Brahma Purana — Chapter 37
BrP 37.1
अथ वृत्ते विवाहे तु भवस्यामिततेजसः प्रहर्षम् अतुलं गत्वा देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः तुष्टुवुर् वाग्भिर् आद्याभिः प्रणेमुस् ते महेश्वरम् ॥
atha vṛtte vivāhe tu bhavasyāmitatejasaḥ praharṣam atulaṃ gatvā devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ tuṣṭuvur vāgbhir ādyābhiḥ praṇemus te maheśvaram //
Now when the marriage of Bhava of measureless splendour had taken place, the gods, led by Śakra, having attained matchless joy, praised Maheśvara with primordial words and bowed to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.2
नमः पर्वतलिङ्गाय पर्वतेशाय वै नमः नमः पवनवेगाय विरूपायाजिताय च नमः क्लेशविनाशाय दात्रे च शुभसंपदाम् ॥
namaḥ parvataliṅgāya parvateśāya vai namaḥ namaḥ pavanavegāya virūpāyājitāya ca namaḥ kleśavināśāya dātre ca śubhasaṃpadām //
Homage to him whose emblem is the mountain, homage indeed to the lord of the mountain; homage to him swift as the wind, to the misshapen, to the unconquered; homage to the destroyer of afflictions and the giver of auspicious riches.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.3
नमो नीलशिखण्डाय अम्बिकापतये नमः नमः पवनरूपाय शतरूपाय वै नमः ॥
namo nīlaśikhaṇḍāya ambikāpataye namaḥ namaḥ pavanarūpāya śatarūpāya vai namaḥ //
Homage to him with the dark crest, homage to the husband of Ambikā; homage to him whose form is the wind, homage indeed to him of a hundred forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.4
नमो भैरवरूपाय विरूपनयनाय च नमः सहस्रनेत्राय सहस्रचरणाय च ॥
namo bhairavarūpāya virūpanayanāya ca namaḥ sahasranetrāya sahasracaraṇāya ca //
Homage to him of terrifying form and of misshapen eyes; homage to him of a thousand eyes and a thousand feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.5
नमो देववयस्याय वेदाङ्गाय नमो नमः विष्टम्भनाय शक्रस्य बाह्वोर् वेदाङ्कुराय च ॥
namo devavayasyāya vedāṅgāya namo namaḥ viṣṭambhanāya śakrasya bāhvor vedāṅkurāya ca //
Homage to the comrade of the gods, homage, homage to him whose limbs are the Vedas; to the paralyser of Śakra's arms, and to the sprout of the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.6
चराचराधिपतये शमनाय नमो नमः सलिलाशयलिङ्गाय युगान्ताय नमो नमः ॥
carācarādhipataye śamanāya namo namaḥ salilāśayaliṅgāya yugāntāya namo namaḥ //
Homage, homage to the lord of the moving and unmoving, to the destroyer; homage, homage to him whose emblem is the water-reservoir, to him who is the end of the ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 37.7
नमः कपालमालाय कपालसूत्रधारिणे नमः कपालहस्ताय दण्डिने गदिने नमः ॥
namaḥ kapālamālāya kapālasūtradhāriṇe namaḥ kapālahastāya daṇḍine gadine namaḥ //
Homage to him garlanded with skulls, to the wearer of the skull-cord; homage to him with a skull in his hand, to the bearer of the staff, to the bearer of the mace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.8
नमस् त्रैलोक्यनाथाय पशुलोकरताय च नमः खट्वाङ्गहस्ताय प्रमथार्तिहराय च ॥
namas trailokyanāthāya paśulokaratāya ca namaḥ khaṭvāṅgahastāya pramathārtiharāya ca //
Homage to the lord of the three worlds, and to him who delights in the world of beasts; homage to him who holds the skull-topped staff in his hand, and to him who removes the affliction of the Pramathas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.9
नमो यज्ञशिरोहन्त्रे कृष्णकेशापहारिणे भगनेत्रनिपाताय पूष्णो दन्तहराय च ॥
namo yajñaśirohantre kṛṣṇakeśāpahāriṇe bhaganetranipātāya pūṣṇo dantaharāya ca //
Homage to the destroyer of the sacrifice's head, to the one who tore off Kṛṣṇa's hair, to him who struck down Bhaga's eyes, and to the remover of Pūṣan's teeth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.10
नमः पिनाकशूलासिखड्गमुद्गरधारिणे नमो ऽस्तु कालकालाय तृतीयनयनाय च ॥
namaḥ pinākaśūlāsikhaḍgamudgaradhāriṇe namo 'stu kālakālāya tṛtīyanayanāya ca //
Homage to the bearer of the Pināka bow, the trident, the sword, the blade and the mace; and homage to the death of Death, to him with the third eye.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.11
अन्तकान्तकृते चैव नमः पर्वतवासिने सुवर्णरेतसे चैव नमः कुण्डलधारिणे ॥
antakāntakṛte caiva namaḥ parvatavāsine suvarṇaretase caiva namaḥ kuṇḍaladhāriṇe //
And to the one who made an end of the Ender, homage to the dweller on the mountain; and to him whose seed is gold, homage to the wearer of earrings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.12
दैत्यानां योगनाशाय योगिनां गुरवे नमः शशाङ्कादित्यनेत्राय ललाटनयनाय च ॥
daityānāṃ yoganāśāya yogināṃ gurave namaḥ śaśāṅkādityanetrāya lalāṭanayanāya ca //
Homage to the destroyer of the yoga of the Daityas, to the teacher of yogins, to him whose eyes are the moon and the sun, and to him with an eye on the forehead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.13
नमः श्मशानरतये श्मशानवरदाय च नमो दैवतनाथाय त्र्यम्बकाय नमो नमः ॥
namaḥ śmaśānarataye śmaśānavaradāya ca namo daivatanāthāya tryambakāya namo namaḥ //
Homage to him who delights in the cremation ground and who grants boons in the cremation ground; homage to the lord of the gods, homage, homage to the three-eyed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.14
गृहस्थसाधवे नित्यं जटिले ब्रह्मचारिणे नमो मुण्डार्धमुण्डाय पशूनां पतये नमः ॥
gṛhasthasādhave nityaṃ jaṭile brahmacāriṇe namo muṇḍārdhamuṇḍāya paśūnāṃ pataye namaḥ //
To the good man who is a householder, ever, to the matted-haired one, to the celibate student; homage to the shaven and the half-shaven one, homage to the lord of beasts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.15
सलिले तप्यमानाय योगैश्वर्यप्रदाय च नमः शान्ताय दान्ताय प्रलयोत्पत्तिकारिणे ॥
salile tapyamānāya yogaiśvaryapradāya ca namaḥ śāntāya dāntāya pralayotpattikāriṇe //
To him who performs austerity in the water, and to the giver of mastery in yoga; homage to the tranquil one, to the self-controlled one, to the maker of dissolution and origination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.16
नमो ऽनुग्रहकर्त्रे च स्थितिकर्त्रे नमो नमः नमो रुद्राय वसव आदित्यायाश्विने नमः ॥
namo 'nugrahakartre ca sthitikartre namo namaḥ namo rudrāya vasava ādityāyāśvine namaḥ //
And homage to the one who shows grace, homage, homage to the one who maintains (the world); homage to Rudra, to the Vasu, to the Āditya, to the Aśvin, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.17
नमः पित्रे ऽथ सांख्याय विश्वेदेवाय वै नमः नमः शर्वाय उग्राय शिवाय वरदाय च ॥
namaḥ pitre 'tha sāṃkhyāya viśvedevāya vai namaḥ namaḥ śarvāya ugrāya śivāya varadāya ca //
Homage to the Father, and to Sāṃkhya, and indeed homage to the All-god; homage to Śarva, to Ugra, to Śiva, and to the giver of boons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.18
नमो भीमाय सेनान्ये पशूनां पतये नमः शुचये वैरिहानाय सद्योजाताय वै नमः ॥
namo bhīmāya senānye paśūnāṃ pataye namaḥ śucaye vairihānāya sadyojātāya vai namaḥ //
Homage to Bhīma, to the army's leader, homage to the lord of beasts; to the pure one, to the slayer of foes, indeed homage to Sadyojāta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.19
महादेवाय चित्राय विचित्राय च वै नमः प्रधानायाप्रमेयाय कार्याय कारणाय च ॥
mahādevāya citrāya vicitrāya ca vai namaḥ pradhānāyāprameyāya kāryāya kāraṇāya ca //
Homage indeed to Mahādeva, to the manifold one, to the wondrously varied one; to the Primal Matter, to the immeasurable one, to the effect and to the cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.20
पुरुषाय नमस् ते ऽस्तु पुरुषेच्छाकराय च नमः पुरुषसंयोगप्रधानगुणकारिणे ॥
puruṣāya namas te 'stu puruṣecchākarāya ca namaḥ puruṣasaṃyogapradhānaguṇakāriṇe //
Homage be to you as Puruṣa, and to the one who brings about Puruṣa's desire; homage to him who produces the guṇas of Pradhāna in conjunction with Puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 37.21
प्रवर्तकाय प्रकृतेः पुरुषस्य च सर्वशः कृताकृतस्य सत्कर्त्रे फलसंयोगदाय च ॥
pravartakāya prakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca sarvaśaḥ kṛtākṛtasya satkartre phalasaṃyogadāya ca //
To the one who sets prakṛti and puruṣa wholly in motion, to the true maker of what is done and not done, and to the giver of the linking with (its) fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.22
कालज्ञाय च सर्वेषां नमो नियमकारिणे नमो वैषम्यकर्त्रे च गुणानां वृत्तिदाय च ॥
kālajñāya ca sarveṣāṃ namo niyamakāriṇe namo vaiṣamyakartre ca guṇānāṃ vṛttidāya ca //
And to the knower of the time of all beings, homage to the one who imposes the rule; homage to the maker of inequality and to the giver of the functioning of the guṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 37.23
नमस् ते देवदेवेश नमस् ते भूतभावन शिव सौम्यमुखो द्रष्टुं भव सौम्यो हि नः प्रभो ॥
namas te devadeveśa namas te bhūtabhāvana śiva saumyamukho draṣṭuṃ bhava saumyo hi naḥ prabho //
Homage to you, lord of the gods of gods; homage to you, creator of beings. Śiva, be gentle of face to look upon, for be gracious to us, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.24
एवं स भगवान् देवो जगत्पतिर् उमापतिः स्तूयमानः सुरैः सर्वैर् अमरान् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
evaṃ sa bhagavān devo jagatpatir umāpatiḥ stūyamānaḥ suraiḥ sarvair amarān idam abravīt //
Thus that lord, the god, master of the world, husband of Umā, being praised by all the gods, said this to the immortals:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.25
द्रष्टुं सुखश् च सौम्यश् च देवानाम् अस्मि भोः सुराः वरं वरयत क्षिप्रं दातास्मि तम् असंशयम् ॥
draṣṭuṃ sukhaś ca saumyaś ca devānām asmi bhoḥ surāḥ varaṃ varayata kṣipraṃ dātāsmi tam asaṃśayam //
"Ho, gods, I am pleasant to look upon and gracious to the gods; choose a boon quickly—I shall grant it, without doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.26
ततस् ते प्रणताः सर्वे सुरा ऊचुस् त्रिलोचनम् ॥
tatas te praṇatāḥ sarve surā ūcus trilocanam //
Then all those gods, bowing down, said to the three-eyed one:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.27
तवैव भगवन् हस्ते वर एषो ऽवतिष्ठताम् यदा कार्यं तदा नस् त्वं दास्यसे वरम् ईप्सितम् ॥
tavaiva bhagavan haste vara eṣo 'vatiṣṭhatām yadā kāryaṃ tadā nas tvaṃ dāsyase varam īpsitam //
"Lord, let this boon remain in your own hand; when there is need, then you will give us the boon we desire."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.28
एवम् अस्त्व् इति तान् उक्त्वा विसृज्य च सुरान् हरः लोकांश् च प्रमथैः सार्धं विवेश भवनं स्वकम् ॥
evam astv iti tān uktvā visṛjya ca surān haraḥ lokāṃś ca pramathaiḥ sārdhaṃ viveśa bhavanaṃ svakam //
Saying to them "So be it," and dismissing the gods and the worlds, Hara together with his Pramathas entered his own dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.29
यस् तु हरोत्सवम् अद्भुतम् एनं गायति दैवतविप्रसमक्षम् सो ऽप्रतिरूपगणेशसमानो देहविपर्ययम् एत्य सुखी स्यात्
yas tu harotsavam adbhutam enaṃ gāyati daivataviprasamakṣam so 'pratirūpagaṇeśasamāno dehaviparyayam etya sukhī syāt
Whoever sings this marvellous festival-song of Hara in the presence of gods and brahmins, he, becoming equal to the incomparable lord of the Gaṇas, will be happy after the change of his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 37.30
विप्रवर्याः स्तवं हीमं शृणुयाद् वा पठेच् च यः स सर्वलोकगो देवैः पूज्यते ऽमरराड् इव ॥
vipravaryāḥ stavaṃ hīmaṃ śṛṇuyād vā paṭhec ca yaḥ sa sarvalokago devaiḥ pūjyate 'mararāḍ iva //
Best of brahmins, whoever should hear or recite this hymn, he goes to all the worlds and is honoured by the gods like the king of the immortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition