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Chapter 25

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Brahma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 25

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सौतिरुवाच ।। क्षणेन विप्रप्रवरो मुदाऽन्वितो जगाम शम्भोः सदनं मनोहरम् ।। ऊर्ध्वं ध्रुवाद्योजनलक्षमीप्सितं महार्हरत्नौघविनिर्मितं महत् ।। १ ।। निराश्रये योगबलेन शम्भुना धृतं विचित्रं विविधालयान्वितम् ।। दृष्टं सुपुण्याशयसाधकैर्वरैर्मुनीन्द्रवर्यैः परिपूरितं शुभम् ।। २ ।। मयूखशून्यं रविचन्द्रयोर्मुने हुताशनैर्वेष्टितमेव केवलम् ।। प्राकाररूपैरतिरिक्तवर्द्धितैरुच्चैरसंख्याप्रमितैः शिखोज्ज्वलैः ।। ३ ।। पुरं वरं योजनलक्षविस्तृतं त्रिकोटिरत्नेन्द्रगृहान्वितं सदा ।। विराजितं हीरकसारनिर्मितैश्चित्रैर्विचित्रैर्विविधैर्मनोहरैः ।। ४ ।। माणिक्यमुक्तामणिदर्पणैर्युतं नस्वप्नदृष्टं द्विज विश्वकर्मणः ।। आकल्पमेकैः शिवसेवितैर्जनैर्निषेवितं सन्ततमेव शौनक ।। ५ ।। सिद्धैर्नियुक्तं शतकोटिलक्षैकैस्त्रिकोटिलक्षैश्च युतं स्वपार्षदैः ।। युक्तं त्रिलक्षैर्विकटैश्च भैरवैः क्षेत्रैश्चतुर्लक्षशतैश्च वेष्टितम् ।। ६ ।। सुरद्रुमैर्वेष्टितमेव सन्ततं मन्दारवृक्षप्रवरैः सुपुष्पितैः ।। विराजितं सुन्दरकामधेनुभिर्यथा बलाकाशतकैर्नभस्तलम् ।। ७ ।। दृष्ट्वा मुनिर्विस्मयमाप मानसे किं नात्र चित्रं सुरयोगिनां गुरौ ।। लोकं त्रिलोकाच्च विलक्षणं परं भीमृत्युरोगार्त्तिजराहरं वरम् ।। ८ ।। दूरे सभामण्डलमध्यगं शिवं ददर्श शान्तं शिवदं मनोहरम् ।। पद्मत्रिनेत्रं विधुपञ्चवक्त्रं गङ्गाधरं निर्मलचन्द्रशेखरम् ।। ९ ।। प्रतप्तहेमाभजटाधरं विभुं दिगम्बरं शुभ्रमनन्तमक्षरम् ।। मन्दाकिनीपुष्करबीजमालया कृष्णेति नामैव मुदा जपन्तम् ।। 1.25.१० ।। सुनीलकण्ठं भुजगेन्द्रमण्डितं योगीन्द्रसिद्धेन्द्र मुनीन्द्रवन्दितम् ।। सिद्धेश्वरं सिद्धविधानकारणं मृत्युंजयं कालयमान्तकारकम् ।। ११ ।। प्रसन्नहास्यास्यमनोहरं वरं विश्वाश्रयाणां शिवदं वरप्रदम् ।। सदाऽऽशुतोषं भवरोगवर्जितं भक्तप्रियं भक्तजनैकबन्धुम् ।। १२ ।। गत्वा समीपं मुनिरेष शूलिनं ननाम मूर्ध्ना पुलकाङ्कविग्रहः ।। वीणां त्रितन्त्रीं क्वणयन्पुनर्जगौ कृष्णं स तुष्टाव कलं सुकण्ठः ।। १३ ।। दृष्ट्वा मुनीन्द्रप्रवरं च सस्मितं विधेः सुतं वेदविदां वरिष्ठम् ।। योगीन्द्रसिद्धेन्द्रमहर्षिभिः समं हर्षेण पीठादुदपश्यदीश्वरः ।। १४ ।। ददौ च तस्मै मुनये स संभ्रमादालिङ्गनं चाशिषमासनादिकम् ।। पप्रच्छ भद्रागमनप्रयोजनं तपोधनं तं तपसा च शौनक ।। १५ ।। सद्रत्नसिंहासनसुन्दरे परश्चोवास शम्भुर्वरपार्षदैः सह ।। नोवास धातुस्तनयः कृताञ्जलिस्तुष्टाव भक्त्या प्रणतः प्रभुं द्विज ।। १६।। गन्धर्वराजेन कृतेन नारदः स्तोत्रेण रम्येण शुभप्रदेन च ।। स्तुत्वा प्रणामं पुनरेव कृत्वा भवाज्ञयोवास भवस्य वामतः ।। १७ ।। चकार तत्रैव निवेदनं शिवे मनोऽभिलाषं निजकामपूरके ।। श्रुत्वा मुनेस्तद्वचनं कृपानिधिर्द्रुतं प्रतिज्ञाय चकार चोमिति ।। १८ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते महापुराणे ब्रह्मखण्डे सौतिशौनकसंवादे कैलासं प्रति नारदागमनं नाम पञ्चविंशतितमोऽध्यायः ।। २५ ।।

sautiruvāca || kṣaṇena viprapravaro mudā'nvito jagāma śambhoḥ sadanaṃ manoharam || ūrdhvaṃ dhruvādyojanalakṣamīpsitaṃ mahārharatnaughavinirmitaṃ mahat || 1 || nirāśraye yogabalena śambhunā dhṛtaṃ vicitraṃ vividhālayānvitam || dṛṣṭaṃ supuṇyāśayasādhakairvarairmunīndravaryaiḥ paripūritaṃ śubham || 2 || mayūkhaśūnyaṃ ravicandrayormune hutāśanairveṣṭitameva kevalam || prākārarūpairatiriktavarddhitairuccairasaṃkhyāpramitaiḥ śikhojjvalaiḥ || 3 || puraṃ varaṃ yojanalakṣavistṛtaṃ trikoṭiratnendragṛhānvitaṃ sadā || virājitaṃ hīrakasāranirmitaiścitrairvicitrairvividhairmanoharaiḥ || 4 || māṇikyamuktāmaṇidarpaṇairyutaṃ nasvapnadṛṣṭaṃ dvija viśvakarmaṇaḥ || ākalpamekaiḥ śivasevitairjanairniṣevitaṃ santatameva śaunaka || 5 || siddhairniyuktaṃ śatakoṭilakṣaikaistrikoṭilakṣaiśca yutaṃ svapārṣadaiḥ || yuktaṃ trilakṣairvikaṭaiśca bhairavaiḥ kṣetraiścaturlakṣaśataiśca veṣṭitam || 6 || suradrumairveṣṭitameva santataṃ mandāravṛkṣapravaraiḥ supuṣpitaiḥ || virājitaṃ sundarakāmadhenubhiryathā balākāśatakairnabhastalam || 7 || dṛṣṭvā munirvismayamāpa mānase kiṃ nātra citraṃ surayogināṃ gurau || lokaṃ trilokācca vilakṣaṇaṃ paraṃ bhīmṛtyurogārttijarāharaṃ varam || 8 || dūre sabhāmaṇḍalamadhyagaṃ śivaṃ dadarśa śāntaṃ śivadaṃ manoharam || padmatrinetraṃ vidhupañcavaktraṃ gaṅgādharaṃ nirmalacandraśekharam || 9 || prataptahemābhajaṭādharaṃ vibhuṃ digambaraṃ śubhramanantamakṣaram || mandākinīpuṣkarabījamālayā kṛṣṇeti nāmaiva mudā japantam || 1.25.10 || sunīlakaṇṭhaṃ bhujagendramaṇḍitaṃ yogīndrasiddhendra munīndravanditam || siddheśvaraṃ siddhavidhānakāraṇaṃ mṛtyuṃjayaṃ kālayamāntakārakam || 11 || prasannahāsyāsyamanoharaṃ varaṃ viśvāśrayāṇāṃ śivadaṃ varapradam || sadā''śutoṣaṃ bhavarogavarjitaṃ bhaktapriyaṃ bhaktajanaikabandhum || 12 || gatvā samīpaṃ munireṣa śūlinaṃ nanāma mūrdhnā pulakāṅkavigrahaḥ || vīṇāṃ tritantrīṃ kvaṇayanpunarjagau kṛṣṇaṃ sa tuṣṭāva kalaṃ sukaṇṭhaḥ || 13 || dṛṣṭvā munīndrapravaraṃ ca sasmitaṃ vidheḥ sutaṃ vedavidāṃ variṣṭham || yogīndrasiddhendramaharṣibhiḥ samaṃ harṣeṇa pīṭhādudapaśyadīśvaraḥ || 14 || dadau ca tasmai munaye sa saṃbhramādāliṅganaṃ cāśiṣamāsanādikam || papraccha bhadrāgamanaprayojanaṃ tapodhanaṃ taṃ tapasā ca śaunaka || 15 || sadratnasiṃhāsanasundare paraścovāsa śambhurvarapārṣadaiḥ saha || novāsa dhātustanayaḥ kṛtāñjalistuṣṭāva bhaktyā praṇataḥ prabhuṃ dvija || 16|| gandharvarājena kṛtena nāradaḥ stotreṇa ramyeṇa śubhapradena ca || stutvā praṇāmaṃ punareva kṛtvā bhavājñayovāsa bhavasya vāmataḥ || 17 || cakāra tatraiva nivedanaṃ śive mano'bhilāṣaṃ nijakāmapūrake || śrutvā munestadvacanaṃ kṛpānidhirdrutaṃ pratijñāya cakāra comiti || 18 || iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṇḍe sautiśaunakasaṃvāde kailāsaṃ prati nāradāgamanaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 25 ||

