Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 8
NarP 2 8.1
सौतिरुवाच सास श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणो वाक्यं नारी कमललोचना । उवाच नाम मेदेहि येन गच्छामि मन्दिरम्
sautiruvāca sāsa śrutvā brahmaṇo vākyaṃ nārī kamalalocanā / uvāca nāma medehi yena gacchāmi mandiram
Sauti said: Having heard Brahmā's speech, that lotus-eyed woman said: "Give me a name, with which I may go to my dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.2
पित्रा नाम प्रकर्तव्यमपत्यानां जगत्पते । नाम पापहरं प्रोक्तं तत्कुरुष्व कुशध्वज
pitrā nāma prakartavyamapatyānāṃ jagatpate / nāma pāpaharaṃ proktaṃ tatkuruṣva kuśadhvaja
A name is to be given by the father to his offspring, O lord of the world; a name is said to take away sin—so do that, O Kuśadhvaja (bearer of the kuśa banner)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.3
ब्रह्मोवाच यस्मादिदं जगत्सर्वं त्वया सुंदरि मोहितम् । मोहिनी नाम ते देवि सगुणं हि भविष्यति
brahmovāca yasmādidaṃ jagatsarvaṃ tvayā suṃdari mohitam / mohinī nāma te devi saguṇaṃ hi bhaviṣyati
Brahmā said: Since this whole world has been bewildered (mohita) by you, O beautiful one, your name, O goddess, shall be Mohinī, fitted to your quality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.4
दशावस्थागतः सम्यग् दर्शनात्ते भविष्यति । यदि प्राप्नोति वै सुभ्रु त्वत्संपर्कं सुखावहम्
daśāvasthāgataḥ samyag darśanātte bhaviṣyati / yadi prāpnoti vai subhru tvatsaṃparkaṃ sukhāvaham
From merely seeing you a man will fully pass through the ten states (of love), if, O fair-browed one, he attains your contact, which brings pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 8.5
एवमुक्ता वरारोहा प्रणम्य कमलासनम् । वीक्ष्यमाणामरैर्मार्गे प्रतस्थे मन्दराचलम्
evamuktā varārohā praṇamya kamalāsanam / vīkṣyamāṇāmarairmārge pratasthe mandarācalam
Thus addressed, the fair-hipped one bowed to the lotus-seated (Brahmā) and, gazed upon by the gods along the way, set out for Mount Mandara—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.6
तृतीयेन मुहूर्तेन संप्राप्ता गिरिमस्तकम् । यस्य संवेष्टने नागो वासुकिर्नहि पूर्यते
tṛtīyena muhūrtena saṃprāptā girimastakam / yasya saṃveṣṭane nāgo vāsukirnahi pūryate
in the third muhūrta she reached the mountain's summit—(the mountain) in encircling which the nāga Vāsuki does not suffice,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.7
यो धृतो हरिणा पूर्वं मथितो देवदानवैः । षड्लक्षयोजनः सिंधुर्यस्यासौ गह्वरो भवेत्
yo dhṛto hariṇā pūrvaṃ mathito devadānavaiḥ / ṣaḍlakṣayojanaḥ siṃdhuryasyāsau gahvaro bhavet
which was held by Hari long ago and churned by the gods and demons, and of which the ocean, six hundred thousand yojanas (deep), is (but) the hollow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.8
कूर्मदेहेन संपृक्तो यो न भिन्नो गिरिर्महान् । पतता येन राजेन्द्र सिंधोर्गुह्यं प्रदर्शितम्
kūrmadehena saṃpṛkto yo na bhinno girirmahān / patatā yena rājendra siṃdhorguhyaṃ pradarśitam
that great mountain which, joined with the tortoise's body, was not broken, and by whose falling, O chief of kings, the ocean's hidden depth was laid bare,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.9
गतं ब्रह्माण्डमार्गेण पयो यस्माद्गिरेर्द्विजाः । कूर्मास्थिघर्षता येन पावको जनितो महान्
gataṃ brahmāṇḍamārgeṇa payo yasmādgirerdvijāḥ / kūrmāsthigharṣatā yena pāvako janito mahān
from which mountain the water went along the path of the cosmic egg, O brahmins, and by which, grinding the tortoise's bones, a great fire was produced,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.10
यस्मिन्स वसते देवः सह भूतैर्दिगंबरः । न देवैर्दानवैर्वापि दृष्टो यो हि द्विजोत्तमाः
yasminsa vasate devaḥ saha bhūtairdigaṃbaraḥ / na devairdānavairvāpi dṛṣṭo yo hi dvijottamāḥ
On which (mountain) dwells that god, the sky-clad one, together with the spirits — he who has not been seen even by the gods or the demons, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.13
दशवर्षसहस्राख्ये काले महति गच्छति । केयूरघर्षणे येन कृतं देवस्य चक्रिणः ॥ नर्प्_२,८।११ ॥ रत्नानां मन्दिरं ह्येष बहुधातुसमन्वितः ॥ नर्प्_२,८।१२ ॥ क्रीडाविहारो ऽपि दिवौकसां यस्तपस्विना यस्तपसो ऽपि हेतुः । सुराङ्गनानां रतिवर्द्धनो यो रत्नौषधीनां प्रभवो गिरिर्महान्
daśavarṣasahasrākhye kāle mahati gacchati / keyūragharṣaṇe yena kṛtaṃ devasya cakriṇaḥ // narp_2,8.11 // ratnānāṃ mandiraṃ hyeṣa bahudhātusamanvitaḥ // narp_2,8.12 // krīḍāvihāro 'pi divaukasāṃ yastapasvinā yastapaso 'pi hetuḥ / surāṅganānāṃ rativarddhano yo ratnauṣadhīnāṃ prabhavo girirmahān
When the great span of time called ten thousand years passes, by which the rubbing of the armlet of the disc-bearing god was done // 11 // For this (mountain) is a house of jewels, endowed with many minerals // 12 // (it is) also the pleasure-ground of the dwellers in heaven, and it is for the ascetic even the cause of ascetic practice; it increases the love-play of the women of the gods, it is the source of jewels and healing herbs — that great mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 8.14
दशैकसाहस्रमितश्च मूले तत्संख्यया विस्तरतां गतो ऽसौ । दैर्घ्येण तावन्ति हि योजनानि त्रैलोक्ययष्टीव समुच्छ्रितो ऽसौ
daśaikasāhasramitaśca mūle tatsaṃkhyayā vistaratāṃ gato 'sau / dairghyeṇa tāvanti hi yojanāni trailokyayaṣṭīva samucchrito 'sau
And it measures eleven thousand (yojanas) at the base, and it has attained a breadth of that same number; in length too there are just so many yojanas — it rises up like a staff of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.15
सकाञ्चनै रत्नमयैश्च शृङ्गैः प्रकाशयन्भूमितलं वियच्च । यस्मिन्गतः कश्य पनन्दनो वै विरश्मितामेति विनष्टतेजाः
sakāñcanai ratnamayaiśca śṛṅgaiḥ prakāśayanbhūmitalaṃ viyacca / yasmingataḥ kaśya panandano vai viraśmitāmeti vinaṣṭatejāḥ
With its golden and jewel-made peaks illuminating the surface of the earth and the sky — going to which the son of Kaśyapa (the sun) becomes rayless, his brilliance destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 8.16
काञ्चनाकारभूताङ्गं सप्राप्ता काञ्चनप्रभा । सूर्यतेजोनिहन्तारं मन्दरं तेजसा स्वयम्
kāñcanākārabhūtāṅgaṃ saprāptā kāñcanaprabhā / sūryatejonihantāraṃ mandaraṃ tejasā svayam
The golden-hued (woman), her limbs having become golden in form, (approached) Mandara, the slayer of the sun's brilliance, by her own radiance,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 8.17
कुर्वती नृपकामार्थमुपविष्टा शिलातले । नीलकान्तिमये दिव्ये सप्तयोजनविरतृते
kurvatī nṛpakāmārthamupaviṣṭā śilātale / nīlakāntimaye divye saptayojanaviratṛte
— doing (this) for the sake of the king's desire, seated on a slab of rock, divine, of dark-blue lustre, seven yojanas in extent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 8.18
तस्यां शिलायां राजेन्द्र लिगं तिष्ठति कौलिशम् । दशहस्त प्रमाणं हि विस्तरादूर्द्ध्वसंख्यया
tasyāṃ śilāyāṃ rājendra ligaṃ tiṣṭhati kauliśam / daśahasta pramāṇaṃ hi vistarādūrddhvasaṃkhyayā
On that rock, O best of kings, stands a liṅga of adamant, ten hasta in measure both in breadth and in upward count (height).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.19
वृषलिङ्गेति विख्यातं प्रासादाभ्रसमं परम् । तस्मिन्बाला द्विजश्रेष्ठाश्चक्रे संगीतमुत्तमम्
vṛṣaliṅgeti vikhyātaṃ prāsādābhrasamaṃ param / tasminbālā dvijaśreṣṭhāścakre saṃgītamuttamam
It is known as "Vṛṣaliṅga," supreme, like a palace touching the clouds; there, O best of the twice-born, the young woman made excellent song,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.20
तन्त्रीता लसमायुक्तं क्लमहानिकरं परम् । समीपवर्तिनी तस्य भूत्वा लिङ्गस्य भामिनी
tantrītā lasamāyuktaṃ klamahānikaraṃ param / samīpavartinī tasya bhūtvā liṅgasya bhāminī
joined with lute-strings and rhythm, supremely removing weariness; and the fair woman, having come close to that liṅga,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 8.21
मूर्च्छनातालसहितं गान्धारध्वनिसंयुतम् । तस्मिन्प्रवृत्ते राजेन्द्रगीते मन्मथवर्द्धने
mūrcchanātālasahitaṃ gāndhāradhvanisaṃyutam / tasminpravṛtte rājendragīte manmathavarddhane
(sang a song) furnished with modulations and time-measures, joined with the gāndhāra note; and when that song, which increased love, had begun, O best of kings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 8.24
बभूव स्थावराणां हि स्पृहा तस्मिन्मुनीश्वराः । न च दैवं न चादैवं गीतं तादृग्बभूव ह ॥ नर्प्_२,८।२२ ॥ मोहिनीमुखनिर्गीतं गीतं सत्वविमोहनम् ॥ नर्प्_२,८।२३ ॥ श्रुत्वैव गीतं हि दिगम्बरस्तु तेनैव रूपेण वराङ्गनायाः । कामातुरो भोक्तुमनाश्चचाल तां मोहिनीं पार्वतिदृष्टिलज्जः
babhūva sthāvarāṇāṃ hi spṛhā tasminmunīśvarāḥ / na ca daivaṃ na cādaivaṃ gītaṃ tādṛgbabhūva ha // narp_2,8.22 // mohinīmukhanirgītaṃ gītaṃ satvavimohanam // narp_2,8.23 // śrutvaiva gītaṃ hi digambarastu tenaiva rūpeṇa varāṅganāyāḥ / kāmāturo bhoktumanāścacāla tāṃ mohinīṃ pārvatidṛṣṭilajjaḥ
there arose longing even in immobile things at that (song), O lords of sages; neither divine nor other than divine — such a song had (never) been // 22 // The song that issued from Mohinī's mouth was a song that bewildered beings // 23 // And the sky-clad one, merely on hearing the song, in that very form of the lovely woman, sick with desire and minded to enjoy her, went toward that Mohinī, ashamed before Pārvatī's gaze.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain