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।। अथ बकुलमालिकां प्रति सखीविनिवेदितपद्मावत्युदन्तः ।। ।। योषित ऊचुः ।। ।। वयमाकाशराजस्य शुद्धान्तनिलयाः स्त्रियः ।। सख्यः पद्मालयाया वै दुहितुर्वसुधापतेः ।। १ ।। राजपुत्रीं पुरस्कृत्य गताः पूर्वं वनांतरम् ।। कुर्वंत्यः पुष्पावचयं राजपुत्र्यर्थमाकुलाः ।। २ ।। वृक्षमूले समासीनास्तत्र पश्याम पूरुषम् ।। इन्द्रनीलमणिश्याममिन्दिरामन्दिरोरसम्।। ३ ।। ईषत्स्मितमुखं चारुपीनदीर्घभुजद्वयम् ।। मृष्टपीतांबरं हेमबाणबाणासनोज्ज्वलम् ।। ४ ।। सुवर्णमुकुटं हारकेयूरादिविभूषितम् ।। तं तु पद्मालया दृष्ट्वा सखी कमललोचना ।। ५ ।। द्रुतहेमनिभाकारा पश्य पश्येति साब्रवीत् ।। पश्यन्तीनां तदास्माकं गतोऽन्तर्धानमाशु सः ।। ६ ।। सा सखी मूर्च्छितास्माभिनीता राजगृहं ततः।। ७ ।। ।। अथ पद्मावतीमुद्दिश्य दैवज्ञं प्रति वियद्राजकृतप्रश्नादिः ।। ।। दृष्ट्वाऽस्वस्थां नृपः पुत्रीमपृच्छद्दैवचिन्तकम् ।। वद विप्रेन्द्र पुत्र्या मे ग्रहचारफलं मुने ।। ८ ।। बृहस्पतिसमो विप्रो विचार्यात्मनि खेचरान् ।। अनुकूला ग्रहाः सर्वे तव पुत्र्या नृपोत्तम ।। ९ ।। किन्तु नित्यं ग्रहफलं किंचिद्भ्रांतिकरं नृप ।। तमुवाच पुनर्धीमान्प्रश्नकालं विचार्य च ।। 2.1.6.१० ।। छायां गुणित्वा लग्नं च तत्फलानि विचार्य च ।। लग्ने लग्नाधिपश्चन्द्रः केंद्रे चैव बृहस्पतिः ।। ११ ।। निद्राति दिनपक्षी तु प्रश्नपक्षी तु राज्यगः ।। शृणु राजन्फलं तस्य स्वास्थ्यमेव भविष्यति ।। १२ ।। उत्तमः पुरुषः कश्चिदागतः कन्यकां प्रति ।। तं दृष्ट्वा मूर्च्छिता पुत्री तेन योगं समेष्यति ।। १३ ।। तेनैव प्रेषिता काचिदागमिष्यति कन्यका ।। सा तु वक्ष्यति यद्वाक्यं तद्धितं ते भविष्यति ।। १४ ।। तत्कुरुष्व महाराज सत्यंसत्यं वदाम्यहम् ।। किं च सर्वार्थदं यत्तु सर्वव्याधिविनाशनम् ।। १५ ।। वक्ष्यामि तत्कुरुष्वाद्य पुत्र्यास्तव सुखावहम् ।। कारयागस्त्यलिंगस्य ब्राह्मणैरभिषेचनम् ।। १६ ।। इत्युक्ताथ गृहं यातो राजानं दैवचितकः ।। ।। १७ ।। ।। अथ दैवज्ञोक्त्यागस्त्यलिंगार्चनाय विप्रादिप्रेषणम् ।। ।। आकाशराजोऽपि तदा विप्रानाहूय वैदिकान् ।। अभ्यर्च्याज्ञापयामास गत्वा देवालयं द्विजाः ।। १८ ।। महाभिषेकं शम्भोश्च कुरुध्वं मंत्रपूर्वकम् ।। इत्यनुज्ञाप्य तानस्मानाहूयाभ्यवदच्छुभे ।। १९ ।। महाभिषेकसम्भारान्सम्पादयत कन्यकाः ।। इत्याज्ञप्ता नृपेणैव वयं देवालयं गताः ।। 2.1.6.२० ।। ब्रूहि त्वं सुभगेऽस्माकं त्वदागमनमंजसा ।। कुतोसि कस्य वार्थेन क्व वा जिगमिषा हि ते ।। २१ ।। दिव्याश्वमधिरुह्येमं देवलोकादिवागता ।। २२ ।। ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। ।। इति ताभिस्तदा पृष्टा हृष्टा बकुलमालिका ।। प्रोवाच वाचं मधुरां हर्षयन्तीव बालिकाः ।। २३ ।। ।। बकुलमालिकोवाच ।। ।। श्रीवेंकटाद्रेः प्राप्ताहं नाम्ना बकुलमालिका ।। धरणीं द्रष्टुकामाहमारुह्येमं तुरंगमम् ।। २४ ।। द्रष्टुं शक्या भवेद्देवी किमु तत्र नृपालये ।। इति तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा ताः प्रोचुर्नृपकन्यकाः ।। २५ ।। अस्माभिः सहिता त्वं वै द्रक्ष्यसे धरणीं शुभे ।। इत्युक्ता सा ततस्ताभिरागता नृपमंदिरम् ।।२६।। आगच्छन्तीषु तास्वेवं धरणी तु पुलिन्दिनीम् ।। २७ ।। ।। अथ धरणीकृत प्रश्नस्य पुलिन्दिनीप्रतिवचनम् ।। ।। आयान्तीं वीथिकायां सा सगुंजाशंखभूषिताम् ।। शिशुं स्तनं धयं पृष्ठे बद्ध्वा वस्त्रांचलेन वै ।। २८ ।। वदामि सत्यं शृणुत भूतं भव्यं भविष्यकम् ।। वदन्ती वीथिवीथीषु तामाहूय शुचिस्मिता ।। २९ ।। स्वर्णशूर्पं समादाय तस्मिन्मुक्ता निधाय च ।। त्रिप्रस्थमात्रांस्त्रीन्राशीन्कृत्वा तस्यै निधाय च ।। 2.1.6.३० ।। वद सत्यं त्वमेष्यद्वा भूतमेव वा ।। इत्येवं धरणी देवी पृच्छंती तां स्थिताऽभवत् ।। ३१ ।। पृष्टा सावददस्यास्तु मनसा यद्विचिन्तितम्।। मध्यराशौ चिन्तितं ते वद कल्याणि मे ऋजु ।। ३२ ।। ओमित्याहाथ धरणी पुलिंदां राजवल्लभा ।। ।। धरण्युवाच ।। ।। राशिरुक्तः फलं ब्रूहि धनराशिं ददामि ते ।। ३३ ।। ।। पुलिन्दोवाच ।। ।। सत्यं वदामि ते सुभ्रु शिशोरन्नं प्रयच्छ मे ।। इत्युक्ता सा तु धरणी स्वर्णपात्रेऽन्नमाददे ।। ३४ ।। दत्त्वा तस्यै पुलिंदिन्यै सत्यं ब्रूहीति सावदत्।। सक्षीरमन्नमादाय दत्त्वा पुत्राय भामिनी ।। ३५ ।। सा सत्यमवदत्सुभ्रूर्दुहितुर्देहशोषणम्।। पुरुषादागतं भीरु तद्रूपाऽदर्शनादियम् ।। ३६ ।। अंगतापं समापन्ना ह्यनंगशरपीडिता ।। स तु देवादिदेवो वै वैकुण्ठादागतः स्वयम् ।। ३७ ।। श्रीवेंकटाद्रिशिखरे स्वामिपुष्करिणीतटे ।। मायावी परमानंदः श्रिया सह रमापतिः ।। ३८ ।। कामरूपी विहरते भक्ताभीष्टप्रदो हरिः ।। स तुरंगं समारुह्य विहरन्काननान्तरे ।। ३९ ।। आगत्योपवनं राज्ञि तव कन्यां स दृष्टवान् ।। रमासमामिमां दृष्ट्वा स्वयं कामवशं गतः ।। 2.1.6.४० ।। स्वसखीं ललितां देवः प्रेषयिष्यति तेंतिकम् ।। रमेव तं समेत्यैषा रमिष्यति सुखं चिरम् ।। ४१ ।। एतत्सत्यं मम वचः पश्याद्यैव नृपात्मजे ।। पुत्रस्यान्नं प्रयच्छेति तूष्णीमास पुलिन्दिनी ।। ४२ ।। अन्नं दत्त्वा पुनर्भूरि तस्यै तां विससर्ज ह ।। तस्यां विनिर्गतायां तु पुलिंदिन्यामनिन्दिता ।। ४३ ।। उत्थाय चांगणात्तस्माद्विवेशांतःपुरं शुभम् ।। यत्र पद्मालया कन्या समास्ते स्वसखीवृता ।। ४४ ।। गत्वा पुत्रीसमीपस्था कन्यां कामातुरां सुताम्।। पुत्रि किं ते करिष्यामि वस्तु किं वा प्रियं शुभे ।। ४५ ।। इति मात्राभिपृष्टा सा मन्दमाह मनस्विनी ।। ४६ ।। ।। अथ पद्मावती निवेदित भगवद्भागवतयोर्लक्षणानि ।। ।। नेत्राभिरामं यल्लोके सतामपि मनःप्रियम् ।। यद्द्रष्टुकामा ब्रह्माद्या यत्तु सर्वगतं महत् ।। ४७ ।। तेजसामपि तेजस्वि देवानामपि दैवतम् ।। भक्तैस्सद्भिरिह प्राप्यमभक्तैर्न कदाचन ।। ४८ ।। तस्मिन्नेव मनो मेऽम्ब वस्तुनीह प्रवर्तते।। तदेवान्विष्यतां मातर्भक्तानां सर्वकामदम् ।। ४९ ।। ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। ।। एतच्छ्रुत्वाथ धरणी तामपृच्छत्पुनः सुताम् ।। तद्भक्तलक्षणं ब्रूहि यैः प्राप्यं तत्सुलोचने ।। 2.1.6.५० ।। ।। पद्मालयोवाच ।। ।। भक्तानां लक्षणं मातः शृणु गुह्यं समाहिता ।। शंखचक्रांकिता नित्यं भुजयुग्मे वसुन्धरे।। ।। ५१ ।। ऊर्ध्वपुंड्रं सान्तरालं तेषामेव विशेषतः ।। पुण्ड्रानि द्वादश पुनर्धारयंति तथापरे ।। ५२ ।। ललाटोदरहृत्कण्ठे जठरे पार्श्वयोरपि ।। कूर्परयोर्भुजद्वन्द्वे पृष्ठे च गलपृष्ठके ।। ५३ ।। केशवादीनि नामानि द्वादशांगेषु द्वादश ।। वासुदेवेति तन्मूर्ध्नि धारयंति नमोऽस्त्विति ।। ५४ ।। तेषां तु नियमान्वक्ष्ये मातः शृणु मनोरमान् ।। वेदपारायणरताः कर्म कुर्वंति वैदिकम् ।। ५५ ।। सत्यं वदन्ति ये देवि नासूयंति परान्क्वचित् ।। परनिंदां न कुर्वंति परस्वं न हरंति च ।। ५६ ।। न स्मरंति न पश्यन्ति न स्पृशंति कदाचन ।। परदारान्सुरूपांश्च ये च तान्विद्धि वैष्णवान् ।।५७।। सर्वभूतदयावंतः सर्वभूतहिते रताः ।। सदा गायंति देवेशमेतान्भक्तानवेहि वै ।। ५८ ।। येन केन च सन्तुष्टाः स्वदारनिरताश्च ये ।। वीतरागभयक्रोधास्तान्भक्तान्विद्धि वैष्णवान् ।। ५९ ।। एवंविधैर्गुणैर्युक्ताः पंचायुधधरा अपि ।। पित्रा चाचार्यरूपेण शिष्टेनान्येन वा पुनः ।। 2.1.6.६० ।। स्वगृह्योक्तविधानेन वह्निमादाय वै बुधः ।। चक्राद्यायुधमंत्रेण जुहुयात्षोडशाहुतीः ।। ६१ ।। मूलमंत्रेण सूक्तेन पौरुषेण ततः परम् ।। जातवेदः सुमंत्रेण पश्चादष्टोत्तरं शतम् ।। ६२ ।। हुत्वा महाव्याहृतिभिश्चक्रादींस्तत्र तापयेत् ।। सह्यान्सुतप्तान्गुरुणा मंत्रवद्धारयेद्बुधः ।। ६३ ।। भुजद्वये शंखचक्रे मूर्ध्नि शार्ङ्गशरौ तथा ।। ललाटे तु गदा धार्या हृदये खड्गमेव च ।। ६४ ।। एवं धार्याणि पञ्चैव विष्णुभक्तैर्मुमुक्षुभिः ।। अथवा भुजयोश्चक्र शंखौ चैव सुलक्षणौ ।। ६५ ।। एवं लाञ्छनयुक्ता ये भक्तास्ते वैष्णवाः स्मृताः ।। तैरेव लभ्यं तद्ब्रह्म सदाचारसमन्वितैः ।। ६६ ।। तस्मिन्नेव मम प्रीतिस्तत्प्राप्तिं कांक्षते मनः ।। मातर्विष्णुविनान्येषु वाञ्छा काचिन्न जायते ।। ६७ ।। स्मरामि श्यामलं विष्णुं वदामि हरिमच्युतम् ।। तेनैव मातर्जीवामि तद्योगे चिन्त्यतां विधिः ।। ६८ ।। ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। ।। इत्युक्त्वा मातरं दीना विररामाम्बुजानना ।। तच्छ्रुत्वा चिन्तयामास विष्णुः प्रीतः कथं भवेत्।।६९।। अथ बकुलमालिकया सार्द्धं सखीनां धरणीसमीप आगमनम्।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे कन्या अगस्त्येशं समर्च्य च ।। आगता धरणीं द्रष्टुं सहैव बकुलस्रजा ।। 2.1.6.७० ।। आगतान्ब्राह्मणान्साथ पूजयित्वा सुभोजनैः ।। दत्त्वाथ दक्षिणाः पूर्णा वस्त्रालंकारसंयुताः ।। ७१ ।। आशिषौ वाचयित्वाथ वांछितार्थस्य सिद्धये ।। विसृज्य व्राह्मणान्सर्वानथापृच्छत्स्वयोषितः ।। ७२ ।। पूजयित्वा ह्यगस्त्येशमागतास्ता मनस्विनीः ।। ७३ ।। इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे श्रीवेंकटाचलमाहात्म्ये धरणीवराहसंवादे बकुलमालिकां प्रति सखीविनिवेदितपद्मावत्युदन्तविष्णुभक्तलक्षणादिवर्णनंनाम षष्ठोऽध्यायः ।। ६ ।। ।।

|| atha bakulamālikāṃ prati sakhīviniveditapadmāvatyudantaḥ || || yoṣita ūcuḥ || || vayamākāśarājasya śuddhāntanilayāḥ striyaḥ || sakhyaḥ padmālayāyā vai duhiturvasudhāpateḥ || 1 || rājaputrīṃ puraskṛtya gatāḥ pūrvaṃ vanāṃtaram || kurvaṃtyaḥ puṣpāvacayaṃ rājaputryarthamākulāḥ || 2 || vṛkṣamūle samāsīnāstatra paśyāma pūruṣam || indranīlamaṇiśyāmamindirāmandirorasam|| 3 || īṣatsmitamukhaṃ cārupīnadīrghabhujadvayam || mṛṣṭapītāṃbaraṃ hemabāṇabāṇāsanojjvalam || 4 || suvarṇamukuṭaṃ hārakeyūrādivibhūṣitam || taṃ tu padmālayā dṛṣṭvā sakhī kamalalocanā || 5 || drutahemanibhākārā paśya paśyeti sābravīt || paśyantīnāṃ tadāsmākaṃ gato'ntardhānamāśu saḥ || 6 || sā sakhī mūrcchitāsmābhinītā rājagṛhaṃ tataḥ|| 7 || || atha padmāvatīmuddiśya daivajñaṃ prati viyadrājakṛtapraśnādiḥ || || dṛṣṭvā'svasthāṃ nṛpaḥ putrīmapṛcchaddaivacintakam || vada viprendra putryā me grahacāraphalaṃ mune || 8 || bṛhaspatisamo vipro vicāryātmani khecarān || anukūlā grahāḥ sarve tava putryā nṛpottama || 9 || kintu nityaṃ grahaphalaṃ kiṃcidbhrāṃtikaraṃ nṛpa || tamuvāca punardhīmānpraśnakālaṃ vicārya ca || 2.1.6.10 || chāyāṃ guṇitvā lagnaṃ ca tatphalāni vicārya ca || lagne lagnādhipaścandraḥ keṃdre caiva bṛhaspatiḥ || 11 || nidrāti dinapakṣī tu praśnapakṣī tu rājyagaḥ || śṛṇu rājanphalaṃ tasya svāsthyameva bhaviṣyati || 12 || uttamaḥ puruṣaḥ kaścidāgataḥ kanyakāṃ prati || taṃ dṛṣṭvā mūrcchitā putrī tena yogaṃ sameṣyati || 13 || tenaiva preṣitā kācidāgamiṣyati kanyakā || sā tu vakṣyati yadvākyaṃ taddhitaṃ te bhaviṣyati || 14 || tatkuruṣva mahārāja satyaṃsatyaṃ vadāmyaham || kiṃ ca sarvārthadaṃ yattu sarvavyādhivināśanam || 15 || vakṣyāmi tatkuruṣvādya putryāstava sukhāvaham || kārayāgastyaliṃgasya brāhmaṇairabhiṣecanam || 16 || ityuktātha gṛhaṃ yāto rājānaṃ daivacitakaḥ || || 17 || || atha daivajñoktyāgastyaliṃgārcanāya viprādipreṣaṇam || || ākāśarājo'pi tadā viprānāhūya vaidikān || abhyarcyājñāpayāmāsa gatvā devālayaṃ dvijāḥ || 18 || mahābhiṣekaṃ śambhośca kurudhvaṃ maṃtrapūrvakam || ityanujñāpya tānasmānāhūyābhyavadacchubhe || 19 || mahābhiṣekasambhārānsampādayata kanyakāḥ || ityājñaptā nṛpeṇaiva vayaṃ devālayaṃ gatāḥ || 2.1.6.20 || brūhi tvaṃ subhage'smākaṃ tvadāgamanamaṃjasā || kutosi kasya vārthena kva vā jigamiṣā hi te || 21 || divyāśvamadhiruhyemaṃ devalokādivāgatā || 22 || || śrīvarāha uvāca || || iti tābhistadā pṛṣṭā hṛṣṭā bakulamālikā || provāca vācaṃ madhurāṃ harṣayantīva bālikāḥ || 23 || || bakulamālikovāca || || śrīveṃkaṭādreḥ prāptāhaṃ nāmnā bakulamālikā || dharaṇīṃ draṣṭukāmāhamāruhyemaṃ turaṃgamam || 24 || draṣṭuṃ śakyā bhaveddevī kimu tatra nṛpālaye || iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā tāḥ procurnṛpakanyakāḥ || 25 || asmābhiḥ sahitā tvaṃ vai drakṣyase dharaṇīṃ śubhe || ityuktā sā tatastābhirāgatā nṛpamaṃdiram ||26|| āgacchantīṣu tāsvevaṃ dharaṇī tu pulindinīm || 27 || || atha dharaṇīkṛta praśnasya pulindinīprativacanam || || āyāntīṃ vīthikāyāṃ sā saguṃjāśaṃkhabhūṣitām || śiśuṃ stanaṃ dhayaṃ pṛṣṭhe baddhvā vastrāṃcalena vai || 28 || vadāmi satyaṃ śṛṇuta bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyakam || vadantī vīthivīthīṣu tāmāhūya śucismitā || 29 || svarṇaśūrpaṃ samādāya tasminmuktā nidhāya ca || triprasthamātrāṃstrīnrāśīnkṛtvā tasyai nidhāya ca || 2.1.6.30 || vada satyaṃ tvameṣyadvā bhūtameva vā || ityevaṃ dharaṇī devī pṛcchaṃtī tāṃ sthitā'bhavat || 31 || pṛṣṭā sāvadadasyāstu manasā yadvicintitam|| madhyarāśau cintitaṃ te vada kalyāṇi me ṛju || 32 || omityāhātha dharaṇī puliṃdāṃ rājavallabhā || || dharaṇyuvāca || || rāśiruktaḥ phalaṃ brūhi dhanarāśiṃ dadāmi te || 33 || || pulindovāca || || satyaṃ vadāmi te subhru śiśorannaṃ prayaccha me || ityuktā sā tu dharaṇī svarṇapātre'nnamādade || 34 || dattvā tasyai puliṃdinyai satyaṃ brūhīti sāvadat|| sakṣīramannamādāya dattvā putrāya bhāminī || 35 || sā satyamavadatsubhrūrduhiturdehaśoṣaṇam|| puruṣādāgataṃ bhīru tadrūpā'darśanādiyam || 36 || aṃgatāpaṃ samāpannā hyanaṃgaśarapīḍitā || sa tu devādidevo vai vaikuṇṭhādāgataḥ svayam || 37 || śrīveṃkaṭādriśikhare svāmipuṣkariṇītaṭe || māyāvī paramānaṃdaḥ śriyā saha ramāpatiḥ || 38 || kāmarūpī viharate bhaktābhīṣṭaprado hariḥ || sa turaṃgaṃ samāruhya viharankānanāntare || 39 || āgatyopavanaṃ rājñi tava kanyāṃ sa dṛṣṭavān || ramāsamāmimāṃ dṛṣṭvā svayaṃ kāmavaśaṃ gataḥ || 2.1.6.40 || svasakhīṃ lalitāṃ devaḥ preṣayiṣyati teṃtikam || rameva taṃ sametyaiṣā ramiṣyati sukhaṃ ciram || 41 || etatsatyaṃ mama vacaḥ paśyādyaiva nṛpātmaje || putrasyānnaṃ prayaccheti tūṣṇīmāsa pulindinī || 42 || annaṃ dattvā punarbhūri tasyai tāṃ visasarja ha || tasyāṃ vinirgatāyāṃ tu puliṃdinyāmaninditā || 43 || utthāya cāṃgaṇāttasmādviveśāṃtaḥpuraṃ śubham || yatra padmālayā kanyā samāste svasakhīvṛtā || 44 || gatvā putrīsamīpasthā kanyāṃ kāmāturāṃ sutām|| putri kiṃ te kariṣyāmi vastu kiṃ vā priyaṃ śubhe || 45 || iti mātrābhipṛṣṭā sā mandamāha manasvinī || 46 || || atha padmāvatī nivedita bhagavadbhāgavatayorlakṣaṇāni || || netrābhirāmaṃ yalloke satāmapi manaḥpriyam || yaddraṣṭukāmā brahmādyā yattu sarvagataṃ mahat || 47 || tejasāmapi tejasvi devānāmapi daivatam || bhaktaissadbhiriha prāpyamabhaktairna kadācana || 48 || tasminneva mano me'mba vastunīha pravartate|| tadevānviṣyatāṃ mātarbhaktānāṃ sarvakāmadam || 49 || || śrīvarāha uvāca || || etacchrutvātha dharaṇī tāmapṛcchatpunaḥ sutām || tadbhaktalakṣaṇaṃ brūhi yaiḥ prāpyaṃ tatsulocane || 2.1.6.50 || || padmālayovāca || || bhaktānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ mātaḥ śṛṇu guhyaṃ samāhitā || śaṃkhacakrāṃkitā nityaṃ bhujayugme vasundhare|| || 51 || ūrdhvapuṃḍraṃ sāntarālaṃ teṣāmeva viśeṣataḥ || puṇḍrāni dvādaśa punardhārayaṃti tathāpare || 52 || lalāṭodarahṛtkaṇṭhe jaṭhare pārśvayorapi || kūrparayorbhujadvandve pṛṣṭhe ca galapṛṣṭhake || 53 || keśavādīni nāmāni dvādaśāṃgeṣu dvādaśa || vāsudeveti tanmūrdhni dhārayaṃti namo'stviti || 54 || teṣāṃ tu niyamānvakṣye mātaḥ śṛṇu manoramān || vedapārāyaṇaratāḥ karma kurvaṃti vaidikam || 55 || satyaṃ vadanti ye devi nāsūyaṃti parānkvacit || paraniṃdāṃ na kurvaṃti parasvaṃ na haraṃti ca || 56 || na smaraṃti na paśyanti na spṛśaṃti kadācana || paradārānsurūpāṃśca ye ca tānviddhi vaiṣṇavān ||57|| sarvabhūtadayāvaṃtaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ || sadā gāyaṃti deveśametānbhaktānavehi vai || 58 || yena kena ca santuṣṭāḥ svadāraniratāśca ye || vītarāgabhayakrodhāstānbhaktānviddhi vaiṣṇavān || 59 || evaṃvidhairguṇairyuktāḥ paṃcāyudhadharā api || pitrā cācāryarūpeṇa śiṣṭenānyena vā punaḥ || 2.1.6.60 || svagṛhyoktavidhānena vahnimādāya vai budhaḥ || cakrādyāyudhamaṃtreṇa juhuyātṣoḍaśāhutīḥ || 61 || mūlamaṃtreṇa sūktena pauruṣeṇa tataḥ param || jātavedaḥ sumaṃtreṇa paścādaṣṭottaraṃ śatam || 62 || hutvā mahāvyāhṛtibhiścakrādīṃstatra tāpayet || sahyānsutaptānguruṇā maṃtravaddhārayedbudhaḥ || 63 || bhujadvaye śaṃkhacakre mūrdhni śārṅgaśarau tathā || lalāṭe tu gadā dhāryā hṛdaye khaḍgameva ca || 64 || evaṃ dhāryāṇi pañcaiva viṣṇubhaktairmumukṣubhiḥ || athavā bhujayoścakra śaṃkhau caiva sulakṣaṇau || 65 || evaṃ lāñchanayuktā ye bhaktāste vaiṣṇavāḥ smṛtāḥ || taireva labhyaṃ tadbrahma sadācārasamanvitaiḥ || 66 || tasminneva mama prītistatprāptiṃ kāṃkṣate manaḥ || mātarviṣṇuvinānyeṣu vāñchā kācinna jāyate || 67 || smarāmi śyāmalaṃ viṣṇuṃ vadāmi harimacyutam || tenaiva mātarjīvāmi tadyoge cintyatāṃ vidhiḥ || 68 || || śrīvarāha uvāca || || ityuktvā mātaraṃ dīnā virarāmāmbujānanā || tacchrutvā cintayāmāsa viṣṇuḥ prītaḥ kathaṃ bhavet||69|| atha bakulamālikayā sārddhaṃ sakhīnāṃ dharaṇīsamīpa āgamanam|| etasminnaṃtare kanyā agastyeśaṃ samarcya ca || āgatā dharaṇīṃ draṣṭuṃ sahaiva bakulasrajā || 2.1.6.70 || āgatānbrāhmaṇānsātha pūjayitvā subhojanaiḥ || dattvātha dakṣiṇāḥ pūrṇā vastrālaṃkārasaṃyutāḥ || 71 || āśiṣau vācayitvātha vāṃchitārthasya siddhaye || visṛjya vrāhmaṇānsarvānathāpṛcchatsvayoṣitaḥ || 72 || pūjayitvā hyagastyeśamāgatāstā manasvinīḥ || 73 || iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye dharaṇīvarāhasaṃvāde bakulamālikāṃ prati sakhīviniveditapadmāvatyudantaviṣṇubhaktalakṣaṇādivarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ || 6 || ||

English translation

[ Detailed Information about Padmāvatī Reported to Bakulamālikā by the Attendants and Friends ]:—

The young maidens said :

1. We are females from the inner apartment of King Ākāśa . We are the friends and attendants of Padmālayā, the daughter of that king.

2. Some time back we went inside the forest (park) with the princess at the head. We were eagerly gathering flowers for the princess.

3-6. While we were seated at the root of a tree we saw a man dark in complexion like a sapphire. His chest was (as if) a temple of the goddess of glory and fortune. A gentle smile spread on his face. He had a pair of beautiful, plump, muscular and long arms. He wore a well-washed yellow cloth. He had golden arrows and a golden bow. He wore a gold crown. He was adorned with necklaces, armlets and other ornaments. Our friend Padmālayā, a lady with lotus-like eyes and a body resembling molten gold, saw him and blurted out, “Look, look (there)”. Even as we were watching him, he vanished immediately.

7-8. Our friend swooned. She was then brought to the royal palace (while still in swoon).

[ Questions put to the Astrologer by King Viyat Regarding Padmāvatī ]:—

On seeing his daughter unwell the king consulted an astrologer:

“O prominent Brāhmaṇa , O sage, describe the effects of transits of various Planets on my daughter.”

9-12. The Brāhmaṇa (who was) equal to Bṛhaspati (the preceptor of gods) (in intelligence), thought within himself (the positions of) the Planets and said: “All the Planets are favourable to your daughter, O excellent king. But the stable (?total) effect of the Planets is slightly confusing, O King.”

Again the intelligent (Brāhmaṇa) pondered over the time of the question. He calculated the Chāyā (length of the shadow of a gnomon) and the Liṅga (Planetary position) and thought over the effects thereof and said: “The Moon who is the overlord of the Lagna is in the Lagna . Bṛhaspati (Jupiter) is in the Kendra (Centre). The diurnal bird is asleep. The Praśnapakṣin (the bird of astrological inquiry) is in the kingdom(?). O King, listen to its effect. There will certainly be normal health (in her case).

13. An excellent man has come towards the girl. Your daughter has swooned at his sight. She will be united with him.

14. A certain maiden deputed by himself will come. The words she will be uttering shall be conducive to your welfare and prosperity.

15-17. Carry out (her suggestion), O great King. It is the truth and nothing but the truth that I am saying. Further, I shall suggest another thing that will fulfil all her desires and is destructive of all ailments. Carry it out. It is conducive to the happiness of your daughter. Ask Brāhmaṇas to perform the holy bathing rite of Agastyaliṅga.” After saying this to the king the astrologer returned to his house.

[ Brāhmaṇas are Deputed for the Worship of Agastyaliṅga in Accordance with the Suggestion of the Astrologer ]:—

18-22. King Ākāśa invited Brāhmaṇas well-versed in the Vedas , welcomed and honoured them and requested them thus:

“O Brāhmaṇas, go to the temple and perform the holy rite of grand ablution of Śaṃbhu with recitation of Mantras .”

After allowing them (to go), O splendid lady, he called us and said: “O girls, gather together all the essentials for the great ablution.” On being commanded thus by the king himself we went to the temple. Now tell us, O fair lady, about your sudden visit. Whence do you hail? Where do you wish to go? On whose errand? You seem to have come here from the world of Devas riding on this divine horse.”

Śrī Varāha said :

23. On being asked thus by them the delighted Bakulamālikā spoke these sweet words enhancing the delight of those girls:

Bakulamālikā replied :

24-25. I have come from Śrī Veṅkaṭādri . My name is Bakulamālikā. I have come riding on this horse with a desire to see (Queen) Dharaṇī . Will it be possible to see the gentle lady there in the palace?

On hearing these words of hers those maidens of the king said:

26-31. “O splendid lady, you will see Dharaṇī along with us.” On being told thus by them she accompanied them to the palace of the king.

[ The Reply of Pulindinī to the Inquiries made by Dharaṇī ]:—

While the ladies were on their way, Dharaṇī saw a Pulindinī [1] (i.e. a woman of the Pulinda tribe) coming along the street. She was adorned with the berries of Abrus precatorius ( Guñjā ) and shells. An infant of sucking age was kept tied to her back by means of the end of her cloth. She was heard proclaiming in the street thus: “Listen all of you; I speak the truth. I will tell past, present and future.”

With pure smile (on her face) Dharaṇī called her. She ordered for a golden winnowing basket and placed pearls in it. She made them into three heaps of three Prastha measures and placed the whole thing in front of her. Thereafter Queen Dharaṇī asked her, “O Pulinda woman, tell me the truth, future or past.” After saying this she stood by.

32-33. She told her about what she had been thinking in her mind. “O graceful lady, speak straight away if it was the middle heap that was thought of by you.” Dharaṇī, the beloved queen of the king, said, “ Oṃ (Yes).”

Dharaṇī said :

The heap has been said. Predict the effect. I shall give you a heap of money.

Pulindā said :

34-36. I shall speak the truth. O lady of excellent eyebrows, give some food to my child. [2]

On being requested thus Dharaṇī took some food in a golden vessel and handed it over to the Pulindinī and said, “Tell me the truth.” The young woman received the food along with milk and fed the child with it.

Then the lady with excellent eyebrows spoke the truth: “It was due to the arrival of a man that the body of your daughter has withered away and become emaciated, O timid lady. Since she is not able to see his face once again, her body has become scorched. She is afflicted by the arrows of Cupid.

37-42. It was the Primordial Lord of Devas himself who came from Vaikuṇṭha . Hari , the bestower of whatever is desired by devotees, sports about on the peak of Śrī Veṅkaṭādri on the banks of Svāmipuṣkariṇī. He assumes the forms and features of the god of Love. He is the Supreme Bliss. He wields Māyā . He is the Lord of Ramā . He sports about along with Śrī.

(One day) riding on his horse and roaming about in the forest, O Queen, he came to the park and saw your daughter. On seeing her as (beautiful as) Ramā he came under the control of the god of Love. The Lord will be sending his attendant Lalitā to your presence. On being united with him like Ramā she will enjoy herself for a long time. These words of mine are true. See this today itself, O Princess! Give some (more) food to my son.” After saying this, the Pulindinī kept quiet.

43-46. Once again she gave her ample food and dismissed her. When the Pulinda woman had gone away, the uncensured (i.e. praiseworthy) lady got up from the courtyard and entered the splendid inner apartment. It was there that her daughter Padmālayā was seated surrounded by her own attendants and friends.

She went near her daughter who was sick with love (and said), “What shall I do for you, daughter? O splendid girl, what is the object that is most pleasing to you?” On being asked thus by her mother, the wise and virtuous girl spoke slowly:

47-49. “O Mother, my mind is attracted towards that object alone which is comely and pleasing to the eyes and to the minds of good people in the world; which Brahmā and others are desirous of seeing; which is very great and omnipresent; which is the most resplendent among all resplendent things; which is the deity unto all the Devas; which can be attained here by good people and devotees and never by non-devotees. It bestows all desired things on devotees. O mother, let that be sought after.”

Śrī Varāha said :

50. On hearing this Dharaṇī asked her daughter once again, “Describe the characteristic marks of the devotees by whom, O girl of beautiful eyes, that can be attained.”

[ The Characteristic Marks of the Lord and Devotees of the Lord as Related by Padmāvatī ]:—

Padmālayā said :

51-54. Listen to the marks of the devotees attentively, O Mother. It is a secret, O Dharaṇī. They have permanent marks of conch and discus on the pair of arms. [3] Their special characteristic is Ūrdhvapuṇḍra (sectarian mark in a vertical V-like form) with a gap in the middle. Others have twelve such Puṇḍras on the forehead, heart, neck, belly, two sides, two elbows, two arms, back and back of the neck. When they apply the mark they recite the twelve names beginning with ‘ Keśava ’ and ending with ‘ Vāsudeva ’ and say ‘Obeisance to you’. When they apply it on the head, they say ‘Vāsudeva’.

55. I shall tell their observances which are really fascinating. Listen, O Mother. They engage in reciting the Vedas regularly. They perform all the Vedic rites.

56. They speak the truth, O gentle lady. They are never jealous of or malicious to others. They do not insult others. They never take away other people’s possessions.

57. Know those people to be Vaiṣṇavas (‘devotees of Viṣṇu ’) who never remember, see or touch the beautiful wives of others.

58. They are kind and merciful to all living beings. They are always engaged in what is beneficial to all living beings. They always sing about the Lord of Devas. Know these to be devotees (of the Lord).

59. They are contented with whatever they have. They are faithful to their own wives. They are devoid of attachment, fear and anger. Know them to be the devotees and followers of Viṣṇu.

60-64. One who is endowed with qualities like these must have the (indelible impressions of) five weapons made by his father or preceptor or any other honourable gentleman. The learned devotee shall kindle fire in accordance with the injunctions in his own Gṛhyasūtra . He should offer sixteen Āhutis (oblations) reciting the Mantras of the discus etc., first with the original Mantra , then with the Puruṣasūkta and one hundred and eight times with the excellent Mantra of Jātavedas . After performing the Homa with Mahāvyāhṛtis (i.e. the great utterances, viz. Oṃ Bhūḥ Bhuvaḥ Svaḥ) he should heat the discus etc. The learned devotee then shall bear the impressions when they have been heated well by the preceptor and the heat can be borne. [4] The impressions shall be received like the Mantras. The conch should be imprinted on one arm, the discus on the other, the Śārṅga bow with the arrow on the head, the mace on the forehead and the sword on the heart (chest).

65-68. These five impressions should be borne by the devotees of Viṣṇu desirous of salvation or the impressions of conch and discus shall be borne on both the arms. They must be of good shape and clear. Those who have impressions like these are known as devotees and followers of Viṣṇu. The Supreme Brahman can be realized only by them endowed with good conduct. My love is for him alone. My mind yearns to obtain him. O Mother, except Viṣṇu, I do not desire anyone else. I remember the dark-complexioned Viṣṇu. I speak about Hari, Acyuta . I sustain my life thereby alone. Let the means of being united with him be thought of.

Śrī Varāha said :

69. After saying this to her mother the lotus-faced lady became dejected and stopped speaking. On hearing her words, the mother thought, ‘How should Viṣṇu be propitiated?’

[ Arrival of the Friends and Attendants (of Padmā ) Near Dharaṇī Along with Bakulamālikā ]:—

70-73. In the meantime the girls accompanied by Bakulamālikā came to see Dharaṇī after worshipping Agastyeśa.

She fed the visiting Brāhmaṇas heartily with good food after duly worshipping them. She gave them monetary gifts in full along with garments and ornaments. She received their blessings for the purpose of achieving the desired objectives.

After bidding farewell to all those Brāhmaṇas she asked her young maidens, those high-minded attendants who had come back after worshipping Agastyeśa.

[1]: [1] : The whole episode of consultation with a woman of Pulinda (Forester) tribe is textually similar to a great extent to the one in VrP II (Uttara) 6.28 ff. The method of selecting a particular heap as the basis of the prediction is the same. Such belief in tribal women is still common to uneducated women even in Maharashtra.

[2]: [2] : Unfortunately the tragic condition, want of food etc., of these tribals, has not changed since the days of the SkP.

[3]: [3] : It is a common practice of Vaiṣṇavas (followers of Rāmānuja as well as of Madhva) to stamp their bodies with Viṣṇu’s weapons. The Ūrdhvapuṇḍra is characteristic of the followers of Rāmānuja. From this mention it seems that the author probably belonged to that sect.

[4]: [4] : The practice of branding one’s body with the heated metal seals with the marks of the discus, conch , mace etc. is still found among orthodox followers of Madhva. Their procedure does not include the Śārṅga-bow impression but they have the name-seal ( nāma-mudrā ) instead. The MS of Tapta-mudrā-vidhāna at Rāghavendra Svāmī Maṭh at Miraj (in Maharashtra) prescribes Paurāṇic verses describing the particular weapon (e.g. discus, mace) for recitation before branding, as ‘mantra’.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 22880, revision 105372 (2017-03-21T00:11:30Z). English is G. V. Tagare’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc370685.html and the archival publication witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.