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पिप्पल उवाच- कामकन्यां यदा राजा उपयेमे द्विजोत्तम । किं चक्राते तदा ते द्वे पूर्वभार्ये सुपुण्यके १। देवयानी महाभागा शर्मिष्ठा वार्षपर्वणी । तयोश्चरित्रं तत्सर्वं कथयस्व ममाग्रतः २। सुकर्मोवाच- यदानीता कामकन्या स्वगृहं तेन भूभुजा । अत्यर्थं स्पर्धते सा तु देवयानी मनस्विनी ३। तस्यार्थे तु सुतौ शप्तौ क्रोधेनाकुलितात्मना । शर्मिष्ठां च समाहूय शब्दं चक्रे यशस्विनी ४। रूपेण तेजसा दानैः सत्यपुण्यव्रतैस्तथा । शर्मिष्ठा देवयानी च स्पर्धेते स्म तया सह ५। दुष्टभावं तयोश्चापि साऽज्ञासीत्कामजा तदा । राज्ञे सर्वं तया विप्र कथितं तत्क्षणादिह ६। अथ क्रुद्धो महाराजः समाहूयाब्रवीद्यदुम् । शर्मिष्ठा वध्यतां गत्वा शुक्रपुत्री तथा पुनः ७। सुप्रियं कुरु मे वत्स यदि श्रेयो हि मन्यसे । एवमाकर्ण्य तत्तस्य पितुर्वाक्यं यदुस्तदा ८। प्रत्युवाच नृपेंद्रं तं पितरं प्रति मानद । नाहं तु घातये तात मातरौ दोषवर्जिते ९। मातृघाते महादोषः कथितो वेदपंडितैः । तस्माद्घातं महाराज एतयोर्न करोम्यहम् १०। दोषाणां तु सहस्रेण माता लिप्ता यदा भवेत् । भगिनी च महाराज दुहिता च तथा पुनः ११। पुत्रैर्वा भ्रातृभिश्चैव नैव वध्या भवेत्कदा । एवं ज्ञात्वा महाराज मातरौ नैव घातये १२। यदोर्वाक्यं तदा श्रुत्वा राजा क्रुद्धो बभूव ह । शशाप तं सुतं पश्चाद्ययातिः पृथिवीपतिः १३। यस्मादाज्ञाहता त्वद्य त्वया पापि समोपि हि । मातुरंशं भजस्व त्वं मच्छापकलुषीकृतः १४। एवमुक्त्वा यदुं पुत्रं ययातिः पृथिवीपतिः । पुत्रं शप्त्वा महाराजस्तया सार्द्धं महायशाः १५। रमते सुखभोगेन विष्णोर्ध्यानेन तत्परः । अश्रुबिंदुमतीसा च तेन सार्द्धं सुलोचना १६। बुभुजे चारुसर्वांगी पुण्यान्भोगान्मनोनुगान् । एवं कालो गतस्तस्य ययातेस्तु महात्मनः १७। अक्षया निर्जराः सर्वा अपरास्तु प्रजास्तथा । सर्वे लोका महाभाग विष्णुध्यानपरायणाः १८। तपसा सत्यभावेन विष्णोर्ध्यानेन पिप्पल । सर्वे लोका महाभाग सुखिनः साधुसेवकाः १९। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने मातापितृतीर्थवर्णने ययातिचरित्रेऽशीतितमोऽध्यायः ८०।

pippala uvāca- kāmakanyāṃ yadā rājā upayeme dvijottama | kiṃ cakrāte tadā te dve pūrvabhārye supuṇyake 1| devayānī mahābhāgā śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī | tayoścaritraṃ tatsarvaṃ kathayasva mamāgrataḥ 2| sukarmovāca- yadānītā kāmakanyā svagṛhaṃ tena bhūbhujā | atyarthaṃ spardhate sā tu devayānī manasvinī 3| tasyārthe tu sutau śaptau krodhenākulitātmanā | śarmiṣṭhāṃ ca samāhūya śabdaṃ cakre yaśasvinī 4| rūpeṇa tejasā dānaiḥ satyapuṇyavrataistathā | śarmiṣṭhā devayānī ca spardhete sma tayā saha 5| duṣṭabhāvaṃ tayoścāpi sā'jñāsītkāmajā tadā | rājñe sarvaṃ tayā vipra kathitaṃ tatkṣaṇādiha 6| atha kruddho mahārājaḥ samāhūyābravīdyadum | śarmiṣṭhā vadhyatāṃ gatvā śukraputrī tathā punaḥ 7| supriyaṃ kuru me vatsa yadi śreyo hi manyase | evamākarṇya tattasya piturvākyaṃ yadustadā 8| pratyuvāca nṛpeṃdraṃ taṃ pitaraṃ prati mānada | nāhaṃ tu ghātaye tāta mātarau doṣavarjite 9| mātṛghāte mahādoṣaḥ kathito vedapaṃḍitaiḥ | tasmādghātaṃ mahārāja etayorna karomyaham 10| doṣāṇāṃ tu sahasreṇa mātā liptā yadā bhavet | bhaginī ca mahārāja duhitā ca tathā punaḥ 11| putrairvā bhrātṛbhiścaiva naiva vadhyā bhavetkadā | evaṃ jñātvā mahārāja mātarau naiva ghātaye 12| yadorvākyaṃ tadā śrutvā rājā kruddho babhūva ha | śaśāpa taṃ sutaṃ paścādyayātiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ 13| yasmādājñāhatā tvadya tvayā pāpi samopi hi | māturaṃśaṃ bhajasva tvaṃ macchāpakaluṣīkṛtaḥ 14| evamuktvā yaduṃ putraṃ yayātiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ | putraṃ śaptvā mahārājastayā sārddhaṃ mahāyaśāḥ 15| ramate sukhabhogena viṣṇordhyānena tatparaḥ | aśrubiṃdumatīsā ca tena sārddhaṃ sulocanā 16| bubhuje cārusarvāṃgī puṇyānbhogānmanonugān | evaṃ kālo gatastasya yayātestu mahātmanaḥ 17| akṣayā nirjarāḥ sarvā aparāstu prajāstathā | sarve lokā mahābhāga viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇāḥ 18| tapasā satyabhāvena viṣṇordhyānena pippala | sarve lokā mahābhāga sukhinaḥ sādhusevakāḥ 19| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne mātāpitṛtīrthavarṇane yayāticaritre'śītitamo'dhyāyaḥ 80|

English translation

Pippala said :

1-2. O best brāhmaṇa , when the king ( Yayāti ) married the daughter of Cupid, what did his two former, very auspicious, wives, viz. the noble Devayānī and Śarmiṣṭhā , the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan do? Tell me the entire account of the two.

Sukarman said :

3-9a. When that king took home Cupid’s daughter, that high-minded Devayāni very much entered into rivalry (with her). “For her he, with his mind overcome with anger, cursed two of his sons (viz. Turu and Yadu ).” The renowned one, having called Śarmiṣṭhā, said these words to her. Śarmiṣṭhā and Devayānī vied with her in beauty, lustre, charity, truthfulness and holy vows. Then Kāma ’s daughter knew their wickedness. Just then only she told everything to the king, O brāhmaṇa. Then the great king, getting angry, called Yadu and said to him: “Go and kill Śarmiṣṭhā and also (Devayānī) the daughter of Śukra . O son, if you care for felicity then do what is very dear to me.” Having heard those words of his father, Yadu then replied to his father, the lord of kings:

9b-14. “O proud father, I shall not kill these two mothers, free from guilt. Those well-versed in the Vedas have declared a great sin in killing one’s mother. Therefore, O great king, I shall not kill these two mothers. O great king, (even) if a mother or a sister or a daughter is stained with a hundred blemishes she should never be killed by sons or brothers. Knowing this, O great king, I shall never kill (these) two mothers.” Hearing, at that time, the words of Yadu, the king became angry. Yayāti, the lord of the earth, then cursed his son: “Since you have disobeyed (my) order, you, resembling a sinner, polluted by my curse, enjoy a portion of your mother”.

15-19. Speaking thus to his son Yadu, that lord of the earth, Yayāti, that great king of great glory, having cursed his son, and without being solely devoted to Viṣṇu , enjoyed pleasures with her. That Aśrubindumatī of charming eyes and beautiful in all limbs, enjoyed with him all lovely enjoyments as liked by her. Thus that noble Yayāti passed his time. All other subjects were without any loss or without old age; all people were solely devoted to the meditation of glorious Viṣṇu. O noble Pippala , all people were happy and served the good by means of penance, truthfulness and meditation on Viṣṇu.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43124, revision 335539 (2022-04-10T13:11:26Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365172.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.