Veṅkaṭācala-māhātmya · Chapter 7
Sourceअथ धरणीदेव्यै बकुलमालिकानिवेदितश्रीनिवासोदन्तः ।। ।। धरण्युवाच ।। ।। कैषा बत वरा कन्या युष्माभिः संगता कुतः ।। किमर्थमागता चेह पूज्यैषा प्रतिभाति मे ।। १ ।। ।। कन्यका ऊचुः ।। ।। एषा दिव्याङ्गना देवी त्वयि कार्यार्थमागता ।। देवालये सङ्गतेयमस्माभिः शिवसन्निधौ ।। २ ।। पृष्टावदच्च भवतीं द्रष्टुमेवागतेति वै ।। शक्या द्रष्टुं राजगृहे मया राज्ञी सुखेन वा ।। ३ ।। एवं पृष्टास्ततो ब्रूमः सहास्माभिश्च गम्यताम्।। वयं तु धरणीदास्यो गमिष्यामो नृपालयम् ।। ४ ।। इत्युक्तास्माभिरायाता त्वत्समीपं वसुन्धरे।। भवत्या पृच्छयतामेषा किमित्यागमनं तव ।। ५ ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। ।। इति तासां वचः श्रुत्वा तामपृच्छद्वसुन्धरा ।। ६ ।। ।। धरण्युवाच ।। ।। कुतस्त्वमागता देवि किं वा कार्यं मया तव ।। ब्रूहि सत्यं करिष्यामि त्वदागमनकारणम् ।। ७ ।। ।। बकुलमालिकोवाच ।। ।। वेङ्कटाद्रेः समायाता नाम्ना बकुलमालिका ।। ८ ।। स्वामी नारायणोऽस्माकमास्ते श्रीवेंकटाचले ।। कदाचिद्धयमारुह्य हंसशुक्लं मनोजवम् ।। ९ ।। मृगयार्थं गतो राज्ञो वेंकटाद्रेः समीपतः ।। वनानि विचरन्काले शोभने कुसुमाकरे ।। 2.1.7.१० ।। पश्यन्मृगान्गजान्सिंहान्गवयाञ्छरभान्रुरून् ।। शुकान्पारावतान्हंसान्पत्रिणोऽन्यान्वनान्तरे ।। ११ ।। गजराजं तत्र कञ्चिद्यूथपं मदवर्षिणम् ।। करेणुसहितं तुंगमन्वगच्छत्सुरोत्तमः ।। १२ ।। ।। अथ श्रीनिवासोक्त्या शंखनृपस्य स्वामितीर्थे तपःकरणम् ।। ।। वनाद्वनान्तरं गत्वा नृपं शंखमुपागमत् ।। तपस्यन्तं बृहच्छैले प्रतिष्ठाप्य जनार्दनम् ।। १३ ।। श्रीभूमिसहितं नित्यमर्चयन्तं च भक्तितः ।। शंखनागबिलंनाम सरः पावनमुत्तमम् ।। १४ ।। तत्सरस्तीरमासाद्य तुरंगादवरुह्य च ।। राजवेषं समासाद्य तमपृच्छन्नृपोत्तमम्।। १५ ।। क्रियते किं नृपश्रेष्ठ पादेऽस्मिच्छेषभूभृतः ।। १६ ।। ।। शंख उवाच ।। ।। अहं हैहयदेशीयः पुत्रः श्वेतस्य भूभृतः ।। महाविष्णोः प्रीतयेऽत्र कृतवानखिलान्क्रतून् ।। १७ ।। अदर्शनान्महाविष्णोर्निर्विण्णोहं नृपात्मज ।। तदानीमवदद्दिव्या वाणी सर्वार्त्तिनाशिनी ।। १८ ।। राजन्नात्र भविष्यामि प्रत्यक्षस्ते वचः शृणु ।। गच्छ नारायणाद्रिं त्वं तपः कुर्विति मां स्फुटम् ।। १९ ।। ततो देशमहं त्यक्त्वा तपसाऽऽराधयाम्यहम्।। अत्र देवं नृपाचिंत्यं प्रतिष्ठाप्य श्रियः पतिम् ।। 2.1.7.२० ।। अगस्त्यानुग्रहान्नित्यमर्चयामि विधानतः ।। इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सोत्प्रासं प्राह तं विभुः।। ।। २१ ।। गच्छ नारायणाद्रिं त्वमस्य पादे किमास्यते ।। आरुह्यानेन मार्गेण पश्चिमे शिखरे स्थितम् ।। २२ ।। प्रणम्य विष्वक्सेनं त्वं बालं न्यग्रोधमूलतः ।। स्वामिपुष्करिणीं गत्वा स्नात्वा तीरेऽथ पश्चिमे ।। २३ ।। अश्वत्थं तत्र वल्मीकं द्रक्ष्यसे नृपनन्दन ।। तयोर्मध्यं समासाद्य तपः कुर्वित्यचोदयत् ।। २४ ।। कश्चिच्छ्वेतो वराहोऽस्मिन्वल्मीके चरति धुवम् ।। स तु पुण्यवतामेव दर्शनं याति भूपते ।।२५ ।। ।। ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। ।। इत्यादिश्य हयारूढो जगाम मृगयां विभुः ।। चरन्वनाद्वनं सुभ्रूः समासाद्यारणीं नदीम् ।। २६ ।। अवरुह्य हयात्तत्र विचचार तटे शुभे ।। वनान्तादागतो वायुः पद्मकह्लारशीतलः ।। श्रमापनयनो मन्दं सिषेवे पुरुषोत्तमम् ।। २७ ।। तरवः पुष्पवर्षाणि विकिरन्तः सिषेविरे ।। एवं स विचरन्देवः पुष्पभारानतांस्तरून् ।। २८ ।। विचिन्वन्गजराजं तं पुष्पलावीर्ददर्श ह ।। कन्याः सुवेषा रुचिरा मेघेष्विव शतह्रदाः ।। २९ ।।। तासां मध्यगतां तन्वीं ददर्शातिमनोहराम् ।। लक्ष्मीसमां हेमवर्णां तस्यां सक्तमना अभूत् ।। 2.1.7.३० ।। तां गृध्नुराह ताः कन्याः केयमित्येव पूरुषः ।। उक्तस्ताभिरियं कन्या वियद्राज्ञो महाबल ।। ३१ ।। इदं श्रुत्वा वचस्तासां हयमारुह्य वेगवान् ।। आजगामाशु भगवान्स्वालयं रुचिरं गिरिम्।। ३२ ।। तत्र स्वालयमासाद्य स्वामिपुष्करिणीतटे ।। मामाहूयावदद्देवो हला बकुलमालिके ।। ३३ ।। वियद्राजपुरं गत्वा प्रविश्यान्तःपुरं सखि ।। तत्पत्नीं धरणीं प्राप्य पृष्ट्वा कुशलमेव च ।। ३४ ।। याचस्व तनयां तस्या रुचिरां कमलालयाम् ।। राज्ञोभिमतमाज्ञाय शीघ्रमागच्छ भामिनि ।। ३५ ।। इत्थं दैवेन चाज्ञप्ता देवि त्वद्गृहमागता ।। यथोचितं कुरुष्वेह राज्ञा मंत्रियुतेन च ।। ३६ ।। ।। अथ बकुलमालिकोक्त्या धरण्यादिकृतविवाहनिश्चयः ।। ।। कन्यया च विचार्यैव प्रोच्यतामुत्तरं वचः ।। ३७ ।। ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। ।। अथ तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा प्रीता राज्ञी बभूव ह ।। आहूयाकाशराजं तमुपेत्य कमलालयाम् ।। ३८ ।। मंत्रिमध्येऽवदद्देवी वचनं बकुलस्रजः ।। श्रु त्वा प्रीतोऽवदद्राजा मंत्रिणः सपुरोहितान् ।। ३९ ।। ।। आकाशराज उवाच ।। ।। कन्या त्वयोनिजा दिव्या सुभगा कमलालया ।। अर्थिता देवदेवेन वेंकटाद्रिनिवासिना ।। 2.1.7.४० ।। पूर्णो मनोरथो मेऽद्य ब्रूत किं संमतं तु वः ।। श्रुत्वा मंत्रिगणाः सर्वे राज्ञो वचनमुत्तमम् ।। ४१ ।। प्रोचुः सुप्रीतमनसो वियद्राजं महीपतिम् ।। वयं कृतार्था राजेन्द्र कुलं सर्वोन्नतं भवेत् ।। ४२ ।। भवत्कन्येयमतुला श्रिया सह रमिष्यति ।। दीयतां देवदेवाय शार्ङ्गिणे परमात्मने ।। ४३ ।। अयं वसन्तः श्रीमांश्च शुभं शीघ्रं विधीयताम् ।। ४४ ।। ।। अथ बृहस्पत्युक्त्या विवाहलग्नस्थिरीकरणम् ।। ।। आहूय धिषणं लग्नं विवाहार्थं विधीयताम् ।। ४५ ।। तथास्त्वित्याह्वयामास सुरलोकाद्बृहस्पतिम् ।। पप्रच्छ कन्यावरयोर्विवाहार्थं नरेश्वरः ।। ४६ ।। ।। राजोवाच ।। ।। कन्याया जन्मनक्षत्रं मृगशीर्षमिति स्मृतम् ।। देवस्य श्रवणर्क्षन्तु तयोर्योगो विचार्यताम् ।। ४७ ।। श्रुत्वाऽब्रवीत्स धिषणस्तयोरुत्तरफल्गुनी ।। संमता सुखवृद्ध्यर्थं प्रोच्यते दैवचिंतकैः ।। ४८ ।। तयोरुत्तरफल्गुन्यां विवाहः क्रियतामिति ।। वैशाखमासे विधिवत्क्रियतामिति सोऽब्रवीत् ।। ४९ ।। ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। ।। राजा तु धिषणं तत्र संपूज्याथ विसृज्य च ।। देवस्य दूतिकामाह गच्छ देवालयं शुभे ।। ।। 2.1.7.५० ।। वैशाखे देवदेवाय कल्याणं वद सुव्रते ।। वैवाहिकविधानं तु कृत्वा चागम्यतामिति ।। ५१ ।। ततो देव्याः प्रियकरं शुकं दूतं तया सह ।। विसृज्य वायुं स्वसुतमिन्द्राद्यानयनेऽसृजत् ।। ५२ ।। ।। अथ विश्वकर्मादिकृतपुरालंकारादिक्रमः ।। ।। आहूय विश्वकर्माणं पुरालंकारकर्मणि ।। नियोजयामास सोऽपि निर्ममे निमिषांतरात् ।। ५३ ।। इन्द्रोऽसृजत्पुष्पवृष्टिं ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः ।। धनदो धनधान्याद्यैः पूरयामास वेश्म तत् ।। ।। ५४ ।। यमस्तु रोगरहितांश्चकार मनुजान्भुवि ।। वरुणो रत्नजालानि मौक्तिकादीन्यपूरयत् ।। ५५ ।। एवं संपाद्य सर्वाणि ययुर्देवा वृषाचलम् ।। ।। ५६ ।। ।। अथ शुकेन सह बकुलायाः श्रीनिवाससमीपे गमनम् ।। ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। ।। ततः सा हयमारुह्य शुकेन सहिता ययौ ।। श्रीवेंकटाद्रिमासाद्य देवालयसमीपतः ।। ५७ ।। अवरुह्य तुरंगात्सा सशुकाऽभ्यन्तरं ययौ ।। दृष्ट्वा देवं रत्नपीठे श्रिया सह सुलोचनम् ।। ।। ५८ ।। प्रणम्य ह्यवदत्प्रीता कृत्यं तत्र कृतं विभो ।। मांगल्यवार्तां वक्तुं वै शुक एष समागतः ।। ५९ ।। ।। अथ श्रीनिवासाय शुकावेदित पद्मावतीपरिणयवृत्तान्तः ।। ।। वदेति देवेनाज्ञप्तः शुको नत्वा तमब्रवीत् ।। ।। शुक उवाच ।। ।। त्वां प्रत्याह सुता भूमेर्मामंगीकुरु माधव ।। 2.1.7.६० ।। वदामि तव नामानि स्मरामि त्वद्वपुस्सदा ।। ध्रियन्ते तव चिह्नानि भुजाद्यंगै रमापते ।। ६१ ।। त्वद्भक्तानर्चयामीह पंचसंस्कारसंयुतान् ।। त्वत्प्रीतये हि कर्माणि करोमि मधुसूदन ।। ६२ ।। एवं सदैवाचरंत्याः पित्रोरनुमते मम ।। कुरु प्रसादं देवेश मामंगीकुरु माधव ।। ६३ ।। इति विज्ञापयामास कमलस्था धरासुता ।। शुकस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सुप्रियं त्वात्मनो हरिः ।। ६४ ।। ।। अथ पद्मावत्याः शुकदत्तश्रीनिवासमालाधारणम्।। ।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। ।। कर्तुं कल्याणमुद्वाहमागमिष्यामि चाऽमरैः ।। शुक गच्छ वदैवं तामित्थं देवोऽब्रवीदिति ।। ६५ ।। शुकः श्रुत्वा देववाक्यमादाय वनमालिकाम्।। देवदत्तां ययौ शीघ्रं वियद्राजसुतां प्रति ।। ६६ ।। तुलसीमालिकां दत्त्वा मृगनाभिसुगंधिनीम् ।। प्रणम्य देवीमवदच्छुको देववचः शुभम् ।। ६७ ।। श्रुत्वा तन्मालिकां गृह्य भूमिजा शिरसा दधौ ।। चक्रेऽलंकारमुचितं देवागमनकांक्षिणी ।। ।। ६८ ।। वियद्राजोऽपि सानन्दमिन्दुमाहूय सादरम्।। अन्नं विधीयतां राजन्विविधं रससंयुतम् ।। ६९ ।। विष्णोर्नैवेद्ययोग्यं यत्परमान्नं विधीयताम् ।। देवानां च ऋषीणां च नराणामपि संमतम् ।। 2.1.7.७० ।। चतुर्विधं सुगन्धाढ्यममृतांशैः सुधाकर ।। एवं कृत्वा संविधानं प्रतीक्ष्यागमनं विभोः ।। ७१ ।। सभायां मंत्रिसहितः समास्त प्रीतमानसः ।। पुत्रीमलंकृतां कृत्वा धरणीसहितो नृपः ।। ७२ ।। इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे श्रीवेंकटाचलमाहात्म्ये धरणीवराहसंवादे धरणीदेव्यै बकुलमालिकानिवेदित श्रीनिवासोदन्तकमलालयाकल्याणविध्यादिवृत्तांतवर्णनंनाम सप्तमोऽध्यायः ।। ७ ।।
atha dharaṇīdevyai bakulamālikāniveditaśrīnivāsodantaḥ || || dharaṇyuvāca || || kaiṣā bata varā kanyā yuṣmābhiḥ saṃgatā kutaḥ || kimarthamāgatā ceha pūjyaiṣā pratibhāti me || 1 || || kanyakā ūcuḥ || || eṣā divyāṅganā devī tvayi kāryārthamāgatā || devālaye saṅgateyamasmābhiḥ śivasannidhau || 2 || pṛṣṭāvadacca bhavatīṃ draṣṭumevāgateti vai || śakyā draṣṭuṃ rājagṛhe mayā rājñī sukhena vā || 3 || evaṃ pṛṣṭāstato brūmaḥ sahāsmābhiśca gamyatām|| vayaṃ tu dharaṇīdāsyo gamiṣyāmo nṛpālayam || 4 || ityuktāsmābhirāyātā tvatsamīpaṃ vasundhare|| bhavatyā pṛcchayatāmeṣā kimityāgamanaṃ tava || 5 || śrīvarāha uvāca || || iti tāsāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā tāmapṛcchadvasundharā || 6 || || dharaṇyuvāca || || kutastvamāgatā devi kiṃ vā kāryaṃ mayā tava || brūhi satyaṃ kariṣyāmi tvadāgamanakāraṇam || 7 || || bakulamālikovāca || || veṅkaṭādreḥ samāyātā nāmnā bakulamālikā || 8 || svāmī nārāyaṇo'smākamāste śrīveṃkaṭācale || kadāciddhayamāruhya haṃsaśuklaṃ manojavam || 9 || mṛgayārthaṃ gato rājño veṃkaṭādreḥ samīpataḥ || vanāni vicarankāle śobhane kusumākare || 2.1.7.10 || paśyanmṛgāngajānsiṃhāngavayāñcharabhānrurūn || śukānpārāvatānhaṃsānpatriṇo'nyānvanāntare || 11 || gajarājaṃ tatra kañcidyūthapaṃ madavarṣiṇam || kareṇusahitaṃ tuṃgamanvagacchatsurottamaḥ || 12 || || atha śrīnivāsoktyā śaṃkhanṛpasya svāmitīrthe tapaḥkaraṇam || || vanādvanāntaraṃ gatvā nṛpaṃ śaṃkhamupāgamat || tapasyantaṃ bṛhacchaile pratiṣṭhāpya janārdanam || 13 || śrībhūmisahitaṃ nityamarcayantaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ || śaṃkhanāgabilaṃnāma saraḥ pāvanamuttamam || 14 || tatsarastīramāsādya turaṃgādavaruhya ca || rājaveṣaṃ samāsādya tamapṛcchannṛpottamam|| 15 || kriyate kiṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha pāde'smiccheṣabhūbhṛtaḥ || 16 || || śaṃkha uvāca || || ahaṃ haihayadeśīyaḥ putraḥ śvetasya bhūbhṛtaḥ || mahāviṣṇoḥ prītaye'tra kṛtavānakhilānkratūn || 17 || adarśanānmahāviṣṇornirviṇṇohaṃ nṛpātmaja || tadānīmavadaddivyā vāṇī sarvārttināśinī || 18 || rājannātra bhaviṣyāmi pratyakṣaste vacaḥ śṛṇu || gaccha nārāyaṇādriṃ tvaṃ tapaḥ kurviti māṃ sphuṭam || 19 || tato deśamahaṃ tyaktvā tapasā''rādhayāmyaham|| atra devaṃ nṛpāciṃtyaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya śriyaḥ patim || 2.1.7.20 || agastyānugrahānnityamarcayāmi vidhānataḥ || iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sotprāsaṃ prāha taṃ vibhuḥ|| || 21 || gaccha nārāyaṇādriṃ tvamasya pāde kimāsyate || āruhyānena mārgeṇa paścime śikhare sthitam || 22 || praṇamya viṣvaksenaṃ tvaṃ bālaṃ nyagrodhamūlataḥ || svāmipuṣkariṇīṃ gatvā snātvā tīre'tha paścime || 23 || aśvatthaṃ tatra valmīkaṃ drakṣyase nṛpanandana || tayormadhyaṃ samāsādya tapaḥ kurvityacodayat || 24 || kaścicchveto varāho'sminvalmīke carati dhuvam || sa tu puṇyavatāmeva darśanaṃ yāti bhūpate ||25 || || || śrīvarāha uvāca || || ityādiśya hayārūḍho jagāma mṛgayāṃ vibhuḥ || caranvanādvanaṃ subhrūḥ samāsādyāraṇīṃ nadīm || 26 || avaruhya hayāttatra vicacāra taṭe śubhe || vanāntādāgato vāyuḥ padmakahlāraśītalaḥ || śramāpanayano mandaṃ siṣeve puruṣottamam || 27 || taravaḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi vikirantaḥ siṣevire || evaṃ sa vicarandevaḥ puṣpabhārānatāṃstarūn || 28 || vicinvangajarājaṃ taṃ puṣpalāvīrdadarśa ha || kanyāḥ suveṣā rucirā megheṣviva śatahradāḥ || 29 ||| tāsāṃ madhyagatāṃ tanvīṃ dadarśātimanoharām || lakṣmīsamāṃ hemavarṇāṃ tasyāṃ saktamanā abhūt || 2.1.7.30 || tāṃ gṛdhnurāha tāḥ kanyāḥ keyamityeva pūruṣaḥ || uktastābhiriyaṃ kanyā viyadrājño mahābala || 31 || idaṃ śrutvā vacastāsāṃ hayamāruhya vegavān || ājagāmāśu bhagavānsvālayaṃ ruciraṃ girim|| 32 || tatra svālayamāsādya svāmipuṣkariṇītaṭe || māmāhūyāvadaddevo halā bakulamālike || 33 || viyadrājapuraṃ gatvā praviśyāntaḥpuraṃ sakhi || tatpatnīṃ dharaṇīṃ prāpya pṛṣṭvā kuśalameva ca || 34 || yācasva tanayāṃ tasyā rucirāṃ kamalālayām || rājñobhimatamājñāya śīghramāgaccha bhāmini || 35 || itthaṃ daivena cājñaptā devi tvadgṛhamāgatā || yathocitaṃ kuruṣveha rājñā maṃtriyutena ca || 36 || || atha bakulamālikoktyā dharaṇyādikṛtavivāhaniścayaḥ || || kanyayā ca vicāryaiva procyatāmuttaraṃ vacaḥ || 37 || || śrīvarāha uvāca || || atha tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā prītā rājñī babhūva ha || āhūyākāśarājaṃ tamupetya kamalālayām || 38 || maṃtrimadhye'vadaddevī vacanaṃ bakulasrajaḥ || śru tvā prīto'vadadrājā maṃtriṇaḥ sapurohitān || 39 || || ākāśarāja uvāca || || kanyā tvayonijā divyā subhagā kamalālayā || arthitā devadevena veṃkaṭādrinivāsinā || 2.1.7.40 || pūrṇo manoratho me'dya brūta kiṃ saṃmataṃ tu vaḥ || śrutvā maṃtrigaṇāḥ sarve rājño vacanamuttamam || 41 || procuḥ suprītamanaso viyadrājaṃ mahīpatim || vayaṃ kṛtārthā rājendra kulaṃ sarvonnataṃ bhavet || 42 || bhavatkanyeyamatulā śriyā saha ramiṣyati || dīyatāṃ devadevāya śārṅgiṇe paramātmane || 43 || ayaṃ vasantaḥ śrīmāṃśca śubhaṃ śīghraṃ vidhīyatām || 44 || || atha bṛhaspatyuktyā vivāhalagnasthirīkaraṇam || || āhūya dhiṣaṇaṃ lagnaṃ vivāhārthaṃ vidhīyatām || 45 || tathāstvityāhvayāmāsa suralokādbṛhaspatim || papraccha kanyāvarayorvivāhārthaṃ nareśvaraḥ || 46 || || rājovāca || || kanyāyā janmanakṣatraṃ mṛgaśīrṣamiti smṛtam || devasya śravaṇarkṣantu tayoryogo vicāryatām || 47 || śrutvā'bravītsa dhiṣaṇastayoruttaraphalgunī || saṃmatā sukhavṛddhyarthaṃ procyate daivaciṃtakaiḥ || 48 || tayoruttaraphalgunyāṃ vivāhaḥ kriyatāmiti || vaiśākhamāse vidhivatkriyatāmiti so'bravīt || 49 || || śrīvarāha uvāca || || rājā tu dhiṣaṇaṃ tatra saṃpūjyātha visṛjya ca || devasya dūtikāmāha gaccha devālayaṃ śubhe || || 2.1.7.50 || vaiśākhe devadevāya kalyāṇaṃ vada suvrate || vaivāhikavidhānaṃ tu kṛtvā cāgamyatāmiti || 51 || tato devyāḥ priyakaraṃ śukaṃ dūtaṃ tayā saha || visṛjya vāyuṃ svasutamindrādyānayane'sṛjat || 52 || || atha viśvakarmādikṛtapurālaṃkārādikramaḥ || || āhūya viśvakarmāṇaṃ purālaṃkārakarmaṇi || niyojayāmāsa so'pi nirmame nimiṣāṃtarāt || 53 || indro'sṛjatpuṣpavṛṣṭiṃ nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ || dhanado dhanadhānyādyaiḥ pūrayāmāsa veśma tat || || 54 || yamastu rogarahitāṃścakāra manujānbhuvi || varuṇo ratnajālāni mauktikādīnyapūrayat || 55 || evaṃ saṃpādya sarvāṇi yayurdevā vṛṣācalam || || 56 || || atha śukena saha bakulāyāḥ śrīnivāsasamīpe gamanam || || śrīvarāha uvāca || || tataḥ sā hayamāruhya śukena sahitā yayau || śrīveṃkaṭādrimāsādya devālayasamīpataḥ || 57 || avaruhya turaṃgātsā saśukā'bhyantaraṃ yayau || dṛṣṭvā devaṃ ratnapīṭhe śriyā saha sulocanam || || 58 || praṇamya hyavadatprītā kṛtyaṃ tatra kṛtaṃ vibho || māṃgalyavārtāṃ vaktuṃ vai śuka eṣa samāgataḥ || 59 || || atha śrīnivāsāya śukāvedita padmāvatīpariṇayavṛttāntaḥ || || vadeti devenājñaptaḥ śuko natvā tamabravīt || || śuka uvāca || || tvāṃ pratyāha sutā bhūmermāmaṃgīkuru mādhava || 2.1.7.60 || vadāmi tava nāmāni smarāmi tvadvapussadā || dhriyante tava cihnāni bhujādyaṃgai ramāpate || 61 || tvadbhaktānarcayāmīha paṃcasaṃskārasaṃyutān || tvatprītaye hi karmāṇi karomi madhusūdana || 62 || evaṃ sadaivācaraṃtyāḥ pitroranumate mama || kuru prasādaṃ deveśa māmaṃgīkuru mādhava || 63 || iti vijñāpayāmāsa kamalasthā dharāsutā || śukasya vacanaṃ śrutvā supriyaṃ tvātmano hariḥ || 64 || || atha padmāvatyāḥ śukadattaśrīnivāsamālādhāraṇam|| || śrībhagavānuvāca || || kartuṃ kalyāṇamudvāhamāgamiṣyāmi cā'maraiḥ || śuka gaccha vadaivaṃ tāmitthaṃ devo'bravīditi || 65 || śukaḥ śrutvā devavākyamādāya vanamālikām|| devadattāṃ yayau śīghraṃ viyadrājasutāṃ prati || 66 || tulasīmālikāṃ dattvā mṛganābhisugaṃdhinīm || praṇamya devīmavadacchuko devavacaḥ śubham || 67 || śrutvā tanmālikāṃ gṛhya bhūmijā śirasā dadhau || cakre'laṃkāramucitaṃ devāgamanakāṃkṣiṇī || || 68 || viyadrājo'pi sānandamindumāhūya sādaram|| annaṃ vidhīyatāṃ rājanvividhaṃ rasasaṃyutam || 69 || viṣṇornaivedyayogyaṃ yatparamānnaṃ vidhīyatām || devānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca narāṇāmapi saṃmatam || 2.1.7.70 || caturvidhaṃ sugandhāḍhyamamṛtāṃśaiḥ sudhākara || evaṃ kṛtvā saṃvidhānaṃ pratīkṣyāgamanaṃ vibhoḥ || 71 || sabhāyāṃ maṃtrisahitaḥ samāsta prītamānasaḥ || putrīmalaṃkṛtāṃ kṛtvā dharaṇīsahito nṛpaḥ || 72 || iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye dharaṇīvarāhasaṃvāde dharaṇīdevyai bakulamālikānivedita śrīnivāsodantakamalālayākalyāṇavidhyādivṛttāṃtavarṇanaṃnāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ || 7 ||
English translation
[ Information about Śrīnivāsa as Reported by Bakulamālikā to Queen Dharaṇī ]:—
Dharaṇī said :
1. Tell me, who is that excellent maiden? Where did she come into contact with you? Why has she come here? She appears, to me to be worthy of veneration.
The girls replied :
2-5. O Queen, this is a divine lady. She has come to see you. She came into contact with us at the temple in the presence of Śiva . On being questioned, she said that she had come to see Your Highness. “Is it possible to see the queen conveniently at the palace by me?” When we were asked by her thus we said, “Be pleased to come with us. We are the servants of Dharaṇī. We are going to the palace.”
On being told thus, O Queen Dharaṇī, she has approached you. Let her be asked by Your Highness, “What for have you come here?”
Śrī Varāha said :
6-7. On hearing their words thus Queen Dharaṇī asked her:
Dharaṇī said :
O gentle lady, where have you come from? What can be done by me for you? Tell me the truth. I shall try to help you to achieve the purpose of your visit.
Bakulamālikā said :
8-12. I have come from the mountain Veṅkaṭādri . My name is Bakulamālikā. Our Lord Nārāyaṇa dwells on the mountain Śrīveṅkaṭācala.
Once he mounted his horse as white as a swan and as quick as the mind and went for hunting. In the splendid season of spring he was roaming about in the forests of the king near the mountain Veṅkaṭādri. He saw on his way deer, elephants, lions, a variety of ox called Gavaya , the eight-footed animal Śarabha , Ruru deer, parrots, partridges, swans and other types of birds in the forest. The excellent god pursued a lofty leader of elephants, shedding ichor profusely and accompanied by cow-elephants.
[ Performance of Penance by King Śaṅkha at Svāmitīrtha at the Instance of Śrīnivāsa ]:—
13-15. After going from forest to forest he came near King Śaṅkha who was engaged in penance on Bṛhacchaila after installing Janārdana accompanied by Śrī and Bhūmi and worshipping him constantly with great devotion.
There is an excellent and sacred lake named Śaṅkhanāgabila. When he came near the bank of that lake, he got down from his horse. Assuming the attire of a king, he went near the excellent King Śaṅkha and asked him:
16-21. “What is it that you are doing, O excellent king, at the foot of this mountain Śeṣa ?”
Śaṅkha replied :
I am the son of King Śveta . I belong to the land of Haihaya . For the propitiation of Mahāviṣṇu I performed all types of sacrifices here. I became dejected and frustrated because I could not get the vision of Mahāviṣṇu, O Prince. At that time a divine voice destructive of all worries spoke clearly:
“O king, I will not become visible to you here. Listen to my words. Go to Nārāyaṇādri and perform penance.”
So I left my land. Here, O king, I propitiate the inconceivable Lord of Śrī after installing (him). I propitiate him by means of penance. Thanks to the blessings of Agastya , I worship him daily in accordance with the injunctions.
On hearing these words of his the Lord said with a derisive laughter:
22-25. “Go to Nārāyaṇādri. Why do you stay at the foot of this (mountain). Climb the mountain along this path and bow down to Viṣvaksena stationed on the western peak in the form of a boy at the foot of a Nyagrodha tree (Indian fig tree). Go to Svāmipuṣkariṇī and take bath there. O prince, you will see a Valmīka (anthill) and an Aśvattha (holy fig tree) there on the western bank. Perform your penance in between those two. A certain white boar roams about in this anthill. But it is visible only to the meritorious, O king.”
Śrī Varāha (? Bakulamālikā) said :
26-27. After commanding him thus, the Lord mounted his horse and went for hunting. O lady of excellent eyebrows, he wandered from forest to forest and reached the river Araṇī . Getting down from his horse, he walked about on its excellent bank. The gentle breeze coming from the extremities of the forest, which was cool due to its blowing over lotuses and Kahlāra flowers, dispelled his fatigue and thus served Puruṣottama .
28-30. The trees served him by throwing showers of flowers. Thus the Lord was wandering amongst the trees heavily laden with blossoms and bending low. He was in search of a lordly tusker. He saw those well-dressed beautiful girls plucking flowers like streaks of lightning among clouds. He saw a young maiden among those girls. She had golden complexion. She was as exceedingly charming as Lakṣmī . The Lord became attached to her in his heart.
31-35. Desirous of getting her he asked those girls, “Who is this girl?” The man was told by them, “O mighty one, this is the daughter of King Viyat .”
On hearing these words of theirs he mounted the horse and returned speedily to his abode, the beautiful mountain.
After reaching his abode on the banks of Svāmipuṣkariṇī the Lord sent for me and said, “Well Bakulamālikā, go to the city of King Viyat, dear friend, and enter the inner apartment. Go to his wife Dharaṇī. After enquiring about her health and welfare request for her beautiful daughter Kamalālayā (Padmālayā). O beautiful woman, return immediately after getting the approval of the king.”
36. I have been ordered by the Lord thus, O Queen, and so I have come to your abode. What is suitable in this connection may be done (by you) along with the king accompanied by (the council of) his ministers.
37. Consult your daughter and let the reply be given.
[ Decision of Dharaṇī and Others about the Marriage (of Padminī ) at the Instance of Bakulamālikā ]:—
Śrī Varāha said :
38-39. On hearing her words the queen became delighted. She called King Ākāśa and both of them went to Kamalālayā. In the midst of the assembly of ministers the queen repeated the words of Bakulamālikā. On hearing them the king became delighted and spoke to the ministers and the priests:
King Ākāśa said :
40-44. This girl is not born of a womb. Kamalālayā is divine and highly fortunate. She has been sought by the Lord of Devas residing on Veṅkaṭādri. My desire is fulfilled today. Tell me whether it (the proposal) is acceptable to you.
On hearing the excellent words of the king all the ministers became delighted. They said to King Viyat:
“We are satisfied and happy, O great King. Your family will become the highest of all. Your matchless daughter will sport about along with Śrī. Let her be given to the Śārṅga -wielding Lord of Devas, the Supreme Soul. This spring season is glorious. Let the auspicious rite be performed quickly.
45-46. Let Dhiṣaṇa ( Bṛhaspati , the preceptor of gods) be called and the auspicious hour for the marriage be fixed.”
[ Confirmation of the Exact Auspicious Time for Marriage as per Advice of Bṛhaspati ]:—
Saying “so be it” the Lord of men called Bṛhaspati from the world of Suras and asked him about (the hour) for the marriage of the girl and the bridegroom.
The King asked :
47. The native star of the girl is Mṛgaśīrṣa ; that of the Lord is Śravaṇa . Let the conjunction of these two be considered.
48-49. On hearing it Dhiṣaṇa said: “The star Uttarāphālgunī suits both of them for the increase of their happiness. It is declared so by the divine astrologers. Let their marriage be celebrated on the Uttarāphālgunī day.” He said, “Let it be celebrated duly in the month of Vaiśākha .”
Śrī Varāha said
50-52. The king honoured Dhiṣaṇa duly and bade him farewell. He then said to the lady messenger, “O splendid lady, go to the abode of the Lord. Intimate to the Lord of Devas, O lady of holy rites, that the wedding shall be in the month of Vaiśākha. Let him be pleased to come here after making all arrangements for the marriage.”
Thereafter, he sent Śuka , one of the favourites of the queen, as a messenger along with her. He sent his son Vāyu to bring Indra and others.
[ Decoration of the City by Viśvakarmā and Others ]:—
53. He called Viśvakarman and employed him in the job of decorating the city. He did it within a moment.
54. Indra discharged a shower of flowers. Groups of celestial damsels danced. Dhanada ( Kubera ) filled that abode with wealth, food-grains etc.
55. Yama made the men on the earth free from sickness. Varuṇa filled (the place) with clusters of jewels and precious stones such as pearls etc.
56. After making arrangements for everything Devas went to Vṛṣācala. [1]
[ Bakulamālikā Accompanied by Śuka Comes to Śrīnivāsa ]:—
Śrī Varāha said :
57-59. Then Bakulamālikā accompanied by Śuka mounted a horse and went ahead. She reached Śrīveṅkaṭādri and got down from the horse near the abode of the Lord. Accompanied by Śuka she went inside and met the bright-eyed Lord seated on a jewel-set throne along with Śrī.
After bowing down she said with great delight: “O Lord, the mission has been duly accomplished there. Here Śuka has along with me to announce the auspicious tidings.
[ Śuka’s Announcement of the Decision about the Marriage of Padmāvatī to Śrīnivāsa ]:—
60-65. On being commanded by the Lord to speak out Śuka bowed down and spoke:
Śuka submitted :
The daughter of Dharaṇī says to you: “O Mādhava , accept me. I speak out (i.e. repeat) your names. I always remember your person. O Lord of Ramā , your symbols are worn on arms and other limbs (by me). I worship your devotees who have undergone the five consecratory rites. I perform every holy rite only to please you, O Slayer of Madhu . I am obedient to my parents. I carry on all my activities for ever. O Lord of Devas,, be pleased to shower your grace. Accept me, O Mādhava.” So submits the daughter of Dharaṇī stationed on the lotus.
On hearing the words of Śuka pleasing to himself, Hari said:
Śrī Bhagavān said :
I shall come there along with Devas in order to celebrate the marriage. O Śuka, go and tell her that the Lord has said thus.
[ Padmāvatī Wears the Garland of Śrīnivāsa Handed over to Her by Śuka ]:—
66. After hearing the utterance of the Lord and taking the garland of sylvan flowers given by the Lord with him, Śuka hastened to the daughter of King Viyat.
67. He handed over the garland of basil, rendered fragrant by means of musk, to the gentle lady and told her the auspicious words of the Lord.
68. On hearing them and accepting the garland with head bowed down the daughter of Earth placed it on her head. Eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Lord she adorned herself with proper ornaments.
69-72. King Viyat joyously and eagerly invited Indu (Moon-god) and said:
“O king, let cooked rice of various tastes be prepared. Let the Paramānnam (Supreme Cooked Rice) fit to be offered to Viṣṇu , be prepared. It should be one approved by Devas, sages and the human beings. Let the four kinds of food-stuffs with good flavour be prepared by means of your nectarine rays, O Sudhākara.”
After making every arrangement like this he waited for the arrival of the Lord. He seated himself in the assembly with delighted mind. The king was accompanied by Dharaṇī who had adorned her daughter adequately.
[1]: [1] : A hill on the northern side of Suvarṇamukharī.
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