Svarga-khaṇḍa · Chapter 5
Sourceऋषय ऊचुः-। वर्षाणां चैव नामानि पर्वतानां च सत्तम । आचक्ष्व नो यथातत्वं ये च पर्वतवासिनः १। सूत उवाच-। दक्षिणेन तु श्वेतस्य निषधस्योत्तरेण तु । वर्षं रमणकं नाम जायंते तत्र मानवाः २। शुक्लाभिजनसंपन्नाः सर्वे ते प्रियदर्शनाः । निःसपत्नाश्च ते सर्वे जायंते तत्र मानवाः ३। दशवर्षसहस्राणि शतानि दशपंच च । जीवंति ते महाभागा नित्यं मुदितमानसाः ४। दक्षिणेन तु नीलस्य निषधस्योत्तरेण तु । वर्षं हिरण्मयं नाम यत्र हैरण्वती नदी ५। यत्र चायं महाप्राज्ञाः पक्षिराट्पतगोत्तमः । यज्ञानुगा विप्रवरा धन्विनः प्रियदर्शनाः ६। महाबलास्तत्र जना विप्रा मुदितमानसाः । एकादशसहस्राणि वर्षाणां ते तपोधनाः ७। आयुःप्रमाणं जीवंति शतानि दश पंच च । शृंगाणि च पवित्राणि त्रीण्येव द्विजपुंगवाः ८। एकं मणिमयं तत्र तथैकं रुक्ममद्भुतम् । सर्वरत्नमयं चैकं भवनैरुपशोभितम् ९। तत्र स्वयं प्रभादेवी नित्यं वसति शंडिनी । उत्तरेण तु शृंगस्य समुद्रांते द्विजोत्तमाः १०। वर्षमैरावतं नाम तस्माच्छृंगवतः परम् । न तु तत्र सूर्यगतिर्जीर्यंते न च मानवाः ११। चंद्रमाश्च सनक्षत्रो ज्योतिर्भूत इवावृतः । पद्मप्रभाः पद्मवर्णाः पद्मपत्रनिभेक्षणाः १२। पद्मपत्रसुगंधाश्च जायंते तत्र मानवाः । अनिष्पन्ना नष्टगंधा निराहारा जितेंद्रियाः १३। देवलोकच्युताः सर्वे तथा विरजसो द्विजाः । त्रयोदशसहस्राणि वर्षाणां ते द्विजोत्तमाः १४। आयुःप्रमाणं जीवंति नरा धार्मिकपुंगवाः । क्षीरोदस्य समुद्रस्य तथैवोत्तरतः प्रभुः १५। हरिस्तिष्ठति वैकुंठः शकटे कनकामये । अष्टचक्रं हि तद्यानं भूतयुक्तं मनोजवम् १६। अग्निवर्णं महातेजो जांबूनदविभूषितम् । स प्रभुः सर्वभूतानां विभुश्च द्विजसत्तमाः १७। संक्षेपे विस्तरे चैव कर्ता कारयिता तथा । पृथिव्यापस्तथाकाशं वायुस्तेजश्च सत्तमाः १८। स यज्ञः सर्वभूतानामास्यं तस्य हुताशनः १९। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे स्वर्गखंडे पंचमोऽध्यायः ५।
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-| varṣāṇāṃ caiva nāmāni parvatānāṃ ca sattama | ācakṣva no yathātatvaṃ ye ca parvatavāsinaḥ 1| sūta uvāca-| dakṣiṇena tu śvetasya niṣadhasyottareṇa tu | varṣaṃ ramaṇakaṃ nāma jāyaṃte tatra mānavāḥ 2| śuklābhijanasaṃpannāḥ sarve te priyadarśanāḥ | niḥsapatnāśca te sarve jāyaṃte tatra mānavāḥ 3| daśavarṣasahasrāṇi śatāni daśapaṃca ca | jīvaṃti te mahābhāgā nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ 4| dakṣiṇena tu nīlasya niṣadhasyottareṇa tu | varṣaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ nāma yatra hairaṇvatī nadī 5| yatra cāyaṃ mahāprājñāḥ pakṣirāṭpatagottamaḥ | yajñānugā vipravarā dhanvinaḥ priyadarśanāḥ 6| mahābalāstatra janā viprā muditamānasāḥ | ekādaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ te tapodhanāḥ 7| āyuḥpramāṇaṃ jīvaṃti śatāni daśa paṃca ca | śṛṃgāṇi ca pavitrāṇi trīṇyeva dvijapuṃgavāḥ 8| ekaṃ maṇimayaṃ tatra tathaikaṃ rukmamadbhutam | sarvaratnamayaṃ caikaṃ bhavanairupaśobhitam 9| tatra svayaṃ prabhādevī nityaṃ vasati śaṃḍinī | uttareṇa tu śṛṃgasya samudrāṃte dvijottamāḥ 10| varṣamairāvataṃ nāma tasmācchṛṃgavataḥ param | na tu tatra sūryagatirjīryaṃte na ca mānavāḥ 11| caṃdramāśca sanakṣatro jyotirbhūta ivāvṛtaḥ | padmaprabhāḥ padmavarṇāḥ padmapatranibhekṣaṇāḥ 12| padmapatrasugaṃdhāśca jāyaṃte tatra mānavāḥ | aniṣpannā naṣṭagaṃdhā nirāhārā jiteṃdriyāḥ 13| devalokacyutāḥ sarve tathā virajaso dvijāḥ | trayodaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ te dvijottamāḥ 14| āyuḥpramāṇaṃ jīvaṃti narā dhārmikapuṃgavāḥ | kṣīrodasya samudrasya tathaivottarataḥ prabhuḥ 15| haristiṣṭhati vaikuṃṭhaḥ śakaṭe kanakāmaye | aṣṭacakraṃ hi tadyānaṃ bhūtayuktaṃ manojavam 16| agnivarṇaṃ mahātejo jāṃbūnadavibhūṣitam | sa prabhuḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vibhuśca dvijasattamāḥ 17| saṃkṣepe vistare caiva kartā kārayitā tathā | pṛthivyāpastathākāśaṃ vāyustejaśca sattamāḥ 18| sa yajñaḥ sarvabhūtānāmāsyaṃ tasya hutāśanaḥ 19| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ 5|
English translation
The sages said :
1. O best one, tell us duly the names of countries and mountains, so also (about) those that live on those mountains.
Sūta said :
2-4. On the south of Śveta and on the north of Niṣadha there is the country named Ramaṇaka . The men there are born in pure noble families, and all of them are handsome; and all the men that are born there are without enemies. O glorious ones, they being always cheerful, live for eleven thousand and five hundred years.
5-6a. On the south of Nīla and on the north of Niṣadha there is a country called Hiraṇmaya , where there is the river Hairaṇvatī , where, O very wise ones, lives this best bird, the king of birds (i.e. Garuḍa ).
6b-8a. The brahmaṇas there follow (i.e. perform) sacrifices, and the archers are handsome. O brahmaṇas, the men there are very strong and always have cheerful hearts. O you great ascetics, they live for a span of twelve thousand and five hundred years.
8b-11a. O best brahmaṇas, the mountain has only three sacred summits. One of them is full of jewels; (another) one, golden and wonderful; (still another) one is full of all gems and looks beautiful with mansions. There the respectable self-luminous-lady Śaṇḍinī always lives. O best brāhmaṇas , beyond the Śṛṅgavat mountain, and on its north and near the ocean is the country called Airāvata .
11b-14a. The sun has no scope there; men do not decay. (Only) the moon with the stars covers it like a light. The men there are born with the splendour of lotuses, with the complexion of lotuses and with eyes resembling lotus-petals, and with the fragrance of lotuses. They are unfallen, of agreeable fragrance (possessed by their bodies); they do not eat food and have their senses controlled. O brāhmaṇas, all of them have fallen from the world of gods, and are without any blemish.
14b-15a. O best brahmaṇas, those most religious men live a span of life of thirteen thousand years.
15b-19. So also to the north of the milky ocean lives the lord, Vaikuṇṭha , Viṣṇu , in a golden car. The car has eight wheels, has (celestial) beings on it and has the speed of mind. It has a colour like fire, is very effulgent, and is decorated with gold. O best brahmaṇas, he is the lord of all creatures. He is the withdrawal and the expansion, so also he fashions and gets fashioned (i.e. he is the cause of the destruction and creation of) the earth, water, ether, air and fire. He is the sacrifice for all creatures and fire is his mouth.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 14813, revision 351722 (2022-09-20T23:34:31Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365224.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.