Tenth Skandha · Chapter 2
Sourceश्रीदेव्युवाच भूमिपाल महाबाहो सर्वमेतद्भविष्यति । यत्त्वया प्रार्थितं तत्ते ददामि मनुजाधिप ॥ १ ॥ अहं प्रसन्ना दैत्येन्द्रनाशनामोघविक्रमा । वाग्भवस्य जपेनैव तपसा ते सुनिश्चितम् ॥ २ ॥ राज्यं निष्कण्टकं तेऽस्तु पुत्रा वंशकरा अपि । मयि भक्तिर्दृढा वत्स मोक्षान्ते सत्पदे भवेत् ॥ ३ ॥ एवं वरान्महादेवी तस्मै दत्त्वा महात्मने । पश्यतस्तु मनोरेव जगाम विन्ध्यपर्वतम् ॥ ४ ॥ योऽसौ विन्ध्याचलो रुद्धः कुम्भोद्भवमहर्षिणा । भानुमार्गावरोधार्थं प्रवृत्तो गगनं स्पृशन् ॥ ५ ॥ सा विन्ध्यवासिनी विष्णोरनुजा वरदेश्वरी । बभूव पूज्या लोकानां सर्वेषां मुनिसत्तम ॥ ६ ॥ ऋषय ऊचुः कोऽसौ विन्ध्याचलः सूत किमर्थं गगनं स्पृशन् । भानुमार्गावरोधं च किमर्थं कृतवानसौ ॥ ७ ॥ कथं च मैत्रावरुणिः पर्वतं तं महोन्नतम् । प्रकृतिस्थं चकारेति सर्वं विस्तरतो वद ॥ ८ ॥ न हि तृप्यामहे साधो त्वदास्यगलितामृतम् । देव्याश्चरित्ररूपाख्यं पीत्वा तृष्णा प्रवर्धते ॥ ९ ॥ सूत उवाच आसीद्विन्ध्याचलो नाम मान्यः सर्वधराभृताम् । महावनसमूहाढ्यो महापादपसंवृतः ॥ १० ॥ सुपुष्पितैरनेकैश्च लतागुल्मैस्तु संवृतः । मृगा वराहा महिषा व्याघ्राः शार्दूलका अपि ॥ ११ ॥ वानराः शशका ऋक्षाः शृगालाश्च समन्ततः । विचरन्ति सदा हृष्टा पुष्टा एव महोद्यमाः ॥ १२ ॥ नदीनदजलाक्रान्तो देवगन्धर्वकिन्नरैः । अप्सरोभिः किम्पुरुषैः सर्वकामफलद्रुमैः ॥ १३ ॥ एतादृशे विन्ध्यनगे कदाचित्पर्यटन् महीम् । देवर्षिः परमप्रीतो जगाम स्वेच्छया मुनिः ॥ १४ ॥ तं दृष्ट्वा स नगो मङ्क्षु तूर्णमुत्थाय सम्भ्रमात् । पाद्यमर्घ्यं तथा दत्त्वा वरासनमथार्पयत् ॥ १५ ॥ सुखोपविष्टं देवर्षिं प्रसन्नं नग ऊचिवान् । विन्ध्य उवाच देवर्षे कथ्यतां जात आगमः कुत उत्तमः ॥ १६ ॥ तवागमनतो जातमनर्घ्यं मम मन्दिरम् । तव चङ्क्रमणं देवाभयार्थं हि यथा रवेः ॥ १७ ॥ अपूर्वं यन्मनोवृत्तं तद् ब्रूहि मम नारद । नारद उवाच ममागमनमिन्द्रारे जातं स्वर्णगिरेरथ ॥ १८ ॥ तत्र दृष्टा मया लोकाः शक्राग्नियमपाशिनाम् । सर्वेषां लोकपालानां भवनानि समन्ततः ॥ १९ ॥ मया दृष्टानि विन्ध्याग नानाभोगप्रदानि च । इति चोक्त्वा ब्रह्मयोनिः पुनरुच्छ्वासमाविशत् ॥ २० ॥ उच्छ्वसन्तं मुनिं दृष्ट्वा पुनः पप्रच्छ शैलराट् । उच्छ्वासकारणं किं तद् ब्रूहि देवऋषे मम ॥ २१ ॥ इत्याकर्ण्य नगस्योक्तं देवर्षिरमितद्युतिः । अब्रवीच्छ्रूयतां वत्स ममोच्छ्वासस्य कारणम् ॥ २२ ॥ गौरीगुरुस्तु हिमवाञ्छिवस्य श्वशुरः किल । सम्बन्धित्वात्पशुपतेः पूज्य आसीत्क्षमाभृताम् ॥ २३ ॥ एवमेव च कैलासः शिवस्यावसथः प्रभुः । पूज्यः पृथ्वीभृतां जातो लोके पापौघदारणः ॥ २४ ॥ निषधः पर्वतो नीलो गन्धमादन एव च । पूज्याः स्वस्थानमासाद्य सर्व एव क्षमाभृतः ॥ २५ ॥ यं पर्येति च विश्वात्मा सहस्रकिरणः स्वराट् । सग्रहर्क्षगणोपेतः सोऽयं कनकपर्वतः ॥ २६ ॥ आत्मानं मनुते श्रेष्ठं वरिष्ठं च धराभृताम् । सर्वेषामहमेवाग्र्यो नास्ति लोकेषु मत्समः ॥ २७ ॥ एवंमानाभिमानं तं स्मृत्वोच्छ्वासो मयोज्झितः । अस्तु नैतावता कृत्यं तपोबलवतां नग । प्रसङ्गतो मयोक्तं ते गमिष्यामि निजं गृहम् ॥ २८ ॥ इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महापुराणेऽष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे विन्ध्योपाख्यानवर्णनं नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ॥ २ ॥
śrīdevyuvāca bhūmipāla mahābāho sarvametadbhaviṣyati | yattvayā prārthitaṃ tatte dadāmi manujādhipa || 1 || ahaṃ prasannā daityendranāśanāmoghavikramā | vāgbhavasya japenaiva tapasā te suniścitam || 2 || rājyaṃ niṣkaṇṭakaṃ te'stu putrā vaṃśakarā api | mayi bhaktirdṛḍhā vatsa mokṣānte satpade bhavet || 3 || evaṃ varānmahādevī tasmai dattvā mahātmane | paśyatastu manoreva jagāma vindhyaparvatam || 4 || yo'sau vindhyācalo ruddhaḥ kumbhodbhavamaharṣiṇā | bhānumārgāvarodhārthaṃ pravṛtto gaganaṃ spṛśan || 5 || sā vindhyavāsinī viṣṇoranujā varadeśvarī | babhūva pūjyā lokānāṃ sarveṣāṃ munisattama || 6 || ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ko'sau