Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 72
Sourceव्यास उवाच- दिव्यं रथं समास्थाय धनुर्हस्तो बलैर्युतः। गत्वा च माधवं संख्ये देवासुरगणाग्रतः१। क्रोधेन महताविष्टो मधुर्निर्जरमर्दनः। अब्रवीत्परुषं वाक्यमव्ययं हरिमीश्वरम्२। नारायण न जानासि युद्धधर्ममितः कथम्। अन्यायाद्दुर्वधोपायं कृत्वा नष्टो न शोचसि३। अनेन पंकयोगेन व्यवहारा कृतस्य च। सुरत्वं चोपनष्टं स्यादन्यसृष्टिं करोम्यहम्४। त्वामेव निहनिष्यामि सह देवगणैरिह। इत्युक्त्वा धनुरादाय जघान विशिखैर्विभुम्५। माधवस्तान्बिभेदाथ शरैर्वज्रसमप्रभैः। बहुभिस्सर्वगात्रेषु जघान च मधुं ततः६। मायया छादितः सोभूद्दैत्यस्तं सुरसत्तमाः। ये वै शूराश्च रुद्राद्यास्त्रिदशास्सत्त्वधारिणः७। देव्यो नानाविधाश्चापि सायुधा वाहनान्विताः। सेनान्यो गणपा देवा लोकेश हरविष्णवः८। अन्ये ग्रहादयो देवाः सर्वे युध्यन्ति संगताः। विनष्टाश्च तदा देवा मधोर्वै मायया ध्रुवम्९। संमुखे विमुखे चैव शरशक्त्यृष्टिवृष्टिभिः। पतंति सहसा देवा भूमौ शस्त्राभिपीडिताः१०। एतस्मिन्नंतरे विष्णुर्गृहीत्वा च सुदर्शनम्। असुरान्मायया देवान्जघान रणमूर्धनि११। अथ तेषां शिरांस्येष छित्वा चैव सहस्रशः। पातयामास देवेशो दैत्यानां च सुरात्मनाम्१२। एवमन्यान्विभुर्दैत्यान्द्रावयामास संगरात्। तं दृष्ट्वा मुनयो देवाः सर्वे विस्मयमाययुः१३। कर्णे कर्णे प्रजल्पंते देवा मुनिगणास्तथा। सदा देवैकगोप्ता च हरिरव्यय ईश्वरः१४। सर्वसाक्षी त्वयं देवो दैत्यजिष्णुर्युगे युगे। कथं हंति सुरान्सर्वान्कल्पांत इह जायते१५। एतस्मिन्नंतरे दूरे मधुर्मायां प्रयोजिता। हररूपधरो भूत्वा अब्रवीद्धरिमव्ययम्१६। दैत्यानामग्रतः पाप रणे देवान्समंततः। हत्वा किं ते शिवं चाद्य धर्मकीर्ति यशो गुणाः१७। महतोन्मत्तभावेन न जानासि परान्स्वकान्। अतस्त्वां निशितैर्बाणैर्नयामि यमसादनम्१८। एवमुक्त्वा शरैरुग्रैर्जघान केशवं रणे। निचकर्त शरांस्तांस्तु माधवो वाक्यमब्रवीत्१९। जानामि त्वां रणे दैत्यं हररूपधरं प्रियम्। शूरं शूरविकर्माणं मधुं मायानियोजितम्२०। मिथ्यालोकं प्रदास्यामि पातयित्वा रणाजिरे। एतस्मिन्नंतरे तीक्ष्णैः शरैर्विव्याध संयुगे२१। जटिलं वृषकेतुं च वृषभस्थं महेश्वरम्। तयोर्युद्धमतीवासीद्देवदानवयोस्तदा२२। परस्परं भिंदतोश्च प्राप्तान्प्राप्तान्शरान्शरैः। क्षुरप्रेण धनुस्तस्य चिच्छेद हरिरव्ययः२३। ततश्च पातयामास घोटकं वृषरूपिणम्। स दैत्यश्शूलहस्तोथ प्रदुद्राव जगत्पतिम्२४। भ्रामयित्वा ततः शूलं जघान परमेश्वरम्। त्रिभिश्चिच्छेद बाणैश्च शूलं कालानलप्रभम्२५। ततः क्रूरो महाबाहुर्मधुर्मायातिमायिकः। देवीरूपं समास्थाय सिंहस्थः प्रययौ हरिः२६। शरैर्बहुविधैर्विष्णुं जघानैवाब्रवीद्वचः। स्वामी तु मे सुरश्रेष्ठ त्वयैव पातितो युधि२७। अहं त्वां च हनिष्यामि सुतौ स्कंदविनायकौ। उक्तवंतं च दैतेयं जघान बहुमार्गणैः२८। स पपात महीपृष्ठे गतासुर्लोहितोद्गिरः। पितरौ निहतौ दृष्ट्वा मायाबद्धो महाबलः२९। स्कंदः शक्तिं समादाय प्रायाद्योधयितुं हरिम्। ततो धाताऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं स्कंदं मोहप्रपीडितम्३०। पश्य ते पितरौ दूरे पश्यंतौ युद्धमीदृशम्। अंतरिक्षे भ्रमंतौ च संस्थितौ लोकसाक्षिणौ३१। एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो दृष्ट्वा तत्रैवांतरधीयत। ततो धुंधुश्च सुंधुश्च भ्रातरावतिदर्पितौ३२। वधं प्रति हरेर्युद्धे पेततुर्गरुडोपरि। खड्गहस्तं च धुंधुं च सगदं सुंधुमेव च३३। चिच्छेद नंदकेनैकं गदया सादयत्परम्। पेततुस्तौ धरापृष्ठे प्रवीरौ क्षतविक्षतौ३४। मधुस्तदागतस्तूर्णमंतर्धानं तमोवृतः। पातयामास विष्णौ च मायया शतपर्वतान्३५। ततस्तान्पर्वतांश्छित्वा तमसोऽन्तर्गतो युधि। क्रोधात्सुदर्शनेनैव शिरश्छित्वा निपातितः३६। ततो ब्रह्मादिभिर्देवैश्शंभुना त्रिदशैरपि। मधुसूदन इतिख्यातिर्विष्णोर्लोकेषु कारिता३७। इति श्रीपाद्मपुराणे प्रथमे सृष्टिखंडे मधुवधोनामद्विसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः७२।
vyāsa uvāca- divyaṃ rathaṃ samāsthāya dhanurhasto balairyutaḥ| gatvā ca mādhavaṃ saṃkhye devāsuragaṇāgrataḥ1| krodhena mahatāviṣṭo madhurnirjaramardanaḥ| abravītparuṣaṃ vākyamavyayaṃ harimīśvaram2| nārāyaṇa na jānāsi yuddhadharmamitaḥ katham| anyāyāddurvadhopāyaṃ kṛtvā naṣṭo na śocasi3| anena paṃkayogena vyavahārā kṛtasya ca| suratvaṃ copanaṣṭaṃ syādanyasṛṣṭiṃ karomyaham4| tvāmeva nihaniṣyāmi saha devagaṇairiha| ityuktvā dhanurādāya jaghāna viśikhairvibhum5| mādhavastānbibhedātha śarairvajrasamaprabhaiḥ| bahubhissarvagātreṣu jaghāna ca madhuṃ tataḥ6| māyayā chāditaḥ sobhūddaityastaṃ surasattamāḥ| ye vai śūrāśca rudrādyāstridaśāssattvadhāriṇaḥ7| devyo nānāvidhāścāpi sāyudhā vāhanānvitāḥ| senānyo gaṇapā devā lokeśa haraviṣṇavaḥ8| anye grahādayo devāḥ sarve yudhyanti saṃgatāḥ| vinaṣṭāśca tadā devā madhorvai māyayā dhruvam9| saṃmukhe vimukhe caiva śaraśaktyṛṣṭivṛṣṭibhiḥ| pataṃti sahasā devā bhūmau śastrābhipīḍitāḥ10| etasminnaṃtare viṣṇurgṛhītvā ca sudarśanam| asurānmāyayā devānjaghāna raṇamūrdhani11| atha teṣāṃ śirāṃsyeṣa chitvā caiva sahasraśaḥ| pātayāmāsa deveśo daityānāṃ ca surātmanām12| evamanyānvibhurdaityāndrāvayāmāsa saṃgarāt| taṃ dṛṣṭvā munayo devāḥ sarve vismayamāyayuḥ13| karṇe karṇe prajalpaṃte devā munigaṇāstathā| sadā devaikagoptā ca hariravyaya īśvaraḥ14| sarvasākṣī tvayaṃ devo daityajiṣṇuryuge yuge| kathaṃ haṃti surānsarvānkalpāṃta iha jāyate15| etasminnaṃtare dūre madhurmāyāṃ prayojitā| hararūpadharo bhūtvā abravīddharimavyayam16| daityānāmagrataḥ pāpa raṇe devānsamaṃtataḥ| hatvā kiṃ te śivaṃ cādya dharmakīrti yaśo guṇāḥ17| mahatonmattabhāvena na jānāsi parānsvakān| atastvāṃ niśitairbāṇairnayāmi yamasādanam18| evamuktvā śarairugrairjaghāna keśavaṃ raṇe| nicakarta śarāṃstāṃstu mādhavo vākyamabravīt19| jānāmi tvāṃ raṇe daityaṃ hararūpadharaṃ priyam| śūraṃ śūravikarmāṇaṃ madhuṃ māyāniyojitam20| mithyālokaṃ pradāsyāmi pātayitvā raṇājire| etasminnaṃtare tīkṣṇaiḥ śarairvivyādha saṃyuge21| jaṭilaṃ vṛṣaketuṃ ca vṛṣabhasthaṃ maheśvaram| tayoryuddhamatīvāsīddevadānavayostadā22| parasparaṃ bhiṃdatośca prāptānprāptānśarānśaraiḥ| kṣurapreṇa dhanustasya ciccheda hariravyayaḥ23| tataśca pātayāmāsa ghoṭakaṃ vṛṣarūpiṇam| sa daityaśśūlahastotha pradudrāva jagatpatim24| bhrāmayitvā tataḥ śūlaṃ jaghāna parameśvaram| tribhiściccheda bāṇaiśca śūlaṃ kālānalaprabham25| tataḥ krūro mahābāhurmadhurmāyātimāyikaḥ| devīrūpaṃ samāsthāya siṃhasthaḥ prayayau hariḥ26| śarairbahuvidhairviṣṇuṃ jaghānaivābravīdvacaḥ| svāmī tu me suraśreṣṭha tvayaiva pātito yudhi27| ahaṃ tvāṃ ca haniṣyāmi sutau skaṃdavināyakau| uktavaṃtaṃ ca daiteyaṃ jaghāna bahumārgaṇaiḥ28| sa papāta mahīpṛṣṭhe gatāsurlohitodgiraḥ| pitarau nihatau dṛṣṭvā māyābaddho mahābalaḥ29| skaṃdaḥ śaktiṃ samādāya prāyādyodhayituṃ harim| tato dhātā'bravīdvākyaṃ skaṃdaṃ mohaprapīḍitam30| paśya te pitarau dūre paśyaṃtau yuddhamīdṛśam| aṃtarikṣe bhramaṃtau ca saṃsthitau lokasākṣiṇau31| etacchrutvā tato dṛṣṭvā tatraivāṃtaradhīyata| tato dhuṃdhuśca suṃdhuśca bhrātarāvatidarpitau32| vadhaṃ prati hareryuddhe petaturgaruḍopari| khaḍgahastaṃ ca dhuṃdhuṃ ca sagadaṃ suṃdhumeva ca33| ciccheda naṃdakenaikaṃ gadayā sādayatparam| petatustau dharāpṛṣṭhe pravīrau kṣatavikṣatau34| madhustadāgatastūrṇamaṃtardhānaṃ tamovṛtaḥ| pātayāmāsa viṣṇau ca māyayā śataparvatān35| tatastānparvatāṃśchitvā tamaso'ntargato yudhi| krodhātsudarśanenaiva śiraśchitvā nipātitaḥ36| tato brahmādibhirdevaiśśaṃbhunā tridaśairapi| madhusūdana itikhyātirviṣṇorlokeṣu kāritā37| iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe madhuvadhonāmadvisaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ72|
English translation
Vyāsa said :
1-2. In the war, Madhu , the destroyer of the gods, mounted on a divine chariot, having a bow in his hand and with troops and full of great anger, went to Viṣṇu in front of the hosts of gods, and said (these) harsh words to him, the immutable lord:
3-5a. “O Nārāyaṇa , how do you not know here the laws of war? Using a foul means to kill (the demons) unjustly, you will not shine. Due to this sin, and due to not doing (proper) activity, gods would perish. I shall have another creation. Here I shall just kill you with the hosts of gods.”
5b-9. Speaking thus, and taking a bow he struck the lord with arrows. Viṣṇu cut them off with arrows, powerful like the thunderbolt; and then struck Madhu with many arrows (sent) into all his limbs. The demon got himself screened with illusion. The best gods, and those Rudras and others who were brave, and other gods possessing strength, and goddesses of various kinds endowed with weapons and vehicles, generals, chiefs of Gaṇas , gods like the chief of the worlds, Śiva and Viṣṇu, others like the planets—all together fought with him. Due to Madhu’s trickery all gods fled aw ay at that time.
10. (Struck) with showers of swords and śaktis in front of and behind them, the gods being hurt by weapons suddenly fell on the ground.
11. In the meanwhile, Viṣṇu, taking his (disc known as) Sudarśana [1] , killed in the battle, the demons (who had) through illusion (turned themselves into) gods.
12. He cut off their heads in thousands; the lord of gods struck down the demons (who had taken up) the forms of gods.
13-14a. In the same way, the lord caused the demons to flee away from the battle (-field). Seeing him all sages and gods were amazed. Gods and hosts of sages spoke (i.e. whispered) into one another’s ear:
14b-15a. “This Viṣṇu, the immutable lord, is always the only protector of gods. This god, witnessing everything, is the co nqueror of the demons in every yuga .”
15b-16. How does he (i.e. Madhu) kill all the gods? Here the end of the world [2] is taking place. In the meanwhile, at a distance Madhu employed his illusion. Taking the form of Hara (Śiva), he said to the immutable Viṣṇu:
17-18. “O sinner, today what merit, fame, glory and (other) excellence (will) you (get) by killing the gods all round in the presence of the demons? Due to your great madness you do not know your own (individuals) and others. Therefore, (hitting you) with sharp arrows I shall take you to Yama ’s abode.”
19. Saying so he struck Viṣṇu with fierce arrows in the battle. But Viṣṇu cut them off, (and) said (these) words:
20-21a. “O heroic demon, I know you to be brave Madhu in the lovely form of Hara, and doing an impious act and employing trickery. Having struck you down in the battle, I shall give (i.e. send) you to a fruitless world.”
21 b-22. In the meanwhile he hit, with sharp arrows, the bull-bannered Śiva, having matted hair and seated upon a bull in the battle. At that time the fight between the god and the demon was great.
23-26. They pierced each other (with arrows) and there met one another. The immutable Viṣṇu cut off his bow with sharp horse-shoe-shaped arrows. Then he struck down the horse in the form of the bull. The demon, with a lance in his hand, rushed at the lord of the world. Then whirling the lance he struck the highest lord. With three arrows he (i.e. the lord) cut off the lance resembling the fire at the end of the world. Then the cruel, large-armed Madhu, who was greatly deceitful, took up the form of the goddess and having mounted upon a lion, went to Viṣṇu.
27-28a. He struck Viṣṇu with various kinds of arrows and said (these) words to him: “O best of gods, you have killed my lord in the battle. I shall kill you and the two sons Kārtikeya and Gaṇeśa .”
28b-29a. With many arrows he (i.e. the lord) struck the demon, who was speaking thus. Bleeding, he fell down dead on the ground.
29b-30. Seeing his parents struck, the very powerful Kārtikeya bound by illusion, took up a śakti and went to fight with Viṣṇu. Then the creator (i.e. Brahmā ) said these words to Kārtikeya who was harassed by delusion:
31. “See, your parents, observing the worlds, are moving in the intermediate region between the heaven and the earth, and are witnessing the war from a distance.”
32-33a. Seeing that he has heard this, he vanished there only. Then the very proud brothers Dhundhu and Sundhu fell upon Garuḍa to kill Viṣṇu in the battle.
33b-34. Viṣṇu with his Nandaka sword cut off Dhundhu with a sword in his hand and Sundhu with a mace; and with his mace killed another (demon). The two, being wounded, dropped on the ground.
35-3 7. Then Madhu, screened with darkness, quickly disappeared. Through his illusion he dropped a hundred mountains on (the body of) Viṣṇu. Then in the battle, getting into the darkness, he cut off the mountains, and angrily cut off his head with his (disc called) Sudarśana. Then gods like Brahmā and Śiva made him known as ‘ Madhusūdana ’ in the worlds.
[1]: [1] : Sudarśana—A circular weapon of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa.
[2]: [2] : Kalpānta—Destruction of the world. Kalpa—a day of Brahmā or one thousand yugas, a period of four thousand three hundred and twenty millions of years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 45226, revision 334620 (2022-04-06T19:39:58Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364195.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.