Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 8
BvP 2 8.1
नारद उवाच ।। हरेर्निमेषमात्रेण ब्रह्मणः पात एव च ।। तस्य पाते प्राकृतिकः प्रलयः परिकीर्त्तितः
nārada uvāca || harernimeṣamātreṇa brahmaṇaḥ pāta eva ca || tasya pāte prākṛtikaḥ pralayaḥ parikīrttitaḥ
Nārada said: In a mere instant of Hari there occurs the fall of Brahmā; at his fall the elemental (prākṛtika) dissolution is declared (to take place).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.2
प्रलये प्राकृते चोक्तं तत्रादृष्टा वसुन्धरा ।। जलप्लुतानि विश्वानि सर्वे लीना हराविति मेदिनीति च विख्यातेत्युक्ता यैस्तन्मतं शृणु ।। जलधौता कृशा पूर्वं वर्द्धिता मेदसा यतः एवं सर्वाणि विश्वानि पृथिव्यां निर्मितानि वै ।। ऊर्ध्वं गोलोकवैकुण्ठौ नित्यौ विश्वपरौ च तौ कृत्वा रतिकरीं शय्यां मूर्त्तिं च सुमनोहराम् ।। क्रीडां चकार रहसि दिव्यवर्षमहर्निशम् यज्ञसूत्रं च पुष्पं च पुस्तकं तुलसीदलम् ।। जपमालां पुष्पमालां कर्पूरं च सुवर्णकम् श्वेतचम्पकवर्णाभां शतचन्द्रसमप्रभाम् ।। चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गीं सर्वभूषणभूषिताम् अम्बुवीचीभूखननात्पापान्मुच्येत स ध्रुवम् ।। अन्यकूपे कुपदजात्पापान्मुच्येत स ध्रुवम्
pralaye prākṛte coktaṃ tatrādṛṣṭā vasundharā || jalaplutāni viśvāni sarve līnā harāviti medinīti ca vikhyātetyuktā yaistanmataṃ śṛṇu || jaladhautā kṛśā pūrvaṃ varddhitā medasā yataḥ evaṃ sarvāṇi viśvāni pṛthivyāṃ nirmitāni vai || ūrdhvaṃ golokavaikuṇṭhau nityau viśvaparau ca tau kṛtvā ratikarīṃ śayyāṃ mūrttiṃ ca sumanoharām || krīḍāṃ cakāra rahasi divyavarṣamaharniśam yajñasūtraṃ ca puṣpaṃ ca pustakaṃ tulasīdalam || japamālāṃ puṣpamālāṃ karpūraṃ ca suvarṇakam śvetacampakavarṇābhāṃ śatacandrasamaprabhām || candanokṣitasarvāṅgīṃ sarvabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām ambuvīcībhūkhananātpāpānmucyeta sa dhruvam || anyakūpe kupadajātpāpānmucyeta sa dhruvam
And in the elemental dissolution it was said that there the earth was not seen: the worlds flooded with water, all dissolved into Hari. Hear the view of those who say she is renowned as "Medinī": because, washed away by the water, she was thin at first, and then grew by fat (medas). Thus all the worlds are indeed fashioned upon the earth; above are Goloka and Vaikuṇṭha, both eternal and beyond the worlds. Having made a bed for love-making and a most charming form, he played in secret, day and night, for a divine year: the sacrificial thread, a flower, a book, a tulasī leaf, a rosary, a flower-garland, camphor and gold; (her) of the colour of white campaka, with radiance equal to a hundred moons, all her limbs sprinkled with sandal, adorned with every ornament. By digging earth at the wave-line of the water he is surely freed from sin; from sin arising from a bad step at another's well he is surely freed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 8.3
वसुन्धरा तिरोभूता कुत्र वा तत्र तिष्ठति ।। सृष्टेर्विधानसमये साऽऽविर्भूता कथं पुनः
vasundharā tirobhūtā kutra vā tatra tiṣṭhati || sṛṣṭervidhānasamaye sā''virbhūtā kathaṃ punaḥ
The earth, having vanished — where then does she abide? And at the time of the ordaining of creation, how did she appear again?
