Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 44
Source।। श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। वसिष्ठस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सगणोऽपि हिमालयः ।। विस्मितो भार्यया सार्द्धं जहास पार्वती स्वयम् ।। १ ।। अरुन्धती च तां मेनां बोधयामास कातराम् ।। निराहारां रुदन्तीं तां जहौ शोकं मुदा च सा ।। २ ।। अरुन्धतीं भोजयित्वा बुभुजे भोगमुत्तमम् ।। सर्वं प्रहृष्टमनसा मङ्गलं च चकार ह ।। ३ ।। ततः संभृतसंभारो वसिष्ठस्याज्ञया प्रिये ।। पत्रं प्रस्थापयामास नानास्थानं त्वरान्वितः ।।४।। ततः प्रस्थापयामास शिवं मङ्गलपत्रिकाम् ।। नानाप्रकारद्रव्याणि बाह्यानि च चकार ह ।।५।। तन्दुलानां च शैलान्वै पृथुकानां च सुन्दरि ।। तैलानां च घृतानां च दध्नां वापीश्चकार ह।।६।। गुडानामासनानां च क्षीराणां च तथैव च ।। अथो हैयंगवीनानां लवणानां परं मुने ।। ७ ।। लड्डुकानां शर्कराणां स्वस्तिकानां तथैव च ।। यवचूर्णादिपिष्टानां घृतपक्वानि तानि च ।। ८ ।। नानाप्रकारवस्त्राणि वह्निशौचानि यानि च ।। महारत्नप्रवालानि सुवर्णरजतानि च ।।९।। द्रव्याण्येतानि शैलेन्द्र कृत्वा तु विधिपूर्वकम् ।। मङ्गलं कर्तुमारेभे तत्रैव मङ्गले दिने ।।4.44.१०।। संस्कारं कारयामासुः पार्वतीं पर्वतस्त्रियः ।। स्नापयित्वा वस्त्रयुग्मं धारयामासुराशु ताः ।। ११ ।। कारयित्वा सुवेषां च रत्नभूषणभूषिताम ।। दर्पणं धारयामासुर्दूर्वाक्षतसमन्वितम् ।।१२।। ददुश्चालक्तकं चारु पादांगुलिषु पादयोः ।। गंडे पत्रावलीं रम्यां नेत्रे कज्जलमुज्ज्वलम् ।।१३।। कबरीं कारयामासुर्मालतीमाल्यवेष्टिताम् ।। पट्टसूत्रपिनद्धां तां वामवक्त्रां मनोहराम् ।। १४।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे राधे समाजग्मुः सुरेश्वराः ।। नीत्वा त्रिनेत्रं तत्रैव रत्नयानस्थमीश्वरम् ।। १५ ।। शैलः संभृतसंभारान्संभाषयितुमीश्वरान् ।। शैलान्प्रस्थापयामास ब्राह्मणानपि पूजितान् ।। १६ ।। प्राङ्गणं कारयामास रम्भास्तम्भैः समन्वितम् ।। पट्टसूत्रसन्निबद्धरसालपल्लवान्वितैः ।। १७।। फलपल्लवसंयुक्तैः कलशैर्जलसंयुतैः ।। चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीसुचारुकुसुमान्वितैः।।१८।। मालतीमाल्यसंयुक्तैः संयुक्तं सुमनोहरम् ।। देवेश्वरान्परो दृष्ट्वा प्रणनाम हिमालयः ।। १९ ।। रत्नसिंहासनं दातुं प्रेरयामास किङ्करान् ।। नारायणो हि भगवानुवास पार्षदैः सह ।। 4.44.२० ।। विनतानन्दनात्तूर्णमवरुह्य चतुर्भुजः ।। चतुर्भुजैः पार्षदैश्च रत्नभूषणभूषितैः ।। २१ ।। रत्नमुष्टिनिबद्धैश्च सेवितः श्वेतचामरैः ।। ऋषिश्रेष्ठैः सुरश्रेष्ठैः स्तूयमानश्च संसदि ।। २२ ।। ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यो भक्तानुग्रहकातरः ।। उवास च तदभ्याशे ब्रह्मा देवगणैः सह ।।२३।। ऋषयो मुनयश्चैव समूषुर्मङ्गले स्थले ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शम्भुरवरुह्य रथादहो ।।२४।। रत्नासने समुत्तिष्ठन्ददर्श पर्वतालयम्।। समाजग्मुः शिवं द्रष्टुं शैलेन्द्रनगरस्त्रियः ।। २५ ।। वृद्धा बाला युवत्यश्च वस्त्राभरणभूषिताः।। काश्चित्कज्जलहस्ताश्च वस्त्रहस्ताश्च काश्चन ।।२६।। काश्चित्सिन्दूरहस्ताश्च काश्चित्कंकतिहाकराः ।। वेषार्धभूषिताः काश्चित्काश्चिन्नैवार्धभूषिताः ।। २७ ।। काश्चिन्निर्भूषिताः काश्चित्सर्वाभरणभूषिताः।। सर्वा आगत्य संतस्थुः सस्मिता पर्वतालये ।।२८।। ऋषिकन्या देवकन्या नागकन्या मनोहराः ।। गन्धर्वशैलकन्याश्च राजकन्याः समागताः ।।२९ ।। सर्वा अप्सरसो दिव्या रम्भाद्या समुपस्थिताः ।। मेना कन्यागणैः सार्द्धं ददर्श शंकरं वरम् ।। 4.44.३० ।। चारुचम्पकवर्णाभमेकवक्त्रं त्रिलोचनम् ।। ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यं रत्नाभरणभूषितम् ।।३१।। चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीचारुकुङ्कुमभूषितम् ।। मालतीमाल्यसंयुक्तं सद्रत्नमुकुटोज्ज्वलम् ।। ३२ ।। वह्निशौचेनातुलेन चातिसूक्ष्मेण चारुणा ।। अमूल्यवस्त्रयुग्मेन विचित्रेणातिभूषितम् ।। ३३ ।। रत्नदर्पणहस्तं च कज्जलोज्ज्वललोचनम् ।। सर्वया प्रभयाच्छन्नमतीव सुमनोहरम् ।।३४।। अतीव तरुणं रम्यैर्भूषिताङ्गैश्च भूषितम् ।। बिभ्रन्तं रूपमतुलं परं नारायणाज्ञया ।।३५।। योगस्वरूपं योगेशं योगीन्द्राणां गुरोर्गुरुम् ।। स्वेच्छामयं गुणातीतं ब्रह्म ज्योतिः सनातनम् ।।३६ ।। गुणभेदाद्रूपभेदं धत्तेऽनन्तमरूपकम् ।। तारणं तं भवस्थानां सृष्टिस्थित्यंतकारणम् ।। ३७ ।। सर्वाधारं सर्वबीजं सर्वेशं सर्वजीवनम् ।। साक्षिरूपं निरीहं च परमानन्दमक्षरम् ३८ ।। आद्यन्तमध्यरहितं सर्वाद्यं सर्वरूपकम् ।। दृष्ट्वा जामातरं मेना जहौ शोकं मुदान्विता ।। ३९ ।। प्रशशंसुर्युवत्यश्च धन्या धन्या सतीति ताः ।। दुर्गा भाग्यवतीत्येवमूचुः काश्चन कन्यकाः ।। 4.44.४० ।। कामेन काश्चित्कामिन्यो मौनीभूताश्च स्तम्भिताः ।। न दृष्टो वर इत्येवमस्माभिर्ज्ञानगोचरे ।। ४१ ।। काश्चिन्निमेषरहिता मूर्च्छामापुश्च काश्चन ।। निनिन्दुः स्वपतिं काश्चित्स्वेच्छां चक्रुश्च काश्चन ।। ४२ ।। काश्चिद्भावेन रुरुदुः पुलकाञ्चितविग्रहाः ।। जगुर्गन्धर्वपतयो ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः ।। ४३ ।। दृष्ट्वा शंकररूपं च प्रहृष्टाः सर्वदेवताः ।। नानाप्रकारवाद्यानि चारूणि मधुराणि च ।। ४४ ।। वादका वादयामासुर्नानाशिल्पेन तत्र वै ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे दुर्गा शैलान्तःपुरचारिका ।।४५ ।। बहिश्चकार सद्रत्नासनस्थां रत्नवेदिकाम् ।। कस्तूरीबिन्दुभिः सान्द्रसिन्दूरबिन्दुभूषिताम् ।।४६।। चारुचन्दनचन्द्राभां नम्रभालस्थलोज्ज्वलाम् ।। रत्नेन्द्रसारहारेण वक्षःस्थलविभूषिताम् ।। ४७ ।। त्रिनेत्रदत्तनेत्रां तामन्यवारितलोचनाम् ।। अतीषद्धास्ययुक्तास्यां सकटाक्षां मनोहराम् ।। ४८ ।। रत्नकेयूरवलयरत्नकङ्कणमण्डिताम् ।। रत्नपाशकसंसक्तां क्वणन्मञ्जीररंजिताम् ।। ४९ ।। अमूल्यातुल्यचित्राढ्यवस्त्रयुग्म सुशोभिताम्।। सद्रत्नकुण्डलाभ्यां च चारुगण्डस्थलोज्ज्वलाम्।।4.44.५०।। मणिसारप्रभामुष्टदन्तराजिविराजिताम्।।४९।। रत्नदर्पणहस्तां च क्रीडापद्मं विघूर्णतीम्।।५१ ।। चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीकुङ्कुमेनाङ्गचर्चिताम्।। मुदिता ददृशुः सर्वे जगदाद्यां जगत्प्रसूम् ।। ९२ ।। त्रिनेत्रो नेत्रकोणेन तां ददर्श मुदाऽन्वितः ।। सर्वां सत्याकृतिं दृष्ट्वा विजहौ विरहज्वरम् ।।५३।। शिवः सर्वं विसस्मार दुर्गासन्यस्तमानसः ।। पुलकांचितसर्वांगो हर्षाश्रुयुक्तलोचनः।।५४।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शैलः प्रहृष्टः सपुरोहितः।। तं वरं वरयामास वस्त्रचंदनभूषणैः।।५५।। भक्त्या पाद्यादिभिर्माल्यैर्दिव्यगंधमनोहरैः ।। ततः शीघ्रं वेदमंत्रैः संप्रदानं चकार ताम् ।। ५६ ।। यौतुकानि ददौ तस्मै रत्नानि विविधानि च ।। चारुरत्नविकारणि पात्राणि सुन्दराणि च ।।५७।। गवां लक्षं गजेंद्राणां सहस्राणि च राधिके ।। रत्नकंबलयुक्तानि सांकुशानि मुदान्वितः ।।५८।। त्रिंशल्लक्षं हयानां च सज्जितानामकातरः ।। दासीनामनुरक्तानां लक्षं सद्रत्नभूषितम् ।। ५९ ।। शतं द्विजबटूनां च पार्वतीभ्रातृकल्पकम् ।। रथानां च शतं रम्यं रत्नेन्द्रसारनिर्मितम् ।।4.44.६० ।। पार्वतीं वस्तुसहितां स्वस्तीत्युच्चार्य शंकरः ।। जग्राहानंदमनसा यत्नाच्छैलसमर्पिताम् ।। ६१ ।। हिमालयः सुतां दत्त्वा परिहारं चकार तम् ।। माध्यंदिनोक्तस्तात्रेण तुष्टाव संपुटांजलिः ।। ६२ ।। हिमालय उवाच ।। प्रसीद दक्षयज्ञघ्न नरकार्णवतारक ।। सर्वात्मरूप सर्वेश परमानंदविग्रह ।। ६३ ।। गुणार्णव गुणातीत गुणयुक्त गणेश्वर ।। गुणबीज महाभाग प्रसीद गुणिनां वर ।। ६४ ।। योगाधार योगरूप योगज्ञ योगकारण ।। योगीश योगिनां बीज प्रसीद योगिनां गुरो ।। ६५ ।। प्रलयप्रलयाद्यैकभवप्रलयकारण ।। प्रलयान्ते सृष्टिबीज प्रसीद परिपालक ।। ६६ ।। संहारकाले घोरे च सृष्टिसंहारकारण ।। दुर्निवार्य दुराराध्य चाशुतोष प्रसीद मे ।। ६७ ।। कालस्वरूप कालेश काले च फलदायक ।। कालबीजैककालघ्न प्रसीद कालपालक ।। ६८ ।। शिवस्वरूप शिवद शिवबीज शिवाश्रय ।। शिवभूत शिवप्राण प्रसीद परमाश्रय ।। ६९ ।। इत्येवं स्तवनं कृत्वा विरराम हिमालयः ।। प्रशशंसुः सुराः सर्वे मुनयश्च गिरीश्वरम् ।। 4.44.७० ।। हिमालयकृतं स्तोत्रं संयतो यः पठेन्नरः ।। प्रददाति शिवस्तस्मै वाञ्छितं राधिके ध्रुवम् ।। ७१ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते महापुराणे श्रीकृष्णजन्मखण्डे नारायणनारदसंवादे पार्वतीसंप्रदाने चतुश्चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।। ४४ ।।
|| śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || vasiṣṭhasya vacaḥ śrutvā sagaṇo'pi himālayaḥ || vismito bhāryayā sārddhaṃ jahāsa pārvatī svayam || 1 || arundhatī ca tāṃ menāṃ bodhayāmāsa kātarām || nirāhārāṃ rudantīṃ tāṃ jahau śokaṃ mudā ca sā || 2 || arundhatīṃ bhojayitvā bubhuje bhogamuttamam || sarvaṃ prahṛṣṭamanasā maṅgalaṃ ca cakāra ha || 3 || tataḥ saṃbhṛtasaṃbhāro vasiṣṭhasyājñayā priye || patraṃ prasthāpayāmāsa nānāsthānaṃ tvarānvitaḥ ||4|| tataḥ prasthāpayāmāsa śivaṃ maṅgalapatrikām || nānāprakāradravyāṇi bāhyāni ca cakāra ha ||5|| tandulānāṃ ca śailānvai pṛthukānāṃ ca sundari || tailānāṃ ca ghṛtānāṃ ca dadhnāṃ vāpīścakāra ha||6|| guḍānāmāsanānāṃ ca kṣīrāṇāṃ ca tathaiva ca || atho haiyaṃgavīnānāṃ lavaṇānāṃ paraṃ mune || 7 || laḍḍukānāṃ śarkarāṇāṃ svastikānāṃ tathaiva ca || yavacūrṇādipiṣṭānāṃ ghṛtapakvāni tāni ca || 8 || nānāprakāravastrāṇi vahniśaucāni yāni ca || mahāratnapravālāni suvarṇarajatāni ca ||9|| dravyāṇyetāni śailendra kṛtvā tu vidhipūrvakam || maṅgalaṃ kartumārebhe tatraiva maṅgale dine ||4.44.10|| saṃskāraṃ kārayāmāsuḥ pārvatīṃ parvatastriyaḥ || snāpayitvā vastrayugmaṃ dhārayāmāsurāśu tāḥ || 11 || kārayitvā suveṣāṃ ca ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitāma || darpaṇaṃ dhārayāmāsurdūrvākṣatasamanvitam ||12|| daduścālaktakaṃ cāru pādāṃguliṣu pādayoḥ || gaṃḍe patrāvalīṃ ramyāṃ netre kajjalamujjvalam ||13|| kabarīṃ kārayāmāsurmālatīmālyaveṣṭitām || paṭṭasūtrapinaddhāṃ tāṃ vāmavaktrāṃ manoharām || 14|| etasminnaṃtare rādhe samājagmuḥ sureśvarāḥ || nītvā trinetraṃ tatraiva ratnayānasthamīśvaram || 15 || śailaḥ saṃbhṛtasaṃbhārānsaṃbhāṣayitumīśvarān || śailānprasthāpayāmāsa brāhmaṇānapi pūjitān || 16 || prāṅgaṇaṃ kārayāmāsa rambhāstambhaiḥ samanvitam || paṭṭasūtrasannibaddharasālapallavānvitaiḥ || 17|| phalapallavasaṃyuktaiḥ kalaśairjalasaṃyutaiḥ || candanāgurukastūrīsucārukusumānvitaiḥ||18|| mālatīmālyasaṃyuktaiḥ saṃyuktaṃ sumanoharam || deveśvarānparo dṛṣṭvā praṇanāma himālayaḥ || 19 || ratnasiṃhāsanaṃ dātuṃ prerayāmāsa kiṅkarān || nārāyaṇo hi bhagavānuvāsa pārṣadaiḥ saha || 4.44.20 || vinatānandanāttūrṇamavaruhya caturbhujaḥ || caturbhujaiḥ pārṣadaiśca ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitaiḥ || 21 || ratnamuṣṭinibaddhaiśca sevitaḥ śvetacāmaraiḥ || ṛṣiśreṣṭhaiḥ suraśreṣṭhaiḥ stūyamānaśca saṃsadi || 22 || īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyo bhaktānugrahakātaraḥ || uvāsa ca tadabhyāśe brahmā devagaṇaiḥ saha ||23|| ṛṣayo munayaścaiva samūṣurmaṅgale sthale || etasminnantare śambhuravaruhya rathādaho ||24|| ratnāsane samuttiṣṭhandadarśa parvatālayam|| samājagmuḥ śivaṃ draṣṭuṃ śailendranagarastriyaḥ || 25 || vṛddhā bālā yuvatyaśca vastrābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ|| kāścitkajjalahastāśca vastrahastāśca kāścana ||26|| kāścitsindūrahastāśca kāścitkaṃkatihākarāḥ || veṣārdhabhūṣitāḥ kāścitkāścinnaivārdhabhūṣitāḥ || 27 || kāścinnirbhūṣitāḥ kāścitsarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ|| sarvā āgatya saṃtasthuḥ sasmitā parvatālaye ||28|| ṛṣikanyā devakanyā nāgakanyā manoharāḥ || gandharvaśailakanyāśca rājakanyāḥ samāgatāḥ ||29 || sarvā apsaraso divyā rambhādyā samupasthitāḥ || menā kanyāgaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ dadarśa śaṃkaraṃ varam || 4.44.30 || cārucampakavarṇābhamekavaktraṃ trilocanam || īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyaṃ ratnābharaṇabhūṣitam ||31|| candanāgurukastūrīcārukuṅkumabhūṣitam || mālatīmālyasaṃyuktaṃ sadratnamukuṭojjvalam || 32 || vahniśaucenātulena cātisūkṣmeṇa cāruṇā || amūlyavastrayugmena vicitreṇātibhūṣitam || 33 || ratnadarpaṇahastaṃ ca kajjalojjvalalocanam || sarvayā prabhayācchannamatīva sumanoharam ||34|| atīva taruṇaṃ ramyairbhūṣitāṅgaiśca bhūṣitam || bibhrantaṃ rūpamatulaṃ paraṃ nārāyaṇājñayā ||35|| yogasvarūpaṃ yogeśaṃ yogīndrāṇāṃ gurorgurum || svecchāmayaṃ guṇātītaṃ brahma jyotiḥ sanātanam ||36 || guṇabhedādrūpabhedaṃ dhatte'nantamarūpakam || tāraṇaṃ taṃ bhavasthānāṃ sṛṣṭisthityaṃtakāraṇam || 37 || sarvādhāraṃ sarvabījaṃ sarveśaṃ sarvajīvanam || sākṣirūpaṃ nirīhaṃ ca paramānandamakṣaram 38 || ādyantamadhyarahitaṃ sarvādyaṃ sarvarūpakam || dṛṣṭvā jāmātaraṃ menā jahau śokaṃ mudānvitā || 39 || praśaśaṃsuryuvatyaśca dhanyā dhanyā satīti tāḥ || durgā bhāgyavatītyevamūcuḥ kāścana kanyakāḥ || 4.44.40 || kāmena kāścitkāminyo maunībhūtāśca stambhitāḥ || na dṛṣṭo vara ityevamasmābhirjñānagocare || 41 || kāścinnimeṣarahitā mūrcchāmāpuśca kāścana || nininduḥ svapatiṃ kāścitsvecchāṃ cakruśca kāścana || 42 || kāścidbhāvena ruruduḥ pulakāñcitavigrahāḥ || jagurgandharvapatayo nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ || 43 || dṛṣṭvā śaṃkararūpaṃ ca prahṛṣṭāḥ sarvadevatāḥ || nānāprakāravādyāni cārūṇi madhurāṇi ca || 44 || vādakā vādayāmāsurnānāśilpena tatra vai || etasminnantare durgā śailāntaḥpuracārikā ||45 || bahiścakāra sadratnāsanasthāṃ ratnavedikām || kastūrībindubhiḥ sāndrasindūrabindubhūṣitām ||46|| cārucandanacandrābhāṃ namrabhālasthalojjvalām || ratnendrasārahāreṇa vakṣaḥsthalavibhūṣitām || 47 || trinetradattanetrāṃ tāmanyavāritalocanām || atīṣaddhāsyayuktāsyāṃ sakaṭākṣāṃ manoharām || 48 || ratnakeyūravalayaratnakaṅkaṇamaṇḍitām || ratnapāśakasaṃsaktāṃ kvaṇanmañjīraraṃjitām || 49 || amūlyātulyacitrāḍhyavastrayugma suśobhitām|| sadratnakuṇḍalābhyāṃ ca cārugaṇḍasthalojjvalām||4.44.50|| maṇisāraprabhāmuṣṭadantarājivirājitām||49|| ratnadarpaṇahastāṃ ca krīḍāpadmaṃ vighūrṇatīm||51 || candanāgurukastūrīkuṅkumenāṅgacarcitām|| muditā dadṛśuḥ sarve jagadādyāṃ jagatprasūm || 92 || trinetro netrakoṇena tāṃ dadarśa mudā'nvitaḥ || sarvāṃ satyākṛtiṃ dṛṣṭvā vijahau virahajvaram ||53|| śivaḥ sarvaṃ visasmāra durgāsanyastamānasaḥ || pulakāṃcitasarvāṃgo harṣāśruyuktalocanaḥ||54|| etasminnantare śailaḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ sapurohitaḥ|| taṃ varaṃ varayāmāsa vastracaṃdanabhūṣaṇaiḥ||55|| bhaktyā pādyādibhirmālyairdivyagaṃdhamanoharaiḥ || tataḥ śīghraṃ vedamaṃtraiḥ saṃpradānaṃ cakāra tām || 56 || yautukāni dadau tasmai ratnāni vividhāni ca || cāruratnavikāraṇi pātrāṇi sundarāṇi ca ||57|| gavāṃ lakṣaṃ gajeṃdrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi ca rādhike || ratnakaṃbalayuktāni sāṃkuśāni mudānvitaḥ ||58|| triṃśallakṣaṃ hayānāṃ ca sajjitānāmakātaraḥ || dāsīnāmanuraktānāṃ lakṣaṃ sadratnabhūṣitam || 59 || śataṃ dvijabaṭūnāṃ ca pārvatībhrātṛkalpakam || rathānāṃ ca śataṃ ramyaṃ ratnendrasāranirmitam ||4.44.60 || pārvatīṃ vastusahitāṃ svastītyuccārya śaṃkaraḥ || jagrāhānaṃdamanasā yatnācchailasamarpitām || 61 || himālayaḥ sutāṃ dattvā parihāraṃ cakāra tam || mādhyaṃdinoktastātreṇa tuṣṭāva saṃpuṭāṃjaliḥ || 62 || himālaya uvāca || prasīda dakṣayajñaghna narakārṇavatāraka || sarvātmarūpa sarveśa paramānaṃdavigraha || 63 || guṇārṇava guṇātīta guṇayukta gaṇeśvara || guṇabīja mahābhāga prasīda guṇināṃ vara || 64 || yogādhāra yogarūpa yogajña yogakāraṇa || yogīśa yogināṃ bīja prasīda yogināṃ guro || 65 || pralayapralayādyaikabhavapralayakāraṇa || pralayānte sṛṣṭibīja prasīda paripālaka || 66 || saṃhārakāle ghore ca sṛṣṭisaṃhārakāraṇa || durnivārya durārādhya cāśutoṣa prasīda me || 67 || kālasvarūpa kāleśa kāle ca phaladāyaka || kālabījaikakālaghna prasīda kālapālaka || 68 || śivasvarūpa śivada śivabīja śivāśraya || śivabhūta śivaprāṇa prasīda paramāśraya || 69 || ityevaṃ stavanaṃ kṛtvā virarāma himālayaḥ || praśaśaṃsuḥ surāḥ sarve munayaśca girīśvaram || 4.44.70 || himālayakṛtaṃ stotraṃ saṃyato yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ || pradadāti śivastasmai vāñchitaṃ rādhike dhruvam || 71 || iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhaṇḍe nārāyaṇanāradasaṃvāde pārvatīsaṃpradāne catuścatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 44 ||
English translation
Marriage of ParvatT tFroitsfii %wnT:i Sri Krsna said- On hearing the words of Vasist ha, Himalaya together with his wife and attendants was surprised but ParvatT herself was Thereafter, Arundhatl consoled Mena who was crying and was without good. Thereafter all of them were relieved of the grief and took delicious food with Arundhatl and she also took the good. Thereafter she started performing alt the welfare ceremonies.
O dear one, thereafter with the command of Vasistha, Himavan collected the material for marriage and he sent the invitation tetters expeditiously to various places.
Thereafter Mangala-patrikd was sent to Siva together with various types of materials, loaded on many vehicle. O beautiful one, the mountain like heaps Of the fried rice were raised the step-well were filled with oil, ghee and curd.
Raw-sugar (guda) beverages, milk, butter, salt, sweet balls sugar and svastika sweets fried in ghee was prepared beside the paste of the flour of the barley. Various kinds of costumes sanctified by the fire, the best of gems and precious stones and jewels, gold and silver ornaments were collected by the lord of the mountains with much efforts. Thereafter the welfare ceremony for the auspicious day were She wives of the king of mountain initiated Parvati who after taking bath was clad in two divine garment.
She was beautifully decorated and adorned with gem-studded ornaments. She then held the mirror together with the Durvd-greiss and the we WTt:l The toes of both the feet were fainted.
Thereafter a silken cord was tied to a beautiful In the meantime various gods mounted over different types of vehicle and the gem-studded chariots reached there together with Siva.
Himalaya after talking to Parvati who was well-versed in speech and the respectable Brahmana were sent to welcome Siva and other gods of the marriage party.
The court-yard was decorated with the trunk of banana trees over which the silken cords were coiled together with the leaves of mango trees.
The court-yard was decorated with fruits, tree leaves, pitchers filled with water, sandal-paste, aguru, kasturl and beautiful flowers beside the garland of jasmine flowers. Finding the gods having arrived there Himalaya bowed in reverence to them and he commanded his attendants to provide gem-studded thrones to all of them. Lord Narayana reached there together with all his attendants.
He descended from the back of Garuda the son of Vinata and the four armed Narayana got himself seated on the gem-studded lion throne.
The four-anned attendants of lord Visnu adorned with gem-studded ornaments holding the fly- whisks with gem-studded handed were moving the fly-whisk over Visnu. The assembly consisted her the best of sages, the best of gods, who were adoring Visnu. Lord Visnu had delightful face, wearing the serene smile and looked like getting anxious to shower his grace on the devotees. Brahma the creator of the universe accompanied by other gods took his All the sages and ascetics also took their seats at the place of welfare. In the meantime descended from his chariot looked at the king of the mountain while taking his seat on the gem- studded lion throne. Thereafter the damsels of the Sailendra Nagara arrived there.
They included the old women, small girls damsels, who were all clad in the best of costumes and adorned with ornaments. Some of them carried collyrium in their hand, some of them costumes, some of them vermilion, some of the comb some of them were fully decorated while others were not decorated at all. Some of them arrived there without adorning themselves with the ornaments. All of them entered the abode of the palaces of the king of mountains The daughters of the sages, the gods, the Nagas, Gandharvas, mountains and other kings also arrived there.
Rambha and other divine apsards also reached there. Accompanied by the girls, Mena also looked at the bride-groom who had the beauty of charming flowers, single face, three eyes, wearing a smile on his delightful face, adorned with beautiful, gem-studded ornaments, with his body plastered in sandal-paste, aguru, kasturl and saffron. He had the garland of jasmine flowers and wore a gem-studded beautiful crown on his head which was illumining. He was clad in extremely beautiM costumes which were sanctified by fire, were quite fine, charming and He was holding a mirror in his hand and the collyrium was applied to both his eyes. He looked quite graceful with the lustre emitting from his body.
He was looking quite young and the ornaments adorning his limbs looked quite graceful. He had taken to the beautiful form at the command of Narayana. Siva happens to be the form of yoga, lord If yogis teacher of yogis, independent, devoid of gunas and representing the eternal flames of Brahman.
Because of the difference in gunas he takes to many forms but in spite of that he is without any form. He is the one who comes to the rescue of the people, drowning in the ocean of the universe and happen to be the cause of the creation, preservation and the destruction of the universe.
He is the base of all, the seed of all, the lord of all, the life of all, the witness of all, unattached, blissful, eternal free from beginning, middle or end, the form of the beginning of everything.
Finding such a son-in-law Mena's grief The damsels cried repeatedly, ”0 Parvatl you are really graceful”. Thus they started praising her, some of them said that Durga is quite Some of the damsels getting infested with passion were totally surprised and kept quiet and some of them uttered ”We have never come across such a bride-groom in our lives.
Some of them continued to stare at him without winking their eyes, while some of them got fainted. Some of them started denouncing their own husbands while some of the an became desirous of him. Some of them getting over¬ powered with emotions were overwhelmed and started sobbing. The Gandharvas were singing and the apsards were dancing.
All the gods felt delighted at the beauty of lord Siva, The persons playing on musical instruments displayed different tunes and played on beautiful and sweet musical instrument. In the meantime, the maid-servant of the inner apartment of the palace of Himalaya brought Durga outside, who was fully clad in the divine garments She was seated on the gem-studded lion-throne. Her face was decorated with kasturt vermilion and the spots of different types. Her face was plastered with sandal-paste and was emitting the lustre of the moon and she looked quite beautiful. A garland of gems adorned her breasts. She was looking at the three eyed Siva with side-glances. She never cast her side glance at anybody else accept Siva. Her face was wearing a serene smile while looking with side- glances she seemed quite graceful. She was adorned with an armlets and wristlets of gems and the waist-band, having the small bells
She was clad in two beautiful garments, having no comparison, her cheeks were shining with the lustre of gems studded in the her ear¬ Her teeth resembled the lustre of gems. She held a minor of gems in her hand and in the other one she was carrying a lotus which was being rotated by her playfully.
All her limbs were plastered with sandal-paste, agurUy kastUrl and saffron.
Delighted Siva also looked at Parvatl with a side-glance. The complete figure of Parvatl resembled the figure of Satl. At the sight of Parvatl, Siva was completely freed from the fever of separation of Sat!.
His mind was fully attracted at Durga and he forget everything. He felt emotional in his body and his eyes started drooping the tears of In the meantime. Himalaya accompanied by his family priest offered to Siva the costumes, sandal-paste and ornaments accepting him as the bride groom. With his mind filled with demotion he offered pddya and other types of adoration's besides the garland of divine flowers issuing divine fragrance. Thereafter with the reciting of the Vedic hymns he handed on the hand of her daughter to ^iva.
TSIRT ^ TRt TRT I a o 11 O RadhM, Himalaya with his mind filled with delight and large-heatedly, gave away in dowry a large number of gems of various types, vases built with various types of diamonds, a lakh of cows, a thousand elephants with goads studded with gems, three lakhs of caparisoned horses, a lakh of female slaves adorned with ornaments of gems, a hundred Brahmana boys who were dearer to Parvatl like her own brothers and a hundred chariots which were inlaid with the best of gems. The king of the mountains offered his daughter making great efforts to Siva who accepted the same uttering the words Svasti, with his delightful mind. After giving away the girl in charity Himalaya offered his prayer to He recited the stotra which is prescribed in the Madhyandina-sakha.
Himalaya said- O destroyer of the yajha of Daksa, O protector of the people falling in the ocean of hell, you are the form of everyone, the lord of everyone and having a blissful body. Be pleased with me.
You are the ocean of virtues, beyond the gun as, filled with gums, the lord of gums because of your qualities, you are the best among the virtuous people. O great lord be happy with me.
You are the best of yoga, the form of yoga, knower of the yoga, the cause of yoga the lord of the yogas, cause of the yogis and the teacher of the yogis be pleased with me.
You are the form of dissolution, you are the sole cause of dissolution. After the dissolution you happen to be the seed of the recreation of the universe and preserve that universe completely, be pleased with me.
You have the form of terrific destruction and are the cause of the total destruction, the horrible I one, difficult in adoration but can be pleased in no time. Be pleased with me.
You are the form of Kala, the lord of Kala, provide the reward at the appropriate time, the only cause of Kala, destroyer of Kala and preserver of Kala, be pleased with me.
You are the form of welfare, bestower of welfare, the seed of welfare, refuge of welfare, the form of welfare and the life and the abode of refuge for everyone. Be pleased with me.
Thus adoring Siva, Himalaya kept quiet.
Thereafter all the gods and the sages who had assembled there praised Siva.
O Radhika such of the persons, who with devoted mind recite the stotra composed by Himalaya, Siva surely fulfils all his desires.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 125491 (2017-10-08T03:10:31Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n1216–n1222: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n1216/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.