Brahma Purana — Chapter 171
BrP 171.1
उर्वशीतीर्थम् आख्यातम् अश्वमेधफलप्रदम् स्नानदानमहादेववासुदेवार्चनादिभिः ॥
urvaśītīrtham ākhyātam aśvamedhaphalapradam snānadānamahādevavāsudevārcanādibhiḥ //
(There) is proclaimed the Urvaśī tīrtha, which bestows the fruit of a horse sacrifice through bathing, giving, and the worship of Mahādeva and Vāsudeva and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 171.2
महेश्वरो यत्र देवो यत्र शार्ङ्गधरो हरिः प्रमतिर् नाम राजासीत् सार्वभौमः प्रतापवान् ॥
maheśvaro yatra devo yatra śārṅgadharo hariḥ pramatir nāma rājāsīt sārvabhaumaḥ pratāpavān //
Where the god Maheśvara is, and where Hari the bearer of the Śārṅga bow is — there was a king named Pramati, a universal sovereign, full of might.
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BrP 171.3
रिपूञ् जित्वा जगामाशु इन्द्रलोकं सुरैर् वृतम् तत्रापश्यत् सुरपतिं मरुद्भिः सह नारद ॥
ripūñ jitvā jagāmāśu indralokaṃ surair vṛtam tatrāpaśyat surapatiṃ marudbhiḥ saha nārada //
Having conquered his enemies he quickly went to Indra's world, thronged with gods; there, Nārada, he saw the lord of the gods together with the Maruts.
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BrP 171.4
जहासेन्द्रं पाशहस्तं प्रमतिः क्षत्रियर्षभः तं हसन्तम् अथालक्ष्य हरिः प्रमतिम् अब्रवीत् ॥
jahāsendraṃ pāśahastaṃ pramatiḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ taṃ hasantam athālakṣya hariḥ pramatim abravīt //
Pramati, the bull among Kṣatriyas, laughed at Indra, noose in hand; then, noticing him laughing, Hari (Indra) said to Pramati:
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BrP 171.5
देवालये महाबुद्धे मरुद्भिः क्रीडितैर् अलम् दिशो जित्वा दिवं प्राप्तः कुरु क्रीडां मया सह ॥
devālaye mahābuddhe marudbhiḥ krīḍitair alam diśo jitvā divaṃ prāptaḥ kuru krīḍāṃ mayā saha //
"O you of great mind, in the abode of the gods, enough of playing with the Maruts! Having conquered the quarters you have reached heaven — play a game with me!"
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BrP 171.6
सकषायं हरिवचो निशम्य प्रमतिर् नृपः तथेत्य् उवाच देवेन्द्रं निष्कृतिं कां तु मन्यसे तच् छ्रुत्वा प्रमतेर् वाक्यं सुरराण् नृपम् अब्रवीत् ॥
sakaṣāyaṃ harivaco niśamya pramatir nṛpaḥ tathety uvāca devendraṃ niṣkṛtiṃ kāṃ tu manyase tac chrutvā pramater vākyaṃ surarāṇ nṛpam abravīt //
Hearing Hari's (Indra's) words, which had a sting in them, king Pramati said "So be it" to the lord of the gods: "But what stake do you have in mind?" Hearing that speech of Pramati, the king of the gods said to the king:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 171.7
उर्वश्य् एव पणो ऽस्माकं प्राप्या या निखिलैर् मखैः ॥
urvaśy eva paṇo 'smākaṃ prāpyā yā nikhilair makhaiḥ //
"Urvaśī alone shall be our stake — she who is to be won by all the sacrifices (together)."
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BrP 171.8
एतच् छ्रुत्वेन्द्रवचनं प्रमतिः प्राह गर्वितः उर्वशीं निष्कृतिं मन्ये त्वं राजन् किं नु मन्यसे ॥
etac chrutvendravacanaṃ pramatiḥ prāha garvitaḥ urvaśīṃ niṣkṛtiṃ manye tvaṃ rājan kiṃ nu manyase //
Hearing this speech of Indra, Pramati said proudly: "I take Urvaśī as the stake; and you, O king, what do you take (as yours)?"
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BrP 171.9
यद् ब्रवीषि सुरेशान तन् मन्ये ऽहं शतक्रतो प्राहेन्द्रं प्रमतिस् तद्वन् निष्कृत्यै दक्षिणं करम् सवर्म सशरं धर्म्यं देहि दीव्यामहे वयम् ॥
yad bravīṣi sureśāna tan manye 'haṃ śatakrato prāhendraṃ pramatis tadvan niṣkṛtyai dakṣiṇaṃ karam savarma saśaraṃ dharmyaṃ dehi dīvyāmahe vayam //
"What you say, O lord of the gods, that I too accept, O Śatakratu." Pramati likewise said to Indra: "For the stake give your right hand, with its armour and its arrow, as is proper — let us play."
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BrP 171.10
ताव् एवं संविदं कृत्वा देवनायोपतस्थतुः प्रमतिर् जितवांस् तत्र उर्वशीं दैवतस्त्रियम् तां जित्वा प्रमतिः प्राह संरम्भात् तं शतक्रतुम् ॥
tāv evaṃ saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā devanāyopatasthatuḥ pramatir jitavāṃs tatra urvaśīṃ daivatastriyam tāṃ jitvā pramatiḥ prāha saṃrambhāt taṃ śatakratum //
The two, having made the agreement thus, sat down to gamble. There Pramati won Urvaśī, the woman of the gods. Having won her, Pramati said in excitement to Śatakratu:
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BrP 171.11
निष्कृत्यै पुनर् अन्यन् मे पश्चाद् दीव्ये त्वया विभो ॥
niṣkṛtyai punar anyan me paścād dīvye tvayā vibho //
"Set another stake for me again, O mighty one; afterwards I shall play with you."
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BrP 171.12
देवयोग्यम् अथो वज्रं जैत्रं सरथम् उत्तमम् दीव्ये ऽहं तेन नृपते करेणाप्य् अविचारयन् ॥
devayogyam atho vajraṃ jaitraṃ saratham uttamam dīvye 'haṃ tena nṛpate kareṇāpy avicārayan //
"Then (I stake) the thunderbolt fit for a god, victorious, together with the excellent chariot." "With that I will play, O king — and with your hand too," (he said) without hesitating.
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BrP 171.13
स गृहीत्वा तदा पाशान् अन्यांश् च मणिभूषितान् जितम् इत्य् अब्रवीच् छक्रं प्रमतिः प्रहसंस् तदा ॥
sa gṛhītvā tadā pāśān anyāṃś ca maṇibhūṣitān jitam ity abravīc chakraṃ pramatiḥ prahasaṃs tadā //
He then, having taken the nooses and the other things adorned with gems, Pramati said to Śakra, laughing: "It is won!"
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BrP 171.14
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे प्रायाद् अक्षज्ञस् तत्र नारद विश्वावसुर् इति ख्यातो गन्धर्वाणां महेश्वरः ॥
etasminn antare prāyād akṣajñas tatra nārada viśvāvasur iti khyāto gandharvāṇāṃ maheśvaraḥ //
In this interval there came there one skilled in dice, Nārada — the one known as Viśvāvasu, the great lord of the Gandharvas.
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BrP 171.15
गन्धर्वविद्यया राजंस् तया दीव्यामहे त्वया तथेत्य् उक्त्वा स नृपतिर् जितम् इत्य् अब्रवीत् तदा ॥
gandharvavidyayā rājaṃs tayā dīvyāmahe tvayā tathety uktvā sa nṛpatir jitam ity abravīt tadā //
"O king, let us two play with that Gandharva art (as the stake)." Having said "So be it," the king then said: "It is won!"
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BrP 171.16
तौ जित्वा नृपतिर् मौर्ख्याद् देवेन्द्रं प्राह कश्मलम् ॥
tau jitvā nṛpatir maurkhyād devendraṃ prāha kaśmalam //
Having defeated those two, the king out of folly spoke a foul thing to the lord of the gods:
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BrP 171.17
रणे वा देवने वापि न त्वं जेता कथंचन महेन्द्र सततं तस्माद् अस्मदाराधको भव वद केन प्रकारेण जाता देवेन्द्रता तव ॥
raṇe vā devane vāpi na tvaṃ jetā kathaṃcana mahendra satataṃ tasmād asmadārādhako bhava vada kena prakāreṇa jātā devendratā tava //
"Neither in battle nor in gambling will you ever be a victor, Mahendra; therefore be always a worshipper of me. Tell me, by what means did your Indra-hood come about?"
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BrP 171.18
तथा प्राहोर्वशीं गर्वाद् गच्छ कर्मकरी भव उर्वशी प्राह देवेषु यथा वर्ते तथा त्वयि वर्तेय सर्वभावेन न मां धिक्कर्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
tathā prāhorvaśīṃ garvād gaccha karmakarī bhava urvaśī prāha deveṣu yathā varte tathā tvayi varteya sarvabhāvena na māṃ dhikkartum arhasi //
So too he said to Urvaśī out of pride: "Go, become my servant-woman." Urvaśī said: "As I conduct myself among the gods, so would I conduct myself toward you with all my heart; you ought not to scorn me."
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BrP 171.19
ततस् तां प्रमतिः प्राह त्वादृश्यः सन्ति चारिकाः त्वं किं विलज्जसे भद्रे गच्छ कर्मकरी भव ॥
tatas tāṃ pramatiḥ prāha tvādṛśyaḥ santi cārikāḥ tvaṃ kiṃ vilajjase bhadre gaccha karmakarī bhava //
Then Pramati said to her: "There are maidservants of your sort. Why are you ashamed, good lady? Go, become my servant-woman."
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BrP 171.20
एतच् छ्रुत्वा नृपेणोक्तं गन्धर्वाधिपतिस् तदा चित्रसेन इति ख्यातः सुतो विश्वावसोर् बली ॥
etac chrutvā nṛpeṇoktaṃ gandharvādhipatis tadā citrasena iti khyātaḥ suto viśvāvasor balī //
Hearing this said by the king, the overlord of the Gandharvas then — the mighty one known as Citrasena, the son of Viśvāvasu (said):
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BrP 171.21
दीव्ये ऽहं वै त्वया राजन् सर्वेणानेन भूपते राज्येन जीवितेनापि मदीयेन तवापि च ॥
dīvye 'haṃ vai tvayā rājan sarveṇānena bhūpate rājyena jīvitenāpi madīyena tavāpi ca //
"I will gamble with you, O king, O lord of the earth, staking all this—the kingdom and even life, mine and yours as well."
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BrP 171.22
तथेत्य् उक्त्वा पुनर् उभौ चित्रसेननृपोत्तमौ दीव्येताम् अभिसंरब्धौ चित्रसेनो ऽजयत् तदा ॥
tathety uktvā punar ubhau citrasenanṛpottamau dīvyetām abhisaṃrabdhau citraseno 'jayat tadā //
Saying "So be it," the two again, Citrasena and the best of kings, played in mutual fury, and then Citrasena won.
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BrP 171.23
गान्धर्वैस् तं महापाशैर् बबन्ध नृपतिं तदा चित्रसेनो ऽजयत् सर्वम् उर्वशीमुख्यतः पणैः ॥
gāndharvais taṃ mahāpāśair babandha nṛpatiṃ tadā citraseno 'jayat sarvam urvaśīmukhyataḥ paṇaiḥ //
Then he bound that king with great gandharva nooses; Citrasena won everything at the stakes, with Urvaśī foremost (among them).
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BrP 171.24
राज्यं कोशं बलं चैव यद् अन्यद् वसु किंचन चित्रसेनस्य तज् जातं यद् आसीत् प्रमतेर् धनम् ॥
rājyaṃ kośaṃ balaṃ caiva yad anyad vasu kiṃcana citrasenasya taj jātaṃ yad āsīt pramater dhanam //
The kingdom, the treasury, the army, and whatever other wealth there was—all that wealth which belonged to Pramati became Citrasena's.
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BrP 171.25
तस्य पुत्रो बाल एव पुरोधसम् उवाच ह वैश्वामित्रं महाप्राज्ञं मधुच्छन्दसम् ओजसा ॥
tasya putro bāla eva purodhasam uvāca ha vaiśvāmitraṃ mahāprājñaṃ madhucchandasam ojasā //
His son, though still a boy, spoke to the family priest, the greatly wise Madhucchandas, son of Viśvāmitra, mighty in vigour.
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BrP 171.26
किं मे पित्रा कृतं पापं क्व वा बद्धो महामतिः कथम् एष्यति स्वं स्थानं कथं पाशैर् विमोक्ष्यते ॥
kiṃ me pitrā kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ kva vā baddho mahāmatiḥ katham eṣyati svaṃ sthānaṃ kathaṃ pāśair vimokṣyate //
"What sin was committed by my father? And where is that great-minded one held bound? How will he come to his own place? How will he be released from the nooses?"
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BrP 171.27
सुमतेर् वचनं श्रुत्वा ध्यात्वा स मुनिसत्तमः मधुच्छन्दा जगादेदं प्रमतेर् वर्तनं तदा ॥
sumater vacanaṃ śrutvā dhyātvā sa munisattamaḥ madhucchandā jagādedaṃ pramater vartanaṃ tadā //
Hearing Sumati's words and reflecting, that best of sages, Madhucchandas, then told this of Pramati's conduct:
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BrP 171.28
देवलोके तव पिता बद्ध आस्ते महामते कैतवैर् बहुदोषैश् च भ्रष्टराज्यो बभूव ह ॥
devaloke tava pitā baddha āste mahāmate kaitavair bahudoṣaiś ca bhraṣṭarājyo babhūva ha //
"Your father, O greatly wise one, remains bound in the world of the gods; through gamblers and through many faults he became deprived of his kingdom.
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BrP 171.29
यो याति कैतवसभां स चापि क्लेशभाग् भवेत् द्यूतमद्यामिषादीनि व्यसनानि नृपात्मज ॥
yo yāti kaitavasabhāṃ sa cāpi kleśabhāg bhavet dyūtamadyāmiṣādīni vyasanāni nṛpātmaja //
"Whoever goes to a gamblers' assembly, he too becomes a partaker of misery. Gambling, liquor, meat and the rest, O king's son, are the vices;
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BrP 171.30
पापिनाम् एव जायन्ते सदा पापात्मकानि हि एकैकम् अप्य् अनर्थाय पापाय नरकाय च ॥
pāpinām eva jāyante sadā pāpātmakāni hi ekaikam apy anarthāya pāpāya narakāya ca //
"They arise only for sinners, being always sinful in nature; even a single one of them leads to ruin, to sin, and to hell.
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BrP 171.31
यानासनाभिलापाद्यैः कृतैः कैतववर्तिभिः कुलीनाः कलुषीभूताः किं पुनः कितवो जनः ॥
yānāsanābhilāpādyaiḥ kṛtaiḥ kaitavavartibhiḥ kulīnāḥ kaluṣībhūtāḥ kiṃ punaḥ kitavo janaḥ //
"By sharing vehicles, seats, conversation and the like with those who follow gambling, even the well-born become defiled—how much more the gambler himself!
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BrP 171.32
कितवस्य तु या जाया तप्यते नित्यम् एव सा स चापि कितवः पापो योषितं वीक्ष्य तप्यते ॥
kitavasya tu yā jāyā tapyate nityam eva sā sa cāpi kitavaḥ pāpo yoṣitaṃ vīkṣya tapyate //
"The wife of a gambler grieves constantly, and that sinful gambler too grieves when he looks at his woman.
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BrP 171.33
तां दृष्ट्वा विगतानन्दो नित्यं वदति पापकृत् अहो संसारचक्रे ऽस्मिन् मया तुल्यो न पातकी ॥
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vigatānando nityaṃ vadati pāpakṛt aho saṃsāracakre 'smin mayā tulyo na pātakī //
"Seeing her, the sinner, his joy gone, says always: 'Alas, in this wheel of transmigration there is no sinner equal to me.'
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BrP 171.34
न किंचिद् अपि यस्यास्ते लोके विषयजं सुखम् लोकद्वये ऽपि न सुखी कितवः कोपि दृश्यते ॥
na kiṃcid api yasyāste loke viṣayajaṃ sukham lokadvaye 'pi na sukhī kitavaḥ kopi dṛśyate //
"For whom there exists not even a little of the pleasure born of the objects of sense—no gambler is seen to be happy in either of the two worlds.
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BrP 171.35
विभाति च तथा नित्यं लज्जया दग्धमानसः गतधर्मो निरानन्दो ग्रस्तगर्वस् तथाटति ॥
vibhāti ca tathā nityaṃ lajjayā dagdhamānasaḥ gatadharmo nirānando grastagarvas tathāṭati //
"And so he ever appears with his mind burnt by shame; with his dharma gone, joyless, his pride swallowed up, thus he wanders about.
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BrP 171.36
अकैतवी च या वृत्तिः सा प्रशस्ता द्विजन्मनाम् कृषिगोरक्ष्यवाणिज्यम् अपि कुर्यान् न कैतवम् ॥
akaitavī ca yā vṛttiḥ sā praśastā dvijanmanām kṛṣigorakṣyavāṇijyam api kuryān na kaitavam //
"That livelihood which is free of gambling is the praiseworthy one for the twice-born; let him rather practise agriculture, cattle-keeping, or trade, but not gambling.
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BrP 171.37
यस् तु कैतववृत्त्या हि धनम् आहर्तुम् इच्छति धर्मार्थकामाभिजनैः स विमुच्येत पौरुषात् ॥
yas tu kaitavavṛttyā hi dhanam āhartum icchati dharmārthakāmābhijanaiḥ sa vimucyeta pauruṣāt //
"But he who wishes to acquire wealth by the gambler's livelihood—he would be cut off from dharma, wealth, pleasure and noble kin, and from manliness.
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BrP 171.38
वेदे ऽपि दूषितं कर्म तव पित्रा तदादृतम् तस्मात् किं कुर्महे वत्स यद् उक्तं ते विधीयते ॥
vede 'pi dūṣitaṃ karma tava pitrā tadādṛtam tasmāt kiṃ kurmahe vatsa yad uktaṃ te vidhīyate //
"In the Veda too that act is censured, yet it was cherished by your father. So what are we to do, child? What you say shall be carried out.
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BrP 171.39
विधातृविहितं मार्गं को नु वात्येति पण्डितः ॥
vidhātṛvihitaṃ mārgaṃ ko nu vātyeti paṇḍitaḥ //
"For what learned man can pass beyond the path laid down by the Ordainer?"
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BrP 171.40
एतत् पुरोधसो वाक्यं श्रुत्वा सुमतिर् अब्रवीत् ॥
etat purodhaso vākyaṃ śrutvā sumatir abravīt //
Having heard this speech of the family priest, Sumati said:
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BrP 171.41
किं कृत्वा प्रमतिस् तातः पुना राज्यम् अवाप्नुयात् ॥
kiṃ kṛtvā pramatis tātaḥ punā rājyam avāpnuyāt //
"By doing what could father Pramati regain the kingdom?"
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BrP 171.42
पुनर् ध्यात्वा मधुच्छन्दाः सुमतिं चेदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
punar dhyātvā madhucchandāḥ sumatiṃ cedam abravīt //
Madhucchandas, having reflected again, said this to Sumati:
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BrP 171.43
गौतमीं याहि वत्स त्वं तत्र पूजय शंकरम् अदितिं वरुणं विष्णुं ततः पाशाद् विमोक्ष्यते ॥
gautamīṃ yāhi vatsa tvaṃ tatra pūjaya śaṃkaram aditiṃ varuṇaṃ viṣṇuṃ tataḥ pāśād vimokṣyate //
"Go, child, to the Gautamī; there worship Śaṃkara, Aditi, Varuṇa and Viṣṇu — then he will be released from bondage."
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BrP 171.44
तथेत्य् उक्त्वा जगामाशु गङ्गां नत्वा जनार्दनम् पूजयाम् आस शंभुं च तपस् तेपे यतव्रतः ॥
tathety uktvā jagāmāśu gaṅgāṃ natvā janārdanam pūjayām āsa śaṃbhuṃ ca tapas tepe yatavrataḥ //
Saying "So be it," he went at once to the Gaṅgā, and having bowed to Janārdana he worshipped Śaṃbhu also, and, holding firmly to his vow, performed austerities.
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BrP 171.45
सहस्रम् एकं वर्षाणां बद्धं पितरम् आत्मनः मोचयाम् आस देवेभ्यः पुना राज्यम् अवाप सः ॥
sahasram ekaṃ varṣāṇāṃ baddhaṃ pitaram ātmanaḥ mocayām āsa devebhyaḥ punā rājyam avāpa saḥ //
For one full thousand of years (he did so), and he got his own father, who was bound, released from the gods; and he regained the kingdom.
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BrP 171.46
शिवेशाभ्यां मुक्तपाशो राज्यं प्राप सुतात् स्वकात् अवाप्य विद्यां गान्धर्वीं प्रियश् चासीच् छतक्रतोः ॥
śiveśābhyāṃ muktapāśo rājyaṃ prāpa sutāt svakāt avāpya vidyāṃ gāndharvīṃ priyaś cāsīc chatakratoḥ //
His bonds loosed by Śiva and Īśa (Viṣṇu), he obtained the kingdom from his own son; and having gained the Gandharva lore, he became dear to Śatakratu (Indra).
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BrP 171.47
शांभवं वैष्णवं चैव उर्वशीतीर्थम् एव च ततःप्रभृति तत् तीर्थं कैतवं चेति विश्रुतम् ॥
śāṃbhavaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ caiva urvaśītīrtham eva ca tataḥprabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ kaitavaṃ ceti viśrutam //
(There are) the Śāmbhava, the Vaiṣṇava, and likewise the Urvaśī tīrtha; and from that time on that tīrtha has been renowned also as Kaitava.
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BrP 171.48
शिवविष्णुसरिन्मातुप्रसादाद् आप्यते न किम् तत्र स्नानं च दानं च बहुपुण्यफलप्रदम् पापपाशविमोक्षं तु सर्वदुर्गतिनाशनम् ॥
śivaviṣṇusarinmātuprasādād āpyate na kim tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca bahupuṇyaphalapradam pāpapāśavimokṣaṃ tu sarvadurgatināśanam //
By the favour of Śiva, of Viṣṇu, and of the river-mother, what is not obtained? Bathing there and giving there bestow the fruit of abundant merit, and (bring) release from the noose of sin and the destruction of every misfortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition