Matsya Purana — Chapter 117
MtP 117.1
आलोकयन्नदीं पुण्यां तत्समीरहृतश्रमः स गच्छन्नेव ददृशे हिमवन्तं महागिरिम्
ālokayannadīṃ puṇyāṃ tatsamīrahṛtaśramaḥ sa gacchanneva dadṛśe himavantaṃ mahāgirim
Gazing at the holy river, his weariness taken away by the breeze from it, even as he went he beheld Himavat, the great mountain —
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MtP 117.2
खमुल्लिखद्भिर्बहुभिर् वृतं शृङ्गैस्तु पाण्डुरैः पक्षिणामपि संचारैर् विना सिद्धगतिं शुभाम्
khamullikhadbhirbahubhir vṛtaṃ śṛṅgaistu pāṇḍuraiḥ pakṣiṇāmapi saṃcārair vinā siddhagatiṃ śubhām
encircled by many pale peaks scratching the sky, (a mountain) whose auspicious paths, trodden by the Siddhas, are without even the passage of birds;
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MtP 117.3
नदीप्रवाहसंजातमहाशब्दैः समन्ततः असंश्रुतान्यशब्दं तं शीततोयं मनोरमम्
nadīpravāhasaṃjātamahāśabdaiḥ samantataḥ asaṃśrutānyaśabdaṃ taṃ śītatoyaṃ manoramam
where, because of the great sounds arising on all sides from the rushing of rivers, no other sound is heard — that (mountain), with its cool waters, delightful;
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MtP 117.4
देवदारुवनैर्नीलैः कृताधोवसनं शुभम् मेघोत्तरीयकं शैलं ददृशे स नराधिपः
devadāruvanairnīlaiḥ kṛtādhovasanaṃ śubham meghottarīyakaṃ śailaṃ dadṛśe sa narādhipaḥ
the king beheld that fair mountain, whose lower garment was made of dark deodar forests and whose upper cloak was of clouds;
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MtP 117.5
श्वेतमेघकृतोष्णीषं चन्द्रार्कमुकुटं क्वचित् हिमानुलिप्तसर्वाङ्गं क्वचिद्धातुविमिश्रितम्
śvetameghakṛtoṣṇīṣaṃ candrārkamukuṭaṃ kvacit himānuliptasarvāṅgaṃ kvaciddhātuvimiśritam
with a turban made of white clouds, in places crowned with the sun and moon, all its limbs anointed with snow in places, in places mixed with (bright) mineral ores;
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MtP 117.6
चन्दनेनानुलिप्ताङ्गं दत्तपञ्चाङ्गुलं यथा शीतप्रदं निदाघे ऽपि शिलाविकटसंकटम् सालक्तकैरप्सरसां मुद्रितं चरणैः क्वचित्
candanenānuliptāṅgaṃ dattapañcāṅgulaṃ yathā śītapradaṃ nidāghe 'pi śilāvikaṭasaṃkaṭam sālaktakairapsarasāṃ mudritaṃ caraṇaiḥ kvacit
its limbs anointed with sandal, as if marked with the five-finger imprint, giving coolness even in the hot season, rugged and difficult with crags, in places stamped by the lac-dyed feet of the apsarases;
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MtP 117.7
क्वचित्संस्पृष्टसूर्यांशुं क्वचिच् च तमसावृतम् दरीमुखैः क्वचिद्भीमैः पिबन्तं सलिलं महत्
kvacitsaṃspṛṣṭasūryāṃśuṃ kvacic ca tamasāvṛtam darīmukhaiḥ kvacidbhīmaiḥ pibantaṃ salilaṃ mahat
in places touched by the sun's rays, and in places covered with darkness, in places drinking up great (quantities of) water with its terrible cave-mouths;
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MtP 117.8
क्वचिद्विद्याधरगणैः क्रीडद्भिरुपशोभितम् उपगीतं तथा मुख्यैः किंनराणां गणैः क्वचित्
kvacidvidyādharagaṇaiḥ krīḍadbhirupaśobhitam upagītaṃ tathā mukhyaiḥ kiṃnarāṇāṃ gaṇaiḥ kvacit
in places adorned by troops of Vidyādharas at play, and in places sung to by the foremost bands of the Kinnaras;
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MtP 117.9
आपानभूमौ गलितैर् गन्धर्वाप्सरसां क्वचित् पुष्पैः संतानकादीनां दिव्यैस्तम् उपशोभितम्
āpānabhūmau galitair gandharvāpsarasāṃ kvacit puṣpaiḥ saṃtānakādīnāṃ divyaistam upaśobhitam
in places made beautiful by the divine flowers of the saṃtānaka and other (trees) fallen on the drinking-ground of the Gandharvas and apsarases;
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MtP 117.10
सुप्तोत्थिताभिः शय्याभिः कुसुमानां तथा क्वचित् मृदिताभिः समाकीर्णं गन्धर्वाणां मनोरमम्
suptotthitābhiḥ śayyābhiḥ kusumānāṃ tathā kvacit mṛditābhiḥ samākīrṇaṃ gandharvāṇāṃ manoramam
and in places strewn with the crushed flower-beds from which (they) had risen after sleeping — delightful (mountain) of the Gandharvas;
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MtP 117.11
निरुद्धपवनैर्देशैर् नीलशाद्वलमण्डितैः क्वचिच् च कुसुमैर्युक्तम् अत्यन्तरुचिरं शुभम्
niruddhapavanairdeśair nīlaśādvalamaṇḍitaiḥ kvacic ca kusumairyuktam atyantaruciraṃ śubham
in places furnished with flowers, exceedingly lovely and fair, with regions where the wind is shut out, adorned with dark green turf;
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MtP 117.12
तपस्विशरणं शैलं कामिनामतिदुर्लभम् मृगैर्यथानुचरितं दन्तिभिन्नमहाद्रुमम्
tapasviśaraṇaṃ śailaṃ kāmināmatidurlabham mṛgairyathānucaritaṃ dantibhinnamahādrumam
the mountain that is a refuge for ascetics, very hard for pleasure-seekers to reach, roamed over by deer at will, its great trees broken by tuskers;
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MtP 117.13
यत्र सिंहनिनादेन त्रस्तानां भैरवं रवम् दृश्यते न च संश्रान्तं गजानामाकुलं कुलम्
yatra siṃhaninādena trastānāṃ bhairavaṃ ravam dṛśyate na ca saṃśrāntaṃ gajānāmākulaṃ kulam
where the fearsome cry of those frightened by the lion's roar (is heard), and the troubled herd of elephants is seen never wearied;
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MtP 117.14
तटाश्च तापसैर्यत्र कुञ्जदेशैरलंकृताः रत्नैर्यस्य समुत्पन्नैस् त्रैलोक्यं समलंकृतम्
taṭāśca tāpasairyatra kuñjadeśairalaṃkṛtāḥ ratnairyasya samutpannais trailokyaṃ samalaṃkṛtam
(A mountain) whose slopes are adorned with ascetics and with thicket-lands, and by whose produced jewels the three worlds are adorned.
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MtP 117.15
अहीनशरणं नित्यम् अहीनजनसेवितम् अहीनः पश्यति गिरिम् अहीनं रत्नसम्पदा
ahīnaśaraṇaṃ nityam ahīnajanasevitam ahīnaḥ paśyati girim ahīnaṃ ratnasampadā
It is always a refuge that does not fail, frequented by people who are not deficient; one who is not deficient beholds the mountain, undiminished in its wealth of jewels.
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MtP 117.16
अल्पेन तपसा यत्र सिद्धिं प्राप्स्यन्ति तापसाः यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण सर्वकल्मषनाशनम्
alpena tapasā yatra siddhiṃ prāpsyanti tāpasāḥ yasya darśanamātreṇa sarvakalmaṣanāśanam
Where ascetics will attain success by little austerity, and by the mere sight of which all sin is destroyed.
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MtP 117.17
महाप्रपातसम्पातप्रपातादिगताम्बुभिः वायुनीतैः सदा तृप्तिकृतदेशं क्वचित्क्वचित्
mahāprapātasampātaprapātādigatāmbubhiḥ vāyunītaiḥ sadā tṛptikṛtadeśaṃ kvacitkvacit
Here and there its ground is kept ever moist by waters coming from great waterfalls, cascades, and torrents, carried by the wind.
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MtP 117.18
समालब्धजलैः शृङ्गैः क्वचिच् चापि समुच्छ्रितैः नित्यार्कतापविषमैर् अगम्यैर्मनसा युतम्
samālabdhajalaiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ kvacic cāpi samucchritaiḥ nityārkatāpaviṣamair agamyairmanasā yutam
And in places it is furnished with lofty peaks smeared with water, difficult to reach because of the constant heat of the sun, unapproachable even by the mind.
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MtP 117.19
देवदारुमहावृक्षव्रजशाखानिरन्तरैः वंशस्तम्बवनाकारैः प्रदेशैरुपशोभितम्
devadārumahāvṛkṣavrajaśākhānirantaraiḥ vaṃśastambavanākāraiḥ pradeśairupaśobhitam
It is beautified with tracts unbroken by the branches of thickets of great deodar trees, having the look of forests of bamboo clumps.
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MtP 117.20
हिमछत्त्रमहाशृङ्गं प्रपातशतनिर्झरम् शब्दलभ्याम्बुविषमं हिमसंरुद्धकन्दरम्
himachattramahāśṛṅgaṃ prapātaśatanirjharam śabdalabhyāmbuviṣamaṃ himasaṃruddhakandaram
Its great peaks are canopied with snow, it has a hundred waterfalls and cascades, its waters are hard (to reach), found only by their sound, and its caverns are blocked with snow.
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MtP 117.21
दृष्ट्वैव तं चारुनितम्बभूमिं महानुभावः स तु मद्रनाथः बभ्राम तत्रैव मुदा समेतः स्थानं तदा किंचिदथाससाद
dṛṣṭvaiva taṃ cārunitambabhūmiṃ mahānubhāvaḥ sa tu madranāthaḥ babhrāma tatraiva mudā sametaḥ sthānaṃ tadā kiṃcidathāsasāda
As soon as he saw that land of lovely slopes, the mighty lord of the Madras wandered about in that very place, filled with joy, and then came upon a certain spot.
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