Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 14
BndP 3 14.1
हयग्रीव उवाच एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । आजगामाथ देवेशीं द्रष्टुकामो महर्षिभिः
hayagrīva uvāca etasminneva kāle tu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ / ājagāmātha deveśīṃ draṣṭukāmo maharṣibhiḥ
Hayagrīva said: At that very time Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, came, wishing to see the mistress of the gods, along with the great sages.
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BndP 3 14.2
आजगाम ततो विष्णुरारूढो विनतासुतम् । शिवो ऽपि वृषमारूढः समायातो ऽखिलेश्वरीम्
ājagāma tato viṣṇurārūḍho vinatāsutam / śivo 'pi vṛṣamārūḍhaḥ samāyāto 'khileśvarīm
Then Viṣṇu came, mounted on the son of Vinatā (Garuḍa); Śiva too, mounted on his bull, came to the mistress of all.
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BndP 3 14.3
देवर्षयो नारदाद्याः समाजग्मुर्महेश्वरीम् । आययुस्तां महादेवीं सर्वे चाप्सरसां गणाः
devarṣayo nāradādyāḥ samājagmurmaheśvarīm / āyayustāṃ mahādevīṃ sarve cāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ
The divine sages, Nārada and the rest, came together to the Great Mistress; and all the troops of apsarases came to that Great Goddess.
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BndP 3 14.4
विश्वावसुप्रभृतयो गन्धर्वाश्चैव यक्षकाः । ब्रह्मणाथ समादिष्टो विश्वकर्मा विशांपतिः
viśvāvasuprabhṛtayo gandharvāścaiva yakṣakāḥ / brahmaṇātha samādiṣṭo viśvakarmā viśāṃpatiḥ
Viśvāvasu and the others, the gandharvas and the yakṣas (came); and then Viśvakarman, lord of peoples, being commanded by Brahmā,
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BndP 3 14.5
चकार नगरं दिव्यं यथामरपुरं तथा । ततो भगवती दुर्गा सर्वमन्त्राधिदेवता
cakāra nagaraṃ divyaṃ yathāmarapuraṃ tathā / tato bhagavatī durgā sarvamantrādhidevatā
made a divine city, just like the city of the immortals. Then the Blessed Durgā, the presiding deity of all mantras,
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BndP 3 14.6
विद्याधिदेवता श्यामा समाजग्मतुरंबिकाम् । ब्राहयाद्या मातरश्चैव स्वस्वभूतगणावृताः
vidyādhidevatā śyāmā samājagmaturaṃbikām / brāhayādyā mātaraścaiva svasvabhūtagaṇāvṛtāḥ
and Śyāmā, the presiding deity of knowledge — the two came together to Ambikā; and the Mothers, Brāhmī and the rest, each surrounded by her own host of spirits,
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BndP 3 14.7
सिद्धयो ह्यणिमाद्याश्च योगिन्यश्चैव कोटिशः । भैरवाः क्षेत्रपालाश्च महाशास्ता गणाग्रणीः
siddhayo hyaṇimādyāśca yoginyaścaiva koṭiśaḥ / bhairavāḥ kṣetrapālāśca mahāśāstā gaṇāgraṇīḥ
and the (eight) powers beginning with aṇimā, and yoginīs by the tens of millions, the Bhairavas and the Kṣetrapālas, and the great Śāstā, foremost of the hosts,
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BndP 3 14.8
महागणेश्वरः स्कन्दो बटुको वीरभद्रकः । आगत्य ते महादेवीं तुष्टुवुः प्रणतास्तदा
mahāgaṇeśvaraḥ skando baṭuko vīrabhadrakaḥ / āgatya te mahādevīṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ praṇatāstadā
the great Gaṇeśvara, Skanda, Baṭuka, and Vīrabhadra — these, having come, then bowed down and praised the Great Goddess.
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BndP 3 14.9
तत्राथ नगरीं रम्यां साट्टप्राकारतोरणाम् । गजाश्वरथशालाढ्यां राजवीथिविराजिताम्
tatrātha nagarīṃ ramyāṃ sāṭṭaprākāratoraṇām / gajāśvarathaśālāḍhyāṃ rājavīthivirājitām
Then, there, (he made) a lovely city with turrets, ramparts and archways, rich in halls for elephants, horses and chariots, resplendent with royal avenues,
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BndP 3 14.10
सामन्तानाममात्यानां सैनिकानां द्विजन्म नाम् । वेतालदासदासीनां गृहाणि रुचिराणि च
sāmantānāmamātyānāṃ sainikānāṃ dvijanma nām / vetāladāsadāsīnāṃ gṛhāṇi rucirāṇi ca
and beautiful houses for the vassal lords, the ministers, the soldiers, the twice-born, and for the vetālas and the male and female servants;
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BndP 3 14.11
मध्यं राजगृहं दिव्यं द्वारगोपुरभूषितम् । शालाभिर्बहुभिर्युक्तं सभा भिरुषशोभितम्
madhyaṃ rājagṛhaṃ divyaṃ dvāragopurabhūṣitam / śālābhirbahubhiryuktaṃ sabhā bhiruṣaśobhitam
In the middle (was) the divine royal palace, adorned with doorways and gate-towers, furnished with many halls, splendidly graced with assembly-chambers.
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BndP 3 14.12
सिंहासनसभां चैव नवरत्नमयीं शुभाम् । मध्ये सिंहासनं दिव्यं चिन्तामणिवीनिर्मितम्
siṃhāsanasabhāṃ caiva navaratnamayīṃ śubhām / madhye siṃhāsanaṃ divyaṃ cintāmaṇivīnirmitam
And (there was) the lion-throne hall, auspicious, made of the nine gems; in its middle a divine lion-throne fashioned of the wish-granting cintāmaṇi stone,
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BndP 3 14.13
स्वयं प्रकाशमद्वन्द्वमुदयादित्यसंनिभम् । विलोक्य चिन्तयामास ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
svayaṃ prakāśamadvandvamudayādityasaṃnibham / vilokya cintayāmāsa brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
self-luminous, without a second, like the sun at its rising. Beholding (it), Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, fell to thinking:
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BndP 3 14.14
यस्त्वेतत्समधिष्ठाय वर्तते बालिशो ऽपिवा । पुरस्यास्य प्रभावेण सर्वलोकाधिको भवेत्
yastvetatsamadhiṣṭhāya vartate bāliśo 'pivā / purasyāsya prabhāveṇa sarvalokādhiko bhavet
"Whoever occupies this and rules (from it), even if he be a fool, would by the power of this city become superior to all the worlds.
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BndP 3 14.15
न केवला स्त्री राज्यार्हा पुरुषो ऽपि तया विना । मङ्गलाचार्यसंयुक्तं महापुरुषलक्षणम् । अनुकूलाङ्गनायुक्तमभिषिञ्चेदिति श्रुतिः
na kevalā strī rājyārhā puruṣo 'pi tayā vinā / maṅgalācāryasaṃyuktaṃ mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇam / anukūlāṅganāyuktamabhiṣiñcediti śrutiḥ
A woman alone is not fit for sovereignty, nor is a man (fit) without her. The śruti says: one should consecrate (a man) attended by an auspicious preceptor, bearing the marks of a great man, and joined with a suitable woman.
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BndP 3 14.16
विभातीयं वरारोहा भूर्ता शृङ्गारदेवता । वरो ऽस्यास्त्रिषु लोकेषु न चान्यः शङ्करादृते
vibhātīyaṃ varārohā bhūrtā śṛṅgāradevatā / varo 'syāstriṣu lokeṣu na cānyaḥ śaṅkarādṛte
This lady of fair hips shines forth, the very deity of erotic charm (embodied); her husband, in the three worlds, is none other than Śaṅkara.
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BndP 3 14.17
जडिलो मुण्डधारी च विरूपाक्षः कपालभृत् । कल्माषी भस्मदिग्धाङ्गः श्मशानास्थिविभूषणः
jaḍilo muṇḍadhārī ca virūpākṣaḥ kapālabhṛt / kalmāṣī bhasmadigdhāṅgaḥ śmaśānāsthivibhūṣaṇaḥ
But he is matted-haired and shaven-headed, misshapen-eyed, a bearer of a skull, mottled (of hue), his limbs smeared with ashes, ornamented with bones from the cremation ground.
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BndP 3 14.18
अमङ्गलास्पदं चैनं वरयेत्सा सुमङ्गला । इति चिन्तयमानस्य ब्रह्मणो ऽग्रे महेश्वरः
amaṅgalāspadaṃ cainaṃ varayetsā sumaṅgalā / iti cintayamānasya brahmaṇo 'gre maheśvaraḥ
Would she, the wholly auspicious one, choose him, the seat of all that is inauspicious?" — while Brahmā was thinking thus, before him Maheśvara,
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BndP 3 14.19
कोटिकन्दर्पलावण्ययुक्तो दिव्य शरीरवान् । दिव्यांबरधरः स्रग्वी दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनः
koṭikandarpalāvaṇyayukto divya śarīravān / divyāṃbaradharaḥ sragvī divyagandhānulepanaḥ
possessed of the loveliness of ten million Kāmas, bearing a divine body, wearing divine garments, garlanded, anointed with divine perfumes,
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BndP 3 14.20
किरीटहारकेयूरकुण्डलाद्यैरलङ्कृतः । प्रादुर्बभूव पुरतो जगन्मोहन रुपधृक्
kirīṭahārakeyūrakuṇḍalādyairalaṅkṛtaḥ / prādurbabhūva purato jaganmohana rupadhṛk
adorned with diadem, necklace, armlets, earrings and the rest, appeared before (him), bearing a form that bewitched the world.
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BndP 3 14.21
तं कुमारमथालिङ्ग्य ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । चक्रे कामेश्वरं नाम्ना कमनीयवपुर्धरम्
taṃ kumāramathāliṅgya brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ / cakre kāmeśvaraṃ nāmnā kamanīyavapurdharam
Then Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, embraced that youth of lovely body and made him Kāmeśvara by name.
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BndP 3 14.22
तस्यास्तु परमाशक्तेरनुरूपो वरस्त्वयम् । इति निश्चित्य तेनैव सहितास्तामथाययुः
tasyāstu paramāśakteranurūpo varastvayam / iti niścitya tenaiva sahitāstāmathāyayuḥ
"This indeed is the bridegroom befitting her, the supreme Śakti" — having so determined, they went together with him to her.
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BndP 3 14.23
अस्तुवंस्ते परां शक्तिं ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः । तां दृष्ट्वा मृगशावाक्षीं कुमारो नीललोहितः । अभवन्मन्मथाविष्टो विस्मृत्य सकलाः क्रियाः
astuvaṃste parāṃ śaktiṃ brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ / tāṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛgaśāvākṣīṃ kumāro nīlalohitaḥ / abhavanmanmathāviṣṭo vismṛtya sakalāḥ kriyāḥ
Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara praised the supreme Śakti. Seeing her, whose eyes were those of a fawn, the youth Nīlalohita became possessed by love, forgetting all his activities.
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BndP 3 14.24
सापि तं वीक्ष्य तन्वङ्गो मूर्तिंमन्तमिव स्मरम् । मदनाविष्टसर्वाङ्गी स्वात्मरूपममन्यत । अन्योन्यालोकनासक्तौ तावृभौ मदनातुरौ
sāpi taṃ vīkṣya tanvaṅgo mūrtiṃmantamiva smaram / madanāviṣṭasarvāṅgī svātmarūpamamanyata / anyonyālokanāsaktau tāvṛbhau madanāturau
She too, slender-limbed, seeing him as though Kāma made visible, her every limb pervaded by love, thought (him) her own very form. Both of them, absorbed in gazing at one another, were stricken with love,
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BndP 3 14.25
सर्वभावविशेषज्ञौ धृतिमन्तौ मनस्विनौ । परैरज्ञातचारित्रौ मुहूर्तास्वस्थचेतनौ
sarvabhāvaviśeṣajñau dhṛtimantau manasvinau / parairajñātacāritrau muhūrtāsvasthacetanau
both knowing every shade of feeling, both self-possessed, both high-minded, their behaviour unnoticed by the others, their minds unsteady for a moment.
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BndP 3 14.26
अथोवाच महादेवीं ब्रह्मा लोकैकनायिकाम् । इमे देवाश्च ऋषयो गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणाः । त्वामीशां द्रष्टुमिच्छन्ति सप्रियां परमाहवे
athovāca mahādevīṃ brahmā lokaikanāyikām / ime devāśca ṛṣayo gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ / tvāmīśāṃ draṣṭumicchanti sapriyāṃ paramāhave
Then Brahmā said to the Great Goddess, the sole mistress of the world: "These gods and sages, and the hosts of gandharvas and apsarases, wish to see you as sovereign, together with your beloved, in the supreme assembly.
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BndP 3 14.27
को वानुरूपस्ते देवि प्रियो धन्यतमः पुमान् । लोकसंरक्षणार्थाय भजस्व पुरुषं परम्
ko vānurūpaste devi priyo dhanyatamaḥ pumān / lokasaṃrakṣaṇārthāya bhajasva puruṣaṃ param
Or who is the man fitting for you, O Goddess, a beloved and most blessed one? For the sake of protecting the worlds, take to yourself the supreme Puruṣa.
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BndP 3 14.28
राज्ञी भव पुरस्यास्य स्थिता भव वरासने । अभिषिक्तां महाभागैर्देवार्षे भिरकल्मषैः
rājñī bhava purasyāsya sthitā bhava varāsane / abhiṣiktāṃ mahābhāgairdevārṣe bhirakalmaṣaiḥ
Be the queen of this city; be seated upon the excellent throne — consecrated by the greatly blessed, stainless gods and sages,
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BndP 3 14.29
साम्राज्यचिह्नसंयुक्तां सर्वाभरणसंयुताम् । सप्रियामासनगतां द्रष्टुमिच्छामहे वयम्
sāmrājyacihnasaṃyuktāṃ sarvābharaṇasaṃyutām / sapriyāmāsanagatāṃ draṣṭumicchāmahe vayam
endowed with the tokens of imperial rule, furnished with every ornament, together with your beloved and seated on the throne: thus we wish to behold you."
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