Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 81
Sourceवैशंपायन उवाच-। उद्भवं लोहितांगस्य संतोषं तु जनेषु च। प्रभावं वैभवं तेजः श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः१। व्यास उवाच-। हरांशसंभवो देवः कुजातः पृथिवीसुतः। सत्त्वस्थस्सत्वसंपूर्णश्शूरः शक्तिधरो भुवि२। तीक्ष्णः क्रूरग्रहो देवो लोहितांगः प्रतापवान्। कुमारो रूपसंपन्नो विद्युत्पातमयः प्रभुः३। अनेन भर्जिता दैत्याः क्रव्यादाय सुरद्विषः। दशायोगाच्च मनुजा उद्भिज्जाः पशुपक्षिणः४। वैशंपायन उवाच-। शंभोरेष कथं जातः कथं जातो महीसुतः। ग्रहो देवः कथं क्रूर एतदिच्छामि वेदितुम्५। कथमस्य भवेत्तुष्टिः सर्वलोकेषु सर्वदा। गुरो मय्याप्तभावे तु वद निस्संशयं मुखात्६। व्यास उवाच-। हिरण्याक्षकुले धीमानसुराणां च पार्थिवः। अंधकेति समाख्यातो दैत्यः सर्वसुरांतकृत्७। जातो विष्णुवरादेव जातो विष्णुपराक्रमः। तेनैव निर्जिता देवास्सेन्द्राः क्रतुभुजः क्रमात्८। ततो देवा विधिं गत्वा वचनं चेदमब्रुवन्। अन्धकेनैव चास्माकं हृतं राज्यं सुखं मखः९। तस्मात्तस्य वधोपाय उच्यतां तद्विधीयताम्। अथ धाताऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं देवानस्य च नैधनम्१०। नास्ति विष्णुवरादेव पीयूषस्य च भक्षणात्। किंतु तस्यासुरत्वस्य यथा परिभवो ध्रुवम्११। कुर्वे लोकहितार्थाय श्रद्धां कामसमन्विताम्। विचिकित्सा तु तत्रैव सर्वास्त्रीरतिगच्छति१२। त्यक्त्वैकां पार्वतीं दुर्गां न तस्य मानसं स्थिरम्। ततः क्रुद्धो जगत्स्वामी तं च वैरूप्यतां नयेत्१३। ततोऽसुरत्वं संत्यज्य गणस्तस्य भविष्यति। एवमुक्त्वा प्रजाध्यक्षः श्रद्धां कामसमन्विताम्१४। विचिकित्सां स्वमायां च प्रेषयामास तं प्रति। ततो विचेष्टितः कामाद्योषान्वेषणतत्परः१५। स्वदारान्परयोषां च नापश्यद्विचिकित्सया। ततो मायाप्रयुक्तोसौ त्रैलोक्यं विचचार ह१६। दृष्टं च हिमवत्पृष्ठे स्त्रीरत्नं चातिशोभनं। दृष्ट्वा च पार्वतीं दैत्यः कामस्य वशगोऽभवत्१७। ज्ञानलोपात्ततो दुर्गां ग्रहीतुं तां स चेच्छति। उमा च कोटवीरूपं कृत्वा देहस्य चात्मनः१८। ईश्वरस्यांतिकस्था च ग्रहीतुं तां ससार सः। ततः कामविचेताश्च उन्मत्तीकृतचेतनः१९। न जहाति शिवां धात्रीं पार्वतीं दैत्यपुंगवः। ततो ध्यानात्समागम्य मिलितः पार्वतीं धवः२०। दृष्ट्वा तं च स दैत्येन्द्रः प्रगतस्तु स्वमालयम्। सज्जीकृत्य स्वयोधांश्च शंभुं जेतुं समुत्सुकः२१। गौरीमेव समानेतुं काममोहादचेतनः। एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु त्रिदशा गत्वा तं नंदिनेरिताः२२। अकुर्वंश्च महद्युद्धं घोरं लोकभयंकरम्। दैत्यान्रणे मृतांस्तत्र दैत्याचार्यो ह्यजीवयत्२३। एतद्वृत्तं तु कैलासे सर्वे चैव न्यवेदयन्। क्रोधाच्छंभुस्तदा वाक्यं नंदिनं निजगाद ह२४। गच्छ दैत्यालयं वीर द्रुतमेव ममाज्ञया। पश्यतां सर्वदैत्यानां दैत्येंद्रस्य च संसदि२५। गृहीत्वा चिकुरेऽत्यर्थं भार्गवं तं दुरात्मकम्। लब्ध्वा चास्मत्सकाशं वै विह्वलं चानय क्षणात्२६। ततो नंदीश्वरः श्रीमान्पार्वतीपतिनेरितः। काव्यं तं कुंतले धृत्वा दैत्यानां पुरतो बलात्२७। आनयंतं च तं दैत्या जघ्नुः प्रहरणैः शरैः। न शेकुस्ते रुजां कर्तुं नंदिनो बलशालिनः२८। देवानामग्रतो नंदी गृहीत्वा तं च कुंतले। हरस्य पुरतो हृष्टः सह तेन समाययौ२९। गृहीत्वा भार्गवं शंभुरसुराणां गुरुं रुषा। अगिलद्रौद्रमूर्तोऽसौ कालांतकसमः प्रभुः३०। ततो दैत्यपतिः क्रुद्धः सर्वसैन्यवृतो बली। दुद्राव शंकरं तत्र घोरैः प्रहरणादिभिः३१। त्रिदशाश्च तथा क्रुद्धास्ततो विद्याधरादयः। प्रययुः समरं तत्र दैत्यानां च भृशं रुषा३२। एतस्मिन्नंतरे घोरं युद्धं भीष्मं समुत्थितम्। देवदानवयोरेवं सर्वलोकभयंकरम्३३। ततः प्रत्ययितास्त्रैश्च देवा निघ्नंति दानवान्। दनुजा निर्जरांस्तत्र विनिघ्नंति महाहवे३४। शातकुंभमयाङ्गैस्ते शरैर्वज्रसमानकैः। बिभिदू रत्नपुंखैश्च परस्परजयैषिणः३५। दीपयंति भृशं कांतैस्तद्गात्राणि नभांसि च। वीर्यवंतो महादैत्या न मोघैरस्त्रसंचयैः३६। हत्वा च पातयामासुः काश्यपाः सुरसत्तमाः। जगद्व्याप्तं महासैन्यं बलायुधसुसंवृतम्३७। नीतं क्षयं सुरैः सर्वैः शस्त्रैः प्रत्ययितैः क्षणात्। स्वयं च युध्यमानेन महादेवेन यत्नतः३८। शूलोद्धृतोपि सुचिरमविनष्टोऽथ नम्रधीः। अन्धको गणतां नीत्वा कृतो भृंगीरिटिर्द्विज३९। ततो देवान्समाभाष्य शुक्रमुद्गीर्णवान्शिवः। भूमौ निपतितो गर्भस्ततो भौम इति स्मृतः४०। शुक्रश्शिवं समाभाष्य गतो दैत्यान्मुदान्वितः। एवं भौमस्समुत्पन्नो हरांशो भूसमुद्भवः४१। तस्य पूजा चतुर्थ्यां तु भौमवारे च सुव्रतैः। दशाद्यरिष्टे च तथा गोचरेऽनिष्टराशिगे४२। त्रिकोणे मंडले चैव रक्तपुष्पानुलेपनैः। एवं वै पूजितो भौमः प्रयच्छति मतिं धनम्४३। पुत्रान्सुखंयशश्चैवकिंभूयःश्रोतुमिच्छसि। व्यास उवाच-। एतद्वः कथितं शिष्या धर्माख्यानं शुभावहम्४४। यच्छ्रुत्वा न पुनर्भूयो जायते म्रियतेपि वा। द्विजातीनां पुण्यदं च संसेव्यं च शुभेप्सुभिः४५। यथासुखं च गच्छध्वं कृतकृत्या ममाज्ञया। ब्रह्मोवाच-। एवं विश्राव्य भगवान्व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः४६। निर्णीय धर्मं विविधं शम्याप्रासमगात्सुत। त्वमपि श्रद्धया वत्स ज्ञात्वा तत्त्वं यथासुखम्४७। विहरस्व यथाकालं गायमानो हरिं मुदा। लोकान्धर्मं चोपदिशन्प्रीणयन्जगतां गुरुम्४८। पुलस्त्य उवाच-। इत्युक्तः प्रययौ भूप नारदो गंधमादनम्। नारायणं मुनिवरं द्रष्टुं बदरिकाश्रमे४९। इति श्रीपाद्मपुराणे प्रथमे सृष्टिखंडे भौमोत्पत्तिपूजनं नामैकाशीतितमोऽध्यायः८१। ।
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca-| udbhavaṃ lohitāṃgasya saṃtoṣaṃ tu janeṣu ca| prabhāvaṃ vaibhavaṃ tejaḥ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ1| vyāsa uvāca-| harāṃśasaṃbhavo devaḥ kujātaḥ pṛthivīsutaḥ| sattvasthassatvasaṃpūrṇaśśūraḥ śaktidharo bhuvi2| tīkṣṇaḥ krūragraho devo lohitāṃgaḥ pratāpavān| kumāro rūpasaṃpanno vidyutpātamayaḥ prabhuḥ3| anena bharjitā daityāḥ kravyādāya suradviṣaḥ| daśāyogācca manujā udbhijjāḥ paśupakṣiṇaḥ4| vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca-| śaṃbhoreṣa kathaṃ jātaḥ kathaṃ jāto mahīsutaḥ| graho devaḥ kathaṃ krūra etadicchāmi veditum5| kathamasya bhavettuṣṭiḥ sarvalokeṣu sarvadā| guro mayyāptabhāve tu vada nissaṃśayaṃ mukhāt6| vyāsa uvāca-| hiraṇyākṣakule dhīmānasurāṇāṃ ca pārthivaḥ| aṃdhaketi samākhyāto daityaḥ sarvasurāṃtakṛt7| jāto viṣṇuvarādeva jāto viṣṇuparākramaḥ| tenaiva nirjitā devāssendrāḥ kratubhujaḥ kramāt8| tato devā vidhiṃ gatvā vacanaṃ cedamabruvan| andhakenaiva cāsmākaṃ hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ sukhaṃ makhaḥ9| tasmāttasya vadhopāya ucyatāṃ tadvidhīyatām| atha dhātā'bravīdvākyaṃ devānasya ca naidhanam10| nāsti viṣṇuvarādeva pīyūṣasya ca bhakṣaṇāt| kiṃtu tasyāsuratvasya yathā paribhavo dhruvam11| kurve lokahitārthāya śraddhāṃ kāmasamanvitām| vicikitsā tu tatraiva sarvāstrīratigacchati12| tyaktvaikāṃ pārvatīṃ durgāṃ na tasya mānasaṃ sthiram| tataḥ kruddho jagatsvāmī taṃ ca vairūpyatāṃ nayet13| tato'suratvaṃ saṃtyajya gaṇastasya bhaviṣyati| evamuktvā prajādhyakṣaḥ śraddhāṃ kāmasamanvitām14| vicikitsāṃ svamāyāṃ ca preṣayāmāsa taṃ prati| tato viceṣṭitaḥ kāmādyoṣānveṣaṇatatparaḥ15| svadārānparayoṣāṃ ca nāpaśyadvicikitsayā| tato māyāprayuktosau trailokyaṃ vicacāra ha16| dṛṣṭaṃ ca himavatpṛṣṭhe strīratnaṃ cātiśobhanaṃ| dṛṣṭvā ca pārvatīṃ daityaḥ kāmasya vaśago'bhavat17| jñānalopāttato durgāṃ grahītuṃ tāṃ sa cecchati| umā ca koṭavīrūpaṃ kṛtvā dehasya cātmanaḥ18| īśvarasyāṃtikasthā ca grahītuṃ tāṃ sasāra saḥ| tataḥ kāmavicetāśca unmattīkṛtacetanaḥ19| na jahāti śivāṃ dhātrīṃ pārvatīṃ daityapuṃgavaḥ| tato dhyānātsamāgamya militaḥ pārvatīṃ dhavaḥ20| dṛṣṭvā taṃ ca sa daityendraḥ pragatastu svamālayam| sajjīkṛtya svayodhāṃśca śaṃbhuṃ jetuṃ samutsukaḥ21| gaurīmeva samānetuṃ kāmamohādacetanaḥ| etacchrutvā tu tridaśā gatvā taṃ naṃdineritāḥ22| akurvaṃśca mahadyuddhaṃ ghoraṃ lokabhayaṃkaram| daityānraṇe mṛtāṃstatra daityācāryo hyajīvayat23| etadvṛttaṃ tu kailāse sarve caiva nyavedayan| krodhācchaṃbhustadā vākyaṃ naṃdinaṃ nijagāda ha24| gaccha daityālayaṃ vīra drutameva mamājñayā| paśyatāṃ sarvadaityānāṃ daityeṃdrasya ca saṃsadi25| gṛhītvā cikure'tyarthaṃ bhārgavaṃ taṃ durātmakam| labdhvā cāsmatsakāśaṃ vai vihvalaṃ cānaya kṣaṇāt26| tato naṃdīśvaraḥ śrīmānpārvatīpatineritaḥ| kāvyaṃ taṃ kuṃtale dhṛtvā daityānāṃ purato balāt27| ānayaṃtaṃ ca taṃ daityā jaghnuḥ praharaṇaiḥ śaraiḥ| na śekuste rujāṃ kartuṃ naṃdino balaśālinaḥ28| devānāmagrato naṃdī gṛhītvā taṃ ca kuṃtale| harasya purato hṛṣṭaḥ saha tena samāyayau29| gṛhītvā bhārgavaṃ śaṃbhurasurāṇāṃ guruṃ ruṣā| agiladraudramūrto'sau kālāṃtakasamaḥ prabhuḥ30| tato daityapatiḥ kruddhaḥ sarvasainyavṛto balī| dudrāva śaṃkaraṃ tatra ghoraiḥ praharaṇādibhiḥ31| tridaśāśca tathā kruddhāstato vidyādharādayaḥ| prayayuḥ samaraṃ tatra daityānāṃ ca bhṛśaṃ ruṣā32| etasminnaṃtare ghoraṃ yuddhaṃ bhīṣmaṃ samutthitam| devadānavayorevaṃ sarvalokabhayaṃkaram33| tataḥ pratyayitāstraiśca devā nighnaṃti dānavān| danujā nirjarāṃstatra vinighnaṃti mahāhave34| śātakuṃbhamayāṅgaiste śarairvajrasamānakaiḥ| bibhidū ratnapuṃkhaiśca parasparajayaiṣiṇaḥ35| dīpayaṃti bhṛśaṃ kāṃtaistadgātrāṇi nabhāṃsi ca| vīryavaṃto mahādaityā na moghairastrasaṃcayaiḥ36| hatvā ca pātayāmāsuḥ kāśyapāḥ surasattamāḥ| jagadvyāptaṃ mahāsainyaṃ balāyudhasusaṃvṛtam37| nītaṃ kṣayaṃ suraiḥ sarvaiḥ śastraiḥ pratyayitaiḥ kṣaṇāt| svayaṃ ca yudhyamānena mahādevena yatnataḥ38| śūloddhṛtopi suciramavinaṣṭo'tha namradhīḥ| andhako gaṇatāṃ nītvā kṛto bhṛṃgīriṭirdvija39| tato devānsamābhāṣya śukramudgīrṇavānśivaḥ| bhūmau nipatito garbhastato bhauma iti smṛtaḥ40| śukraśśivaṃ samābhāṣya gato daityānmudānvitaḥ| evaṃ bhaumassamutpanno harāṃśo bhūsamudbhavaḥ41| tasya pūjā caturthyāṃ tu bhaumavāre ca suvrataiḥ| daśādyariṣṭe ca tathā gocare'niṣṭarāśige42| trikoṇe maṃḍale caiva raktapuṣpānulepanaiḥ| evaṃ vai pūjito bhaumaḥ prayacchati matiṃ dhanam43| putrānsukhaṃyaśaścaivakiṃbhūyaḥśrotumicchasi| vyāsa uvāca-| etadvaḥ kathitaṃ śiṣyā dharmākhyānaṃ śubhāvaham44| yacchrutvā na punarbhūyo jāyate mriyatepi vā| dvijātīnāṃ puṇyadaṃ ca saṃsevyaṃ ca śubhepsubhiḥ45| yathāsukhaṃ ca gacchadhvaṃ kṛtakṛtyā mamājñayā| brahmovāca-| evaṃ viśrāvya bhagavānvyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ46| nirṇīya dharmaṃ vividhaṃ śamyāprāsamagātsuta| tvamapi śraddhayā vatsa jñātvā tattvaṃ yathāsukham47| viharasva yathākālaṃ gāyamāno hariṃ mudā| lokāndharmaṃ copadiśanprīṇayanjagatāṃ gurum48| pulastya uvāca-| ityuktaḥ prayayau bhūpa nārado gaṃdhamādanam| nārāyaṇaṃ munivaraṃ draṣṭuṃ badarikāśrame49| iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe bhaumotpattipūjanaṃ nāmaikāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ81| |
English translation
Vaiśampāyana said :
1. I desire to hear correctly about the birth of Lohitāṅga (i.e. Mars ), joy (due to it) among the people, his power, grandeur and lustre.
Vyāsa said :
2-4. Kujāta (lit. born of the Earth i.e. Mars) is a deity born from the portion of Hara and is the Earth’s son. He is good and is endowed with vitality, is brave and powerful on the earth. The divine planet is sharp, cruel, of a reddish body and powerful. He is young, handsome, and he, the lord, is of the nature of a stroke of lightning. He has baked (i.e. tormented) the demons, the eaters of corpses and the enemies of gods and men, plants, beasts and birds according to his position (at their birth).
Vaiśampāyana said :
5-6. How was he born from Śiva ? How was he born as the son of the Earth? How is this divine planet (so) cruel? I desire to know this. How can he always be propitiated in all the worlds? O preceptor, tell me, who have faith in you; (I want to hear it) from (your) mouth. There is no doubt about it.
Vyāsa said :
7. In the family of Hiraṇyākṣa , was born an intelligent demon, the destroyer of the gods, Andhaka by name and the king of the demons.
8. Due to Viṣṇu ’s boon only he became as valorous as Viṣṇu (himself). He himself vanquished one by one, all gods, enjoyers of sacrifices, like Indra and others.
9-10a. Then gods, having gone to Brahmā , said these words: “He has snatched away our kingdom, happiness and sacrifices. So please tell us the means of killing him; (please) do it.”
10b-14a. Then Brahmā said (these words to the gods): “There is no means of his death, due to (his having obtained) a boon from Viṣṇu and due to his having drunk nectar. But I shall fashion Śraddhā (i.e. faith) accompanied by Kāma (i.e. desire) so that his status as a demon would be disgraced. Also Vicikitsā (i.e. Error) will surpass all women. His mind is not fixed except on Pārvatī (Goddess) Durgā . Then the lord of the world (i.e. Śiva), being angry, would deform him. Then giving up his demon-hood, he will be his attendant.”
14b-15a. Saying so, the lord of the beings sent to him Śraddhā with Kāma, Vicikitsā (i.e. Error), Māyā (his magical power).
15b-16. Then, moving foolishly due to passion and intent upon finding a woman, he, due to (being influenced by) Error, did not notice (the difference between) his wife and other women. Then instigated by Māyā, he wandered in the three worlds.
17-18a. On the surface of the Himālaya , he saw an extremely beautiful gem of a woman (viz. Pārvatī). Seeing Pārvatī, the demon went under the influence of passion. Due to the loss of his understanding, he then desired to seize Durgā (i.e. Pārvatī).
18b-20a. Umā (i.e. Pārvatī) had taken the form of Koṭavi [1] (i.e. her naked form), and remained near the lord. He, the best demon, interested in seizing her being stupid due to passion and with his mind disturbed, did not give up (pursuing) Pārvatī, the mother.
20b-21. Then as a result of (her) meditation, her husband came there and met Pārvatī. Seeing him the lord of the demons went to his own abode. He made his soldiers ready and was eager to conquer Śiva.
22-23. He, the insensible one, (was), due to infatuation brought about by passion (eager) to take Pārvatī. Hearing this the gods, urged by Nandin , went to him, fought a fierce fight, fearful to the world. The preceptor of the demons brought back to life, the demons that died in the war.
24-26. All communicated this news (to Śiva) on Kailāsa . Then angrily Śiva said (these) words to Nandin: “O hero, at my behest, quickly go the abode of the demons, and in the assembly of the demon-king, and seizing forcibly that wicked Śukra [2] (the preceptor of the demons) with his hair, even when all the demons are watching, bring him, overcome with fear, to me in a moment”.
27. Then that glorious lordly Nandin, urged by the lord of Pārvatī, seized that Śukra with his hair (and brought him) with force from the presence of the demons.
28. The demons struck him (i.e. Nandin) who was bringing Śukra, with weapons and arrows. They were not able to hurt the mighty Nandin.
29. Nandin, seizing him with his hair, and being glad, came with him in front of Śiva in the presence of gods.
30. Śiva, the lord, of a formidable form, and resembling death, angrily seized the preceptor of the demons, and swallowed him.
31. Then the angry and mighty lord of demons, surrounded by his entire army, ran there to Śiva with fierce weapons etc.
32. The angry gods and the Vidyādharas went (there) with great rage to fight with the demons.
33. In the meanwhile a terrible and fierce battle took place between the gods and demons which caused fear to all the worlds.
34. In the great war, the gods struck the demons with trusted weapons. The demons (also) struck the gods.
35. Desiring to conquer one another, they pierced (one another) with golden arrows resembling the thunderbolt and having jewels attached to their feathered parts.
36a. Their bodies and the sky shone very much with (those) lovely (arrows).
36b-37a. The best gods, the brave sons of Kaśyapa , struck with their stocks of unfailing missiles the demons and knocked them down.
37b-38a. In a moment all the gods destroyed with trusted weapons the great army of the demons that had pervaded the world and that was well covered over with power and weapons.
38b-39. The demon though raised for a long time, on (i.e. by) his trident, with great effort by Śiva himself did not perish. Then that Andhaka, of an humble mind, was made (by Śiva) his attendant named Bhṛṅgiriṭi, O brāhmaṇa .
40. Then speaking to the gods, Śiva vomitted Śukra. The foetus fell down on the ground, so he was known as Bhauma .
41. Śukra, having spoken to Śiva, gladly went to the demons. Thus Bhauma (i.e. Mars) is born as a portion of Śiva and from the Earth (also).
42. His worship should be done by those of pious vows on the fourth day (falling) on Tuesday, when his position at birth is not favourable, when he passes from one to another zodiacal sign, or has entered an undesirable zodiacial sign.
43-44a. Bhauma, with his figure drawn in a triangle or a circle, and being worshipped with red flowers and anointments, gives knowledge and wealth, sons, happiness and glory. What again do you want to hear?
Vyāsa said :
44b-46a. O disciples, I have told this religious account (of the vow) bringing about auspicious (fruits), hearing which a man is neither reborn nor does he die. It gives merit to the brāhmaṇas and should be practised by those who desire auspicious things. After being blessed go happily by my command.
Brahmā said :
46b-48. O son, having thus narrated, revered Vyāsa , the son of Satyavatī , giving his verdict about piety, left. O child, knowing the truth devoutly enjoy as you like by gladly singing (the glory of) Hari and advising people about right conduct and pleasing the lord of the worlds.
Pulastya said :
49. O king, Nārada , who was thus told, went to see the best sage Nārāyaṇa (i.e. Viṣṇu) in the hermitage of Badarikā .
[1]: [1] : Koṭavī—An epithet of the goddess Durgā represented as naked.
[2]: [2] : Bhārgava—Name of Śukra, regent of planet Venus and preceptor of the Asuras.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 45233, revision 332878 (2022-02-22T01:54:08Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364204.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.