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Chapter 47

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Puruṣottama-kṣetra-māhātmya · Chapter 47

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।। मुनय ऊचुः ।। ।। भगवन्सर्वशास्त्रज्ञ श्रुतं परममद्भुतम् ।। यात्रारूपं भगवतो माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् ।। १ ।। यथाहं पूजितो देवः कामिभिः सर्वकामदः ।। भूत्युपासनया भूतिप्रदो ब्रूहि तथा हि नः ।।२।। ।।जैमिनिरुवाच।। सर्वा विभूतयो विष्णोर्जगत्यस्मिंश्चराचराः।। भूतिप्रदो विभूतिश्च स एकः परमेश्वरः।।३।। यथायथोप चरति तथा वै जायते नरः।। एतावदस्य महिमा परिमातुं न शक्यते।।४।। यो यथा समुपास्ते तं तथा वै फलमाप्नुयात्।। एकः पंथाश्चतुर्णां वै धर्मादीनां स दारवः ।। ५ ।। धर्मस्य पथा गहनः संकीर्णो वहुशासनैः ।। तत्त्वावधारणे नास्य क्षमः कोऽपि द्विजोत्तमाः ।। ६ ।। अर्थकामौ हि तन्मूलावित्थं स्थूलगती सदा ।। तेषां त्रयाणां भगवाननायासेन वृद्धिकृत् ।। ७ ।। धर्मो हि भगवान्विष्णुर्धर्ममूलमिदं जगत् ।। धर्मस्य जगतश्चापि प्रभुरेष जनार्दनः ।। ८ ।। पुरुषार्थमये तस्मिन्भक्तिर्यस्य प्रतिष्ठिता ।। स सर्वकामतृप्तात्मा न शोचति न कांक्षति ।। ९ ।। त्रैलोक्यैश्वर्यदातासौ शक्ररूपो ह्युपासितः ।। भावितो धातृरूपेण वंशवृद्धिकरो हरिः ।। 2.2.47.१० ।। सनत्कुमाररूपेण दीर्घमायुः प्रयच्छति ।। वृत्तिसंपत्प्रदो ह्येष पृथुरूपेण भावितः ।। ११ ।। गङ्गादितीर्थफलदो वाचस्पतिरुपासितः ।। अंतस्तमः प्रणुदति भास्वद्रूपेण भावितः ।। १२ ।। सौभाग्यमतुलं दद्यादमृतांशुरुपासितः ।। विद्याष्टादशतत्त्वज्ञो वाक्पतित्वेन भावयन् ।। १३ ।। वाजिमेधादियज्ञानां फलदोऽयं सनातनः ।। यज्ञेश्वरस्वरूपेण भावितोऽयं जगन्मयः ।। १४ ।। ध्यातः कुबेररूपेण समृद्धिमतुलां ददेत् ।। १५ ।। एवं दयांबुधिरसौ तस्मिन्नीलाचले वसन् ।। दीनानाथानुग्रहाय दारुव्याजशरीरवान् ।। १६ ।। प्रयात तत्र भो विप्रा वसध्वं सुसमाहिताः ।। श्रीशपादाब्जयुगलं शरणं तत्प्रपद्यत ।। १७ ।। ऐहिकामुष्मिकान्भोगान्वाञ्छध्वं यदि शाश्वतान् ।। अन्ते मुक्तिं च कैवल्यां यथेच्छं तत्र प्राप्नुत ।। १८ ।। इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे पुरुषोत्तमक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सप्तचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।। ४७ ।।

|| munaya ūcuḥ || || bhagavansarvaśāstrajña śrutaṃ paramamadbhutam || yātrārūpaṃ bhagavato māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam || 1 || yathāhaṃ pūjito devaḥ kāmibhiḥ sarvakāmadaḥ || bhūtyupāsanayā bhūtiprado brūhi tathā hi naḥ ||2|| ||jaiminiruvāca|| sarvā vibhūtayo viṣṇorjagatyasmiṃścarācarāḥ|| bhūtiprado vibhūtiśca sa ekaḥ parameśvaraḥ||3|| yathāyathopa carati tathā vai jāyate naraḥ|| etāvadasya mahimā parimātuṃ na śakyate||4|| yo yathā samupāste taṃ tathā vai phalamāpnuyāt|| ekaḥ paṃthāścaturṇāṃ vai dharmādīnāṃ sa dāravaḥ || 5 || dharmasya pathā gahanaḥ saṃkīrṇo vahuśāsanaiḥ || tattvāvadhāraṇe nāsya kṣamaḥ ko'pi dvijottamāḥ || 6 || arthakāmau hi tanmūlāvitthaṃ sthūlagatī sadā || teṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ bhagavānanāyāsena vṛddhikṛt || 7 || dharmo hi bhagavānviṣṇurdharmamūlamidaṃ jagat || dharmasya jagataścāpi prabhureṣa janārdanaḥ || 8 || puruṣārthamaye tasminbhaktiryasya pratiṣṭhitā || sa sarvakāmatṛptātmā na śocati na kāṃkṣati || 9 || trailokyaiśvaryadātāsau śakrarūpo hyupāsitaḥ || bhāvito dhātṛrūpeṇa vaṃśavṛddhikaro hariḥ || 2.2.47.10 || sanatkumārarūpeṇa dīrghamāyuḥ prayacchati || vṛttisaṃpatprado hyeṣa pṛthurūpeṇa bhāvitaḥ || 11 || gaṅgāditīrthaphalado vācaspatirupāsitaḥ || aṃtastamaḥ praṇudati bhāsvadrūpeṇa bhāvitaḥ || 12 || saubhāgyamatulaṃ dadyādamṛtāṃśurupāsitaḥ || vidyāṣṭādaśatattvajño vākpatitvena bhāvayan || 13 || vājimedhādiyajñānāṃ phalado'yaṃ sanātanaḥ || yajñeśvarasvarūpeṇa bhāvito'yaṃ jaganmayaḥ || 14 || dhyātaḥ kuberarūpeṇa samṛddhimatulāṃ dadet || 15 || evaṃ dayāṃbudhirasau tasminnīlācale vasan || dīnānāthānugrahāya dāruvyājaśarīravān || 16 || prayāta tatra bho viprā vasadhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ || śrīśapādābjayugalaṃ śaraṇaṃ tatprapadyata || 17 || aihikāmuṣmikānbhogānvāñchadhvaṃ yadi śāśvatān || ante muktiṃ ca kaivalyāṃ yathecchaṃ tatra prāpnuta || 18 || iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye saptacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 47 ||

English translation

The sages said :

1. O holy Lord, conversant with all scriptures, a wonderful account about the greatness of the festivals of the Lord, destructive of sins, has been heard.

2. Now tell us how this Lord grants prosperity on meditation of his glorious attributes by those who desire prosperity. How is he the bestower of all desired objects?

Jaimini said :

3. All the mobile and immobile beings of the universe are the Vibhūtis (glorious attributes) of Viṣṇu . That one Supreme Lord is the bestower of prosperity and glory. He is the Supreme Vibhūti too.

4-5. It is not possible to measure his greatness by saying “It is this much”. What one gets or becomes is determined by the degree of his devotion to God and his mode of worship. The single path for acquiring all the four aims of life beginning with Dharma is that Lord of wooden form.

6. The path of virtue and piety is incomprehensible. It has become (too) narrow due to numerous restrictions imposed by precepts. O excellent Brāhmaṇas , no one is competent to come to a decision as to its (of Dharma) exact nature.

7. Artha (Wealth) and Kāma (Love) have always gross features. They have their origin in Dharma. The Lord increases all these three without any strain.

8. Indeed Dharma itself is Lord Viṣṇu. This universe has its root in Dharma. Janārdana is the Lord of Dharma and of the universe.

9. If a man’s devotion is well-established in him (the Lord) who is identical with the aims of life, he becomes a contented soul in every respect. He is not affected by (unfulfilled) yearnings. He never feels grief-stricken.

10. If he is worshipped in the form of Śakra , [1] he bestows the wealth and glory of all the three worlds .

If Hari is meditated upon in the form of Brahmā , he causes increase in family.

11. In the form of Sanatkumāra he grants long life. Meditated upon in the form of Pṛthu he bestows employment and riches.

12. Worshipped as Vācaspati he bestows the benefit of bathing in Gaṅgā and other sacred waters. Meditated upon in the form of the Sun he dispels internal darkness.

13. Worshipped as the Moon he will give matchless fortune. One who meditates upon the Lord in the form of Vākpati , becomes conversant with the principles of the eighteen Vidyās (branches, of learning).

14. This Lord identical with the universe, when meditated upon in the form of the Lord of Yajñas , shall bestow the benefits of performing horse and other sacrifices. He is the eternal Lord.

15. Meditated upon in the form of Kubera he will grant immense prosperity.

16. Such is the Ocean of Mercy dwelling on that Nīla mountain. He has come in embodied form under the guise of the Lord with wooden form to bless the wretched and the helpless.

17. Go there, O Brāhmaṇas; stay there with mental and bodily purity and concentration. Seek refuge in the pair of lotus-like feet of the Lord of Śrī.

18. If you wish for perpetual enjoyment of pleasure here and hereafter and, in the end, final emancipation in the form of complete isolation from matter, go to that place.

[1]: [1] : VV 10-15 describe the specific merits derived from worshipping the different forms of the Lord such as Śakra, Brahmā etc.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 22973, revision 71203 (2016-06-13T18:44:46Z). English is G. V. Tagare’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371629.html and the archival publication witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.