Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 1
PdP 1 1.1
श्रीविष्णवे नमः स्वच्छं चंद्रावदातं करिकरमकरक्षोभसंजातफेनं। ब्रह्मोद्भूतिप्रसक्तैर्व्रतनियमपरैः सेवितं विप्रमुख्यैः। कारालंकृतेन त्रिभुवनगुरुणा ब्रह्मणा दृष्टिपूतं। संभोगाभोगरम्यं जलमशुभहरं पौष्करं वः पुनातु
śrīviṣṇave namaḥ svacchaṃ caṃdrāvadātaṃ karikaramakarakṣobhasaṃjātaphenaṃ| brahmodbhūtiprasaktairvrataniyamaparaiḥ sevitaṃ vipramukhyaiḥ| kārālaṃkṛtena tribhuvanaguruṇā brahmaṇā dṛṣṭipūtaṃ| saṃbhogābhogaramyaṃ jalamaśubhaharaṃ pauṣkaraṃ vaḥ punātu
Homage to the glorious Viṣṇu. May the water of Puṣkara purify you — clear, white as the moon, its foam produced by the churning of elephants' trunks and of makaras; frequented by foremost brahmins devoted to vows and restraints and intent on the arising of brahman; purified by the gaze of Brahmā, the guru of the three worlds, adorned with (his) work; delightful with its expanse for enjoyment, and remover of ill.
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PdP 1 1.2
सूतमेकांतमासीनं व्यासशिष्यं महामतिः। लोमहर्षणनामा वा उग्रश्रवसमाह तत्
sūtamekāṃtamāsīnaṃ vyāsaśiṣyaṃ mahāmatiḥ| lomaharṣaṇanāmā vā ugraśravasamāha tat
The one of great intellect named Lomaharṣaṇa, the pupil of Vyāsa, said this to Sūta (Ugraśravas), who was sitting apart — he addressed Ugraśravas.
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PdP 1 1.3
ऋषीणामाश्रमांस्तात गत्वा धर्मान्समासतः। पृच्छतां विस्तराद्ब्रूहि यन्मत्तः श्रुतवानसि
ṛṣīṇāmāśramāṃstāta gatvā dharmānsamāsataḥ| pṛcchatāṃ vistarādbrūhi yanmattaḥ śrutavānasi
"Go, my son, to the hermitages of the sages, and tell in detail, to those who ask, the duties in summary — that which you have heard from me."
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PdP 1 1.4
वेदव्यासान्मया पुत्र पुराणान्यखिलानि च। तवाख्यातानि प्राप्तानि मुनिभ्यो वद विस्तरात्
vedavyāsānmayā putra purāṇānyakhilāni ca| tavākhyātāni prāptāni munibhyo vada vistarāt
"My son, all the Purāṇas were told to me by Vedavyāsa, and were received (by you) — recount them in full to the sages."
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PdP 1 1.5
प्रयागे मुनिवर्यैश्च यथापृष्टः स्वयं प्रभुः। पृष्टेन चानुशिष्टास्ते मुनयो धर्मकांक्षिणः
prayāge munivaryaiśca yathāpṛṣṭaḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ| pṛṣṭena cānuśiṣṭāste munayo dharmakāṃkṣiṇaḥ
At Prayāga the Lord himself was questioned by the best of sages, and, being questioned, he instructed those sages who longed for dharma.
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PdP 1 1.6
देशं पुण्यमभीप्संतो विभुना च हितैषिणा। सुनाभं दिव्यरूपं च सत्यगं शुभविक्रमं
deśaṃ puṇyamabhīpsaṃto vibhunā ca hitaiṣiṇā| sunābhaṃ divyarūpaṃ ca satyagaṃ śubhavikramaṃ
(They,) desiring a holy region, and (instructed) by the beneficent Lord: (he showed them a wheel) with a fine hub, of divine form, going straight, of auspicious course —
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PdP 1 1.7
अनौपम्यमिदं चक्रं वर्तमानमतंद्रिताः। पृष्टतो यातनियमात्पदं प्राप्स्यथ यद्धितम्
anaupamyamidaṃ cakraṃ vartamānamataṃdritāḥ| pṛṣṭato yātaniyamātpadaṃ prāpsyatha yaddhitam
"Unwearied, follow behind this incomparable wheel as it rolls on according to rule; you will attain the place which is beneficial."
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PdP 1 1.8
गच्छतो धर्मचक्रस्य यत्र नेमिर्विशीर्यते। पुण्यः स देशो मंतव्य इत्युवाच स्वयं प्रभुः
gacchato dharmacakrasya yatra nemirviśīryate| puṇyaḥ sa deśo maṃtavya ityuvāca svayaṃ prabhuḥ
"Where the rim of the moving wheel of dharma breaks apart, that region is to be considered holy" — so the Lord himself said.
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PdP 1 1.9
उक्त्वा चैवमृषीन्सर्वानदृश्यत्वमगात्पुनः। गंगावर्तसमाहारो नेमिर्यत्र व्यशीर्यत
uktvā caivamṛṣīnsarvānadṛśyatvamagātpunaḥ| gaṃgāvartasamāhāro nemiryatra vyaśīryata
And having thus spoken to all the sages, he became invisible again. Where the rim broke apart, there was a gathering of Ganges-whirlpools.
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PdP 1 1.10
ईजिरे दीर्घसत्रेण ऋषयो नैमिषे तदा। तत्र गत्वा तु तान्ब्रूहि पृच्छतो धर्मसंशयान्
ījire dīrghasatreṇa ṛṣayo naimiṣe tadā| tatra gatvā tu tānbrūhi pṛcchato dharmasaṃśayān
Then the sages performed sacrifice with a long-lasting rite at Naimiṣa. "Go there and tell them, as they ask, their doubts about dharma."
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PdP 1 1.11
उग्रश्रवास्ततो गत्वा ज्ञानविन्मुनिपुंगवान्। अभिगम्योपसंगृह्य नमस्कृत्वा कृतांजलिः
ugraśravāstato gatvā jñānavinmunipuṃgavān| abhigamyopasaṃgṛhya namaskṛtvā kṛtāṃjaliḥ
Then Ugraśravas, going and approaching those bulls among sages who knew wisdom, clasped (their feet), bowed, and with joined palms
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PdP 1 1.12
तोषयामास मेधावी प्रणिपातेन तानृषीन्। ते चापि सत्रिणः प्रीताः ससदस्या महात्मने
toṣayāmāsa medhāvī praṇipātena tānṛṣīn| te cāpi satriṇaḥ prītāḥ sasadasyā mahātmane
— the intelligent one gratified those sages with his prostration; and those sacrificers, together with the members of the assembly, being pleased, to the great-souled one
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PdP 1 1.13
तस्मै समेत्य पूजां च यथावत्प्रतिपेदिरे। ऋषय ऊचुः। कुतस्त्वमागतः सूत कस्माद्देशादिहागतः
tasmai sametya pūjāṃ ca yathāvatpratipedire| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ| kutastvamāgataḥ sūta kasmāddeśādihāgataḥ
came together and duly offered him honour. The sages said: "From where have you come, Sūta? From what country have you arrived here?
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PdP 1 1.14
कारणं चागमे ब्रूहि वृंदारकसमद्युते। सूत उवाच। पित्राहं तु समादिष्टो व्यासशिष्येण धीमता
kāraṇaṃ cāgame brūhi vṛṃdārakasamadyute| sūta uvāca| pitrāhaṃ tu samādiṣṭo vyāsaśiṣyeṇa dhīmatā
And tell (us) the reason for your coming, you whose splendour equals a god's." Sūta said: "I was commanded by my father, the wise pupil of Vyāsa:
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PdP 1 1.15
शुश्रूषस्व मुनीन्गत्वा यत्ते पृच्छंति तद्वद। वदंतु भगवंतो मां कथयामि कथां तु यां
śuśrūṣasva munīngatvā yatte pṛcchaṃti tadvada| vadaṃtu bhagavaṃto māṃ kathayāmi kathāṃ tu yāṃ
'Go and serve the sages; whatever they ask you, tell them that.' So let your reverences tell me which story I am to relate,
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PdP 1 1.16
पुराणं चेतिहासं वा धर्मानथ पृथग्विधान्। तां गिरं मधुरां तस्य शुश्रुवुर्ऋषिसत्तमाः
purāṇaṃ cetihāsaṃ vā dharmānatha pṛthagvidhān| tāṃ giraṃ madhurāṃ tasya śuśruvurṛṣisattamāḥ
a Purāṇa, or a legend, or the duties of the various kinds." The best of sages listened to that sweet speech of his.
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PdP 1 1.17
अथ तेषां पुराणस्य शुश्रूषा समपद्यत। दृष्ट्वा तमतिविश्वस्तं विद्वांसं लौमहर्षणिं
atha teṣāṃ purāṇasya śuśrūṣā samapadyata| dṛṣṭvā tamativiśvastaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ laumaharṣaṇiṃ
Then there arose in them a desire to hear the Purāṇa, on seeing that most trustworthy and learned son of Lomaharṣaṇa.
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PdP 1 1.18
तस्मिन्सत्रे कुलपतिस्सर्वशास्त्राविशारदः। शौनको नाम मेधावी विज्ञानारण्यके गुरुः
tasminsatre kulapatissarvaśāstrāviśāradaḥ| śaunako nāma medhāvī vijñānāraṇyake guruḥ
In that sacrifice there was a clan-chief, well-versed in all the sciences, wise, named Śaunaka, a teacher in the forest of knowledge.
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PdP 1 1.19
इत्थं तद्भावमालंब्य धर्माञ्छुश्रूषुराह तम्। त्वया सूत महाबुद्धे भगवान्ब्रह्मवित्तमः
itthaṃ tadbhāvamālaṃbya dharmāñchuśrūṣurāha tam| tvayā sūta mahābuddhe bhagavānbrahmavittamaḥ
Thus, taking his disposition as his ground, and wishing to hear the dharmas, he said to him: "By you, O Sūta of great intellect, the Lord, the foremost knower of brahman,"
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PdP 1 1.20
इतिहासपुराणार्थं व्यासः सम्यगुपासितः। दुदोहिथमतिं तस्य त्वं पुराणाश्रयां शुभां
itihāsapurāṇārthaṃ vyāsaḥ samyagupāsitaḥ| dudohithamatiṃ tasya tvaṃ purāṇāśrayāṃ śubhāṃ
"Vyāsa was rightly waited upon for the sake of the meaning of the histories and purāṇas; you milked out that auspicious mind of his which rests upon the purāṇas."
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PdP 1 1.21
अमीषां विप्रमुख्यानां पुराणं प्रति सम्प्रति। शुश्रूषाऽस्ते महाबुद्धे तछ्रावयितुमर्हसि
amīṣāṃ vipramukhyānāṃ purāṇaṃ prati samprati| śuśrūṣā'ste mahābuddhe tachrāvayitumarhasi
"These foremost brahmins have now a desire to hear the Purāṇa, O greatly wise one; you ought to make them hear it."
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PdP 1 1.22
सर्वे हीमे महात्मानो नानागोत्राः समागताः। स्वान्स्वानंशान्पुराणोक्ताञ्छृण्वन्तु ब्रह्मवादिनः
sarve hīme mahātmāno nānāgotrāḥ samāgatāḥ| svānsvānaṃśānpurāṇoktāñchṛṇvantu brahmavādinaḥ
"For all these great souls, of various lineages, have come together; let these speakers of brahman hear each their own portions as declared in the Purāṇa."
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PdP 1 1.23
संपूर्णे दीर्घसत्रेस्मिंस्तांस्त्वं श्रावय वै मुनीन्। पाद्मं पुराणं सर्वेषां कथयस्व महामते
saṃpūrṇe dīrghasatresmiṃstāṃstvaṃ śrāvaya vai munīn| pādmaṃ purāṇaṃ sarveṣāṃ kathayasva mahāmate
"Now that this long sacrifice is completed, do you make those sages hear; recite the Padma Purāṇa to them all, O great-minded one."
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PdP 1 1.24
कथं पद्मं समुद्भूतं ब्रह्म तत्र कथं न्वभूत्। प्रोद्भूतेन कथं सृष्टिः कृता तां तु तथा वद
kathaṃ padmaṃ samudbhūtaṃ brahma tatra kathaṃ nvabhūt| prodbhūtena kathaṃ sṛṣṭiḥ kṛtā tāṃ tu tathā vada
"How did the lotus arise, and how did Brahmā come to be there? How was creation made by him who had arisen? Tell that too, accordingly."
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PdP 1 1.25
एवं पृष्टस्ततस्तांस्तु प्रत्युवाच शुभां गिरम्। सूक्ष्मं च न्यायसंयुक्तं प्राब्रवीद्रौमहर्षणिः
evaṃ pṛṣṭastatastāṃstu pratyuvāca śubhāṃ giram| sūkṣmaṃ ca nyāyasaṃyuktaṃ prābravīdraumaharṣaṇiḥ
Thus questioned, the son of Romaharṣaṇa then answered them with auspicious speech, and spoke what was subtle and joined with reasoning.
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PdP 1 1.26
प्रीतोस्म्यनुगृहीतोस्मि भवद्भिरिह चोदनात्। पुराणार्थं पुराणज्ञैः सर्वधर्मपरायणैः
prītosmyanugṛhītosmi bhavadbhiriha codanāt| purāṇārthaṃ purāṇajñaiḥ sarvadharmaparāyaṇaiḥ
"I am pleased, I am favoured, by this urging on your part for the sake of the purāṇa's meaning — by you who know the purāṇas and are devoted to all dharma."
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PdP 1 1.27
यथाश्रुतं सुविख्यातं तत्सर्वं कथयामि वः। धर्म एष तु सूतस्य सद्भिर्दृष्टः सनातनः
yathāśrutaṃ suvikhyātaṃ tatsarvaṃ kathayāmi vaḥ| dharma eṣa tu sūtasya sadbhirdṛṣṭaḥ sanātanaḥ
"All of that, as it was heard and as it is well known, I shall recount to you; for this is the sūta's eternal duty, as seen by the good."
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PdP 1 1.28
देवतानामृषीणां च राज्ञां चामिततेजसाम्। वंशानां धारणं कार्यं स्तुतीनां च महात्मनाम्
devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca rājñāṃ cāmitatejasām| vaṃśānāṃ dhāraṇaṃ kāryaṃ stutīnāṃ ca mahātmanām
"The upholding of the lineages of the gods, of the seers, and of kings of measureless splendour is to be done, and of the praises of the great souls."
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PdP 1 1.29
इतिहासपुराणेषु दृष्टा ये ब्रह्मवादिनः। न हि वेदेष्वधीकारः कश्चित्सूतस्य दृश्यते
itihāsapurāṇeṣu dṛṣṭā ye brahmavādinaḥ| na hi vedeṣvadhīkāraḥ kaścitsūtasya dṛśyate
"(These are) the speakers of brahman who are seen in the histories and purāṇas; for no entitlement to the Vedas whatever is seen for the sūta."
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PdP 1 1.30
वैन्यस्य हि पृथोर्यज्ञे वर्त्तमाने महात्मनः। मागधश्चैव सूतश्च तमस्तौतां नरेश्वरम्
vainyasya hi pṛthoryajñe varttamāne mahātmanaḥ| māgadhaścaiva sūtaśca tamastautāṃ nareśvaram
"For when the sacrifice of the great-souled Pṛthu, son of Vena, was in progress, the Māgadha and the Sūta praised that lord of men."
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PdP 1 1.31
तुष्टेनाथ तयोर्द्दत्तो वरो राज्ञा महात्मना। सूताय सूतविषयो मगधो मागधाय च
tuṣṭenātha tayorddatto varo rājñā mahātmanā| sūtāya sūtaviṣayo magadho māgadhāya ca
"Then a boon was granted to the two of them by the pleased, great-souled king: to the Sūta the sūta's domain, and Magadha to the Māgadha."
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PdP 1 1.32
तत्र सूत्यां समुत्पन्नः सूतो नामेह जायते। ऐन्द्रे सत्रे प्रवृत्ते तु ग्रहयुक्ते बृहस्पतौ
tatra sūtyāṃ samutpannaḥ sūto nāmeha jāyate| aindre satre pravṛtte tu grahayukte bṛhaspatau
"Arisen there at the soma-pressing (sūtyā), he is born in this world by the name Sūta. But when Indra's sacrifice was in progress, Bṛhaspati being in conjunction (with a planet),"
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PdP 1 1.33
तमेवेंद्रं बार्हस्पत्ये तत्र सूतो व्यजायत। शिष्यहस्तेन यत्पृक्तमभिभूतं गुरोर्हविः
tameveṃdraṃ bārhaspatye tatra sūto vyajāyata| śiṣyahastena yatpṛktamabhibhūtaṃ gurorhaviḥ
"at that very Indra-rite belonging to Bṛhaspati the Sūta was born there; the teacher's oblation, which was mixed and overwhelmed by the pupil's hand,"
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PdP 1 1.34
अधरोत्तरधारेण जज्ञे तद्वर्णसंकरम्। येत्र क्षत्रात्समभवन्ब्राह्मण्याश्चैव योनितः
adharottaradhāreṇa jajñe tadvarṇasaṃkaram| yetra kṣatrātsamabhavanbrāhmaṇyāścaiva yonitaḥ
"by a pouring of the lower and the upper (streams), that mixture of the classes came into being; wherein they arose from a kṣatriya and from the womb of a brāhmaṇa woman."
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PdP 1 1.35
पूर्वेणैव तु साधर्म्याद्वैधर्मास्ते प्रकीर्तिताः। मध्यमो ह्येष सूतस्य धर्मः क्षेत्रोपजीविनः
pūrveṇaiva tu sādharmyādvaidharmāste prakīrtitāḥ| madhyamo hyeṣa sūtasya dharmaḥ kṣetropajīvinaḥ
"By reason of likeness with the former (class) they are declared to be of mixed duty; for this is the middling duty of the sūta, who lives by the field."
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PdP 1 1.36
पुराणेष्वधिकारो मे विहितो ब्राह्मणैरिह। दृष्ट्वा धर्ममहं पृष्टो भवद्भिर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः
purāṇeṣvadhikāro me vihito brāhmaṇairiha| dṛṣṭvā dharmamahaṃ pṛṣṭo bhavadbhirbrahmavādibhiḥ
"Entitlement in the purāṇas has been ordained for me here by the brahmins; having seen the (proper) duty, I have been asked by you, speakers of brahman."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.37
तस्मात्सम्यग्भुवि ब्रूयां पुराणमृषिपूजितम्। पितॄणां मानसी कन्या वासवं समपद्यत
tasmātsamyagbhuvi brūyāṃ purāṇamṛṣipūjitam| pitṝṇāṃ mānasī kanyā vāsavaṃ samapadyata
"Therefore let me rightly declare on earth the Purāṇa honoured by the seers." The mind-born daughter of the Fathers came to Vāsava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 1.38
अपध्याता च पितृभिर्मत्स्यगर्भे बभूव सा। अरणीव हुताशस्य निमित्तं पुण्यजन्मनः
apadhyātā ca pitṛbhirmatsyagarbhe babhūva sā| araṇīva hutāśasya nimittaṃ puṇyajanmanaḥ
And, ill-wished by the Fathers, she came to be in the womb of a fish, like the fire-drill of the sacrificial fire, the occasion of a holy birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.39
तस्यां बभूव पूतात्मा महर्षिस्तु पराशरात्। तस्मै भगवते कृत्वा नमः सत्याय वेधसे
tasyāṃ babhūva pūtātmā maharṣistu parāśarāt| tasmai bhagavate kṛtvā namaḥ satyāya vedhase
In her the pure-souled great sage was born from Parāśara. Having made obeisance to that lord, to (him who is) truth, to the ordainer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.40
पुरुषाय पुराणाय ब्रह्मवाक्यानुवर्तिने। मानवच्छद्मरूपाय विष्णवे शंसितात्मने
puruṣāya purāṇāya brahmavākyānuvartine| mānavacchadmarūpāya viṣṇave śaṃsitātmane
to the primordial Person, who follows the word of the Veda, who takes the disguised form of a man, to Viṣṇu, whose being is praised,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.41
जातमात्रं च यं वेद उपतस्थे ससंग्रहः। मतिमंथानमाविध्य येनासौ श्रुतिसागरात्
jātamātraṃ ca yaṃ veda upatasthe sasaṃgrahaḥ| matimaṃthānamāvidhya yenāsau śrutisāgarāt
and whom, as soon as he was born, the Veda waited upon together with its collected (branches); by whom, whirling the churning-stick of the mind, from the ocean of scripture
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PdP 1 1.42
प्रकाशो जनितो लोके महाभारत चंद्रमाः। भारतं भानुमान्विष्णुर्यदि न स्युरमी त्रयः
prakāśo janito loke mahābhārata caṃdramāḥ| bhārataṃ bhānumānviṣṇuryadi na syuramī trayaḥ
a light was brought forth in the world, the moon that is the Mahābhārata. Were these three not to exist—the Bhārata, the sun, and Viṣṇu—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 1.43
ततोऽज्ञानतमोंधस्य कावस्था जगतो भवेत्। कृष्णद्वैपायनं व्यासं विद्धि नारायणं प्रभुम्
tato'jñānatamoṃdhasya kāvasthā jagato bhavet| kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ vyāsaṃ viddhi nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
then what would be the condition of a world blinded by the darkness of ignorance? Know Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa to be the Lord Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.44
को ह्यन्यः पुंडरीकाक्षान्महाभारतकृद्भवेत्। तस्मादहमुपाश्रौषं पुराणं ब्रह्मवादिनः
ko hyanyaḥ puṃḍarīkākṣānmahābhāratakṛdbhavet| tasmādahamupāśrauṣaṃ purāṇaṃ brahmavādinaḥ
For who else than the lotus-eyed one could be the maker of the Mahābhārata? Therefore I listened to the Purāṇa (as told) by the speaker of brahman,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.45
सर्वज्ञात्सर्वलोकेषु पूजिताद्दीप्ततेजसः। पुराणं सर्वशास्त्राणां प्रथमं ब्रह्मणा स्मृतम्
sarvajñātsarvalokeṣu pūjitāddīptatejasaḥ| purāṇaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ prathamaṃ brahmaṇā smṛtam
by the all-knowing one, honoured in all worlds, of blazing splendour. The Purāṇa is held by Brahmā to be the first of all scriptures,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.46
उत्तमं सर्वलोकानां सर्वज्ञानोपपादकम्। त्रिवर्गसाधनं पुण्यं शतकोटिप्रविस्तरम्
uttamaṃ sarvalokānāṃ sarvajñānopapādakam| trivargasādhanaṃ puṇyaṃ śatakoṭipravistaram
the highest for all the worlds, producing all knowledge, the means to the three aims (of life), meritorious, extending to a hundred crores (of verses).
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PdP 1 1.47
निःशेषेषु च लोकेषु वाजिरूपेण केशवः। ब्रह्मणस्तु समादेशाद्वेदानाहृतवानसौ
niḥśeṣeṣu ca lokeṣu vājirūpeṇa keśavaḥ| brahmaṇastu samādeśādvedānāhṛtavānasau
And in all the worlds without exception, Keśava, in the form of a horse, by the command of Brahmā, brought back the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.48
अंगानि चतुरो वेदान्पुराणन्यायविस्तरम्। असुरेणाखिलं शास्त्रमपहृत्यात्मसात्कृतम्
aṃgāni caturo vedānpurāṇanyāyavistaram| asureṇākhilaṃ śāstramapahṛtyātmasātkṛtam
The whole body of scripture—the ancillary sciences, the four Vedas, the extent of Purāṇa and logic—having been carried off by the demon and made his own,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.49
मत्स्यरूपेणाजहार कल्पादावुदकार्णवे। अशेषमेतदवददुदकांतर्गतो विभुः
matsyarūpeṇājahāra kalpādāvudakārṇave| aśeṣametadavadadudakāṃtargato vibhuḥ
he brought back in the form of a fish at the beginning of the aeon, in the ocean of waters; and the mighty lord, being within the water, spoke all of this.
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PdP 1 1.50
श्रुत्वा जगाद च मुनीन्प्रतिवेदांश्चतुर्मुखः। प्रवृत्तिस्सर्वशास्त्राणां पुराणस्याभवत्तदा५० 1.1.
śrutvā jagāda ca munīnprativedāṃścaturmukhaḥ| pravṛttissarvaśāstrāṇāṃ purāṇasyābhavattadā50 1.1.
And the four-faced one, having heard it, declared it to the sages Veda by Veda; then arose the currency of all the scriptures of the Purāṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 1.51
कालेनाग्रहणं दृष्ट्वा पुराणस्य तदा विभुः। व्यासरूपस्तदा ब्रह्मा संग्रहार्थं युगे युगे
kālenāgrahaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā purāṇasya tadā vibhuḥ| vyāsarūpastadā brahmā saṃgrahārthaṃ yuge yuge
Then, seeing that in the course of time the Purāṇa was not being grasped, the mighty lord Brahmā, in the form of Vyāsa, for the sake of abridgement, in age after age,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.52
चतुर्लक्षप्रमाणेन द्वापरे द्वापरे जगौ। तदाष्टादशधा कृत्वा भूलोकेस्मिन्प्रकाशितं
caturlakṣapramāṇena dvāpare dvāpare jagau| tadāṣṭādaśadhā kṛtvā bhūlokesminprakāśitaṃ
recited it in the measure of four hundred thousand (verses) in each Dvāpara; then, having made it eighteenfold, it was made manifest in this earthly world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.53
अद्यापि देवलोकेषु शतकोटिप्रविस्तरम्। तदेवात्र चतुर्लक्षं संक्षेपेण निवेशितम्
adyāpi devalokeṣu śatakoṭipravistaram| tadevātra caturlakṣaṃ saṃkṣepeṇa niveśitam
Even today in the worlds of the gods it extends to a hundred crores; that same has been set down here, in abridgement, as four hundred thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.54
प्रवक्ष्यामि महापुण्यं पुराणं पाद्मसञ्ज्ञितम्। सहस्रं पञ्चपञ्चाशत्पंचखण्डैस्समन्वितम्
pravakṣyāmi mahāpuṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ pādmasañjñitam| sahasraṃ pañcapañcāśatpaṃcakhaṇḍaissamanvitam
I shall proclaim the greatly meritorious Purāṇa named Pādma, of fifty-five thousand (verses), furnished with five sections.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.55
तत्रादौ सृष्टिखण्डं स्याद्भूमिखण्डं ततः परम्। स्वर्गखण्डं ततः पश्चात्ततः पातालखण्डकम्
tatrādau sṛṣṭikhaṇḍaṃ syādbhūmikhaṇḍaṃ tataḥ param| svargakhaṇḍaṃ tataḥ paścāttataḥ pātālakhaṇḍakam
Therein first comes the Sṛṣṭi section, then after it the Bhūmi section, then next the Svarga section, then the Pātāla section,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.56
पञ्चमं च ततः ख्यातमुत्तरं खण्डमुत्तमम्। एतदेव महापद्ममुद्भूतं यन्मयं जगत्
pañcamaṃ ca tataḥ khyātamuttaraṃ khaṇḍamuttamam| etadeva mahāpadmamudbhūtaṃ yanmayaṃ jagat
and then the fifth, the excellent Uttara section, is proclaimed. This very (Purāṇa treats of) the great lotus which arose, of which the world consists.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 1.57
तद्वृत्तान्ताश्रयं यस्मात्पाद्ममित्युच्यते ततः। एतत्पुराणममलं विष्णुमाहात्म्यनिर्मलम्
tadvṛttāntāśrayaṃ yasmātpādmamityucyate tataḥ| etatpurāṇamamalaṃ viṣṇumāhātmyanirmalam
Since it rests on the account of that, it is therefore called Pādma. This spotless Purāṇa, made pure by the greatness of Viṣṇu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.58
देवदेवो हरिर्यद्वै ब्रह्मणे प्रोक्तवान्पुरा। ब्रह्मणाभिहितं पूर्वं यावन्मात्रं मरीचये
devadevo hariryadvai brahmaṇe proktavānpurā| brahmaṇābhihitaṃ pūrvaṃ yāvanmātraṃ marīcaye
What the god of gods Hari spoke of old to Brahmā, and what Brahmā, in its full extent, told earlier to Marīci —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.59
एतदेव च वै ब्रह्मा पाद्मं लोके जगाद वै। सर्वभूताश्रयं तच्च पाद्ममित्युच्यते बुधैः
etadeva ca vai brahmā pādmaṃ loke jagāda vai| sarvabhūtāśrayaṃ tacca pādmamityucyate budhaiḥ
