Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 229
Sourceपार्वत्युवाच- विस्तरेण ममाख्याहि देवसर्गमनुत्तमम् । ब्रह्मादि त्रिदिवश्रेष्ठाः कथं जाताः सनातनाः । ईश्वरस्यावतारांश्च विस्तरेण वदस्व मे १। रुद्र उवाच- आकाशानिलतेजोंबु भुवः सृष्टा यथाक्रमम् । तासां मध्येऽसृजद्ब्रह्मा अगाधजलमर्णवम् २। अस्मिन्नेकार्णवीभूते जलमायावटच्छदे । आदाय सर्व्वभूतानि योगनिद्रां ययौ हरिः ३। स जगत्स्रष्टुकामस्तु योगनिद्रामुपेयिवान् । तया रेमे चिरं कालं मायया मधुसूदनः ४। तस्यां तु जनयामास कालात्मानमनुत्तमम् । कलाकाष्ठादि भूता ये पक्षमासादिरूपिणः ५। तस्मिन्काले हरेर्न्नाभिपंकजं मुकुलाकृति । विकसत्सर्वजगतो बीजभूतं सुवर्चसम् ६। उदस्थादुदभूत्तत्र ब्रह्मा च सुमहामतिः । स जगत्स्रष्टुकामस्तु रजोगुणविचोदितः । तुष्टाव योगनिद्रायां शयानं परमेश्वरम् ७। ब्रह्मोवाच- नमोस्तु विष्णवे तुभ्यं सर्गस्थित्यंतहेतवे । जगद्भूषणभूषाय श्रीमते विश्वरूपिणे ८। नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय गोब्राह्मणहिताय च । जगद्धिताय कृष्णाय गोविंदाय नमोनमः ९। प्रधानकालरूपाय पुरुषायेश्वराय च । नमः प्रपंचरूपाय निष्प्रपंचस्वरूपिणे १०। नारायणाय विश्वाय विश्वेशाय नमोनमः । श्रीभूलीलाधिपतये ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने ११। नमोस्तु वासुदेवाय विश्वरूपाय शार्ङ्गिणे । त्रयीनाथाय हरये विश्वनाथस्वरूपिणे १२। अनंतकल्याणगुणपरिपूर्णाय ते नमः । जगच्च सर्व्वं स्वपिति त्वयि सुप्ते जगन्मये १३। वृतं सर्वं जगन्नाथ प्रपंचे सचराचरम् । त्वमेव कारणं कर्त्ता कार्य्यं च त्रिगुणोद्भवम् १४। स्रष्टा ध्याता विधाता च त्वमेव परमेश्वरः । जागर्षिशुद्धसत्वस्थस्तवनिद्रा कुतःप्रभो । देवत्वयि स्थितालोकाः समाधिष्ठाः सनातनाः १५। शिव उवाच- एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो ब्रह्मणा परमेश्वरः । उत्तस्थौ शयनात्तस्माद्विमुक्तो योगनिद्रया १६। नियम्य योगनिद्रां तां जगत्स्रष्टुं प्रचक्रमे । अचिंत्यस्तत्क्षणाद्देवो जगतां प्रभुरच्युतः १७। चिंतयित्वा जगत्सर्वमसृजत्स पुमांस्ततः । लोकान्सर्व्वांस्तदा ह्यप्सु गतमंडं हिरण्मयम् १८। सप्तद्वीपान्समुद्रांतान्मेदिनी भूधरैर्युतान् । सहैकाण्डकटाहेन नाभिपद्मेऽसृजत्प्रभुः १९। तदण्डमध्ये चास्थानमीश्वरः कृतवान्हरिः । अथ नारायणंकस्तु दध्यावध्यात्मचेतसा २०। ध्यानांते तस्य भालात्तु स्वेदबिंदुरजायत । स बिंदुर्बुद्बुदाकारः पृथिव्यामपतत्क्षणात् २१। तस्मात्तु बुद्बुदात्सोऽहमुत्पन्नोस्मि वरानने । त्र्यक्षस्त्रिशूलहस्तोऽहं जटामुकुटमंडितः २२। किंकरोमीति देवेशमवोचं विनयान्वितः । ततो नारायणो देवो मामित्याह मुदान्वितः २३। कर्त्तासि जगतो रुद्र संहारं भीमदर्शनम् । साक्षात्संकर्षणांशेन संहारार्थे वरानने २४। तस्मान्नारायणाद्देवि उत्पन्नोस्मि भयंकरः । नियोज्य मां तु संहारे पुनरेव जनार्दनः २५। नेत्राभ्यामसृजच्चंद्रसूर्य्यौ ध्वांतापहारिणौ । वायुं दिशश्च श्रोत्राभ्यामिंद्राग्नीमुखतोऽसृजत् २६। नासाभ्यां वरुणं मित्रमसृजत्पंकजेक्षणः । बाहुभ्यामखिलान्देवान्ससाध्यान्समरुद्गणान् २७। समस्तरोमकूपेभ्यो रत्नान्योषधयस्तथा । त्वचि शैलान्समुद्राश्च गवाद्याः पशवस्तथा २८। मुखतो ब्राह्मणः सृष्टो बाहुभ्यां क्षत्रियस्तथा । ऊर्व्वोर्वैश्यस्ततः पद्भ्यां शूद्रश्चैवमजायत २९। एवं सृष्ट्वा जगत्सर्व्वमचेतनमवस्थितम् । विश्वरूपेण देवेशो यस्यांतरमधिष्ठितः ३०। शक्त्या विना हरेस्तस्य नोन्मेषो विद्यते यतः । तस्मात्सर्वजगत्प्राणो विष्णुरेव सनातनः ३१। स एवाव्यक्तरूपः सन्परमात्मा व्यवस्थितः । सर्गस्थितिलयं ब्रह्मा स्वयमेव प्रवर्त्तते ३२। षाड्गुण्यपरिपूर्णोऽसौ वासुदेवः सनातनः । त्रिगुणादात्मनोरूपं चतुर्द्धा कुरुते जगत् ३३। प्रद्युम्नमूर्त्तिर्भगवान्सर्वैश्वर्य्यसमन्वितः । विधेः प्रजापतीनां च कालस्य च जनस्य च ३४। अंतर्य्यामित्वमापन्नो सर्गं सम्यक्करोति हि । सेतिहासांस्ततो वेदान्ददौ तस्मै महात्मने ३५। प्रद्युम्नस्यांशभागोऽसौ ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । जगत्सर्गस्थितिं सर्व्वं प्रकरोत्यंशसंभवः ३६। अनिरुद्धश्च भगवाञ्छक्तितेजः समन्वितः । मनूनां पार्थिवानां च कालस्य च जनस्य च ३७। स्थितिं करोति भगवानंतर्य्यामित्वमास्थितः । संकर्षणो महाविष्णुर्विद्याबलसमन्वितः ३८। कालस्य सर्वभूतानां रुद्रस्य च यमस्य च । अंतर्य्यामित्वमास्थाय जगत्संहरते प्रभुः ३९। इत्यंतर्य्याम्यवस्थायामंतर्य्यामित्वमात्मनः । मत्स्यः कूर्म्मो वराहश्च नरसिंहोऽथ वामनः ४०। रामो रामश्च कृष्णश्च बुद्धः कल्की च ते दश । एते तु विभवावस्था ब्रह्मणः परमात्मनः ४१। नृसिंहरामकृष्णेषु षाड्गुण्यं परिकीर्तितम् । परावस्था तु देवस्य दीपादुत्पन्न दीपवत् ४२। सा ह्यवस्था हरेरस्य शृणुष्व गिरिजे शुभे । वैकुंठं परमं लोकं विष्णुलोकमनुत्तमम् ४३। श्वेतदीपं स्वरूपं तु क्षीरसागरमुत्तमम् । एवं चतुर्द्धा व्यूहं तु सम्यगुक्तं महर्षिभिः ४४। जलावरणमध्ये तु वैकुंठं कारणं शुभम् । कोटिवैश्वानरप्रख्यं सर्वं धर्म्मवदव्ययम् ४५। आमोदमंदारकरैर्वृक्षैर्वह्निभिरास्थितम् । नानामणिमयं दिव्यं विमानकोटिभिर्य्युतम् ४६। यदुक्तं परमं धाम तादृक्लक्षणसंस्थितम् । तस्मिन्वैकुंठनगरे नानारत्नसमुज्ज्वले ४७। मध्ये देवजयारामं पुरं रम्यमनुत्तमम् । चतुर्द्वारसमायुक्तं हेमप्राकारतोरणम् ४८। चंडादिद्वारपालाद्यैः कुमुदाद्यैश्च रक्षितम् । नानामणिमयैर्दिव्यैर्गृहैः पंक्तिभिरावृतम् ४९। विततं पंचपद्माभिर्योजनैश्च समंततः । सहस्रयोजनोत्तुंगैः प्रासादैः कोटिभिर्वृतम् ५०। आरूढयौवनैर्द्दिव्यैः पुंभिः स्त्रीभिश्च शोभितम् । स्त्रियश्च पुरुषाश्चास्मिन्सर्वलक्षणशोभिताः ५१। समरूपाश्च श्रीविष्णोः सर्व्वालंकारभूषिताः । दिव्यस्रग्वस्त्रसंछन्ना दिव्यचंदनभूषिताः ५२। मोदंते तत्र देवेश भक्त्या त्वात्ममनोरमे । मंत्राष्टाक्षरसंसिद्धा भक्त्या षोडशरूपया ५३। वृतास्तत्पदमाविश्य मोदंते मनसीप्सितम् । गत्वास्मिन्न निवर्तंते विष्णुना सह संस्थिताः ५४। अविच्छिन्नात्मना ते वै विष्णुना संगताः शुभाः । तत्समानसुखं नित्यं प्राप्नुवंति मनीषिणः ५५। यत्रतत्र हरेर्लोकानाविश्य शुभचेतसः । प्राप्नुवंति पुनः स्वर्गं स्वर्गस्थाइव जंतवः ५६। यथा सौमित्रि भरतौ यथा संकर्षणादयः । तथा तेपि च जायंते सत्यलोके यथेच्छया ५७। पुनस्तेनैव यास्यंति तत्पदं शाश्वतं परम् । न कर्म्मबंधनं जन्म वैष्णवानां च विद्यते ५८। विष्णोरनुचरत्वं हि मोक्षयाहुर्मनीषिणः । न दास्यममरेशस्य बंधनं परिकीर्तितम् ५९। सर्वबंधननिर्मुक्ता हरिदासा निरामयाः । आब्रह्मभुवनाँ लोकाः पुनरावृत्तिलक्षणाः ६०। कर्मबंधमया दुःखमित्रासख्यभयप्रदाः । बह्वाया सफला देवि जनिनाशकहेतवः ६१। सुखभोगस्तु यन्नॄणां विषमिश्राशनं यथा । स्वर्गसंस्थान्नरान्दृष्ट्वा क्षीणे कर्म्मणि देवताः ६२। कुपिताः पातयन्त्येव संसृतौ कार्य्यबंधने । तस्मात्स्वर्गसुखं देवि बहुधायाससाधनम् ६३। अनित्यं कुटिलं दुःखमिश्रं योगी परित्यजेत् । सततं संस्मरेद्विष्णुं सर्वदुःखौघनाशनम् ६४। नामोच्चारणमात्रेण प्राप्नुवंति परं पदम् । तस्मात्तु वैष्णवं लोकं गौरि संप्रार्थयेत्सुधीः ६५। भक्त्या त्वनन्यया देवं भजेत करुणांबुधिम् । स सर्वज्ञानगुणवान्रक्षत्येव न संशयः ६६। तस्मादष्टाक्षरं मन्त्रं जप्त्वा सुखतरं शुभम् । संप्राप्नोति परं लोकं वैष्णवं सर्वकामदम् ६७। तस्मिन्मणिमये तल्पे सहस्रसूर्य्यरश्मिनि । विमाने शुशुभे दिव्ये संस्थितो भगवान्हरिः ६८। तत्र चाधारशक्त्यादि धृते पीठे हिरण्मये । नानारत्नमये दिव्ये नानावर्णसमन्विते ६९। तस्मिन्नष्टदले पद्मे मंत्राक्षरपदे शुभे । कर्णिकायां सुरम्यायां लक्ष्मीबीजशुभाक्षरे ७०। तस्मिन्वालार्कसाहस्रकोटितुल्य समप्रभे । दिव्ये नारायणः श्रीमानासीनः पंकजासने ७१। तस्य दक्षिणके पार्श्वे जगन्माता हिरण्मयी । गृहीत्वा चामरान्दिव्यान् दिव्यमाल्यविभूषणा ७२। वसुपात्रं मातुलुंगं स्वर्णपद्मं धृतं करैः । वामतः पृथिवीदेवी नीलोत्पलदलद्युतिः ७३। नानाभरणसंयुक्ता विचित्रांबरभूषिता । सा धृत्वा चोर्द्ध्वबाहुभ्यां रम्यं रक्तोत्पलद्वयम् ७४। इतराभ्यां धृतं देव्या धान्यपात्रयुगं तथा । गृहीत्वा चामरान्दिव्यान्शक्तयो विमलादिकाः ७५। दलाग्रेषु समासीनाः सर्वलक्षणशोभिताः । तासां मध्ये समासीनो भगवानच्युतो हरिः ७६। शंखचक्रगदापद्मपाणिभिर्दिव्यभूषणैः । केयूरांगदहाराद्यैर्भूषणै रूपशोभितः ७७। प्रातरुद्यत्सहस्रांशु कुण्डलाभ्यां विराजितः । पूर्वोक्तैस्त्रिदशैर्न्नित्यैः सेवितः परमेश्वरः ७८। आस्ते वैकुण्ठनगरे नित्ये सत्ये च भोगवान् । श्रीमदष्टाक्षरं मंत्रं सिद्धानां वै मनीषिणाम् ७९। गम्यं तद्वैष्णवं लोकं नेतरेषां कथंचन । इत्येवं प्रथमं व्यूहं कथितं ते वरानने ८०। द्वितीयं वैष्णवं लोकं शृणु वक्ष्यामि सुव्रते । योऽयं नित्य इति ख्यातो लोकाग्र्यो वैष्णवः स्मृतः ८१। तं लोकं विपुलं पुण्यं शुद्धं सत्वमयं शुभम् । मध्याह्नसूर्य्यसाहस्रयुगपद्भासितं तदा ८२। कल्पांतेऽपि न लीयेत तत्वलोकं महत्तरम् । मम ब्रह्मादिदेवानां न द्रष्टुमपि शक्यते ८३। सर्वं कल्पद्रुमवनैः परिपूर्णं समंततः । सुधाम्बुपरिपूर्णाभिर्दीर्घिकाभिः समन्वितम् ८४। स्वर्णरत्नमयैर्दिव्यैः पंकजैरुपशोभितम् । जलदग्निनिभैर्दिव्यैर्भूषणैः कोटिभिर्वृतम् ८५। निरंतरं सामभिश्च कूजितैः कोकिलादिभिः । ऊह्यमानैर्गन्धर्वृक्षैः पुष्पकैरपि शोभितम् ८६। ऊनषोडशवर्षाब्दैर्दिव्यनारीनरैर्वृतम् । सर्वलक्षणशोभाढ्यैर्दिव्यकल्पविभूषणैः ८७। तत्रप्रदेशे रम्येषु देशेषु कमलापतिम् । मुदितैः पतिभिः सार्द्धमर्चयंति स्म योषितः ८८। तत्प्रसादोपलभ्यं वै सुखमश्नन्ति सर्वदा । गायंति परमानंदं कृष्णस्य चरितं महत् ८९। पद्मेक्षणाः पद्महस्ताः पद्मया सदृशः शुभाः । दिव्यस्रग्वसनोपेताः क्रीडंति स्म सुयोषितः ९०। शंखचक्रगदापद्मधरा भूषणभूषिताः । स्रग्विणः पीतवसनाः पुरुषास्तत्र संस्थिताः ९१। अनन्यस्पर्शनात्तत्र स्त्रीपुंसोः क्रीडमानयोः । भवत्यनुदिनं वृद्धं हरिभक्तिसुखं रसम् ९२। तन्मध्येंतःपुरं रम्यं वासुदेवस्य शोभितम् । चंदनागुरुकर्प्पूरकुंकुमोदकसंयुतम् ९३। नानापुष्पविमानाद्यैः सर्वतः समलंकृतम् । तन्मध्ये कल्पवृक्षस्य च्छायायां कमलासने ९४। विचित्रश्लक्ष्णपर्यंके शुभास्तरणसंवृते । दिव्यगंधसुशोभाढ्यैर्नानापुष्पपरिच्छदैः ९५। तस्मिन्मनोरमे दिव्ये समासीनः श्रिया सह । ईश्वर्य्या सह देवेशो वासुदेवः सनातनः ९६। सुधांशुकोटिसंकाशो दिव्याभरणभूषितः । सुवर्णशुभ्रयुगल श्लक्ष्णनासांचिताननः ९७। स्निग्धायतसुलावण्यकपोलाभ्यां विराजितः । नीलकुंचितकेशाढ्यो रक्ताब्जदललोचनः ९८। मंदारकेतकीजाती कैरवीकृतशेखरः । स्निग्धबिम्बफलाभौष्ठः सुस्मिताननपंकजः ९९। अनर्घ्यमौक्तिकाभासदंतावलिविराजितः । हरिचंदनलिप्तांगः कस्तूरीतिलकांकितः १००। उन्नतांसभुजैर्दीर्घैश्चतुर्भिरुपशोभितः । जपाकुसुमसंकाशकरपल्लवशोभितः १०१। श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभाभ्यां च शोभितः पृथुवक्षसा १०२। मुक्तामयैः सुशोभाढ्यैर्दिव्यस्रग्भिरलंकृतः । बालार्कसदृशज्योत्स्ना पीतवस्त्रेण वेष्टितः १०३। माणिक्यनूपुरोपेत पद्मपत्रविराजितः । अकलंकितचंद्राभ नखपंक्तिविराजितः १०४। रक्तोत्पलनिभश्लक्ष्ण शुभ्रांघ्रिकरपंकजः । पांचजन्यरथांगाभ्यां बाहुयुग्मविराजितः १०५। इतराभ्यां श्रियो गात्रमाश्लिष्यन्निजवक्षसि । श्लिष्यद्विद्युल्लतोद्गीथ शिताभ्र इव राजते १०६। सप्तजांबूनदश्लक्ष्ण शुभांघ्रियुगपंजकः । अत्र क्रीडति देवेशो वासुदेवः सनातनः १०७। तप्तकांचनसंकाशा सर्वाभरणभूषिता । सुस्निग्धनीलकुटिलचंद्रराविविराजिता १०८। मंदारपारिजातादि दिव्यपुष्पविराजिता । कर्णावतंस शोभाढ्या चिकुरांतालिसन्निभा १०९। पीनोन्नतस्तनाभ्यां च पीडंति हरिवक्षसि । केयूरांगदहाराद्यैर्भूषणैरुपशोभिता ११०। आरूढयौवना नित्यं सर्वलोकेशसुंदरी । तत्र क्रीडति लोकेश पत्या सह निरंतरम् १११। स एव वासुदेवोऽत्र सर्वभूतमनोहरः । क्रीडते सर्वलोकेस्मिन्सर्वकामप्रदो नृणाम् ११२। अत्राष्टशक्तयो लक्ष्म्यास्तनवः परितः स्थिताः । रमा च रुक्मिणी सीता पद्मा पद्मालया शिवा ११३। सुलक्षणा सुशीला च रतिकामप्रदाश्च ताः । शंखचक्रगदापद्म शार्ङ्गाद्यैर्हेतिभिस्तथा ११४। परितः पुष्कराकारैस्तं लोकं परिरक्षते । एवं द्वितीयं रूपं च सम्यक्ते शुभदर्शने ११५। संक्षेपतो मया प्रोक्तं न शक्यं विस्तरेण हि । द्वादशाक्षरमंत्रं वै ये जपंति सुखाह्वयम् ११६। ते प्राप्नुवंति सततं शाश्वतं शुभमक्षयम् । न वेदाध्ययनैर्यज्ञैर्न व्रतैर्नोपवासतः ११७। न प्राप्यं वैष्णवं लोकं विना दास्येन कुत्रचित् । तस्माद्दास्यं हरेर्भक्तं भजेतानन्यमानसः ११८। प्राप्नोति परमां सिद्धिं कर्मबंधविमोचनीम् । एवं संप्रोच्यते देवि द्वितीयं व्यूहमव्ययम् ११९। तृतीयं तु परं व्यूहं शृणु वक्ष्यामि पार्वति । तोयाब्धेरुत्तरं कूलं श्वेतद्वीपे महामते १२०। संदर्शनाय योगानां सनकादि महात्मनाम् । सनकश्च सनंदश्च तृतीयश्च सनातनः १२१। सनत्कुमारजाताश्च वोढुः पंचशिखस्तथा । सप्तैते ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा योगिनः सुमहौजसः १२२। विरक्ताः सर्वभोगेषु शुद्धाः सत्वगुणाः सदा । भगवद्दर्शनोद्भूतसुखैकरससेविनः १२३। नरनारायणाद्याश्च श्वेतद्वीपे वसंति ये । तेषां संदर्शनार्थाय तत्र संनिहितो हरिः १२४। शुभ्रांशुकोटिसंकाशे नानारत्नमयोज्ज्वले । श्वेतद्वीपे महायोगि सेविते भयवर्जिते १२५। तत्रोद्यानानि रम्याणि पारिजातसमानि वै । संतानकलताकीर्णं चन्दनद्रुममंडितम् १२६। फुल्लपद्मोत्पलोपेतं नानातोयालयैर्युतम् । तन्मध्ये नगरी रम्या नाम्ना चैरावती शुभा १२७। नानारत्नमयैर्दिव्यैर्विमानैरुपशोभिता । दिव्यस्त्रीपुंभिराक्रांता बहुप्रासादसंकुला १२८। तन्मध्येऽन्तपुरं रम्यं रत्नद्रुमसमाकुलम् । बालसूर्यनिभैस्तुंगैः प्रासादैर्बहुभिर्वृतम् १२९। तन्मध्ये मंडपं दिव्यं मणिकांचनशोभितम् । चंदनागुरुकर्पूरकुंकुमामोदवाशितम् १३०। नानाकुसुमशोभाढ्यैर्वितानैः समलंकृतम् । दिव्याप्सरः समाकीर्णं सामगानोपशोभितम् १३१। मध्ये सिंहासनं तत्र सूर्यवैश्वानरप्रभम् । तन्मध्येऽष्टदलं पद्मं चंद्रबिंबमिवापरम् १३२। तन्मध्ये कर्णिकायां तु समासीनो जनार्दनः । शुद्धजांबूनदप्रख्यो मुक्ताहारविभूषितः १३३। शंखचक्रगदापद्मशक्तिहस्तचतुष्टयः । हारकेयूरकटकैरंगुलीयैश्च शोभितः १३४। सुवर्णपंकजप्रख्यः पदयुग्मविराजितः । संतानकनिभैः शुभ्रैर्नखपंक्तिविराजितः १३५। षोडशाब्दवयो रूपयौवनेन विराजितः । विशालभालदेशे तु कुंकुमेन सुगंधिना १३६। रचितेनोर्ध्वपुंड्रेण सीमंतेनोपशोभितः । मथितामृतफेनाभ शुक्लवस्त्रसुवेष्टितः १३७। मुक्तामयाभ्यां शुभ्राभ्यां कुंडलाभ्यां विराजितः । पद्मासनसमासीनो जगन्मोहनविग्रहः १३८। वामांके संस्थिता देवी तस्य दिव्यस्वरूपिणी । तस्यैव सदृशी लक्ष्मीः शीलसुष्टुगुणादिभिः १३९। पद्मकिंजल्कसंकाशा यौवनारंभशोभिता । सर्वलक्षणसंपन्ना तप्तकांचनभूषणा १४०। दिव्यस्रग्वसनोपेता नीलकुंचितमूर्धजा । चतुर्भुजैर्विराजंती केयूराङ्गदभूषिता १४१। मुक्ताहारैर्विराजंती मंदारांचितशीर्षजा । श्लक्ष्णनासापुटयुता लसद्दंतिवरा जिता १४२। कस्तूरीतिलकोपेता नासाग्रांचित मौक्तिका । स्वर्णकुंभसमप्रख्य पीनोन्नतपयोधरा १४३। दिव्यकुंकुमलिप्तांगी पद्ममालोपशोभिता । वस्त्रपात्रं मातुलिड्गं दर्पणं हेमपंकजम् १४४। करपद्मधृता देवी चेतसाभीष्टदायिनी । तस्यैताः सदृशास्तत्र शक्तयः परितो हरेः १४५। ईशावास्या महादेवी जाह्नवी कमलालया । सावित्री सर्वगा पद्मा शक्तयः परिकीर्तिताः १४६। श्रद्धा मेधा धृतिः प्रज्ञा धारणा शांतिरेव च । श्रुतिस्मृतिर्धृतिर्मेधा वृद्धिर्बुद्धिर्मनीषिणी १४७। दास्यस्ते ताः श्रियः प्रोक्ताः सर्वकार्यस्य कारिकाः । अनंतवैनतेयादि देवता नित्यकिंकराः १४८। साध्या मरुद्गणाश्चैव सेवंते नित्यदेवताः । प्रासादेषु विमानेषु वनेषु नगरेषु च १४९। तत्प्रसादोपलब्धेषु भोगेष्वत्रानुरंजिताः । क्रीडंती सततं नित्या हेयनिष्फलवर्जिताः १५०। ये विष्णुमंत्रजप्तारः सततं श्रद्धयान्विताः । ये द्वादशीव्रते युक्तास्तत्पदं यांति तेऽव्ययम् १५१। न वेदैर्न च दानैश्च न यज्ञैर्न व्रतैरपि । प्राप्तुं च शक्यं गिरिजे विष्णुलोकं सनातनम् १५२। भक्त्या चानन्यया प्राप्तुं शक्यं विष्णुपदं नृणाम् । तस्मात्संपूजयेन्नित्यं भक्त्या देवं जनार्दनम् १५३। कीर्तनं नाममात्रं च ध्यायन्मंत्रं जपेत्सदा । जुहुयात्तर्पयेद्भक्त्या सर्वगं सर्वकामदम् १५४। एवमुक्तं तृतीयं तु व्यूहं तु परमात्मनः । स्वरूपं तव सुश्रोणि यथाप्रोक्तं पुरातनैः १५५। अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि चतुर्थं व्यूहमुत्तमम् । दिवौकसां रक्षणार्थं दुग्धाब्धौ परमेश्वरः १५६। सुधांशुकोटिसंकाशः सहस्राक्षेण शोभिते । पुरंदरसयूथैस्तु च्छादिते दुग्धवारिधौ १५७। तस्मिन्ननंतपर्यंके शेतेऽसौ विस्तृते शुभे । दिव्यासनसमासीनः पद्मनाभोऽच्युतो हरिः १५८। नीलजीमूतसंकाशः पद्मपत्रायतेक्षणः । विवस्वत्कोटिसंकाश किरीटेन विराजितः १५९। नानारत्नोज्ज्वलद्दिव्यं कुंडलाभ्यां विराजितः । बालार्कसदृशज्योत्स्ना पीतवस्त्रेण वेष्टितः १६०। स्फुरद्रक्तारविंदाभ हस्तांघ्रितलशोभितः । हारकेयूरकटकैरंगुलीयैर्विराजितः १६१। शंखचक्रगदाशार्ङ्गखड्गहस्तैर्विभूषितः । सुपुष्पफलशाखाढ्यकल्पवृक्षैर्विराजितः १६२। विश्वस्य जन्ममरण नाभिपंकजशोभितः । हरिचंदनलिप्तांगः सर्वाभरणभूषितः १६३। मंदारपारिजातादि दिव्यपुष्पैर्मनोरमैः । सुस्निग्धनीलकुटिलकबरीकृतकेशवान् १६४। श्लक्ष्णोन्नतसुनासांस जानुयुग्मविराजितः । मणिविद्रुमशाखाढ्य नूपुराङ्घ्रिविराजितः १६५। अकलंकितचंद्राभ नखपंक्तिविराजितः । अशोकपुष्पसंकाश रक्तोष्ठमुखपंकजः १६६। अनर्घ्यमुक्तिकाभास दंतपंक्तिविराजितः । संपूर्णचंद्रप्रतिम स्मितवक्त्रसुशोभितः १६७। आरूढयौवनः श्रीमान्कोमलावयवोज्ज्वलः । शरण्यः सर्वलोकानां सर्वलोकफलप्रदः १६८। सदृशी तस्य देवी तु रूपशीलगुणादिभिः । तप्तकांचनसंकाशा तप्तकांचनभूषणा १६९। तरुणी रूपलावण्या कान्तिशीलगुणान्विता । दुग्धाब्धिफेनसंकाश शुभवस्त्रेण वेष्टिता १७०। मंदारकेतकी जाती पुष्पार्चितशिरोरुहा । कस्तूरीतिलकोपेता रत्नसीमंतशोभिता १७१। नानावर्णसुशोभाढ्या कर्णभूषणभूषिता । प्रवालसदृशज्योत्स्ना रक्तधारसुविस्मिता १७२। मत्तभृङ्गोपमैः स्निग्धैरलकैः सुविराजिता । तनुमध्या विशालाक्षी पीनोन्नतपयोधरा १७३। चतुर्हस्तैर्विराजंती सर्वाभरणभूषिता । उद्बाहुभ्यां धृता देवी हेमपद्मयुगं शुभम् १७४। इतराभ्यां समाश्लिष्य भर्तारं निबिडं स्थिता । आलोकयंती सततं त्रिदशांश्च कटाक्षकै १७५। निरीक्षितास्तया देव्या धन्यास्ते सततं शिवे । तत्र देवा विमानस्थाः सिद्धचारणकिन्नराः १७६। गायंति सततं देवीमानंदाश्रुपरिप्लुताः । दैतेयैर्बाध्यमानैस्तु ब्रह्मरुद्रादिभिः सुरैः १७७। संस्तूयमानस्तत्रेशो देवानामभयं ददौ । देवानामभयं दत्त्वा सर्वदेवेश्वरो हरिः १७८। राक्षसान्हंतुमारेभे जगत्संरक्षणाय वै । एवं चतुर्थं व्यूहं तु हरेः प्रोक्तं तवानघे १७९। किमन्यच्छ्रोतुकामासीत्तद्ब्रवीमि वरानने । धन्यासि कृतकृत्यासि भक्तासि पुरुषोत्तमे १८०। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे विष्णुव्यूहभेदवर्णनंनाम एकोनत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः २२९।
pārvatyuvāca- vistareṇa mamākhyāhi devasargamanuttamam | brahmādi tridivaśreṣṭhāḥ kathaṃ jātāḥ sanātanāḥ | īśvarasyāvatārāṃśca vistareṇa vadasva me 1| rudra uvāca- ākāśānilatejoṃbu bhuvaḥ sṛṣṭā yathākramam | tāsāṃ madhye'sṛjadbrahmā agādhajalamarṇavam 2| asminnekārṇavībhūte jalamāyāvaṭacchade | ādāya sarvvabhūtāni yoganidrāṃ yayau hariḥ 3| sa jagatsraṣṭukāmastu yoganidrāmupeyivān | tayā reme ciraṃ kālaṃ māyayā madhusūdanaḥ 4| tasyāṃ tu janayāmāsa kālātmānamanuttamam | kalākāṣṭhādi bhūtā ye pakṣamāsādirūpiṇaḥ 5| tasminkāle harernnābhipaṃkajaṃ mukulākṛti | vikasatsarvajagato bījabhūtaṃ suvarcasam 6| udasthādudabhūttatra brahmā ca sumahāmatiḥ | sa jagatsraṣṭukāmastu rajoguṇavicoditaḥ | tuṣṭāva yoganidrāyāṃ śayānaṃ parameśvaram 7| brahmovāca- namostu viṣṇave tubhyaṃ sargasthityaṃtahetave | jagadbhūṣaṇabhūṣāya śrīmate viśvarūpiṇe 8| namo brahmaṇyadevāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca | jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya goviṃdāya namonamaḥ 9| pradhānakālarūpāya puruṣāyeśvarāya ca | namaḥ prapaṃcarūpāya niṣprapaṃcasvarūpiṇe 10| nārāyaṇāya viśvāya viśveśāya namonamaḥ | śrībhūlīlādhipataye brahmaṇe paramātmane 11| namostu vāsudevāya viśvarūpāya śārṅgiṇe | trayīnāthāya haraye viśvanāthasvarūpiṇe 12| anaṃtakalyāṇaguṇaparipūrṇāya te namaḥ | jagacca sarvvaṃ svapiti tvayi supte jaganmaye 13| vṛtaṃ sarvaṃ jagannātha prapaṃce sacarācaram | tvameva kāraṇaṃ karttā kāryyaṃ ca triguṇodbhavam 14| sraṣṭā dhyātā vidhātā ca tvameva parameśvaraḥ | jāgarṣiśuddhasatvasthastavanidrā kutaḥprabho | devatvayi sthitālokāḥ samādhiṣṭhāḥ sanātanāḥ 15| śiva uvāca- evamukto hṛṣīkeśo brahmaṇā parameśvaraḥ | uttasthau śayanāttasmādvimukto yoganidrayā 16| niyamya yoganidrāṃ tāṃ jagatsraṣṭuṃ pracakrame | aciṃtyastatkṣaṇāddevo jagatāṃ prabhuracyutaḥ 17| ciṃtayitvā jagatsarvamasṛjatsa pumāṃstataḥ | lokānsarvvāṃstadā hyapsu gatamaṃḍaṃ hiraṇmayam 18| saptadvīpānsamudrāṃtānmedinī bhūdharairyutān | sahaikāṇḍakaṭāhena nābhipadme'sṛjatprabhuḥ 19| tadaṇḍamadhye cāsthānamīśvaraḥ kṛtavānhariḥ | atha nārāyaṇaṃkastu dadhyāvadhyātmacetasā 20| dhyānāṃte tasya bhālāttu svedabiṃdurajāyata | sa biṃdurbudbudākāraḥ pṛthivyāmapatatkṣaṇāt 21| tasmāttu budbudātso'hamutpannosmi varānane | tryakṣastriśūlahasto'haṃ jaṭāmukuṭamaṃḍitaḥ 22| kiṃkaromīti deveśamavocaṃ vinayānvitaḥ | tato nārāyaṇo devo māmityāha mudānvitaḥ 23| karttāsi jagato rudra saṃhāraṃ bhīmadarśanam | sākṣātsaṃkarṣaṇāṃśena saṃhārārthe varānane 24| tasmānnārāyaṇāddevi utpannosmi bhayaṃkaraḥ | niyojya māṃ tu saṃhāre punareva janārdanaḥ 25| netrābhyāmasṛjaccaṃdrasūryyau dhvāṃtāpahāriṇau | vāyuṃ diśaśca śrotrābhyāmiṃdrāgnīmukhato'sṛjat 26| nāsābhyāṃ varuṇaṃ mitramasṛjatpaṃkajekṣaṇaḥ | bāhubhyāmakhilāndevānsasādhyānsamarudgaṇān 27| samastaromakūpebhyo ratnānyoṣadhayastathā | tvaci śailānsamudrāśca gavādyāḥ paśavastathā 28| mukhato brāhmaṇaḥ sṛṣṭo bāhubhyāṃ kṣatriyastathā | ūrvvorvaiśyastataḥ padbhyāṃ śūdraścaivamajāyata 29| evaṃ sṛṣṭvā jagatsarvvamacetanamavasthitam | viśvarūpeṇa deveśo yasyāṃtaramadhiṣṭhitaḥ 30| śaktyā vinā harestasya nonmeṣo vidyate yataḥ | tasmātsarvajagatprāṇo viṣṇureva sanātanaḥ 31| sa evāvyaktarūpaḥ sanparamātmā vyavasthitaḥ | sargasthitilayaṃ brahmā svayameva pravarttate 32| ṣāḍguṇyaparipūrṇo'sau vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ | triguṇādātmanorūpaṃ caturddhā kurute jagat 33| pradyumnamūrttirbhagavānsarvaiśvaryyasamanvitaḥ | vidheḥ prajāpatīnāṃ ca kālasya ca janasya ca 34| aṃtaryyāmitvamāpanno sargaṃ samyakkaroti hi | setihāsāṃstato vedāndadau tasmai mahātmane 35| pradyumnasyāṃśabhāgo'sau brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | jagatsargasthitiṃ sarvvaṃ prakarotyaṃśasaṃbhavaḥ 36| aniruddhaśca bhagavāñchaktitejaḥ samanvitaḥ | manūnāṃ pārthivānāṃ ca kālasya ca janasya ca 37| sthitiṃ karoti bhagavānaṃtaryyāmitvamāsthitaḥ | saṃkarṣaṇo mahāviṣṇurvidyābalasamanvitaḥ 38| kālasya sarvabhūtānāṃ rudrasya ca yamasya ca | aṃtaryyāmitvamāsthāya jagatsaṃharate prabhuḥ 39| ityaṃtaryyāmyavasthāyāmaṃtaryyāmitvamātmanaḥ | matsyaḥ kūrmmo varāhaśca narasiṃho'tha vāmanaḥ 40| rāmo rāmaśca kṛṣṇaśca buddhaḥ kalkī ca te daśa | ete tu vibhavāvasthā brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ 41| nṛsiṃharāmakṛṣṇeṣu ṣāḍguṇyaṃ parikīrtitam | parāvasthā tu devasya dīpādutpanna dīpavat 42| sā hyavasthā harerasya śṛṇuṣva girije śubhe | vaikuṃṭhaṃ paramaṃ lokaṃ viṣṇulokamanuttamam 43| śvetadīpaṃ svarūpaṃ tu kṣīrasāgaramuttamam | evaṃ caturddhā vyūhaṃ tu samyaguktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ 44| jalāvaraṇamadhye tu vaikuṃṭhaṃ kāraṇaṃ śubham | koṭivaiśvānaraprakhyaṃ sarvaṃ dharmmavadavyayam 45| āmodamaṃdārakarairvṛkṣairvahnibhirāsthitam | nānāmaṇimayaṃ divyaṃ vimānakoṭibhiryyutam 46| yaduktaṃ paramaṃ dhāma tādṛklakṣaṇasaṃsthitam | tasminvaikuṃṭhanagare nānāratnasamujjvale 47| madhye devajayārāmaṃ puraṃ ramyamanuttamam | caturdvārasamāyuktaṃ hemaprākāratoraṇam 48| caṃḍādidvārapālādyaiḥ kumudādyaiśca rakṣitam | nānāmaṇimayairdivyairgṛhaiḥ paṃktibhirāvṛtam 49| vitataṃ paṃcapadmābhiryojanaiśca samaṃtataḥ | sahasrayojanottuṃgaiḥ prāsādaiḥ koṭibhirvṛtam 50| ārūḍhayauvanairddivyaiḥ puṃbhiḥ strībhiśca śobhitam | striyaśca puruṣāścāsminsarvalakṣaṇaśobhitāḥ 51| samarūpāśca śrīviṣṇoḥ sarvvālaṃkārabhūṣitāḥ | divyasragvastrasaṃchannā divyacaṃdanabhūṣitāḥ 52| modaṃte tatra deveśa bhaktyā tvātmamanorame | maṃtrāṣṭākṣarasaṃsiddhā bhaktyā ṣoḍaśarūpayā 53| vṛtāstatpadamāviśya modaṃte manasīpsitam | gatvāsminna nivartaṃte viṣṇunā saha saṃsthitāḥ 54| avicchinnātmanā te vai viṣṇunā saṃgatāḥ śubhāḥ | tatsamānasukhaṃ nityaṃ prāpnuvaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ 55| yatratatra harerlokānāviśya śubhacetasaḥ | prāpnuvaṃti punaḥ svargaṃ svargasthāiva jaṃtavaḥ 56| yathā saumitri bharatau yathā saṃkarṣaṇādayaḥ | tathā tepi ca jāyaṃte satyaloke yathecchayā 57| punastenaiva yāsyaṃti tatpadaṃ śāśvataṃ param | na karmmabaṃdhanaṃ janma vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca vidyate 58| viṣṇoranucaratvaṃ hi mokṣayāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ | na dāsyamamareśasya baṃdhanaṃ parikīrtitam 59| sarvabaṃdhananirmuktā haridāsā nirāmayāḥ | ābrahmabhuvanā~ lokāḥ punarāvṛttilakṣaṇāḥ 60| karmabaṃdhamayā duḥkhamitrāsakhyabhayapradāḥ | bahvāyā saphalā devi janināśakahetavaḥ 61| sukhabhogastu yannṝṇāṃ viṣamiśrāśanaṃ yathā | svargasaṃsthānnarāndṛṣṭvā kṣīṇe karmmaṇi devatāḥ 62| kupitāḥ pātayantyeva saṃsṛtau kāryyabaṃdhane | tasmātsvargasukhaṃ devi bahudhāyāsasādhanam 63| anityaṃ kuṭilaṃ duḥkhamiśraṃ yogī parityajet | satataṃ saṃsmaredviṣṇuṃ sarvaduḥkhaughanāśanam 64| nāmoccāraṇamātreṇa prāpnuvaṃti paraṃ padam | tasmāttu vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ gauri saṃprārthayetsudhīḥ 65| bhaktyā tvananyayā devaṃ bhajeta karuṇāṃbudhim | sa sarvajñānaguṇavānrakṣatyeva na saṃśayaḥ 66| tasmādaṣṭākṣaraṃ mantraṃ japtvā sukhataraṃ śubham | saṃprāpnoti paraṃ lokaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ sarvakāmadam 67| tasminmaṇimaye talpe sahasrasūryyaraśmini | vimāne śuśubhe divye saṃsthito bhagavānhariḥ 68| tatra cādhāraśaktyādi dhṛte pīṭhe hiraṇmaye | nānāratnamaye divye nānāvarṇasamanvite 69| tasminnaṣṭadale padme maṃtrākṣarapade śubhe | karṇikāyāṃ suramyāyāṃ lakṣmībījaśubhākṣare 70| tasminvālārkasāhasrakoṭitulya samaprabhe | divye nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānāsīnaḥ paṃkajāsane 71| tasya dakṣiṇake pārśve jaganmātā hiraṇmayī | gṛhītvā cāmarāndivyān divyamālyavibhūṣaṇā 72| vasupātraṃ mātuluṃgaṃ svarṇapadmaṃ dhṛtaṃ karaiḥ | vāmataḥ pṛthivīdevī nīlotpaladaladyutiḥ 73| nānābharaṇasaṃyuktā vicitrāṃbarabhūṣitā | sā dhṛtvā corddhvabāhubhyāṃ ramyaṃ raktotpaladvayam 74| itarābhyāṃ dhṛtaṃ devyā dhānyapātrayugaṃ tathā | gṛhītvā cāmarāndivyānśaktayo vimalādikāḥ 75| dalāgreṣu samāsīnāḥ sarvalakṣaṇaśobhitāḥ | tāsāṃ madhye samāsīno bhagavānacyuto hariḥ 76| śaṃkhacakragadāpadmapāṇibhirdivyabhūṣaṇaiḥ | keyūrāṃgadahārādyairbhūṣaṇai rūpaśobhitaḥ 77| prātarudyatsahasrāṃśu kuṇḍalābhyāṃ virājitaḥ | pūrvoktaistridaśairnnityaiḥ sevitaḥ parameśvaraḥ 78| āste vaikuṇṭhanagare nitye satye ca bhogavān | śrīmadaṣṭākṣaraṃ maṃtraṃ siddhānāṃ vai manīṣiṇām 79| gamyaṃ tadvaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ netareṣāṃ kathaṃcana | ityevaṃ prathamaṃ vyūhaṃ kathitaṃ te varānane 80| dvitīyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ śṛṇu vakṣyāmi suvrate | yo'yaṃ nitya iti khyāto lokāgryo vaiṣṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ 81| taṃ lokaṃ vipulaṃ puṇyaṃ śuddhaṃ satvamayaṃ śubham | madhyāhnasūryyasāhasrayugapadbhāsitaṃ tadā 82| kalpāṃte'pi na līyeta tatvalokaṃ mahattaram | mama brahmādidevānāṃ na draṣṭumapi śakyate 83| sarvaṃ kalpadrumavanaiḥ paripūrṇaṃ samaṃtataḥ | sudhāmbuparipūrṇābhirdīrghikābhiḥ samanvitam 84| svarṇaratnamayairdivyaiḥ paṃkajairupaśobhitam | jaladagninibhairdivyairbhūṣaṇaiḥ koṭibhirvṛtam 85| niraṃtaraṃ sāmabhiśca kūjitaiḥ kokilādibhiḥ | ūhyamānairgandharvṛkṣaiḥ puṣpakairapi śobhitam 86| ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣābdairdivyanārīnarairvṛtam | sarvalakṣaṇaśobhāḍhyairdivyakalpavibhūṣaṇaiḥ 87| tatrapradeśe ramyeṣu deśeṣu kamalāpatim | muditaiḥ patibhiḥ sārddhamarcayaṃti sma yoṣitaḥ 88| tatprasādopalabhyaṃ vai sukhamaśnanti sarvadā | gāyaṃti paramānaṃdaṃ kṛṣṇasya caritaṃ mahat 89| padmekṣaṇāḥ padmahastāḥ padmayā sadṛśaḥ śubhāḥ | divyasragvasanopetāḥ krīḍaṃti sma suyoṣitaḥ 90| śaṃkhacakragadāpadmadharā bhūṣaṇabhūṣitāḥ | sragviṇaḥ pītavasanāḥ puruṣāstatra saṃsthitāḥ 91| ananyasparśanāttatra strīpuṃsoḥ krīḍamānayoḥ | bhavatyanudinaṃ vṛddhaṃ haribhaktisukhaṃ rasam 92| tanmadhyeṃtaḥpuraṃ ramyaṃ vāsudevasya śobhitam | caṃdanāgurukarppūrakuṃkumodakasaṃyutam 93| nānāpuṣpavimānādyaiḥ sarvataḥ samalaṃkṛtam | tanmadhye kalpavṛkṣasya cchāyāyāṃ kamalāsane 94| vicitraślakṣṇaparyaṃke śubhāstaraṇasaṃvṛte | divyagaṃdhasuśobhāḍhyairnānāpuṣpaparicchadaiḥ 95| tasminmanorame divye samāsīnaḥ śriyā saha | īśvaryyā saha deveśo vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ 96| sudhāṃśukoṭisaṃkāśo divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ | suvarṇaśubhrayugala ślakṣṇanāsāṃcitānanaḥ 97| snigdhāyatasulāvaṇyakapolābhyāṃ virājitaḥ | nīlakuṃcitakeśāḍhyo raktābjadalalocanaḥ 98| maṃdāraketakījātī kairavīkṛtaśekharaḥ | snigdhabimbaphalābhauṣṭhaḥ susmitānanapaṃkajaḥ 99| anarghyamauktikābhāsadaṃtāvalivirājitaḥ | haricaṃdanaliptāṃgaḥ kastūrītilakāṃkitaḥ 100| unnatāṃsabhujairdīrghaiścaturbhirupaśobhitaḥ | japākusumasaṃkāśakarapallavaśobhitaḥ 101| śrīvatsakaustubhābhyāṃ ca śobhitaḥ pṛthuvakṣasā 102| muktāmayaiḥ suśobhāḍhyairdivyasragbhiralaṃkṛtaḥ | bālārkasadṛśajyotsnā pītavastreṇa veṣṭitaḥ 103| māṇikyanūpuropeta padmapatravirājitaḥ | akalaṃkitacaṃdrābha nakhapaṃktivirājitaḥ 104| raktotpalanibhaślakṣṇa śubhrāṃghrikarapaṃkajaḥ | pāṃcajanyarathāṃgābhyāṃ bāhuyugmavirājitaḥ 105| itarābhyāṃ śriyo gātramāśliṣyannijavakṣasi | śliṣyadvidyullatodgītha śitābhra iva rājate 106| saptajāṃbūnadaślakṣṇa śubhāṃghriyugapaṃjakaḥ | atra krīḍati deveśo vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ 107| taptakāṃcanasaṃkāśā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā | susnigdhanīlakuṭilacaṃdrarāvivirājitā 108| maṃdārapārijātādi divyapuṣpavirājitā | karṇāvataṃsa śobhāḍhyā cikurāṃtālisannibhā 109| pīnonnatastanābhyāṃ ca pīḍaṃti harivakṣasi | keyūrāṃgadahārādyairbhūṣaṇairupaśobhitā 110| ārūḍhayauvanā nityaṃ sarvalokeśasuṃdarī | tatra krīḍati lokeśa patyā saha niraṃtaram 111| sa eva vāsudevo'tra sarvabhūtamanoharaḥ | krīḍate sarvalokesminsarvakāmaprado nṛṇām 112| atrāṣṭaśaktayo lakṣmyāstanavaḥ paritaḥ sthitāḥ | ramā ca rukmiṇī sītā padmā padmālayā śivā 113| sulakṣaṇā suśīlā ca ratikāmapradāśca tāḥ | śaṃkhacakragadāpadma śārṅgādyairhetibhistathā 114| paritaḥ puṣkarākāraistaṃ lokaṃ parirakṣate | evaṃ dvitīyaṃ rūpaṃ ca samyakte śubhadarśane 115| saṃkṣepato mayā proktaṃ na śakyaṃ vistareṇa hi | dvādaśākṣaramaṃtraṃ vai ye japaṃti sukhāhvayam 116| te prāpnuvaṃti satataṃ śāśvataṃ śubhamakṣayam | na vedādhyayanairyajñairna vratairnopavāsataḥ 117| na prāpyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ vinā dāsyena kutracit | tasmāddāsyaṃ harerbhaktaṃ bhajetānanyamānasaḥ 118| prāpnoti paramāṃ siddhiṃ karmabaṃdhavimocanīm | evaṃ saṃprocyate devi dvitīyaṃ vyūhamavyayam 119| tṛtīyaṃ tu paraṃ vyūhaṃ śṛṇu vakṣyāmi pārvati | toyābdheruttaraṃ kūlaṃ śvetadvīpe mahāmate 120| saṃdarśanāya yogānāṃ sanakādi mahātmanām | sanakaśca sanaṃdaśca tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ 121| sanatkumārajātāśca voḍhuḥ paṃcaśikhastathā | saptaite brahmaṇaḥ putrā yoginaḥ sumahaujasaḥ 122| viraktāḥ sarvabhogeṣu śuddhāḥ satvaguṇāḥ sadā | bhagavaddarśanodbhūtasukhaikarasasevinaḥ 123| naranārāyaṇādyāśca śvetadvīpe vasaṃti ye | teṣāṃ saṃdarśanārthāya tatra saṃnihito hariḥ 124| śubhrāṃśukoṭisaṃkāśe nānāratnamayojjvale | śvetadvīpe mahāyogi sevite bhayavarjite 125| tatrodyānāni ramyāṇi pārijātasamāni vai | saṃtānakalatākīrṇaṃ candanadrumamaṃḍitam 126| phullapadmotpalopetaṃ nānātoyālayairyutam | tanmadhye nagarī ramyā nāmnā cairāvatī śubhā 127| nānāratnamayairdivyairvimānairupaśobhitā | divyastrīpuṃbhirākrāṃtā bahuprāsādasaṃkulā 128| tanmadhye'ntapuraṃ ramyaṃ ratnadrumasamākulam | bālasūryanibhaistuṃgaiḥ prāsādairbahubhirvṛtam 129| tanmadhye maṃḍapaṃ divyaṃ maṇikāṃcanaśobhitam | caṃdanāgurukarpūrakuṃkumāmodavāśitam 130| nānākusumaśobhāḍhyairvitānaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam | divyāpsaraḥ samākīrṇaṃ sāmagānopaśobhitam 131| madhye siṃhāsanaṃ tatra sūryavaiśvānaraprabham | tanmadhye'ṣṭadalaṃ padmaṃ caṃdrabiṃbamivāparam 132| tanmadhye karṇikāyāṃ tu samāsīno janārdanaḥ | śuddhajāṃbūnadaprakhyo muktāhāravibhūṣitaḥ 133| śaṃkhacakragadāpadmaśaktihastacatuṣṭayaḥ | hārakeyūrakaṭakairaṃgulīyaiśca śobhitaḥ 134| suvarṇapaṃkajaprakhyaḥ padayugmavirājitaḥ | saṃtānakanibhaiḥ śubhrairnakhapaṃktivirājitaḥ 135| ṣoḍaśābdavayo rūpayauvanena virājitaḥ | viśālabhāladeśe tu kuṃkumena sugaṃdhinā 136| racitenordhvapuṃḍreṇa sīmaṃtenopaśobhitaḥ | mathitāmṛtaphenābha śuklavastrasuveṣṭitaḥ 137| muktāmayābhyāṃ śubhrābhyāṃ kuṃḍalābhyāṃ virājitaḥ | padmāsanasamāsīno jaganmohanavigrahaḥ 138| vāmāṃke saṃsthitā devī tasya divyasvarūpiṇī | tasyaiva sadṛśī lakṣmīḥ śīlasuṣṭuguṇādibhiḥ 139| padmakiṃjalkasaṃkāśā yauvanāraṃbhaśobhitā | sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannā taptakāṃcanabhūṣaṇā 140| divyasragvasanopetā nīlakuṃcitamūrdhajā | caturbhujairvirājaṃtī keyūrāṅgadabhūṣitā 141| muktāhārairvirājaṃtī maṃdārāṃcitaśīrṣajā | ślakṣṇanāsāpuṭayutā lasaddaṃtivarā jitā 142| kastūrītilakopetā nāsāgrāṃcita mauktikā | svarṇakuṃbhasamaprakhya pīnonnatapayodharā 143| divyakuṃkumaliptāṃgī padmamālopaśobhitā | vastrapātraṃ mātuliḍgaṃ darpaṇaṃ hemapaṃkajam 144| karapadmadhṛtā devī cetasābhīṣṭadāyinī | tasyaitāḥ sadṛśāstatra śaktayaḥ parito hareḥ 145| īśāvāsyā mahādevī jāhnavī kamalālayā | sāvitrī sarvagā padmā śaktayaḥ parikīrtitāḥ 146| śraddhā medhā dhṛtiḥ prajñā dhāraṇā śāṃtireva ca | śrutismṛtirdhṛtirmedhā vṛddhirbuddhirmanīṣiṇī 147| dāsyaste tāḥ śriyaḥ proktāḥ sarvakāryasya kārikāḥ | anaṃtavainateyādi devatā nityakiṃkarāḥ 148| sādhyā marudgaṇāścaiva sevaṃte nityadevatāḥ | prāsādeṣu vimāneṣu vaneṣu nagareṣu ca 149| tatprasādopalabdheṣu bhogeṣvatrānuraṃjitāḥ | krīḍaṃtī satataṃ nityā heyaniṣphalavarjitāḥ 150| ye viṣṇumaṃtrajaptāraḥ satataṃ śraddhayānvitāḥ | ye dvādaśīvrate yuktāstatpadaṃ yāṃti te'vyayam 151| na vedairna ca dānaiśca na yajñairna vratairapi | prāptuṃ ca śakyaṃ girije viṣṇulokaṃ sanātanam 152| bhaktyā cānanyayā prāptuṃ śakyaṃ viṣṇupadaṃ nṛṇām | tasmātsaṃpūjayennityaṃ bhaktyā devaṃ janārdanam 153| kīrtanaṃ nāmamātraṃ ca dhyāyanmaṃtraṃ japetsadā | juhuyāttarpayedbhaktyā sarvagaṃ sarvakāmadam 154| evamuktaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu vyūhaṃ tu paramātmanaḥ | svarūpaṃ tava suśroṇi yathāproktaṃ purātanaiḥ 155| ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi caturthaṃ vyūhamuttamam | divaukasāṃ rakṣaṇārthaṃ dugdhābdhau parameśvaraḥ 156| sudhāṃśukoṭisaṃkāśaḥ sahasrākṣeṇa śobhite | puraṃdarasayūthaistu cchādite dugdhavāridhau 157| tasminnanaṃtaparyaṃke śete'sau vistṛte śubhe | divyāsanasamāsīnaḥ padmanābho'cyuto hariḥ 158| nīlajīmūtasaṃkāśaḥ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇaḥ | vivasvatkoṭisaṃkāśa kirīṭena virājitaḥ 159| nānāratnojjvaladdivyaṃ kuṃḍalābhyāṃ virājitaḥ | bālārkasadṛśajyotsnā pītavastreṇa veṣṭitaḥ 160| sphuradraktāraviṃdābha hastāṃghritalaśobhitaḥ | hārakeyūrakaṭakairaṃgulīyairvirājitaḥ 161| śaṃkhacakragadāśārṅgakhaḍgahastairvibhūṣitaḥ | supuṣpaphalaśākhāḍhyakalpavṛkṣairvirājitaḥ 162| viśvasya janmamaraṇa nābhipaṃkajaśobhitaḥ | haricaṃdanaliptāṃgaḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ 163| maṃdārapārijātādi divyapuṣpairmanoramaiḥ | susnigdhanīlakuṭilakabarīkṛtakeśavān 164| ślakṣṇonnatasunāsāṃsa jānuyugmavirājitaḥ | maṇividrumaśākhāḍhya nūpurāṅghrivirājitaḥ 165| akalaṃkitacaṃdrābha nakhapaṃktivirājitaḥ | aśokapuṣpasaṃkāśa raktoṣṭhamukhapaṃkajaḥ 166| anarghyamuktikābhāsa daṃtapaṃktivirājitaḥ | saṃpūrṇacaṃdrapratima smitavaktrasuśobhitaḥ 167| ārūḍhayauvanaḥ śrīmānkomalāvayavojjvalaḥ | śaraṇyaḥ sarvalokānāṃ sarvalokaphalapradaḥ 168| sadṛśī tasya devī tu rūpaśīlaguṇādibhiḥ | taptakāṃcanasaṃkāśā taptakāṃcanabhūṣaṇā 169| taruṇī rūpalāvaṇyā kāntiśīlaguṇānvitā | dugdhābdhiphenasaṃkāśa śubhavastreṇa veṣṭitā 170| maṃdāraketakī jātī puṣpārcitaśiroruhā | kastūrītilakopetā ratnasīmaṃtaśobhitā 171| nānāvarṇasuśobhāḍhyā karṇabhūṣaṇabhūṣitā | pravālasadṛśajyotsnā raktadhārasuvismitā 172| mattabhṛṅgopamaiḥ snigdhairalakaiḥ suvirājitā | tanumadhyā viśālākṣī pīnonnatapayodharā 173| caturhastairvirājaṃtī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā | udbāhubhyāṃ dhṛtā devī hemapadmayugaṃ śubham 174| itarābhyāṃ samāśliṣya bhartāraṃ nibiḍaṃ sthitā | ālokayaṃtī satataṃ tridaśāṃśca kaṭākṣakai 175| nirīkṣitāstayā devyā dhanyāste satataṃ śive | tatra devā vimānasthāḥ siddhacāraṇakinnarāḥ 176| gāyaṃti satataṃ devīmānaṃdāśrupariplutāḥ | daiteyairbādhyamānaistu brahmarudrādibhiḥ suraiḥ 177| saṃstūyamānastatreśo devānāmabhayaṃ dadau | devānāmabhayaṃ dattvā sarvadeveśvaro hariḥ 178| rākṣasānhaṃtumārebhe jagatsaṃrakṣaṇāya vai | evaṃ caturthaṃ vyūhaṃ tu hareḥ proktaṃ tavānaghe 179| kimanyacchrotukāmāsīttadbravīmi varānane | dhanyāsi kṛtakṛtyāsi bhaktāsi puruṣottame 180| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe viṣṇuvyūhabhedavarṇanaṃnāma ekonatriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 229|
English translation
Pārvatī said :
1. Tell me in detail about the excellent creation of gods. How were the ancient ones like Brahma , the best in heaven, were born? Tell me also in detail about the incarnations of the lord.
Rudra said :
2-7. Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth were created in due succession. Brahma created the unfathomable ocean of water among them. In this which had become an ocean, Viṣṇu , taking all the beings, slept the sleep at the end of a yuga , on a leaf of a fig-tree in the water that was his Māyā . Desiring to create the world, he had the sleep at the end of a yuga. Madhusūdana (i.e. Viṣṇu) enjoyed for a long time with that Māyā. On her he generated the excellent Time. So also the divisions of Time like Kalā , Kāṣṭhā , and of the form of a fortnight, a month etc. At that time the lotus in the form of Viṣṇu’s navel, which was of the shape of a bud, began to expand. The very bright one was the origin of the world. There the very intelligent Brahma sprang up. He, desiring to create the world, and impelled by the quality of rajas , praised the highest god having his sleep at the end of the yuga.
Brahmā said :
8-15. Salutation to you, Viṣṇu, the cause of creation, maintenance, and destruction, to you adorned with the ornament of the world, to you the affluent one and of the form of the universe. Salutation to god Brahmaṇya (i.e. the creator), beneficial to cows and brāhmaṇas and beneficial to the world; repeated salutations to Kṛṣṇa , to Govinda . Salutation to (you) of the form of Pradhāna (i.e. Prakṛti ) and Time, to the Highest Being, the god. Salutation to (you) of the form of the visible world and not having the form of it. Repeated salutations to Nārāyaṇa , Viśva , the lord of the universe, to the lord of Śrī, Bhū, Nīlā , to Brahman , the highest soul. Salutation to Vāsudeva , of the form of the universe and having the Śārṅga bow, to the lord of the triad (of the Vedas ), to Hari , of the form of the lord of the universe. Salutation to you, perfect with endless auspicious qualities. When you, full of the world, sleep, the entire world sleeps. O lord of the world, in the visible world, everything mobile and immobile is covered (by you). You alone are the cause, the agent, and the effect due to the three constituents (viz. sattva , rajas, tamas ). You alone are the creator, the one who meditates, and the maker. You remaining in the pure sattva (quality) keep awake. Whence can you have sleep? O god, worlds, the ancient ones, have abided in you.
Śiva said :
16-19. Thus addressed by Brahmā , the highest god Viṣṇu, freed from his sleep at the end of the yuga, got up from that bed. The inconceivable Acyuta , the lord of the worlds, having controlled his sleep at the end of the yuga, commenced creating the world at that moment. Having thought, the Highest Being then created the entire world. Then the lord created in the lotus of his navel all the worlds, the golden egg lying in the water, the seven islands limited by oceans and having land and mountains, with the frying pan (like) egg.
20-24. The lord, Viṣṇu, took his place in the egg. Then with his mind devoted to the supreme spirit, Brahmā meditated upon Viṣṇu. At the end of the meditation a drop of perspiration was produced from his forehead. That drop, of the shape of a bubble, in a moment fell on the earth. O you of an excellent face, I, having three eyes, a trident, and adorned with the crown of the matted hair, was born from that bubble. With modesty I asked the lord of gods: “What shall I do?” Then god Viṣṇu, with delight, thus spoke to me: “O Rudra , you will bring about a fierce-looking destruction of the world, (after) actually being (my) portion, viz. Saṃkarṣaṇa , O you of an excellent face.”
25-29. O goddess, from that Nārāyaṇa, I, the fearful one, was born. Having entrusted me with the destruction (of the world), Viṣṇu just again produced from his eyes the moon and the sun, that remove darkness. From his ears he produced Vāyu and directions, and Indra and Agni from his mouth. The lotuseyed one produced Varuṇa (and) Mitra from his nostrils, and all gods with the Sādhyas and hosts of Maruts from his arms. (He produced) gems and herbs from all the pores of his skin. On (i.e. from) his skin (he produced) mountains, oceans and beasts like cows. Brāhmaṇa was created from his face, and kṣatriya from his arms. Vaiśya sprang up from his thighs and śūdra from his feet.
30-39. Having thus created the entire world, remaining insentient, the lord of the universe remained in it in a universal form. As without the power of that Viṣṇu it did not have winking, therefore, the ancient Viṣṇu alone is the life of the entire world. He alone, the highest soul, being of an unmanifest nature settled down. Brahmā himself proceeds with creation, maintenance and destruction. That ancient Vāsudeva is full of six qualities. From himself having the qualities (of sattva, rajas and tamas) he made his form, the world, into four. The lord of the form of Pradyumna is endowed with all grandeur. He having obtained the position of the inner controller of the lords of creation, time, and people, properly brings about the creation. Then to the high-souled one he gave the Vedas along with the Itihāsas . Brahmā, the grandsire of the world, the portion of Pradyumna, (thus) born of the portion, brings about the creation and maintenance of the world. Lord Aniruddha , endowed with power and lustre, and having got the position of the inner controller of Manus , kings, time and people looks after the maintenance. Lord Saṃkarṣaṇa, Mahā Viṣṇu, endowed with knowledge and power, after assuming the position of the inner controller of time, all beings, Rudra and Yama destroys the world.
40-44. Thus the state of the inner-controllership of self consists in his being the innermost soul. Matsya , Kūrma , Varāha , Narasiṃha , Vāmana , Rāma , Paraśurāma , Kṛṣṇa, Buddha and Kalki are the ten Vibhavas (incarnations) of Brahman, the highest soul. The group of six qualities is said to exist in Nṛsiṃha , Rāma and Kṛṣṇa. The highest state of the god is like one lamp being produced (i.e. lighted) from another lamp. O auspicious Girijā, that is the state of this Viṣṇu. Listen. The highest heaven Vaikuṇṭha , the excellent Viṣṇuloka , his own form Śvetadvīpa , the excellent Milky Ocean are said to be the four-fold Vyūha (manifestation of god) by the great sages.
45-50. The auspicious origin of Vaikuṇṭha is in the covering of water. It is (bright) like a crore of fires. All that is imperishable like Dharma . It is resorted to by fragrant trees like mandāra and fires. It is full of many gems, is divine, and contains crores of aeroplanes. That which is said to be the highest abode has characteristics like those. In that excellent city of Vaikuṇṭha, bright with various jewels there is a charming, excellent abode called Devajayārāma, which has four doors and has golden ramparts and arched doorways. It is guarded by doorkeepers like Caṇḍa and Kumuda and others. It is filled with divine residences full of various jewels. On all sides it is extended up to five thousand billion yojanas . It is filled with crores of mansions as lofty as thousand yojanas.
51-58. It is adorned with divine men and women who have entered youth. The women and men here look splendid with all good marks. They resemble Śrī Viṣṇu in form, and are adorned with all ornaments. They are covered with divine garlands and garments, and are adorned with divine sandal (paste). They, accomplished with eight syllables of the formula ( mantra ), through devotion for the lord of gods, of sixteen kinds, rejoice (there), O you naturally charming one. Entering his place, they rejoice as liked by their mind. Having gone into it, and remaining with Viṣṇu, they never return. With their souls intact, the auspicious ones in the company of Viṣṇu, the wise ones, always obtain happiness like that of him. (Those) ones of auspicious hearts having here and there entered Viṣṇu’s worlds, again obtain heaven, like the beings living in heaven. Like Lakṣmaṇa , Bharata and Saṃkarṣaṇa and others they are also born in Satyaloka according to their desire. Then by that (path) only they go to that eternal, highest place. The devotees of Viṣṇu do not have the bondage due to acts and birth.
59-66. The wise say that being Viṣṇu’s servant is liberation. Being bound by the lord of gods is not described as a bondage. Viṣṇu’s servants are free from all bonds and from blemishes. All worlds up to that of Brahma are characterized by returning (i.e. one has to come back to the earth after residing there for some time). They are marked by karmabandha (bondage due to. acts), have friends like (i.e. are accompanied by) misery, cause, fear, result in great exertion, and cause the destruction of birth, O goddess. The enjoyment of pleasures by men is (just) like food mixed with poison. The deities, getting angry on seeing men with (the effects of) their (good) deeds exhausted, drop them into the mundane existence, having the bondage due to deeds. Therefore, O goddess, the pleasures in heaven cause trouble in many ways: A meditating sage should avoid it which is transient, fraudulent and mixed with misery. He should always remember Viṣṇu, the medicine destroying the mass of all miseries. Merely by the utterance of (Viṣṇu’s) name they obtain the highest position. Therefore, O Gaurī , a wise man should desire (to go to) the heaven of Viṣṇu. With undistracted devotion he should worship the lord, the ocean of pity. There is no doubt that he having all knowledge and virtues does protect him.
67-80. Therefore, having muttered the very pious, auspicious formula of eight syllables, he obtains Viṣṇu’s world, giving all desired objects. The glorious Viṣṇu, seated on the jewelled couch (bright) like the rays of a thousand suns, (placed) in a divine hall, shone. The glorious Viṣṇu is seated on a divine lotus-seat, (placed on) a divine golden seat, which is held by Śaktis supporting it, which is full of many jewels, which has many colours; the seat is on the eight-petalled lotus, auspicious like the eight letters of the formula, having the auspicious mystical letter of Lakṣmī , and having the lustre like that of crores of young suns. To his right side is the world’s mother, Hiraṇmayī (full of gold). She is holding the divine chowries. She is adorned with divine garlands. With her hands she has held a pot of jewels, a citron, and a golden lotus. To his right is goddess Pṛthivī (the Earth), bright like the petals of a blue lotus. She is having various ornaments and is adorned with beautiful garments. In her upper hands she has held a couple of beautiful red lotuses. With the other two hands the goddess has held a couple of vessels of corn. Holding divine chowries, the Śaktis like Vimalā who are graced with all (good) marks, are seated on the tips of the petals. Among them is seated glorious Acyuta, Hari. He is adorned with hands having divine ornaments like the conch, the disc, the mace and the lotus, and ornaments like armlets and necklaces. He shines with ear-rings like the sun rising in the morning. The lord, enjoying (himself), served by the eternal gods mentioned before, lives in the eternal city of Vaikuṇṭha in the Satya (world). The rich, eight-syllabled formula takes the wise siddhas and never others to that Viṣṇu’s world. O you of an excellent face, I have thus described to you the first Vyūha.
81-86. O you of a good vow, I shall explain to you the second world of Viṣṇu. This world of Viṣṇu is known as eternal and is said to be the best among the worlds. That large, meritorious, pure, auspicious world, full of goodness shines like a thousand mid-day suns (shining) simultaneously. Even at the end of the kalpa that very great world would not merge (into Brahman). It is not possible for me or the gods like Brahmā to see it. On all sides the whole of it is full of the groves of the desire-yielding trees. It is endowed with oblong lakes full of nectar-like water. It is graced with divine lotuses full of gold and jewels. It is covered with crores of divine ornaments resembling lightning. It is graced continually with Sāmans , cooings of cuckoos etc. and with trees and flowers carrying fragrance.
87-90. It is covered by divine women and men aged less than sixteen, rich with the grace of all (good) marks, and almost divine ornaments. Women, with their delighted husbands worship Lakṣmī’s lord in charming regions in that land. They always obtain the happiness fit to be obtained through his grace. They sing the great deeds of Kṛṣṇa, giving great joy. Very beautiful, auspicious women, having lotus-like eyes, lotus-like feet, resembling Lakṣmī, having divine garlands and garments sport (there).
91-96. Men, holding conches, discs, maces and lotuses, adorned with ornaments, having garlands, wearing yellow garments, are there. Due to mutual touch the pleasure of devotion for Viṣṇu and delight of the men and women sporting there, grow day by day. In it is the charming and graced harem of Viṣṇu. It is endowed with sandal, agaru -sandal, camphor, saffron and water. It is all around decorated with many flowers and halls. In it, on a divine, beautiful and soft bed which is covered with a bright cover, which is on the lotus-seat, and which is under the shade of the desire-yielding tree, and which has the covers of flowers, rich in the beauty of divine fragrance, the ancient Viṣṇu, the lord of gods, is seated with goddess Lakṣmī.
97-107. He is like crores of moons. He is adorned with divine ornaments. His face is adorned with a pair of soft nostrils of a fine complexion. He shines with glossy, large and beautiful cheeks. He has dark and curly hair. His eyes resemble petals of a red lotus. He has put flowers of mandāra, ketakī , jasmine and white lotuses on his head. His lips are like glossy bimba -fruits. His lotus-like face has a beautiful smile on it. He shines with rows of teeth that shine like priceless pearls. His body is smeared with haricandana . He is having a mark made with musk. He has lovely elevated shoulders and four long arms. He has beautiful sprout-like hands resembling the japā -flower. He has his broad chest adorned with Śrīvatsa and Kaustubha . He is adorned with very beautiful divine wreaths full of pearls. He is covered with a yellow garment like (the light of) the early morning sun and the moonlight. He is adorned with lotus leaves along with anklets decked with rubies. He is adorned with rows of nails like the moon without a spot. His feet and lotus-like hands are soft like red lotuses and fair. He is adorned with a couple of arms having a conch and a disc. With the other two he has clung Lakṣmī’s body to his chest. With her he shines like a cloud to which lightning has clung. His couple of auspicious and soft feet is like gold purified by fire. Here the ancient Viṣṇu, the lord of gods, sports.
108-117a. (Lakṣmī is) like gold purified by fire. She is adorned with all ornaments. She is adorned with very glistening and curved sapphires like the row of the digits of the moon. She is adorned with the divine flowers of mandāra and pārijāta . The ends of her hair are beautified by ear-ornaments, and resemble bees. With her stout and raised breasts she presses Viṣṇu’s chest. She is adorned with ornaments like armlets and necklaces. She, the beautiful wife of the lord of all worlds, is always full of youth (i.e. she is ever young). There she eternally sports with the lord of the worlds. That Vāsudeva only, attracting the minds of all beings, and giving the desired objects to men, plays in this entire world. Around him are the eight powers—the eight bodies of Lakṣmī. (They are) Ramā , Rukmiṇī , Sītā , Padmā , Padmālayā, Śivā , Sulakṣaṇā and Suśīlā ; they protect that place (lit. world) with weapons like conches, discs, maces, lotuses and śārṅgas (bows), and with lotus-like arrays formed around. Thus, O you of an auspicious appearance, I have properly and in brief described to you the form of the second (Vyūha). It is not possible to describe it in detail. Those who mutter the twelve-syllabled formula giving pleasure always obtain (this) eternal, auspicious, indestructible (world).
117b-123. The world of Viṣṇu can never be obtained by means of Vedic studies, sacrifices, vows and fasting, except by serving (Viṣṇu). Therefore, a devotee should worship Viṣṇu with an undistracted mind. He obtains the highest divine power, freeing him (self) from the bondage of (i.e. due to) his deeds. O goddess, the second, indestructible Vyūha is said to be like this. O Pārvatī , listen. I shall describe to you the third great Vyūha. O you very intelligent one, on the northern shore of the ocean is the Śvetadvīpa. There Viṣṇu stays to allow his view to the meditating sages like the noble Sanaka . Sanaka, Sananda , the third, viz. Sanātana , so also Sanatkumāra , Jātas , Voḍhu , Pañcaśikha —these very bright meditating sages are the sons of Brahma. They are detached from all enjoyments, are pure, and are always of pure qualities. They enjoy only the flavour of the pleasure due to seeing the lord.
124-133. Viṣṇu dwells there in the vicinity so that Nara , Nārāyaṇa, etc. who reside in the Śvetadvīpa, should (be able to) see him. In the Śvetadvīpa, resembling crores of suns, bright due to being full of various jewels, resorted to by great meditating sages, and free from fear, there are charming parks (having trees) like pārijāta. (The place is) crowded with santāna -creepers, adorned with sandal-trees containing blooming white and blue lotuses, and reservoirs of water. In it is an auspicious, charming city called Airāvatī . It shines with many divine halls full of various jewels. It is occupied by divine women and men, and full of many mansions. In it is a harem crowded with jewelled trees. It is covered with many lofty mansions, resembling the young sun. In it is a pavilion which is divine, which is graced with gems and gold, and made fragrant with the fragrance of sandal, agaru-sandal, camphor and saffron. It is adorned with canopies rich in beauty with various flowers. It is crowded with celestial damsels, and graced with the chanting of Sāmans. At the centre there is a throne bright like the sun or fire. In it there is an eight-petalled lotus like another orb of the moon. In it, in the pericarp, is seated Viṣṇu. He is like pure gold, and is adorned with a necklace of pearl.
134-138. He has four powerful hands holding a conch, a disc, a mace and a lotus. He is graced with a necklace, armlets, bracelets and rings. He has lovely feet resembling golden lotuses. He is graced with rows of white nails like santānaka (flowers). He is adorned with youth proper for the age and form of (a lad of) sixteen years. He is graced with an upright, fragrant mark ( Ūrdhvapuṇḍra ) made with saffron, and the parting line of hair. He is well covered with a white garment resembling the foam of nectar that was churned (out of the ocean). He is graced with white ear-rings made of pearls. He, whose body fascinates the world, is seated on the lotus-seat.
139-145. On his left lap is seated the goddess of a divine form. She, Lakṣmī, is worthy of him in character, good qualities etc. She resembles lotus-filaments, is graced with the advent of youth, is endowed with all (good) marks, and has ornaments of gold purified in fire. She has put on a divine garland and garment; her hair is dark and curly. She, shining with four arms, is adorned with armlets. She shines with pearl-necklaces; her hair is graced with mandāra (flowers). Her nostrils are soft; she is graced with rows of bright teeth. She has put on the mark of musk on her forehead. The tip of her nose is graced with pearls. She has stout and raised breasts like golden pitchers. Her body is smeared with divine saffron. She is graced with a divine garland. The goddess holds in her lotus-like hands a vessel containing garments, a citron, a mirror, a golden lotus. Around Viṣṇu there are these Śaktis (powers) of her, resembling her:
146-150. Īśā, Vāsyā, Mahādevī , Jāhnavī , Kamalālayā , Sāvitrī , Sarvagā , Padma are said to be (her) Śaktis. Sraddhā, Medhā , Dhṛti , Prajñā , Dhāraṇa , and Śānti , (so also) Śruti , Smṛti , Dhṛti, Medha , Vṛddhi , Buddhi , Manīṣiṇī, are said to be Lakṣmī’s maids, doing all (pieces of) work. The deities like Ananta and Garuḍa are the usual servants. The eternal deities like the Sādhyas, the hosts of Maruts, pleased with enjoyments obtained through his (her?) favour, serve him (her?) in the palaces, mansions, groves and cities. The eternal ones avoiding what should be abandoned and what is fruitless, always and continually play there.
151-153. Those who, full of faith, constantly mutter Viṣṇu’s formula, those who are engaged in the Dvādaśī-vow, go to his immutable position. O Girijā, the ancient world of Viṣṇu cannot be reached by means of Vedas, gifts, sacrifices or even by vows. The place of Viṣṇu can be reached by men with undistracted devotion. Therefore, one should always worship Viṣṇu with undistracted devotion.
154-155. One should narrate (his account), (should utter) just his name, should meditate upon him, should always mutter his formula, should devoutly offer oblations to, and propitiate the omnipresent one giving all desired objects. O you of beautiful buttocks (i.e. beautiful one), I have told you about the third Vyūha and nature of the highest soul as described by the ancient ones.
156-168. Hereafter I shall explain (to you) the excellent fourth Vyūha. To protect the gods, he, resembling crores of moons, lies on the extensive, auspicious bed of Ananta, in the Milky Ocean adorned by Indra, and covered by youths like Indra. Padmanābha , Acyuta, Hari is seated on a divine seat. He resembles a dark cloud. His eyes are large like lotus-leaves. He is graced with a crown resembling a crore of suns. He shines with two divine ear-rings, bright with various jewels. He is covered with a yellow garment resembling the early morning sun or the moonlight. He is graced with the palms of his hands and soles of his feet resembling bright red lotuses. He is graced with necklaces, armlets, bracelets and rings. He is adorned with hands having the conch, disc, mace, Śārṅga (bow) and sword. He is graced with the desire-yielding trees rich in good flowers, fruits and branches. He is graced with the navel-lotus (the place) of the birth and death (i.e. the origin and destruction) of the universe. His body is smeared with yellow sandal. He is adorned with all ornaments. He has tied his very glossy, dark, curly hair into a braid with divine, charming flowers of mandāra, pārijāta etc. He is graced with a soft, high nose and a pair of high shoulders and knees. He is graced with feet having anklets and having gems and corals. He is graced with rows of nails like the spotless moon. His lotus-like face has lips resembling the aśoka -flowers. He is beautified with rows of teeth bright like priceless pearls. He is graced with a smiling face resembling the full moon. He has entered youth. He is glorious. He is bright with tender limbs. He is the refuge of all the people and gives the fruits to all the people.
169-175. The goddess is worthy of him in qualities like beauty, character etc. She resembles gold purified by fire, and has ornaments of gold purified by fire. She is young; has a beautiful form; she is endowed with charm, (good) character and qualities. She has covered herself with a white garment resembling the form of the Milky Ocean. Her hair is decked with the flowers of mandāra, ketakī and jasmine. She has the mark of musk on her forehead. The parting of her hair is graced with a gem. She has the beauty of many complexions. She is adorned with ear-ornaments. She smiles beautifully with her red lips having the light like the coral. She is well graced with glossy hair resembling intoxicated bees. Her waist is slender. Her eyes are large. Her breasts are stout and raised. She has four charming hands. She is adorned with all ornaments. The goddess has held a couple of auspicious golden lotuses in her raised hands. She has remained closely embracing her lord with the other two (hands). With her glances she is constantly looking at the gods.
176-180. O Pārvatī, the gods constantly looked at by the goddess are fortunate. There gods, siddhas, cāraṇas , kinnars , remaining in the hall, and with their eyes full of the tears of joy constantly sing to the goddess. The lord of gods, being praised by the gods like Brahmā, Rudra harassed by the demons, granted fearlessness to the gods. Hari, the lord of all gods, having granted fearlessness to gods, started killing the demons for the protection of the world. O you sinless one, I. have thus explained to you Viṣṇu’s fourth Vyūha. O you of an excellent face, what else do you desire to hear? I shall tell it. You are fortunate; you are blessed. You are a devotee of Viṣṇu.
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