Brahma Purana — Chapter 142
BrP 142.1
देवस्थानम् इति ख्यातं तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् तस्य प्रभावं वक्ष्यामि शृणु यत्नेन नारद ॥
devasthānam iti khyātaṃ tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam tasya prabhāvaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu yatnena nārada //
There is a ford known as Devasthāna, famed throughout the three worlds. I shall declare its power; listen attentively, Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 142.2
पुरा कृतयुगस्यादौ देवदानवसंगरे प्रवृत्ते वा सिंहिकेति विख्याता दैत्यसुन्दरी ॥
purā kṛtayugasyādau devadānavasaṃgare pravṛtte vā siṃhiketi vikhyātā daityasundarī //
Long ago, at the beginning of the Kṛta age, when the battle between the gods and the Dānavas had broken out, there was a beautiful demoness known as Siṃhikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 142.3
तस्याः पुत्रो महादैत्यो राहुर् नाम महाबलः अमृते तु समुत्पन्ने सैंहिकेये च भेदिते ॥
tasyāḥ putro mahādaityo rāhur nāma mahābalaḥ amṛte tu samutpanne saiṃhikeye ca bhedite //
Her son was the great demon named Rāhu, of great strength; and when the nectar had been produced and the son of Siṃhikā was split (i.e. beheaded) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 142.4
तस्य पुत्रो महादैत्यो मेघहास इति श्रुतः पितरं घातितं श्रुत्वा तपस् तेपे ऽतिदुःखितः ॥
tasya putro mahādaityo meghahāsa iti śrutaḥ pitaraṃ ghātitaṃ śrutvā tapas tepe 'tiduḥkhitaḥ //
His son was a great demon known as Meghahāsa. Hearing that his father had been slain, he performed austerities, being exceedingly grieved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 142.5
तपस्यन्तं राहुसुतं गौतमीतीरम् आश्रितम् देवाश् च ऋषयः सर्वे तम् ऊचुर् अतिभीतवत् ॥
tapasyantaṃ rāhusutaṃ gautamītīram āśritam devāś ca ṛṣayaḥ sarve tam ūcur atibhītavat //
To Rāhu's son, who was practising austerities on the bank of the Gautamī, all the gods and the seers, as if greatly frightened, said:
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BrP 142.6
तपो जहि महाबाहो यत् ते मनसि संस्थितम् सर्वं भवतु नामेदं शिवगङ्गाप्रसादतः शिवगङ्गाप्रसादेन किं नामास्त्य् अत्र दुर्लभम् ॥
tapo jahi mahābāho yat te manasi saṃsthitam sarvaṃ bhavatu nāmedaṃ śivagaṅgāprasādataḥ śivagaṅgāprasādena kiṃ nāmāsty atra durlabham //
"Give up your austerity, mighty-armed one; let all that is set in your mind come to be, by the favour of the Śiva-Gaṅgā. What indeed is hard to obtain here, by the grace of the Śiva-Gaṅgā?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 142.7
परिभूतः पिता पूज्यो युष्माभिर् मम दैवतम् तस्यापि मम चात्यन्तं प्रीतिश् च क्रियते यदि ॥
paribhūtaḥ pitā pūjyo yuṣmābhir mama daivatam tasyāpi mama cātyantaṃ prītiś ca kriyate yadi //
"My venerable father, who is my deity, was humiliated by you. If then affection is truly to be shown both to him and to me —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 142.8
भवद्भिस् तपसो ऽस्माच् च अहं वैरान् निवर्तये वैरनिर्यातनं कार्यं पुत्रेण पितुर् आदरात् प्रार्थयन्ते भवन्तश् चेत् पूर्णास् तन् मे मनोरथाः ॥
bhavadbhis tapaso 'smāc ca ahaṃ vairān nivartaye vairaniryātanaṃ kāryaṃ putreṇa pitur ādarāt prārthayante bhavantaś cet pūrṇās tan me manorathāḥ //
— then by you (let it be so), and I turn back from this austerity and from the enmity. Requital of enmity ought to be made by a son out of regard for his father; but if you gentlemen make the request, then my desires are fulfilled."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 142.9
ततः सुरगणाः सर्वे राहुं चक्रुर् ग्रहानुगम् तं चापि मेघहासं ते चक्रू राक्षसपुंगवम् ॥
tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve rāhuṃ cakrur grahānugam taṃ cāpi meghahāsaṃ te cakrū rākṣasapuṃgavam //
Then all the hosts of gods made Rāhu a follower among the planets, and they made that Meghahāsa a chief among the Rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 142.10
ततो ऽभवद् राहुसुतो नैरृताधिपतिः प्रभुः पुनश् चाह सुरान् दैत्यो मम ख्यातिर् यथा भवेत् ॥
tato 'bhavad rāhusuto nairṛtādhipatiḥ prabhuḥ punaś cāha surān daityo mama khyātir yathā bhavet //
So Rāhu's son became a lord, the ruler of the southwestern quarter (of the Nairṛtas); and the demon spoke again to the gods: "That my fame may come about,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 142.11
तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावश् च दातव्य इति मे मतिः तथेत्य् उक्त्वा ददुर् देवाः सर्वम् एव मनोगतम् ॥
tīrthasyāsya prabhāvaś ca dātavya iti me matiḥ tathety uktvā dadur devāḥ sarvam eva manogatam //
the power of this ford should also be granted — such is my thought." Saying "So be it," the gods granted everything he had in mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 142.12
दैत्येश्वरस्य देवर्षे तन्नाम्ना तीर्थम् उच्यते देवा यतो ऽभवन् सर्वे तत्र स्थाने महामते ॥
daityeśvarasya devarṣe tannāmnā tīrtham ucyate devā yato 'bhavan sarve tatra sthāne mahāmate //
By the name of that lord of demons, O divine seer, the ford is (so) called; and because all the gods came to be there in that place, great-minded one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 142.13
देवस्थानं तु तत् तीर्थं देवानाम् अपि दुर्लभम् यत्र देवेश्वरो देवो देवतीर्थं ततः स्मृतम् ॥
devasthānaṃ tu tat tīrthaṃ devānām api durlabham yatra deveśvaro devo devatīrthaṃ tataḥ smṛtam //
that ford is Devasthāna ("place of the gods"), hard to attain even for the gods; and since the lord of the gods, the god (Śiva, is there), it is thence remembered as Devatīrtha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 142.14
तत्राष्टादश तीर्थानि दैत्यपूज्यानि नारद तेषु स्नानं च दानं च महापातकनाशनम् ॥
tatrāṣṭādaśa tīrthāni daityapūjyāni nārada teṣu snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca mahāpātakanāśanam //
There are eighteen fords there, honoured by the demons, Nārada; bathing and giving at them destroys the great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition