Eighth Skandha · Chapter 2
Sourceभुवनकोशप्रसङ्गे देव्या मनवे वरदानवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच एवं मीमांसतस्तस्य पद्मयोनेः परन्तप । मन्वादिभिर्मुनिवरैर्मरीच्याद्यैः समन्ततः ॥ १ ॥ ध्यायतस्तस्य नासाग्राद्विरञ्चेः सहसानघ । वराहपोतो निरगादेकाङ्गुलप्रमाणतः ॥ २ ॥ तस्यैव पश्यतः खस्थः क्षणेन किल नारद । करिमात्रं प्रववृधे तदद्भूततमं ह्यभूत् ॥ ३ ॥ मरीचिमुख्यैर्विप्रेन्द्रैः सनकाद्यैश्च नारद । तद्दृष्ट्वा सौकरं रूपं तर्कयामास पद्मभूः ॥ ४ ॥ किमेतत्सौकरव्याजं दिव्यं सत्त्वमवस्थितम् । अत्याश्चर्यमिदं जातं नासिकाया विनिःसृतम् ॥ ५ ॥ दृष्टोऽङ्गुष्ठशिरोमात्रः क्षणाच्छैलेन्द्रसन्निभः । आहोस्विद्भगवान्किं वा यज्ञो मे खेदयन्मनः ॥ ६ ॥ इति तर्कयतस्तस्य ब्रह्मणः परमात्मनः । वराहरूपो भगवाञ्जगर्जाचलसन्निभः ॥ ७ ॥ विरञ्चिं हर्षयामास संहतांश्च द्विजोत्तमान् । स्वगर्जशब्दमात्रेण दिक्प्रान्तमनुनादयन् ॥ ८ ॥ ते निशम्य स्वखेदस्य क्षयितुं घुर्धुरस्वनम् । जनस्तपःसत्यलोकवासिनोऽमरवर्यकाः ॥ ९ ॥ छन्दोमयैः स्तोत्रवरैर्ऋक्सामाथर्वसम्भवैः । वचोभिः पुरुषं त्वाद्यं द्विजेन्द्राः पर्यवाकिरन् ॥ १० ॥ तेषां स्तोत्रं निशम्याद्यो भगवान् हरिरीश्वरः । कृपावलोकमात्रेणानुगहीत्वाप आविशत् ॥ ११ ॥ तस्यान्तर्विशतः क्रूरसटाघातप्रपीडितः । समुद्रोऽथाब्रवीद्देव रक्ष मां शरणार्तिहन् ॥ १२ ॥ इत्याकर्ण्य समुद्रोक्तं वचनं हरिरीश्वरः । विदारयञ्जलचराञ्जगामान्तर्जले विभुः ॥ १३ ॥ इतस्ततोऽभिधावन्सन् विचिन्वन्पृथिवीं धराम् । आघ्रायाघ्राय सर्वेशो धरामासादयच्छनैः ॥ १४ ॥ अनर्जलगतां भूमिं सर्वसत्त्वाश्रयां तदा । भूमिं स देवदेवेशो दंष्ट्रयोदाजहार ताम् ॥ १५ ॥ तां समुद्धृत्य दंष्टाग्रे यज्ञेशो यज्ञपूरूषः । शुशुभे दिग्गजो यद्वदुद्धृत्याथ सुपद्मीनीम् ॥ १६ ॥ तं दृष्ट्वा देवदेवेशो विरञ्चिः समनुः स्वराट् । तुष्टाव वाग्भिर्देवेशं दंष्ट्रोद्धतवसुन्धरम् ॥ १७ ॥ ब्रह्मोवाच जितं ते पुण्डरीकाक्ष भक्तानामार्तिनाशन । खर्वीकृतसुराधार सर्वकामफलप्रद ॥ १८ ॥ इयं च धरणी देव शोभते वसुधा तव । पद्यिनीव सुपत्राढ्या मतङ्गजकरोद्धृता ॥ १९ ॥ इदं च ते शरीरं वै शोभते भूमिसङ्गमात् । उद्धृताम्बुजशुण्डाग्रकरीन्द्रतनुसन्निभम् ॥ २० ॥ नमो नमस्ते देवेश सृष्टिसंहारकारक । दानवानां विनाशाय कृतनानाकृते प्रभो ॥ २१ ॥ अग्रतश्च नमस्तेऽस्तु पृष्ठतश्च नमो नमः । सर्वामराधारभूत बृहद्धाम नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ २२ ॥ त्वयाहं च प्रजासर्गे नियुक्त: शक्तिबृंहितः । त्वदाज्ञावशतः सर्गं करोमि विकरोमि च ॥ २३ ॥ त्वत्सहायेन देवेशा अमराश्च पुरा हरे । सुधां विभेजिरे सर्वे यथाकालं यथाबलम् ॥ २४ ॥ इन्द्रस्त्रिलोकीसाम्राज्यं लब्धवांस्तन्निदेशत: । भूनक्ति लक्ष्मीं बहुलां सुरसंघप्रपूजित: ॥ २५ ॥ वह्निः पावकतां लब्ध्वा जाठरादिविभेदतः । देवासुरमनुष्याणां करोत्याप्यायनं तथा ॥ २६ ॥ धर्मराजोऽथ पितृणामधिपः सर्वकर्मदृक । कर्मणां फलदातासौ त्वन्नियोगादधीश्वरः ॥ २७ ॥ नैर्ऋतो रक्षसामीशो यक्षो विघ्नविनाशन: । सर्वेषां प्राणिनां कर्मसाक्षी त्वत्तः प्रजायते ॥ २८ ॥ वरुणो यादसामीशो लोकपालो जलाधिपः । त्वदाज्ञाबलमाश्रित्य लोकपालत्वमागतः ॥ २९ ॥ वायुर्गन्धवह: सर्वभूतप्राणनकारणम् । जातस्तव निदेशेन लोकपालो जगद्गुरुः ॥ ३० ॥ कुबेरः किन्नरादीनां यक्षाणां जीवनाश्रयः । त्वदाज्ञान्तर्गतः सर्वलोकपेषु च मान्यभू ॥ ३१ ॥ ईशान: सर्वरुद्राणामीश्वरान्तकरः प्रभूः । जातो लोकेशवन्द्योऽसौ सर्वदेवाधिपालकः ॥ ३२ ॥ नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते जगदीशाय कुर्महे । यस्थांशभागाः सर्वे हि जाता देवाः सहस्रशः ॥ ३३ ॥ नारद उवाच एव स्तुतो विश्वसृजा भगवानादिपूरुष: । लीलावलोकमात्रेणाप्यनुग्रहमवासृजत् ॥ ३४ ॥ तत्रैवाभ्यागतं दैत्यं हिरण्याक्षं महासुरम् । रुन्धानमध्वनो भीमं गदयाताडयद्धरि: ॥ ३५ ॥ तद्रक्तपङ्कदिग्धाङ्गो भगवानादिपूरुषः । उद्धृत्य धरणीं देवो दंष्ट्रया लीलयाप्सु ताम् ॥ ३६ ॥ निवेश्य लोकनाथेशो जगाम स्थानमात्मनः । एतद्भगवतश्चित्रं धरण्युद्धरणं परम् ॥ ३७ ॥ शृणूयाद्य: पुमान् यश्च पठेच्चरितमुत्तमम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो वैष्णवीं गतिमाप्नुयात् ॥ ३८॥ - इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महापुराणेअष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायामष्टमस्कन्धे धरण्युद्धारवर्णन नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ॥ २ ॥ अध्याय दुसरा समाप्त
bhuvanakośaprasaṅge devyā manave varadānavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca evaṃ mīmāṃsatastasya padmayoneḥ parantapa | manvādibhirmunivarairmarīcyādyaiḥ samantataḥ || 1 || dhyāyatastasya nāsāgrādvirañceḥ sahasānagha | varāhapoto niragādekāṅgulapramāṇataḥ || 2 || tasyaiva paśyataḥ khasthaḥ kṣaṇena kila nārada | karimātraṃ pravavṛdhe tadadbhūtatamaṃ hyabhūt || 3 || marīcimukhyairviprendraiḥ sanakādyaiśca nārada | taddṛṣṭvā saukaraṃ rūpaṃ tarkayāmāsa padmabhūḥ || 4 || kimetatsaukaravyājaṃ divyaṃ sattvamavasthitam | atyāścaryamidaṃ jātaṃ nāsikāyā viniḥsṛtam || 5 || dṛṣṭo'ṅguṣṭhaśiromātraḥ kṣaṇācchailendrasannibhaḥ | āhosvidbhagavānkiṃ vā yajño me khedayanmanaḥ || 6 || iti tarkayatastasya brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ | varāharūpo bhagavāñjagarjācalasannibhaḥ || 7 || virañciṃ harṣayāmāsa saṃhatāṃśca dvijottamān | svagarjaśabdamātreṇa dikprāntamanunādayan || 8 || te niśamya svakhedasya kṣayituṃ ghurdhurasvanam | janastapaḥsatyalokavāsino'maravaryakāḥ || 9 || chandomayaiḥ stotravarairṛksāmātharvasambhavaiḥ | vacobhiḥ puruṣaṃ tvādyaṃ dvijendrāḥ paryavākiran || 10 || teṣāṃ stotraṃ niśamyādyo bhagavān harirīśvaraḥ | kṛpāvalokamātreṇānugahītvāpa āviśat || 11 || tasyāntarviśataḥ krūrasaṭāghātaprapīḍitaḥ | samudro'thābravīddeva rakṣa māṃ śaraṇārtihan || 12 || ityākarṇya samudroktaṃ vacanaṃ harirīśvaraḥ | vidārayañjalacarāñjagāmāntarjale vibhuḥ || 13 || itastato'bhidhāvansan vicinvanpṛthivīṃ dharām | āghrāyāghrāya sarveśo dharāmāsādayacchanaiḥ || 14 || anarjalagatāṃ bhūmiṃ sarvasattvāśrayāṃ tadā | bhūmiṃ sa devadeveśo daṃṣṭrayodājahāra tām || 15 || tāṃ samuddhṛtya daṃṣṭāgre yajñeśo yajñapūrūṣaḥ | śuśubhe diggajo yadvaduddhṛtyātha supadmīnīm || 16 || taṃ dṛṣṭvā devadeveśo virañciḥ samanuḥ svarāṭ | tuṣṭāva vāgbhirdeveśaṃ daṃṣṭroddhatavasundharam || 17 || brahmovāca jitaṃ te puṇḍarīkākṣa bhaktānāmārtināśana | kharvīkṛtasurādhāra sarvakāmaphalaprada || 18 || iyaṃ ca dharaṇī deva śobhate vasudhā tava | padyinīva supatrāḍhyā mataṅgajakaroddhṛtā || 19 || idaṃ ca te śarīraṃ vai śobhate bhūmisaṅgamāt | uddhṛtāmbujaśuṇḍāgrakarīndratanusannibham || 20 || namo namaste deveśa sṛṣṭisaṃhārakāraka | dānavānāṃ vināśāya kṛtanānākṛte prabho || 21 || agrataśca namaste'stu pṛṣṭhataśca namo namaḥ | sarvāmarādhārabhūta bṛhaddhāma namo'stu te || 22 || tvayāhaṃ ca prajāsarge niyukta: śaktibṛṃhitaḥ | tvadājñāvaśataḥ sargaṃ karomi vikaromi ca || 23 || tvatsahāyena deveśā amarāśca purā hare | sudhāṃ vibhejire sarve yathākālaṃ yathābalam || 24 || indrastrilokīsāmrājyaṃ labdhavāṃstannideśata: | bhūnakti lakṣmīṃ bahulāṃ surasaṃghaprapūjita: || 25 || vahniḥ pāvakatāṃ labdhvā jāṭharādivibhedataḥ | devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ karotyāpyāyanaṃ tathā || 26 || dharmarājo'tha pitṛṇāmadhipaḥ sarvakarmadṛka | karmaṇāṃ phaladātāsau tvanniyogādadhīśvaraḥ || 27 || nairṛto rakṣasāmīśo yakṣo vighnavināśana: | sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ karmasākṣī tvattaḥ prajāyate || 28 || varuṇo yādasāmīśo lokapālo jalādhipaḥ | tvadājñābalamāśritya lokapālatvamāgataḥ || 29 || vāyurgandhavaha: sarvabhūtaprāṇanakāraṇam | jātastava nideśena lokapālo jagadguruḥ || 30 || kuberaḥ kinnarādīnāṃ yakṣāṇāṃ jīvanāśrayaḥ | tvadājñāntargataḥ sarvalokapeṣu ca mānyabhū || 31 || īśāna: sarvarudrāṇāmīśvarāntakaraḥ prabhūḥ | jāto lokeśavandyo'sau sarvadevādhipālakaḥ || 32 || namastubhyaṃ bhagavate jagadīśāya kurmahe | yasthāṃśabhāgāḥ sarve hi jātā devāḥ sahasraśaḥ || 33 || nārada uvāca eva stuto viśvasṛjā bhagavānādipūruṣa: | līlāvalokamātreṇāpyanugrahamavāsṛjat || 34 || tatraivābhyāgataṃ daityaṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ mahāsuram | rundhānamadhvano bhīmaṃ gadayātāḍayaddhari: || 35 || tadraktapaṅkadigdhāṅgo bhagavānādipūruṣaḥ | uddhṛtya dharaṇīṃ devo daṃṣṭrayā līlayāpsu tām || 36 || niveśya lokanātheśo jagāma sthānamātmanaḥ | etadbhagavataścitraṃ dharaṇyuddharaṇaṃ param || 37 || śṛṇūyādya: pumān yaśca paṭheccaritamuttamam | sarvapāpavinirmukto vaiṣṇavīṃ gatimāpnuyāt || 38|| - iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇeaṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmaṣṭamaskandhe dharaṇyuddhāravarṇana nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ || 2 || adhyāya dusarā samāpta
English translation
1-10. Narayana said O Child! When you have got your senses controlled and have overcome lust, anger, etc., and other enemies, then you are certainly entitled to hear this secret. While Brahma was discussing on this subject with Marichi and the other Brahmarsis and with Svayambhuva Manu, suddenly there came out of the nose of the meditative Brahma, one young boar (the child of a boar) of the dimension of one finger only. That little boar, that was just in the air, soon became, while they were looking at it, enlarged to a very big elephant, in an instant; a very strange sight, indeed! Seeing this, the Kumaras Sanaka, etc., Marichi and the other Seven Risis, and the Creator Brahma were struck with wonder and Brahma began to discuss thus Oh! This young boar has come out suddenly of My nose; though it is a very small one, it is certainly, come under a disguise and it has all made us merge in an ocean of wonder. Is this something Divine, of a Sattvic quality under the guise of this boar? It was of the size of a thumb and it is now like the Himalaya Mountain? Oh! Is this the Bhagavan, the Yajha Purusa? While they were thus discussing, the Bhagavan, in the shape of the boar, began to make loud sounds, like the rolling of the mountain clouds at the time of the Pralaya resounding all the quarters. At this Brahma and all the Risis assembled there became very glad. Hearing the ghurghura noise of the Boar, their troubles ended and the people of Janarloka, Taparloka, Satyaloka and all the Devas being very much gladdened began to chant sweet hymns with Chhandas of Rik, Yajus, Sama and Atharva Vedas, to that Adi Purusa, the Bhagavan, from all sides.
11-20. Hearing their praises, the Bhagavan Hah graciously looked on them and immediately merged Himself in the ocean. The ocean was very much agitated with the fierce striking of the hairs of the Boar, when He entered into the waters, and spoke thus “O Deva! O
Thou, the destroyer of the afflictions of your refuges! Protect me.” Hearing the words of the ocean, the God Hah tore asunder all the aquatic animals and went down beneath the waters. Searching violently hither and thither. He knew the earth by her smell. At once the Bhagavan Hari, the Lord of all, went to Her and rescued the earth by raising Her up on his big teeth, the Earth that was the abode of all the beings. When the Bhagavan, the Lord of all the sacrifices, came up with the Earth on the top of His teeth. He looked beautiful like the elephant of a quarter taking out by the root and holding a thousand petalled lotus upon his tusks. When the Bhagavan rescued thus the Earth, raising Her up on His tusks, Brahma and Indra, the Lord of the Devas, the powerful Manu began praise to Him with sweet words Brahma said O Lotus-eyed! O Bhagavan! Thou art victorious everywhere; O Thou, the Destroyer of the sufferings of the Bhaktas! Thou hast, by Thy own prowess, humiliated the Heaven, the abode of the gods upto Satyaloka! Thou, the Giver all the desires! O Deva! This earth shines so beautiful on Thy teeth as the thousand petalled lotus, taken up by the root by a mad elephant, shines on his two tusks. O Bhagavan! This Form, i. e., that of Thy sacrificial Boar, with earth on Thee looks so very beautiful as the lotus looks beautiful on the tusks of an elephant.
21-22. O Lord! We bow down to Thee, the Creator and the Destroyer of everything; Thou assumest many forms for the purpose of destroying the Danavas; Thou dost do many acts that redound to Thy Glory, We bow down to Thee, to Thy Front and to Thy Back. (Really thou hast no front nor back. Thou art everywhere.) Thou art the Upholder of all the Celestials and the Immortals! Thy eyes shine equally everywhere.
23-25. O Deva! By Thy power I am brought up and engaged in the work of creation and by Thy order I create in every Kalpa this Universe and destroy it. O Lord of Immortals! In the ancient times the
Devas united churned the vast ocean by Thy help and got according to their merits their due shares. O Hah! Indra, the Lord of the Devas is enjoying the vast kingdom of Heaven, the Trilokas, by Thy Will and appointment. All the Devas worship him.
26-27. So the God of Fire has got his burning power and is residing in the bellies of the Devas, the Asuras, men and all other beings and penetrating their bellies, is satisfying all. Yama, the King of Dharma, by Thy appointment, is the Lord of the southern quarters, is presiding over the Pitris and being the witness of all the actions of the Jivas, is awarding duly to them the fruits thereof.
28-33. Nairrita, the Lord of the Raksasas, the witness of all the actions of all the beings, by Thy commandment, is the destroyer of all the obstacles of the devotees that take refuge unto thee, though he is a Yaksa. The Varuna Deva, by Thy order, has become duly the Lord of the waters, and the Regent of the Loka (Dikpala). The Vayu, the Life of all, the carrier of the smell, has become by Thy order Lokapala and the Guru of the universe. Kuvera, obedient to Thy order, has become the Lord of the Yaksas and the Kinnaras and is holding a respectful position like other Lokapalas. Is'ana, Who is the destroyer of all the Jivas, has got his Lordship over a quarter by Thy order and is being praised by all the Rudras, the Devas, Gandharbas, Yaksas, Kinnaras, the men and all the beings. O Bhagavan! We bow down to Thee, the Lord of the Universe; the innumerable Devas that are seen are merely the small fractions of Thy powers.
34-38. Narayana said “O Child Narada! When Brahma, the Creator and the Grandsire of the Lokas, praised thus the Adi Purusa Bhagavan, He cast a side long glance at them, offering His Grace. When the Bhagavan, the Sacrificial Boar, was coming up with earth.
rescued and placed on his teeth, the awful Hiranyaksa, the chief of the Daityas came before Him and obstructed His passage when He killed him by one violent stroke of his club. He was besmeared all over his body with the blood of the Daitya; and thus He came up from the Rasatala and placed the earth on the waters. He then went away to His Vaikuntha abode.
O Child Narada! He who hears or reads devotedly this glorious deed of the Bhagavan and the deliverance of the Earth, will certainly be freed of all his sins and goes to the highest holiest place of Visnu, the Lord of all. There is no doubt in this.”
Here ends the Second Chapter of the Eighth Book on the uplifting of the Earth by the Sacrificial Boar in the Mahapuranam S'ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam, of 18,000 verses, by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.
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