Brahma Purana — Chapter 69
BrP 69.1
बह्वाश्चर्यस् त्वया प्रोक्तो विष्णुलोको जगत्पते नित्यानन्दकरः श्रीमान् भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदः ॥
bahvāścaryas tvayā prokto viṣṇuloko jagatpate nityānandakaraḥ śrīmān bhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ //
Full of many marvels is the world of Viṣṇu you have described, O Lord of the world — bringing eternal joy, glorious, granting the fruits of enjoyment and liberation.
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BrP 69.2
क्षेत्रं च दुर्लभं लोके कीर्तितं पुरुषोत्तमम् त्यक्त्वा यत्र नरो देहं याति सालोक्यतां हरेः ॥
kṣetraṃ ca durlabhaṃ loke kīrtitaṃ puruṣottamam tyaktvā yatra naro dehaṃ yāti sālokyatāṃ hareḥ //
And the field called Puruṣottama, hard to attain in the world, has been extolled, where a man, having given up his body, attains dwelling in the same world as Hari.
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BrP 69.3
सम्यक् क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं त्वया सम्यक् प्रकीर्तितम् यत्र स्वदेहसंत्यागाद् विष्णुलोकं व्रजेन् नरः ॥
samyak kṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ tvayā samyak prakīrtitam yatra svadehasaṃtyāgād viṣṇulokaṃ vrajen naraḥ //
The greatness of the field has been well and fully proclaimed by you, where, by giving up his own body, a man would go to the world of Viṣṇu.
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BrP 69.4
अहो मोक्षस्य मार्गो ऽयं देहत्यागस् त्वयोदितः नराणाम् उपकाराय पुरुषाख्ये न संशयः ॥
aho mokṣasya mārgo 'yaṃ dehatyāgas tvayoditaḥ narāṇām upakārāya puruṣākhye na saṃśayaḥ //
Ah, this path to liberation — the giving up of the body — has been declared by you, for the benefit of men, in (the place) named Puruṣa; there is no doubt.
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BrP 69.5
अनायासेन देवेश देहं त्यक्त्वा नरोत्तमाः तस्मिन् क्षेत्रे परं विष्णोः पदं यान्ति निरामयम् ॥
anāyāsena deveśa dehaṃ tyaktvā narottamāḥ tasmin kṣetre paraṃ viṣṇoḥ padaṃ yānti nirāmayam //
Without effort, O lord of gods, the best of men, giving up the body in that field, go to the supreme, faultless station of Viṣṇu.
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BrP 69.6
श्रुत्वा क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं विस्मयो नो महान् अभूत् प्रयागपुष्करादीनि क्षेत्राण्य् आयतनानि च ॥
śrutvā kṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ vismayo no mahān abhūt prayāgapuṣkarādīni kṣetrāṇy āyatanāni ca //
On hearing the greatness of the field, great amazement arose in us: Prayāga, Puṣkara and the rest, the (holy) fields and the sanctuaries,
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BrP 69.7
पृथिव्यां सर्वतीर्थानि सरितश् च सरांसि च न तथा तानि सर्वाणि प्रशंससि सुरोत्तम ॥
pṛthivyāṃ sarvatīrthāni saritaś ca sarāṃsi ca na tathā tāni sarvāṇi praśaṃsasi surottama //
all the sacred fords on earth, and the rivers and the lakes — all those you do not praise in that way, O best of gods,
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BrP 69.8
यथा प्रशंससि क्षेत्रं पुरुषाख्यं पुनः पुनः ज्ञातो ऽस्माभिर् अभिप्रायस् तवेदानीं पितामह ॥
yathā praśaṃsasi kṣetraṃ puruṣākhyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ jñāto 'smābhir abhiprāyas tavedānīṃ pitāmaha //
as you praise, again and again, the field named Puruṣa. Your intention is now understood by us, O grandfather:
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BrP 69.9
येन प्रशंससि क्षेत्रं मुक्तिदं पुरुषोत्तमम् पुरुषाख्यसमं नूनं क्षेत्रं नास्ति महीतले तेन त्वं विबुधश्रेष्ठ प्रशंससि पुनः पुनः ॥
yena praśaṃsasi kṣetraṃ muktidaṃ puruṣottamam puruṣākhyasamaṃ nūnaṃ kṣetraṃ nāsti mahītale tena tvaṃ vibudhaśreṣṭha praśaṃsasi punaḥ punaḥ //
the reason why you praise the field Puruṣottama, the giver of liberation: surely there is no field on the face of the earth equal to the one named Puruṣa, and therefore, O best of the wise, you praise it again and again.
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BrP 69.10
सत्यं सत्यं मुनिश्रेष्ठा भवद्भिः समुदाहृतम् पुरुषाख्यसमं क्षेत्रं नास्त्य् अत्र पृथिवीतले ॥
satyaṃ satyaṃ muniśreṣṭhā bhavadbhiḥ samudāhṛtam puruṣākhyasamaṃ kṣetraṃ nāsty atra pṛthivītale //
True, true is what has been declared by you, O best of sages: there is no field here on the surface of the earth equal to the one named Puruṣa.
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BrP 69.11
सन्ति यानि तु तीर्थानि पुण्यान्य् आयतनानि च तानि श्रीपुरुषाख्यस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् ॥
santi yāni tu tīrthāni puṇyāny āyatanāni ca tāni śrīpuruṣākhyasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm //
Whatever holy fords and meritorious sanctuaries there are, they are not worth a sixteenth part of the glorious (field) named Puruṣa.
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BrP 69.12
यथा सर्वेश्वरो विष्णुः सर्वलोकोत्तमोत्तमः तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
yathā sarveśvaro viṣṇuḥ sarvalokottamottamaḥ tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
Just as Viṣṇu, the lord of all, is the highest of the high in all the worlds, so Puruṣottama is the best of all the sacred fords.
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BrP 69.13
आदित्यानां यथा विष्णुः श्रेष्ठत्वे समुदाहृतः तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
ādityānāṃ yathā viṣṇuḥ śreṣṭhatve samudāhṛtaḥ tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
Just as Viṣṇu is declared foremost in excellence among the Ādityas, so Puruṣottama is the best of all the sacred fords.
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BrP 69.14
नक्षत्राणां यथा सोमः सरसां सागरो यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
nakṣatrāṇāṃ yathā somaḥ sarasāṃ sāgaro yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As the moon among the stars, as the ocean among waters, so Puruṣottama is the best of all the sacred fords.
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BrP 69.15
वसूनां पावको यद्वद् रुद्राणां शंकरो यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
vasūnāṃ pāvako yadvad rudrāṇāṃ śaṃkaro yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As fire among the Vasus, as Śaṃkara among the Rudras, so Puruṣottama is the best of all the sacred fords.
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BrP 69.16
वर्णानां ब्राह्मणो यद्वद् वैनतेयश् च पक्षिणाम् तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇo yadvad vainateyaś ca pakṣiṇām tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As the brahmin among the classes, and the son of Vinatā among birds, so Puruṣottama is the best of all the sacred fords.
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BrP 69.17
शिखरिणां यथा मेरुः पर्वतानां हिमालयः तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
śikhariṇāṃ yathā meruḥ parvatānāṃ himālayaḥ tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As Meru among peaked mountains, as the Himālaya among mountains, so Puruṣottama is the best of all the sacred fords.
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BrP 69.18
प्रमदानां यथा लक्ष्मीः सरितां जाह्नवी यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
pramadānāṃ yathā lakṣmīḥ saritāṃ jāhnavī yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As Lakṣmī among beautiful women, as the Jāhnavī (Ganges) among rivers, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
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BrP 69.19
ऐरावतो गजेन्द्राणां महर्षीणां भृगुर् यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
airāvato gajendrāṇāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ bhṛgur yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As Airāvata among lordly elephants, as Bhṛgu among the great sages, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
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BrP 69.20
सेनानीनां यथा स्कन्दः सिद्धानां कपिलो यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
senānīnāṃ yathā skandaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As Skanda among army-commanders, as Kapila among the Siddhas, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
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BrP 69.21
उच्चैःश्रवा यथाश्वानां कवीनाम् उशना कविः तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
uccaiḥśravā yathāśvānāṃ kavīnām uśanā kaviḥ tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As Uccaiḥśravas among horses, as the seer Uśanas (Śukra) among seers, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
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BrP 69.22
मुनीनां च यथा व्यासः कुबेरो यक्षरक्षसाम् तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
munīnāṃ ca yathā vyāsaḥ kubero yakṣarakṣasām tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
And as Vyāsa among sages, as Kubera among Yakṣas and Rākṣasas, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
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BrP 69.23
इन्द्रियाणां मनो यद्वद् भूतानाम् अवनी यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
indriyāṇāṃ mano yadvad bhūtānām avanī yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As the mind among the senses, as the earth among the elements, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
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BrP 69.24
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां पवनः प्लवतां यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ pavanaḥ plavatāṃ yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As the aśvattha among all trees, as the wind among things that move swiftly, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
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BrP 69.25
भूषणानां तु सर्वेषां यथा चूडामणिर् द्विजाः तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
bhūṣaṇānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ yathā cūḍāmaṇir dvijāḥ tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
But as the crest-jewel among all ornaments, O twice-born, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
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BrP 69.26
गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः शस्त्राणां कुलिशो यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ śastrāṇāṃ kuliśo yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As Citraratha among the Gandharvas, as the thunderbolt among weapons, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.27
अकारः सर्ववर्णानां गायत्री छन्दसां यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
akāraḥ sarvavarṇānāṃ gāyatrī chandasāṃ yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As the sound 'a' among all letters, as the Gāyatrī among metres, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
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BrP 69.28
सर्वाङ्गेभ्यो यथा श्रेष्ठम् उत्तमाङ्गं द्विजोत्तमाः तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
sarvāṅgebhyo yathā śreṣṭham uttamāṅgaṃ dvijottamāḥ tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As the head is the best of all the limbs, O best of the twice-born, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
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BrP 69.29
अरुन्धती यथा स्त्रीणां सतीनां श्रेष्ठतां गता तथा समस्ततीर्थानां श्रेष्ठं तत् पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
arundhatī yathā strīṇāṃ satīnāṃ śreṣṭhatāṃ gatā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tat puruṣottamam //
As Arundhatī among women has attained pre-eminence among the chaste, so among all sacred places that Puruṣottama is the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.30
यथा समस्तविद्यानां मोक्षविद्या परा स्मृता तथा समस्ततीर्थानां श्रेष्ठं तत् पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
yathā samastavidyānāṃ mokṣavidyā parā smṛtā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tat puruṣottamam //
As among all branches of knowledge the knowledge of liberation is held to be supreme, so among all sacred places that Puruṣottama is the best.
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BrP 69.31
मनुष्याणां यथा राजा धेनूनाम् अपि कामधुक् तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
manuṣyāṇāṃ yathā rājā dhenūnām api kāmadhuk tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As the king among men, and the wish-yielding cow among cows, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.32
सुवर्णं सर्वरत्नानां सर्पाणां वासुकिर् यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
suvarṇaṃ sarvaratnānāṃ sarpāṇāṃ vāsukir yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As gold among all precious things, as Vāsuki among serpents, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.33
प्रह्लादः सर्वदैत्यानां रामः शस्त्रभृतां यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
prahlādaḥ sarvadaityānāṃ rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As Prahlāda among all the Daityas, as Rāma among bearers of weapons, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.34
झषाणां मकरो यद्वन् मृगाणां मृगराड् यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
jhaṣāṇāṃ makaro yadvan mṛgāṇāṃ mṛgarāḍ yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As the makara among fishes, as the lion among beasts, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.35
समुद्राणां यथा श्रेष्ठः क्षीरोदः सरितां पतिः तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
samudrāṇāṃ yathā śreṣṭhaḥ kṣīrodaḥ saritāṃ patiḥ tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As the milk-ocean, lord of rivers, is the best among the seas, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.36
वरुणो यादसां यद्वद् यमः संयमिनां यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
varuṇo yādasāṃ yadvad yamaḥ saṃyamināṃ yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As Varuṇa among water-creatures, as Yama among those who restrain (themselves), so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.37
देवर्षीणां यथा श्रेष्ठो नारदो मुनिसत्तमाः तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
devarṣīṇāṃ yathā śreṣṭho nārado munisattamāḥ tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As Nārada is the best among the divine sages, O most excellent of sages, so among all sacred places Puruṣottama is the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.38
धातूनां काञ्चनं यद्वत् पवित्राणां च दक्षिणा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
dhātūnāṃ kāñcanaṃ yadvat pavitrāṇāṃ ca dakṣiṇā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As gold among metals, and as the sacrificial fee among purifying things, so among all holy places Puruṣottama is the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.39
प्रजापतिर् यथा दक्ष ऋषीणां कश्यपो यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
prajāpatir yathā dakṣa ṛṣīṇāṃ kaśyapo yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As Dakṣa among the Prajāpatis, and as Kaśyapa among the seers, so among all holy places Puruṣottama is the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.40
ग्रहाणां भास्करो यद्वन् मन्त्राणां प्रणवो यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
grahāṇāṃ bhāskaro yadvan mantrāṇāṃ praṇavo yathā tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //
As the sun among the planets, and as the syllable Om among the sacred formulas, so among all holy places Puruṣottama is the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.41
अश्वमेधस् तु यज्ञानां यथा श्रेष्ठः प्रकीर्तितः तथा समस्ततीर्थानां क्षेत्रं च तद् द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
aśvamedhas tu yajñānāṃ yathā śreṣṭhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ tathā samastatīrthānāṃ kṣetraṃ ca tad dvijottamāḥ //
And as the horse sacrifice is declared the best among sacrifices, so, O best of the twice-born, is that kṣetra among all holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.42
ओषधीनां यथा धान्यं तृणेषु तृणराड् यथा तथा समस्ततीर्थानाम् उत्तमं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
oṣadhīnāṃ yathā dhānyaṃ tṛṇeṣu tṛṇarāḍ yathā tathā samastatīrthānām uttamaṃ puruṣottamam //
As grain among plants, and as the king of grasses among grasses, so among all holy places Puruṣottama is the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 69.43
यथा समस्ततीर्थानां धर्मः संसारतारकः तथा समस्ततीर्थानां श्रेष्ठं तत् पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
yathā samastatīrthānāṃ dharmaḥ saṃsāratārakaḥ tathā samastatīrthānāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tat puruṣottamam //
As, of all holy places, dharma is what carries (one) across the round of rebirth, so among all holy places that Puruṣottama is the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain