Brahma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 10
Sourceसूत उवाच- ऐरावतस्ततो जज्ञे तथैवोच्चैःश्रवा हयः । धन्वंतरिः पारिजातः सुरभिश्चाप्सरोदयः १। ततः प्रभातसमये द्वादश्यामुदिते रवौ । उत्पन्ना श्रीर्महालक्ष्मीः सर्वलक्षणशोभिता २। ददृशुस्तां महादेवीं मातरं धर्मदेवताः । प्रहृष्टाः सर्वजंतूनां श्रीकृष्णहृदयालयाम् ३। लक्ष्मीभ्राता शीतरश्मिर्जातश्च सुधया ततः । उत्पन्ना सा हरेर्जाया तुलसी लोकपावनी ४। तं शैलं पूर्ववत्स्थाप्य परिपूर्णमनोरथाः । समेत्य मातरं स्तुत्वा जेपुः श्रीसूक्तमुत्तमम् ५। ततः प्रसन्ना सा देवी सर्वान्देवानुवाच ह । वरं वृणीध्वं भद्रं वो वरदाहं सुरोत्तमाः ६। देवा ऊचुः- प्रसीद कमले देवि सर्वमातर्हरिप्रिये । त्वया विना जगच्छून्यं कुरु प्राणप्ररक्षणम् ७। इत्युक्ता सा महालक्ष्मीः प्राह नारायणप्रिया । इदानीं सर्वजंतूनां प्राणरक्षां करोम्यहम् ८। ततो नारायणः श्रीमाञ्छंखचक्रगदाधरः । आविर्बभूव सहसा दयालुर्जगदीश्वरः ९। ततस्ते तुष्टुवुर्देवाः प्रणम्य जगतां पतिम् । कृतांजलिपुटाः प्रोचुः हर्षगद्गदभाषिणः १०। गृहाण मातरं विष्णो महिषीं वल्लभां तव । संसाररक्षणार्थाय लक्ष्मीमनपगामिनीम् । यावत्प्रतिज्ञां नो चक्रे तावत्प्राहेंदिरा हरिम् ११। लक्ष्मीरुवाच- अविवाह्य कथं ज्येष्ठामलक्ष्मीं मधुसूदन । तस्याः कनिष्ठां मां नाथ विवाहं कर्तुमिच्छसि । ज्येष्ठायां च स्थितायां वै कनिष्ठा परिणीयते १२। सूत उवाच- इति श्रुत्वा ततो विष्णुर्ददौ चोद्दालकाय च । वेदवाक्यानुरूपेण ह्यलक्ष्मीं निर्जरैः सह १३। ततो नारायणः श्रीमान्लक्ष्मीमंगीचकार ह । ततः सुरगणाः सर्वे नमश्चक्रुः पुनःपुनः १४। अथ ते चासुरान्सर्वान्जघ्नुः सर्वे बलाधिकाः । सर्वे ते क्रंदमानाश्च गताश्चैव दिशो दश १५। सुधां तत्खादितुं चक्रुर्देवाः पंक्तिं यथाक्रमम् । श्रीविष्णोराज्ञया सर्वे चोचुश्चैव परस्परम् १६। त्वं च देहि त्वं च देहि त्वं च देहीति चाब्रुवन् । न शक्तोऽस्मि न शक्तोऽस्मि न शक्तोऽस्मीति चाब्रुवन् १७। ततो विष्णुः समुत्तस्थौ स्त्रीरूपं च दधार ह । चकार स्वर्णपात्रे तत्पीयूषपरिवेषणम् १८। पीयूषभक्षणं राहुर्यावत्कुर्याद्द्विजोत्तम । चंद्रसूर्यौ चोक्तवंतौ राक्षसोऽसौ छलागतः १९। ततः क्रुद्धो जगन्नाथो जघान स्वर्णपात्रतः । शिरस्तस्य पपातोर्व्यां केतुर्नाम्ना बभूव ह २०। राहुकेतू ततस्तूर्णं गतौ तौ भयविह्वलौ । इदानीं तद्दिने प्राप्ते चंद्रसूर्यौ स युध्यति २१। कुर्याद्ग्रासं सैंहिकेयस्तत्क्षणं दुर्लभं भवेत् । सर्वं गंगासमं तोयं वेदव्याससमा द्विजाः २२। स्नानं वायसतीर्थे यो गंगास्नानफलं लभेत् । दानमक्षयपुण्यं स्यात्कोटिजन्मार्जितं तथा २३। पापं नश्येत्समूलं च किं पुनः क्रतुकोटिभिः । विद्यार्थी लभते विद्यां पुत्रार्थी पुत्रमाप्यते २४। मोक्षार्थी लभते मोक्षं मंत्रसिद्धिर्भवेद्ध्रुवम् । इति ते कथितं विप्र समुद्रमथनं तु तत् २५। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे ब्रह्मखंडे सूतशौनकादिकसंवादे समुद्रमथनंनाम दशमोऽध्यायः १०।
sūta uvāca- airāvatastato jajñe tathaivoccaiḥśravā hayaḥ | dhanvaṃtariḥ pārijātaḥ surabhiścāpsarodayaḥ 1| tataḥ prabhātasamaye dvādaśyāmudite ravau | utpannā śrīrmahālakṣmīḥ sarvalakṣaṇaśobhitā 2| dadṛśustāṃ mahādevīṃ mātaraṃ dharmadevatāḥ | prahṛṣṭāḥ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ śrīkṛṣṇahṛdayālayām 3| lakṣmībhrātā śītaraśmirjātaśca sudhayā tataḥ | utpannā sā harerjāyā tulasī lokapāvanī 4| taṃ śailaṃ pūrvavatsthāpya paripūrṇamanorathāḥ | sametya mātaraṃ stutvā jepuḥ śrīsūktamuttamam 5| tataḥ prasannā sā devī sarvāndevānuvāca ha | varaṃ vṛṇīdhvaṃ bhadraṃ vo varadāhaṃ surottamāḥ 6| devā ūcuḥ- prasīda kamale devi sarvamātarharipriye | tvayā vinā jagacchūnyaṃ kuru prāṇaprarakṣaṇam 7| ityuktā sā mahālakṣmīḥ prāha nārāyaṇapriyā | idānīṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ prāṇarakṣāṃ karomyaham 8| tato nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmāñchaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ | āvirbabhūva sahasā dayālurjagadīśvaraḥ 9| tataste tuṣṭuvurdevāḥ praṇamya jagatāṃ patim | kṛtāṃjalipuṭāḥ procuḥ harṣagadgadabhāṣiṇaḥ 10| gṛhāṇa mātaraṃ viṣṇo mahiṣīṃ vallabhāṃ tava | saṃsārarakṣaṇārthāya lakṣmīmanapagāminīm | yāvatpratijñāṃ no cakre tāvatprāheṃdirā harim 11| lakṣmīruvāca- avivāhya kathaṃ jyeṣṭhāmalakṣmīṃ madhusūdana | tasyāḥ kaniṣṭhāṃ māṃ nātha vivāhaṃ kartumicchasi | jyeṣṭhāyāṃ ca sthitāyāṃ vai kaniṣṭhā pariṇīyate 12| sūta uvāca- iti śrutvā tato viṣṇurdadau coddālakāya ca | vedavākyānurūpeṇa hyalakṣmīṃ nirjaraiḥ saha 13| tato nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānlakṣmīmaṃgīcakāra ha | tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve namaścakruḥ punaḥpunaḥ 14| atha te cāsurānsarvānjaghnuḥ sarve balādhikāḥ | sarve te kraṃdamānāśca gatāścaiva diśo daśa 15| sudhāṃ tatkhādituṃ cakrurdevāḥ paṃktiṃ yathākramam | śrīviṣṇorājñayā sarve cocuścaiva parasparam 16| tvaṃ ca dehi tvaṃ ca dehi tvaṃ ca dehīti cābruvan | na śakto'smi na śakto'smi na śakto'smīti cābruvan 17| tato viṣṇuḥ samuttasthau strīrūpaṃ ca dadhāra ha | cakāra svarṇapātre tatpīyūṣapariveṣaṇam 18| pīyūṣabhakṣaṇaṃ rāhuryāvatkuryāddvijottama | caṃdrasūryau coktavaṃtau rākṣaso'sau chalāgataḥ 19| tataḥ kruddho jagannātho jaghāna svarṇapātrataḥ | śirastasya papātorvyāṃ keturnāmnā babhūva ha 20| rāhuketū tatastūrṇaṃ gatau tau bhayavihvalau | idānīṃ taddine prāpte caṃdrasūryau sa yudhyati 21| kuryādgrāsaṃ saiṃhikeyastatkṣaṇaṃ durlabhaṃ bhavet | sarvaṃ gaṃgāsamaṃ toyaṃ vedavyāsasamā dvijāḥ 22| snānaṃ vāyasatīrthe yo gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ labhet | dānamakṣayapuṇyaṃ syātkoṭijanmārjitaṃ tathā 23| pāpaṃ naśyetsamūlaṃ ca kiṃ punaḥ kratukoṭibhiḥ | vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ putrārthī putramāpyate 24| mokṣārthī labhate mokṣaṃ maṃtrasiddhirbhaveddhruvam | iti te kathitaṃ vipra samudramathanaṃ tu tat 25| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṃḍe sūtaśaunakādikasaṃvāde samudramathanaṃnāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ 10|
English translation
Sūta said :
1-4. Then Airāvata sprang up (from the ocean), so also the horse Uccaiḥśravas . Then (sprang up) Dhanvantari , and the fragrant Pārijāta . So also there was the rise of the celestial nymphs. Then on the twelfth day in the morning, when the sun had risen, the great Lakṣmī , graced with all (auspicious) characteristics, sprang up. All the religious deities saw that great mother of all creatures having her abode in the heart of Viṣṇu , and were delighted. Then, the cool-rayed one (i.e. the Moon), the brother of Lakṣmī, sprang up with nectar. (So also) Tulasī , Viṣṇu’s wife, purifying the world, came up.
5-6. Then they, with their desires fulfilled, put the mountain as it was before, and having together praised the mother, muttered the excellent Śrī-sūkta (i.e. hymn in honour of Lakṣmī). Then that goddess, who was pleased, said to all gods: “Well-being to you, O best gods, ask for a boon. I shall grant it.”
The gods said :
7-8. O goddess Kamalā , O mother of all, O you who are dear to Viṣṇu, be pleased. Without you the world is a void. Protect our lives.
Thus addressed, that great Lakṣmī, dear to Viṣṇu, said: “Now I shall protect the lives of all creatures.”
9-11. Then Viṣṇu, the kind lord of the world, holding a conch, a disc and a mace, suddenly appeared (there). Then the gods saluted the lord of the worlds and praised him. With the palms of their hands joined they spoke with a faltering voice: “O Viṣṇu, accept this Lakṣmī, the mother, your dear queen, who does not go away, for the good of the mundane existence.” As long as he did not take the pledge (of marrying her) Lakṣmī said to Viṣṇu:
Lakṣmī said :
12. O Madhusūdana (i.e. Viṣṇu), O lord, how do you desire to marry me, the younger (sister), without marrying the elder sister, Alakṣmī ? Does the younger sister get married when the elder remains unmarried?
Sūta said :
13-18. Having heard this, Viṣṇu, along with the gods, and according to the Vedic text, gave Alakṣmī to Uddālaka . Then the glorious Viṣṇu accepted Lakṣmī. Then all the hosts of gods again and again saluted him. Then they, superior in power, struck all the demons. All of them, crying, went into the ten directions. By the order of Viṣṇu the gods arranged a line in due order to eat (i.e. to drink) the nectar, and said to one another: “You give it, you give it, you give it.” Thus they spoke. They said: “I can’t, I can’t, I can’t.” Then Viṣṇu stood up, and took up a feminine form and distributed the nectar with a golden vessel.
19-22. When Rāhu ate up (i.e. drank) the nectar, the Moon and the Sun said: “This is a demon, who has come here deceitfully.” Then the lord of the world was angry, and struck him with the golden pot. His (i.e. Rāhu’s) head dropped on the ground, and came to be known as Ketu . Then, Rāhu and Ketu, afflicted with fear quickly went (away) from there. Now (even) when that day arrives he fights with the Moon and the Sun. The son of Siṃhikā (i.e. Rāhu) would live (in them). That would be a moment difficult to secure. (At that time) all water is like (that of) Gaṅgā , and all brāhmaṇas are like Vyāsa .
23-25. He, who, (at that time) bathes at the Vyāsatīrtha , would obtain the fruit of the bath at Gaṅgā. The gifts given (at that time) would have an inexhaustible merit; and the sin earned (i.e. committed) during crores of existences would completely perish; what then is the use of crores of sacrifices? One who longs for knowledge, gets it. One who desires a son, gets one. One who desires salvation, obtains it. A spell would certainly become effective. Thus, O brāhmaṇa , I have told you (the account of) the churning of the ocean.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43526, revision 335793 (2022-04-15T03:24:54Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365294.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.