Brahma Purana — Chapter 144
BrP 144.1
परुष्णीसंगमं चेति तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् तस्य स्वरूपं वक्ष्यामि शृणु पापविनाशनम् ॥
paruṣṇīsaṃgamaṃ ceti tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam tasya svarūpaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu pāpavināśanam //
And the confluence of the Paruṣṇī — this sacred place is famed in the three worlds. I shall tell you its nature; listen, it destroys sin.
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BrP 144.2
अत्रिर् आराधयाम् आस ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वरान् तेषु तुष्टेषु स प्राह पुत्रा यूयं भविष्यथ ॥
atrir ārādhayām āsa brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarān teṣu tuṣṭeṣu sa prāha putrā yūyaṃ bhaviṣyatha //
Atri propitiated Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara; when they were pleased, he said, "May you become my sons,
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BrP 144.3
तथा चैका रूपवती कन्या मम भवेत् सुराः तथा पुत्रत्वम् आपुस् ते ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः ॥
tathā caikā rūpavatī kanyā mama bhavet surāḥ tathā putratvam āpus te brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ //
and likewise, O gods, may I have one beautiful daughter." So they, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, attained sonship (with him).
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BrP 144.4
कन्यां च जनयाम् आस शुभात्रेयीति नामतः दत्तः सोमो ऽथ दुर्वासाः पुत्रास् तस्य महात्मनः ॥
kanyāṃ ca janayām āsa śubhātreyīti nāmataḥ dattaḥ somo 'tha durvāsāḥ putrās tasya mahātmanaḥ //
And he begot a daughter, Śubhā by name, called Ātreyī; and Datta, Soma, and then Durvāsas were the sons of that great soul.
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BrP 144.5
अग्नेर् अङ्गिरसो जातो ह्य् अङ्गारैर् अङ्गिरा यतः तस्माद् अङ्गिरसे प्रादाद् आत्रेयीम् अतिरोचिषम् ॥
agner aṅgiraso jāto hy aṅgārair aṅgirā yataḥ tasmād aṅgirase prādād ātreyīm atirociṣam //
For Aṅgiras was born of Fire — since Aṅgiras (came) from embers — therefore he gave the surpassingly radiant Ātreyī to Aṅgiras.
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BrP 144.6
अग्नेः प्रभावात् परुषम् आत्रेयीं सर्वदावदत् आत्रेय्य् अपि च शुश्रूषां कुर्वती सर्वदाभवत् ॥
agneḥ prabhāvāt paruṣam ātreyīṃ sarvadāvadat ātreyy api ca śuśrūṣāṃ kurvatī sarvadābhavat //
Because of the power of Fire, he always spoke harshly to Ātreyī; and Ātreyī too was always engaged in dutiful service.
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BrP 144.7
तस्याम् आङ्गिरसा जाता महाबलपराक्रमाः अङ्गिराः परुषं वादीद् आत्रेयीं नित्यम् एव च ॥
tasyām āṅgirasā jātā mahābalaparākramāḥ aṅgirāḥ paruṣaṃ vādīd ātreyīṃ nityam eva ca //
On her were born the Āṅgirasas, of great strength and valour; and Aṅgiras spoke harshly to Ātreyī constantly.
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BrP 144.8
पुत्रास् त्व् आङ्गिरसा नित्यं पितरं शमयन्ति ते सा कदाचिद् भर्तृवाक्याद् उद्विग्ना परुषाक्षरात् कृताञ्जलिपुटा दीना प्राब्रवीच् छ्वशुरं गुरुम् ॥
putrās tv āṅgirasā nityaṃ pitaraṃ śamayanti te sā kadācid bhartṛvākyād udvignā paruṣākṣarāt kṛtāñjalipuṭā dīnā prābravīc chvaśuraṃ gurum //
But the sons of Aṅgiras were always pacifying their father. Once she, distressed by her husband's speech with its harsh syllables, with hands folded, wretched, spoke to her father-in-law, her elder:
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BrP 144.9
अत्रिजाहं हव्यवाह भार्या तव सुतस्य वै शुश्रूषणपरा नित्यं पुत्राणां भर्तुर् एव च ॥
atrijāhaṃ havyavāha bhāryā tava sutasya vai śuśrūṣaṇaparā nityaṃ putrāṇāṃ bhartur eva ca //
"O bearer of oblations, I am Atri's daughter, the wife of your son, always devoted to the service of my sons and of my husband.
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BrP 144.10
पतिर् मां परुषं वक्ति वृथैवोद्वीक्षते रुषा प्रशाधि मां सुरज्येष्ठ भर्तारं मम दैवतम् ॥
patir māṃ paruṣaṃ vakti vṛthaivodvīkṣate ruṣā praśādhi māṃ surajyeṣṭha bhartāraṃ mama daivatam //
My husband speaks harshly to me and glares at me in anger for no reason. Instruct me, O eldest of the gods; my husband is my deity."
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BrP 144.11
अङ्गारेभ्यः समुद्भूतो भर्ता ते ह्य् अङ्गिरा ऋषिः यथा शान्तो भवेद् भद्रे तथा नीतिर् विधीयताम् ॥
aṅgārebhyaḥ samudbhūto bhartā te hy aṅgirā ṛṣiḥ yathā śānto bhaved bhadre tathā nītir vidhīyatām //
Your husband, the seer Aṅgiras, was indeed born from coals; so, good lady, let such a course be devised that he may become cool (appeased).
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BrP 144.12
आग्नेयो ऽग्निं समायातो तव भर्ता वरानने तदा त्वं जलरूपेण प्लावयेथा मदाज्ञया ॥
āgneyo 'gniṃ samāyāto tava bhartā varānane tadā tvaṃ jalarūpeṇa plāvayethā madājñayā //
Your husband, O fair-faced one, being of fire, has entered into fire; then you, in the form of water, should flood (him) at my command.
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BrP 144.13
सहेयं परुषं वाक्यं मा भर्ताग्निं समाविशेत् भर्तरि प्रतिकूलानां योषितां जीवनेन किम् ॥
saheyaṃ paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ mā bhartāgniṃ samāviśet bhartari pratikūlānāṃ yoṣitāṃ jīvanena kim //
I would endure a harsh word — let my husband not enter fire! What is the use of life for wives who oppose their husband?
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BrP 144.14
इच्छेयं शान्तिवाक्यानि भर्तारं लभते तथा ॥
iccheyaṃ śāntivākyāni bhartāraṃ labhate tathā //
I would wish for words of peace, and so she obtains (wins over) her husband.
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BrP 144.15
अग्निस् त्व् अप्सु शरीरेषु स्थावरे जङ्गमे तथा तव भर्तुर् अहं धाम नित्यं च जनको मतः ॥
agnis tv apsu śarīreṣu sthāvare jaṅgame tathā tava bhartur ahaṃ dhāma nityaṃ ca janako mataḥ //
But fire (dwells) in the waters, in bodies, in the immobile and likewise in the moving; I am the abode of your husband, and am held to be his eternal begetter.
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BrP 144.16
यो ऽहं सो ऽहम् इति ज्ञात्वा न चिन्तां कर्तुम् अर्हसि किं चापो मातरो देव्यो ह्य् अग्निः श्वशुर इत्य् अपि इति बुद्ध्या विनिश्चित्य मा विषण्णा भव स्नुषे ॥
yo 'haṃ so 'ham iti jñātvā na cintāṃ kartum arhasi kiṃ cāpo mātaro devyo hy agniḥ śvaśura ity api iti buddhyā viniścitya mā viṣaṇṇā bhava snuṣe //
Knowing 'what I am, that I am,' you ought not to worry; moreover, the waters are goddesses and mothers, and fire too is your father-in-law — having settled this in your mind, do not be despondent, daughter-in-law.
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BrP 144.17
आपो जनन्य इति यद् बभाषे अग्नेर् अहं तव पुत्रस्य भार्या कथं भूत्वा जननी चापि भार्या विरुद्धम् एतज् जलरूपेण नाथ
āpo jananya iti yad babhāṣe agner ahaṃ tava putrasya bhāryā kathaṃ bhūtvā jananī cāpi bhāryā viruddham etaj jalarūpeṇa nātha
As to what you said, that the waters are mothers — how, my lord, having become the wife of your son Agni, can I be both mother and wife? This is contradictory, (that I should flood him) in the form of water.
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BrP 144.18
आदौ तु पत्नी भरणात् तु भार्या जनेस् तु जाया स्वगुणैः कलत्रम् इत्यादिरूपाणि बिभर्षि भद्रे कुरुष्व वाक्यं मदुदीरितं यत्
ādau tu patnī bharaṇāt tu bhāryā janes tu jāyā svaguṇaiḥ kalatram ityādirūpāṇi bibharṣi bhadre kuruṣva vākyaṃ madudīritaṃ yat
At first (she is) patnī, from supporting (she is) bhāryā, from giving birth (she is) jāyā, from her own qualities (she is) kalatra — these and other forms you bear, good lady; do what I have said.
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BrP 144.19
यो ऽस्यां प्रजातः स तु पुत्र एव सा तस्य मातैव न संशयो ऽत्र तस्माद् वदन्ति श्रुतितत्त्वविज्ञाः सा नैव योषित् तनये ऽभिजाते
yo 'syāṃ prajātaḥ sa tu putra eva sā tasya mātaiva na saṃśayo 'tra tasmād vadanti śrutitattvavijñāḥ sā naiva yoṣit tanaye 'bhijāte
He who is born of her is simply a son, and she is simply his mother — there is no doubt in this; therefore those who know the truth of scripture say that she is not a wife at all once a son has been born.
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BrP 144.20
श्वशुरस्य तु तद् वाक्यं श्रुत्वात्रेयी तदैव तत् आग्नेयं रूपम् आपन्नम् अम्भसाप्लावयत् पतिम् ॥
śvaśurasya tu tad vākyaṃ śrutvātreyī tadaiva tat āgneyaṃ rūpam āpannam ambhasāplāvayat patim //
When Ātreyī heard that speech of her father-in-law, at once she assumed a watery form and flooded her husband, who had taken on the form of fire.
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BrP 144.21
उभौ तौ दंपती ब्रह्मन् संगतौ गाङ्गवारिणा शान्तरूपधरौ चोभौ दंपती संबभूवतुः ॥
ubhau tau daṃpatī brahman saṃgatau gāṅgavāriṇā śāntarūpadharau cobhau daṃpatī saṃbabhūvatuḥ //
Both of them, the husband and wife, O brahman, were joined by the water of the Ganges, and both, the husband and wife, came to bear a peaceful (cooled) form.
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BrP 144.22
लक्ष्म्या युक्तो यथा विष्णुर् उमया शंकरो यथा रोहिण्या च यथा चन्द्रस् तथाभून् मिथुनं तदा ॥
lakṣmyā yukto yathā viṣṇur umayā śaṃkaro yathā rohiṇyā ca yathā candras tathābhūn mithunaṃ tadā //
As Viṣṇu joined with Lakṣmī, as Śaṃkara with Umā, and as the moon with Rohiṇī, so was the couple then.
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BrP 144.23
भर्तारं प्लावयन्ती सा दधाराम्बुमयं वपुः परुष्णी चेति विख्याता गङ्गया संगता नदी ॥
bhartāraṃ plāvayantī sā dadhārāmbumayaṃ vapuḥ paruṣṇī ceti vikhyātā gaṅgayā saṃgatā nadī //
Flooding her husband, she took on a body made of water, and became the river renowned as Paruṣṇī, joined with the Ganges.
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BrP 144.24
गोशतार्पणजं पुण्यं परुष्णीस्नानतो भवेत् तत्र चाङ्गिरसाश् चक्रुर् यज्ञांश् च बहुदक्षिणान् ॥
gośatārpaṇajaṃ puṇyaṃ paruṣṇīsnānato bhavet tatra cāṅgirasāś cakrur yajñāṃś ca bahudakṣiṇān //
From bathing in the Paruṣṇī there arises the merit born of giving away a hundred cows; and there the Aṅgirases performed sacrifices with abundant priestly gifts.
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BrP 144.25
तत्र त्रीणि सहस्राणि तीर्थान्य् आहुः पुराणगाः उभयोस् तीरयोस् तात पृथग् यागफलं विदुः ॥
tatra trīṇi sahasrāṇi tīrthāny āhuḥ purāṇagāḥ ubhayos tīrayos tāta pṛthag yāgaphalaṃ viduḥ //
There, those versed in the Purāṇas say, are three thousand holy fords; on both banks, my dear, they know the fruit of a sacrifice (arises) separately (at each).
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BrP 144.26
तेषु स्नानं च दानं च वाजपेयाधिकं मतम् विशेषतस् तु गङ्गायाः परुष्ण्या सह संगमे ॥
teṣu snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca vājapeyādhikaṃ matam viśeṣatas tu gaṅgāyāḥ paruṣṇyā saha saṃgame //
Bathing and giving at them is held to be more than a vājapeya sacrifice, and especially at the confluence of the Ganges with the Paruṣṇī.
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BrP 144.27
स्नानदानादिभिः पुण्यं यत् तद् वक्तुं न शक्यते ॥
snānadānādibhiḥ puṇyaṃ yat tad vaktuṃ na śakyate //
The merit that comes from bathing, giving and the rest there cannot be told.
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