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Chapter 248

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रुद्र उवाच- अथ कृष्णस्तु रामेण रुक्मिण्या दारुकेण च । दिव्यं स्यंदनमारुह्य ययौ तूर्णं स्वमालयम् १। ततः प्रविश्य नगरीं द्वारकां देवकीसुतः । शुभेह्रि शुभलग्ने वै वेदोक्तविधिना हरिः २। उपयेमे नृपसुतां रुक्मिणीं रुक्मभूषिताम् । तस्मिन्नुद्वाहसमये देवदुंदुभयो दिवि ३। विनेदुः पुष्पवर्षाणि ववृषुः सुरसत्तमाः । वसुदेवोग्रसेनौ च तथाक्रूरो यदूत्तमः ४। बलभद्रो महातेजा ये चान्ये यदुपुंगवाः । चक्रुः कृष्णस्य रुक्मिण्या विवाहं सुसुखं यथा ५। नंदगोपोथ गोपालैर्गोपवृंदैः समागतः । स्वलंकृताभिर्योषाभिर्यशोदा च समागता ६। वसुदेवस्त्रियः सर्वा देवकीप्रमुखास्तथा । रेवती रोहिणी देवी याश्चान्याः पुरयोषितः ७। सर्वाण्युद्वाहकर्माणि चक्रुर्हर्षसमन्विताः । सुराणामर्चनं प्रीत्या कर्त्तव्यं तत्र देवकी ८। वृद्धाभिर्नृपयोषिद्भिश्चकार विधिना तदा । सर्वमौद्वाहिकं कर्म उत्सवं हि द्विजोत्तमैः ९। ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास वस्त्रैराभरणैः शुभैः । उग्रसेनादयस्तत्र राजानश्च सुपूजिताः १०। नंदगोपादयो गोपा यशोदाद्याश्च योषितः । बहुभिः स्वर्णरत्नाद्यैर्वासोभिः सविभूषणैः ११। पूजिताः संप्रहृष्टास्ते तद्विवाहमहोत्सवे । तौ दंपती समाश्लिष्य प्रणतौ जातवेदसम् १२। वेदविद्भिर्विप्रमुख्यैराशीर्भिरभिनंदितौ । तस्यां विवाहवेद्यां तु शुशुभाते वधूवरौ १३। ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽथ वृद्धेभ्यो राजन्यः सह भार्य्यया । ववंदे देवकीपुत्रो ज्येष्ठस्य भ्रातुरेव च १४। एवमौद्वाहिकं सर्वं निर्वर्त्य मधुसूदनः । व्यसर्जयन्नृपान्सर्वान्ये च तत्र समागताः १५। प्रस्थिता हरिणा तत्र पूजिता नृपपुंगवाः । ब्राह्मणाः सुमहात्मानो निर्ययुः स्वकमालयम् १६। रुक्मिण्या सह धर्मात्मा देवकीनंदनोऽव्ययः । उवास सुसुखेनैव दिव्यहर्म्यतले शुभे १७। तया वै रमयामास नारायण इव श्रिया । संस्तूयमानो मुनिभिर्दिवि देवगणैरपि १८। अहन्यहनि हृष्टात्मा सुखेनैव जनार्दनः । अथोवास सुशोभायां द्वारवत्यां सनातनः १९। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे उमामहेश्वरसंवादे श्रीकृष्णचरिते रुक्मिणीविवाहकथनंनाम अष्टाचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः २४८।

rudra uvāca- atha kṛṣṇastu rāmeṇa rukmiṇyā dārukeṇa ca | divyaṃ syaṃdanamāruhya yayau tūrṇaṃ svamālayam 1| tataḥ praviśya nagarīṃ dvārakāṃ devakīsutaḥ | śubhehri śubhalagne vai vedoktavidhinā hariḥ 2| upayeme nṛpasutāṃ rukmiṇīṃ rukmabhūṣitām | tasminnudvāhasamaye devaduṃdubhayo divi 3| vineduḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi vavṛṣuḥ surasattamāḥ | vasudevograsenau ca tathākrūro yadūttamaḥ 4| balabhadro mahātejā ye cānye yadupuṃgavāḥ | cakruḥ kṛṣṇasya rukmiṇyā vivāhaṃ susukhaṃ yathā 5| naṃdagopotha gopālairgopavṛṃdaiḥ samāgataḥ | svalaṃkṛtābhiryoṣābhiryaśodā ca samāgatā 6| vasudevastriyaḥ sarvā devakīpramukhāstathā | revatī rohiṇī devī yāścānyāḥ purayoṣitaḥ 7| sarvāṇyudvāhakarmāṇi cakrurharṣasamanvitāḥ | surāṇāmarcanaṃ prītyā karttavyaṃ tatra devakī 8| vṛddhābhirnṛpayoṣidbhiścakāra vidhinā tadā | sarvamaudvāhikaṃ karma utsavaṃ hi dvijottamaiḥ 9| brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa vastrairābharaṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ | ugrasenādayastatra rājānaśca supūjitāḥ 10| naṃdagopādayo gopā yaśodādyāśca yoṣitaḥ | bahubhiḥ svarṇaratnādyairvāsobhiḥ savibhūṣaṇaiḥ 11| pūjitāḥ saṃprahṛṣṭāste tadvivāhamahotsave | tau daṃpatī samāśliṣya praṇatau jātavedasam 12| vedavidbhirvipramukhyairāśīrbhirabhinaṃditau | tasyāṃ vivāhavedyāṃ tu śuśubhāte vadhūvarau 13| brāhmaṇebhyo'tha vṛddhebhyo rājanyaḥ saha bhāryyayā | vavaṃde devakīputro jyeṣṭhasya bhrātureva ca 14| evamaudvāhikaṃ sarvaṃ nirvartya madhusūdanaḥ | vyasarjayannṛpānsarvānye ca tatra samāgatāḥ 15| prasthitā hariṇā tatra pūjitā nṛpapuṃgavāḥ | brāhmaṇāḥ sumahātmāno niryayuḥ svakamālayam 16| rukmiṇyā saha dharmātmā devakīnaṃdano'vyayaḥ | uvāsa susukhenaiva divyaharmyatale śubhe 17| tayā vai ramayāmāsa nārāyaṇa iva śriyā | saṃstūyamāno munibhirdivi devagaṇairapi 18| ahanyahani hṛṣṭātmā sukhenaiva janārdanaḥ | athovāsa suśobhāyāṃ dvāravatyāṃ sanātanaḥ 19| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde śrīkṛṣṇacarite rukmiṇīvivāhakathanaṃnāma aṣṭācatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 248|

English translation

Rudra said :

1-6. Then getting into the divine chariot along with Rāma , Rukmiṇī and Dāruka , Kṛṣṇa speedily went home. Then having entered the city of Dvārakā , (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) the son of Devakī , married princess Rukmiṇī decorated with (ornaments of) gold according to the Vedic rite on an auspicious day and at an auspicious time. At the time of that marriage divine drums were sounded, and the best gods dropped showers of flowers. Vasudeva , Ugrasena , so also Akrūra , the best Yadu Balabhadra of a great lustre, so also other principal Yadus married Kṛṣṇa to Rukmiṇī with great pleasure. The cowherd Nanda came (there) with young cowherds and hosts of (other) cowherds. Yaśodā also came there with well-decorated ladies.

7-10. All the wives of Vasudeva led by Devakī, Revatī , queen Rohiṇī , and other ladies from the city performed all the marriage-rites with great joy. Devakī there affectionately honoured all gods. She got done the entire nuptial rite properly with (the help of) old ladies, and also a celebration through best brāhmaṇas . She fed the brāhmaṇas and kings like Ugrasena were well honoured with auspicious garments and ornaments.

11-14. Cowherds like Nanda, ladies like Yasodā were honoured with many ornaments of gold and jewels and with garments. They were also delighted in that marriage-celebration. The couple together saluted Agni . The two were congratulated with blessings by principal brāhmaṇas knowing the Vedas . On that marriage-altar the bride and the bridegroom shone. The kṣatriya (viz. Kṛṣṇa), the son of Devakī, with his wife saluted old brāhmaṇas, so also his elder brother.

15-19. Kṛṣṇa, having thus completed the entire nuptial rite dismissed all kings that had come there. The best kings honoured by Kṛṣṇa proceeded (homewards). The very noble brāhmaṇas went to their respective abodes. The pious, immutable son of Devakī, quite happily lived in that divine mansion. He, being praised by sages and hosts of gods in heaven, amused himself with her as Viṣṇu with Lakṣmī . The eternal Viṣṇu, with his mind pleased day by day lived in the very beautiful Dvāravatī .

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 17751, revision 336708 (2022-04-26T10:44:12Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365833.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.