Veṅkaṭācala-māhātmya · Chapter 35
Source।। अथ सुवर्णमुखर्या कल्यानदीसंगमः ।। ।। भरद्वाज उवाच ।। ।। सुवर्णमुखरी तत्र संगता मंगलप्रदा ।। कल्यानाम नदी पुण्या कालिन्दी जाह्नवीमिव ।। १ ।। वृषभाचलसंभूता तीर्थराजविराजिता ।। नदीनामुत्तमा कल्या कलुषौघविनाशिनी ।। २ ।। नानातरुलताव्रातविभूषिततटद्वया ।। मुनिसंघसुखावासा पुण्याश्रमसमुत्कटा ।। ३ ।। द्विजदत्तार्ध्यविलसत्कुशाक्षतलसत्तटा ।। अप्सरःकुचकस्तूरीपंकक्षालनपंकिला ।। ४ ।। दन्तावलकटच्योतन्मदाम्बुसुरभीकृता ।। विप्रभूपालविततमखयूप शतावृता ।। ५ ।। अनाविलजलापूरतोषिताशेषमानवा ।। एकैवालं परा कर्तुं महानद्योस्तु पातकम् ।। ६ ।। तयोः संगतयोः स्तोतुं महिमानं क ईशते ।। यत्र ब्रह्मशिलानाम सरिन्मध्ये च वर्तते ।। ७ ।। अगस्त्यतपसा पश्चाद्गया सांनिध्यमेति च ।। नदीद्वयजले तत्र स्नाताः पुण्ये कुरूद्वह ।।८।। मखानां पौण्डरीकाणां शतस्य फलमाप्नुयुः ।। ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानि समायांति परिक्षयम् ।। ९ ।। तत्राभिषेकपूतानां नदीद्वितयसंगमे ।। सङ्गता भवनाशिन्या कृष्णवेणीव पावनी ।। 2.1.35.१० ।। ।। अथ सुवर्णमुखरीतीरस्थितश्रीवेंकटाचलवर्णनम् ।। ।। राजते स्वर्णमुखरी कल्यया संगता तदा ।। ११ ।। अथोदीच्यां महानद्या योजनार्द्धे विराजते ।। योजनोत्सेधसहितो विख्यातो वेंकटाचलः ।। १२ ।। सर्वेषामेव तीर्थानामाश्रयोऽयं नगोत्तमः ।। अञ्जनानन्तवृषभनीलकेसरिपोत्रिणः ।। १३ ।। एतान्युपवनान्यद्रेः स्युर्नारायणवेंकटौ।। वराहवपुषा पूर्वं स्वीकृतत्वान्मधुद्विषा ।।।। १४ ।। वराहक्षेत्रमित्यार्यैः कीर्तितोऽयं महीधरः ।। सुवर्णमुखरीतीरे विख्याते वेंकटाचले ।। १५ ।। निवसत्यच्युतो नित्यमब्धीन्द्रतनयान्वितः।। तस्मिन्गिरौ श्रिया सार्द्धं वसन्ते वेंकटाधिपम्।। १६।। सेवन्ते सिद्धगन्धर्वमुनिमानवदानवाः।। तस्मिन्विन्यस्तचित्तानां भक्तानां पुरुषोत्तमे।। १७।। वांछितान्याशु सिध्यंति नश्यंति विपदोऽर्जुन ।। ये स्मरंति जगन्नाथं वेंकटाद्रिनिवासिनम् ।।१८।। निरस्तदोषास्ते यांति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् ।।१९।। ।। ।। अर्जुन उवाच ।। ।। वेंकटाद्रौ महापुण्ये सुरासुरनमस्कृतः ।। कथं प्रादुरभूद्देवो भगवान्कमलापतिः ।। 2.1.35.२० ।। कस्य वा कृतिनस्तत्र प्रसन्नो निजमद्भुतम् ।। रूपं प्रकाशयांचक्रे भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम् ।। २१ ।। विष्णोर्देवादिदेवस्य महिमानं महामुने ।। श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वेन तन्मे कथय विस्तरात् ।। २२ ।। ।। अथ श्रीवेंकटाचलवासिभगवद्वैभववर्णनम् ।। ।। भरद्वाज उवाच ।। ।। शृणु वेंकटनाथस्य महिमानं समाहितः ।। विस्तरेण समाख्यातुं ब्रह्मणापि न शक्यते ।। २३ ।। धन्योऽसि देवदेवस्य माहात्म्यं मधुविद्विषः ।। यद्भक्तियुक्ताभूत्तात श्रोतुं मतिररिन्दम ।। २४ ।। कृतपुण्योऽस्म्यहं पार्थ सर्वभूतपतेर्हरेः ।। पवित्राणि चरित्राणि स्तोष्यन्ते यन्मयाऽधुना ।। २५ ।। पुरा भागीरथीतीरे जनकाय महात्मने ।। क्रतुदीक्षाप्रसक्ताय विशुद्धज्ञानशालिने ।। २६ ।। वामदेवेन कथितां कथां पापप्रणाशिनीम् ।। कथयिष्यामि ते पार्थ विष्णुकीर्तनपावनीम् ।। २७ ।। सर्वेषामेव भूतानामाद्यो नारायणः प्रभुः ।। जगन्मयो जगत्कर्ता चित्स्वरूपो निरंजनः ।। ।। २८ ।। सहस्रशीर्षा भगवान्सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् ।। यस्य भासा जगदिदं विभाति सचराचरम् ।। २९ ।। तस्मात्परतरं तेजस्तस्मात्परतरं तपः ।। तस्मात्परतरं ज्ञानं योगस्तस्मात्परो न च ।। 2.1.35.३० ।। विद्या तस्मादपि परा नास्ति पार्थ नरर्षभ ।। सर्वेष्वपि च भूतेषु सदा सन्निहितः प्रभुः ।। ३१ ।। सर्वाण्यपि च भूतानि तस्मिन्नेवासते सुखम् ।। स एव यज्ञो यज्वा च साधनं स्रुक्स्रुवादिकम् ।। ३२ ।। फलं फलप्रदाता च तत्संप्राप्या गतिस्तथा ।। वह्नौ प्रणीते पशुना प्रोक्षितेन प्रजुह्वति ।। ये तं प्रयांति ते यांति गतिं तत्प्रतिपादिताम् ।। ३३ ।। कर्मबन्धं पशुं कृत्वा ज्ञानाग्नौ संप्रवर्तिते ।। ये जुह्वते तमुद्दिश्य ते तत्सायुज्यभागिनः ।। ३४ ।। हरिः सदाशिवो ब्रह्मा महेन्द्रः परमः स्वराट् ।। सर्वेश्वरस्य तस्यैते पर्यायाः परिकीर्तिताः ।। ३५ ।। ममाहितोऽनुसंधत्ते य इदं परमात्मनः ।। नारायणस्य माहात्म्यं स न याति पुनर्भवम् ।। ३६ ।। चिदानन्दमयः साक्षी निर्गुणो निरुपाधिकः ।। नित्योऽपि भजते तांतामवस्थां स यदृच्छया ।। ३७ ।। पवित्राणां पवित्रं यो ह्यगतीनां परा गतिः ।। दैवतं देवतानां च श्रेयसां श्रेय उत्तमम् ।। ३८ ।। बोध्यानां बोध्य एकोऽसौ ध्येयानां ध्येय उत्तमः ।। विनयानां समधिको विनयो नयसंयुतः ।। ३९ ।। तेजसां जनकं तेजः प्रकृष्टं तपसां तपः ।। आधारः सर्वभूतानामनाद्यन्तो जनार्दनः ।। 2.1.35.४० ।। तस्येदं भावविज्ञाने मूढा ब्रह्मादयोऽपि च ।। अजो गृह्णाति जननं सर्वात्मा हन्ति विद्विषः ।। ४१ ।। स्वतन्त्रोऽपि स्वभक्तानां परतन्त्रः प्रवर्तते ।। स साक्षी कर्मणां देवः सर्वज्ञो गरुडध्वजः ।। ४२ ।। तस्य स्वरूपं मुनयो मृगयन्ते समाहिताः ।। सङ्कर्षणो वासुदेवः प्रद्युम्नश्च तथा पुनः ।। ४३ ।। अनिरुद्ध इति ख्यातं तन्मूर्तीनां चतुष्टयम् ।। कीर्तितः प्रणवः पश्चाद्धृदयं तस्य भास्वरम् ।। ४४ ।। भगवान्वासुदेवश्च मन्त्रोऽयं तत्प्रकाशकः ।। ४५ ।। मन्त्रराजमिमं नित्यं प्रजपेद्यः समाहितः ।। स विष्णोः करुणायोगात्सिद्धीनां भाजनं भवेत् ।। ४६ ।। ।। अथ भगवत्कृतभूतसृष्ट्यादिवर्णनम् ।। ।। आपन्निवारकः संपत्प्रापको भुक्तिमुक्तिदः ।। यथा ससर्ज भूतानि कल्पादावेव माधवः ।। ४७ ।। तत्सर्वं कथयिष्यामि समाहितमनाः शृणु ।। तस्य चिन्तयतः सर्गं तेजोरूपं परं हरेः ।। ४८ ।। विरिंच इति विख्यातं राजसं गुणमाश्रितम् ।। तस्य देवस्य वदनाच्छक्रो देवः सपावकः ।। जज्ञे यश्च त्रिलोकेशः पाककर्मणि यः प्रभुः ।। ४९ ।। मनसश्चाभवच्चन्द्रः करुणानित्यशीतलात् ।। अपां सर्वौषधीनां च विप्राणां रक्षकः सदा ।। ।। 2.1.35.५० ।। नेत्राभ्यामुदभूत्सूर्यस्तस्य विश्वप्रकाशकः ।। शीतोष्णवर्षकृत्कालकारणं तेजसां निधिः ।। ५१ ।। प्राणेभ्योऽस्य जगत्प्राणः समीरः समजायत ।। धर्ता ग्रहर्क्षस्वर्गंगा विमानानां महाबलः ।। ५२ ।। नाभिदेशात्समुत्पन्नमन्तरिक्षं महात्मनः ।। तस्यासीच्छिरसो व्योम भूतसंभवकारणम् ।। ५३ ।। पादाम्बुजाभ्यामुदभूद्भूमिर्भूतगणाश्रया ।। विनिःसृता दिशः सर्वाः श्रोत्राभ्यां परमात्मनः ।। ५४ ।। भूर्भुवाद्यास्तथा लोकाः स्मरणात्तस्य जज्ञिरे ।। रसातलादिलोकाश्च यक्षरक्षोगणादयः ।। ५५ ।। मुखबाहूरुपादेभ्यो जनयामास स क्रमात् ।। ब्राह्मणान्क्षत्त्रियान्वैश्याञ्छूद्रादींश्च कुरूद्वह ।। ५६ ।। छन्दांसि यज्ञस्तुरगा गावो मेषाविकादयः ।। अतर्क्यप्रभवां तस्मादुत्पत्तिं प्रतिपेदिरे ।। ५७ ।। संकल्पाद्देवदेवस्य तस्य स्थावरजंगमम् ।। भूतजातमभूत्कालो भूतो भावी भवंस्तथा ।। ५८ ।। पिबत्यम्बु समुद्राणां बडवानलरूपधृक ।। कल्पान्तकाले तत्सर्वं विसृजत्यात्मनि स्थितम् ।। ५९ ।। सञ्चारयति भूतानां वृत्तिं सूर्येन्दुरूपधृक् ।। तमोनिरसनाच्चापि कालधर्मप्रवर्तनात् ।। 2.1.35.६० ।। जगन्ति कल्पविरमे विन्यस्य स्वोदरान्तरे ।। लीलाबालाकृतिः शेते वटपत्रे महाम्बुधौ ।। ६१ ।। अथ चोदग्रभोगीन्द्रभोगतल्पे सुखोचिते ।। योगनिद्रामवाप्नोति सद्वितीयोऽब्जवासया ।। ६२ ।। नाभिकासारसंभूताज्जनयामास पंकजात् ।। ६३ ।। सर्वेषां जगतां नाथो विधातारं चतुर्मुखम् ।। ६४ ।। लीला ह्येषा मुकुन्दस्य स्वेच्छायोगप्रवर्तिनः ।। विज्ञायते न केनाऽपि याथार्थ्येन स ईश्वरः ।। ६४ ।। यदा धर्मस्य हानिः स्यादधर्मो वर्धते यदा ।। यदा वा महतीं पीडां भजन्ते देवतागणाः ।। ६५ ।। यदावलेपदुर्वारा यांति वृद्धिं सुरद्रुहः ।। भूमेर्भूमिजनानां च यदोदेति महद्भयम् ।। ६६ ।। यदा वा निजभक्तानां साधूनामनिवारिता ।। दुरन्तातंकजननी विपत्समुपजायते ।। ६७ ।। तदा तदनुरूपाणि रूपाण्यास्थाय कौतुकात् ।। अधर्ममवधूयाशु कुरुते जगतो हितम् ।। ६८ ।। सृजति विधिसमाख्यो राजसेनात्मनाऽसौ वहति हरिसमाख्यः सत्त्वनिष्ठः प्रपञ्चम् ।। हरति हरसमाख्यस्तामसीमेत्य वृत्तिं मधुमथनमहिम्नामस्ति वेत्ता न कोऽपि ।। ६९ ।। यज्ञांगैः कृतसकलांगसंधिबंधं वाराहं वपुरधिगम्य लोकनाथः ।। शैलेऽस्मिन्नभजदसौ यथा निवासं तद्वक्ष्ये शृणु विबुधाधिनाथसूनो ।। 2.1.35.७० ।। इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे श्रीवेंकटाचलमाहात्म्ये सुवर्णमुखरीमाहात्म्ये विष्णुमाहात्म्यप्रस्तावे सृष्ट्यादिवर्णनंनाम पञ्चत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।। ३५ ।। ।।
|| atha suvarṇamukharyā kalyānadīsaṃgamaḥ || || bharadvāja uvāca || || suvarṇamukharī tatra saṃgatā maṃgalapradā || kalyānāma nadī puṇyā kālindī jāhnavīmiva || 1 || vṛṣabhācalasaṃbhūtā tīrtharājavirājitā || nadīnāmuttamā kalyā kaluṣaughavināśinī || 2 || nānātarulatāvrātavibhūṣitataṭadvayā || munisaṃghasukhāvāsā puṇyāśramasamutkaṭā || 3 || dvijadattārdhyavilasatkuśākṣatalasattaṭā || apsaraḥkucakastūrīpaṃkakṣālanapaṃkilā || 4 || dantāvalakaṭacyotanmadāmbusurabhīkṛtā || viprabhūpālavitatamakhayūpa śatāvṛtā || 5 || anāvilajalāpūratoṣitāśeṣamānavā || ekaivālaṃ parā kartuṃ mahānadyostu pātakam || 6 || tayoḥ saṃgatayoḥ stotuṃ mahimānaṃ ka īśate || yatra brahmaśilānāma sarinmadhye ca vartate || 7 || agastyatapasā paścādgayā sāṃnidhyameti ca || nadīdvayajale tatra snātāḥ puṇye kurūdvaha ||8|| makhānāṃ pauṇḍarīkāṇāṃ śatasya phalamāpnuyuḥ || brahmahatyādipāpāni samāyāṃti parikṣayam || 9 || tatrābhiṣekapūtānāṃ nadīdvitayasaṃgame || saṅgatā bhavanāśinyā kṛṣṇaveṇīva pāvanī || 2.1.35.10 || || atha suvarṇamukharītīrasthitaśrīveṃkaṭācalavarṇanam || || rājate svarṇamukharī kalyayā saṃgatā tadā || 11 || athodīcyāṃ mahānadyā yojanārddhe virājate || yojanotsedhasahito vikhyāto veṃkaṭācalaḥ || 12 || sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāmāśrayo'yaṃ nagottamaḥ || añjanānantavṛṣabhanīlakesaripotriṇaḥ || 13 || etānyupavanānyadreḥ syurnārāyaṇaveṃkaṭau|| varāhavapuṣā pūrvaṃ svīkṛtatvānmadhudviṣā |||| 14 || varāhakṣetramityāryaiḥ kīrtito'yaṃ mahīdharaḥ || suvarṇamukharītīre vikhyāte veṃkaṭācale || 15 || nivasatyacyuto nityamabdhīndratanayānvitaḥ|| tasmingirau śriyā sārddhaṃ vasante veṃkaṭādhipam|| 16|| sevante siddhagandharvamunimānavadānavāḥ|| tasminvinyastacittānāṃ bhaktānāṃ puruṣottame|| 17|| vāṃchitānyāśu sidhyaṃti naśyaṃti vipado'rjuna || ye smaraṃti jagannāthaṃ veṃkaṭādrinivāsinam ||18|| nirastadoṣāste yāṃti śāśvataṃ padamavyayam ||19|| || || arjuna uvāca || || veṃkaṭādrau mahāpuṇye surāsuranamaskṛtaḥ || kathaṃ prādurabhūddevo bhagavānkamalāpatiḥ || 2.1.35.20 || kasya vā kṛtinastatra prasanno nijamadbhutam || rūpaṃ prakāśayāṃcakre bhuktimuktiphalapradam || 21 || viṣṇordevādidevasya mahimānaṃ mahāmune || śrotumicchāmi tattvena tanme kathaya vistarāt || 22 || || atha śrīveṃkaṭācalavāsibhagavadvaibhavavarṇanam || || bharadvāja uvāca || || śṛṇu veṃkaṭanāthasya mahimānaṃ samāhitaḥ || vistareṇa samākhyātuṃ brahmaṇāpi na śakyate || 23 || dhanyo'si devadevasya māhātmyaṃ madhuvidviṣaḥ || yadbhaktiyuktābhūttāta śrotuṃ matirarindama || 24 || kṛtapuṇyo'smyahaṃ pārtha sarvabhūtapaterhareḥ || pavitrāṇi caritrāṇi stoṣyante yanmayā'dhunā || 25 || purā bhāgīrathītīre janakāya mahātmane || kratudīkṣāprasaktāya viśuddhajñānaśāline || 26 || vāmadevena kathitāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm || kathayiṣyāmi te pārtha viṣṇukīrtanapāvanīm || 27 || sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāmādyo nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ || jaganmayo jagatkartā citsvarūpo niraṃjanaḥ || || 28 || sahasraśīrṣā bhagavānsahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt || yasya bhāsā jagadidaṃ vibhāti sacarācaram || 29 || tasmātparataraṃ tejastasmātparataraṃ tapaḥ || tasmātparataraṃ jñānaṃ yogastasmātparo na ca || 2.1.35.30 || vidyā tasmādapi parā nāsti pārtha nararṣabha || sarveṣvapi ca bhūteṣu sadā sannihitaḥ prabhuḥ || 31 || sarvāṇyapi ca bhūtāni tasminnevāsate sukham || sa eva yajño yajvā ca sādhanaṃ sruksruvādikam || 32 || phalaṃ phalapradātā ca tatsaṃprāpyā gatistathā || vahnau praṇīte paśunā prokṣitena prajuhvati || ye taṃ prayāṃti te yāṃti gatiṃ tatpratipāditām || 33 || karmabandhaṃ paśuṃ kṛtvā jñānāgnau saṃpravartite || ye juhvate tamuddiśya te tatsāyujyabhāginaḥ || 34 || hariḥ sadāśivo brahmā mahendraḥ paramaḥ svarāṭ || sarveśvarasya tasyaite paryāyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ || 35 || mamāhito'nusaṃdhatte ya idaṃ paramātmanaḥ || nārāyaṇasya māhātmyaṃ sa na yāti punarbhavam || 36 || cidānandamayaḥ sākṣī nirguṇo nirupādhikaḥ || nityo'pi bhajate tāṃtāmavasthāṃ sa yadṛcchayā || 37 || pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ yo hyagatīnāṃ parā gatiḥ || daivataṃ devatānāṃ ca śreyasāṃ śreya uttamam || 38 || bodhyānāṃ bodhya eko'sau dhyeyānāṃ dhyeya uttamaḥ || vinayānāṃ samadhiko vinayo nayasaṃyutaḥ || 39 || tejasāṃ janakaṃ tejaḥ prakṛṣṭaṃ tapasāṃ tapaḥ || ādhāraḥ sarvabhūtānāmanādyanto janārdanaḥ || 2.1.35.40 || tasyedaṃ bhāvavijñāne mūḍhā brahmādayo'pi ca || ajo gṛhṇāti jananaṃ sarvātmā hanti vidviṣaḥ || 41 || svatantro'pi svabhaktānāṃ paratantraḥ pravartate || sa sākṣī karmaṇāṃ devaḥ sarvajño garuḍadhvajaḥ || 42 || tasya svarūpaṃ munayo mṛgayante samāhitāḥ || saṅkarṣaṇo vāsudevaḥ pradyumnaśca tathā punaḥ || 43 || aniruddha iti khyātaṃ tanmūrtīnāṃ catuṣṭayam || kīrtitaḥ praṇavaḥ paścāddhṛdayaṃ tasya bhāsvaram || 44 || bhagavānvāsudevaśca mantro'yaṃ tatprakāśakaḥ || 45 || mantrarājamimaṃ nityaṃ prajapedyaḥ samāhitaḥ || sa viṣṇoḥ karuṇāyogātsiddhīnāṃ bhājanaṃ bhavet || 46 || || atha bhagavatkṛtabhūtasṛṣṭyādivarṇanam || || āpannivārakaḥ saṃpatprāpako bhuktimuktidaḥ || yathā sasarja bhūtāni kalpādāveva mādhavaḥ || 47 || tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi samāhitamanāḥ śṛṇu || tasya cintayataḥ sargaṃ tejorūpaṃ paraṃ hareḥ || 48 || viriṃca iti vikhyātaṃ rājasaṃ guṇamāśritam || tasya devasya vadanācchakro devaḥ sapāvakaḥ || jajñe yaśca trilokeśaḥ pākakarmaṇi yaḥ prabhuḥ || 49 || manasaścābhavaccandraḥ karuṇānityaśītalāt || apāṃ sarvauṣadhīnāṃ ca viprāṇāṃ rakṣakaḥ sadā || || 2.1.35.50 || netrābhyāmudabhūtsūryastasya viśvaprakāśakaḥ || śītoṣṇavarṣakṛtkālakāraṇaṃ tejasāṃ nidhiḥ || 51 || prāṇebhyo'sya jagatprāṇaḥ samīraḥ samajāyata || dhartā graharkṣasvargaṃgā vimānānāṃ mahābalaḥ || 52 || nābhideśātsamutpannamantarikṣaṃ mahātmanaḥ || tasyāsīcchiraso vyoma bhūtasaṃbhavakāraṇam || 53 || pādāmbujābhyāmudabhūdbhūmirbhūtagaṇāśrayā || viniḥsṛtā diśaḥ sarvāḥ śrotrābhyāṃ paramātmanaḥ || 54 || bhūrbhuvādyāstathā lokāḥ smaraṇāttasya jajñire || rasātalādilokāśca yakṣarakṣogaṇādayaḥ || 55 || mukhabāhūrupādebhyo janayāmāsa sa kramāt || brāhmaṇānkṣattriyānvaiśyāñchūdrādīṃśca kurūdvaha || 56 || chandāṃsi yajñasturagā gāvo meṣāvikādayaḥ || atarkyaprabhavāṃ tasmādutpattiṃ pratipedire || 57 || saṃkalpāddevadevasya tasya sthāvarajaṃgamam || bhūtajātamabhūtkālo bhūto bhāvī bhavaṃstathā || 58 || pibatyambu samudrāṇāṃ baḍavānalarūpadhṛka || kalpāntakāle tatsarvaṃ visṛjatyātmani sthitam || 59 || sañcārayati bhūtānāṃ vṛttiṃ sūryendurūpadhṛk || tamonirasanāccāpi kāladharmapravartanāt || 2.1.35.60 || jaganti kalpavirame vinyasya svodarāntare || līlābālākṛtiḥ śete vaṭapatre mahāmbudhau || 61 || atha codagrabhogīndrabhogatalpe sukhocite || yoganidrāmavāpnoti sadvitīyo'bjavāsayā || 62 || nābhikāsārasaṃbhūtājjanayāmāsa paṃkajāt || 63 || sarveṣāṃ jagatāṃ nātho vidhātāraṃ caturmukham || 64 || līlā hyeṣā mukundasya svecchāyogapravartinaḥ || vijñāyate na kenā'pi yāthārthyena sa īśvaraḥ || 64 || yadā dharmasya hāniḥ syādadharmo vardhate yadā || yadā vā mahatīṃ pīḍāṃ bhajante devatāgaṇāḥ || 65 || yadāvalepadurvārā yāṃti vṛddhiṃ suradruhaḥ || bhūmerbhūmijanānāṃ ca yadodeti mahadbhayam || 66 || yadā vā nijabhaktānāṃ sādhūnāmanivāritā || durantātaṃkajananī vipatsamupajāyate || 67 || tadā tadanurūpāṇi rūpāṇyāsthāya kautukāt || adharmamavadhūyāśu kurute jagato hitam || 68 || sṛjati vidhisamākhyo rājasenātmanā'sau vahati harisamākhyaḥ sattvaniṣṭhaḥ prapañcam || harati harasamākhyastāmasīmetya vṛttiṃ madhumathanamahimnāmasti vettā na ko'pi || 69 || yajñāṃgaiḥ kṛtasakalāṃgasaṃdhibaṃdhaṃ vārāhaṃ vapuradhigamya lokanāthaḥ || śaile'sminnabhajadasau yathā nivāsaṃ tadvakṣye śṛṇu vibudhādhināthasūno || 2.1.35.70 || iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye suvarṇamukharīmāhātmye viṣṇumāhātmyaprastāve sṛṣṭyādivarṇanaṃnāma pañcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 35 || ||
English translation
Bharadvāja said :
1. Like Kālindī that joins Gaṅgā the auspicious and sacred river named Kalyā joins Suvarṇamukharī there.
2. Kalyā that rises in Vṛṣabhācala , that stands like the sovereign of ail the Tīrthas and that is the most excellent of all the rivers, is destructive of masses of sins.
3. Both of its banks are adorned by different kinds of trees and creepers. It is a pleasant abode of multitudes of sages. It is conspicuous on account of holy hermitages.
4-5. Its banks are marked with Darbha grass and raw rice-grains gracing the Arghyas (water libations etc.) offered by Brāhmaṇas . Its waters are muddy (only) because they wash the musk-unguents from the breasts of celestial damsels.
It is rendered fragrant by the liquid ichor oozing from the temples of huge elephants. It is full of hundreds of sacrificial posts fixed by Brāhmaṇas and kings.
6-11. By means of a perennial supply of water that is never turbid, it has satisfied (thoroughly) the entire mankind. Of these two rivers even one by itself is capable of dispelling sins. Who is competent to eulogize (adequately) the greatness of both of them joined together?
In the middle of the river there is a rock named Brahmaśilā . Afterwards due to the penance of Agastya it will attain the (near) equivalence to Gayā . Those who take their bath there in the holy waters of both the rivers, shall obtain the benefit of a hundred Pauṇḍarīka sacrifices. The sins of Brāhmaṇa -slaughter etc. are destroyed in the case of those who are sanctified by their holy bath in the confluence of the two rivers.
United with Kalyā then, which is destructive of Saṃsāra , [1] Suvarṇamukharī shines like the sanctifying Kṛṣṇaveṇī .
[ Śrī Veṅkaṭācala Situated on the Banks of Suvarṇamukharī ]:—
12. To the north of the great river (Suvarṇamukharī) about half a Yojana away stands the famous Veṅkaṭācala about a Yojana in height.
13-14a. This excellent mountain is the support of all Tīrthas. The following are the groves of this mountain: Añjana , Ananta , Vṛṣabha , Nīla , Kesari , Potrin, Nārāyaṇa and Veṅkaṭa .
14b-15a. This mountain is glorified as Varāhakṣetra by noble men, because it was formerly accepted (as a resort) by the Slayer of Madhu after he assumed the form (body) of Boar.
15b-16a. Accompanied by the daughter of the great Ocean Acyuta dwells here permanently on the well-known Veṅkaṭācala on the banks of Suvarṇamukharī.
16b-18a. Siddhas , Gandharvas , sages, Dānavas and human beings attend upon (and worship) the Lord of Veṅkaṭa residing on that mountain along with Śrī. The desires and ambitions of the devotees who have dedicated their minds to Puruṣottama are realized immediately, O Arjuna , and their miseries perish.
18b-19. Those who remember the Lord of the universe residing on Veṅkaṭādri get all their defects and blemishes dispelled. They go to the permanent and immutable region.
Arjuna said :
20-22. How did Lord Kamalāpati (Lord of Lakṣmī ), the Lord who is bowed down to by Suras and Asuras , manifest himself on Veṅkaṭādri of great merit?
To which blessed (devotee) did he reveal on being pleased his own wonderful form that bestows the benefits of worldly pleasures and ultimate salvation? O great Sage, I wish to hear about the greatness of Viṣṇu , the primordial Lord of Devas . Please recount it to me accurately and in detail.
[ The Greatness of the Lord Residing on Śrī Veṅkaṭācala ]:—
Bharadvāja said :
23-24. Listen to the greatness of Veṅkaṭanātha with great concentration. It is not possible even for Brahmā to state it in great detail.
O dear one, O suppressor of enemies, you are blessed because you have the devout inclination to hear about the greatness of the Slayer of Madhu, of the Lord of Devas.
25. I too am meritorious, O son of Pṛthā , because the sacred activities of Hari , the Lord of all living beings, will be recounted by me now.
26-27. I shall recount to you, O son of Pṛthā, the story related by Vāmadeva formerly to the noble-souled Janaka on the banks of Gaṅgā, when that king who possessed pure and perfect knowledge, was engaged in sacrifice with due initiation. It is the story that destroys sins and is highly sanctifying because Viṣṇu is glorified therein.
28-30. Lord Nārāyaṇa is prior to all living beings. He is immanent in the universe. He is the creator of the universe. He is unsullied. He is of the form of consciousness and knowledge.
The lord is thousand (innumerable)-headed, thousand-eyed and thousand-footed. It is on account of his brilliance that this universe consisting of mobile and immobile beings shines.
There is no splendour greater than he. There is no penance greater than he. There is no knowledge greater than he. There is no other Yoga greater than he.
31. There is no Vidyā (Lore or Knowledge) greater than he, O son of Pṛthā, O leader of men. The Lord is always abiding in all the living beings.
32. All the living beings stay happily within him. He alone is Yajña , the performer of Yajña and the adjuncts of Yajña such as the ladle, the wooden spoon etc.
33. He is the fruit (of religious rites), the bestower of the benefit as well as the goal to be reached thereby. When the sacrificial fire is brought and one offers oblations with the animal sprinkled with sacred water, the animal sprinkled (with holy water) and those who resort to him, attain the goal (heaven/ salvation) granted by him.
34. Those who make the bondage resulting from Karmas the sacrificial animal and consign it to the holy fire of Jñāna (i.e. spiritual knowledge) with Him as the aim, attain Sāyujya with Him.
35. Hari, Sadāśiva , Brahmā and Mahendra , the great ruler of heaven, all these are declared as the synonyms of that selfsame Lord of all.
36. He who with concentrated mind ponders over the greatness of Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Soul, is not reborn.
37. The attributeless one, of the nature of knowledge and bliss, the witness, the Ātman without limitation or condition, and the eternal one, assumes different forms as per His will.
38. He is the most sacred one of all sacred things; he is the greatest goal of the helpless; he is the deity unto all deities; he is the most excellent good of all the good.
39. He is the only Bodhya (‘that which should be known’) among of all Bodhyas ; he is the most excellent Dhyeya (‘that which should be meditated upon’) of all Dhyeyas ; he is the superior Vinaya (humility, good bearing, polite conduct) among all Vinayas ; he is endowed with Naya (justice).
40. He is the splendour that produces other splendours and luminaries; he is the most excellent and intensive penance of all penances; he is the supporter of all living beings. Janārdana is without beginning and end-
41-42. Even Brahmā and others are at a loss to know his intrinsic nature. He is unborn yet takes incarnations. He is the soul of everyone and yet kills the enemies. Though he is independent, he functions as subservient to his devotees. That omniscient, Garuḍa -emblemed Lord is the witness of all actions (of all beings).
43-46. Sages with great concentration and mental purity seek his form. Four of his Mūrtis (forms) are famous, [2] viz. Saṅkarṣaṇa , Vāsudeva , Pradyumna and Aniruddha . Praṇava is proclaimed thereafter. His heart is refulgent. Vāsudeva is the Lord and this Mantra reveals him. He who repeats this Mantrarāja regularly, shall be the recipient of Siddhis due to the mercifulness of Viṣṇu.
[ The Creation of Living Beings Evolved by the Lord [3] ]:—
47-51. Listen with concentration. I shall recount everything, how at the beginning of the Kalpa , Mādhava who wards off adversities and calamities, who provides (bestows) affluence and who bestows worldly pleasures and liberation, created living beings.
As he contemplated the process of creation the great and brilliant form of Hari resorted to Rajoguṇa and became well-known as Viriñca . From the mouth (face) of the Lord Śakra , the Deva , was born along with Pāvaka (the Fire-god ). Śakra became the lord of the three worlds and Pāvaka became the lord of the process of cooking.
From his mind (which is) perpetually cool due to his mercifulness, came out the Moon. He is the permanent protector of waters, of all the medicinal herbs and of Brāhmaṇas.
From his eyes was born the Sun that illuminates the universe. He is the cause of cold, heat and rain, and causes the (various units of) Time and is the storehouse of refulgences.
52. From his vital airs was born Samīra (the Wind-god), the life essence of the universe, the exceedingly powerful supporter of planets, stars, celestial Gaṅgā and aerial chariots.
53. From the region of the navel of that noble-souled one was born the Intermediate Space ( Antarikṣa ). From his head issued forth Ākāśa (Sky/Ether) that is the cause of the origin of all elements.
54. From his lotus-like feet came out the earth, the support of the multitudes of living beings. All the directions issued forth from the ears of the Supreme Soul.
55-56. From his activity of recollection were born the Worlds Bhūḥ , Bhuvaḥ etc. as well as the (nether) worlds beginning with Rasātala and Yakṣas , groups of Rākṣasas etc.
O scion of the family of Kuru , he created Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas , Vaiśyas , Śūdras and the others in due order from the mouth, the arms, the thighs and the feet.
57. The Vedas , Yajña, horses, cows, goats and sheep and others originated from him, which is beyond all imagination.
58. By (mere) thought or will of the Lord of Devas the entire world of living beings, both mobile and immobile, was born. So also did Time, past, present and future.
59. Assuming the form of Vaḍavānala (‘submarine fire’) he drinks the waters of the ocean. At the end of the Kalpa he casts off everything that he holds within himself.
60. Adopting the form of the Sun and the Moon, he makes the sustenance of the living beings go on smoothly. He dispels darkness thereby and causes Time to function properly.
61. At the close of the Kalpa he places all the worlds within his belly and adopting the form of a child sportingly he lies on the leaf of a Banyan tree in the great ocean.
62. With the Lotus-aboded (Lakṣmī) as his second (companion) he indulges in the Yogic Slumber in the extremely comfortable and exalted couch of the body of the great Serpent.
63. The Lord of all the worlds created the Four-faced Lord of creation from the lotus rising from the lake of his navel.
64. This is a mere sport of Mukunda who works as he pleases. That Lord cannot be comprehended truly by anyone.
65-68. When there is loss of virtue ( Dharma ), when evil prevails, when groups of Devas undergo the greatest affliction, when the enemies of Suras become uncontrollable due to their haughtiness and increase in number, when great danger and fright befall the earth and the people of the earth, when there is inevitable misfortune causing endless agony to his devotees of excellent nature, he assumes eagerly the forms befitting (the particular occasion). [4] He destroys the evil immediately and causes the welfare of the universe.
69-70. With his Rājasa form he takes up the name Vidhi and creates. Adopting the Sāttvika form and the name Hari he sustains the universe. After adopting Tāmasa activity and the name Hara he destroys (the universe). There is none who knows the greatness of the Slayer of Madhu.
With the parts of Yajña all the limbs and joints of the form of Boar are constituted. [5] The Lord of the worlds assumes that form and takes up his residence on this mountain. I shall describe how it happened in detail, O son of the overlord of the Devas.
[1]: [1] : As there is no river called Bhavanāśinī joining Kṛṣṇaveṇī bhavanāśinyā is taken as an adjective to the word Kalyayā .
[2]: [2] : This is the Pāñcarātra influence. These four manifestations are called Vyūhas in that system.
[3]: [3] : This theory of evolution of the universe is to a great extent based on the Puruṣa Sūkta (RV X.90) with Purāṇic element, e.g. Viṣṇu’s yogic slumber at the end of the Kalpa and creation of god Brahmā etc.
[4]: [4] : Cf. yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati....tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham || (BG IV.7)
[5]: [5] : For the concept of Yajña-varāha see p. 1, ftn 2.
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