Vāsudeva-māhātmya · Chapter 12
Source।। स्कन्द उवाच ।। ततो हृष्टाः काश्यपेया मन्थस्थानमुपेत्य ते ।। पुनर्वर्षसहस्रं च मन्थन्ति स्म पयोनिधिम् ।। १ ।। मथ्यमानात्तथा सिन्धोः सर्वेस्तैरपि किञ्चन ।। नासीच्च शिथिला आसन्मंथितारः श्वसन्मुखाः ।। २ ।। वासुकिश्च महासर्पः प्राणवैक्लव्यमाप्तवान् ।। मन्थकाले मन्दरोपि नैकत्रासीत्स्थिरस्थितिः ।। ३।। सर्वान्दृष्ट्वा निरुत्साहान्प्रद्युम्नो विण्वनुज्ञया ।। देवासुराहिराजेषु प्रविश्य बलमादधौ ।। ४ ।। अनिरुद्धोपि तर्ह्येव तमाक्रम्य नगाधिपम्।। सहस्रबाहुभिस्तस्थौ महाचल इवाऽपरः ।। ५ ।। ततो ममन्थुस्तरसा संप्राप्तपरमोजसः ।। सविस्मया महाब्धिं ते सुरासुरगणा मुदा ।। ६ ।। नारायणानुभावेन नापुर्द्देवादयः श्रमम् ।। शुशुभे मन्थनं तच्च सममाकर्षणात्तदा ।। ७ ।। मथ्यमाने महाम्भोधौ सुस्रुवुः परितस्तदा ।। महाद्रुमाणां निर्यासा बहवश्चौषधीरसाः ।। ८ ।। तथाभूतादम्बुनिधेराविरासीत्कलानिधिः ।। कान्त्यौषधीनामध्यक्षः सर्वासां य उदीर्यते ।। ९ ।। ततो गवामधिष्ठात्री सर्वासामपि कामधुक् ।। हविर्द्धान्यभवद्धेनुः शीतांशुसदृशद्युतिः ।। 2.9.12.१० ।। अश्वः श्वेतोऽथाविरासीद्धयानामधिदेवता ।। ऐरावतश्च नागेन्द्रश्चतुर्द्दन्तः शशिप्रभः ।। ११ ।। पारिजातो दिव्यतरुस्तरुराजस्ततोऽभवत् ।। मणिरत्नं कौस्तुभाख्यं पद्मरागमभूत्ततः ।। १२ ।। ततोऽभवन्नप्सरसो रूपलावण्यभूमयः ।। सुरा देवी ततो जज्ञे सर्वमादकदेवता ।। १३ ।। आसीदथ धनुः शार्ङ्गं सर्वशस्त्राधिदैवतम् ।। वाद्याधिदैवतं शंखः पाञ्चजन्यस्ततोऽभवत् ।। १४ ।। तत्र चन्द्रः पारिजातस्तथैवाप्सरसां गणः ।। आदित्यपथमाश्रित्य तस्थुरेते तु तत्क्षणम् ।। १५ ।। वारुणीमश्वराजं च दैत्येशा जगृहुर्द्रुतम् ।। ऐरावतं देवराजो जग्राहानुमताद्धरेः ।। १६ ।। कौस्तुभश्च धनुः शंखो विष्णुमेव प्रपेदिरे ।। हविर्द्धानीं तु ते सर्वे तापसेभ्यो ददुस्तदा ।। १७ ।। मथ्यमानात्पुनः सिन्धोः साक्षाच्छ्रीरभवत्स्वयम् ।। आनन्दयन्ती स्वदृशा त्रिलोकीं हतवर्चसम् ।। १८ ।। तां ग्रहीतुं तु सर्वेपि सुरासुरनरादयः ।। ऐच्छंस्तस्याः प्रतापात्तु शेकेन्त्येतुं न कश्चन ।। १९ ।। ततस्तां पद्महस्तत्वाच्छ्रीं विदित्वैव वासवः ।। आनन्दं परमं प्राप ब्रह्माद्या ये च तद्विदः ।।2.9.12.२०।। तावत्तत्राम्बुधिः साक्षादेत्य तां हैम आसने।। कन्या ममेयमित्युक्त्वा गृहीत्वाङ्क उपाविशत्।।२१।। पुनरब्धेर्मथ्यमानादधिकं बलिभिश्च तैः ।। सुधार्थिभिर्द्धैर्यवद्भिरपि नैवाभवत्सुधा ।। २२ ।। तदा शिथिलयत्नास्ते निराशा अमृतोद्भवे ।। प्रम्लानवक्त्राः खिन्नाश्च बभूवुः काश्यपा मुने ।। २३ ।। दृष्ट्वा तथाविधांस्तांश्च भगवान्करुणानिधिः ।। उद्युक्तोभूत्स्वयं ब्रह्मन्मन्थनाय हसन्विभुः ।। २४ ।। रत्नकाञ्चीदृढाबद्धकक्षपीताम्बरद्युतिः ।। द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यामहिं मध्ये दोर्भ्यामुभयतोग्रहीत् ।। २५ ।। धृताहिवदना दैत्यास्तस्थुरेकत एव ते ।। एकतो धृततत्पुच्छा देवास्तस्थुस्तदाखिलाः ।। २६ ।। तन्मध्यगश्च भगवान्ममन्थाब्धिं स लीलया ।। ददानो नयनानन्द चञ्चत्करविभूषणः ।। २७ ।। ब्रह्मा सहर्षिप्रवरैरन्तरिक्षस्थितस्तदा ।। अवाकिरत्तं कुसुमैः कुर्वञ्जयजयध्वनिम् ।। २८ ।। मथ्यमानात्ततः सिन्धोर्ज्जज्ञे धन्वन्तरिः पुमान् ।। विष्णोरंशेन गौरांगः सुधाकुम्भं करे दधत् ।। २९ ।। घृतादीनां हि सर्वेषां रसानां सारमुत्तमम् ।। अमृतं तद्गृहीत्वाऽसौ श्रियोन्तिकमुपाययौ ।। 2.9.12.३० ।। इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे श्रीवासुदेवमाहात्म्येऽमृतमन्थने चतुर्दशरत्नोत्पत्तिर्नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः ।। १२ ।।
|| skanda uvāca || tato hṛṣṭāḥ kāśyapeyā manthasthānamupetya te || punarvarṣasahasraṃ ca manthanti sma payonidhim || 1 || mathyamānāttathā sindhoḥ sarvestairapi kiñcana || nāsīcca śithilā āsanmaṃthitāraḥ śvasanmukhāḥ || 2 || vāsukiśca mahāsarpaḥ prāṇavaiklavyamāptavān || manthakāle mandaropi naikatrāsītsthirasthitiḥ || 3|| sarvāndṛṣṭvā nirutsāhānpradyumno viṇvanujñayā || devāsurāhirājeṣu praviśya balamādadhau || 4 || aniruddhopi tarhyeva tamākramya nagādhipam|| sahasrabāhubhistasthau mahācala ivā'paraḥ || 5 || tato mamanthustarasā saṃprāptaparamojasaḥ || savismayā mahābdhiṃ te surāsuragaṇā mudā || 6 || nārāyaṇānubhāvena nāpurddevādayaḥ śramam || śuśubhe manthanaṃ tacca samamākarṣaṇāttadā || 7 || mathyamāne mahāmbhodhau susruvuḥ paritastadā || mahādrumāṇāṃ niryāsā bahavaścauṣadhīrasāḥ || 8 || tathābhūtādambunidherāvirāsītkalānidhiḥ || kāntyauṣadhīnāmadhyakṣaḥ sarvāsāṃ ya udīryate || 9 || tato gavāmadhiṣṭhātrī sarvāsāmapi kāmadhuk || havirddhānyabhavaddhenuḥ śītāṃśusadṛśadyutiḥ || 2.9.12.10 || aśvaḥ śveto'thāvirāsīddhayānāmadhidevatā || airāvataśca nāgendraścaturddantaḥ śaśiprabhaḥ || 11 || pārijāto divyatarustarurājastato'bhavat || maṇiratnaṃ kaustubhākhyaṃ padmarāgamabhūttataḥ || 12 || tato'bhavannapsaraso rūpalāvaṇyabhūmayaḥ || surā devī tato jajñe sarvamādakadevatā || 13 || āsīdatha dhanuḥ śārṅgaṃ sarvaśastrādhidaivatam || vādyādhidaivataṃ śaṃkhaḥ pāñcajanyastato'bhavat || 14 || tatra candraḥ pārijātastathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇaḥ || ādityapathamāśritya tasthurete tu tatkṣaṇam || 15 || vāruṇīmaśvarājaṃ ca daityeśā jagṛhurdrutam || airāvataṃ devarājo jagrāhānumatāddhareḥ || 16 || kaustubhaśca dhanuḥ śaṃkho viṣṇumeva prapedire || havirddhānīṃ tu te sarve tāpasebhyo dadustadā || 17 || mathyamānātpunaḥ sindhoḥ sākṣācchrīrabhavatsvayam || ānandayantī svadṛśā trilokīṃ hatavarcasam || 18 || tāṃ grahītuṃ tu sarvepi surāsuranarādayaḥ || aicchaṃstasyāḥ pratāpāttu śekentyetuṃ na kaścana || 19 || tatastāṃ padmahastatvācchrīṃ viditvaiva vāsavaḥ || ānandaṃ paramaṃ prāpa brahmādyā ye ca tadvidaḥ ||2.9.12.20|| tāvattatrāmbudhiḥ sākṣādetya tāṃ haima āsane|| kanyā mameyamityuktvā gṛhītvāṅka upāviśat||21|| punarabdhermathyamānādadhikaṃ balibhiśca taiḥ || sudhārthibhirddhairyavadbhirapi naivābhavatsudhā || 22 || tadā śithilayatnāste nirāśā amṛtodbhave || pramlānavaktrāḥ khinnāśca babhūvuḥ kāśyapā mune || 23 || dṛṣṭvā tathāvidhāṃstāṃśca bhagavānkaruṇānidhiḥ || udyuktobhūtsvayaṃ brahmanmanthanāya hasanvibhuḥ || 24 || ratnakāñcīdṛḍhābaddhakakṣapītāmbaradyutiḥ || dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmahiṃ madhye dorbhyāmubhayatograhīt || 25 || dhṛtāhivadanā daityāstasthurekata eva te || ekato dhṛtatatpucchā devāstasthustadākhilāḥ || 26 || tanmadhyagaśca bhagavānmamanthābdhiṃ sa līlayā || dadāno nayanānanda cañcatkaravibhūṣaṇaḥ || 27 || brahmā saharṣipravarairantarikṣasthitastadā || avākirattaṃ kusumaiḥ kurvañjayajayadhvanim || 28 || mathyamānāttataḥ sindhorjjajñe dhanvantariḥ pumān || viṣṇoraṃśena gaurāṃgaḥ sudhākumbhaṃ kare dadhat || 29 || ghṛtādīnāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ rasānāṃ sāramuttamam || amṛtaṃ tadgṛhītvā'sau śriyontikamupāyayau || 2.9.12.30 || iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye'mṛtamanthane caturdaśaratnotpattirnāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 12 ||
English translation
Skanda said :
1. Then the sons of Kaśyapa became delighted (as the poison was drunk up). They gaṃered at the place of churning. They again went on churning the Ocean for a thousand years.
2. While the Ocean was being churned by all of them, there emerged nothing. The participants in churning gasping for breath with their mouths, became slack (through fatigue).
3. The great serpent Vāsuki experienced feebleness and frailty of life. At the time of churning Mandara also could not keep up a stable condition.
4. Seeing them all bereft of strength, Pradyumna , [1] authorized by Viṣṇu , entered the Devas , Asuras and the king of serpents (Vāsuki) and infused strength in them.
5. Even Aniruddha approached the king of mountains and with his thousand arms, stood like another big mountain.
6. Being wonder-struck at the restoration of extreme energy, the multitude of Suras and Asuras joyously and energetically churned the great Ocean.
7. At the gesture of Nārāyaṇa , Devas and others did not experience any fatigue. With the rhythmic pulling the churning (operation) looked splendid.
8. While the big Ocean was ṃus stirred and shaken up, the exudation and extracts of medicinal plants flowed into it all round.
9. From the reservoir of water which was in that stage (of being churned), there emerged the Moon who is called the presiding deity of loveliness and medicinal herbs.
10. Then the Cow Havirdhānī , the presiding deity of all cows, the yielder of the wishes of all, with a lustre like the moon, emerged.
11. Then a white horse, the presiding deity of all horses, manifested. Airāvata , the king of elephants, endowed with four tusks and of moon-like lustre came out.
12. Then came out the heavenly tree Pārijāta , the king of all trees. Then the excellent gem, the lotus-hued ruby called Kaustubha , emerged.
13. Then were born (i.e. came out) Apsaras (i.e. celestial damsels) who were the receptacles of beauty. Then was born Goddess Wine, the goddess that inebriates all.
14. Then came out the Śārṅga bow, the presiding deity of all weapons. Then emerged Pāñcajanya , [2] the conch, the supreme deity of all musical instruments.
15. Then the Moon-god, Pārijāta as well as the bevy of celestial damsels resorting to the solar path, stood there instantaneously.
16. The leaders of Daityas immediately took hold of the king of horses and Vāruṇī , while Indra , the king of Devas took Airāvata with the consent of Hari .
17. The (gem) Kaustubha, the (Śārṅga) bow and the conch (Pāñcajanya) went over to Viṣṇu only. All of them gave Havirdhānī (cow) to sages.
18. While the Ocean was being churned again, Śrī herself directly manifested herself delighting with her glance the three worlds , surpassing the splendour of all.
19. All Suras, Asuras, men desired to get hold of her but nobody could approach her brilliance and power.
20. Knowing her to be Śrī, by her holding a lotus in her hand, Vāsava and God Brahmā and others, who knew her, were highly delighted.
21. The Ocean himself in person immediately came there and saying ‘This is my daughter’, took her in his lap, and occupied a golden seat.
22. While the Ocean was being churned by those powerful and firm (determined) seekers of the Nectar, the Nectar did not come out.
23. Then being disappointed regarding the emergence of the Nectar, they became slack in their efforts. O sage, the sons of Kaśyapa (i.e. Devas and Daityas) of faded faces became dejected.
24. Seeing them in that state, the Lord, the storehouse of compassion, the all-pervading Lord laughed and himself became ready to churn.
25. He was resplendent with the yellow garment, the end knot of which was tightly fastened with a jewelled girdle. He caught hold of the serpent in the middle by his (two pairs) of hands.
26. Daityas who caught hold of the mouth of the serpent stood on one side and all the Devas who held the tail of the serpent stood on the other side.
27. The Lord who stood between them sportively churned the Ocean, giving delight to the eyes (of all) with ornaments of his hands becoming (brightly) visible.
28. God Brahmā staying in the firmament along with prominent sages, showered him with flowers, uttering the sound (words) “Be victorious; be victorious.”
29. Then, from the Ocean that was churned was born a man Dhanvantari with a part of Viṣṇu. He was fair in complexion, was holding in his hand a pitcher containing Sudhā (Nectar).
30. Taking with him Amṛta (Nectar) which was the best essence of all ghee and other juices of plants and medicines, he went near Śrī.
[1]: [1] : This being a Pāñcarātra work, inclusion of help from the different Vyūhas, Pradyumna and Aniruddha, is brought in. Mbh and other Purāṇas do not mention them, as for them the persons named as Vyūhas were Yādava heroes at the end of Dvāpara.
[2]: [2] : BhP X differs. Kṛṣṇa killed the aquatic damon [demon?] Pañcaja or Pañcajana who abducted the son of Sāndīpani (Kṛṣṇa’s preceptor). After killing Pañcajana, Kṛṣṇa took away the conch in which Pañcajana lived. (PE 548)
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 23183, revision 71861 (2016-06-24T10:12:46Z). English is G. V. Tagare’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371751.html and the archival publication witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.