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Chapter 27

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सूत उवाच- स प्रभुः सर्वलोकेशो ह्यभिषिच्य ततो नृपम् । पृथुं वेनस्य तनयं सर्वराज्ये महाप्रभुम् १। महाबाहुं महाकायं यथेंद्रं च सुरेश्वरम् । क्रमेणापि ततो ब्रह्मा राज्यानि च विचार्य वै २। यद्यस्यापि भवेद्योग्यं दातुं तदुपचक्रमे । वृक्षाणां ब्राह्मणानां च ग्रहर्क्षाणां तथैव च ३। सोमं राज्ये सोभ्यषिंचत्तपसां च महामतिः । धर्माणां धर्मयज्ञानां पुण्यानां पुण्यतेजसाम् ४। अपां मध्ये तथा देवं तीर्थानां हि तथैव च । वरुणं सोभिषिच्यैव रत्नानां च द्विजोत्तम ५। अन्येषां सर्वयक्षाणां राज्ये वैश्रवणं पुनः । विष्णुमेव महाप्राज्ञमादित्यानां पितामहः ६। राज्ये संस्थापयामास जनता हितहेतवे । सर्वेषामेव पुण्यानां दक्षमेव प्रजापतिम् ७। समर्थं सर्वधर्मज्ञं प्रजापतिगणेश्वरम् । प्रह्रादं सर्वधर्मज्ञं स हि राज्ये न्यरूपयत् ८। दैत्यानां दानवानां च विष्णुतेजः समन्वितम् । यमं वैवस्वतं धर्मं पैत्र्ये राज्येभिषिच्य च ९। यक्षराक्षसभूतानां पिशाचोरगसर्पिणाम् । योगिनीनां च सर्वासां वैतालानां महात्मनाम् १०। कंकालानां हि सर्वेषां कूष्मांडानां तथैव च । पार्थिवानां च सर्वेषां गिरिशं शूलपाणिनम् ११। पर्वतानां हि सर्वेषां हिमवंतं महागिरिम् । नदीनां च तडागानां वापिकानां तथैव च १२। कुंडानां कूपराज्ये हि दिव्येषु च सुरेश्वरः । सागरं स्थापितं पुण्यं सर्वतीर्थमनुत्तमम् १३। गंधर्वाणां तु सर्वेषां राज्ये पुण्ये तथैव च । चित्ररथं ततो ब्रह्मा अभिषिच्य सुरेश्वरः १४। नागानां पुण्यवीर्याणां वासुकिं च चतुर्मुखः । सर्पाणां तु तथा राज्ये अभिषिच्य स तक्षकम् १५। वारणानां ततो राज्ये ऐरावणमसिंचत । अश्वानां चैव सर्वेषामुच्चैःश्रवसमेव च १६। पक्षिणां चैव सर्वेषां वैनतेयमथापि सः । मृगाणां च ततो राज्ये ब्रह्मा सिंहमथादिशत् १७। गोवृषं तु गवां मध्ये अभिषिच्य प्रजापतिः । वनस्पतीनां सर्वेषां प्लक्षमेव पितामहः १८। एवं राज्यानि सर्वाणि संस्थाप्य च पितामहः । दिशापालांस्ततो ब्रह्मा स्थापयामास सत्तमः १९। वैराजस्य तथा पुत्रं पूर्वस्यां दिशि सत्तमः । सुधन्वानं दिशःपालं राजानं सोभ्यषिंचत २०। दक्षिणस्यां महात्मानं कर्दमस्य प्रजापतेः । पुत्रं शंखपदं नाम राजानं सोभ्यषिंचत २१। पश्चिमायां तथा ब्रह्मा वरुणस्य प्रजापतेः । पुत्रं च पुष्करं नाम सोऽभ्यषिंचत्प्रजापतिः २२। उत्तरस्यां दिशि ब्रह्म नलकूबरमेव च । एवं चैवाभ्यषिंचच्च दिक्पालान्समहौजसः २३। यैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपत्तना । यथाप्रदेशमद्यापि धर्मेण प्रतिपाल्यते २४। पृथुश्चैवं महाभागः सोभिषिक्तो नराधिपः । राजसूयादिभिः सर्वैरभिषिक्तो महामखैः २५। विधिना वेददृष्टेन राजराज्ये महीपतिः । चाक्षुषे नाम्नि संपुण्ये अतीते च महौजसि २६। मन्वंतरे महाभाग देवपुण्यहितैषिणि । ततो वैवस्वतायैव मनवे राज्यमादिशत् २७। विस्तरं चापि व्याख्यास्ये पृथोश्चैव महात्मनः । यदि मामेव विप्रेन्द्र शुश्रूषसि अतंद्रितः २८। एतदेवमधिष्ठानं महत्पुण्यं प्रकीर्तितम् । सर्वेष्वेव पुराणेषु एतद्धि निश्चितं सदा २९। पुण्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं स्वर्गवासकरं शुभम् । धन्यं पवित्रमायुष्यं पुत्रदं वृद्धिदायकम् ३०। यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या भावध्यानसमन्वितः । अश्वमेधफलं तस्य जायते नात्र संशयः ३१। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायां भूमिखंडे राज्याभिषेकोनाम सप्तविंशोऽध्यायः २७।

sūta uvāca- sa prabhuḥ sarvalokeśo hyabhiṣicya tato nṛpam | pṛthuṃ venasya tanayaṃ sarvarājye mahāprabhum 1| mahābāhuṃ mahākāyaṃ yatheṃdraṃ ca sureśvaram | krameṇāpi tato brahmā rājyāni ca vicārya vai 2| yadyasyāpi bhavedyogyaṃ dātuṃ tadupacakrame | vṛkṣāṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca graharkṣāṇāṃ tathaiva ca 3| somaṃ rājye sobhyaṣiṃcattapasāṃ ca mahāmatiḥ | dharmāṇāṃ dharmayajñānāṃ puṇyānāṃ puṇyatejasām 4| apāṃ madhye tathā devaṃ tīrthānāṃ hi tathaiva ca | varuṇaṃ sobhiṣicyaiva ratnānāṃ ca dvijottama 5| anyeṣāṃ sarvayakṣāṇāṃ rājye vaiśravaṇaṃ punaḥ | viṣṇumeva mahāprājñamādityānāṃ pitāmahaḥ 6| rājye saṃsthāpayāmāsa janatā hitahetave | sarveṣāmeva puṇyānāṃ dakṣameva prajāpatim 7| samarthaṃ sarvadharmajñaṃ prajāpatigaṇeśvaram | prahrādaṃ sarvadharmajñaṃ sa hi rājye nyarūpayat 8| daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca viṣṇutejaḥ samanvitam | yamaṃ vaivasvataṃ dharmaṃ paitrye rājyebhiṣicya ca 9| yakṣarākṣasabhūtānāṃ piśācoragasarpiṇām | yoginīnāṃ ca sarvāsāṃ vaitālānāṃ mahātmanām 10| kaṃkālānāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ kūṣmāṃḍānāṃ tathaiva ca | pārthivānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ giriśaṃ śūlapāṇinam 11| parvatānāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ himavaṃtaṃ mahāgirim | nadīnāṃ ca taḍāgānāṃ vāpikānāṃ tathaiva ca 12| kuṃḍānāṃ kūparājye hi divyeṣu ca sureśvaraḥ | sāgaraṃ sthāpitaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvatīrthamanuttamam 13| gaṃdharvāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ rājye puṇye tathaiva ca | citrarathaṃ tato brahmā abhiṣicya sureśvaraḥ 14| nāgānāṃ puṇyavīryāṇāṃ vāsukiṃ ca caturmukhaḥ | sarpāṇāṃ tu tathā rājye abhiṣicya sa takṣakam 15| vāraṇānāṃ tato rājye airāvaṇamasiṃcata | aśvānāṃ caiva sarveṣāmuccaiḥśravasameva ca 16| pakṣiṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ vainateyamathāpi saḥ | mṛgāṇāṃ ca tato rājye brahmā siṃhamathādiśat 17| govṛṣaṃ tu gavāṃ madhye abhiṣicya prajāpatiḥ | vanaspatīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ plakṣameva pitāmahaḥ 18| evaṃ rājyāni sarvāṇi saṃsthāpya ca pitāmahaḥ | diśāpālāṃstato brahmā sthāpayāmāsa sattamaḥ 19| vairājasya tathā putraṃ pūrvasyāṃ diśi sattamaḥ | sudhanvānaṃ diśaḥpālaṃ rājānaṃ sobhyaṣiṃcata 20| dakṣiṇasyāṃ mahātmānaṃ kardamasya prajāpateḥ | putraṃ śaṃkhapadaṃ nāma rājānaṃ sobhyaṣiṃcata 21| paścimāyāṃ tathā brahmā varuṇasya prajāpateḥ | putraṃ ca puṣkaraṃ nāma so'bhyaṣiṃcatprajāpatiḥ 22| uttarasyāṃ diśi brahma nalakūbarameva ca | evaṃ caivābhyaṣiṃcacca dikpālānsamahaujasaḥ 23| yairiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā sapattanā | yathāpradeśamadyāpi dharmeṇa pratipālyate 24| pṛthuścaivaṃ mahābhāgaḥ sobhiṣikto narādhipaḥ | rājasūyādibhiḥ sarvairabhiṣikto mahāmakhaiḥ 25| vidhinā vedadṛṣṭena rājarājye mahīpatiḥ | cākṣuṣe nāmni saṃpuṇye atīte ca mahaujasi 26| manvaṃtare mahābhāga devapuṇyahitaiṣiṇi | tato vaivasvatāyaiva manave rājyamādiśat 27| vistaraṃ cāpi vyākhyāsye pṛthoścaiva mahātmanaḥ | yadi māmeva viprendra śuśrūṣasi ataṃdritaḥ 28| etadevamadhiṣṭhānaṃ mahatpuṇyaṃ prakīrtitam | sarveṣveva purāṇeṣu etaddhi niścitaṃ sadā 29| puṇyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ svargavāsakaraṃ śubham | dhanyaṃ pavitramāyuṣyaṃ putradaṃ vṛddhidāyakam 30| yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā bhāvadhyānasamanvitaḥ | aśvamedhaphalaṃ tasya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ 31| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ bhūmikhaṃḍe rājyābhiṣekonāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ 27|

English translation

Sūta said :

1-3a. That lord, Brahmā , the master of all worlds, having then consecrated on the entire kingdom (i.e. as the king of all the kingdom) that great lord, king Pṛthu , Vena ’s son, of large arms and a huge body, and resembling Indra , the lord of gods, and taking into account (other) kingdoms one by one, proceeded to give each one that kingdom, which he deserved.

3b-4. The highly intelligent one consecrated Soma (i.e. the Moon) as the king of the trees, brāhmaṇas , of planets and stars, of all pious acts, of religiously conducted sacrifices, of merits and of those of an auspicious lustre.

5-8a. O best brāhmaṇa , having consecrated Varuṇa (as the chief) among the waters and of places sacred to deities and of gems, and Vaisravaṇa as the king of all other Yakṣas , the grandsire appointed Viṣṇu on the kingdom (i.e. as the king) of Ādityas , for the good of the people, O you very intelligent one. He appointed the capable Dakṣa , conversant with all religious practices, the chief of the attendants of the lord of the beings, as the chief of all auspicious objects.

8b-15. He appointed Prahrāda, knowing all religious practices, on the kingdom (i.e. as the king) of the sons of Diti and Danu . He consecrated Yama , the son of Vivasvān , on the kingdom (i.e. as the king) of the dead ancestors, and (appointed) Śiva , having the trident in his hand, (as the king) of the Yakṣas, demons, ghosts, goblins, reptiles, of all female meditating sages, of magnanimous vampires, and also of all skeletons and spirits, and of all kings. (He appointed) the great mountain Himālaya (as the king) of all mountains. The lord of gods appointed the auspicious ocean, the best sacred place of all, on the kingdom (i.e. as the king) of rivers, lakes, small wells, of pools, and wells and other divine (sacred places). Then Brahmā, the lord of gods, consecrated Citraratha on the auspicious kingdom (i.e. as the king) of all the Gandharvas . Then the four-faced god (i.e. Brahmā) consecrated Vāsuki on the kingdom (i.e. as the king) of the snakes ( nāgas ) of auspicious vigour and Takṣaka (as the king) of the serpents ( sarpas ).

16-18. In the same way, he consecrated Airāvaṇa on the kingdom (i.e. as the king) of the elephants, and Uccaiḥśravas (as the king of) all the horses, and ( Garuḍa ) the son of Vinatā (as the king) of all the birds. He then appointed the lion on the kingdom (i.e. as the king) of all the beasts. The lord of beings consecrated an excellent bull (as the chief) of the bulls. The grandsire (appointed) the Indian fig-tree (as the king) of trees.

19. In this way the grandsire Brahma , the best one, having founded all the kingdoms, appointed the regents of the quarters.

20-27. The best one consecrated Sudhanvan , Vairāja ’s son, as the regent—as the king—in (i.e. of) the eastern quarter. He consecrated the noble Śaṅkhapada , son of Kardama Prajāpati , as the king of the southern quarter. Similarly Brahma, the lord of beings, consecrated the son of Varuṇa Prajāpati, named Puṣkara , in (i.e. as the chief of) the western quarter. In (i.e. as the regent of) the northern quarter, Brahma consecrated Nalakūbara . Thus he consecrated the very powerful regents of the quarters, by whom even now the earth with the seven islands and (many) cities, is righteously protected according to (i.e. in) the regions (assigned to them). That illustrious Pṛthu also was consecrated as the king in accordance with the rites as seen (i.e. mentioned) in the Vedas and with all great sacrifices like the Rājasūya , in the pious period of Manu [1] called Cākṣuṣa , which has gone by, which had great splendour and which led to the good of gods and the righteous, O you illustrious one. Then he gave the kingdom to Vaisasvata Manu.

28-31. O best among the brāhmaṇas, if you desire to listen carefully, I shall also tell you the minute details about the magnanimous Pṛthu. This is the basis ( adhiṣṭhāna ?) (which is) said to be very meritorious. This (alone) is always determined (i.e. definitely told) in all the Purāṇas . That man, who, devoutly and with rapt attention, listens to this (account), which is meritorious, which leads to fame, gives long life, and an auspicious stay in heaven, which is blessed, pure, causing longevity, which bestows sons and prosperity, enjoys the fruit of (performing) the horse-sacrifice. There is no doubt about this.

[1]: [1] : Manvantara—the period or age of Manu. This period comprises 4320000 human years or 1/14th day of Brahmā, the fourteen Manvantaras making up one whole day.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 37670, revision 333798 (2022-03-17T01:45:30Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364234.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.