Brahma Purana — Chapter 147
BrP 147.1
अप्सरोयुगम् आख्यातम् अप्सरासंगमं ततः तीरे च दक्षिणे पुण्यं स्मरणात् सुभगो भवेत् ॥
apsaroyugam ākhyātam apsarāsaṃgamaṃ tataḥ tīre ca dakṣiṇe puṇyaṃ smaraṇāt subhago bhavet //
Next, the (ford) called Apsaroyuga, (also called) Apsarāsaṃgama; and on the southern bank there is a holy (ford): by remembering (it) one becomes fortunate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 147.2
मुक्तो भवत्य् असंदेहं तत्र स्नानादिना नरः स्त्री सती संगमे तस्मिन्न् ऋतुस्नाता च नारद ॥
mukto bhavaty asaṃdehaṃ tatra snānādinā naraḥ strī satī saṃgame tasminn ṛtusnātā ca nārada //
There, by bathing and so on, a man becomes liberated, without doubt; and a virtuous woman, bathed after her menses, at that confluence, O Nārada—
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BrP 147.3
वन्ध्यापि जनयेत् पुत्रं त्रिमासात् पतिना सह स्नानदानेन वर्तन्ती नान्यथा मद्वचो भवेत् ॥
vandhyāpi janayet putraṃ trimāsāt patinā saha snānadānena vartantī nānyathā madvaco bhavet //
even if barren, she would bear a son within three months, if she conducts herself with bathing and giving together with her husband; my word will not turn out otherwise.
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BrP 147.4
अप्सरोयुगम् आख्यातं तीर्थं येन च हेतुना तत्रेदं कारणं वक्ष्ये शृणु नारद यत्नतः ॥
apsaroyugam ākhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ yena ca hetunā tatredaṃ kāraṇaṃ vakṣye śṛṇu nārada yatnataḥ //
The reason for which the sacred ford is called Apsaroyuga—I shall tell the cause of that; listen attentively, Nārada.
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BrP 147.5
स्पर्धासीन् महती ब्रह्मन् विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठयोः तपस्यन्तं गाधिसुतं ब्राह्मण्यार्थे यतव्रतम् ॥
spardhāsīn mahatī brahman viśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ tapasyantaṃ gādhisutaṃ brāhmaṇyārthe yatavratam //
There was a great rivalry, O brahman, between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha. (Indra sent Menakā to) Gādhi's son, who was practising austerities with firm vows for the sake of brahminhood.
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BrP 147.6
गङ्गाद्वारे समासीनं प्रेरितेन्द्रेण मेनका तं गत्वा तपसो भ्रष्टं कुरु भद्रे ममाज्ञया ॥
gaṅgādvāre samāsīnaṃ preritendreṇa menakā taṃ gatvā tapaso bhraṣṭaṃ kuru bhadre mamājñayā //
Urged on by Indra, (who said:) "Menakā, go to him, who is seated at the gate of the Gaṅgā, and make him fall from his austerity, good lady, by my command."
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BrP 147.7
तदोक्तेन्द्रेण सा मेना विश्वामित्रं तपश्च्युतम् कृत्वा कन्यां तथा दत्त्वा जगामेन्द्रपुरं पुनः ॥
tadoktendreṇa sā menā viśvāmitraṃ tapaścyutam kṛtvā kanyāṃ tathā dattvā jagāmendrapuraṃ punaḥ //
Told thus by Indra, that Menā, having made Viśvāmitra fall from his austerity and having borne and given over a daughter, went again to Indra's city.
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BrP 147.8
तस्यां गतायां सस्मार गाधिपुत्रो ऽखिलं कृतम् तं तु देशं परित्यज्य तीर्थं तु सुरवल्लभम् ॥
tasyāṃ gatāyāṃ sasmāra gādhiputro 'khilaṃ kṛtam taṃ tu deśaṃ parityajya tīrthaṃ tu suravallabham //
When she had gone, the son of Gādhi remembered all that had been done; and abandoning that place, that holy site dear to the gods,
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BrP 147.9
जगाम दक्षिणां गङ्गां यत्र कालञ्जरो हरः तपस्यन्तं तदोवाच पुनर् इन्द्रः सहस्रदृक् ॥
jagāma dakṣiṇāṃ gaṅgāṃ yatra kālañjaro haraḥ tapasyantaṃ tadovāca punar indraḥ sahasradṛk //
he went to the southern Gaṅgā, where Hara is (known as) Kālañjara. Then thousand-eyed Indra spoke again (to the apsarases) about him as he practised austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 147.10
उर्वशीं च ततो मेनां रम्भां चापि तिलोत्तमाम् नैवेत्य् ऊचुर् भयत्रस्ताः पुनर् आह शचीपतिः ॥
urvaśīṃ ca tato menāṃ rambhāṃ cāpi tilottamām naivety ūcur bhayatrastāḥ punar āha śacīpatiḥ //
Then (he addressed) Urvaśī, and Menā, and Rambhā, and Tilottamā too; trembling with fear they said, "Not at all!" Śacī's lord spoke again.
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BrP 147.11
गम्भीरां चातिगम्भीराम् उभे ये गर्विते तदा ते ऊचतुर् उभे देवं सहस्राक्षं पुरंदरम् ॥
gambhīrāṃ cātigambhīrām ubhe ye garvite tadā te ūcatur ubhe devaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ puraṃdaram //
(He addressed) Gambhīrā and Atigambhīrā, the two who were then proud; and both of them said to the god, the thousand-eyed Puraṃdara:
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BrP 147.12
आवां गत्वा तपस्यन्तं गाधिपुत्रं महाद्युतिम् च्यावयावो नृत्यगीतै रूपयौवनसंपदा ॥
āvāṃ gatvā tapasyantaṃ gādhiputraṃ mahādyutim cyāvayāvo nṛtyagītai rūpayauvanasaṃpadā //
"We two will go and make Gādhi's son of great splendour fall as he practises austerity, by dance and song, by the wealth of our beauty and youth.
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BrP 147.13
यासाम् अपाङ्गे हसिते वाचि विभ्रमसंपदि नित्यं वसति पञ्चेषुस् ताभिः को ऽत्र न जीयते ॥
yāsām apāṅge hasite vāci vibhramasaṃpadi nityaṃ vasati pañceṣus tābhiḥ ko 'tra na jīyate //
Who here is not conquered by those women in whose sidelong glance, in whose laughter, in whose speech, in whose wealth of coquetry the five-arrowed one (Kāma) ever dwells?"
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BrP 147.14
तथेत्य् उक्ते सहस्राक्षे ते आगत्य महानदीम् ददृशाते तपस्यन्तं विश्वामित्रं महामुनिम् ॥
tathety ukte sahasrākṣe te āgatya mahānadīm dadṛśāte tapasyantaṃ viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim //
When the thousand-eyed one had said "So be it," the two came to the great river and saw the great sage Viśvāmitra practising austerity,
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BrP 147.15
मृत्योर् अपि दुराधर्षं भूमिस्थम् इव धूर्जटिम् सहस्रम् एकं वर्षाणाम् ईक्षितुं न च शक्नुतः ॥
mṛtyor api durādharṣaṃ bhūmistham iva dhūrjaṭim sahasram ekaṃ varṣāṇām īkṣituṃ na ca śaknutaḥ //
hard to assail even for Death, like Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva) standing on earth; and for one thousand years the two were not able even to look at him.
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BrP 147.16
दूरे स्थिते नृत्यगीतचाटुकाररते तदा विलोक्य मुनिशार्दूलस् ततः कोपाकुलो ऽभवत् ॥
dūre sthite nṛtyagītacāṭukārarate tadā vilokya muniśārdūlas tataḥ kopākulo 'bhavat //
Then, seeing the two standing at a distance and engaged in dance, song and flattery, the tiger among sages became filled with anger.
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BrP 147.17
प्रतीपाचरणं दृष्ट्वा क्रोधः कस्य न जायते निस्पृहो ऽपि महाबाहुस् तम् इन्द्रं प्रहसन्न् इव ॥
pratīpācaraṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhaḥ kasya na jāyate nispṛho 'pi mahābāhus tam indraṃ prahasann iva //
Seeing hostile conduct, in whom does anger not arise? Even the desireless one, the mighty-armed, laughing as it were at that Indra—
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BrP 147.18
आभ्यां मुक्तः सहस्राक्षो ह्य् अप्सरोभ्यां ब्रुवन्न् इव शशाप ते स गाधेयो द्रवरूपे भविष्यथः ॥
ābhyāṃ muktaḥ sahasrākṣo hy apsarobhyāṃ bruvann iva śaśāpa te sa gādheyo dravarūpe bhaviṣyathaḥ //
the thousand-eyed one being let off by him, (though it was) by these two apsarases (that he was provoked)—as if saying this, that son of Gādhi cursed them: "You two shall become of liquid form!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 147.19
द्रवितुं मां समायाते यतस् त्व् इह ततो लघु ततः प्रसादितस् ताभ्यां शापमोक्षं चकार सः ॥
dravituṃ māṃ samāyāte yatas tv iha tato laghu tataḥ prasāditas tābhyāṃ śāpamokṣaṃ cakāra saḥ //
"Since you two have come here to me in order to make (me) flow, therefore swiftly (you shall flow)." Then, propitiated by the two, he granted release from the curse:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 147.20
भवेतां दिव्यरूपे वां गङ्गया संगते यदा तच्छापात् ते नदीरूपे तत्क्षणात् संबभूवतुः ॥
bhavetāṃ divyarūpe vāṃ gaṅgayā saṃgate yadā tacchāpāt te nadīrūpe tatkṣaṇāt saṃbabhūvatuḥ //
"You two shall have your divine forms when you are joined with the Gaṅgā." By that curse of his the two at that very moment became river-formed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 147.21
अप्सरोयुगम् आख्यातं नदीद्वयम् अतो ऽभवत् ताभ्यां परस्परं चापि ताभ्यां गङ्गासुसंगमः ॥
apsaroyugam ākhyātaṃ nadīdvayam ato 'bhavat tābhyāṃ parasparaṃ cāpi tābhyāṃ gaṅgāsusaṃgamaḥ //
It is called "the Pair of Apsarases"; from this the two rivers came to be, and (there is) a confluence of the two with each other, and an auspicious confluence of the two with the Gaṅgā.
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BrP 147.22
सर्वलोकेषु विख्यातो भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदः शिवः तत्रास्ते दृष्ट एवासौ सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकः ॥
sarvalokeṣu vikhyāto bhuktimuktipradaḥ śivaḥ tatrāste dṛṣṭa evāsau sarvasiddhipradāyakaḥ //
Śiva, renowned in all the worlds, granter of enjoyment and liberation, dwells there, visible indeed, bestowing all attainments.
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BrP 147.23
तत्र स्नात्वा तु तं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यते सर्वबन्धनात् ॥
tatra snātvā tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate sarvabandhanāt //
Bathing there and seeing him, one is released from every bond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition