Brahma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 2
Sourceसूत उवाच- शृणु शौनक वक्ष्यामि चान्यधर्म्मं पुरातनम् । व्यासजैमिनिसंवादं श्रोतॄणां पापनाशनम् १। जैमिनिरुवाच- कर्म्मणा हि गुरो केन मंदिरं जगतीपतेः । याति तत्कथयस्वाद्य नरः पापी च मे प्रभो २। व्यास उवाच- श्रीकृष्णमंदिरे यो वै लेपनं कुरुते नरः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः श्रांतो याति हरेर्गृहम् ३। यश्चांबुलेपनं कुर्यात्संक्षेपाच्छृणु जैमिने । तस्यपुण्यमहं वच्मि मंदिरे जगतीपतेः ४। तत्र यावंति पश्यंति रजांसि च द्विजोत्तम । तावत्कल्पसहस्राणि स वसेद्विष्णुमंदिरे ५। पुरासीद्दंडको नाम्ना चौरो लोकभयप्रदः । ब्रह्मस्वहारी मित्रघ्नो युगे द्वापरसंज्ञके ६। असत्यभाषी क्रूरश्च परस्त्रीगमने रतः । गोमांसाशी सुरापश्च पाखंडजनसंगभाक् ७। वृत्तिच्छेदी द्विजातीनां न्यासापहारकस्तथा । शरणागतहंता च वेश्याविभ्रमलोलुपः ८। एकदा स द्विजश्रेष्ठ कस्यचिद्विष्णुमंदिरम् । जगाम हरणार्थाय विष्णोर्द्रव्यं स मूढधीः ९। अथ द्वारि प्रविश्यासावंघ्रिः कर्द्दमसंयुतः । प्रोच्छितः सकलं निम्ने भूमौ देवगृहस्य च १०। तेनैव कर्म्मणा भूमिर्निम्नरिक्ता बभूव ह । लोहस्य च शलाकाभ्यां मुद्घाट्यत्वररंमुदा ११। प्रविवेश हरेर्गेहं वितानवरशोभितम् । रत्नकांचनदीपाढ्यं परिध्वस्त महत्तमम् १२। नानापुष्पसुगंधाढ्यं नानापात्रसमाकुलम् । सुवासितस्य तैलस्य गंधेन परिपूरितम् १३। अनेनहारकेणाथ पर्य्यंके सुमनोहरे । शायितो राधया सार्द्धं दृष्टः पीतांबरोऽच्युतः १४। प्रणम्य राधिकानाथं निष्पापः सोऽभवत्तदा । नेष्याम्यथ न नेष्यामि अनेन किं भवेन्मम १५। सेवां कर्त्तुमशक्तोऽहं यतश्चौरोऽस्मि सर्वदा । द्रव्येण कार्यमस्तीति तन्नेतुं कृतवान्मनः १६। पातयित्वांशुकं भूमौ कौशेयं कमलापतेः । बबंध वस्तुजातं च पाणौ कृत्वा सकंपितः १७। विष्णोर्मायापतेश्चाथ तानि सर्वाणि जैमिने । कृत्वा शब्दं सुघोरं च पतितान्यथ तानि वै १८। परित्यज्य सुनिद्रां च धावंत इति किन्वहो । आगता बहुशो लोकाश्चोरो द्रव्यं जवेन च १९। त्यक्त्वा धनं च चौरोऽपि त्रस्तः किंचिज्जगाम ह । दंशितः कालसर्पेण मृतोऽसौ गतकिल्बिषः २०। यमाज्ञया तस्य दूताः पाशमुद्गरपाणयः । आगतास्तं समानेतुं दंष्ट्रिणश्चर्मवाससः २१। बबंधुश्चर्मपाशेन निन्युर्दुर्गमवर्त्मना । दृष्ट्वा तं शमनः क्रुद्धः पप्रच्छ सचिवं प्रति २२। यम उवाच- अनेन किं कृतं कर्म पापं वा पुण्यमेव वा । समूलं वद हे प्राज्ञ चित्रगुप्त ममाग्रतः २३। चित्रगुप्त उवाच- सृष्टानि यानि पापानि विधात्रा पृथिवीतले । कृतान्यनेन मूढेन सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम् २४। किंत्वाकर्णय लोकेश सुकृतं चास्य वर्त्तते । मन्येऽहं यमुनाभ्रातः सर्वपापविलोपि तत् २५। धर्मराज उवाच- किं पुण्यं वर्त्ततेऽमात्य वद सारं ममांतिके । श्रुत्वैवं तद्विधास्यामि यत्र योग्यो भवेदसौ २६। यमस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सभयश्चित्रगुप्तकः । कृत्वा हस्तांजलिं प्राह चात्मनः स्वामिने द्विज २७। चित्रगुप्त उवाच- हरणार्थं हरेर्द्रव्यं गतोऽसौ पापिनां वरः । प्रोज्झितः कर्द्दमो राजन्पादयोर्द्वारतो हरेः २८। बभूव लिप्ता सा भूमिर्बिलच्छिद्र विवर्जिता । तेन पुण्यप्रभावेण निर्गतं पातकं महत् । वैकुंठं प्रतियोग्योऽसौ निर्गतस्तव दंडतः २९। व्यास उवाच- श्रुत्वा स वचनं तस्य पीठं कनकनिर्मितम् । ददौ तस्मै चोपविष्टस्तत्र पूज्योयमेनसः ३०। ननाम शिरसा तं वै प्रोवाच विनयान्वितः । यम उवाच- पवित्रं मंदिरं मेऽद्य पादयोस्तद्धि रेणुभिः ३१। कृतार्थोऽस्मि कृतार्थोऽस्मि कृतार्थोऽस्मि न संशयः । इदानीं गच्छ भो साधो हरेर्मंदिरमुत्तमम् ३२। नानाभोगसमायुक्तं जन्ममृत्युनिवारणम् । व्यास उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा धर्मराजोऽसौ स्यंदने स्वर्णनिर्मिते ३३। राजहंसयुते दिव्ये तमारोप्य गतैनसम् । समस्तसुखदं स्थानं प्रेषयामास चक्रिणः ३४। एवं प्रविष्टो वैकुंठे तत्र तस्थौ सुखं चिरम् । लेपनं ये प्रकुर्वंति भक्त्या तु हरिमंदिरम् ३५। तेषां किं वा भविष्यति न जानेऽहं द्विजोत्तम । य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या पठेद्यो वा समाहितः ३६। कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं नश्यत्येव न संशयः ३७। इति श्रीपाद्मेमहापुराणे ब्रह्मखंडे हरिमंदिरलेपनमाहात्म्यं। नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः २।
sūta uvāca- śṛṇu śaunaka vakṣyāmi cānyadharmmaṃ purātanam | vyāsajaiminisaṃvādaṃ śrotṝṇāṃ pāpanāśanam 1| jaiminiruvāca- karmmaṇā hi guro kena maṃdiraṃ jagatīpateḥ | yāti tatkathayasvādya naraḥ pāpī ca me prabho 2| vyāsa uvāca- śrīkṛṣṇamaṃdire yo vai lepanaṃ kurute naraḥ | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śrāṃto yāti harergṛham 3| yaścāṃbulepanaṃ kuryātsaṃkṣepācchṛṇu jaimine | tasyapuṇyamahaṃ vacmi maṃdire jagatīpateḥ 4| tatra yāvaṃti paśyaṃti rajāṃsi ca dvijottama | tāvatkalpasahasrāṇi sa vasedviṣṇumaṃdire 5| purāsīddaṃḍako nāmnā cauro lokabhayapradaḥ | brahmasvahārī mitraghno yuge dvāparasaṃjñake 6| asatyabhāṣī krūraśca parastrīgamane rataḥ | gomāṃsāśī surāpaśca pākhaṃḍajanasaṃgabhāk 7| vṛtticchedī dvijātīnāṃ nyāsāpahārakastathā | śaraṇāgatahaṃtā ca veśyāvibhramalolupaḥ 8| ekadā sa dvijaśreṣṭha kasyacidviṣṇumaṃdiram | jagāma haraṇārthāya viṣṇordravyaṃ sa mūḍhadhīḥ 9| atha dvāri praviśyāsāvaṃghriḥ karddamasaṃyutaḥ | procchitaḥ sakalaṃ nimne bhūmau devagṛhasya ca 10| tenaiva karmmaṇā bhūmirnimnariktā babhūva ha | lohasya ca śalākābhyāṃ mudghāṭyatvararaṃmudā 11| praviveśa harergehaṃ vitānavaraśobhitam | ratnakāṃcanadīpāḍhyaṃ paridhvasta mahattamam 12| nānāpuṣpasugaṃdhāḍhyaṃ nānāpātrasamākulam | suvāsitasya tailasya gaṃdhena paripūritam 13| anenahārakeṇātha paryyaṃke sumanohare | śāyito rādhayā sārddhaṃ dṛṣṭaḥ pītāṃbaro'cyutaḥ 14| praṇamya rādhikānāthaṃ niṣpāpaḥ so'bhavattadā | neṣyāmyatha na neṣyāmi anena kiṃ bhavenmama 15| sevāṃ karttumaśakto'haṃ yataścauro'smi sarvadā | dravyeṇa kāryamastīti tannetuṃ kṛtavānmanaḥ 16| pātayitvāṃśukaṃ bhūmau kauśeyaṃ kamalāpateḥ | babaṃdha vastujātaṃ ca pāṇau kṛtvā sakaṃpitaḥ 17| viṣṇormāyāpateścātha tāni sarvāṇi jaimine | kṛtvā śabdaṃ sughoraṃ ca patitānyatha tāni vai 18| parityajya sunidrāṃ ca dhāvaṃta iti kinvaho | āgatā bahuśo lokāścoro dravyaṃ javena ca 19| tyaktvā dhanaṃ ca cauro'pi trastaḥ kiṃcijjagāma ha | daṃśitaḥ kālasarpeṇa mṛto'sau gatakilbiṣaḥ 20| yamājñayā tasya dūtāḥ pāśamudgarapāṇayaḥ | āgatāstaṃ samānetuṃ daṃṣṭriṇaścarmavāsasaḥ 21| babaṃdhuścarmapāśena ninyurdurgamavartmanā | dṛṣṭvā taṃ śamanaḥ kruddhaḥ papraccha sacivaṃ prati 22| yama uvāca- anena kiṃ kṛtaṃ karma pāpaṃ vā puṇyameva vā | samūlaṃ vada he prājña citragupta mamāgrataḥ 23| citragupta uvāca- sṛṣṭāni yāni pāpāni vidhātrā pṛthivītale | kṛtānyanena mūḍhena satyametanmayoditam 24| kiṃtvākarṇaya lokeśa sukṛtaṃ cāsya varttate | manye'haṃ yamunābhrātaḥ sarvapāpavilopi tat 25| dharmarāja uvāca- kiṃ puṇyaṃ varttate'mātya vada sāraṃ mamāṃtike | śrutvaivaṃ tadvidhāsyāmi yatra yogyo bhavedasau 26| yamasya vacanaṃ śrutvā sabhayaścitraguptakaḥ | kṛtvā hastāṃjaliṃ prāha cātmanaḥ svāmine dvija 27| citragupta uvāca- haraṇārthaṃ harerdravyaṃ gato'sau pāpināṃ varaḥ | projjhitaḥ karddamo rājanpādayordvārato hareḥ 28| babhūva liptā sā bhūmirbilacchidra vivarjitā | tena puṇyaprabhāveṇa nirgataṃ pātakaṃ mahat | vaikuṃṭhaṃ pratiyogyo'sau nirgatastava daṃḍataḥ 29| vyāsa uvāca- śrutvā sa vacanaṃ tasya pīṭhaṃ kanakanirmitam | dadau tasmai copaviṣṭastatra pūjyoyamenasaḥ 30| nanāma śirasā taṃ vai provāca vinayānvitaḥ | yama uvāca- pavitraṃ maṃdiraṃ me'dya pādayostaddhi reṇubhiḥ 31| kṛtārtho'smi kṛtārtho'smi kṛtārtho'smi na saṃśayaḥ | idānīṃ gaccha bho sādho harermaṃdiramuttamam 32| nānābhogasamāyuktaṃ janmamṛtyunivāraṇam | vyāsa uvāca- ityuktvā dharmarājo'sau syaṃdane svarṇanirmite 33| rājahaṃsayute divye tamāropya gatainasam | samastasukhadaṃ sthānaṃ preṣayāmāsa cakriṇaḥ 34| evaṃ praviṣṭo vaikuṃṭhe tatra tasthau sukhaṃ ciram | lepanaṃ ye prakurvaṃti bhaktyā tu harimaṃdiram 35| teṣāṃ kiṃ vā bhaviṣyati na jāne'haṃ dvijottama | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā paṭhedyo vā samāhitaḥ 36| koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ naśyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ 37| iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṃḍe harimaṃdiralepanamāhātmyaṃ| nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ 2|
English translation
Sūta said :
1. O Saunaka , listen. I shall tell you (about) the ancient way of life (from) the conversation between Vyāsa and Jaimini , which destroys the sins of the listeners.
Jaimini said :
2. O lord, O preceptor, tell me today by (doing) which acts does a sinful man go to the abode of the lord of the world.
Vyāsa said :
3. That man who besmears (the ground) in the temple of Viṣṇu , is freed from all sins, becomes tranquil and goes to the abode of Hari (i.e. Viṣṇu).
4-5. O Jaimini, listen, I shall tell you in brief about the religious merit of him who smears (i.e. sprinkles) with water (the ground) in the temple of the lord of the world. O best brāhmaṇa , he would live in the abode of Viṣṇu for as many thousands of kalpas as the dust particles are seen there.
6-14. Formerly there was a thief by name Daṇḍaka . He was a terror to the people. He snatched away the wealth of brāhmaṇas ; he killed his friends; in the yuga called Dvāpara he told lies; he was cruel; he took delight in going to (i.e. having illicit connection with) others’ wives. He ate the flesh of cows; he drank liquor; and kept company of heretics. He cut off (the means of) the livelihood of the brāhmaṇas; he usurped the deposits (kept with him); he killed those who sought his shelter; he ardently longed for the amorous movements of prostitutes. Once that foolish man went to the temple of Viṣṇu belonging to a brāhmaṇa to steal the wealth of Viṣṇu. When he entered (the temple). he put his foot (dirty) with mud at low-levelled ground at the door of the temple. Just by that act the ground was free from slope. With joy he opened the panel of the door with two iron rods. He entered the temple of Viṣṇu adorned with an excellent canopy. It was having a jewelled golden lamp which had dispelled the great (i.e. thick) darkness. It was rich with the fragrance of many flowers; it was full of many vessels. It was filled with the fragrance of fragrant oil. The thief saw (the image of) Viṣṇu clad in a yellow garment sleeping (i.e. lying) with Rādhā on a very lovely bed.
15-22. Having saluted (i.e. when he saluted) the lord of Rādhā he became free from sins. ‘Shall I take (away this wealth) or shall I not take away? (In) what (way) would it be (useful) to me? Since I am an all-time thief, I am unable to serve (the lord). The wealth would serve my purpose.’ Thinking thus, he made up his mind to take it (away). Dropping on the ground the silken garment of the lord of Lakṣmī and keeping all the things in his hand, he, trembling, tied them (in the garment). O Jaimini, all those things of Viṣṇu, the master of illusory power ( Māyā ), fell down (on the ground) making a very fearful sound. Abandoning their sound sleep, and running, (saying) ‘Oh! what is this?’, many people came there. The thief, being frightened, left the things and (other) wealth (there only) and speedily fled somewhere. Being bitten by a black and most poisonous snake, he died and was freed from sins. By Yama ’s order his messengers with nooses and hammers in their hands and clad in skins and having fangs came (there) to take him (to Yama’s abode). They tied him with leather straps and took him along a difficult path. Seeing him, Yama was angry, and asked his counsellor:
Yama said :
23. O wise Citragupta , tell me (about) the entire deed, sinful or virtuous, which he has done.
Citragupta said :
24-25. This fool has committed all the sins that the Creator has created on the earth. I have told the truth; but O lord of the world, listen. He has also (done) some good deed. I think, O brother of Yamunā , that would destroy all his sins.
Dharmarāja (i.e. Yama) said :
26-27. O minister, tell me what religious merit he has. Tell me the real truth. Hearing so, I shall put him where he would be fit.
Hearing the words of Yama, Citragupta, who was afraid, joined the palms of his hands, and spoke to his master, O brāhmaṇa:
Citragupta said :
28-29. This worst sinner among sinners had gone to steal the wealth of Viṣṇu. At the door of (the temple of) Viṣṇu, he threw the mud (clung) to his two feet. That floor was covered (with mud) and free from holes and pits. By the power of the religious merit his great sin has gone out (of him). He is fit for (staying in) Vaikuṇṭha . He is out (of the jurisdiction of) your punishment.
Vyāsa said :
30-31a. Hearing these words he (i.e. Yama) gave him a seat made of gold. He sat there; he was honoured by Yama. With his head (bent down) he saluted him, and politely said to him:
Yama said :
31b-33a. With the dust particles of your feet my abode is purified today. I am blessed, I am lucky, I am lucky ; no doubt about it. O good one, now go to Viṣṇu’s excellent abode which is full of many enjoyments and which keeps off birth and death.
Vyāsa said :
33b-37. Saying like this, that Dharmarāja (i.e. Yama) placed him whose sins had gone (away), in a divine chariot which was made of gold and to which royal swans were yoked, and sent him to Viṣṇu’s place which gives all pleasures. Thus he entered Vaikuṇṭha and lived there for a long time. O best brāhmaṇa, I do not know what will happen to them who do not devoutly besmear the temple of Viṣṇu. The sin of him, earned during crores of existences, who would devoutly listen to this (account) or would attentively recite it, perishes. There is no doubt about it.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 42766, revision 335783 (2022-04-15T03:11:15Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365286.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.