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Chapter 15

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।। जैमिनिरुवाच ।। ।। ततस्ते प्रस्थिता विप्रा नीलकण्ठांतिकं मुदा ।। प्रपूज्य तं महादेवं श्रीदुर्गां प्रणिपत्य च ।। १ ।। विमुच्य स्यंदनवरं पादचाराः सहानुगाः ।। आरोढुं नीलभूमिध्रं प्रयाताः संयतेद्रियाः ।। २ ।। नानाद्रुमलताकीर्णं नानापक्षिगणाकुलम् ।। शिलाविषमसंरोधमभितः परिवेषकम् ।। ३ ।। भ्रमद्भ्रमरसंभूतभ्रमकृद्गंडशैलकम्।। दक्षिणांभोधिकल्लोलजलावृतनितंबकम् ।। ४ ।। अप्रतर्क्यं सदा मर्त्यैर्दुष्प्रवेश्यं महोरगैः ।। मत्तमातंगकघटाबृंहितैर्भीषणांतरम् ।। ५ ।। श्वापदैश्चिरसंवासैः शस्त्राघातमवेदिभिः ।। निर्भयैः परितः कीर्णं मृगयूथैरनेकशः ।। ६ ।। प्रवेष्टुकामा न प्रापुर्यदा ते मार्गमंतरम्।। तदा नारदसंसर्गाद्विदित्वा तु गिरेः शिरः ।। ७ ।। आसेदुर्यत्र वसति कृष्णागुरुतरोरधः ।। सर्वापद्भयसंहर्ता दिव्यसिंहवपुर्विभुः ।। ।। ८ ।। यं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्महत्याया लीयन्ते कोटयो नृणाम् ।। व्यात्तास्यं भीमदशनमापिंगलसटाकुलम् ।। ९ ।। उग्रं त्रिनेत्रं दैत्यस्य स्वोरावुत्तानशायिनः ।। वक्षःस्थलं दारयंतं नखरैर्वज्रदारुणैः ।। 2.2.15.१० ।। अरुणाभं लसज्जिह्वं साट्टहासमुखं विभुम् ।। शंखचक्रलसद्बाहुं किरीटमुकुटोज्ज्वलम् ।।।। ११ ।। नेत्रोच्छलद्वह्निकणसंत्रासितदिगन्तरम् ।। प्रचंडाघातभूम्यंतप्रविष्टपदपंकजम् ।। १२ ।। तमादिमृर्तिं ते दृष्ट्वा नारदाग्रे तदा हरिम् ।। निर्भया ददृशुर्दूरात्प्रणेमुर्विगतज्वराः ।। १३ ।। इन्द्रद्युम्नोऽपि तं दृष्ट्वा नारदोक्तौ विशस्वसे ।। भाविकार्ये प्रत्ययवानिदमाह महामुनिम् ।। १४ ।। महर्षे कृतकृत्योऽस्मि त्वं हि ज्ञाननिधिः परम् ।। दुराराध्यो नृसिहोऽयं दर्शनेऽपि भयावहः ।।१५।। भवादृशैः सुसेव्योयं मादृशैर्दूरतोऽपि सः ।। दर्शनात्कृतकृत्योऽस्मि संलीनाशेषपातकः ।। १६ ।। त्वत्सन्निधानादेवात्र तिष्ठामो निर्भया मुने ।। अत्युग्र मूर्तिर्भगवान्स्वल्पवीर्यैर्नरैः कथम् ।। १७ ।। आराध्यते दैत्यराजं त्रिलोकेशं विदारयन् ।। यस्य नीलमयी मूर्तिः कृपासिंधोः स्थिता तु वै ।। १८ ।। कस्मिन्स्थले मुनिश्रेष्ठ दर्शनाद्या विमुक्तिदा ।। तन्मे दर्शय विप्रेंद्र यन्मे मुक्तिप्रदं मतम् ।। १९ ।। इत्युक्तो नारदस्तस्मै दर्शयामास पावनम् ।। स्थानं यत्र स्थितो देवः स्वर्णसैकत संवृतः ।। 2.2.15.२० ।। पश्यैतं योजनायामं योजनद्वयमुच्छ्रितम् ।। कल्पांतस्थायिनं भूप न्यग्रोधं मुक्तिदं नृणाम् ।। २१ ।। छायायाः क्रमणाद्यस्य मुच्यते पापकंचुकात् ।। अस्य मूले नरः प्राणांस्त्यजन्मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् ।।२२।। न्यग्रोधरूपं दृष्ट्वापि नारायणमकल्मषम् ।। निष्पापो जायते मर्त्यः किमुत पूजयन्स्तुवन् ।। २३ ।। अस्य मूलात्प्रतीच्यां हि नृसिंहस्योत्तरे नृप ।। अतिष्ठन्माधवो यत्र चतुर्मूर्तिधरो विभुः ।। २४ ।। अनुग्रहीतुं त्वामेव पुनरत्रोद्भविष्यति ।। श्वेतद्वीपे यथा विष्णुर्भोगभूमौ निजालयः ।। २५ ।। जंबूद्वीपे कर्मभूमौ निजं स्थानमिदं स्मृतम् ।। स्वस्यैवातिरहस्यत्वान्न प्रकाशोस्य संमतः ।। २६ ।। मोक्षाधिकारी जानाति स्थलमेतन्महीपते ।। अविश्वासपदं नृणां दुष्कृतां हि विशेषतः ।। २७ ।। अत्र याऽन्या प्रतिकृतिः पौरैर्विष्णोः प्रतिष्ठिता ।। सापि मुक्तिप्रदा भूप किं पुनः सा स्वयंभुवा ।। २८ ।। अंतर्द्धानतिरोधाने सुनिमित्ते जगत्प्रभोः।। अनुग्रहार्थं साधूनां जायते च युगेयुगे ।। २९ ।। नानावतारैर्भगवान्मत्स्यकूर्मादिकैर्नृप ।। निमित्तनाशे च तिरोदधाति परमेश्वरः ।। 2.2.15.३० ।। निर्निमित्तं स्थितो नित्यमिह कारुण्यसागरः ।। श्वेतद्वीपाद्यथा विष्णुरन्यत्रावतरेत्प्रभुः ।। ३१ ।। अत्र स्थितोऽपि स द्वारकाकांचीपुष्करादिषु ।। प्रकाशं याति कृपया तरुमूलप्ररोहवत् ।। ३२ ।। नानातीर्थेषु देशेषु क्षेत्रेष्वायतनेषु च ।। अंशावतारास्तस्यैव मा भूत्ते संशयो नृप ।।३३।। क्षणं न त्यजतीशानः क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रमिव स्वकम् ।। त्वदुपज्ञस्तु भूपाल प्रकाशोऽन्यो भविष्यति ।। ३४ ।। इति संदर्शितं स्थानं नारदेन महात्मना ।। साष्टांगपातं भूमौ तदिंद्रद्युम्नो ननाम ह ।। ३५ ।। मन्वानस्तु स्थितं देवं प्रकाशमिव तुष्टुवे ।। ३६ ।। ।। इंद्रद्युम्न उवाच ।। ।। देवदेव जगन्नाथ प्रणतार्तिविनाशन ।। त्राहि मां पुंडरीकाक्ष पतितं भवसागरे ।। ३७ ।। त्वमेक एव दुःखौघध्वंसकः परमेश्वर ।। क्षुद्राः क्षुद्रान्हि सेवंते सुखलेशस्य लिप्सया ।। ३८ ।। अनादित्रिविधौघस्य राशेः स्वस्य महांहसः ।। दुरुच्छेद्यस्य सततं पूर्यमाणस्य जन्मनः ।। ३९ ।। किं पुनर्भक्तिभावेन साक्षान्मुक्तिप्रदं नृणाम्।। कर्माधीनं तु ये मूढा वदंति त्वां क्रृपानिधिम् ।। 2.2.15.४० ।। ते न जानंति भगवन्कर्मैवं प्रेरितं त्वया ।। अजामिलेन विप्रेण त्यक्त्वा वर्णाश्रमोदितम् ।। ४१ ।। किं न पापं कृतं स्वामिन्सोऽपि त्वन्नामकीर्तनात् ।। मुक्तोऽभूत्स्मरणादेव पाशहस्तैर्विमोचितः ।। ४२ ।। सर्वेऽप्युपाया देवेश कीर्तितास्तव दर्शने ।। त्वयि दृष्टे हि भिद्यंते संशया हृदि संस्थिताः ।। ४३ ।। निःसंशयो भवेत्सद्यः पापपुण्यक्षयो धुवम् ।। त्वमेव शरणं दीनमनुगृह्णीष्व मां विभो ।। ४४ ।। निश्चितानि त्वया देव गर्भस्थस्य च यानि मे ।। तैरेव मे जनिर्जातु याचे त्वां केवलं त्विदम् ।। ४५ ।। तिरश्चो मुक्तिदा मूर्तिः स्थिता ते याऽत्र तां पुनः ।। अनेन चक्षुषा पश्यामीश नान्यत्प्रयोजनम् ।।४६।। कृतांजलिपुटो राजा स्तुत्वैवं मधुसूदनम्।। पुनर्ननाम धरणीपृष्ठे साश्रुविलोचनः ।। ४७ ।। ततोंऽतरिक्षगा वाणी सामसुस्वरभाषिणी ।। उच्चचार नभोमध्ये इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य शृण्वतः ।। ४८ ।। मा चिंतां व्रज भूपाल व्रजिष्ये त्वदृशोः पथम् ।। पैतामहं वचः प्राह नारदो यत्कुरुष्व तत् ।। ४९ ।। तच्छ्रुत्वा दिव्यवचनं नारदस्य च भाषितम् ।। श्रद्दधे वाजिमेधाय भगवत्प्रीतिकारकः ।। 2.2.15.५० ।। नारदं च पुनः प्राह हर्षगद्गदया गिरा ।। मुने त्वया यदादिष्टं चतुर्मुखनिदेशतः ।। ५१ ।। अशरीरा त्वियं वाणी अनुजज्ञे तदेव हि ।। पितामहो जगन्नाथो भेदो वै नाऽनयोः क्वचित् ।। ५२ ।। पद्मयोनेः सुतस्त्वं हि वचस्ते भगवद्वचः ।। तत्कर्तव्यं प्रयत्नेन यच्छ्रेयउपपादकम् ।। ५३ ।। इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे पुरुषोत्तमक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये जैमिनिऋषिसंवादे पंचदशोऽध्यायः ।। १५ ।।

|| jaiminiruvāca || || tataste prasthitā viprā nīlakaṇṭhāṃtikaṃ mudā || prapūjya taṃ mahādevaṃ śrīdurgāṃ praṇipatya ca || 1 || vimucya syaṃdanavaraṃ pādacārāḥ sahānugāḥ || āroḍhuṃ nīlabhūmidhraṃ prayātāḥ saṃyatedriyāḥ || 2 || nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ nānāpakṣigaṇākulam || śilāviṣamasaṃrodhamabhitaḥ pariveṣakam || 3 || bhramadbhramarasaṃbhūtabhramakṛdgaṃḍaśailakam|| dakṣiṇāṃbhodhikallolajalāvṛtanitaṃbakam || 4 || apratarkyaṃ sadā martyairduṣpraveśyaṃ mahoragaiḥ || mattamātaṃgakaghaṭābṛṃhitairbhīṣaṇāṃtaram || 5 || śvāpadaiścirasaṃvāsaiḥ śastrāghātamavedibhiḥ || nirbhayaiḥ paritaḥ kīrṇaṃ mṛgayūthairanekaśaḥ || 6 || praveṣṭukāmā na prāpuryadā te mārgamaṃtaram|| tadā nāradasaṃsargādviditvā tu gireḥ śiraḥ || 7 || āseduryatra vasati kṛṣṇāgurutaroradhaḥ || sarvāpadbhayasaṃhartā divyasiṃhavapurvibhuḥ || || 8 || yaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmahatyāyā līyante koṭayo nṛṇām || vyāttāsyaṃ bhīmadaśanamāpiṃgalasaṭākulam || 9 || ugraṃ trinetraṃ daityasya svorāvuttānaśāyinaḥ || vakṣaḥsthalaṃ dārayaṃtaṃ nakharairvajradāruṇaiḥ || 2.2.15.10 || aruṇābhaṃ lasajjihvaṃ sāṭṭahāsamukhaṃ vibhum || śaṃkhacakralasadbāhuṃ kirīṭamukuṭojjvalam |||| 11 || netrocchaladvahnikaṇasaṃtrāsitadigantaram || pracaṃḍāghātabhūmyaṃtapraviṣṭapadapaṃkajam || 12 || tamādimṛrtiṃ te dṛṣṭvā nāradāgre tadā harim || nirbhayā dadṛśurdūrātpraṇemurvigatajvarāḥ || 13 || indradyumno'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā nāradoktau viśasvase || bhāvikārye pratyayavānidamāha mahāmunim || 14 || maharṣe kṛtakṛtyo'smi tvaṃ hi jñānanidhiḥ param || durārādhyo nṛsiho'yaṃ darśane'pi bhayāvahaḥ ||15|| bhavādṛśaiḥ susevyoyaṃ mādṛśairdūrato'pi saḥ || darśanātkṛtakṛtyo'smi saṃlīnāśeṣapātakaḥ || 16 || tvatsannidhānādevātra tiṣṭhāmo nirbhayā mune || atyugra mūrtirbhagavānsvalpavīryairnaraiḥ katham || 17 || ārādhyate daityarājaṃ trilokeśaṃ vidārayan || yasya nīlamayī mūrtiḥ kṛpāsiṃdhoḥ sthitā tu vai || 18 || kasminsthale muniśreṣṭha darśanādyā vimuktidā || tanme darśaya vipreṃdra yanme muktipradaṃ matam || 19 || ityukto nāradastasmai darśayāmāsa pāvanam || sthānaṃ yatra sthito devaḥ svarṇasaikata saṃvṛtaḥ || 2.2.15.20 || paśyaitaṃ yojanāyāmaṃ yojanadvayamucchritam || kalpāṃtasthāyinaṃ bhūpa nyagrodhaṃ muktidaṃ nṛṇām || 21 || chāyāyāḥ kramaṇādyasya mucyate pāpakaṃcukāt || asya mūle naraḥ prāṇāṃstyajanmuktimavāpnuyāt ||22|| nyagrodharūpaṃ dṛṣṭvāpi nārāyaṇamakalmaṣam || niṣpāpo jāyate martyaḥ kimuta pūjayanstuvan || 23 || asya mūlātpratīcyāṃ hi nṛsiṃhasyottare nṛpa || atiṣṭhanmādhavo yatra caturmūrtidharo vibhuḥ || 24 || anugrahītuṃ tvāmeva punaratrodbhaviṣyati || śvetadvīpe yathā viṣṇurbhogabhūmau nijālayaḥ || 25 || jaṃbūdvīpe karmabhūmau nijaṃ sthānamidaṃ smṛtam || svasyaivātirahasyatvānna prakāśosya saṃmataḥ || 26 || mokṣādhikārī jānāti sthalametanmahīpate || aviśvāsapadaṃ nṛṇāṃ duṣkṛtāṃ hi viśeṣataḥ || 27 || atra yā'nyā pratikṛtiḥ paurairviṣṇoḥ pratiṣṭhitā || sāpi muktipradā bhūpa kiṃ punaḥ sā svayaṃbhuvā || 28 || aṃtarddhānatirodhāne sunimitte jagatprabhoḥ|| anugrahārthaṃ sādhūnāṃ jāyate ca yugeyuge || 29 || nānāvatārairbhagavānmatsyakūrmādikairnṛpa || nimittanāśe ca tirodadhāti parameśvaraḥ || 2.2.15.30 || nirnimittaṃ sthito nityamiha kāruṇyasāgaraḥ || śvetadvīpādyathā viṣṇuranyatrāvataretprabhuḥ || 31 || atra sthito'pi sa dvārakākāṃcīpuṣkarādiṣu || prakāśaṃ yāti kṛpayā tarumūlaprarohavat || 32 || nānātīrtheṣu deśeṣu kṣetreṣvāyataneṣu ca || aṃśāvatārāstasyaiva mā bhūtte saṃśayo nṛpa ||33|| kṣaṇaṃ na tyajatīśānaḥ kṣetraṃ kṣetramiva svakam || tvadupajñastu bhūpāla prakāśo'nyo bhaviṣyati || 34 || iti saṃdarśitaṃ sthānaṃ nāradena mahātmanā || sāṣṭāṃgapātaṃ bhūmau tadiṃdradyumno nanāma ha || 35 || manvānastu sthitaṃ devaṃ prakāśamiva tuṣṭuve || 36 || || iṃdradyumna uvāca || || devadeva jagannātha praṇatārtivināśana || trāhi māṃ puṃḍarīkākṣa patitaṃ bhavasāgare || 37 || tvameka eva duḥkhaughadhvaṃsakaḥ parameśvara || kṣudrāḥ kṣudrānhi sevaṃte sukhaleśasya lipsayā || 38 || anāditrividhaughasya rāśeḥ svasya mahāṃhasaḥ || durucchedyasya satataṃ pūryamāṇasya janmanaḥ || 39 || kiṃ punarbhaktibhāvena sākṣānmuktipradaṃ nṛṇām|| karmādhīnaṃ tu ye mūḍhā vadaṃti tvāṃ krṛpānidhim || 2.2.15.40 || te na jānaṃti bhagavankarmaivaṃ preritaṃ tvayā || ajāmilena vipreṇa tyaktvā varṇāśramoditam || 41 || kiṃ na pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ svāminso'pi tvannāmakīrtanāt || mukto'bhūtsmaraṇādeva pāśahastairvimocitaḥ || 42 || sarve'pyupāyā deveśa kīrtitāstava darśane || tvayi dṛṣṭe hi bhidyaṃte saṃśayā hṛdi saṃsthitāḥ || 43 || niḥsaṃśayo bhavetsadyaḥ pāpapuṇyakṣayo dhuvam || tvameva śaraṇaṃ dīnamanugṛhṇīṣva māṃ vibho || 44 || niścitāni tvayā deva garbhasthasya ca yāni me || taireva me janirjātu yāce tvāṃ kevalaṃ tvidam || 45 || tiraśco muktidā mūrtiḥ sthitā te yā'tra tāṃ punaḥ || anena cakṣuṣā paśyāmīśa nānyatprayojanam ||46|| kṛtāṃjalipuṭo rājā stutvaivaṃ madhusūdanam|| punarnanāma dharaṇīpṛṣṭhe sāśruvilocanaḥ || 47 || tatoṃ'tarikṣagā vāṇī sāmasusvarabhāṣiṇī || uccacāra nabhomadhye indradyumnasya śṛṇvataḥ || 48 || mā ciṃtāṃ vraja bhūpāla vrajiṣye tvadṛśoḥ patham || paitāmahaṃ vacaḥ prāha nārado yatkuruṣva tat || 49 || tacchrutvā divyavacanaṃ nāradasya ca bhāṣitam || śraddadhe vājimedhāya bhagavatprītikārakaḥ || 2.2.15.50 || nāradaṃ ca punaḥ prāha harṣagadgadayā girā || mune tvayā yadādiṣṭaṃ caturmukhanideśataḥ || 51 || aśarīrā tviyaṃ vāṇī anujajñe tadeva hi || pitāmaho jagannātho bhedo vai nā'nayoḥ kvacit || 52 || padmayoneḥ sutastvaṃ hi vacaste bhagavadvacaḥ || tatkartavyaṃ prayatnena yacchreyaupapādakam || 53 || iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde paṃcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 15 ||

English translation

Summary: Indradyumna ’s Grief Dispelled: Manifestation of Four-formed Visnu .

Jaimini said :

1-2. Then those Brāhmaṇas left the excellent chariot and walked on foot along with their followers. They approached Nīlakaṇṭha joyously. After worshipping Mahādeva and bowing down to Śrīdurgā they started climbing Nīla mountain [1] with the senses under perfect control.

3. It was overgrown with different kinds of trees and creepers and full of various types of birds. Rugged rocks prevented free passage therein. There was a halo round the mountain.

4. The huge rocks that were tossed about (on the mountain) were hovered around by humming bees causing a confusion of sounds. The waves and waters of the Southern Sea came as far as the ridge of this mountain.

5. It was beyond human imagination and always impenetrable due to the presence of huge serpents. The interior of the mountain was extremely terrible on account of the trumpeting sounds of elephants in their rut.

6. It was always infested with beasts of prey. They never knew an attack (by human beings) with weapons. Many herds of deer moved all around fearlessly.

7. They (i.e. the Brāhmaṇas) were desirous of entering it, but could not see the path leading into it. But due to Nārada ’s presence they came to know the top of the mountain.

8. They reached the place where the Lord is present in the form of the divine lion beneath the black aloe-wood tree, dispelling the fear of all adversities.

9. On seeing that Lord crores of the sins of Brāhmaṇa -slaughter incurred by men perish. The Lord has a huge open mouth with terrible teeth and tawny-coloured dishevelled manes.

10. He looked fierce with three eyes. The body of the Daitya is kept on his thighs in a supine position. With his claws as frightful as thunderbolt the Lord is (depicted as) tearing the chest of the demon.

11. He has pink lustre with blazing (v.l. lolling) tongue. The Lord bursts into a thunderous laughter. In his arms the conch and the discus were shining. The coronet and the crown dazzled brilliantly.

12. Sparks of fire emit from his eyes, frightening all the quarters. His lotus-like feet have gone deep down into the earth as he has stamped on the ground with great force.

13. Viewing the primordial idol of Hari in the presence of Nārada they looked at the Lord without fear. Free from ailments they bowed down to him from a distance.

14. On seeing the Lord Indradyumna began to believe the words of Nārada. With steady confidence in the future task he said to the great sage:

15. “I am contented (as I have almost fulfilled my task), O great sage; you are the greatest storehouse of knowledge. This Nṛsiṃha is very difficult to be propitiated. He is frightful even to look at.

16. He should be worshipped well by people like you. He should be worshipped from a distance by people like me. I am contented and blessed merely by viewing him. All my sins have been destroyed.

17-19. Since you are nearby, O sage, we stand here fearlessly. The Lord has an excessively terrible form. How can he be propitiated by people deficient in vigour and power? He is excessively frightening in the act of tearing up the king of Daityas , the lord of the three worlds.

Where is that place in which the blue sapphire form of the ocean of mercy had stood originally, O excellent sage, and which bestows salvation by mere sight? Show me that (place) which I consider as the bestower of salvation, O eminent Brāhmaṇa.”

20. Thus requested Nārada pointed out to him the sacred place where the Lord stood covered with golden sands.

21. “See this Nyagrodha (Banyan) tree, O king. Its girth is one Yojana and its height is two Yojanas . It will stand till the end of the Kalpa . It bestows salvation on men.

22. One is liberated from the shackles of sins by coming under the shade of the tree. A man who gives up his life at the root of this tree, shall attain salvation.

23. Even by seeing the sinless Nārāyaṇa in the form of the Nyagrodha tree a man becomes sinless. Then what to say if he worships and eulogizes?

24. It was to the west of the root of this (tree) and to the north of Nṛsiṃha, O king, that Mādhava , the Lord, stood in four different forms.

25-26. He will manifest here once again to bless you. Viṣṇu has his own abode in the Śveta island which is the land of enjoyment of pleasures. Similarly this is known as his own abode in Jaṃbūdvīpa which is the land of holy rites. Since it is a very great secret, its revelation is not approved of.

27. Only one who is eligible to be liberated knows this place, O king. It cannot be believed by (ordinary) men and by vicious people in particular.

28. Another idol of Viṣṇu which was installed here by the citizens, O king, is also a bestower of salvation. What doubt can there be then in the case of an idol installed by the Self-born Lord ( Brahmā )?

29. (Manifestation) and vanishing of the Lord of the universe has a purpose behind it. He incarnates in different forms in different Yugas for the sake of blessing the good and pious people.

30. The Lord takes the forms of fish, tortoise etc. When the purpose is served the great Lord vanishes.

31-32. The ocean of kindness is stationed here permanently without any reason. Just as Lord Viṣṇu incarnates elsewhere from the Śveta island, so also stationed here the Lord manifests himself mercifully in places like Dvārakā , Kāñcī , Puṣkara etc. like sprouts from the roots of (mother) tree.

33. Incarnations in the different lands, holy spots, Tīrthas and shrines are (his) partial incarnations. Let there be no doubt in you about it, O king.

34. Īśāna ( Śiva ) does not forsake this holy spot even for a moment as he does not leave off his own sphere (land). There will be another manifestation, O king, known by you.”

35. After saying this, Nārada, the noble soul, pointed out the exact spot. There Indradyumna prostrated himself with eight limbs (touching the ground).

36. Thinking that the Lord was present there personally, he began to eulogize:

Indradyumna prayed :

37. O Lord of Devas , O Lord of the worlds, O destroyer of the agony of those who bow down (to you), save me, O lotus-eyed Lord. I have fallen into the ocean of worldly existence.

38. You are the only great Lord capable of destroying the mass of miseries. Only worthless, insignificant persons serve worthless and insignificant (deities) with a desire to get a small measure of happiness and comfort.

39. (I pray to you to destroy) the heap of my great sins of three kinds (accumulated) since very early times without a beginning, which cannot be annihilated and which goes on increasing in the course of different births.

40-41a. You are the bestower of salvation on men who see you directly. What of those who are prompted with the feelings of devotion? (They will certainly be liberated.) Those are fools who aver that you who are a storehouse of mercy, are subject to Karma . They do not know that Karma itself has been directed by you.

41b-42. What sins were not committed by the Brāhmaṇa Ajāmila [2] who had neglected everything prescribed for the people of different castes and stages of life? O Lord, he too was liberated by uttering your name. Merely by remembering (you) he was released from those (servants of Yama ) with nooses in their hands.

43-44a. All the means of viewing you, O Lord of Devas, have been glorified. Indeed, when you are seen, all the doubts lurking in the heart are dispelled.

When one is free from doubts, certainly all sins and merits disappear.

44b-45. Bless me, O Lord. I am wretched and I seek refuge in you alone.

Even as I was within the womb, all my future events were decided by you. Let my life pass on with them. I beg you only for this.

46. Formerly your idol was stationed here and it has bestowed liberation on even a being of low order. Let me see that form with this mortal eye. I have no other aim in view.

47. After eulogizing the Slayer of Madhu thus with palms joined in reverence, the king bowed down again and lay prostrated on the ground with tears in his eyes.

48. Thereafter an ethereal voice with gentle and clear tone uttered as follows, from the middle of the sky, even as Indradyumna stood listening:

49. “Do not be worried, O king. I shall come within the range of your vision. Carry out the direction of Brahmā as mentioned by Nārada.”

50. On hearing that divine utterance as well as what had been spoken by Nārada before, the king gained conviction that the horse-sacrifice must be performed. He decided to do what was pleasing to th Lord.

51-52. With words choked with tears of joy, he spoke to Nārada again: “O sage, what has been commanded by you at the instance of Brahmā, the four-faced Lord, has been approved by this unembodied voice. There is no difference between Brahmā and Viṣṇu, the Lord of the worlds.

53. Indeed you are the son of the Lotus-born Lord. Your words are the words of the Lord. Hence it should be performed because it is conducive to welfare.”

[1]: [1] : Purāṇic descriptions are to be cautiously accepted. For example: Svarṇādri in Ekāmra Kṣetra is regarded as the site of Liṅgarāja temple but actually there is no hill there at all. So is the case here.

[2]: [2] : For the story of Ajāmila vide BhP VI.1.21-68.

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