Brahma Purana — Chapter 160
BrP 160.1
देवागमं नाम तीर्थं सर्वकामप्रदं शिवम् भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं नॄणां पितॄणां तृप्तिकारकम् ॥
devāgamaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ śivam bhuktimuktipradaṃ nṝṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptikārakam //
There is a tīrtha named Devāgama, granting all desires, auspicious, bestowing enjoyment and liberation on men, and giving satisfaction to the ancestors.
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BrP 160.2
तत्र वृत्तं समाख्यास्ये तव यत्नेन नारद देवानाम् असुराणां च स्पर्धाभूद् धनहेतवे ॥
tatra vṛttaṃ samākhyāsye tava yatnena nārada devānām asurāṇāṃ ca spardhābhūd dhanahetave //
I shall carefully relate to you, Nārada, what happened there: there was a rivalry between the gods and the asuras for the sake of wealth.
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BrP 160.3
स्वर्गः सुराणाम् अभवद् असुराणाम् इलाभवत् कर्मभूमिम् अवष्टभ्य असुराः सर्वतो ऽभवन् ॥
svargaḥ surāṇām abhavad asurāṇām ilābhavat karmabhūmim avaṣṭabhya asurāḥ sarvato 'bhavan //
Heaven became the gods', and the earth became the asuras'; taking hold of the land of (ritual) action, the asuras were everywhere.
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BrP 160.4
देवानां यज्ञभागांश् च दातॄन् घ्नन्त्य् असुरास् ततः ततः सुरगणाः सर्वे यज्ञभागैर् विना कृताः ॥
devānāṃ yajñabhāgāṃś ca dātṝn ghnanty asurās tataḥ tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve yajñabhāgair vinā kṛtāḥ //
And the asuras thereupon kill those who give the gods their shares of the sacrifice; thus all the hosts of gods were left without their sacrificial portions.
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BrP 160.5
व्यथिता माम् उपाजग्मुः किं कृत्यम् इति चाब्रुवन् मया चोक्ताः सुरगणा युद्धे जित्वासुरान् बलात् ॥
vyathitā mām upājagmuḥ kiṃ kṛtyam iti cābruvan mayā coktāḥ suragaṇā yuddhe jitvāsurān balāt //
Distressed, they came to me and said, "What is to be done?" And I told the hosts of gods: "Having conquered the asuras in battle by force,
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BrP 160.6
भुवं प्राप्स्यथ कर्माणि हवींषि च यशांसि च तथेत्य् उक्त्वा गता देवा भूमिं ते समरार्थिनः ॥
bhuvaṃ prāpsyatha karmāṇi havīṃṣi ca yaśāṃsi ca tathety uktvā gatā devā bhūmiṃ te samarārthinaḥ //
you shall gain the earth, the rites, the oblations and the glories." Saying "So be it," the gods went to the earth, seeking battle.
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BrP 160.7
दैत्याश् च दानवाश् चैव राक्षसा बलदर्पिताः एकीभूत्वा ययुस् ते ऽपि जयिनो युद्धकाङ्क्षिणः ॥
daityāś ca dānavāś caiva rākṣasā baladarpitāḥ ekībhūtvā yayus te 'pi jayino yuddhakāṅkṣiṇaḥ //
And the daityas and the dānavas and the rākṣasas, proud of their strength, having become one, they too went forth, victorious, longing for battle.
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BrP 160.8
अहिर् वृत्रो बलिस् त्वाष्ट्रिर् नमुचिः शम्बरो मयः एते चान्ये च बहवो योद्धारो बलदर्पिताः ॥
ahir vṛtro balis tvāṣṭrir namuciḥ śambaro mayaḥ ete cānye ca bahavo yoddhāro baladarpitāḥ //
Ahi, Vṛtra, Bali, the son of Tvaṣṭṛ, Namuci, Śambara, Maya — these and many others, warriors proud of their strength;
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BrP 160.9
अग्निर् इन्द्रो ऽथ वरुणस् त्वष्टा पूषा तथाश्विनौ मरुतो लोकपालाश् च नानायुद्धविशारदाः ॥
agnir indro 'tha varuṇas tvaṣṭā pūṣā tathāśvinau maruto lokapālāś ca nānāyuddhaviśāradāḥ //
Agni, Indra, then Varuṇa, Tvaṣṭṛ, Pūṣan and the two Aśvins, the Maruts and the guardians of the worlds, skilled in various kinds of combat.
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BrP 160.10
ते दानवाः सर्व एव याम्यां वै दिशि संगरे अकुर्वन्त महायत्नं दक्षिणार्णवसंस्थिताः ॥
te dānavāḥ sarva eva yāmyāṃ vai diśi saṃgare akurvanta mahāyatnaṃ dakṣiṇārṇavasaṃsthitāḥ //
All those Dānavas made a great effort in battle in the southern quarter, stationed at the southern ocean.
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BrP 160.11
त्रिकूटः पर्वतश्रेष्ठो राक्षसानां पुराभवत् तद्वनेन ययुः सर्वे तैः सार्धं दक्षिणार्णवम् ॥
trikūṭaḥ parvataśreṣṭho rākṣasānāṃ purābhavat tadvanena yayuḥ sarve taiḥ sārdhaṃ dakṣiṇārṇavam //
Trikūṭa, the best of mountains, was formerly (the city) of the Rākṣasas; by that forest they all went, together with them, to the southern ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 160.12
सर्वेषां मेलनं यत्र पर्वतो मलयस् तु सः मलयस्यापि देशो ऽसौ देवारीणाम् अभूत् तदा ॥
sarveṣāṃ melanaṃ yatra parvato malayas tu saḥ malayasyāpi deśo 'sau devārīṇām abhūt tadā //
Where the meeting-place of them all is, that is the Malaya mountain; that region of Malaya too then belonged to the enemies of the gods.
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BrP 160.13
देवानां गौतमीतीरे तत्र संनिहितः शिवः इति तेषां समायोगो देवानाम् अभवत् किल ॥
devānāṃ gautamītīre tatra saṃnihitaḥ śivaḥ iti teṣāṃ samāyogo devānām abhavat kila //
"Śiva is present there, on the bank of the Gautamī, for the gods" — thus, indeed, there came about that gathering of the gods.
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BrP 160.14
देवाः स्वरथम् आरूढास् तत्र तत्र समागमन् गौतम्याः सरिदम्बायाः पुलिने विमलाशयाः ॥
devāḥ svaratham ārūḍhās tatra tatra samāgaman gautamyāḥ saridambāyāḥ puline vimalāśayāḥ //
The gods, mounted on their own chariots, assembled there one after another on the sandbank of the Gautamī, the mother of rivers, with untroubled minds.
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BrP 160.15
प्रसन्नाभीष्टदा या स्यात् पितॄणाम् अखिलस्य तु ततो देवगणाः सर्वे स्तुत्वा देवं महेश्वरम् अभयं चिन्तयाम् आसुस् ते सर्वे ऽथ परस्परम् ॥
prasannābhīṣṭadā yā syāt pitṝṇām akhilasya tu tato devagaṇāḥ sarve stutvā devaṃ maheśvaram abhayaṃ cintayām āsus te sarve 'tha parasparam //
(She) who, being gracious, would grant what is desired to the ancestors and to everyone — then all the hosts of gods, having praised the god Maheśvara, all of them deliberated with one another about (their) safety.
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BrP 160.16
अत्राप्य् उपायः को ऽस्माकं निर्जितानां परैर् हठात् एकम् एवात्र नः श्रेयो विजयो वाथवा मृतिः सपत्नैर् अभिभूतानां जीवितं धिङ् मनस्विनाम् ॥
atrāpy upāyaḥ ko 'smākaṃ nirjitānāṃ parair haṭhāt ekam evātra naḥ śreyo vijayo vāthavā mṛtiḥ sapatnair abhibhūtānāṃ jīvitaṃ dhiṅ manasvinām //
"What means is there for us even here, defeated by our enemies by force? One thing alone is good for us here: victory, or else death. Fie on the life of spirited men overpowered by rivals!"
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BrP 160.17
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे पुत्र वाग् उवाचाशरीरिणी ॥
etasminn antare putra vāg uvācāśarīriṇī //
At that very moment, son, a bodiless voice spoke.
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BrP 160.18
क्लेशेनालं सुरगणा गौतमीम् आशु गच्छत भक्त्या हरिहरौ तत्र समाराधयतेश्वरौ ॥
kleśenālaṃ suragaṇā gautamīm āśu gacchata bhaktyā hariharau tatra samārādhayateśvarau //
"Enough of distress, hosts of gods! Go quickly to the Gautamī; there with devotion worship the two lords, Hari and Hara."
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BrP 160.19
गोदावर्यास् तयोश् चैव प्रसादात् किं तु दुष्करम् ॥
godāvaryās tayoś caiva prasādāt kiṃ tu duṣkaram //
"By the grace of the Godāvarī and of those two, what indeed is hard to accomplish?"
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BrP 160.20
प्रसन्नाभ्यां हरीशाभ्यां देवा जयम् अभीप्सितम् अवाप्य सर्वतो जग्मुः पालयन्तो दिवौकसः ॥
prasannābhyāṃ harīśābhyāṃ devā jayam abhīpsitam avāpya sarvato jagmuḥ pālayanto divaukasaḥ //
When Hari and Īśa were pleased, the gods obtained the victory they wished for and went off in all directions, the dwellers of heaven, protecting (the world).
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BrP 160.21
यत्र देवागमो जातस् तत् तीर्थं तेन विश्रुतम् देवागमं प्रशंसन्ति मुनयस् तत्त्वदर्शिनः ॥
yatra devāgamo jātas tat tīrthaṃ tena viśrutam devāgamaṃ praśaṃsanti munayas tattvadarśinaḥ //
Where the coming of the gods took place, that sacred ford is renowned by that name; the sages who see the truth praise Devāgama.
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BrP 160.22
तत्राशीतिसहस्राणि शिवलिङ्गानि नारद देवागमः पर्वतो ऽसौ प्रिय इत्य् अपि कथ्यते ततः प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं देवप्रियम् अतो विदुः ॥
tatrāśītisahasrāṇi śivaliṅgāni nārada devāgamaḥ parvato 'sau priya ity api kathyate tataḥ prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ devapriyam ato viduḥ //
There are eighty thousand Śiva-liṅgas there, Nārada; that mountain Devāgama is also called Priya; from then on they know that ford as Devapriya.
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