Brahma Purana — Chapter 115
BrP 115.1
शेषतीर्थम् इति ख्यातं सर्वकामप्रदायकम् तस्य रूपं प्रवक्ष्यामि यन् मया परिभाषितम् ॥
śeṣatīrtham iti khyātaṃ sarvakāmapradāyakam tasya rūpaṃ pravakṣyāmi yan mayā paribhāṣitam //
(There is a ford) known as Śeṣatīrtha, granting all desires; I shall declare its nature, which has been described by me.
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BrP 115.2
शेषो नाम महानागो रसातलपतिः प्रभुः सर्वनागैः परिवृतो रसातलम् अथाभ्यगात् ॥
śeṣo nāma mahānāgo rasātalapatiḥ prabhuḥ sarvanāgaiḥ parivṛto rasātalam athābhyagāt //
The great serpent named Śeṣa, the mighty lord of Rasātala, surrounded by all the serpents, then went to Rasātala.
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BrP 115.3
राक्षसा दैत्यदनुजाः प्रविष्टा ये रसातलम् तैर् निरस्तो भोगिपतिर् माम् उवाचाथ विह्वलः ॥
rākṣasā daityadanujāḥ praviṣṭā ye rasātalam tair nirasto bhogipatir mām uvācātha vihvalaḥ //
The rākṣasas, daityas and dānavas who had entered Rasātala — driven out by them, the lord of serpents, distraught, then said to me:
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BrP 115.4
रसातलं त्वया दत्तं राक्षसानां ममापि च ते मे स्थानं न दास्यन्ति तस्मात् त्वां शरणं गतः ॥
rasātalaṃ tvayā dattaṃ rākṣasānāṃ mamāpi ca te me sthānaṃ na dāsyanti tasmāt tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ //
"Rasātala was given by you to the rākṣasas, and to me as well; they will not give me a place, therefore I have come to you for refuge."
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BrP 115.5
ततो ऽहम् अब्रवं नागं गौतमीं याहि पन्नग तत्र स्तुत्वा महादेवं लप्स्यसे त्वं मनोरथम् ॥
tato 'ham abravaṃ nāgaṃ gautamīṃ yāhi pannaga tatra stutvā mahādevaṃ lapsyase tvaṃ manoratham //
Then I said to the serpent: "Go, O snake, to the Gautamī; there, having praised Mahādeva, you will obtain your heart's wish.
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BrP 115.6
नान्यो ऽस्ति लोकत्रितये मनोरथसमर्पकः मद्वाक्यप्रेरितो नागो गङ्गाम् आप्लुत्य यत्नतः कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा तुष्टाव त्रिदशेश्वरम् ॥
nānyo 'sti lokatritaye manorathasamarpakaḥ madvākyaprerito nāgo gaṅgām āplutya yatnataḥ kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā tuṣṭāva tridaśeśvaram //
There is no other in the three worlds who bestows the heart's wish." Urged by my words, the serpent bathed carefully in the Gaṅgā, and with his palms joined praised the lord of the thirty (gods).
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BrP 115.7
नमस् त्रैलोक्यनाथाय दक्षयज्ञविभेदिने आदिकर्त्रे नमस् तुभ्यं नमस् त्रैलोक्यरूपिणे ॥
namas trailokyanāthāya dakṣayajñavibhedine ādikartre namas tubhyaṃ namas trailokyarūpiṇe //
Homage to the lord of the three worlds, the shatterer of Dakṣa's sacrifice; homage to you, the first maker, homage to him whose form is the three worlds.
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BrP 115.8
नमः सहस्रशिरसे नमः संहारकारिणे सोमसूर्याग्निरूपाय जलरूपाय ते नमः ॥
namaḥ sahasraśirase namaḥ saṃhārakāriṇe somasūryāgnirūpāya jalarūpāya te namaḥ //
Homage to the thousand-headed one, homage to the one who brings about destruction; homage to you whose form is moon, sun and fire, whose form is water.
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BrP 115.9
सर्वदा सर्वरूपाय कालरूपाय ते नमः पाहि शंकर सर्वेश पाहि सोमेश सर्वग जगन्नाथ नमस् तुभ्यं देहि मे मनसेप्सितम् ॥
sarvadā sarvarūpāya kālarūpāya te namaḥ pāhi śaṃkara sarveśa pāhi someśa sarvaga jagannātha namas tubhyaṃ dehi me manasepsitam //
Homage to you who are always of every form, whose form is time. Protect (me), Śaṃkara, lord of all; protect (me), Someśa, all-pervading one; homage to you, lord of the world — grant me what my mind desires.
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BrP 115.10
ततो महेश्वरः प्रीतः प्रादान् नागेप्सितान् वरान् विनाशाय सुरारीणां दैत्यदानवरक्षसाम् ॥
tato maheśvaraḥ prītaḥ prādān nāgepsitān varān vināśāya surārīṇāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām //
Then Maheśvara, pleased, gave the serpent the boons he desired, for the destruction of the enemies of the gods — the Daityas, Dānavas and Rākṣasas.
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BrP 115.11
शेषाय प्रददौ शूलं जह्य् अनेनारिपुंगवान् ततः प्रोक्तः शिवेनासौ शेषः शूलेन भोगिभिः ॥
śeṣāya pradadau śūlaṃ jahy anenāripuṃgavān tataḥ proktaḥ śivenāsau śeṣaḥ śūlena bhogibhiḥ //
He gave Śeṣa a trident: "Slay with this the bulls among the foes." Thus that Śeṣa was addressed by Śiva, (who went) with the trident and with the serpents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 115.12
रसातलम् अथो गत्वा निजघान रिपून् रणे निहत्य नागः शूलेन दैत्यदानवराक्षसान् ॥
rasātalam atho gatvā nijaghāna ripūn raṇe nihatya nāgaḥ śūlena daityadānavarākṣasān //
Then, having gone to Rasātala, he slew the foes in battle; the serpent, having killed the Daityas, Dānavas and Rākṣasas with the trident,
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BrP 115.13
न्यवर्तत पुनर् देवो यत्र शेषेश्वरो हरः पथा येन समायातो देवं द्रष्टुं स नागराट् ॥
nyavartata punar devo yatra śeṣeśvaro haraḥ pathā yena samāyāto devaṃ draṣṭuṃ sa nāgarāṭ //
the god turned back again to where Śeṣeśvara Hara was, by the same road by which that serpent king had come to see the god.
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BrP 115.14
रसातलाद् यत्र देवो बिलं तत्र व्यजायत तस्माद् बिलतलाद् यातं गाङ्गं वार्य् अतिपुण्यदम् ॥
rasātalād yatra devo bilaṃ tatra vyajāyata tasmād bilatalād yātaṃ gāṅgaṃ vāry atipuṇyadam //
Where the god (came) from Rasātala, there a hole was produced; from that hole's floor there went forth the Ganges water, giving abundant merit.
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BrP 115.15
तद् वारि गङ्गाम् अगमद् गङ्गायाः संगमस् ततः देवस्य पुरतश् चापि कुण्डं तत्र सुविस्तरम् ॥
tad vāri gaṅgām agamad gaṅgāyāḥ saṃgamas tataḥ devasya purataś cāpi kuṇḍaṃ tatra suvistaram //
That water went to the Ganges; hence there is a confluence with the Ganges, and in front of the god there is a very extensive pool there.
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BrP 115.16
नागस् तत्राकरोद् धोमं यत्र चाग्निः सदा स्थितः सोष्णं तद् अभवद् वारि गङ्गायास् तत्र संगमः ॥
nāgas tatrākarod dhomaṃ yatra cāgniḥ sadā sthitaḥ soṣṇaṃ tad abhavad vāri gaṅgāyās tatra saṃgamaḥ //
The serpent performed the fire-offering there, where the fire always abides; that water became warm, and there is the confluence with the Ganges.
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BrP 115.17
देवदेवं समाराध्य नागः प्रीतो महायशाः रसातलं ततो ऽभीष्टं शिवात् प्राप्य तलं ययौ ॥
devadevaṃ samārādhya nāgaḥ prīto mahāyaśāḥ rasātalaṃ tato 'bhīṣṭaṃ śivāt prāpya talaṃ yayau //
Having worshipped the god of gods, the serpent of great fame, pleased, obtaining from Śiva the desired Rasātala, went to that region.
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BrP 115.18
ततः प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं नागतीर्थम् उदाहृतम् सर्वकामप्रदं पुण्यं रोगदारिद्र्यनाशनम् ॥
tataḥ prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ nāgatīrtham udāhṛtam sarvakāmapradaṃ puṇyaṃ rogadāridryanāśanam //
From that time on that sacred place has been called Nāgatīrtha, granting all desires, holy, destroying disease and poverty,
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BrP 115.19
आयुर्लक्ष्मीकरं पुण्यं स्नानदानाच् च मुक्तिदम् शृणुयाद् वा पठेद् भक्त्या यो वापि स्मरते तु तत् ॥
āyurlakṣmīkaraṃ puṇyaṃ snānadānāc ca muktidam śṛṇuyād vā paṭhed bhaktyā yo vāpi smarate tu tat //
holy, producing long life and prosperity, and granting liberation through bathing and giving — (for) whoever should hear or recite it with devotion, or remembers it.
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BrP 115.20
तीर्थं शेषेश्वरो यत्र यत्र शक्तिप्रदः शिवः एकविंशतितीर्थानाम् उभयोस् तत्र तीरयोः शतानि मुनिशार्दूल सर्वसंपत्प्रदायिनाम् ॥
tīrthaṃ śeṣeśvaro yatra yatra śaktipradaḥ śivaḥ ekaviṃśatitīrthānām ubhayos tatra tīrayoḥ śatāni muniśārdūla sarvasaṃpatpradāyinām //
Where the sacred place Śeṣeśvara is, where Śiva the giver of power is, there on both banks are hundreds of twenty-one sacred places, O tiger among sages, bestowers of all prosperity.
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