Brahma Purana — Chapter 82
BrP 82.1
यत् ख्यातं कृत्तिकातीर्थं कार्त्तिकेयाद् अनन्तरम् तस्य श्रवणमात्रेण सोमपानफलं लभेत् ॥
yat khyātaṃ kṛttikātīrthaṃ kārttikeyād anantaram tasya śravaṇamātreṇa somapānaphalaṃ labhet //
The Kṛttikā-tīrtha, which is renowned as next after the Kārttikeya (tīrtha) — merely by hearing of it one obtains the fruit of drinking soma.
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BrP 82.2
पुरा तारकनाशाय भवरेतो ऽपिबत् कविः रेतोगर्भं कविं दृष्ट्वा ऋषिपत्न्यो ऽस्पृहन् मुने ॥
purā tārakanāśāya bhavareto 'pibat kaviḥ retogarbhaṃ kaviṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛṣipatnyo 'spṛhan mune //
Long ago, for the destruction of Tāraka, the seer (Kavi/Agni) drank Bhava's seed; and seeing the seer pregnant with the seed, the wives of the sages felt desire (for it), O sage.
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BrP 82.3
सप्तर्षीणाम् ऋतुस्नातां वर्जयित्वा त्व् अरुन्धतीम् तासु गर्भः समभवत् षट्सु स्त्रीषु तदाग्नितः ॥
saptarṣīṇām ṛtusnātāṃ varjayitvā tv arundhatīm tāsu garbhaḥ samabhavat ṣaṭsu strīṣu tadāgnitaḥ //
Excepting Arundhatī, in those six women among the wives of the seven sages, who had bathed after their menses, an embryo arose from that fire.
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BrP 82.4
तप्यमानास् तु शोभिष्ठा ऋतुस्नातास् तु ता मुने किं कुर्मः क्व नु गच्छामः किं कृत्वा सुकृतं भवेत् ॥
tapyamānās tu śobhiṣṭhā ṛtusnātās tu tā mune kiṃ kurmaḥ kva nu gacchāmaḥ kiṃ kṛtvā sukṛtaṃ bhavet //
But those most beautiful women, having bathed after their menses, being tormented, (said), O sage: "What shall we do? Where indeed shall we go? By doing what would there be merit?"
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BrP 82.5
इत्य् उक्त्वा ता मिथो गङ्गां व्यग्रा गत्वा व्यपीडयन् ताभ्यस् ते निःसृता गर्भाः फेनरूपास् तदाम्भसि ॥
ity uktvā tā mitho gaṅgāṃ vyagrā gatvā vyapīḍayan tābhyas te niḥsṛtā garbhāḥ phenarūpās tadāmbhasi //
Having said this, they went together, agitated, to the Gaṅgā and pressed (the embryos) out; those embryos issued from them in the form of foam there in the water.
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BrP 82.6
अम्भसा त्व् एकतां प्राप्ता वायुना सर्व एव हि एकरूपस् तदा ताभ्यः षण्मुखः समजायत ॥
ambhasā tv ekatāṃ prāptā vāyunā sarva eva hi ekarūpas tadā tābhyaḥ ṣaṇmukhaḥ samajāyata //
But all of them, brought into oneness with the water by the wind, then became of a single form, and from them the six-faced one was born.
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BrP 82.7
स्रावयित्वा तु तान् गर्भान् ऋषिपत्न्यो गृहान् ययुः तासां विकृतरूपाणि दृष्ट्वा ते ऋषयो ऽब्रुवन् ॥
srāvayitvā tu tān garbhān ṛṣipatnyo gṛhān yayuḥ tāsāṃ vikṛtarūpāṇi dṛṣṭvā te ṛṣayo 'bruvan //
Having thus miscarried those embryos, the wives of the sages went to their homes; and seeing their altered forms, those sages said:
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BrP 82.8
गम्यतां गम्यतां शीघ्रं स्वैरी वृत्तिर् न युज्यते स्त्रीणाम् इति ततो वत्स निरस्ताः पतिभिस् तु ताः ॥
gamyatāṃ gamyatāṃ śīghraṃ svairī vṛttir na yujyate strīṇām iti tato vatsa nirastāḥ patibhis tu tāḥ //
"Go away, go away at once! Wanton conduct is not fitting for women!" — and thereupon, my child, they were cast out by their husbands.
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BrP 82.9
ततो दुःखं समाविष्टास् त्यक्ताः स्वपतिभिश् च षट् ता दृष्ट्वा नारदः प्राह कार्त्तिकेयो हरोद्भवः ॥
tato duḥkhaṃ samāviṣṭās tyaktāḥ svapatibhiś ca ṣaṭ tā dṛṣṭvā nāradaḥ prāha kārttikeyo harodbhavaḥ //
Then, overcome with grief and abandoned by their own husbands, those six were seen by Nārada, who said: "Kārttikeya, sprung from Hara,
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BrP 82.10
गाङ्गेयो ऽग्निभवश् चेति विख्यातस् तारकान्तकः तं यान्तु न चिराद् एव प्रीतो भोगं प्रदास्यति ॥
gāṅgeyo 'gnibhavaś ceti vikhyātas tārakāntakaḥ taṃ yāntu na cirād eva prīto bhogaṃ pradāsyati //
born of the Gaṅgā and born of fire, is renowned as the slayer of Tāraka. Let them go to him; before long, being pleased, he will grant (them) enjoyment."
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BrP 82.11
देवर्षेर् वचनाद् एव समभ्येत्य च षण्मुखम् कृत्तिकाः स्वयम् एवैतद् यथावृत्तं न्यवेदयत् ॥
devarṣer vacanād eva samabhyetya ca ṣaṇmukham kṛttikāḥ svayam evaitad yathāvṛttaṃ nyavedayat //
At the word of the divine sage the Kṛttikās approached the six-faced one and themselves reported this, just as it had happened.
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BrP 82.12
ताभ्यो वाक्यं कृत्तिकाभ्यः कार्त्तिकेयो ऽनुमन्य च गौतमीं यान्तु सर्वाश् च स्नात्वापूज्य महेश्वरम् ॥
tābhyo vākyaṃ kṛttikābhyaḥ kārttikeyo 'numanya ca gautamīṃ yāntu sarvāś ca snātvāpūjya maheśvaram //
And Kārttikeya, assenting to the words of those Kṛttikās, (said): "Let all of you go to the Gautamī, and having bathed, worship Maheśvara.
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BrP 82.13
एष्यामि चाहं तत्रैव यास्यामि सुरमन्दिरम् तथेत्य् उक्त्वा कृत्तिकाश् च स्नात्वा गङ्गां च गौतमीम् ॥
eṣyāmi cāhaṃ tatraiva yāsyāmi suramandiram tathety uktvā kṛttikāś ca snātvā gaṅgāṃ ca gautamīm //
I too shall come to that very place, and I shall go to the abode of the gods." Saying "So be it," the Kṛttikās bathed in the Gaṅgā Gautamī,
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BrP 82.14
देवेश्वरं च संपूज्य कार्त्तिकेयानुशासनात् देवेश्वरप्रसादेन प्रययुः सुरमन्दिरम् ॥
deveśvaraṃ ca saṃpūjya kārttikeyānuśāsanāt deveśvaraprasādena prayayuḥ suramandiram //
and having duly worshipped Deveśvara at Kārttikeya's instruction, by the grace of Deveśvara they went to the abode of the gods.
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BrP 82.15
ततः प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं कृत्तिकातीर्थम् उच्यते कार्त्तिक्यां कृत्तिकायोगे तत्र यः स्नानम् आचरेत् ॥
tataḥ prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ kṛttikātīrtham ucyate kārttikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge tatra yaḥ snānam ācaret //
From that time on that tīrtha is called Kṛttikā-tīrtha. Whoever performs a bath there on the full-moon day of Kārttika, at the conjunction with (the asterism) Kṛttikā,
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BrP 82.16
सर्वक्रतुफलं प्राप्य राजा भवति धार्मिकः तत्तीर्थस्मरणं वापि यः करोति शृणोति च सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो दीर्घम् आयुर् अवाप्नुयात् ॥
sarvakratuphalaṃ prāpya rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ tattīrthasmaraṇaṃ vāpi yaḥ karoti śṛṇoti ca sarvapāpavinirmukto dīrgham āyur avāpnuyāt //
having obtained the fruit of all sacrifices, becomes a righteous king. And whoever calls that tīrtha to mind, or hears of it, is freed from all sins and would attain long life.
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