Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 5
BvP 3 5.1
नारायण उवाच ।। श्रुत्वा व्रतविधाने च दुर्गा संहृष्टमानसा ।। पुनः पप्रच्छ कान्तं सा दिव्यां व्रतकथां शुभाम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || śrutvā vratavidhāne ca durgā saṃhṛṣṭamānasā || punaḥ papraccha kāntaṃ sā divyāṃ vratakathāṃ śubhām
Nārāyaṇa said: And having heard about the procedure of the vow, Durgā, her mind greatly delighted, asked her beloved again for the divine, auspicious story of the vow.
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BvP 3 5.2
श्रीपार्वत्युवाच ।। किमद्भुतं व्रतं नाथ विधानफलमस्य च ।। अधिकां तत्कथां ब्रूहि व्रतं केन प्रकाशितम्
śrīpārvatyuvāca || kimadbhutaṃ vrataṃ nātha vidhānaphalamasya ca || adhikāṃ tatkathāṃ brūhi vrataṃ kena prakāśitam
Śrī Pārvatī said: What is wonderful about this vow, O lord, and (what is) the fruit of its performance? Tell me that story more fully: by whom was the vow made known?
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BvP 3 5.3
अथ पुण्यकव्रतकथा ।। श्रीमहादेव उवाच ।। शतरूपा मनोः पत्नी पुत्रदुःखेन दुःखिता ।। ब्रह्मणः स्थानमागत्य सा ब्रह्माणमुवाच ह
atha puṇyakavratakathā || śrīmahādeva uvāca || śatarūpā manoḥ patnī putraduḥkhena duḥkhitā || brahmaṇaḥ sthānamāgatya sā brahmāṇamuvāca ha
Now the story of the Puṇyaka vow. Śrī Mahādeva said: Śatarūpā, the wife of Manu, grieved by the sorrow of (having no) son, came to Brahmā's place and spoke to Brahmā.
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BvP 3 5.4
शतरूपोवाच ।। ब्रह्मन्केन प्रकारेण वन्ध्यायाश्च सुतो भवेत् ।। तन्मे ब्रूहि जगद्धातः सृष्टिकारणकारण
śatarūpovāca || brahmankena prakāreṇa vandhyāyāśca suto bhavet || tanme brūhi jagaddhātaḥ sṛṣṭikāraṇakāraṇa
Śatarūpā said: O Brahmā, by what means may a barren woman have a son? Tell me that, O creator of the world, O cause of the cause of creation.
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BvP 3 5.6
तपोदानोद्भवं पुण्यं जन्मांतरसुखावहम् ।। सुखदो मोक्षः प्रीतिदाता पुत्रश्च पुत्रिणाम्
tapodānodbhavaṃ puṇyaṃ janmāṃtarasukhāvaham || sukhado mokṣaḥ prītidātā putraśca putriṇām
Merit arising from austerity and giving brings happiness in another birth; liberation gives happiness; and for those who have sons, a son is the giver of joy.
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BvP 3 5.7
पुत्री पुत्रमुखं दृष्ट्वा चाश्वमेधशतोद्भवम् ।। फलं पुन्नामनरकत्राणहेतुं लभेद्ध्रुवम्
putrī putramukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā cāśvamedhaśatodbhavam || phalaṃ punnāmanarakatrāṇahetuṃ labheddhruvam
A woman with a son, having seen her son's face, surely obtains the fruit arising from a hundred horse-sacrifices, which is the means of rescue from the hell named 'put'.
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BvP 3 5.8
पुत्रोत्पत्तेरुपायं वै वद मां तापसंयुताम् ।। तदा भद्रं न चेद्भर्त्रा सह यास्यामि काननम्
putrotpatterupāyaṃ vai vada māṃ tāpasaṃyutām || tadā bhadraṃ na cedbhartrā saha yāsyāmi kānanam
Tell me, who am afflicted with grief, a means for the birth of a son; then it will be well. If not, I shall go to the forest with my husband.
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BvP 3 5.9
तज्जन्म निष्फलं ब्रह्मन्नैश्वर्य्यं धनमेव च ।। किंचिन्न शोभते गेहे विना पुत्रेण पुत्रिणाम् गृहाण राज्यमैश्वर्य्य धनं पृथ्वीं प्रजावहाम् ।। किमेतेनावयोस्तात विना पुत्रैरपुत्रिणोः
tajjanma niṣphalaṃ brahmannaiśvaryyaṃ dhanameva ca || kiṃcinna śobhate gehe vinā putreṇa putriṇām gṛhāṇa rājyamaiśvaryya dhanaṃ pṛthvīṃ prajāvahām || kimetenāvayostāta vinā putrairaputriṇoḥ
That birth is fruitless, O Brahmā, and (so are) lordship and wealth; nothing shines in the house of those who (would) have sons, without a son. Take the kingdom, the lordship, the wealth, the earth bearing its creatures! What is (the use) of this for us two, dear one, who are without sons, lacking sons?
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BvP 3 5.10
अपुत्रिणो मुखं द्रष्टुं विद्वान्नोत्सहते ऽशिवम् ।। मुखं दर्शयितुं लज्जां समवाप्नोत्यपुत्रकः
aputriṇo mukhaṃ draṣṭuṃ vidvānnotsahate 'śivam || mukhaṃ darśayituṃ lajjāṃ samavāpnotyaputrakaḥ
A learned man does not care to look upon the inauspicious face of one who has no son; and the sonless man feels shame at showing his face.
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BvP 3 5.11
अथवा गरलं भुक्त्वा प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम् ।। अपुत्रपौत्रमशिवं गृहं स्यात्स्त्रीविहीनकम्
athavā garalaṃ bhuktvā pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam || aputrapautramaśivaṃ gṛhaṃ syātstrīvihīnakam
Or else, having swallowed poison, I shall enter the fire. A house without son and grandson is inauspicious, (as is one) bereft of a wife.
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BvP 3 5.12
इत्येवमुक्त्वा सा साक्षाद्ब्रह्मणोऽग्रे रुरोद ह ।। कृपानिधिश्च तां दृष्ट्वा प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमे
ityevamuktvā sā sākṣādbrahmaṇo'gre ruroda ha || kṛpānidhiśca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā pravaktumupacakrame
Having spoken thus, she wept right there before Brahmā; and he, a treasury of compassion, seeing her, began to speak.
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BvP 3 5.13
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। शृणु वत्से प्रवक्ष्यामि पुत्रोपायं सुखावहम् ।। सर्वैश्वर्य्यादिबीजं च सर्ववाञ्छाप्रदं शुभम्
brahmovāca || śṛṇu vatse pravakṣyāmi putropāyaṃ sukhāvaham || sarvaiśvaryyādibījaṃ ca sarvavāñchāpradaṃ śubham
Brahmā said: Listen, child, I shall declare the means for a son, which brings happiness, the seed of all lordship and the rest, granting every wish, auspicious.
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BvP 3 5.14
माघशुक्लत्रयोदश्यां व्रतमेतत्सुपुण्यकम् ।। कर्तव्यं शुक्लकाले च कृष्णमाराध्य सर्वदम्
māghaśuklatrayodaśyāṃ vratametatsupuṇyakam || kartavyaṃ śuklakāle ca kṛṣṇamārādhya sarvadam
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 3 5.15
संवत्सरं च कर्तव्यं सर्वविघ्नविनाशनम् ।। द्रव्याणि वेदैरुक्तानि व्रते देयानि सुव्रते
saṃvatsaraṃ ca kartavyaṃ sarvavighnavināśanam || dravyāṇi vedairuktāni vrate deyāni suvrate
And it is to be performed for a (full) year; it destroys all obstacles. The materials declared by the Vedas are to be given in the observance, O you of good vows.
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BvP 3 5.16
व्रतं च काण्वशाखोक्तं सर्ववाञ्छितसिद्धिदम् ।। कृत्वा पुत्रं लभ शुभे विष्णुतुल्यपराक्रमम् ।।
vrataṃ ca kāṇvaśākhoktaṃ sarvavāñchitasiddhidam || kṛtvā putraṃ labha śubhe viṣṇutulyaparākramam ||
And the vow declared in the Kāṇva branch (of the Veda), which grants the fulfillment of every wish — having performed it, O auspicious lady, obtain a son whose prowess equals Viṣṇu's.
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BvP 3 5.17
ब्रह्मणश्च वचः श्रुत्वा सा कृत्वा व्रतमुत्तमम् ।। प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ लेभे पुत्रौ मनोहरौ
brahmaṇaśca vacaḥ śrutvā sā kṛtvā vratamuttamam || priyavratottānapādau lebhe putrau manoharau
And having heard Brahmā's words, she performed the excellent vow and obtained two delightful sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda.
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BvP 3 5.18
व्रतं कृत्वा देवहूतिर्लेभे सिद्धेश्वरं सुतम् ।। नारायणांशं कपिलं पुण्यकं पुण्यदं शुभम्
vrataṃ kṛtvā devahūtirlebhe siddheśvaraṃ sutam || nārāyaṇāṃśaṃ kapilaṃ puṇyakaṃ puṇyadaṃ śubham
Having performed the vow, Devahūti obtained as her son the lord of the perfected ones — Kapila, a portion of Nārāyaṇa, holy, granter of merit, auspicious.
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BvP 3 5.19
अरुन्धतीदं कृत्वा तु लेभे शक्तिसुतं शुभा ।। शक्तिकान्ता व्रतं कृत्वा सुतं लेभे पराशरम्
arundhatīdaṃ kṛtvā tu lebhe śaktisutaṃ śubhā || śaktikāntā vrataṃ kṛtvā sutaṃ lebhe parāśaram
And the auspicious Arundhatī, having performed this (vow), obtained Śakti as her son; and Śakti's wife, having performed the vow, obtained Parāśara as her son.
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BvP 3 5.20
अदितिश्च व्रतं कृत्वा लेभे वामनकं सुतम्।। शची जयन्तं पुत्रं च लेभे कृत्वेदमीश्वरी
aditiśca vrataṃ kṛtvā lebhe vāmanakaṃ sutam|| śacī jayantaṃ putraṃ ca lebhe kṛtvedamīśvarī
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 3 5.21
उत्तानपादपत्नीदं कृत्वा लेभे ध्रुवं सुतम् ।। कुबेरजाया कृत्वेदं लेभे च नलकूबरम्
uttānapādapatnīdaṃ kṛtvā lebhe dhruvaṃ sutam || kuberajāyā kṛtvedaṃ lebhe ca nalakūbaram
Uttānapāda's wife, having performed this (vow), obtained Dhruva as her son; and Kubera's wife, having performed this, obtained Nalakūbara.
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BvP 3 5.22
सूर्य्यपत्नी मनुं लेभे कृत्वेदं व्रतमुत्तमम् ।। अत्रिपत्नी सुतं चन्द्रं लेभे कृत्वेदमुत्तमम्
sūryyapatnī manuṃ lebhe kṛtvedaṃ vratamuttamam || atripatnī sutaṃ candraṃ lebhe kṛtvedamuttamam
The Sun's wife, having performed this excellent vow, obtained Manu; and Atri's wife, having performed this excellent (vow), obtained a son, Candra.
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BvP 3 5.23
लेभे चांगिरसः पत्नी कृत्वेदं व्रतमुत्तमम् ।। बृहस्पतिं सुरगुरुं पुत्रमस्य प्रभावतः
lebhe cāṃgirasaḥ patnī kṛtvedaṃ vratamuttamam || bṛhaspatiṃ suraguruṃ putramasya prabhāvataḥ
And the wife of Aṅgiras, having performed this excellent vow, obtained by its power a son, Bṛhaspati, the preceptor of the gods.
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BvP 3 5.24
भृगोर्भार्य्या व्रतं कृत्वा लेभे दैत्यगुरुं सुतम् ।। शुक्रं नारायणांशं च सर्वतेजस्विनां वरम्
bhṛgorbhāryyā vrataṃ kṛtvā lebhe daityaguruṃ sutam || śukraṃ nārāyaṇāṃśaṃ ca sarvatejasvināṃ varam
Bhṛgu's wife, having performed the vow, obtained as her son the preceptor of the Daityas — Śukra, a portion of Nārāyaṇa, and the best of all the splendid ones.
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BvP 3 5.26
साध्यं राजेन्द्रपत्नीनां देवीनां च सुखावहम् ।। व्रतमेतन्महासाध्वि साध्वीनां प्राणतः प्रियम्
sādhyaṃ rājendrapatnīnāṃ devīnāṃ ca sukhāvaham || vratametanmahāsādhvi sādhvīnāṃ prāṇataḥ priyam
(This vow) is to be performed by the wives of great kings and brings happiness to the goddesses; this vow, O greatly virtuous lady, is dearer than life to virtuous women.
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BvP 3 5.27
व्रतस्यास्य प्रभावेण स्वयं गोपाङ्गनेश्वरः ।। ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां तव पुत्रो भविष्यति ।।
vratasyāsya prabhāveṇa svayaṃ gopāṅganeśvaraḥ || īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tava putro bhaviṣyati ||
By the power of this vow, the lord of the cowherd women himself, the lord of all beings, will become your son.
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BvP 3 5.28
इत्युक्त्वा शंकरस्तत्र विरराम च नारद ।। व्रतं चकार सा देवी प्रदृष्टा शङ्कराज्ञया
ityuktvā śaṃkarastatra virarāma ca nārada || vrataṃ cakāra sā devī pradṛṣṭā śaṅkarājñayā
Having said this, Śaṅkara fell silent there, O Nārada; and that goddess, (made) glad by Śaṅkara's command, performed the vow.
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BvP 3 5.29
इत्येवं कथितं देवि व्रतानां व्रतमुत्तमम् ।। त्वमेवं कुरु कल्याणि हिमालयसुते शुभे इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ।। सुखदं मोक्षदं सारं गणेशजनिकारणम्
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi vratānāṃ vratamuttamam || tvamevaṃ kuru kalyāṇi himālayasute śubhe ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi || sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ sāraṃ gaṇeśajanikāraṇam
— tr. refused: cyber