Gaṇapati-khaṇḍa · Chapter 15
Sourceनारायण उवाच ।। पुत्रस्य वार्त्तां सम्प्राप्य पार्वत्या सह शङ्करः ।। प्रेरितो विष्णुना देवैर्मुनिभिः पर्वतैर्मुने ।। १ ।। दूतान्प्रस्थापयामास महाबलपराक्रमान् ।। वीरभद्रं विशालाक्षं शङ्कुकर्णं कबन्धकम् ।। २ ।। नन्दीश्वरं महाकालं वज्रदन्तं भगन्दरम् ।। गोधामुखं दधिमुखं ज्वलदग्निशिखोपमम् ।। ३ ।। लक्षं च क्षेत्रपालानां भूतानां च त्रिलक्षकम् ।। वेतालानां चतुर्लक्षं यक्षाणां पञ्चलक्षकम् ।। ४ ।। कूष्माण्डानां चतुर्लक्षं त्रिलक्षं ब्रह्मराक्षसान् ।। डाकिनीनां चतुर्लक्षं योगिनीनां त्रिलक्षकम् ।। ५ ।। रुद्रांश्च भैरवांश्चैव शिवतुल्यपराक्रमान् ।। अन्यांश्च विकृताकारानसंख्यानपि नारद ।। ६ ।। ते सर्वे शिवदूताश्च नानाशस्त्रास्त्रपाणयः ।। कृत्तिकानां च भवनं वेष्टयामासुरुज्ज्वलम् ।।७।। दृष्ट्वा तान्कृत्तिकाः सर्वा भयविह्वलमानसाः।। कार्त्तिकेयं च जगृहुर्ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। ८ ।। कृत्तिका ऊचुः ।। वत्स सैन्यान्यसंख्यानि वेष्टयामासुरायलम् ।। न जानीमो वयं कस्य करालानि च बालक ।। ९ ।। कार्त्तिकेय उवाच ।। भयं त्यजत कल्याण्यो भयं किं वो मयि स्थिते ।। दुर्निवार्य्यः कर्मपाको मातरः केन वार्य्यते ।।१०।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र सेनानीर्नन्दिकेश्वरः ।। पुरतः कार्त्तिकेयस्य तिष्ठंस्तासामुवाच ह ।। ११ ।। नन्दिकेश्वर उवाच।। भ्रातः प्रवृत्तिं शृणु मे मातुश्चापि शुभावहाम् ।। प्रेषितस्य सुरेन्द्रस्य संहर्तुः शंकरस्य च ।। १२ ।। कैलासे सर्वदेवाश्च ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः ।। सभायां ते वसन्तश्च गणेशोत्सवमङ्गलम् ।। १३ ।। शैलेन्द्रकन्या तं विष्णुं जगतां परिपालकम् ।। संबोध्य कथयामास तवान्वेषणकारणम् ।। १४ ।। पप्रच्छ देवान्विष्णुस्तान्क्रमेणावाप्तिहेतवे ।। प्रत्युत्तरं ददुस्ते तु प्रत्येकं च यथोचितम्।। १५ ।। त्वमत्र कृत्तिकास्थाने कथयामासुरीश्वरम् ।। सर्वे धर्मादयो देवा धर्माधर्मस्य साक्षिणः ।। या बभूव रहःक्रीडा पार्वतीशिवयोः पुरा ।। १६ ।। दृष्टस्य च सुरैः शम्भोवीर्य्यं भूमौ पपात ह ।। भूमिस्तदक्षिपद्वह्नौ वह्निश्च शरकानने ।। ततो लब्धः कृत्तिकाभिरमूभिर्गच्छ साम्प्रतम् ।।१७।। तवाभिषेकं विष्णुश्च करिष्यति सुरैः सह ।। शस्त्रं लब्ध्वाऽखिलं देव तारकं संहनिष्यति।। पुत्रस्त्वं विश्वसंहर्त्तुस्त्वां गोप्तुं न क्षमा इमाः ।।१८।। नाग्निं गोप्तुं यथा शक्तः शुष्कवृक्षः स्वकोटरे ।। दीप्तिमांस्त्वं च विश्वेषु तासां गेहेषु शोभसे ।। यथा पतन्महाकूपे द्विजराजो न राजते ।। १९ ।। करोषि जगदालोकं नाच्छन्नोऽस्याङ्गतेजसा ।। यथा सूर्य्यः कराच्छन्नो न भवेत्पूरुषस्य च ।। २० ।। विष्णुस्त्वं च जगद्व्यापी नासां व्याप्योऽसि शाम्भव ।। यथा न केषां व्याप्यं च तत्सर्वं व्यापकं नभः ।। २१ ।। योगीन्द्रो नानुलिप्तस्त्वं भोगी च परिपोषणे ।। नैव लिप्तो यथाऽऽत्मा च कर्म्म भोगेषु जीविनाम् ।। २२ ।। विश्वाधारस्त्वमीशश्च नामृते सम्भवेत्स्थितिः ।। सागरस्य यथा नद्यां सरितामाश्रयस्य च ।। २३ ।। नहि सर्वेश्वरावासः सम्भवेत्कृत्तिकालये ।। गरुडस्य यथा वासः क्षुद्रे च चटकोदरे ।। २४ ।। त्वां च देवा न जानन्ति भक्तानुग्रह विग्रहम् ।। गुणानां तेजसां राशिं यथा ज्ञानमयोगिनः ।।२५।। त्वामनिर्वचनीयं च कथं जानन्ति कृत्तिकाः ।। यथा परां हरेर्भक्तिमभक्ता मूढचेतसः ।। २६ ।। भ्रातर्ये यं न जानन्ति ते तं कुर्वन्त्यनादरम् ।। नाद्रियन्ते यथा भेकास्त्वेकावासं च पङ्कजम् ।। २७ ।। कार्त्तिकेय उवाच।। भ्रातः सर्वं विजानामि ज्ञानं त्रैकालिकं च यत्।। ज्ञानी त्वं का प्रशंसा ते यतो मृत्युञ्जयाश्रितः।।२८।। कर्मणा जन्म येषां वा यासु यासु च योनिषु ।। तासु ते निर्वृतिं भ्रातर्नाप्नुवन्ति च सन्ततम्।।२९।। ये यत्र सन्ति सन्तो वा मूढा वा कर्मभोगतः।। तेऽपि तं बहुमन्यन्ते मोहिता विष्णुमायया।।३०।। साम्प्रतं जगतां माता विष्णुमाया सनातनी।। सर्वाद्या विष्णुमाया च सर्वदा विष्णुमङ्गला ।। ३१ ।। शैलेन्द्रपत्नी गर्भे सा चालभज्जन्म भारते ।। दारुणं च तपस्तप्त्वा सम्प्रापच्छङ्करं पतिम् ।। ३२ ।। ब्रह्मादितृणपर्य्यन्तं सर्वं मिथ्यैव कृत्रिमम् ।। सर्वे कृष्णोद्भवाः काले विलीनास्तत्र केवलम् ।। ३३ ।। कल्पे कल्पे जगन्माता माता मे प्रतिजन्मनि ।। यज्जन्ममायया बद्धो नित्यः सृष्टिविधावहम् ।। ३४ ।। प्रकृतेरुद्भवास्सत्यं जगत्यां सर्वयोषितः ।। काश्चिदंशाः कलाः काश्चित्कलांशांशेन काश्चन ।। ३६ ।। कृत्तिका ज्ञानवत्यश्च योगिन्यः प्रकृतेः कलाः ।। स्तनैश्च संवर्द्धितोऽहमुपहारेण सन्ततम् ।। ।। ३६ ।। तासामहं पोष्यपुत्रो मदम्बाः पोषणादिमाः ।। तस्याश्च प्रकृतेः पुत्रो गतस्त्वत्स्वामिवीर्य्यतः ।। ३७ ।। न गर्भजोऽहं शैलेन्द्रकन्याया नन्दिकेश्वर ।। सा च मे धर्मतो माता तथेमाः सर्वसम्मताः ।। ३८ ।। स्तनदात्री गर्भधात्री भक्ष्यदात्री गुरुप्रिया ।। अभीष्टदेवपत्नी च पितुः पत्नी च कन्यकाः।।३९।। सगर्भकन्या भगिनी पुत्रपत्नी प्रियाप्रसूः ।। मातुर्माता पितुर्माता सोदरस्य प्रिया तथा ।।४०।। मातुः पितुश्च भगिनी मातुलानी तथैव च ।। जनानां वेदविहिता मातरः षोडश स्मृताः ।।४१।। इमाश्च सर्वसिद्धिज्ञाः परमैश्वर्य्यसंयुताः ।। न क्षुद्रा ब्रह्मणः कन्यास्त्रिषु लोकेषु पूजिताः ।। ४२ ।। विष्णुना प्रेरितस्त्वं च शम्भोः पुत्रसमो महान् ।। गच्छ यामि त्वया सार्द्धं द्रक्ष्यामि सुरसंचयम् ।।४३।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे तृतीये गणेशखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादे नन्दिकार्त्तिकेयसंवादो नाम पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः ।। १५ ।।
nārāyaṇa uvāca || putrasya vārttāṃ samprāpya pārvatyā saha śaṅkaraḥ || prerito viṣṇunā devairmunibhiḥ parvatairmune || 1 || dūtānprasthāpayāmāsa mahābalaparākramān || vīrabhadraṃ viśālākṣaṃ śaṅkukarṇaṃ kabandhakam || 2 || nandīśvaraṃ mahākālaṃ vajradantaṃ bhagandaram || godhāmukhaṃ dadhimukhaṃ jvaladagniśikhopamam || 3 || lakṣaṃ ca kṣetrapālānāṃ bhūtānāṃ ca trilakṣakam || vetālānāṃ caturlakṣaṃ yakṣāṇāṃ pañcalakṣakam || 4 || kūṣmāṇḍānāṃ caturlakṣaṃ trilakṣaṃ brahmarākṣasān || ḍākinīnāṃ caturlakṣaṃ yoginīnāṃ trilakṣakam || 5 || rudrāṃśca bhairavāṃścaiva śivatulyaparākramān || anyāṃśca vikṛtākārānasaṃkhyānapi nārada || 6 || te sarve śivadūtāśca nānāśastrāstrapāṇayaḥ || kṛttikānāṃ ca bhavanaṃ veṣṭayāmāsurujjvalam ||7|| dṛṣṭvā tānkṛttikāḥ sarvā bhayavihvalamānasāḥ|| kārttikeyaṃ ca jagṛhurjvalantaṃ brahmatejasā || 8 || kṛttikā ūcuḥ || vatsa sainyānyasaṃkhyāni veṣṭayāmāsurāyalam || na jānīmo vayaṃ kasya karālāni ca bālaka || 9 || kārttikeya uvāca || bhayaṃ tyajata kalyāṇyo bhayaṃ kiṃ vo mayi sthite || durnivāryyaḥ karmapāko mātaraḥ kena vāryyate ||10|| etasminnantare tatra senānīrnandikeśvaraḥ || purataḥ kārttikeyasya tiṣṭhaṃstāsāmuvāca ha || 11 || nandikeśvara uvāca|| bhrātaḥ pravṛttiṃ śṛṇu me mātuścāpi śubhāvahām || preṣitasya surendrasya saṃhartuḥ śaṃkarasya ca || 12 || kailāse sarvadevāśca brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ || sabhāyāṃ te vasantaśca gaṇeśotsavamaṅgalam || 13 || śailendrakanyā taṃ viṣṇuṃ jagatāṃ paripālakam || saṃbodhya kathayāmāsa tavānveṣaṇakāraṇam || 14 || papraccha devānviṣṇustānkrameṇāvāptihetave || pratyuttaraṃ daduste tu pratyekaṃ ca yathocitam|| 15 || tvamatra kṛttikāsthāne kathayāmāsurīśvaram || sarve dharmādayo devā dharmādharmasya sākṣiṇaḥ || yā babhūva rahaḥkrīḍā pārvatīśivayoḥ purā || 16 || dṛṣṭasya ca suraiḥ śambhovīryyaṃ bhūmau papāta ha || bhūmistadakṣipadvahnau vahniśca śarakānane || tato labdhaḥ kṛttikābhiramūbhirgaccha sāmpratam ||17|| tavābhiṣekaṃ viṣṇuśca kariṣyati suraiḥ saha || śastraṃ labdhvā'khilaṃ deva tārakaṃ saṃhaniṣyati|| putrastvaṃ viśvasaṃharttustvāṃ goptuṃ na kṣamā imāḥ ||18|| nāgniṃ goptuṃ yathā śaktaḥ śuṣkavṛkṣaḥ svakoṭare || dīptimāṃstvaṃ ca viśveṣu tāsāṃ geheṣu śobhase || yathā patanmahākūpe dvijarājo na rājate || 19 || karoṣi jagadālokaṃ nācchanno'syāṅgatejasā || yathā sūryyaḥ karācchanno na bhavetpūruṣasya ca || 20 || viṣṇustvaṃ ca jagadvyāpī nāsāṃ vyāpyo'si śāmbhava || yathā na keṣāṃ vyāpyaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ vyāpakaṃ nabhaḥ || 21 || yogīndro nānuliptastvaṃ bhogī ca paripoṣaṇe || naiva lipto yathā''tmā ca karmma bhogeṣu jīvinām || 22 || viśvādhārastvamīśaśca nāmṛte sambhavetsthitiḥ || sāgarasya yathā nadyāṃ saritāmāśrayasya ca || 23 || nahi sarveśvarāvāsaḥ sambhavetkṛttikālaye || garuḍasya yathā vāsaḥ kṣudre ca caṭakodare || 24 || tvāṃ ca devā na jānanti bhaktānugraha vigraham || guṇānāṃ tejasāṃ rāśiṃ yathā jñānamayoginaḥ ||25|| tvāmanirvacanīyaṃ ca kathaṃ jānanti kṛttikāḥ || yathā parāṃ harerbhaktimabhaktā mūḍhacetasaḥ || 26 || bhrātarye yaṃ na jānanti te taṃ kurvantyanādaram || nādriyante yathā bhekāstvekāvāsaṃ ca paṅkajam || 27 || kārttikeya uvāca|| bhrātaḥ sarvaṃ vijānāmi jñānaṃ traikālikaṃ ca yat|| jñānī tvaṃ kā praśaṃsā te yato mṛtyuñjayāśritaḥ||28|| karmaṇā janma yeṣāṃ vā yāsu yāsu ca yoniṣu || tāsu te nirvṛtiṃ bhrātarnāpnuvanti ca santatam||29|| ye yatra santi santo vā mūḍhā vā karmabhogataḥ|| te'pi taṃ bahumanyante mohitā viṣṇumāyayā||30|| sāmprataṃ jagatāṃ mātā viṣṇumāyā sanātanī|| sarvādyā viṣṇumāyā ca sarvadā viṣṇumaṅgalā || 31 || śailendrapatnī garbhe sā cālabhajjanma bhārate || dāruṇaṃ ca tapastaptvā samprāpacchaṅkaraṃ patim || 32 || brahmāditṛṇaparyyantaṃ sarvaṃ mithyaiva kṛtrimam || sarve kṛṣṇodbhavāḥ kāle vilīnāstatra kevalam || 33 || kalpe kalpe jaganmātā mātā me pratijanmani || yajjanmamāyayā baddho nityaḥ sṛṣṭividhāvaham || 34 || prakṛterudbhavāssatyaṃ jagatyāṃ sarvayoṣitaḥ || kāścidaṃśāḥ kalāḥ kāścitkalāṃśāṃśena kāścana || 36 || kṛttikā jñānavatyaśca yoginyaḥ prakṛteḥ kalāḥ || stanaiśca saṃvarddhito'hamupahāreṇa santatam || || 36 || tāsāmahaṃ poṣyaputro madambāḥ poṣaṇādimāḥ || tasyāśca prakṛteḥ putro gatastvatsvāmivīryyataḥ || 37 || na garbhajo'haṃ śailendrakanyāyā nandikeśvara || sā ca me dharmato mātā tathemāḥ sarvasammatāḥ || 38 || stanadātrī garbhadhātrī bhakṣyadātrī gurupriyā || abhīṣṭadevapatnī ca pituḥ patnī ca kanyakāḥ||39|| sagarbhakanyā bhaginī putrapatnī priyāprasūḥ || māturmātā piturmātā sodarasya priyā tathā ||40|| mātuḥ pituśca bhaginī mātulānī tathaiva ca || janānāṃ vedavihitā mātaraḥ ṣoḍaśa smṛtāḥ ||41|| imāśca sarvasiddhijñāḥ paramaiśvaryyasaṃyutāḥ || na kṣudrā brahmaṇaḥ kanyāstriṣu lokeṣu pūjitāḥ || 42 || viṣṇunā preritastvaṃ ca śambhoḥ putrasamo mahān || gaccha yāmi tvayā sārddhaṃ drakṣyāmi surasaṃcayam ||43|| iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe tṛtīye gaṇeśakhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde nandikārttikeyasaṃvādo nāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 15 ||
English translation
lakhs of Bhutas, four lakhs of vetdlas, five lakhs of Yaksas, four lakhs of kdsmdn^as, three lakhs of Brahmaraksas, three lakhs of Dakinls and three lakhs ofyoginis.
O Narada, the Rudras who were as valorous as Siva himself, the Bhairavas and valorous other ganas with deformed limbs also proceeded for the purpose.
These messengers of Siva holding weapons in their hands surrounded the palaces of Krttikas from all the four sides.
Thereafter Krttikas felt disturbed at the sight of the messengers. They then addressed Karttikeya who possessed the divine lustre.
Krttikas said - O son, O child, innumerable armies have surrounded our house from all the sides. We are not aware as to whom these armies Karttikeya said - O pleasant mother, don't be afraid, why should you be afraid when I am there? O mothers, who can prevent result of the At that point of time Nandikesvara who happened to be the commander of the armies spoke to Karttikeya.
Nandikesvara said - O brother, you listen to the pleasant message of the mother and also of lord Siva, who has sent us here. Brahma, Vis^iu and Siva besides other gods had collected at KailSsa in order to celebrate the festivities for the birth of Gapesa. At that very moment Parvatl the daughter of Himalaya, the king of the mountains spoke to lord Vispu who preserves the universe and desired the search for you to be made.
Thereafter lord Visnu enquired from all the gods about your whereabouts and everyone gave the proper reply.
Dharma the witness of all and other gods told the lord that you are staying with Krttikas. In the earlier times Siva and Parvatl had united in seclusion as a result of which the semen of ^iva fell on earth in full view of canes. From the same place Krttikas picked you up; therefore now you get along with us. O god, all the gods and Visnu well, similarly by remaining in the house of Krttikas, you can never be gracefiil.
You are illumining the entire universe with the lustre of your body but you cannot bear the glory of other gods at the same way as a person cannot withhold the svm in his palms.
O son of ^iva, you pervade the entire universe everywhere and cannot be concentrated at one place. Similarly you are not pervaded by these You are the lord of the yogis and you also freed the universe without involving yourself in the time, as the soul does not get involved in the deeds of the bodies.
You are inexplicable and Kpttikas are not aware about your birth in the same way as the one who is devoid of devotion is not aware of the true devotion of the lord.
Therefore, O brother, the one who is not aware of the true identity of someone, he sometimes is sure to disrespect to him as the frog and the lotus live together but the frog does not show any respect to the letter.
Orttikeya said - O brother, I possessed the complete knowledge of all the three times and you are also well-versed in the scriptures because of your association with Siva who has over¬ powered the death. Therefore I cannot praise You are the base of the entire universe besides being its lord. As the ocean is the final resort for all the rivers and as such it cannot have the base in the river; therefore your position cannot remain stable here.
As Garuda cannot be bom out of the womb of a petty bird similarly the lord of the universe cannot stay in the house of Krttikas.
You' have taken to the human form for the sake of the devotees. You are the heap of the lustre and merits. The gods are unaware about your personality like the persons who is devoid of knowledge of the yogas is unaware about the O brother, whosoever is bom in difficult type of creatures is unable to get relieved of the effects of the environment.
Because a noble person or the foolish person whosoever is bom according to his deeds, is influenced by the illusion of Visnu himself to be well-honoured in the same position.
Currently ParvatT the mother of the universe who happens to be illusion of Visnu, eternal, the form of all, who always provides welfare to all and is bom from the womb of Mena the wife of Himalaya and has got ^iva as her husband after performing great tapas.
Everything right for a Brahma to a straw of perishable and artificial, all are bom out of lord Krsna and ultimately merge in him. In every kalpa Parvatl the mother of the universe also become my mother and at the time of creation influenced by illusion, I am bom firm her.
All the ladies of the universe are bom out of I Prakrti. This is the tmth someone is the part of I Prakiti, someone is the part of the ray.
Krttikas who are well-versed in the yogic practices or the rays of Prakrti they have brought me up by breast feeding me. | I am the competent son of all of them and they happen to be my mothers. No doubt I am bom of the semen of your lord and as such I happen to be the son of mother Parvatl as well but, O Nandikesvara, I am not the son bom out of the womb of Parvatl. She is my mother religiously.
Similarly Krttikas are also my mothers according to the acceptable tradition. According to the acceptable tradition the one who feeds a child out of her breast, the one who gives birth out of the womb, the one who feeds, wife of the teacher, wife of the family god, wife of the father, daughter, pregnant daughter, sister, wife of the son, mother of the wife, mother of the mother, mother of the father, wife of the brother, sisters of mother and father, maternal aunt, are the sixteen types of mothers prescribed in the Vedas.
Therefore, the one who is aware of all the siddhis and who is bestowed with all the riches besides the daughter of Brahma cannot be considered as downgraded, that is why they are adored in all the three worlds.
You are also like the great son of Siva and have been deputed by lord Visnu; therefore accompanying you I shall also have an audience with all the gods.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 117462 (2017-08-08T14:54:18Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n668–n671: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n668/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.