Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 88
Sourceसूतउवाच- अतःपरं कार्तिकमाहात्म्यं प्रस्तूयते । सूत उवाच- एकदा द्वारकामागादृषिः कृष्णदिदृक्षया । पुष्पाण्यादाय दिव्यानि कल्पवृक्षोत्थितानि च १। नारदं स्वागतेनासौ कृष्णः सत्कारमाचरत् । इदमर्घ्यमिदं पाद्यमित्युवाचासनंददत् २। नारदस्तानि पुष्पाणि कृष्णायोपाजहार च । कृष्णः षोडशसाहस्रस्त्रीभ्यस्तानि व्यभज्यत ३। विस्मृत्य सत्यभामां तु सर्वाभ्यस्तान्यदात्प्रभुः । सत्यभामा ततः क्रुद्धा क्रोधागारं समाविशत् ४। समाज्ञाय ततः कृष्णस्तत्र गत्वा समाहितः । सत्यभामां मानयित्वा गरुडं मनसा स्मरन् ५। स्मृतमात्रस्तु गरुडस्तदागत्याग्रतः स्थितः । आरुह्य वेगात्पत्रं तमित्युवाच प्रियां प्रभुः ६। सत्ये त्वं माकृथाः क्रोधं त्वत्कृते देवतैः सह । विरुध्य देवराजानं रोपयिष्ये तवांगणे ७। कल्पद्रुमं महाभागेऽपराधं मे क्षमां कुरु । इति कृत्वा प्रतिज्ञां तु कृष्णः स सत्यभामया ८। देवलोकमगात्तूर्णं यत्र देवः स वृत्रहा । याचितः कल्पवृक्षार्थमुत्तरं दत्तवान्प्रभुम् ९। नायं देवद्रुमो भूम्यां प्राप्तुं योग्यस्त्वया प्रभो । तदा क्रुद्धो महाबाहुर्वृक्षमुत्पाट्य मूलतः १०। वाहमारोपयामास वेगेन बलवत्तरः । तदा वज्रधरो वेगाद्वज्रमुद्यम्य वीर्यवान् ११। गरुडं ताडयामास कल्पवृक्षं त्यजेरिति । तदा पत्ररथः पत्रं कुलिशस्यापि गौरवात् १२। एकं विसर्जयामास त्वरया प्रजगाम च । तेन वज्रप्रहारेण त्रयोभूव पतत्रिणः १३। मयूरो नकुलश्चाषः कृष्णो द्वारावतीमगात् । आगत्य सत्यभामाया गृहे चैनमरोपयत् । तदैव नारदोऽभ्यागात्सत्यया मानितो बहु १४। सत्यभामोवाच- ईदृशः कल्पवृक्षोऽयं पतिरेतादृशः प्रभुः । भवेभवे कथं प्राप्यस्तदाख्यातु भवान्मम १५। इति पृष्टस्तदा प्राह नारदो मुनिसत्तमः । प्राप्यते सत्यभामेऽयं तुलापुरुष दानतः १६। सत्यभामा तदा कृष्णं कल्पवृक्षसमन्वितम् । नारदायैव सा प्रादात्तोलयित्वा विधानतः । सर्वोपस्करमाकृष्य नारदस्त्रिदिवं ययौ १७। सूत उवाच- श्रियःपतिमथामंत्र्य गते देवर्षिसत्तमे । हर्षोत्फुल्लानना सत्या वासुदेवमथाब्रवीत् १८। सत्यभामोवाच- धन्यास्मि कृतकृत्यास्मि सफलं जीवितं च मे । मज्जन्मनि निदाने च धन्यौ तौ पितरौ मम १९। यौ मां त्रैलोकसुभगां जनयामासतुर्ध्रुवम् । षोडशस्त्रीसहस्राणां वल्लभाहं यतस्तव २०। यस्मान्मयादिपुरुषः कल्पवृक्षसमन्वितः । यथोक्तविधिना सम्यङ्नारदाय समर्पितः २१। यद्वार्तामपि जानंति भूमिसंस्थान जंतवः । सोऽयं कल्पद्रुमो गेहे मम तिष्ठति सांप्रतम् २२। त्रैलोक्याधिपतेश्चाहं श्रीपतेरतिवल्लभा । अतोऽहं प्रष्टुमिच्छामि किंचित्त्वां मधुसूदन २३। यदि त्वं मत्प्रियकरः कथयस्वात्र विस्तरात् । श्रुत्वा तच्च पुनश्चाहं करोमि हितमात्मनः २४। यथाकल्पं त्वया देव वियुक्ता स्यां न कर्हिचित् । सूत उवाच- इति प्रियावचः श्रुत्वा स्मेरास्योऽयं गदाग्रजः २५। सत्या करे करं कृत्वागमत्कल्पतरोस्तलम् । निषिद्ध्यानुचरं लोकं सविलासं प्रियान्वितः २६। प्रहस्य सत्यामामंत्र्य प्रोवाच जगतांपतिः । तत्प्रीति परितोषार्थं लसत्पुलकितांगजः २७। कृष्ण उवाच-। न मे त्वत्तः प्रियतमा काचिदन्या नितंबिनी । षोडशस्त्रीसहस्राणां प्रिये प्राणसमा ह्यसि २८। त्वदर्थं देवराजेन विरोधो दैवतैः सह । त्वया यत्प्रार्थितं कांते शृणु यच्च महद्भवेत् २९। अदेयमथवाकार्यमकथ्यमपि यत्पुनः । त्वत्कृतं तु कथं प्रश्नं कथयामि न तु प्रिये । पृच्छस्व सर्वं कथये यत्ते मनसि वर्तते ३०। सत्योवाच- दानं व्रतं तपो वापि किं तु पूर्वं मयाकृतम् । येनाहं मर्त्यजा मर्त्ये भवानीवाऽभवं किल ३१। तवांगार्द्धहरा नित्यं गरुडोपरिगामिनी । इंद्रादिदेवतावासमगमं च त्वया सह ३२। अतस्त्वां प्रष्टुमिच्छामि किं कृतं तु मया शुभम् । जन्मांतरे च किं शीला का चाहं कस्य कन्यका ३३। श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- शृणुष्वैकमनाः कांते यत्त्वं वै पूर्वजन्मनि । पुण्यं व्रतं कृतवती तत्सर्वं कथयामि ते ३४। आसीत्कृतयुगस्यांते मायापुर्यां द्विजोत्तमः । आत्रेयो देवशर्मेति वेदवेदांगपारगः ३५। आतिथेयोऽग्निशुश्रूषुः सौरव्रत परायणः । सूर्यमाराधयन्नित्यं साक्षात्सूर्य्य इवापरः ३६। तस्यातिवयसश्चासीन्नाम्ना गुणवती सुता । अपुत्रः स स्वशिष्याय चंद्र नाम्ने ददौ सुताम् ३७। तमेव पुत्रवन्मेने स च तं पितृवद्वशी । तौ कदाचिद्वनं यातौ कुशेध्महरणार्थिनौ ३८। हिमाद्रिपादजवने चेरतुस्तौ यतस्ततः । तौ ततो राक्षसं घोरमायांतं समपश्यताम् ३९। भयविह्वलसर्वांगावसमर्थौ पलायितुम् । निहतौ रक्षसा तेन कृतांतसमरूपिणा ४०। तौ तु क्षेत्रप्रभावेण धर्मशीलतया पुनः । वैकुंठभवनं नीतौ मद्गणैर्मत्समीपगैः ४१। यावज्जीवंतु यत्ताभ्यां सूर्यपूजादिकं कृतम् । तेन वै कर्मणा ताभ्यां सुप्रीतोऽहं किलाभवम् ४२। शैवाः सौराश्च गाणेशा वैष्णवाः शक्तिपूजकाः । मामेव प्राप्नुवंतीह वर्षांभः सागरं यथा ४३। एकोऽहं पंचधा जातः क्रीडयन्नामभिः किल । देवदत्तो यथा कश्चित्पुत्राद्याह्वाननामभिः ४४। ततश्च तौ मद्भवनाधिवासिनौ विमानयानौ रविवर्चसावुभौ । मत्तुल्यरूपौ मम सन्निधानगौ दिव्यांगना चंदनभोगभोगिनौ ४५। इति श्रीपाद्मेमहापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायां श्रीकृष्णसत्यभामा संवादे अष्टाशीतितमोऽध्यायः ८८।
sūtauvāca- ataḥparaṃ kārtikamāhātmyaṃ prastūyate | sūta uvāca- ekadā dvārakāmāgādṛṣiḥ kṛṣṇadidṛkṣayā | puṣpāṇyādāya divyāni kalpavṛkṣotthitāni ca 1| nāradaṃ svāgatenāsau kṛṣṇaḥ satkāramācarat | idamarghyamidaṃ pādyamityuvācāsanaṃdadat 2| nāradastāni puṣpāṇi kṛṣṇāyopājahāra ca | kṛṣṇaḥ ṣoḍaśasāhasrastrībhyastāni vyabhajyata 3| vismṛtya satyabhāmāṃ tu sarvābhyastānyadātprabhuḥ | satyabhāmā tataḥ kruddhā krodhāgāraṃ samāviśat 4| samājñāya tataḥ kṛṣṇastatra gatvā samāhitaḥ | satyabhāmāṃ mānayitvā garuḍaṃ manasā smaran 5| smṛtamātrastu garuḍastadāgatyāgrataḥ sthitaḥ | āruhya vegātpatraṃ tamityuvāca priyāṃ prabhuḥ 6| satye tvaṃ mākṛthāḥ krodhaṃ tvatkṛte devataiḥ saha | virudhya devarājānaṃ ropayiṣye tavāṃgaṇe 7| kalpadrumaṃ mahābhāge'parādhaṃ me kṣamāṃ kuru | iti kṛtvā pratijñāṃ tu kṛṣṇaḥ sa satyabhāmayā 8| devalokamagāttūrṇaṃ yatra devaḥ sa vṛtrahā | yācitaḥ kalpavṛkṣārthamuttaraṃ dattavānprabhum 9| nāyaṃ devadrumo bhūmyāṃ prāptuṃ yogyastvayā prabho | tadā kruddho mahābāhurvṛkṣamutpāṭya mūlataḥ 10| vāhamāropayāmāsa vegena balavattaraḥ | tadā vajradharo vegādvajramudyamya vīryavān 11| garuḍaṃ tāḍayāmāsa kalpavṛkṣaṃ tyajeriti | tadā patrarathaḥ patraṃ kuliśasyāpi gauravāt 12| ekaṃ visarjayāmāsa tvarayā prajagāma ca | tena vajraprahāreṇa trayobhūva patatriṇaḥ 13| mayūro nakulaścāṣaḥ kṛṣṇo dvārāvatīmagāt | āgatya satyabhāmāyā gṛhe cainamaropayat | tadaiva nārado'bhyāgātsatyayā mānito bahu 14| satyabhāmovāca- īdṛśaḥ kalpavṛkṣo'yaṃ patiretādṛśaḥ prabhuḥ | bhavebhave kathaṃ prāpyastadākhyātu bhavānmama 15| iti pṛṣṭastadā prāha nārado munisattamaḥ | prāpyate satyabhāme'yaṃ tulāpuruṣa dānataḥ 16| satyabhāmā tadā kṛṣṇaṃ kalpavṛkṣasamanvitam | nāradāyaiva sā prādāttolayitvā vidhānataḥ | sarvopaskaramākṛṣya nāradastridivaṃ yayau 17| sūta uvāca- śriyaḥpatimathāmaṃtrya gate devarṣisattame | harṣotphullānanā satyā vāsudevamathābravīt 18| satyabhāmovāca- dhanyāsmi kṛtakṛtyāsmi saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ ca me | majjanmani nidāne ca dhanyau tau pitarau mama 19| yau māṃ trailokasubhagāṃ janayāmāsaturdhruvam | ṣoḍaśastrīsahasrāṇāṃ vallabhāhaṃ yatastava 20| yasmānmayādipuruṣaḥ kalpavṛkṣasamanvitaḥ | yathoktavidhinā samyaṅnāradāya samarpitaḥ 21| yadvārtāmapi jānaṃti bhūmisaṃsthāna jaṃtavaḥ | so'yaṃ kalpadrumo gehe mama tiṣṭhati sāṃpratam 22| trailokyādhipateścāhaṃ śrīpaterativallabhā | ato'haṃ praṣṭumicchāmi kiṃcittvāṃ madhusūdana 23| yadi tvaṃ matpriyakaraḥ kathayasvātra vistarāt | śrutvā tacca punaścāhaṃ karomi hitamātmanaḥ 24| yathākalpaṃ tvayā deva viyuktā syāṃ na karhicit | sūta uvāca- iti priyāvacaḥ śrutvā smerāsyo'yaṃ gadāgrajaḥ 25| satyā kare karaṃ kṛtvāgamatkalpatarostalam | niṣiddhyānucaraṃ lokaṃ savilāsaṃ priyānvitaḥ 26| prahasya satyāmāmaṃtrya provāca jagatāṃpatiḥ | tatprīti paritoṣārthaṃ lasatpulakitāṃgajaḥ 27| kṛṣṇa uvāca-| na me tvattaḥ priyatamā kācidanyā nitaṃbinī | ṣoḍaśastrīsahasrāṇāṃ priye prāṇasamā hyasi 28| tvadarthaṃ devarājena virodho daivataiḥ saha | tvayā yatprārthitaṃ kāṃte śṛṇu yacca mahadbhavet 29| adeyamathavākāryamakathyamapi yatpunaḥ | tvatkṛtaṃ tu kathaṃ praśnaṃ kathayāmi na tu priye | pṛcchasva sarvaṃ kathaye yatte manasi vartate 30| satyovāca- dānaṃ vrataṃ tapo vāpi kiṃ tu pūrvaṃ mayākṛtam | yenāhaṃ martyajā martye bhavānīvā'bhavaṃ kila 31| tavāṃgārddhaharā nityaṃ garuḍoparigāminī | iṃdrādidevatāvāsamagamaṃ ca tvayā saha 32| atastvāṃ praṣṭumicchāmi kiṃ kṛtaṃ tu mayā śubham | janmāṃtare ca kiṃ śīlā kā cāhaṃ kasya kanyakā 33| śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ kāṃte yattvaṃ vai pūrvajanmani | puṇyaṃ vrataṃ kṛtavatī tatsarvaṃ kathayāmi te 34| āsītkṛtayugasyāṃte māyāpuryāṃ dvijottamaḥ | ātreyo devaśarmeti vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ 35| ātitheyo'gniśuśrūṣuḥ sauravrata parāyaṇaḥ | sūryamārādhayannityaṃ sākṣātsūryya ivāparaḥ 36| tasyātivayasaścāsīnnāmnā guṇavatī sutā | aputraḥ sa svaśiṣyāya caṃdra nāmne dadau sutām 37| tameva putravanmene sa ca taṃ pitṛvadvaśī | tau kadācidvanaṃ yātau kuśedhmaharaṇārthinau 38| himādripādajavane ceratustau yatastataḥ | tau tato rākṣasaṃ ghoramāyāṃtaṃ samapaśyatām 39| bhayavihvalasarvāṃgāvasamarthau palāyitum | nihatau rakṣasā tena kṛtāṃtasamarūpiṇā 40| tau tu kṣetraprabhāveṇa dharmaśīlatayā punaḥ | vaikuṃṭhabhavanaṃ nītau madgaṇairmatsamīpagaiḥ 41| yāvajjīvaṃtu yattābhyāṃ sūryapūjādikaṃ kṛtam | tena vai karmaṇā tābhyāṃ suprīto'haṃ kilābhavam 42| śaivāḥ saurāśca gāṇeśā vaiṣṇavāḥ śaktipūjakāḥ | māmeva prāpnuvaṃtīha varṣāṃbhaḥ sāgaraṃ yathā 43| eko'haṃ paṃcadhā jātaḥ krīḍayannāmabhiḥ kila | devadatto yathā kaścitputrādyāhvānanāmabhiḥ 44| tataśca tau madbhavanādhivāsinau vimānayānau ravivarcasāvubhau | mattulyarūpau mama sannidhānagau divyāṃganā caṃdanabhogabhoginau 45| iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ śrīkṛṣṇasatyabhāmā saṃvāde aṣṭāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ 88|
English translation
Hereafter (the narration of) the importance of the month of Kārtika is commenced.
Sūta said :
1-17. Once the sage ( Nārada ) came taking with him divine flowers and (those) of the desire-yielding tree to Dvārakā to see Kṛṣṇa . Kṛṣṇa welcomed and honoured Nārada. Offering him a seat, he said: “This is a respectful offering; this is water for washing your feet.” And Nārada offered those flowers to Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa distributed them among (his) sixteen thousand wives. The lord, forgetting Satyabhāmā , gave them to all (other wives). Then getting angry Satyabhāmā entered the anger-chamber. Calm Kṛṣṇa knowing that went there and bringing Satyabhāmā, he mentally recollected Garuḍa . By merely being remembered, Garuḍa, coming there, stood before him. Having quickly mounted on the bird, the lord said to his dear (wife Satyabhāmā): “O Satyā , do not be angry; for you, opposing the lord of gods with the deities, I shall plant the desire-yielding tree in your courtyard. O noble one, pardon my fault.” Making a pledge like this with Satyabhāmā, he quickly went to the world of deities (i.e. heaven) where that god ( Indra ), the killer of Vṛtra , was. Being solicited for the desire-yielding tree, (Indra) replied to the lord: “O god, O lord, it is not proper for you to take this tree to the earth.” Then the large-armed (Kṛṣṇa) took out the tree from (i.e. with) the root, and the very strong one put it on his vehicle (i.e. Garuḍa). Then the wielder of the thunderbolt (i.e. Indra), the strong (god), speedily raised the thunderbolt and struck Garuḍa (with it saying:) “Leave the desire-yielding tree”. Then Garuḍa, to honour the thunderhold, dropped one feather. Due to that stroke of the thunderbolt, three birds (animals?) sprang up: the peacock, the mongoose and the blue jay. Kṛṣṇa went to Dvārakā. Having come, he planted it in Satyabhāmā’s house. Then only Nārada came and was very much honoured by Satyā.
Satyabhāmā said :
(Please) tell me how I should get such a desire-yielding tree and such a husband as the lord in every existence.
Thus asked, Nārada, the best sage, then said: “O Satyabhāmā, he is obtained by means of the gift of tulāpuruṣa .” Then Satyabhāmā having weighed Kṛṣṇa according to the precept in the holy text, gave (the articles equal to his weight) along with the desiring-yielding tree to Nārada. Taking all the articles, Nārada went to heaven.
Sūta said :
18. When Nārada had gone after bidding farewell to Kṛṣṇa, Satyā with her face blooming with joy said to Kṛṣṇa:
Satyabhāmā said :
19-25a. I am blessed; I am fortunate. My existence is fruitful. My parents who certainly produced me as the (most) favourite wife in the three worlds, are lucky in being the cause of my birth, as I am (most) dear to you among (your) sixteen thousand wives. (I am lucky) since I duly gave, according to the rite as told (in the holy text), (the articles equal to the weight of) the lord of creation with the desire-yielding tree to Nārada. That desire-yielding tree whose account the beings on the earth perhaps know, now stands in my house(?). I am also very dear to Kṛṣṇa, the lord of the three worlds. Therefore, O Madhusūdana , I desire to ask you something. If you are my benefactor, then tell this in detail. Hearing that I shall again do what is beneficial to me, so that, O god, I shall never be separated from you till (the end of) the kalpa .
Sūta said :
25b-27. Hearing these words of his dear (wife), Kṛṣṇa, with a smile on his face, put his hand into that of Satyā, and went with pleasure to the foot of the desiring-yielding tree with his beloved after having forbidden his attendants (to follow them). Having laughed and called Satyā, the lord of the worlds with the hair on his body bristling and with horripilation spoke (to her) to please and delight her.
Kṛṣṇa said :
28-30. O dear one, out of my sixteen thousand wives no beautiful lady other than you is dear to me. You are (just) like my life. For you I had a quarrel with (Indra) the lord of gods along with the (other) deities. Listen, O dear one; (I shall give you) whatever is solicited by you, whether it is small or big, even if it cannot be (easily) given, done, or expressed. Then, O dear one, how shall I not tell (i.e. give the answer to) the question put by you? Ask everything that is in your mind. I shall tell (i.e. answer) it.
Satyā said :
31-33. Formerly (i.e. in my previous existence) which gift (did I give), which vow (did I observe), or which penance did I practise, that I, a mortal, have become like Pārvatī in this mortal (world), and that I always occupy half (the portion) of your body, always ride Garuḍa, and went with you to the abode of deities like Indra? Therefore, I desire to ask you, what auspicious (act) I did in the other (i.e. previous) existence, what (kind of) character I had, and whose daughter I was.
Śrīkṛṣṇa said :
34-45. O dear one, listen attentively. I shall tell you all about the auspicious vow you observed in your former existence. At the end of the Kṛta age in Māyāpurī there was an excellent brāhmaṇa of Atri ’s family, Devaśarman by name, who had mastered the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas . He was hospitable. He attended (sacred) fire. He was greatly devoted to the vow (in honour) of the Sun. Actually being like another Sun, he everyday propitiated the Sun. The old man had a daughter, Guṇavatī by name. Being sonless, he gave his daughter to his disciple named Candra (śarman). He (i.e. Devaśarman) looked upon him as his (own) son, and he who had controlled his passions, looked upon him as his father. The two, desiring to collect kuśas and fuel, once went to a forest. The two then roamed in the forest at the foot of the Himālaya mountain. Then they saw a fierce demon coming (to them). With their entire body overcome by fear, and unable to run (away), they were killed by the demon with Death-like form. My attendants, moving with me, took them to Vaikuṇṭha -abode due to the efficacy of the region and their religiousness. I was indeed very much pleased with them by virtue of just that act of them, viz. they, as long as they were alive, worshipped the Sun etc. As the rainwater goes to the ocean, the followers of Śiva , the Sun, Gaṇeśa , Viṣṇu , so also the worshippers of Śakti come |to me only. I am one, born in five ways, and play with names—as one Devadatta calls his sons etc. with (various) names. Then the two lived in my house; moved in an aeroplane; had the brilliance of the Sun; resembled me in form; were near me; enjoyed divine beautiful women and pleasures like (being smeared with) sandal.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 13983, revision 336517 (2022-04-23T11:29:38Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365666.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.