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Chapter 104

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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 104

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नारद उवाच- ततो जलंधरो दृष्ट्वा रुद्रमद्भुतविक्रमम् । चकार मायया गौरीं त्र्यबकं मोहयंस्तदा १। रथोपरिगतां दृष्ट्वा रुदंतीं च तदा शिवः । शुंभनिशुंभदैत्यैश्च वध्यमानां ददर्श सः २। गौरीं तथाविधां दृष्ट्वा शिवोऽप्युद्विग्नमानसः । अवाङ्मुखः स्थितस्तूष्णीं विस्मृत्य स्वपराक्रमम् ३। ततो जलंधरो वेगात्त्रिभिर्विव्याध सायकैः । आपुंखमग्नैस्तं रुद्रं शिरस्युरसि चोदरे ४। ततो जज्ञे स तां मायां विष्णुना संप्रबोधितः । रौद्ररूपधरो जातो ज्वालामालातिभीषणः ५। तस्यातीवमहारौद्रं रूपं दृष्ट्वा महासुराः । न शेकुः प्रमुखे स्थातुं भेजिरे च दिशो दश ६। ततः शापं ददौ देवस्तयोः शुंभनिशुंभयोः । मम युद्धादपक्रांतौ गौर्यावध्यौ भविष्यथः ७। पुनर्जलंधरो वेगाद्ववर्ष निशितैः शरैः । बांणांधकारसंच्छन्नं यथा भूमितलं महत् ८। यावद्रुद्रः प्रचिच्छेद तस्यबाणांस्त्वरान्वितः । तावत्स परिघेणाशु जघान वृषभं बली ९। वृषस्तेन प्रहारेण परावृत्तो रणांगणात् । रुद्रेणाकृष्यमाणोऽपि न तस्थौ रणभूमिषु १०। ततः परमसंक्रुद्धो रुद्रो रौद्रवपुर्द्धरः । चक्रं सुदर्शनं वेगाच्चिक्षेपादित्यवर्चसम् ११। प्रदहद्रोदसी वेगात्तदासाद्य जलंधरम् । जहार तच्छिरः कायान्महदायतलोचनम् १२। रथात्कायः पपातोर्व्यां नादयन्वसुधातलम् । तेजश्च निर्गतं देहात्तद्रुद्रे लयमागमत् १३। दृष्ट्वा देहोद्भवं तेजस्तद्गौरीशे लयं गतम् । अथ चेंद्रादयो देवा हर्षादुत्फुल्ललोचनाः १४। प्रणम्य शिरसा रुद्रं शशंसुर्विष्णुचेष्टितम् । देवा ऊचुः। महादेव त्वया देवा रक्षिताः शत्रुजाद्भयात् १५। किंचिदन्यत्समुद्भूतं तत्र किं करवामहै । वृंदालावण्यसंभ्रांतो विष्णुस्तिष्ठति मोहितः १६। ईश्वर उवाच। गच्छध्वं शरणं देवा विष्णोर्मोहापनुत्तये । शरण्यां मोहिनीं मायां सा वः कार्यं करिष्यति १७। नारद उवाच। इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे देवः सहभूतगणैस्तथा । देवाश्च तुष्टुवुर्मूलप्रकृतिं भक्तवत्सलाम् १८। देवा ऊचुः । यदुद्भवाः सत्वरजस्तमोगुणाः सर्गस्थितिध्वंसनिदानकारणम् । यदिच्छया विश्वमिदं भवाभवौ तनोति शुद्धां प्रकृतिं नताः स्म ताम् १९। ये हि त्रयोविंशतिभेदिसंज्ञिता जगत्यशेषे समधिष्ठिता पुरा । यद्रूपकर्माणि जडास्त्रयोऽपि ते देवा विदुर्न प्रकृतिं नताः स्म ताम् २०। यद्भक्तियुक्ताः पुरुषास्तु नित्यं दारिद्र्यव्यामोहपराभवादिकम् । न प्राप्नुवंत्येव हि भक्तवत्सलां सदैव विष्णोः प्रकृतिं नताः स्म ताम् २१। नारद उवाच। स्तोत्रमेतत्त्रिसंध्यं यः पठेदेकाग्रमानसः । दारिद्र मोहदुःखानि न कदाचित्स्पृशंति तम् २२। इति स्तुवंतस्ते देवास्तेजोमंडलमास्थिताम् । ददृशुर्गगने तत्र ज्वालाव्याप्तदिगंतराम् २३। तन्मध्याद्भारतीं सर्वे ददृशुर्व्योमचारिणीम् । अहमेव त्रिधा भिन्ना तिष्ठामि त्रिविधैर्गुणैः २४। गौरीलक्ष्मीस्वरा चेति रजःसत्त्वतमोगुणैः । तत्र गच्छत तं कार्यं विधास्यंति च वः सुराः २५। नारद उवाच- शृण्वतामिति देवानामंतर्द्धानमगान्महः । देवानां विस्मयोत्फुल्लनेत्राणां तत्तदा नृप २६। ततः सर्वेऽपि ते देवा गत्वा तद्वाक्यनोदिताः । गौरीं लक्ष्मीं स्वरां चैव प्रणेमुर्भक्तितत्पराः २७। ततस्तास्तान्सुरान्दृष्ट्वा प्रणतान्भक्तवत्सलाः । बीजानि प्रददुस्तेभ्यो वाक्यान्यूचुश्च भूमिप २८। देव्य ऊचुः। इमानि क्षेत्रबीजानि विष्णुर्यत्रावतिष्ठति । निर्वपध्वं ततः कार्यं भवतां सिद्धिमेष्यति २९। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायामुत्तरखंडे कार्तिकमाहात्म्ये श्रीकृष्णसत्यभामासंवादे जालंधरवधोनाम चतुरधिकशततमोऽध्यायः १०४।

nārada uvāca- tato jalaṃdharo dṛṣṭvā rudramadbhutavikramam | cakāra māyayā gaurīṃ tryabakaṃ mohayaṃstadā 1| rathoparigatāṃ dṛṣṭvā rudaṃtīṃ ca tadā śivaḥ | śuṃbhaniśuṃbhadaityaiśca vadhyamānāṃ dadarśa saḥ 2| gaurīṃ tathāvidhāṃ dṛṣṭvā śivo'pyudvignamānasaḥ | avāṅmukhaḥ sthitastūṣṇīṃ vismṛtya svaparākramam 3| tato jalaṃdharo vegāttribhirvivyādha sāyakaiḥ | āpuṃkhamagnaistaṃ rudraṃ śirasyurasi codare 4| tato jajñe sa tāṃ māyāṃ viṣṇunā saṃprabodhitaḥ | raudrarūpadharo jāto jvālāmālātibhīṣaṇaḥ 5| tasyātīvamahāraudraṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāsurāḥ | na śekuḥ pramukhe sthātuṃ bhejire ca diśo daśa 6| tataḥ śāpaṃ dadau devastayoḥ śuṃbhaniśuṃbhayoḥ | mama yuddhādapakrāṃtau gauryāvadhyau bhaviṣyathaḥ 7| punarjalaṃdharo vegādvavarṣa niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | bāṃṇāṃdhakārasaṃcchannaṃ yathā bhūmitalaṃ mahat 8| yāvadrudraḥ praciccheda tasyabāṇāṃstvarānvitaḥ | tāvatsa parigheṇāśu jaghāna vṛṣabhaṃ balī 9| vṛṣastena prahāreṇa parāvṛtto raṇāṃgaṇāt | rudreṇākṛṣyamāṇo'pi na tasthau raṇabhūmiṣu 10| tataḥ paramasaṃkruddho rudro raudravapurddharaḥ | cakraṃ sudarśanaṃ vegāccikṣepādityavarcasam 11| pradahadrodasī vegāttadāsādya jalaṃdharam | jahāra tacchiraḥ kāyānmahadāyatalocanam 12| rathātkāyaḥ papātorvyāṃ nādayanvasudhātalam | tejaśca nirgataṃ dehāttadrudre layamāgamat 13| dṛṣṭvā dehodbhavaṃ tejastadgaurīśe layaṃ gatam | atha ceṃdrādayo devā harṣādutphullalocanāḥ 14| praṇamya śirasā rudraṃ śaśaṃsurviṣṇuceṣṭitam | devā ūcuḥ| mahādeva tvayā devā rakṣitāḥ śatrujādbhayāt 15| kiṃcidanyatsamudbhūtaṃ tatra kiṃ karavāmahai | vṛṃdālāvaṇyasaṃbhrāṃto viṣṇustiṣṭhati mohitaḥ 16| īśvara uvāca| gacchadhvaṃ śaraṇaṃ devā viṣṇormohāpanuttaye | śaraṇyāṃ mohinīṃ māyāṃ sā vaḥ kāryaṃ kariṣyati 17| nārada uvāca| ityuktvāṃtardadhe devaḥ sahabhūtagaṇaistathā | devāśca tuṣṭuvurmūlaprakṛtiṃ bhaktavatsalām 18| devā ūcuḥ | yadudbhavāḥ satvarajastamoguṇāḥ sargasthitidhvaṃsanidānakāraṇam | yadicchayā viśvamidaṃ bhavābhavau tanoti śuddhāṃ prakṛtiṃ natāḥ sma tām 19| ye hi trayoviṃśatibhedisaṃjñitā jagatyaśeṣe samadhiṣṭhitā purā | yadrūpakarmāṇi jaḍāstrayo'pi te devā vidurna prakṛtiṃ natāḥ sma tām 20| yadbhaktiyuktāḥ puruṣāstu nityaṃ dāridryavyāmohaparābhavādikam | na prāpnuvaṃtyeva hi bhaktavatsalāṃ sadaiva viṣṇoḥ prakṛtiṃ natāḥ sma tām 21| nārada uvāca| stotrametattrisaṃdhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhedekāgramānasaḥ | dāridra mohaduḥkhāni na kadācitspṛśaṃti tam 22| iti stuvaṃtaste devāstejomaṃḍalamāsthitām | dadṛśurgagane tatra jvālāvyāptadigaṃtarām 23| tanmadhyādbhāratīṃ sarve dadṛśurvyomacāriṇīm | ahameva tridhā bhinnā tiṣṭhāmi trividhairguṇaiḥ 24| gaurīlakṣmīsvarā ceti rajaḥsattvatamoguṇaiḥ | tatra gacchata taṃ kāryaṃ vidhāsyaṃti ca vaḥ surāḥ 25| nārada uvāca- śṛṇvatāmiti devānāmaṃtarddhānamagānmahaḥ | devānāṃ vismayotphullanetrāṇāṃ tattadā nṛpa 26| tataḥ sarve'pi te devā gatvā tadvākyanoditāḥ | gaurīṃ lakṣmīṃ svarāṃ caiva praṇemurbhaktitatparāḥ 27| tatastāstānsurāndṛṣṭvā praṇatānbhaktavatsalāḥ | bījāni pradadustebhyo vākyānyūcuśca bhūmipa 28| devya ūcuḥ| imāni kṣetrabījāni viṣṇuryatrāvatiṣṭhati | nirvapadhvaṃ tataḥ kāryaṃ bhavatāṃ siddhimeṣyati 29| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe kārtikamāhātmye śrīkṛṣṇasatyabhāmāsaṃvāde jālaṃdharavadhonāma caturadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 104|

English translation

Nārada said :

1-15a. Then Jalandhara seeing Śiva having wonderful valour, fashioned (an) illusory (form of) Pārvatī to delude Śiva. At that time Śiva saw her mounted upon the chariot, weeping, and being killed by Śumbha , Niśumbha and other demons. Seeing Pārvatī like that, Śiva too, with his mind dejected, remained silent with his face hung down and forgetting his valour. Then Jalandhara speedily pierced Śiva in his head, chest and belly with arrows plunging up to their feathered ends. Then being instructed by Viṣṇu , he realised the illusion. He became one having a fierce form, very fierce due to a series of flames. Seeing his extremely fierce form, the demons could not stand before him and took to the ten directions. Then the god gave a curse to Śumbha and Niśumbha: “After having gone away from the battle with me, you will be killed by Pārvatī.” Again Jalandhara speedily showered (Śiva) with sharp arrows, so that a great surface of the earth was covered with darkness due to the arrows. While Rudra quickly cut off his arrows, the mighty one quickly struck the bull ( Nandin ) with an iron bar. Due to that stroke, the bull turned away from the battlefield. Though dragged by Śiva, he did not remain on the battlefield. Then Śiva having a fierce form, and very angry, speedily discharged the Sudarśana disc, bright like the sun. Reaching Jalandhara speedily, it burnt heaven and earth. It took (i.e. cut) off his head with big, long eyes from his body. Resounding the earth his body fell from the chariot; and from his body a lustre came out and merged into Śiva’s body. Seeing the lustre coming out from his body and merging into (the body of) Śiva, gods like Indra with their eyes blooming with joy, saluted Śiva with their heads (bent down) and told him about Viṣṇu’s act.

The gods said :

15b-16. O Śiva, you have protected the gods from fear of the enemy. Something else has come up. What should we do there? Deluded by Vṛndā ’s beauty, Viṣṇu is stupefied.

The lord said :

17. O gods, to remove Viṣṇu’s delusion resort to the fascinating Māyā , fit to be resorted to. She will do your work.

Nārada said :

18. Saying so, the god along with the imps and attendants vanished; and gods praised the Mūlā Prakṛti (literally, the original source) to whom the devotees were dear.

The gods said :

19-21. We bow to that pure (cause called) Prakṛti, from which the constituents, sattva (goodness), rajas (activity) and tamas (darkness or ignorance) have come up, which is the primary cause of creation, maintenance and destruction (of the world), by whose desire all this existence and non-existence is spread. O lady with benumbing missiles, the twenty-three divisions (principles), that formerly remained in the entire world, are the forms and acts of that (i.e. of you). We bow to her. We bow to that nature of Viṣṇu, which always loves the devotees, and men devoted to whom never meet with poverty, delusion, defeat etc.

Nārada said :

22-29. To him, who, with a concentrated mind, recites this hymn thrice a day, poverty, delusion, difficulties never touch (i.e. come). Those gods who were praising like this, saw in the sky, (Māyā) abiding in an orb of lustre and pervading the atmosphere with a series of flames. They all saw Bhāratī moving in the sky from its midst: “I alone, divided in three ways, remain with the three constituents. (My three forms are) Gaurī , Lakṣmī and Svarā (respectively endowed) with sattva, rajas and tamas. Go there, O gods; they will do your work.”

Nārada said :

O king, when the gods with their eyes blooming with joy due to amazement, were hearing like this, the lustre disappeared. Then all the gods prompted by those words went and, greatly devoted, saluted Gaurī, Lakṣmī and Svarā. O king, then they, loving their devotees, saw the gods bowing down (to them), gave them seeds and said (these) words:

The goddesses said :

Sow these seeds in that place where Viṣṇu remains. Then your undertaking will succeed.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44674, revision 336555 (2022-04-24T08:29:53Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365683.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.