this very thing Brahmā proclaimed in the world as the Pādma; and because it is the support of all beings, it is called "Pādma" by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.60
पाद्मं तत्पंचपंचाशत्सहस्राणीह पठ्यते। पंचभिः पर्वभिः प्रोक्तं संक्षेपाद्व्यासकारितात्
pādmaṃ tatpaṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrāṇīha paṭhyate| paṃcabhiḥ parvabhiḥ proktaṃ saṃkṣepādvyāsakāritāt
That Pādma is here recited as fifty-five thousand (verses); it is spoken in five sections, in abridged form, being made by Vyāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.61
पौष्करं प्रथमं पर्व यत्रोत्पन्नः स्वयं विराट्। द्वितीयं तीर्थपर्व स्यात्सर्वग्रहगणाश्रयम्
pauṣkaraṃ prathamaṃ parva yatrotpannaḥ svayaṃ virāṭ| dvitīyaṃ tīrthaparva syātsarvagrahagaṇāśrayam
The first section is the Pauṣkara, in which the Virāṭ himself came into being; the second would be the Tīrtha section, which is the seat of all the hosts of planets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.62
तृतीयपर्वग्रहणा राजानो भूरिदक्षिणाः। वंशानुचरितं चैव चतुर्थे परिकीर्तितम्
tṛtīyaparvagrahaṇā rājāno bhūridakṣiṇāḥ| vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva caturthe parikīrtitam
In the third section are included kings who gave abundant gifts; and in the fourth the succession of the lineages is recounted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 1.63
पंचमे मोक्षतत्वं च सर्वतत्वं निगद्यते। पौष्करे नवधा सृष्टिः सर्वेषां ब्रह्मकारिता
paṃcame mokṣatatvaṃ ca sarvatatvaṃ nigadyate| pauṣkare navadhā sṛṣṭiḥ sarveṣāṃ brahmakāritā
In the fifth, the principle of liberation and all principles are set forth; in the Pauṣkara (is told) the ninefold creation of all things, brought about by Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.64
देवतानां मुनीनां च पितृसर्गस्तथापरः। द्वितीये पर्वताश्चैव द्वीपाः सप्त ससागराः
devatānāṃ munīnāṃ ca pitṛsargastathāparaḥ| dvitīye parvatāścaiva dvīpāḥ sapta sasāgarāḥ
And the further creation, that of the gods, the sages and the fathers; in the second (section) the mountains, and the seven continents together with the oceans.
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PdP 1 1.65
तृतीये रुद्रसर्गस्तु दक्षशापस्तथैव च। चतुर्थे संभवो राज्ञां सर्ववंशानुकीर्त्तनम्
tṛtīye rudrasargastu dakṣaśāpastathaiva ca| caturthe saṃbhavo rājñāṃ sarvavaṃśānukīrttanam
In the third, the creation of Rudra and likewise the curse of Dakṣa; in the fourth, the origin of kings, the recounting of all their lineages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 1.66
अन्त्येपवर्गसंस्थानं मोक्षशास्त्रानुकीर्त्तनम्। सर्वमेतत्पुराणेऽस्मित्कथयिष्यामि वो द्विजाः
antyepavargasaṃsthānaṃ mokṣaśāstrānukīrttanam| sarvametatpurāṇe'smitkathayiṣyāmi vo dvijāḥ
In the last, the establishing of final release, the recounting of the science of liberation. All this I shall tell you in this Purāṇa, O twice-born ones.
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PdP 1 1.67
इदं पवित्रं यशसो निधानमिदं पितॄणामतिवल्लभं स्यात् इदं च देवस्य सुखाय नित्यमिदं महापातकभिच्च पुंसाम्
idaṃ pavitraṃ yaśaso nidhānamidaṃ pitṝṇāmativallabhaṃ syāt idaṃ ca devasya sukhāya nityamidaṃ mahāpātakabhicca puṃsām
This is purifying, this is a treasury of fame, this would be most dear to the fathers, and this is always for the god's pleasure, and this breaks the great sins of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition