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Chapter 4

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नारद उवाच- क्रमेण वर्द्धमानोऽसौ बाल्यभावे स बालकः । निपत्य मारुतोत्संगे सागरं प्रति धावति १। आनीय चक्रे स च पंजरस्थान्क्रीडापरः केसरिणां किशोरान् । सिंहादिनेभादिनि युद्धमेवं युधोपयोगीव तदीय वीर्यम् २। तस्मादाकाशमुत्पत्य खेचरान्पातयेद्भुवि । गर्जितैर्भीषयामास स्वर्गं हि सह सागरम् ३। समुद्रांतर्गतं सर्वं सत्वजातं तु पार्थिव । ग्रस्तं सिंधुसुतेनेति तद्भयाच्छन्नतां गतम् ४। दृष्ट्वा निःसत्वकं तोयं तद्भयाद्वडवानलः । निजदेशं परित्यज्य प्रविवेश हिमालयम् ५। स बालत्वं परित्यज्य क्रमेणार्णवनंदनः । ततो नवं वयः प्राप्य विक्रमेणाक्रमद्दिवम् ६। एकदा पितरं प्राह समुद्रं सिंधुनंदनः । मन्निवासोचितं स्थानं देहि तातातिविस्तृतम् ७। संबुद्ध्य वचनं सूनोः स जगाद महार्णवः । पुत्र दास्याम्यहं राज्यं तव वा भुवि दुर्ल्लभम् ८। अनंतरं दैत्यगुरुः समुद्रं भार्गवो गतः । तमागतं विलोक्याब्धिर्विधिना समपूजयत् ९। अथ नदिपतिदत्ते प्राप्तसौंदर्यनिर्यन्मणिमहसि स तस्मिन्नासने सन्निविष्टः । रुचिररुचि सुमेरोः सुंदरे शृंगभागे कमलजइव कांतिं किंचिदुच्चैर्जहार १०। कृतांजलिपुटो भूत्वा व्याजहारार्णवः कविम् । दिष्ट्या तवात्रागमनं वद किं करवाण्यहम् ११। तदा दैत्यकुलाचार्यः प्राह तं सागरं कविः । किं तेन जातु जातेन मातुर्यौवनहारिणा १२। प्ररोहति नयः स्वस्य वंशस्याग्रे ध्वजो यथा । तवात्मजो विक्रमेण त्रैलोक्यं भोक्ष्यति ध्रुवम् १३। जंबूद्वीपे महापीठं योगिनीगणसेवितम् । आप्लावितं त्वयेदानीं मुंच जालंधरालयम् १४। तत्र राज्यं प्रयच्छास्मै तनयाय महार्णव । अजेयश्चाप्यवध्यश्च तत्रस्थोऽयं भविष्यति १५। एवमुक्तोऽर्णवः प्रीत्या भार्गवेणाथ लीलया । अपासर्पत्सुतप्रीत्यै जले स्थलमदर्शयत् १६। शतयोजनविस्तीर्णमायतं च शतत्रयम् । देशं जालंधरं पुण्यं तस्य नाम्नैव विश्रुतम् १७। दैत्यवर्यं समाहूय मयं प्रोवाच सागरः । पुरं जालंधरे पीठे कुरु जालंधराय वै १८। अंभोधिनैवमुक्तस्तु चक्रे रत्नमयं पुरम् । प्राकारगोपुरद्वारं सोपानगृहभूमिकम् १९। यत्रेंद्रनीलसंबद्धप्रासादतल संस्थिताः । मेनिरे जलदोद्योगं तांडवस्थाः शिखंडिनः २०। यत्र प्रवालमाणिक्य भवनोत्था मरीचयः । सेव्यंते शकुनैश्चूतरुचिरांकुरशंकया २१। यत्र कांचनहर्म्येषु त्विषो वह्निषु कातराः । विलोक्य प्रपलायंते दावशंकाः शिखंडिनः २२। यत्र स्फटिकशालोत्थ प्रभासं मिश्रिता दिशः । विभांति मंदरोद्भ्रांताः सफेनार्णवसंनिभाः २३। यत्र मोहं स्वहर्म्येषु विभातालोकसंस्थिताः । चक्रिरे ललनाः पूर्णसांध्यचंद्रोपमाननाः २४। यत्रेन्द्र नीप कादंब पवनोद्यानमोदिताः । चित्तं विशंत्यो नारीणां चक्रिरे मोहनज्वरम् २५। यत्र लेख्यगतं नॄणां विलोक्य सुरतं जनः । संयाति द्विगुणं नूनं निजकांतारतोद्यमः २६। यत्र वातायनोद्धूत धूपधूमस्य लेखयः । नभो बभूव तद्गंगाकालिंदीसंगमोपमम् २७। यत्रानेकगृहोद्भूत प्रभया सकलं नभः । विभातींद्रायुधाकीर्णं शरन्मेघ इवोन्नतः २८। यत्रानिशं भ्रमभ्रांताः सूर्यवाहाः प्रपीडिताः । विश्रामं यांति मध्याह्ने प्रासादशिरसि स्थिताः २९। यत्रकुत्रच हर्म्येषु बिभ्रत्यो मालतीस्रजः । रात्रौ संभूतनक्षत्रा इव रेजुर्वरांगनाः ३०। यत्र हाटकहिंदोल शृंखलाघर्षणोद्भवः । चकार सुंदरीं शब्दः स्फुटं मेरुभुवोभुवम् ३१। साकं सरिद्भिः पुत्रस्योशनसा सह सागरः । तत्राभिषेकमकरोद्वादित्रैर्निज गर्जितैः ३२। याः स्कंदस्य जगाद तारकजये देवः स्वयंभूः स्वयं स्वः साम्राज्यमहोत्सवेऽपि च शचीकांतस्य वाचस्पतिः । ताभिश्चित्रविंरिंचि वक्त्रसरसी हंसीभिराशास्महे वाणीभिर्वसुधाविवाहसमये मंत्रोत्सवैर्मंगलम् ३३। महापद्मसहस्रं तु सैन्यमात्मोदरोद्भवम् । जालंधराय पुत्राय ददौ भीमं महोदधिः ३४। जालंधराय शुक्रोऽपि प्रीत्या विद्यां निजां ददौ । मृतसंजीवनीं नाम्ना मायां रुद्रविमोहिनीम् ३५। शस्त्रास्त्रविद्या अन्याश्च विधिना अब्धिसूनवे । यदन्यत्सकलं तस्मै व्याख्यातं कविना तदा ३६। ततो जालंधरं पुत्रमभिषिच्यार्णवो ययौ । स्वस्थानं दिव्यदेहेन नदीभिः परिवारितः ३७। दृष्ट्वा जालंधरो दिव्यपुरं गोपुरमंडितम् । व्यचरत्सह शुक्रेण द्विजसंघैः सुपूजितः ३८। एतस्मिन्नंतरे दैत्याः पातालस्था महाबलाः । प्राप्ता जालंधरं सर्वे कालनेमिपुरोगमाः ३९। ततो महाबला वीरा बलं क्षीरोदसंनिभम् । तस्य शुंभासुरं दैत्यं सेनापतिमकल्पयन् ४०। बलं स्ववशगं कृत्वा कृत्वा भुवि स्थिरं जलम् । जालंधरस्तदा राज्यं पितृदत्तं चकार सः ४१। अत्रांतरेऽप्सराः काचित्स्वर्णेत्यासीत्पुरा दिवि । तस्याः क्रौंचप्रसादेन वृंदानाम सुताभवत् ४२। धात्रा विभवसंयुक्तं सौंदर्यं यत्कृतं पृथक् । तत्तदेकगतं द्रष्टुं वृंदागात्रं विनिर्मितम् ४३। तां वृंदामतिचार्वंगीं प्रमदां जनमोहिनीम् । स्वर्णा जालंधरस्यार्थे ददौ शुक्राय याचते ४४। शुक्र उवाच-। कंदर्पस्य जगन्नेत्र शस्त्रेणाश्चर्यकारिणा । रूपेणानेन रंभोरु दीर्घायुः सुखिनी भव ४५। निर्माय स्वयमेव विस्मितमनाः सौंदर्यसारेण यं। स्वव्यापारपरिश्रमस्य कलशं वेधाः समारोपयत् । कंदर्पं पुरुषं स्त्रियो विदधते यस्मिन्न दृष्टे सति द्रष्टव्यावधि। रूपमाप्नुहि पतिं तं दीर्घनेत्रं भटम् ४६। उपयेमे विवाहेन गांधर्वेणार्णवात्मजः । वृंदां तौ दंपती जातौ जनानंदकरौ नृप ४७। चंचलत्वं परित्यक्तं तया जालंधरोऽपि हि । वृत्तेन वृद्धकार्येण चकमे न परस्त्रियम् ४८। कदाचित्स सभासीनो दृष्ट्वा राहुं शिरोहृतम्। कस्मात्कायार्द्धशेषोऽयं इति पप्रच्छ भार्गवम् ४९। स तस्य कथयामास पूर्ववृत्तांतमादितः । यथा निर्मथितो देवैः क्षीरोदोऽमृतकारणात् 6.4.५०। तच्छ्रुत्वा विस्मितो वाक्यं प्राह जालंधरोऽसुरः । प्रसादसुमुखो राहुं कामरूपो भवाधुना ५१। इति शुक्रस्य मंत्रेण सिंधुसूनुः प्रतापवान् । पितृव्यं संस्मरन्वीर विग्रहं त्वकरोत्सुरैः ५२। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायामुत्तरखंडे नारद युधिष्ठिरसंवादे जालंधरोपाख्याने वृंदाविवाहो जालंधराभिषेकोनाम चतुर्थोऽध्यायः ४।

nārada uvāca- krameṇa varddhamāno'sau bālyabhāve sa bālakaḥ | nipatya mārutotsaṃge sāgaraṃ prati dhāvati 1| ānīya cakre sa ca paṃjarasthānkrīḍāparaḥ kesariṇāṃ kiśorān | siṃhādinebhādini yuddhamevaṃ yudhopayogīva tadīya vīryam 2| tasmādākāśamutpatya khecarānpātayedbhuvi | garjitairbhīṣayāmāsa svargaṃ hi saha sāgaram 3| samudrāṃtargataṃ sarvaṃ satvajātaṃ tu pārthiva | grastaṃ siṃdhusuteneti tadbhayācchannatāṃ gatam 4| dṛṣṭvā niḥsatvakaṃ toyaṃ tadbhayādvaḍavānalaḥ | nijadeśaṃ parityajya praviveśa himālayam 5| sa bālatvaṃ parityajya krameṇārṇavanaṃdanaḥ | tato navaṃ vayaḥ prāpya vikrameṇākramaddivam 6| ekadā pitaraṃ prāha samudraṃ siṃdhunaṃdanaḥ | mannivāsocitaṃ sthānaṃ dehi tātātivistṛtam 7| saṃbuddhya vacanaṃ sūnoḥ sa jagāda mahārṇavaḥ | putra dāsyāmyahaṃ rājyaṃ tava vā bhuvi durllabham 8| anaṃtaraṃ daityaguruḥ samudraṃ bhārgavo gataḥ | tamāgataṃ vilokyābdhirvidhinā samapūjayat 9| atha nadipatidatte prāptasauṃdaryaniryanmaṇimahasi sa tasminnāsane sanniviṣṭaḥ | ruciraruci sumeroḥ suṃdare śṛṃgabhāge kamalajaiva kāṃtiṃ kiṃciduccairjahāra 10| kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā vyājahārārṇavaḥ kavim | diṣṭyā tavātrāgamanaṃ vada kiṃ karavāṇyaham 11| tadā daityakulācāryaḥ prāha taṃ sāgaraṃ kaviḥ | kiṃ tena jātu jātena māturyauvanahāriṇā 12| prarohati nayaḥ svasya vaṃśasyāgre dhvajo yathā | tavātmajo vikrameṇa trailokyaṃ bhokṣyati dhruvam 13| jaṃbūdvīpe mahāpīṭhaṃ yoginīgaṇasevitam | āplāvitaṃ tvayedānīṃ muṃca jālaṃdharālayam 14| tatra rājyaṃ prayacchāsmai tanayāya mahārṇava | ajeyaścāpyavadhyaśca tatrastho'yaṃ bhaviṣyati 15| evamukto'rṇavaḥ prītyā bhārgaveṇātha līlayā | apāsarpatsutaprītyai jale sthalamadarśayat 16| śatayojanavistīrṇamāyataṃ ca śatatrayam | deśaṃ jālaṃdharaṃ puṇyaṃ tasya nāmnaiva viśrutam 17| daityavaryaṃ samāhūya mayaṃ provāca sāgaraḥ | puraṃ jālaṃdhare pīṭhe kuru jālaṃdharāya vai 18| aṃbhodhinaivamuktastu cakre ratnamayaṃ puram | prākāragopuradvāraṃ sopānagṛhabhūmikam 19| yatreṃdranīlasaṃbaddhaprāsādatala saṃsthitāḥ | menire jaladodyogaṃ tāṃḍavasthāḥ śikhaṃḍinaḥ 20| yatra pravālamāṇikya bhavanotthā marīcayaḥ | sevyaṃte śakunaiścūtarucirāṃkuraśaṃkayā 21| yatra kāṃcanaharmyeṣu tviṣo vahniṣu kātarāḥ | vilokya prapalāyaṃte dāvaśaṃkāḥ śikhaṃḍinaḥ 22| yatra sphaṭikaśālottha prabhāsaṃ miśritā diśaḥ | vibhāṃti maṃdarodbhrāṃtāḥ saphenārṇavasaṃnibhāḥ 23| yatra mohaṃ svaharmyeṣu vibhātālokasaṃsthitāḥ | cakrire lalanāḥ pūrṇasāṃdhyacaṃdropamānanāḥ 24| yatrendra nīpa kādaṃba pavanodyānamoditāḥ | cittaṃ viśaṃtyo nārīṇāṃ cakrire mohanajvaram 25| yatra lekhyagataṃ nṝṇāṃ vilokya surataṃ janaḥ | saṃyāti dviguṇaṃ nūnaṃ nijakāṃtāratodyamaḥ 26| yatra vātāyanoddhūta dhūpadhūmasya lekhayaḥ | nabho babhūva tadgaṃgākāliṃdīsaṃgamopamam 27| yatrānekagṛhodbhūta prabhayā sakalaṃ nabhaḥ | vibhātīṃdrāyudhākīrṇaṃ śaranmegha ivonnataḥ 28| yatrāniśaṃ bhramabhrāṃtāḥ sūryavāhāḥ prapīḍitāḥ | viśrāmaṃ yāṃti madhyāhne prāsādaśirasi sthitāḥ 29| yatrakutraca harmyeṣu bibhratyo mālatīsrajaḥ | rātrau saṃbhūtanakṣatrā iva rejurvarāṃganāḥ 30| yatra hāṭakahiṃdola śṛṃkhalāgharṣaṇodbhavaḥ | cakāra suṃdarīṃ śabdaḥ sphuṭaṃ merubhuvobhuvam 31| sākaṃ saridbhiḥ putrasyośanasā saha sāgaraḥ | tatrābhiṣekamakarodvāditrairnija garjitaiḥ 32| yāḥ skaṃdasya jagāda tārakajaye devaḥ svayaṃbhūḥ svayaṃ svaḥ sāmrājyamahotsave'pi ca śacīkāṃtasya vācaspatiḥ | tābhiścitraviṃriṃci vaktrasarasī haṃsībhirāśāsmahe vāṇībhirvasudhāvivāhasamaye maṃtrotsavairmaṃgalam 33| mahāpadmasahasraṃ tu sainyamātmodarodbhavam | jālaṃdharāya putrāya dadau bhīmaṃ mahodadhiḥ 34| jālaṃdharāya śukro'pi prītyā vidyāṃ nijāṃ dadau | mṛtasaṃjīvanīṃ nāmnā māyāṃ rudravimohinīm 35| śastrāstravidyā anyāśca vidhinā abdhisūnave | yadanyatsakalaṃ tasmai vyākhyātaṃ kavinā tadā 36| tato jālaṃdharaṃ putramabhiṣicyārṇavo yayau | svasthānaṃ divyadehena nadībhiḥ parivāritaḥ 37| dṛṣṭvā jālaṃdharo divyapuraṃ gopuramaṃḍitam | vyacaratsaha śukreṇa dvijasaṃghaiḥ supūjitaḥ 38| etasminnaṃtare daityāḥ pātālasthā mahābalāḥ | prāptā jālaṃdharaṃ sarve kālanemipurogamāḥ 39| tato mahābalā vīrā balaṃ kṣīrodasaṃnibham | tasya śuṃbhāsuraṃ daityaṃ senāpatimakalpayan 40| balaṃ svavaśagaṃ kṛtvā kṛtvā bhuvi sthiraṃ jalam | jālaṃdharastadā rājyaṃ pitṛdattaṃ cakāra saḥ 41| atrāṃtare'psarāḥ kācitsvarṇetyāsītpurā divi | tasyāḥ krauṃcaprasādena vṛṃdānāma sutābhavat 42| dhātrā vibhavasaṃyuktaṃ sauṃdaryaṃ yatkṛtaṃ pṛthak | tattadekagataṃ draṣṭuṃ vṛṃdāgātraṃ vinirmitam 43| tāṃ vṛṃdāmaticārvaṃgīṃ pramadāṃ janamohinīm | svarṇā jālaṃdharasyārthe dadau śukrāya yācate 44| śukra uvāca-| kaṃdarpasya jagannetra śastreṇāścaryakāriṇā | rūpeṇānena raṃbhoru dīrghāyuḥ sukhinī bhava 45| nirmāya svayameva vismitamanāḥ sauṃdaryasāreṇa yaṃ| svavyāpārapariśramasya kalaśaṃ vedhāḥ samāropayat | kaṃdarpaṃ puruṣaṃ striyo vidadhate yasminna dṛṣṭe sati draṣṭavyāvadhi| rūpamāpnuhi patiṃ taṃ dīrghanetraṃ bhaṭam 46| upayeme vivāhena gāṃdharveṇārṇavātmajaḥ | vṛṃdāṃ tau daṃpatī jātau janānaṃdakarau nṛpa 47| caṃcalatvaṃ parityaktaṃ tayā jālaṃdharo'pi hi | vṛttena vṛddhakāryeṇa cakame na parastriyam 48| kadācitsa sabhāsīno dṛṣṭvā rāhuṃ śirohṛtam| kasmātkāyārddhaśeṣo'yaṃ iti papraccha bhārgavam 49| sa tasya kathayāmāsa pūrvavṛttāṃtamāditaḥ | yathā nirmathito devaiḥ kṣīrodo'mṛtakāraṇāt 6.4.50| tacchrutvā vismito vākyaṃ prāha jālaṃdharo'suraḥ | prasādasumukho rāhuṃ kāmarūpo bhavādhunā 51| iti śukrasya maṃtreṇa siṃdhusūnuḥ pratāpavān | pitṛvyaṃ saṃsmaranvīra vigrahaṃ tvakarotsuraiḥ 52| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe nārada yudhiṣṭhirasaṃvāde jālaṃdharopākhyāne vṛṃdāvivāho jālaṃdharābhiṣekonāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ 4|

English translation

Nārada said :

1-5. That boy thus gradually growing in his childhood, jumped on his mother’s lap and ran to the ocean. Having brought the young ones of lions he, intent upon playing, put them into cages. Thus his was a fight of a lion with an elephant etc.; his valour was useful for a fight. From there he would fly into the sky and would drop down the birds on the ground. He, by means of his roars, frightened the heaven along with the ocean. O king, all the beings in the ocean were stricken by him and due to his fear they concealed themselves. Seeing the water (of the ocean) without beings the submarine Fire, due to his fear, left his own region and entered the Himālaya (mountain).

6-8. That son of the Ocean gradually gave up childhood, reached youth, and valorously went to the heaven. Once the Ocean’s son (i.e. Jālandhara ) said to his father, the Ocean: “O father, give a very extensive place proper for my residence.” Having understood the words of his son, the great Ocean said: “O son, I shall give you a kingdom difficult to be obtained on the earth.”

9-10. Then Bhārgava (i.e. Śukra ), the preceptor of the demons, went to the Ocean. Seeing him coming, the Ocean worshipped him duly. Then when he was seated on the seat which had the lustre of gems having beauty spreading out, and which was offered by the lord of rivers, he had the great lustre like that of the lotus-born ( Brahmā seated) upon the beautiful region of the peak of the Meru mountain charming with lustre.

11-13. The Ocean, joining the palms of his hands, said to Śukra: “Luckily (for me) you have come here. Tell me what I should do.” Then Śukra, the preceptor of the family of demons, said to the Ocean: “What is the use of him who, being born, (simply) robs his mother of her youth, and does not grow above (the members of) his own family like a flag? Your son, due to his valour, will certainly enjoy the three worlds.

14-17. You have inundated a great seat on the Jambūdvīpa which is resorted to by the female attendants of Durgā . Give it up as the abode of Jālandhara. O great Ocean, give the kingdom there (i.e. of that region) to this son of yours. Being there he will be unconquerable and free from death.” The Ocean thus addressed by Bhārgava (i.e. Śukra) with love, easily moved away, and due to his love for his son, showed (him) the place in the water. It was a hundred yojanas extensive, and was three hundred yojanas long. The auspicious country was well-known as Jālandhara after him.

18-31. The Ocean having called the excellent demon Maya , said to him: “Fashion a city for Jālandhara in the seat (i.e. region) of Jālandhara.” Thus told by the ocean, Maya fashioned a city full of gems, having ramparts and city gates and having houses with staircases. In it the peacocks, engaged in violent dances, and remaining on the grounds of the mansions decked with sapphires took them to be the movement of the clouds. In it the birds resorted to the rays rising from the ground (decked) with corals and rubies, taking them to be the lovely mango-sprouts. In it the peacocks, seeing in the golden mansions, the brilliance (as) in fires, ran away fearing it to be the wild fire. In it the directions are mingled with the lustre coming up from the crystal chambers. They appear as it were rising from the Mandara (mountain), and resemble the ocean with foam. In it the bright women, standing in groups in their mansions and with their faces resembling the full moon of the evening caused infatuation. In it the joys from the park with breezes made fragrant by indranīpa flowers etc. entered the women’s hearts and brought about the fever of fascination (in their hearts). In it a man, on seeing a coitus drawn in a picture, doubly indulges in it while engaged in a coitus with his wife. In it the lines of the smoke of the incense rising from the windows have become the sky resembling the confluence of Gaṅgā and Yamunā . The entire sky in (i.e. above) it looks like being covered with a rainbow due to the lustre coming out from many houses and with autumnal cloud rising in it. In it the horses of the Sun, that have constantly wandered (and therefore are) very much vexed, take rest after remaining on the tops of mansions at midday. In it the excellent women in some of the mansions, wearing jasmine wreaths, shone like stars rising at night. In it the sound due to the friction of the chains of the golden swing made the ground beautiful like that of the Meru (mountain).

32-33. The Ocean along with the rivers and with Śukra consecrated there his son (as the king) with self-sounding musical instruments. We expect (i.e. think) that (Śukra) performed the auspicious rite at the time of the marriage of the Earth (with Jālandhara and his consecration-as the king) with gay incantations and with words—the beautiful female swans as it were, in the lake of the mouth of Brahmā, with which the self-lustrous self-born (Brahmā) (performed the auspicious rite) at the time of Skanda ’s victory over Tāraka , and with which Bṛhaspati (the preceptor of gods) performed (the auspicious rite) at the time of the festival of the sovereignty of Indra .

34-36. The great Ocean gave Jālandhara a fierce army that sprang from his interior and that (amounted to) a thousand mahāpadmas . Śukra also gave Jālandhara through love his infatuating lore called Mṛta-sañjīvanī and infatuating Rudra . Brahma also gave the Ocean’s son (i.e. Jālandhara) various other lores (secrets) of weapons and missiles. All else was then explained to him by Śukra.

37-40. Then having consecrated Jālandhara, his son, the Ocean, surrounded by the rivers, went with a divine body to his place. Jālandhara saw that divine city adorned with city gates; and being well honoured by groups of brāhmaṇas , moved with Śukra (into the city). In the meanwhile all the very mighty demons residing in the nether world and led by Kālanemi , came to Jālandhara. Then the very mighty heroes appointed the demon Śumbhāsura the general of the army resembling the milky ocean.

41-44. Then that Jālandhara, having brought under his control his army on the earth and making the water stable, looked after the kingdom given by his father. Meantime there was formerly in heaven a celestial nymph named Svarṇā . Due to Krauñca ’s favour a daughter named Vṛndā was born to her. The Creator fashioned the body of Vṛndā, to see the beauty along with splendour which he had made separately in one place. Svarṇā gave that young, beautiful girl Vṛndā, charming in all limbs and infatuating people, to Śukra who solicited her for (being married to) Jālandhara.

Śukra said :

45-52. O you beautiful lady, live long and be happy with the wonderful weapon of Cupid, that (hurts) the eyes of the world. Obtain him—the brave man—of large eyes, as your husband, not seeing whom the women have fixed Cupid as the man.

(Jālandhara), the son of the Ocean married Vṛndā according to the Gāndharva type of marriage. O king, the couple caused delight to the people. She gave up her fickleness. Jālandhara too, following the practice of wise men, did not long for any other woman. Once, while seated in his assembly, he saw Rāhu with his head cut off; he asked Śukra, “Why is he one whose half body (only) remains?” He told him the old account from the beginning as to how the milky ocean was churned by the gods for (securing) nectar. Hearing it, the demon Jālandhara who was amazed, spoke (these) words: “You become favourable to Rāhu and of a handsome form.” With the advice of Śukra, the valorous son of the Ocean, remembering his paternal uncle started a war with the gods, O brave one.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44515, revision 334358 (2022-04-01T23:59:03Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365435.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.