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Chapter 111

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पृथुरुवाच। कृष्णवेण्यातटाद्यस्मात्शिवविष्णुगणैः पुरा । वणिक्शरीरात्कलहा निर्मिता कथिता त्वया १। प्रभावोऽयं तयोर्नद्योः किंवा क्षेत्रस्य तस्य वा । तन्मे कथय धर्मज्ञ विस्मयोऽत्र महान्मम २। नारद उवाच। कृष्णा कृष्णतनुः साक्षाद्वेण्या देवो महेश्वरः । तत्संगमप्रभावं तु नालं वक्तुं चतुर्मुखः ३। तथापि तत्समुत्पत्तिं कीर्तयिष्यामि तच्छृणु । चाक्षुषस्यांतरे पूर्वं मनोर्देवः पितामहः ४। सह्याद्रिशिखरे रम्ये यजनायोद्यतोऽभवत् । स कृत्वा यज्ञसंभारान्सर्वदेवगणैर्वृतः ५। युक्तो हरिहराभ्यां च तद्गिरेः शिखरं ययौ । भृग्वादयो मुनिगणा मुहूर्ते ब्रह्मदैवते ६। तस्य दीक्षाविधानाय समाजं तत्र चक्रिरे । अथ ज्येष्ठां स्वरां पत्नीं विष्णुराह्वयत द्विजैः ७। साशनैराययौ तावद्भृगुर्विष्णुमुवाच ह । भृगुरुवाच। विष्णो स्वरा त्वयाहूता आयाति न हि सत्वरा ८। मुहूर्त्तातिक्रमश्चायं कार्यो दीक्षाविधिः कथम् । विष्णुरुवाच। नायाति चेत्स्वरा शीघ्रं गायत्र्यत्र विधीयताम् ९। एषापि न भवत्यस्य भार्या किं पुण्यकर्मणि । नारद उवाच। एवमेव हि रुद्रोऽपि विष्णोर्वाक्यममोदत १०। तच्छ्रुत्वा स भृगुर्वाक्यं गायत्रीं ब्रह्मणस्तदा । निवेश्य दक्षिणे भागे दीक्षाविधिमथाकरोत् ११। यावद्दीक्षाविधिं तस्य विधेश्चक्रुर्विधानतः । तावदभ्याययौ तत्र स्वरा यज्ञस्थले नृप १२। ततस्तां दीक्षितां दृष्ट्वा गायत्रीं ब्रह्मणा सह । सपत्नीर्षापरा क्रोधात्स्वरा वचनमब्रवीत् १३। स्वरोवाच। अपूज्या यत्र पूज्यन्ते पूज्यानां च व्यतिक्रमः । त्रीणि तत्र भविष्यंति दुर्भिक्षं मरणं भयम् १४। ममासने कनिष्ठेयं भवद्भिः सन्निवेशिता । तस्मात्सर्वे जडीभूता नानारूपा भविष्यथ १५। इदं च दक्षिणेभागे ह्युपविष्टा मदासने । तस्माल्लोकैः सदाऽदृश्या तनुर्वहतु निम्नगा १६। नारद उवाच। ततस्तच्छापमाकर्ण्य गायत्री कंपिता तदा । समुत्थायाशपद्देवैर्वार्यमाणापि तां स्वराम् १७। तव भर्त्ता यथा ब्रह्मा ममाप्येष तथा खलु । वृथाशपस्त्वं यस्मान्मां भव त्वमपि निम्नगा १८। नारद उवाच। ततो हाहाकृताः सर्वे शिवविष्णुमुखाः सुराः । तदा लोकत्रयं ह्येतद्विनाशं यास्यति ध्रुवम् १९। देवा ऊचुः । देवि सर्वे वयं शप्ता ब्रह्माद्या यत्त्वयाधुना । यदि सर्वे जडीभूता भविष्यामोऽत्र निम्नगाः २०। तदा लोकत्रयं ह्येतद्विनाशं यास्यति ध्रुवम् । अविवेकः कृतस्तस्माच्छापोऽयं विनिवर्त्यताम् २१। स्वरोवाच। नार्चितो हि गणाध्यक्षो यज्ञादौ यत्सुरोत्तमाः । तस्माद्विघ्नं समुत्पन्नं मत्क्रोधजमिदं खलु २२। नापि मद्वचनं ह्येतदसत्यं जायते खलु । तस्मात्स्वांशैर्जडीभूता यूयं भवत निम्नगाः २३। आवामपि सपत्न्यौ च स्वांशाभ्यामपि निम्नगे । भविष्यावोऽत्र वै देवाः पश्चिमाभिमुखावहे २४। नारद उवाच। इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः । जडीभूताभवन्नद्यः स्वांशैरेव तदा नृप २५। तत्र विष्णुरभूत्कृष्ण वेण्या देवो महेश्वरः । ब्रह्मा ककुद्मिनीगंगा पृथगेवाभवत्तदा २६। देवा स्वानपितानंशान्जडीकृत्वा विचक्षणाः । सह्याद्रिशिखरेभ्यस्ताः पृथगासन्सुनिम्नगाः २७। देवांशैः पूर्ववाहिन्यो बभूवुः सरितां वराः । गायत्री च स्वरा चैव पश्चिमाभिमुखे तदा २८। योगेनाभवतां नद्यौ सावित्रीति प्रथां गते । ब्रह्मणा स्थापितौ तत्र यज्ञे हरिहरावुभौ २९। महाबलातिबलिनौ नाम्ना देवौ बभूवतुः । तयोर्नद्योस्तु माहात्म्यं नाहं वक्तुं क्षमो नृप । ययुर्ब्रह्मादयो देवाः स्वांशैस्तिष्ठंति चापगाः ३०। कृष्णोद्भवं पापहरं परं यः शृणोति यः श्रावयते च भक्त्या । स्यात्तस्य पुण्या सकलाक्रियापि तद्दर्शनस्नानसमुद्भवं फलम् ३१। इति श्रीपाद्मेमहापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायामुत्तरखंडे कार्तिकमाहात्म्ये सत्य भामासंवादेकृष्णावेण्यामाहात्म्यवर्णनोनाम एकादशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः १११।

pṛthuruvāca| kṛṣṇaveṇyātaṭādyasmātśivaviṣṇugaṇaiḥ purā | vaṇikśarīrātkalahā nirmitā kathitā tvayā 1| prabhāvo'yaṃ tayornadyoḥ kiṃvā kṣetrasya tasya vā | tanme kathaya dharmajña vismayo'tra mahānmama 2| nārada uvāca| kṛṣṇā kṛṣṇatanuḥ sākṣādveṇyā devo maheśvaraḥ | tatsaṃgamaprabhāvaṃ tu nālaṃ vaktuṃ caturmukhaḥ 3| tathāpi tatsamutpattiṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi tacchṛṇu | cākṣuṣasyāṃtare pūrvaṃ manordevaḥ pitāmahaḥ 4| sahyādriśikhare ramye yajanāyodyato'bhavat | sa kṛtvā yajñasaṃbhārānsarvadevagaṇairvṛtaḥ 5| yukto hariharābhyāṃ ca tadgireḥ śikharaṃ yayau | bhṛgvādayo munigaṇā muhūrte brahmadaivate 6| tasya dīkṣāvidhānāya samājaṃ tatra cakrire | atha jyeṣṭhāṃ svarāṃ patnīṃ viṣṇurāhvayata dvijaiḥ 7| sāśanairāyayau tāvadbhṛgurviṣṇumuvāca ha | bhṛguruvāca| viṣṇo svarā tvayāhūtā āyāti na hi satvarā 8| muhūrttātikramaścāyaṃ kāryo dīkṣāvidhiḥ katham | viṣṇuruvāca| nāyāti cetsvarā śīghraṃ gāyatryatra vidhīyatām 9| eṣāpi na bhavatyasya bhāryā kiṃ puṇyakarmaṇi | nārada uvāca| evameva hi rudro'pi viṣṇorvākyamamodata 10| tacchrutvā sa bhṛgurvākyaṃ gāyatrīṃ brahmaṇastadā | niveśya dakṣiṇe bhāge dīkṣāvidhimathākarot 11| yāvaddīkṣāvidhiṃ tasya vidheścakrurvidhānataḥ | tāvadabhyāyayau tatra svarā yajñasthale nṛpa 12| tatastāṃ dīkṣitāṃ dṛṣṭvā gāyatrīṃ brahmaṇā saha | sapatnīrṣāparā krodhātsvarā vacanamabravīt 13| svarovāca| apūjyā yatra pūjyante pūjyānāṃ ca vyatikramaḥ | trīṇi tatra bhaviṣyaṃti durbhikṣaṃ maraṇaṃ bhayam 14| mamāsane kaniṣṭheyaṃ bhavadbhiḥ sanniveśitā | tasmātsarve jaḍībhūtā nānārūpā bhaviṣyatha 15| idaṃ ca dakṣiṇebhāge hyupaviṣṭā madāsane | tasmāllokaiḥ sadā'dṛśyā tanurvahatu nimnagā 16| nārada uvāca| tatastacchāpamākarṇya gāyatrī kaṃpitā tadā | samutthāyāśapaddevairvāryamāṇāpi tāṃ svarām 17| tava bharttā yathā brahmā mamāpyeṣa tathā khalu | vṛthāśapastvaṃ yasmānmāṃ bhava tvamapi nimnagā 18| nārada uvāca| tato hāhākṛtāḥ sarve śivaviṣṇumukhāḥ surāḥ | tadā lokatrayaṃ hyetadvināśaṃ yāsyati dhruvam 19| devā ūcuḥ | devi sarve vayaṃ śaptā brahmādyā yattvayādhunā | yadi sarve jaḍībhūtā bhaviṣyāmo'tra nimnagāḥ 20| tadā lokatrayaṃ hyetadvināśaṃ yāsyati dhruvam | avivekaḥ kṛtastasmācchāpo'yaṃ vinivartyatām 21| svarovāca| nārcito hi gaṇādhyakṣo yajñādau yatsurottamāḥ | tasmādvighnaṃ samutpannaṃ matkrodhajamidaṃ khalu 22| nāpi madvacanaṃ hyetadasatyaṃ jāyate khalu | tasmātsvāṃśairjaḍībhūtā yūyaṃ bhavata nimnagāḥ 23| āvāmapi sapatnyau ca svāṃśābhyāmapi nimnage | bhaviṣyāvo'tra vai devāḥ paścimābhimukhāvahe 24| nārada uvāca| iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ | jaḍībhūtābhavannadyaḥ svāṃśaireva tadā nṛpa 25| tatra viṣṇurabhūtkṛṣṇa veṇyā devo maheśvaraḥ | brahmā kakudminīgaṃgā pṛthagevābhavattadā 26| devā svānapitānaṃśānjaḍīkṛtvā vicakṣaṇāḥ | sahyādriśikharebhyastāḥ pṛthagāsansunimnagāḥ 27| devāṃśaiḥ pūrvavāhinyo babhūvuḥ saritāṃ varāḥ | gāyatrī ca svarā caiva paścimābhimukhe tadā 28| yogenābhavatāṃ nadyau sāvitrīti prathāṃ gate | brahmaṇā sthāpitau tatra yajñe hariharāvubhau 29| mahābalātibalinau nāmnā devau babhūvatuḥ | tayornadyostu māhātmyaṃ nāhaṃ vaktuṃ kṣamo nṛpa | yayurbrahmādayo devāḥ svāṃśaistiṣṭhaṃti cāpagāḥ 30| kṛṣṇodbhavaṃ pāpaharaṃ paraṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti yaḥ śrāvayate ca bhaktyā | syāttasya puṇyā sakalākriyāpi taddarśanasnānasamudbhavaṃ phalam 31| iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe kārtikamāhātmye satya bhāmāsaṃvādekṛṣṇāveṇyāmāhātmyavarṇanonāma ekādaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 111|

English translation

Pṛthu said :

1-2. You told (me) that formerly Kalahā came out of the body of the merchant on the bank (of the confluence) of Kṛṣṇā and Veṇī (and went) with the attendants of Śiva and Viṣṇu . (Now) O you who know Dharma , tell me about the greatness of the two rivers and that place. I have a curiosity about it.

Nārada said :

3-8a. Kṛṣṇā is actually the dark-bodied one, and Veṇī is god Śiva. (Even) the Four-faced ( Brahmā ) is notable to describe the greatness of their confluence. Yet, I shall tell you about their origin. Listen to it. Formerly in the age of Cākṣuṣa Manu , Manu ’s grandfather (i.e. Brahma ) was ready to perform a sacrifice on the charming peak of the Sahya mountain. Surrounded by hosts of all gods, and with Viṣṇu and Śiva, he after making the preparation for the sacrifice, went to the peak of that mountain. At the time (sacred to) god Brahmā (i.e. the early part of the day) the hosts of sages like Bhṛgu gathered there to initiate him. Then, through the brāhmaṇas Viṣṇu called the elder wife Svarā . When she was coming slowly, Bhṛgu said to Viṣṇu:

Bhṛgu said :

8b-9a. O Viṣṇu, you called Svarā; but she is not coming quickly. This is the transgression of the auspicious moment. How can the rite of initiation be done?

Viṣṇu said :

9b-10a. If Svarā is not coming quickly, then put Gāyatrī here (i.e. in her place). Can this wife of him also not join him in the meritorious deed?

Nārada said :

10b-13. Rudra also, in the same way, approved of Viṣṇu’s words. That Bhṛgu, hearing those words, seated Gāyatrī to the right of Brahmā, and performed the rite of initiation. O king, while they were duly performing the rite of initiation of Brahmā, Svarā came to the place of the sacrifice. Seeing Gāyatrī initiated with Brahmā, Svarā due to jealousy for her co-wife, angrily said (these) words:

Svarā said :

14-16. (When) those that do not deserve to be honoured, are honoured, and those that deserve to be honoured are ignored, three (inauspicious things) take place there: famine, death, fear. You have seated this younger one on my seat. Therefore, all of you, being devoid of consciousness will have various forms. Since she has sat on my seat, on the right (of Brahmā), therefore let her have a body of a river invisible to the people.

Nārada said :

17-18. Then hearing that curse, Gāyatrī trembled; and getting up, she, though restrained by gods, cursed that Svarā. “As Brahmā is your husband, so he is also mine. You have in vain cursed me. You too (will) become a river.”

Nārada said :

19. Then all gods led by Śiva and Viṣṇu felt grief; saluting (by prostrating) like a staff on the ground, they requested Svarā:

The gods said :

20-21. O goddess, since you have cursed all of us like Brahmā, if we all become devoid of consciousness and turn into rivers, then these three worlds will certainly perish. You have acted imprudently. Therefore, withdraw this curse.

Svarā said :

22-24. O best gods, since at the commencement of the sacrifice you did not worship the lord of the attendants (i.e. Gaṇeśa ), therefore this obstacle, due to my anger, has indeed come up. Nor again, these words of me will be untrue. Therefore, with your portions dulled, turn into rivers. We, the two co-wives, shall become two rivers, flowing into the west, by means of our portions, O gods.

Nārada said:

25-31. O king, then hearing her words Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva became dulled and turned into rivers just by means of their portions. Viṣṇu became Kṛṣṇā, and god Śiva Veṇī. Brahma then separately became Gaṅgā having humps (of waves). The wise gods also, having dulled their portions, became good rivers separately (flowing) from the peaks of Sahya mountain. The best rivers, (formed) with the portions of gods, flowed into the east. Gāyatrī and Svarā joined together, flowing westward, came to be called Sāvitrī . Both Viṣṇu and Śiva appointed at that sacrifice, became (known) by the names Mahābala and Atibala . O king, I am not able to describe the greatness of the two rivers. Gods like Brahmā went (from the place) and remain, through their portions, as rivers. Every act of him who listens with devotion to this great (account of) Kṛṣṇā, removing sins or causes (others) to hear it, would become meritorious, and gets the fruit due to seeing her and bathing in her (water).

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 14783, revision 333961 (2022-03-21T11:21:12Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365690.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.