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BvP 2 8.4
कथं बभूव सा धन्या मान्या सर्वाश्रया जया ।। तस्याश्च जन्मविस्तारं वद मङ्गलकारणम्
kathaṃ babhūva sā dhanyā mānyā sarvāśrayā jayā || tasyāśca janmavistāraṃ vada maṅgalakāraṇam
How did she become blessed, honoured, the refuge of all, victorious? Tell in full the story of her birth, which is the cause of auspiciousness.
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BvP 2 8.5
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। सर्वादिसृष्टौ सर्वेषां जन्म कृष्णादिति श्रुतिः ।। आविर्भावस्तिरोभावः सर्वेषु प्रलयेषु च
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || sarvādisṛṣṭau sarveṣāṃ janma kṛṣṇāditi śrutiḥ || āvirbhāvastirobhāvaḥ sarveṣu pralayeṣu ca
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: In the first creation of all, the birth of all is from Kṛṣṇa — so says the Veda; and (so are) the appearing and the disappearing in all the dissolutions.
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BvP 2 8.6
श्रूयतां वसुधाजन्म सर्वमंगलमंगलम् ।। विघ्ननिघ्नं परं पाप नाशनं पुण्यवर्द्धनम्
śrūyatāṃ vasudhājanma sarvamaṃgalamaṃgalam || vighnanighnaṃ paraṃ pāpa nāśanaṃ puṇyavarddhanam
Let the birth of the earth be heard, the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, the destroyer of obstacles, supremely destructive of sin and increasing of merit.
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BvP 2 8.7
अहो केचिद्वदन्तीति मधुकैटभमेदसा ।। बभूव वसुधा धन्या तद्विरुद्धमतं शृणु
aho kecidvadantīti madhukaiṭabhamedasā || babhūva vasudhā dhanyā tadviruddhamataṃ śṛṇu
Ah, some say that the blessed earth came into being from the fat of Madhu and Kaiṭabha; hear the view that contradicts that.
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BvP 2 8.8
ऊचतुस्तौ पुरा विष्णुं तुष्टौ युद्धेन तेजसा ।। आवां जहि न यत्रोर्वी पयसा संवृतेति च
ūcatustau purā viṣṇuṃ tuṣṭau yuddhena tejasā || āvāṃ jahi na yatrorvī payasā saṃvṛteti ca
Those two, formerly, pleased by (his) fiery strength in battle, said to Viṣṇu: "Slay us two where the earth is not covered by water."
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BvP 2 8.9
तयोर्जीवनकालेन प्रत्यक्षा च भवेत्स्फुटम् ।। ततो बभूव मेदश्च मरणानन्तरं तयोः
tayorjīvanakālena pratyakṣā ca bhavetsphuṭam || tato babhūva medaśca maraṇānantaraṃ tayoḥ
And through the span of their life she would become plainly manifest; then, after the death of those two, the fat came to be.
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BvP 2 8.11
कथयामि च तज्जन्म सार्थकं सर्वसम्मतम् ।। पुरा श्रुतं च श्रुत्युक्तं धर्मवक्त्राच्च पुष्करे
kathayāmi ca tajjanma sārthakaṃ sarvasammatam || purā śrutaṃ ca śrutyuktaṃ dharmavaktrācca puṣkare
And I shall relate that birth of hers, meaningful and accepted by all, which was heard of old, declared in scripture and (spoken) from the mouth of Dharma at Puṣkara.
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BvP 2 8.12
महाविराट्शरीरस्य जलस्थस्य चिरं स्फुटम् ।। मलो बभूव कालेन सर्वांगव्यापको ध्रुवम्
mahāvirāṭśarīrasya jalasthasya ciraṃ sphuṭam || malo babhūva kālena sarvāṃgavyāpako dhruvam
Of the great Virāṭ's body, which lay long in the water, there plainly arose in time a scum, pervading all the limbs, assuredly.
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BvP 2 8.13
स च प्रविष्टः सर्वेषां तल्लोम्नां विवरेषु च ।। कालेन महता तस्माद्बभूव वसुधा मुने
sa ca praviṣṭaḥ sarveṣāṃ tallomnāṃ vivareṣu ca || kālena mahatā tasmādbabhūva vasudhā mune
And it entered into the hollows of all those hairs; from that, after a great length of time, the earth came into being, O sage.
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BvP 2 8.14
प्रत्येकं प्रतिलोम्नां च स्थिता कूपेषु सा स्थिरा ।। आविर्भूता तिरोभूता सा चला च पुनः पुनः
pratyekaṃ pratilomnāṃ ca sthitā kūpeṣu sā sthirā || āvirbhūtā tirobhūtā sā calā ca punaḥ punaḥ
She stood firm in the pits of each single hair; again and again she was manifested, hidden, and moving.
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BvP 2 8.15
आविर्भूता सृष्टिकाले तज्जलात्पर्य्युपस्थिता ।। प्रलये च तिरोभूता जलाभ्यन्तरवस्थिता
āvirbhūtā sṛṣṭikāle tajjalātparyyupasthitā || pralaye ca tirobhūtā jalābhyantaravasthitā
Manifested at the time of creation, she stood risen up out of that water; and hidden at the dissolution, she remained within the water.
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BvP 2 8.16
प्रतिविश्वेषु वसुधा शैलकाननसंयुता ।। सप्तसागरसंयुक्ता सप्तद्वीपमिता सती
prativiśveṣu vasudhā śailakānanasaṃyutā || saptasāgarasaṃyuktā saptadvīpamitā satī
In each universe the earth is joined with mountains and forests, joined with the seven oceans, measured out as the seven continents, she the good one,
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BvP 2 8.17
हिमाद्रिमेरुसंयुक्ता ग्रहचन्द्रार्कसंयुता ।। ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवाद्यैश्च सुरैर्लोकैस्तथा नुता
himādrimerusaṃyuktā grahacandrārkasaṃyutā || brahmaviṣṇuśivādyaiśca surairlokaistathā nutā
joined with Himālaya and Meru, joined with the planets, moon and sun, and praised by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, by the gods and by the worlds,
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BvP 2 8.18
पुण्यतीर्थसमायुक्ता पुण्यभारतसंयुता ।। काञ्चनीभूमिसंयुक्ता सर्वदुर्गसमन्विता
puṇyatīrthasamāyuktā puṇyabhāratasaṃyutā || kāñcanībhūmisaṃyuktā sarvadurgasamanvitā
furnished with holy pilgrimage places, joined with the holy Bhārata, joined with the golden land, endowed with all fastnesses.
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BvP 2 8.19
पातालाः सप्त तदधस्तदूर्ध्वे ब्रह्मलोककः ।। ध्रुवलोकश्च तत्रैव सर्वं विश्वं च तत्र वै
pātālāḥ sapta tadadhastadūrdhve brahmalokakaḥ || dhruvalokaśca tatraiva sarvaṃ viśvaṃ ca tatra vai
Below her are the seven Pātālas, above her is Brahmaloka; and Dhruvaloka is right there, and indeed the whole universe is there.
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BvP 2 8.21
नश्वराणि च विश्वानि कृत्रिमाकृत्रिमाणि च ।। प्रलये प्राकृते ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्मणश्च निपातने
naśvarāṇi ca viśvāni kṛtrimākṛtrimāṇi ca || pralaye prākṛte brahmanbrahmaṇaśca nipātane
And the universes, both the fashioned and the unfashioned, are perishable at the primordial dissolution, O brahman, and at the falling away of Brahmā.
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BvP 2 8.22
महाविराडादिसृष्टौ सृष्टः कृष्णेन चात्मना ।। नित्ये स्थितः स प्रलये काष्ठाकाशेश्वरैः सह
mahāvirāḍādisṛṣṭau sṛṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇena cātmanā || nitye sthitaḥ sa pralaye kāṣṭhākāśeśvaraiḥ saha
At the creation of the great Virāṭ and the rest he was created by Kṛṣṇa himself; at the dissolution he abides in the eternal, together with the kāṣṭhās, space, and the lords.
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BvP 2 8.23
क्षित्यधिष्ठातृदेवी सा वाराहे पूजिता सुरैः ।। मनुभिर्मुनिभिर्विप्रैर्गन्धर्वादिभिरेव च
kṣityadhiṣṭhātṛdevī sā vārāhe pūjitā suraiḥ || manubhirmunibhirviprairgandharvādibhireva ca
She, the goddess presiding over the earth, was worshipped in the Vārāha (kalpa) by the gods, by the Manus, by the sages, by the brahmins, and by the Gandharvas and the rest.
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BvP 2 8.24
विष्णोर्वराहरूपस्य पत्नी सा श्रुतिसम्मता ।। तत्पुत्रो मंगलो ज्ञेयः सुयशा मंगलात्मजः
viṣṇorvarāharūpasya patnī sā śrutisammatā || tatputro maṃgalo jñeyaḥ suyaśā maṃgalātmajaḥ
She is, as scripture agrees, the wife of Viṣṇu in his boar form; her son is to be known as Maṅgala, and Suyaśā is Maṅgala's son.
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BvP 2 8.25
नारद उवाच ।। पूजिता केन रूपेण वाराहे च सुरैर्मही ।। वराहेण च वाराही सर्वैः सर्वाश्रया सती
nārada uvāca || pūjitā kena rūpeṇa vārāhe ca surairmahī || varāheṇa ca vārāhī sarvaiḥ sarvāśrayā satī
Nārada said: In what form was the earth worshipped by the gods in the Vārāha (kalpa), and by Varāha—she who is Vārāhī, the refuge of all, the good one, (worshipped) by all?
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BvP 2 8.26
तस्याः पूजाविधानं चाप्यधश्चोद्धरणक्रमम् ।। मंगलं मंगलस्यापि जन्मव्यासं वद प्रभो
tasyāḥ pūjāvidhānaṃ cāpyadhaścoddharaṇakramam || maṃgalaṃ maṃgalasyāpi janmavyāsaṃ vada prabho
Tell, O lord, the rule for her worship, and the manner of her being lifted up from below, and the auspicious, full account of the birth of Maṅgala too.
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BvP 2 8.27
नारायण उवाच ।। वाराहे च वराहश्च ब्रह्मणा संस्तुतः पुरा ।। उद्दधार महीं हत्वा हिरण्याक्षं रसातलात्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || vārāhe ca varāhaśca brahmaṇā saṃstutaḥ purā || uddadhāra mahīṃ hatvā hiraṇyākṣaṃ rasātalāt
Nārāyaṇa said: In the Vārāha (kalpa) the Boar, praised of old by Brahmā, slew Hiraṇyākṣa and lifted the earth up from Rasātala.
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BvP 2 8.28
जले तां स्थापयामास पद्मपत्रं यथाऽर्णवे ।। तत्रैव निर्ममे ब्रह्मा सर्वं विश्वं मनोहरम्
jale tāṃ sthāpayāmāsa padmapatraṃ yathā'rṇave || tatraiva nirmame brahmā sarvaṃ viśvaṃ manoharam
He set her upon the water, as a lotus leaf upon the sea; and right there Brahmā fashioned the whole lovely universe.
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BvP 2 8.29
दृष्ट्वा तदधि देवीं च सकामां कामुको हरिः ।। वराहरूपी भगवान्कोटिसूर्य्यसमप्रभः
dṛṣṭvā tadadhi devīṃ ca sakāmāṃ kāmuko hariḥ || varāharūpī bhagavānkoṭisūryyasamaprabhaḥ
Seeing her there, the goddess, and (that she was) filled with desire, Hari became desirous — the Lord in boar form, whose splendour equalled ten million suns.
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BvP 2 8.31
सुखसम्भोगसंस्पर्शान्मूर्च्छां सम्प्राप सुन्दरी ।। विदग्धाया विदग्धेन संगमोऽपि सुखप्रदः
sukhasambhogasaṃsparśānmūrcchāṃ samprāpa sundarī || vidagdhāyā vidagdhena saṃgamo'pi sukhapradaḥ
From the touch of that pleasurable union the beautiful woman swooned; for a woman skilled (in love), union with one skilled is indeed a giver of pleasure.
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BvP 2 8.32
विष्णुस्तदंगसंश्लेषाद् बुबुधे न दिवानिशम् ।। वर्षान्ते चेतनां प्राप्य कामी तत्याज कामुकीम्
viṣṇustadaṃgasaṃśleṣād bubudhe na divāniśam || varṣānte cetanāṃ prāpya kāmī tatyāja kāmukīm
Viṣṇu, from the embrace of her body, knew neither day nor night; at the end of a year, having regained awareness, the lover let go of his beloved.
