Prakṛti-khaṇḍa · Chapter 65
Sourceनारद उवाच ।। श्रुतं सर्वं महाभाग सुधारसपरं वरम् ।। स्तोत्रं च कवचं पूजाफलं कालं वद प्रभो ।।१।। नारायण उवाच ।। आर्द्रायां बोधयेद्देवीं मूलेनैव प्रवेशयेत् ।। उत्तरेणार्च्चयित्वा तां श्रवणायां विसर्जयेत् ।।२।। आर्द्रायुक्तनवम्यां तु कृत्वा देव्याश्च बोधनम् ।। पूजायाः शतवार्षिक्याः फलमाप्नोति मानवः ।। ३ ।। मूलायां तु प्रवेशे च नरमेधफलं लभेत् ।। ४ ।। कृत्वा विसर्जनं देव्याः श्रवणायां च मानवः।। लक्ष्मीं च पुत्रपौत्रांश्च लभते नात्र संशयः।।५।। भुवः प्रदक्षिणं पुण्यं पूजायां लभते नरः ।। नक्षत्रयोगाभावे तु पार्वत्याश्चैव नारद ।।६।। नवम्यां बोधनं कृत्वा पक्षं संपूज्य मानवः।। अश्वमेधफलावाप्त्यै दशम्यां च विसर्जयेत् ।।७।। सप्तम्यां पूजनं कृत्वा बलिं दद्याद्विचक्षणः ।। अष्टम्यां पूजनं शस्तं बलिदानविवर्जितम् ।।८।। अष्टम्यां बलिदानेन विपत्तिर्जायते नृणाम् ।। दद्याद्विचक्षणो भक्त्या नवम्यां विधिवद्बलिम्।।९।। बलिदानेन विप्रेन्द्र दुर्गाप्रीतिर्भवेन्नृणाम्।। हिंसाजन्यं न पापं च लभते यज्ञकर्मणि।।2.65.१०।। उत्सर्गकर्त्ता दाता च च्छेत्ता पोष्टा च रक्षकः ।। अग्रे पश्चान्निबद्धा च सप्तैतेऽवधकारिणः ।। ११ ।। यो यं हन्ति स तं हन्ति नेति वेदोक्तमेव च ।। कुर्वन्ति वैष्णवीं पूजां वैष्णवास्तेन हेतुना ।। १२ ।। एवं संपूज्य सुरथः पूर्णं वर्षं च भक्तितः ।। कवचं च गले बद्ध्वा तुष्टाव परमेश्वरीम् ।। १३ ।। स्तोत्रेण परितुष्टा सा तस्य साक्षाद्बभूव ह ।। स ददर्श पुरो देवीं ग्रीष्मसूर्य्यसमप्रभाम् ।। १४ ।। तेजस्वरूपां परमां सगुणां निर्गुणां वराम् ।। दृष्ट्वा तां कमनीयां च तेजोमण्डलमध्यतः ।। १५ ।। स्वेच्छामयीं कृपारूपां भक्तानुग्रहकारिणीम् ।। पुनस्तुष्टाव राजेन्द्रो भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः ।। १६ ।। स्तवेन परितुष्टा सा सस्मिता भक्तिपूर्वकम् ।। उवाच सत्यं राजेन्द्रं कृपया जगदम्बिका ।। १७ ।। प्रकृतिरुवाच ।। साक्षात्संप्राप्य मां राजन्वृणोषि विभवं वरम् ।। ददामि तुभ्यं विभवं साम्प्रतं वाञ्छितं तव।।१८।। निर्जित्य सर्वाञ्छत्रूंश्च लब्ध्वा राज्यमकण्टकम् ।। भविष्यसि महाराज सावर्णिर्मनुरष्टमः।।१९।। दास्यामि तुभ्यं ज्ञानं च परिणामे नराधिप ।। भक्तिं दास्यं च परमे श्रीकृष्णे परमात्मनि ।। 2.65.२० ।। वृणोति विभवं यो हि साक्षान्मां प्राप्य मन्दधीः ।। मायया वञ्चितः सोऽपि विषमत्त्यमृतं त्यजेत् ।। २१ ।। ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं सर्वं नश्वरमेव च ।। नित्यं सत्यं परं ब्रह्म कृष्णं निर्गुणमेव च ।। २२ ।। ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादीनामहमाद्या परात्परा ।। सगुणा निर्गुणा चापि वरा स्वेच्छामयी सदा ।।२३।। नित्या ऽनित्या सर्वरूपा सर्वकारणकारणम् ।। बीजरूपा च सर्वेषां मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी ।। २४ ।। पुण्ये वृन्दावने रम्ये गोलोके रासमण्डले।। राधा प्राणाधिकाऽहं च कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। २५ ।। अहं दुर्गा विष्णुमाया बुद्ध्यधिष्ठातृदेवता ।। अहं लक्ष्मीश्च वैकुण्ठे स्वयं देवी सरस्वती ।। २५ ।। सावित्री वेदमाताऽहं ब्रह्माणी ब्रह्मलोकतः ।। अहं गङ्गा च तुलसी सर्वाधारा वसुन्धरा ।। २७ ।। नानाविधाऽहं कलया मायया सर्वयोषितः ।। साऽहं कृष्णेन संसृष्टा नृप भ्रूभंगलीलया ।।२८।। भ्रूभंगलीलया सृष्टो येन पुंसा महान्विराट्।। लोम्नां कूपेषु विश्वानि यस्य सन्ति हि नित्यशः ।। २९ ।। असंख्यानि च तान्येव कृत्रिमाणि च मायया ।। अनित्ये नित्यबुद्धिं च सर्वे कुर्वन्ति सन्ततम् ।। 2.65.३० ।। सप्तसागरसंयुक्ता सप्तद्वीपा वसुन्धरा ।। तदधः सप्त पातालाः स्वर्लोकाश्चैव सप्त च ।। ३१ ।। एवं विश्वं बहुविधं ब्रह्माण्डं ब्रह्मणा कृतम् ।। प्रत्येकं सर्वविध्यण्डे ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः ।।३२।। सर्वेषामीश्वरः कृष्ण इति ज्ञानं परात्परम् ।। वेदानां च व्रतानां च तीर्थानां तपसां तथा ।।३३।। देवानां चैव सर्वेषां सारः कृष्ण इति स्मृतः ।। तद्भक्तिहीनो यो मूढः स च जीवन्मृतो धुवम् ।। ३४ ।। पवित्राणि च तीर्थानि तद्भक्तस्पर्शवायुना ।। तन्मन्त्रोपासकश्चैव जीवन्मुक्त इति स्मृतः ।। ३९ ।। मन्त्रग्रहणमात्रेण नरो नारायणो भवेत् ।। विना जपेन तपसा विना तीर्थेन पूजया ।। ३६ ।। मातामहानां शतकं पितॄणां च सहस्रकम् ।। पुंसामेवं समुद्धृत्य गोलोकं च स गच्छति ।। ३७ ।। इदं ज्ञानं सारभूतं कथितं ते नराधिप ।। मन्वन्तरान्ते भोगान्ते भक्तिं दास्यामि ते हरौ ।। ३८ ।। नाभुक्तं क्षीयते कर्म्म कल्पकोटिशतैरपि ।। अवश्यमेव भोक्तव्यं कृतं कर्म्म शुभाशुभम् ।। ।। ३९ ।। अहं यमनुगृह्णामि तस्मै दास्यामि निर्मलाम् ।। निश्चलां सुदृढां भक्तिं श्रीकृष्णे परमात्मनि ।। 2.65.४० ।। करोमि वञ्चनां यं यं तेभ्यो दास्यामि सम्पदम् ।। प्रातः स्वप्नस्वरूपां च मिथ्येति भ्रमरूपिणीम् ।। ४१ ।। इति ते कथितं ज्ञानं गच्छ वत्स यथासुखम्।। इत्युक्त्वा च महादेवी तत्रैवान्तरधीयत।।४२।। राजा संप्राप्य राज्यं च नत्वा तां प्रययौ गृहम् ।। इति ते कथितं वत्स दुर्गोपाख्यानमुत्तमम् ।। ४३ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे द्वितीये प्रकृतिखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादे दुर्गोपाख्याने प्रकृतिसुरथसंवादे ज्ञानकथनं नाम पञ्चषष्टितमोऽध्यायः ।। ६५ ।।
nārada uvāca || śrutaṃ sarvaṃ mahābhāga sudhārasaparaṃ varam || stotraṃ ca kavacaṃ pūjāphalaṃ kālaṃ vada prabho ||1|| nārāyaṇa uvāca || ārdrāyāṃ bodhayeddevīṃ mūlenaiva praveśayet || uttareṇārccayitvā tāṃ śravaṇāyāṃ visarjayet ||2|| ārdrāyuktanavamyāṃ tu kṛtvā devyāśca bodhanam || pūjāyāḥ śatavārṣikyāḥ phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ || 3 || mūlāyāṃ tu praveśe ca naramedhaphalaṃ labhet || 4 || kṛtvā visarjanaṃ devyāḥ śravaṇāyāṃ ca mānavaḥ|| lakṣmīṃ ca putrapautrāṃśca labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ||5|| bhuvaḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ puṇyaṃ pūjāyāṃ labhate naraḥ || nakṣatrayogābhāve tu pārvatyāścaiva nārada ||6|| navamyāṃ bodhanaṃ kṛtvā pakṣaṃ saṃpūjya mānavaḥ|| aśvamedhaphalāvāptyai daśamyāṃ ca visarjayet ||7|| saptamyāṃ pūjanaṃ kṛtvā baliṃ dadyādvicakṣaṇaḥ || aṣṭamyāṃ pūjanaṃ śastaṃ balidānavivarjitam ||8|| aṣṭamyāṃ balidānena vipattirjāyate nṛṇām || dadyādvicakṣaṇo bhaktyā navamyāṃ vidhivadbalim||9|| balidānena viprendra durgāprītirbhavennṛṇām|| hiṃsājanyaṃ na pāpaṃ ca labhate yajñakarmaṇi||2.65.10|| utsargakarttā dātā ca cchettā poṣṭā ca rakṣakaḥ || agre paścānnibaddhā ca saptaite'vadhakāriṇaḥ || 11 || yo yaṃ hanti sa taṃ hanti neti vedoktameva ca || kurvanti vaiṣṇavīṃ pūjāṃ vaiṣṇavāstena hetunā || 12 || evaṃ saṃpūjya surathaḥ pūrṇaṃ varṣaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ || kavacaṃ ca gale baddhvā tuṣṭāva parameśvarīm || 13 || stotreṇa parituṣṭā sā tasya sākṣādbabhūva ha || sa dadarśa puro devīṃ grīṣmasūryyasamaprabhām || 14 || tejasvarūpāṃ paramāṃ saguṇāṃ nirguṇāṃ varām || dṛṣṭvā tāṃ kamanīyāṃ ca tejomaṇḍalamadhyataḥ || 15 || svecchāmayīṃ kṛpārūpāṃ bhaktānugrahakāriṇīm || punastuṣṭāva rājendro bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ || 16 || stavena parituṣṭā sā sasmitā bhaktipūrvakam || uvāca satyaṃ rājendraṃ kṛpayā jagadambikā || 17 || prakṛtiruvāca || sākṣātsaṃprāpya māṃ rājanvṛṇoṣi vibhavaṃ varam || dadāmi tubhyaṃ vibhavaṃ sāmprataṃ vāñchitaṃ tava||18|| nirjitya sarvāñchatrūṃśca labdhvā rājyamakaṇṭakam || bhaviṣyasi mahārāja sāvarṇirmanuraṣṭamaḥ||19|| dāsyāmi tubhyaṃ jñānaṃ ca pariṇāme narādhipa || bhaktiṃ dāsyaṃ ca parame śrīkṛṣṇe paramātmani || 2.65.20 || vṛṇoti vibhavaṃ yo hi sākṣānmāṃ prāpya mandadhīḥ || māyayā vañcitaḥ so'pi viṣamattyamṛtaṃ tyajet || 21 || brahmādistambaparyantaṃ sarvaṃ naśvarameva ca || nityaṃ satyaṃ paraṃ brahma kṛṣṇaṃ nirguṇameva ca || 22 || brahmaviṣṇuśivādīnāmahamādyā parātparā || saguṇā nirguṇā cāpi varā svecchāmayī sadā ||23|| nityā 'nityā sarvarūpā sarvakāraṇakāraṇam || bījarūpā ca sarveṣāṃ mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī || 24 || puṇye vṛndāvane ramye goloke rāsamaṇḍale|| rādhā prāṇādhikā'haṃ ca kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || 25 || ahaṃ durgā viṣṇumāyā buddhyadhiṣṭhātṛdevatā || ahaṃ lakṣmīśca vaikuṇṭhe svayaṃ devī sarasvatī || 25 || sāvitrī vedamātā'haṃ brahmāṇī brahmalokataḥ || ahaṃ gaṅgā ca tulasī sarvādhārā vasundharā || 27 || nānāvidhā'haṃ kalayā māyayā sarvayoṣitaḥ || sā'haṃ kṛṣṇena saṃsṛṣṭā nṛpa bhrūbhaṃgalīlayā ||28|| bhrūbhaṃgalīlayā sṛṣṭo yena puṃsā mahānvirāṭ|| lomnāṃ kūpeṣu viśvāni yasya santi hi nityaśaḥ || 29 || asaṃkhyāni ca tānyeva kṛtrimāṇi ca māyayā || anitye nityabuddhiṃ ca sarve kurvanti santatam || 2.65.30 || saptasāgarasaṃyuktā saptadvīpā vasundharā || tadadhaḥ sapta pātālāḥ svarlokāścaiva sapta ca || 31 || evaṃ viśvaṃ bahuvidhaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ brahmaṇā kṛtam || pratyekaṃ sarvavidhyaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ ||32|| sarveṣāmīśvaraḥ kṛṣṇa iti jñānaṃ parātparam || vedānāṃ ca vratānāṃ ca tīrthānāṃ tapasāṃ tathā ||33|| devānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ sāraḥ kṛṣṇa iti smṛtaḥ || tadbhaktihīno yo mūḍhaḥ sa ca jīvanmṛto dhuvam || 34 || pavitrāṇi ca tīrthāni tadbhaktasparśavāyunā || tanmantropāsakaścaiva jīvanmukta iti smṛtaḥ || 39 || mantragrahaṇamātreṇa naro nārāyaṇo bhavet || vinā japena tapasā vinā tīrthena pūjayā || 36 || mātāmahānāṃ śatakaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca sahasrakam || puṃsāmevaṃ samuddhṛtya golokaṃ ca sa gacchati || 37 || idaṃ jñānaṃ sārabhūtaṃ kathitaṃ te narādhipa || manvantarānte bhogānte bhaktiṃ dāsyāmi te harau || 38 || nābhuktaṃ kṣīyate karmma kalpakoṭiśatairapi || avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ karmma śubhāśubham || || 39 || ahaṃ yamanugṛhṇāmi tasmai dāsyāmi nirmalām || niścalāṃ sudṛḍhāṃ bhaktiṃ śrīkṛṣṇe paramātmani || 2.65.40 || karomi vañcanāṃ yaṃ yaṃ tebhyo dāsyāmi sampadam || prātaḥ svapnasvarūpāṃ ca mithyeti bhramarūpiṇīm || 41 || iti te kathitaṃ jñānaṃ gaccha vatsa yathāsukham|| ityuktvā ca mahādevī tatraivāntaradhīyata||42|| rājā saṃprāpya rājyaṃ ca natvā tāṃ prayayau gṛham || iti te kathitaṃ vatsa durgopākhyānamuttamam || 43 || iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe dvitīye prakṛtikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde durgopākhyāne prakṛtisurathasaṃvāde jñānakathanaṃ nāma pañcaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 65 ||
English translation
The Discourse Narada said - O virtuous one, O lord I have listened to the best of the stotra, kavaca and everything else, which is sweeter than nectar.
Now I would like to know the result of performing pujd and the time-frame in which one achieves the result.
NSrayana said - One should perform the night awakening) during the Ardra constellation. In the Uttara constellation, one should perform worship and in the Sravapa constellation, the performance should end.
In case one perfonned the adoration of the goddess in the ninth day of the moon in Ardra constellation, one achieves the reward for the worship of the goddess for a hundred years.
By worshipping the goddess in Mula constellation, one achieves the reward of Naramedha sacrifice; by performing pujd in the Uttara constellation one achieves the merit of sacrifice; in the Sravana constellation by sending off the goddess, one achieves riches, sons and grandsons. There is no doubt about it.
By worshipping her, one gets the merit of going down the entire globe. O Narada, in case the relevant constellation is not immediately available, one should adore goddess Parvatl on the ninth day and continue the adoration for a fortnight, ending it in the tenth moon day. In such a case one achieves the merit of perfomiing The intellectuals should offer sacrifice on the seventh day of the moon, performing pujd of the goddess because on the eighth day of the moon, the performing of the single pujd has been prescribed and not the sacrifice. If one offers sacrifice on the eighth day of the moon, he invites misfortunes; therefore the intellectuals should offer sacrifice with devotion on the ninth day of the moon.
O best of the Brahmanas, the goddess Durga is pleased with the offering of the sacrifice and by offering yajna ^ person does not attract the sin of killing an animal.
The one who gives away the animals for sacrifice, its donor, the killer, the one who feeds the animal, its protector, the one who maintains ^ it, all these do not attract the sin of killing in' sacrifice. The one who kills the animals is called the killer of the same. This has been prescribed in the Vedas which is not applicable in this case; therefore the Vaisnavas adore the goddess Vais Thus the king Suratha adored the goddess for full one year holding the kavaca in his neck and started adoring the great goddess.
Thereafter getting pleased with the recitation of the stotra by the king, the goddess was pleased and she appeared before him in person.
The king saw the goddess before him shining like the sun of the summer season emitting rays.
In the disk of the tejas, she appeared in the form of the lustre, having all the virtues, nirguna, the best, charming, the one who moved at will, merciful and the one who showered her compassion over her devotees. The king adored her bowing in reverence.
Getting immensely pleased with his prayer the goddess • smiling gracefully looked at the king and lovingly spoke to him.
Durga said - O king, if you ask for an audience with me if you are desirous of riches, the same will be granted by me at once.
O graceful one, you will overcome ail your enemies and be victorious over them ruling the country without any interruption. Thereafter you will become the eighth Savarni Manu.
O best of the humans, I impart the divine knowledge to you as a result of which you will become the slave of lord Krsna.
Because such a foolish fellow who having an audience with me, aspires for the riches, he acts under the influence of illusion and getting deprived of the nectar he seems like consuming All the things starting from Brahma to the straw arc perishable. Lord Krsna alone is everlasting, truthful, eternal Brahmana and goddess, Sarasvati and Savitri the mother of Vedas, Brahmam of Brahmaloka, Gahga, Tulasi and the goddess earth.
I appear on earth in various forms of the woman. O king, lord Krsna has created me from the moving of his eyebrows, because the one who created MahavirSt with the moving of his eye-brows, in the hair-pits of the same Krsna all the globes reside. They are all artificial and innumerable, the same eternal lord is adored by everyone always.
Thus I happen to be the energy of Brahma, Vis nil, Siva and other gods and am everlasting, beyond measure, both visible and invisible and the best, always moving at will.
I happen to be Isvarl, Miilaprakrti, everlasting, the form of all and the cause of all the causes and the seed of everyone.
The land with seven islands surrounded by seven oceans is called the earth, the Patdla and other seven regions are located under the earth and those above the earth are the seven lokas named as the heaven and others. Similarly various types of globes were created by Brahma and in each such globe, the gods like Brahma, Visnu and Siva reside.
In the sacred forest of Vrndavana, in the Goloka, Rdsamandala, I perform as Radhika, the beloved of lord Krsna.
I am Durga, Visnumaya, the best intelligence of the gods, Laksml of Vaikuntha, the great wi::?f? Tg?:l But Krsna happens to be lord of all. He is the best and full of all knowledge. Lord Krsna is considered to be the essence of the Vedas, vratas, holy places, tapas, gods and virtues.
Therefore the one who is deprived of this adoration, his life is of no consequence.
With the touch of devotees of lord Krsna even the holy places get sanctified and the one who recites his mantra overcomes death.
Because with the acceptance of his mantra alone one becomes Narayana himself without performing japam, tapas and visiting holy He redeems a hundred generations of his maternal grand-father's side and a thousand generations of his father. Thereafter he proceeds to Goloka.
Thus speaking the goddess disappeared from the scene. The king also got back his kingdom and bowing in reverence to the goddess, reached his abode. O son, thus I have narrated to you the best of the story of goddess Durga.
O best of the humans, this is the knowledge which is the essence of all and I have told you the same. After the expiry of a manvantara you will achieve the adoration of the lord, because after the expiry of crores of kalpas, the karmas do not vanish unless one faces the results of the good or bad deeds performed by him.
On whomsoever I shower my grace he achieves the spotless and infallible devotion of lord Krsna, the others get all the riches which disappear like a morning dream.
O son, thus I have imparted the knowledge to you and now you can go anywhere you like.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 120552 (2017-09-09T02:35:55Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n581–n585: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n581/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.