Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 6
BvP 1 6.1
सौतिरुवाच ।। अथ कृष्णो महालक्ष्मीं सादरं च सरस्वतीम् ।। नारायणाय प्रददौ रत्नेन्द्रं मालया सह नेच्छामि गृहिणीं नाथ वरं देहि मदीप्सितम् ।। यस्य यद्वाञ्छितं तस्मै तद्ददाति सदीश्वरः अमरत्वं च सर्वाग्र्यं सिद्धयोऽष्टादश स्मृताः ।। योगास्तपांसि सर्वाणि दानानि च व्रतानि च ।। परा क्रमेण यशसा महसा मत्समो भव।। प्राणानामपधिकस्त्वञ्च न भक्तस्त्वत्परो मम ध्रुवं ताः परभोग्याश्च पतिं निन्दन्ति सन्ततम्।। आवयोरतिरिक्तं च या पश्यति पतिं सती शिवकल्याणवचनं कल्याणं मुक्तिवाचकम् ।। यतस्तत्प्रभवेत्तेन स शिवः परिकीर्तितः काले सर्वेषु विश्वेषु महापूजासु पूजिते।। भविता प्रतिवर्षे च शारदी या सुरेश्वरि ।। एवं कुबेरादिभ्यस्तु दत्त्वा मन्त्रादिकं परम्।। विधिं प्रोवाच सृष्ट्यर्थं विधातुर्विधिरेव सः
sautiruvāca || atha kṛṣṇo mahālakṣmīṃ sādaraṃ ca sarasvatīm || nārāyaṇāya pradadau ratnendraṃ mālayā saha necchāmi gṛhiṇīṃ nātha varaṃ dehi madīpsitam || yasya yadvāñchitaṃ tasmai taddadāti sadīśvaraḥ amaratvaṃ ca sarvāgryaṃ siddhayo'ṣṭādaśa smṛtāḥ || yogāstapāṃsi sarvāṇi dānāni ca vratāni ca || parā krameṇa yaśasā mahasā matsamo bhava|| prāṇānāmapadhikastvañca na bhaktastvatparo mama dhruvaṃ tāḥ parabhogyāśca patiṃ nindanti santatam|| āvayoratiriktaṃ ca yā paśyati patiṃ satī śivakalyāṇavacanaṃ kalyāṇaṃ muktivācakam || yatastatprabhavettena sa śivaḥ parikīrtitaḥ kāle sarveṣu viśveṣu mahāpūjāsu pūjite|| bhavitā prativarṣe ca śāradī yā sureśvari || evaṃ kuberādibhyastu dattvā mantrādikaṃ param|| vidhiṃ provāca sṛṣṭyarthaṃ vidhāturvidhireva saḥ
Sauti said: Then Kṛṣṇa respectfully gave Mahālakṣmī and Sarasvatī to Nārāyaṇa, together with the chief of jewels and a garland. "I do not want a wife, lord; grant me the boon I desire." — Whatever anyone wishes, that the eternal Lord gives him. Immortality, and foremost of all, the eighteen reputed perfections; all yogas, austerities, gifts and vows — "by prowess, by fame, by splendour, become equal to me. You are dearer to me than my life-breaths, and no devotee of mine is higher than you. Certainly those women who are (meant) for others' enjoyment constantly revile their husband; but she is a chaste wife who sees no husband other than the two of us. 'Śiva' is a word (meaning) welfare, and welfare denotes liberation; since it arises from that, he is proclaimed Śiva. When you are worshipped at all times, in all worlds, at the great worships, there shall be every year the autumnal (festival), O mistress of the gods." Having thus given to Kubera and the rest the supreme mantra and the rest, he told Vidhi (Brahmā) the rule for the sake of creation — he being the very ordainer of the ordainer.
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BvP 1 6.2
सावित्रीं ब्रह्मणे प्रादान्मूर्तिं धर्माय सादरम्।। रतिं कामाय रूपाढ्यां कुबेराय मनोरमाम्
sāvitrīṃ brahmaṇe prādānmūrtiṃ dharmāya sādaram|| ratiṃ kāmāya rūpāḍhyāṃ kuberāya manoramām
He respectfully gave Sāvitrī to Brahmā, Mūrti to Dharma, Rati rich in beauty to Kāma, and the charming one to Kubera.
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BvP 1 6.3
अन्याश्च या या अन्यभ्यो याश्च येभ्यः समुद्भवाः ।। तस्मै तस्मै ददौ कृष्णस्तां तां रूपवतीं सतीम् ।।
anyāśca yā yā anyabhyo yāśca yebhyaḥ samudbhavāḥ || tasmai tasmai dadau kṛṣṇastāṃ tāṃ rūpavatīṃ satīm ||
And whatever other (goddesses) arose for others, and which ones (arose) from which ones — to each one Kṛṣṇa gave that beautiful, chaste woman.
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BvP 1 6.4
ततः शंकरमाहूय सर्वेशो योगिनां गुरुम् ।। उवाच प्रियमित्येवं गृह्णीयाः सिंहवाहिनीम्
tataḥ śaṃkaramāhūya sarveśo yogināṃ gurum || uvāca priyamityevaṃ gṛhṇīyāḥ siṃhavāhinīm
Then the lord of all, having summoned Śaṃkara, the teacher of yogins, said this kindly: "Take the one who rides the lion."
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BvP 1 6.5
श्रीकृष्णस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहसन्नीललोहितः ।। उवाच भीतः प्रणतः प्राणेशं प्रभुमच्युतम्
śrīkṛṣṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahasannīlalohitaḥ || uvāca bhītaḥ praṇataḥ prāṇeśaṃ prabhumacyutam
Having heard Śrī Kṛṣṇa's words, the blue-and-red one (Śiva), smiling, afraid and bowing, spoke to the lord of his life, the master, the unfallen one.
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BvP 1 6.6
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच ।। अधुनाहं न गृह्णामि प्रकृतिं प्राकृतो यथा ।। त्वद्भक्त्यैकव्यवहितां दास्यमार्गविरोधिनीम्
śrīmaheśvara uvāca || adhunāhaṃ na gṛhṇāmi prakṛtiṃ prākṛto yathā || tvadbhaktyaikavyavahitāṃ dāsyamārgavirodhinīm
Śrī Maheśvara said: I do not now take a wife (prakṛti) as an ordinary man does — (a wife) who alone obstructs devotion to you and opposes the path of servitude.
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BvP 1 6.7
तत्त्वज्ञानसमाच्छन्नां योगद्वारकपाटिकाम् ।। मुक्तीच्छाध्वंसरूपां च सकामां कामवर्द्धिनीम्
tattvajñānasamācchannāṃ yogadvārakapāṭikām || muktīcchādhvaṃsarūpāṃ ca sakāmāṃ kāmavarddhinīm
(A wife) who covers over knowledge of reality, who is the door-panel of the gate of yoga, whose nature is the destruction of the desire for liberation, who is full of desire and increases desire.
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BvP 1 6.8
तपस्याच्छन्नरूपां च महामोहकरण्डिकाम् ।। भवकारागृहे घोरे दृढां निगडरूपिणीम् ।।
tapasyācchannarūpāṃ ca mahāmohakaraṇḍikām || bhavakārāgṛhe ghore dṛḍhāṃ nigaḍarūpiṇīm ||
Whose form is a covering over ascetic practice, who is the little basket of great delusion, who is the firm fetter in the terrible prison-house of worldly existence.
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BvP 1 6.9
शश्वद्विबुद्धिजननीं सद्बुद्धिच्छेदकारिणीम् ।। शश्वद्विभोगसारां च विषयेच्छाविवर्द्धिनीम्
śaśvadvibuddhijananīṃ sadbuddhicchedakāriṇīm || śaśvadvibhogasārāṃ ca viṣayecchāvivarddhinīm
Who constantly begets bad understanding and cuts off good understanding, whose essence is constant indulgence, and who increases the craving for sense-objects.
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BvP 1 6.11
त्वद्भक्तिविषये दास्ये लालसा वर्द्धतेऽनिशम् ।। तृप्तिर्न जायते नाम जपने पादसेवने
tvadbhaktiviṣaye dāsye lālasā varddhate'niśam || tṛptirna jāyate nāma japane pādasevane
In the matter of devotion to you, in servitude, my longing grows day and night; no satiety arises in muttering (your) name or in serving (your) feet.
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BvP 1 6.12
त्वन्नामपञ्चवक्त्रेण गुणं सन्मङ्गलालयम् ।। स्वप्ने जागरणे शश्वद्गायन्गायन् भ्रमाम्यहम्
tvannāmapañcavaktreṇa guṇaṃ sanmaṅgalālayam || svapne jāgaraṇe śaśvadgāyangāyan bhramāmyaham
With my five mouths, singing and singing your name and quality, the abode of true auspiciousness, in sleep and in waking, I constantly wander.
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BvP 1 6.13
आकल्पकोटिकोटिं च तद्रूपध्यानतत्परम् ।। भोगेच्छाविषयेनैव योगे तपसि मन्मनः
ākalpakoṭikoṭiṃ ca tadrūpadhyānatatparam || bhogecchāviṣayenaiva yoge tapasi manmanaḥ
For countless crores of kalpas my mind is intent on meditation on that form (of yours) — (whereas) only through the object of the desire for enjoyment (is the mind) in yoga and in austerity.
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BvP 1 6.14
त्वत्सेवने पूजने च वन्दने नाम कीर्तने ।। सदोल्लसितमेषां च विरतौ विरतिं लभेत्
tvatsevane pūjane ca vandane nāma kīrtane || sadollasitameṣāṃ ca viratau viratiṃ labhet
In serving you, in worshipping, in saluting and in chanting your name, there is constant delight for these (devotees); (only) in ceasing (from these) would one find cessation.
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BvP 1 6.15
स्मरणं कीर्त्तनं नाम गुणयोः श्रवणं जपः ।। त्वच्चारुरूपध्यानं त्वत्पादसेवाभिवन्दनम्
smaraṇaṃ kīrttanaṃ nāma guṇayoḥ śravaṇaṃ japaḥ || tvaccārurūpadhyānaṃ tvatpādasevābhivandanam
Remembering, proclaiming, hearing of (your) name and qualities, muttering (them), meditating on your lovely form, service and reverence to your feet,
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BvP 1 6.16
समर्पणं चात्मनश्च नित्यं नैवेद्यभोजनम् ।। वरं वरेश देहीदं नवधा भक्तिलक्षणम्
samarpaṇaṃ cātmanaśca nityaṃ naivedyabhojanam || varaṃ vareśa dehīdaṃ navadhā bhaktilakṣaṇam
and offering up of oneself, and daily eating of the food offered (to you) — grant this boon, O lord of boons: devotion marked in nine ways.
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BvP 1 6.17
सार्ष्टिसालोक्यसारूप्यसामीप्यं साम्यलीनताम् ।। वदन्ति षड्विधां मुक्तिं मुक्तामुक्तिविदो विभो
sārṣṭisālokyasārūpyasāmīpyaṃ sāmyalīnatām || vadanti ṣaḍvidhāṃ muktiṃ muktāmuktivido vibho
Sārṣṭi (equal lordship), sālokya (same world), sārūpya (same form), sāmīpya (nearness), equality and absorption — those who know liberation and non-liberation call liberation sixfold, O mighty one.
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BvP 1 6.18
अणिमालघिमाप्राप्तिः प्राकाम्यं महिमा तथा ।। ईशित्वं च वशित्वं च सर्वकामावसायिता
aṇimālaghimāprāptiḥ prākāmyaṃ mahimā tathā || īśitvaṃ ca vaśitvaṃ ca sarvakāmāvasāyitā
Attainment of aṇimā and laghimā, prākāmya and likewise mahimā, and īśitva and vaśitva, and the fulfilment of all desires;
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BvP 1 6.19
सर्वज्ञ दूरश्रवणं परकायप्रवेशनम् ।। वाक्सिद्धिः कल्पवृक्षत्वं स्रष्टुं संहर्तुमीशता
sarvajña dūraśravaṇaṃ parakāyapraveśanam || vāksiddhiḥ kalpavṛkṣatvaṃ sraṣṭuṃ saṃhartumīśatā
omniscience, hearing at a distance, entering another's body, perfection of speech, being a wish-fulfilling tree, the power to create and to destroy;
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BvP 1 6.21
यशःकीर्तिर्वचः सत्यं धर्माण्यनशनानि च ।। भ्रमणं सर्वतीर्थेषु स्नानमन्यसुरार्चनम्
yaśaḥkīrtirvacaḥ satyaṃ dharmāṇyanaśanāni ca || bhramaṇaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu snānamanyasurārcanam
Fame, renown, truthful speech, religious observances and fasts, wandering among all the sacred fords, bathing (there), the worship of other gods,
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BvP 1 6.22
सुरार्चा दर्शनं सप्तद्वीपसप्तप्रदक्षिणम् ।। स्नानं सर्वसमुद्रेषु सर्वस्वर्गप्रदर्शनम्
surārcā darśanaṃ saptadvīpasaptapradakṣiṇam || snānaṃ sarvasamudreṣu sarvasvargapradarśanam
worship of the gods, the sight (of them), circumambulation seven times of the seven continents, bathing in all the oceans, the beholding of all the heavens,
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BvP 1 6.23
ब्रह्मत्वं चैव रुद्रत्वं विष्णुत्वं च परं पदम् ।। अतोऽनिर्वचनीयानि वाञ्छनीयानि सन्ति वा
brahmatvaṃ caiva rudratvaṃ viṣṇutvaṃ ca paraṃ padam || ato'nirvacanīyāni vāñchanīyāni santi vā
Brahmā-hood, and Rudra-hood, and Viṣṇu-hood, and the supreme state — and whatever desirable things there are beyond these that cannot be named:
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BvP 1 6.24
सर्वाण्येतानि सर्वेश कथितानि च यानि च ।। तव भक्तिकलांशस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
sarvāṇyetāni sarveśa kathitāni ca yāni ca || tava bhaktikalāṃśasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
all these, O Lord of all, both those that have been named and those (that have not), are not worth a sixteenth part of a fraction of a portion of devotion to you.
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BvP 1 6.25
शर्वस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा कृष्णस्तं योगिनां गुरुम् ।। प्रहस्योवाच वचनं सत्यं सर्वसुखप्रदम्
śarvasya vacanaṃ śrutvā kṛṣṇastaṃ yogināṃ gurum || prahasyovāca vacanaṃ satyaṃ sarvasukhapradam
Having heard Śarva's speech, Kṛṣṇa, laughing, spoke to him, the teacher of yogins, a true word that bestows every happiness.
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BvP 1 6.26
।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। मत्सेवां कुरु सर्वेश शर्वसर्वविदांवर ।। कल्पकोटिशतं यावत्पूर्णं शश्वदहर्निशम्
|| śrībhagavānuvāca || matsevāṃ kuru sarveśa śarvasarvavidāṃvara || kalpakoṭiśataṃ yāvatpūrṇaṃ śaśvadaharniśam
The Blessed Lord said: Perform service to me, O Lord of all, O Śarva, best of all who know, for a full hundred crore of kalpas, constantly, day and night.
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BvP 1 6.27
वरस्तपस्विनां त्वं च सिद्धानां योगिनां तथा ।। ज्ञानिनां वैष्णवानां च सुराणां च सुरेश्वर
varastapasvināṃ tvaṃ ca siddhānāṃ yogināṃ tathā || jñānināṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca surāṇāṃ ca sureśvara
And you are the best of ascetics, and of the perfected ones and of the yogins, and of the knowers and of the Vaiṣṇavas, and of the gods, O Lord of the gods.
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BvP 1 6.28
अमरत्वं लभ भव भव मृत्युंजयो महान् ।। सर्वसिद्धिं च वेदांश्च सर्वज्ञत्वं च मद्वरात्
amaratvaṃ labha bhava bhava mṛtyuṃjayo mahān || sarvasiddhiṃ ca vedāṃśca sarvajñatvaṃ ca madvarāt
Receive immortality, O Bhava; become the great conqueror of death, and (receive) all attainments and the Vedas and omniscience by my boon.
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BvP 1 6.29
असंख्यब्रह्मणां पातं लीलया वत्स पश्यसि ।। अद्यप्रभृति ज्ञानेन तेजसा वयसा शिव
asaṃkhyabrahmaṇāṃ pātaṃ līlayā vatsa paśyasi || adyaprabhṛti jñānena tejasā vayasā śiva
You shall look upon the falling of countless Brahmās as sport, my child, from today onward, with (your) knowledge, your splendour, and your (long) life, O Śiva.
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BvP 1 6.31
त्वत्परो नास्ति मे प्रेयांस्त्वं मदीयात्मनः परः।। ये त्वां निन्दन्ति पापिष्ठा ज्ञानहीना विचेतनाः
tvatparo nāsti me preyāṃstvaṃ madīyātmanaḥ paraḥ|| ye tvāṃ nindanti pāpiṣṭhā jñānahīnā vicetanāḥ
There is none dearer to me than you; you are beyond my own self. Those most sinful ones, devoid of knowledge and senseless, who revile you —
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BvP 1 6.32
पच्यन्ते कालसूत्रेण यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ ।। कल्पकोटिशतान्ते च ग्रहीष्यसि शिवां शिव
pacyante kālasūtreṇa yāvaccandradivākarau || kalpakoṭiśatānte ca grahīṣyasi śivāṃ śiva
they are cooked in Kālasūtra as long as the moon and the sun (endure). And at the end of a hundred crore kalpas you shall take Śivā (to wife), O Śiva.
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BvP 1 6.33
ममाव्यर्थं च वचनं पालनं कर्तुमर्हसि ।। त्वन्मुखान्निर्गतं वाक्यं न करोम्यधुनेति च
mamāvyarthaṃ ca vacanaṃ pālanaṃ kartumarhasi || tvanmukhānnirgataṃ vākyaṃ na karomyadhuneti ca
You ought to carry out the keeping of my word, so that it be not in vain — and also of the utterance that came forth from your mouth, 'I shall not do (it) now.'
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BvP 1 6.34
मद्वाक्यं च स्ववाक्यं च पालनं तत्करिष्यसि ।। गृहीत्वा प्रकृतिं शम्भो दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रकम्
madvākyaṃ ca svavākyaṃ ca pālanaṃ tatkariṣyasi || gṛhītvā prakṛtiṃ śambho divyaṃ varṣasahasrakam
Thus you shall keep both my word and your own: taking Prakṛti (as wife), O Śambhu, for a thousand divine years,
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BvP 1 6.35
सुखं महच्च शृङ्गारं करिष्यसि न संशयः ।। न केवलं तपस्वी त्वमीश्वरो मत्समो महान्
sukhaṃ mahacca śṛṅgāraṃ kariṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ || na kevalaṃ tapasvī tvamīśvaro matsamo mahān
you shall enjoy great pleasure and love-making — there is no doubt. You are not merely an ascetic: you are a great lord, equal to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.36
काले गृही तपस्वी च योगी स्वेच्छामयो हि यः ।। दुःखं च दारसंयोगे यत्त्वया कथितं शिव
kāle gṛhī tapasvī ca yogī svecchāmayo hi yaḥ || duḥkhaṃ ca dārasaṃyoge yattvayā kathitaṃ śiva
In (its proper) time a householder, and an ascetic, and a yogin — such is he who acts by his own will. And as for the suffering in union with a wife, which you spoke of, O Śiva:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.37
कुस्त्री ददाति दुःखं च स्वामिने न पतिव्रता ।। कुले महति या जाता कुलजा कुलपालिका
kustrī dadāti duḥkhaṃ ca svāmine na pativratā || kule mahati yā jātā kulajā kulapālikā
a bad woman gives sorrow to her husband, but not one devoted to her husband; she who is born in a great family, well-born, a guardian of the family,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.38
करोति पालनं स्नेहात्सत्पुत्रस्य समं पतिम् ।। पतिर्बन्धुः पतिर्भर्त्ता दैवतं कुलयोषिताम्
karoti pālanaṃ snehātsatputrasya samaṃ patim || patirbandhuḥ patirbharttā daivataṃ kulayoṣitām
she cherishes her husband out of affection as (she would) a good son. The husband is kinsman, the husband is supporter and deity for women of good family,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.39
पतितोऽपतितो वापि कृपणश्चेश्वरोऽथवा ।। असत्कुलप्रसूतायाः पित्रोर्दुश्शीलमिश्रिताः
patito'patito vāpi kṛpaṇaśceśvaro'thavā || asatkulaprasūtāyāḥ pitrorduśśīlamiśritāḥ
whether fallen or not fallen, a wretch or a lord. But of a woman born of a bad family, (the traits are) mingled with the ill character of her parents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 6.41
गोलोके स्वामिना सार्द्धं कोटिकल्पं प्रमोदते ।। भविता सा शिवा शैवी प्रकृतिवैष्णवी शिव
goloke svāminā sārddhaṃ koṭikalpaṃ pramodate || bhavitā sā śivā śaivī prakṛtivaiṣṇavī śiva
In Goloka she rejoices with her husband for a crore of kalpas; she shall be Śivā, Śaivī, Prakṛti, the Vaiṣṇavī, O Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.42
मदाज्ञया च तां साध्वीं ग्रहीष्यसि भवाय च ।। प्रकृत्या योनिसंयुक्तं त्वल्लिङ्गं तीर्थमृत्कृतम्
madājñayā ca tāṃ sādhvīṃ grahīṣyasi bhavāya ca || prakṛtyā yonisaṃyuktaṃ tvalliṅgaṃ tīrthamṛtkṛtam
And by my command you shall take that virtuous woman, for (your) welfare. Your liṅga, joined by Prakṛti with the yoni, made of clay from a sacred ford —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.43
तीर्थे सहस्रं संपूज्य भक्त्या पञ्चोपचारतः ।। सदक्षिणं संयतो यः पवित्रश्च जितेन्द्रियः
tīrthe sahasraṃ saṃpūjya bhaktyā pañcopacārataḥ || sadakṣiṇaṃ saṃyato yaḥ pavitraśca jitendriyaḥ
Whoever, at a holy place, having worshipped a thousand (such liṅgas) with devotion by the five kinds of offering, along with the (priestly) fee, being restrained, pure, and with his senses conquered —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.44
कोटिकल्पं च गोलोके मोदते च मया सह ।। लक्षं तीर्थे पूजयेद्यो विधिवत्साधुदक्षिणम्
koṭikalpaṃ ca goloke modate ca mayā saha || lakṣaṃ tīrthe pūjayedyo vidhivatsādhudakṣiṇam
— he rejoices in Goloka along with me for a crore of kalpas. And whoever worships a lakh (of liṅgas) at a holy place, according to rule, with a proper fee,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.45
न च्युतिस्तस्य गोलोकात्स भवेदावयोः समः ।। मृद्भस्मगोशकृत्पिण्डैस्तीर्थे वालुकयाऽपि वा
na cyutistasya golokātsa bhavedāvayoḥ samaḥ || mṛdbhasmagośakṛtpiṇḍaistīrthe vālukayā'pi vā
for him there is no falling away from Goloka; he becomes equal to the two of us. Or (even) with lumps of clay, ash, or cow dung, or with sand, at a holy place,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.46
कृत्वा लिङ्गं सकृत्पूज्य वसेत्कल्पायुतं दिवि ।। प्रजावान्भूमिमान्विद्वान्पुत्रवान्धनवांस्तथा
kṛtvā liṅgaṃ sakṛtpūjya vasetkalpāyutaṃ divi || prajāvānbhūmimānvidvānputravāndhanavāṃstathā
having made a liṅga and worshipped it but once, one dwells in heaven for ten thousand kalpas; and (one becomes) possessed of offspring, of land, learned, having sons, and likewise wealthy —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.47
ज्ञानवान्मुक्तिमान्साधुः शिवलिङ्गार्चनाद्भवेत् ।। शिवलिङ्गार्चनं स्थानं मत्तीर्थं तीर्थमेव तत् ।। भवेत्तत्र मृतः पापी शिवलोकं स गच्छति
jñānavānmuktimānsādhuḥ śivaliṅgārcanādbhavet || śivaliṅgārcanaṃ sthānaṃ mattīrthaṃ tīrthameva tat || bhavettatra mṛtaḥ pāpī śivalokaṃ sa gacchati
a good man becomes possessed of knowledge and of liberation through the worship of the Śiva-liṅga. The place where a Śiva-liṅga is worshipped is my holy place, that indeed is a holy place; a sinner who dies there goes to Śiva's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.48
महादेव महादेव महादेवेतिवादिनः ।। पश्चाद्यामि महात्रस्तो नामश्रवणलोभतः
mahādeva mahādeva mahādevetivādinaḥ || paścādyāmi mahātrasto nāmaśravaṇalobhataḥ
Of those who say "Mahādeva, Mahādeva, Mahādeva!" I go behind them, greatly awed, out of eagerness to hear the name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.49
शिवेति शब्दमुच्चार्य्य प्राणांस्त्यजति यो नरः ।। कोटिजन्मार्जितात्पापान्मुक्तो मुक्तिं प्रयाति सः
śiveti śabdamuccāryya prāṇāṃstyajati yo naraḥ || koṭijanmārjitātpāpānmukto muktiṃ prayāti saḥ
The man who, uttering the word "Śiva," gives up his life-breaths, is freed from the sin accumulated in a crore of births and goes to liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.51
विच्छेदे धनबन्धूनां निमग्नः शोकसागरे ।। शिवेति शब्दमुच्चार्य्य लभेत्सर्वशिवं नरः
vicchede dhanabandhūnāṃ nimagnaḥ śokasāgare || śiveti śabdamuccāryya labhetsarvaśivaṃ naraḥ
When wealth and kinsmen are lost, a man sunk in the ocean of grief, by uttering the word "Śiva," obtains all that is auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.52
पापघ्ने वर्तते शिश्च वश्च मुक्तिप्रदे तथा ।। पापघ्नो मोक्षदो नॄणां शिवस्तेन प्रकीर्तितः
pāpaghne vartate śiśca vaśca muktiprade tathā || pāpaghno mokṣado nṝṇāṃ śivastena prakīrtitaḥ
The syllable 'śi' stands for that which destroys sin, and 'va' likewise for that which bestows liberation; therefore Śiva is proclaimed to be the destroyer of sin and giver of release for men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.53
शिवेति च शिवं नाम यस्य वाचि प्रवर्त्तते ।। कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं तस्य नश्यति निश्चितम्
śiveti ca śivaṃ nāma yasya vāci pravarttate || koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ tasya naśyati niścitam
And in whose speech there moves the auspicious name "Śiva," his sin accumulated over a crore of births is assuredly destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.54
इत्युक्त्वा शूलिने कृष्णो दत्त्वा कल्पतरुं मनुम् ।। तत्त्वज्ञानं मृत्युजयमवोचत्सिंहवाहिनीम्
ityuktvā śūline kṛṣṇo dattvā kalpataruṃ manum || tattvajñānaṃ mṛtyujayamavocatsiṃhavāhinīm
Having said this to the trident-bearer, Kṛṣṇa, giving him the wish-fulfilling mantra, the knowledge of reality (and) the conquest of death, spoke to her who rides the lion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.55
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। अधुना तिष्ठ वत्से त्वं गोलोके मम सन्निधौ ।। काले भजिष्यसि शिवं शिवदं च शिवायनम्
śrībhagavānuvāca || adhunā tiṣṭha vatse tvaṃ goloke mama sannidhau || kāle bhajiṣyasi śivaṃ śivadaṃ ca śivāyanam
The Blessed Lord said: For now, child, remain in Goloka in my presence; in due time you will worship Śiva, the giver of good, the abode of good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.56
तेजःसु सर्वदेवानामाविर्भूय वरानने ।। संहृत्य दैत्यान्सर्वांश्च भविता सर्वपूजिता
tejaḥsu sarvadevānāmāvirbhūya varānane || saṃhṛtya daityānsarvāṃśca bhavitā sarvapūjitā
Appearing forth within the energies of all the gods, O fair-faced one, and destroying all the demons, you will become worshipped by all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.57
ततः कल्पविशेषे च सत्यं सत्ययुगे सति ।। भविता दक्षकन्या त्वं सुशीला शम्भुगेहिनी
tataḥ kalpaviśeṣe ca satyaṃ satyayuge sati || bhavitā dakṣakanyā tvaṃ suśīlā śambhugehinī
Then in a particular kalpa, in truth, when the Satya age has come, you will become Dakṣa's daughter, of good conduct, the wife of Śambhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.58
ततः शरीरं संत्यज्य यज्ञे भर्तुश्च निन्दया ।। मेनायां शैलभार्य्यायां भविता पार्वतीति च
tataḥ śarīraṃ saṃtyajya yajñe bhartuśca nindayā || menāyāṃ śailabhāryyāyāṃ bhavitā pārvatīti ca
Then, abandoning your body at a sacrifice because of the reviling of your husband, you will be born of Menā, the wife of the Mountain, as Pārvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.59
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं च विहरिष्यसि शम्भुना ।। पूर्णं ततः सर्वकालममेदं त्वं लभिष्यसि
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca vihariṣyasi śambhunā || pūrṇaṃ tataḥ sarvakālamamedaṃ tvaṃ labhiṣyasi
And for a thousand divine years you will sport with Śambhu; then, fully, you will obtain this (state) for all time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 6.61
ग्रामेषु नगरेष्वेव पूजिता ग्रामदेवता ।। भवती भवितेत्येवं नामभेदेन चारुणा
grāmeṣu nagareṣveva pūjitā grāmadevatā || bhavatī bhavitetyevaṃ nāmabhedena cāruṇā
In villages and in cities alike you will be worshipped as the village deity, (called) "Bhavatī," "Bhavitā," and so on, under a lovely variety of names.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 6.62
मदाज्ञया शिवकृतैस्तन्त्रैर्नानाविधैरपि ।। पूजाविधिं विधास्यामि कवचं स्तोत्रसंयुतम्
madājñayā śivakṛtaistantrairnānāvidhairapi || pūjāvidhiṃ vidhāsyāmi kavacaṃ stotrasaṃyutam
By my command, through the manifold tantras composed by Śiva, I shall lay down the rule of your worship, together with an amulet-hymn and praise-hymns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.63
भविष्यन्ति महान्तश्च तवैव परिचारकाः ।। धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां सिद्धाश्च फलभागिनः
bhaviṣyanti mahāntaśca tavaiva paricārakāḥ || dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ siddhāśca phalabhāginaḥ
And great ones will become your very attendants, and the perfected ones will share in the fruits of dharma, wealth, pleasure, and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.64
ये त्वां मातर्भजिष्यन्ति पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते ।। तेषां यशश्च कीर्तिश्च धर्मैश्वर्य्यं च वर्द्धते
ye tvāṃ mātarbhajiṣyanti puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate || teṣāṃ yaśaśca kīrtiśca dharmaiśvaryyaṃ ca varddhate
Those who will worship you, O mother, in the holy land of Bhārata — their fame and renown and their dharma and lordship increase.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.65
इत्युक्त्वा प्रकृतिं तस्यै मन्त्रमेकादशाक्षरम् ।। दत्त्वा सकामबीजं च मन्त्रराजमनुत्तमम्
ityuktvā prakṛtiṃ tasyai mantramekādaśākṣaram || dattvā sakāmabījaṃ ca mantrarājamanuttamam
Having spoken thus, (he) gave her, Prakṛti, the eleven-syllable mantra together with the kāma seed-syllable, the unsurpassed king of mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.66
चकार विधिना ध्यानं भक्तं भक्तानुकम्पया ।। श्रीमायाकामबीजाढ्यं ददौ मन्त्रं दशाक्षरम्
cakāra vidhinā dhyānaṃ bhaktaṃ bhaktānukampayā || śrīmāyākāmabījāḍhyaṃ dadau mantraṃ daśākṣaram
Out of compassion for devotees, (he) performed the meditation duly, (making her) a devotee; he gave the ten-syllable mantra enriched with the śrī, māyā and kāma seed-syllables.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 6.67
सृष्ट्यौपयौगिकीं शक्तिं सर्वसिद्धिं च कामदाम् ।। तद्विशिष्टोत्कृष्टतत्त्वं ज्ञानं तस्यै ददौ विभुः
sṛṣṭyaupayaugikīṃ śaktiṃ sarvasiddhiṃ ca kāmadām || tadviśiṣṭotkṛṣṭatattvaṃ jñānaṃ tasyai dadau vibhuḥ
The Lord gave her the power suitable for creation, all supernatural attainment granting desires, and the knowledge of that distinguished, superior principle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.68
त्रयोदशाक्षरं मन्त्रं दत्त्वा तस्मै जगत्पतिः ।। कवचं स्तोत्रसहितं शङ्कराय तथा द्विज
trayodaśākṣaraṃ mantraṃ dattvā tasmai jagatpatiḥ || kavacaṃ stotrasahitaṃ śaṅkarāya tathā dvija
And so, O twice-born, the Lord of the world, having given him — Śaṅkara — the thirteen-syllable mantra along with the armour-hymn and the praise-hymn,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.69
दत्त्वा धर्माय तं मन्त्रं सिद्धिज्ञानं तदेव च ।। कामाय वह्नये चैव कुबेराय च वायवे
dattvā dharmāya taṃ mantraṃ siddhijñānaṃ tadeva ca || kāmāya vahnaye caiva kuberāya ca vāyave
and having given that mantra and that same knowledge of attainment to Dharma, to Kāma, to Agni, to Kubera and to Vāyu—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.71
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। मदीयं च तपः कृत्वा दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रकम् ।। सृष्टिं कुरु महाभाग विधे नानाविधां पराम्
śrībhagavānuvāca || madīyaṃ ca tapaḥ kṛtvā divyaṃ varṣasahasrakam || sṛṣṭiṃ kuru mahābhāga vidhe nānāvidhāṃ parām
The blessed Lord said: Having performed austerity directed to me for a thousand divine years, O greatly fortunate Vidhi (Brahmā), carry out the supreme creation of manifold kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 6.72
इत्युक्त्वा ब्रह्मणे कृष्णो ददौ मालां मनोरमाम् ।। जगाम सार्द्धं गोपीभिर्गोपैर्वृन्दावनं वनम्
ityuktvā brahmaṇe kṛṣṇo dadau mālāṃ manoramām || jagāma sārddhaṃ gopībhirgopairvṛndāvanaṃ vanam
Having said this to Brahmā, Kṛṣṇa gave (him) a delightful garland, and went with the gopīs and the gopas to the forest of Vṛndāvana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition