Puruṣottama-kṣetra-māhātmya · Chapter 48
Source।। मुनय ऊचुः ।। ।। प्रासादस्य प्रतिष्ठांत इन्द्रद्युम्नाय यद्वरान् ।। आज्ञापयामास हरिर्यात्रास्ता द्वादशापि च ।। १ ।। त्वत्सकाशाच्छुतं सर्वं ततः स पृथिवीपतिः ।। किं चकार महाबुद्धिर्विष्णुभक्तोऽप्यवस्थितः ।। ।। २ ।। ।। जैमिनिरुवाच ।। ।। वराँल्लब्ध्वा जगन्नाथात्साक्षाद्ब्रह्मस्वरूपिणः ।। कृतकृत्यं स मेने वा आत्मानं नरपुंगवः ।। ३ ।। यथाज्ञं कारयित्वा वै यात्रास्ताः पुण्यमोक्षदाः ।। बहूपचारैर्बहुधा समभ्यर्च्य जगद्गुरुम् ।। ४ ।। गालराजं समादिश्य देवस्याज्ञां यथाविधि ।। इदं प्रोवाच मधुरं धर्मन्यायसमायुतम् ।। ५ ।। ।। इन्द्रद्युम्न उवाच ।। ।। राजन्बहुश्रुतोऽसि त्वं धर्मनिष्ठामुपागतः ।। भगवत्यपि भक्तिस्ते कर्मणा मनसा गिरा ।। ।। ६ ।। न ह्येकस्योपदशाय भगवाननुशास्ति वै ।। चराचरगुरुर्ह्येष विश्वं तच्छिष्यतां गतम् ।। ७ ।। ममानुग्रहलक्ष्येण अवतीर्णो जगत्पतिः ।। उद्धृत्यै दीनमनसामत्रापि स्थास्यते चिरात् ।। ८ ।। भक्त्या च श्रद्धया युक्त एतदाज्ञां प्रवर्त्तय ।। प्रतिमाव्यवहारेण नैनं जानीहि भूमिप ।। ९ ।। प्रत्यक्षं ते यथा जातं त्रैलोक्यं भूमिमागतम् ।। प्रासादांतः प्रवेशे हि यस्यास्य जगदीशितुः ।। 2.2.48.१० ।। पितामहाद्यास्त्रिदशाः सर्वे युगपदागताः ।। विश्वमूर्त्या वयं सर्वे जाता वै नष्टचेतनाः ।। ११ ।। चराचरमयो ह्येष साक्षाद्दारुस्वरूपधृक् ।। कल्पवृक्षमिमं विद्धि भूगतं सर्वकामदम् ।। १२ ।। उपास्यैनं हि लभते यो यथा कामनाफलम् ।। यतंतो बहुधा यं हि यतयो न विदन्ति वै ।। तमःपारे प्रतिष्ठतं किंस्विज्ज्योतिः स्वरूपिणम् ।। १३ ।। यतीनां धर्मनिष्ठानां शुद्धानामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् ।। अनन्यभक्तियुक्तानामेकः पंथास्तु योगिनाम् ।। १४ ।। ग्रीष्मे शीत गभीरे वै निमज्ज्य सलिलाशये ।। परां निर्वृतिमाप्नोति तथास्मिन्करुणांबुधौ ।। १५ ।। त्रितापदुःखं त्यजति संप्राप्ते पुरुषोत्तमे ।। १६ ।। न माता न पिता मित्रं न पत्नी न सुतस्तथा ।। शरणागतदीनानां यथायमुपकारकः ।। १७ ।। तदेनं परिसेवस्व भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम् ।। पौरैः प्रजाभिर्यात्रास्ताः समृद्धं परिवर्त्तय ।। १८ ।। साधारणो धर्मपंथा नृपाणां नृपसत्तम ।। प्रवर्तितश्च पूर्वेण पाल्यतेऽनंतरेण सः ।। १९ ।। नृसिंहं भज राजेंद्र उपचारैर्महर्द्धिभिः ।। पूजयस्व त्रिसंध्यं तं परं निर्वाणमाप्नुहि ।। 2.2.48.२० ।। स्वकृतादुत्तमं प्राहुः परकृत्योपरक्षणम्।। पालयेत्परदत्तं यः स्वदत्तादुत्तमं हि तत् ।। २१ ।। ।। जैमिनिरुवाच ।। ।। कृतांजलिपुटः सोऽथ श्वेतो नृपतिसत्तमः ।। मूर्ध्नि जग्राह तद्वाक्यं मालामिव गुणान्विताम् ।। २२ ।। इंद्रद्युम्नोऽपि राजर्षिः प्रसाद्य पुरुषोत्तमम् ।। सह श्रीमान्ब्रह्मलोकं जगाम ह ।। ।। २३ ।। एतद्वः कथितं पुण्यं क्षेत्रमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ।। तत्र नित्योषितस्यापि माहात्म्यं ब्रह्मदारुणः ।। २४ ।। यश्चैतच्छृणुयाद्भक्त्या वाच्यमानं द्विजोत्तमाः ।। अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलं सोऽविकलं लभेत् ।। २५ ।। अर्द्धोदयस्तु यो योगः स्कंदेन परिकीर्तितः ।। तत्कोटिगुणितं पुण्यं विष्णोर्माहात्म्यकीर्तनात् ।। २६ ।। प्रातः प्रातर्यः शृणुयात्कपिलाशतदो भवेत् ।। गांगैः पुष्करजैस्तोयैरभिषेकफलं लभेत् ।। २७ ।। धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं पुण्यं संतानवर्द्धनम्।। स्वर्गप्रतिष्ठागतिदं सर्वपापापनोदनम् ।। २८ ।। एतद्रहस्यमाख्यातं पुराणेषु सुगोपितम् ।। वैष्णवेभ्यो विनाऽन्येषु न तु वाच्यं कदाचन ।।२९।। कुतर्कोपहता ये च दुरधीतश्रुतागमाः ।। नास्तिका दांभिका नित्यं परदोषोपदर्शिनः ।। अवैष्णवा मोघजीवास्तेभ्यो गोप्यं सदैव हि ।। 2.2.48.३० ।। इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे पुरुषोत्तमक्षेत्रमाहात्म्येऽष्टचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।। ४८ ।।
|| munaya ūcuḥ || || prāsādasya pratiṣṭhāṃta indradyumnāya yadvarān || ājñāpayāmāsa hariryātrāstā dvādaśāpi ca || 1 || tvatsakāśācchutaṃ sarvaṃ tataḥ sa pṛthivīpatiḥ || kiṃ cakāra mahābuddhirviṣṇubhakto'pyavasthitaḥ || || 2 || || jaiminiruvāca || || varā~llabdhvā jagannāthātsākṣādbrahmasvarūpiṇaḥ || kṛtakṛtyaṃ sa mene vā ātmānaṃ narapuṃgavaḥ || 3 || yathājñaṃ kārayitvā vai yātrāstāḥ puṇyamokṣadāḥ || bahūpacārairbahudhā samabhyarcya jagadgurum || 4 || gālarājaṃ samādiśya devasyājñāṃ yathāvidhi || idaṃ provāca madhuraṃ dharmanyāyasamāyutam || 5 || || indradyumna uvāca || || rājanbahuśruto'si tvaṃ dharmaniṣṭhāmupāgataḥ || bhagavatyapi bhaktiste karmaṇā manasā girā || || 6 || na hyekasyopadaśāya bhagavānanuśāsti vai || carācaragururhyeṣa viśvaṃ tacchiṣyatāṃ gatam || 7 || mamānugrahalakṣyeṇa avatīrṇo jagatpatiḥ || uddhṛtyai dīnamanasāmatrāpi sthāsyate cirāt || 8 || bhaktyā ca śraddhayā yukta etadājñāṃ pravarttaya || pratimāvyavahāreṇa nainaṃ jānīhi bhūmipa || 9 || pratyakṣaṃ te yathā jātaṃ trailokyaṃ bhūmimāgatam || prāsādāṃtaḥ praveśe hi yasyāsya jagadīśituḥ || 2.2.48.10 || pitāmahādyāstridaśāḥ sarve yugapadāgatāḥ || viśvamūrtyā vayaṃ sarve jātā vai naṣṭacetanāḥ || 11 || carācaramayo hyeṣa sākṣāddārusvarūpadhṛk || kalpavṛkṣamimaṃ viddhi bhūgataṃ sarvakāmadam || 12 || upāsyainaṃ hi labhate yo yathā kāmanāphalam || yataṃto bahudhā yaṃ hi yatayo na vidanti vai || tamaḥpāre pratiṣṭhataṃ kiṃsvijjyotiḥ svarūpiṇam || 13 || yatīnāṃ dharmaniṣṭhānāṃ śuddhānāmūrdhvaretasām || ananyabhaktiyuktānāmekaḥ paṃthāstu yoginām || 14 || grīṣme śīta gabhīre vai nimajjya salilāśaye || parāṃ nirvṛtimāpnoti tathāsminkaruṇāṃbudhau || 15 || tritāpaduḥkhaṃ tyajati saṃprāpte puruṣottame || 16 || na mātā na pitā mitraṃ na patnī na sutastathā || śaraṇāgatadīnānāṃ yathāyamupakārakaḥ || 17 || tadenaṃ parisevasva bhuktimuktiphalapradam || pauraiḥ prajābhiryātrāstāḥ samṛddhaṃ parivarttaya || 18 || sādhāraṇo dharmapaṃthā nṛpāṇāṃ nṛpasattama || pravartitaśca pūrveṇa pālyate'naṃtareṇa saḥ || 19 || nṛsiṃhaṃ bhaja rājeṃdra upacārairmaharddhibhiḥ || pūjayasva trisaṃdhyaṃ taṃ paraṃ nirvāṇamāpnuhi || 2.2.48.20 || svakṛtāduttamaṃ prāhuḥ parakṛtyoparakṣaṇam|| pālayetparadattaṃ yaḥ svadattāduttamaṃ hi tat || 21 || || jaiminiruvāca || || kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ so'tha śveto nṛpatisattamaḥ || mūrdhni jagrāha tadvākyaṃ mālāmiva guṇānvitām || 22 || iṃdradyumno'pi rājarṣiḥ prasādya puruṣottamam || saha śrīmānbrahmalokaṃ jagāma ha || || 23 || etadvaḥ kathitaṃ puṇyaṃ kṣetramāhātmyamuttamam || tatra nityoṣitasyāpi māhātmyaṃ brahmadāruṇaḥ || 24 || yaścaitacchṛṇuyādbhaktyā vācyamānaṃ dvijottamāḥ || aśvamedhasahasrasya phalaṃ so'vikalaṃ labhet || 25 || arddhodayastu yo yogaḥ skaṃdena parikīrtitaḥ || tatkoṭiguṇitaṃ puṇyaṃ viṣṇormāhātmyakīrtanāt || 26 || prātaḥ prātaryaḥ śṛṇuyātkapilāśatado bhavet || gāṃgaiḥ puṣkarajaistoyairabhiṣekaphalaṃ labhet || 27 || dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ saṃtānavarddhanam|| svargapratiṣṭhāgatidaṃ sarvapāpāpanodanam || 28 || etadrahasyamākhyātaṃ purāṇeṣu sugopitam || vaiṣṇavebhyo vinā'nyeṣu na tu vācyaṃ kadācana ||29|| kutarkopahatā ye ca duradhītaśrutāgamāḥ || nāstikā dāṃbhikā nityaṃ paradoṣopadarśinaḥ || avaiṣṇavā moghajīvāstebhyo gopyaṃ sadaiva hi || 2.2.48.30 || iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye'ṣṭacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 48 ||
English translation
The sages said :
1-2. At the conclusion of the installation of the Mansion, what boons Hari granted to Indradyumna as well as the twelve great festivals that he ordered—all these we have heard directly from you. Thereafter, what did the highly intelligent king who continued to remain a devotee of Viṣṇu , do?
Jaimini said :
3. After receiving the boons directly from the Lord of the universe, who is the Brahman incarnate, that excellent man considered himself blessed and one who had fulfilled his task (in life).
4. He celebrated all those festivals, the bestowers of merit and emancipation, in accordance with the command (of the Lord). He worshipped the Sire of the universe in diverse ways and with many offerings and courteous services.
5. Then he instructed king Gāla about the various things that the Lord had commanded along with the procedures for the same. And he spoke these sweet words full of righteousness and justice:
Indradyumna said :
6. O king, you are a man of vast learning. You abide by the practice of virtuous deeds. You entertain devotion to the Lord in thought, words and deeds.
7. The Lord does not command merely for the sake of instructing a single person. He is the preceptor of both mobile and immobile (beings). The entire universe has become his disciple.
8. With the aim of blessing me the Lord of the universe incarnated. For the sake of uplifting men of distressed minds he will stay here for a long time.
9. Carry out his behest with devotion and faith. O king, do not think that he is a mere idol.
10. It has been perceived directly by you that all the three worlds came to the earth at the time of the entry into his Mansion by the Lord of the universe.
11. All the Devas headed by Brahmā came simultaneously along with the Lord in his cosmic form. We all became bewildered, unable to know what we should do.
12. This Lord who has assumed the wooden form is himself identical with mobile and immobile beings. Know him to be the Kalpa tree, the bestower of all desires on the earth.
13-15. Whatever may be the form in which one worships him, one attains the fruit of one’s desire. Though they strive much, ascetics do not obtain him. He is stationed beyond the darkness. He is of the form of some unique luminous being. He is the sole path of Yogins , of pious ascetics, of the purest persons having sublimated their sexual energy, of those who are endowed with single-minded devotion.
During Summer one attains the greatest pleasure by immersing oneself in a vast water reservoir, cool, deep and majestic. In the same manner one gets the height of bliss in this ocean of mercy.
16-18. When Puruṣottama has been approached (realized), one gets rid of the misery in the form of the three types of suffering. Neither mother nor father, neither a friend nor a wife nor a son can be of as much assistance as he to those distressed persons who have sought refuge in him. So serve him. He bestows the benefits of worldly enjoyment as well as salvation. Make the citizens and the general public celebrate those festivals elaborately.
19. This is the usual path of virtue among kings, O excellent king, that what is initiated by the earlier one is kept up and perpetuated by the later one.
20. Worship Nṛsiṃha , O king of kings, with offerings and services leading to great prosperity. Worship him at the three sandhyās (morning, noon and evening) everyday and attain the greatest bliss.
21. They say that the preservation of what is done and achieved by others is superior to what is done by oneself. If a person maintains what is handed over by others, it is indeed superior to what is given by himself.
Jaimini said :
22. With palms joined in reverence that excellent king Śveta accepted his suggestion with a bowed head like a garland of great quality (or value).
23. The saintly King Indradyumna propitiated Puruṣottama. Accompanied by Nārada that glorious king went to the world of Brahmā.
24. Thus the excellent, meritorious greatness of the sacred place has been recounted to you. So also the greatness of the Brahman in wooden form permanently dwelling there.
25. If a person devoutly listens to this, as it is being read, O excellent Brāhmaṇas , he will get the entire benefit of performing a thousand horse-sacrifices.
26. The Ardhodaya is a great astronomical combination glorified by Skanda . The merit of the glorification of Viṣṇu’s greatness is crores of times greater than that.
27. He who listens to this every morning, shall be on a par with one who gifts away a hundred tawny-coloured cows. He shall obtain the benefit of ablution in the holy waters of Gaṅgā and Puṣkara .
28. It is conducive to wealth, fame and longevity. It is meritorious. It increases progeny. It yields the benefit of being established in heaven. It is destructive of all sins.
29. This is the secret mentioned in Purāṇas . It is well-guarded. It should never be mentioned to anyone except a Vaiṣṇava .
30. The following are Avaiṣṇavas: Those who indulge in evil arguments, those who have imperfectly learned the Vedas and the Āgamas , atheists, hypocrites, those who always see only defects in others. Their lives are fruitless. From them this should be kept secret.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 22974, revision 71204 (2016-06-13T18:45:52Z). English is G. V. Tagare’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371630.html and the archival publication witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.