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Chapter 13

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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 13

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नारद उवाच- ततो जालंधरः श्रुत्वा दैत्यकोलाहलं रणे । आजगाम रथारूढो यत्र देवः सदाशिवः १। सारथिं खड्गरोमाणं कोपात्सत्वरमब्रवीत् । संप्रेषय रथं शीघ्रं सहस्रहययोजितम् २। हन्मि तं तापसं शौर्याज्जटाभस्मास्थिभूषितम् । वृषारूढस्य का शक्तिः पंगोर्युद्धे मया सह ३। नारद उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा खड्गरोमाणमाभाष्य च तथोद्धतः । गृहीत्वा कार्मुकं घोरं रथेनाधावत द्रुतम् ४। तं रुरोध तदायांतं वीरभद्रः शितैः शरैः । निरुच्छ्वासीकृतेनापि स कायेन शरैर्वृतः ५। देवैर्यद्यपि तुल्योऽभूद्भूतेशस्य परिग्रहः । तथापि किं कपालानि तुलां यांति कलानिधेः ६। विव्याध मणिभद्रोऽपि शरैः सागरनंदनम् । पाशेन मणिभद्रं तु हत्वोवाचेश्वरं वचः ७। एहि योद्धुं महादेव शस्त्राभ्यासोऽस्ति ते यदि । त्वं मां प्रहर न त्वाहमादौ हन्मि जटाधरम् ८। इति ब्रुवंतं तं गर्वाद्वीरभद्रोऽथ सायकैः । पूरयामास संक्रुद्धो यथा पद्मं रविः करैः ९। मणिभद्रोऽथ गदया सैन्यं तस्य समाहनत् । रथोपरि रथं वीर तुरगं तुरगोपरि १०। गजोपरि गजं हत्वा पातयामास भूतले । रक्तपंकारुणा भूमिः संजाता दुर्गमा क्षणात् ११। शैलाच्च गणमुख्याश्च दानवाञ्जघ्नुराहवे । पतंति दानवाः शूरा गतप्राणा महीतले १२। रुंडदोर्दंडमुंडैश्च करिपृष्ठकरोरुभिः । पतंति दानवाः शूरा पूरिता वसुधा नृप १३। नारद उवाच- एवंविधं रणे दृष्ट्वा हरमत्यंतदुर्जयम् । भुवने च तथान्यानि दृष्टवाँल्लक्षणानि सः १४। तेजोऽन्यदेवनक्षत्र शशांक सकलादिषु । उद्धाटितजगत्कोशमन्यदेवरवेर्महः १५। भग्नः पुनश्चिंतितवांस्ततो जालंधरो नृप । न दृष्टा सा मया गौरी यां मामाहाति नारदः १६। सांप्रतं शाश्वते स्थाने कथं द्रक्ष्याम्युमां स्थिताम् । तां हि द्रष्टुं व्रजाम्यादौ पश्चाद्योत्स्यामि शंभुना १७। चिंतयित्वेति मनसा दैत्यं प्राहार्णवात्मजः । शुंभं चंडजये वीर मम तुल्यपराक्रम १८। धृत्वा मत्सदृशं रूपं संग्रामं कर्तुमर्हसि । तव युद्धस्य भारोऽयं शिबिरस्य बलस्य च १९। अहं यास्यामि तां द्रष्टुं गौरीं मच्चित्तहारिणीम् । इत्युक्त्वाथ ददौ तस्मै स्वांगादुत्तार्य मंडनम् २०। वर्मशस्त्रादिकं दत्वा रथं सारथिसंयुतम् । दुर्वारणेन सहितः सैन्यं मुक्त्वोदधेः सुतः २१। अलक्षितस्ततो गत्वा गुहां गुप्तां तु पार्थिव । मानसोत्तरशैलस्य हररूपं दधार सः २२। धृत्वा दुर्वारणे रूपं नंदिनः सदृशं तथा । अथारुरुहतुः शैलं छद्मशंकरनंदिनौ २३। यत्रास्ति शिखरे गौरी सखिभिः सहिता नृप । तमायांतं शरैर्भिन्नं स्कंधमालम्ब्य नंदिनः २४। रक्ताक्तमंबरं दृष्ट्वा भवानी विस्मिताभवत् । सख्यस्तस्या जयाद्यास्ताः जग्मुस्तं संभ्रमान्विताः २५। शंकरस्यांतिकं गत्वा पप्रच्छुस्तं सुदुःखिताः । किं जातं तव देवेश केन त्वं संगरे जितः २६। सशल्यस्त्वं कथं नाथ संसारीव प्ररोदिषि । इत्युक्तः प्रददौ ताभ्यो भूषणानि पृथक्पृथक् २७। उत्तार्य शनकैरंगात् वासुकिप्रभृतीनि च । गणेशस्कंदशिरसीच्छिन्ने कुक्षौ विलोक्य च २८। हा स्कंद हा गणेशेति हा रुद्रेत्यंबिकारुदत् । तस्याः सख्यस्ततः सर्वा रुरुदुः शोककर्शिताः २९। अत्राब्रवीज्जयां नंदी त्वमेनं परिपालय । मणिभद्रो वीरभद्रः पुष्पदंतश्च वीर्यवान् ३०। दंभनो धूमतिमिरः कूष्मांडाद्या रणे हताः । चंडी भृंगी किरीटिश्च महाकालश्च शृंखली ३१। चंडीशो गुप्तनेत्रश्च कालाद्याश्च हता रणे । विनायकस्य स्कंदस्य शिरसी भ्रमता मया ३२। दृष्टे महारणे देवि इत्युक्त्वाथ पुरोक्षिपत् । तच्छ्रुत्वा नंदिनो वाक्यं शिरसी गृह्य पुत्रयोः ३३। पार्वती विललापोच्चैः पुत्रपुत्रेति जल्पती । तारकारे कथं युद्धे हतस्त्वं सिंधुसूनुना ३४। त्वं हि त्रिवासरो देवैः सेनापत्योऽभिषेचितः । तदा त्वया कथं वीर तारकाख्यो निपातितः ३५। नीलकंठेन किं त्यक्तो यतस्त्वं पतितो भुवि । स्नुषामुखं न दृष्टं च मया पुत्रावभाग्यया ३६। न भोगा वत्स ते भुक्ता संसारस्यापि येभवन् । तात हेरंब विघ्नेश लंबोदर गजानन ३७। रणांगणे केन पुत्र सिद्धैः पूज्यो निपातितः । वाहनोऽसौ कुतो वत्स मूषकः केन हिंसितः ३८। एवं विलपती गौरी शिवं प्राह सुदुःखितम् । साक्षाद्रुद्रोऽसि देवेश हरस्त्वं मा भयं कुरु ३९। वृषभः क्व गतो देव हतो जालंधरेण वै । शरजर्जरदेहस्य किं करोमि प्रियं तव ४०। ततः श्रुत्वा वचो देव्या निश्वस्योवाच शंकरः । दीर्घं विनिहतौ पुत्रौ वृथा शोचसि किं प्रिये ४१। अधुना तेंगसंगेन देवि मां त्रातुमर्हसि । शंकरस्य वचः श्रुत्वाऽसमयोचितमातुरम् । प्रत्युवाचांबिका देवं बभाषे नोचितं वचः ४२। महाविषादे पतिते भये च कृते समाधौ वमने महाज्वरे । श्राद्धे प्रयाणे गुरुवृद्धसन्निधौ रतिं बुधाः शंकर वर्जयंति ४३। कथं मां दुःखदुःखार्तां पुत्रशोकेन पीडिताम् । म्लानां बाष्पपरिम्लानां संप्रार्थयसि चातुराम् ४४। भवान्या इति वाक्यानि श्रुत्वा मायामहेश्वरः । उवाच स्वार्थमुद्दिश्य गौर्यारूपेण मोहितः ४५। पुरुषस्यार्तियुक्तस्य न यच्छंति रतिं स्त्रियः । तथैव रौरवे घोरे पतिष्यंति न संशयः ४६। गणशून्यः पुत्रशून्यो धीशून्योऽहं वरानने । सांप्रतं गृह्य शून्योऽहं सर्वशून्योऽस्मि भामिनि ४७। सुजीवितं विहीनोऽहं त्वां प्रष्टुमिह चागतः । स्वं गृहं तु प्रविश्याशु त्यजामि प्रकृतिं स्वकाम् ४८। उत्तिष्ठ नंदिन्संयावस्तीर्थे भव पुरःसरः । त्वं याहि स्वेच्छया कांते प्रकृतिं स्वां परित्यज ४९। इति मायामहेशस्य वचः श्रुत्वांबिका ततः । दीर्घं दध्यो महाश्वासं शोकेन च जडीकृता 6.13.५०। तस्यैवं परमे क्षोभे किंचिन्नोवाच सा क्षणम् । यया संमोहितं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् । सैव संमोहिता तेन न जाने दुःखमात्मनः ५१। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशतसहस्रसंहितायां उत्तरखण्डे युधिष्ठिरनारदसम्वादे जालंधरमायामहेशागमनंनाम त्रयोदशोऽध्यायः १३।

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gajaṃ hatvā pātayāmāsa bhūtale | raktapaṃkāruṇā bhūmiḥ saṃjātā durgamā kṣaṇāt 11| śailācca gaṇamukhyāśca dānavāñjaghnurāhave | pataṃti dānavāḥ śūrā gataprāṇā mahītale 12| ruṃḍadordaṃḍamuṃḍaiśca karipṛṣṭhakarorubhiḥ | pataṃti dānavāḥ śūrā pūritā vasudhā nṛpa 13| nārada uvāca- evaṃvidhaṃ raṇe dṛṣṭvā haramatyaṃtadurjayam | bhuvane ca tathānyāni dṛṣṭavā~llakṣaṇāni saḥ 14| tejo'nyadevanakṣatra śaśāṃka sakalādiṣu | uddhāṭitajagatkośamanyadevaravermahaḥ 15| bhagnaḥ punaściṃtitavāṃstato jālaṃdharo nṛpa | na dṛṣṭā sā mayā gaurī yāṃ māmāhāti nāradaḥ 16| sāṃprataṃ śāśvate sthāne kathaṃ drakṣyāmyumāṃ sthitām | tāṃ hi draṣṭuṃ vrajāmyādau paścādyotsyāmi śaṃbhunā 17| ciṃtayitveti manasā daityaṃ prāhārṇavātmajaḥ | śuṃbhaṃ caṃḍajaye vīra mama tulyaparākrama 18| dhṛtvā matsadṛśaṃ rūpaṃ saṃgrāmaṃ kartumarhasi | tava yuddhasya bhāro'yaṃ śibirasya balasya ca 19| ahaṃ yāsyāmi tāṃ draṣṭuṃ gaurīṃ maccittahāriṇīm | ityuktvātha dadau tasmai svāṃgāduttārya maṃḍanam 20| varmaśastrādikaṃ datvā rathaṃ sārathisaṃyutam | durvāraṇena sahitaḥ sainyaṃ muktvodadheḥ sutaḥ 21| alakṣitastato gatvā guhāṃ guptāṃ tu pārthiva | mānasottaraśailasya hararūpaṃ dadhāra saḥ 22| dhṛtvā durvāraṇe rūpaṃ naṃdinaḥ sadṛśaṃ tathā | athāruruhatuḥ śailaṃ chadmaśaṃkaranaṃdinau 23| yatrāsti śikhare gaurī sakhibhiḥ sahitā nṛpa | tamāyāṃtaṃ śarairbhinnaṃ skaṃdhamālambya naṃdinaḥ 24| raktāktamaṃbaraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhavānī vismitābhavat | sakhyastasyā jayādyāstāḥ jagmustaṃ saṃbhramānvitāḥ 25| śaṃkarasyāṃtikaṃ gatvā papracchustaṃ suduḥkhitāḥ | kiṃ jātaṃ tava deveśa kena tvaṃ saṃgare jitaḥ 26| saśalyastvaṃ kathaṃ nātha saṃsārīva prarodiṣi | ityuktaḥ pradadau tābhyo bhūṣaṇāni pṛthakpṛthak 27| uttārya śanakairaṃgāt vāsukiprabhṛtīni ca | gaṇeśaskaṃdaśirasīcchinne kukṣau vilokya ca 28| hā skaṃda hā gaṇeśeti hā rudretyaṃbikārudat | tasyāḥ sakhyastataḥ sarvā ruruduḥ śokakarśitāḥ 29| atrābravījjayāṃ naṃdī tvamenaṃ paripālaya | maṇibhadro vīrabhadraḥ puṣpadaṃtaśca vīryavān 30| daṃbhano dhūmatimiraḥ kūṣmāṃḍādyā raṇe hatāḥ | caṃḍī bhṛṃgī kirīṭiśca mahākālaśca śṛṃkhalī 31| caṃḍīśo guptanetraśca kālādyāśca hatā raṇe | vināyakasya skaṃdasya śirasī bhramatā mayā 32| dṛṣṭe mahāraṇe devi ityuktvātha purokṣipat | tacchrutvā naṃdino vākyaṃ śirasī gṛhya putrayoḥ 33| pārvatī vilalāpoccaiḥ putraputreti jalpatī | tārakāre kathaṃ yuddhe hatastvaṃ siṃdhusūnunā 34| tvaṃ hi trivāsaro devaiḥ senāpatyo'bhiṣecitaḥ | tadā tvayā kathaṃ vīra tārakākhyo nipātitaḥ 35| nīlakaṃṭhena kiṃ tyakto yatastvaṃ patito bhuvi | snuṣāmukhaṃ na dṛṣṭaṃ ca mayā putrāvabhāgyayā 36| na bhogā vatsa te bhuktā saṃsārasyāpi yebhavan | tāta heraṃba vighneśa laṃbodara gajānana 37| raṇāṃgaṇe kena putra siddhaiḥ pūjyo nipātitaḥ | vāhano'sau kuto vatsa mūṣakaḥ kena hiṃsitaḥ 38| evaṃ vilapatī gaurī śivaṃ prāha suduḥkhitam | sākṣādrudro'si deveśa harastvaṃ mā bhayaṃ kuru 39| vṛṣabhaḥ kva gato deva hato jālaṃdhareṇa vai | śarajarjaradehasya kiṃ karomi priyaṃ tava 40| tataḥ śrutvā vaco devyā niśvasyovāca śaṃkaraḥ | dīrghaṃ vinihatau putrau vṛthā śocasi kiṃ priye 41| adhunā teṃgasaṃgena devi māṃ trātumarhasi | śaṃkarasya vacaḥ śrutvā'samayocitamāturam | pratyuvācāṃbikā devaṃ babhāṣe nocitaṃ vacaḥ 42| mahāviṣāde patite bhaye ca kṛte samādhau vamane mahājvare | śrāddhe prayāṇe guruvṛddhasannidhau ratiṃ budhāḥ śaṃkara varjayaṃti 43| kathaṃ māṃ duḥkhaduḥkhārtāṃ putraśokena pīḍitām | mlānāṃ bāṣpaparimlānāṃ saṃprārthayasi cāturām 44| bhavānyā iti vākyāni śrutvā māyāmaheśvaraḥ | uvāca svārthamuddiśya gauryārūpeṇa mohitaḥ 45| puruṣasyārtiyuktasya na yacchaṃti ratiṃ striyaḥ | tathaiva raurave ghore patiṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ 46| gaṇaśūnyaḥ putraśūnyo dhīśūnyo'haṃ varānane | sāṃprataṃ gṛhya śūnyo'haṃ sarvaśūnyo'smi bhāmini 47| sujīvitaṃ vihīno'haṃ tvāṃ praṣṭumiha cāgataḥ | svaṃ gṛhaṃ tu praviśyāśu tyajāmi prakṛtiṃ svakām 48| uttiṣṭha naṃdinsaṃyāvastīrthe bhava puraḥsaraḥ | tvaṃ yāhi svecchayā kāṃte prakṛtiṃ svāṃ parityaja 49| iti māyāmaheśasya vacaḥ śrutvāṃbikā tataḥ | dīrghaṃ dadhyo mahāśvāsaṃ śokena ca jaḍīkṛtā 6.13.50| tasyaivaṃ parame kṣobhe kiṃcinnovāca sā kṣaṇam | yayā saṃmohitaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam | saiva saṃmohitā tena na jāne duḥkhamātmanaḥ 51| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatasahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ uttarakhaṇḍe yudhiṣṭhiranāradasamvāde jālaṃdharamāyāmaheśāgamanaṃnāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ 13|

English translation

Nārada said :

1-3. Then hearing the din of the demons on the battlefield, Jālandhara , seated in a chariot, came where Śiva was. Angrily and quickly he spoke to his charioteer Khaḍgaroman: “Send forth quickly the chariot to which a thousand horses are yoked. I shall bravely kill that ascetic, adorned with matted hair, sacred ash and bones. What is the power of the crippled one mounted on the bull in the battle with me?”

Nārada said :

4-6. Speaking like this to Khaḍgaroman the haughty (Jālandhara) took his fierce bow and quickly ran to (the battlefield) in his chariot. Vīrabhadra checked him who was coming (there) with sharp arrows. With his body made breathless, he covered him with arrows. Though (Vīrabhadra) the attendant of the lord of beings (i.e. Śiva) was equal to the gods, yet can the skulls attain similarity with the moon?

7-9. Maṇibhadra also pierced the Ocean’s son (Jālandhara). He having killed Maṇibhadra by a noose said to the lord (i.e. Śiva): “O Mahādeva , if you have the practice in (wielding) weapons, then come to fight (with me). You strike me. In the battle I shall not strike you having matted hair.” Him who was proudly speaking like this, Vīrabhadra, who was angry, covered with arrows, as the sun covers a lotus with his rays.

10-13. Then Maṇibhadra hit his army with a mace. O hero, striking a chariot after a chariot, a horse after a horse, an elephant after an elephant, he knocked them down on the earth. In a moment, the ground was tawny due to the mud-like blood and became difficult to walk over; and the chief attendants (of Śiva) struck down the demons from the mountain in the battle. The brave demons dropped dead on the ground. O king, the demons (thus) fell (on the ground) and the ground was full of (their) trunks, arms, heads, and the backs and trunks and thighs of the elephants.

Nārada said :

14-17. In this way he saw that Śiva was extremely difficult to be conquered in the battle. He also saw other signs in the world: A different lustre was (noticed) in the stars, the moon and all (objects). The sheath of the world was opened ( obscure ); and the lustre of the sun was quite different. O king, Jālandhara who was disappointed again thought: ‘I have not seen that Pārvatī about whom Nārada told me much. Now how shall I see Pārvatī, seated on a perpetual place? First I shall go to see her, and after that I shall fight with Śiva.’

18-20a. Thinking like this with (i.e. in) his mind, the son of the Ocean spoke to demon Śumbha : “O brave one, O you, equal to me in heroism, in (the battle for) fierce victory, please fight after taking up a form similar to that of mine. The burden (i.e. the responsibility) of the camp and the army is (now) yours. I shall go to see that Pārvatī who has captivated my heart.”

20b-25. Speaking like this, he took down from his body ornaments and gave them to him. He also gave him the armour, the weapons etc., so also the chariot along with the charioteer. Then, O king, the son of the Ocean, along with Durvāraṇa , left the army, and unnoticed he went to the secret cave of that (part of Kailāsa ) mountain to the north of Mānasa and took up Śiva’s form. Like that (i.e. like him) Durvāraṇa also had taken up the form like that of Nandin . Then the two, disguised as Śiva and Nandin, climbed up the mountain, on a peak of which Pārvatī along with her friends remained, O king. Seing him who was resting upon Nandin’s shoulder, coming (there) and pierced with arrows and seeing his garment smeared with blood, Pārvatī was amazed. Her friends like Jayā etc. being confused, went to him.

26-29. Going near Śiva (i.e. near Jālandhara who was disguised as Śiva), they, being very much afflicted, said to him: “O lord of gods, what has happened to you? By whom are you conquered in the battle? O lord how (is it that) you are distressed, and are weeping like an (ordinary) creature?” He who was thus addressed by them, gave separately (i.e. to each one of) them his ornaments. He slowly took down Vāsuki and others from his body. Seeing under his arm-pit, the heads of Gaṇeśa and Kārtikeya that were cut off, Pārvatī wept (saying): “O Skanda , O Gaṇeśa, O Rudra .” Then all her friends, emaciated through grief, wept.

30-38. At this time Nandin said to Jayā: “You (please) look after her. Maṇibhadra, Vīrabhadra, the brave Puṣpadanta , Dambhana, Dhūmatimira, and Kūṣmāṇḍa and others are killed in the battle. So also Caṇḍin , Bhṛṅgin , Kirīṭin, Mahākāla , Śṛṅkhalin, Caṇḍīṣa, Guptanetra, and Kāla and others are killed in the battle. O goddess, in the great battle I saw the heads of Gajānana and Kārtikeya whirling (round).” Saying so, he dropped them before her. Hearing these words of Nandin, and taking the heads of her sons, Pārvatī, saying, “O (my) son, O (my) son”, lamented loudly. (She said:) “O (Kārtikeya, the) enemy of Tāraka , how (is it that) you were killed by the Ocean’s son in the battle? You were consecrated by the gods as the general of their army when you were (just) three days old. O hero, how did you destroy (the demon) named Tāraka at that time? Did you fall on the ground because you were abandoned by Śiva? O son, I, who am luckless, have not seen the face of my daughter-in-law (i.e. your wife). O child, you have not enjoyed these pleasures which belong to the mundane existence. O dear Heramba , O Vīghneśa, O Lambodara , O Gajānana, O my son, who knocked you honoured (even) by the siddhas , on the battlefield. How and by whom was your vehicle, the mouse, killed?”

39-43. Gaurī (i.e. Pārvatī) who was lamenting like this, said to Śiva (i.e. to Jālandhara, who had disguised himself as Śiva) who was very much grieved: “O lord of gods, you are actually Rudra. You are Hara . Do not be afraid. Where has your bull gone? Is he killed by Jālandhara? What, dear to you whose body is wounded with arrows, should I do?” Then, on hearing the words of the goddess, Śiva, after heaving a sigh, said: “O darling, both your sons have been killed long back. Why do you lament in vain? O goddess, protect me now by giving me the contact of your body (i.e. by having sexual union with me).” Having heard these untimely and eager words of Śiva, Pārvatī said to the god: “You have not spoken proper words. O Śiva, the wise avoid sexual union when there is great grief, when fear is caused, at (the time of someone having) profound meditation, at (the time of) offering oblations, when having severe fever, at (the time of) a śrāddha , at (the time of) a march, and in the vicinity of the elders and the old.

44-49. How do you solicit me who am afflicted with grief, troubled by (the grief due to) my son’s death, weak, and languid with tears, and who am (mentally) sick?” Hearing these words of Bhavānī , that false Śiva (i.e. Jālandhara disguised as Śiva) who was fascinated by the beauty of Pārvatī, said with a selfish motive: “Those ladies (who) do not give (the pleasure of) sex to the afflicted men (i.e. their husbands) undoubtedly fall into the fierce Raurava (hell). O you beautiful lady, I am without my attendants, without my sons, and without intelligence. O you beautiful young lady, now I am without possessions and without everything. I am void of a good life. I have come here to ask you. Entering my house, I shall quickly cast my figure (i.e. kill myself). O Nandin, get up. We shall go to a holy place. Be before me (i.e. lead me). O dear wife, you go according to your desire. Give up your nature (of a royal wife).”

50-51. Hearing these words of the illusive Śiva, Pārvatī heaved a long sigh, and was paralysed by grief. When he was thus greatly agitated, she did not say anything for a moment. She who had fascinated the entire immobile and mobile world, was herself bewildered by him. I do not know (i.e. cannot conceive) the pain to the mind.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44602, revision 336258 (2022-04-20T15:16:43Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365444.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.