Matsya Purana — Chapter 169
MtP 169.1
अथ योगवतां श्रेष्ठम् असृजद्भूरितेजसम् स्रष्टारं सर्वलोकानां ब्रह्माणं सर्वतोमुखम्
atha yogavatāṃ śreṣṭham asṛjadbhūritejasam sraṣṭāraṃ sarvalokānāṃ brahmāṇaṃ sarvatomukham
Then he created the best of those possessed of yoga, of abundant splendour, the creator of all the worlds, Brahmā, facing in every direction.
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MtP 169.2
यस्मिन्हिरण्मये पद्मे बहुयोजनविस्तृतम् सर्वतेजोगुणमयं पार्थिवैर्लक्षणैर्वृतम्
yasminhiraṇmaye padme bahuyojanavistṛtam sarvatejoguṇamayaṃ pārthivairlakṣaṇairvṛtam
On that golden lotus, extended over many yojanas, made of all the qualities of brilliance, endowed with the marks of the earth—
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MtP 169.3
तच्च पद्मं पुराणज्ञाः पृथिवीरूपमुत्तमम् नारायणसमुद्भूतं प्रवदन्ति महर्षयः
tacca padmaṃ purāṇajñāḥ pṛthivīrūpamuttamam nārāyaṇasamudbhūtaṃ pravadanti maharṣayaḥ
And that lotus the knowers of the ancient lore, the great seers, declare to be the supreme form of the earth, sprung from Nārāyaṇa.
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MtP 169.4
या पद्मा सा रसा देवी पृथिवी परिचक्ष्यते ये पद्मसारगुरवस् तान्दिव्यान् पर्वतान्विदुः
yā padmā sā rasā devī pṛthivī paricakṣyate ye padmasāraguravas tāndivyān parvatānviduḥ
She who is the Lotus-goddess is the goddess Rasā, and is called Pṛthivī; and those which are the heavy (parts) of the lotus's pith, those they know to be the divine mountains.
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MtP 169.5
हिमवन्तं च मेरुं च नीलं निषधमेव च कैलासं मुञ्जवन्तं च तथान्यं गन्धमादनम्
himavantaṃ ca meruṃ ca nīlaṃ niṣadhameva ca kailāsaṃ muñjavantaṃ ca tathānyaṃ gandhamādanam
Himavat and Meru, Nīla and Niṣadha, Kailāsa and Muñjavat, and likewise the other one, Gandhamādana,
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MtP 169.6
पुण्यं त्रिशिखरं चैव कान्तं मन्दरमेव च उदयं पिञ्जरं चैव विन्ध्यवन्तं च पर्वतम्
puṇyaṃ triśikharaṃ caiva kāntaṃ mandarameva ca udayaṃ piñjaraṃ caiva vindhyavantaṃ ca parvatam
and holy Triśikhara, and lovely Mandara, and Udaya and Piñjara, and the mountain Vindhyavat—
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MtP 169.7
एते देवगणानां च सिद्धानां च महात्मनाम् आश्रयाः पुण्यशीलानां सर्वकामफलप्रदाः
ete devagaṇānāṃ ca siddhānāṃ ca mahātmanām āśrayāḥ puṇyaśīlānāṃ sarvakāmaphalapradāḥ
these are the abodes of the hosts of gods and of the great-souled Siddhas of holy conduct, granting the fruit of every desire.
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MtP 169.8
एतेषामन्तरे देशो जम्बूद्वीप इति स्मृतः जम्बूद्वीपस्य संस्थानं यज्ञिया यत्र वै क्रियाः
eteṣāmantare deśo jambūdvīpa iti smṛtaḥ jambūdvīpasya saṃsthānaṃ yajñiyā yatra vai kriyāḥ
The region between these is known as Jambūdvīpa; (such is) the disposition of Jambūdvīpa, where indeed the rites of sacrifice (are performed).
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MtP 169.9
एभ्यो यत्स्रवते तोयं दिव्यामृतरसोपमम् दिव्यास्तीर्थशताधाराः सुरम्याः सरितः स्मृताः
ebhyo yatsravate toyaṃ divyāmṛtarasopamam divyāstīrthaśatādhārāḥ suramyāḥ saritaḥ smṛtāḥ
The water that flows from these is like the taste of divine nectar; (from it) are known the divine, most delightful rivers, holding hundreds of sacred fords.
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MtP 169.10
स्मृतानि यानि पद्मस्य केसराणि समन्ततः असंख्येयाः पृथिव्यास्ते विश्वे वै धातुपर्वताः
smṛtāni yāni padmasya kesarāṇi samantataḥ asaṃkhyeyāḥ pṛthivyāste viśve vai dhātuparvatāḥ
Those which are said to be the filaments of the lotus all around — they are the innumerable ore-bearing mountains of the earth, all of them.
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MtP 169.11
यानि पद्मस्य पर्णानि भूरीणि तु नराधिप ते दुर्गमाः शैलचिता म्लेच्छदेशा विकल्पिताः
yāni padmasya parṇāni bhūrīṇi tu narādhipa te durgamāḥ śailacitā mlecchadeśā vikalpitāḥ
The many leaves of the lotus, O lord of men — those are figured as the impassable barbarian lands, piled up with mountains.
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MtP 169.12
यान्यधोभागपर्णानि ते निवासास्तु भागशः दैत्यानामुरगाणां च पतङ्गानां च पार्थिव
yānyadhobhāgaparṇāni te nivāsāstu bhāgaśaḥ daityānāmuragāṇāṃ ca pataṅgānāṃ ca pārthiva
Those leaves that are on the underside — they, portion by portion, are the dwellings of the Daityas, of the serpents, and of the flying creatures, O king.
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MtP 169.13
तेषां महार्णवो यत्र तद्रसेत्यभिसंज्ञितम् महापातककर्माणो मज्जन्ते यत्र मानवाः
teṣāṃ mahārṇavo yatra tadrasetyabhisaṃjñitam mahāpātakakarmāṇo majjante yatra mānavāḥ
Where their great ocean is, that is named Rasā; there the men whose deeds are the great sins sink down.
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MtP 169.14
पद्मस्यान्तरतो यत्तद् एकार्णवगता मही प्रोक्ताथ दिक्षु सर्वासु चत्वारः सलिलाकराः
padmasyāntarato yattad ekārṇavagatā mahī proktātha dikṣu sarvāsu catvāraḥ salilākarāḥ
That which is within the lotus is called the earth set in the single ocean; and then in all the directions there are four reservoirs of water.
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MtP 169.15
एवं नारायणस्यार्थे मही पुष्करसंभवा प्रादुर्भावो ऽप्ययं तस्मान् नाम्ना पुष्करसंज्ञितः
evaṃ nārāyaṇasyārthe mahī puṣkarasaṃbhavā prādurbhāvo 'pyayaṃ tasmān nāmnā puṣkarasaṃjñitaḥ
Thus, for Nārāyaṇa's sake, the earth came into being from the lotus (puṣkara), and this too is (his) manifestation; therefore it is by name called Puṣkara.
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MtP 169.16
एतस्मात्कारणात्तज्ज्ञैः पुराणैः परमर्षिभिः याज्ञिकैर्वेददृष्टान्तैर् यज्ञे पद्मविधिः स्मृतः
etasmātkāraṇāttajjñaiḥ purāṇaiḥ paramarṣibhiḥ yājñikairvedadṛṣṭāntair yajñe padmavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ
For this reason, by the ancient supreme sages who know that, and by the ritualists who take the Veda as their standard, the lotus-procedure is laid down in the sacrifice.
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MtP 169.17
एवं भगवता तेन विश्वेषां धारणाविधिः पर्वतानां नदीनां च ह्रदानां चैव निर्मितः
evaṃ bhagavatā tena viśveṣāṃ dhāraṇāvidhiḥ parvatānāṃ nadīnāṃ ca hradānāṃ caiva nirmitaḥ
Thus by that Lord was fashioned the mode of support of all things — of the mountains, of the rivers, and of the lakes.
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MtP 169.18
विभुस्तथैवाप्रतिमप्रभावः प्रभाकराभो वरुणः सितद्युतिः शनैः स्वयंभूः शयनं सृजत्तदा जगन्मयं पद्मविधिं महार्णवे
vibhustathaivāpratimaprabhāvaḥ prabhākarābho varuṇaḥ sitadyutiḥ śanaiḥ svayaṃbhūḥ śayanaṃ sṛjattadā jaganmayaṃ padmavidhiṃ mahārṇave
So the pervading one of unmatched power, radiant like the sun, encompassing (as Varuṇa), of white brilliance, the Self-born, slowly created then in the great ocean his resting place, the lotus-structure consisting of the world.
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