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Chapter 15

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।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। विचार्य्याऽहं वेदान्मुहुरुपगतो निश्चयमिमं रमारामे भक्तिस्त्वयि दृढतरा यर्ह्यसुभृताम् ।। भवेत्तर्ह्येवैषां क्षयविरहिता भोगनिकरास्तथा स्युर्लोका वै परमपुरुषात्यंतिकगतिः ।। ।। १ ।। अजानन्तस्त्वित्थं भृतरजतमस्कानपि हरे भजन्त्यस्मान्देवान्बहुविधतपोर्च्चासरणिभिः ।। त एवोक्ता मूढाः क्षयरहितसौख्यं न कुहचिल्लभन्तेऽतस्त्वां वै निजहृदि दधे केशवमहम् ।।२।। शंकर उवाच ।। त्रयी सांख्यवेदांतयोगाः पुराणं तथा पञ्चरात्रं प्रभो धर्मशास्त्रम् ।। तवैवातिमाहात्म्यमेकस्य नित्यं प्रकारैरनेकैर्हि गायंति भक्त्या ।।३।। त्वदेवेश शास्त्राणि चैतानि भूम्नो बभूवुस्त्वदेकाश्रयाण्यादिकल्पे।। रमासेव्यपादाम्बुजं शास्त्रयोनिं तमाद्यं भवन्तं भजे वासुदेवम् ।। ४ ।। धर्म उवाच ।। कथा त्वदीया भवपाशमोचनी सुधैव तापत्रयतप्तदेहिनाम् ।। अनेकजन्माघचयापहारिणी तनोति भक्तिं वयुनं तवाञ्जसा ।। ५ ।। सदैव सा कर्णपथेन हृद्दरी विशत्वनन्ताभिध सम्मुखोद्गता ।। मम त्वदन्या हरताच्च वासना दयाब्धये ते प्रभविष्णवे नमः ।। ६ ।। प्रजापतय ऊचुः ।। धन्या एते कल्पवृक्षा यदीयां छायामेतामाश्रितस्त्वं सहश्रीः ।। धन्यः कर्ता मण्डपस्यास्य ते वै धन्यैषा भूर्यत्र पीठं तवेश ।। ७ ।। धन्यो लोके नूनमेषोम्बुराशिः साक्षात्तुभ्यं येन दत्ता स्वकन्या ।। धन्याश्चैते त्वां वयं वीक्षमाणा धन्येशानं श्रीपतिं त्वां नताः स्मः ।। ८ ।। मनव ऊचुः ।। धर्मः खलु स हि परमो धर्मेभ्यो माधव सकलेभ्योपि ।। भक्तिर्भवति यतो वै धर्मभुवि त्वयि हि निरवद्या ।। ९ ।। धर्मात्मानं भगवन्धर्मधुरीणं च धर्मपातारम् ।। सर्वातिप्रियधर्मं नुमस्त्वां धर्मसंभूतिम् ।। 2.9.15.१० ।। ऋषय ऊचुः ।। भक्त्या हीनस्त्वद्विमुखो वयुनार्थी श्राम्यन्भूयोप्यस्य न सिद्धिं समुपैति ।। तर्ह्यासक्तः कर्मणि काम्ये तु कुतोसौ सौख्यं यायादक्षयमानन्दमहाब्धे ।। ११ ।। भक्त्या नित्यं त्वामत एव वयं वै श्रद्धायुक्ता धर्मतपोनिगमाद्यैः ।। मायातीतं कालनियन्तारमुदारं ध्यायामः श्रीकान्तपरात्परमेकम् ।। १२ ।। इन्द्र उवाच ।। भगवन्नुरुदुःखिता वयं ननु दुर्वासस एव हेलनात् ।। न भवन्तमृतेऽवितुं हि नो विधिरुद्रप्रमुखा इमेऽशकन् ।। १३ ।। विगताखिलसंपदो निरन्नाः समभावं भुवि पामरैरुपेताः ।। भवतैव वयं हृतापदः स्मः सपदि श्रीहरये नमोस्तु तुभ्यम् ।। १४ ।। अग्निरुवाच ।। गीर्वाणदानवनराद्युपजीवनान्नं यन्निर्मितं हि भवतैव ततो बुधास्तु ।। यज्ञेषु तेन यजनं तव कुर्वतेऽथो त्वच्छेषमन्यदिविषद्भ्य उपानयन्ति ।। १५ ।। काम्येषु कर्मसु रता अपि याज्ञिकास्ते तत्कर्मबन्धनत आशु विमुच्य यान्ति ।। ब्राह्मीं गतिं तदितरे तु भवन्ति चौराः श्रीयज्ञपूरुषमहं प्रणमामि तं त्वाम् ।। १६ ।। मरुत ऊचुः ।। भक्ता एकान्तिकास्तेऽक्षरपरमपदे सेवया ते तु हीनं वासैश्वर्यादि नेच्छन्त्यतिशयितसुखं नापि कैवल्यमोक्षम् ।। तद्युक्तं त्वात्मनोपि श्वपचकुलजनुर्मानयन्त्युत्तमं वै तं त्वामेकान्तधर्माश्रयणमुपगताः श्रीमहापूरुषं स्मः ।। १७ ।। सिद्धा ऊचुः ।। नैकब्रह्माण्डसर्गादिकारणं त्वामकारणम् ।। तत्स्थं तद्व्यतिरिक्तं च नियन्तारं नमामहे।। ।। १८ ।। रुद्रा ऊचुः ।। मायायाः सर्वमोहिन्या मोहनं मोहवर्जितम् ।। महाकालस्यापि कालं त्वां नमः पुरुषोत्तमम् ।। १९ ।। आदित्या ऊचुः ।। प्रकाशिता येन वयं जगन्ति प्रकाशयामो भवता रमेश ।। स्वयंप्रकाशं तमुरुप्रकाशं प्रकाशमूर्त्तिं प्रणता भवन्तम् ।। 2.9.15.२० ।। साध्या ऊचुः ।। शास्ता नृपाणां च महोरगाणां दैत्याधिपानां च सुराधिपानाम् ।। त्वं वै मनूनां च प्रजापतीनां राजाधिराजाय नमोस्तु तुभ्यम् ।। ।। २१ ।। वसव ऊचुः ।। भवति भुवि यदायदाऽसुरांशैः प्रथितसनातनधर्मधार्मिकाणाम् ।। कदनमुरु तदातदा स्वयं ते ह्यवतरते प्रणमाम धर्मगोप्त्रे ।। २२ ।। चारणा ऊचुः ।। चरित्रं शुभं ते धृतानेकमूर्त्तेः प्रबन्धैरनेकैर्हि गायन्ति भक्ताः ।। यदु श्रोतृवक्तॄन्पुनात्येव सद्यो वयं तं नताः पुण्यकीर्त्तिं भवन्तम् ।। २३ ।। गन्धर्वाप्सरस ऊचुः ।। ये कथास्ते विहायान्यगाथाः प्रभो कीर्त्तयन्तेऽथ शृण्वन्ति वा ते जनाः ।। दुःखिताः स्युश्च संसारपाशैः सितास्तं नताः स्मः शरण्यं भवन्तं वयम् ।। २४ ।। समुद्र उवाच ।। अजित तवाऽथ तावकजनस्य मुदाऽल्पमपि द्रविण जलान्नवस्त्रनमनान्यतमेन सकृत् ।। चरति ह सेवनं स पदवीं महतीं महतां व्रजति जनोल्पकोपि तमहं प्रणतः करुणम् ।। २५ ।। पार्षदा ऊचुः ।। पितरो त्वमसि स्वजनस्त्वमसि त्वमसीष्टगुरुः सुहृदात्मपतिः ।। त्वमसीश्वर एव च नः परमस्त्वमसि द्रविणं सकलं त्वमसि ।। ।। २६ ।। मूर्त्तिरुवाच ।। यत्संबन्धत एव यान्ति पदवीमुच्चां महद्भिर्न्नुतां स्त्रीशूद्रासुरनीचपक्षिपशवः पापात्मजीवा अपि ।। यद्धीना विबुधेश्वरा अपि भवन्त्यर्च्चोज्झितास्तत्क्षणं गोलोकाधिपतिं तमेव हृदये नित्यं भजे त्वामहम् ।। २७ ।। सावित्र्युवाच ।। त्वं सर्गकाले प्रकृतिं च पूरुषं दृष्ट्या स्वयोत्थाप्य ततस्तदात्मना ।। तत्त्वानि सृष्ट्वा महदादिमानितैर्न्नैकान्विराजो बहुधा ससर्जिथ ।। २८ ।। वैराजरूपेण जगद्विधातृतां स्वीकृत्य देवासुरमानुषोरगान् ।। त्वं स्थावरं जंगममीश निर्ममे त्वामादिकर्तारमुपाश्रितास्म्यहम् ।। ।। २९ ।। दुर्गोवाच ।। प्रियतयाऽधिकया हृदि चिन्तनं विदधते तव ये भुवि ते विभो ।। न परमेष्ठिसुखं न दिवः सुखं न कमयन्ति धरैकनरेशताम् ।। 2.9.15.३० ।। प्रसभमर्पितमप्यतुलं त्वया सुखमिदं समवाप्य च तत्र ते ।। तदपहाय न शक्तिकृतः क्षणं तमु नमामि च सात्वतनायकम् ।। ३१ ।। नद्य ऊचुः ।। वरद नमनमात्रं नामसंकीर्तनं वा विदधति तव ये वै ज्ञानतोऽज्ञानतो वा ।। जनिमृतियमभीतेस्तानपि त्रायमाणं नरसखमुपयाताः स्मोऽद्य नारायणं त्वाम् ।। ३२ ।। देवपत्न्य ऊचुः ।। भुवि धृताकृतेर्जन्म मङ्गलं चरितमद्भुतं लोकपावनम् ।। भवति निर्गुणं सर्वमेव ते भवसि निर्गुणब्रह्म यत्परम् ।। ३३ ।। तव समाश्रयात्तामसा जना अपि च राजसाः सात्त्विकाश्च ये ।। ननु भवन्ति ते निर्गुणास्ततो वयमुपास्महे त्वां हि निर्गुणम् ।। ३४ ।। ऋषिपत्न्य ऊचुः ।। आर्तानामुरुवृजिनैस्त्रिधा च तापैः सर्वापत्प्रशमनमेकमेव विष्णोः ।। पादाब्जं तव भवतीति तद्वयं वै प्राप्ताः स्मः शरणमनन्त देवदेव ।। ३५ ।। पृथिव्युवाच ।। पूर्णशारदसुधाकराननं शारदाब्जदलदीर्घलोचनम् ।। श्रीवियोगबहुधार्तिमोचनं वाऽसुदेवमहमेकमाश्रये ।। ३६ ।। सरस्वत्युवाच ।। नयने ममाच्युत तवातिसुन्दरे मुखशीतरोचिषि चकोरतां गते ।। न हि गच्छतोऽन्यत इतीयमेव मे हृदि मूर्तिरस्तु सततं नहीतरा ।। ३७ ।। स्कन्द उवाच ।। इति स्तुतोऽखिलैर्देवैः सोभिनन्द्य दृशैव तान् ।। प्राह श्रियं शुभे पश्य देवादींस्त्वमिमानिति ।। ३८ ।। ततः समीक्षिताः प्रीत्या तया मधुरया दृशा ।। त्रिलोकीवासिनः सर्वे ऋद्धा आसन्यथा पुरा ।। ३९ ।। लेभिरे स्वस्वऋद्धिं ते गृहिणस्त्यागिनोपि च ।। धर्मादयश्च सानन्दं प्रचरन्ति स्म पूर्ववत् ।। 2.9.15.४० ।। तस्याः श्रियश्च भगवान्ददौ स्थानमुरः स्वकम् ।। तत्र स्थित्वैव सा व्यापत्त्रैलोक्यं संपदात्मना ।। ४१ ।। ततो रत्नाकरः स्वस्माच्छ्रीजनेरनुभावतः ।। बभूवान्वर्थसंज्ञो वै संपूर्णक्षयरत्नवान् ।। ४२ ।। चतुर्विधैर्बहुरसैः सदन्नैरमृतोपमैः ।। सर्वान्समागतांस्तत्र तर्पयामास सादरम् ।। ४३ ।। अनर्घ्याणि च वस्त्राणि रत्नभूषाः परिच्छदान् ।। देवादिभ्यो ददौ प्रीत्या सर्वेभ्योपि पृथक्पृथक् ।। ४४ ।। जामातुस्तुष्टये स्वस्य तदीयेभ्यस्तदाम्बुधेः ।। नासीत्किमप्यदेयं वै घनवद्धनवर्षिणः ।। ४५ ।। भगवानपि तद्दत्तं यौतकं च धनं बहु ।। ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रदायैव श्रिया सह तिरोदधे ।। ४६ ।। लक्ष्मीनारायणाभ्यां ते भृशमानन्दिताः सुराः ।। इन्द्रादयो दिवं जग्मुः स्वंस्वं धामाऽपरे ययुः ।। ४७ ।। अधिकारं च संप्राप्य यथापूर्वं निजंनिजम् ।। सर्वेपि सुखिनो जाताः प्रसादात्कमलापतेः ।। ४८ ।। मन्दरं च गिरिं तार्क्ष्यः पुनर्भगवदाज्ञया ।। स्वस्थानं समुपानीय स्थापयामास लीलया ।। ४९ ।। एवमिन्द्रेण ब्रह्मर्षे नष्टा ब्राह्मणशापतः ।। उपलब्धा पुनः संपन्नारायणप्रसादतः ।। 2.9.15.५० ।। य एतां शृणुयात्पुण्यां कथां भगवतो मुने ।। कीर्तयेत्प्रयतो वापि संपदं प्राप्नुतो हि तौ ।। ५१ ।। गृहिणां धनसिद्धिः स्यात्त्यागिनां च यथेप्सिता ।। भक्तिज्ञानविरागादेर्भवेत्सिद्धिरनेन वै ।। ५२ ।। इति ते कथितं ब्रह्मन्यथेन्द्रः प्राप संपदम् ।। नारदोपि यथा श्वेतं द्वीपं स गतवानृषिः ।। तत्ते सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वैकेन चैतसा ।। ५३ ।। इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे श्रीवासुदेवमाहात्म्ये लक्ष्मीनारायणस्तुतिनिरूपणं नाम पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः ।। १५ ।।

|| brahmovāca || vicāryyā'haṃ vedānmuhurupagato niścayamimaṃ ramārāme bhaktistvayi dṛḍhatarā yarhyasubhṛtām || bhavettarhyevaiṣāṃ kṣayavirahitā bhoganikarāstathā syurlokā vai paramapuruṣātyaṃtikagatiḥ || || 1 || ajānantastvitthaṃ bhṛtarajatamaskānapi hare bhajantyasmāndevānbahuvidhataporccāsaraṇibhiḥ || ta evoktā mūḍhāḥ kṣayarahitasaukhyaṃ na kuhacillabhante'tastvāṃ vai nijahṛdi dadhe keśavamaham ||2|| śaṃkara uvāca || trayī sāṃkhyavedāṃtayogāḥ purāṇaṃ tathā pañcarātraṃ prabho dharmaśāstram || tavaivātimāhātmyamekasya nityaṃ prakārairanekairhi gāyaṃti bhaktyā ||3|| tvadeveśa śāstrāṇi caitāni bhūmno babhūvustvadekāśrayāṇyādikalpe|| ramāsevyapādāmbujaṃ śāstrayoniṃ tamādyaṃ bhavantaṃ bhaje vāsudevam || 4 || dharma uvāca || kathā tvadīyā bhavapāśamocanī sudhaiva tāpatrayataptadehinām || anekajanmāghacayāpahāriṇī tanoti bhaktiṃ vayunaṃ tavāñjasā || 5 || sadaiva sā karṇapathena hṛddarī viśatvanantābhidha sammukhodgatā || mama tvadanyā haratācca vāsanā dayābdhaye te prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ || 6 || prajāpataya ūcuḥ || dhanyā ete kalpavṛkṣā yadīyāṃ chāyāmetāmāśritastvaṃ sahaśrīḥ || dhanyaḥ kartā maṇḍapasyāsya te vai dhanyaiṣā bhūryatra pīṭhaṃ taveśa || 7 || dhanyo loke nūnameṣomburāśiḥ sākṣāttubhyaṃ yena dattā svakanyā || dhanyāścaite tvāṃ vayaṃ vīkṣamāṇā dhanyeśānaṃ śrīpatiṃ tvāṃ natāḥ smaḥ || 8 || manava ūcuḥ || dharmaḥ khalu sa hi paramo dharmebhyo mādhava sakalebhyopi || bhaktirbhavati yato vai dharmabhuvi tvayi hi niravadyā || 9 || dharmātmānaṃ bhagavandharmadhurīṇaṃ ca dharmapātāram || sarvātipriyadharmaṃ numastvāṃ dharmasaṃbhūtim || 2.9.15.10 || ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || bhaktyā hīnastvadvimukho vayunārthī śrāmyanbhūyopyasya na siddhiṃ samupaiti || tarhyāsaktaḥ karmaṇi kāmye tu kutosau saukhyaṃ yāyādakṣayamānandamahābdhe || 11 || bhaktyā nityaṃ tvāmata eva vayaṃ vai śraddhāyuktā dharmataponigamādyaiḥ || māyātītaṃ kālaniyantāramudāraṃ dhyāyāmaḥ śrīkāntaparātparamekam || 12 || indra uvāca || bhagavannuruduḥkhitā vayaṃ nanu durvāsasa eva helanāt || na bhavantamṛte'vituṃ hi no vidhirudrapramukhā ime'śakan || 13 || vigatākhilasaṃpado nirannāḥ samabhāvaṃ bhuvi pāmarairupetāḥ || bhavataiva vayaṃ hṛtāpadaḥ smaḥ sapadi śrīharaye namostu tubhyam || 14 || agniruvāca || gīrvāṇadānavanarādyupajīvanānnaṃ yannirmitaṃ hi bhavataiva tato budhāstu || yajñeṣu tena yajanaṃ tava kurvate'tho tvaccheṣamanyadiviṣadbhya upānayanti || 15 || kāmyeṣu karmasu ratā api yājñikāste tatkarmabandhanata āśu vimucya yānti || brāhmīṃ gatiṃ taditare tu bhavanti caurāḥ śrīyajñapūruṣamahaṃ praṇamāmi taṃ tvām || 16 || maruta ūcuḥ || bhaktā ekāntikāste'kṣaraparamapade sevayā te tu hīnaṃ vāsaiśvaryādi necchantyatiśayitasukhaṃ nāpi kaivalyamokṣam || tadyuktaṃ tvātmanopi śvapacakulajanurmānayantyuttamaṃ vai taṃ tvāmekāntadharmāśrayaṇamupagatāḥ śrīmahāpūruṣaṃ smaḥ || 17 || siddhā ūcuḥ || naikabrahmāṇḍasargādikāraṇaṃ tvāmakāraṇam || tatsthaṃ tadvyatiriktaṃ ca niyantāraṃ namāmahe|| || 18 || rudrā ūcuḥ || māyāyāḥ sarvamohinyā mohanaṃ mohavarjitam || mahākālasyāpi kālaṃ tvāṃ namaḥ puruṣottamam || 19 || ādityā ūcuḥ || prakāśitā yena vayaṃ jaganti prakāśayāmo bhavatā rameśa || svayaṃprakāśaṃ tamuruprakāśaṃ prakāśamūrttiṃ praṇatā bhavantam || 2.9.15.20 || sādhyā ūcuḥ || śāstā nṛpāṇāṃ ca mahoragāṇāṃ daityādhipānāṃ ca surādhipānām || tvaṃ vai manūnāṃ ca prajāpatīnāṃ rājādhirājāya namostu tubhyam || || 21 || vasava ūcuḥ || bhavati bhuvi yadāyadā'surāṃśaiḥ prathitasanātanadharmadhārmikāṇām || kadanamuru tadātadā svayaṃ te hyavatarate praṇamāma dharmagoptre || 22 || cāraṇā ūcuḥ || caritraṃ śubhaṃ te dhṛtānekamūrtteḥ prabandhairanekairhi gāyanti bhaktāḥ || yadu śrotṛvaktṝnpunātyeva sadyo vayaṃ taṃ natāḥ puṇyakīrttiṃ bhavantam || 23 || gandharvāpsarasa ūcuḥ || ye kathāste vihāyānyagāthāḥ prabho kīrttayante'tha śṛṇvanti vā te janāḥ || duḥkhitāḥ syuśca saṃsārapāśaiḥ sitāstaṃ natāḥ smaḥ śaraṇyaṃ bhavantaṃ vayam || 24 || samudra uvāca || ajita tavā'tha tāvakajanasya mudā'lpamapi draviṇa jalānnavastranamanānyatamena sakṛt || carati ha sevanaṃ sa padavīṃ mahatīṃ mahatāṃ vrajati janolpakopi tamahaṃ praṇataḥ karuṇam || 25 || pārṣadā ūcuḥ || pitaro tvamasi svajanastvamasi tvamasīṣṭaguruḥ suhṛdātmapatiḥ || tvamasīśvara eva ca naḥ paramastvamasi draviṇaṃ sakalaṃ tvamasi || || 26 || mūrttiruvāca || yatsaṃbandhata eva yānti padavīmuccāṃ mahadbhirnnutāṃ strīśūdrāsuranīcapakṣipaśavaḥ pāpātmajīvā api || yaddhīnā vibudheśvarā api bhavantyarccojjhitāstatkṣaṇaṃ golokādhipatiṃ tameva hṛdaye nityaṃ bhaje tvāmaham || 27 || sāvitryuvāca || tvaṃ sargakāle prakṛtiṃ ca pūruṣaṃ dṛṣṭyā svayotthāpya tatastadātmanā || tattvāni sṛṣṭvā mahadādimānitairnnaikānvirājo bahudhā sasarjitha || 28 || vairājarūpeṇa jagadvidhātṛtāṃ svīkṛtya devāsuramānuṣoragān || tvaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamamīśa nirmame tvāmādikartāramupāśritāsmyaham || || 29 || durgovāca || priyatayā'dhikayā hṛdi cintanaṃ vidadhate tava ye bhuvi te vibho || na parameṣṭhisukhaṃ na divaḥ sukhaṃ na kamayanti dharaikanareśatām || 2.9.15.30 || prasabhamarpitamapyatulaṃ tvayā sukhamidaṃ samavāpya ca tatra te || tadapahāya na śaktikṛtaḥ kṣaṇaṃ tamu namāmi ca sātvatanāyakam || 31 || nadya ūcuḥ || varada namanamātraṃ nāmasaṃkīrtanaṃ vā vidadhati tava ye vai jñānato'jñānato vā || janimṛtiyamabhītestānapi trāyamāṇaṃ narasakhamupayātāḥ smo'dya nārāyaṇaṃ tvām || 32 || devapatnya ūcuḥ || bhuvi dhṛtākṛterjanma maṅgalaṃ caritamadbhutaṃ lokapāvanam || bhavati nirguṇaṃ sarvameva te bhavasi nirguṇabrahma yatparam || 33 || tava samāśrayāttāmasā janā api ca rājasāḥ sāttvikāśca ye || nanu bhavanti te nirguṇāstato vayamupāsmahe tvāṃ hi nirguṇam || 34 || ṛṣipatnya ūcuḥ || ārtānāmuruvṛjinaistridhā ca tāpaiḥ sarvāpatpraśamanamekameva viṣṇoḥ || pādābjaṃ tava bhavatīti tadvayaṃ vai prāptāḥ smaḥ śaraṇamananta devadeva || 35 || pṛthivyuvāca || pūrṇaśāradasudhākarānanaṃ śāradābjadaladīrghalocanam || śrīviyogabahudhārtimocanaṃ vā'sudevamahamekamāśraye || 36 || sarasvatyuvāca || nayane mamācyuta tavātisundare mukhaśītarociṣi cakoratāṃ gate || na hi gacchato'nyata itīyameva me hṛdi mūrtirastu satataṃ nahītarā || 37 || skanda uvāca || iti stuto'khilairdevaiḥ sobhinandya dṛśaiva tān || prāha śriyaṃ śubhe paśya devādīṃstvamimāniti || 38 || tataḥ samīkṣitāḥ prītyā tayā madhurayā dṛśā || trilokīvāsinaḥ sarve ṛddhā āsanyathā purā || 39 || lebhire svasvaṛddhiṃ te gṛhiṇastyāginopi ca || dharmādayaśca sānandaṃ pracaranti sma pūrvavat || 2.9.15.40 || tasyāḥ śriyaśca bhagavāndadau sthānamuraḥ svakam || tatra sthitvaiva sā vyāpattrailokyaṃ saṃpadātmanā || 41 || tato ratnākaraḥ svasmācchrījaneranubhāvataḥ || babhūvānvarthasaṃjño vai saṃpūrṇakṣayaratnavān || 42 || caturvidhairbahurasaiḥ sadannairamṛtopamaiḥ || sarvānsamāgatāṃstatra tarpayāmāsa sādaram || 43 || anarghyāṇi ca vastrāṇi ratnabhūṣāḥ paricchadān || devādibhyo dadau prītyā sarvebhyopi pṛthakpṛthak || 44 || jāmātustuṣṭaye svasya tadīyebhyastadāmbudheḥ || nāsītkimapyadeyaṃ vai ghanavaddhanavarṣiṇaḥ || 45 || bhagavānapi taddattaṃ yautakaṃ ca dhanaṃ bahu || brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāyaiva śriyā saha tirodadhe || 46 || lakṣmīnārāyaṇābhyāṃ te bhṛśamānanditāḥ surāḥ || indrādayo divaṃ jagmuḥ svaṃsvaṃ dhāmā'pare yayuḥ || 47 || adhikāraṃ ca saṃprāpya yathāpūrvaṃ nijaṃnijam || sarvepi sukhino jātāḥ prasādātkamalāpateḥ || 48 || mandaraṃ ca giriṃ tārkṣyaḥ punarbhagavadājñayā || svasthānaṃ samupānīya sthāpayāmāsa līlayā || 49 || evamindreṇa brahmarṣe naṣṭā brāhmaṇaśāpataḥ || upalabdhā punaḥ saṃpannārāyaṇaprasādataḥ || 2.9.15.50 || ya etāṃ śṛṇuyātpuṇyāṃ kathāṃ bhagavato mune || kīrtayetprayato vāpi saṃpadaṃ prāpnuto hi tau || 51 || gṛhiṇāṃ dhanasiddhiḥ syāttyāgināṃ ca yathepsitā || bhaktijñānavirāgāderbhavetsiddhiranena vai || 52 || iti te kathitaṃ brahmanyathendraḥ prāpa saṃpadam || nāradopi yathā śvetaṃ dvīpaṃ sa gatavānṛṣiḥ || tatte sarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikena caitasā || 53 || iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye lakṣmīnārāyaṇastutinirūpaṇaṃ nāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 15 ||

English translation

Brahmā said :

1. After having constantly meditated upon the Vedas , I have arrived at the decision that, if living beings entertain firmer devotion unto you, the delight of Ramā , they will enjoy an unending and never decreasing multitude of pleasures, and that they attain to worlds, the ultimate destination of which is the Supreme Person.

2. Not knowing this, they propitiate us, Devas , through various kinds of penances, worships, even though we are (ourselves) possessed of the qualities of Rajas and Tamas . Hence they are called stupid, O Keśava . I, therefore, cherish you in my heart.

Śaṅkara said :

3. O Lord! The Three Vedas, Sāṅkhya , Vedānta , Yoga , Purāṇa , Pāñcarātra as well as Dharmaśāstra —all these devoutly sing in various ways the supreme majestic glory of yours alone.

4. In the first Kalpa ( Ādi-Kalpa ), it is from you, the great one, alone that these Śāstras were born and they have you as their only resort, O Sovereign Lord. I betake myself to you and worship you, the Primordial One whose lotus-feet are served by Ramā, who are the source of the origin of Śāstras.

Dharma said :

5. A talk about you is a releaser from the bonds of Saṃsāra . It is like nectar to embodied beings who are tormented by the three kinds of miseries (namely, Ādhibhautika , Ādhidaivika , Ādhyātmika ). It is a destroyer of sins accumulated during innumerable births. Devotion unto you instantly enhances knowledge.

6. O Lord of innumerable names! May it (i.e. a talk about you) issued from the mouths of saintly persons, forever enter into the valley (in the form) of my heart, through (my) ear. It should remove every (other) wish except the one for you. Salute unto you, the ocean of mercy, the mighty one.

Prajāpati said :

7. Blessed are these wish-yielding trees, the shade of which has been resorted to by you along with Śrī. Blissful is the creator (builder) of this hall (of your marriage-ceremony). Beatified [Beautified?] is this earth where your seat stands, O Lord.

8. Verily this Ocean is blessed in this world, (inasmuch as) his own daughter was given unto you directly by him. Blessed are these—we—who behold you. We have paid our obeisance to you, the blessed Lord, the consort of Śrī.

Manus said :

9. O Lord of Lakṣmī ! That Dharma certainly is superior to all (oṃers), the Dharma wherefrom pure devotion unto you, the support of Dharma, is engendered.

10. We praise you, the soul of Dharma, the leader and protector of Dharma, the source of Dharma, to whom Dharma is dearest, O Lord.

Sages said :

11. He who is devoid of devotion is averse to you; (being) desirous of knowledge he exerts, yet does not achieve success. He is, therefore, attached to Karmas for a desired object. How can he attain imperishable joy, O ocean of bliss?

12. Hence, we, filled with faith and devotion, (practising) Dharma, penance and Vedas (Vedic studies), meditate upon you who are beyond Māyā , the controller of Kāla (Death or Time), the noble one, the Lord of Śrī, senior to the senior ones.

Indra said :

13. Really, due to our insulting behaviour towards Durvāsas we became extremely miserable. With your exception, none of these gods like Brahmā , Rudra and others were able to protect us, O Lord.

14. Devoid of all wealth and wanting in food we were reduced to a condition on par with destitutes on the earth. By you only we had our miseries removed instantly. Obeisance to you, O Śrī Hari .

Fire-god said :

15. The food that is the means of subsistence to Devas, Dānavas and human beings, is created by you only. Therewith learned men offer oblations in sacrifices to you, and the remnant is carried (offered) to other inhabitants of heaven.

16. Those performers of sacrifices, though interestedly engaged in acts for realization of desires, get quickly freed from the bondage of Karmas and attain to the Brāhmī state. The others (i.e. non-sacrificers) are thieves. I bow down to you, Śrī- Yajña-Puruṣa ( Viṣṇu ).

Maruts said :

17. By rendering service to you, the imperishable, supreme station, devotees exclusively attached to you, do not crave for houses, prosperity etc. (regarding them) as low, nor do they desire for the final emancipation full of excessive happiness. It is proper that they regard their birth in a family of Cāṇḍālas as the excellent one. We have approached you, the great person, the refuge of devotees, who are exclusively attached to you.

Siddhas said :

18. We pay obeisance to you who alone, though causeless, are the cause of creation (sustenance and destruction) of innumerable Cosmic Eggs ( Brahmāṇḍas ), to you who are immanent in them yet transcendent and their controller.

Rudras said :

19. Obeisance to you, the Supreme Person, who, though yourself free from delusion, are the enchanter of Māyā, the deluder of all and who are Kāla (i.e. destroyer) even of Mahākāla (the great destroyer of the universe).

Sun said :

20. O Lord of Ramā! Illuminated by you, we lighten the worlds. We have bowed down to you who are self-luminous, of great refulgence, the very light incarnate.

Sādhyas said :

21. You are the ruler (and controller) of kings, great serpents, kings of Daityas , of Devas, of Manus , Prajāpatis . We repeatedly salute you, the Supreme King of Kings.

Vasus said :

22. Whenever there is a destruction of the proclaimed eternal Dharma and its followers by persons (born) with Asura portions, then, every time, you incarnate of your own accord. We bow down to the protector of Dharma.

Cāraṇas said :

23. Devotees sing (the praise) of the auspicious deeds of you who have assumed innumerable forms in various poetical compositions. It (the poetic composition) instantly purifies the hearer as well as the speaker. We have bowed down to you of auspicious fame.

Gandharvas and celestial damsels said :

24. O Lord! Those who, leaving aside your episodes, describe or listen to the laudatory verses about others, become miserable and get sewn (bound) with the bonds of Saṃsāra. We salute you, a worthy resort.

The Ocean said :

25. O unconquerable Lord! If anyone serves with delight your people (devotees) even once with a little of wealth, water, food, garments, bows, he attains a high position, even if he be of a low status. I salute that merciful one.

Pārṣadas ( Viṣṇu’s attendānts) said :

26. You are our parents; you are (our) relative; you are our beloved teacher, friend and protector; you alone are our ruler; you are the highest (to us); you are our entire wealth.

Mūrti (Nārāyaṇa’s mother ) said :

27. I always adore in my heart you, the ruler of Goloka , you, through association with whom, women, Śūdras , Asuras , birds and beasts of low categories and even wicked-souled beings attain to a high status praised even by the great ones and abandoned by whom even the lords of Devas immediately become bereft of worship (unfit to be worshipped).

Sāvitrī said :

28. At the time of the creation of the universe, you have created by your glance Prakṛti and Puruṣa , creating through them, these Tattvas , (primary) substances or principles beginning with Mahat ; you created many Virājs .

29. Assuming the creatorship of the world in the form of Vairāja (Brahmā), you created Devas, Asuras, human beings, serpents, movables and immovable beings, O Lord. I seek refuge in you, the first creator.

Durgā said :

30. O omnipresent Lord! In this world those who perform your meditation in their hearts with excessive love and devotion do not desire for the happiness of Brahmā (or of Brahmā’s post), or the pleasure in heaven or the position of being the sole sovereign lord of the earth.

31. Having obtained this incomparable bliss conferred per force by you (upon them), they, the powerful ones, do not give it up even for a moment. I bow down to such a Lord of Sātvatas .

Rivers said :

32. O grantor of boons! Today we have approached you, Nārāyaṇa who protect from the fear of birth, death and Yama , people who, knowingly or unknowingly, perform a mere bow unto you or the glorification (or recitation) of your name, O friend of Nara .

Wives of Devas said :

33. The birth of you who have assumed a body on this earth, is auspicious. Your deeds are wonderful and sanctifying to the world. As you are the attributeless Brahman , everything pertaining to you becomes devoid of all attributes.

34. By resorting to you, people who are characterised even by Tamas, Rajas and Sattva attributes, become attribute less. Hence we worship (you) who are devoid of attributes.

Wives of sages said :

35. The lotus-feet of Viṣṇu, that is of yours, are the only pacifiers of all difficulties of people afflicted with extremely calamitous torments of three types. Hence, we have approached you as refugees, O infinite God of gods.

Pṛthivī said :

36. I seek refuge only in Vāsudeva whose face is like the full autumnal moon, whose eyes are long like lotus-petals in autumn, who relieves immense sufferings due to separation from Śrī (wealth).

Sarasvatī said :

37. My eyes have been (as if) transformed into Cakora birds with reference to your extremely beautiful moon-like face. They do not go elsewhere. May this form of yours abide in my heart and no other!

Skanda said :

38. Thus praised by all gods, he welcomed them by his glance only. He spoke to Śrī, “O auspicious lady, give a (favourable) look to these gods.”

39. With a pleasing look all the residents of the three worlds were glanced with favour by her. They became prosperous as before.

40. Householders as well as renouncers, all got back their own (previous) prosperity. Dharma and others began to move with delight as before.

41. The Lord offered his chest as the place to Śrī. Stationing herself there, she pervaded the three worlds with her affluence.

42. Then the Ocean (lit. ‘the mine of jewels’) as a consequence of being the progenitor of Śrī, became true to the meaning of his name by becoming the abode ( Kṣaya ) of all jewels.

43. There he respectfully satisfied all the guests with nectar-like excellent food of four varieties of very good flavour.

44. With great pleasure, he presented to all (guests) including Devas individually valuable garments, bejewelled ornaments and other paraphernalia.

45. At that time, for the satisfaction of his son-in-law, there was nothing that could not be given to his relatives, in the case of the Ocean who was showering wealth like a cloud.

46. The Lord also distributed among Brāhmaṇas all the abundant wealth given to him as dowry, and vanished along with Śrī.

47. Suras were excessively delighted by Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa. Gods including Indra , went to heaven and others went to their respective homes.

48. Getting back their respective powers as before, all of them became happy through the grace of the Lord of Kamalā (Lakṣmī).

49. By the order of the Lord Garuḍa again took back Mount Mandara to his place and fixed him there sportively.

50. O Brāhmaṇa -sage! In this way the prosperity which was lost through the curse of a Brāhmaṇa, was got back by Indra through the grace of Nārāyaṇa.

51. O sage! He who hears this holy story of the Lord and who extols it observing religious restraints, both of them will get riches.

52. By (listening) to this there will be attainment of wealth to householders. To the recluses there will be attainment of devotion, spiritual knowledge, disaffection from worldly pleasures and others, as desired by them.

53. In this way I have narrated to you, O Brāhmaṇa, how Indra got back his prosperity. I shall tell you everything as to how Sage Nārada went to Śveta Dvīpa . Listen with concentrated mind.

52. By (listening) to this there will be attainment of wealth to householders. To the recluses there will be attainment of devotion, spiritual knowledge, disaffection from worldly pleasures and others, as desired by them.

53. In this way I have narrated to you, O Brāhmaṇa, how Indra got back his prosperity. I shall tell you everything as to how Sage Nārada went to Śveta Dvīpa . Listen with concentrated mind.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 23186, revision 71864 (2016-06-24T10:15:11Z). English is G. V. Tagare’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371754.html and the archival publication witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.