English translation

audience with lord!^iva Sauti said—^Narada the best of the Brahmarias felt delighted and in an instant he reached the pleasant abode of lord Siva located at a distance of a lakh of yojanas above the pole-star (dhruva) and was built with precious stones.

Siva with the influence of his yogic powers had created in the sky having no base a beautiful Ioka. lt is inhabited by the glorious sages having spotless minds besides the best of ascetic.

The rays of the sun and the moon do not reach there; that loka is surrounded by high flames of fire which serve as the boundary wall.

That beautiful city is spread over an area of a lakh of yojanas which has three crores of houses studded with gems. The gems have also been used in the inner apartments which are of different shades and looked quite charming.

O Brahmana named Saunaka, the city has mirrors made of the pearls and gems which are invisible to Visvakarma even in dreams. In sueh palaces only the devotees of lord Siva are allowed to reside. The Sivaloka has a hundred crores lakhs of the devotees of Siva. Three lakhs of deformed Bhairavas also reside there, hundred ' of lakhs of regions surround it. j There is the beautiful Manddra mountain with the divine trees laden with beautiful flowers.

There are beautiful Kamadhenu (wish fulfilling) cows which add, grandeur of the place. A hundreds of Apsaras add to the beauty of the The sage Narada was surprised by looking at them. He thought, “The place is inhabited by Siva who happens to be the teacher all of all the yogis and intellectual. It is really surprising to find such astonishing things here. This loka is of astonishing nature as compared to the other lokas and is indeed the best. The fear, ailments, old age are removed from this place.

Narada found that Siva was lodged in the Sabhamandapa. In the centre of the Sabhamandapa he was seated having five faces, which were quite peaceful. He looked as the bestower of welfare, quite charming and was having three eyes resembling the lotus flowers.

The river Gahga was emerging from his head and the crescent was adorning his forehead.

He was wearing matted locks of hair over the heads, which were issuing lustre of the molten gold. He was wearing no clothes and looked eternal. He was wearing a garland of lotus flowers emerging from heavenly Gahga. Filled with ecstasy he was reciting the name of lord A beautiful blue sign was adoring his neck. He was adorned with the ornaments of snakes and the great sages, yogis and siddhas bowed in reverence at his feet. He is the lord of the siddhas and has overcome the death because of the attainment of the siddhas. He is the one, who can put an end to Yama and the time. He wears a serene smile over his face. He provides complete welfare to all who take refuge in him and grant the desired wishes. He get pleased in no time, he is free from all the worldly ailments, is loved by his devotees and is the only relative of his Reaching before such a type of Siva the sage Narada became emotional and he bowed in

reverence to him. Thereafter creating sound from the lute of three cords, he started reciting the glory of lord Krsna before Siva.

Finding Narada before him, who is the best of those well-versed in the Vedas and is the son of Brahma, Siva looked at him smilingly and got up from his seat with the siddhas and great ascetics to welcome Narada.

O Saunaka, Siva then embraced Narada | without any hesitation and blessing him he offered him a seat asking him at the same time the reason for his arrival.

O Brahmana, lord Siva then again took his seat over the gem-studded lion-throne with the courtiers but the sage Narada instead of seating himself continued to stand with devotion.

Thereafter with folded hands, he started offering prayer to Siva.

Thereafter he recited the stotra which was bestower of the welfare and composed by the king of Gandharvas according to the Vedic texts.

Thereafter Narada again offered his salutation to him and taking pennission from him, he took a seat to the left of Siva.

Thereafter he expressed the cause of his arrival before Siva. On listening to the words of the sage, the compassionate Siva said: “Alright,”

Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 400045 (2023-12-26T21:57:52Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n133–n136: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n133/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.