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Chapter 41

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नारायण उवाच ।। हरेश्च कवचं धृत्वा कृत्वा निः क्षत्रियां महीम् ।। रामो जगाम कैलासं नमस्कर्तुं शिवं गुरुम्।।।। गुरुपत्नीं शिवामम्बां द्रष्टुं गुरुसुतौ च तौ ।। गुणैर्नारायणसमौ कार्त्तिकेयगणेश्वरौ ।। २ ।। मनोयायी महात्मा स भृगुस्संप्राप्य तत्क्षणम् ।। ददर्श पर्वतं रम्यमतीव सुमनोहरम् ।। ३ ।। शुद्धस्फटिकसङ्काशैर्मणिभिः सुमनोहरैः ।। सुवर्णभूमिसदृशै राजमार्गैर्विराजितम् ।। ४ ।। सिन्दूरारुणवर्णैश्च वेष्टितं मणिवेदिभिः ।। संयुक्तं मुक्तानिकरैः पूरितं मणिमण्डपैः ।। ५ ।। यक्षाणामालयैर्दिव्यैः संयुक्तं शतकोटिभिः ।। कपाटस्तम्भसोपानैः शोभितैर्मणिनिर्मितैः।। ।।६।। सुवर्णकलशैर्दिव्यै राजतैः श्वेतचामरैः।। रत्नकाञ्चनपूर्णैश्च यक्षेन्द्रगणवेष्टितैः।।७।। रत्नभूषणभूषाढ्यैर्दीपितैः सुन्दरीगणैः।। बालिकाभिर्बालकैश्च चित्रपुत्तलिकाकरैः ।।८।। क्रीडद्भिः सस्मितैः शश्वत्स्वच्छन्दं च विराजितैः ।। पारिजातद्रुमगणैः स्वर्णदीतीरनीरजैः ।। ९ ।। आकीर्णं पुष्पजालैश्च पुष्पितैश्च सुगन्धिभिः ।। कल्पवृक्षाश्रितैः सिद्धैः कामधेनुपुरस्कृतैः ।। 3.41.१० ।। सिद्धविद्यासु निपुणैः पुण्यवद्भिर्निषेवितम् ।। त्रिलक्षयोजनाच्छायैर्वटवृक्षैरथाक्षयैः ।। ११ ।। शतयोजनविस्तीर्णैः शतस्कन्धसमन्वितैः ।। असंख्यशाखानि करैरसंख्यफलसंयुतैः ।। १२ ।। नानापक्षिगणाकीर्णैः सुमनोहरशब्दितैः ।। कम्पितैः शीतवातेन मण्डितं च सुगन्धिना ।। १३ ।। पुष्पोद्यानसहस्रेण सरसां च शतेन च ।। सिद्धेन्द्रालयलक्षैश्च मणिरत्नविकारजैः ।। १४ ।। रामश्च दृष्ट्वा नगरमतिसंहृष्टमानसः ।। ददर्श पुरतो रम्यं श्रीयुक्तं शंकरालयम् ।।१५।। सुवर्णमूल्यशतकैर्मणिभिः स्वर्णवर्णकैः ।। खचितं रत्नसारैश्च रचितं विश्वकर्मणा ।। ।। १६ ।। त्रिपञ्चयोजनोच्छ्रायं चतुर्योजनविस्तृतम् ।। चतुरस्रं चतुष्कोणं प्राकारं सुमनोहरम् ।। १७ ।। द्वारं रत्नकपाटेन नाना चित्रान्वितेन च ।। मणीन्द्रवेदिभिर्युक्तं मणिस्तम्भविराजितैः ।। १८ ।। तद्दक्षिणे वृषेन्द्रं च वामे सिंहं च नारद ।। नन्दीश्वरं महाकालं पिङ्गलाक्षं भयंकरम् ।।१९।। विशालाक्षं च बाणं च विरूपाक्षं महाबलम् ।। विकटाक्षं भास्कराक्षं रक्ताक्षं विकटोदरम् ।। 3.41.२० ।। संहारभैरवं कालभैरवं च भयङ्करम् ।। रुरुभैरवमीशाभं महाभैरवमेव च ।। २१ ।। कृष्णाङ्गभैरवं चैव क्रोधभैरवमुल्बणम् ।। कपालभैरवं चैव रुद्रभैरवमेव च ।। २२ ।। सिद्धेंद्रादीन्रुद्रगणान्विद्याधरसुगुह्यकान् ।। भूतान्प्रेतान्पिशाचांश्च कूष्माण्डान्ब्रह्मराक्षसान्।।२३।। वेतालान्दानवांश्चैव योगीन्द्रांश्च जटाधरान् ।। यक्षान्किम्पुरुषांश्चैव किन्नरांश्च ददर्श ह ।।२४।। तान्दृष्ट्वा नन्दिकेशाज्ञां गृहीत्वा भृगुनन्दनः ।। तान्सम्भाष्याभ्यन्तरं च जगामानन्दसंप्लुतः ।। २५ ।। रत्नेन्द्रसारखचितं ददर्श शतमन्दिरम् ।। अमूल्यरत्नकलशैर्ज्वलद्भिश्च विराजितम् ।। २६ ।। अमूल्यरत्नरचितैर्मुक्तानिर्म्मलदर्पणैः ।। हीरसारविकारैश्च कपाटैश्च विराजितम् ।। ।। २७ ।। गोरोचनाभिर्मणिभिर्युतं स्तम्भसहस्रकैः ।। मणिसारविकारैश्च सोपानैः परिशोभितम् ।। २८ ।। ददर्शाभ्यन्तरं द्वारं नानाचित्रैश्च चित्रितम् ।। माणिक्यमुक्ताग्रथितैर्मालाजालैर्विराजितम् ।। २९ ।। ददर्श कार्त्तिकेयं च वामे दक्षे गणेश्वरम् ।। वीरभद्रं महाकायं शिवतुल्यपराक्रमम् ।। 3.41.३० ।। प्रधानपार्षदगणान्क्षेत्रपालांश्च नारद ।। रत्नसिंहासनस्थांश्च रत्नभूषणभूषितान्।। ।। ३१ ।। तान्सम्भाष्य भृगुः शीघ्रं महाबलपराक्रमः ।। पर्शुहस्तस्स परशुरामो गन्तुं समुद्यतः ।। ३२ ।। गच्छन्तं तं गणेशश्च क्षणं तिष्ठेत्युवाच ह ।। निद्रितो निद्रया युक्तो महादेवोऽधुनेति च ।। ३३ ।। ईश्वराज्ञां गृहीत्वाऽहमत्रागत्य क्षणान्तरे ।। त्वया सार्द्धं गमिष्यामि भ्रातस्तिष्ठात्र साम्प्रतम्।।३४।। गणेशवाक्यं परशुरामश्श्रुत्वा महाबलः ।। बृहस्पतिसमो वक्ता प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमे।। ।।३५।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे तृतीये गणपतिखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादे कैलासवर्णनं नामैकचत्वारिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः ।। ४१ ।।

nārāyaṇa uvāca || hareśca kavacaṃ dhṛtvā kṛtvā niḥ kṣatriyāṃ mahīm || rāmo jagāma kailāsaṃ namaskartuṃ śivaṃ gurum|||| gurupatnīṃ śivāmambāṃ draṣṭuṃ gurusutau ca tau || guṇairnārāyaṇasamau kārttikeyagaṇeśvarau || 2 || manoyāyī mahātmā sa bhṛgussaṃprāpya tatkṣaṇam || dadarśa parvataṃ ramyamatīva sumanoharam || 3 || śuddhasphaṭikasaṅkāśairmaṇibhiḥ sumanoharaiḥ || suvarṇabhūmisadṛśai rājamārgairvirājitam || 4 || sindūrāruṇavarṇaiśca veṣṭitaṃ maṇivedibhiḥ || saṃyuktaṃ muktānikaraiḥ pūritaṃ maṇimaṇḍapaiḥ || 5 || yakṣāṇāmālayairdivyaiḥ saṃyuktaṃ śatakoṭibhiḥ || kapāṭastambhasopānaiḥ śobhitairmaṇinirmitaiḥ|| ||6|| suvarṇakalaśairdivyai rājataiḥ śvetacāmaraiḥ|| ratnakāñcanapūrṇaiśca yakṣendragaṇaveṣṭitaiḥ||7|| ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣāḍhyairdīpitaiḥ sundarīgaṇaiḥ|| bālikābhirbālakaiśca citraputtalikākaraiḥ ||8|| krīḍadbhiḥ sasmitaiḥ śaśvatsvacchandaṃ ca virājitaiḥ || pārijātadrumagaṇaiḥ svarṇadītīranīrajaiḥ || 9 || ākīrṇaṃ puṣpajālaiśca puṣpitaiśca sugandhibhiḥ || kalpavṛkṣāśritaiḥ siddhaiḥ kāmadhenupuraskṛtaiḥ || 3.41.10 || siddhavidyāsu nipuṇaiḥ puṇyavadbhirniṣevitam || trilakṣayojanācchāyairvaṭavṛkṣairathākṣayaiḥ || 11 || śatayojanavistīrṇaiḥ śataskandhasamanvitaiḥ || asaṃkhyaśākhāni karairasaṃkhyaphalasaṃyutaiḥ || 12 || nānāpakṣigaṇākīrṇaiḥ sumanoharaśabditaiḥ || kampitaiḥ śītavātena maṇḍitaṃ ca sugandhinā || 13 || puṣpodyānasahasreṇa sarasāṃ ca śatena ca || siddhendrālayalakṣaiśca maṇiratnavikārajaiḥ || 14 || rāmaśca dṛṣṭvā nagaramatisaṃhṛṣṭamānasaḥ || dadarśa purato ramyaṃ śrīyuktaṃ śaṃkarālayam ||15|| suvarṇamūlyaśatakairmaṇibhiḥ svarṇavarṇakaiḥ || khacitaṃ ratnasāraiśca racitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā || || 16 || tripañcayojanocchrāyaṃ caturyojanavistṛtam || caturasraṃ catuṣkoṇaṃ prākāraṃ sumanoharam || 17 || dvāraṃ ratnakapāṭena nānā citrānvitena ca || maṇīndravedibhiryuktaṃ maṇistambhavirājitaiḥ || 18 || taddakṣiṇe vṛṣendraṃ ca vāme siṃhaṃ ca nārada || nandīśvaraṃ mahākālaṃ piṅgalākṣaṃ bhayaṃkaram ||19|| viśālākṣaṃ ca bāṇaṃ ca virūpākṣaṃ mahābalam || vikaṭākṣaṃ bhāskarākṣaṃ raktākṣaṃ vikaṭodaram || 3.41.20 || saṃhārabhairavaṃ kālabhairavaṃ ca bhayaṅkaram || rurubhairavamīśābhaṃ mahābhairavameva ca || 21 || kṛṣṇāṅgabhairavaṃ caiva krodhabhairavamulbaṇam || kapālabhairavaṃ caiva rudrabhairavameva ca || 22 || siddheṃdrādīnrudragaṇānvidyādharasuguhyakān || bhūtānpretānpiśācāṃśca kūṣmāṇḍānbrahmarākṣasān||23|| vetālāndānavāṃścaiva yogīndrāṃśca jaṭādharān || yakṣānkimpuruṣāṃścaiva kinnarāṃśca dadarśa ha ||24|| tāndṛṣṭvā nandikeśājñāṃ gṛhītvā bhṛgunandanaḥ || tānsambhāṣyābhyantaraṃ ca jagāmānandasaṃplutaḥ || 25 || ratnendrasārakhacitaṃ dadarśa śatamandiram || amūlyaratnakalaśairjvaladbhiśca virājitam || 26 || amūlyaratnaracitairmuktānirmmaladarpaṇaiḥ || hīrasāravikāraiśca kapāṭaiśca virājitam || || 27 || gorocanābhirmaṇibhiryutaṃ stambhasahasrakaiḥ || maṇisāravikāraiśca sopānaiḥ pariśobhitam || 28 || dadarśābhyantaraṃ dvāraṃ nānācitraiśca citritam || māṇikyamuktāgrathitairmālājālairvirājitam || 29 || dadarśa kārttikeyaṃ ca vāme dakṣe gaṇeśvaram || vīrabhadraṃ mahākāyaṃ śivatulyaparākramam || 3.41.30 || pradhānapārṣadagaṇānkṣetrapālāṃśca nārada || ratnasiṃhāsanasthāṃśca ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitān|| || 31 || tānsambhāṣya bhṛguḥ śīghraṃ mahābalaparākramaḥ || parśuhastassa paraśurāmo gantuṃ samudyataḥ || 32 || gacchantaṃ taṃ gaṇeśaśca kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭhetyuvāca ha || nidrito nidrayā yukto mahādevo'dhuneti ca || 33 || īśvarājñāṃ gṛhītvā'hamatrāgatya kṣaṇāntare || tvayā sārddhaṃ gamiṣyāmi bhrātastiṣṭhātra sāmpratam||34|| gaṇeśavākyaṃ paraśurāmaśśrutvā mahābalaḥ || bṛhaspatisamo vaktā pravaktumupacakrame|| ||35|| iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe tṛtīye gaṇapatikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde kailāsavarṇanaṃ nāmaikacatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 41 ||

English translation

A foolish person getting intoxicated with knowledge and riches does not adore his teacher and he therefore earns the sin of Bmhmahatya.

There is no doubt about it.

The person who serves the Guru inspite of his being a pauper, the degraded one as an ordinary person, his taking bath at the sacred places cannot purify him nor can he become entitled to the performing of noble deeds.

Lord Krsna happens to be your family god and Siva happens to be your teacher. Therefore, O son, you go to take refuge under your respectable teacher who is more adorable than other gods.

By his grace you have been able to rid the earth of the Ksatriyas, twenty one times, because of whom you have achieved the devotion of the lord, you go and take refuge under the same lord You go and take refuge under lord Siva who happens to be the lord of Parvatl, is quite blissful, bestower of bliss and the cause of welfare besides being adored by Parvati.

Sri Krsna the lord of Goloka takes to the form of Siva with his arhsa. The family god happens to be the teacher, therefore, you go and take refuge under him.

O son, lord Krsna happens to be the soul of everyone; Siva happens to be the store of knowledge; I myself am the mind; Visnu is the life and Prakrti appears as the strength in He happens to be bestower of knowledge, the form of knowledge, the seed of knowledge, eternal, the one who has conquered death and is death for the death. You, therefore, take refuge under him. He takes to many forms inspite of his being the form of Brahmana, in order to shower his grace on his devotees. He is all knowledgeable, eternal and as such you go and take refuge under him. Prakrti (Parvatl) achieved him in the form of husband after performing tapas for a lakh of years. You go and take refuge under the teacher like this.

O Narada, thus speaking Brahma accompanied by the sages and Parasurama resolved to proceed to Kailasa.

TTOt 5rriTR 1;^?I1 Narayana said - Parasurama wore the kavaca and rid the earth of Ksatriyas. Thereafter he went to Siva, his teacher for offering salutations to him, besides Parvati the wife of his teacher. He went to Kailasa and also met Karttikeya and Ganesa, the sons of the teacher, who were like Narayana himself in virtues.

Parasurama the son of Bhrgu who could travel with the speed of thought, at once reached Kailasa and found the beautiful city which was shinning like transparent crystal gems and had the roads shining like gold. It was decorated with many mandapas studded with rubies, pearls and valuables gems. It had a hundred crores of divine houses of the Yaksas. Those houses had the doors of gems and the pillars and steps were also decorated with gems.

II is II It had the divine kalasas made of gold and silver beside the white fly-whisks. It had heaps of gem and gold. The Yaksas were adorned with heaps of ornaments studded with gems. The same was the condition with beautiful YaksTs.

The children were carrying small dolls in their hands and played with them happily. There were trees of Pdrijdta flowers on the bank of the divine river Gahga, bunches of fragrant flowers were found everywhere. The siddhas were resting under the shades of kalpavrksas. There were many of Kamadhenu cows and the people well-versed in divine knowledge. There was an eternal banyan tree having a height of three lakhs of yojanas and was spread in an area of a hundred yojanas. It had a hundred trunks, innumerable branches and was filled with many fruits. It created quite a pleasant sound and provided abode to innumerable birds. The fragrant cool breeze made the leaves to move.

The city had a thousand orchards, a hundred streams and a lakh of abodes of siddhas which were built with gems and jewels.

Witnessing the city of such a great devotee, the mind of Parasurama felt delighted; thereafter he found the abode of lord Siva which was quite graceful and filled with all the riches.

It was built by Visvakarma using gold and It had the height of fifteen yojanas and the width of four yojanas besides being square and quite charming to look at, having been surrounded by beautiful boundary walls.

There were several types of paintings and the doors were made of gems. Its pillars and pedestals were decorated with jewels.

O NSrada, Nandi was lodged to diva's right.

To the left were lodged the lion the lord of Nandi, Mahakala, the terrific PiiigalSksa, Vis'alaksa, BSna; then the valorous VirQpaksa, Vikataksa, Bhaskarak§a then Raktaksa, Vikat odara, Samharabhairava, the terrific bhairava, Ulbana, Kapalabhairava and Thereafter Rudras like Siddhendra, the Rudras, Vidyadharas, Guhyakas, the goblins, the Pretas, Pisacas then Kusmandas, Brahmaraksas, Vetalas, Danavas then, the ones having matted locks of hair on the heads, the yogis, the Yaksas, Kithpurusas and Kinnaras.

After looking at them Parasurtoia the son of Bhrgu, getting permission from Nandikesvara entered the premises delightfijlly talking to He found several of the temples there which were studded with the essence of the gems and had innumerable vases made of gems there were several mirrors which were made of gems and jewels. The doors were also decorated with gems and jewels. Besides there were hundreds of pillars which were decorated with Gorocana and jewels, beside the steps which were similarly decorated. He then found the inner-gate which had beautifijl paintings, painted on it, besides the strings of pearls and gems hanging on the same.

He found Karttikeya seated to the left and the NandikesVara of gigantic size seated to the right besides Virabhadra who was as valorous as ^iva O Narada, he found many of the courtiers and ksetrapalas who were all seated on the gem- studded lion-thrones and were adored with gem- Holding the battle-axe in his hand, the immensely valorous Parasurama got ready to go to them for a talk.

Finding him entering the palace of ^iva, Ganesa said, "You stop for a while." Lord Siva is sleeping at the moment.

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O brother, I shall jut now go to him and get his permission in a moment. Thereafter, I shall accompany you to him."

On hearing the words of Gane^a, Para^urtoa who was speaker a like Byhaspati started speaking to him.

Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 122354 (2017-09-16T10:01:41Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n791–n796: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n791/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.