Bhūmi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 26
Sourceसूत उवाच- तं पुत्रं निहतं श्रुत्वा सा दितिर्दुःखपीडिता । पुत्रशोकेन तेनैव संदग्धा द्विजसत्तमाः १। पुनरूचे महात्मानं कश्यपं मुनिपुंगवम् । इंद्रस्यापि सुदुष्टस्य वधार्थं द्विजसत्तम २। ब्रह्मतेजोमयं तीव्रं दुःसहं सर्वदैवतैः । पुत्रैकं दीयतां कांत सुप्रियाहं यदा विभो ३। कश्यप उवाच- निहतौ बलवृत्रौ च मम पुत्रौ महाबलौ । अघमाश्रित्य देवेन इंद्रेणापि दुरात्मना ४। तस्यैव च वधार्थाय पुत्रमेकं ददाम्यहम् । वर्षाणां तु शतैकं त्वं शुचिर्भव यशस्विनि ५। एवमुक्त्वा स योगींद्रो हस्तं शिरसि वै तदा । दत्त्वादित्या सहैवासौ गतो मेरुं तपोवनम् ६। तपस्तताप सा देवी तपोवननिवासिनी । शुचिष्मती सदा भूत्वा पुत्रार्था द्विजसत्तम ७। ततो देवः सहस्राक्षो ज्ञात्वा उद्यममेव च । दित्याश्चैव महाभाग अंतरप्रेक्षकोऽभवत् ८। पंचविंशाब्दिको भूत्वा देवराड्दैवतोपमः । ब्राह्मणस्य च रूपेण तस्याश्चांतिकमागतः ९। स तां प्रणम्य धर्मात्मा मातरं तपसान्विताम् । तयोक्तस्तु सहस्राक्षो भवान्को द्विजसत्तम १०। तामुवाच सहस्राक्षः पुत्रोऽहं तव शोभने । ब्राह्मणो वेदविद्वांश्च धर्मं जानामि भामिनि ११। तपसस्तव साहाय्यं करिष्ये नात्र संशयः । शुश्रूषति स तां देवीं मातरं तपसान्विताम् १२। तमिंद्रं सा न जानाति आगतं दुष्टकारिणम् । धर्मपुत्रं विजानाति शुश्रूषंतं दिने दिने १३। अंगं संवाहयेद्देव्याः पादौ प्रक्षालयेत्ततः । पत्रं मूलं फलं तत्र वल्कलाजिनमेव च १४। ददात्येवं स धर्मात्मा तस्यै दित्यै सदैव हि । भक्त्या संतोषिता तस्य संतुष्टा तमभाषत १५। पुत्रे जाते महापुण्ये इंद्रे च निहते सति । कुरु राज्यं महाभाग पुत्रेण मम दैवकम् १६। एवमस्तु महाभागे ते प्रसादाद्भविष्यति । तस्याश्चैवांतरं प्रेप्सुरभवत्पाकशासनः १७। ऊने वर्षशते चास्या ददर्शांतरमच्युतः । अकृत्वा पादयोः शौचं दितिः शयनमाविशत् १८। शय्यांते सा शिरः कृत्वा मुक्तकेशातिविह्वला । निद्रामाहारयामास तस्याः कुक्षिं प्रविश्य ह १९। वज्रपाणिस्ततो गर्भं सप्तधा तं न्यकृंतत । वज्रेण तीक्ष्णधारेण रुरोद उदरे स्थितः २०। स गर्भस्तत्र विप्रेंद्रा इंद्रहस्तगतेन वै । रोदमानं महागर्भं तमुवाच पुनः पुनः २१। शतक्रतुर्महातेजा मा रोदीरित्यभाषत । सप्तधा कृतवाञ्छक्रस्तं गर्भं दितिजं पुनः २२। एकैकं सप्तधा च्छित्त्वा रुदमानं स देवराट् । एवं वै मरुतो जातास्ते तु देवा महौजसः २३। यथा इंद्रेण ते प्रोक्ता बभूवुर्नामभिस्ततः । अतिवीर्य महाकायास्तीव्र तेजः पराक्रमाः २४। एकोना वै बभूवुस्ते पंचाशन्मरुतस्ततः । मरुतो नाम ते ख्याता इंद्रमेव समाश्रिताः २५। भूतानामेव सर्वेषां रोचयंति गणं महत् । निकायेषु निकायेषु हरिः प्रादात्प्रजापतिः २६। क्रमशस्तानि राज्यानि पृथुपूर्वाणि तानि वै । स देवः पुरुषः कृष्णः सर्वव्यापी जगद्गुरुः २७। तपोजिष्णुर्महातेजाः सर्व एकः प्रजापतिः । पर्जन्यः पावकः पुण्यः सर्वात्मा सर्व एव हि २८। तस्य सर्वमिदं पुण्यं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् । भूतसर्गमिमं सम्यग्जानतो द्विजसत्तम २९। नावृत्तिभयमस्तीह परलोकभयं कुतः । इमां सृष्टिं महापुण्यां सर्वपापहरां शुभाम् ३०। यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । स हि धन्यश्च पुण्यश्च स हि सत्यसमन्वितः ३१। यः शृणोति इमां सृष्टिं स याति परमां गतिम् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ३२। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे मरुदुत्पत्तिर्नाम षड्विंशोऽध्यायः २६।
sūta uvāca- taṃ putraṃ nihataṃ śrutvā sā ditirduḥkhapīḍitā | putraśokena tenaiva saṃdagdhā dvijasattamāḥ 1| punarūce mahātmānaṃ kaśyapaṃ munipuṃgavam | iṃdrasyāpi suduṣṭasya vadhārthaṃ dvijasattama 2| brahmatejomayaṃ tīvraṃ duḥsahaṃ sarvadaivataiḥ | putraikaṃ dīyatāṃ kāṃta supriyāhaṃ yadā vibho 3| kaśyapa uvāca- nihatau balavṛtrau ca mama putrau mahābalau | aghamāśritya devena iṃdreṇāpi durātmanā 4| tasyaiva ca vadhārthāya putramekaṃ dadāmyaham | varṣāṇāṃ tu śataikaṃ tvaṃ śucirbhava yaśasvini 5| evamuktvā sa yogīṃdro hastaṃ śirasi vai tadā | dattvādityā sahaivāsau gato meruṃ tapovanam 6| tapastatāpa sā devī tapovananivāsinī | śuciṣmatī sadā bhūtvā putrārthā dvijasattama 7| tato devaḥ sahasrākṣo jñātvā udyamameva ca | dityāścaiva mahābhāga aṃtaraprekṣako'bhavat 8| paṃcaviṃśābdiko bhūtvā devarāḍdaivatopamaḥ | brāhmaṇasya ca rūpeṇa tasyāścāṃtikamāgataḥ 9| sa tāṃ praṇamya dharmātmā mātaraṃ tapasānvitām | tayoktastu sahasrākṣo bhavānko dvijasattama 10| tāmuvāca sahasrākṣaḥ putro'haṃ tava śobhane | brāhmaṇo vedavidvāṃśca dharmaṃ jānāmi bhāmini 11| tapasastava sāhāyyaṃ kariṣye nātra saṃśayaḥ | śuśrūṣati sa tāṃ devīṃ mātaraṃ tapasānvitām 12| tamiṃdraṃ sā na jānāti āgataṃ duṣṭakāriṇam | dharmaputraṃ vijānāti śuśrūṣaṃtaṃ dine dine 13| aṃgaṃ saṃvāhayeddevyāḥ pādau prakṣālayettataḥ | patraṃ mūlaṃ phalaṃ tatra valkalājinameva ca 14| dadātyevaṃ sa dharmātmā tasyai dityai sadaiva hi | bhaktyā saṃtoṣitā tasya saṃtuṣṭā tamabhāṣata 15| putre jāte mahāpuṇye iṃdre ca nihate sati | kuru rājyaṃ mahābhāga putreṇa mama daivakam 16| evamastu mahābhāge te prasādādbhaviṣyati | tasyāścaivāṃtaraṃ prepsurabhavatpākaśāsanaḥ 17| ūne varṣaśate cāsyā dadarśāṃtaramacyutaḥ | akṛtvā pādayoḥ śaucaṃ ditiḥ śayanamāviśat 18| śayyāṃte sā śiraḥ kṛtvā muktakeśātivihvalā | nidrāmāhārayāmāsa tasyāḥ kukṣiṃ praviśya ha 19| vajrapāṇistato garbhaṃ saptadhā taṃ nyakṛṃtata | vajreṇa tīkṣṇadhāreṇa ruroda udare sthitaḥ 20| sa garbhastatra vipreṃdrā iṃdrahastagatena vai | rodamānaṃ mahāgarbhaṃ tamuvāca punaḥ punaḥ 21| śatakraturmahātejā mā rodīrityabhāṣata | saptadhā kṛtavāñchakrastaṃ garbhaṃ ditijaṃ punaḥ 22| ekaikaṃ saptadhā cchittvā rudamānaṃ sa devarāṭ | evaṃ vai maruto jātāste tu devā mahaujasaḥ 23| yathā iṃdreṇa te proktā babhūvurnāmabhistataḥ | ativīrya mahākāyāstīvra tejaḥ parākramāḥ 24| ekonā vai babhūvuste paṃcāśanmarutastataḥ | maruto nāma te khyātā iṃdrameva samāśritāḥ 25| bhūtānāmeva sarveṣāṃ rocayaṃti gaṇaṃ mahat | nikāyeṣu nikāyeṣu hariḥ prādātprajāpatiḥ 26| kramaśastāni rājyāni pṛthupūrvāṇi tāni vai | sa devaḥ puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sarvavyāpī jagadguruḥ 27| tapojiṣṇurmahātejāḥ sarva ekaḥ prajāpatiḥ | parjanyaḥ pāvakaḥ puṇyaḥ sarvātmā sarva eva hi 28| tasya sarvamidaṃ puṇyaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam | bhūtasargamimaṃ samyagjānato dvijasattama 29| nāvṛttibhayamastīha paralokabhayaṃ kutaḥ | imāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ mahāpuṇyāṃ sarvapāpaharāṃ śubhām 30| yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | sa hi dhanyaśca puṇyaśca sa hi satyasamanvitaḥ 31| yaḥ śṛṇoti imāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati 32| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe marudutpattirnāma ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ 26|
English translation
Sūta said :
1-3. O best brāhmaṇas , that Diti , hearing that her son was killed, was afflicted with pain and tormented with grief due to (the death of) her son. She again said to that noble, best sage Kaśyapa : “O best brāhmaṇa , to kill that very wicked Indra , give me, O lord, a son having Brāhmaṇic lustre, strong and unbearable to all deities, if I am very dear to you, O my beloved husband.”
Kaśyapa said :
4-5. Wicked god Indra, resorting to sinful ways, killed my very strong sons, Bala and Vṛtra . To kill him only, I shall give (you) one son. O you glorious one, be pure for one hundred years.
6-12. Speaking like this, that best meditating sage, put his hand on her head and he, with her only, went to a penance-grove (on) Meru . Always remaining pure, that respectable lady, living in the penance grove, practised penance for a son, O best brāhmaṇa. Then knowing about the assiduous effort of Diti, that thousand-eyed god, O noble one, saw her weakness. The god of gods becoming (i.e. turning himself into a youth) twenty-five years old, and resembling a deity went, in the form of a brāhmaṇa, near her. The thousand-eyed righteous one saluted the mother, endowed with penance, and was (thus) addressed by her: “O best brāhmaṇa. who are you?” The thousand-eyed one (i.e. Indra) said to her: “O you beautiful, auspicious lady, I am your son, a brāhmaṇa, knowing the Vedas . I (also) know Dharma . I shall help (you) in your penance. There is no doubt about it.” He served that respectable mother, endowed with penance.
13. She did not know him to be Indra, of wicked deeds, that had come there. She looked upon him as her lawful son, serving her everyday.
14-15. He would (first) shampoo the body of that respectable lady, and would then wash her feet. The virtuous one always gave Diti leaves, roots, bark-garments and the skin of an antelope. Pleased with his devotion, she, being delighted, said to him:
16. “O you blessed one, when a very meritorious son will be born (to me), and when Indra will be killed, you rule over the divine kingdom along with my son.”
17-20. (Indra said:) “O you fortunate one, let it be so; it will be like that due to your favour.” Indra desired to find her weak point only. For ninetynine years he kept on looking for her weak point. (Once) without washing her feet, Diti entered into (i.e. slept on) her bed. She put her head on the border of the bed. She, with her hair loose and being very much perturbed, (tried) to get sleep. Indra entered her side, and with his thunderbolt of a sharp edge, cut the embryo lying in the womb, into seven pieces; it wept.
21-25. O best brāhmaṇas, the very lustrous Indra again and again said to that large embryo, weeping due to being in Indra’s hands, “Do not weep”. Again Indra cut that embryo born of (i.e. conceived by) Diti into seven parts. That king of gods cut each (portion of the embryo) that was weeping. In this way the Maruts of great prowess were born. Since they were (thus) addressed by Indra ( mā rodiḥ ) they got this name. The Maruts, of great vigour and huge bodies, of sharp lustre and valour, were forty-nine (in number). They were known as Maruts and attended on Indra only.
26-28. [1] They illumine the great host of all beings. Hari , the lord of beings, successively gave in (various) habitations, kingdoms (to kings) preceded by Pṛthu . That supreme spirit Kṛṣṇa (i.e. Viṣṇu ), who pervades everything, who is the lord of the world, who is triumphant with penance, who has great lustre is all alone the lord of the beings.
29-32. O best brāhmaṇa, to him who knows correctly, belongs merit, and this immobile and mobile world, this creation of beings. He has no fear of again being born here (i.e. in this world); then wherefrom can he have fear in the next world? That man, who devoutly listens to this meritorious, auspicious (account of) the creation that removes all sins, is free from all sins. He is blessed, he is meritorious and is endowed with truth. He, who listens to (this account of) creation, gets the highest position. With his heart cleared of all sins, he goes to Viṣṇu’s world.
[1]: [1] : The relevance of these lines is not clear. They seem to have been inserted in wrong place. (Ed.)
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 37669, revision 333799 (2022-03-17T01:46:48Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364233.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.