Bhūmi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 4
Sourceसूत उवाच- गतेषु तेषु गोलोकं वैष्णवं तमसः परम् । शिवशर्मा महाप्राज्ञः कनिष्ठं वाक्यमब्रवीत् १। ब्राह्मण उवाच- सोमशर्मन्महाप्राज्ञ त्वं पितुर्भक्तितत्परः । अमृतस्य महाकुंभं रक्ष दत्तं मयाधुना २। तीर्थयात्रां प्रयास्यामि अनया भार्यया सह । एवमस्तु महाभाग करिष्ये रक्षणं शुभम् ३। कुंभं दत्वा स मेधावी तस्य हस्ते महात्मनः । दशवर्षप्रमाणं तु तपस्तेपे निरंतरम् ४। कुंभं रक्षति धर्मात्मा दिवारात्रमतंद्रितः । पुनः स हि समायातः शिवशर्मा महायशाः ५। मायां कृत्वा महाप्राज्ञो भार्यया सह तं सुतम् । कुष्ठरोगातुरो भूत्वा तस्य भार्या च तादृशी ६। मांसपिंडोपमौ जातौ द्वावेतौ मायया कृतौ । संनिधिं तस्य घोरस्य विप्रस्य सोमशर्मणः ७। समागतौ हि तौ दृष्ट्वा सर्वतो हि सुदुःखितौ । कृपया परयाविष्टः सोमशर्मा महायशाः ८। तयोः पादं नमस्कृत्य भक्त्या नमितकंधरः । भवादृशौ न पश्यामि तपसाभिसमन्वितम् ९। गुणव्रातैः सुपुण्यैश्च किमिदं वर्तितं त्वयि । दासवद्देवताः सर्वा वर्तंते सर्वदा तव १०। आदेशं प्राप्य विप्रेंद्र आकृष्टास्तेजसा तव । तवांगे केन पापेन गदोयं वेदनान्वितः ११। संजातो ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ तन्मे कथय कारणम् । इयं पुण्यवती माता महापुण्या पतिव्रता १२। या हि भर्तृप्रसादेन त्रैलोक्यं कर्तुमिच्छति । सा कथं दुःखमाप्नोति किं नास्ति तपसः फलम् १३। रागद्वेषौ परित्यज्य विविधेनापि कर्मणा । या च शुश्रूषते कांतं देववद्गुरुवत्सला १४। सा कथं दुःखमाप्नोति कुष्ठरोगं सुदुःखदम् । शिवशर्मोवाच- मा शुचस्त्वं महाभाग भुज्यते कर्मजं फलम् १५। नरेण कर्मयुक्तेन पापपुण्यमयेन हि । शोधनं च कुरुष्व त्वमुभयो रोगयुक्तयोः १६। शुश्रूषणं महाभाग यदि पुण्यमिहेच्छसि । एवमुक्ते शुभे वाक्ये सोमशर्मा महायशाः १७। शुश्रूषां वा करिष्यामि युवयोः पुण्ययुक्तयोः । मया पापेन दुष्टेन कृपणेन द्विजोत्तम १८। किं कर्तव्यमिहाद्यैव यो गुरुं न हि पूजयेत् । एवमाभाष्य दुःखाद्वा तयोर्दुःखेन दुःखितः १९। श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषं च उभयोः पर्यशोधयत् । पादप्रक्षालनं चक्रे अंगसंवाहनं तथा २०। स्नानस्थानादिकं सोपि तयोर्भक्त्यान्वितः स्वयम् । द्वावेतौ हि गुरू विप्रः सोमशर्मा महायशाः २१। तीर्थं नयति धर्मात्मा स्कंधमारोप्य सत्तमः । द्वावेतौ हि स्वहस्तेन स्नापयित्वा तु मंगलैः २२। सुमंत्रैर्वेदविच्चैव स्नानस्य विधिपूर्वकम् । तर्पणं च पितॄणां तु देवतानां तु पूजनम् २३। द्वाभ्यामपि स धर्मात्मा स कारयति नित्यशः । स्वयं होमं ददात्यग्नौ पचत्यन्नमनुत्तमम् २४। संज्ञापयति सुप्रीतौ द्वावेतौ च महागुरू । शय्यासने च तौ विप्रः प्रस्वापयति नित्यशः २५। वस्त्रपुष्पादिकं सर्वं ताभ्यां नित्यं प्रयच्छति । तांबूलं बहुगंधाढ्यमुभयोरर्पयेत्स तु २६। सोमशर्मा महाभागस्ताभ्यामपि च पूरयेत् । मूलं पयः सुभक्ष्याद्यं नित्यमेव ददात्यसौ २७। तयोस्तु वांछितं नित्यं सोमशर्मा महायशाः । अनेन क्रमयोगेन नित्यमेव प्रसादयेत् २८। सोमशर्मा सुधर्मात्मा पितरौ परिपूजयेत् । सोमशर्माणमाहूय पिता कुत्सति निष्ठुरः २९। निंदितैर्निष्ठुरैर्वाक्यैस्ताडयेन्मुनिसन्निधौ । कृतकार्ये कृते पुण्ये नित्यमेव सुते पुनः ३०। न कृतं शोभनं मह्यं त्वयैव कुलपांसन । एवं नानाविधैर्वाक्यैर्निष्ठुरैर्दुःखदायकैः ३१। अताडयद्दंडघातैः शिवशर्मा सदातुरः । एवं कृतेपि धर्मात्मा नैव कुप्यति कर्हिचित् ३२। मनसा वचसा चैव कर्मणा त्रिविधेन च । संतुष्टः सर्वदा सोपि पितरं परिपूजयेत् ३३। तद्वत्स सोमशर्मा वै मातरं च दिनेदिने । यज्ज्ञात्वा शिवशर्मा च चरितं स्वीयमीक्षते ३४। अमृतं मत्कृते चापि आनीतं विष्णुशर्मणा । पुण्ययुक्तः स धर्मात्मा पितृभक्तिपरः सदा ३५। एवं बहुतिथे काले शतसंख्ये गते सति । शिवशर्मा पितस्यैव भक्तिं दृष्ट्वा विचिंत्य वै ३६। मया वै पूर्वमित्युक्तं सुपुत्रं यज्ञसंज्ञकम् । मातृखंडानिमान्पुत्र यत्र तत्र क्षिपस्व हि ३७। मद्वाक्यं पालितं तेन कृता न मातरि कृपा । एतत्स्वल्पतरं दुःखं निर्जीवे घातमिच्छतः ३८। साहसं तु कृतं तेन पुत्रेण वेदशर्मणा । अस्याधिकमहं मन्ये यतोऽयं चलते न च ३९। निमेषमात्रमेवापि साहसं कारयेत्पुनः । अपरं सत्यसंपन्नं प्रभावं तपसः पुनः ४०। नित्यं समाराधनेपि अधिकं चास्य दृश्यते । तस्मादस्य परीक्षा च समये तपसः कृता ४१। भक्तिभावात्तथा सत्यान्नैव पुत्रः प्रणश्यति । मायया च निजांगेऽपि कुष्ठरोगो निदर्शितः ४२। श्लेष्ममूत्रमलानां च घृणां नैव करोति च । व्रणान्विशोधयेन्नित्यं स्वहस्तेन महायशाः ४३। पादसंवाहनं दद्याच्छौचं चैव महामतिः । दुःसहं वचनं मह्यं दारुणं सहते सदा ४४। भर्त्सने ताडने चैव सदाभीष्टप्रवाचकः । एवं दुःखसमाचारो मम पुत्रो महामतिः ४५। दुःखानां सागरं मन्ये बहुक्लेशैस्तु क्लेशितः । अपनेष्याम्यहं दुःखं विष्णोश्चैव प्रसादतः ४६। विचार्य मनसा विप्रः शिवशर्मा महामतिः । पुनर्मायां चकाराथ कुंभादपहृतं पयः ४७। पश्चात्तं च समाहूय सोमशर्माणमब्रवीत् । तव हस्ते मया दत्तममृतं व्याधिनाशनम् ४८। तन्मे शीघ्रं प्रयच्छस्व यथा पानं करोम्यहम् । येन नीरुग्भवाम्यद्य प्रसादाद्विष्णुशर्मणः ४९। एवमुक्ते तदा वाक्ये ऋषिणा शिवशर्मणा । समुत्थाय त्वरायुक्तः सोमशर्मा कमंडलुम् ५०। तं च रिक्तं ततो दृष्ट्वा ह्यमृतेन विना कृतम् । कस्य पापस्य वै कर्म केन मे विप्रियं कृतम् ५१। इति चिंतापरो भूत्वा सोमशर्मा सुदुःखितः । पितुरग्रे च वृत्तांतं कथयिष्याम्यहं यदा ५२। ततः कोपं प्रयास्येत गुरुर्मे व्याधिपीडितः । सुचिरं चिंतयित्वा तु सोमशर्मा महामतिः ५३। यदि मे सत्यमस्तीति गुरुशुश्रूषणं यदि । तपस्तप्तं मयापूर्वं