Brahma Purana — Chapter 168
BrP 168.1
भानुतीर्थम् इति ख्यातं त्वाष्ट्रं माहेश्वरं तथा ऐन्द्रं याम्यं तथाग्नेयं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ॥
bhānutīrtham iti khyātaṃ tvāṣṭraṃ māheśvaraṃ tathā aindraṃ yāmyaṃ tathāgneyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam //
Renowned as Bhānutīrtha, and also as Tvāṣṭra, Māheśvara, Aindra, Yāmya and Āgneya, it destroys all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 168.2
अभिष्टुत इति ख्यातो राजासीत् प्रियदर्शनः हयमेधेन पुण्येन यष्टुम् आरब्धवान् सुरान् ॥
abhiṣṭuta iti khyāto rājāsīt priyadarśanaḥ hayamedhena puṇyena yaṣṭum ārabdhavān surān //
There was a king renowned as Abhiṣṭuta, fair to look upon; he set about worshipping the gods with the meritorious horse sacrifice.
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BrP 168.3
तत्रर्त्विजः षोडश स्युर् वसिष्ठात्रिपुरोगमाः क्षत्रिये यजमाने तु यज्ञभूमिः कथं भवेत् ॥
tatrartvijaḥ ṣoḍaśa syur vasiṣṭhātripurogamāḥ kṣatriye yajamāne tu yajñabhūmiḥ kathaṃ bhavet //
There should be sixteen officiating priests there, headed by Vasiṣṭha and Atri; but when a kṣatriya is the sacrificer, how is the sacrificial ground to be had?
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BrP 168.4
ब्राह्मणे दीक्षिते राजा भुवं दास्यति यज्ञियाम् भूपतौ दीक्षिते दाता को भवेत् को नु याचते ॥
brāhmaṇe dīkṣite rājā bhuvaṃ dāsyati yajñiyām bhūpatau dīkṣite dātā ko bhavet ko nu yācate //
When a brahmin is the consecrated one, the king will give the land fit for sacrifice; but when the lord of the earth is consecrated, who is to be the giver, and who indeed is to ask?
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BrP 168.5
याच्ञेयम् अखिलाशर्मजननी पापरूपिणी केनाप्य् अतो न कार्यैव क्षत्रियेण विशेषतः ॥
yācñeyam akhilāśarmajananī pāparūpiṇī kenāpy ato na kāryaiva kṣatriyeṇa viśeṣataḥ //
This asking is the mother of all discomfort and has the very form of sin; therefore it should not be done by anyone at all, and especially not by a kṣatriya.
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BrP 168.6
एवं मीमांसमानेषु ब्राह्मणेषु परस्परम् तत्र प्राह महाप्राज्ञो वसिष्ठो धर्मवित्तमः ॥
evaṃ mīmāṃsamāneṣu brāhmaṇeṣu parasparam tatra prāha mahāprājño vasiṣṭho dharmavittamaḥ //
While the brahmins were thus deliberating with one another, Vasiṣṭha, of great wisdom and the foremost knower of dharma, spoke there.
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BrP 168.7
राज्ञि दीक्षायमाणे तु सूर्यो याच्यो भुवं प्रति देहि मे देव सवितर् यजनं देवतोचितम् ॥
rājñi dīkṣāyamāṇe tu sūryo yācyo bhuvaṃ prati dehi me deva savitar yajanaṃ devatocitam //
But when the king is being consecrated, the Sun is the one to be asked for land: "Grant me, O god Savitṛ, the sacrificing that befits the gods."
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BrP 168.8
दैवं क्षत्रम् असि ब्रह्मन् भूतनाथ नमो ऽस्तु ते याचितः सविता राज्ञा देवानां यजनं शुभम् ॥
daivaṃ kṣatram asi brahman bhūtanātha namo 'stu te yācitaḥ savitā rājñā devānāṃ yajanaṃ śubham //
"You are the divine kṣatra, O brahman, lord of beings; homage be to you." Thus asked by the king, Savitṛ (grants) the auspicious sacrificing of the gods.
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BrP 168.9
ददात्य् एव ततो राजन् प्रार्थयेशं दिवाकरम् ॥
dadāty eva tato rājan prārthayeśaṃ divākaram //
He does indeed give; therefore, O king, entreat the lord, the maker of day.
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BrP 168.10
तथेत्य् उक्त्वाभिष्टुतो ऽपि देवदेवं दिवाकरम् श्रद्धया प्रार्थयाम् आस हरीशाजात्मकं रविम् ॥
tathety uktvābhiṣṭuto 'pi devadevaṃ divākaram śraddhayā prārthayām āsa harīśājātmakaṃ ravim //
Saying "So be it," Abhiṣṭuta too entreated with faith the maker of day, the god of gods, the Sun who is Hari, Īśa and Aja in his nature.
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BrP 168.11
देवानां यजनं देहि सवितस् ते नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
devānāṃ yajanaṃ dehi savitas te namo 'stu te //
"Grant the sacrificing of the gods, O Savitṛ; homage, homage be to you."
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BrP 168.12
क्षत्रं दैवं यतः सूर्यो दत्ता भूर् भूपतेस् ततः सविता देवदेवेशो ददामीत्य् अभ्यभाषत ॥
kṣatraṃ daivaṃ yataḥ sūryo dattā bhūr bhūpates tataḥ savitā devadeveśo dadāmīty abhyabhāṣata //
Since the Sun is the divine kṣatra, therefore the earth was given for the lord of the earth; and Savitṛ, the lord of the gods of gods, said, "I give it."
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BrP 168.13
एवं करोति यो यज्ञं तस्य रिष्टिर् न काचन तथा वाजिमखे सत्त्रे ब्राह्मणैर् वेदपारगैः ॥
evaṃ karoti yo yajñaṃ tasya riṣṭir na kācana tathā vājimakhe sattre brāhmaṇair vedapāragaiḥ //
Whoever performs the sacrifice in this way has no mishap at all; so too in the horse sacrifice, in that sacrificial session, with brahmins who have gone to the end of the Vedas.
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BrP 168.14
प्रारब्धे ऽभिष्टुता राज्ञा यत्रागाद् भूपतिं रविः देवानां यजनं दातुं भानुतीर्थं तद् उच्यते ॥
prārabdhe 'bhiṣṭutā rājñā yatrāgād bhūpatiṃ raviḥ devānāṃ yajanaṃ dātuṃ bhānutīrthaṃ tad ucyate //
When (the rite) had been begun by King Abhiṣṭuta, the place where the Sun came to the lord of the earth in order to give the sacrificing of the gods — that is called Bhānutīrtha.
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BrP 168.15
तं देवक्रतुम् उत्कृष्टं हयमेधं सुरैर् युतम् दैत्याश् च दनुजाश् चैव तथान्ये यज्ञघातकाः ॥
taṃ devakratum utkṛṣṭaṃ hayamedhaṃ surair yutam daityāś ca danujāś caiva tathānye yajñaghātakāḥ //
That excellent divine rite, the horse sacrifice attended by the gods — the daityas and the danujas too, and likewise other wreckers of sacrifices,
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BrP 168.16
ब्रह्मवेषधराः सर्वे गायन्तः सामगा इव ते ऽपि तत्र महाप्राज्ञाः प्राविशन्न् अनिवारिताः ॥
brahmaveṣadharāḥ sarve gāyantaḥ sāmagā iva te 'pi tatra mahāprājñāḥ prāviśann anivāritāḥ //
all of them wearing the garb of brahmins, singing like chanters of the Sāman — they too, very clever, entered there unhindered.
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BrP 168.17
चमसानि च पात्राणि सोमं चषालम् एव च सोमपानं हविस् त्यागम् ऋत्विजो भूपतिं तथा ॥
camasāni ca pātrāṇi somaṃ caṣālam eva ca somapānaṃ havis tyāgam ṛtvijo bhūpatiṃ tathā //
The camasa-cups and the vessels, the soma and the sacrificial post, the soma-drinking, the oblation, the offering, the officiating priests and the king as well —
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BrP 168.18
निन्दन्ति निक्षिपन्त्य् अन्ये हसन्त्य् अन्ये तथासुराः तेषां चेष्टां न जानन्ति विश्वरूपं विना मुने ॥
nindanti nikṣipanty anye hasanty anye tathāsurāḥ teṣāṃ ceṣṭāṃ na jānanti viśvarūpaṃ vinā mune //
— some of the asuras revile (them), some throw (them) down, and some laugh; and no one knew their behaviour except Viśvarūpa, O sage.
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BrP 168.19
विश्वरूपो ऽपि पितरं प्राह दैत्या इमे इति तत् पुत्रवचनं श्रुत्वा त्वष्टा प्राह सुरान् इदम् ॥
viśvarūpo 'pi pitaraṃ prāha daityā ime iti tat putravacanaṃ śrutvā tvaṣṭā prāha surān idam //
And Viśvarūpa said to his father, "These are Daityas!" Hearing that word of his son, Tvaṣṭṛ said this to the gods:
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BrP 168.20
गृहीत्वा वारिदर्भांश् च प्रोक्षयध्वं समन्ततः ये निन्दन्ति मखं पुण्यं चमसं सोमम् एव च ॥
gṛhītvā vāridarbhāṃś ca prokṣayadhvaṃ samantataḥ ye nindanti makhaṃ puṇyaṃ camasaṃ somam eva ca //
"Taking water and darbha grass, sprinkle on all sides those who revile the holy sacrifice, the camasa-cup and the soma,
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BrP 168.21
मया त्व् अपहताः सर्व इत्य् उक्त्वा परिषिञ्चत ॥
mayā tv apahatāḥ sarva ity uktvā pariṣiñcata //
saying, 'But by me they are all struck down' — sprinkle (them) all about."
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BrP 168.22
तथा चक्रुः सुरगणास् त्वष्टा चापि तथाकरोत् भस्मीभूतास् ततः सर्वे कांदिशीकास् ततो ऽभवन् ॥
tathā cakruḥ suragaṇās tvaṣṭā cāpi tathākarot bhasmībhūtās tataḥ sarve kāṃdiśīkās tato 'bhavan //
The hosts of gods did so, and Tvaṣṭṛ too acted thus; then they were all reduced to ashes, and thereupon fled in all directions.
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BrP 168.23
हता मया महापापा इत्य् उक्त्वा वार्य् अवाक्षिपत् ततः क्षीणायुषो दैत्याः प्रातिष्ठन् कुपितास् ततः ॥
hatā mayā mahāpāpā ity uktvā vāry avākṣipat tataḥ kṣīṇāyuṣo daityāḥ prātiṣṭhan kupitās tataḥ //
Saying, "The great sinners are slain by me," he cast down the water; then the Daityas, their lifespans spent, set off, enraged.
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BrP 168.24
यत्रैतत् प्राक्षिपद् वारि त्वष्टा लोकप्रजापतिः त्वाष्ट्रं तीर्थं तद् आख्यातं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ॥
yatraitat prākṣipad vāri tvaṣṭā lokaprajāpatiḥ tvāṣṭraṃ tīrthaṃ tad ākhyātaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam //
Where Tvaṣṭṛ, the Prajāpati of the world, cast down this water, that is declared the Tvāṣṭra tīrtha, destroyer of all sins.
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BrP 168.25
त्वष्टुर् वाक्याच् च्युतान् दैत्यान् निजघान यमस् तदा कालदण्डेन चक्रेण कालपाशेन मन्युना ॥
tvaṣṭur vākyāc cyutān daityān nijaghāna yamas tadā kāladaṇḍena cakreṇa kālapāśena manyunā //
Then Yama slew the Daityas, fallen (from life) by Tvaṣṭṛ's word, with the rod of Time, with the discus, with the noose of Time, and with his fury.
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BrP 168.26
यत्र ते निहता दैत्यास् तत् तीर्थं याम्यम् उच्यते यत्राभवत् क्रतुः पूर्णो हुत्वाग्नौ चामृतं बहु ॥
yatra te nihatā daityās tat tīrthaṃ yāmyam ucyate yatrābhavat kratuḥ pūrṇo hutvāgnau cāmṛtaṃ bahu //
Where those Daityas were slain, that tīrtha is called Yāmya; and where the sacrifice became complete, much nectar having been offered in the fire —
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BrP 168.27
धाराभिः शरमानाभिर् अखण्डाभिर् महाध्वरे यत्राभवद् धव्यवाहस् तृप्तस् तस्य ह्य् अभिष्टुतः ॥
dhārābhiḥ śaramānābhir akhaṇḍābhir mahādhvare yatrābhavad dhavyavāhas tṛptas tasya hy abhiṣṭutaḥ //
— where, at that great sacrifice, with unbroken streams measured like arrows, the bearer of oblations became satisfied, being praised by him,
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BrP 168.28
अग्नितीर्थं तद् आख्यातम् अश्वमेधफलप्रदम् इन्द्रो मरुद्भिर् नृपतिं प्राहेदं वचनं शुभम् ॥
agnitīrthaṃ tad ākhyātam aśvamedhaphalapradam indro marudbhir nṛpatiṃ prāhedaṃ vacanaṃ śubham //
that is declared the Agni tīrtha, bestowing the fruit of a horse-sacrifice. Indra, with the Maruts, spoke this auspicious word to the king:
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BrP 168.29
त्वं संराड् भविता राजन्न् उभयोर् अपि लोकयोः सखा मम प्रियो नित्यं भविता नात्र संशयः ॥
tvaṃ saṃrāḍ bhavitā rājann ubhayor api lokayoḥ sakhā mama priyo nityaṃ bhavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ //
"You shall be a universal sovereign, O king, in both worlds; you shall ever be my dear friend — there is no doubt in this.
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BrP 168.30
स कृतार्थो मर्त्यलोक इन्द्रतीर्थे च तर्पणम् कुर्यात् पितॄणां प्रीत्यर्थं यमतीर्थे विशेषतः ॥
sa kṛtārtho martyaloka indratīrthe ca tarpaṇam kuryāt pitṝṇāṃ prītyarthaṃ yamatīrthe viśeṣataḥ //
He, having attained his aim in the world of mortals, should make the water-offering at the Indra tīrtha, and, to please the ancestors, especially at the Yama tīrtha.
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BrP 168.31
माहेश्वरं तु तत् तीर्थं पूजितो ऽभिष्टुतः शिवः भक्तियुक्तेन विप्रैश् च सर्वकर्मविशारदैः ॥
māheśvaraṃ tu tat tīrthaṃ pūjito 'bhiṣṭutaḥ śivaḥ bhaktiyuktena vipraiś ca sarvakarmaviśāradaiḥ //
And that tīrtha is the Māheśvara, (where) Śiva was worshipped and praised by one filled with devotion and by brahmins skilled in all rites.
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BrP 168.32
वैदिकैर् लौकिकैश् चैव मन्त्रैः पूज्यं महेश्वरम् नृत्यैर् गीतैस् तथा वाद्यैर् अमृतैः पञ्चसंभवैः ॥
vaidikair laukikaiś caiva mantraiḥ pūjyaṃ maheśvaram nṛtyair gītais tathā vādyair amṛtaiḥ pañcasaṃbhavaiḥ //
Maheśvara is to be worshipped with Vedic and with worldly mantras, with dances, songs and instrumental music, and with the nectars arising from the five (products of the cow),
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BrP 168.33
उपचारैश् च बहुभिर् दण्डपातप्रदक्षिणैः धूपैर् दीपैश् च नैवेद्यैः पुष्पैर् गन्धैः सुगन्धिभिः ॥
upacāraiś ca bahubhir daṇḍapātapradakṣiṇaiḥ dhūpair dīpaiś ca naivedyaiḥ puṣpair gandhaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ //
and with many attendant services, with prostrations falling like a staff and circumambulations, with incense, lamps and food-offerings, with flowers and fragrant perfumes —
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BrP 168.34
पूजयाम् आस देवेशं विष्णुं शंभुं धियैकया ततः प्रसन्नौ देवेशौ वरान् ददतुर् ओजसा ॥
pūjayām āsa deveśaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaṃbhuṃ dhiyaikayā tataḥ prasannau deveśau varān dadatur ojasā //
(so) he worshipped the lords of gods, Viṣṇu and Śambhu, with a single-minded thought; then the two lords of gods, being pleased, powerfully granted boons.
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BrP 168.35
अभिष्टुते नरेन्द्राय भुक्तिमुक्ती उभे अपि माहात्म्यम् अस्य तीर्थस्य तथा ददतुर् उत्तमम् ॥
abhiṣṭute narendrāya bhuktimuktī ubhe api māhātmyam asya tīrthasya tathā dadatur uttamam //
To the king, when they had been praised, they gave both enjoyment and liberation, and likewise the supreme greatness of this tīrtha.
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BrP 168.36
ततःप्रभृति तत् तीर्थं शैवं वैष्णवम् उच्यते तत्र स्नानं च दानं च सर्वकामप्रदं विदुः ॥
tataḥprabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ śaivaṃ vaiṣṇavam ucyate tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca sarvakāmapradaṃ viduḥ //
From then on that tīrtha is called Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava; bathing and giving there they know to be granting of all desires.
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BrP 168.37
इमानि सर्वतीर्थानि स्मरेद् अपि पठेत वा विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यः शिवविष्णुपुरं व्रजेत् ॥
imāni sarvatīrthāni smared api paṭheta vā vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ śivaviṣṇupuraṃ vrajet //
Whoever should remember or recite (the names of) all these sacred fords is freed from all sins and goes to the city of Śiva and Viṣṇu.
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BrP 168.38
भानुतीर्थे विशेषेण स्नानं सर्वार्थसिद्धिदम् तत्र तीर्थे महापुण्यं तीर्थानां शतम् अत्र हि ॥
bhānutīrthe viśeṣeṇa snānaṃ sarvārthasiddhidam tatra tīrthe mahāpuṇyaṃ tīrthānāṃ śatam atra hi //
At Bhānutīrtha especially, bathing grants the attainment of every aim; there at that ford (the merit is) great, for a hundred sacred fords are (gathered) here.
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