Pātāla-khaṇḍa · Chapter 5
Sourceशेष उवाच। अथाभिषिक्तं रामं तु तुष्टुवुः प्रणताः सुराः । रावणाभिधदैत्येंद्र वधहर्षितमानसाः १। देवा ऊचुः। जय दाशरथे सुरार्तिहञ्जयजय दानववंशदाहक । जय देववरांगनागणग्रहणव्यग्रकरारिदारक २। तवयद्दनुजेंद्र नाशनं कवयो वर्णयितुं समुत्सुकाः । प्रलये जगतांततीः पुनर्ग्रससे त्वं भुवनेशलीलया ३। जय जन्मजरादिदुःखकैः परिमुक्तप्रबलोद्धरोद्धर । जय धर्मकरान्वयांबुधौ कृतजन्मन्नजरामराच्युत ४। तव देववरस्य नामभिर्बहुपापा अपि ते पवित्रिताः । किमु साधुद्विजवर्यपूर्वकाः सुतनुं मानुषतामुपागताः ५। हरविरिंचिनुतं तव पादयोर्युगलमीप्सितकामसमृद्धिदम् । हृदि पवित्रयवादिकचिह्नितैः सुरचितं मनसा स्पृहयामहे ६। यदि भवान्न दधात्यभयं भुवो मदनमूर्ति तिरस्करकांतिभृत् । सुरगणा हि कथं सुखिनः पुनर्ननुभवंति घृणामय पावन ७। यदा यदास्मान्दनुजाहि दुःखदास्तदा तदा त्वं भुवि जन्मभाग्भवेः । अजोऽव्ययोऽपीशवरोऽपि सन्विभो स्वभावमास्थाय निजं निजार्चितः ८। मृतसुधासदृशैरघनाशनैः सुचरितैरवकीर्य महीतलम् । अमनुजैर्गुणशंसिभिरीडितः प्रविश चाशु पुनर्हि स्वकं पदम् ९। अनादिराद्योजररूपधारी हारी किरीटी मकरध्वजाभः । जयं करोतु प्रसभं हतारिः स्मरारि संसेवितपादपद्मः १०। इत्युक्त्वा ते सुराः सर्वे ब्रह्मेंद्रप्रमुखा मुहुः । प्रणेमुररिनाशेन प्रीणिता रघुनायकम् ११। इति स्तुत्यातिसंहृष्टो रघुनाथो महायशाः । प्रोवाच तान्सुरान्वीक्ष्य प्रणतान्नतकंधरान् १२। श्रीराम उवाच। सुरा वृणुत मे यूयं वरं किंचित्सुदुर्ल्लभम् । यं कोऽपि देवो दनुजो न यक्षः प्राप सादरः १३। सुरा ऊचुः। स्वामिन्भगवतः सर्वं प्राप्तमस्माभिरुत्तमम् । यदयं निहतः शत्रुरस्माकं तु दशाननः १४। यदायदाऽसुरोऽस्माकं बाधां परिदधाति भोः । तदा तदेति कर्तव्यमेतावद्वैरिनाशनम् १५। तथेत्युक्त्वा पुनर्वीरः प्रोवाच रघुनंदनः । श्रीराम उवाच। सुराः शृणुत मद्वाक्यमादरेण समन्विताः १६। भवत्कृतं मदीयैर्वैगुणैर्ग्रथितमद्भुतम् । स्तोत्रं पठिष्यति मुहुः प्रातर्निशि सकृन्नरः १७। तस्य वैरि पराभूतिर्न भविष्यति दारुणा । न च दारिद्र्यसंयोगो न च व्याधिपराभवौ १८। मदीयचरणद्वंद्वे भक्तिस्तेषां तु भूयसी । भविष्यति मुदायुक्ते स्वांते पुंसां तु पाठतः १९। इत्युक्त्वा सोऽभवत्तूष्णीं नरदेवशिरोमणिः । सुराः सर्वे प्रहृष्टास्ते ययुर्लोकं स्वकं स्वकम् २०। रघुनाथोऽपि भ्रातॄंस्तान्पालयंस्तातवद्बुधान् । प्रजाः पुत्रानिव स्वीयाल्लाँलयँल्लोकनायकः २१। यस्मिञ्छासति लोकानां नाकालमरणं नृणाम् । न रोगादि पराभूतिर्गृहेषु च महीयसी २२। नेतिः कदापि द्दश्येत वैरिजं भयमेव च । वृक्षाः सदैव फलिनो मही भूयिष्ठधान्यका २३। पुत्रपौत्रपरीवार सनाथी कृतजीवनाः । कांता संयोगजसुखैर्निरस्तविरहक्लमाः २४। नित्यं श्रीरघुनाथस्य पादपद्मकथोत्सुकाः । कदापि परनिंदासु वाचस्तेषां भवंति न २५। कारवोऽपि कदा पापं नाचरंति मनस्यहो । रघुनाथकराघातदुःखशंकाभिशंसिनः २६। सीतापतिमुखालोक निश्चलीभूतलोचनाः । लोका बभूवुः सततं कारुण्यपरिपूरिताः २७। राज्यं प्राप्तमसापत्नं समृद्धबलवाहनम् । ऋषिभिर्हृष्टपुष्टैश्च रम्यं हाटकभूषणैः २८। संपुष्टमिष्टापूर्तानां धर्माणां नित्यकर्तृभिः । सदा संपन्नसस्यं च सुवसुक्षेत्रसंयुतम् २९। सुदेशं सुप्रजं स्वस्थं सुतृणं बहुगोधनम् । देवतायतनानां च राजिभिः परिराजितम् ३०। सुपूर्णा यत्र वै ग्रामाः सुवित्तर्द्धिविराजिताः । सुपुष्पकृत्रिमोद्यानाः सुस्वादुफलपादपाः ३१। सपद्मिनीककासारा यत्र राजंति भूमयः । सदंभा निम्नगा यत्र न यत्र जनता क्वचित् ३२। कुलान्येव कुलीनानां वर्णानां नाधनानि च । विभ्रमो यत्र नारीषु न विद्वत्सु च कर्हिचित् ३३। नद्यः कुटिलगामिन्यो न यत्र विषये प्रजाः । तमोयुक्ताः क्षपा यत्र बहुलेषु न मानवाः ३४। रजोयुजः स्त्रियो यत्र नाधर्मबहुला नराः । धनैरनंधो यत्रास्ति जनो नैव च भोजने ३५। अनयः स्यंदनो यत्र न च वैराजपूरुषः । दंडः परशुकुद्दालवालव्यजनराजिषु ३६। आतपत्रेषु नान्यत्र क्वचित्क्रोधोपरोधजः । अन्यत्राक्षिकवृंदेभ्यः क्वचिन्न परिदेवनम् ३७। आक्षिका एव दृश्यंते यत्र पाशकपाणयः । जाड्यवार्ता जलेष्वेव स्त्रीमध्या एव दुर्बलाः ३८। कठोरहृदया यत्र सीमंतिन्यो न मानवाः । औषधेष्वेव यत्रास्ति कुष्ठयोगो न मानवे ३९। वेधो यत्र सुरत्नेषु शूलं मूर्तिकरेषु वै । कंपः सात्विकभावोत्थो न भयात्क्वापि कस्यचित् ४०। संज्वरः कामजो यत्र दारिद्र्यकलुषस्य च । दुर्ल्लभत्वं सदैवस्य सुकृतेन च वस्तुनः ४१। इभा एव प्रमत्ता वै युद्धे वीच्यो जलाशये । दानहानिर्गजेष्वेव तीक्ष्णा एव हि कंटकाः ४२। बाणेषु गुणविश्लेषो बंधोक्तिः पुस्तके दृढा । स्नेहत्यागः खलेष्वेव न च वै स्वजने जने ४३। तं देशं पालयामास लालयँल्लालिताः प्रजाः । धर्मं संस्थापयन्देशे दुष्टे दंडधरोपमः ४४। एवं पालयतो देशं धर्मेण धरणीतलम् । सहस्रं च व्यतीयुर्वै वर्षाण्येकादश प्रभोः ४५। तत्र नीचजनाच्छ्रुत्वा सीताया अपमानताम् । स्वां च निंदां रजकतस्तां तत्याज रघूद्वहः ४६। पृथ्वीं पालयमानस्य धर्मेण नृपतेस्तदा । सीतां विरहितामेकां निदेशेन सुरक्षिताम् ४७। कदाचित्संसदो मध्ये ह्यासीनस्य महामतेः । आजगाम मुनिश्रेष्ठः कुंभोत्पत्तिर्मुनिर्महान् ४८। गृहीत्वार्घ्यं समुत्तस्थौ वसिष्ठेन समन्वितः । जनताभिर्महाराजो वार्धिशोषकमागतम् ४९। स्वागतेन सुसंभाव्य पप्रच्छ तमनामयम् । सुखोपविष्टं विश्रांतं बभाषे रघुनंदनः ५०। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे शेषवात्स्यायनसंवादे रामाश्वमेधे अगस्त्यसमागमोनाम पंचमोऽध्यायः ५।
śeṣa uvāca| athābhiṣiktaṃ rāmaṃ tu tuṣṭuvuḥ praṇatāḥ surāḥ | rāvaṇābhidhadaityeṃdra vadhaharṣitamānasāḥ 1| devā ūcuḥ| jaya dāśarathe surārtihañjayajaya dānavavaṃśadāhaka | jaya devavarāṃganāgaṇagrahaṇavyagrakarāridāraka 2| tavayaddanujeṃdra nāśanaṃ kavayo varṇayituṃ samutsukāḥ | pralaye jagatāṃtatīḥ punargrasase tvaṃ bhuvaneśalīlayā 3| jaya janmajarādiduḥkhakaiḥ parimuktaprabaloddharoddhara | jaya dharmakarānvayāṃbudhau kṛtajanmannajarāmarācyuta 4| tava devavarasya nāmabhirbahupāpā api te pavitritāḥ | kimu sādhudvijavaryapūrvakāḥ sutanuṃ mānuṣatāmupāgatāḥ 5| haraviriṃcinutaṃ tava pādayoryugalamīpsitakāmasamṛddhidam | hṛdi pavitrayavādikacihnitaiḥ suracitaṃ manasā spṛhayāmahe 6| yadi bhavānna dadhātyabhayaṃ bhuvo madanamūrti tiraskarakāṃtibhṛt | suragaṇā hi kathaṃ sukhinaḥ punarnanubhavaṃti ghṛṇāmaya pāvana 7| yadā yadāsmāndanujāhi duḥkhadāstadā tadā tvaṃ bhuvi janmabhāgbhaveḥ | ajo'vyayo'pīśavaro'pi sanvibho svabhāvamāsthāya nijaṃ nijārcitaḥ 8| mṛtasudhāsadṛśairaghanāśanaiḥ sucaritairavakīrya mahītalam | amanujairguṇaśaṃsibhirīḍitaḥ praviśa cāśu punarhi svakaṃ padam 9| anādirādyojararūpadhārī hārī kirīṭī makaradhvajābhaḥ | jayaṃ karotu prasabhaṃ hatāriḥ smarāri saṃsevitapādapadmaḥ 10| ityuktvā te surāḥ sarve brahmeṃdrapramukhā muhuḥ | praṇemurarināśena prīṇitā raghunāyakam 11| iti stutyātisaṃhṛṣṭo raghunātho mahāyaśāḥ | provāca tānsurānvīkṣya praṇatānnatakaṃdharān 12| śrīrāma uvāca| surā vṛṇuta me yūyaṃ varaṃ kiṃcitsudurllabham | yaṃ ko'pi devo danujo na yakṣaḥ prāpa sādaraḥ 13| surā ūcuḥ| svāminbhagavataḥ sarvaṃ prāptamasmābhiruttamam | yadayaṃ nihataḥ śatrurasmākaṃ tu daśānanaḥ 14| yadāyadā'suro'smākaṃ bādhāṃ paridadhāti bhoḥ | tadā tadeti kartavyametāvadvairināśanam 15| tathetyuktvā punarvīraḥ provāca raghunaṃdanaḥ | śrīrāma uvāca| surāḥ śṛṇuta madvākyamādareṇa samanvitāḥ 16| bhavatkṛtaṃ madīyairvaiguṇairgrathitamadbhutam | stotraṃ paṭhiṣyati muhuḥ prātarniśi sakṛnnaraḥ 17| tasya vairi parābhūtirna bhaviṣyati dāruṇā | na ca dāridryasaṃyogo na ca vyādhiparābhavau 18| madīyacaraṇadvaṃdve bhaktisteṣāṃ tu bhūyasī | bhaviṣyati mudāyukte svāṃte puṃsāṃ tu pāṭhataḥ 19| ityuktvā so'bhavattūṣṇīṃ naradevaśiromaṇiḥ | surāḥ sarve prahṛṣṭāste yayurlokaṃ svakaṃ svakam 20| raghunātho'pi bhrātṝṃstānpālayaṃstātavadbudhān | prajāḥ putrāniva svīyāllā~laya~llokanāyakaḥ 21| yasmiñchāsati lokānāṃ nākālamaraṇaṃ nṛṇām | na rogādi parābhūtirgṛheṣu ca mahīyasī 22| netiḥ kadāpi ddaśyeta vairijaṃ bhayameva ca | vṛkṣāḥ sadaiva phalino mahī bhūyiṣṭhadhānyakā 23| putrapautraparīvāra sanāthī kṛtajīvanāḥ | kāṃtā saṃyogajasukhairnirastavirahaklamāḥ 24| nityaṃ śrīraghunāthasya pādapadmakathotsukāḥ | kadāpi paraniṃdāsu vācasteṣāṃ bhavaṃti na 25| kāravo'pi kadā pāpaṃ nācaraṃti manasyaho | raghunāthakarāghātaduḥkhaśaṃkābhiśaṃsinaḥ 26| sītāpatimukhāloka niścalībhūtalocanāḥ | lokā babhūvuḥ satataṃ kāruṇyaparipūritāḥ 27| rājyaṃ prāptamasāpatnaṃ samṛddhabalavāhanam | ṛṣibhirhṛṣṭapuṣṭaiśca ramyaṃ hāṭakabhūṣaṇaiḥ 28| saṃpuṣṭamiṣṭāpūrtānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ nityakartṛbhiḥ | sadā saṃpannasasyaṃ ca suvasukṣetrasaṃyutam 29| sudeśaṃ suprajaṃ svasthaṃ sutṛṇaṃ bahugodhanam | devatāyatanānāṃ ca rājibhiḥ parirājitam 30| supūrṇā yatra vai grāmāḥ suvittarddhivirājitāḥ | supuṣpakṛtrimodyānāḥ susvāduphalapādapāḥ 31| sapadminīkakāsārā yatra rājaṃti bhūmayaḥ | sadaṃbhā nimnagā yatra na yatra janatā kvacit 32| kulānyeva kulīnānāṃ varṇānāṃ nādhanāni ca | vibhramo yatra nārīṣu na vidvatsu ca karhicit 33| nadyaḥ kuṭilagāminyo na yatra viṣaye prajāḥ | tamoyuktāḥ kṣapā yatra bahuleṣu na mānavāḥ 34| rajoyujaḥ striyo yatra nādharmabahulā narāḥ | dhanairanaṃdho yatrāsti jano naiva ca bhojane 35| anayaḥ syaṃdano yatra na ca vairājapūruṣaḥ | daṃḍaḥ paraśukuddālavālavyajanarājiṣu 36| ātapatreṣu nānyatra kvacitkrodhoparodhajaḥ | anyatrākṣikavṛṃdebhyaḥ kvacinna paridevanam 37| ākṣikā eva dṛśyaṃte yatra pāśakapāṇayaḥ | jāḍyavārtā jaleṣveva strīmadhyā eva durbalāḥ 38| kaṭhorahṛdayā yatra sīmaṃtinyo na mānavāḥ | auṣadheṣveva yatrāsti kuṣṭhayogo na mānave 39| vedho yatra suratneṣu śūlaṃ mūrtikareṣu vai | kaṃpaḥ sātvikabhāvottho na bhayātkvāpi kasyacit 40| saṃjvaraḥ kāmajo yatra dāridryakaluṣasya ca | durllabhatvaṃ sadaivasya sukṛtena ca vastunaḥ 41| ibhā eva pramattā vai yuddhe vīcyo jalāśaye | dānahānirgajeṣveva tīkṣṇā eva hi kaṃṭakāḥ 42| bāṇeṣu guṇaviśleṣo baṃdhoktiḥ pustake dṛḍhā | snehatyāgaḥ khaleṣveva na ca vai svajane jane 43| taṃ deśaṃ pālayāmāsa lālaya~llālitāḥ prajāḥ | dharmaṃ saṃsthāpayandeśe duṣṭe daṃḍadharopamaḥ 44| evaṃ pālayato deśaṃ dharmeṇa dharaṇītalam | sahasraṃ ca vyatīyurvai varṣāṇyekādaśa prabhoḥ 45| tatra nīcajanācchrutvā sītāyā apamānatām | svāṃ ca niṃdāṃ rajakatastāṃ tatyāja raghūdvahaḥ 46| pṛthvīṃ pālayamānasya dharmeṇa nṛpatestadā | sītāṃ virahitāmekāṃ nideśena surakṣitām 47| kadācitsaṃsado madhye hyāsīnasya mahāmateḥ | ājagāma muniśreṣṭhaḥ kuṃbhotpattirmunirmahān 48| gṛhītvārghyaṃ samuttasthau vasiṣṭhena samanvitaḥ | janatābhirmahārājo vārdhiśoṣakamāgatam 49| svāgatena susaṃbhāvya papraccha tamanāmayam | sukhopaviṣṭaṃ viśrāṃtaṃ babhāṣe raghunaṃdanaḥ 50| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe agastyasamāgamonāma paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ 5|
English translation
Śeṣa said :
1. Then the gods, with their minds delighted due to ( Rāma ’s) killing the lord of demons called Rāvaṇa , humbly praised Rāma, consecrated (as the king).
Gods said :
2-10. Victory to you, O son of Daśaratha , O you who remove the sufferings of gods; victory to you who burnt the race of the demons; victory to you, O god, destroying the enemy whose hands were engaged in seizing the bevies of excellent women. The eager poets describe your destroying the lord of demons. O lord of the worlds, at the time of the deluge you again easily swallow the group of the worlds. Victory to you who are free from the causes of birth, old age etc. O mighty one, emancipate (us). Victory to you who have taken birth in the ocean of the family of the righteous, O you ageless, immortal and the fixed one. By means of (reciting) the names of you, the greatest god, even those who have committed great sins are purified. What then if good, foremost brāhmaṇas have obtained the human existence with a good body? The pair of your feet, praised by Śiva and Brahmā gives abundant things that are desired. We mentally desire it which is well arranged in the heart with the marks like those of pure barley (grains) etc. O you having the loveliness that excels Madana ’s frame, if you do not grant fearlessness to the world, then how can, O you compassionate and purifying one, the hosts of gods be happy? You take birth on the earth whenever the demons trouble us, O lord, though you are unborn and immutable, though you are the greatest lord. You who are the self-adorned one and you who are praised by those who approve of virtues, quickly enter (i.e. go back to) your own place, after having filled the earth with your superhuman good deeds like nectar to the dead and destroying sins. May the beginningless one, the foremost one, who takes the form of a god, who has put on a necklace and a crown, who looks like Cupid, who has forcibly killed his enemies, whose lotus-like feet are served by Cupid’s enemy (i.e. Śiva), be victorious.
11. Speaking like this, all the gods led by Brahmā and Indra and pleased with the destruction of (their) enemy, repeatedly saluted the chief of the Raghus (i.e. Rāma).
12. Being extremely pleased by the p raise, the very glorious lord of the Raghus, seeing the gods with their necks bent down, said to them:
Śrī Rāma said :
13. O gods, choose from me some boon which is extremely difficult to obtain and which some eager god, demon or yakṣa has not obtained.
Gods said :
14-16a. O lord, from you we have obtained the best thing, since you have killed our enemy, viz. Rāvaṇa. Whenever a demon troubles us, you should in this way destroy (that) enemy.
Saying, ‘All right the hero Raghunandana (i.e. Rāma), spoke again.
Śrī Rāma said :
16b-20. O gods, carefully listen to my words. The man, who again and again recites in the morning and at night the wonderful hymn of me (i.e. in my honour) composed by you and couched with my virtues will never meet with an extremely terrible defeat from his enemy. He will not experience poverty and will not suffer from a disease or a defeat. By reciting (the hymn) devotion to the pair of my feet will be produced in the joyful hearts of men.
Speaking thus, the crest-jewel of kings (i.e. the best king) remained silent. All the gods who were delighted went to their respective worlds.
21-27. Raghunātha (i.e. Rāma) also looked after his wise brothers like their father, and the lord of the world fondled the subjects like his own sons. When he was ruling, the people did not meet with an untimely death; in the houses there was no great discomfiture like a disease. The calamity of the season was not seen, so also there was no fear from enemies. The trees always bore fruits, and the earth yielded much grain. The life of people was blessed with sons, grandsons and attendants. Their depression was removed due to their wives’ company. They were everyday eager to listen to the stories about the lotus-like feet of Rāma. They never employed their words in censuring others. Even artisans, apprehensive of a blow from the hands of Rāma, never even mentally committed a sin. People, with their eyes becoming steady on seeing the face of Sītā ’s husband, were always full of compassion.
28-45. He (had) the kingdom to which there was no rival, which was prosperous and had (in it) powerful elephants (or horses). It was charming on account of delighted and thriving sages and with ornaments of gold. It was well-nourished by those who always did the pious things like performing sacrifices and digging wells and doing other acts of charity. It was always rich with crops, had good wealth and fields. Its regions were good; subjects were good; it was self-abiding; it had ample grass, and a large wealth of cows. It was all around adorned by rows of temples. In it were villages adorned with ample wealth and prosperity. The lands in it shone with artificial gardens having good flowers, with trees having very sweet fruits, and with lakes having good lotus-plants. In the country only the rivers were sadambha (i.e. containing good water); the people were not sadambha (i.e. were not proud). There were families of many castes, well-born but not poor. In it vibhrama (i.e. amorous movement) was (seen) in women, but vibhrama (i.e. an error) was never seen in (i.e. committed by) the learned. Only the rivers flowed in a crooked way ( kuṭilagāminyaḥ ) but the subjects were not wayward in sex. The nights (only) were dark in the dark fortnights; but men were not full of darkness (i.e. ignorance). Only women had rajas (i.e. menses), (but) people did not behave unrighteously. A man was neither andha (i.e. blind) due to wealth nor without rice ( āndhya ) in (i.e. while taking) his meal. Only a chariot took a wrong course and never a royal official. Daṇḍa (i.e. a handle) was to be seen in (i.e. attached to) an axe, a spade, a row of fans or an umbrella; but daṇḍa ( i.e . punishment) was rarely due to a fault or disturbance. Except among the groups of those who played at dice, there was no repentence. Only the gamblers were seen with dice ( pāśa ) in their hands (and none else with nooses— pāśa in his hands). Jāḍya (i.e. frigidity) was seen in water only. The waists of women alone were weak. Only women were hard-hearted, and not men. There was the kuṣṭha (herb) only among medicines; but no kuṣṭha (i.e. leprosy) among men. A hole was seen in good gems; a pointed weapon was (seen only) in the hand of a man fashioning images. Tremor was due (only) to good feelings, never due to the fear of someone. Fever was due to sexual passion; there was poverty (i.e. scarcity) of the wicked (only). There was no want of a thing for a lucky person due to his good deeds. Only elephants were wanton in a war, and waves in a lake. Loss of dāna (i.e. 1. ichor 2. gift) was (seen) only in the elephants. Only thorns were sharp. Going away from the guṇa (1. string 2. virtue) was (seen) only in arrows; a compact utterance with a peculiar arrangement of words was (seen) only in a book. Abandoning friendship was present only in the wicked, and not among the kinsmen. Fondling the loved subjects he looked after that country. Like Yama to a wicked person he established righteousness in the country. When the lord was thus righteously protecting the country—the earth, a thousand and eleven years passed.
46-50. He who perpetuated the Raghu -family, on hearing (words) of dishonour about Sītā, and his own censure from a mean washerman abandoned her. By one order of him, the king who was protecting the earth righteously, Sītā who was (up to that time) well-protected, was abandoned. When once the highly intelligent one was seated in his assembly, the great sage, the best sage born from a pitcher (i.e. sage Agasti ) came (there). Taking a respectful offering he got up; and the great king accompanied by Vasiṣṭha and people, honoured him who had dried the ocean and who had arrived there with a welcome, and enquired after his health. Then the descendant of Raghu (i.e. Rāma) spoke to the sage who had seated comfortably and who had taken rest.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43617, revision 335830 (2022-04-15T11:31:20Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365316.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.