Brahma Purana — Chapter 156

BrP 156.1

शङ्खह्रदं नाम तीर्थं यत्र शङ्खगदाधरः तत्र स्नात्वा च तं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यते भवबन्धनात् ॥

śaṅkhahradaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ yatra śaṅkhagadādharaḥ tatra snātvā ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate bhavabandhanāt //

There is a sacred ford named Śaṅkhahrada, where (dwells) the bearer of the conch and mace; having bathed there and seen him, one is released from the bondage of worldly existence.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 156.2

तत्रेदं वृत्तम् आख्यास्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम् पुरा कृतयुगस्यादौ ब्रह्मणः सामगायिनः ॥

tatredaṃ vṛttam ākhyāsye bhuktimuktipradāyakam purā kṛtayugasyādau brahmaṇaḥ sāmagāyinaḥ //

There I shall relate this event, which bestows both enjoyment and liberation: long ago, at the beginning of the Kṛta age, when Brahmā was chanting the Sāman —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 156.3

ब्रह्माण्डागारसंभूता राक्षसा बहुरूपिणः ब्रह्माणं खादितुं प्राप्ता बलोन्मत्ता धृतायुधाः ॥

brahmāṇḍāgārasaṃbhūtā rākṣasā bahurūpiṇaḥ brahmāṇaṃ khādituṃ prāptā balonmattā dhṛtāyudhāḥ //

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BrP 156.4

तदाहम् अब्रवं विष्णुं रक्षणाय जगद्गुरुम् स विष्णुस् तानि रक्षांसि हन्तुं चक्रेण चोद्यतः ॥

tadāham abravaṃ viṣṇuṃ rakṣaṇāya jagadgurum sa viṣṇus tāni rakṣāṃsi hantuṃ cakreṇa codyataḥ //

Then I spoke to Viṣṇu, the teacher of the world, (asking him) for protection; and that Viṣṇu stood ready with his discus to slay those demons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 156.5

छित्त्वा चक्रेण रक्षांसि शङ्खम् आपूरयत् तदा निष्कण्टकं तलं कृत्वा स्वर्गं निर्वैरम् एव च ॥

chittvā cakreṇa rakṣāṃsi śaṅkham āpūrayat tadā niṣkaṇṭakaṃ talaṃ kṛtvā svargaṃ nirvairam eva ca //

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BrP 156.6

ततो हर्षप्रकर्षेण शङ्खम् आपूरयद् धरिः ततो रक्षांसि सर्वाणि ह्य् अनीनशुर् अशेषतः ॥

tato harṣaprakarṣeṇa śaṅkham āpūrayad dhariḥ tato rakṣāṃsi sarvāṇi hy anīnaśur aśeṣataḥ //

Then, out of excess of joy, Hari blew (his) conch; thereupon all the demons perished, without remainder.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 156.7

यत्रैतद् वृत्तम् अखिलं विष्णुशङ्खप्रभावतः शङ्खतीर्थं तु तत् प्रोक्तं सर्वक्षेमकरं नृणाम् ॥

yatraitad vṛttam akhilaṃ viṣṇuśaṅkhaprabhāvataḥ śaṅkhatīrthaṃ tu tat proktaṃ sarvakṣemakaraṃ nṛṇām //

Where all this took place through the power of Viṣṇu's conch, that is called Śaṅkhatīrtha, which brings all welfare to men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 156.8

सर्वाभीष्टप्रदं पुण्यं स्मरणान् मङ्गलप्रदम् आयुरारोग्यजननं लक्ष्मीपुत्रप्रवर्धनम् ॥

sarvābhīṣṭapradaṃ puṇyaṃ smaraṇān maṅgalapradam āyurārogyajananaṃ lakṣmīputrapravardhanam //

(It is) holy, granting all desires, bestowing good fortune through remembrance, producing long life and health, increasing wealth and offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 156.9

स्मरणात् पठनाद् वापि सर्वकामान् अवाप्नुयात् तीर्थानाम् अयुतं तत्र सर्वपापनुदं मुने ॥

smaraṇāt paṭhanād vāpi sarvakāmān avāpnuyāt tīrthānām ayutaṃ tatra sarvapāpanudaṃ mune //

By remembering or by reciting (it) one would obtain all one's wishes; there, O sage, (are) ten thousand sacred fords that dispel all sins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 156.10

तीर्थान्य् अयुतसंख्यानि सर्वपापहराणि च येषां प्रभावं जानाति वक्तुं देवो महेश्वरः ॥

tīrthāny ayutasaṃkhyāni sarvapāpaharāṇi ca yeṣāṃ prabhāvaṃ jānāti vaktuṃ devo maheśvaraḥ //

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BrP 156.11

पापक्षयप्रतिनिधिर् नैतेभ्यो ऽस्त्य् अपरः क्वचित् ॥

pāpakṣayapratinidhir naitebhyo 'sty aparaḥ kvacit //

There is nowhere else any substitute (equal to) these for the destruction of sin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain