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Chapter 99

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नारद उवाच- स मां संपूज्य विधिवद्दानवेंद्रो ऽतिभक्तितः । संप्रहस्य तदा वाक्यं जगाद नृपसत्तम १। जलंधर उवाच- कुतस्त्वागम्यते ब्रह्मन्किं च दृष्टं त्वया क्वचित् । यदर्थमिह चायातस्तदा ज्ञापय मां मुने २। नारद उवाच- गतः कैलासशिखरं दैत्येंद्राहं यदृच्छया । तत्रोमया सहासीनं दृष्टवानस्मि शंकरम् ३। योजनायुतविस्तीर्णे कल्पद्रुम महावने । कामधेनुशताकीर्णे चिंतामणि सुदीपिते ४। तं दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चर्यं वितर्को मेऽभवत्तदा । क्वापीदृशी भवेद्वृद्धिस्त्रिलोक्यां वा न वेति च ५। तावत्तवापि दैत्येंद्र समृद्धिः सम्भृता मया । तद्विलोकनकामोऽहं त्वत्सान्निध्यमिहागतः ६। त्वत्समृद्धिमिमां पश्यन्स्त्रीरत्नरहितां ध्रुवम् । तर्कयामि शिवादन्यत्त्रिलोक्यां न समृद्धिमान् ७। अप्सरो नागकन्याश्च यद्यपि त्वद्वशे स्थिताः । तथापि ता न पार्वत्या रूपेण सदृशा ध्रुवम् ८। यस्या लावण्यजलधौ निमग्नश्चतुराननः । स्वधैर्यममुचत्पूर्वं तया कान्योपमीयते ९। वीतरागोऽपि हि यथा मदनारिः स्वलीलया । विश्वतंत्रोऽपि तपसा स चात्मवशगः कृतः १०। सौंदर्यगहने भ्रामन्शबरीरूपया पुरा । यस्याः पुनः पुनः पश्यन्रूपं धाता विसर्जने ११। ससर्जाप्सरसस्तास्तास्तत्समैकापि नाभवत् । अतः स्त्रीरत्नसंभोक्तुः समृद्धिस्तस्य सा वरा १२। तथा न तव दैत्येंद्र सर्वरत्नाधिपस्य च । एवमुक्त्वा तमामंत्र्य गते मयि स दैत्यराट् १३। तद्रूपश्रवणादासीदनंगज्वरपीडितः । अथ संप्रेषयामास दूतं च सिंहिकासुतम् १४। त्र्यंबकाय तदा किंचिद्विष्णुमायाविमोहितः । कैलासमगमद्राहुः सर्वशुक्लेंदुवर्चसम् १५। कार्त्स्न्येन कृष्णपक्षेंदुवर्चसं स्वांगजेन तु । निवेदितस्तदादेशान्नंदिना च प्रवेशितः । त्र्यंबकाभ्रूलतासंज्ञा प्रेरितो वाक्यमब्रवीत् १६। राहुरुवाच- देवपन्नगसेव्यस्य त्रैलोक्याधिपतेः प्रभोः । सर्वरत्नेश्वरस्य त्वमाज्ञां शृणु वृषध्वज १७। श्मशानवासिनो नित्यं मुंडमालाधरस्य च । दिगंबरस्य ते भार्या कथं हैमवती शुभा १८। अहं रत्नाधिनाथोऽस्मि सा च स्त्री रत्नसंज्ञका । तस्मान्ममैव सा योग्या नैव भिक्षाशिनस्तव १९। नारद उवाच- वदत्येवं तदा राहौ भ्रूमध्याच्छूलपाणिनः । अभवत्पुरुषो रौद्रस्तीव्राशनिसमस्वनः २०। सिंहास्यः प्रचलज्जिह्वः सज्वलन्नयनो महान् । ऊर्ध्वकेशः शुष्कतनुर्नृसिंह इव चापरः २१। स तं खादितुमारेभे दृष्ट्वा राहुर्भयातुरः । अधावदतिवेगेन बहिः स च दधार तम् २२। स च राहुर्महाबाहुर्मेघगंभीरया गिरा । उवाच देवदेवेशं पाहि मां शरणागतम् २३। ब्राह्मणं मां महादेव खादितुं समुपागतः । एतस्माद्रक्ष देवेश शरणागतवत्सल २४। महादेवो वचः श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणस्य तदाब्रवीत् । नैवासौ वध्यतामेति दूतोऽयं परवान्यतः २५। मुंचेति पुरुषः श्रुत्वा राहुं तत्याज सोंबरे । राहुं त्यक्त्वा स षुरुषो महादेवं व्यजिज्ञपत् २६। पुरुष उवाच- क्षुधा मां बाधते स्वामिन्क्षुत्क्षामश्चास्मि सर्वथा । किं भक्ष्यं मम देवेश तदाज्ञापय मां प्रभो २७। ईश्वर उवाच- संभक्षयात्मनः शीघ्रं मांसं त्वं हस्तपादयोः २८। नारद उवाच- सशिवेनैवमाज्ञप्तश्चखाद पुरुषः स्वयम् । हस्तपादोद्भवं मांसं शिरःशेषो यदाभवत् २९। दृष्ट्वा शिरोऽवशेषं तु सुप्रसन्नः सदाशिवः । पुरुषं भीमकर्माणं तमुवाच सविस्मयः ३०। ईश्वर उवाच- त्वं कीर्तिमुखसंज्ञो हि भव मद्द्वारगः सदा । त्वदर्चां नैव कुर्वंति नैव ते मत्प्रियंकराः ३१*। नारद उवाच- तदाप्रभृति देवस्य द्वारे कीर्तिमुखः स्थितः । नार्चयंतीह ये पूर्वं तेषामर्चा वृथा भवेत् ३२। राहुर्विमुक्तो यस्तेन सोऽपतद्बर्बरस्थले । अतः स बर्बरोद्भूत इति भूमौ पृथां गतः ३३। ततश्च राहुः पुनरेव जातमात्मानमस्मिन्निति मन्यमानः । समेत्य सर्वं कथयां बभूव जलंधरायेशविचेष्टितं तत् ३४। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायामुत्तरखंडे कार्तिकामाहात्म्ये श्रीकृष्णसत्यभामासंवादे दूतसंवादो जालंधरोपाख्यानंनाम नवनवतितमोऽध्यायः ९९।

nārada uvāca- sa māṃ saṃpūjya vidhivaddānaveṃdro 'tibhaktitaḥ | saṃprahasya tadā vākyaṃ jagāda nṛpasattama 1| jalaṃdhara uvāca- kutastvāgamyate brahmankiṃ ca dṛṣṭaṃ tvayā kvacit | yadarthamiha cāyātastadā jñāpaya māṃ mune 2| nārada uvāca- gataḥ kailāsaśikharaṃ daityeṃdrāhaṃ yadṛcchayā | tatromayā sahāsīnaṃ dṛṣṭavānasmi śaṃkaram 3| yojanāyutavistīrṇe kalpadruma mahāvane | kāmadhenuśatākīrṇe ciṃtāmaṇi sudīpite 4| taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ vitarko me'bhavattadā | kvāpīdṛśī bhavedvṛddhistrilokyāṃ vā na veti ca 5| tāvattavāpi daityeṃdra samṛddhiḥ sambhṛtā mayā | tadvilokanakāmo'haṃ tvatsānnidhyamihāgataḥ 6| tvatsamṛddhimimāṃ paśyanstrīratnarahitāṃ dhruvam | tarkayāmi śivādanyattrilokyāṃ na samṛddhimān 7| apsaro nāgakanyāśca yadyapi tvadvaśe sthitāḥ | tathāpi tā na pārvatyā rūpeṇa sadṛśā dhruvam 8| yasyā lāvaṇyajaladhau nimagnaścaturānanaḥ | svadhairyamamucatpūrvaṃ tayā kānyopamīyate 9| vītarāgo'pi hi yathā madanāriḥ svalīlayā | viśvataṃtro'pi tapasā sa cātmavaśagaḥ kṛtaḥ 10| sauṃdaryagahane bhrāmanśabarīrūpayā purā | yasyāḥ punaḥ punaḥ paśyanrūpaṃ dhātā visarjane 11| sasarjāpsarasastāstāstatsamaikāpi nābhavat | ataḥ strīratnasaṃbhoktuḥ samṛddhistasya sā varā 12| tathā na tava daityeṃdra sarvaratnādhipasya ca | evamuktvā tamāmaṃtrya gate mayi sa daityarāṭ 13| tadrūpaśravaṇādāsīdanaṃgajvarapīḍitaḥ | atha saṃpreṣayāmāsa dūtaṃ ca siṃhikāsutam 14| tryaṃbakāya tadā kiṃcidviṣṇumāyāvimohitaḥ | kailāsamagamadrāhuḥ sarvaśukleṃduvarcasam 15| kārtsnyena kṛṣṇapakṣeṃduvarcasaṃ svāṃgajena tu | niveditastadādeśānnaṃdinā ca praveśitaḥ | tryaṃbakābhrūlatāsaṃjñā prerito vākyamabravīt 16| rāhuruvāca- devapannagasevyasya trailokyādhipateḥ prabhoḥ | sarvaratneśvarasya tvamājñāṃ śṛṇu vṛṣadhvaja 17| śmaśānavāsino nityaṃ muṃḍamālādharasya ca | digaṃbarasya te bhāryā kathaṃ haimavatī śubhā 18| ahaṃ ratnādhinātho'smi sā ca strī ratnasaṃjñakā | tasmānmamaiva sā yogyā naiva bhikṣāśinastava 19| nārada uvāca- vadatyevaṃ tadā rāhau bhrūmadhyācchūlapāṇinaḥ | abhavatpuruṣo raudrastīvrāśanisamasvanaḥ 20| siṃhāsyaḥ pracalajjihvaḥ sajvalannayano mahān | ūrdhvakeśaḥ śuṣkatanurnṛsiṃha iva cāparaḥ 21| sa taṃ khāditumārebhe dṛṣṭvā rāhurbhayāturaḥ | adhāvadativegena bahiḥ sa ca dadhāra tam 22| sa ca rāhurmahābāhurmeghagaṃbhīrayā girā | uvāca devadeveśaṃ pāhi māṃ śaraṇāgatam 23| brāhmaṇaṃ māṃ mahādeva khādituṃ samupāgataḥ | etasmādrakṣa deveśa śaraṇāgatavatsala 24| mahādevo vacaḥ śrutvā brāhmaṇasya tadābravīt | naivāsau vadhyatāmeti dūto'yaṃ paravānyataḥ 25| muṃceti puruṣaḥ śrutvā rāhuṃ tatyāja soṃbare | rāhuṃ tyaktvā sa ṣuruṣo mahādevaṃ vyajijñapat 26| puruṣa uvāca- kṣudhā māṃ bādhate svāminkṣutkṣāmaścāsmi sarvathā | kiṃ bhakṣyaṃ mama deveśa tadājñāpaya māṃ prabho 27| īśvara uvāca- saṃbhakṣayātmanaḥ śīghraṃ māṃsaṃ tvaṃ hastapādayoḥ 28| nārada uvāca- saśivenaivamājñaptaścakhāda puruṣaḥ svayam | hastapādodbhavaṃ māṃsaṃ śiraḥśeṣo yadābhavat 29| dṛṣṭvā śiro'vaśeṣaṃ tu suprasannaḥ sadāśivaḥ | puruṣaṃ bhīmakarmāṇaṃ tamuvāca savismayaḥ 30| īśvara uvāca- tvaṃ kīrtimukhasaṃjño hi bhava maddvāragaḥ sadā | tvadarcāṃ naiva kurvaṃti naiva te matpriyaṃkarāḥ 31*| nārada uvāca- tadāprabhṛti devasya dvāre kīrtimukhaḥ sthitaḥ | nārcayaṃtīha ye pūrvaṃ teṣāmarcā vṛthā bhavet 32| rāhurvimukto yastena so'patadbarbarasthale | ataḥ sa barbarodbhūta iti bhūmau pṛthāṃ gataḥ 33| tataśca rāhuḥ punareva jātamātmānamasminniti manyamānaḥ | sametya sarvaṃ kathayāṃ babhūva jalaṃdharāyeśaviceṣṭitaṃ tat 34| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe kārtikāmāhātmye śrīkṛṣṇasatyabhāmāsaṃvāde dūtasaṃvādo jālaṃdharopākhyānaṃnāma navanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 99|

English translation

Nārada said :

1. O best king, that lord of demons having duly and very devoutly honoured me, laughed and said (these) words.

Jalandhara said :

2. O sage, tell me why have you come here, O brāhmaṇa ; so also what you have seen and where, and why you have come here.

Nārada said :

3-16. O lord of demons, I had, by chance, gone to the peak of Kailāsa (mountain). There I met Śiva seated with Umā in the great forest of desire-yielding trees extended over a myriad of yojanas , crowded with hundreds of desire-yielding cows, and well-lit with the desire-yielding gem. Seeing the great wonder a thought then arose in my mind. Such abundance may or may not be anywhere in the three worlds. O lord of demons, great opulence is collected by you. With a desire to see that I have come here to you. Seeing this prosperity, except the jewels in the form of women of you, I certainly think that there is none else (as) rich as Śiva. Though celestial damsels and nāga damsels are under your control, yet they are not certainly like Pārvatī in beauty, in whose ocean of beauty formerly Brahmā got murged [?] and lost his fortitude. Who else can be compared with her? Formerly by her in the form of a bhilla woman was subjugated by means of penance (Śiva) who was without any attachment, who was Madana ’s enemy, on whom the universe depends at his pleasure, (but) who wandered in the forest of her beauty. On repeatedly seeing her form at the time of creation, the Creator created the celestial nymphs. (But) no one resembled her. Therefore, she, the best one, is the prosperity of him, the enjoyer of the gems of women. O you lord of demons, you, the lord of all gems, (do) not (have a gem) like that.

When, having talked like this, I took his leave and left, the lord of the demons had his body tormented with the ‘fever’ of love on hearing about her beauty. Then he sent Siṃhikā ’s son ( Rāhu ) as his messenger to Śiva. Then being deluded a little by Viṣṇu ’s Māyā (illusory power) Rāhu went to Kailāsa, having the lustre of the moon in the bright half. But he obtained the lustre of the moon in the dark half through the totality of (the lustre) from his body (i.e. he fully resembled the moon in the dark half of the month). Śiva was informed (of his arrival), and by his order he was taken in by Nandin . Urged by the indication of the creeper-like brow (of Śiva), he said (these) words.

Rāhu said :

17-19. O bull-bannered god, listen to the command of the lord served by serpents, master of the three worlds, master of all gems. “How can you, the naked one living in the cremation ground, wearing a string of heads, have this charming wife, the daughter of the Himālaya Mountain? I am the lord ofjewels; and she is called a gem among women. Therefore, she is proper for me and not for you eating (i.e. subsisting on) alms.”

Nārada said .

20-26. When, at that time Rāhu was speaking like this, a fierce man, with a voice like that of the violent thunderbolt was produced from the space between the eye-brows of Śiva. His face was like that of a lion; his tongue was moving; his eyes were fiery; he was great; his hair was erect; his body was dry; he was, as it were, another Nṛsiṃha . He set about to eat him. Seeing him Rāhu overcome by fear, speedily ran out; but he seized him (i.e. Rāhu). Then that Rāhu of big arms said to the lord of the god of gods with a grave voice like (the sound of) the clouds: “Protect me who have sought your refuge. He has come to eat me, a brāṃkaṇa, O Mahādeva . O you, who love those that seek your refuge, protect me from him.” Hearing the words of that brāhmaṇa, Mahādeva then said: “He should not be killed, since, being a messenger, he is dependent upon another. Leave him” The man hearing these words, left Rāhu in the sky. Leaving Rahu the man respectfully said to Mahādeva.

The man said :

27. O master, hunger oppresses me. I am fully emaciated with hunger. O lord, order what I should eat.

The lord said :

28a. Quickly eat the flesh of your hands and feet.

Nārada said :

28b-30. When the man thus ordered by Śiva ate up the flesh of his hands and feet, and when he remained with the head only, Śiva, seeing him with the head left, was very much pleased, and with amazement said to that man of fierce acts:

The lord said :

31. Having the name of ‘ Kīrtimukha ’ always remain at my door. Those who do not honour you, do not do what is dear to me.

Nārada said :

32-34. Since then Kīrtimukha remains at the door of the lord. The worship of those who do not honour him would be in vain. That Rāhu who was left by him fell on the Barbara region. Therefore, on the earth he is known as Barbarodbhūta Then Rāhu, thinking that he was reborn here, told all this done by Śiva to Jalandhara after approaching him.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44669, revision 336530 (2022-04-23T23:38:59Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365678.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.