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Chapter 91

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नारद उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्विष्णुः शफरीतुल्यरूपधृक् । स पपातांजलौ विंध्ये निवासे कश्यपस्य च १। स तं कमंडलौ क्षिप्रं कृपया क्षिप्तवान्मुनिः । तावत्स न ममौ तत्र ततः कूपे न्यवेशयत् २। तत्रापि न ममौ तावत्कासारे प्राक्षिपत्सताम् । एवं स सागरे क्षिप्तस्तत्र सोऽप्यन्ववर्द्धत ३। ततोऽवधीत्स तं शंखं विष्णुर्वै मत्स्यरूपधृक् । अथ तं स्वकरे धृत्वा बदरीवनमागतः ४। तत्राहूय ऋषीन्सर्वानिदमाज्ञापयद्विभुः । श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- जलांतरे विशीर्णांस्तु यूयं वेदान्प्रमार्जथ ५। आनयध्वं च त्वरिताः सरहस्यं जलांतरात् । तावत्प्रयागे तिष्ठामि देवतागणसंयुतः ६। नारद उवाच- ततस्तैः सर्वमुनिभिस्तपोबलसमन्वितैः । उद्धारिताः षडंगास्ते वेदा यज्ञसमन्विताः ७। तेषु यावन्मितं येन लब्धं तावन्मितस्य हि । स स एव ऋषिर्जातस्तदाप्रभृति पार्थिव ८। अथ सर्वेऽपि संगम्य प्रयागं मुनयो ययुः । विष्णवे सविधात्रे ते लब्धान्वेदान्न्यवेदयन् ९। लब्ध्वा वेदान्सयज्ञांस्तु ब्रह्माहर्षसमन्वितः । अयजच्चाश्वमेधेन देवर्षिगणसंवृतः १०। यज्ञा ते देवदेवेश सिद्धपन्नगगुह्यकाः । निपत्य दंडवद्भूमौ विज्ञप्तिं तत्र चक्रिरे ११। देवा ऊचुः। देवदेवजगन्नाथ विज्ञप्तिं शृणु नः प्रभो । हर्षकालोऽयमस्माकं तस्मात्त्वं वरदो भव १२। स्थानेऽस्मिन्नृषयो वेदान्नष्टान्प्रापुः पुनः स्वयम् । यज्ञभागान्वयं प्राप्तास्त्वत्प्रसादाद्रमापते १३। स्थानमेतदपि श्रेष्ठं पृथिव्यां पुण्यवर्द्धनम् । भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं चास्तु प्रसादाद्भवतः सदा १४। कालोऽप्ययं महापुण्यो ब्रह्मघ्नादिविशुद्धिकृत् । दत्ताक्षयकरश्चास्तु वरमेतद्वदस्व नः १५। श्रीविष्णुरुवाच। ममाप्येतन्मतं देवा यद्भवद्भिरुदाहृतम् । तत्तथास्तु लभत्वेतद्ब्रह्मक्षेत्रमिति प्रथाम् १६। सूर्यवंशोद्भवो राजा गंगामत्रानयिष्यति । सा सूर्यकन्यया चात्र कालिंद्या संगमिष्यति १७। यूयं च सर्वे ब्रह्माद्या निवसध्वं मया सह । तीर्थराजेऽति विख्यातं तीर्थमेतद्भविष्यति १८। दानं तपो व्रतं होमो जपपूजादिकाः क्रियाः । अनंतफलदाः संतु मत्सांनिध्यप्रदाः सदा १९। ब्रह्महत्यादि पापानि बहुजन्मकृतान्यपि । दर्शनादस्य तीर्थस्य विनाशं यांतु तत्क्षणात् २०। देहत्यागं तथा धीराः कुर्वंति मम सन्निधौ । मत्तनुं प्रविशंत्येव पुनर्जन्मनि नो नराः २१। पितॄन्निर्दिश्य ये श्राद्धं कुर्वंत्यत्र समागताः । तेषां पितृगणाः सर्वे यांतु ते मत्सलोकताम् २२। कालोऽप्येष महापुण्यफलदोऽस्तु सदा नृणाम् । सूर्य्ये मकरगे प्रातः स्नायिनां पापनाशनम् २३। मकरस्थरवौ माघे प्रातः स्नानं प्रकुर्वताम् । दर्शनादेव पापानि यांति सूर्याद्यथा तमः २४। सलोकत्वं सरूपत्वं समीपत्वं त्रयं क्रमात् । नृणां ददाम्यहं स्नानान्माघे मकरगे रवौ २५। यूयं मुनीश्वराः सर्वे शृणुध्वं वरदोऽस्मि वः । बदरीवनमध्येऽहं सदा तिष्ठामि सर्वगः २६। अन्यत्र दशभिर्वर्षैस्तपसावाप्यते फलम् । तदत्र दिवसैकेन भवद्भिः प्राप्यते सदा २७। स्थानस्य दर्शनं तस्य ये कुर्वंति नरोत्तमाः । जीवन्मुक्तास्तदा तेषु पापं नैवावतिष्ठते २८। सूत उवाच- एवं देवान्देवदेवस्तदुक्त्वा तत्रैवांतर्द्धानमागात्स वेधाः । देवाः सर्वेऽप्यंशकैस्तत्र तस्थुश्चांतर्द्धानं प्रापुरिंद्रादयस्ते २९। इमां च गाथां शृणुयान्नरोत्तमो यः श्रावयेद्वापि विशुद्धचित्तः । स तीर्थराजं बदरीवनं यत्कृत्वा फलं मां समवाप्नुयाच्च ३०। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे उत्तरखंडे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायां कार्तिकमाहात्म्ये श्रीकृष्णसत्यभामासंवादे शंखासुरवधो वेदागमे प्रयागमाहात्म्यं नामैकनवति-तमोऽध्यायः ९१।

nārada uvāca- ityuktvā bhagavānviṣṇuḥ śapharītulyarūpadhṛk | sa papātāṃjalau viṃdhye nivāse kaśyapasya ca 1| sa taṃ kamaṃḍalau kṣipraṃ kṛpayā kṣiptavānmuniḥ | tāvatsa na mamau tatra tataḥ kūpe nyaveśayat 2| tatrāpi na mamau tāvatkāsāre prākṣipatsatām | evaṃ sa sāgare kṣiptastatra so'pyanvavarddhata 3| tato'vadhītsa taṃ śaṃkhaṃ viṣṇurvai matsyarūpadhṛk | atha taṃ svakare dhṛtvā badarīvanamāgataḥ 4| tatrāhūya ṛṣīnsarvānidamājñāpayadvibhuḥ | śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- jalāṃtare viśīrṇāṃstu yūyaṃ vedānpramārjatha 5| ānayadhvaṃ ca tvaritāḥ sarahasyaṃ jalāṃtarāt | tāvatprayāge tiṣṭhāmi devatāgaṇasaṃyutaḥ 6| nārada uvāca- tatastaiḥ sarvamunibhistapobalasamanvitaiḥ | uddhāritāḥ ṣaḍaṃgāste vedā yajñasamanvitāḥ 7| teṣu yāvanmitaṃ yena labdhaṃ tāvanmitasya hi | sa sa eva ṛṣirjātastadāprabhṛti pārthiva 8| atha sarve'pi saṃgamya prayāgaṃ munayo yayuḥ | viṣṇave savidhātre te labdhānvedānnyavedayan 9| labdhvā vedānsayajñāṃstu brahmāharṣasamanvitaḥ | ayajaccāśvamedhena devarṣigaṇasaṃvṛtaḥ 10| yajñā te devadeveśa siddhapannagaguhyakāḥ | nipatya daṃḍavadbhūmau vijñaptiṃ tatra cakrire 11| devā ūcuḥ| devadevajagannātha vijñaptiṃ śṛṇu naḥ prabho | harṣakālo'yamasmākaṃ tasmāttvaṃ varado bhava 12| sthāne'sminnṛṣayo vedānnaṣṭānprāpuḥ punaḥ svayam | yajñabhāgānvayaṃ prāptāstvatprasādādramāpate 13| sthānametadapi śreṣṭhaṃ pṛthivyāṃ puṇyavarddhanam | bhuktimuktipradaṃ cāstu prasādādbhavataḥ sadā 14| kālo'pyayaṃ mahāpuṇyo brahmaghnādiviśuddhikṛt | dattākṣayakaraścāstu varametadvadasva naḥ 15| śrīviṣṇuruvāca| mamāpyetanmataṃ devā yadbhavadbhirudāhṛtam | tattathāstu labhatvetadbrahmakṣetramiti prathām 16| sūryavaṃśodbhavo rājā gaṃgāmatrānayiṣyati | sā sūryakanyayā cātra kāliṃdyā saṃgamiṣyati 17| yūyaṃ ca sarve brahmādyā nivasadhvaṃ mayā saha | tīrtharāje'ti vikhyātaṃ tīrthametadbhaviṣyati 18| dānaṃ tapo vrataṃ homo japapūjādikāḥ kriyāḥ | anaṃtaphaladāḥ saṃtu matsāṃnidhyapradāḥ sadā 19| brahmahatyādi pāpāni bahujanmakṛtānyapi | darśanādasya tīrthasya vināśaṃ yāṃtu tatkṣaṇāt 20| dehatyāgaṃ tathā dhīrāḥ kurvaṃti mama sannidhau | mattanuṃ praviśaṃtyeva punarjanmani no narāḥ 21| pitṝnnirdiśya ye śrāddhaṃ kurvaṃtyatra samāgatāḥ | teṣāṃ pitṛgaṇāḥ sarve yāṃtu te matsalokatām 22| kālo'pyeṣa mahāpuṇyaphalado'stu sadā nṛṇām | sūryye makarage prātaḥ snāyināṃ pāpanāśanam 23| makarastharavau māghe prātaḥ snānaṃ prakurvatām | darśanādeva pāpāni yāṃti sūryādyathā tamaḥ 24| salokatvaṃ sarūpatvaṃ samīpatvaṃ trayaṃ kramāt | nṛṇāṃ dadāmyahaṃ snānānmāghe makarage ravau 25| yūyaṃ munīśvarāḥ sarve śṛṇudhvaṃ varado'smi vaḥ | badarīvanamadhye'haṃ sadā tiṣṭhāmi sarvagaḥ 26| anyatra daśabhirvarṣaistapasāvāpyate phalam | tadatra divasaikena bhavadbhiḥ prāpyate sadā 27| sthānasya darśanaṃ tasya ye kurvaṃti narottamāḥ | jīvanmuktāstadā teṣu pāpaṃ naivāvatiṣṭhate 28| sūta uvāca- evaṃ devāndevadevastaduktvā tatraivāṃtarddhānamāgātsa vedhāḥ | devāḥ sarve'pyaṃśakaistatra tasthuścāṃtarddhānaṃ prāpuriṃdrādayaste 29| imāṃ ca gāthāṃ śṛṇuyānnarottamo yaḥ śrāvayedvāpi viśuddhacittaḥ | sa tīrtharājaṃ badarīvanaṃ yatkṛtvā phalaṃ māṃ samavāpnuyācca 30| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṃḍe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ kārtikamāhātmye śrīkṛṣṇasatyabhāmāsaṃvāde śaṃkhāsuravadho vedāgame prayāgamāhātmyaṃ nāmaikanavati-tamo'dhyāyaḥ 91|

English translation

Nārada said :

1-4a. Saying so, Viṣṇu taking up a form resembling a small glittering fish fell into the hollow of the hands of Kaśyapa at his residence on the Vindhya (mountain). The sage kindly and quickly put him into (his) water-pot. When it could not contain itself there, he put it into a well. When it could not contain itself there, he put it into a lake. In this way it was (in the end) put into the sea. It grew there also. Then Viṣṇu, having the form of the fish, killed Śaṅkha . Then taking him in his hand he came to the Badarī -forest. Calling all the sages there, he ordered them (like) this.

Śrīkṛṣṇa said :

4b-6. Remove the Vedas dropped into the water. Quickly bring them with the Upaniṣads from the interior of the water. Till then I, with the group of deities, shall live at Prayāga .

Nārada said :

7-11. Then all the sages, endowed with the power of penance, lifted the Vedas with the six Vedāṅgas and with sacrifices. Since then that sage who got a portion of them (i.e. the Vedas) became the seer of that (much portion), O king. Then all the sages together went to Prayāga. They presented the Vedas obtained by them to Viṣṇu with the Creator. Brahmā , obtaining the Vedas with the sacrifices was delighted; and with the group of deities and sages he performed the horse-sacrifice. At the end of the sacrifice lords of gods, siddhas , serpents, yakṣas fell (i.e. prostrated themselves) like a staff, and requested (Viṣṇu).

Gods said :

12-15. O god of gods, O lord of the world, O master, listen to our request. This is time for our joy. Therefore, be a giver of a boon. O Ramā ’s lord, the sages themselves have brought to this place the lost Vedas. Due to your favour we have received shares in the sacrifice. May this place always be, by your grace, the best one on the earth. It should increase religious merit and give pleasures and salvation. May this time also be highly meritorious, and may it purify the killers etc. of brāhmaṇas . May it give inexhaustible (objects). Grant us this boon.

Śrīkṛṣṇa said :

16-28. O gods, I think in the same way as you have said. Let it be so. May this (place) be famous as Brahmakṣetra . A king born in the solar dynasty will bring Gaṅgā here. She will be here united with Yamunā , the daughter of the Sun. All of you, Brahmā and others, (should) live here with me. This holy place will be well-known as Tīrtha-rāja (‘king of holy places’). May acts like (giving) gifts, (practising) penance, (observing) vows, (offering) a sacrifice, muttering (hymns), and worship give inexhaustible fruits. May they always give proximity with me. May sins like the murder of a brāhmaṇa committed during many existences perish the very moment at the sight of this holy place. Similarly the wise cast their bodies in my vicinity. Those men enter my body only and not a new existence. May the groups of the dead ancestors of those who come here and offer a śrāddha intended for the dead ancestors, have the same world as mine. May this very auspicious period also be always fruitful to men. The sin of those who bathe (here) when the Sun has entered Capricornus, perishes. Merely on seeing those who bathe (daily) in the morning in Māgha when the Sun is in Capricornus, sins go away, as darkness on (the appearance of) the Sun. As a result of the (daily) bath in Māgha when the Sun is in Capricornus, I grant men the triad, viz. the same world, the same form (as mine), and proximity (with me) in this order. O best sages, listen all of you. I am the giver of boons to you. I, the omniscient one, always live in Badarīvana . That fruit which you get after ten years by (practising) penance at other place, is always got here by you within a day. Those best men who see that place, are liberated while alive. Then no sin resides in them.

Sūta said :

29-30. Having spoken like this to the gods, the god of gods vanished there only with Brahma . All gods also lived there in portions. And those (gods), Indra and others, vanished. That best man of a pure heart who would listen to this religious verse or make others listen to it (i.e. tell it to others), would obtain the fruit which is obtained in the lord of holy places, Badarīvana, and (would) also (obtain) me [1] .

[1]: [1] : ‘Me’ here standing for Sūta obviously has no relevance.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44663, revision 336522 (2022-04-23T23:26:48Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365669.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.