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Chapter 2

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महेश उवाच- एकलक्षं पंचविंशत्सहस्रा पर्वतास्तथा । तेषां मध्ये महत्पुण्यं बद्रिकाश्रममुत्तमम् १। नरनारायणो देवो यत्र तिष्ठति नारद । तस्य स्वरूपं तेजश्च वक्ष्यामीह च सांप्रतम् २। हिमपर्वतशृंगे च कृष्णाकारतया द्विज । द्वौ पुरुषौ तत्र वर्तेते नरनारायणावुभौ ३। श्वेत एकस्तु पुरुषः कृष्णो ह्येकतमः पुनः । तेन मार्गेण ये यांति हिमाचलकृतोद्यमाः ४। पिंगलश्वेतवर्णश्च जटाधारी महाप्रभुः । कृष्णो नारायणो ह्येष जगदादिर्महाप्रभुः ५। चतुर्बाहुर्महान्श्रीमान्व्यक्तोऽव्यक्तः सनातनः । उत्तरायणे महापूजा जायते तत्र सुव्रत ६। षण्मासादिकपर्यंतं पूजा नैव च जायते । हिमव्याप्तं तदा जातं यावद्वै दक्षिणं भवेत् ७। अत एतादृशो देवो न भूतो न भविष्यति । तत्र देवा वसंतीह ऋषीणां चाश्रमास्तथा ८। अग्निहोत्राणि वेदाश्च ध्वनिः प्रश्रूयते सदा । तस्य वै दर्शनं कार्यं कोटिहत्याविनाशनम् ९। अलकनंदा यत्र गंगा तत्र स्नानं समाचरेत् । कृत्वा स्नानं तु वै तत्र महापापात्प्रमुच्यते १०। यत्र विश्वेश्वरो देवस्तिष्ठत्येव न संशयः । एकस्मिन्नवसरे ब्रह्मन्सुतपस्तप्तवानहम् ११। तदा नारायणो देवो भक्तानां हि कृपाकरः । अव्ययः पुरुषः साक्षादीश्वरो गरुडध्वजः । सुप्रसन्नोऽब्रवीन्मां वै वरं वरय सुव्रत १२। श्रीनारायण उवाच-। यद्यदीप्ससि देव त्वं तं तं कामं ददाम्यहम् । त्वं कैलासविभुः साक्षाद्रुद्रो वै विश्वपालकः १३। रुद्र उवाच-। अलं गृह्णामि भो देव सुप्रसन्नो जनार्दन । द्वौ वरौ मम दीयेतां यदि दातुं त्वमिच्छसि १४। तव भक्तिः सदैवास्तु भक्तराजो भवाम्यहम् । सर्वे लोका ब्रुवंत्वेवमयं भक्तः सदैव हि १५। तव प्रसादाद्देवेश मुक्तिदाता भवाम्यहम् । ये लोका मां भजिष्यंति तेषां दाता न संशयः १६। विष्णुभक्त इति ख्यातो लोके चैव भवाम्यहम् । यस्याहं वरदाता तु तस्य मुक्तिर्भवेत्प्रभो १७। जटिलो भस्मलिप्तांगो ह्यहं वै तव संनिधौ । तव चरणप्रसादेन लोके ख्यातो भवाम्यहम् १८। इति श्रीपाद्मेमहापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायां नारदोमापतिसंवादे बदरीनारायणमाहात्म्ये रुद्रप्रसादोनाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः २।

maheśa uvāca- ekalakṣaṃ paṃcaviṃśatsahasrā parvatāstathā | teṣāṃ madhye mahatpuṇyaṃ badrikāśramamuttamam 1| naranārāyaṇo devo yatra tiṣṭhati nārada | tasya svarūpaṃ tejaśca vakṣyāmīha ca sāṃpratam 2| himaparvataśṛṃge ca kṛṣṇākāratayā dvija | dvau puruṣau tatra vartete naranārāyaṇāvubhau 3| śveta ekastu puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇo hyekatamaḥ punaḥ | tena mārgeṇa ye yāṃti himācalakṛtodyamāḥ 4| piṃgalaśvetavarṇaśca jaṭādhārī mahāprabhuḥ | kṛṣṇo nārāyaṇo hyeṣa jagadādirmahāprabhuḥ 5| caturbāhurmahānśrīmānvyakto'vyaktaḥ sanātanaḥ | uttarāyaṇe mahāpūjā jāyate tatra suvrata 6| ṣaṇmāsādikaparyaṃtaṃ pūjā naiva ca jāyate | himavyāptaṃ tadā jātaṃ yāvadvai dakṣiṇaṃ bhavet 7| ata etādṛśo devo na bhūto na bhaviṣyati | tatra devā vasaṃtīha ṛṣīṇāṃ cāśramāstathā 8| agnihotrāṇi vedāśca dhvaniḥ praśrūyate sadā | tasya vai darśanaṃ kāryaṃ koṭihatyāvināśanam 9| alakanaṃdā yatra gaṃgā tatra snānaṃ samācaret | kṛtvā snānaṃ tu vai tatra mahāpāpātpramucyate 10| yatra viśveśvaro devastiṣṭhatyeva na saṃśayaḥ | ekasminnavasare brahmansutapastaptavānaham 11| tadā nārāyaṇo devo bhaktānāṃ hi kṛpākaraḥ | avyayaḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣādīśvaro garuḍadhvajaḥ | suprasanno'bravīnmāṃ vai varaṃ varaya suvrata 12| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca-| yadyadīpsasi deva tvaṃ taṃ taṃ kāmaṃ dadāmyaham | tvaṃ kailāsavibhuḥ sākṣādrudro vai viśvapālakaḥ 13| rudra uvāca-| alaṃ gṛhṇāmi bho deva suprasanno janārdana | dvau varau mama dīyetāṃ yadi dātuṃ tvamicchasi 14| tava bhaktiḥ sadaivāstu bhaktarājo bhavāmyaham | sarve lokā bruvaṃtvevamayaṃ bhaktaḥ sadaiva hi 15| tava prasādāddeveśa muktidātā bhavāmyaham | ye lokā māṃ bhajiṣyaṃti teṣāṃ dātā na saṃśayaḥ 16| viṣṇubhakta iti khyāto loke caiva bhavāmyaham | yasyāhaṃ varadātā tu tasya muktirbhavetprabho 17| jaṭilo bhasmaliptāṃgo hyahaṃ vai tava saṃnidhau | tava caraṇaprasādena loke khyāto bhavāmyaham 18| iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ nāradomāpatisaṃvāde badarīnārāyaṇamāhātmye rudraprasādonāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ 2|

English translation

Maheśa said :

1-8a. There are one lakh and twenty-five thousand mountains. In the midst of them stands the very holy, excellent Badarikāśrama where, O Nārada , lives Nara-Nārāyaṇa . I shall now tell (you about) his nature and lustre. O brāhmaṇa , two men, of the form of Kṛṣṇa and called Nara and Nārāyaṇa , live on the peak of the Himālaya . One man is white; the other one is black. Those striving (to reach) the Himalaya go along that path (and reach them). The great lord is of a tawny and fair complexion and has matted hair. This is Kṛṣṇa, Nārāyaṇa, the origin of the world and the great lord. He has four arms; he is great; is rich (or has Lakṣmī ); is manifest; is unmanifest; and is ancient. O you of a good vow, in the period of the summer solstice a great worship takes place there. (Then) for six months no worship is offered. The (region) is then covered with snow till the period of the winter solstice sets in. Therefore, such a deity was never there seen in the past nor will ever be in future.

8b-12. Gods live there; so also the hermitages of the sages are there. The oblations to Agni are made, the Vedas (are recited, and so) the sound (of their recital) is always heard there. A man should see the deity; it destroys (the sin of) a crore murders. A man should bathe where there is Alakanandā - Gaṅgā (confluence). He is free from a great sin after bathing there. There is no doubt that the god, the lord of the universe, dwells there. O brāhmaṇa, on one occasion I practised good (i.e. severe) penance (there). Then god Nārāyaṇa who favours his devotees, who is the immutable Puruṣa , who is actually the god having Garuḍa as his banner, was very much pleased, and said to me: “O you of a good vow, ask for a boon”.

Śrī Nārāyaṇa said :

13. O god, whatever desire you have, I shall fulfil it. You are the lord of Kailāsa ; you are actually Rudra , the protector of the universe.

Rudra said :

14-18. O god Janārdana , you are well-pleased. I shall completely accept (the boons). If you desire to grant boons, then grant me two boons. Let me always have devotion to you. I shall be (i.e. let me be) the chief among the devotees. Let all people say: ‘This one is a constant devotee’. O lord, through your favour I shall be the giver of salvation. I shall grant (salvation) to those people who will resort to me. There is no doubt about this. In the world I shall be famous as Viṣṇu ’s devotee. O lord, let him whom I (will) grant a boon, have salvation. I, having matted hair, and with my body smeared with sacred ash, (would stay) near you. By the grace of your feet I shall be well-known in the world.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44513, revision 334356 (2022-04-01T23:50:45Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365433.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.