निर्व्यलीकेन चेतसा ५४। दमशौचादिभिः सत्यं धर्ममेव प्रपालितम् । तदा घटोऽमृतयुतो भवत्वेष न संशयः ५५। यावदेव महाभागश्चिंतयित्वा विलोकयेत् । तावच्चामृतपूर्णस्तु पुनरेवाभवद्घटः ५६। तं दृष्ट्वा हर्षसंयुक्तः सोमशर्मा महायशाः । गत्वा गुरुं नमस्कृत्य कुंभमादाय सत्वरम् ५७। गृहाण त्वं पितश्चेमं पयः कुंभं समागतम् । पानं कुरु महाभाग गदान्मुक्तो भवाचिरम् ५८। एतद्वाक्यं महापुण्यं सत्यधर्मार्थकं पुनः । शिवशर्मा सुतस्यापि श्रुत्वा च मधुराक्षरम् ५९। हर्षेण महताविष्ट इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ६०। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे शिवशर्मोपाख्याने चतुर्थोऽध्यायः ४।
sūta uvāca- gateṣu teṣu golokaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tamasaḥ param | śivaśarmā mahāprājñaḥ kaniṣṭhaṃ vākyamabravīt 1| brāhmaṇa uvāca- somaśarmanmahāprājña tvaṃ piturbhaktitatparaḥ | amṛtasya mahākuṃbhaṃ rakṣa dattaṃ mayādhunā 2| tīrthayātrāṃ prayāsyāmi anayā bhāryayā saha | evamastu mahābhāga kariṣye rakṣaṇaṃ śubham 3| kuṃbhaṃ datvā sa medhāvī tasya haste mahātmanaḥ | daśavarṣapramāṇaṃ tu tapastepe niraṃtaram 4| kuṃbhaṃ rakṣati dharmātmā divārātramataṃdritaḥ | punaḥ sa hi samāyātaḥ śivaśarmā mahāyaśāḥ 5| māyāṃ kṛtvā mahāprājño bhāryayā saha taṃ sutam | kuṣṭharogāturo bhūtvā tasya bhāryā ca tādṛśī 6| māṃsapiṃḍopamau jātau dvāvetau māyayā kṛtau | saṃnidhiṃ tasya ghorasya viprasya somaśarmaṇaḥ 7| samāgatau hi tau dṛṣṭvā sarvato hi suduḥkhitau | kṛpayā parayāviṣṭaḥ somaśarmā mahāyaśāḥ 8| tayoḥ pādaṃ namaskṛtya bhaktyā namitakaṃdharaḥ | bhavādṛśau na paśyāmi tapasābhisamanvitam 9| guṇavrātaiḥ supuṇyaiśca kimidaṃ vartitaṃ tvayi | dāsavaddevatāḥ sarvā vartaṃte sarvadā tava 10| ādeśaṃ prāpya vipreṃdra ākṛṣṭāstejasā tava | tavāṃge kena pāpena gadoyaṃ vedanānvitaḥ 11| saṃjāto brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha tanme kathaya kāraṇam | iyaṃ puṇyavatī mātā mahāpuṇyā pativratā 12| yā hi bhartṛprasādena trailokyaṃ kartumicchati | sā kathaṃ duḥkhamāpnoti kiṃ nāsti tapasaḥ phalam 13| rāgadveṣau parityajya vividhenāpi karmaṇā | yā ca śuśrūṣate kāṃtaṃ devavadguruvatsalā 14| sā kathaṃ duḥkhamāpnoti kuṣṭharogaṃ suduḥkhadam | śivaśarmovāca- mā śucastvaṃ mahābhāga bhujyate karmajaṃ phalam 15| nareṇa karmayuktena pāpapuṇyamayena hi | śodhanaṃ ca kuruṣva tvamubhayo rogayuktayoḥ 16| śuśrūṣaṇaṃ mahābhāga yadi puṇyamihecchasi | evamukte śubhe vākye somaśarmā mahāyaśāḥ 17| śuśrūṣāṃ vā kariṣyāmi yuvayoḥ puṇyayuktayoḥ | mayā pāpena duṣṭena kṛpaṇena dvijottama 18| kiṃ kartavyamihādyaiva yo guruṃ na hi pūjayet | evamābhāṣya duḥkhādvā tayorduḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ 19| śleṣmamūtrapurīṣaṃ ca ubhayoḥ paryaśodhayat | pādaprakṣālanaṃ cakre aṃgasaṃvāhanaṃ tathā 20| snānasthānādikaṃ sopi tayorbhaktyānvitaḥ svayam | dvāvetau hi gurū vipraḥ somaśarmā mahāyaśāḥ 21| tīrthaṃ nayati dharmātmā skaṃdhamāropya sattamaḥ | dvāvetau hi svahastena snāpayitvā tu maṃgalaiḥ 22| sumaṃtrairvedaviccaiva snānasya vidhipūrvakam | tarpaṇaṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ tu devatānāṃ tu pūjanam 23| dvābhyāmapi sa dharmātmā sa kārayati nityaśaḥ | svayaṃ homaṃ dadātyagnau pacatyannamanuttamam 24| saṃjñāpayati suprītau dvāvetau ca mahāgurū | śayyāsane ca tau vipraḥ prasvāpayati nityaśaḥ 25| vastrapuṣpādikaṃ sarvaṃ tābhyāṃ nityaṃ prayacchati | tāṃbūlaṃ bahugaṃdhāḍhyamubhayorarpayetsa tu 26| somaśarmā mahābhāgastābhyāmapi ca pūrayet | mūlaṃ payaḥ subhakṣyādyaṃ nityameva dadātyasau 27| tayostu vāṃchitaṃ nityaṃ somaśarmā mahāyaśāḥ | anena kramayogena nityameva prasādayet 28| somaśarmā sudharmātmā pitarau paripūjayet | somaśarmāṇamāhūya pitā kutsati niṣṭhuraḥ 29| niṃditairniṣṭhurairvākyaistāḍayenmunisannidhau | kṛtakārye kṛte puṇye nityameva sute punaḥ 30| na kṛtaṃ śobhanaṃ mahyaṃ tvayaiva kulapāṃsana | evaṃ nānāvidhairvākyairniṣṭhurairduḥkhadāyakaiḥ 31| atāḍayaddaṃḍaghātaiḥ śivaśarmā sadāturaḥ | evaṃ kṛtepi dharmātmā naiva kupyati karhicit 32| manasā vacasā caiva karmaṇā trividhena ca | saṃtuṣṭaḥ sarvadā sopi pitaraṃ paripūjayet 33| tadvatsa somaśarmā vai mātaraṃ ca dinedine | yajjñātvā śivaśarmā ca caritaṃ svīyamīkṣate 34| amṛtaṃ matkṛte cāpi ānītaṃ viṣṇuśarmaṇā | puṇyayuktaḥ sa dharmātmā pitṛbhaktiparaḥ sadā 35| evaṃ bahutithe kāle śatasaṃkhye gate sati | śivaśarmā pitasyaiva bhaktiṃ dṛṣṭvā viciṃtya vai 36| mayā vai pūrvamityuktaṃ suputraṃ yajñasaṃjñakam | mātṛkhaṃḍānimānputra yatra tatra kṣipasva hi 37| madvākyaṃ pālitaṃ tena kṛtā na mātari kṛpā | etatsvalpataraṃ duḥkhaṃ nirjīve ghātamicchataḥ 38| sāhasaṃ tu kṛtaṃ tena putreṇa vedaśarmaṇā | asyādhikamahaṃ manye yato'yaṃ calate na ca 39| nimeṣamātramevāpi sāhasaṃ kārayetpunaḥ | aparaṃ satyasaṃpannaṃ prabhāvaṃ tapasaḥ punaḥ 40| nityaṃ samārādhanepi adhikaṃ cāsya dṛśyate | tasmādasya parīkṣā ca samaye tapasaḥ kṛtā 41| bhaktibhāvāttathā satyānnaiva putraḥ praṇaśyati | māyayā ca nijāṃge'pi kuṣṭharogo nidarśitaḥ 42| śleṣmamūtramalānāṃ ca ghṛṇāṃ naiva karoti ca | vraṇānviśodhayennityaṃ svahastena mahāyaśāḥ 43| pādasaṃvāhanaṃ dadyācchaucaṃ caiva mahāmatiḥ | duḥsahaṃ vacanaṃ mahyaṃ dāruṇaṃ sahate sadā 44| bhartsane tāḍane caiva sadābhīṣṭapravācakaḥ | evaṃ duḥkhasamācāro mama putro mahāmatiḥ 45| duḥkhānāṃ sāgaraṃ manye bahukleśaistu kleśitaḥ | apaneṣyāmyahaṃ duḥkhaṃ viṣṇoścaiva prasādataḥ 46| vicārya manasā vipraḥ śivaśarmā mahāmatiḥ | punarmāyāṃ cakārātha kuṃbhādapahṛtaṃ payaḥ 47| paścāttaṃ ca samāhūya somaśarmāṇamabravīt | tava haste mayā dattamamṛtaṃ vyādhināśanam 48| tanme śīghraṃ prayacchasva yathā pānaṃ karomyaham | yena nīrugbhavāmyadya prasādādviṣṇuśarmaṇaḥ 49| evamukte tadā vākye ṛṣiṇā śivaśarmaṇā | samutthāya tvarāyuktaḥ somaśarmā kamaṃḍalum 50| taṃ ca riktaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā hyamṛtena vinā kṛtam | kasya pāpasya vai karma kena me vipriyaṃ kṛtam 51| iti ciṃtāparo bhūtvā somaśarmā suduḥkhitaḥ | pituragre ca vṛttāṃtaṃ kathayiṣyāmyahaṃ yadā 52| tataḥ kopaṃ prayāsyeta gururme vyādhipīḍitaḥ | suciraṃ ciṃtayitvā tu somaśarmā mahāmatiḥ 53| yadi me satyamastīti guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ yadi | tapastaptaṃ mayāpūrvaṃ nirvyalīkena cetasā 54| damaśaucādibhiḥ satyaṃ dharmameva prapālitam | tadā ghaṭo'mṛtayuto bhavatveṣa na saṃśayaḥ 55| yāvadeva mahābhāgaściṃtayitvā vilokayet | tāvaccāmṛtapūrṇastu punarevābhavadghaṭaḥ 56| taṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣasaṃyuktaḥ somaśarmā mahāyaśāḥ | gatvā guruṃ namaskṛtya kuṃbhamādāya satvaram 57| gṛhāṇa tvaṃ pitaścemaṃ payaḥ kuṃbhaṃ samāgatam | pānaṃ kuru mahābhāga gadānmukto bhavāciram 58| etadvākyaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ satyadharmārthakaṃ punaḥ | śivaśarmā sutasyāpi śrutvā ca madhurākṣaram 59| harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭa idaṃ vacanamabravīt 60| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe śivaśarmopākhyāne caturtho'dhyāyaḥ 4|
English translation
Sūta said :
l. When they had gone to the Goloka of Viṣṇu , beyond darkness, the very wise Śivaśarman said to his youngest (son):
The brāhmaṇa said :
2-3. O very wise Somaśarman , you are very much devoted to (me) your father. Now protect this pitcher of nectar given by me. With this wife I shall go on a pilgrimage.
“O glorious one, let it be so. I shall protect the auspicious (pitcher)”.
4. The intelligent one (i.e. Śivaśarman) having given the pitcher into the hands of the magnanimous one, continuously practised penance for ten years.
5. The righteous one (i.e. Somaśarman) carefully protected the pitcher day and night. Then that Śivaśarman of great fame again came back.
6. Using a trick the very wise one, becoming (i.e. turning himself into one) afflicted with leprosy, (making) his wife also like that, came, with his wife, to his son.
7-12a. The two had become lumps of flesh, as they were made so by his trick. They came near that violent ( ghora ?) brāhmaṇa Somaśarman. Somaśarman, of great glory, seeing them completely afflicted, was full of great compassion. With his neck bent through devotion, he saluted their feet (and said:) “I have never seen (persons) like you. (I have not seen anyone else) endowed with penance, with hosts of virtues and great religious merit. What has happened to you? O best of brāhmaṇas , all deities, attracted by your lustre, getting your order, always behave like your servants. Tell me the cause, O best brāhmaṇa, by which this painful disease has appeared on your wretched body?
12b-15a. This my meritorious mother, who is a loyal wife and has great religions merit, desires (i.e. is capable) to create the three worlds due to her husband’s favour. How does she suffer pain? Is there no fruit of penance? How is it that she, who is affectionate to the elders, and who serves her husband as a god, contracts an extremely painful disease like leprosy?”
Śivaśarman said :
15b-16a. O glorious one, do not be sorry; the fruit due to his deeds is enjoyed by a man who has (done) a good or a bad deed.
16b-17a. O glorious one, if you desire religious merit in this world, then clean both of us who are suffering from the disease, and nurse us.
17b-19a. Thus addressed with good words, Somaśarman of great glory (said:) “I shall nurse you both who are meritorious. O best of brāhmaṇas, what has one to do (i.e. what would one get) in this world, if one does not nurse one’s elder today (i.e. at the present time) only?”
19b-28a. Speaking thus, he who was grieved due to their malady, cleansed the phlegm, urine and excrement of both of them. He washed their feet and shampooed their bodies. He himself bathed them and helped them to stand. The best and virtuous brāhmaṇa, Somaśarman, of great glory, placing them on his shoulders took them to sacred places. The virtuous (Somaśarman), conversant with the Vedas , bathed them according to sacred precepts with his own hands, and with (the recitation of) auspicious, excellent, sacred hymns, and made both of them offer oblations to the manes and worship to the deities everyday. He himself offered ghee for gods into fire and cooked excellent food. He then called both the respectable elders, well-pleased with him (for food). The brāhmaṇa (i.e. Somaśarman) everyday put them to sleep on a bed. Daily he gave them garments, flowers etc. He offered very fragrant tāmbūla to both of them. The glorious Somaśarman everyday gave them roots, water, good eatables etc. Somaśarman, of great glory, daily gave them whatever they desired.
28b-29a. In this way he always pleased them. The very pious Somaśarman (everyday) worshipped his parents.
29b-34. Calling Somaśarman, his cruel father (Śivaśarman) always abused him with censurable and harsh words; and in the presence of the sages he everyday beat his son who did his duty and did meritorious deeds. (He said to him:) “O you, disgrace to the family, you have not done well to me (i.e. have not served me properly).” He condemned him with many harsh and painful words. That Śivaśarman who was always sick, beat him with the strokes of a stick. Even though Śivaśarman did (i.e. treated him) like this, he (i.e. Somaśarman) who was pious, was never angry with him. Always happy in mind, speech and the three kinds of deeds Somaśarman propitiated his father; similarly he also daily propitiated his mother, knowing which Śivaśarman considered his own behaviour.
35-46. (He thought:) ‘Viṣṇuśarman brought nectar for me. That righteous one has religious merit and is always devoted to (me) his father.’ When thus many days which can be counted in hundreds, passed, Śivaśarman too, seeing his devotion, thought: ‘Formerly I had told by son named Yajña (i.e. Yajñaśarman): O son, throw here and there the pieces (of the dead body) of your mother. He obeyed my words (i.e. order), and did not show compassion for his mother. This grief of one who desires to give strokes on an inanimate body is smaüer; but that son Vedaśarman did a bold act; but I think that this one is superior since he does not swerve (from duty) even for a moment. He may also again do a rash act. Again he has the prowess, along with truth, due to penance. Even in everyday attendance he appears excelling (others). So at the right time I have tested his penance. (This my) son will never perish because of his devotion and truthfulness. I showed the disease of leprosy on my body through illusion; (but) he does not have disgust for phlegm, urine or excrement. He, of a great glory, cleanses the sores with his own hand. The very intelligent one shampoos (our) feet and cleanses us (i.e. our bodies). He always puts up with unbearable words (uttered by) me. (Even though I) reproached and beat (him), he always talks pleasing words. Thus my very intelligent son is unhappy. I think that he, who is troubled with many afflictions, is the ocean of maladies. I shall remove his unhappiness by the favour of Viṣṇu.’
47-53a. Thinking (thus) in his mind (i.e. to himself), the very intelligent Śivaśarman, again created the illusion and took away the water (i.e. the nectar) from the pitcher. Then afterwards, having called that Somaśarman, he said to him: “I had given (i.e. placed) in your hand nectar, that removes maladies. Give it to me quickly, so that I shall drink it. By (drinking) that I shall today be free from the disease due to the favour of Viṣṇuśarman.” When the sage Śivaśarman uttered these words, Somaśarman hurriedly got up (and rushed to) the pitcher. Seeing it empty (that is) without nectar (he thought:)‘Which sinful person has done this deed? Who has thus harmed me?’ Somaśarman was thus worried and very unhappy. ‘If I tell this account before (i.e. to) my father, he—my father—tormented by the disease, will be angry.’
53b-55. For a long time the very intelligent Somaśarman thought (to himself): ‘If I have truth and have served the elders or have practised penance with a sincre mind, or have observed the proper code of conduct by means of restraint, purity etc. then this pitcher will have nectar in it. There is no doubt about it.’
56. When the glorious one thought (like this) and saw, the pitcher was again full of nectar.
57. Seeing it, Somaśarman of a great glory, became joyful, and going to his father, saluting him, quickly fetching the pitcher (said to him):
58. “O father, please take this pitcher of water (i.e. nectar) that has come (i.e. is brought by me). O magnanimous one, drink it, and quickly be free from the disease.”
59-60. Hearing these greatly meritorious and truthful and righteous and sweet words of (i.e. uttered by) his son, Śivaśarman was full of great joy and said these words:
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 37655, revision 333740 (2022-03-16T02:08:44Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364211.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.