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Chapter 88

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कुंजल उवाच- व्रतं स्तोत्रं महाज्ञानं ध्यानं चैव सुपुत्रक । मयाख्यातं तवाग्रे वै विष्णोः पापप्रणाशनम् १। एवं चतुष्टयं सा हि यदा पुण्यं समाचरेत् । प्रयाति वैष्णवं लोकं देवानामपि दुर्लभम् २। इतो गत्वा व्रतं वत्स दिव्यां देवीं प्रबोधय । अशून्यशयनं नाम व्रतराजं वदस्व ताम् ३। समुद्धर महापापाद्राजकन्यां यशस्विनीम् । त्वया पृष्टं मया ख्यातं पुण्यदं पापनाशनम् ४। गच्छ गच्छ महाभाग इत्युक्त्वा विरराम सः । श्रीविष्णुरुवाच- उज्ज्वलोप्येवमुक्तस्तु स पित्रा कुंजलेन हि ५। प्रणम्य पादौ धर्मात्मा मातापित्रोर्महामतिः । जगाम त्वरितो राजन्प्लक्षद्वीपं स उज्ज्वलः ६। तं गिरिं सर्वतोभद्रं नानाधातुसमाकुलम् । नानारत्नमयैस्तुंगैः शिखरैरुपशोभितम् ७। नानाप्रवाहसंपूर्णैरुदकैरुज्ज्वलैर्नृप । नद्यः संति स्वच्छनीरास्तस्मिन्गिरिवरोत्तमे ८। किन्नरास्तत्र गायंति गंधर्वाः सुस्वरैर्नृप । अप्सरोभिः समाकीर्णं देववृंदैरुपावृतम् ९। सिद्धचारणसंघुष्टं मुनिवृंदैरलंकृतम् । नानापक्षिनिनादैश्च सर्वत्र परिनादितम् १०। एवं गिरिं समासाद्य उज्ज्वलो लघुविक्रमः । सुस्वरेणापि सा कन्या गिरौ तस्मिन्प्ररोदिति ११। रोरूयमाणां स प्राज्ञो वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् । का त्वं भवसि कल्याणि कस्माद्रोदिषि सांप्रतम् १२। कमाश्रिता महाभागे केन ते विप्रियं कृतम् । समाचक्ष्व ममाद्यैव सर्वदुःखस्य कारणम् १३। दिव्यादेव्युवाच- विपाको हि महाभाग कर्मणां मम सांप्रतम् । इह तिष्ठामि दुःखेन वैधव्येन समन्विता १४। भवान्को हि महाभाग कृपया मम पीडितः । पक्षिरूपधरो वत्स सोत्सवं परिभाषते १५। एवमाकर्ण्य तत्सर्वं भाषितं राजकन्यया । अहं पक्षी महाभागे कृपया तव पीडितः १६। पक्षिरूपधरो भद्रे नाहं सिद्धो न ज्ञानवान् । रुदमानां महालापैर्भवतीं दृष्टवानिह १७। ततः पृच्छाम्यहं देवि वद मे कारणं त्विह । पितुर्गेहे यथावृत्तमात्मवृत्तांतमेव हि १८। तया निवेदितं सर्वं यथासंख्येन दुःखदम् । समासेन समाकर्ण्य उज्ज्वलस्तु महमनाः १९। तामुवाच महापक्षी दिव्यादेवीं सुदुःखिताम् । यथा विवाहकाले ते भर्तारो मरणं गताः २०। स्वयंवरनिमित्तं ते क्षयं याताश्च क्षत्रियाः । एतत्ते चेष्टितं सर्वं मया पितरि भाषितम् २१। अन्यजन्मकृतंकर्मतव पापं सुलोचने । मम पित्रा ममाग्रे तु कृपया परिभाषितम् २२। तेन दोषेण संपुष्टा लिप्ता जाता वरानने । एतावत्कारणं सर्वं तातेन परिभाषितम् २३। पूर्वकर्मविपाकं तु भुंक्ष्व त्वं च समाश्वस । एवं सा भाषितं तस्य श्रुत्वा कन्योज्ज्वलस्य तत् २४। प्रत्युवाच महात्मानं ब्रुवंतं पक्षिणं पुनः । प्रणता दीनया वाचा कुरु पक्षिन्कृपां मम २५। कथयस्व प्रसादेन तस्य पापस्य निष्कृतिम् । प्रायश्चित्तं सुपुण्यं च मम पातकशोधनम् २६। येन व्रजाम्यहं पुण्यं विशुद्धाधौतकल्मषा । प्रायश्चित्तं महाभाग वद मे त्वं प्रसादतः २७। उज्ज्वल उवाच- तवार्थं तु महाभागे पितरं पृष्टवानहम् । समाख्यातमतः पित्रा प्रायश्चित्तमनुत्तमम् २८। तत्त्वं कुरु महाभागे सर्वपातकशोधनम् । ध्यायस्व हि हृषीकेशं शतनामजपस्व च २९। भव ज्ञानपरा नित्यं कुरु व्रतमनुत्तमम् । अशून्यशयनं पुण्यं व्रतं पापप्रणाशकम् ३०। समाचष्ट स धर्मात्मा सर्वज्ञानप्रकाशकम् । ज्ञानं स्तोत्रं व्रतं ध्यानं विष्णोश्चैव महात्मनः ३१। विष्णुरुवाच- तस्मात्सा हि प्रजग्राह संस्थिता निर्जने वने । सर्वद्वंद्वविनिर्मुक्ता संजाता तपसि स्थिता ३२। व्रतं चक्रे जिताहारा निराधारा सुदुःखिता । कामक्रोधविहीना सा वर्गं संयम्य नित्यशः ३३। इंद्रियाणां महाराज महामोहं निरस्य सा । अब्दे चतुर्थके प्राप्ते सुप्रसन्नो जनार्दनः ३४। तस्यै वरं दातुकामश्चायातो वरनायकः । तस्यै संदर्शयामास स्वरूपं वरदः प्रभुः ३५। सूत उवाच- इंद्रनीलघनश्यामं शंखचक्रगदाधरम् । सर्वाभरणशोभाढ्यं पद्महस्तं महेश्वरम् ३६। बद्धांजलिपुटा भूत्वा वेपमाना निराश्रया । उवाच गद्गदैर्वाक्यैः प्रणता मधुसूदनम् ३७। तेजसा तव दिव्येन स्थातुं शक्नोमि नैव हि । दिव्यरूपो भवेः कस्त्वं कृपया मम चाग्रतः ३८। कथयस्व प्रसादेन किमत्र तव कारणम् । सर्वमेव प्रसादेन प्रब्रवीहि महामते ३९। देवमेवं विजानामि तेजसा इंगितैस्तव । ज्ञानहीना जगन्नाथ न जाने रूपनामनी ४०। किं ब्रह्मा वा भवान्विष्णुः किं वा शंकर एव हि । एवमुक्त्वा प्रणम्यैवं दंडवद्धरणीं गता ४१। तामुवाच जगन्नाथः प्रणतां राजनंदिनीम् । श्रीभगवानुवाच- त्रयाणामपि देवानामंतरं नास्ति शोभने ४२। ब्रह्मा समर्चितो येन शंकरो वा वरानने । तेनाहमर्चितो नित्यं नात्र कार्या विचारणा ४३। एतौ ममाभिन्नतरौ नित्यं चापि त्रिरूपवान् । अहं हि पूजितो यैश्च तावेतौ तैः सुपूजितौ ४४। अहं देवो हृषीकेशः कृपया तव चागतः । स्तवेनानेन पुण्येन व्रतेन नियमेन च ४५। संजाता कल्मषैर्हीना वरं वरय शोभने । दिव्यादेव्युवाच- विजयस्व हृषीकेश कृष्णक्लेशापहारक ४६। नमामि चरणद्वंद्वं मामुद्धर सुरेश्वर । वरं मे दातुकामोऽसि चक्रपाणे प्रसीद मे ४७। आत्मपादयुगस्यापि भक्तिं देहि ममानघ । दर्शयस्व जगन्नाथ मोक्षमार्गं निरामयम् ४८। दासत्वं देहि वैकुंठ यदि तुष्टो जनार्दन । श्रीभगवानुवाच- एवमस्तु महाभागे गच्छ निर्धूतकल्मषा ४९ । वैष्णवं परमं लोकं दुर्लभं योगिभिः सदा । गच्छ गच्छ परं लोकं प्रसादान्मम सांप्रतम् ५०। एवमुक्ते ततो वाक्ये माधवेन महात्मना । दिव्यादेवी अभूद्दिव्या सूर्यतेजः समप्रभा ५१। पश्यतां सर्वलोकानां दिव्याभरणभूषिता । दिव्यमालान्विता सा च दिव्यहारविलंबिनी ५२। गता सा वैष्णवं लोकं दाहप्रलयवर्जितम् । पुनः पक्षी समायातः स्वगृहं हर्षसंयुतः ५३। तत्सर्वं कथयामास पितरं प्रति सत्तमः ५४। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने गुरुतीर्थे च्यवनचरित्रेऽष्टाशीतितमोऽध्यायः ८८।

kuṃjala uvāca- vrataṃ stotraṃ mahājñānaṃ dhyānaṃ caiva suputraka | mayākhyātaṃ tavāgre vai viṣṇoḥ pāpapraṇāśanam 1| evaṃ catuṣṭayaṃ sā hi yadā puṇyaṃ samācaret | prayāti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ devānāmapi durlabham 2| ito gatvā vrataṃ vatsa divyāṃ devīṃ prabodhaya | aśūnyaśayanaṃ nāma vratarājaṃ vadasva tām 3| samuddhara mahāpāpādrājakanyāṃ yaśasvinīm | tvayā pṛṣṭaṃ mayā khyātaṃ puṇyadaṃ pāpanāśanam 4| gaccha gaccha mahābhāga ityuktvā virarāma saḥ | śrīviṣṇuruvāca- ujjvalopyevamuktastu sa pitrā kuṃjalena hi 5| praṇamya pādau dharmātmā mātāpitrormahāmatiḥ | jagāma tvarito rājanplakṣadvīpaṃ sa ujjvalaḥ 6| taṃ giriṃ sarvatobhadraṃ nānādhātusamākulam | nānāratnamayaistuṃgaiḥ śikharairupaśobhitam 7| nānāpravāhasaṃpūrṇairudakairujjvalairnṛpa | nadyaḥ saṃti svacchanīrāstasmingirivarottame 8| kinnarāstatra gāyaṃti gaṃdharvāḥ susvarairnṛpa | apsarobhiḥ samākīrṇaṃ devavṛṃdairupāvṛtam 9| siddhacāraṇasaṃghuṣṭaṃ munivṛṃdairalaṃkṛtam | nānāpakṣininādaiśca sarvatra parināditam 10| evaṃ giriṃ samāsādya ujjvalo laghuvikramaḥ | susvareṇāpi sā kanyā girau tasminpraroditi 11| rorūyamāṇāṃ sa prājño vacanaṃ cedamabravīt | kā tvaṃ bhavasi kalyāṇi kasmādrodiṣi sāṃpratam 12| kamāśritā mahābhāge kena te vipriyaṃ kṛtam | samācakṣva mamādyaiva sarvaduḥkhasya kāraṇam 13| divyādevyuvāca- vipāko hi mahābhāga karmaṇāṃ mama sāṃpratam | iha tiṣṭhāmi duḥkhena vaidhavyena samanvitā 14| bhavānko hi mahābhāga kṛpayā mama pīḍitaḥ | pakṣirūpadharo vatsa sotsavaṃ paribhāṣate 15| evamākarṇya tatsarvaṃ bhāṣitaṃ rājakanyayā | ahaṃ pakṣī mahābhāge kṛpayā tava pīḍitaḥ 16| pakṣirūpadharo bhadre nāhaṃ siddho na jñānavān | rudamānāṃ mahālāpairbhavatīṃ dṛṣṭavāniha 17| tataḥ pṛcchāmyahaṃ devi vada me kāraṇaṃ tviha | piturgehe yathāvṛttamātmavṛttāṃtameva hi 18| tayā niveditaṃ sarvaṃ yathāsaṃkhyena duḥkhadam | samāsena samākarṇya ujjvalastu mahamanāḥ 19| tāmuvāca mahāpakṣī divyādevīṃ suduḥkhitām | yathā vivāhakāle te bhartāro maraṇaṃ gatāḥ 20| svayaṃvaranimittaṃ te kṣayaṃ yātāśca kṣatriyāḥ | etatte ceṣṭitaṃ sarvaṃ mayā pitari bhāṣitam 21| anyajanmakṛtaṃkarmatava pāpaṃ sulocane | mama pitrā mamāgre tu kṛpayā paribhāṣitam 22| tena doṣeṇa saṃpuṣṭā liptā jātā varānane | etāvatkāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ tātena paribhāṣitam 23| pūrvakarmavipākaṃ tu bhuṃkṣva tvaṃ ca samāśvasa | evaṃ sā bhāṣitaṃ tasya śrutvā kanyojjvalasya tat 24| pratyuvāca mahātmānaṃ bruvaṃtaṃ pakṣiṇaṃ punaḥ | praṇatā dīnayā vācā kuru pakṣinkṛpāṃ mama 25| kathayasva prasādena tasya pāpasya niṣkṛtim | prāyaścittaṃ supuṇyaṃ ca mama pātakaśodhanam 26| yena vrajāmyahaṃ puṇyaṃ viśuddhādhautakalmaṣā | prāyaścittaṃ mahābhāga vada me tvaṃ prasādataḥ 27| ujjvala uvāca- tavārthaṃ tu mahābhāge pitaraṃ pṛṣṭavānaham | samākhyātamataḥ pitrā prāyaścittamanuttamam 28| tattvaṃ kuru mahābhāge sarvapātakaśodhanam | dhyāyasva hi hṛṣīkeśaṃ śatanāmajapasva ca 29| bhava jñānaparā nityaṃ kuru vratamanuttamam | aśūnyaśayanaṃ puṇyaṃ vrataṃ pāpapraṇāśakam 30| samācaṣṭa sa dharmātmā sarvajñānaprakāśakam | jñānaṃ stotraṃ vrataṃ dhyānaṃ viṣṇoścaiva mahātmanaḥ 31| viṣṇuruvāca- tasmātsā hi prajagrāha saṃsthitā nirjane vane | sarvadvaṃdvavinirmuktā saṃjātā tapasi sthitā 32| vrataṃ cakre jitāhārā nirādhārā suduḥkhitā | kāmakrodhavihīnā sā vargaṃ saṃyamya nityaśaḥ 33| iṃdriyāṇāṃ mahārāja mahāmohaṃ nirasya sā | abde caturthake prāpte suprasanno janārdanaḥ 34| tasyai varaṃ dātukāmaścāyāto varanāyakaḥ | tasyai saṃdarśayāmāsa svarūpaṃ varadaḥ prabhuḥ 35| sūta uvāca- iṃdranīlaghanaśyāmaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam | sarvābharaṇaśobhāḍhyaṃ padmahastaṃ maheśvaram 36| baddhāṃjalipuṭā bhūtvā vepamānā nirāśrayā | uvāca gadgadairvākyaiḥ praṇatā madhusūdanam 37| tejasā tava divyena sthātuṃ śaknomi naiva hi | divyarūpo bhaveḥ kastvaṃ kṛpayā mama cāgrataḥ 38| kathayasva prasādena kimatra tava kāraṇam | sarvameva prasādena prabravīhi mahāmate 39| devamevaṃ vijānāmi tejasā iṃgitaistava | jñānahīnā jagannātha na jāne rūpanāmanī 40| kiṃ brahmā vā bhavānviṣṇuḥ kiṃ vā śaṃkara eva hi | evamuktvā praṇamyaivaṃ daṃḍavaddharaṇīṃ gatā 41| tāmuvāca jagannāthaḥ praṇatāṃ rājanaṃdinīm | śrībhagavānuvāca- trayāṇāmapi devānāmaṃtaraṃ nāsti śobhane 42| brahmā samarcito yena śaṃkaro vā varānane | tenāhamarcito nityaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā 43| etau mamābhinnatarau nityaṃ cāpi trirūpavān | ahaṃ hi pūjito yaiśca tāvetau taiḥ supūjitau 44| ahaṃ devo hṛṣīkeśaḥ kṛpayā tava cāgataḥ | stavenānena puṇyena vratena niyamena ca 45| saṃjātā kalmaṣairhīnā varaṃ varaya śobhane | divyādevyuvāca- vijayasva hṛṣīkeśa kṛṣṇakleśāpahāraka 46| namāmi caraṇadvaṃdvaṃ māmuddhara sureśvara | varaṃ me dātukāmo'si cakrapāṇe prasīda me 47| ātmapādayugasyāpi bhaktiṃ dehi mamānagha | darśayasva jagannātha mokṣamārgaṃ nirāmayam 48| dāsatvaṃ dehi vaikuṃṭha yadi tuṣṭo janārdana | śrībhagavānuvāca- evamastu mahābhāge gaccha nirdhūtakalmaṣā 49 | vaiṣṇavaṃ paramaṃ lokaṃ durlabhaṃ yogibhiḥ sadā | gaccha gaccha paraṃ lokaṃ prasādānmama sāṃpratam 50| evamukte tato vākye mādhavena mahātmanā | divyādevī abhūddivyā sūryatejaḥ samaprabhā 51| paśyatāṃ sarvalokānāṃ divyābharaṇabhūṣitā | divyamālānvitā sā ca divyahāravilaṃbinī 52| gatā sā vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ dāhapralayavarjitam | punaḥ pakṣī samāyātaḥ svagṛhaṃ harṣasaṃyutaḥ 53| tatsarvaṃ kathayāmāsa pitaraṃ prati sattamaḥ 54| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne gurutīrthe cyavanacaritre'ṣṭāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ 88|

English translation

Kuñjala said :

1-4a. O good son, I have told you the vow, the hymn, the great knowledge and the meditation of Viṣṇu which destroy sins. When she (i.e. Divyādevī) would practise these auspicious four, she will go to Viṣṇu’s world, difficult to be obtained even by gods. O child, going from here, teach the vow to Divyādevī. Tell (i.e. teach) her the king of vows called Aśūnya- śayana . Emanicipate the glorious princess from a great sin. You asked me (and therefore) I told (you about the vow) giving religious merit and destroying sins. O glorious one, go, (do) go.

Saying so, he ceased (to speak).

Śrī Viṣṇu said :

4b-10. That religious-minded and very intelligent Ujjvala , thus addressed by his father, having saluted the feet of his mother and father, quickly went to Plakṣadvīpa . He went to that mountain, auspicious on all sides, full of various minerals, and adorned with lofty peaks full of many kinds of jewels. O king, there were rivers with clean water flowing in many streams on that excellent mountain. O king, Kinnaras and Gandharvas sang there melodiously. It was crowded with the celestial nymphs; it was filled with hosts of gods; it was ringing with Siddhas and Cāraṇas ; it was adorned with groups of sages. It was everywhere resounding with the notes of various birds.

11-13. The bright and quick-footed one thus reached that mountain. That woman also was weeping meodiously on that mountain. The wise one said (these) words to her who was again and again weeping. “O auspicious one, who are you? Why are you weeping now? Whom had you resorted to? Who has harmed you? Today only tell me the entire cause of your grief.”

Divyādevī said :

14-18. O glorious one, it is properly the fruit of my deeds. Being widowed I staying here unhappily. O you illustrious one, who are you, afflicted by my grief?

O child, he, who had taken the form of a bird, having heard all that the princess had said, spoke enthusiastically, O child: “O glorious one, I am a bird, afflicted by your grief. I have taken the form of a bird, (but) I am neither a Siddha , nor a wise person. I saw you weeping here very loudly; therefore, O respectable lady, I am asking you. Tell me its cause, what happened in your father’s house, and your own account.”

19-24a. In brief and in proper order, she told everything that pained her. Having heard that, that large-hearted, great bird Ujjvala said to that Divyādevī who was very much pained: “At the time of your marriage your grooms died, the kṣatriyas also perished due to your self-choice marriage. O you lady of beautiful eyes, through compassion for you, my father told me the sinful deeds you had done in the other (i.e. former) existence. O you beautiful lady, strengthened by that blemish you are covered with that. Eat the fruit of the deeds you did in the previous birth. Be composed.”

24b-27. That young humble lady, having heard those words of Ujjvala, replied to that magnanimous bird, who (thus) spoke (in human voice) in piteous words: “O bird, favour me. With (i.e. showing) grace, tell (me about) the atonement of that sin; also (tell me about) the expiation which will purify my sins, by which, being pure due to my sins washed, I shall go to a holy (place). Be -gracious, and tell me about the expiation, O you glorious one.”

Ujjvala said :

28-31. O you glorious one, for you only I asked my father. Then my father told (me) about matchless expiation. O you illustrious one, you do that which would purify all your sins. Meditate upon Hṛṣīkeśa (i.e. Viṣṇu), mutter his hundred names. Be intent upon (obtaining) knowledge. Always practise the excellent, holy vow (called) ‘Aśūnyaśayana’ which destroys sins.

The religious-minded one explained to her knowledge, hymn, vow of and meditation upon the noble Viṣṇu, which reveals all knowledge.

Viṣṇu said:

32-35. Remaining in the solitary forest, she took it from him. She became free from all pairs of opposites and remained in penance. O great king, controlling her food, helpless and very much afflicted, free from lust and anger, and always controlling the group of the organs of sense and having abandoned great delusion, she practised the vow. When the fourth year came, the excellent lord Janārdana (i.e. Viṣṇu) who was very much pleased came there with a desire to grant her a boon. The lord, the giver of boons, manifested his form to her.

Sūta said :

36-42a. She, joining the palms of her hands, trembling and helpless, spoke in a faltering tone, after saluting Madhusūdana (i.e. Viṣṇu), the great lord, dark-green like a sapphire and a cloud, holding a conch, a disc and a mace, rich with charm due to all ornaments, having a lotus in his hand: “I am not at all able to stand your divine lustre. Be gracious and please tell me who you, of a divine form, are and what is the cause (of) your (coming over} here? With favour (i.e. favour me) and tell me everything, O highly intelligent one. Due to your lustre and gestures I know (i.e. I think) you are just a god. O lord of the world, I, who am ignorant, do not know your form and name. Are you Brahmā , or Viṣṇu or Śaṅkara himself?” Speaking like this, and bowing to him she fell (i.e. prostrated herself) on the ground like a staff. Viṣṇu spoke to that princess who had bent before him.

The lord said :

42b-46a. O you auspicious one, there is no difference among the three. O you beautiful lady, I am always worshipped by him who has worshipped Brahmā or Śaṅkara. No doubt should be raised about it. These two are not different from me. I always have these three forms. Those who worship me, worship well these two. I am god Viṣṇu, who has come here through pity for you and due to the hymn and this auspicious vow and your restraint. You have become free from blemishes. O you auspicious one, ask for a boon.

Divyādevī said :

46b-49a. O Viṣṇu, O Kṛṣṇa the remover of affliction, be victorious. I am saluting your couple of feet. O lord of gods, emancipate me. O you having the disc in your hand, you desire to grant me a boon. Be gracious to me. O you sinless one, give (i.e. create in) me devotion for the couple of your feet. O lord of the world, show (me) the sound path to salvation. If, O Janārdana, you are pleased, give me the status of your servant (i.e. make me your servant).

The Lord said :

49b-54. O you noble one, let it be so. Go, with your sins completely washed, to Viṣṇu’s highest heaven, always difficult to be obtained (even) by meditating saints. Now, due to my grace, do go to the highest world.

When the magnanimous Viṣṇu uttered these words, Divyādevī became divine with her lustre resembling that of the sun. She, adorned with divine ornaments, with a divine garland, a divine necklace, went, when all the people were watching, to Viṣṇu’s heaven, free from tormentation and destruction. The bird, full ofjoy, again came home. The best one told all that to his father.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43130, revision 335550 (2022-04-11T00:04:58Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365180.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.