Bhūmi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 99
Sourceविष्णुरुवाच- स्तोत्रं पवित्रं परमं पुराणं पापापहं पुण्यमयं शिवं च । धन्यं सुसूक्तं परमं सुजाप्यं निशम्य राजा स सुखी बभूव १। गतासु तृष्णा क्षुधया समेता देवोपमो भूमिपतिर्बभूव । भार्या च तस्यापि विभाति रूपैर्युक्तावुभौ पापविबंधमाप्तौ २। देवः सुदेवैः परिवारितोसौ विप्रैः सुसिद्धैर्हरिभक्तियुक्तैः । आगत्य भूपं गतकल्मषं तं श्रीशंखचक्राब्जगदासिधर्ता ३। श्रीनारदो भार्गव व्यास पुण्या समागतस्तत्र मृकंडसूनुः । वाल्मीकि नामा मुनिर्विष्णुभक्तः समागतो ब्रह्मसुतो वसिष्ठः ४। गर्गो महात्मा हरिभक्तियुक्तो जाबालिरैभ्यावथ कश्यपश्च । आजग्मुरेते हरिणा समेता विष्णुप्रिया भागवतां वरिष्ठाः ५। पुण्याः सुधन्या गतकल्मषास्ते हरेः सुपादांबुजभक्तियुक्ताः । श्रीवासुदेवं परिवार्य तस्थुः स्तुवंति भूपं विविधप्रकारैः ६। देवाश्च सर्वे हुतभुङ्मुखाश्च ब्रह्मा हरिश्चापि सुदिव्यदेव्यः । गायंति दिव्यं मधुरं मनोहरं गंधर्वराजादिसुगायनाश्च ७। सुवेद युक्तैः परमार्थसंमितैः स्तवैः सुपुण्यैर्मुनयः स्तुवंति । दृष्ट्वा पतिं भूपतिमेव देवो हरिर्बभाषे वचनं मनोहरम् ८। वरं यथेष्टं वरयस्व भूपते ददाम्यहं ते परितोषितो यतः । हरेस्तु वाक्यं स निशम्य राजा दृष्ट्वा मुरारिं वदमानमग्रे ९। नीलोत्पलाभं मुरघातिनं प्रभुं तं शंखचक्रासिगदाप्रधारिणम् । श्रियासमेतं परमेश्वरं तं रत्नोज्ज्वलं कंकणहारभूषितम् १०। रविप्रभं देवगणैः सुसेवितं महार्घहाराभरणैः सुभूषितम् । सुदिव्यगंधैर्वरलेपनैर्हरिं सुभक्तिभावैरवनीं गतो नृपः ११। दंडप्रणामैः सततं नमाम जयेति वाचाथ महानृपस्तदा । दासोस्मि भृत्योस्मि पुरः स ते सदा भक्तिं न जाने न च भावमुत्तमम् १२। जायान्वितं मामिह चागतं हरे प्रपाहि वै त्वां शरणं प्रपन्नम् । धन्यास्तु ते माधव मानवा द्विजाः सदैव ते ध्यानमनोविलीनाः १३। समुच्चरंतो भव माधवेति प्रयांति वैकुंठमितः सुनिर्मलाः । तवैव पादांबुजनिर्गतं पयः पुण्यं तथा ये शिरसा वहंति १४। समस्ततीर्थोद्भव तोय आप्लुतास्ते मानवा यांति हरेः सुधाम १५। नास्ति योगो न मे भक्तिर्ज्ञानं नास्ति न मे क्रिया । कस्य पुण्यस्य संगेन वरं मह्यं प्रयच्छसि १६। हरिरुवाच- वासुदेवाभिधानं यन्महापातकनाशनम् । भवता विज्वलात्पुण्याच्छ्रुतं राजन्विकल्मषः १७। तेन त्वं मुक्तिभागी च संजातो नात्र संशयः । मम लोके प्रभुंक्ष्व त्वं दिव्यान्भोगान्मनोनुगान् १८। राजोवाच- यदिदेववरोदेयोममदीनस्यवैत्वया । विज्वलायप्रयच्छत्वंप्रथमंवरमुत्तमम् १९। हरिरुवाच- विज्वलस्य पिता पुण्यः कुंजलो ज्ञानमंडितः । वासुदेवमहास्तोत्रं नित्यं पठति भूपते २०। पुत्रैः प्रियासमेतोऽसौ मम गेहं प्रयास्यति । एतत्तु जपते स्तोत्रं सदा दास्याम्यहं फलम् २१। एवमुक्ते शुभे वाक्ये राजा केशवमब्रवीत् । इदं स्तोत्रं महापुण्यं सफलं कुरु केशव २२। हरिरुवाच-। कृते युगे महाराज यदा स्तोष्यंति मानवाः । तदा मोक्षं प्रयास्यंति तत्क्षणान्नात्र संशयः २३। त्रेतायां मासमात्रेण षड्भिर्मासैस्तु द्वापरे । वर्षेणैकेन च कलौ ये जपंति च मानवाः २४। स्वर्गं प्रयांति राजेंद्र वैष्णवं गतिदायकम् । त्रिकालमेककालं वा स्नातो जपति ब्राह्मणः २५। यं यं तु वांछते कामं स स तस्य भविष्यति । क्षत्रियो जयमाप्नोति धनधान्यैरलंकृतः २६। वैश्यो भविष्यति श्रीमान्सुखी शूद्रो भविष्यति । अंत्यजं श्रावयेद्योयं पापान्मुक्तो भविष्यति २७। श्रावको नरकं घोरं कदाचिन्नैव पश्यति । मम स्तोत्रप्रसादाच्च सर्वसिद्धो भविष्यति २८। ब्राह्मणैर्भोज्यमानैश्च श्राद्धकाले पठिष्यति । पितरो वैष्णवं लोकं तृप्ता यास्यंति भूपते २९। तर्पणांते जपं कुर्याद्ब्राह्मणो वाथ क्षत्रियः । पिबंति चामृतं तस्य पितरो हृष्टमानसाः ३०। होमेषु यज्ञमध्ये च भावाज्जपति मानवः । तत्र विघ्ना न जायंते सर्वसिद्धिर्भविष्यति ३१। विषमे दुर्गसंस्थाने हिंस्रव्याघ्रस्य संकटे । चौराणां संकटे प्राप्ते तत्र स्तोत्रमुदीरयेत् ३२। तत्र शांतिर्महाराज भविष्यति न संशयः । अन्येष्वेव सुभव्येषु राजद्वारे गते नरे ३३। वासुदेवाभिधानस्य अयुतं जपते नरः । ब्रह्मचर्येण संस्नातः क्रोधलोभविवर्जितः ३४। तिलतंडुलकैर्होमं दशांशमाज्यमिश्रितम् । वासुदेवं प्रपूज्यैव दद्यात्प्रयतमानसः ३५। श्लोकं प्रति ततो देयं होमं ध्यानेन मानवैः । तेषां सुभृत्यवन्नित्यं पार्श्वं नैव त्यजाम्यहम् ३६। कलौ युगे सुसंप्राप्ते स्तोत्रे दास्यं प्रयास्यति । वेदभंगप्रसंगेन यस्य कस्य न दीयते ३७। सर्वकामसमृद्धार्थः स चैव हि भविष्यति । एवं हि सफलं स्तोत्रं मया भूप कृतं शृणु ३८। ब्रह्मणा निर्मितं तेन जप्तं रुद्रेण वै पुरा । ब्रह्महत्याविनिर्मुक्त इंद्रो मुक्तश्च किल्बिषात् ३९। देवाश्च ऋषयो गुह्याः सिद्धविद्याधरामराः । नागैस्तु पूजितं स्तोत्रमापुः सिद्धिं मनीप्सिताम् ४०। पुण्यो धन्यः स वै दाता पुत्रवान्हि भविष्यति । जपिष्यति मम स्तोत्रं नात्र कार्या विचारणा ४१। आगच्छ त्वं स्त्रिया सार्धं मम स्थानं नृपोत्तम । हस्तावलंबनं दत्तं हरिणा तस्य भूपतेः ४२। नेदुर्दुंदुभयस्तत्र गंधर्वा ललितं जगुः । ननृतुश्चाप्सरः श्रेष्ठाः पुष्पवृष्टिं प्रचक्रिरे ४३। देवाश्च ऋषयः सर्वे वेदस्तोत्रैः स्तुवंति ते । ततो दयितया सार्द्धं जगाम नृपतिर्हरिम् ४४। तं स्तूयमानं सुरसिद्धसंघैः स विज्वलः पश्यति हृष्टमानसः । समागतस्तिष्ठति यत्र वै पिता माता च वेगेन महाप्रभावः ४५। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने गुरुतीर्थे च्यवनचरित्रे नवनवतितमोऽध्यायः ९९।
viṣṇuruvāca- stotraṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ purāṇaṃ pāpāpahaṃ puṇyamayaṃ śivaṃ ca | dhanyaṃ susūktaṃ paramaṃ sujāpyaṃ niśamya rājā sa sukhī babhūva 1| gatāsu tṛṣṇā kṣudhayā sametā devopamo bhūmipatirbabhūva | bhāryā ca tasyāpi vibhāti rūpairyuktāvubhau pāpavibaṃdhamāptau 2| devaḥ sudevaiḥ parivāritosau vipraiḥ susiddhairharibhaktiyuktaiḥ | āgatya bhūpaṃ gatakalmaṣaṃ taṃ śrīśaṃkhacakrābjagadāsidhartā 3| śrīnārado bhārgava vyāsa puṇyā samāgatastatra mṛkaṃḍasūnuḥ | vālmīki nāmā munirviṣṇubhaktaḥ samāgato brahmasuto vasiṣṭhaḥ 4| gargo mahātmā haribhaktiyukto jābāliraibhyāvatha kaśyapaśca | ājagmurete hariṇā sametā viṣṇupriyā bhāgavatāṃ variṣṭhāḥ 5| puṇyāḥ sudhanyā gatakalmaṣāste hareḥ supādāṃbujabhaktiyuktāḥ | śrīvāsudevaṃ parivārya tasthuḥ stuvaṃti bhūpaṃ vividhaprakāraiḥ 6| devāśca sarve hutabhuṅmukhāśca brahmā hariścāpi sudivyadevyaḥ | gāyaṃti divyaṃ madhuraṃ manoharaṃ gaṃdharvarājādisugāyanāśca 7| suveda yuktaiḥ paramārthasaṃmitaiḥ stavaiḥ supuṇyairmunayaḥ stuvaṃti | dṛṣṭvā patiṃ bhūpatimeva devo harirbabhāṣe vacanaṃ manoharam 8| varaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ varayasva bhūpate dadāmyahaṃ te paritoṣito yataḥ | harestu vākyaṃ sa niśamya rājā dṛṣṭvā murāriṃ vadamānamagre 9| nīlotpalābhaṃ muraghātinaṃ prabhuṃ taṃ śaṃkhacakrāsigadāpradhāriṇam | śriyāsametaṃ parameśvaraṃ taṃ ratnojjvalaṃ kaṃkaṇahārabhūṣitam 10| raviprabhaṃ devagaṇaiḥ susevitaṃ mahārghahārābharaṇaiḥ subhūṣitam | sudivyagaṃdhairvaralepanairhariṃ subhaktibhāvairavanīṃ gato nṛpaḥ 11| daṃḍapraṇāmaiḥ satataṃ namāma jayeti vācātha mahānṛpastadā | dāsosmi bhṛtyosmi puraḥ sa te sadā bhaktiṃ na jāne na ca bhāvamuttamam 12| jāyānvitaṃ māmiha cāgataṃ hare prapāhi vai tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannam | dhanyāstu te mādhava mānavā dvijāḥ sadaiva te dhyānamanovilīnāḥ 13| samuccaraṃto bhava mādhaveti prayāṃti vaikuṃṭhamitaḥ sunirmalāḥ | tavaiva pādāṃbujanirgataṃ payaḥ puṇyaṃ tathā ye śirasā vahaṃti 14| samastatīrthodbhava toya āplutāste mānavā yāṃti hareḥ sudhāma 15| nāsti yogo na me bhaktirjñānaṃ nāsti na me kriyā | kasya puṇyasya saṃgena varaṃ mahyaṃ prayacchasi 16| hariruvāca- vāsudevābhidhānaṃ yanmahāpātakanāśanam | bhavatā vijvalātpuṇyācchrutaṃ rājanvikalmaṣaḥ 17| tena tvaṃ muktibhāgī ca saṃjāto nātra saṃśayaḥ | mama loke prabhuṃkṣva tvaṃ divyānbhogānmanonugān 18| rājovāca- yadidevavarodeyomamadīnasyavaitvayā | vijvalāyaprayacchatvaṃprathamaṃvaramuttamam 19| hariruvāca- vijvalasya pitā puṇyaḥ kuṃjalo jñānamaṃḍitaḥ | vāsudevamahāstotraṃ nityaṃ paṭhati bhūpate 20| putraiḥ priyāsameto'sau mama gehaṃ prayāsyati | etattu japate stotraṃ sadā dāsyāmyahaṃ phalam 21| evamukte śubhe vākye rājā keśavamabravīt | idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ saphalaṃ kuru keśava 22| hariruvāca-| kṛte yuge mahārāja yadā stoṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | tadā mokṣaṃ prayāsyaṃti tatkṣaṇānnātra saṃśayaḥ 23| tretāyāṃ māsamātreṇa ṣaḍbhirmāsaistu dvāpare | varṣeṇaikena ca kalau ye japaṃti ca mānavāḥ 24| svargaṃ prayāṃti rājeṃdra vaiṣṇavaṃ gatidāyakam | trikālamekakālaṃ vā snāto japati brāhmaṇaḥ 25| yaṃ yaṃ tu vāṃchate kāmaṃ sa sa tasya bhaviṣyati | kṣatriyo jayamāpnoti dhanadhānyairalaṃkṛtaḥ 26| vaiśyo bhaviṣyati śrīmānsukhī śūdro bhaviṣyati | aṃtyajaṃ śrāvayedyoyaṃ pāpānmukto bhaviṣyati 27| śrāvako narakaṃ ghoraṃ kadācinnaiva paśyati | mama stotraprasādācca sarvasiddho bhaviṣyati 28| brāhmaṇairbhojyamānaiśca śrāddhakāle paṭhiṣyati | pitaro vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ tṛptā yāsyaṃti bhūpate 29| tarpaṇāṃte japaṃ kuryādbrāhmaṇo vātha kṣatriyaḥ | pibaṃti cāmṛtaṃ tasya pitaro hṛṣṭamānasāḥ 30| homeṣu yajñamadhye ca bhāvājjapati mānavaḥ | tatra vighnā na jāyaṃte sarvasiddhirbhaviṣyati 31| viṣame durgasaṃsthāne hiṃsravyāghrasya saṃkaṭe | caurāṇāṃ saṃkaṭe prāpte tatra stotramudīrayet 32| tatra śāṃtirmahārāja bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | anyeṣveva subhavyeṣu rājadvāre gate nare 33| vāsudevābhidhānasya ayutaṃ japate naraḥ | brahmacaryeṇa saṃsnātaḥ krodhalobhavivarjitaḥ 34| tilataṃḍulakairhomaṃ daśāṃśamājyamiśritam | vāsudevaṃ prapūjyaiva dadyātprayatamānasaḥ 35| ślokaṃ prati tato deyaṃ homaṃ dhyānena mānavaiḥ | teṣāṃ subhṛtyavannityaṃ pārśvaṃ naiva tyajāmyaham 36| kalau yuge susaṃprāpte stotre dāsyaṃ prayāsyati | vedabhaṃgaprasaṃgena yasya kasya na dīyate 37| sarvakāmasamṛddhārthaḥ sa caiva hi bhaviṣyati | evaṃ hi saphalaṃ stotraṃ mayā bhūpa kṛtaṃ śṛṇu 38| brahmaṇā nirmitaṃ tena japtaṃ rudreṇa vai purā | brahmahatyāvinirmukta iṃdro muktaśca kilbiṣāt 39| devāśca ṛṣayo guhyāḥ siddhavidyādharāmarāḥ | nāgaistu pūjitaṃ stotramāpuḥ siddhiṃ manīpsitām 40| puṇyo dhanyaḥ sa vai dātā putravānhi bhaviṣyati | japiṣyati mama stotraṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā 41| āgaccha tvaṃ striyā sārdhaṃ mama sthānaṃ nṛpottama | hastāvalaṃbanaṃ dattaṃ hariṇā tasya bhūpateḥ 42| nedurduṃdubhayastatra gaṃdharvā lalitaṃ jaguḥ | nanṛtuścāpsaraḥ śreṣṭhāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ pracakrire 43| devāśca ṛṣayaḥ sarve vedastotraiḥ stuvaṃti te | tato dayitayā sārddhaṃ jagāma nṛpatirharim 44| taṃ stūyamānaṃ surasiddhasaṃghaiḥ sa vijvalaḥ paśyati hṛṣṭamānasaḥ | samāgatastiṣṭhati yatra vai pitā mātā ca vegena mahāprabhāvaḥ 45| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne gurutīrthe cyavanacaritre navanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 99|
English translation
Viṣṇu said :
1-5. The king, on hearing the hymn which was pure, very ancient, which removed sins, which was full of merit and auspicious, which was blessed, which contained good words, which was greatly fit to be muttered, became happy. His great thirst, along with his hunger, vanished. The lord of the earth became like a god. His wife also shone. Both of them, freed from the bondage of sin, became endowed with good form. That god, the holder of the auspicious conch, disc, lotus, mace and sword, surrounded by great gods, brāhmaṇas , great siddhas full of the devotion of Hari came to the king whose sins had vanished. The holy Nārada , Bhārgava , Vyāsa (came there). The son of Mṛkaṇḍa (also) came there. The sage Vālmīki , Viṣṇu ’s devotee, (so also) Vasiṣṭha , the son of Brahmā , came there. The illustrious Garga , full of devotion for Viṣṇu, Jābāli and Raibhya , so also Kaśyapa , (all) dear to Viṣṇu, and best among the followers of Viṣṇu, came there with Viṣṇu.
6-8a. They (who were) meritorious and very blessed, (who were) free from sins, (who were) full of devotion for the lotus-like feet of Hari, stood there, surrounding Hari, and praised the king in various ways. All gods led by Fire, so also Brahma and Hari [1] and very divine goddesses (came there). Good singers like the gandharva -king sang divinely, sweetly and charmingly. Sages praised him with very auspicious hymns from the Vedas and furnished with the most sublime truth.
8b-11. Seeing the lord, the king, god Viṣṇṇ spoke (these) charming words: “O king, ask for the desired boon; I shall grant it to you, since you have pleased me.” The king, hearing the words of Viṣṇu, a blue lotus (in complexion), the destroyer of Mura , the lord holding the conch, disc, sword and mace, the highest lord accompanied by Lakṣmī and bright with gems, adorned with bracelets and necklaces, bright like the sun, well attended upon by gods, well adorned with ornaments like costly necklaces, (with his body) besmeared with very divine sandal (pastes), and talking in front of him, went down to the earth (i.e. prostrated before Viṣṇu) with great devotion.
12-16. The great king constantly saluted (Hari) with prostrations and with the words: “Victory to you. I am your slave, your servanta [servant?], always (standing) before you. I do not know either devotion or best manners. O Hari (i.e. Viṣṇu), protect me, who have, along with my wife, sought your refuge. O Mādhava (i.e. Viṣṇu), those men who are always engrossed in meditation upon you, are blessed. From here they, being extremely pure, and uttering (your names) Bhava , Mādhava, go to Vaikuṇtha. Those men who carry on their head the pure water coming out (i.e. flowing from) your lotuslike feet, have (certainly) bathed in the water coming from all holy places. They go to the good abode of Hari. I do not have deep and abstract meditation. I do not have knowledge. I do not have any exertion. Due to (my) contact with what (kind of) religious merit are you granting me a boon?”
Hari said :
17-18. O king, there is no doubt that you are getting salvation because you heard from the pure and sinless Vijvala , the great sin-destroying (hymn) called Vāsudeva (-hymn). In my world enjoy divine pleasures according to your desire.
The king said :
19. O god, if I, a poor person, am to be granted a boon, then first give an excellent boon to Vijvala.
Hari said :
20-22. O king, Vijvala’s father Kuñjala , adorned with knowledge, everyday recites the great hymn (in honour) of Vāsudeva. With his sons and wife, he will go to my abode. He always mutters this hymn; (so) I shall give him (its) fruit.
When these auspicious words were said (by Viṣṇu), the king spoke to Keśava (i.e. Viṣṇu): “O Keśava, make this very auspicious hymn fruitful.”
Hari said :
23-30. O great king, when, in the Kṛtayuga , men will praise (me with this hymn), they will undoubtedly go to (i.e. obtain) salvation (just) at that moment. O best king, those men who would mutter this hymn (in honour) of Viṣṇu, leading to salvation, for just three months in Tretāyuga , for six months in Dvāparayuga , and for a year in Kaliyuga , go to heaven. A brāhmaṇa who mutters it thrice or once (a day), gets whatever is desired by him. A kṣatriya , adorned with wealth and grains, gets victory. A viaiśya will be rich; a śūdra will be happy. He who relates this to a man of an inferior tribe, becomes free from sin. The hearer never sees (i.e. goes to) a terrible hell; and due to the grace of my hymn he will have accomplished everything. The manes of him who will recite it (i.e. get it recited) by brāhmaṇas at the time of a śrāddha , will go to Viṣṇu’s heaven after being satisfied. A brāhmaṇa or a kṣatriya should mutter (this hymn) at the end of presenting libations to the manes of the dead ancestors. His manes, with their minds pleased, drink nectar.
31-36a. If a man devoutly mutters this at the time of offering oblations to gods in a sacrifice, no difficulties come up there (i.e. in the sacrifice), and he will accomplish everything. One should utter this hymn in a danger in a difficult place, or in danger from a fierce tiger, or when danger from thieves has come up. O great king, that (danger etc.) will be removed. There is no doubt about it. At other auspicious (times) or when a man has gone, to the gate of a royal palace he mutters (i.e. should mutter) the hymn called Vāsudeva (-hymn) for ten thousand times. Well-bathed, free from anger and greed, with his mind controlled, a man should, with chastity, offer a sacrifice with sesamum-seeds, rice mixed with ghee of the measure of one-tenth (of them), after having worshipped Vāsudeva. Then men should offer a sacrifice to the hymn of praise.
36b. Like a good servant I never leave their side.
37-38a. When Kaliyuga has come (the recital) will give servitude to the hymn (i.e. the hymn will be a servant). It is (i.e.) should not be given to any one indiscriminately for fear of the) violation of (the sacredness of) the Vedas. He will be rich with all his desired objects here (i.e. in this world) only.
38b-42a. O king, listen, I have made this hymn fruitful. It was fashioned (i.e. composed) by Brahmā. Formerly it was muttered by Rudra . He was free from (the sin of) killing a brāhmaṇa. Indra also was free from sin. So also were gods, sages, guhyas (a class of demigods), siddhas, and the immortal vidyādharas . The serpent-demons propitiated the hymn, and obtained the complete attainment as desired by them. The donor, who will mutter my hymn, will be meritorious and blessed here (i.e. in this world). No doubt should be raised in this matter. O best king, come to my abode with your wife.
42b-45. Hari supported the king with his hand. There (at that time) drums (were) sounded; gandharvas sang lovely songs. Best celestial nymphs danced. All gods and sages showered flowers. They praised him with hymns. Then the king, along with his wife, went to Viṣṇu. That Vijvala, with his mind delighted, saw him being praised by hosts of gods and siddhas. He, of a great prowess, came there where his father and mother were.
[1]: [1] : Obviously a misprint. It should be Hara (god Śiva).
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43138, revision 335601 (2022-04-11T11:31:04Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365192.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.