परिवारगणैः सह निमन्त्रयाम्यहं प्रातर्दद्यान्तुभ्यं पवित्रकं

O womb and source of the universe, come here together with the hosts of your retinue. I invite you; in the morning I shall offer you the pavitraka, the consecrating and purificatory cord or ring.

Verse 3

जगत्सृजे नमस्तुभ्यं गृह्णीष्वेदं पवित्रकं पवित्रारोपणमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः जगत्सूते इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः पवित्रीकरणार्थाय वर्षपूजाफलप्रदं

Salutations to you, O creator of the universe. Please accept this sacred pavitraka (purificatory cord or amulet). This rite is called “pavitrāropaṇa,” the investing of the pavitra. It is performed for purification and bestows the fruit of worship offered throughout the year.

Verse 4

शिवदेव नमस्तुभ्यं गृह्णीष्वेदं पवित्रकं मणिविद्रुममालाभिर्मन्दारकुसुमादिभिः

O Lord Śiva, salutations to You. Please accept this sanctifying pavitraka, together with garlands of gems and coral, and with mandāra blossoms and other flowers.

Verse 5

इयं सांवत्सरी पूजा तवास्तु वेदवित्पते सांवत्सरीमिमां पूजां सम्पाद्य विधिमन्मम

“O lord who knows the Veda, may this be your annual worship. Having duly performed this annual pūjā according to proper rule, this is the rite prescribed for me.”

Verse 6

व्रज पवित्रकेदानीं स्वर्गलोकं विसर्जितः सूर्यदेव नमस्तुभ्यं गृह्णीष्वेदं पवित्रकं

Go now, O Pavitraka, to the heavenly world, having been duly released (by immersion/ritual dispatch). O Sun-god Sūrya, salutations to You—please accept this pavitraka.

Verse 7

पवित्रीकरणार्थाय वर्षपूजाफलप्रदं शिवदेव नमस्तुभ्यं गृह्णीष्वेदं पवित्रकं

For the sake of purification, and as the bestower of the fruit of the year-long worship—O Lord Śiva, salutations to You; please accept this pavitraka, the sacred purifier.

Verse 8

पवित्रीकरणार्थाय वर्षपूजाफलप्रदं वाणेश्वर नमस्तुभ्यं गृह्णीष्वेदं पवित्रकं

For the sake of purification—and as that which bestows the fruit of the annual worship—O Vāṇeśvara, salutations to You; please accept this sacred pavitraka (consecrating thread/garland).

Verse 9

पवित्रीकरणार्थाय वर्षपूजाफलप्रदं शक्तिदेव नमस्तुभ्यं गृह्णीष्वेदं पवित्रकं

For the sake of purification, and as that which bestows the fruit of the annual worship—O Śaktideva, salutations to You; please accept this pavitraka (consecrated purificatory thread/amulet).

Verse 10

पवित्रीकरणार्थाय वर्षपूजाफलप्रदं नारायणमयं सूत्रमनिरुद्धमयं वरं

For the sake of purification, one should adopt the sacred thread that bestows the fruit of the annual worship—an auspicious thread permeated with Nārāyaṇa, permeated with the excellent Aniruddha.

Verse 11

धनधान्यायुरारोग्यप्रदं सम्प्रददामि ते कामदेवमयं सूत्रं सङ्कर्षणमयं वरं

I bestow upon you this excellent consecrated thread, imbued with Kāmadeva and with Saṅkarṣaṇa, granting wealth, grain, longevity, and health.

Verse 12

विद्यासन्ततिसौभाग्यप्रदं सम्प्रददामि ते वासुदेवमयं सूत्रं धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदं

I now transmit to you the Vasudeva-pervaded sūtra-teaching, bestowing learning, progeny, and good fortune, and granting dharma, kāma, artha, and mokṣa.

Verse 13

संसारसागरोत्तारकारणं प्रददामि ते विश्वरूपमयं सूत्रं सर्वदं पापनाशनं

I bestow upon you the thread (sūtra), universal in form, which is the means of crossing the ocean of worldly existence; it grants all attainments and destroys sins.

Verse 14

गणेश्वर इति ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः परमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः अतीतानागतकुलसमुद्धारं ददामि ते कनिष्ठादीनि चत्वारि मनुभिस्तु क्रमाद्ददे

“Gaṇeśvara” denotes the recitation of the three books marked with g, gh, and ṅ; “Parama” denotes the recitation of the book marked with ṅ. I grant you the deliverance of your lineage, past and future; and the four generations beginning with the youngest are, in due order, granted benefit (or liberation) by the Manus.