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।। अथाऽगस्त्यशङ्खादितपस्तुष्टस्य भगवत आविर्भावः ।। ।। भरद्वाज उवाच ।। तेषां हरौ जगन्नाथे समावेशितचेतसाम् ।। दिनत्रयं गतं तत्र पूजास्तोत्रपरात्मनाम् ।। १ ।। तृतीये दिवसे प्राप्ते ते सर्वे निद्रिता निशि ।। अन्ते चतुर्थयामस्य ददृशुः स्वप्नमुत्तमम् ।। २ ।। शङ्खचक्रगदापाणिं प्रसन्नं पुरुषोत्तमम् ।। वरदानाय संप्राप्तमपश्यन्स्मेरलोचनम् ।। ३ ।। उत्थाय मुदितात्मानो गृहान्निर्गत्य पावने ।। स्वामिपुष्करिणीतोये सस्नुर्विधिवदादरात् ।। ४ ।। विधाय विधिवत्कर्म सर्वे दिनमुखोचितम् ।। गृहान्प्रत्याययुर्देवमाराधयितुमच्युतम् ।। ५ ।। सद्यः श्रेयस्करं मार्गे निमित्तं पक्षिसृचितम् ।। दृष्ट्वा प्रसादं देवस्य करस्थं मेनिरे तदा ।। ६ ।। ततस्त्रिलोककर्तारं पूजयित्वा जनार्दनम् ।। तुष्टुवुर्विविधैः स्तोत्रैः पवित्रैर्वेदवर्णितैः ।। ७ ।। स्तोत्रावसाने कौन्तेय मुनीन्द्रः कुम्भसंभवः ।। जजाप शंखसहितो मन्त्रमष्टाक्षरं हरेः ।। ८ ।। इत्थं तेषां जगत्स्वामिन्यच्युतेऽर्पितचेतसाम् ।। अग्रभागे प्रादुरभूदेकं तेजो महाद्भुतम् ।। ९ ।। अनेककोटिसंख्यानामादित्येन्दु हविर्भुजाम् ।। एकीभूयाम्बरतले ज्योतिर्जालमिव स्थितम् ।। 2.1.38.१० ।। तत्तेजो वीक्ष्य ते सर्वेऽमितान्ताश्चर्यगोचराः ।। दध्युर्नारायणं दिव्यं परमानन्दविग्रहम् ।। ११ ।। वाङ्मानसपथातीतं विश्रुतैश्वर्यभासुरम् ।। सहस्रनेत्रं साहस्रबाहुपादैः समन्वितम् ।। १२ ।। तप्तकार्तस्वरनिभस्फुरत्कांतिमनोहरम ।। दंष्ट्राकरालं दुर्दर्शं वमन्तं दहनच्छटाः ।। १३ ।। कौस्तुभेन विराजन्तं दधानमुरसि श्रियम् ।। अविचिन्त्यमनाद्यन्तमत्यन्तभयदायकम् ।। ।। १४ ।। प्रकाशयन्तं ब्रह्माण्डं सर्वमात्मनि सर्वगम् ।। अगस्त्यशंखप्रमुखास्ते सर्वे हृष्टचेतसः ।। १५ ।। तमालोक्य जगन्नाथं भूयोभूयो ववन्दिरे ।। भ्रमन्ति लोकरक्षार्थमायुधानि तदा हरेः ।। १६ ।। निजतेजोबलोपेतान्याजग्मुस्तं निषेवितुम् ।। चक्रमर्कप्रभं दिव्या गदा खङ्गश्च नन्दकः ।। ।। १७ ।। पुण्डरीकं चोग्ररवः पाञ्चजन्यः शशिप्रभः ।। तदा ब्रह्माण्डमखिलं पूरयामास निर्भरः ।। १८ ।। पाञ्चजन्यस्य निनदः सर्वासुरभयंकरः ।। पाञ्चजन्यध्वनिं श्रुत्वा नितान्ताश्चर्यभीषणम् ।। १९ ।। आययुर्देवताः सर्वाः स्वंस्वं वाहनमास्थिताः ।। ब्रह्मा रुद्रः शतमखः सनकाद्याश्च योगिनः।। ।। 2.1.38.२० ।। वसिष्ठमुख्या मुनयो गन्धर्वोरगकिन्नराः ।। विष्वक्सेनो गरुत्मांश्च विष्णुभृत्या जयादयः ।। २१ ।। सरूपाश्चैव ये नित्याः श्वेतद्वीपनिवासिनः ।। सुमनोद्रुमसंभूता सुमनोवृष्टिरद्भुता ।।२२।। पपात मेदुरामोदमोदिताशेषमानसा ।। ननृतुर्दिव्यसुदृशो जगुः किन्नरपुङ्गवाः ।। २३ ।। तुष्टुवुर्हर्षतरलाः सुरगन्धर्वचारणाः ।। दृष्ट्वा ते पुण्डरीकाक्षं प्रसन्नं भक्तवत्सलम् ।। २४ ।। प्रणम्य तोषयामासुः साष्टांगं विविधैस्तवैः ।। २५ ।। ।। ब्रह्मादय ऊचुः ।। ।। जय विष्णो कृपासिन्धो जय तामरसेक्षण ।। जय लोकैकवरद जय भक्तार्तिभञ्जन ।। २६ ।। अनन्तमक्षरं शान्तमवाङ्मनसगोचरम् ।। को वा भवन्तं जानाति चिदानन्दमयात्मकम् ।। २७ ।। अणोरणुतरं स्थूलात्स्थूलं सर्वान्तरस्थितम् ।। त्वामामनन्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतेः परमच्युतम् ।। ।। २८ ।। वेदान्तसाररूपं त्वां सर्वान्तर्बाह्यवर्तिनम् ।। को हि वर्णयितुं शक्तो मायायत्तेषु देहिषु ।। २९ ।। भवदीयमिदं रूपं दृष्ट्वातिभयदायकम् ।। भयोद्विग्ना वयं सर्वे शान्तं रूपं भजस्व ह ।। 2.1.38.३० ।। ।। भरद्वाज उवाच ।। ।। इति स्तुतो विरिञ्चाद्यैः प्रसन्नो गरुडध्वजः ।। मेघघोषप्रतिमया वाचा सादरमब्रवीत ।। ३१ ।। ।। अथ ब्रह्मादिप्रार्थनया भगवद्गृहीतसौम्यरूपप्रकारः ।। ।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। ।। भयावहामिमां मूर्तिमुत्सृज्याहं प्रियावहम् ।। शान्तं रूपं भजिष्यामि मां पश्यत निराकुलाः ।। ३२ ।। इत्युक्त्वान्तर्हितो भूत्वा तस्मिन्नेव क्षणांतरे ।। विमाने रत्नखचिते बभूव सुखदर्शनः ।। ३३ ।। चन्द्रबिम्बाननः शान्तो नीलोत्पलदलद्युतिः ।। सुवर्णवर्णवसनो रत्नभूषणभूषितः ।। ३४ ।। शंखचक्रगदापद्मलसत्करचतुष्टयः ।। तमालोक्य रमाकान्तं भूयो भूयो ववंदिरे ।। ३५ ।। सन्तोषयित्वा ब्रह्मादीनभीष्टप्रतिपादनैः ।। अवोचद्विनयानम्रमगस्त्यं मुनिपुंगवम् ।। ३६ ।। ।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। ।। त्वं मुनीन्द्र व्रतैर्घोरैश्चीर्णैर्मां प्रति संप्रति ।। परिक्लिष्टोऽसि दास्यामि वरांस्तेऽभीप्सितान्वद ।। ३७ ।। ।। भरद्वाज उवाच ।। ।। निशम्य वाक्यं श्रीभर्तुः प्रणम्य च पुनःपुनः ।। स रोमाञ्चितसर्वांगः कुम्भजन्मा वचोऽब्रवीत् ।। ३८ ।। ।। अथागस्त्यप्रार्थनया स्वर्णमुखरीनद्या भगवद्वत्तसर्वाधिकत्वप्राप्तिः ।। ।। अगस्त्य उवाच ।। ।। यद्धुतं यत्तपस्तप्तं यदधीतं श्रुतं मया ।। तत्सर्वं सफलं जातमादृतोऽस्मि यतस्त्वया ।। ३९ ।। एषोऽहमेव धर्मात्मा त्रिषु लोकेष्वपि प्रभो ।। त्वां विचिन्वन्तमधुना मामन्विष्यागतोऽसि यत् ।। 2.1.38.४० ।। त्वत्प्रसादात्पुरैवाहं प्राप्ताखिलमनोरथः ।। न पश्यामि विचिन्त्यापि प्राप्यं संप्रति माधव ।। ४१ ।। तथापि चापलादेतत्तव विज्ञाप्यते प्रभो ।। त्वत्पादाम्बुजयोर्भक्तिमेवं कुरु निरन्तरम् ।। ४२ ।। अवधारय चैतत्त्वं सुरप्रार्थनया मया ।। नदी सुवर्णमुखरी स्नाताघौघविनाशिनी ।। ४३ ।। सा भवच्छैलकटकसमासन्ना समागता ।। तां कृतार्थय लोकेश त्वदनुग्रहवृत्तिभिः ।। ४४ ।। सुवर्णमुखरीतोये स्नात्वा ये वेंकटे स्थितम् ।। पश्यंति भुक्तिमुक्त्योस्तु भूयासुर्भाजनानि ते ।। ४५ ।। अल्पायुषो नरा मूढा ज्ञानयोगपरिच्युताः ।। न शक्नुवंति त्वां द्रष्टुं व्रताध्ययनकर्मभिः ।। ४६ ।। सदास्मिन्नास्थितः शैले सर्वेषां च जगद्गुरो ।। प्रसादसुमुखो देव कांक्षितार्थप्रदो भव ।। ।। ४७ ।। ।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। ।। यत्प्रार्थितं त्वया विप्र तत्तथैव भविष्यति ।। नूनमप्रतिमा लोके मयि भक्तिः कृता त्वया ।। ४८ ।। जाह्नवीव नदी सेयं सुवर्णमुखरी मुने ।। स्यादाशास्या सुराणां च वांछितश्रीविधायिनी ।। ४९ ।। स्वामिपुष्करिणी चेयं नदी मूर्त्या समन्विता ।। संक्रमिष्यति तां दिव्यां नदीं तीर्थौघसंश्रयाम् ।। 2.1.38.५० ।। वैकुण्ठनाम्नि शैलेऽस्मिन्नद्यप्रभृति सर्वदा ।। कृतावासो भविष्यामि मुने प्रार्थनया तव ।। ।। ५१ ।। सुवर्णमुखरीस्नानक्षालिताघौघकर्दमाः ।। अस्मिन्वैकुण्ठशैले मां ये पश्यंति समाहिताः ।। ५२ ।। भुवि पुत्रादिसंपन्नाः सर्वैश्वर्यसमन्विताः ।। मृतास्त्रिविष्टपे भोगानाकल्पमनुभूय च ।। ५३ ।। पुनरावृत्तिरहितं केवलानन्दभासुरम् ।। मत्पदं समवाप्स्यन्ति नात्र कार्या विचारणा ।। ।। ५४ ।। मां द्रष्टुमागतान्सर्वान्प्रतीक्ष्याभीप्सितैः शुभैः ।। योजयिष्यामि सततं त्वद्वचोगौरवान्मुने ।। ५५ ।। पुत्रार्थिनां बहून्पुत्रान्धनानि च धनार्थिनाम् ।। तथैवारोग्यकामानां रोगशांतिं गरीयसीम् ।। ५६ ।। तीव्रापत्परिभूतानां तथैवापन्निवारणम् ।। दास्याम्यभीप्सितान्भोगान्दुर्लभानपि सर्वदा ।। ५७ ।। ये यान्कामानपेक्ष्येह प्रेक्षन्ते मां समागताः ।। अवाप्नुवन्ति ते सर्वे तांस्तान्कामान्न संशयः ।। ५८ ।। स्थिता वा यत्र कुत्रापि मां स्मरन्ति नरोत्तमाः ।। ते सर्वे वाञ्छितां सिद्धिं लभन्ते मत्प्रसादतः ।। ५९ ।। ।। अथ शङ्खनृपवरप्रदानपूर्वकं भगवदन्तर्धानम् ।। ।। भरद्वाज उवाच ।। ।। इत्युक्त्वा तं मुनिं देवः शंखमालोक्य भूपतिम् ।। शृण्वतां ब्रह्ममुख्यानामिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ।। 2.1.38.६० ।। ।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। ।। प्रीतोऽस्मि शंख भक्त्या ते वृणीष्वाभीप्सितं वरम् ।। ददामि वरदोऽहं ते क्रशिष्ठस्य तपस्यतः ।। ६१ ।। ।। शंख उवाच ।। ।। न याचेऽन्यन्महाबाहो त्वत्पादाम्बुजसेवनात् ।। यां प्राप्नुवंति त्वद्भक्तास्तां याचे गतिमुत्तमाम् ।। ६२ ।। ।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। ।। यत्प्रार्थितं त्वया शंख तत्तथैव भविष्यति ।। मत्सेवायोगभव्यानामलभ्यं किमु विद्यते ।। ६३ ।। आकल्पमिन्द्रलोकस्थो ह्यप्सरोगणसेवितः ।। भुक्त्वा बहुविधान्भोगांस्ततो मल्लोकमेष्यसि ।। ६४ ।। एवं ददौ वरानिष्टाञ्छङ्खाय पृथिवीपते ।। नारायणो जगद्योनिर्भजतां कल्पभूरुहः ।। ६५ ।। ततो ब्रह्मादिकान्सर्वान्विसृज्य कमलेक्षणः ।। संस्तूय मानसैर्भक्त्या तत्रैवांतर्दधे प्रभुः ।। ६६ ।। ।। अथ भरद्वाजवर्णितश्रीवेंकटाचलमाहात्म्यनिगमनम् ।। ।। ।। ।। भरद्वाज उवाच ।। ।। वेंकटाद्रेः प्रभावोऽयमाख्यातो भवतेऽर्जुन ।। नराः पापैः प्रमुच्यंते श्रुत्वेमां पावनीं कथाम् ।।६७।। वाराहं रूपमुत्सृज्य ब्रह्मणाभ्यर्थितो हरिः ।। मुमोदात्राद्भुताकारो मायया मोहयञ्जगत् ।। ६८ ।। पश्चादगस्त्यशंखाभ्यां प्रार्थितः सुखदर्शनम् ।। ददौ नितान्तसुभगं शान्तं भोगात्मकं वपुः ।। ६९ ।। नारायणं वेंकटाद्रिं स्वामिपुष्करिणीं तथा ।। इमामाख्यां च संस्मृत्य मुच्यंते पातकैर्जनाः ।। 2.1.38.७० ।। वेंकटाद्रिसमं स्थानं ब्रह्माण्डे नास्ति किञ्चन ।। वेंकटेशसमो देवो न भूतो न भविष्यति ।। ७१ ।। वेंकटाद्रिसमं स्थानं न भूतं न भविष्यति ।। स्वामितीर्थसरस्तुल्यं न कुत्रापि च विद्यते ।। ७२ ।। प्रातरुत्थाय ये नित्यं वेंकटेशं स्मरंति वै ।। तेषां करस्था मोक्षश्रीर्नात्र कार्या विचारणा ।। ७३।। स्वामिपुष्करिणीतीर्थे स्नात्वा सर्वात्मकं हरिम् ।। ये वा पश्यंति नियता वराहाचलवासिनम् ।।७४।। तेऽश्वमेधसहस्रस्य वाजपेयशतस्य च ।। प्राप्नुवंति फलं पूर्णं नात्र कार्या विचारणा ।। ७५ ।। वेंकटाचलमाहात्म्यं ये शृण्वंति नरोत्तमाः ।। तेषां मुक्तिश्च भुक्तिश्च इह लोके परत्र च ।। ७६ ।। वेंकटाचलमाहात्म्यं संक्षिप्य कथितं तव ।। अतः परं महानद्याः प्रभावः कथ्यतेऽर्जुन ।।७७।। इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे श्रीवेंकटाचलमाहात्म्ये सुवर्णमुखरीमाहात्म्यप्रशंसायामगस्त्यशङ्खादितपस्तुष्टश्रीवेंकटेशाविर्भावादिमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नामाष्टत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।। ३८ ।।

|| athā'gastyaśaṅkhāditapastuṣṭasya bhagavata āvirbhāvaḥ || || bharadvāja uvāca || teṣāṃ harau jagannāthe samāveśitacetasām || dinatrayaṃ gataṃ tatra pūjāstotraparātmanām || 1 || tṛtīye divase prāpte te sarve nidritā niśi || ante caturthayāmasya dadṛśuḥ svapnamuttamam || 2 || śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ prasannaṃ puruṣottamam || varadānāya saṃprāptamapaśyansmeralocanam || 3 || utthāya muditātmāno gṛhānnirgatya pāvane || svāmipuṣkariṇītoye sasnurvidhivadādarāt || 4 || vidhāya vidhivatkarma sarve dinamukhocitam || gṛhānpratyāyayurdevamārādhayitumacyutam || 5 || sadyaḥ śreyaskaraṃ mārge nimittaṃ pakṣisṛcitam || dṛṣṭvā prasādaṃ devasya karasthaṃ menire tadā || 6 || tatastrilokakartāraṃ pūjayitvā janārdanam || tuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ stotraiḥ pavitrairvedavarṇitaiḥ || 7 || stotrāvasāne kaunteya munīndraḥ kumbhasaṃbhavaḥ || jajāpa śaṃkhasahito mantramaṣṭākṣaraṃ hareḥ || 8 || itthaṃ teṣāṃ jagatsvāminyacyute'rpitacetasām || agrabhāge prādurabhūdekaṃ tejo mahādbhutam || 9 || anekakoṭisaṃkhyānāmādityendu havirbhujām || ekībhūyāmbaratale jyotirjālamiva sthitam || 2.1.38.10 || tattejo vīkṣya te sarve'mitāntāścaryagocarāḥ || dadhyurnārāyaṇaṃ divyaṃ paramānandavigraham || 11 || vāṅmānasapathātītaṃ viśrutaiśvaryabhāsuram || sahasranetraṃ sāhasrabāhupādaiḥ samanvitam || 12 || taptakārtasvaranibhasphuratkāṃtimanoharama || daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ durdarśaṃ vamantaṃ dahanacchaṭāḥ || 13 || kaustubhena virājantaṃ dadhānamurasi śriyam || avicintyamanādyantamatyantabhayadāyakam || || 14 || prakāśayantaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ sarvamātmani sarvagam || agastyaśaṃkhapramukhāste sarve hṛṣṭacetasaḥ || 15 || tamālokya jagannāthaṃ bhūyobhūyo vavandire || bhramanti lokarakṣārthamāyudhāni tadā hareḥ || 16 || nijatejobalopetānyājagmustaṃ niṣevitum || cakramarkaprabhaṃ divyā gadā khaṅgaśca nandakaḥ || || 17 || puṇḍarīkaṃ cograravaḥ pāñcajanyaḥ śaśiprabhaḥ || tadā brahmāṇḍamakhilaṃ pūrayāmāsa nirbharaḥ || 18 || pāñcajanyasya ninadaḥ sarvāsurabhayaṃkaraḥ || pāñcajanyadhvaniṃ śrutvā nitāntāścaryabhīṣaṇam || 19 || āyayurdevatāḥ sarvāḥ svaṃsvaṃ vāhanamāsthitāḥ || brahmā rudraḥ śatamakhaḥ sanakādyāśca yoginaḥ|| || 2.1.38.20 || vasiṣṭhamukhyā munayo gandharvoragakinnarāḥ || viṣvakseno garutmāṃśca viṣṇubhṛtyā jayādayaḥ || 21 || sarūpāścaiva ye nityāḥ śvetadvīpanivāsinaḥ || sumanodrumasaṃbhūtā sumanovṛṣṭiradbhutā ||22|| papāta medurāmodamoditāśeṣamānasā || nanṛturdivyasudṛśo jaguḥ kinnarapuṅgavāḥ || 23 || tuṣṭuvurharṣataralāḥ suragandharvacāraṇāḥ || dṛṣṭvā te puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ prasannaṃ bhaktavatsalam || 24 || praṇamya toṣayāmāsuḥ sāṣṭāṃgaṃ vividhaistavaiḥ || 25 || || brahmādaya ūcuḥ || || jaya viṣṇo kṛpāsindho jaya tāmarasekṣaṇa || jaya lokaikavarada jaya bhaktārtibhañjana || 26 || anantamakṣaraṃ śāntamavāṅmanasagocaram || ko vā bhavantaṃ jānāti cidānandamayātmakam || 27 || aṇoraṇutaraṃ sthūlātsthūlaṃ sarvāntarasthitam || tvāmāmananti puruṣaṃ prakṛteḥ paramacyutam || || 28 || vedāntasārarūpaṃ tvāṃ sarvāntarbāhyavartinam || ko hi varṇayituṃ śakto māyāyatteṣu dehiṣu || 29 || bhavadīyamidaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭvātibhayadāyakam || bhayodvignā vayaṃ sarve śāntaṃ rūpaṃ bhajasva ha || 2.1.38.30 || || bharadvāja uvāca || || iti stuto viriñcādyaiḥ prasanno garuḍadhvajaḥ || meghaghoṣapratimayā vācā sādaramabravīta || 31 || || atha brahmādiprārthanayā bhagavadgṛhītasaumyarūpaprakāraḥ || || śrībhagavānuvāca || || bhayāvahāmimāṃ mūrtimutsṛjyāhaṃ priyāvaham || śāntaṃ rūpaṃ bhajiṣyāmi māṃ paśyata nirākulāḥ || 32 || ityuktvāntarhito bhūtvā tasminneva kṣaṇāṃtare || vimāne ratnakhacite babhūva sukhadarśanaḥ || 33 || candrabimbānanaḥ śānto nīlotpaladaladyutiḥ || suvarṇavarṇavasano ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitaḥ || 34 || śaṃkhacakragadāpadmalasatkaracatuṣṭayaḥ || tamālokya ramākāntaṃ bhūyo bhūyo vavaṃdire || 35 || santoṣayitvā brahmādīnabhīṣṭapratipādanaiḥ || avocadvinayānamramagastyaṃ munipuṃgavam || 36 || || śrībhagavānuvāca || || tvaṃ munīndra vratairghoraiścīrṇairmāṃ prati saṃprati || parikliṣṭo'si dāsyāmi varāṃste'bhīpsitānvada || 37 || || bharadvāja uvāca || || niśamya vākyaṃ śrībhartuḥ praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ || sa romāñcitasarvāṃgaḥ kumbhajanmā vaco'bravīt || 38 || || athāgastyaprārthanayā svarṇamukharīnadyā bhagavadvattasarvādhikatvaprāptiḥ || || agastya uvāca || || yaddhutaṃ yattapastaptaṃ yadadhītaṃ śrutaṃ mayā || tatsarvaṃ saphalaṃ jātamādṛto'smi yatastvayā || 39 || eṣo'hameva dharmātmā triṣu lokeṣvapi prabho || tvāṃ vicinvantamadhunā māmanviṣyāgato'si yat || 2.1.38.40 || tvatprasādātpuraivāhaṃ prāptākhilamanorathaḥ || na paśyāmi vicintyāpi prāpyaṃ saṃprati mādhava || 41 || tathāpi cāpalādetattava vijñāpyate prabho || tvatpādāmbujayorbhaktimevaṃ kuru nirantaram || 42 || avadhāraya caitattvaṃ suraprārthanayā mayā || nadī suvarṇamukharī snātāghaughavināśinī || 43 || sā bhavacchailakaṭakasamāsannā samāgatā || tāṃ kṛtārthaya lokeśa tvadanugrahavṛttibhiḥ || 44 || suvarṇamukharītoye snātvā ye veṃkaṭe sthitam || paśyaṃti bhuktimuktyostu bhūyāsurbhājanāni te || 45 || alpāyuṣo narā mūḍhā jñānayogaparicyutāḥ || na śaknuvaṃti tvāṃ draṣṭuṃ vratādhyayanakarmabhiḥ || 46 || sadāsminnāsthitaḥ śaile sarveṣāṃ ca jagadguro || prasādasumukho deva kāṃkṣitārthaprado bhava || || 47 || || śrībhagavānuvāca || || yatprārthitaṃ tvayā vipra tattathaiva bhaviṣyati || nūnamapratimā loke mayi bhaktiḥ kṛtā tvayā || 48 || jāhnavīva nadī seyaṃ suvarṇamukharī mune || syādāśāsyā surāṇāṃ ca vāṃchitaśrīvidhāyinī || 49 || svāmipuṣkariṇī ceyaṃ nadī mūrtyā samanvitā || saṃkramiṣyati tāṃ divyāṃ nadīṃ tīrthaughasaṃśrayām || 2.1.38.50 || vaikuṇṭhanāmni śaile'sminnadyaprabhṛti sarvadā || kṛtāvāso bhaviṣyāmi mune prārthanayā tava || || 51 || suvarṇamukharīsnānakṣālitāghaughakardamāḥ || asminvaikuṇṭhaśaile māṃ ye paśyaṃti samāhitāḥ || 52 || bhuvi putrādisaṃpannāḥ sarvaiśvaryasamanvitāḥ || mṛtāstriviṣṭape bhogānākalpamanubhūya ca || 53 || punarāvṛttirahitaṃ kevalānandabhāsuram || matpadaṃ samavāpsyanti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || || 54 || māṃ draṣṭumāgatānsarvānpratīkṣyābhīpsitaiḥ śubhaiḥ || yojayiṣyāmi satataṃ tvadvacogauravānmune || 55 || putrārthināṃ bahūnputrāndhanāni ca dhanārthinām || tathaivārogyakāmānāṃ rogaśāṃtiṃ garīyasīm || 56 || tīvrāpatparibhūtānāṃ tathaivāpannivāraṇam || dāsyāmyabhīpsitānbhogāndurlabhānapi sarvadā || 57 || ye yānkāmānapekṣyeha prekṣante māṃ samāgatāḥ || avāpnuvanti te sarve tāṃstānkāmānna saṃśayaḥ || 58 || sthitā vā yatra kutrāpi māṃ smaranti narottamāḥ || te sarve vāñchitāṃ siddhiṃ labhante matprasādataḥ || 59 || || atha śaṅkhanṛpavarapradānapūrvakaṃ bhagavadantardhānam || || bharadvāja uvāca || || ityuktvā taṃ muniṃ devaḥ śaṃkhamālokya bhūpatim || śṛṇvatāṃ brahmamukhyānāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt || 2.1.38.60 || || śrībhagavānuvāca || || prīto'smi śaṃkha bhaktyā te vṛṇīṣvābhīpsitaṃ varam || dadāmi varado'haṃ te kraśiṣṭhasya tapasyataḥ || 61 || || śaṃkha uvāca || || na yāce'nyanmahābāho tvatpādāmbujasevanāt || yāṃ prāpnuvaṃti tvadbhaktāstāṃ yāce gatimuttamām || 62 || || śrībhagavānuvāca || || yatprārthitaṃ tvayā śaṃkha tattathaiva bhaviṣyati || matsevāyogabhavyānāmalabhyaṃ kimu vidyate || 63 || ākalpamindralokastho hyapsarogaṇasevitaḥ || bhuktvā bahuvidhānbhogāṃstato mallokameṣyasi || 64 || evaṃ dadau varāniṣṭāñchaṅkhāya pṛthivīpate || nārāyaṇo jagadyonirbhajatāṃ kalpabhūruhaḥ || 65 || tato brahmādikānsarvānvisṛjya kamalekṣaṇaḥ || saṃstūya mānasairbhaktyā tatraivāṃtardadhe prabhuḥ || 66 || || atha bharadvājavarṇitaśrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmyanigamanam || || || || bharadvāja uvāca || || veṃkaṭādreḥ prabhāvo'yamākhyāto bhavate'rjuna || narāḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyaṃte śrutvemāṃ pāvanīṃ kathām ||67|| vārāhaṃ rūpamutsṛjya brahmaṇābhyarthito hariḥ || mumodātrādbhutākāro māyayā mohayañjagat || 68 || paścādagastyaśaṃkhābhyāṃ prārthitaḥ sukhadarśanam || dadau nitāntasubhagaṃ śāntaṃ bhogātmakaṃ vapuḥ || 69 || nārāyaṇaṃ veṃkaṭādriṃ svāmipuṣkariṇīṃ tathā || imāmākhyāṃ ca saṃsmṛtya mucyaṃte pātakairjanāḥ || 2.1.38.70 || veṃkaṭādrisamaṃ sthānaṃ brahmāṇḍe nāsti kiñcana || veṃkaṭeśasamo devo na bhūto na bhaviṣyati || 71 || veṃkaṭādrisamaṃ sthānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati || svāmitīrthasarastulyaṃ na kutrāpi ca vidyate || 72 || prātarutthāya ye nityaṃ veṃkaṭeśaṃ smaraṃti vai || teṣāṃ karasthā mokṣaśrīrnātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 73|| svāmipuṣkariṇītīrthe snātvā sarvātmakaṃ harim || ye vā paśyaṃti niyatā varāhācalavāsinam ||74|| te'śvamedhasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca || prāpnuvaṃti phalaṃ pūrṇaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 75 || veṃkaṭācalamāhātmyaṃ ye śṛṇvaṃti narottamāḥ || teṣāṃ muktiśca bhuktiśca iha loke paratra ca || 76 || veṃkaṭācalamāhātmyaṃ saṃkṣipya kathitaṃ tava || ataḥ paraṃ mahānadyāḥ prabhāvaḥ kathyate'rjuna ||77|| iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye suvarṇamukharīmāhātmyapraśaṃsāyāmagastyaśaṅkhāditapastuṣṭaśrīveṃkaṭeśāvirbhāvādimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 38 ||

English translation

Bharadvāja said :

1. Three days passed off while they were engaged in worship and prayers with their minds dedicated to Hari , the Lord of the universe.

2. On the third day while they were asleep at night they saw an excellent dream at the end of the fourth watch ( Yāma = period of 3 hours).

3. They saw Puruṣottama pleased and with a smiling look. He had the conch, the discus and the iron club in his hands. He had come for granting them boons.

4. They got up with joyous hearts and came out of their houses. With due reverence, they took their holy baths in the sacred waters of Svāmipuṣkariṇī in accordance with the injunctions.

5. After duly performing all those rites that had to be performed in the morning all of them returned to their abodes to propitiate Lord Acyuta .

6. Seeing the good omen indicated by the birds on the way conducive to instant welfare, they thought that the favour of the Lord was within their reach.

7. Then they worshipped Janārdana , the maker of the three worlds. They eulogized him with different holy prayers described in the Vedas .

8. At the end of the prayers, O son of Kuntī , the excellent Pot-born Sage ( Agastya ) repeated the eight-syllabled Mantra of Hari (Oṃ namo Nārāyaṇāya) along with Śaṅkha .

9. An extremely mysterious brilliant light manifested (itself) in front of those persons who had thus dedicated their minds to Acyuta, the Lord of the universe.

10. It was stationed in the sky like the splendour of many crores of Suns, Moons and fires unified together in one place.

11. On seeing that brilliance all of them were immensely surprised. They meditated upon divine Nārāyaṇa , the embodiment of the greatest bliss.

12. The Lord was beyond the ken of speech and mind. He was shining with well renowned prosperity and glory. He had thousand (innumerable) eyes and was equipped with a thousand arms and feet.

13. He was charming with a lustre that was as brilliant as that of molten gold. He was terrific with curved teeth. He was too dazzling to be seen properly, (as) he emitted masses of flames of fire.

14. He shone with the Kaustubha jewel. He held Śrī on his chest. He was incomprehensible, without beginning or end.

15-17a. He inspired excessive fright (in everyone). He was omnipresent. He revealed the entire Cosmic Egg within himself. On seeing the Lord all of them with Agastya and Śaṅkha as their leaders, became delighted in their minds.

Oṇ seeing the Lord of the universe they bowed to him again and again.

The weapons of Hari that were wandering for the sake of protecting the worlds, came back to serve him, equipped with their own respective splendour and strength.

17b-23a. (The weapons were) the discus that had the lustre of the Sun, the divine mace, the sword Nandaka , the Puṇḍarīka (white lotus), (the conch) Pāñcajanya of terrific sound having the lustre of the Moon. It filled the entire Cosmic Egg. The sound of Pāñcajanya was extremely terrifying unto all the Asuras .

On hearing the sound of Pāñcajanya which was extremely mysterious and terrific all the Devas came there riding on their respective vehicles.

Brahmā , Rudra , Indra , the Yogins beginning with Sanaka , the sages chief of whom was Vasiṣṭha , Gandharvas , serpents and Kinnaras , Viṣvaksena , Garuḍa , the servants of Viṣṇu beginning with Jaya and those who are permanently of the same form (as that of the Lord) and residents of the Śvetadvīpa (all these came).

A wonderful shower of flowers from the celestial ( Kalpa ) tree fell thick over all of them delighting everyone’s mind through the excessive fragrance.

23b. The celestial damsels of beautiful eyes danced; the leading Kinnaras sang.

24-25. Suras , Gandharvas and Cāraṇas who were delighted and thrilled, eulogized. On seeing the Lotus-eyed Lord, who is fond of his devotees, pleased, they bowed down to him with eight limbs touching the ground and propitiated him with different kinds of hymns.

Brahmā and others said :

26. Be victorious, O Viṣṇu, O ocean of mercy. Be victorious, O lotus-eyed one. Be victorious, the sole bestower of boons in all the worlds. Be victorious, O suppressor of the agony of devotees.

27. Who knows you (fully), the endless one, the imperishable one, the quiescent one, one who is beyond the ken of speech and mind and is of the nature of consciousness and bliss?

28. They consider you minuter than the minutest; stouter (grosser) than the stoutest (grossest), the immanent soul. The scriptures call you Acyuta, Puruṣa and one beyond Prakṛti .

29. Among the embodied souls subject to the wiles of Māyā who is competent to describe you who are the embodiment of the essence of the Vedāntas and who are stationed within and without everything?

30. On seeing this extremely frightening form of yours all of us are shuddering with fear. Do adopt a calm and graceful form.

Bharadvāja said :

31. On being eulogized by Viriñca and others thus, the Garuḍa-emblemed Lord spoke earnestly in words and tones resembling the thunder of clouds.

[ The Lord Adopts a Gentle Form at the Request of Brahmā and Others ]:—

Śrī Bhagavān said :

32. I shall shed off this terrifying form. I shall assume a pleasing and quiescent form. Look at me without being agitated.

33. After saying this the Lord vanished and within the same moment he reappeared in a pleasant form, in an aerial chariot studded with gems and jewels.

34. His face resembled the disc of the Moon. He was quiet and calm. He had a lustre like that of the petals of a blue lotus. His robes were golden-coloured. He was adorned with ornaments set with gems and jewels.

35. In his four hands shone the conch, the discus, the mace and the lotus. On seeing that lover of Ramā all of them saluted him again and again.

36. The Lord made Brahmā and others satisfied by granting them what they desired. He then spoke to Agastya, the prominent sage who stood there in humility:

Śrī Bhagavān said :

37. O eminent sage, you have become strained and fatigued on account of the arduous holy rites performed now, with me as the object (of worship). I shall grant you all desired boons. Tell me.

Bharadvāja said :

38. On hearing the words of the Lord of Śrī, the Pot-born Sage bowed down to him again and again. With hair standing on end all over the body (due to thrill of joy) he spoke these words:

[ At the Request of Agastya the River Suvarṇamukharī was Granted Superiority over Everything ]:—

39. “The Homas that I have performed, the penances that I have practised, (the Vedic Mantras ) that I have studied, whatever I have heard—everything has become fruitful, because I have been honoured by you.

40. I am the only righteous-souled person, O Lord, in all the three worlds, because even as I am in search of you, you have come in search of me.

41. Even before your (formal pronouncement of your) favour I have realized all my desires, O Mādhava . Even after thinking deeply I do not see anything that remains to be attained (by me) now.

42. Still out of fickleness this is being submitted, O Lord. May my devotion unto you be like this always.

43. Remember this that it was at the request of Suras that the river Suvarṇamukharī (was brought) by me. It destroys the mass of sins of those who take their bath therein.

44. That river has come very near the ridge of your mountain. Do make it blessed, O Lord of the worlds, by means of your blessings and favour.

45. Those who take their bath in the waters of Suvarṇamukharī and visit you stationed on the Veṅkaṭa (Hill) shall be the recipients of worldly pleasures and salvation.

46. Foolish persons of short span of life, who have slipped (dropped) down from the path of knowledge and yogic practice, are not competent to see you through holy rites, study of the Vedas and other sacred activities.

47. O Sire of the universe, be always present on this mountain. O Lord, grant your favours to everyone with beaming face. Bestow on them whatever object they may desire.”

Śrī Bhagavān said :

48. O Brāhmaṇa , what has been requested by you shall certainly take place. Indeed, an act of devotion to me, that is matchless in the entire world, has been performed by you.

49. Like the river Gaṅgā , O sage, this river Suvarṇamukharī shall be worthy of being sought after. It shall cause all desired prosperity even to the Suras.

50. Svāmipuṣkariṇī shall become united with the form of the river. It shall pass over to that divine river which is the resort unto all the Tīrthas .

51. O sage, due to your request I shall take up my residence for ever from now onwards on this mountain named Vaikuṇṭha .

52-54. Those who have washed all the dirt of the mass of sins by means of holy bath in Suvarṇamukharī and then visit me on this Vaikuṇṭha mountain with great concentration, shall become richly endowed with sons and all types of prosperity and glory on the earth. After death they will enjoy the pleasures of heaven till the end of the Kalpa. Thereafter they will attain my region shining with (divine) bliss alone. From that region they will not return (to the earth). In this matter there is no doubt at all.

55. O sage, out of deference for your request I shall look after all those who come here to visit me. I shall always grant them all the auspicious things desired by them.

56-57. I shall grant many sons to those who seek sons, riches to those who seek riches, complete quelling of all ailments to those who desire good health, redemption from misery to those who are assailed by acute adversity and all rare enjoyment of pleasures (to everyone) at all times.

58. There is no doubt about this that everyone will attain all those desires seeking which he or she has come and visited me.

59. Wherever they may stay, all those excellent men who remember me shall get the fulfilment desired by them by my favour.

[ The Lord Grants Boons to King Śaṅkha and then Vanishes ]:—

60. After saying this to that sage, the Lord glanced at Śaṅkha, the king. He spoke these words even as Brahmā and others were listening:

Śrī Bhagavān said :

61. O Śaṅkha, I am delighted at your devotion. Choose a boon desired (by you). I shall grant it. I shall be the bestower of boons on you who have become very emaciated on account of the penance.

Śaṅkha said :

62. O mighty one, I do not request for anything other than service unto your lotus-like feet. I request for that excellent goal which your devotees attain.

Śrī Bhagavān said :

63. O Śaṅkha, what is requested by you, shall certainly be so. What is it that cannot be obtained by those people who have become very excellent and meritorious on account of their service unto me?

64. You will be in the world of Indra till the end of the Kalpa. You will be attended upon by multitudes of celestial damsels. After enjoying various kinds of pleasures you will attain my world.

65. Thus, O king, Nārāyaṇa, the origin of the universe, a wish-yielding tree unto those who worship him, granted desired boons to Śaṅkha.

66. Then the Lotus-eyed Lord bade farewell to everyone beginning with Brahmā. Being eulogized by them with devotion the Lord vanished there itself.

[ Conclusion of the Description of the Greatness of Śrī Veṅkaṭācala by Bharadvāja ]:—

Bharadvāja said :

67. The power of Veṅkaṭādri has been recounted to you, O Ārjuna. On hearing this sanctifying story men are liberated from sins.

68. On being requested by Brahmā Hari cast off the form of Boar. Enchanting the universe with his Māyā the Lord of wonderful features rejoiced here.

69. Afterwards on being requested by Agastya and Śaṅkha the Lord granted them (i.e. assumed before them) a physical body fit for enjoyment of pleasures, a body that was pleasing to look at, extremely graceful and calm.

70. By remembering Nārāyaṇa, Veṅkaṭādri, Svāmipuṣkariṇī and this narrative people become liberated from sins.

71. In the whole of the Cosmic Egg there is no other holy spot on a par with Veṅkaṭādri. A Lord equal to Veṅkaṭeśa has never been before nor will there ever be.

72. A holy spot equal to Veṅkaṭādri has never been before, nor will there ever be. There is nothing anywhere on a par with the Lake Svāmitīrtha .

73. If people remember Veṅkaṭeśa everyday on getting up in the morning, the glory of salvation comes within their reach. There is no doubt about it.

74-75. Those who take bath in Svāmipuṣkariṇī Tīrtha with perfect restraint and visit Hari, the immanent soul of everyone, residing on Varāhācala, obtain the full benefit of a thousand horse-sacrifices and a hundred Vājapeyas . There is no doubt about it.

76-77. The excellent men who listen to the greatness of Veṅkaṭācala will enjoy great pleasures here in this world and hereafter in the other world, and then will attain salvation.

The greatness of Veṅkaṭācala has been briefly recounted to you. Henceforth the power of the great river will be described, O Arjuna .

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