Bhūmi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 74
Sourceसुकर्मोवाच- दूतास्तु ग्रामेषु वदंति सर्वे द्वीपेषु देशेष्वथ पत्तनेषु । लोकाः शृणुध्वं नृपतेस्तदाज्ञां सर्वप्रभावैर्हरिमर्चयंतु १। दानैश्च यज्ञैर्बहुभिस्तपोभिर्धर्माभिलाषैर्यजनैर्मनोभिः । ध्यायंतु लोका मधुसूदनं तु आदेशमेवं नृपतेस्तु तस्य २। एवं सुघुष्टं सकलं तु पुण्यमाकर्ण्य तं भूमितलेषु लोकैः । तदाप्रभृत्येव यजंति विष्णुं ध्यायंति गायंति जपंति मर्त्याः ३। वेदप्रणीतैश्च सुसूक्तमंत्रैः स्तोत्रैः सुपुण्यैरमृतोपमानैः । श्रीकेशवं तद्गतमानसास्ते व्रतोपवासैर्नियमैश्च दानैः ४। विहाय दोषान्निजकायचित्तवागुद्भवान्प्रेमरताः समस्ताः । लक्ष्मीनिवासं जगतां निवासं श्रीवासुदेवं परिपूजयंति ५। इत्याज्ञातस्य भूपस्य वर्तते क्षितिमंडले । वैष्णवेनापि भावेन जनाः सर्वे जयंति ते ६। नामभिः कर्मभिर्विष्णुं यजंते ज्ञानकोविदाः । तद्ध्यानास्तद्व्यवसिता विष्णुपूजापरायणाः ७। यावद्भूमंडलं सर्वं यावत्तपति भास्करः । तावद्धि मानवा लोकाः सर्वे भागवता बभुः ८। विष्णोर्ध्यानप्रभावेण पूजास्तोत्रेण नामतः । आधिव्याधिविहीनास्ते संजाता मानवास्तदा ९। वीतशोकाश्च पुण्याश्च सर्वे चैव तपोधनाः । संजाता वैष्णवा विप्र प्रसादात्तस्य चक्रिणः १०। आमयैश्च विहीनास्ते दोषैरोषैश्च वर्जिताः । सर्वैश्वर्यसमापन्नाः सर्वरोगविवर्जिताः ११। प्रसादात्तस्य देवस्य संजाता मानवास्तदा । अमराः निर्जराः सर्वे धनधान्यसमन्विताः १२। मर्त्या विष्णुप्रसादेन पुत्रपौत्रैरलंकृताः । तेषामेव महाभाग गृहद्वारेषु नित्यदा १३। कल्पद्रुमाः सुपुण्यास्ते सर्वकामफलप्रदाः । सर्वकामदुघा गावः सचिंतामणयस्तथा १४। संति तेषां गृहे पुण्याः सर्वकामप्रदायकाः । अमरा मानवा जाताः पुत्रपौत्रैरलंकृताः १५। सर्वदोषविहीनास्ते विष्णोश्चैव प्रसादतः । सर्वसौभाग्यसंपन्नाः पुण्यमंगलसंयुताः १६। सुपुण्या दानसंपन्ना ज्ञानध्यानपरायणाः । न दुर्भिक्षं न च व्याधिर्नाकालमरणं नृणाम् १७। तस्मिञ्शासति धर्मज्ञे ययातौ नृपतौ तदा । वैष्णवा मानवाः सर्वे विष्णुव्रतपरायणाः १८। तद्ध्यानास्तद्गताः सर्वे संजाता भावतत्पराः । तेषां गृहाणि दिव्यानि पुण्यानि द्विजसत्तम १९। पताकाभिः सुशुक्लाभिः शंखयुक्तानि तानि वै । गदांकितध्वजाभिश्च नित्यं चक्रांकितानि च २०। पद्मांकितानि भासंते विमानप्रतिमानि च । गृहाणि भित्तिभागेषु चित्रितानि सुचित्रकैः २१। सर्वत्र गृहद्वारेषु पुण्यस्थानेषु सत्तमाः । वनानि संति दिव्यानि शाद्वलानि शुभानि च २२। तुलस्या च द्विजश्रेष्ठ तेषु केशवमंदिरैः । भासंते पुण्यदिव्यानि गृहाणि प्राणिनां सदा २३। सर्वत्र वैष्णवो भावो मंगलो बहु दृश्यते । शंखशब्दाश्च भूलोके मिथः स्फोटरवैः सखे २४। श्रूयंते तत्र विप्रेंद्र दोषपापविनाशकाः । शंखस्वस्तिकपद्मानि गृहद्वारेषु भित्तिषु २५। विष्णुभक्त्या च नारीभिर्लिखितानि द्विजोत्तम । गीतरागसुवर्णैश्च मूर्च्छना तानसुस्वरैः २६। गायंति केशवं लोका विष्णुध्यानपरायणाः २७। हरिं मुरारिं प्रवदंति केशवं प्रीत्या जितं माधवमेव चान्ये । श्रीनारसिंहं कमलेक्षणं तं गोविंदमेकं कमलापतिं च २८। कृष्णं शरण्यं शरणं जपंति रामं च जप्यैः परिपूजयंति । दंडप्रणामैः प्रणमंति विष्णुं तद्ध्यानयुक्ताः परवैष्णवास्ते २९। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने मातापितृतीर्थवर्णने ययातिचरित्रे चतुःसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ७४।
sukarmovāca- dūtāstu grāmeṣu vadaṃti sarve dvīpeṣu deśeṣvatha pattaneṣu | lokāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ nṛpatestadājñāṃ sarvaprabhāvairharimarcayaṃtu 1| dānaiśca yajñairbahubhistapobhirdharmābhilāṣairyajanairmanobhiḥ | dhyāyaṃtu lokā madhusūdanaṃ tu ādeśamevaṃ nṛpatestu tasya 2| evaṃ sughuṣṭaṃ sakalaṃ tu puṇyamākarṇya taṃ bhūmitaleṣu lokaiḥ | tadāprabhṛtyeva yajaṃti viṣṇuṃ dhyāyaṃti gāyaṃti japaṃti martyāḥ 3| vedapraṇītaiśca susūktamaṃtraiḥ stotraiḥ supuṇyairamṛtopamānaiḥ | śrīkeśavaṃ tadgatamānasāste vratopavāsairniyamaiśca dānaiḥ 4| vihāya doṣānnijakāyacittavāgudbhavānpremaratāḥ samastāḥ | lakṣmīnivāsaṃ jagatāṃ nivāsaṃ śrīvāsudevaṃ paripūjayaṃti 5| ityājñātasya bhūpasya vartate kṣitimaṃḍale | vaiṣṇavenāpi bhāvena janāḥ sarve jayaṃti te 6| nāmabhiḥ karmabhirviṣṇuṃ yajaṃte jñānakovidāḥ | taddhyānāstadvyavasitā viṣṇupūjāparāyaṇāḥ 7| yāvadbhūmaṃḍalaṃ sarvaṃ yāvattapati bhāskaraḥ | tāvaddhi mānavā lokāḥ sarve bhāgavatā babhuḥ 8| viṣṇordhyānaprabhāveṇa pūjāstotreṇa nāmataḥ | ādhivyādhivihīnāste saṃjātā mānavāstadā 9| vītaśokāśca puṇyāśca sarve caiva tapodhanāḥ | saṃjātā vaiṣṇavā vipra prasādāttasya cakriṇaḥ 10| āmayaiśca vihīnāste doṣairoṣaiśca varjitāḥ | sarvaiśvaryasamāpannāḥ sarvarogavivarjitāḥ 11| prasādāttasya devasya saṃjātā mānavāstadā | amarāḥ nirjarāḥ sarve dhanadhānyasamanvitāḥ 12| martyā viṣṇuprasādena putrapautrairalaṃkṛtāḥ | teṣāmeva mahābhāga gṛhadvāreṣu nityadā 13| kalpadrumāḥ supuṇyāste sarvakāmaphalapradāḥ | sarvakāmadughā gāvaḥ saciṃtāmaṇayastathā 14| saṃti teṣāṃ gṛhe puṇyāḥ sarvakāmapradāyakāḥ | amarā mānavā jātāḥ putrapautrairalaṃkṛtāḥ 15| sarvadoṣavihīnāste viṣṇoścaiva prasādataḥ | sarvasaubhāgyasaṃpannāḥ puṇyamaṃgalasaṃyutāḥ 16| supuṇyā dānasaṃpannā jñānadhyānaparāyaṇāḥ | na durbhikṣaṃ na ca vyādhirnākālamaraṇaṃ nṛṇām 17| tasmiñśāsati dharmajñe yayātau nṛpatau tadā | vaiṣṇavā mānavāḥ sarve viṣṇuvrataparāyaṇāḥ 18| taddhyānāstadgatāḥ sarve saṃjātā bhāvatatparāḥ | teṣāṃ gṛhāṇi divyāni puṇyāni dvijasattama 19| patākābhiḥ suśuklābhiḥ śaṃkhayuktāni tāni vai | gadāṃkitadhvajābhiśca nityaṃ cakrāṃkitāni ca 20| padmāṃkitāni bhāsaṃte vimānapratimāni ca | gṛhāṇi bhittibhāgeṣu citritāni sucitrakaiḥ 21| sarvatra gṛhadvāreṣu puṇyasthāneṣu sattamāḥ | vanāni saṃti divyāni śādvalāni śubhāni ca 22| tulasyā ca dvijaśreṣṭha teṣu keśavamaṃdiraiḥ | bhāsaṃte puṇyadivyāni gṛhāṇi prāṇināṃ sadā 23| sarvatra vaiṣṇavo bhāvo maṃgalo bahu dṛśyate | śaṃkhaśabdāśca bhūloke mithaḥ sphoṭaravaiḥ sakhe 24| śrūyaṃte tatra vipreṃdra doṣapāpavināśakāḥ | śaṃkhasvastikapadmāni gṛhadvāreṣu bhittiṣu 25| viṣṇubhaktyā ca nārībhirlikhitāni dvijottama | gītarāgasuvarṇaiśca mūrcchanā tānasusvaraiḥ 26| gāyaṃti keśavaṃ lokā viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇāḥ 27| hariṃ murāriṃ pravadaṃti keśavaṃ prītyā jitaṃ mādhavameva cānye | śrīnārasiṃhaṃ kamalekṣaṇaṃ taṃ goviṃdamekaṃ kamalāpatiṃ ca 28| kṛṣṇaṃ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ japaṃti rāmaṃ ca japyaiḥ paripūjayaṃti | daṃḍapraṇāmaiḥ praṇamaṃti viṣṇuṃ taddhyānayuktāḥ paravaiṣṇavāste 29| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne mātāpitṛtīrthavarṇane yayāticaritre catuḥsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 74|
English translation
Sukarman said :
1-2. All the messengers said (i.e. proclaimed) in the islands, regions and cities: “O people, listen to the command of the king. With all their glory may they worship Viṣṇu . May people with (devoted) minds desiring merit, reflect on Viṣṇu, by means of many gifts, sacrifices; austerities, and sacrificial rites.” Such is the order of that king.
3-5. The people heard all these meritorious (words) thus well-proclaimed on the earth (by the messengers). Since then only the human beings sacrificed (in honour of) Viṣṇu, reflected on him, sang (in praise of) him, and muttered (prayers to him). All human beings, giving up the blemishes due to their bodies, minds and speech, by means of vows, fasts, restraints and gifts, and with their hearts gone to (i.e. set upon) him, worship that Śrī Keśava , Śrī Vāsudeva , the abode of Lakṣmī , and the habitation of the worlds, with well-recited, very meritorious and nectarlike hymns taught by the Vedas and with eulogies.
6-11. Thus prevails the order of that king on the globe. All those people are victorious due to their devotion to Viṣṇu. Those who are well-versed in knowledge, and who meditate and reflect on him and who are intent on worshipping him, adore Viṣṇu with (i.e. by reciting his) names and their deeds. As long as the globe lasts and the sun shines all human beings were (i.e. would continue to be) the followers of Bhagavān (Viṣṇu). Then the human beings, due to the power of meditation on Viṣṇu, due to his worship and (recital of) his eulogy and (his) names, became free from mental agonies and physical diseases. O brāhmaṇa , due to the grace of the disc-holder (i.e. Viṣṇu) all the devotees of Viṣṇu became free from grief, became meritorious and had penance as their wealth. They were free from diseases, were without blemishes or wrath; they were endowed with all (kinds of) splendour, and free from all maladies.
12-27. Due to the grace of that god, all men at that time became immortal, ageless and all were endowed with wealth and grains. The mortals were adorned with sons and grandsons by the favour of Viṣṇu. O you noble one, in the (regions near) the doors of their houses only there always were meritorious desire-yielding trees, which yielded the fruits of all their desires, and also all-desire-yielding cows, which satisfied all desires. By the favour of Viṣṇu only all men became immortal, were adorned with sons and grandsons and were free from all blemishes. They were endowed with good fortune and with merit and auspiciousness. They were very meritorious, were endowed with charity and were intent on knowledge and meditation. When king Yayāti , who knew what was right, was ruling, there was no famine, no disease, and no premature death among human beings. All men were the devotees of Viṣṇu, all were intent upon (observing) the vow of (i.e. sacred to) Viṣṇu. They meditated on were devoted to him, and had their hearts set on him. O best brāhmaṇa, their divine and auspicious houses were furnished with white banners and with conches, and had their flags marked with maces and were marked with discs. The houses marked with lotuses and with the walls well-painted with good pictures resembled divine cars. O best ones, everywhere—near the doors of the houses and at holy places there were divine thickets of trees and auspicious grassy spots. O best brāhmaṇa, due to Tulasī and temples of Viṣṇu the auspicious and divine houses of (human) beings always shone. Everywhere meritorious devotion to Viṣṇu was seen to a great extent. O friend, O best brāhmaṇa, there on the earth the sounds of conches due to sounds (produced) by mutual crashing and destroying sin were heard. O best brāhmaṇa, through devotion for Viṣṇu women had drawn (the pictures of) conches, svastikas , lotuses on the doors of houses; and with music, songs, good words, regulated rise or fall of sounds through the musical scale people intent upon the meditation of Viṣṇu sing (in praise of) Viṣṇu.
28-29. They talk affectionately about Hari , Murāri , others about Keśava, Ajita , Mādhava . They mutter the names ofViṣṇu, the refuge, (like) the lotus-eyed Govinda , the lord of Kamalā (i.e. Lakṣmī), Kṛṣṇa and Rāma , and worship with muttering (his names). Those great devotees of Viṣṇu, engaged in meditation on salute him by fully prostrating themselves before him.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 14572, revision 335533 (2022-04-10T13:01:42Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365166.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.