Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 25
PdP 1 25.1
भीष्म उवाच। उपवासेष्वशक्तस्य तदेव फलमिच्छतः। अनभ्यासेन रोगाद्वा किमिष्टं व्रतमुच्यताम्
bhīṣma uvāca| upavāseṣvaśaktasya tadeva phalamicchataḥ| anabhyāsena rogādvā kimiṣṭaṃ vratamucyatām
Bhīṣma said: For one who is incapable of fasts yet desires that same fruit—whether from lack of practice or from illness—let it be told: what observance is desirable?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 25.2
पुलस्त्य उवाच। उपवासेष्वशक्तानां नक्तं भोजनमिष्यते। यस्मिन्व्रते तदप्यत्र श्रूयतां वै व्रतं महत्
pulastya uvāca| upavāseṣvaśaktānāṃ naktaṃ bhojanamiṣyate| yasminvrate tadapyatra śrūyatāṃ vai vrataṃ mahat
Pulastya said: For those incapable of fasts, eating at night is prescribed. In which observance that too (is allowed)—hear here indeed that great observance,
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PdP 1 25.3
आदित्यशयनं नाम यथावच्छंकरार्चनम्। येषु नक्षत्रयोगेषु पुराणज्ञाः प्रचक्षते
ādityaśayanaṃ nāma yathāvacchaṃkarārcanam| yeṣu nakṣatrayogeṣu purāṇajñāḥ pracakṣate
called the Sun's Reclining (ādityaśayana), and, duly, the worship of Śaṃkara—at those conjunctions of the lunar asterisms which the knowers of the Purāṇas declare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 25.4
यदा हस्तेन सप्तम्यामादित्यस्य दिनं भवेत्। सूर्यस्य चापि संक्रांतिस्तिथिस्सा सार्वकामिकी
yadā hastena saptamyāmādityasya dinaṃ bhavet| sūryasya cāpi saṃkrāṃtistithissā sārvakāmikī
When the day of the Sun (Sunday) falls on the seventh (lunar day) together with Hasta, and there is also the Sun's transit (into a new sign), that lunar day fulfils all desires.
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PdP 1 25.5
उमामहेश्वरस्यार्चामर्चयेत्सूर्यनामभिः। सूर्यार्चां शिवलिगं च उभयं पूजयेद्यतः
umāmaheśvarasyārcāmarcayetsūryanāmabhiḥ| sūryārcāṃ śivaligaṃ ca ubhayaṃ pūjayedyataḥ
One should worship the image of Umā and Maheśvara with the names of the Sun; for one should worship both, the image of the Sun and the Śiva-liṅga,
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PdP 1 25.6
उमापते रवेश्चापि न भेदः क्वचिदिष्यते। यस्मात्तस्मान्नृपश्रेष्ठ गृहे भानुं समर्चयेत्
umāpate raveścāpi na bhedaḥ kvacidiṣyate| yasmāttasmānnṛpaśreṣṭha gṛhe bhānuṃ samarcayet
since between the husband of Umā and the Sun no difference at all is admitted; therefore, best of kings, one should worship the Sun in one's house.
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PdP 1 25.7
हस्तेन सूर्याय नमोस्तुपादावर्काय चित्रासु च गुल्फदेशं। स्वातीषु जंघे पुरुषोत्तमाय धात्रे विशाखासु च जानुदेशम्
hastena sūryāya namostupādāvarkāya citrāsu ca gulphadeśaṃ| svātīṣu jaṃghe puruṣottamāya dhātre viśākhāsu ca jānudeśam
With Hasta, "homage to Sūrya"—the two feet; and in Citrā the region of the ankles, to Arka; in Svātī the shanks, to Puruṣottama; and in Viśākhā the region of the knees, to Dhātṛ.
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PdP 1 25.8
तथानुराधासु नमोभि पूज्यमुरुद्द्वयं चैव सहस्रभानोः। ज्येष्ठास्वनंगाय नमोस्तु गुह्यमिन्द्रा यभीमाय कटिं च मूले
tathānurādhāsu namobhi pūjyamuruddvayaṃ caiva sahasrabhānoḥ| jyeṣṭhāsvanaṃgāya namostu guhyamindrā yabhīmāya kaṭiṃ ca mūle
So in Anurādhā the two thighs of the Thousand-rayed One are to be worshipped with obeisances; in Jyeṣṭhā "homage to Anaṅga"—the private parts; and in Mūlā the waist, to Indra (and) to Bhīma.
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PdP 1 25.9
पूर्वोत्तराषाढयुगे च नाभिं त्वष्ट्रे नमः सप्ततुरंगमाय। तीक्ष्णांशवे श्रवणे चाथ कुक्षिं पृष्ठं धनिष्ठासु विकर्तनाय
pūrvottarāṣāḍhayuge ca nābhiṃ tvaṣṭre namaḥ saptaturaṃgamāya| tīkṣṇāṃśave śravaṇe cātha kukṣiṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ dhaniṣṭhāsu vikartanāya
And in the pair of Āṣāḍhās, the Former and the Latter, the navel—"homage to Tvaṣṭṛ, to him of the seven horses"; and in Śravaṇa the belly, to the Sharp-rayed One; in Dhaniṣṭhā the back, to Vikartana.
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PdP 1 25.10
वक्षस्थलं ध्वांतविनाशनाय जलाधिपर्क्षे प्रतिपूजनीयम्। पूर्वोत्तरा भाद्रपदद्वये च बाहूत्तमश्चंडकराय पूज्यौ
vakṣasthalaṃ dhvāṃtavināśanāya jalādhiparkṣe pratipūjanīyam| pūrvottarā bhādrapadadvaye ca bāhūttamaścaṃḍakarāya pūjyau
The chest is to be worshipped, to the Destroyer of Darkness, in the asterism of the lord of waters (Śatabhiṣaj); and in the two Bhādrapadās, Former and Latter, the two arms are to be worshipped, best of men, to the Fierce-rayed One.
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PdP 1 25.11
साम्नामधीशाय करद्वयं च संपूजनीयं नृप रेवतीषु। नखानि पूज्यानि तथाश्विनीषु नमोस्तु सप्ताश्वधुरंधराय
sāmnāmadhīśāya karadvayaṃ ca saṃpūjanīyaṃ nṛpa revatīṣu| nakhāni pūjyāni tathāśvinīṣu namostu saptāśvadhuraṃdharāya
And the two hands are to be worshipped, O king, in Revatī, to the Lord of the Sāmans; and likewise in Aśvinī the nails are to be worshipped—"homage to him who bears the yoke of the seven horses."
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PdP 1 25.12
कठोरधाम्ने भरणीषु कंठं दिवाकरायेत्यभिपूजनीयम्। ग्रीवाग्निपर्क्षे धरसंपुटे तु संपूजयेद्भारत रोहिणीषु
kaṭhoradhāmne bharaṇīṣu kaṃṭhaṃ divākarāyetyabhipūjanīyam| grīvāgniparkṣe dharasaṃpuṭe tu saṃpūjayedbhārata rohiṇīṣu
In Bharaṇī the throat is to be worshipped with "to him of stern splendour, to the Maker of Day"; and the neck in the asterism of Fire (Kṛttikā), O Bhārata, one should worship in Rohiṇī with cupped hands upon the ground.
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PdP 1 25.13
मृगेर्चनीया रसना पुरारे रौद्रे तु दंता हरये नमस्ते। नमः सवित्रे इति शंकरस्य नासाभि पूज्या च पुनर्वसौ च
mṛgercanīyā rasanā purāre raudre tu daṃtā haraye namaste| namaḥ savitre iti śaṃkarasya nāsābhi pūjyā ca punarvasau ca
In Mṛgaśiras the tongue is to be worshipped with "to the Foe of the Cities"; in Raudra (Ārdrā) the teeth with "homage to you, Hari"; and in Punarvasu the nose of Śaṃkara is to be worshipped with "homage to Savitṛ".
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PdP 1 25.14
ललाटमंभोरुहवल्लभाय पुष्येलकान्वेदशरीरधारिणे। सार्पे च मौलिविबुधप्रियाय मघासु कर्णाविति पूजनीयौ
lalāṭamaṃbhoruhavallabhāya puṣyelakānvedaśarīradhāriṇe| sārpe ca maulivibudhapriyāya maghāsu karṇāviti pūjanīyau
In Puṣya the forehead with "to the Beloved of the lotus"; ...to him who bears the Vedas as his body; and in the Serpent asterism (Āśleṣā) the crown with "to the Friend of the gods"; in Maghā the two ears are to be worshipped thus.
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PdP 1 25.15
पूर्वासु गोब्राह्मणनंदनाय नेत्राणि संपूज्यतमानि शंभोः। अथोत्तराफाल्गुनि भे भ्रुवौ च विश्वेश्वरायेति च पूजनीये
pūrvāsu gobrāhmaṇanaṃdanāya netrāṇi saṃpūjyatamāni śaṃbhoḥ| athottarāphālguni bhe bhruvau ca viśveśvarāyeti ca pūjanīye
In the Pūrvā (Phalgunī) the eyes of Śambhu, most worthy of worship, with "to him who gladdens cows and brahmins"; and then in the asterism Uttaraphalgunī the two eyebrows are to be worshipped with "to the Lord of All".
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PdP 1 25.16
नमोस्तु पाशांकुशपद्मशूल कपालसर्पेन्दुधनुर्धराय। गयासुरानङ्गपुरांधकादि विनाशमूलाय नमः शिवाय
namostu pāśāṃkuśapadmaśūla kapālasarpendudhanurdharāya| gayāsurānaṅgapurāṃdhakādi vināśamūlāya namaḥ śivāya
Homage to the bearer of noose, goad, lotus, trident, skull, serpent, moon and bow; homage to Śiva, the root of the destruction of Gayāsura, Anaṅga, Tripura, Andhaka and the rest.
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PdP 1 25.17
इत्यादिकांगानि च पूजयित्वा विश्वेश्वरायेति शिरोभिपूज्यम्। अत्रापि भोक्तव्यमतैलमन्नममांसमक्षारमभुक्तशेषम्
ityādikāṃgāni ca pūjayitvā viśveśvarāyeti śirobhipūjyam| atrāpi bhoktavyamatailamannamamāṃsamakṣāramabhuktaśeṣam
Having worshipped the limbs beginning thus, the head is to be worshipped with "to the Lord of All". Here too the food to be eaten is without oil, without meat, without salt, and not the remainder of what has been eaten.
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PdP 1 25.18
इत्येवं नृप नक्तानि कृत्वा दद्यात्पुनर्वसौ। शालेयतंडुलप्रस्थमौदुंबरमथो घृतम्
ityevaṃ nṛpa naktāni kṛtvā dadyātpunarvasau| śāleyataṃḍulaprasthamauduṃbaramatho ghṛtam
Thus, O king, having performed the night-meals, one should give in Punarvasu a prastha measure of śāli rice, an udumbara (vessel), and then ghee.
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PdP 1 25.19
संस्थाप्य पात्रे विप्राय सहिरण्यं निवेदयेत्। सप्तमे वस्त्रयुग्मं तु पारणे त्वधिकं भवेत्
saṃsthāpya pātre viprāya sahiraṇyaṃ nivedayet| saptame vastrayugmaṃ tu pāraṇe tvadhikaṃ bhavet
Setting (it) in a vessel, he should present it, together with gold, to a brahmin; but on the seventh breaking of the fast a pair of garments, and (the gift) should be greater.
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PdP 1 25.20
चतुर्दशे तु संप्राप्ते पारणे भारतादिके । ब्राह्मणं भोजयेद्भक्त्या गुडक्षीरघृतादिभिः
caturdaśe tu saṃprāpte pāraṇe bhāratādike | brāhmaṇaṃ bhojayedbhaktyā guḍakṣīraghṛtādibhiḥ
But when the fourteenth breaking of the fast has arrived, O Bhārata, one should feed a brahmin with devotion with molasses, milk, ghee and the rest.
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PdP 1 25.21
कृत्वा च कांचनं पद्ममष्टपत्रं सकर्णिकम्। शुद्धमष्टांगुलं तच्च पद्मरागदलान्वितम्
kṛtvā ca kāṃcanaṃ padmamaṣṭapatraṃ sakarṇikam| śuddhamaṣṭāṃgulaṃ tacca padmarāgadalānvitam
And having made a golden lotus of eight petals with a pericarp, pure, eight fingers (in size), and that (lotus) furnished with petals of ruby—
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PdP 1 25.22
शय्यां सुलक्षणां कृत्वा विरुद्धग्रंथिवर्जिताम्। सोपधानवितानां च स्वास्तरावरणाश्रयाम्
śayyāṃ sulakṣaṇāṃ kṛtvā viruddhagraṃthivarjitām| sopadhānavitānāṃ ca svāstarāvaraṇāśrayām
having made a bed of good marks, free of ill-matched knots, with pillow and canopy, provided with its own spread and covering,
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PdP 1 25.23
पादुकोपानहच्छत्र चामरासनदर्पणैः। भूपणैरपिसंयुक्तां फलवस्त्रानुलेपनैः
pādukopānahacchatra cāmarāsanadarpaṇaiḥ| bhūpaṇairapisaṃyuktāṃ phalavastrānulepanaiḥ
(a bed) equipped with sandals, shoes, parasol, chowrie, seat and mirror, and with ornaments too, with fruits, garments and unguents,
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PdP 1 25.24
तस्यां विधाय तत्पद्ममलंकृत्य गुणान्विताम्। कपिलां वस्त्रसंयुक्तामतिशीलां पयस्विनीम्
tasyāṃ vidhāya tatpadmamalaṃkṛtya guṇānvitām| kapilāṃ vastrasaṃyuktāmatiśīlāṃ payasvinīm
having set that lotus upon it and adorned (it)—a tawny cow endowed with good qualities, draped with cloth, of very gentle temper, rich in milk,
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PdP 1 25.25
रौप्यखुरां हेमशृंगीं सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम्। दद्यान्मंत्रेण तां धेनुं पूर्वाह्णं नातिलंघयेत्
raupyakhurāṃ hemaśṛṃgīṃ savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām| dadyānmaṃtreṇa tāṃ dhenuṃ pūrvāhṇaṃ nātilaṃghayet
with silvered hooves, gilded horns, with her calf, with a bronze milking-pail—that cow he should give with the mantra; he should not let the forenoon pass by too far.
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PdP 1 25.26
यथैवादित्य शयनमशून्यं तव सर्वदा। कांत्या धृत्या श्रिया पुष्ट्या तथा मे संतु वृद्धयः
yathaivāditya śayanamaśūnyaṃ tava sarvadā| kāṃtyā dhṛtyā śriyā puṣṭyā tathā me saṃtu vṛddhayaḥ
"Just as your couch, O Āditya, is never empty of beauty, of steadfastness, of splendour, of nourishment, so may my increase be."
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PdP 1 25.27
यथा न देवाः श्रेयांसं त्वदन्यमनघं विदुः। तथा मामुद्धराशेष दुःखसंसारसागरात्
yathā na devāḥ śreyāṃsaṃ tvadanyamanaghaṃ viduḥ| tathā māmuddharāśeṣa duḥkhasaṃsārasāgarāt
"As the gods know no one better and more faultless than you, so lift me up out of the whole ocean of sorrowful transmigration."
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PdP 1 25.28
ततः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य प्रणम्य च विसर्जयेत्। शय्यां गवादि तत्सर्वं द्विजस्य भवनं नयेत्
tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya praṇamya ca visarjayet| śayyāṃ gavādi tatsarvaṃ dvijasya bhavanaṃ nayet
Then, having circumambulated and bowed, he should dismiss (the deity); the bed, the cow and the rest—all that he should have conveyed to the brahmin's house.
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PdP 1 25.29
नैतद्विशीलाय न दांभिकाय प्रकाशनीयं व्रतमिंदुमौलेः। गोविप्रदेवर्षिविकर्मयोगिनां यश्चापि निंदामधिकां विधत्ते
naitadviśīlāya na dāṃbhikāya prakāśanīyaṃ vratamiṃdumauleḥ| govipradevarṣivikarmayogināṃ yaścāpi niṃdāmadhikāṃ vidhatte
This vow of the Moon-crested One is not to be disclosed to one of bad conduct, nor to a hypocrite, nor to him who heaps much abuse on cows, brahmins, gods, sages, and practitioners of (proper) rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 25.30
भक्ताय दांताय च गुह्यमेतदाख्येयमानंदकरं शिवञ्च। इदं महापातकिनां नराणां अघक्षयं वेदविदो वदंति
bhaktāya dāṃtāya ca guhyametadākhyeyamānaṃdakaraṃ śivañca| idaṃ mahāpātakināṃ narāṇāṃ aghakṣayaṃ vedavido vadaṃti
To a devotee and to one self-restrained this secret may be told, joy-producing and auspicious; the knowers of the Veda declare this to be the destruction of sin for men who are great sinners.
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PdP 1 25.31
न बंधुपुत्रैर्न धनैर्वियुक्तः पत्नीभिरानंदकरः सुराणां। नाभ्येति रोगं न च दुःखमोहं या चापि नारी कुरुतेथ भक्त्या
na baṃdhuputrairna dhanairviyuktaḥ patnībhirānaṃdakaraḥ surāṇāṃ| nābhyeti rogaṃ na ca duḥkhamohaṃ yā cāpi nārī kurutetha bhaktyā
He is not parted from kinsmen and sons, nor from wealth, nor from wives; he becomes a giver of joy to the gods; he meets neither disease nor the confusion of sorrow—and so too whatever woman performs it here with devotion.
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PdP 1 25.32
इदं वसिष्ठेन पुरार्जुनेन कृतं कुबेरेण पुरंदरेण। यत्कीर्तनादप्यखिलानि नाशमायांति पापानि न संशयोत्र
idaṃ vasiṣṭhena purārjunena kṛtaṃ kubereṇa puraṃdareṇa| yatkīrtanādapyakhilāni nāśamāyāṃti pāpāni na saṃśayotra
This (rite) was performed by Vasiṣṭha, formerly by Arjuna, by Kubera, by Puraṃdara — by the mere proclaiming of which all sins go to destruction; there is no doubt here.
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PdP 1 25.33
इति पठति शृणोति वा य इत्थं रविशयनं पुरुहूतवल्लभः स्यात्। अपि नरकगतान्पितॄनशेषानपि दिवमानयतीह यः करोति
iti paṭhati śṛṇoti vā ya itthaṃ raviśayanaṃ puruhūtavallabhaḥ syāt| api narakagatānpitṝnaśeṣānapi divamānayatīha yaḥ karoti
Whoever thus recites or hears this Sun-couch (rite) becomes dear to Indra; and whoever performs it brings here to heaven all his forefathers, even those gone to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 25.34
अश्वत्थं च वटं चैवोदुंबरं वृक्षमेव च। नंदीशं जंबुवृक्षं च बिल्वं प्राहुर्महर्षयः
aśvatthaṃ ca vaṭaṃ caivoduṃbaraṃ vṛkṣameva ca| naṃdīśaṃ jaṃbuvṛkṣaṃ ca bilvaṃ prāhurmaharṣayaḥ
The aśvattha, the vaṭa, the udumbara tree, the nandīśa, the jambu tree and the bilva — (these) the great seers have named.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 25.35
मार्गशीर्षादिमासाभ्यां द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यामथ क्रमात्। एकैकं दंतधवनं वृक्षेष्वेतेषु कारयेत्
mārgaśīrṣādimāsābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmatha kramāt| ekaikaṃ daṃtadhavanaṃ vṛkṣeṣveteṣu kārayet
Beginning with Mārgaśīrṣa, in pairs of months, two by two in order, he should have one tooth-cleaning twig made from each of these trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 25.36
द्विजानामुदकुंभांश्च पंचरत्नसमन्वितान्
dvijānāmudakuṃbhāṃśca paṃcaratnasamanvitān
And (he should give) water-pots to the twice-born, furnished with the five gems.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 25.37
न वित्तशाठ्यं कुर्वीत कुर्वन्दोषानवाप्नुयात्
na vittaśāṭhyaṃ kurvīta kurvandoṣānavāpnuyāt
One should not be niggardly with one's wealth; doing so, one would incur faults.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition