Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 231
Sourceश्रीरुद्र उवाच- यत्कौर्म्यवैभवं विष्णोः सर्वलोकनमस्कृतम् । तद्वक्ष्यामि प्रिये सम्यक्शृणुष्वेकाग्रचेतसा १। अत्रिपुत्रो महातेजा दुर्वासा इति विश्रुतः । प्रचण्डः सर्वलोकानां क्षोभकारी महातपाः २। स ययौ हिमवत्पृष्ठं ब्रह्मर्षिस्तपसो निधिः । ममांशभूतो ब्रह्मर्षिः सर्वेषां भयदस्सदा ३। उषितस्तत्र वर्षं तु किन्नरीभिः स पूजितः । महेंद्रं द्रष्टुकामोऽसौ स्वर्लोकं प्रययौ मुनिः ४। तस्मिन्काले महातेजा गजारूढं महेश्वरम् । ददर्श सर्वदेवैस्तं पूज्यमानं शचीपतिम् ५। तच्च दृष्ट्वा स हृष्टात्मा दुर्वासा सुमहातपाः । पारिजातस्रजं तस्मै प्रददौ विनयान्वितः ६। आदाय देवताधीशस्तां स्रजं गजमूर्द्धनि । विन्यस्य तत्र देवेशः प्रययौ नंदनं प्रति ७। करेणादाय तां मालां मदोद्रिक्तस्ततो गजः । पीडयित्वाथ चिक्षेप संस्थितां धरणीतले ८। ततः क्रुद्धो महातेजा दुर्वासा रक्तलोचनः । प्रशप्तवान्महेंद्रं तं संतप्तक्रोधवह्निना ९। दुर्वासा उवाच- त्रैलोक्यैकश्रियायुक्तो यस्मान्मामवमन्यते । तस्मात्त्रैलोक्यश्रीर्नष्टा भवत्वेव न संशयः १०। रुद्र उवाच- इति शप्तस्ततः शक्रो जगाम स्वपुरं पुनः । ततः श्रीर्जगतां धात्री क्षणादंतर्दधे स्वयम् ११। अंतर्द्धानं गता लक्ष्मीस्तदा नष्टं जगत्त्रयम् । यदपांगाश्रितं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् १२। तस्यामंतर्द्धानवत्यां सर्वं नष्टतरं भवत् । ब्रह्मादि त्रिदशाः सर्वे गंधर्वा यक्ष किन्नराः १३। दैत्याश्च दानावा नागा मनुष्या राक्षसास्तथा । पशवः पक्षिणः कीटाः सर्वे स्थावरजंगमाः १४। तया लक्ष्म्या जगन्मात्रा ते सर्वे नावलोकिताः । दारिद्र्येनैव विहितास्ते सर्वे दुःखभागिनः १५। क्षुत्पिपासार्दिता देवाश्चुक्रुशुर्गतचेतसः । न ववर्ष जलधरः सर्वे शुष्का जलाशयाः १६। सर्वे ते पादपा शुष्काः फलपुष्पविवर्जिताः । तदा देवाः सगंधर्वा दैत्यदानवराक्षसाः १७। क्षुत्पिपासार्द्दिता जग्मुः ब्रह्माणममितौजसम् । ऊचुस्तं देवदेवेशमब्जयोनिं पितामहम् १८। देवा ऊचुः - भगवन्क्षुत्पिपासाभ्यां पीडितं हि जगत्त्रयम् । न हुतं न वषट्कारः सर्वधर्म्मविवर्जितम् १९। क्षुत्पिपासार्द्दिताः सर्वे देवदानवमानवाः । त्रातारं सर्वलोकेशं भवंतं शरणं गताः २०। त्रातुमर्हसि देवेश क्षुत्पिपासार्दिताञ्जनान् । रुद्र उवाच- इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा सर्वलोकपितामहः २१। उवाच परमप्रीतस्तान्सर्वान्प्रति मानदः । ब्रह्मोवाच- शृणुध्वं देवताः सर्वे दैत्यगंधर्वमानवाः २२। महेंद्रस्यापचारेण सर्वमेतदुपस्थितम् । समुद्भूतमिदं घोरं जगत्संवर्त्तकं महत् २३। दुर्वासाः सुमहात्मातु यतः क्रोधमवाप्तवान् । तस्मात्क्रोधेन तेनेदं नष्टं लोकत्रयं सुराः २४। असौ रोषपरीतात्मा क्रोधेन कलुषीकृतः । जगत्त्रयं च श्रीनष्टं भवत्वित्याह दुर्मतिः २५। तच्छापाज्जगतां धात्री लक्ष्मीर्न्नारायणप्रिया । अंतर्द्धानं गता देवी जगन्माता महेश्वरी २६। यदपाङ्गे क्षिता लोका भवंति सुखितास्तथा । नालोकिता जगन्मात्रा दुःखभागिन एव हि २७। तस्मात्सर्वे वयं गत्वा दुग्धाब्धौ स्थितमुत्तमम् । तत्र नारायणं देवमर्च्चयामः सनातनम् २८। तस्मिन्प्रसन्ने देवेशे शिवमेतद्भवेज्जगत् । इति निश्चित्य मनसा ब्रह्मा देवगणैर्युतः २९। भृग्वादिमुनिभिः सार्द्धं प्रययौ क्षीरसागरम् । क्षीराब्धावुत्तरतटे ब्रह्मरुद्रादिदेवताः ३०। विष्णुं समर्च्चयामासुः पौरुषेण विधानतः । जपन्नष्टाक्षरं मंत्रं पौरुषं सूक्तमेव च ३१। ध्यायंतोऽनन्यमनसो जुहुवुः परमेश्वरम् । तुष्टुवुः स्तवनैर्दिव्यैर्नमश्चक्रुर्विचित्रधा ३२। ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान्सर्वेषां च दिवौकसाम् । तेषां संदर्शने तस्थौ स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः ३३। वैनतेयं समारुह्य सर्वदेवमयं विभुम् । तं दृष्ट्वा जगतामीशं शंखचक्रगदाधरम् ३४। पीतवस्त्रं चतुर्बाहुं पुंडरीकनिभेक्षणम् । श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभोरस्कं वनमालाविभूषितम् ३५। किरीटहारकेयूरनूपुरैरुपशोभितम् । तुष्टुवुर्जयशब्देन नमश्चक्रुर्निरंतरम् ३६। ततः प्रोवाच भगवान्कृपया सर्वदेवताः । वरदोस्मि वरं देवा वृणीध्वमिति चाब्रवीत् ३७। इति श्रुत्वा तदा सर्वे देवा ब्रह्मपुरोगमाः । ऊचुः प्रांजलयो देवमिदं वचनमीश्वरम् ३८। देवा ऊचुः। भगवन्मुनिशापेन संप्रतीदं जगत्त्रयम् । क्षुत्पिपासार्दितं सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम् ३९। तस्माद्भवंतं शरणं याताः स्म पुरुषोत्तम । त्राहि सर्वमिमं लोकं नान्यः शक्तो भवेत्क्वचित् ४०। रुद्र उवाच- इत्युक्तो देवतैः सर्वैरच्युतः परमेश्वरः । विचार्य्यैतदुवाचैतान्देवान्ब्रह्मपुरोगमान् ४१। श्रीभगवानुवाच- अत्रिसूनोर्मुनेः शापादंतर्द्धानं गता रमा । कटाक्षदर्शनात्तस्या जगदैश्वर्य्यसंयुतम् ४२। तस्माद्यूयं सुराः सर्वे शिवब्रह्मपुरोगमाः । उत्पाट्य मंदरं शैलं निधाय क्षीरसागरम् ४३। मंदरं घर्घरं कृत्वा सर्प्पराजेन वेष्टितम् । कुरुध्वं मथनं देवा दैत्यगंधर्वदानवैः ४४। उत्पद्यते च सा लक्ष्मीर्जगत्संरक्षणाय वै । तया हृष्टा महाभागा भविष्यथ न संशयः ४५। धारयाम्यहमेवाद्रिं कूर्मरूपेण संवृतः । मम शक्त्या सुरान्सर्वान्प्रविश्य च बलीयसः ४६। रुद्र उवाच- इत्युक्ता देवताः सर्वा हरिणा कामलक्षणे । साधुसाध्विति देवेशमूचुर्ब्रह्मपुरोगमाः ४७। संस्तूयमानो भगवानच्युतः सुरसत्तमैः । अंतर्दधे ततः श्रीमान्सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः । सर्वाधारः सर्वदेवः सर्वत्र समदर्शनः ४८। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे। उमामहेश्वरसंवादे दुर्वाससःशापकथनंनाम एकत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः २३१।
śrīrudra uvāca- yatkaurmyavaibhavaṃ viṣṇoḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtam | tadvakṣyāmi priye samyakśṛṇuṣvekāgracetasā 1| atriputro mahātejā durvāsā iti viśrutaḥ | pracaṇḍaḥ sarvalokānāṃ kṣobhakārī mahātapāḥ 2| sa yayau himavatpṛṣṭhaṃ brahmarṣistapaso nidhiḥ | mamāṃśabhūto brahmarṣiḥ sarveṣāṃ bhayadassadā 3| uṣitastatra varṣaṃ tu kinnarībhiḥ sa pūjitaḥ | maheṃdraṃ draṣṭukāmo'sau svarlokaṃ prayayau muniḥ 4| tasminkāle mahātejā gajārūḍhaṃ maheśvaram | dadarśa sarvadevaistaṃ pūjyamānaṃ śacīpatim 5| tacca dṛṣṭvā sa hṛṣṭātmā durvāsā sumahātapāḥ | pārijātasrajaṃ tasmai pradadau vinayānvitaḥ 6| ādāya devatādhīśastāṃ srajaṃ gajamūrddhani | vinyasya tatra deveśaḥ prayayau naṃdanaṃ prati 7| kareṇādāya tāṃ mālāṃ madodriktastato gajaḥ | pīḍayitvātha cikṣepa saṃsthitāṃ dharaṇītale 8| tataḥ kruddho mahātejā durvāsā raktalocanaḥ | praśaptavānmaheṃdraṃ taṃ saṃtaptakrodhavahninā 9| durvāsā uvāca- trailokyaikaśriyāyukto yasmānmāmavamanyate | tasmāttrailokyaśrīrnaṣṭā bhavatveva na saṃśayaḥ 10| rudra uvāca- iti śaptastataḥ śakro jagāma svapuraṃ punaḥ | tataḥ śrīrjagatāṃ dhātrī kṣaṇādaṃtardadhe svayam 11| aṃtarddhānaṃ gatā lakṣmīstadā naṣṭaṃ jagattrayam | yadapāṃgāśritaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam 12| tasyāmaṃtarddhānavatyāṃ sarvaṃ naṣṭataraṃ bhavat | brahmādi tridaśāḥ sarve gaṃdharvā yakṣa kinnarāḥ 13| daityāśca dānāvā nāgā manuṣyā rākṣasāstathā | paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaḥ kīṭāḥ sarve sthāvarajaṃgamāḥ 14| tayā lakṣmyā jaganmātrā te sarve nāvalokitāḥ | dāridryenaiva vihitāste sarve duḥkhabhāginaḥ 15| kṣutpipāsārditā devāścukruśurgatacetasaḥ | na vavarṣa jaladharaḥ sarve śuṣkā jalāśayāḥ 16| sarve te pādapā śuṣkāḥ phalapuṣpavivarjitāḥ | tadā devāḥ sagaṃdharvā daityadānavarākṣasāḥ 17| kṣutpipāsārdditā jagmuḥ brahmāṇamamitaujasam | ūcustaṃ devadeveśamabjayoniṃ pitāmaham 18| devā ūcuḥ - bhagavankṣutpipāsābhyāṃ pīḍitaṃ hi jagattrayam | na hutaṃ na vaṣaṭkāraḥ sarvadharmmavivarjitam 19| kṣutpipāsārdditāḥ sarve devadānavamānavāḥ | trātāraṃ sarvalokeśaṃ bhavaṃtaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ 20| trātumarhasi deveśa kṣutpipāsārditāñjanān | rudra uvāca- iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ 21| uvāca paramaprītastānsarvānprati mānadaḥ | brahmovāca- śṛṇudhvaṃ devatāḥ sarve daityagaṃdharvamānavāḥ 22| maheṃdrasyāpacāreṇa sarvametadupasthitam | samudbhūtamidaṃ ghoraṃ jagatsaṃvarttakaṃ mahat 23| durvāsāḥ sumahātmātu yataḥ krodhamavāptavān | tasmātkrodhena tenedaṃ naṣṭaṃ lokatrayaṃ surāḥ 24| asau roṣaparītātmā krodhena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ | jagattrayaṃ ca śrīnaṣṭaṃ bhavatvityāha durmatiḥ 25| tacchāpājjagatāṃ dhātrī lakṣmīrnnārāyaṇapriyā | aṃtarddhānaṃ gatā devī jaganmātā maheśvarī 26| yadapāṅge kṣitā lokā bhavaṃti sukhitāstathā | nālokitā jaganmātrā duḥkhabhāgina eva hi 27| tasmātsarve vayaṃ gatvā dugdhābdhau sthitamuttamam | tatra nārāyaṇaṃ devamarccayāmaḥ sanātanam 28| tasminprasanne deveśe śivametadbhavejjagat | iti niścitya manasā brahmā devagaṇairyutaḥ 29| bhṛgvādimunibhiḥ sārddhaṃ prayayau kṣīrasāgaram | kṣīrābdhāvuttarataṭe brahmarudrādidevatāḥ 30| viṣṇuṃ samarccayāmāsuḥ pauruṣeṇa vidhānataḥ | japannaṣṭākṣaraṃ maṃtraṃ pauruṣaṃ sūktameva ca 31| dhyāyaṃto'nanyamanaso juhuvuḥ parameśvaram | tuṣṭuvuḥ stavanairdivyairnamaścakrurvicitradhā 32| tataḥ prasanno bhagavānsarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām | teṣāṃ saṃdarśane tasthau stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ 33| vainateyaṃ samāruhya sarvadevamayaṃ vibhum | taṃ dṛṣṭvā jagatāmīśaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam 34| pītavastraṃ caturbāhuṃ puṃḍarīkanibhekṣaṇam | śrīvatsakaustubhoraskaṃ vanamālāvibhūṣitam 35| kirīṭahārakeyūranūpurairupaśobhitam | tuṣṭuvurjayaśabdena namaścakrurniraṃtaram 36| tataḥ provāca bhagavānkṛpayā sarvadevatāḥ | varadosmi varaṃ devā vṛṇīdhvamiti cābravīt 37| iti śrutvā tadā sarve devā brahmapurogamāḥ | ūcuḥ prāṃjalayo devamidaṃ vacanamīśvaram 38| devā ūcuḥ| bhagavanmuniśāpena saṃpratīdaṃ jagattrayam | kṣutpipāsārditaṃ sarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam 39| tasmādbhavaṃtaṃ śaraṇaṃ yātāḥ sma puruṣottama | trāhi sarvamimaṃ lokaṃ nānyaḥ śakto bhavetkvacit 40| rudra uvāca- ityukto devataiḥ sarvairacyutaḥ parameśvaraḥ | vicāryyaitaduvācaitāndevānbrahmapurogamān 41| śrībhagavānuvāca- atrisūnormuneḥ śāpādaṃtarddhānaṃ gatā ramā | kaṭākṣadarśanāttasyā jagadaiśvaryyasaṃyutam 42| tasmādyūyaṃ surāḥ sarve śivabrahmapurogamāḥ | utpāṭya maṃdaraṃ śailaṃ nidhāya kṣīrasāgaram 43| maṃdaraṃ ghargharaṃ kṛtvā sarpparājena veṣṭitam | kurudhvaṃ mathanaṃ devā daityagaṃdharvadānavaiḥ 44| utpadyate ca sā lakṣmīrjagatsaṃrakṣaṇāya vai | tayā hṛṣṭā mahābhāgā bhaviṣyatha na saṃśayaḥ 45| dhārayāmyahamevādriṃ kūrmarūpeṇa saṃvṛtaḥ | mama śaktyā surānsarvānpraviśya ca balīyasaḥ 46| rudra uvāca- ityuktā devatāḥ sarvā hariṇā kāmalakṣaṇe | sādhusādhviti deveśamūcurbrahmapurogamāḥ 47| saṃstūyamāno bhagavānacyutaḥ surasattamaiḥ | aṃtardadhe tataḥ śrīmānsarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ | sarvādhāraḥ sarvadevaḥ sarvatra samadarśanaḥ 48| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe| umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde durvāsasaḥśāpakathanaṃnāma ekatriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 231|
English translation
Śrī Rudra said :
1-5. O dear one, I shall duly explain to you that grandeur of the Fish (incarnation) of Viṣṇu , that is saluted by all people. Listen with a concentrated mind. The very lustrous son of Atri , well known as Durvāsas , is wrathful, agitates all the world, and has (practised) severe penance. He, my portion, the brāhmaṇa sage, always causing fear to all, and the treasure of penance went to the Himalayan surface (i.e. region). He, worshipped by kinnara women, lived there for a year. (Then) the sage, desiring to see Indra , went to heaven. At that time he, of a great lustre, saw Śacī ’s lord, the great god, mounted on an elephant and being honoured by all gods.
6-9. Seeing that, that Durvāsas, having a severe penance (to his credit), with his mind delighted and full of modesty, gave him the garland of pārijāta (flowers). The lord of the deities, received that garland, and placing it on the head of (his) elephant, went to Nandana (garden). The intoxicated elephant, took the garland with his trunk, pressed it and threw it on the ground. Then that Durvāsas of a great lustre got angry, and with the fire of his anger ablaze, cursed Indra.
Durvāsas said :
10. Since endowed with the entire prosperity of the three worlds, you are slighting me, therefore, the prosperity of the three worlds will surely he destroyed.
Rudra said :
11-18. Indra thus cursed went back to his city. Then Śrī, the mother of the worlds, vanished in a moment. When Lakṣmī vanished, the three worlds vanished. When she, to whose glance the entire world of the immovable and movable resorts, vanished, everything perished. All gods like Brahma , gandharvas , yakṣas , kinnaras , fiends, demons, serpents, men and goblins, beasts, birds, insects, all immovable and movable objects, all of them were not looked at by Lakṣmī, that mother of the world. All of them were reduced to poverty and experienced misery. Gods, oppressed by hunger and thirst, andbeing dispirited, cried. Clouds did not shower. All reservoirs of water were dry. All the trees became dry, and were without flowers and fruits. Then gods, along with fiends, demons and goblins, being oppressed by hunger and thirst, went to Brahmā of unlimited vigour, and said to him, the grandsire, the lord of the god of gods and born in a lotus:
The gods said :
19-21a. O venerable one, the three worlds are oppressed by hunger and thirst. No oblations are offered into fire to a deity. The (three worlds) are without all religious practices. All gods, demons and human beings, oppressed by hunger and thirst, have sought the shelter of you, the protector, the lord of all worlds. O lord of gods, please protect the creatures oppressed by hunger and thirst.
Rudra said :
21b-22a. Hearing these words of (i.e. uttered by) them he who respected others and who was the grandsire of all worlds, being very much pleased, spoke to them all:
Brahmā said :
22b-27. Listen, O all gods, demons, gandharvas and men. All this has come to (us) due to Indra’s misdeed. This great, fearful fire of universal destruction has come up. O gods, since that very high-minded Durvāsas became angry, all the three worlds perished due to his anger. The silly one, with his mind full of anger, and excited by anger, has said: “Let the three worlds and Lakṣmī, disappear.” Due to his curse goddess Lakṣmī, dear to Viṣṇu, the mother and the supporter of the worlds, the great goddess, disappeared. The mother of the worlds, due to being looked at by whose glance the worlds become happy, did not look at (i.e. cared for) the worlds experiencing misery.
28-32. Therefore, all of us will go to Viṣṇu, the excellent one, staying in the Milky Ocean, and will worship the eternal god. When the lord of gods is pleased, this world will be happy.
Deciding like this in his mind, Brahma, accompanied by hosts of gods, went to the Milky Ocean with sages like Bhṛgu . On the northern coast of the Milky Ocean, the deities like Brahma, Rudra etc. worshipped Viṣṇu according to rules laid down for worshipping the god. Muttering the eight-syllabled formula, and the Puruṣa-sūkta , and meditating on him with undistracted minds, they offered oblations to the highest god. They praised him with divine hymns and saluted him in various ways.
33-36. Then the venerable one, being pleased and being praised by great sages, stood within the sight of all gods (i.e. appeared before them). Seeing the mighty lord of all worlds, who was full of all gods, who had mounted upon Garuḍa , who had held a conch, a disc and a mace, who had worn a yellow garment, who had four arms, whose eyes resembled lotuses, who had Śrī-vatsa and Kaustubha (marks) on his chest, who was adorned with a garland of wood-flowers, who was graced with a crown, a necklace, armlets and anklets, they praised him with shouts of victory and continually saluted him.
37-38. The revered one kindly said to all the deities: “I am a giver of boons. O gods, choose a boon.” Thus he spoke (to them). Hearing these words, all gods led by Brahma and with the palms of their hands joined, said these words to the god:
The gods said :
39-40. O venerable one, now all these three worlds, along with gods, demons and human beings, are afflicted by hunger and thirst. Therefore, O Viṣṇu, we have sought your shelter. Protect all this world. None else would ever be able (to protect it).
Rudra said :
41. Acyuta , the highest lord, thus addressed by all deities, thought and spoke to these gods led by Brahma, these words:
The lord said :
42-46. Due to the curse of the son of the sage Atri Lakṣmī disappeared. The world will be endowed with grandeur due to her looking at it with (i.e. casting) her glance. Therefore, O gods, all of you led by Śiva and Brahmā, extract the Mandara mountain, and put it into the Milky Ocean. O gods, making the Mandara mountain encircled by the king of serpents, the churning rod, churn with the (help of) the fiends, gandharvas and demons, the Ocean. Then Lakṣmī will appear for the protection of the world. There is no doubt that you, looked at by her, will be very lucky. Concealed (in the Ocean) in the form of a tortoise I myself shall hold the (Mandara) mountain, and entering with my strength into all gods (I shall make them) stronger.
Rudra said :
47-48. O you of lotus-like eyes, when all the deities were thus addressed by Viṣṇu, they, led by Brahmā, spoke to the lord of gods: “Well, well.” Being praised by best gods, and saluted by all the worlds, venerable, glorious Acyuta, the prop and the god of all, looking equally everywhere, vanished.
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