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Chapter 233

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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 233

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शंकर उवाच- ततः प्रोवाच भगवान्सुरांश्चैव महामुनीन् । देव्या सह प्रहृष्टात्मा सर्वलोकहिताय वै १। श्रीभगवानुवाच- शृणुध्वं मुनयः सर्वे देवताश्च महाबलाः । एकादशी महापुण्या सर्वोपद्रवनाशिनी २। लक्ष्मीसंदर्शनार्थाय भवद्भिः समुपोषिता । तस्मात्तु सर्वदा पुण्या द्वादशी मम वल्लभा ३। अद्यप्रभृति ये लोका उषिताः पूर्ववासरे । द्वादश्यामुदिते भानौ श्रद्धया परया युताः ४। ये पूजयंति मां भक्त्या तुलस्या च श्रिया सह । सर्वे ते बन्ध निर्मुक्ताः प्राप्नुवंति पदं मम ५। नार्च्चयंति च ये वै मां द्वादश्यां पुरुषोत्तमम् । ते नराः पापकर्माणो मम मायाविमोहिताः ६। ये नार्चयंति पापिष्ठा नरा नरकगामिनः । तान्पापान्विषयैर्वद्धान्ममपूजापराङ्मुखान् ७। क्षिपत्यजस्रं संसारे माया मम दुरत्यया । रुद्र उवाच- एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवान्परमात्मा सनातनः ८। संस्तूयमानो मुनिभिः प्रययौ कमलालयम् । क्षीराब्धौ शेषपर्य्यङ्के विमाने सूर्य्यसन्निभे ९। देव्या सह विशालाक्ष्या रमया परमेश्वरः । दर्शनार्थं सुराणां च तत्र सन्निहितोऽभवत् १०। ततः सुरगणाः सर्व्वे कूर्म्मरूपं सनातनम् । भक्त्या संपूजयित्वाथ तुष्टुवुर्हृष्टमानसाः ११। ततः प्रसन्नो भवगान्कूर्म्मरूपी जनार्द्दनः । भगवानुवाच- वरं वृणीध्वं देवेशा यद्वो मनसि वर्त्तते । रुद्र उवाच- ततो देवगणाः सर्वे कूर्म्मरूपं जनार्दनम् १२। उचुः प्रांजलयः सर्व्वे हर्ष निर्भरमानसाः । देवा ऊचुः- शेषस्य दिग्गजानां च सहायार्थं महाबल १३। धर्तुमर्हसि देवेश सप्तद्वीपवतीं महीम् । रुद्र उवाच- एवमस्त्विति हृष्टात्मा भगवांल्लोकभावनः १४। धारयामास धरणीं सप्तद्वीपसमावृताम् । ततो देवाः सगंधर्वा दैत्यदानवमानुषाः १५। महर्षिभिरनुज्ञाताः स्वर्लोकान्प्रतिपेदिरे । तदाप्रभृति ते सर्व्वे देवा ब्रह्मपुरोगमाः १६। सिद्धा ये मानुषाश्चैव योगिनो मुनिसत्तमाः । विष्णोराज्ञां पुरस्कृत्य भक्त्या परमया युताः १७। एकादश्यामुपोष्याथ भक्त्या चैव जनार्दनम् । द्वादश्यामर्च्चनं चक्रुर्विधिना वरवर्णिनि १८। एतत्तु सर्वमाख्यातं देव्या जन्म वरानने । कौर्म्यं च वैभवं विष्णोः किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि १९। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे उमामहेश्वरसंवादे एकादश्युपवासकथनंनाम त्रयस्त्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः २३३ ।

śaṃkara uvāca- tataḥ provāca bhagavānsurāṃścaiva mahāmunīn | devyā saha prahṛṣṭātmā sarvalokahitāya vai 1| śrībhagavānuvāca- śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ sarve devatāśca mahābalāḥ | ekādaśī mahāpuṇyā sarvopadravanāśinī 2| lakṣmīsaṃdarśanārthāya bhavadbhiḥ samupoṣitā | tasmāttu sarvadā puṇyā dvādaśī mama vallabhā 3| adyaprabhṛti ye lokā uṣitāḥ pūrvavāsare | dvādaśyāmudite bhānau śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ 4| ye pūjayaṃti māṃ bhaktyā tulasyā ca śriyā saha | sarve te bandha nirmuktāḥ prāpnuvaṃti padaṃ mama 5| nārccayaṃti ca ye vai māṃ dvādaśyāṃ puruṣottamam | te narāḥ pāpakarmāṇo mama māyāvimohitāḥ 6| ye nārcayaṃti pāpiṣṭhā narā narakagāminaḥ | tānpāpānviṣayairvaddhānmamapūjāparāṅmukhān 7| kṣipatyajasraṃ saṃsāre māyā mama duratyayā | rudra uvāca- evamuktvā tu bhagavānparamātmā sanātanaḥ 8| saṃstūyamāno munibhiḥ prayayau kamalālayam | kṣīrābdhau śeṣaparyyaṅke vimāne sūryyasannibhe 9| devyā saha viśālākṣyā ramayā parameśvaraḥ | darśanārthaṃ surāṇāṃ ca tatra sannihito'bhavat 10| tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarvve kūrmmarūpaṃ sanātanam | bhaktyā saṃpūjayitvātha tuṣṭuvurhṛṣṭamānasāḥ 11| tataḥ prasanno bhavagānkūrmmarūpī janārddanaḥ | bhagavānuvāca- varaṃ vṛṇīdhvaṃ deveśā yadvo manasi varttate | rudra uvāca- tato devagaṇāḥ sarve kūrmmarūpaṃ janārdanam 12| ucuḥ prāṃjalayaḥ sarvve harṣa nirbharamānasāḥ | devā ūcuḥ- śeṣasya diggajānāṃ ca sahāyārthaṃ mahābala 13| dhartumarhasi deveśa saptadvīpavatīṃ mahīm | rudra uvāca- evamastviti hṛṣṭātmā bhagavāṃllokabhāvanaḥ 14| dhārayāmāsa dharaṇīṃ saptadvīpasamāvṛtām | tato devāḥ sagaṃdharvā daityadānavamānuṣāḥ 15| maharṣibhiranujñātāḥ svarlokānpratipedire | tadāprabhṛti te sarvve devā brahmapurogamāḥ 16| siddhā ye mānuṣāścaiva yogino munisattamāḥ | viṣṇorājñāṃ puraskṛtya bhaktyā paramayā yutāḥ 17| ekādaśyāmupoṣyātha bhaktyā caiva janārdanam | dvādaśyāmarccanaṃ cakrurvidhinā varavarṇini 18| etattu sarvamākhyātaṃ devyā janma varānane | kaurmyaṃ ca vaibhavaṃ viṣṇoḥ kimanyacchrotumicchasi 19| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde ekādaśyupavāsakathanaṃnāma trayastriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 233 |

English translation

Śiva said :

1. Then for the good of all the world the lord along with the goddess, delighted in heart, spoke to the gods and great sages:

The lord said :

2-Sa. O all sages and deities having great power, listen. Ekādaśī is very meritorious and destroys all calamities. You have observed it as a day of fast in order to see Lakṣmī . Dvādaśī, dear to me, is always more meritorious than that. Since today all those men who observe a fast on the previous (i.e. Ekādaśī) day, and who, when the sun has risen on the Dvādaśī (day), worship with great faith and devotion me along with Lakṣmī and Tulasī , are freed from bondage and reach my position. Those men who do not worship me, the Highest Being, on Dvādaśī, are sinners, and are deluded by my Maya . My Māyā , difficult to cross, throws the sinners, the most sinful ones, bound by objects of senses, averse to my worship and going (i.e. fated to go) to hell, into the continuous mundane existence.

Rudra said :

8b-11. Speaking like this, the lord, the highest soul, the ancient one, being praised by the sages, went to Lakṣmī’s place. The highest lord, along with goddess Lakṣmī of large eyes, remained near (the gods) on the bed of Śsṣa in a hall resembling the sun in the Milky Ocean for appearing before the gods. Then all the hosts of gods, devoutly worshipping the ancient Tortoise-form (of the lord), praised him with delighted minds. Then lord Viṣṇu , of the form of Tortoise, was pleased.

The lord said :

12a. O best gods, ask for a boon that is in your mind.

Rudra said :

12b-13a. Then all the hosts of gods, with their minds full of joy, and joining the palms of their hands, said to Viṣṇu of the form of Tortoise:

The gods said :

13b-14a. O you very powerful one, O lord of gods, to help Śeṣa and the quarter-elephants, please sustain the earth having seven islands.

Rudra said :

14b-19. Saying, “Let it be so”, the lord, the creator of the worlds, with his mind pleased, sustained the earth covered by the seven islands. Then gods with gandharvas , fiends, demons and human beings, permitted by the great sages, went to their respective world. O you of an excellent complexion, since then all gods led by Brahmā , so also siddhas , human beings, meditating saints, best sages, honouring Viṣṇu’s order devoutly fasted on the Ekādaśī (day) and duly worshipped Viṣṇu on the Dvādaśī (day). O you beautiful one, I have told you all about the origin of goddess (Lakṣmī); so also about the splendour of Viṣṇu in his Tortoise-form. What else do you desire to hear?

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 45055, revision 336651 (2022-04-26T00:48:54Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365817.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.