Brahma Purana — Chapter 96
BrP 96.1
इन्द्रतीर्थम् इति ख्यातं ब्रह्महत्याविनाशनम् स्मरणाद् अपि पापौघक्लेशसंघविनाशनम् ॥
indratīrtham iti khyātaṃ brahmahatyāvināśanam smaraṇād api pāpaughakleśasaṃghavināśanam //
It is known as Indratīrtha, the destroyer of the murder of a brahmin, destroying, even by being remembered, the mass of sins and the host of afflictions.
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BrP 96.2
पुरा वृत्रवधे वृत्ते ब्रह्महत्या तु नारद शचीपतिं चानुगता तां दृष्ट्वा भीतवद् धरिः ॥
purā vṛtravadhe vṛtte brahmahatyā tu nārada śacīpatiṃ cānugatā tāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhītavad dhariḥ //
Formerly, when the slaying of Vṛtra had taken place, O Nārada, the brahmin-murder pursued the husband of Śacī; and seeing her, Hari (Indra) became as if terrified.
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BrP 96.3
इन्द्रस् ततो वृत्रहन्ता इतश् चेतश् च धावति यत्र यत्र त्व् असौ याति हत्या सापीन्द्रगामिनी ॥
indras tato vṛtrahantā itaś cetaś ca dhāvati yatra yatra tv asau yāti hatyā sāpīndragāminī //
Then Indra, the slayer of Vṛtra, ran this way and that; but wherever he went, that murder too went with Indra.
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BrP 96.4
स महत् सर आविश्य पद्मनालम् उपागमत् तत्रासौ तन्तुवद् भूत्वा वासं चक्रे शचीपतिः ॥
sa mahat sara āviśya padmanālam upāgamat tatrāsau tantuvad bhūtvā vāsaṃ cakre śacīpatiḥ //
Entering a great lake, he approached a lotus stalk; there the husband of Śacī, becoming like a fibre, made his dwelling.
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BrP 96.5
सरस्तीरे ऽपि हत्यासीद् दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रकम् एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे देवा निरिन्द्रा ह्य् अभवन् मुने ॥
sarastīre 'pi hatyāsīd divyaṃ varṣasahasrakam etasminn antare devā nirindrā hy abhavan mune //
The murder stayed on the lake's shore for a thousand divine years; in the meantime, O sage, the gods were without an Indra.
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BrP 96.6
मन्त्रयाम् आसुर् अव्यग्राः कथम् इन्द्रो भवेद् इति तत्राहम् अवदं देवान् हत्यास्थानं प्रकल्प्य च ॥
mantrayām āsur avyagrāḥ katham indro bhaved iti tatrāham avadaṃ devān hatyāsthānaṃ prakalpya ca //
Undistracted, they took counsel as to how there might be an Indra; there I spoke to the gods, having arranged a place for the murder.
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BrP 96.7
इन्द्रस्य पावनार्थाय गौतम्याम् अभिषिच्यताम् यत्राभिषिक्तः पूतात्मा पुनर् इन्द्रो भविष्यति ॥
indrasya pāvanārthāya gautamyām abhiṣicyatām yatrābhiṣiktaḥ pūtātmā punar indro bhaviṣyati //
"For the purification of Indra, let him be consecrated in the Gautamī; consecrated there, with his self purified, he will become Indra again."
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BrP 96.8
तथा ते निश्चयं कृत्वा गौतमीं शीघ्रम् आगमन् तत्र स्नातं सुरपतिं देवाश् च ऋषयस् तथा ॥
tathā te niścayaṃ kṛtvā gautamīṃ śīghram āgaman tatra snātaṃ surapatiṃ devāś ca ṛṣayas tathā //
Having so made their decision, they came quickly to the Gautamī; and there the gods and likewise the seers (brought) the lord of the gods, who had bathed.
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BrP 96.9
अभिषेक्तुकामास् ते सर्वे शचीकान्तं च तस्थिरे अभिषिच्यमानम् इन्द्रं तं प्रकोपाद् गौतमो ऽब्रवीत् ॥
abhiṣektukāmās te sarve śacīkāntaṃ ca tasthire abhiṣicyamānam indraṃ taṃ prakopād gautamo 'bravīt //
All of them, wishing to consecrate the beloved of Śacī, stood (ready); and as that Indra was being consecrated, Gautama spoke out of great anger.
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BrP 96.10
अभिषेक्ष्यन्ति पापिष्ठं महेन्द्रं गुरुतल्पगम् तान् सर्वान् भस्मसात् कुर्यां शीघ्रं यान्त्व् असुरारयः ॥
abhiṣekṣyanti pāpiṣṭhaṃ mahendraṃ gurutalpagam tān sarvān bhasmasāt kuryāṃ śīghraṃ yāntv asurārayaḥ //
"They are going to consecrate the most sinful great Indra, the violator of his teacher's bed! I would reduce them all to ashes—let the foes of the Asuras go at once!"
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BrP 96.11
तद् ऋषेर् वचनं श्रुत्वा परिहृत्य च गौतमीम् नर्मदाम् अगमन् सर्व इन्द्रम् आदाय सत्वराः ॥
tad ṛṣer vacanaṃ śrutvā parihṛtya ca gautamīm narmadām agaman sarva indram ādāya satvarāḥ //
Hearing that speech of the seer, and abandoning the Gautamī, they all went in haste to the Narmadā, taking Indra with them.
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BrP 96.12
उत्तरे नर्मदातीरे अभिषेकाय तस्थिरे अभिषेक्ष्यमाणम् इन्द्रं तं माण्डव्यो भगवान् ऋषिः ॥
uttare narmadātīre abhiṣekāya tasthire abhiṣekṣyamāṇam indraṃ taṃ māṇḍavyo bhagavān ṛṣiḥ //
On the northern bank of the Narmadā they stood for the consecration; (but as) Indra was about to be consecrated, the venerable seer Māṇḍavya
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BrP 96.13
अब्रवीद् भस्मसात् कुर्यां यदि स्याद् अभिषेचनम् पूजयाम् आसुर् अमरा माण्डव्यं युक्तिभिः स्तवैः ॥
abravīd bhasmasāt kuryāṃ yadi syād abhiṣecanam pūjayām āsur amarā māṇḍavyaṃ yuktibhiḥ stavaiḥ //
said: "I would reduce (them) to ashes, if the consecration should take place." The immortals honoured Māṇḍavya with arguments and with praises.
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BrP 96.14
अयम् इन्द्रः सहस्राक्षो यस्मिन् देशे ऽभिषिच्यते तत्रातिदारुणं विघ्नं मुने समुपजायते ॥
ayam indraḥ sahasrākṣo yasmin deśe 'bhiṣicyate tatrātidāruṇaṃ vighnaṃ mune samupajāyate //
"This is Indra of the thousand eyes; in whatever region he is consecrated, there, O sage, an exceedingly terrible obstacle arises."
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BrP 96.15
तच्छान्तिं कुरु कल्याण प्रसीद वरदो भव मलनिर्यातनं यस्मिन् कुर्मस् तस्मिन् वरान् बहून् ॥
tacchāntiṃ kuru kalyāṇa prasīda varado bhava malaniryātanaṃ yasmin kurmas tasmin varān bahūn //
"Bring about the quelling of that, O auspicious one; be gracious, be a giver of boons. In whatever place we carry out the discharging of the impurity, in that place (we shall grant) many boons—"
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BrP 96.16
देशे दास्यामहे सर्वे तद् अनुज्ञातुम् अर्हसि यस्मिन् देशे सुरेन्द्रस्य अभिषेको भविष्यति ॥
deśe dāsyāmahe sarve tad anujñātum arhasi yasmin deśe surendrasya abhiṣeko bhaviṣyati //
"—in that region we shall all grant (them); you should give consent to that: the region in which the consecration of the lord of the gods is to take place."
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BrP 96.17
स सर्वकामदः पुंसां धान्यवृक्षफलैर् युतः नानावृष्टिर् न दुर्भिक्षं भवेद् अत्र कदाचन ॥
sa sarvakāmadaḥ puṃsāṃ dhānyavṛkṣaphalair yutaḥ nānāvṛṣṭir na durbhikṣaṃ bhaved atra kadācana //
"It shall grant all desires of men, furnished with grain, trees and fruits; neither irregular rainfall nor famine shall ever occur there."
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BrP 96.18
मेने ततो मुनिश्रेष्ठो माण्डव्यो लोकपूजितः अभिषेकः कृतस् तत्र मलनिर्यातनं तथा ॥
mene tato muniśreṣṭho māṇḍavyo lokapūjitaḥ abhiṣekaḥ kṛtas tatra malaniryātanaṃ tathā //
Then the best of sages, Māṇḍavya, honoured by the world, consented; the consecration was performed there, and likewise the discharging of the impurity.
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BrP 96.19
देवैस् तदोक्तो मुनिभिः स देशो मालवस् ततः अभिषिक्ते सुरपतौ जाते च विमले तदा ॥
devais tadokto munibhiḥ sa deśo mālavas tataḥ abhiṣikte surapatau jāte ca vimale tadā //
Since it was so spoken by the gods and the sages, that region (became) Mālava thereafter; and when the lord of the gods had been consecrated and had become stainless, then—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 96.20
आनीय गौतमीं गङ्गां तं पुण्यायाभिषेचिरे सुराश् च ऋषयश् चैव अहं विष्णुस् तथैव च ॥
ānīya gautamīṃ gaṅgāṃ taṃ puṇyāyābhiṣecire surāś ca ṛṣayaś caiva ahaṃ viṣṇus tathaiva ca //
—having brought the Gautamī Gaṅgā, they consecrated him for merit: the gods and also the seers, and I, and Viṣṇu likewise.
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BrP 96.21
वसिष्ठो गौतमश् चापि अगस्त्यो ऽत्रिश् च कश्यपः एते चान्ये च ऋषयो देवा यक्षाः सपन्नगाः ॥
vasiṣṭho gautamaś cāpi agastyo 'triś ca kaśyapaḥ ete cānye ca ṛṣayo devā yakṣāḥ sapannagāḥ //
Vasiṣṭha and Gautama too, Agastya, Atri and Kaśyapa—these and other seers, gods, yakṣas together with the serpents.
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BrP 96.22
स्नानं तत्पुण्यतोयेन अकुर्वन्न् अभिषेचनम् मया पुनः शचीभर्ता कमण्डलुभवेन च ॥
snānaṃ tatpuṇyatoyena akurvann abhiṣecanam mayā punaḥ śacībhartā kamaṇḍalubhavena ca //
With that holy water they performed the bathing (and) the consecration; and again, by me the husband of Śacī (was consecrated) with what came from (my) water-pot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 96.23
वारिणाप्य् अभिषिक्तश् च तत्र पुण्याभवन् नदी सिक्ता चेति च तत्रासीत् ते गङ्गायां च संगते ॥
vāriṇāpy abhiṣiktaś ca tatra puṇyābhavan nadī siktā ceti ca tatrāsīt te gaṅgāyāṃ ca saṃgate //
And he was consecrated with the water too; there the river became Puṇyā, and there was also (a river called) Siktā, when those two joined with the Gaṅgā.
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BrP 96.24
संगमौ तत्र विख्यातौ सर्वदा मुनिसेवितौ ततः प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं पुण्यासंगमम् उच्यते ॥
saṃgamau tatra vikhyātau sarvadā munisevitau tataḥ prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ puṇyāsaṃgamam ucyate //
Two confluences there became renowned, at all times frequented by sages; from that time on that sacred place is called Puṇyā-confluence.
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BrP 96.25
सिक्तायाः संगमे पुण्यम् ऐन्द्रं तद् अभिधीयते तत्र सप्त सहस्राणि तीर्थान्य् आसञ् शुभानि च ॥
siktāyāḥ saṃgame puṇyam aindraṃ tad abhidhīyate tatra sapta sahasrāṇi tīrthāny āsañ śubhāni ca //
At the confluence of the Siktā the holy (place) is called the Aindra; there were seven thousand auspicious sacred places.
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BrP 96.26
तेषु स्नानं च दानं च विशेषेण तु संगमे सर्वं तद् अक्षयं विद्यान् नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥
teṣu snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca viśeṣeṇa tu saṃgame sarvaṃ tad akṣayaṃ vidyān nātra kāryā vicāraṇā //
Bathing and giving at those (places), and especially at the confluence—one should know all that to be imperishable; no doubt is to be entertained here.
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BrP 96.27
यद् एतत् पुण्यम् आख्यानं यः पठेच् च शृणोति वा सर्वपापैः स मुच्येत मनोवाक्कायकर्मजैः ॥
yad etat puṇyam ākhyānaṃ yaḥ paṭhec ca śṛṇoti vā sarvapāpaiḥ sa mucyeta manovākkāyakarmajaiḥ //
Whoever recites or hears this holy narrative would be freed from all sins arising from acts of mind, speech and body.
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