Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 76
Sourceमहादेव उवाच- शृणु सुंदरि वक्ष्यामि स्तोत्रं चाभ्युदयं ततः । यच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते पापी ब्रह्महा नात्र संशयः १। धाता वै नारदं प्राह तदहं तु ब्रवीमि ते । तमुवाच ततो देवः स्वयंभूरमितद्युतिः २। प्रगृह्य रुचिरं बाहुं स्मारयेच्चौर्ध्वदेहिकम् । भगवान्नारायणः श्रीमान्देवश्चक्रायुधोहरिः ३। शार्ङ्गधारी हृषीकेशः पुराणपुरुषोत्तमः । अजितः खड्गभृज्जिष्णुः कृष्णश्चैव सनातनः ४। एकशृंगो वराहस्त्वं भूतभव्यभवात्मकः । अक्षरं ब्रह्म सत्यं तु आदौ चांते च राघवः ५। लोकानां तु परो धर्मो विष्वक्सेनश्चतुर्भुजः । सेनानी रक्षणस्त्वं च वैकुंठस्त्वं जगत्प्रभुः ६। प्रभवश्चाव्ययस्त्वं च उपेंद्रो मधुसूदनः । पृश्निगर्भो धृतार्चिस्त्वं पद्मनाभो रणांतकृत् ७। शरण्यं शरणं च त्वामाहुः सेन्द्रा महर्षयः । ऋक्सामश्रेष्ठो वेदात्मा शतजिह्वो महर्षयः ८। त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमोंकारः परंतपः । शतधन्वा वसुः पूर्वं वसूनां त्वं प्रजापतिः ९। त्रयाणामपि लोकानां आदिकर्ता स्वयंप्रभुः । रुद्राणामष्टमो रुद्रः साध्यानामपि पंचमः १०। आश्विनौ चापि कर्णौ ते सूर्यचंद्रौ च चक्षुषी । अंते चादौ च मध्ये च दृश्यसे त्वं परंतपः ११। प्रभवो निधनं चास्य न विदुः को भवानिति । दृश्यसे सर्वलोकेषु गोषु च ब्रह्मणेषु च १२। दिक्षु सर्वासु गगने पर्वतेषु गुहासु च । सहस्रनयनः श्रीमाञ्छतशीर्षः सहस्रपात् १३। त्वं धारयसि भूतानि वसुधां च सपर्वताम् । अंतःपृथिव्यां सलिले सर्वसत्वमहोरगः १४। त्रींल्लोकान्धारयन्नास्ते देवगंधर्वदानवान् । अहं ते हृदयं राम जिह्वा देवी सरस्वती १५। देवा रोमाणि गात्रेषु निर्मितास्ते स्वमायया । निमिषस्ते स्मृता रात्रिरुन्मेषो दिवसस्तथा १६। संस्कारस्ते भवेद्देहो न तदस्ति विना त्वया । जगत्सर्वं शरीरे तत्स्थैर्यं च वसुधातलम् १७। अग्निः कोपः प्रसादस्ते शेषः श्रीमांश्च लक्ष्मणः । त्वया लोकास्त्रयः क्रांताः पुराणैर्विक्रमैस्त्रिभिः १८। त्वयेंद्रश्च कृतो राजा बलिर्बद्धो महासुरः । लोकान्संहृत्य कालस्त्वं निवेश्यात्मनि केवलम् १९। करोष्येकार्णवं घोरं दृश्यादृश्ये च नान्यथा । त्वया सिंहवपुः कृत्वा परमं दिव्यमुत्तमम् २०। भयदः सर्वभूतानां हिरण्यकशिपुर्हतः । त्वमश्ववदनो भूत्वा पातालतलमाश्रितः २१। संहृतं परमं हव्यं रहस्यं वै पुनः पुनः । यत्परं श्रूयते ज्योतिर्यत्परं श्रूयते परः २२। यत्परं परतश्चै वपरमात्मेति कथ्यते । परो मंत्रः परं तेजस्तमेव हि निगद्यसे २३। हव्यं कव्यं पवित्रं च प्राप्तिः स्वर्गापवर्गयोः । स्थित्युत्पत्तिविनाशांस्ते त्वामाहुः प्रकृतेः परम् २४। यज्ञश्च यजमानश्च होता चाध्वर्युरेव च । भोक्ता यज्ञफलानां च त्वं वै वेदैश्च गीयसे २५। सीतालक्ष्मीर्भवान्विष्णुर्देवः कृष्णः प्रजापतिः । वधार्थं रावणस्य त्वं प्रविष्टो मानुषीं तनुम् २६। तदिदं च त्वया कार्यं कृतं धर्मभृतां वर । निहतो रावणो राम प्रहृष्टा देवताः कृताः २७। अमोघं देववीर्यं ते न ते मोघः पराक्रमः । अमोघदर्शनं राम न च मोघस्तव स्तवः २८। अमोघास्ते भविष्यंति भक्तिमंतो नरा भुवि । ये च त्वां देव संभक्ताःपुराणं पुरुषोत्तमम् २९। इममार्षस्तवं पुण्यमितिहासं पुरातनम् । ये नराः कीर्तयिष्यंति नास्ति तेषां पराभवः ३०। कथमिह हि पराभवं व्रजेयुः पुरुषवराः पुरुषोत्तमे हि भक्ताः । नहि जगति चतुर्भुजप्रियाणां त्रिदश इहास्ति वरप्रदो विशिष्टः ३१। स्तोत्राणां प्रवरं स्तोत्रं राघवस्य महात्मनः । त्रिकाले यः पठेन्नित्यं महापातकवानपि ३२। संध्याकाले द्विजश्रेष्ठैः श्राद्धकाले विशेषतः । पठनीयं प्रयत्नेन भक्तिभावेन चेतसा ३३। इदं गोप्यं हि परमं नाख्येयं कर्हिचित्क्वचित् । पठनान्मुक्तिमाप्नोति सात्त्वतः स भवेद्ध्रुवम् ३४। प्रथमं पिंडपूजांते ब्राह्मणैर्द्विजसत्तमैः । पठितव्यमिदं स्तोत्रं श्राद्धमक्षयमाप्नुयात् ३५। इदं पवित्रं परमं जनानां मुक्तिदायकम् । लिखित्वा वै गृहे यस्तु धारयेत्सुसमाधिना ३६। आयुः श्रीश्च बलं तस्य वृद्धिं याति दिनेदिने । लिखित्वा ब्राह्मणे दद्याद्धीमान्यो वै कदाचन ३७। विमुक्ताः पूर्वजास्तस्य यांति विष्णोः परं पदम् । चतुर्णां चैव वेदानां पाठे चैव तु यत्फलम् ३८। समवाप्नोति जापेन नरः स्तोत्रं पठन्जपन् । धृत्वा वै शंखचक्रादि ब्राह्मणैर्वेदतत्परैः ३९। श्राद्धकाले महादेवि अक्षयं तद्भवेद्ध्रुवम् । कंठे पद्माक्षमालां च शंखचक्रादिधारणम् ४०। ततः श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वीत इदं स्तोत्रं पठन्जपन् । विधिना भक्तिभावेन पूर्णं भवति नान्यथा ४१। अतो भक्तिमता पुंसा पठनीयं प्रयत्नतः । पठनात्सर्वमाप्नोति स नरः सुखमेधते ४२। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे उमामहेश्वरसंवादे आभ्युदयिकमूर्ध्वदैहिकस्तोत्रं नाम षट्सप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ७६ ।
mahādeva uvāca- śṛṇu suṃdari vakṣyāmi stotraṃ cābhyudayaṃ tataḥ | yacchrutvā mucyate pāpī brahmahā nātra saṃśayaḥ 1| dhātā vai nāradaṃ prāha tadahaṃ tu bravīmi te | tamuvāca tato devaḥ svayaṃbhūramitadyutiḥ 2| pragṛhya ruciraṃ bāhuṃ smārayeccaurdhvadehikam | bhagavānnārāyaṇaḥ śrīmāndevaścakrāyudhohariḥ 3| śārṅgadhārī hṛṣīkeśaḥ purāṇapuruṣottamaḥ | ajitaḥ khaḍgabhṛjjiṣṇuḥ kṛṣṇaścaiva sanātanaḥ 4| ekaśṛṃgo varāhastvaṃ bhūtabhavyabhavātmakaḥ | akṣaraṃ brahma satyaṃ tu ādau cāṃte ca rāghavaḥ 5| lokānāṃ tu paro dharmo viṣvaksenaścaturbhujaḥ | senānī rakṣaṇastvaṃ ca vaikuṃṭhastvaṃ jagatprabhuḥ 6| prabhavaścāvyayastvaṃ ca upeṃdro madhusūdanaḥ | pṛśnigarbho dhṛtārcistvaṃ padmanābho raṇāṃtakṛt 7| śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ ca tvāmāhuḥ sendrā maharṣayaḥ | ṛksāmaśreṣṭho vedātmā śatajihvo maharṣayaḥ 8| tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṃkāraḥ paraṃtapaḥ | śatadhanvā vasuḥ pūrvaṃ vasūnāṃ tvaṃ prajāpatiḥ 9| trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ ādikartā svayaṃprabhuḥ | rudrāṇāmaṣṭamo rudraḥ sādhyānāmapi paṃcamaḥ 10| āśvinau cāpi karṇau te sūryacaṃdrau ca cakṣuṣī | aṃte cādau ca madhye ca dṛśyase tvaṃ paraṃtapaḥ 11| prabhavo nidhanaṃ cāsya na viduḥ ko bhavāniti | dṛśyase sarvalokeṣu goṣu ca brahmaṇeṣu ca 12| dikṣu sarvāsu gagane parvateṣu guhāsu ca | sahasranayanaḥ śrīmāñchataśīrṣaḥ sahasrapāt 13| tvaṃ dhārayasi bhūtāni vasudhāṃ ca saparvatām | aṃtaḥpṛthivyāṃ salile sarvasatvamahoragaḥ 14| trīṃllokāndhārayannāste devagaṃdharvadānavān | ahaṃ te hṛdayaṃ rāma jihvā devī sarasvatī 15| devā romāṇi gātreṣu nirmitāste svamāyayā | nimiṣaste smṛtā rātrirunmeṣo divasastathā 16| saṃskāraste bhaveddeho na tadasti vinā tvayā | jagatsarvaṃ śarīre tatsthairyaṃ ca vasudhātalam 17| agniḥ kopaḥ prasādaste śeṣaḥ śrīmāṃśca lakṣmaṇaḥ | tvayā lokāstrayaḥ krāṃtāḥ purāṇairvikramaistribhiḥ 18| tvayeṃdraśca kṛto rājā balirbaddho mahāsuraḥ | lokānsaṃhṛtya kālastvaṃ niveśyātmani kevalam 19| karoṣyekārṇavaṃ ghoraṃ dṛśyādṛśye ca nānyathā | tvayā siṃhavapuḥ kṛtvā paramaṃ divyamuttamam 20| bhayadaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ hiraṇyakaśipurhataḥ | tvamaśvavadano bhūtvā pātālatalamāśritaḥ 21| saṃhṛtaṃ paramaṃ havyaṃ rahasyaṃ vai punaḥ punaḥ | yatparaṃ śrūyate jyotiryatparaṃ śrūyate paraḥ 22| yatparaṃ parataścai vaparamātmeti kathyate | paro maṃtraḥ paraṃ tejastameva hi nigadyase 23| havyaṃ kavyaṃ pavitraṃ ca prāptiḥ svargāpavargayoḥ | sthityutpattivināśāṃste tvāmāhuḥ prakṛteḥ param 24| yajñaśca yajamānaśca hotā cādhvaryureva ca | bhoktā yajñaphalānāṃ ca tvaṃ vai vedaiśca gīyase 25| sītālakṣmīrbhavānviṣṇurdevaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ prajāpatiḥ | vadhārthaṃ rāvaṇasya tvaṃ praviṣṭo mānuṣīṃ tanum 26| tadidaṃ ca tvayā kāryaṃ kṛtaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ vara | nihato rāvaṇo rāma prahṛṣṭā devatāḥ kṛtāḥ 27| amoghaṃ devavīryaṃ te na te moghaḥ parākramaḥ | amoghadarśanaṃ rāma na ca moghastava stavaḥ 28| amoghāste bhaviṣyaṃti bhaktimaṃto narā bhuvi | ye ca tvāṃ deva saṃbhaktāḥpurāṇaṃ puruṣottamam 29| imamārṣastavaṃ puṇyamitihāsaṃ purātanam | ye narāḥ kīrtayiṣyaṃti nāsti teṣāṃ parābhavaḥ 30| kathamiha hi parābhavaṃ vrajeyuḥ puruṣavarāḥ puruṣottame hi bhaktāḥ | nahi jagati caturbhujapriyāṇāṃ tridaśa ihāsti varaprado viśiṣṭaḥ 31| stotrāṇāṃ pravaraṃ stotraṃ rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ | trikāle yaḥ paṭhennityaṃ mahāpātakavānapi 32| saṃdhyākāle dvijaśreṣṭhaiḥ śrāddhakāle viśeṣataḥ | paṭhanīyaṃ prayatnena bhaktibhāvena cetasā 33| idaṃ gopyaṃ hi paramaṃ nākhyeyaṃ karhicitkvacit | paṭhanānmuktimāpnoti sāttvataḥ sa bhaveddhruvam 34| prathamaṃ piṃḍapūjāṃte brāhmaṇairdvijasattamaiḥ | paṭhitavyamidaṃ stotraṃ śrāddhamakṣayamāpnuyāt 35| idaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ janānāṃ muktidāyakam | likhitvā vai gṛhe yastu dhārayetsusamādhinā 36| āyuḥ śrīśca balaṃ tasya vṛddhiṃ yāti dinedine | likhitvā brāhmaṇe dadyāddhīmānyo vai kadācana 37| vimuktāḥ pūrvajāstasya yāṃti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam | caturṇāṃ caiva vedānāṃ pāṭhe caiva tu yatphalam 38| samavāpnoti jāpena naraḥ stotraṃ paṭhanjapan | dhṛtvā vai śaṃkhacakrādi brāhmaṇairvedatatparaiḥ 39| śrāddhakāle mahādevi akṣayaṃ tadbhaveddhruvam | kaṃṭhe padmākṣamālāṃ ca śaṃkhacakrādidhāraṇam 40| tataḥ śrāddhaṃ prakurvīta idaṃ stotraṃ paṭhanjapan | vidhinā bhaktibhāvena pūrṇaṃ bhavati nānyathā 41| ato bhaktimatā puṃsā paṭhanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ | paṭhanātsarvamāpnoti sa naraḥ sukhamedhate 42| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde ābhyudayikamūrdhvadaihikastotraṃ nāma ṣaṭsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 76 |
English translation
Mahādeva said :
1-6a. O beautiful lady, listen. I shall tell you the hymn and the rise due to that. There is no doubt that on hearing it a sinner—killer of a brāhmaṇa , is freed. The Creator told it to Nārada . I am (now) telling it to you. The self-born god of unlimited lustre had told it to him after holding his charming arm. (At the time of) obsequies one should cause ( Viṣṇu ) to be remembered. (He is:) the revered Nārāyaṇa , with Śrī. The god Viṣṇu has the disc as his weapon. He holds the Śārṅga (bow). He is Hṛṣīkeśa . He is the ancient Puruṣottama . He is Ajita (i.e. unconquered). He holds a sword. He is Jiṣṇu (i.e. one desiring to conquer). He is Kṛṣṇa ; he is eternal. He is the Boar having one horn. You (O god) are of the nature of the past, the future and the present. Rāghava is the immutable Brahman ; is the truth and is there in the beginning and at the end. He is the great Dharma of the people. He is Viśvaksena. He has four arms.
6b-19. He is the general of the army. You (O god), are the protection. You are Viṣṇu, the lord of the world. You are the source. You are immutable. You are Upendra ; you are Madhusūdana . You are Pṛṣnigarbha. You are Dhṛtarcis. You are Padmanābha . You destroy (your enemies) in a battle. Indra and great sages call you to be the refuge of those who seek your shelter. The great sages (also describe you) as the soul of the Vedas , the greatest of Ṛk and Sāman . You are the sacrifice. You are the Vaṣaṭkāra (exclamation). You are Oṃkāra . You torment your enemies. You are Śatadhanvan (literally, having a hundred bows). You are Vasu . You are the predecessor of Vasus . You are the lord of beings. You are the first creator of the three worlds. You are the self(-born) master. You are the eighth of the Rudras and the fifth of the Sādhyas . Aśvins are your ears. The Sun and the Moon are your eyes. O you who torment (your) enemies, you are seen at the end, in the beginning, and in the middle. They do not know the beginning or the end of him (i.e. of you). (They do not know) who you are. You are seen in all worlds, so also among cows and brāhmaṇas . (You are seen) in all directions, in the sky, on the mountains and in the cages. You have a thousand eyes. You possess Śrī, you have a hundred heads, you have a thousand feet. You support the beings and the earth with the mountains. You are in the (interior of) earth, in water, a great serpent with all beings. You remain supporting the three worlds, the gods, the gandharvas and the demons. O Rāma , I am your heart. Goddess Sarasvatī is your tongue. Gods are the small hair on your limbs. You have created them with your divine power. The night is said to be the closing of your eyes; and the day to be the opening of your eyes. Your body would be (i.e. is) perfection. The entire world is not without you. There is that stability in your body. You are the earth. Fire is your anger. Śeṣa , the glorious Lakṣmaṇa , is your favour. With your ancient strides you have crossed over the three worlds. You made Indra the king (of gods). You bound (down) the great demon Bali . Having withdrawn all the worlds unto you, you the Death, have just put them in yourself.
20-28. You turn the visible and the invisible into one fierce ocean, and in no other way. You took up an excellent, great, divine body. You killed Hiraṇyakaśipu who created fear among all beings. Being of the form of one having the face of a horse you resorted to the bottom of the nether world. The great oblation was brought together, so also repeatedly the secret ( obscure ). That which is heard to be the greatest one, which is greater than the great, is said to be the highest soul. You alone are said to be the highest hymn, and the highest lustre. You are the pure oblation offered to the gods and to the manes. You are the attainment of heaven and salvation. They describe you who are beyond Prakṛti as the maintenance, the creation, and the destruction (of the world). You are sung by the Vedas to be the sacrifice, the sacrifices, the sacrificial priest reciting the prayers of Ṛgveda at a sacrifice, and the officiating priest, and to be the enjoyer of the fruits of sacrifices. Sītā is Lakṣmī You are Viṣṇu, god Kṛṣṇa and the lord of the created beings. To kill Rāvaṇa you entered a human body. O you, best among those who uphold righteousness ( dharma ), this should be (i.e. was) done by you. O Rāma, you killed Rāvaṇa, and delighted the deities. O god, your power is infallible. Your valour is never fruitless. Rāma, seeing you is fruitful. Your praise is never fruitless.
29-42. O god, those men who on the earth are attached to you, the ancient, best ‘man’, will be successful and devout. Those men who will narrate this holy hymn of praise—the old account—are never defeated. How would the best men, devoted to Puruṣottama, be defeated here? O god, (except you) there is none in the world who is a distinguished giver of boons. Even he who is a great sinner should recite thrice (a day) this hymn of praise of the magnanimous Rāghava, which is the best of hymns. At the time of the sandhyā (prayer), and especially at the time of a śrāddha , this hymn should be carefully and with a devout heart, recited by the best brāhmaṇas. This is a great secret; it should never and at no place be told (to anyone). By reciting it he would obtain salvation, and he would certainly be Viṣṇu. The best brāhmaṇas should recite this hymn first at the end of the worship of the piṇḍas . (A man doing so) would obtain the eternal (fruit of the) śrāddha. It is very pure, and gives salvation to men. He who, after having written it, would preserve it with profound meditation, has his life, wealth, and power increased day by day. The ancestors of an intelligent man who after writing it, would sometime give it to a brāhmaṇa, are free and go to the highest position of Viṣṇu. A man who mutters or recites this hymn obtains the fruit which is obtained by the recital of the four Vedas. O great goddess, the holding of a conch, disc etc. at the time of a śrāddha by brāhmaṇas proficient in the Vedas, would surely be inexhaustible. He should put round his neck a garland sacred to Viṣṇu and should have the marks of a conch, a disc etc. (on his body). Then, muttering and reciting this hymn, he should duly and devoutly perform the śrāddha. Then it becomes perfect, not otherwise. Therefore, a devout man should carefully recite it. A man obtains everything by reciting it, and gets happiness.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44648, revision 336472 (2022-04-22T22:44:44Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365653.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.