Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 8
Sourceयुधिष्ठिर उवाच- देवान्विक्लाव्य समरे विष्णुं स्थाप्यात्ममंदिरे । जालंधरेणाब्धिजेन यत्कृतं ब्रूहि नारद १। नारद उवाच-। शुंभादीनां तु वीराणां दत्त्वा दानं प्रसादजम् । जालंधरो जगामाथ स्वर्गं प्राप्यावलोकयत् २। हिरण्यवर्षेण जनान्भूषयंतं दिनेदिने । फलंति तरवोऽजस्रं वाजिमेधक्रतोः फलम् ३। गजवस्त्रसुवर्णानि धेनु कन्या तिलानि च । पुष्पकर्पूरतांबूल कस्तूरी कुंकुमानि च ४। ये यच्छंति महात्मानस्ते पश्यंत्यमरावतीम् । वर्षासु गृहदानेन शिशिरेऽग्निप्रदानतः ५। वादित्राणि च सर्वाणि वादयंति शिवालये । प्रपां कुर्वंति ये चैत्रे दध्योदनसमन्विताम् ६। यत्र हिंदोलपर्यंकं स्वयमांदोलयंति च । सारिकाशुकहंसाश्च भ्रमद्भ्रमरकोकिलाः ७। कुर्वंतो दूतकार्याणि यच्छंते प्रियसंगमम् । रंभा यत्र पुरे राम मेनका च तिलोत्तमा ८। सुषमा सुंदरी यत्र घृताची पुंजिकस्थली । सुकेशी सुमुखी रामा मंजुघोषा च मालिनी ९। मृगोद्भवा च सुखदा धनदंष्ट्रा तिलप्रभा । वाजिमेधफलग्राहा राजसूयफलंति याः १०। कोटिशो यत्र निःष्पापाः क्रीडंत्यप्सरसो नृप । एवं भूरिसुखे स्वर्गे स्थापयामास सिंधुजः ११। शुंभं प्राणसमं दैत्यं निशुंभं युवराजके । स्वयं जालंधरे पीठे स्वर्गादागत्य सिंधुराट् । वर्षार्बुदद्वयं राज्यं चकारात्मबलेन च १२। युधिष्ठिर उवाच-। युयुधेऽसुर संग्रामे ससुरैरपराजितः १३। ततः किमकरोद्राजा सिंधुसूनुः प्रतापवान् । तन्ममाचक्ष्व देवर्षे श्रोतुकामस्य विस्तरात् १४। नारद उवाच-। शृणु राजन्यथातथ्यं कृतसागरसूनुना । स देवान्समरे जित्वा राज्यं चक्रे ह्यकंटकम् १५। गंधर्वाश्चित्रसेनाद्याः सेवंते चासुरेश्वरम् । यज्ञभागांश्च यो भुंक्ते सर्वेषामसुरेश्वरः १६। क्षीरसागरतो देवैर्हृतं रत्नादिकं च यत् । तत्सर्वं च तथान्यच्च निर्जित्य हृतवान्बली १७। समुद्रतनये राज्यं भुवो राजन्प्रशासति । न कश्चिन्म्रियते मर्त्यो नरकं कोऽपि न व्रजेत् १८। न कलिप्रणयादन्यो न भोगादपरः क्षयः । न वंध्या दुर्भगा नारी नालंकारैर्विवर्जिता १९। कुरूपा दुर्गता दुष्टाऽयशस्या न च दृश्यते । न तत्र विधवा नारी न कश्चिन्निर्द्धनो जनः २०। दातारः संति सर्वत्र न प्रतिग्राहिणः क्वचित् । पुण्या जनाः प्रयच्छंति द्विजेभ्यो ह्यात्मनो धनम् २१। रूपयौवनशालिन्यः सीमंतिन्यो गृहे गृहे । गोक्षीरं दधिसर्पिश्च यत्र निर्जरसो जनाः २२। मंगलं तत्र सर्वेषां न क्वचिद्वधबंधनम् । शरेण न च हिंसास्ति न कश्चित्केन बाध्यते २३। ऋणं न दृश्यते राजन्धनिनः संति सर्वतः । संतुष्टाः सर्वसस्याढ्याः प्रजाः सर्वत्रपार्थिव २४। केलीक्षुदंडप्रभवश्च दुग्धरसोऽति सुस्वादुतरो गृहे नृणाम् । शुश्राव नारीनरयोर्हितं वचो न चापहर्ताध्वनि गच्छतां सदा २५। पतंत्यखंडा नभसो यतस्ततो धाराश्च कर्मारविमिश्रसर्पिषः । संमिश्रिताः शर्करया परिश्रुताः समुद्रसूनोः स्मरणान्मुखे नृणाम् २६। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे उत्तरखंडे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्र-। संहितायां युधिष्ठिरनारदसम्वादे जालंधरसौराज्यवर्णनंनामाष्टमोऽध्यायः ८।
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- devānviklāvya samare viṣṇuṃ sthāpyātmamaṃdire | jālaṃdhareṇābdhijena yatkṛtaṃ brūhi nārada 1| nārada uvāca-| śuṃbhādīnāṃ tu vīrāṇāṃ dattvā dānaṃ prasādajam | jālaṃdharo jagāmātha svargaṃ prāpyāvalokayat 2| hiraṇyavarṣeṇa janānbhūṣayaṃtaṃ dinedine | phalaṃti taravo'jasraṃ vājimedhakratoḥ phalam 3| gajavastrasuvarṇāni dhenu kanyā tilāni ca | puṣpakarpūratāṃbūla kastūrī kuṃkumāni ca 4| ye yacchaṃti mahātmānaste paśyaṃtyamarāvatīm | varṣāsu gṛhadānena śiśire'gnipradānataḥ 5| vāditrāṇi ca sarvāṇi vādayaṃti śivālaye | prapāṃ kurvaṃti ye caitre dadhyodanasamanvitām 6| yatra hiṃdolaparyaṃkaṃ svayamāṃdolayaṃti ca | sārikāśukahaṃsāśca bhramadbhramarakokilāḥ 7| kurvaṃto dūtakāryāṇi yacchaṃte priyasaṃgamam | raṃbhā yatra pure rāma menakā ca tilottamā 8| suṣamā suṃdarī yatra ghṛtācī puṃjikasthalī | sukeśī sumukhī rāmā maṃjughoṣā ca mālinī 9| mṛgodbhavā ca sukhadā dhanadaṃṣṭrā tilaprabhā | vājimedhaphalagrāhā rājasūyaphalaṃti yāḥ 10| koṭiśo yatra niḥṣpāpāḥ krīḍaṃtyapsaraso nṛpa | evaṃ bhūrisukhe svarge sthāpayāmāsa siṃdhujaḥ 11| śuṃbhaṃ prāṇasamaṃ daityaṃ niśuṃbhaṃ yuvarājake | svayaṃ jālaṃdhare pīṭhe svargādāgatya siṃdhurāṭ | varṣārbudadvayaṃ rājyaṃ cakārātmabalena ca 12| yudhiṣṭhira uvāca-| yuyudhe'sura saṃgrāme sasurairaparājitaḥ 13| tataḥ kimakarodrājā siṃdhusūnuḥ pratāpavān | tanmamācakṣva devarṣe śrotukāmasya vistarāt 14| nārada uvāca-| śṛṇu rājanyathātathyaṃ kṛtasāgarasūnunā | sa devānsamare jitvā rājyaṃ cakre hyakaṃṭakam 15| gaṃdharvāścitrasenādyāḥ sevaṃte cāsureśvaram | yajñabhāgāṃśca yo bhuṃkte sarveṣāmasureśvaraḥ 16| kṣīrasāgarato devairhṛtaṃ ratnādikaṃ ca yat | tatsarvaṃ ca tathānyacca nirjitya hṛtavānbalī 17| samudratanaye rājyaṃ bhuvo rājanpraśāsati | na kaścinmriyate martyo narakaṃ ko'pi na vrajet 18| na kalipraṇayādanyo na bhogādaparaḥ kṣayaḥ | na vaṃdhyā durbhagā nārī nālaṃkārairvivarjitā 19| kurūpā durgatā duṣṭā'yaśasyā na ca dṛśyate | na tatra vidhavā nārī na kaścinnirddhano janaḥ 20| dātāraḥ saṃti sarvatra na pratigrāhiṇaḥ kvacit | puṇyā janāḥ prayacchaṃti dvijebhyo hyātmano dhanam 21| rūpayauvanaśālinyaḥ sīmaṃtinyo gṛhe gṛhe | gokṣīraṃ dadhisarpiśca yatra nirjaraso janāḥ 22| maṃgalaṃ tatra sarveṣāṃ na kvacidvadhabaṃdhanam | śareṇa na ca hiṃsāsti na kaścitkena bādhyate 23| ṛṇaṃ na dṛśyate rājandhaninaḥ saṃti sarvataḥ | saṃtuṣṭāḥ sarvasasyāḍhyāḥ prajāḥ sarvatrapārthiva 24| kelīkṣudaṃḍaprabhavaśca dugdharaso'ti susvādutaro gṛhe nṛṇām | śuśrāva nārīnarayorhitaṃ vaco na cāpahartādhvani gacchatāṃ sadā 25| pataṃtyakhaṃḍā nabhaso yatastato dhārāśca karmāravimiśrasarpiṣaḥ | saṃmiśritāḥ śarkarayā pariśrutāḥ samudrasūnoḥ smaraṇānmukhe nṛṇām 26| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṃḍe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasra-| saṃhitāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhiranāradasamvāde jālaṃdharasaurājyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ 8|
English translation
Yudhiṣṭhira said :
1. O Nārada , tell me what Jālandhara , the Ocean’s son, did after having made the gods flee in the battle, and after having put Viṣṇu in his own abode.
Nārada said :
2-8a. Having given gifts due to being pleased to the heroes like Śumbha , Jālandhara went to heaven, and having reached it saw that the trees constantly bore fruits by decorating men everyday with the shower of gold. It is the fruit of the horse-sacrifice. Those noble ones who give an elephant, a garment, gold, a cow, a girl (in marriage), sesamum-seeds, flowers, camphor, tāmbūla , musk and saffron, see Amarāvatī . (They see Amarāvatī) by giving a house (i.e. a shelter) in the rainy season, fire (i.e. warmth) in the cold season. They play upon all the musical instruments in Śiva ’s temple. Those who put up stalls where water is distributed to travellers in Caitra (see Amarāvatī). In that city the swings with couches swing on their own. There sārikās , parrots, swans, wandering bees and cuckoos act as messengers and bring about the union with the dear.
8b-12. There are, O Rāma , (the celestial nymphs like) Rambhā , Menakā , Tilottamā , Suṣamā , Sundarī , Ghṛtācī , Pañjikasthalī, Sukeśī , Sumukhī , Rāmā , Mañjughoṣā and Mālinī ; (so also) Mṛgodbhavā, Sukhadā , Dhanadaṃṣṭrā, Tilaprabhā, that cause (men) to receive the fruits of the Aśvamedha sacrifices, and give the fruits of the Rājasūya sacrifices. The celestial nymphs that were sinless, sported there in crores. The son of the Ocean established the demon Śumbha, (dear to him) like his own life in the heaven like this. Having come (back) from the heaven, and having consecrated Niśumbha as the heir-apparent, Jālandhara, due to his own might ruled for a couple of arbuda years (i.e. for two hundred million years).
Yudhiṣṭhira said :
13-14. He fought with the gods in the battle with them. He was not defeated by the gods. What did the brave son of the Ocean do after that? Tell all that in detail to me who desire to listen to it.
Nārada said :
15-17. O king, listen properly to what the Ocean’s son did: Having conquered the gods in the battle, he ruled without any trouble. Gandharvas like Citrasena waited upon the lord of the demons. The lord of the demons also enjoyed the shares in the sacrificial offerings. The mighty one snatched away all the wealth and also other (objects) after having vanquished (the gods).
18-26. O king, when the Ocean’s son was ruling over the earth, no human being died, and nobody would go to hell. There was no other waste than (in) enjoyment. There was no unfortunate barren woman. There no ugly, distressed, wicked or notorious woman was seen. There was no widow, nor was there a poor man. Everywhere there were donors and no recipients. Meritorious persons gave their wealth to brāhmaṇas . In every house the women were endowed with beauty and youth. There were cow’s milk, curd, and ghee . Men there were without old age. All were happy, there was nowhere bondage by means of fetters. Killing was not done by an arrow. Nobody harassed anybody else. Debt was not seen (to be incurred); O king, everywhere there were rich people. O king, the subjects were contented, and rich with all crops. In the houses of men there was the milky juice which was taken out from plantains and sugarcanes and which was very sweet. A man listened to the beneficial words of a woman and a man. There was no one who robbed (people) passing along the way. The streams fall continuously from the sky, so they get mixed with Karmāra (?) ghee and with sugar and are heard to have fallen into the people’s mouths just by recollecting the Ocean’s son.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44598, revision 334362 (2022-04-02T00:10:27Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365439.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.