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BvP 2 8.33
दधार पूर्वरूपं हि वाराहं चैव लीलया ।। पूजां चकार भक्त्या च ध्यात्वा च धरणीं सतीम्
dadhāra pūrvarūpaṃ hi vārāhaṃ caiva līlayā || pūjāṃ cakāra bhaktyā ca dhyātvā ca dharaṇīṃ satīm
He indeed took on his former boar form, in sport; and he made worship with devotion, having meditated on Dharaṇī (Earth) the chaste one.
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BvP 2 8.34
धूपैर्दीपैश्च नैवद्यैः सिन्दूरैरनुलेपनः ।। वस्त्रैः पुष्पैश्च बलिभिः संपूज्योवाच तां हरिः
dhūpairdīpaiśca naivadyaiḥ sindūrairanulepanaḥ || vastraiḥ puṣpaiśca balibhiḥ saṃpūjyovāca tāṃ hariḥ
Having worshipped her with incense, lamps, food offerings, vermilion, ointments, garments, flowers and oblations, Hari spoke to her:
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BvP 2 8.36
जलोच्छ्वासाज्जलत्यागगृहारम्भप्रवेशने ।। वापीतडागारम्भे च शुभे च कृषि कर्मणि
jalocchvāsājjalatyāgagṛhārambhapraveśane || vāpītaḍāgārambhe ca śubhe ca kṛṣi karmaṇi
"At the rising of water and at the letting out of water, at the beginning of a house and the entering of it, at the beginning of a well or a tank, and in the auspicious work of ploughing,
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BvP 2 8.37
तव पूजां करिष्यन्ति संभ्रमेण सुरादयः ।। मूढा ये न करिष्यन्ति यास्यन्ति नरकं च ते
tava pūjāṃ kariṣyanti saṃbhrameṇa surādayaḥ || mūḍhā ye na kariṣyanti yāsyanti narakaṃ ca te
the gods and the rest will perform your worship with eager haste; and those fools who will not perform it will go to hell."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.38
वसुधोवाच ।। वहामि सर्वं वाराहरूपेणाहं तवाज्ञया ।। लीलामात्रेण भगवन्विश्वं च सचराचरम्
vasudhovāca || vahāmi sarvaṃ vārāharūpeṇāhaṃ tavājñayā || līlāmātreṇa bhagavanviśvaṃ ca sacarācaram
Vasudhā (Earth) said: "By your command I bear everything in the boar's form, O Lord, and by mere sport (I bear) the universe with its moving and unmoving beings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.39
महावराह उवाच ।। सर्वाधारा भव शुभे सर्वैः संपूजिता शुभम् ।। मुनिभिर्मनुभिर्देवैः सिद्धैर्वा मानवादिभिः मुक्तां शुक्तिं हरेरर्चां शिवलिंगं शिलां तथा ।। शंखं प्रदीपं रत्नं च माणिक्यं हीरकं मणिम्
mahāvarāha uvāca || sarvādhārā bhava śubhe sarvaiḥ saṃpūjitā śubham || munibhirmanubhirdevaiḥ siddhairvā mānavādibhiḥ muktāṃ śuktiṃ harerarcāṃ śivaliṃgaṃ śilāṃ tathā || śaṃkhaṃ pradīpaṃ ratnaṃ ca māṇikyaṃ hīrakaṃ maṇim
The Great Boar said: "Be the support of all, O auspicious one, and be well worshipped by all — by sages, by Manus, by gods, by Siddhas, and by men and the rest." — (Earth speaks:) "A pearl, an oyster shell, an image of Hari, a Śiva-liṅga, and a stone, a conch, a lamp, a jewel, a ruby, a diamond, a gem,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 8.41
गोरोचनां चन्दनं च शालग्रामजलं तथा ।। एतान्वोढुमशक्ताऽहं क्लिष्टा च भगवञ्छृणु
gorocanāṃ candanaṃ ca śālagrāmajalaṃ tathā || etānvoḍhumaśaktā'haṃ kliṣṭā ca bhagavañchṛṇu
gorocanā pigment, sandal, and likewise śālagrāma water — these I am unable to bear, and I am distressed; listen, O Lord."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.42
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। द्रव्याण्येतानि ये मूढा अर्पयिष्यन्ति सुन्दरि ।। यास्यन्ति ते कालसूत्रं दिव्यं वर्षशतं त्वयि
śrībhagavānuvāca || dravyāṇyetāni ye mūḍhā arpayiṣyanti sundari || yāsyanti te kālasūtraṃ divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ tvayi
The blessed Lord said: "Those fools who will set these substances down upon you, O beautiful one, they will go to (the hell) Kālasūtra for a hundred divine years."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.43
इत्येवमुक्त्वा भगवान्विरराम च नारद ।। बभूव तेन गर्भेण तेजस्वी मङ्गलग्रहः
ityevamuktvā bhagavānvirarāma ca nārada || babhūva tena garbheṇa tejasvī maṅgalagrahaḥ
Having spoken thus, the Lord fell silent, O Nārada; and from that embryo came to be the fiery planet Maṅgala (Mars).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.44
पूजां चक्रुः पृथिव्याश्च ते सर्वे चाज्ञया हरेः ।। दध्युः काण्वोक्तमार्गेण तुष्टुवुः स्तवनेन च
pūjāṃ cakruḥ pṛthivyāśca te sarve cājñayā hareḥ || dadhyuḥ kāṇvoktamārgeṇa tuṣṭuvuḥ stavanena ca
And they all performed the worship of the Earth by the command of Hari; they meditated by the method declared by Kaṇva, and praised (her) with a hymn of praise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.45
दद्युर्मूलेन मन्त्रेण नैवेद्यादिकमेव च ।। संस्तुता त्रिषु लोकेषु पूजिता सा बभूव ह
dadyurmūlena mantreṇa naivedyādikameva ca || saṃstutā triṣu lokeṣu pūjitā sā babhūva ha
They would offer the food-offering and the rest with the root-mantra; she came to be praised and worshipped in the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.46
नारद उवाच ।। किं ध्यानं स्तवनं किं वा तस्या मूलं च किं वद ।। गूढं सर्वपुराणेषु श्रोतुं कौतूहलं मम
nārada uvāca || kiṃ dhyānaṃ stavanaṃ kiṃ vā tasyā mūlaṃ ca kiṃ vada || gūḍhaṃ sarvapurāṇeṣu śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ mama
Nārada said: "What is the meditation, and what the hymn of praise, and what is her root(-mantra)? Tell me. It is hidden in all the Purāṇas, and I am eager to hear it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.47
नारायण उवाच ।। आदौ च पृथिवी देवी वराहेण सुपूजिता ।। ततो हि ब्रह्मणा पश्चात्ततश्च पृथुना पुरा
nārāyaṇa uvāca || ādau ca pṛthivī devī varāheṇa supūjitā || tato hi brahmaṇā paścāttataśca pṛthunā purā
Nārāyaṇa said: "In the beginning the goddess Earth was well worshipped by the Boar, then indeed by Brahmā, and afterwards by Pṛthu of old,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.48
ततः सर्वैर्मुनीन्द्रैश्च मनुभिर्नारदादिभिः ।। ध्यानं च स्तवनं मन्त्रं शृणु वक्ष्यामि नारद
tataḥ sarvairmunīndraiśca manubhirnāradādibhiḥ || dhyānaṃ ca stavanaṃ mantraṃ śṛṇu vakṣyāmi nārada
then by all the chief sages, by the Manus, by Nārada and the rest. Hear the meditation, the hymn of praise, and the mantra; I shall tell them, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.49
ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं वां वसुधायै स्वाहा ।। इत्यनेन तु मन्त्रेण पूजिता विष्णुना पुरा
oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ vāṃ vasudhāyai svāhā || ityanena tu mantreṇa pūjitā viṣṇunā purā
Oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ vāṃ, to Vasudhā, svāhā — with this mantra she was worshipped by Viṣṇu of old.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.51
रत्नाधारां रत्नगर्भां रत्नाकरसमन्विताम् ।। वह्निशुद्धांशुकाधानां सस्मितां वन्दितां भजे
ratnādhārāṃ ratnagarbhāṃ ratnākarasamanvitām || vahniśuddhāṃśukādhānāṃ sasmitāṃ vanditāṃ bhaje
I worship her, the support of jewels, jewel-wombed, attended by the jewel-mine (the ocean), clad in a garment purified by fire, smiling, and revered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.52
ध्यानेनानेन सा देवी सर्वैर्वै पूजिता भवेत् ।। स्तवनं शृणु विप्रेन्द्र कण्वशाखोक्तमेव च
dhyānenānena sā devī sarvairvai pūjitā bhavet || stavanaṃ śṛṇu viprendra kaṇvaśākhoktameva ca
By this meditation that goddess should be worshipped by all. Hear the hymn of praise, O best of brahmins, as declared in the Kaṇva branch (of the Veda).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.53
विष्णुरुवाच ।। यज्ञसूकरजाया त्वं जयं देहि जयावहे ।। जयेऽजये जयाधारे जयशीले जयप्रदे
