Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 45
Sourceभीष्म उवाच-। इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामि हिरण्यकशिपोर्वधम्। नरसिंहस्य माहात्म्यं तथा पापविनाशनम्१। पुलस्त्य उवाच-। पुरा कृतयुगे राजन्हिरण्यकशिपुः प्रभुः। दैत्यानामादिपुरुषश्चकार सुमहत्तपः२। दशवर्षसहस्राणि दशवर्षशतानि च। जलवासी समभवत्स्नानमौनधृतव्रतः३। वृतः शमदमाभ्यां च ब्रह्मचर्येण चैव हि। ब्रह्मा प्रीतोऽभवत्तस्य तपसा नियमेन च४। ततः स्वयंभूर्भगवान्स्वयमागत्य तत्र हि। विमानेनार्कवर्णेन हंसयुक्तेन भास्वता५। आदित्यैर्वसुभिः साध्यैर्मरुद्भिर्दैवतैस्सह। रुद्रैर्विश्वसहायैश्च यक्षराक्षसपन्नगैः६। दिग्भिश्चैव विदिग्भिश्च नदीभिः सागरैस्तथा। नक्षत्रैश्च मुहूर्तैश्च खचरैश्च महाग्रहैः७। देवैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिः सार्द्धं सिद्धैः सप्तर्षिभिस्तथा। राजर्षिभिः पुण्यकृद्भिर्गंधर्वाप्सरसांगणैः८। चराचरगुरुः श्रीमान्वृतः सर्वैर्दिवौकसैः। ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठो दैत्यं वचनमब्रवीत्९। प्रीतोस्मि तव भक्तस्य तपसाऽनेन सुव्रत। वरं वरय भद्रं ते यथेष्टं काममाप्नुहि१०। हिरण्यकशिपुरुवाच-। न देवासुरगंधर्वा न यक्षोरगराक्षसाः। न मानुषाः पिशाचाश्च हन्युर्मां देवसत्तम११। ऋषयो मानवाः शापैर्न शपेयुः पितामह। यदि मे भगवान्प्रीतो वर एष वृतो मया१२। न शस्त्रेण न चास्त्रेण गिरिणा पादपेन वा। न शुष्केण न चार्द्रेण न स्याच्चान्येन मे वधः१३। भवेयमहमेवार्कः सोमो वायुर्हुताशनः। सलिलं चांतरिक्षं च नक्षत्राणि दिशो दश१४। अहं क्रोधश्च कामश्च वरुणो वासवो यमः। धनदश्च धनाध्यक्षो यक्षः किंपुरुषाधिपः१५। ब्रह्मोवाच -। एष दिव्यो वरस्तात मया दत्तस्तवाद्भुतः। सर्वकामप्रदो वत्स प्राप्स्यसि त्वं न संशयः१६। एवमुक्त्वा स भगवान्जगामाकाशमेव हि। वैराजं ब्रह्मसदनं ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितम्१७। ततो देवाश्च गंधर्वा ऋषिभिः सह चारणाः। वरप्रदानं श्रुत्वैवं पितामहमुपस्थिताः१८। देवा ऊचुः-। वरप्रदानाद्भगवन्वधिष्यति स नोऽसुरः। तत्प्रसादश्च भगवन्वधोप्यस्य विचिंत्यताम्१९। भगवान्सर्वभूतानामादिकर्त्ता स्वयंप्रभुः। स्रष्टा च हव्यकव्यानामव्यक्तप्रकृतिः परः२०। सर्वलोकहितं वाक्यं श्रुत्वा देवः प्रजापतिः। आश्वासयामास तदा सुशीतैर्वचनांबुभिः२१। अवश्यं त्रिदशानेन प्राप्तव्यं तपसः फलं। तपसोऽन्तेऽस्य भगवान्वधं विष्णुः करिष्यति२२। तच्छ्रुत्वा विबुधा वाक्यं सर्वे पंकजजाननात्। स्वानि स्थानानि दिव्यानि विप्रजग्मुर्मुदान्विताः२३। लब्धमात्रे वरे सोथ प्रजास्सर्वा अबाधत। हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यो वरदानेन गर्वितः२४। आश्रमेषु महाभागान्मुनीन्वै शंसितव्रतान्। सत्यधर्मपरान्दान्तान्धर्षयामास दानवः२५। देवांस्त्रिभुवनस्थांश्च पराजित्य महासुरः। त्रैलोक्यं वशमानीय स्वर्गे वसति दानवः२६। यदा वरमदोत्सिक्तश्चोदितः कालधर्मिणा। यज्ञियानकरोद्दैत्यानयज्ञीयांश्च दैवतान्२७। तथा दैत्याश्च साध्याश्च विश्वे च वसवस्तथा। रुद्रा देवगणा यक्षा देवद्विजमहर्षयः२८। शरण्यं शरणं विष्णुमुपतस्थुर्महाबलम्। देवदेवं यज्ञमयं वासुदेवं सनातनम्२९। देवा ऊचुः-। नारायण महाभाग देवास्त्वां शरणं गताः। त्रायस्व जहि दैत्येंद्रं हिरण्यकशिपुं प्रभो३०। त्वं हि नः परमोदाता त्वं हि नः परमो गुरुः। त्वं हि नः परमो देवो ब्रह्मादीनां सुरोत्तमः३१। विष्णुरुवाच-। भयं त्यजद्ध्वममरा अभयं वो ददाम्यहम्। तथैव त्रिदिवं देवाः प्रतिपद्यत माचिरम्३२। एनं हि सगणं दैत्यं वरदानेन गर्वितम्। अवध्यममरेंद्राणां दानवेंद्रं निहन्म्यहम्३३। एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवान्विश्वपो विष्णुरव्ययः। हिरण्यकशिपुस्थानं जगाम हरिरीश्वरः३४। तेजसा भास्काराकारः शशीकांत्येव चापरः। नरस्य कृत्वार्धतनुं सिंहस्यार्द्धतनुं तथा३५। नारसिंहेन वपुषा पाणिं संगृह्य पाणिना। ततो ददर्श विस्तीर्णां दिव्यां रम्यां मनोरमाम्३६। सर्वकामयुतां शुभ्रां हिरण्यकशिपोः सभाम्। विस्तीर्णां योजनशतं शतमध्यर्द्धमायताम्३७। वैहायसीं कामगमां पंचयोजनमुच्छ्रिताम्। जराशोकक्षमापेतां निष्प्रकम्प्यां शिवां सुखाम्३८। वेश्मासनवतीं रम्यां ज्वलंतीमिव तेजसा। अंतःसलिलसंयुक्तां विहितां विश्वकर्मणा३९। दिव्यवर्णमयैर्वृक्षैः फलपुष्पप्रदैर्युताम्। नीलपीतासितश्यामैः श्वेतैर्लोहितकैरपि४०। अवदातैस्तथा गुल्मै रक्तमंजरिधारिभिः। सिताभ्रघनसंकाशां प्लवंतीं च ददर्श सः४१। रश्मिमती स्वभावेन दिव्यगंधमनोरमा। सुसुखा न च दुःखा सा न शीता न च घर्मदा४२। न क्षुत्पिपासे ग्लानिं वा प्राप्यतां प्राप्नुवंति ते। नानरूपैरुपकृता सुचित्रैश्च सुभास्वरैः४३। अतिचंद्रातिसूर्याति शिखिकान्ति स्वयंप्रभा। दीप्यते नाकपृष्ठस्था भासयंती विभासुरा४४। सर्वे चकाशिरे तस्यां मुदिताश्चैव मानुषाः। रसवच्च प्रभूतं च भक्ष्यभोज्यान्नमुत्तमं४५। पुण्यगंधास्रजश्चापि नित्यकालफला द्रुमाः। उष्णे शीतानि तोयानि शीते चोष्णानि संति वै४६। पुष्पिताग्रान्महाशाखान्प्रवालांकुरधारिणः। लतावितानसंछन्नान्कल्पानैक्षिष्ठ स प्रभुः४७। गंधवंति च पुष्पाणि रसवंति फलानि च। तानि शीतानि चोष्णानि तत्रतत्र सरांसि च४८। अपश्यद्भूपतीर्थानि सभायां तस्य स प्रभुः। नलिनैः पुंडरीकैश्च शतपत्रैः सुगंधिभिः४९। रक्तैः कुवलयैश्चैव कल्हारैरुत्पलैस्तथा। नानाश्चर्यसमोपेतैः पुष्पैरन्यैश्च सुप्रियैः1.45.५०। कारंडवैश्चक्रवाकैः सारसैः कुररैरपि। विमलस्फटिकाभानि पांडुरच्छदनैर्द्विजैः५१। बहुहंसोपगीतानि सारसानां रुतानि च। गंधयुक्ता लतास्तत्र पुष्पमंजरिधारिणीः५२। दृष्टवान्भगवान्हृष्टः खदिरान्वेतसार्जुनान्। चूतानिम्बानागवृक्षाः कदंबा बकुला धवाः५३। प्रियंगवः पाटलाख्याः शाल्मल्यस्स हरिद्रवाः। शालास्तालास्तमालाश्च चंपकाश्च मनोरमाः५४। तथैवान्ये व्यराजंत सभायां पुष्पिता द्रुमाः। एलाक कुभकंकोल लवली कर्णपूरकाः५५। मधुकाः कोविदाराश्च बहुतालसमुच्छ्रयाः। अंजनाशोकपर्णासा बहवश्चित्रका द्रुमाः५६। वरुणाश्च पलाशाश्चा पनसास्सह चंदनैः। नीलास्सुमनसश्चैव नीपाश्चाश्वत्थतिंदुकाः५७। पारिजाताश्च तरवो मल्लिका भद्रदारवः। अटरूषाः पीलूकाश्च तथा चैवैलवालुकाः५८। मंदारकाः कुरवका पुन्नागाः कुटजास्तथा। रक्ताः कुरवकाश्चैव नीलाश्चागरुभिः सह५९। किंशुकाश्चैव भव्याश्च दाडिमा बीजपूरकाः। कालेयका दुकूलाश्च हिंगवस्तैलवर्त्तिकाः६०। खर्जूरा नालिकेराश्च हरीतक मधूककाः। सप्तपर्णाश्च बिल्वाश्च सयावाश्च शरावताः६१। असनाश्च तमालाश्च नानागुल्मसमावृताः। लताश्च विविधाकाराः पुष्पपत्रफलोपगाः६२। एते चान्ये च बहवस्तत्र काननजा द्रुमाः। नानापुष्पफलोपेता व्यराजंत समंततः६३। चकोराः शतपत्राश्च मत्तकोकिलशारिकाः। पुष्पितान्पुष्पिताग्रांश्च संपतंति महाद्रुमान्६४। रक्तपीतारुणास्तत्र पादपाग्रगताः खगाः। परस्परमवैक्षंत प्रहृष्टा जीवजीविकाः६५। तस्यां सभायां दैत्येंद्रो हिरण्यकशिपुस्तदा। आसीन आसने चित्रे दशनल्वे प्रमाणतः६६। दिवाकरनिभे दिव्ये दिव्यास्तरणसंस्तृते। हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्य आस्ते ज्वलितकुंडलः६७। उपचेरुर्महादैत्या हिरण्यकशिपुं तदा। दिव्यतालानि गीतानि जगुर्गंधर्वसत्तमाः६८। विश्वाची सहजन्या च प्रम्लोचेति च पूजिता। दिव्याथ सौरभेयी च समीची पुंजिकस्थला६९। मिश्रकेशी च रंभा च चित्रभा श्रुतिविभ्रमा। चारुनेत्रा घृताची च मेनका चोर्वशी तथा७०। एतास्सहस्रशश्चान्या नृत्यगीतविशारदाः। उपातिष्ठंत राजानं हिरण्यकशिपुं प्रभुम्७१। उपासते दितेः पुत्राः सर्वे लब्धवरास्तथा। बलिर्विरोचनस्तत्र नरकः पृथिवीसुतः७२। प्रह्लादो विप्रचित्तिश्च गविष्ठश्च महासुरः। सुरहन्ता दुःखकर्ता समनास्सुमतिस्तथा७३। घटोदरो महापार्श्वः क्रथनः पिठरस्तथा। विश्वरूपस्वरूपश्च विश्वकायो महाबलः७४। दशग्रीवश्च वाली च मेघवासा महासुरः। घटाभो विटरूपश्च ज्वलनश्चेंद्रतापनः७५। दैत्यदानवसंघास्ते सर्वे ज्वलितकुंडलाः। स्रग्विणो वर्मिणः सर्वे सर्वे च चरितव्रताः७६। सर्वे लब्धवराः शूरास्सर्वे विहितमृत्यवः। एते चान्ये च बहवो हिरण्यकशिपुं प्रभुम्७७। उपासते महात्मानं सर्वे दिव्यपरिच्छदाः। विमानैर्विविधाकारैर्भ्राजमानैरिवाग्निभिः७८। महेन्द्रवपुषः सर्वे विचित्रांगदबाहवः। भूषितांगा दितेः पुत्रास्तमुपासत सर्वतः७९। ऐश्वर्यं दैत्यसिंहस्य यथा तस्य महात्मनः। न श्रुतं नैव दृष्टं च कस्यापि भुवनत्रये८०। रजतकनकचित्रवेदिकायां परिकृतरत्नविचित्रवीथिकायाम्। स ददर्श मृगाधिपः सभायां सुरुचिर जालगवाक्षशोभितायाम्८१। कनकवलयहारभूषितांगं दितितनयं स मृगाधिपो ददर्श। दिवसकरकरप्रभं ज्वलंतं दितिजसहस्रशतैर्निषेव्यमाणम्८२। ततो दृष्ट्वा महाभागं कालचक्रमिवागतम्। नारसिंहवपुश्छन्नं भस्मच्छन्नमिवानलम्८३। हिरण्यकशिपोः पुत्रः प्रह्लादो नाम वीर्यवान्। दिव्येन वपुषा सिंहमपश्यद्देवमागतम्८४। तं दृष्ट्वा रुक्मशैलाभमपूर्वां तनुमाश्रितम्। विस्मिता दानवाः सर्वे हिरण्यकशिपुश्च सः८५। प्रह्लाद उवाच-। महाराज महाबाहो दैत्यानामादिसंभव। न श्रुतं नैव मे दृष्टं नारसिंहमिदं वपुः८६। अव्यक्तं परमं दिव्यं किमिदं रूपमागतम्। दैत्यांतकरणं घोरं शंसतीव मनो मम८७। अस्य देवाः शरीरस्थाः सागराः सरितस्तथा। हिमवान्पारियात्रश्च ये चान्ये कुलपर्वताः८८। चंद्रमास्सहनक्षत्रैरादित्या रश्मिभिः सह। धनदो वरुणश्चैव यमः शक्रः शचीपतिः८९। मरुतो देवगंधर्वा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः। नागा यक्षाः पिशाचाश्च राक्षसा भीमविक्रमाः९०। ब्रह्मा देवाः पशुपतिर्ललाटस्था भ्रमंति हि। स्थावराणि च सर्वाणि जंगमानि तथैव च९१। भवांश्च सहितोस्माभिः सर्वैर्दैत्यगणैर्वृतः। विमानशतसंकीर्णा सर्वा या भवतः सभा९२। सर्वं त्रिभुवनं राजन्लोकधर्मश्च शाश्वतः। दृश्यते नरसिंहेस्मिंस्तथेदं निखिलं जगत्९३। प्रजापतिश्चात्र मनुर्महात्मा ग्रहाश्च योगाश्च मही नभश्च। उत्पातकालश्च धृतिर्मतिश्च रतिश्च सत्यं च तपो दमश्च९४। सनत्कुमारश्च महानुभावो विश्वे च देवा ॠषयश्च सर्वे। क्रोधश्च कामश्च तथैव हर्षो दर्पश्च मोहः पितरश्च सर्वे९५। प्रह्लादस्य वचः श्रुत्वा हिरण्यकशिपुः प्रभुः। उवाच दानवान्सर्वान्गणांश्च सगणाधिपः९६। मृगेंद्रो गृह्यतामेष अपूर्वां तनुमास्थितः। यदि वा संशयः कश्चिद्वध्यतां वनगोचरः९७। ते दानवगणास्सर्वे मृगेंद्रं भीमविक्रमम्। परिक्षिपंतो मुदितास्त्रासयामासुरोजसा९८। सिंहनादं विमुच्याथ नरसिंहो महाबलः। बभंज तां सभां सर्वां व्यादितास्य इवांतकः९९। सभायां भज्यमानायां हिरण्यकशिपुः स्वयम्। चिक्षेपास्त्राणि सिंहस्य रोषव्याकुललोचनः1.45.१००। सर्वास्त्राणामथ श्रेष्ठं दंडमस्त्रं सुदारुणम्। कालचक्रं तथा घोरं विष्णुचक्रं तथापरं१०१। पैतामहं महात्युग्रं त्रैलोक्यनिर्मितं महत्। विचित्रामशनिं चैव शुष्काद्रं चाशनिद्वयम्१०२। रौद्रं तथोग्रशूलं च कंकालं मुसलं तथा। अस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरश्चैव ब्राह्ममस्त्रं तथैव च१०३। नारायणास्त्रमैंद्रं च आग्नेयं शैशिरं तथा। वायव्यं मथनं चैव कपालमथ किंकरम्१०४। तथा प्रतिहतां शक्तिं क्रौंचमस्त्रं तथैव च। मोहनं शोषणं चैव संतापनविलापने१०५। कंपनं शातनं चैव महास्त्रं चैव रोधनम्। कालमुद्गरमक्षोभ्यं तापनं च महाबलम्१०६। संवर्तनं मोहनं च तथा मायाधरं वरम्। गान्धर्वमस्त्रं दयितमसिरत्नं च नंदकम्१०७। प्रस्वापनं प्रमथनं वारुणं चास्त्रमुत्तमम्। अस्त्रं पाशुपतं चैव यस्या प्रतिहता गतिः१०८। एतान्यस्त्राणि दिव्यानि हिरण्यकशिपुस्तदा। असृजन्नरसिंहस्य दीप्तस्याग्नेरिवाहुतिम्१०९। अस्त्रैः प्रज्वलितैः सिंहमावृणोदसुरोत्तमः। विवस्वान्घर्मसमये हिमवंतमिवांशुभिः११०। स ह्यमर्षानिलोद्भूतो दैत्यानां सैन्यसागरः। क्षणेनाप्लावयत्सर्वं मैनाकमिव सागरः१११। प्रासैः पाशैश्च खड्गैश्च गदाभिर्मुसलैस्तथा। वज्रैरशनिभिश्चैव बहुशाखैर्महाद्रुमैः११२। मुद्गरैः कूटपाशैश्च शिलोलूखलपर्वतैः। शतघ्नीभिश्च दीप्ताभिर्दंडैरपि सुदारुणैः११३। ते दानवाः पाशगृहीतहस्ता महेंद्रतुल्याशनितुल्य वेगाः। समंततोभ्युद्यतबाहुकायाः स्थिताः सशीर्षा इव नागपोताः११४। सुवर्णमालाकुलभूषितांगाः सुतीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राकुलवक्त्रगर्ताः। स्फुरत्प्रभास्ते च सशृंगदेहाश्चीनांशुका भांति यथैव हंसाः११५। सोसृजद्दानवो मायामग्निं वायुं समीरितम्। तमिंद्रस्तोयदैः सार्धं सहस्राक्षो महाद्युतिः११६। महता तोयवर्षेण शमयमास पावकम्। तस्यां प्रतिहतायां तु मायायां युधि दानवः११७। असृजद्घोरसंकाशं तमस्तीव्रं समंततः। तमसा संवृते लोके दैत्येष्वात्तायुधेषु च११८। स्वतेजसा परिवृतो दिवाकर इवोद्गतः। त्रिशिखां भ्रुकुटीमस्य ददृशुर्दानवा रणे११९। ललाटस्थां त्रिकूटस्थां गंगां त्रिपथगामिव। ततः सर्वासु मायासु हतासु दितिनंदनाः१२०। हिरण्यकशिपुं दैत्या विषण्णाश्शरणं ययुः। ततः प्रज्वलितः क्रोधात्प्रदहन्निव तेजसा१२१। तस्मिन्क्रुद्धे तु दैत्येंद्रे तमोभूतमभूज्जगत्। आवहः प्रवहश्चैव विवहोथ समीरणः१२२। परावहस्संवहश्च उद्वहश्च महाबलः। तथा परिवहः श्रीमानुत्पातभयशंसिनः१२३। इत्येवं क्षुभिताः सप्त मरुतो गगनेचराः। ये ग्रहास्सर्वलोकस्य क्षये प्रादुर्भवंति हि१२४। ते सर्वे गगने हृष्टाव्यचरंश्च यथासुखम्। अयोगतश्चाप्यचरद्योगं निशि निशाचरः१२५। सग्रहः सह नक्षत्रैस्तारापतिररिंदम। विवर्णतां च भगवान्गतो दिवि दिवाकरः१२६। कृष्णः कबंधश्च तदा लक्ष्यते सुमहान्दिवि। असृजच्चासितां सूर्यो धूमवत्तां विभावसुः१२७। गगनस्थश्च भगवानभीक्ष्णं परिविष्यते। सप्तधूमनिभा घोराः सूर्यादि विसमुत्थिताः१२८। सोमस्य गगनस्थस्य ग्रहास्तिष्ठंति शृंङ्गगाः। वामे च दक्षिणे चैव स्थितौ शुक्रबृहस्पती१२९। शनैश्चरो लोहितांगो लोहितांगसमद्युतिः। समं समधिरोहंत सर्वे वै गगनेचराः१३०। शृंगाणि शनकैर्घोरा युगांता वर्त्तन ग्रहाः। चंद्रमाश्च सनक्षत्रो ग्रहैः सह तमोनुदः१३१। चराचरविनाशाय रोहिणीं नाभ्यनंदत। गृहीतो राहुणा चन्द्र उल्काभिरभिहन्यते१३२। उल्काः प्रज्वलिताश्चंद्रे व्यचरंत यथासुखम्। देवानामधिपो देवः सोप्यवर्षत शोणितम्१३३। अपतद्गगनादुल्का विद्युद्रूपा महास्वना। अकाले च द्रुमास्सर्वे पुष्प्यंति च फलंति च१३४। लताश्च सफलाः सर्वा या आहुर्दैत्यनाशिकाः। फले फलान्यजायंत पुष्पे पुष्पं तथैव च१३५। उन्मीलंति निमीलंति हसंति प्ररुदंति च। विक्रोशंति च गंभीरं धूमायंते ज्वलंति च१३६। प्रतिमास्सर्वदेवानां कथयंत्यो महद्भयम्। आरण्यैः सह संसृष्टा ग्राम्याश्च मृगपक्षिणः१३७। चुक्रुशुर्भैरवं तत्र मृगयुद्ध उपस्थिते। नद्यश्च प्रतिकूलानि वहंति कलुषोदकाः१३८। न प्राकाशंत च दिशो रक्तरेणुसमाकुलाः। वानस्पत्या न पूज्यंते पूजनार्हाः कथंचन१३९। वायुवेगेन हन्यंते भज्यंते प्रणमंति च। तथा च सर्वभूतानां छाया न परिवर्त्तते१४०। अपरेण गते सूर्ये सलोकानां युगक्षये। तदा हिरण्यकशिपोर्दैत्यस्योपरिवेश्मनः१४१। भांडागारायुधागारे निविष्टमभवन्मधु। असुराणां विनाशाय सुराणां विजयाय च१४२। दृश्यंते विविधोत्पाता घोराघोरनिदर्शनाः। एते चान्ये च बहवो घोररूपाः समुत्थिताः१४३। दैत्येंद्रस्य विनाशाय दृश्यंते रणशंसिनः। मेदिन्यां कंपमानायां दैत्येंद्रेण महात्मनः१४४। महीधरा नागगणा निपेतुरमितौजसः। विषज्वालाकुलैर्वक्त्रैर्विमुंचंतो हुताशनम्१४५। चतुःशीर्षाः पंचशीर्षाः सप्तशीर्षाश्च पन्नगाः। वासुकिस्तक्षकश्चैव कर्कोटकधनंजयौ१४६। एलामुखः कालियश्च महापद्मश्च वीर्यवान्। सहस्रशीर्षश्शुद्धांगो हेमतालध्वजः प्रभुः१४७। शेषोनंतो महानागो ह्यप्रकंप्यश्च कंपिताः। दीप्यंतेंतर्जलस्थानि पृथिवीविवराणि वै१४८। सप्तदैत्येंद्रकोपेन कंपितानि समंततः। नानातेजोधराश्चापि पातालतलचारिणः१४९। पाताले सहसा क्षुब्धे दुष्प्रकंप्याः प्रकंपिताः। हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यस्तदा संस्पृष्टवान्महीम्1.45.१५०। संदष्टौष्ठपुटः क्रुद्धो वराह इव पूर्वजः। गंगा भागीरथी चैव कौशिकी सरयूरपि१५१। यमुना चाथ कावेरी कृष्णवेणी च निम्नगा। तुंगभद्रा महावेगा नदी गोदावरी तथा१५२। चर्मण्वती च सिंधुश्च तथा नदनदीपतिः। मेलकप्रभवश्चैव शोणो मणिनिभोदकः१५३। नर्मदा च शुभस्रोतास्तथा वेत्रवती नदी। गोमती गोकुलाकीर्णा तथा पूर्वा सरस्वती१५४। महाकालमहीचैव तमसा पुष्पवाहिनी। जंबूद्वीपं रत्नवच्च सर्वरत्नोपशोभितम्१५५। सुवर्णपुटकं चैव सुवर्णाकरमंडितम्। महानदश्च लौहित्यश्शैलः कांचनशोभितः१५६। पत्तनं कोशकाराणां कशं च रजताकरम्। मगधाश्च महाग्रामाः पुण्ड्रा उग्रास्तथैव च१५७। स्रुघ्ना मल्ला विदेहाश्च मालवाः काशि कोसलाः। भवनं वैनतेयस्य दैत्येंद्रेणाभिकंपितम्१५८। कैलासशिखराकारं यत्कृतं विश्वकर्मणा। रत्नतोयो महाभीमो लौहित्यो नाम सागरः१५९। उदयश्च महाशैल उच्छ्रितः शतयोजनम्। सवर्णवेदिकः श्रीमान्मेघपंक्तिनिषेवितः१६०। भ्राजमानोर्कसदृशैर्जातरूपमयैर्द्रुमैः। सालैस्तालैस्तमालैश्च कर्णिकारैश्च पुष्पितैः१६१। अयोमुखश्च विख्यातः सर्वतो धातुमंडितः। तमालवनगंधश्च पर्वतो मलयः शुभः१६२। सुराष्ट्राश्च सबाह्लीकाश्शूद्राभीरास्तथैव च। भोजाः पांड्याश्च वंगाश्च कलिंगास्ताम्रलिप्तकाः१६३। तथैव पौंड्राः शुभ्राश्च वामचूडास्सकेरलाः। क्षोभितास्तेन दैत्येन देवाश्चाप्सरसां गणाः१६४। अगस्त्यभवनं चैव यदगस्त्यकृतं पुरा। सिद्धचारणसंघैश्च विप्रकीर्णं मनोहरम्१६५। विचित्रनानाविहगं सपुष्पितमहाद्रुमम्। जातरूपमयैः शृंगैरप्सरोगणसेवितम्१६६। गिरिः पुष्पितकश्चैव लक्ष्मीवान्प्रियदर्शनः। उत्थितः सागरं भित्वा विश्रामश्चंद्रसूर्ययोः१६७। रराज स महाशृंगैर्गगनं विलिखन्निव। चंद्रसूर्यांशुसंकाशैः सागरांबुसमावृतैः१६८। विद्युत्त्वान्पर्वतः श्रीमानायतः शतयोजनम्। विद्युतां यत्र संपाता निपात्यंते नगोत्तमे१६९। ऋषभः पर्वतश्चैव श्रीमानृषभसंस्थितः। कुंजरः पर्वतः श्रीमानगस्त्यस्य गृहं शुभम्१७०। विमलाख्या च दुर्द्धर्षा सर्पाणां मालती पुरी। तथा भोगवती चापि दैत्येंद्रेणाभिकंपिता१७१। महासेनगिरिश्चैव पारियात्रश्च पर्वतः। चक्रवांश्च गिरिश्रेष्ठो वाराहश्चैव पर्वतः१७२। प्राग्ज्योतिषपुरं चापि जातरूपमयं शुभम्। यस्मिन्नुवास दुष्टात्मा नरको नाम दानवः१७३। मेघश्च पर्वतश्रेष्ठो मेघगंभीरनिस्स्वनः। षष्टिस्तत्र सहस्राणि पर्वतानां विशांपते१७४। तरुणादित्यसंकाशो मेरुश्चैव महान्गिरिः। यक्षराक्षसगंधर्वैर्नित्यं सेवितकंदरः१७५। हेमगर्भो महासेनस्तथा मेघसखो गिरिः। कैलासश्चैव शैलेंद्रो दानवेंद्रेण कंपितः१७६। हेमपुष्करसञ्छन्नं तेन वैखानसं सरः। कंपितं मानसं चैव हंसकारंडवाकुलम्१७७। त्रिशृंगः पर्वतश्रेष्ठः कुमारी च सरिद्वरा। तुषारचयसंच्छन्नो मंदरश्चापि पर्वतः१७८। उशीरबीजश्च गिरिर्भद्रप्रस्थस्तथाद्रिराट्। प्रजापतिगिरिश्चैव तथा पुष्करपर्वतः१७९। देवाभः पर्वतश्चैव तथा वै वालुकागिरिः। क्रौंचः सप्तर्षिशैलश्च धूम्रवर्णश्च पर्वतः१८०। एते चान्ये च गिरयो देशा जनपदास्तथा। नद्यः ससागराः सर्वाः दानवेनाभिकंपिताः१८१। कपिलश्च महीपुत्रो व्याघ्रवांश्च प्रकंपितः। खेचराश्च निशापुत्राः पातालतलवासिनः१८२। गणस्तथापरो रौद्रो मेघनामांकुशायुधः। ऊर्द्ध्वगो भीमवेगश्च सर्व एतेभिकंपिताः१८३। गदी शूली करालश्च हिरण्यकशिपुस्तथा। जीमूतघननिर्घोषो जीमूत इव वेगवान्१८४। देवारिर्दितिजो दृप्तो नृसिंहं समुपाद्रवत्। स तु तेन ततस्तीक्ष्णैर्मृगेंद्रेण महानखैः१८५। तदोंकारसहायेन विदार्य निहतो युधि। मही च कालश्च शशीनभश्च ग्रहास्स सूर्याश्च दिशश्च सर्वाः१८६। नद्यश्च शैलाश्च महार्णवाश्च गताः प्रसादं दितिपुत्रनाशात्। ततः प्रमुदिता देवा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः१८७। तुष्टुवुर्नामभिर्दिव्यैरादिदेवं सनातनम्। यत्त्वया विधृतं देव नारसिंहमिदं वपुः१८८। एतदेवार्चयिष्यंति परापरविदो जनाः। ब्रह्मोवाच-। भवान्ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च महेंद्रो देवसत्तमः१८९। भवान्कर्त्ता विकर्त्ता च लोकानां प्रभवोऽव्ययः। परां च सिद्धिं च परं च सत्वं परं रहस्यं परमं हविश्च१९०। परं च धर्मं परमं यशश्च त्वामाहुरग्र्यं परमं पुराणम्। परं च सत्यं परमं तपश्च परं पवित्रं परमं च मार्गं१९१। परं च यज्ञं परमं च होत्रं त्वामाहुरग्य्रं परमं पुराणम्। परं शरीरं परमं च ब्रह्म परं च योगं परमां च वाणीम्१९२। परं रहस्यं परमां गतिं च त्वामाहुरग्य्रं परमं पुराणम्। एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवान्सर्वलोकपितामहः१९३। स्तुत्वा नारायणं देवं ब्रह्मलोकं गतः प्रभुः। ततो नदत्सु तूर्येषु नृत्यंतीष्वप्सरःसु च१९४। क्षीरोदस्योत्तरं कूलं जगाम हरिरीश्वरः। नारसिंहं वपुर्देवः स्थापयित्वा सुदीप्तिमान्१९५। पौराणं रूपमास्थाय प्रययौ गरडध्वजः। अष्टचक्रेण यानेन भूतियुक्तेन भास्वता१९६। अव्यक्तप्रकृतिर्देवः स्वस्थानं गतवान्प्रभुः१९७।
bhīṣma uvāca-| idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi hiraṇyakaśiporvadham| narasiṃhasya māhātmyaṃ tathā pāpavināśanam1| pulastya uvāca-| purā kṛtayuge rājanhiraṇyakaśipuḥ prabhuḥ| daityānāmādipuruṣaścakāra sumahattapaḥ2| daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca| jalavāsī samabhavatsnānamaunadhṛtavrataḥ3| vṛtaḥ śamadamābhyāṃ ca brahmacaryeṇa caiva hi| brahmā prīto'bhavattasya tapasā niyamena ca4| tataḥ svayaṃbhūrbhagavānsvayamāgatya tatra hi| vimānenārkavarṇena haṃsayuktena bhāsvatā5| ādityairvasubhiḥ sādhyairmarudbhirdaivataissaha| rudrairviśvasahāyaiśca yakṣarākṣasapannagaiḥ6| digbhiścaiva vidigbhiśca nadībhiḥ sāgaraistathā| nakṣatraiśca muhūrtaiśca khacaraiśca mahāgrahaiḥ7| devairbrahmarṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ siddhaiḥ saptarṣibhistathā| rājarṣibhiḥ puṇyakṛdbhirgaṃdharvāpsarasāṃgaṇaiḥ8| carācaraguruḥ śrīmānvṛtaḥ sarvairdivaukasaiḥ| brahmā brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho daityaṃ vacanamabravīt9| prītosmi tava bhaktasya tapasā'nena suvrata| varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yatheṣṭaṃ kāmamāpnuhi10| hiraṇyakaśipuruvāca-| na devāsuragaṃdharvā na yakṣoragarākṣasāḥ| na mānuṣāḥ piśācāśca hanyurmāṃ devasattama11| ṛṣayo mānavāḥ śāpairna śapeyuḥ pitāmaha| yadi me bhagavānprīto vara eṣa vṛto mayā12| na śastreṇa na cāstreṇa giriṇā pādapena vā| na śuṣkeṇa na cārdreṇa na syāccānyena me vadhaḥ13| bhaveyamahamevārkaḥ somo vāyurhutāśanaḥ| salilaṃ cāṃtarikṣaṃ ca nakṣatrāṇi diśo daśa14| ahaṃ krodhaśca kāmaśca varuṇo vāsavo yamaḥ| dhanadaśca dhanādhyakṣo yakṣaḥ kiṃpuruṣādhipaḥ15| brahmovāca -| eṣa divyo varastāta mayā dattastavādbhutaḥ| sarvakāmaprado vatsa prāpsyasi tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ16| evamuktvā sa bhagavānjagāmākāśameva hi| vairājaṃ brahmasadanaṃ brahmarṣigaṇasevitam17| tato devāśca gaṃdharvā ṛṣibhiḥ saha cāraṇāḥ| varapradānaṃ śrutvaivaṃ pitāmahamupasthitāḥ18| devā ūcuḥ-| varapradānādbhagavanvadhiṣyati sa no'suraḥ| tatprasādaśca bhagavanvadhopyasya viciṃtyatām19| bhagavānsarvabhūtānāmādikarttā svayaṃprabhuḥ| sraṣṭā ca havyakavyānāmavyaktaprakṛtiḥ paraḥ20| sarvalokahitaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā devaḥ prajāpatiḥ| āśvāsayāmāsa tadā suśītairvacanāṃbubhiḥ21| avaśyaṃ tridaśānena prāptavyaṃ tapasaḥ phalaṃ| tapaso'nte'sya bhagavānvadhaṃ viṣṇuḥ kariṣyati22| tacchrutvā vibudhā vākyaṃ sarve paṃkajajānanāt| svāni sthānāni divyāni viprajagmurmudānvitāḥ23| labdhamātre vare sotha prajāssarvā abādhata| hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo varadānena garvitaḥ24| āśrameṣu mahābhāgānmunīnvai śaṃsitavratān| satyadharmaparāndāntāndharṣayāmāsa dānavaḥ25| devāṃstribhuvanasthāṃśca parājitya mahāsuraḥ| trailokyaṃ vaśamānīya svarge vasati dānavaḥ26| yadā varamadotsiktaścoditaḥ kāladharmiṇā| yajñiyānakaroddaityānayajñīyāṃśca daivatān27| tathā daityāśca sādhyāśca viśve ca vasavastathā| rudrā devagaṇā yakṣā devadvijamaharṣayaḥ28| śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ viṣṇumupatasthurmahābalam| devadevaṃ yajñamayaṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam29| devā ūcuḥ-| nārāyaṇa mahābhāga devāstvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ| trāyasva jahi daityeṃdraṃ hiraṇyakaśipuṃ prabho30| tvaṃ hi naḥ paramodātā tvaṃ hi naḥ paramo guruḥ| tvaṃ hi naḥ paramo devo brahmādīnāṃ surottamaḥ31| viṣṇuruvāca-| bhayaṃ tyajaddhvamamarā abhayaṃ vo dadāmyaham| tathaiva tridivaṃ devāḥ pratipadyata māciram32| enaṃ hi sagaṇaṃ daityaṃ varadānena garvitam| avadhyamamareṃdrāṇāṃ dānaveṃdraṃ nihanmyaham33| evamuktvā tu bhagavānviśvapo viṣṇuravyayaḥ| hiraṇyakaśipusthānaṃ jagāma harirīśvaraḥ34| tejasā bhāskārākāraḥ śaśīkāṃtyeva cāparaḥ| narasya kṛtvārdhatanuṃ siṃhasyārddhatanuṃ tathā35| nārasiṃhena vapuṣā pāṇiṃ saṃgṛhya pāṇinā| tato dadarśa vistīrṇāṃ divyāṃ ramyāṃ manoramām36| sarvakāmayutāṃ śubhrāṃ hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sabhām| vistīrṇāṃ yojanaśataṃ śatamadhyarddhamāyatām37| vaihāyasīṃ kāmagamāṃ paṃcayojanamucchritām| jarāśokakṣamāpetāṃ niṣprakampyāṃ śivāṃ sukhām38| veśmāsanavatīṃ ramyāṃ jvalaṃtīmiva tejasā| aṃtaḥsalilasaṃyuktāṃ vihitāṃ viśvakarmaṇā39| divyavarṇamayairvṛkṣaiḥ phalapuṣpapradairyutām| nīlapītāsitaśyāmaiḥ śvetairlohitakairapi40| avadātaistathā gulmai raktamaṃjaridhāribhiḥ| sitābhraghanasaṃkāśāṃ plavaṃtīṃ ca dadarśa saḥ41| raśmimatī svabhāvena divyagaṃdhamanoramā| susukhā na ca duḥkhā sā na śītā na ca gharmadā42| na kṣutpipāse glāniṃ vā prāpyatāṃ prāpnuvaṃti te| nānarūpairupakṛtā sucitraiśca subhāsvaraiḥ43| aticaṃdrātisūryāti śikhikānti svayaṃprabhā| dīpyate nākapṛṣṭhasthā bhāsayaṃtī vibhāsurā44| sarve cakāśire tasyāṃ muditāścaiva mānuṣāḥ| rasavacca prabhūtaṃ ca bhakṣyabhojyānnamuttamaṃ45| puṇyagaṃdhāsrajaścāpi nityakālaphalā drumāḥ| uṣṇe śītāni toyāni śīte coṣṇāni saṃti vai46| puṣpitāgrānmahāśākhānpravālāṃkuradhāriṇaḥ| latāvitānasaṃchannānkalpānaikṣiṣṭha sa prabhuḥ47| gaṃdhavaṃti ca puṣpāṇi rasavaṃti phalāni ca| tāni śītāni coṣṇāni tatratatra sarāṃsi ca48| apaśyadbhūpatīrthāni sabhāyāṃ tasya sa prabhuḥ| nalinaiḥ puṃḍarīkaiśca śatapatraiḥ sugaṃdhibhiḥ49| raktaiḥ kuvalayaiścaiva kalhārairutpalaistathā| nānāścaryasamopetaiḥ puṣpairanyaiśca supriyaiḥ1.45.50| kāraṃḍavaiścakravākaiḥ sārasaiḥ kurarairapi| vimalasphaṭikābhāni pāṃḍuracchadanairdvijaiḥ51| bahuhaṃsopagītāni sārasānāṃ rutāni ca| gaṃdhayuktā latāstatra puṣpamaṃjaridhāriṇīḥ52| dṛṣṭavānbhagavānhṛṣṭaḥ khadirānvetasārjunān| cūtānimbānāgavṛkṣāḥ kadaṃbā bakulā dhavāḥ53| priyaṃgavaḥ pāṭalākhyāḥ śālmalyassa haridravāḥ| śālāstālāstamālāśca caṃpakāśca manoramāḥ54| tathaivānye vyarājaṃta sabhāyāṃ puṣpitā drumāḥ| elāka kubhakaṃkola lavalī karṇapūrakāḥ55| madhukāḥ kovidārāśca bahutālasamucchrayāḥ| aṃjanāśokaparṇāsā bahavaścitrakā drumāḥ56| varuṇāśca palāśāścā panasāssaha caṃdanaiḥ| nīlāssumanasaścaiva nīpāścāśvatthatiṃdukāḥ57| pārijātāśca taravo mallikā bhadradāravaḥ| aṭarūṣāḥ pīlūkāśca tathā caivailavālukāḥ58| maṃdārakāḥ kuravakā punnāgāḥ kuṭajāstathā| raktāḥ kuravakāścaiva nīlāścāgarubhiḥ saha59| kiṃśukāścaiva bhavyāśca dāḍimā bījapūrakāḥ| kāleyakā dukūlāśca hiṃgavastailavarttikāḥ60| kharjūrā nālikerāśca harītaka madhūkakāḥ| saptaparṇāśca bilvāśca sayāvāśca śarāvatāḥ61| asanāśca tamālāśca nānāgulmasamāvṛtāḥ| latāśca vividhākārāḥ puṣpapatraphalopagāḥ62| ete cānye ca bahavastatra kānanajā drumāḥ| nānāpuṣpaphalopetā vyarājaṃta samaṃtataḥ63| cakorāḥ śatapatrāśca mattakokilaśārikāḥ| puṣpitānpuṣpitāgrāṃśca saṃpataṃti mahādrumān64| raktapītāruṇāstatra pādapāgragatāḥ khagāḥ| parasparamavaikṣaṃta prahṛṣṭā jīvajīvikāḥ65| tasyāṃ sabhāyāṃ daityeṃdro hiraṇyakaśipustadā| āsīna āsane citre daśanalve pramāṇataḥ66| divākaranibhe divye divyāstaraṇasaṃstṛte| hiraṇyakaśipurdaitya āste jvalitakuṃḍalaḥ67| upacerurmahādaityā hiraṇyakaśipuṃ tadā| divyatālāni gītāni jagurgaṃdharvasattamāḥ68| viśvācī sahajanyā ca pramloceti ca pūjitā| divyātha saurabheyī ca samīcī puṃjikasthalā69| miśrakeśī ca raṃbhā ca citrabhā śrutivibhramā| cārunetrā ghṛtācī ca menakā corvaśī tathā70| etāssahasraśaścānyā nṛtyagītaviśāradāḥ| upātiṣṭhaṃta rājānaṃ hiraṇyakaśipuṃ prabhum71| upāsate diteḥ putrāḥ sarve labdhavarāstathā| balirvirocanastatra narakaḥ pṛthivīsutaḥ72| prahlādo vipracittiśca gaviṣṭhaśca mahāsuraḥ| surahantā duḥkhakartā samanāssumatistathā73| ghaṭodaro mahāpārśvaḥ krathanaḥ piṭharastathā| viśvarūpasvarūpaśca viśvakāyo mahābalaḥ74| daśagrīvaśca vālī ca meghavāsā mahāsuraḥ| ghaṭābho viṭarūpaśca jvalanaśceṃdratāpanaḥ75| daityadānavasaṃghāste sarve jvalitakuṃḍalāḥ| sragviṇo varmiṇaḥ sarve sarve ca caritavratāḥ76| sarve labdhavarāḥ śūrāssarve vihitamṛtyavaḥ| ete cānye ca bahavo hiraṇyakaśipuṃ prabhum77| upāsate mahātmānaṃ sarve divyaparicchadāḥ| vimānairvividhākārairbhrājamānairivāgnibhiḥ78| mahendravapuṣaḥ sarve vicitrāṃgadabāhavaḥ| bhūṣitāṃgā diteḥ putrāstamupāsata sarvataḥ79| aiśvaryaṃ daityasiṃhasya yathā tasya mahātmanaḥ| na śrutaṃ naiva dṛṣṭaṃ ca kasyāpi bhuvanatraye80| rajatakanakacitravedikāyāṃ parikṛtaratnavicitravīthikāyām| sa dadarśa mṛgādhipaḥ sabhāyāṃ surucira jālagavākṣaśobhitāyām81| kanakavalayahārabhūṣitāṃgaṃ dititanayaṃ sa mṛgādhipo dadarśa| divasakarakaraprabhaṃ jvalaṃtaṃ ditijasahasraśatairniṣevyamāṇam82| tato dṛṣṭvā mahābhāgaṃ kālacakramivāgatam| nārasiṃhavapuśchannaṃ bhasmacchannamivānalam83| hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putraḥ prahlādo nāma vīryavān| divyena vapuṣā siṃhamapaśyaddevamāgatam84| taṃ dṛṣṭvā rukmaśailābhamapūrvāṃ tanumāśritam| vismitā dānavāḥ sarve hiraṇyakaśipuśca saḥ85| prahlāda uvāca-| mahārāja mahābāho daityānāmādisaṃbhava| na śrutaṃ naiva me dṛṣṭaṃ nārasiṃhamidaṃ vapuḥ86| avyaktaṃ paramaṃ divyaṃ kimidaṃ rūpamāgatam| daityāṃtakaraṇaṃ ghoraṃ śaṃsatīva mano mama87| asya devāḥ śarīrasthāḥ sāgarāḥ saritastathā| himavānpāriyātraśca ye cānye kulaparvatāḥ88| caṃdramāssahanakṣatrairādityā raśmibhiḥ saha| dhanado varuṇaścaiva yamaḥ śakraḥ śacīpatiḥ89| maruto devagaṃdharvā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ| nāgā yakṣāḥ piśācāśca rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ90| brahmā devāḥ paśupatirlalāṭasthā bhramaṃti hi| sthāvarāṇi ca sarvāṇi jaṃgamāni tathaiva ca91| bhavāṃśca sahitosmābhiḥ sarvairdaityagaṇairvṛtaḥ| vimānaśatasaṃkīrṇā sarvā yā bhavataḥ sabhā92| sarvaṃ tribhuvanaṃ rājanlokadharmaśca śāśvataḥ| dṛśyate narasiṃhesmiṃstathedaṃ nikhilaṃ jagat93| prajāpatiścātra manurmahātmā grahāśca yogāśca mahī nabhaśca| utpātakālaśca dhṛtirmatiśca ratiśca satyaṃ ca tapo damaśca94| sanatkumāraśca mahānubhāvo viśve ca devā ṝṣayaśca sarve| krodhaśca kāmaśca tathaiva harṣo darpaśca mohaḥ pitaraśca sarve95| prahlādasya vacaḥ śrutvā hiraṇyakaśipuḥ prabhuḥ| uvāca dānavānsarvāngaṇāṃśca sagaṇādhipaḥ96| mṛgeṃdro gṛhyatāmeṣa apūrvāṃ tanumāsthitaḥ| yadi vā saṃśayaḥ kaścidvadhyatāṃ vanagocaraḥ97| te dānavagaṇāssarve mṛgeṃdraṃ bhīmavikramam| parikṣipaṃto muditāstrāsayāmāsurojasā98| siṃhanādaṃ vimucyātha narasiṃho mahābalaḥ| babhaṃja tāṃ sabhāṃ sarvāṃ vyāditāsya ivāṃtakaḥ99| sabhāyāṃ bhajyamānāyāṃ hiraṇyakaśipuḥ svayam| cikṣepāstrāṇi siṃhasya roṣavyākulalocanaḥ1.45.100| sarvāstrāṇāmatha śreṣṭhaṃ daṃḍamastraṃ sudāruṇam| kālacakraṃ tathā ghoraṃ viṣṇucakraṃ tathāparaṃ101| paitāmahaṃ mahātyugraṃ trailokyanirmitaṃ mahat| vicitrāmaśaniṃ caiva śuṣkādraṃ cāśanidvayam102| raudraṃ tathograśūlaṃ ca kaṃkālaṃ musalaṃ tathā| astraṃ brahmaśiraścaiva brāhmamastraṃ tathaiva ca103| nārāyaṇāstramaiṃdraṃ ca āgneyaṃ śaiśiraṃ tathā| vāyavyaṃ mathanaṃ caiva kapālamatha kiṃkaram104| tathā pratihatāṃ śaktiṃ krauṃcamastraṃ tathaiva ca| mohanaṃ śoṣaṇaṃ caiva saṃtāpanavilāpane105| kaṃpanaṃ śātanaṃ caiva mahāstraṃ caiva rodhanam| kālamudgaramakṣobhyaṃ tāpanaṃ ca mahābalam106| saṃvartanaṃ mohanaṃ ca tathā māyādharaṃ varam| gāndharvamastraṃ dayitamasiratnaṃ ca naṃdakam107| prasvāpanaṃ pramathanaṃ vāruṇaṃ cāstramuttamam| astraṃ pāśupataṃ caiva yasyā pratihatā gatiḥ108| etānyastrāṇi divyāni hiraṇyakaśipustadā| asṛjannarasiṃhasya dīptasyāgnerivāhutim109| astraiḥ prajvalitaiḥ siṃhamāvṛṇodasurottamaḥ| vivasvāngharmasamaye himavaṃtamivāṃśubhiḥ110| sa hyamarṣānilodbhūto daityānāṃ sainyasāgaraḥ| kṣaṇenāplāvayatsarvaṃ mainākamiva sāgaraḥ111| prāsaiḥ pāśaiśca khaḍgaiśca gadābhirmusalaistathā| vajrairaśanibhiścaiva bahuśākhairmahādrumaiḥ112| mudgaraiḥ kūṭapāśaiśca śilolūkhalaparvataiḥ| śataghnībhiśca dīptābhirdaṃḍairapi sudāruṇaiḥ113| te dānavāḥ pāśagṛhītahastā maheṃdratulyāśanitulya vegāḥ| samaṃtatobhyudyatabāhukāyāḥ sthitāḥ saśīrṣā iva nāgapotāḥ114| suvarṇamālākulabhūṣitāṃgāḥ sutīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrākulavaktragartāḥ| sphuratprabhāste ca saśṛṃgadehāścīnāṃśukā bhāṃti yathaiva haṃsāḥ115| sosṛjaddānavo māyāmagniṃ vāyuṃ samīritam| tamiṃdrastoyadaiḥ sārdhaṃ sahasrākṣo mahādyutiḥ116| mahatā toyavarṣeṇa śamayamāsa pāvakam| tasyāṃ pratihatāyāṃ tu māyāyāṃ yudhi dānavaḥ117| asṛjadghorasaṃkāśaṃ tamastīvraṃ samaṃtataḥ| tamasā saṃvṛte loke daityeṣvāttāyudheṣu ca118| svatejasā parivṛto divākara ivodgataḥ| triśikhāṃ bhrukuṭīmasya dadṛśurdānavā raṇe119| lalāṭasthāṃ trikūṭasthāṃ gaṃgāṃ tripathagāmiva| tataḥ sarvāsu māyāsu hatāsu ditinaṃdanāḥ120| hiraṇyakaśipuṃ daityā viṣaṇṇāśśaraṇaṃ yayuḥ| tataḥ prajvalitaḥ krodhātpradahanniva tejasā121| tasminkruddhe tu daityeṃdre tamobhūtamabhūjjagat| āvahaḥ pravahaścaiva vivahotha samīraṇaḥ122| parāvahassaṃvahaśca udvahaśca mahābalaḥ| tathā parivahaḥ śrīmānutpātabhayaśaṃsinaḥ123| ityevaṃ kṣubhitāḥ sapta maruto gaganecarāḥ| ye grahāssarvalokasya kṣaye prādurbhavaṃti hi124| te sarve gagane hṛṣṭāvyacaraṃśca yathāsukham| ayogataścāpyacaradyogaṃ niśi niśācaraḥ125| sagrahaḥ saha nakṣatraistārāpatirariṃdama| vivarṇatāṃ ca bhagavāngato divi divākaraḥ126| kṛṣṇaḥ kabaṃdhaśca tadā 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śrīmānagastyasya gṛhaṃ śubham170| vimalākhyā ca durddharṣā sarpāṇāṃ mālatī purī| tathā bhogavatī cāpi daityeṃdreṇābhikaṃpitā171| mahāsenagiriścaiva pāriyātraśca parvataḥ| cakravāṃśca giriśreṣṭho vārāhaścaiva parvataḥ172| prāgjyotiṣapuraṃ cāpi jātarūpamayaṃ śubham| yasminnuvāsa duṣṭātmā narako nāma dānavaḥ173| meghaśca parvataśreṣṭho meghagaṃbhīranissvanaḥ| ṣaṣṭistatra sahasrāṇi parvatānāṃ viśāṃpate174| taruṇādityasaṃkāśo meruścaiva mahāngiriḥ| yakṣarākṣasagaṃdharvairnityaṃ sevitakaṃdaraḥ175| hemagarbho mahāsenastathā meghasakho giriḥ| kailāsaścaiva śaileṃdro dānaveṃdreṇa kaṃpitaḥ176| hemapuṣkarasañchannaṃ tena vaikhānasaṃ saraḥ| kaṃpitaṃ mānasaṃ caiva haṃsakāraṃḍavākulam177| triśṛṃgaḥ parvataśreṣṭhaḥ kumārī ca saridvarā| tuṣāracayasaṃcchanno maṃdaraścāpi parvataḥ178| uśīrabījaśca girirbhadraprasthastathādrirāṭ| prajāpatigiriścaiva tathā puṣkaraparvataḥ179| devābhaḥ parvataścaiva tathā vai vālukāgiriḥ| krauṃcaḥ saptarṣiśailaśca dhūmravarṇaśca parvataḥ180| ete cānye ca girayo deśā 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English translation
Bhīṣma said :
1. Now I desire to hear about the killing of Hiraṇyakaśipu , about the greatness of Narasiṃha and about the destruction that he brought about.
Pulastya said :
2-4. O king, formerly, in the Kṛta age, Hiraṇyakaśipu, the lord of demons, practised a very great (i.e. severe) penance. He, surrounded by (i.e. observing) tranquility, restraint and celibacy and having taken up the vow of bath and silence lived in water for ten thousand and ten hundred years. Brahmā was pleased with him as a result of his penance and restraint.
5-8. Then, (seated) in a bright aeroplane, whose colour (i.e. brilliance) was like the sun, and to which swans were yoked, the self-born lord himself came there, with Ādityas , Vasus , Sādhyas , Maruts , (other) deities, Rudras accompanied by Viśvas , Yakṣas , Rākṣasas , serpents, also with quarters, intermediate quarters, rivers and oceans, also with constellations, instants, beings moving in the sky, great planets, gods, brahmanic sages, Siddhas , also the seven sages, and also with meritorious royal sages, and hosts of Gandharvas and celestial nymphs.
9-10. Brahmā, the affluent lord of the mobile and the immobile, the best among those who knew Brahman (i.e. the supreme spirit), surrounded by the residents of heaven, said (these) words to the demon (Hiraṇyakaśipu): “O you of a good vow, I am pleased with this penance of yours, (my) devotee. Well-being to you; ask for a boon; obtain what you desire.”
Hiraṇyakaśipu said :
11. O best of gods, no gods, no demons, no Gandharvas, no Yakṣas, no serpents, no Rākṣasas, no men, no goblins should kill me.
12. O grandsire, sages or men should not curse me with curses. If the lord is pleased, this is the boon chosen by me.
13. I should not be killed with a weapon, or a missile, with a mountain (or a huge rock), or a tree, with a dry or a wet object, or by any other object.
14-15. Let me be the Sun, the Moon, Vāyu , Agni , Water, the Sky, the constellations and the ten quarters. I am wrath; I am desire, I am Varuṇa , Indra and Yama . I am Kubera , the lord of wealth, and the king of Yakṣas and Kinnaras .
Brahmā said :
16. O child, I have granted you this divine, wonderful boon, giving (i.e. satisfying) all desires. O child, you will obtain (whatever you want).
17-18. Saying so, the lord went to his residence, Vairāja (i.e. of Brahmā), attended upon by hosts of brahmanic sages. Then gods, Gandharvas with sages, the Cāraṇas (i.e. bards), having heard about the grant of the boon (to Hiraṇyakaśipu) approached the grandsire.
The gods said :
19-20. O lord, due to your having granted him a boon, the demon will kill us. So be pleased, and think as to how he also could be killed. You, the lord, are the first creator of all beings. You are the author of the offerings meant for gods and manes. Your nature is unmanifest; you are the greatest (god).
21. Having heard those words beneficial to all the worlds, the creator consoled them with the very cold water of his words:
22. “O gods, he must get the fruit of his penance. Lord Viṣṇu will kill him at the end of his penance.”
23. Hearing these words from the mouth of the Lotus-born one, all the gods gladly went to their own divine abodes.
24. That demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, who had become proud due to the grant of the boon, harassed all beings as soon as he got the boon.
25. The demon offended holy sages observing vows and following the path of truth with self-restraint in hermitages.
26. The great demon having defeated the gods living in the three worlds, and having brought under his control the three worlds, lived in heaven.
27. When he was haughty due to (the grant of) the boon, and when he was (thus) urged by Death, he made the demons the recipients of portions at sacrifices and deprived gods of these portions.
28-29. Daityas , Sādhyas, also all Vasus, Rudras, hosts of gods, Yakṣas, deities, brāhmaṇas and great sages approached, for shelter, Viṣṇu, the ancient Vāsudeva , of great might, the god of gods, full of (i.e. of the nature of) sacrifice.
Gods said :
30-31. O glorious Nārāyaṇa , (we) the gods have sought your refuge. Protect (us), kill Hiraṇyakaśipu, the lord of demons, O lord. You are our great preceptor. You are our highest god; you are the best god among Brahnā and others.
Viṣṇu said :
32. O gods, give up your fear; I shall grant you fearlessness (i.e. I shall remove the cause of your fear). And, O gods, go to heaven, do not tarry.
33. I shall kill this lord of demons, who has become haughty because of the grant of a boon (to him by Brahmā) and who could not be killed by great gods.
34-35a. Saying so, the immutable lord Viṣṇu, Hari , the lord and the protector of the universe, who looked like the sun due to his brilliance and was as it were another moon due to his charm, went to the place of Hiraṇyakaśipu.
35b-41. Having made his body having half the portion of human body and half of a lion’s body, and holding (one) hand with another, he, with the Narasiṃha form, saw Hiraṇya -kasipu’s assembly, which was huge, divine, charming and pleasing to the mind, which was endowed with all desires (i.e.,desired objects), bright, which was a hundred yojanas in lengh, fifty yojanas in breadth, which was aerial, which moved according to the desire (of the inmates), which was five yojanas in height, which was free from old age, grief and forbearance, which did not shake, which was auspicious and pleasant, which had water inside and which was laid by Viśvakarman , which was endowed with trees of a divine colour giving flowers and fruits, and with dark-blue, white, dark white, reddish, bright thickets having red sprouts floating (in the atmosphere) like a mass of white clouds.
42-45. It was naturally brilliant, and was agreeable due to divine fragrance. Those who reached it, did not have hunger, thirst or fatigue. It was decorated with bright pictures of many kinds. Its brightness surpassed that of the sun, the moon or the fire, and it was self-shining. Illuminating (other objects) that very brilliant assembly shone in the heaven. All men, being pleased, shone in it. In it there was excellent, tasty and abundant food to eat.
46. There werewreaths of auspicious fragrance; there were trees always giving fruit. The water there was cold in the hot season and warm in the cold season.
47. The lord saw there the Kalpa trees, with their tops having flowers, having large branches, and shoots and sprouts, and covered with the spreading out creepers.
48. The flowers were fragrant, and the fruits were juicy. The lord also saw there the lakes—the sacred places—(having) cold and hot (water).
49-51. They had (by them) fragrant lotuses, white lotuses, red lotuses, blue lotuses, white lotuses, water-lilies, and other very likeable flowers full of many wonders; they looked like spotless crystals with birds like Kāraṇḍava , Cakravāka , cranes and ospreys and with birds of white wings.
52-54. They had the cooings of many swans and the notes of cranes. The lord was happy to see fragrant creepers having flowers and blossoms, and khadira , vetasa and arjuna trees. In the assembly there were trees like the mango, nimba , nāga , kadamba , bakula , dhava , priyaṅgu , pāṭala , śālmali , haridrava, śāla , tāla , tamāla [1] and beautiful campaka .
55-60. Also other blossoming trees shone in the assembly. There were trees like cardamom, arjuna, kaṅkola , levalī, karṇapūraka , madhuka , kovidāra tall like many tālas , añjana , aśoka , parṇāsa , many citraka trees, varuṇa, capalāśa, panasa with sandal trees; nīla nimba, nīpa , aśvattha and tinduka , pārijāta and jasmine (creepers) and pine trees [3] , aṭarūṣa, groups of palm trees, cardamom and camphor trees, mandāra , kurabaka [4] , punnāga and kuṭaja , also red and blue kurabaka with sandal, big kiṃśukas and pomegranate trees, black sandal trees, dukūla , hiṅgu , and sandal trees.
61-62. Date trees, coconut trees, haritaka , madhūka , saptaparṇa , bilva , yava , śarāvata, and asana , tamāla, covered with many clusters of trees, creepers of various forms, with flowers and leaves (were there).
63-64. These and other wild trees with many flowers and fruits shone all round. Partridges, peacocks, intoxicated cuckoos and sārikā birds flew down on the great trees full of flowers and having flowers on their tops.
65. The delighted small and big birds—red, yellow, and tawny in colour—perching on the tops of trees, looked at one another.
66-67. In that assembly demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, the lord of demons, with bright bracelets, was seated on a variegated, divine seat, of the measure of four hundred cubits [5] , resembling the sun and covered over with a divine coverlet.
68-71. Great demons at that time waited upon Hiraṇyakaśipu. Best Gandharvas sang songs having a divine rhythm. Viśvācī , Sahajanyā , honoured Pramlocā , Divyā , Saurabheyī , Samīci, Puñjikasthalā , Miśrakeśī , Rambhā , Citrabhā, Śrutivibhramā, Cārunetrā , Ghṛtācī , Urvaśī , thousands like these and other celestial nymphs, skilled in dancing and music, waited upon the lord i.e. king Hiraṇyakaśipu.
72-75. All the sons of Diti , who had obtained boons, waited upon Hiraṇyakaśipu. They were: Bali , Virocana , Naraka , the son of Pṛthivī , Prahlāda , Vipraciti, and the great demon Gaviṣṭha , Surahantā , Duḥkhakartā, Sumanas and also Sumati , Ghaṭodara , Mahāpārśva , Krathana and Pithara , Viśvarūpa , Svarūpa , Viśvakāya, Mahābala , Daśagrīva , Vālin , and the great demon Meghavāsas , Ghaṭābha, Viṭarūpa, Jvalana and Aindratāpana.
76-78a. All the groups of brave demons, who had put on bright ear-rings, who wore wreaths and armours, all of whom had practised vows, all of whom had obtained boons, all who had ordained death (i.e. were ready to die)—these and others, with divine retinues waited upon the magnanimous Hiraṇyakaśipu.
78b-79. (They had) aeroplanes of various shapes, as it were blazing with fires. All the sons of Diti, with bodies of lordly demons, with ornaments round their arms, with their bodies decorated, waited upon him on all sides.
80. Affluence like that of the lord of demons was never heard of or seen before as belonging to any other individual in the three worlds.
81-82. The lord (i.e. Narasiṃha) saw that Diti’s son, whose body was decorated with golden bracelets and necklaces, who was bright like the brilliance of the sun’s rays, and who was being waited upon by hundreds of thousands (of demons).
83-84. Then seeing the magnanimous one, concealed in the body of Narasiṃha like fire covered with ashes, coming like the wheel of time, Hiraṇyakaśipu’s brave son, Prahlāda by name saw the god coming there in the form of Narasiṃha.
85. Seeing him taking up that extraordinary form shining like a golden mountain, all the demons were amazed; so also was that Hiraṇyakaśipu.
Prahlāda said :
86. O great king, O you of great arms, O you first-born among the demons, I have never heard of or seen this body of Narasiṃha (before).
87. Of what (i.e. taking which) form has this great unmanifest divine one come? My mind tells that this terrific one is the destroyer of the demons.
88-91. Gods, oceans, and rivers reside in his body. Himālaya , Pāriyātra and other principal mountains (reside in his body). The Moon with constellations, the Sun with rays, Kubera, Varuṇa, Yama, Indra the lord of Śacī , the Maruts, gods and Gandharvas, sages having penance as their treasure (reside in his body). Serpents, Yakṣas, demons of terrific valour, Brahmā, (other) gods, and the lord of beings (i.e. Śiva ) and also all the immobile and mobile (objects) residing on his forehead, are moving.
92-93. With us you are surrounded by the hosts of demons. O king, this your assembly crowded with hundreds of splendid rooms, also all the three worlds, the eternal dharma of the worlds, and this entire world are seen in Narasiṃha.
94-95. Here (i.e. in Narasiṃha’s body are seen) the creator, the great-souled Manu , planets and (their) conjunctions, the earth and the sky, the time of portents, and Dhṛti (courage), Mati (intellect), Rati (pleasure), Satya (truth), Tapas (penance) and Dama (restraint), Sanatkumāra of great prowess, Viśvedeva [6] , and all sages, Krodha (anger), Kāma (desire), Harṣa (joy), Darpa (pride), Moha (delusion) and all the dead ancestors.
96. Having heard the words of Prahlāda, lord Hiraṇyakaśipu, the head of the hosts of attendants, said to all the groups of his attendants:
97. “Seize this lordly lion, who has taken up an extraordinary body; if you have any doubt, kill this wild animal.”
98. All those followers of the demon, vigorously surrounding the lordly lion of terrible valour, joyfully frightened him.
99. With his mouth widely opened like that of Yama, the very powerful Narasiṃha roared and destroyed that divine assembly.
100. When the assembly was being destroyed Hiraṇyakaśipu himself, with his eyes full of anger, threw missiles at the lion:
101-108. The very terrible missile of all missiles called ‘ Daṇḍa ’, the fierce deadly disc, another missile called Viṣṇu- cakra , the great missile of the grandsire—the great and fearful missile fashioned in the three worlds, the wonderful Aśani missile, the two Aśani missiles—dry and wet, terrible and fearful spear, skeleton (used as a missile), pestle, the missile called ‘ Brahmaśiras ’, the missile known as ‘ Brahmāstra ’, the missile called ‘ Nārāyaṇāstra ’ (i.e. of Nārāyaṇa), ‘Aindrāstra’ (of Indra), ‘ Āgneyāstra ’ (i.e. of Agni) and ‘Śaisirāstra’ (i.e. of the winter, i.e. causing cold), ‘ Vāyavyāstra ’ (i.e. of Vāyu), ‘ Mathana ’ (i.e. destructive), ‘ Kapāla ’ (skull) that was (always) obedient, a powerful missile never repulsed, a missile named ‘ Krauñca ’, ‘ Mohana ’ (deluding), ‘ Śoṣaṇa ’ (drying up), ‘ Santapana ’ (tormenting) and ‘ Vilapana ’ (causing to weep), ‘ Kampana ’ (causing to tremble), ‘Śāntana’ (making dull), the great missile that would obstruct (the movements), fatal mallet, the very powerful tormenting missile that could not be stumbled, the destructive, deluding and excellent missile having (the power of causing) illusion, the missile called ‘Gandharvāstra’ dear to him, ‘ Nandaka ’, the gem of a sword, the best missile called ‘Varuṇāstra’ causing sleep and destruction, the missile called ‘ Pāśupata ’, the scope of which was never resisted.
109. Hiraṇyakaśipu discharged these divine weapons at Narasiṃha, as one would throw an oblation into fire.
110. The best of the demons covered the lion (i.e. Narasiṃha) with missiles as the sun covers the Himālaya mountain with his rays in the summer.
111-113. That ocean of the army of the demons, rising with the fire of anger, inundated everything with darts and barbed missiles, swords, maces, and pestles, with missiles like vajra and aśani, with mallets and snares, stones, mortars and rocks, with blazing śataghnīs {GL_NOTE::}, and very fearful staffs, as the ocean did the Maināka mountain.
114-115. Those demons, who had held nooses in their hands, who were comparable to Indra, whose velocity was like that of the thunderbolt, who had raised their hands and had stood up everywhere, whose bodies were full of (i.e. adorned with) golden strings, whose mouth-cavities were full of (i.e. having) very sharp fangs, stood there like young ones of serpents with their heads (raised). They, with throbbing lustre, horned bodies, and silken garments, appeared like swans.
116-117a. The demon produced illusory fire, urged by wind. Indra, of thousand eyes, and very lustrous, quenched the fire with a great (i.e. heavy) shower of water from (i.e. discharged through) clouds.
117b-118a. When that illusion was repulsed (by Indra) in the battle, the demon produced sharp (i.e. pitchy) darkness, looking terrible, on all sides.
ll8b-120a. When the world was screened with darkness, and when the demons had taken the weapons, he, surrounded by his own lustre, (looked) like the sun, that had risen. In the battle the demons saw three frowns on his eye-brows (that were knit) as Gaṅgā flowing in three directions (appears) on the forehead (of Śiva).
120b-12la. Then when all the illusions were repulsed, the demons—the sons of Diti—being dejected, sought the refuge of Hiraṇyakaśipu.
12lb-122a. Then as it were burning with lustre he blazed with anger. When the lord of the demons was angry (like that), the world became full of darkness.
122b-124a. The seven agitated Maruts— Āvaha , Pravaha , the wind Vivaha , Paravaha , Saṃvaha , the very mighty Udvaha and the majestic Parivaha —moved in the sky and (thus) indicated the fear of imminent calamity.
124b-125a. Those planets which appear at the time of the end (i.e. destruction) of the world, being delighted moved in the sky as they liked.
125b-126a. O you, who curb your enemy, the Moon moved in the sky with planets and constellations even though it was not the time of their conjunction.
126b-127. In the sky the Sun became lustreless. A black headless trunk at that time was seen in the sky. The Sun generated blackness (i.e. darkness) and the fire produced smokiness.
128. The lord, being in the sky was constantly surrounded. Seven Suns, resembling smoke came up in the sky.
129. The planets remained on the top of the Moon in the sky. The planets Venus and Jupiter remained to the left and right (sides of the Moon).
130-132. Saturn with his red form, appeared like Mars . The fearful planets moving in the sky, (as it were) uniting at the time of the end of a yuga , together slowly mounted the tops. The Moon, the dispeller of darkness, along with (i.e. accompanied by) planets and constellations did not greet Rohiṇī for the destruction of (i.e. because he wanted to destroy) the mobile and the immobile. The Moon, seized by Rāhu , was struck by meteors.
133. The blazing meteors moved on the Moon as they liked. The god, the lord of gods also showered blood.
134. From the sky, a meteor of the form of lightning fell down, with a great sound. All trees had flowers and fruits out of the season.
135. All the creepers said to be the destroyers of the demons bore fruit. Fruit grew on fruit and a flower on another flower.
136-138. All the figures of gods, foreboding great fear, appeared and disappeared, laughed and wept, cried gravely, appeared smoky and blazed. When that fight among the animals was imminent, domesticated beasts and birds mixed with the wild ones cried ferociously; and rivers, with their water (rendered) turbid, flowed in the opposite direction.
139-141a. Quarters, full of particles of blood, did not shine. The trees fit to be worshipped, were not at all worshipped; they were struck, broken and bent by the velocity of the wind. And also the shadows of people did not change though the Sun, at the time of the end of the worlds, went to the west.
141b-142. At that time, for the destruction of demons and the victory of gods, wine entered the store-room and the armoury situated on the upper chamber (of the mansion) of Hiraṇyakaśipu.
143-144a. Various fearful portents indicating terrible things were seen. These and others of terrible nature, foreboding a fight causing the destruction of the lord of demons, appeared there.
144b-145. When the earth was shaken by the magnanimous lord of the demons, mountains and groups of serpents of unlimited prowess, and discharging fire from their mouths full of flames of poison, fell down.
146-148a. Serpents, having four, five or seven hoods, Vāsuki , Takṣaka , Karkoṭaka , Dhanañjaya , Elāmukha , Kāliya and the powerful Mahāpadma , Śuddhāṅga with a thousand hoods and the lord Hematāladhvaja, Śeṣa , the great serpent Ananta (ordinarily) unshakeable, trembled.
148b-149a. The seven watery fissures of the earth (i.e. the seven oceans) trembled on all sides, being shaken by the anger of the lord of demons.
149b-151a. The beings moving in Pātāla , and having lustre of various kinds, (though ordinarily) unshakeable, trembled, when Pātāla suddenly got disturbed. Then the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, angry and biting his lips, laid his hand on the earth like the ancient Boar.
151b-155a. The rivers Gaṅgā or Bhāgīrathī , Kauśikī , Sarayū , Yamunā , Kāverī , Kṛṣṇaveṇī , Tuṅgabhadrā flowing speedily, the river Godāvarī , Carmaṇvatī , Sindhu the lord of big and (small) rivers, confluence (of rivers) with its water resembling rubies, Narmadā of a pious flow, the river Vetravatī , Gomatī crowded with herds of cattle, Pūrvā Sarasvatī , Mahākālamahī, and Tamasā carrying flowers were agitated.
155b-158a. The Jambūdvīpa , possessed ofjewels and adorned by all jewels, Suvarṇapuṭaka adorned with golden mines, the great river Lauhitya , the mountain adorned with gold, the city of Kośakāras (those who make scubbards), Kaśa , the mine of silver, the country of Magadha with big towns, the fearful Puṇḍra (country), (the countries viz.) Srughna, Malla , Videha , Mālava , Kāśī and Kosala were disturbed.
158b-159a. The abode of Vainateya (i.e. Garuḍa ), which resembled the shape of the peak of Kailāsa and which had been fashioned by Viśvakarman, was shaken by the lord of the demons.
159b-164. The great ocean called Lauhitya which had jewelled water and which was very fierce, the great mountain Udaya which was a hundred Yojanas in height, had golden tracts on it, which was beautiful and was resorted to by the rows of clouds, which was looking bright with golden trees like the sun, with blossomed trees of Sāla , Tāla, Tamāla and Karṇīkāra, the Ayomukha mountain, well-known and beautified all round with minerals, the auspicious Malaya mountain, fragrant due to the Tamāla-thickets, the Surāṣṭras , the Bālhīkas , the Śūdras , the Ābhīras , the Bhojas , the Pāṇḍyas , the Vaṅgas , the Kaliṅgas , the Tāmraliptakas , the Pauṇḍras , Śubhras , Vāmacūḍas , Keralas , and gods and the hosts of the celestial nymphs were disturbed by that demon.
165-166. The demon shook Agastya ’s residence, which was in olden days put up by Agastya, which was charming and was crowded with the hosts of Siddhas and Cāraṇas, which had various kinds of beautiful birds, and which had trees having flowers, which was resorted to by the hosts of nymphs on account of its golden turrets.
167. The lustrous and lovely Puṣpitaka mountain, the resting place of the moon and the sun, rose after cutting off the ocean.
168. It shone, as it were touching the sky with its great peaks, resembling the moon and the sun and covered with the water of the ocean. (All these were disturbed by the demon.)
169. The mountain Vidyutvān, beautiful and a hundred yojanas long, on which best mountain, flashes[?] of lighting fell (was agitated by the demon).
170-171. The beautiful mountain Ṛṣabha occupied by ṛṣabhas (bulls), the lustrous Kuñjara mountain, the auspicious-residence of Agastya, the inacessible city of serpents viz. Mālatī , known to be pure, the (city) Bhogavatī was shaken by the lord of demons.
172-174. The mountain Mahāsena , the mountain Pāriyātra, the great mountain Cakravān , and the Vārāha mountain, the auspicious, golden city Prāgjyotiṣa , where the wicked demon Naraka resided, the best mountain Megha , (giving out) deep sounds like clouds, and, O King, sixty thousand mountains (were shaken by the demon).
175. The great mountain Meru , appearing like the young (morning) sun, whose caves were always resorted to by Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Gandharvas (was disturbed by the demon).
176. The Mahāsena mountain, containing gold, the mountain Meghasakha (were shaken by the demon). The best of mountains viz. Kailāsa was also shaken by the lord of demons.
177. He also agitated the Mānasa lake of (i.e. resorted to by) the anchorites, which was covered with golden lotuses and which was crowded with swans and ducks.
178-181. The greatest mountain Triśṛṅga (i.e. Trikūṭa ), the excellent river Kumārī , even the Mandara mountain covered with the spray of cold water, the mountain Uśīrabīja , Bhadraprastha—the lord of mountains, the mountain Prajāpati , the mountain Puṣkara , Devābha mountain and Vālukāgiri, Krauñca mountain of the seven sages and the mountain Dhūmravarṇa —these and other mountain regions and countries, all rivers along with oceans were shaken by the demon.
182-184. Kapila , the son of the earth, and Vyāghravān were shaken by him; the sons of Niśā , moving in the sky, the residents of Pātāla, another terrible attendant named Megha and having a goad as his weapon, going up and having a fearful speed—all these were shaken (by the demon).
185-186a. Diti’s son, gods’ enemy, haughy Hiraṇyakaśipu, with a mace and a spike in his hand, making a deep sound like a cloud, and speedy like Indra, ran to Nṛsiṃha . Then he was torn asunder with sharp, great nails by the lion (i.e. Nṛsiṃha) with (the utterance of) Om, and was killed in battle.
186b-188a. As a result of the destruction of Diti’s son, the earth, the time, the moon, the sky, the planets including the Sun, all the quarters, rivers, mountains, great oceans became composed. Then the gods and the sages—the treasures of penance—being delighted, praised the ancient, first god, with divine names:
188b-189a. “O god, gods and men knowing the higher and lower, will worship this Narasiṃha form of you.”
Brahmā said :
189b-193a. You are Brahmā, Rudra , and Indra, O best of gods. You are the author, the destroyer and the eternal source of the worlds. They call you the highest attainment, the highest being, the greatest secret and the best oblation. They call you the most ancient one; they call you the greatest truth, the greatest penance, the highest pure (form), the best path, the greatest sacrifice, the best oblation, the first, the greatest and the ancient one. They call you the best body, the highest Brahman, the highest yoga and the best speech. They call you the greatest secret, the best recourse, the first, the greatest and the ancient one.
193b-197. Speaking thus, the lord, the grands ire of all the worlds, having praised god Nārāyaṇa went to the Brahma -world. Then the lord Hari (i.e. Nārāyaṇa) went to the northern shore of the milky ocean, when the musical instruments were sounding and the celestial damsels were dancing. Then the very brilliant lord, placed the Narasiṃha form (there), took up his ancient form and he, having Garuḍa as his banner, and his nature unmanifested, left (the place) in a bright vehicle having eight wheels, (and) went to his own abode.
[1]: [1] : The Tamāla tree is mentioned again in 62 below.
[2]: [2] : Bhadradāru is a kind of pine.
[3]: [3] : The Kurabaka tree is mentioned twice.
[4]: [4] : Nalba is a measure of distance equal to 400 cubits or hastas.
[5]: [5] : Viśvedevāḥ—Name of a particular group of deities ten in number and supposed to be sons of Viśva; their names are: Vasu, Satya, Kratu, Dakṣa, Kāla, Kāma, Dhṛti, Kuru, Purūravas and Mādrava.
[6]: [6] : Śataghnī—A kind of weapon used as a missile, supposed by some to be a sort of rocket, but described by others as a huge stone studded with iron spikes and four talas in length.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 36003, revision 334536 (2022-04-05T11:01:10Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364168.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.