vindhyācalaḥ sūta kimarthaṃ gaganaṃ spṛśan | bhānumārgāvarodhaṃ ca kimarthaṃ kṛtavānasau || 7 || kathaṃ ca maitrāvaruṇiḥ parvataṃ taṃ mahonnatam | prakṛtisthaṃ cakāreti sarvaṃ vistarato vada || 8 || na hi tṛpyāmahe sādho tvadāsyagalitāmṛtam | devyāścaritrarūpākhyaṃ pītvā tṛṣṇā pravardhate || 9 || sūta uvāca āsīdvindhyācalo nāma mānyaḥ sarvadharābhṛtām | mahāvanasamūhāḍhyo mahāpādapasaṃvṛtaḥ || 10 || supuṣpitairanekaiśca latāgulmaistu saṃvṛtaḥ | mṛgā varāhā mahiṣā vyāghrāḥ śārdūlakā api || 11 || vānarāḥ śaśakā ṛkṣāḥ śṛgālāśca samantataḥ | vicaranti sadā hṛṣṭā puṣṭā eva mahodyamāḥ || 12 || nadīnadajalākrānto devagandharvakinnaraiḥ | apsarobhiḥ kimpuruṣaiḥ sarvakāmaphaladrumaiḥ || 13 || etādṛśe vindhyanage kadācitparyaṭan mahīm | devarṣiḥ paramaprīto jagāma svecchayā muniḥ || 14 || taṃ dṛṣṭvā sa nago maṅkṣu tūrṇamutthāya sambhramāt | pādyamarghyaṃ tathā dattvā varāsanamathārpayat || 15 || sukhopaviṣṭaṃ devarṣiṃ prasannaṃ naga ūcivān | vindhya uvāca devarṣe kathyatāṃ jāta āgamaḥ kuta uttamaḥ || 16 || tavāgamanato jātamanarghyaṃ mama mandiram | tava caṅkramaṇaṃ devābhayārthaṃ hi yathā raveḥ || 17 || apūrvaṃ yanmanovṛttaṃ tad brūhi mama nārada | nārada uvāca mamāgamanamindrāre jātaṃ svarṇagireratha || 18 || tatra dṛṣṭā mayā lokāḥ śakrāgniyamapāśinām | sarveṣāṃ lokapālānāṃ bhavanāni samantataḥ || 19 || mayā dṛṣṭāni vindhyāga nānābhogapradāni ca | iti coktvā brahmayoniḥ punarucchvāsamāviśat || 20 || ucchvasantaṃ muniṃ dṛṣṭvā punaḥ papraccha śailarāṭ | ucchvāsakāraṇaṃ kiṃ tad brūhi devaṛṣe mama || 21 || ityākarṇya nagasyoktaṃ devarṣiramitadyutiḥ | abravīcchrūyatāṃ vatsa mamocchvāsasya kāraṇam || 22 || gaurīgurustu himavāñchivasya śvaśuraḥ kila | sambandhitvātpaśupateḥ pūjya āsītkṣamābhṛtām || 23 || evameva ca kailāsaḥ śivasyāvasathaḥ prabhuḥ | pūjyaḥ pṛthvībhṛtāṃ jāto loke pāpaughadāraṇaḥ || 24 || niṣadhaḥ parvato nīlo gandhamādana eva ca | pūjyāḥ svasthānamāsādya sarva eva kṣamābhṛtaḥ || 25 || yaṃ paryeti ca viśvātmā sahasrakiraṇaḥ svarāṭ | sagraharkṣagaṇopetaḥ so'yaṃ kanakaparvataḥ || 26 || ātmānaṃ manute śreṣṭhaṃ variṣṭhaṃ ca dharābhṛtām | sarveṣāmahamevāgryo nāsti lokeṣu matsamaḥ || 27 || evaṃmānābhimānaṃ taṃ smṛtvocchvāso mayojjhitaḥ | astu naitāvatā kṛtyaṃ tapobalavatāṃ naga | prasaṅgato mayoktaṃ te gamiṣyāmi nijaṃ gṛham || 28 || iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ daśamaskandhe vindhyopākhyānavarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ || 2 ||
English translation
1-6. The Devi said “O King! O Mighty armed One! All these I grant unto you. Whatever you have asked for, I give them to you. I am very much pleased with your hard Tapasya and with your Japam of the Vagbhava Mantra. Know Me that My power is infallible in killing the Lords of the Daityas. O Child! Let your kingdom be free from enemies and let your prosperity be increased. Let your devotion be fixed on Me and in the end you will verily get Nirvana Mukti.” O Narada! Thus granting the boon to the highsouled Manu the Great Devi disappeared before him and went to the Bindhya Range. O Devarsi! This Bindhya mountain increased in height so much so that it was well nigh on the way to prevent the course of the Sun when it was arrested by Maharsi Agastya, born of a kumbha (water jar). The younger sister of Visnu, VaradesVari, is staying here as Bindhyavasini. O Best of the Munis! This Devi is an object of worship of all.
7-8. Saunaka and the other Risis said O Suta! Who is that Bindhya Mountain? And why did He intend to soar high up to the Heavens to resist the Sun's course? And why was it that Agastya, the son of Mitravaruna quietened that rising mountain? Kindly describe all these in detail.
9-15. O Saint! We are not as yet satisfied with hearing the Glories of the Devi, the ambrosial nectar, that have come out of your mouth. Rather our thirst has been increased. Suta said O Risis! There was the Bindhya Mountain, highly honoured and reckoned as the chief of the mountains on the earth. It was covered with big forests and big trees. Creeping plants and shrubs flowered these and it
looked very beautiful. On it were roaming deer, wild boars, buffaloes, monkeys, hares, foxes, tigers and bears, stout and cheerful, with full vigour and all very merrily. The Devas, Gandharbhas, Apsaras, and Kinnaras come here and bathe in its rivers; all sorts of fruit trees can be seen here. On such a beautiful Bindhya Mountain, came there one day the ever joyful Devarsi Narada on his voluntary tour round the world. Seeing the Maharsi Narada, the Bindhya Mountain got up and worshipped him with padya and arghya and gave him a very good Asana to sit. When the Muni took his seat and found himself happy, the Mountain began to speak.
16-17. Bindhya said “O Devarsi! Now be pleased to say whence you are coming; your coming here is so very auspicious! My house is sanctified today by your coming. O Deva! Your wandering is, like the Sun, the cause of inspiring the beings with freedom from fear. So, O Narada! Kindly give out your intention as to your coming here which seems rather wonderful.”
18-28. Narada said “O Bindhya! O Enemy of Indra! (Once the mountains had a very great influence. Indra cut off their wings and so destroyed their influence. Hence the mountains are enemies of Indra). I am coming from the Sumeru Mountain. There I saw the nice abodes of Indra, Agni, Yama, and Varuna. There I saw the houses of these Dikpalas (the Regents of the several quarters), which abound in objects of all sorts of enjoyments.” Thus saying, Narada gave out a heavy sigh. Bindhya, the king of mountains, seeing the Muni heaving a long sigh, asked him again with great eagerness, “O Devarsi! Why have you heaved such a long sigh? Kindly say.” Hearing this, Narada said “O Child! Hear the cause why I sighed. See! The Himalaya Mountain is the father of Gauri and the father-in- law of Mahadeva; therefore he is the most worshipped of all the mountains. The Kailas'a Mountain again, is the residence of Mahadeva; hence that is also worshipped and chanted as capable of
destroying all the sins. So the Nisadha, Nila, and Gandhamadana and other nnountains are worshipped at their own places. What more than this, that the Sumeru Mountain, round whom the thousand- rayed Sun, the Soul of the universe, circumambulates along with the planets and stars, thinks himself the supreme and greatest amongst the mountains, “I am the supreme; there is none like me in the three worlds.” Remembering this self-conceit of Sumeru, I sighed so heavily. O Bindhya! We are asceties and though we have no need to discuss these things, yet by way of conversation I have told this to you. Now I go to my own abode.”
Here ends the Second Chapter of the Tenth Book on the conversation between Narada and the Bindhya Mountain in the Maha Puranam S’ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.
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