viṣṇuruvāca || yajñasūkarajāyā tvaṃ jayaṃ dehi jayāvahe || jaye'jaye jayādhāre jayaśīle jayaprade
Viṣṇu said: You are the wife of the sacrificial Boar; grant victory, O bringer of victory! O Jayā, O Ajayā, O foundation of victory, O you whose nature is victory, O giver of victory!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.55
सर्वसस्यालये सर्वसस्याड्ये सर्वसस्यदे ।। सर्वसस्यहरे काले सर्वसस्यात्मिके क्षिते
sarvasasyālaye sarvasasyāḍye sarvasasyade || sarvasasyahare kāle sarvasasyātmike kṣite
O abode of all crops, O you rich in all crops, O giver of all crops, O remover of all crops, O Time, O you who are the very self of all crops, O Earth (Kṣiti)!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.56
मङ्गले मङ्गलाधारे माङ्गल्ये मङ्गलप्रदे ।। मङ्गलार्थे मङ्गलांशे मंगलं देहि मे परम्
maṅgale maṅgalādhāre māṅgalye maṅgalaprade || maṅgalārthe maṅgalāṃśe maṃgalaṃ dehi me param
O auspicious one, O foundation of auspiciousness, O bearer of good fortune, O giver of what is auspicious, O aim of auspiciousness, O portion of auspiciousness — grant me the highest auspiciousness!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.57
भूमे भूमिपसर्वस्वे भूमिपालपरायणे ।। भूमिपाहङ्काररूपे भूमिं देहि वसुन्धरे
bhūme bhūmipasarvasve bhūmipālaparāyaṇe || bhūmipāhaṅkārarūpe bhūmiṃ dehi vasundhare
O Earth, O all-in-all of kings, O you devoted to the protectors of the earth, O you who are the very pride of kings — grant me land, O Vasundharā!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.58
इदं स्तोत्रं महापुण्यं तां संपूज्य च यः पठेत् ।। कोट्यन्तरे जन्मनि स संभवेद्भूमिपेश्वरः ।।
idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ tāṃ saṃpūjya ca yaḥ paṭhet || koṭyantare janmani sa saṃbhavedbhūmipeśvaraḥ ||
Whoever, having duly worshipped her, recites this greatly meritorious hymn, he will become a lord of kings within (his next) ten million births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 8.59
भूमिदानकृतं पुण्यं लभते पठनाज्जनः ।। दत्तापहारजात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
bhūmidānakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate paṭhanājjanaḥ || dattāpahārajātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
By the recitation a man obtains the merit made by the gift of land, and he is freed from the sin arising from seizing what has been given — there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.61
परभूश्राद्धजात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः ।। भूमौ वीर्य्यत्यागपापाद्दीपादिस्थापनात्तथा
parabhūśrāddhajātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || bhūmau vīryyatyāgapāpāddīpādisthāpanāttathā
He is freed from the sin arising from performing a śrāddha on another's land — there is no doubt in this — and from the sin of discharging semen on the ground, and likewise from setting a lamp and such (upon it),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.62
पापेन मुच्यते प्राज्ञः स्तोत्रस्य पठनान्मुने ।। अश्वमेधशतं पुण्यं लभते नात्र संशयः
pāpena mucyate prājñaḥ stotrasya paṭhanānmune || aśvamedhaśataṃ puṇyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
from (that) sin the wise man is freed by the recitation of the hymn, O sage; and he obtains the merit of a hundred horse-sacrifices — there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 8.94
सर्वाधारे सर्वबीजे सर्वशक्तिसमन्विते ।। सर्वकामप्रदे देवि सर्वेष्टं देहि मे स्थिरे
sarvādhāre sarvabīje sarvaśaktisamanvite || sarvakāmaprade devi sarveṣṭaṃ dehi me sthire
O foundation of all, O seed of all, O you endowed with all power, O goddess who grants all desires — grant me all that is wished for, O steadfast one!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition