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Chapter 205

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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 205

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शिवशर्मोवाच- एकदाऽत्र महातीर्थे पंके मग्नां पयस्विनीम् । दृष्ट्वा स राक्षसश्रेष्ठस्तामुद्धर्तुं विवेश ह १। गोरक्षणे महान्धर्मो रक्षतुः स्वर्गतिर्भवेत् । चिंतयन्निति मध्ये तु सगृहीतोंबुहस्तिना २। नीतस्तु वारिणोऽधस्ताज्जलपूर्णोदरस्तदा । तत्याज जीवितं सद्यस्तेन पीडितविग्रहः ३। दिव्यरूपं समास्थाय विमानमपि ढौकितम् । गणेन प्रहितेनाथ दैवैरिंद्रपुरोगमैः ४। गच्छन्निति मया पृष्टः स निशाचरपुंगवः । मुक्तिदेऽत्र महातीर्थे मृत्युं प्राप्य सदुर्लभे ५। कथं देवपदप्राप्तिर्जाता तव महामते । इत्युक्तो मामुवाचेदं वांछासीदत्र मेऽनघ ६। तस्मिन्गते पुण्यजने स्वर्गं पुण्यवतां पदम् । एकाकिना मया विष्णुः सद्गतिः प्रापितस्तदा ७। गच्छंस्तिष्ठन्स्वपन्जाग्रत्स्नानं कुर्वंश्च नित्यशः । तमेव पुंडरीकाक्षमहं दध्यावनन्यधीः ८। हरे तव पदांभोजमहं शरणमागतः । ब्रह्मत्वे च महेशत्वे नेंद्रत्वे मम मानसम् ९। प्रार्थयन्नित्यहं तात तमेव पुरुषोत्तमम् । उषितोऽत्र महातीर्थे कृत्वा निर्विषयं मनः १०। विष्णुशर्मोवाच- वसतोऽत्र महातीर्थे मरणं चेत्तवाभवत् । कथं जन्म पुनः प्राप्तं त्वयेति मम संशयः ११। मर्यादां यस्य तीर्थस्य त्यक्त्वापि धनलोभतः । राक्षसान्मरणं प्राप्ताः पथिकस्ते च वाहकाः १२। यस्य तीर्थवरस्यास्य जलपानाद्दिवंगताः । तथैव राक्षसोऽप्यस्मिन्नपमृत्युमवाप्य सः १३। नक्रतः स्वेच्छया स्वर्गं जगाम तव पश्यतः । न नूनं तत्र मरणं जातं यज्जन्म दृश्यते १४। नारद उवाच- शिवे निशम्य पुत्रस्य शिवशर्मा शुभं वचः । उवाच पूर्ववृत्तांतं कारणं निजजन्मनः १५। शिवशर्मोवाच- विष्णुशर्मन्शृणुष्वेदं कारणं मम जन्मनः । कथयामि तवाग्रेऽहं श्रुत्वा निःसंशयो भव १६। एकदा विष्णुपूजायां मयि ध्यानं समास्थिते । दुर्वासाः प्रकृतिक्रोधी ममाश्रममुपागतः १७। तमागतमविज्ञाय विष्णुध्यानपरायणः । तस्थिवांस्तदवस्थोऽहं चिरं तं नामसंस्मरन् १८। समुहूर्तं मुनिः स्थित्वा ममाग्रे क्रोधमूर्छितः । आत्मनात्मानमाहेदमुच्चैरारक्तलोचनः १९। दुर्वासा उवाच- अहो अत्रेरहं पुत्रोऽनसूयागर्भसंभवः । शिवांशो मानुषेणालमवज्ञातोऽमुना भवम् २०। त्रिलोकीराज्यतः शक्रो मया येन प्रपातितः । तं मामपि मनुष्योऽयमवजानाति दुर्मतिः २१। यो बिभेति न कः सोसि मत्तः कालानलादिव । मुक्त्वा देवत्रयीं लोके यतः सार्हत्तमा मम २२। यामसौ ध्यायते मूढो देवतां ध्यानमास्थितः । न कथं बोधयत्येनं सेति मूर्त्तिस्थितो यमः २३। नूनं नारायणं देवं ध्यायत्येष जगद्गुरुम् । यद्ध्यानामृततृप्तो हि न बाह्यज्ञानवानयम् २४। हरिं वा ब्रह्म वा शंभुमन्यं वा ध्यायतामहम् । मयायं सर्वथा दंड्यो मदवज्ञाकरो ह्ययम् २५। शिवशर्मोवाच- एवं विचिंतयित्वा स सुमतिं मामबोधयत् । शशाप च विबुद्धं मामितिक्रोधारुणेक्षणः २६। मामवज्ञाय यश्चित्ते ध्यानकाले मनोरथः । कुतस्तेन भवेह्यस्मिन्भविष्यति हि सर्वथा २७। इत्युक्त्वा स यदा तात चलितो मुनिरत्रिजः । तदा मया चरणयोर्गृहीतोभयभीरुणा २८। इत्युक्तश्च मुनिश्रेष्ठ क्षम्यतां रुड्विमुच्यताम् । मादृशा न विजानंति सम्यक्कर्म भवादृशाम् २९। शापं त्वं दत्तवान्घोरं सांप्रतं मे निरेनसः । प्रसीद मम नम्रस्य शापांते कुर्वनुग्रहम् ३०। इत्युक्तः कोपमुत्सृज्य दुर्वासा शीतलोभवत् । किमेतन्नोचितं तात स यतश्चंद्रशेखरः ३१। उवाचेति समां धीमांस्तं भूत्वा ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । अत्रैव मरणं प्राप्य न भूयो जन्म लप्स्यसे ३२। इति मामनुगृह्याथ स जगाम दिगंबरः । उषित्वा तद्दिनं तात मया सत्कारपूजितः ३३। न मुनेर्भाषितं मिथ्या चिंतयित्वाहमित्यपि ३४। जगाम स्वगृहं चित्ते पश्चात्तापं वहन्निति । अहो मे ध्यायतो नित्यं स तीर्थाश्रमिणस्तथा ३५। दर्शनं दुर्लभं जातं श्रीपतेरिह जन्मनि । चातकस्येव मेघस्य शुचौ संतापकारिणि ३६। कुतोऽयमागतो मह्यं वैकुंठगतिरोधकः । जनस्य प्रस्थितस्येव जलदो कालवारिमुक् ३७। न दोषोऽस्ति मुनेर्नूनं तस्यैवेच्छाहरेः खलु । सुदर्शनं हि दत्त्वापि ममजन्मांतरं कृतम् ३८। मया संसारभीतेन ग्राह्यं पादांबुजंहरेः । निदाघातपतप्तेन पथिकेनेव पादपः ३९। किं धनापत्ययोषिद्भिरनित्यैश्चान्यबंधुभिः । गोविंदपरमानंद रामेति ममजल्पतः ४०। उदासीनवदासीनः कुंटुबेषु हरिं भजन् । प्रारब्धमेव भोक्ष्यामि कर्माण्यन्यान्यतर्जयन् ४१। चिंतयन्नित्यहं तात कियद्भिर्वासरैरहम् । प्राप्तवान्स्वगृहं स्नात्वा हरिपादोदकांतरे ४२। पितुर्मरणमाख्यातं मात्रे बंधुभ्य एव च । श्रुत्वा तेऽपि शुचं चक्रुर्नाविंदन्निममस्थिरम् ४३। सत्यलोकादि लोकेषु निस्पृहोऽहं गृहे वसन् । मरणं प्राप्तवान्कूले गंगाया मुनिसेविते ४४। मुनेर्दुर्वाससः शापाज्जातोऽहं वैष्णवे कुले । मरणं चात्र सत्तीर्थे लब्ध्वा प्राप्स्ये हरेः पदम् ४५। नारद उवाच- एवं सुराचार्यविनिर्मिते तदा तीर्थे महाभाग पुराकृतानि तौ । द्विजोत्तमौ प्रोच्य मिथः सुतस्थतुर्विचिंतयंतौ हरिपादपल्लवम् ४६। विचिंतयंतौ हरिमब्जलोचनं चतुर्भुजं नीरदनीलविग्रहम् । निजायुधालंकरणावभासितं स्मृत्वात्र सारूप्यमवापतुर्हरेः ४७। यस्य क्षेत्रमिमं पुण्यमिंद्रप्रस्थाख्यमुत्तमम् । तस्योपाख्यानमाख्यातं फलमस्य शिवे शृणु ४८। गंगास्नानेन यत्पुण्यं कन्यादानोद्भवं च यत् । श्रवणादस्य तत्पुण्यं श्रद्धया लभते नरः ४९। पुत्रे जाते तु गोदानात्सिंहगे च बृहस्पतौ । गोदावरीजले स्नानाद्यत्फलं भुवि जायते ५०। तत्फलं श्रवणादस्य जायते नात्र संशयः । अतस्तीर्थोत्तमादन्यत्तीर्थं नास्त्यखिलार्थदम् । यस्मिन्मरणतो नूनं तिर्यंचोऽपि चतुर्भुजाः ५१। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे कालिंदीमाहात्म्ये निगमबोधोपाख्यानं नाम पंचाधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः २०५।

śivaśarmovāca- ekadā'tra mahātīrthe paṃke magnāṃ payasvinīm | dṛṣṭvā sa rākṣasaśreṣṭhastāmuddhartuṃ viveśa ha 1| gorakṣaṇe mahāndharmo rakṣatuḥ svargatirbhavet | ciṃtayanniti madhye tu sagṛhītoṃbuhastinā 2| nītastu vāriṇo'dhastājjalapūrṇodarastadā | tatyāja jīvitaṃ sadyastena pīḍitavigrahaḥ 3| divyarūpaṃ samāsthāya vimānamapi ḍhaukitam | gaṇena prahitenātha daivairiṃdrapurogamaiḥ 4| gacchanniti mayā pṛṣṭaḥ sa niśācarapuṃgavaḥ | muktide'tra mahātīrthe mṛtyuṃ prāpya sadurlabhe 5| kathaṃ devapadaprāptirjātā tava mahāmate | ityukto māmuvācedaṃ vāṃchāsīdatra me'nagha 6| tasmingate puṇyajane svargaṃ puṇyavatāṃ padam | ekākinā mayā viṣṇuḥ sadgatiḥ prāpitastadā 7| gacchaṃstiṣṭhansvapanjāgratsnānaṃ kurvaṃśca nityaśaḥ | tameva puṃḍarīkākṣamahaṃ dadhyāvananyadhīḥ 8| hare tava padāṃbhojamahaṃ śaraṇamāgataḥ | brahmatve ca maheśatve neṃdratve mama mānasam 9| prārthayannityahaṃ tāta tameva puruṣottamam | uṣito'tra mahātīrthe kṛtvā nirviṣayaṃ manaḥ 10| viṣṇuśarmovāca- vasato'tra mahātīrthe maraṇaṃ cettavābhavat | kathaṃ janma punaḥ prāptaṃ tvayeti mama saṃśayaḥ 11| maryādāṃ yasya tīrthasya tyaktvāpi dhanalobhataḥ | rākṣasānmaraṇaṃ prāptāḥ pathikaste ca vāhakāḥ 12| yasya tīrthavarasyāsya jalapānāddivaṃgatāḥ | tathaiva rākṣaso'pyasminnapamṛtyumavāpya saḥ 13| nakrataḥ svecchayā svargaṃ jagāma tava paśyataḥ | na nūnaṃ tatra maraṇaṃ jātaṃ yajjanma dṛśyate 14| nārada uvāca- śive niśamya putrasya śivaśarmā śubhaṃ vacaḥ | uvāca pūrvavṛttāṃtaṃ kāraṇaṃ nijajanmanaḥ 15| śivaśarmovāca- viṣṇuśarmanśṛṇuṣvedaṃ kāraṇaṃ mama janmanaḥ | kathayāmi tavāgre'haṃ śrutvā niḥsaṃśayo bhava 16| ekadā viṣṇupūjāyāṃ mayi dhyānaṃ samāsthite | durvāsāḥ prakṛtikrodhī mamāśramamupāgataḥ 17| tamāgatamavijñāya viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇaḥ | tasthivāṃstadavastho'haṃ ciraṃ taṃ nāmasaṃsmaran 18| samuhūrtaṃ muniḥ sthitvā mamāgre krodhamūrchitaḥ | ātmanātmānamāhedamuccairāraktalocanaḥ 19| durvāsā uvāca- aho atrerahaṃ putro'nasūyāgarbhasaṃbhavaḥ | śivāṃśo mānuṣeṇālamavajñāto'munā bhavam 20| trilokīrājyataḥ śakro mayā yena prapātitaḥ | taṃ māmapi manuṣyo'yamavajānāti durmatiḥ 21| yo bibheti na kaḥ sosi mattaḥ kālānalādiva | muktvā devatrayīṃ loke yataḥ sārhattamā mama 22| yāmasau dhyāyate mūḍho devatāṃ dhyānamāsthitaḥ | na kathaṃ bodhayatyenaṃ seti mūrttisthito yamaḥ 23| nūnaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ dhyāyatyeṣa jagadgurum | yaddhyānāmṛtatṛpto hi na bāhyajñānavānayam 24| hariṃ vā brahma vā śaṃbhumanyaṃ vā dhyāyatāmaham | mayāyaṃ sarvathā daṃḍyo madavajñākaro hyayam 25| śivaśarmovāca- evaṃ viciṃtayitvā sa sumatiṃ māmabodhayat | śaśāpa ca vibuddhaṃ māmitikrodhāruṇekṣaṇaḥ 26| māmavajñāya yaścitte dhyānakāle manorathaḥ | kutastena bhavehyasminbhaviṣyati hi sarvathā 27| ityuktvā sa yadā tāta calito muniratrijaḥ | tadā mayā caraṇayorgṛhītobhayabhīruṇā 28| ityuktaśca muniśreṣṭha kṣamyatāṃ ruḍvimucyatām | mādṛśā na vijānaṃti samyakkarma bhavādṛśām 29| śāpaṃ tvaṃ dattavānghoraṃ sāṃprataṃ me nirenasaḥ | prasīda mama namrasya śāpāṃte kurvanugraham 30| ityuktaḥ kopamutsṛjya durvāsā śītalobhavat | kimetannocitaṃ tāta sa yataścaṃdraśekharaḥ 31| uvāceti samāṃ dhīmāṃstaṃ bhūtvā brāhmaṇottamaḥ | atraiva maraṇaṃ prāpya na bhūyo janma lapsyase 32| iti māmanugṛhyātha sa jagāma digaṃbaraḥ | uṣitvā taddinaṃ tāta mayā satkārapūjitaḥ 33| na munerbhāṣitaṃ mithyā ciṃtayitvāhamityapi 34| jagāma svagṛhaṃ citte paścāttāpaṃ vahanniti | aho me dhyāyato nityaṃ sa tīrthāśramiṇastathā 35| darśanaṃ durlabhaṃ jātaṃ śrīpateriha janmani | cātakasyeva meghasya śucau saṃtāpakāriṇi 36| kuto'yamāgato mahyaṃ vaikuṃṭhagatirodhakaḥ | janasya prasthitasyeva jalado kālavārimuk 37| na doṣo'sti munernūnaṃ tasyaivecchāhareḥ khalu | sudarśanaṃ hi dattvāpi mamajanmāṃtaraṃ kṛtam 38| mayā saṃsārabhītena grāhyaṃ pādāṃbujaṃhareḥ | nidāghātapataptena pathikeneva pādapaḥ 39| kiṃ dhanāpatyayoṣidbhiranityaiścānyabaṃdhubhiḥ | goviṃdaparamānaṃda rāmeti mamajalpataḥ 40| udāsīnavadāsīnaḥ kuṃṭubeṣu hariṃ bhajan | prārabdhameva bhokṣyāmi karmāṇyanyānyatarjayan 41| ciṃtayannityahaṃ tāta kiyadbhirvāsarairaham | prāptavānsvagṛhaṃ snātvā haripādodakāṃtare 42| piturmaraṇamākhyātaṃ mātre baṃdhubhya eva ca | śrutvā te'pi śucaṃ cakrurnāviṃdannimamasthiram 43| satyalokādi lokeṣu nispṛho'haṃ gṛhe vasan | maraṇaṃ prāptavānkūle gaṃgāyā munisevite 44| munerdurvāsasaḥ śāpājjāto'haṃ vaiṣṇave kule | maraṇaṃ cātra sattīrthe labdhvā prāpsye hareḥ padam 45| nārada uvāca- evaṃ surācāryavinirmite tadā tīrthe mahābhāga purākṛtāni tau | dvijottamau procya mithaḥ sutasthaturviciṃtayaṃtau haripādapallavam 46| viciṃtayaṃtau harimabjalocanaṃ caturbhujaṃ nīradanīlavigraham | nijāyudhālaṃkaraṇāvabhāsitaṃ smṛtvātra sārūpyamavāpaturhareḥ 47| yasya kṣetramimaṃ puṇyamiṃdraprasthākhyamuttamam | tasyopākhyānamākhyātaṃ phalamasya śive śṛṇu 48| gaṃgāsnānena yatpuṇyaṃ kanyādānodbhavaṃ ca yat | śravaṇādasya tatpuṇyaṃ śraddhayā labhate naraḥ 49| putre jāte tu godānātsiṃhage ca bṛhaspatau | godāvarījale snānādyatphalaṃ bhuvi jāyate 50| tatphalaṃ śravaṇādasya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | atastīrthottamādanyattīrthaṃ nāstyakhilārthadam | yasminmaraṇato nūnaṃ tiryaṃco'pi caturbhujāḥ 51| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe kāliṃdīmāhātmye nigamabodhopākhyānaṃ nāma paṃcādhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 205|

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Śivaśarman said :

1-10. Once that best demon, having seen a milch cow plunged into mud, entered it to take her up. ‘There is a great religious merit in (i.e. due to) protecting a cow. The protector would go to heaven.’ He who was thinking like this was seized by a crocodile (literally, a water-elephant). He was taken down into the water. With his belly full of water, and with his body pressed by him, he died instantly. He resorted to a divine form; an aeroplane with an attendant was brought near him sent by gods led by Indra . I asked the chief of the demons, going (to heaven) after having died here in this great holy place, very difficult to be reached, and giving salvation, “O intelligent and divine one, how did you reach heaven?” Thus addressed, he said, “O innocent one, I longed for it.” When that meritorious one had gone to heaven, the place of the meritorious ones, I, remaining alone, was taken to Viṣṇu , the good resort. With a concentrated mind, I, while going, standing, sleeping, keeping awake, bathing, constantly meditated upon that lotus-eyed one only. “O Viṣṇu, I have sought lhe shelter of your lotus-like feet. I have no longing for the position of Brahmā , Śiva or Indra.” O dear one, making my mind free from the (longing for) objects of senses, and soliciting that Puruṣottama (i.e. Viṣṇu) only, I lived at this great holy place.

Viṣṇuśarman said :

11-14. When, while staying at this great holy place, you died, then how did you get a birth again? This is my doubt. The traveller and the carriers, on their having ignored the restriction (laid down) at this holy place due to greed for money, met with death from the demon (and) went to heaven on drinking the water of this great holy place. So also the demon meeting with, at his will, death from the crocodile, went to heaven while you were looking on (i.e. in your presence). There is no (re)birth (for a man whose) death takes place there.

Nārada said :

15. O Śibi , having heard the auspicious words of his son, Śivaśarman told him the former account, the cause of his birth.

Śivaśarman said :

16-19. O Viṣṇuśarman, listen to this cause of my birth. I am telling it to you. Having heard it, be free from doubts. Once when I had resorted to meditation while worshipping Viṣṇu, Durvāsas , irascible by nature, came to my hermitage. Not aware of his having arrived (there), I, intent upon meditation on Viṣṇu, remained in that condition recollecting (Viṣṇu’s) name for a long time. The sage, standing for a while, full of anger and with his eyes red, spoke loudly to himself these (words):

Durvāsas said :

20-25. Oh! I, Atri ’s son, born from the womb of Anasūyā , a portion of Śiva, am thus excessively neglected by this human being: This wicked man even ignores me who caused Indra to fall from the kingdom of the three worlds! Who are you that are not afraid of me who am like the destructive fire at the end of the world, since I have the greatest worth barring (that of) the three gods? How is it that that deity whom he is meditating upon, does not advise him that Yama has come in an embodied form? Indeed he is meditating upon Viṣṇu, the lord of the world, being satisfied with the nectar of meditation upon whom he does not have the knowledge of his surroundings. Let him meditate upon Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Śiva, or any other (deity). He should be punished by me by all means. He has disregarded me.

Śivaśarman said :

26-45. Thinking like this, he roused me, and with his eyes red due to anger, cursed me who had become conscious. “How will that desire, which you, ignoring me, had in your mind at the time of meditation, come true at all?” O dear one, when, after having spoken like this, the sage born of Atri, moved (to go), I dreaded with fear, seized his feet, and said like this: “O best sage, forgive me; give up your anger. (People) like me do not properly know the deeds of (sages) like you. Now you have given a fearful curse to me who am innocent. Favour me who am polite. Show favour for the end of (i.e. ending) your curse.” Thus addressed, Durvāsas, giving up his anger, became cool. O darling, is it not proper, since he is Śiva (himself)? The wise one said to me: “You, being the best brāhmaṇa , will meet with death here only, and will not be reborn.” Having thus favoured me that Śiva (i.e. Durvāsas) left, after staying there that day and being honoured by me with a hospitable reception. I, having thought that the sage’s words would not be untrue, and repenting in my mind, went home: ‘Oh! to me, having my hermitage in a holy place, and constantly meditating upon (Viṣṇu) the sight of Lakṣmī ’s lord has become difficult to have in this existence, like that of a cloud to a cātaka in Caitra and Vaiśākha , causing heat? Wherefrom has this one, causing obstacle in my course to Vaikuṇṭha come like a cloud (coming in the way) of a man who has set out (on a journey)? It is not the fault of the sage. It is indeed the desire of that Viṣṇu only. Having well appeared before me, he has given me another (i.e. a new) existence. I, scared of the worldly existence, should seize the lotus-like feet of Viṣṇu, as a traveller heated by the heat of summer (takes to) the shade of a tree. What is the use of the transient wealth, children, wife and other relatives to me who am muttering ‘ Govinda , Paramānanda (the highest joy), Rāma .’ Not censuring other acts, and resorting to Viṣṇu, and remaining like a neutral person among the members of my family, I shall enjoy what is destined.’ O dear one, thinking like this, I, after having bathed in the water sacred to Viṣṇu, came home after a few days. I told my mother and relatives about the death of my father. Hearing (the news) they lamented; they did not know that this (worldly existence) is transitory. Having no longing for the worlds like Satya , I remained in the house and died on the bank of Gaṅgā , resorted to by the sages. Due to the curse of the sage Durvāsas, I was born in the family of Viṣṇu’s devotees. Having died at this holy place, I shall reach Viṣṇu’s feet.

Nārada said :

46-51. O noble one, thus the two best brāhmaṇas talking to each other about the sins committed by them in their former existence, and thinking about Viṣṇu’s foliage-like feet, remained at the holy place fashioned by the preceptor of gods. Thinking about and remembering Viṣṇu, of lotus-like eyes, of four arms, having a body dark blue like a cloud, and shining with his weapons and ornaments, they got absorption into Viṣṇu. The story of this excellent holy place which is the one called Indraprastha has been told. O Śibi, listen to its fruit. A man obtains the same fruit by devoutly listening to it as is obtained by him on bathing in Gaṅgā or by giving away his daughter (in marriage). There is no doubt that that fruit which is produced on the earth at the birth of a son, or by a bath in the water of Godāvarī when Jupiter is in the Zodiacal sign of Leo, is obtained by listening to it. There is no other holy place giving all objects than this best holy place, by dying at which even lower animals become fourarmed (ones).

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44946, revision 336618 (2022-04-25T13:40:20Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365789.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.