Bhūmi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 118
Sourceकपिंजल उवाच- गंगामुखे पुरा तात रोदमाना वरांगना । नेत्राभ्यामश्रुबिंदूनि पतंति च महाजले १। गंगामध्ये निमज्जंति भवंति कमलानि च । पुष्पाणि दिव्यरूपाणि सौगंधानि महांति च २। तस्यास्तात सुनेत्राभ्यां किमर्थं प्रपतंति च । गंगोदके महाभाग निर्मला अश्रुबिंदवः ३। अस्थिचर्मावशेषस्तु जटाचीरधरः पुनः । तानि सौगंधयुक्तानि पद्मानि विचिनोति सः ४। हेमवर्णानि दिव्यानि नीत्वा शिवं समर्चयेत् । सा का नारी समाचक्ष्व स वा को हि महामते ५। अर्चयित्वा शिवं सोथ कस्मात्पश्चात्प्रदेवति । एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व यद्यहं वल्लभस्तव ६। कुंजल उवाच- शृणु वत्स प्रवक्ष्यामि वृत्तांतं देवनिर्मितम् । चरित्रं सर्वपापघ्नं विष्णोश्चैव महात्मनः ७। योसौ हुंडो महावीर्यो नहुषेण हतो रणे । तस्य पुत्रस्तु विख्यातो विहुंडस्तप आस्थितः ८। निहतं पितरं श्रुत्वा सामात्यं सपरिच्छदम् । आयुपुत्रेण वीरेण नहुषेण बलीयसा ९। तपस्तपति सक्रोधाद्देवान्हंतुं समुद्यतः । पौरुषं तस्य दुष्टस्य तपसा वर्द्धितस्य च १०। जानंति देवताः सर्वा दुःसहं समरांगणे । हुंडात्मजो विहुंडस्तु त्रैलोक्यं हंतुमुद्यतः ११। पितुर्वैरं करिष्यामि हनिष्ये मानवान्सुरान् । एवं समुद्यतः पापी देवब्राह्मणकंटकः १२। उपद्रवं समारेभे प्रजाः पीडयते च सः । तस्यैव तेजसा दग्धा देवाश्चेंद्रपुरोगमाः १३। शरणं देवदेवस्य जग्मुर्विष्णोर्महात्मनः । देवदेवं जगन्नाथं शंखचक्रगदाधरम् १४। ऊचुश्च पाहि नो नित्यं विहुंडस्य महाभयात् । श्रीविष्णुरुवाच- वर्द्धंतु देवताः सर्वाः सुसुखेन महेश्वराः १५। विहुंडं नाशयिष्यामि पापिष्ठं देवकंटकम् । एवमाभाष्य तान्देवान्मायां कृत्वा जनार्दनः १६। स्वयमेवस्थितस्तत्र नंदने सुमहायशाः । मायामयं चकाराथ स्त्रीरूपं च गुणान्वितम् १७। विष्णुमाया महाभागा सर्वविश्वप्रमोहिनी । चकार रूपमतुलं विष्णोर्मायाप्रमोहिनी १८। विहुंडस्य वधार्थाय रूपलावण्यशालिनी । कुंजल उवाच- स देवानां वधार्थाय दिव्यमार्गं जगाम ह १९। नंदनांते ततो मायामपश्यद्दितिजेश्वरः । तया विमोहितो दैत्यः कामबाणकृतांतरः २०। आत्मनाशं न जानाति कालरूपां वरस्त्रियम् । तां दृष्ट्वा नवहेमाभां रूपद्रविणशालिनीम् २१। लुब्धो विहुंडः पापात्मा तामुवाच वरांगनाम् । कासि कस्य वरारोहे ममचित्तप्रमाथिनि २२। संगमं देहि मे भद्रे रक्षरक्ष वरानने । संगमात्तव देवेशि यद्यदिच्छसि सांप्रतम् २३। तत्तद्दद्मि महाभागे दुर्लभं देवदानवैः । मायोवाच- मामेव भोक्तुमिच्छा चेद्दायं मे देहि दानव २४। सप्तकोटिमितैश्चैव पुष्पैः पूजय शंकरम् । कामोदसंभवैर्दिव्यैः सौगंधैर्देवदुर्लभैः २५। तेषां पुष्पकृतां मालां मम कंठे तु दानव । आरोपय महाभाग एतद्दायं प्रदेहि मे २६। तदाहं सुप्रिया भार्या भविष्यामि न संशयः । विहुंड उवाच- एवं देवि करिष्यामि वरं दद्मि प्रयाचितम् २७। वनानि यानि पुण्यानि दिव्यानि दितिजेश्वरः । बभ्राममन्मथाविष्टो न च पश्यति तं द्रुमम् २८। कामोदकाख्यं पप्रच्छ यत्रतत्र गतः स्वयम् । कामोदाख्यद्रुमो नास्ति वदंत्येवं महाजनाः २९। पृच्छमानः स दुष्टात्मा कामबाणैः प्रपीडितः । पप्रच्छ भार्गवं गत्वा भक्त्या नमित कंधरः ३०। कामोदकं द्रुमं ब्रूहि कांतं पुष्पसमन्वितम् । शुक्र उवाच- कामोदः पादपो नास्ति योषिदेवास्ति दानव ३१। यदा सा हसते चैव प्रसंगेन प्रहर्षिता । तद्धासाज्जज्ञिरे दैत्य सुगंधीनि वराण्यपि ३२। सुमान्येतानि दिव्यानि कामोदाया न संशयः । हृद्यानि पीतपुष्पाणि सौरभेण युतानि च ३३। तेनाप्येकेन पुष्पेण यः समर्चति शंकरम् । तस्येप्सितं महाकामं संपूरयति शंकरः ३४। अस्याश्च रोदनाद्दैत्य प्रभवंति न संशयः । तादृशान्येव पुष्पाणि लोहितानि महांति च ३५। सौरभेण विना दैत्य तेषां स्पर्शं न कारयेत् । एवमाकर्णितं तेन वाक्यं शुक्रस्य भाषितम् ३६। उवाच सा तु कुत्रास्ति कामोदा भृगुनंदन । शुक्र उवाच- गंगाद्वारे महापुण्ये महापातकनाशने ३७। कामोदाख्यं पुरं तत्र निर्मितं विश्वकर्मणा । कामोदपत्तने नारी दिव्यभोगैरलंकृता ३८। तथा चाभरणैर्भाति सर्वदेवैः सुपूजिता । त्वया तत्रैव गंतव्यं पूजितव्या वराप्सराः ३९। उपायेनापि पुण्येन तां प्रहासय दानव । एवमुक्त्वा तु योगींद्र सः शुक्रो दानवं प्रति ४०। विरराम महातेजाः स्वकार्यायोद्यतोऽभवत् ४१।
kapiṃjala uvāca- gaṃgāmukhe purā tāta rodamānā varāṃganā | netrābhyāmaśrubiṃdūni pataṃti ca mahājale 1| gaṃgāmadhye nimajjaṃti bhavaṃti kamalāni ca | puṣpāṇi divyarūpāṇi saugaṃdhāni mahāṃti ca 2| tasyāstāta sunetrābhyāṃ kimarthaṃ prapataṃti ca | gaṃgodake mahābhāga nirmalā aśrubiṃdavaḥ 3| asthicarmāvaśeṣastu jaṭācīradharaḥ punaḥ | tāni saugaṃdhayuktāni padmāni vicinoti saḥ 4| hemavarṇāni divyāni nītvā śivaṃ samarcayet | sā kā nārī samācakṣva sa vā ko hi mahāmate 5| arcayitvā śivaṃ sotha kasmātpaścātpradevati | etanme sarvamācakṣva yadyahaṃ vallabhastava 6| kuṃjala uvāca- śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi vṛttāṃtaṃ devanirmitam | caritraṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ viṣṇoścaiva mahātmanaḥ 7| yosau huṃḍo mahāvīryo nahuṣeṇa hato raṇe | tasya putrastu vikhyāto vihuṃḍastapa āsthitaḥ 8| nihataṃ pitaraṃ śrutvā sāmātyaṃ saparicchadam | āyuputreṇa vīreṇa nahuṣeṇa balīyasā 9| tapastapati sakrodhāddevānhaṃtuṃ samudyataḥ | pauruṣaṃ tasya duṣṭasya tapasā varddhitasya ca 10| jānaṃti devatāḥ sarvā duḥsahaṃ samarāṃgaṇe | huṃḍātmajo vihuṃḍastu trailokyaṃ haṃtumudyataḥ 11| piturvairaṃ kariṣyāmi haniṣye mānavānsurān | evaṃ samudyataḥ pāpī devabrāhmaṇakaṃṭakaḥ 12| upadravaṃ samārebhe prajāḥ pīḍayate ca saḥ | tasyaiva tejasā dagdhā devāśceṃdrapurogamāḥ 13| śaraṇaṃ devadevasya jagmurviṣṇormahātmanaḥ | devadevaṃ jagannāthaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam 14| ūcuśca pāhi no nityaṃ vihuṃḍasya mahābhayāt | śrīviṣṇuruvāca- varddhaṃtu devatāḥ sarvāḥ susukhena maheśvarāḥ 15| vihuṃḍaṃ nāśayiṣyāmi pāpiṣṭhaṃ devakaṃṭakam | evamābhāṣya tāndevānmāyāṃ kṛtvā janārdanaḥ 16| svayamevasthitastatra naṃdane sumahāyaśāḥ | māyāmayaṃ cakārātha strīrūpaṃ ca guṇānvitam 17| viṣṇumāyā mahābhāgā sarvaviśvapramohinī | cakāra rūpamatulaṃ viṣṇormāyāpramohinī 18| vihuṃḍasya vadhārthāya rūpalāvaṇyaśālinī | kuṃjala uvāca- sa devānāṃ vadhārthāya divyamārgaṃ jagāma ha 19| naṃdanāṃte tato māyāmapaśyadditijeśvaraḥ | tayā vimohito daityaḥ kāmabāṇakṛtāṃtaraḥ 20| ātmanāśaṃ na jānāti kālarūpāṃ varastriyam | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā navahemābhāṃ rūpadraviṇaśālinīm 21| lubdho vihuṃḍaḥ pāpātmā tāmuvāca varāṃganām | kāsi kasya varārohe mamacittapramāthini 22| saṃgamaṃ dehi me bhadre rakṣarakṣa varānane | saṃgamāttava deveśi yadyadicchasi sāṃpratam 23| tattaddadmi mahābhāge durlabhaṃ devadānavaiḥ | māyovāca- māmeva bhoktumicchā ceddāyaṃ me dehi dānava 24| saptakoṭimitaiścaiva puṣpaiḥ pūjaya śaṃkaram | kāmodasaṃbhavairdivyaiḥ saugaṃdhairdevadurlabhaiḥ 25| teṣāṃ puṣpakṛtāṃ mālāṃ mama kaṃṭhe tu dānava | āropaya mahābhāga etaddāyaṃ pradehi me 26| tadāhaṃ supriyā bhāryā bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ | vihuṃḍa uvāca- evaṃ devi kariṣyāmi varaṃ dadmi prayācitam 27| vanāni yāni puṇyāni divyāni ditijeśvaraḥ | babhrāmamanmathāviṣṭo na ca paśyati taṃ drumam 28| kāmodakākhyaṃ papraccha yatratatra gataḥ svayam | kāmodākhyadrumo nāsti vadaṃtyevaṃ mahājanāḥ 29| pṛcchamānaḥ sa duṣṭātmā kāmabāṇaiḥ prapīḍitaḥ | papraccha bhārgavaṃ gatvā bhaktyā namita kaṃdharaḥ 30| kāmodakaṃ drumaṃ brūhi kāṃtaṃ puṣpasamanvitam | śukra uvāca- kāmodaḥ pādapo nāsti yoṣidevāsti dānava 31| yadā sā hasate caiva prasaṃgena praharṣitā | taddhāsājjajñire daitya sugaṃdhīni varāṇyapi 32| sumānyetāni divyāni kāmodāyā na saṃśayaḥ | hṛdyāni pītapuṣpāṇi saurabheṇa yutāni ca 33| tenāpyekena puṣpeṇa yaḥ samarcati śaṃkaram | tasyepsitaṃ mahākāmaṃ saṃpūrayati śaṃkaraḥ 34| asyāśca rodanāddaitya prabhavaṃti na saṃśayaḥ | tādṛśānyeva puṣpāṇi lohitāni mahāṃti ca 35| saurabheṇa vinā daitya teṣāṃ sparśaṃ na kārayet | evamākarṇitaṃ tena vākyaṃ śukrasya bhāṣitam 36| uvāca sā tu kutrāsti kāmodā bhṛgunaṃdana | śukra uvāca- gaṃgādvāre mahāpuṇye mahāpātakanāśane 37| kāmodākhyaṃ puraṃ tatra nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā | kāmodapattane nārī divyabhogairalaṃkṛtā 38| tathā cābharaṇairbhāti sarvadevaiḥ supūjitā | tvayā tatraiva gaṃtavyaṃ pūjitavyā varāpsarāḥ 39| upāyenāpi puṇyena tāṃ prahāsaya dānava | evamuktvā tu yogīṃdra saḥ śukro dānavaṃ prati 40| virarāma mahātejāḥ svakāryāyodyato'bhavat 41|
English translation
Kapiñjala said :
1-6. O father, a beautiful lady was formerly weeping at the mouth of the Ganges . From her eyes tears fell into the great water. They sank into the Ganges and became lotuses. (These) flowers were of a divine nature, great, and fragrant. O father, O illustrious one, why did the pure tears fall from her beautiful eyes into the water of the Ganges? A bearded man, having but bones and skin left (on his body) and clothed in a long strip of cloth, collected those fragrant lotuses. Taking those divine (lotuses) of golden colour, he would worship Śiva with them. O you very intelligent one, tell me who that lady is and who that man is. Why does he lament after having worshipped Śiva? If I am dear to you tell all this to me.
Kuñjala said :
7. O child, listen. I shall tell you the account of happenings relating to gods. (I shall also tell you) the account of the noble Viṣṇu that destroys all sins.
8-9. That Vihuṇḍa , the well-known son of that very mighty Huṇḍa who was killed by Nahuṣa in the battle, practised penance, after hearing that his father (i.e. Huṇḍa) along with his ministers and retinue was killed by the brave and mighty Nahuṣa, Āyu’s son.
10-13a. Ready to kill the gods he angrily practised penance. All gods knew the valour of the wicked one which was augmented by means of penance, and knew him to be irresistible in the battle. (They said:) “Vihuṇḍa, the son of Huṇḍa, is out to destroy the three worlds.” (Vihuṇḍa thought:) ‘I shall wreak revenge for my father and shall kill human beings and gods.’ The sinful one, a source of vexation to gods and brāhmaṇas , got ready and started doing harm, and harassed the beings.
13b-15a. Gods scorched by his lustre only and led by Indra , sought the shelter of the noble Viṣṇu, the god of gods; and they said to the god of gods, the lord of the world, and the holder of a conch, a disc and a mace: “Always protect us from the great fear due to Vihuṇḍa.”
Śrī Viṣṇu said :
15b-19a. May all deities and great gods prosper with great happiness. I shall destroy the most sinful Vihuṇḍa, the source of vexation to the gods.
Speaking thus to those gods the very glorious Viṣṇu produced illusion and himself remained in the Nandana (grove). He took up an illusory form of a female endowed with merits. Viṣṇu’s Māyā is glorious and deludes the entire universe. Viṣṇu’s Māyā took up a matchless form having a good figure and beauty to kill Vihuṇḍa.
Kuñjala said :
19b-24a. To kill the gods he went up the divine path. Then the lord of the demons saw the Illusion in the Nandana grove. The demon deluded by her with his heart rent by Cupid’s arrows did not realise that the excellent woman was of the form of Death and his destruction. Seeing her shining like gold and shining with the wealth of beauty, Vihuṇḍa longed for her and he, the sinner, said to that excellent lady: “Who are you? To whom do you belong? O you beautiful lady, O you who torture my heart, give me company. O you beautiful lady, by your company protect me, protect me. O you chief of deities, O you illustrious one, I shall give you all that, difficult to be obtained by gods and demons, which you ask for.”
Māyā ( Illusion ) said :
24b-27a. O demon, if you have a desire to enjoy me, give me a present. Worship Śiva with seven crores of divine, fragrant flowers grown on Kāmoda, and difficult to be obtained (even) by gods. O noble one, put around my neck the garland made of those flowers. Give me this present. Then I shall be a very dear wife of you.
Vihuṇḍa said :
27b-3la. O respectable lady, I shall do so. I shall give you the present asked for (by you).
Overpowered by love the lord of demons wandered through groves that were auspicious and divine; but he did not find the tree called Kāmoda. He himself went everywhere and asked (people) about the tree. Distinguished people told him that there was no tree called Kāmoda. Thus asking (people) the wicked-souled one being very much tormented by the arrows of Cupid, went to Śukra , and with his neck bent down through devotion asked him (about the tree). (He said): “Tell me about the charming tree called Kāmoda and full of flowers.”
Śukra said :
31b-37a. O demon, there is no tree (called) Kāmodā . (However) there is a lady (named Kāmodā). When delighted by some incident she laughs, then, O demon, from her laughter are produced fragrant, excellent flowers. These divine flowers are of Kāmodā. There is no doubt about it. They are charming yellow flowers and have fragrance. Śiva fulfils the great desire of him who worships Śiva even with one flower (of Kāmodā). O demon, from her weeping also similar large (but) reddish flowers are undoubtedly produced. O demon, they have no fragrance. One should not touch them.
Hearing these words uttered by Śukra, he said: “O you son of Bhṛgu , where is that Kāmodā?”
Śukra said :
37b-41. In the very auspicious Gaṅgādvāra , the destroyer of great sins, the city named Kāmoda is fashioned by the architect of gods. In that city called Kāmoda, lives a lady graced with divine possessions; she also shines with ornaments, and is well-honoured by all gods. You should go there only, and should worship that excellent celestial nymph. O demon, with some auspicious means, make her laugh.
Speaking thus to the demon, that lord of meditating sages, Śukra, possessing great lustre, ceased (speaking), and became engaged in his own work.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 25454, revision 335687 (2022-04-12T19:08:55Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365211.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.