Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 59

PdP 1 59.1

व्यास उवाच- अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि कीर्त्तिधर्मं परं शुभम्। सेतुबंधफलं पुण्यं ब्रह्मणा भाषितं यथा

vyāsa uvāca- ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi kīrttidharmaṃ paraṃ śubham| setubaṃdhaphalaṃ puṇyaṃ brahmaṇā bhāṣitaṃ yathā

Vyāsa said: Next I shall declare the supremely auspicious dharma of renown, the meritorious fruit of the building of a causeway, as it was spoken by Brahmā.

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PdP 1 59.2

कांतारे दुस्तरे पंके पुरुशंकुसमाकुलं। आलिं कृत्वा भवेत्पूतो देवत्वं याति मानवः

kāṃtāre dustare paṃke puruśaṃkusamākulaṃ| āliṃ kṛtvā bhavetpūto devatvaṃ yāti mānavaḥ

In a wilderness hard to traverse, in mud thick with stakes and thorns, having made an embankment a man becomes purified and attains godhood.

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PdP 1 59.3

वितस्तौ तु लभेत्स्वर्गं दिव्यं वर्षशतं समम्। एवं संख्याविधानेन नरः स्वर्गान्न हीयते

vitastau tu labhetsvargaṃ divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ samam| evaṃ saṃkhyāvidhānena naraḥ svargānna hīyate

For a span (of embankment) he obtains heaven equal to a hundred divine years; thus, by the rule of measurement, a man does not fall from heaven.

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PdP 1 59.4

कदाचित्पंकयोगाच्च स्वर्गाद्भुवि विजायते। तदा भट्टारकः श्रीमान्रोगशोकविवर्जितः

kadācitpaṃkayogācca svargādbhuvi vijāyate| tadā bhaṭṭārakaḥ śrīmānrogaśokavivarjitaḥ

And sometimes, through his connection with the mud, he is born on earth (again) from heaven; then (he is) an eminent lord, prosperous, free from disease and grief.

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PdP 1 59.5

पंकादौ संक्रमांश्चैव कृत्वा स्वर्गान्न हीयते। सर्वपापं क्षयं तस्य संप्रयाति दिनेदिने

paṃkādau saṃkramāṃścaiva kṛtvā svargānna hīyate| sarvapāpaṃ kṣayaṃ tasya saṃprayāti dinedine

Having made crossings over mud and the like, he does not fall from heaven; all his sin comes to destruction day by day.

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PdP 1 59.6

तथालिसंक्रमाणां च फलं तुल्यं प्रकीर्तितम्। धनप्राणाव्ययेनैव धीमता क्रियते सदा

tathālisaṃkramāṇāṃ ca phalaṃ tulyaṃ prakīrtitam| dhanaprāṇāvyayenaiva dhīmatā kriyate sadā

And likewise the fruit of embankments and of bridges is declared to be equal; it is always done by the wise man at the cost of his wealth and his life.

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PdP 1 59.7

श्रूयतां यत्पुरावृत्तमाख्यानं वृद्धसंमतं। कश्चिच्चोरो महाभीष्मे स्तेयकर्मणि चोद्यतः

śrūyatāṃ yatpurāvṛttamākhyānaṃ vṛddhasaṃmataṃ| kaściccoro mahābhīṣme steyakarmaṇi codyataḥ

Let a tale be heard that happened of old, approved by the elders: a certain thief, in a greatly fearsome (place), was intent upon the work of stealing.

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PdP 1 59.8

कांतारे गोशिरः स्थाप्य क्रांत्वा स्तेयं गतो ह्यसौ। धनापहरणं कृत्वा गृहस्थस्य च तेन हि

kāṃtāre gośiraḥ sthāpya krāṃtvā steyaṃ gato hyasau| dhanāpaharaṇaṃ kṛtvā gṛhasthasya ca tena hi

Having set down a cow's head in the wilderness and stepped across (on it), he went to his theft; and having carried off a householder's wealth by that (means),

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PdP 1 59.9

गतः स्वमंदिरं तत्र जना गच्छंति वर्त्मनि। सर्वेषामेकपादस्य सुखं भवति निश्चितं

gataḥ svamaṃdiraṃ tatra janā gacchaṃti vartmani| sarveṣāmekapādasya sukhaṃ bhavati niścitaṃ

he went to his own house. There people (too) go along that road; for all of them, at that one footstep, there is certainly ease.

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PdP 1 59.10

एकपादे ह्रदे दुर्गे तारकं गोशिरः परम्। चांद्रायणं च तत्तस्य कांतारे संस्थितं शिरः

ekapāde hrade durge tārakaṃ gośiraḥ param| cāṃdrāyaṇaṃ ca tattasya kāṃtāre saṃsthitaṃ śiraḥ

At the one-foot place, in the difficult pool, the cow's head was an excellent means of crossing; and that head, set down in the wilderness, counted for him as a cāndrāyaṇa penance.

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PdP 1 59.11

ततश्चोरस्य निधने चित्रगुप्तप्रणीतके। धर्मस्य फलमात्रं तु एतस्य च न विद्यते

tataścorasya nidhane citraguptapraṇītake| dharmasya phalamātraṃ tu etasya ca na vidyate

Then, at the thief's death, in the record drawn up by Citragupta, not even a trace of dharma is found for this man.

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PdP 1 59.12

न दैवं पैतृकं कार्यं तीर्थं स्नानं द्विजार्चनं। दानं गुरुजने मानं ज्ञानं परहितं शुभम्

na daivaṃ paitṛkaṃ kāryaṃ tīrthaṃ snānaṃ dvijārcanaṃ| dānaṃ gurujane mānaṃ jñānaṃ parahitaṃ śubham

No rite for the gods or for the ancestors, no pilgrimage-place, no bathing, no honouring of brahmins, no gift, no respect toward elders, no knowledge, no auspicious benefiting of others —

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PdP 1 59.13

मनसा न कृतं तेन क्रियया च कथं पुनः। कृतं साहसिकं स्तेयं परदाराभिमर्शनम्

manasā na kṛtaṃ tena kriyayā ca kathaṃ punaḥ| kṛtaṃ sāhasikaṃ steyaṃ paradārābhimarśanam

none of this was done by him even in thought — how then in act? What he did was violence, theft, the molesting of others' wives,

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PdP 1 59.14

भूतमिथ्यापवादं च साधुनिंदा परं तथा। एवं शतसहस्रं तु तथा गोहरणं कृतम्

bhūtamithyāpavādaṃ ca sādhuniṃdā paraṃ tathā| evaṃ śatasahasraṃ tu tathā goharaṇaṃ kṛtam

false accusation of beings, and worse, slander of the good — a hundred thousand such (deeds) — and likewise the stealing of cattle.

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PdP 1 59.15

तत्राह धर्मराजस्तु कालानलसमप्रभः। नयतैनं फलं शूरा दुर्गतिं चापुनर्भवम्

tatrāha dharmarājastu kālānalasamaprabhaḥ| nayatainaṃ phalaṃ śūrā durgatiṃ cāpunarbhavam

Thereupon Dharmarāja, blazing like the fire of time, said: "Heroes, lead him to his fruit — to an evil destiny and to no rebirth."

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PdP 1 59.16

एतस्मिन्नंतरेऽवोचच्चित्रगुप्तोनुकंपकः। अस्त्यस्य गोशिरः पुण्यं किचिन्नाथ क्षमाधुना

etasminnaṃtare'vocaccitraguptonukaṃpakaḥ| astyasya gośiraḥ puṇyaṃ kicinnātha kṣamādhunā

At this juncture the compassionate Citragupta said: "He has the merit of the cow's head, lord; forgive him a little now."

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PdP 1 59.17

नृपो द्वादशवार्षिक्यं लभेत्पुण्योदयं क्षितौ। तथाह धर्मराजस्तं गच्छ मर्त्यं दुरात्मक

nṛpo dvādaśavārṣikyaṃ labhetpuṇyodayaṃ kṣitau| tathāha dharmarājastaṃ gaccha martyaṃ durātmaka

"(This) king would obtain on earth a rise of merit lasting twelve years." Then the King of Dharma said to him: "Go, evil-souled one, to the mortal world.

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PdP 1 59.18

अकंटकं च राज्यं च भुंक्ष्व द्वादशवत्सरम्। यद्धृतं गोशिरो मार्गे मुक्तस्तस्यैव कारणात्

akaṃṭakaṃ ca rājyaṃ ca bhuṃkṣva dvādaśavatsaram| yaddhṛtaṃ gośiro mārge muktastasyaiva kāraṇāt

and enjoy a kingdom free of thorns for twelve years; because of that very cow-pasture (gośiras) which was taken on the road, you are released.

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PdP 1 59.19

पुनरत्र समागम्य संगंता चापुनर्भवम्। ततः कृतांजलिर्देवमुवाच दुःखपीडितः

punaratra samāgamya saṃgaṃtā cāpunarbhavam| tataḥ kṛtāṃjalirdevamuvāca duḥkhapīḍitaḥ

Coming together here again, you will attain non-rebirth." Then, afflicted with grief, with hands joined he said to the god:

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PdP 1 59.20

धर्मराजानुकंपा च मय्येवं पापकारिणि। कुरु नाथ त्वनाथे च जानामि प्रीतिपूर्वकम्

dharmarājānukaṃpā ca mayyevaṃ pāpakāriṇi| kuru nātha tvanāthe ca jānāmi prītipūrvakam

"O King of Dharma, show compassion thus even to me, a doer of evil. Do it, lord, to me who am without a protector; I know (it will be) done with affection."

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PdP 1 59.21

धर्मराजस्तु तं चाह बाढमेवमितो व्रज। स्मरिष्यसि स्ववृत्तांतं मत्प्रसादात्सुदुःखितः

dharmarājastu taṃ cāha bāḍhamevamito vraja| smariṣyasi svavṛttāṃtaṃ matprasādātsuduḥkhitaḥ

But the King of Dharma said to him: "Very well, go from here thus; by my grace you, though greatly suffering, will remember your own past history."

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PdP 1 59.22

एतस्मिन्नंतरे चैव मोचितः किंकरेण हि। तस्य जन्माभवत्कौ च दुर्विधे चातिवाणिके

etasminnaṃtare caiva mocitaḥ kiṃkareṇa hi| tasya janmābhavatkau ca durvidhe cātivāṇike

At that very moment he was released by the servant (of Yama); and his birth took place on earth in a poor and very (petty) merchant (family).

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PdP 1 59.23

आजन्मविविधं दुःखं भुक्तं पूर्वविकर्मतः। भुक्त्वा क्लेशं महांतं च एकविंशतिहायनम्

ājanmavividhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhuktaṃ pūrvavikarmataḥ| bhuktvā kleśaṃ mahāṃtaṃ ca ekaviṃśatihāyanam

From birth manifold suffering was undergone because of his former evil deeds; and having undergone great affliction for twenty-one years,

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PdP 1 59.24

तस्मिन्राष्ट्रे मृतो भूपः स्वकर्मपरिपीडितः। एतस्मिन्नंतरेऽमात्यैः समालोक्य सुमंत्रिभिः

tasminrāṣṭre mṛto bhūpaḥ svakarmaparipīḍitaḥ| etasminnaṃtare'mātyaiḥ samālokya sumaṃtribhiḥ

in that country the king died, tormented by his own deeds; and at that moment, the ministers, together with the good counsellors, having looked (about),

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PdP 1 59.25

अनेक परिमर्शैस्तु पृथिव्यां भ्रमणं कृतम्। तमावृण्वंश्च ते सद्यः सर्वेषां पुरतो दृढम्

aneka parimarśaistu pṛthivyāṃ bhramaṇaṃ kṛtam| tamāvṛṇvaṃśca te sadyaḥ sarveṣāṃ purato dṛḍham

with many deliberations, made a wandering over the earth; and they at once surrounded him firmly in front of everyone.

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PdP 1 59.26

ततो राज्याभिषेकश्च कृतस्तैस्तु विमत्सरैः। स च राज्यं च संश्रित्य धर्मराजवरेण च

tato rājyābhiṣekaśca kṛtastaistu vimatsaraiḥ| sa ca rājyaṃ ca saṃśritya dharmarājavareṇa ca

Then the royal consecration was performed by those free of envy; and he, having taken up the kingdom by the boon of the King of Dharma,

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PdP 1 59.27

अकरोदालिकं कर्म शिलाबद्धं च मृण्मयम्। संक्रमं जलदुर्गे च तरणिं च तथापरे

akarodālikaṃ karma śilābaddhaṃ ca mṛṇmayam| saṃkramaṃ jaladurge ca taraṇiṃ ca tathāpare

performed the work of embankments, both stone-built and of clay, and a bridge over a difficult water-crossing, and a ferry-boat, and other such things.

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PdP 1 59.28

वापीकूपतटाकानि प्रपाराम महीरुहं। कृतवान्विविधं यज्ञं दानपुण्यमतः परम्

vāpīkūpataṭākāni prapārāma mahīruhaṃ| kṛtavānvividhaṃ yajñaṃ dānapuṇyamataḥ param

Step-wells, wells and tanks, water-sheds, gardens and trees (he made); he performed manifold sacrifice and, beyond that, the merit of giving.

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PdP 1 59.29

स्मरंश्च पूर्वकर्म्माणि सर्वपापक्षयाय वै। कृतं बहुविधं धर्मं व्रतानि विविधानि च

smaraṃśca pūrvakarmmāṇi sarvapāpakṣayāya vai| kṛtaṃ bahuvidhaṃ dharmaṃ vratāni vividhāni ca

And remembering his former deeds, for the destruction of all his sins, he practised dharma of many kinds and various vows.

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PdP 1 59.30

सुराणां ब्राह्मणानां च गुरूणां चैव तर्पणात्। पापात्पूतो ययौ गेहं धर्मराजस्य धीमतः

surāṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca gurūṇāṃ caiva tarpaṇāt| pāpātpūto yayau gehaṃ dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ

By the gratifying of the gods, the brahmins and the teachers, purified of sin he went to the house of the wise King of Dharma.

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PdP 1 59.31

सयानस्थं ततो दृष्ट्वा क्रोधरक्तेक्षणोऽभवत्। स च तं प्रांजलिं प्राह भो धर्म कुरु तारणम्

sayānasthaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā krodharaktekṣaṇo'bhavat| sa ca taṃ prāṃjaliṃ prāha bho dharma kuru tāraṇam

Then, seeing him seated on his throne, he became red-eyed with anger; and he, with joined palms, said to him: "Ho, Dharma, effect (my) crossing over!"

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PdP 1 59.32

चित्रगुप्तोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं धर्मराजसमीपतः। कर्मणा मनसा पूतो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छतु

citragupto'bravīdvākyaṃ dharmarājasamīpataḥ| karmaṇā manasā pūto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchatu

Citragupta spoke a word in the presence of the King of Dharma: "Purified in deed and in mind, let him go to the world of Viṣṇu."

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PdP 1 59.33

स तच्छ्रुत्वा पुनश्चाह तस्य विज्ञाय कारणम्। स्मितः प्रीत्या प्रसन्नात्मा गच्छ गच्छाच्युतालयम्

sa tacchrutvā punaścāha tasya vijñāya kāraṇam| smitaḥ prītyā prasannātmā gaccha gacchācyutālayam

Hearing that, he spoke again, having understood the reason of it; smiling with affection, his mind gracious: "Go, go to the abode of Acyuta."

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PdP 1 59.34

विमानं सुरलोकाच्च स्वागतं वर्णकर्बुरम्। समारुह्य गतः स्वर्गं पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्

vimānaṃ suralokācca svāgataṃ varṇakarburam| samāruhya gataḥ svargaṃ punarāvṛttidurlabham

A celestial car, welcoming and of variegated colour, (came) from the world of the gods; mounting it he went to heaven, from which return is hard (to come by).

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PdP 1 59.35

तस्मात्किष्कुप्रमाणं हि दत्तं येनालिकं पुरा। स तु राज्यान्वयं स्वर्गं महांतं चानुगच्छति

tasmātkiṣkupramāṇaṃ hi dattaṃ yenālikaṃ purā| sa tu rājyānvayaṃ svargaṃ mahāṃtaṃ cānugacchati

Therefore he by whom formerly an embankment even of a cubit's measure has been given—he attains a line of kingship and great heaven.

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PdP 1 59.36

तथैव गोप्रचारं तु दत्वा स्वर्गान्न हीयते। या गतिर्गोप्रदस्यैव ध्रुवं तस्य भविष्यति

tathaiva gopracāraṃ tu datvā svargānna hīyate| yā gatirgopradasyaiva dhruvaṃ tasya bhaviṣyati

Just so, having given a cow-pasture one does not fall from heaven; whatever the destiny of the giver of a cow, that will surely be his.

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PdP 1 59.37

व्यामैकं गोप्रचारं तु मुक्तं येन सुधीमता। तस्य स्वर्गं भवेदिष्टं किमन्यैः पुरुभाषितैः

vyāmaikaṃ gopracāraṃ tu muktaṃ yena sudhīmatā| tasya svargaṃ bhavediṣṭaṃ kimanyaiḥ purubhāṣitaiḥ

But (as for) the wise man by whom even a single fathom (of land) has been released for cattle-grazing — heaven shall be his as he wishes; what need of many other words?

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PdP 1 59.38

गोप्रचारं यथाशक्ति यो वै त्यजति हेतुना। दिनेदिने ब्रह्मभोज्यं पुण्यं तस्य शताधिकम्

gopracāraṃ yathāśakti yo vai tyajati hetunā| dinedine brahmabhojyaṃ puṇyaṃ tasya śatādhikam

He who, for (this) reason, gives up (land) for cattle-grazing according to his ability — his merit is a hundred times more than feeding brahmins day after day.

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PdP 1 59.39

तस्माद्गवां प्रचारं तु मुक्त्वा स्वर्गान्न हीयते। यश्छिनत्ति द्रुमं पुण्यं गोप्रचारं छिनत्यपि

tasmādgavāṃ pracāraṃ tu muktvā svargānna hīyate| yaśchinatti drumaṃ puṇyaṃ gopracāraṃ chinatyapi

Therefore, having released (land as) pasture for cows, one does not fall from heaven. He who cuts down a tree cuts down also the meritorious cattle-pasture.

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PdP 1 59.40

तस्यैकविंशपुरुषाः पच्यंते रौरवेषु च। गोचारघ्नं ग्रामगोपः शक्तो ज्ञात्वा तु दण्डयेत्

tasyaikaviṃśapuruṣāḥ pacyaṃte rauraveṣu ca| gocāraghnaṃ grāmagopaḥ śakto jñātvā tu daṇḍayet

His twenty-one generations are cooked in the Raurava (hells). The village cowherd, if he is able, should recognize the destroyer of the cattle-pasture and punish (him).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.41

छेत्तारं धर्मवृक्षाणां विशेषाद्गोप्रचारघम्। तस्य दंडे सुखं तस्य तस्मात्तं दंडयेत्तु सः

chettāraṃ dharmavṛkṣāṇāṃ viśeṣādgopracāragham| tasya daṃḍe sukhaṃ tasya tasmāttaṃ daṃḍayettu saḥ

(He should punish) the cutter of the trees of dharma, and especially the destroyer of the cattle-pasture; in punishing him lies his own welfare, therefore he should punish him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 59.42

प्रासादं कुरुते यस्तु विष्णुलिंगस्य मानवः। त्रिकांडं पंचकाडं च सुशोभं सुघटान्वितम्

prāsādaṃ kurute yastu viṣṇuliṃgasya mānavaḥ| trikāṃḍaṃ paṃcakāḍaṃ ca suśobhaṃ sughaṭānvitam

The man who builds a temple for the liṅga of Viṣṇu, with three sections or five sections, splendid and furnished with fine pot-finials —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 59.43

इतोऽधिकं तु यो दद्यान्मृन्मयं वा दृषन्मयम्। वसुवृत्तिसुपूर्णं च सुरम्यं दिव्यभूतलम्

ito'dhikaṃ tu yo dadyānmṛnmayaṃ vā dṛṣanmayam| vasuvṛttisupūrṇaṃ ca suramyaṃ divyabhūtalam

and one who gives more than this, (a temple) made of clay or made of stone, well supplied with means of livelihood, most charming, with a divine floor,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 59.44

प्रतिष्ठाकर्मसंपन्नं किङ्करादिभिरावृतम्। सुलिंगमिष्टदेवस्य विष्णोरेव विशेषतः

pratiṣṭhākarmasaṃpannaṃ kiṅkarādibhirāvṛtam| suliṃgamiṣṭadevasya viṣṇoreva viśeṣataḥ

complete with the rite of consecration, surrounded by attendants and the rest, (containing) a fine liṅga of the chosen deity, and especially of Viṣṇu —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.45

कृत्वा च विष्णुसायुज्यं समाप्नोति नरोत्तमः। तथैव प्रतिमां कृत्वा हरेरन्यतरस्य च

kṛtvā ca viṣṇusāyujyaṃ samāpnoti narottamaḥ| tathaiva pratimāṃ kṛtvā hareranyatarasya ca

having done (this), that best of men attains union with Viṣṇu; and likewise (one who), having made an image of Hari or of some other (god) —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.46

कृत्वा देवकुलं रम्यं यत्फलं लभते नरः। न तन्मखसहस्रैस्तु दानैर्भुवि व्रतादिभिः

kṛtvā devakulaṃ ramyaṃ yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ| na tanmakhasahasraistu dānairbhuvi vratādibhiḥ

the fruit that a man obtains by making a lovely temple of the god — that is not (had) by a thousand sacrifices, nor by gifts on earth, nor by vows and the like.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.47

कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च। प्रासादे रत्नसंयुक्ते संपूर्णद्रव्यसंकुले

kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca| prāsāde ratnasaṃyukte saṃpūrṇadravyasaṃkule

For thousands of crores of kalpas and hundreds of crores of kalpas, in a palace set with jewels and crowded with abundant goods,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.48

स वसेत्कामगे याने सर्वलोकमनोहरे। स्वर्गाच्च्युतो भवेद्राजा सार्वभौमो गुणैर्वशी

sa vasetkāmage yāne sarvalokamanohare| svargāccyuto bhavedrājā sārvabhaumo guṇairvaśī

he dwells in a vehicle that goes at will and delights all the worlds; and when he has fallen from heaven he becomes a king, a universal sovereign, master (of himself) through his virtues.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.49

शिवलिंगे तु प्रासादं कारयित्वा स्वशक्तितः। यदुक्तं विष्णुलिंगे तु तज्ज्ञेयं शिववेश्मनि

śivaliṃge tu prāsādaṃ kārayitvā svaśaktitaḥ| yaduktaṃ viṣṇuliṃge tu tajjñeyaṃ śivaveśmani

And having had a temple built for a Śiva-liṅga according to one's own capacity — what has been said with regard to the liṅga of Viṣṇu, that is to be understood for the house of Śiva (as well).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.50

भुंक्ते भोगं महाभागो मनःशर्मकरं परम्। रामाभिरामसंपूर्णं सर्वतः सुखदं दिवि५० 1.59.

bhuṃkte bhogaṃ mahābhāgo manaḥśarmakaraṃ param| rāmābhirāmasaṃpūrṇaṃ sarvataḥ sukhadaṃ divi50 1.59.

The greatly fortunate one enjoys supreme enjoyment that brings ease to the mind, abounding in delightful women, giving happiness on every side, in heaven;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.51

उर्व्यामक्षयभोग्यानि नृपो वाथ महाधनी। हरस्य प्रतिमां यश्च कृत्वा देवगृहे नरः

urvyāmakṣayabhogyāni nṛpo vātha mahādhanī| harasya pratimāṃ yaśca kṛtvā devagṛhe naraḥ

and on earth (he has) inexhaustible things to enjoy, as a king or else as a very rich man. And the man who makes an image of Hara in a temple,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.52

सुलिंगां वा सुरूपां वा कल्पकोटिं वसेद्दिवि। स्वर्गाद्भ्रष्टो भवेद्राजा धनी पूज्यतमोपि वा

suliṃgāṃ vā surūpāṃ vā kalpakoṭiṃ vaseddivi| svargādbhraṣṭo bhavedrājā dhanī pūjyatamopi vā

either as a fine liṅga or of fine (anthropomorphic) form, dwells in heaven for a crore of kalpas; and when fallen from heaven he becomes a king, or a rich man, or one most worthy of honour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.53

देवीलिंगेषु सर्वेषु कृत्वा देवगृहं नरः। सुरत्वं प्राप्नुयाल्लोके देव्यास्सर्वसुखोद्भवे

devīliṃgeṣu sarveṣu kṛtvā devagṛhaṃ naraḥ| suratvaṃ prāpnuyālloke devyāssarvasukhodbhave

A man who makes a temple for all the liṅgas of the Goddess attains godhood in the world of the Goddess, the source of all happiness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 59.54

भृशमच्युततामेति सुखमेति निरामयम्। रत्नसंसृष्टप्रासादे मणिकर्बुरभूतले

bhṛśamacyutatāmeti sukhameti nirāmayam| ratnasaṃsṛṣṭaprāsāde maṇikarburabhūtale

He attains complete imperishability, he attains happiness free from affliction — in a palace inlaid with jewels, its floor variegated with gems,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.55

रामायुतप्रसंभोग्ये देवीसंसृष्टनिर्भये। नृत्यगीतपरे रम्ये सर्वेंद्रियमनोरमे

rāmāyutaprasaṃbhogye devīsaṃsṛṣṭanirbhaye| nṛtyagītapare ramye sarveṃdriyamanorame

to be enjoyed together with ten thousand women, made free from fear by contact with the Goddess, given over to dance and song, delightful, pleasing to all the senses,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.56

रत्नमर्द्दलतालाढ्ये सर्वदा स्त्रीजनेरिते। निर्मले सुखदे रम्ये रत्नानां सुशुभे गृहे

ratnamarddalatālāḍhye sarvadā strījanerite| nirmale sukhade ramye ratnānāṃ suśubhe gṛhe

rich in jewelled drums and cymbals, always astir with womenfolk, spotless, giving happiness, lovely — in a beautiful, auspicious house of jewels.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 59.57

तथैव प्रतिमायाश्च देव्याः प्रासादमुत्तमम्। नियुतं कल्पकोटीनां स्वर्लोकमेति मानवः

tathaiva pratimāyāśca devyāḥ prāsādamuttamam| niyutaṃ kalpakoṭīnāṃ svarlokameti mānavaḥ

Likewise (whoever builds) an excellent temple for the image of the Goddess — that man goes to the world of heaven for a niyuta of crores of kalpas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.58

स्वर्गाद्भ्रष्टो भवेद्भूपो देवीभक्तिपरायणः। एवं च जन्मसाहस्रं स्मर एव भवेद्भुवि

svargādbhraṣṭo bhavedbhūpo devībhaktiparāyaṇaḥ| evaṃ ca janmasāhasraṃ smara eva bhavedbhuvi

Fallen from heaven, he becomes a king wholly devoted to the Goddess; and thus for a thousand births he becomes Smara (Kāma) himself on earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.59

प्रासादं गाणपत्यं च देव्या वा प्रीतिमान्नरः। कृत्वा सुरगणानां च पूजितो दिवि जायते

prāsādaṃ gāṇapatyaṃ ca devyā vā prītimānnaraḥ| kṛtvā suragaṇānāṃ ca pūjito divi jāyate

A man who with affection makes a temple of Gaṇapati, or of the Goddess, is born in heaven honoured by the hosts of gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.60

तथैव राजतामेति भोग्यान्देवीपुरे तथा। अविघ्नं सर्वकार्येषु सदैव गणपो यथा

tathaiva rājatāmeti bhogyāndevīpure tathā| avighnaṃ sarvakāryeṣu sadaiva gaṇapo yathā

Likewise he attains kingship, and things to be enjoyed in the city of the Goddess, and freedom from obstacles in all his undertakings always, just as Gaṇapa (has).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.61

आज्ञानस्खलिता तस्य सुरासुरनरेषु च। तथैव सौरप्रासादे फलमेति नरोत्तमः

ājñānaskhalitā tasya surāsuranareṣu ca| tathaiva sauraprāsāde phalameti narottamaḥ

His command is unfaltering among gods, asuras and men; likewise the best of men obtains (this) fruit in the case of a temple of the Sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.62

अरोगी सुप्रसन्नात्मा कामदेवसमप्रभः। वरदः सर्वलोकेषु यथा ब्रध्नस्तथा हि सः

arogī suprasannātmā kāmadevasamaprabhaḥ| varadaḥ sarvalokeṣu yathā bradhnastathā hi saḥ

Free of disease, of well-gladdened mind, with splendour equal to Kāmadeva, a granter of boons in all the worlds — as the sun is, so indeed is he.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.63

सुरस्य प्रतिमायां च गृहं कृत्वा शिलामयम्। कल्पकोटिशतं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गमुर्वीश्वरो भवेत्

surasya pratimāyāṃ ca gṛhaṃ kṛtvā śilāmayam| kalpakoṭiśataṃ bhuktvā svargamurvīśvaro bhavet

And having made a house of stone for the image of the Sun, having enjoyed a hundred crore kalpas, he becomes lord of the earth (after) heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.64

विष्ण्वादि सर्वदेवानामर्चनं यत्पृथक्पृथक्। प्रत्येकं संप्रवक्ष्यामि नराणां हित हेतवे

viṣṇvādi sarvadevānāmarcanaṃ yatpṛthakpṛthak| pratyekaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi narāṇāṃ hita hetave

The worship of all the gods, Viṣṇu and the rest, which is separate for each — I shall declare it one by one, for the benefit of men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.65

घृतप्रदीपं यो दद्यात्मासमेकमहर्निशम्। दिव्यं वर्षायुतं स्वर्गे पूजितो देवसत्तमैः

ghṛtapradīpaṃ yo dadyātmāsamekamaharniśam| divyaṃ varṣāyutaṃ svarge pūjito devasattamaiḥ

He who offers a ghee lamp for one month, day and night, (dwells) ten thousand divine years in heaven, honoured by the best of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.66

घृतस्नानं तथा लिंगे यः कुर्याद्भुवि मानवः। कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि मासैके लभते नरः

ghṛtasnānaṃ tathā liṃge yaḥ kuryādbhuvi mānavaḥ| kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi māsaike labhate naraḥ

Likewise the man on earth who performs a bathing with ghee upon the liṅga — that man obtains thousands of crores of kalpas for a single month (of it).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.67

तिलतैलप्रदीपस्य तथान्यस्यार्द्धकं फलम्। मासैकं जलदानस्य फलेनेश्वरतां व्रजेत्

tilatailapradīpasya tathānyasyārddhakaṃ phalam| māsaikaṃ jaladānasya phaleneśvaratāṃ vrajet

Of a sesame-oil lamp, and likewise of another (kind of oil), the fruit is half; by the fruit of giving water for one single month he attains lordship.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 59.68

धूपदानेन गंधर्वं चंदने द्विगुणं भवेत्। मृगमदागरुसत्वस्य दाने बहुफलं भवेत्

dhūpadānena gaṃdharvaṃ caṃdane dviguṇaṃ bhavet| mṛgamadāgarusatvasya dāne bahuphalaṃ bhavet

By the gift of incense (one becomes) a gandharva; with sandal it becomes twofold; in the gift of musk and of the essence of aloe-wood the fruit is abundant.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.69

मालापुष्पप्रदानेन नरः स्यात्त्रिदशेश्वरः। शीते तूलपटीं दत्वा सर्वदुःखात्प्रमुच्यते

mālāpuṣpapradānena naraḥ syāttridaśeśvaraḥ| śīte tūlapaṭīṃ datvā sarvaduḥkhātpramucyate

By the gift of garlands and flowers a man becomes lord of the thirty (gods); by giving a cotton cloth in the cold he is released from all suffering.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.70

जन्मजन्मसु लभ्येत उष्णे च शीतलां पटीम्। दत्वा च नैवसीदेत शक्त्या वस्त्रं ददाति यः

janmajanmasu labhyeta uṣṇe ca śītalāṃ paṭīm| datvā ca naivasīdeta śaktyā vastraṃ dadāti yaḥ

He would obtain (this) in birth after birth; and having given a cool cloth in the heat he would never sink down — he who gives clothing according to his ability.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 59.71

चतुर्हस्तप्रमाणं च वर्ष्मवेष्टं सुशोभनम्। पिधानं चरणानां च दत्वा स्वर्गान्न हीयते

caturhastapramāṇaṃ ca varṣmaveṣṭaṃ suśobhanam| pidhānaṃ caraṇānāṃ ca datvā svargānna hīyate

And having given a beautiful body-wrap measuring four cubits, and a covering for the feet, he is not deprived of heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.72

शक्त्या स्वर्णप्रदानेन स्वर्गे पूज्यो भवेन्नरः। दशयोजनविस्तीर्णे मंडपे रूपभाग्भवेत्

śaktyā svarṇapradānena svarge pūjyo bhavennaraḥ| daśayojanavistīrṇe maṃḍape rūpabhāgbhavet

By giving gold according to his ability a man becomes one to be honoured in heaven; he obtains beauty in a pavilion ten yojanas broad.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.73

सुवर्णं रत्नसंयुक्तं दत्त्वा दशगुणं लभेत्। वज्रवैडूर्यगारुत्म माणिक्यादीननर्घतः

suvarṇaṃ ratnasaṃyuktaṃ dattvā daśaguṇaṃ labhet| vajravaiḍūryagārutma māṇikyādīnanarghataḥ

Having given gold joined with jewels he obtains tenfold; diamonds, beryls, emeralds, rubies and the rest, beyond price —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.74

दत्वा लिंगे विधानाच्च ब्राह्मणे वा यशस्विनि। शतयोजनविस्तीर्णमंडलेधिपतिर्भवेत्

datvā liṃge vidhānācca brāhmaṇe vā yaśasvini| śatayojanavistīrṇamaṃḍaledhipatirbhavet

— having given (them) on the liṅga according to the rule, or to a glorious brahmin, he becomes overlord of a region a hundred yojanas broad.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.75

तथैव भुवि जातोपि सर्वलोकप्ररंजनः। सुरभिद्रव्यदानेन वावदूकश्च सुंदरः

tathaiva bhuvi jātopi sarvalokapraraṃjanaḥ| surabhidravyadānena vāvadūkaśca suṃdaraḥ

Likewise, even when born on earth, he is one who delights all people; by the gift of fragrant substances (he becomes) eloquent and handsome.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.76

रक्तामृतसुकंठश्च पूगदानान्नरो भवेत्। वरदासीप्रदानेन नरः कल्पं वसेद्दिवि

raktāmṛtasukaṃṭhaśca pūgadānānnaro bhavet| varadāsīpradānena naraḥ kalpaṃ vaseddivi

By the gift of areca nut a man becomes red(-lipped), sweet, and fine-throated; by the gift of an excellent maidservant a man dwells in heaven for a kalpa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 59.77

वरदासी प्रदानेन उर्व्यां जातो धनेश्वरः। तथैव भृत्यदानेन बहुभृत्यो भवेद्दिवि

varadāsī pradānena urvyāṃ jāto dhaneśvaraḥ| tathaiva bhṛtyadānena bahubhṛtyo bhaveddivi

By the gift of an excellent serving-woman (a man) is born on earth as a lord of wealth; likewise, by the gift of servants he becomes one with many servants in heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.78

धरायामक्षयाऋद्धिर्जन्मजन्मसु जायते। सर्वतूर्यप्रदानेन गुणवान्लोकसंमतः

dharāyāmakṣayāṛddhirjanmajanmasu jāyate| sarvatūryapradānena guṇavānlokasaṃmataḥ

On earth undiminishing prosperity arises for him birth after birth. By the gift of all (kinds of) musical instruments (he becomes) endowed with good qualities and honoured among people.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.79

नृत्यगीतादिशास्त्रेण गंधर्वाणां पतिर्भवेत्। दासीदासयुतः स्वर्गे धनैः स्त्रीभिर्वरैर्युतः

nṛtyagītādiśāstreṇa gaṃdharvāṇāṃ patirbhavet| dāsīdāsayutaḥ svarge dhanaiḥ strībhirvarairyutaḥ

Through (the gift of) the treatises on dance, song and the rest, he becomes lord of the Gandharvas; in heaven he is furnished with maidservants and menservants, with riches and with excellent women.

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PdP 1 59.80

तथैव गोप्रदानेन तावत्कालं वसेद्दिवि। लिंगे दुग्धप्रदानाच्च नरः कल्पं वसेद्दिवि

tathaiva gopradānena tāvatkālaṃ vaseddivi| liṃge dugdhapradānācca naraḥ kalpaṃ vaseddivi

Likewise by the gift of a cow he dwells in heaven for that same length of time; and by offering milk upon the liṅga a man dwells in heaven for a kalpa.

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PdP 1 59.81

दध्ना स्नानेन द्विगुणं घृतेन तु शताधिकम्। अन्नं षड्रससंयुक्तं दत्वा क्षितिपतिर्भवेत्

dadhnā snānena dviguṇaṃ ghṛtena tu śatādhikam| annaṃ ṣaḍrasasaṃyuktaṃ datvā kṣitipatirbhavet

By bathing (the liṅga) with curds, twice as much; but with ghee, more than a hundredfold. Having given food joined with the six flavours, he becomes a lord of the earth.

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PdP 1 59.82

तथैव पायसं दत्वा मुनीनां प्रवरो भुवि। हविष्यान्नं मुदा दत्वा वेदशास्त्रार्थपारगः

tathaiva pāyasaṃ datvā munīnāṃ pravaro bhuvi| haviṣyānnaṃ mudā datvā vedaśāstrārthapāragaḥ

Likewise, having given milk-rice, (he becomes) foremost among sages on earth; having gladly given sacrificial food, (he becomes) one who has mastered the meaning of the Vedas and the treatises.

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PdP 1 59.83

निरामिषप्रदानाच्च ब्रह्मचारी व्रती भवेत्। मधुदानाच्च सौभाग्यं गुडेन लवणेन च

nirāmiṣapradānācca brahmacārī vratī bhavet| madhudānācca saubhāgyaṃ guḍena lavaṇena ca

And from the gift of meatless (food) he becomes a chaste student, keeping his vow; from the gift of honey, good fortune, and (so too) with molasses and with salt.

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PdP 1 59.84

शर्करादिभिर्लावण्यं सर्वलोकेषु गीयते। देवानां शंभुलिंगानामर्चां कृत्वा विधानतः

śarkarādibhirlāvaṇyaṃ sarvalokeṣu gīyate| devānāṃ śaṃbhuliṃgānāmarcāṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ

By (gifts) of sugar and the like, his loveliness is sung of in all the worlds. Having performed, according to the prescribed rules, the worship of the gods, of the liṅgas of Śambhu—

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PdP 1 59.85

अनुक्रमेण स्वर्गादौ लोकानां स पतिर्भवेत्। लोकानां च हितार्थाय देवास्तिष्ठंति संमुखाः

anukrameṇa svargādau lokānāṃ sa patirbhavet| lokānāṃ ca hitārthāya devāstiṣṭhaṃti saṃmukhāḥ

—he becomes, in due order, lord of the worlds beginning with heaven; and for the benefit of the worlds the gods stand facing (him).

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PdP 1 59.86

सकृत्प्रदक्षिणां कृत्वा शंभुलिंगेषु पंडितः। दिव्यं वर्षशतं पूर्णं स्वर्गमेति नरोत्तमः

sakṛtpradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtvā śaṃbhuliṃgeṣu paṃḍitaḥ| divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ svargameti narottamaḥ

Having once circumambulated the liṅgas of Śambhu, the learned man, the best of men, goes to heaven for a full hundred divine years.

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PdP 1 59.87

एवमेव क्रमेणैव नमस्कारैः स्वयंभुवः। लोकवंद्यो व्रजेत्स्वर्गं तस्मान्नित्यं समाचरेत्

evameva krameṇaiva namaskāraiḥ svayaṃbhuvaḥ| lokavaṃdyo vrajetsvargaṃ tasmānnityaṃ samācaret

In just this way, in this same order, by prostrations to the Self-existent one, he becomes worthy of the world's reverence and goes to heaven; therefore let one do it constantly.

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PdP 1 59.88

लिंगरूपस्य देवस्य यो धनं हरते नरः। स च रौरवमासाद्य हरणात्कीटतां व्रजेत्

liṃgarūpasya devasya yo dhanaṃ harate naraḥ| sa ca rauravamāsādya haraṇātkīṭatāṃ vrajet

The man who steals the wealth of the god in the form of the liṅga—he, having reached the Raurava hell, becomes a worm on account of that theft.

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PdP 1 59.89

दातुः पूजां च लिंगार्थे हरेश्चाप्याददाति यः। कुलकोटिसहस्रेण नरकान्न निवर्तते

dātuḥ pūjāṃ ca liṃgārthe hareścāpyādadāti yaḥ| kulakoṭisahasreṇa narakānna nivartate

And he who takes away the worship (offering) of a donor, given for the liṅga's sake or for Hari's, does not return from the hells for a thousand crores of generations.

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PdP 1 59.90

जलपुष्पादिदीपार्थे वसु चान्यद्गृहीतवान्। पश्चान्न दीयते लोभादक्षयं नरकं व्रजेत्

jalapuṣpādidīpārthe vasu cānyadgṛhītavān| paścānna dīyate lobhādakṣayaṃ narakaṃ vrajet

He who has taken money or other goods (given) for the purpose of water, flowers and lamps, and afterwards does not hand it over out of greed, goes to an unending hell.

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PdP 1 59.91

दासीं हृत्वा तु लिंगस्य नरकान्न निवर्तते। कामार्तो मातरं गच्छेन्न गच्छेच्छिवचेटिकाम्

dāsīṃ hṛtvā tu liṃgasya narakānna nivartate| kāmārto mātaraṃ gacchenna gacchecchivaceṭikām

But having carried off a maidservant of the liṅga, one does not return from the hells. Let a man tormented by lust go to his mother rather than go to a female attendant of Śiva.

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PdP 1 59.92

शिवदासीं ततो गत्वा शिवस्व हरणे तथा। भक्षणादन्नपानानान्नरो दुर्गतिमाप्नुयात्

śivadāsīṃ tato gatvā śivasva haraṇe tathā| bhakṣaṇādannapānānānnaro durgatimāpnuyāt

Then, by going to a maidservant of Śiva, and likewise by stealing Śiva's property, and by eating up food and drink (belonging to him), a man attains an evil destiny.

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PdP 1 59.93

अतो देवलविप्रो यो नरकान्न निवर्तते। तस्माद्वेश्याजनानां च दौष्ट्यमेव हितं भवेत्

ato devalavipro yo narakānna nivartate| tasmādveśyājanānāṃ ca dauṣṭyameva hitaṃ bhavet

Hence the temple-priest brahmin does not return from the hells; therefore for prostitute folk wickedness itself turns out to be a benefit.

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PdP 1 59.94

अतस्तु गणिकां स्पृष्ट्वा नरः स्नानाद्विशुध्यति। मलिनां दुर्गतिं याति बहुपूरुषसंश्रयात्

atastu gaṇikāṃ spṛṣṭvā naraḥ snānādviśudhyati| malināṃ durgatiṃ yāti bahupūruṣasaṃśrayāt

Hence a man who has touched a courtesan is purified by bathing; but she, being defiled, goes to an evil destiny because of her resorting to many men.

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PdP 1 59.95

वेश्या तपस्विनी या च देवार्चनरता सदा। पतिव्रतपरा शुद्धा स्वर्गं चाक्षयमश्नुते

veśyā tapasvinī yā ca devārcanaratā sadā| pativrataparā śuddhā svargaṃ cākṣayamaśnute

But the prostitute who is ascetic and always devoted to the worship of the gods, who is pure and intent on fidelity to (one) husband, obtains an imperishable heaven.

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PdP 1 59.96

गणिकां मातृवद्यस्तु सदासन्नां प्रपश्यति। देववत्सुरलोकेषु निखिलं भोगमश्नुते

gaṇikāṃ mātṛvadyastu sadāsannāṃ prapaśyati| devavatsuralokeṣu nikhilaṃ bhogamaśnute

And he who always looks upon a courtesan close at hand as upon a mother enjoys, like a god, every pleasure in the worlds of the gods.

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PdP 1 59.97

सुरासुरनराणां च वंदनीयो यथा हरिः। तथार्होयं सर्वलोके सर्वभूतैकपावनः

surāsuranarāṇāṃ ca vaṃdanīyo yathā hariḥ| tathārhoyaṃ sarvaloke sarvabhūtaikapāvanaḥ

And just as Hari is to be revered by gods, demons and men, so is he worthy (of reverence) in all the world, the one purifier of all beings.

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PdP 1 59.98

देवदासः सदा यस्तु देवकृत्येषु लोलुपः। स च गच्छति लोकेशो देवलोके महीयते

devadāsaḥ sadā yastu devakṛtyeṣu lolupaḥ| sa ca gacchati lokeśo devaloke mahīyate

And whoever is a servant of the god, always eager in the god's services, he too goes (there) as a lord of the world and is honoured in the world of the gods.

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PdP 1 59.99

एतेषामेव लिंगानि कारयित्वा च मंडपम्। शक्त्या यं लभते नाकं कालस्य निश्चयं शृणु

eteṣāmeva liṃgāni kārayitvā ca maṃḍapam| śaktyā yaṃ labhate nākaṃ kālasya niścayaṃ śṛṇu

And having had the liṅgas of these very (gods) made, and a pavilion, whatever heaven one obtains according to one's ability — hear the fixed reckoning of the duration.

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PdP 1 59.100

हायनैकं तृणेनैव शरकांडेन तच्छतम्। अयुतं त्वन्यकाष्ठेन लक्षं खादिरदारुणा१०० 1.59.

hāyanaikaṃ tṛṇenaiva śarakāṃḍena tacchatam| ayutaṃ tvanyakāṣṭhena lakṣaṃ khādiradāruṇā100 1.59.

One year with (a pavilion of) grass alone; a hundred of those with reed-stalks; ten thousand with other wood; a hundred thousand with khadira timber.

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PdP 1 59.101

कोटिकोटि च पाषाणैः सुदृढैर्यत्नसंयुतैः। तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन मंडपं कारयेद्बुधः

koṭikoṭi ca pāṣāṇaiḥ sudṛḍhairyatnasaṃyutaiḥ| tasmātsarvaprayatnena maṃḍapaṃ kārayedbudhaḥ

And ten million times ten million with stones, very firm and set with effort; therefore the wise man should have a pavilion made with every effort.

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PdP 1 59.102

यावत्कालं वसेत्स्वर्गे नरो मंडपकारकः। तावत्कालं च हरणे नरो दुर्गतिमाप्नुयात्

yāvatkālaṃ vasetsvarge naro maṃḍapakārakaḥ| tāvatkālaṃ ca haraṇe naro durgatimāpnuyāt

For as long a time as the man who makes a pavilion dwells in heaven, for that same length of time a man who destroys (one) attains a bad state.

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PdP 1 59.103

जनानां निचये रम्ये वस्तूनां क्रयविक्रये। आश्रये चाध्वगानां च नदीनद समागमे

janānāṃ nicaye ramye vastūnāṃ krayavikraye| āśraye cādhvagānāṃ ca nadīnada samāgame

In a pleasant gathering-place of people, at the buying and selling of goods, at a shelter for travellers, and at the confluence of rivers and streams —

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PdP 1 59.104

देवानां मंडपं कृत्वा यत्फलं लभते नरः। तत्फलं समवाप्नोति द्विगुणं विप्रमंदिरे

devānāṃ maṃḍapaṃ kṛtvā yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ| tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti dviguṇaṃ vipramaṃdire

whatever fruit a man obtains by making a pavilion for the gods, that fruit he obtains doubled in the house of a brahmin.

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PdP 1 59.105

अनाथस्य च दीनस्य श्रोत्रियस्य विशेषतः। कारयित्वा गृहं रम्यं नरः स्वर्गान्न हीयते

anāthasya ca dīnasya śrotriyasya viśeṣataḥ| kārayitvā gṛhaṃ ramyaṃ naraḥ svargānna hīyate

And having had a pleasant house made for one who is without protector, for the poor, and especially for a Vedic scholar, a man does not fall from heaven.

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PdP 1 59.106

य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं पुण्याख्यानमनुत्तमम्। अक्षयं लभते स्वर्गं प्रासादादेः फलं लभेत्

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ puṇyākhyānamanuttamam| akṣayaṃ labhate svargaṃ prāsādādeḥ phalaṃ labhet

Whoever constantly listens to this unsurpassed meritorious narration obtains imperishable heaven, and would gain the fruit of (building) a temple and the rest.

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PdP 1 59.107

धनिनां चेश्वराणां च तथा पुण्यवतां पुनः। पाठयित्वा पठित्वा तु नरः स्वर्गान्न हीयते

dhanināṃ ceśvarāṇāṃ ca tathā puṇyavatāṃ punaḥ| pāṭhayitvā paṭhitvā tu naraḥ svargānna hīyate

And further, having had (it) recited, or having recited (it), before the wealthy, the lords, and likewise the meritorious, a man does not fall from heaven.

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PdP 1 59.108

देवानां दासदासीनां सदा देवालयेषु च। पठेद्यस्तु सदा विप्रो मोक्षमार्गं स गच्छति

devānāṃ dāsadāsīnāṃ sadā devālayeṣu ca| paṭhedyastu sadā vipro mokṣamārgaṃ sa gacchati

And the brahmin who recites (it) constantly before the male and female servants of the gods, always in the temples of the gods, goes on the path of liberation.

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PdP 1 59.109

नृपाणामीश्वराणां च धनिनां गुणिनां पुरः। पठित्वा मोक्षमाप्नोति श्रवणात्तत्फलं लभेत्

nṛpāṇāmīśvarāṇāṃ ca dhanināṃ guṇināṃ puraḥ| paṭhitvā mokṣamāpnoti śravaṇāttatphalaṃ labhet

Having recited (it) before kings, lords, the wealthy and the virtuous, he attains liberation; from hearing (it) one would gain that same fruit.

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PdP 1 59.110

द्विजा ऊचुः- सामान्येकः परः पुण्यो मर्त्यलोके द्विजोत्तम। सुलभो मर्त्यपूज्यस्तु मुनीनां च तपस्विनाम्

dvijā ūcuḥ- sāmānyekaḥ paraḥ puṇyo martyaloke dvijottama| sulabho martyapūjyastu munīnāṃ ca tapasvinām

The brahmins said: What one thing, O best of the twice-born, is commonly (available), supreme, meritorious in the world of mortals, easy to obtain, honoured by mortals and by sages and ascetics,

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PdP 1 59.111

चातुर्वर्ण्याश्रमाणां च पापपुण्यवतां नृणाम्। गुणागुणवतां चैव वर्णावर्णवतां तथा

cāturvarṇyāśramāṇāṃ ca pāpapuṇyavatāṃ nṛṇām| guṇāguṇavatāṃ caiva varṇāvarṇavatāṃ tathā

and (for those) of the four classes and the (four) stages of life, for men who are sinful or meritorious, for those with and without virtues, and likewise for those of good and of no caste?

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PdP 1 59.112

व्यास उवाच- सर्वेषामेव भूतानां रुद्राक्षेण युतो वरः। दर्शनाद्यस्य लोकानां पापराशिः प्रलीयते

vyāsa uvāca- sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ rudrākṣeṇa yuto varaḥ| darśanādyasya lokānāṃ pāparāśiḥ pralīyate

Vyāsa said: Of all beings indeed, the best is he who is joined with rudrākṣa; from the sight of him the mass of sins of the worlds dissolves.

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PdP 1 59.113

स्पर्शनाद्दिवमश्नाति धाराणाद्रौद्रतां व्रजेत्। शिरस्युरसि बाहौ च रुद्राक्षं धारयेत्तु यः

sparśanāddivamaśnāti dhārāṇādraudratāṃ vrajet| śirasyurasi bāhau ca rudrākṣaṃ dhārayettu yaḥ

By touching (it) one enjoys heaven; by wearing (it) one would attain the state of Rudra. And whoever wears the rudrākṣa on the head, on the chest, and on the arm,

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PdP 1 59.114

स चेशानसमो लोके मखे सर्वत्र गोचरः। यत्र तिष्ठत्यसौ विप्रस्स देशः पुण्यवान्भवेत्

sa ceśānasamo loke makhe sarvatra gocaraḥ| yatra tiṣṭhatyasau viprassa deśaḥ puṇyavānbhavet

he is equal to Īśāna in the world, present everywhere at the sacrifice; wherever that brahmin stands, that region becomes meritorious.

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PdP 1 59.115

तं दृष्ट्वाप्यथवा स्पृष्ट्वा नरः पूयेत कल्मषात्। यज्जप्यं तर्पणं दानं स्नानमर्चा प्रदक्षिणम्

taṃ dṛṣṭvāpyathavā spṛṣṭvā naraḥ pūyeta kalmaṣāt| yajjapyaṃ tarpaṇaṃ dānaṃ snānamarcā pradakṣiṇam

Even by seeing him, or by touching (him), a man would be purified of sin. Whatever muttered prayer, libation, gift, bathing, worship, circumambulation —

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PdP 1 59.116

यत्किंचित्कुरुते पुण्यं निखिलं तदनंतकम्। तीर्थानां च महत्तीर्थं रुद्राक्षस्य फलं द्विजाः

yatkiṃcitkurute puṇyaṃ nikhilaṃ tadanaṃtakam| tīrthānāṃ ca mahattīrthaṃ rudrākṣasya phalaṃ dvijāḥ

whatever merit he does, all of it becomes endless. Among sacred fords it is the great ford — such is the fruit of the rudrākṣa, O twice-born ones.

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PdP 1 59.117

अस्यैव धारणाद्देही पापात्पूतोऽति पुण्यभाक्। गृहीत्वा चाक्षमालां च ब्रह्मग्रंथियुतां शिवाम्

asyaiva dhāraṇāddehī pāpātpūto'ti puṇyabhāk| gṛhītvā cākṣamālāṃ ca brahmagraṃthiyutāṃ śivām

By wearing this very (rudrākṣa) an embodied being is purified of sin and gains great merit — and (so too) by taking up a rosary of rudrākṣa beads, auspicious, strung with the Brahmā-knot.

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PdP 1 59.118

यज्जप्तं च कृतं दानं स्तोत्रं मंत्रं सुरार्चनम्। सर्वं चाक्षयतामेति पापं च क्षयमाव्रजेत्

yajjaptaṃ ca kṛtaṃ dānaṃ stotraṃ maṃtraṃ surārcanam| sarvaṃ cākṣayatāmeti pāpaṃ ca kṣayamāvrajet

Whatever is muttered (with it), and gift given, hymn, mantra, worship of the gods — all becomes imperishable, and sin goes to destruction.

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PdP 1 59.120

मालाया लक्षणं ब्रूमः श्रूयतां द्विजसत्तमाः। तस्यास्तु लक्षणं ज्ञात्वा शैवमार्गं प्रलप्स्यथ११९ तु. वराहपुराणम् [https://sa.wikisource.org/s/18ga १२८.५४](गणान्तिका)। निर्योनिकीटविद्धं च भग्नलिगं यथाक्रमम्। अन्योन्यं बीजलग्नं च मालायां परिवर्जयेत्

mālāyā lakṣaṇaṃ brūmaḥ śrūyatāṃ dvijasattamāḥ| tasyāstu lakṣaṇaṃ jñātvā śaivamārgaṃ pralapsyatha119 tu. varāhapurāṇam [https://sa.wikisource.org/s/18ga 128.54](gaṇāntikā)| niryonikīṭaviddhaṃ ca bhagnaligaṃ yathākramam| anyonyaṃ bījalagnaṃ ca mālāyāṃ parivarjayet

We shall declare the characteristics of the rosary; let it be heard, O best of twice-born; knowing its characteristics you will speak of the Śaiva path. — (Varāha Purāṇa 128.54:) One should avoid in a rosary (a bead) that is without an aperture, worm-eaten, or with a broken tip, in that order, and (beads) stuck to one another at the seed.

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PdP 1 59.121

स्वयं च ग्रथिता या च श्लथान्योन्य प्रसज्जिता। शूद्रादिग्रथिताऽशुद्धा दूरात्तां परिवर्जयेत्

svayaṃ ca grathitā yā ca ślathānyonya prasajjitā| śūdrādigrathitā'śuddhā dūrāttāṃ parivarjayet

And one that is strung by oneself, and one loosely fastened to each other, and one strung by a śūdra or such — impure: that one he should avoid from afar.

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PdP 1 59.122

मध्यमालग्नकं बीजं जप्तव्यं च यथाक्रमम्। हस्तसंभ्रमणेनैव मेर्वामर्शं पुनः पुनः

madhyamālagnakaṃ bījaṃ japtavyaṃ ca yathākramam| hastasaṃbhramaṇenaiva mervāmarśaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

The seed fastened in the middle of the rosary is to be muttered upon in due order; by revolving it with the hand alone, (avoiding) the touching of the meru again and again.

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PdP 1 59.123

संख्यातं यज्जपेन्मंत्रमसंख्यातं च निष्फलम्। सर्वेषामेव देवानां जपेन्मंत्रं स्वमालया

saṃkhyātaṃ yajjapenmaṃtramasaṃkhyātaṃ ca niṣphalam| sarveṣāmeva devānāṃ japenmaṃtraṃ svamālayā

A mantra which one mutters counted (has fruit); uncounted, it is fruitless. One should mutter the mantra of all the gods alike with its own proper rosary.

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PdP 1 59.124

प्रयतः सकले तीर्थे कोटिकोटिगुणं भवेत्। शुद्धायामेव भूम्यां तु मेध्यके वृक्षमूलके

prayataḥ sakale tīrthe koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet| śuddhāyāmeva bhūmyāṃ tu medhyake vṛkṣamūlake

For one who is restrained, at every holy place it becomes ten-million-times-ten-million-fold; likewise on pure ground, in a clean spot, at the root of a tree,

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PdP 1 59.125

गोष्ठे चतुष्पथागारे विष्णोर्मंत्रं शिवस्य च। गणपतेश्च सूरस्य लिंगेनंतफलं लभेत्

goṣṭhe catuṣpathāgāre viṣṇormaṃtraṃ śivasya ca| gaṇapateśca sūrasya liṃgenaṃtaphalaṃ labhet

in a cow-pen, in a house at a crossroads — (there) with a liṅga one obtains endless fruit from the mantra of Viṣṇu, of Śiva, of Gaṇapati, and of the Sun.

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PdP 1 59.126

शून्यागारे शवस्याग्रे श्मशाने च चतुष्पथे। देवीमंत्रं जपेद्यस्तु सद्यस्सिध्यति साधकः

śūnyāgāre śavasyāgre śmaśāne ca catuṣpathe| devīmaṃtraṃ japedyastu sadyassidhyati sādhakaḥ

In an empty house, before a corpse, in a cremation ground, and at a crossroads — the practitioner who mutters the Goddess's mantra succeeds at once.

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PdP 1 59.127

यावच्चावैदिकं मंत्रं पौराणं चागमोद्भवम्। सर्वं रुद्राक्षमालायामीप्सितेष्टार्थदायकम्

yāvaccāvaidikaṃ maṃtraṃ paurāṇaṃ cāgamodbhavam| sarvaṃ rudrākṣamālāyāmīpsiteṣṭārthadāyakam

Whatever mantra is non-Vedic, Purāṇic, or arisen from the Āgamas — all of it, (used) on a rudrākṣa rosary, bestows the desired and wished-for object.

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PdP 1 59.128

रुद्राक्षस्रवजं शुद्धं जलं शिरसि धारयेत्। सर्वस्मात्कल्मषात्पूतः पुण्यं भवति चाक्षयम्

rudrākṣasravajaṃ śuddhaṃ jalaṃ śirasi dhārayet| sarvasmātkalmaṣātpūtaḥ puṇyaṃ bhavati cākṣayam

One should hold on the head the pure water that drips from a rudrākṣa; purified of every stain, one's merit becomes imperishable.

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PdP 1 59.129

रुद्राक्षस्य च प्रत्येकं बीजं प्रत्येक निर्जरं। धारयेद्यस्तनौ मर्त्यः सुराणां सत्तमो भवेत्

rudrākṣasya ca pratyekaṃ bījaṃ pratyeka nirjaraṃ| dhārayedyastanau martyaḥ surāṇāṃ sattamo bhavet

And each single seed of the rudrākṣa is, each one, undecaying; the mortal who wears (it) on his body becomes the best of the gods.

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PdP 1 59.130

द्विजा ऊचुः- रुद्राक्षस्तु कुतो जातः कुतो वा मेध्यतां गतः। किमर्थं स्थावरो भूमौ केनैव च प्रचारितः

dvijā ūcuḥ- rudrākṣastu kuto jātaḥ kuto vā medhyatāṃ gataḥ| kimarthaṃ sthāvaro bhūmau kenaiva ca pracāritaḥ

The twice-born said: From what did the rudrākṣa arise, and how did it come to be pure? For what purpose does it stand fixed on the earth, and by whom was it spread abroad?

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PdP 1 59.131

व्यास उवाच- पुरा कृतयुगे विप्रास्त्रिपुरो नाम दानवः। सुराणां च वधं कृत्वा अंतरिक्षपुरे हि सः

vyāsa uvāca- purā kṛtayuge viprāstripuro nāma dānavaḥ| surāṇāṃ ca vadhaṃ kṛtvā aṃtarikṣapure hi saḥ

Vyāsa said: Formerly, in the Kṛta age, O brahmins, there was a demon named Tripura; having slain the gods, he (dwelt) in a city in the sky,

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PdP 1 59.132

प्रणाशे सर्वलोकानां स्थिरो ब्रह्मवरेण च। शुश्राव शंकरो भीमं देवैरीशो निवेदितम्

praṇāśe sarvalokānāṃ sthiro brahmavareṇa ca| śuśrāva śaṃkaro bhīmaṃ devairīśo niveditam

steady by Brahmā's boon, while all the worlds were being destroyed. Śaṅkara, the Lord, heard the fearful (news) reported by the gods.

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PdP 1 59.133

ततोऽजगवमासज्य बाणमंतकसन्निभम्। धृत्वा तं च जघानाथ दृष्टं दिव्येन चक्षुषा

tato'jagavamāsajya bāṇamaṃtakasannibham| dhṛtvā taṃ ca jaghānātha dṛṣṭaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā

Then, fitting to the Ajagava bow an arrow like Death itself, and drawing (it), he then slew him, having seen him with his divine eye.

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PdP 1 59.134

स पपात महीपृष्ठे महोल्केव च्युतो दिवः। घटनव्याकुलाद्रुद्रात्पतिताः स्वेदबिंदवः

sa papāta mahīpṛṣṭhe maholkeva cyuto divaḥ| ghaṭanavyākulādrudrātpatitāḥ svedabiṃdavaḥ

He fell on the surface of the earth like a great meteor dropped from heaven; from Rudra, agitated by the encounter, drops of sweat fell.

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PdP 1 59.135

तत्राश्रुबिंदुतो जातो महारुद्राक्षकः क्षितौ। अस्यैव च फलं जीवा न जानंत्यतिगुह्यतः

tatrāśrubiṃduto jāto mahārudrākṣakaḥ kṣitau| asyaiva ca phalaṃ jīvā na jānaṃtyatiguhyataḥ

There, from a teardrop, the great rudrākṣa was born on the earth; living beings do not know its fruit, since it is exceedingly secret.

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PdP 1 59.136

ततः कैलासशिखरे देवदेवं महेश्वरम्। प्रणम्य शिरसा भूमौ स्कंदो वचनमब्रवीत्

tataḥ kailāsaśikhare devadevaṃ maheśvaram| praṇamya śirasā bhūmau skaṃdo vacanamabravīt

Then on the peak of Kailāsa, bowing his head to the ground before Maheśvara, the god of gods, Skanda spoke these words:

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PdP 1 59.137

रुद्राक्षस्य फलं नाथ ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः। जप्येथ धारणे चैव दर्शने स्पर्शनेपि वा

rudrākṣasya phalaṃ nātha jñātumicchāmi tattvataḥ| japyetha dhāraṇe caiva darśane sparśanepi vā

"Lord, I wish to know truly the fruit of the rudrākṣa — in muttering (with it), and in wearing it, and in seeing it, or even in touching it."

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PdP 1 59.138

ईश्वर उवाच-। लक्षं तु दर्शनात्पुण्यं कोटिर्वै स्पर्शनेन च। दशकोटिफलं पुण्यं धारणाल्लभते नरः

īśvara uvāca-| lakṣaṃ tu darśanātpuṇyaṃ koṭirvai sparśanena ca| daśakoṭiphalaṃ puṇyaṃ dhāraṇāllabhate naraḥ

The Lord said: From seeing (it) the merit is a hundred thousand, and from touching (it) ten million; a man obtains merit whose fruit is a hundred million by wearing (it).

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PdP 1 59.139

लक्षकोटिसहस्राणि लक्षकोटिशतानि च। जप्त्वास्य लभते पुण्यं नात्र कार्या विचारणा

lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇi lakṣakoṭiśatāni ca| japtvāsya labhate puṇyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

By reciting (mantras) with it one obtains merit of a hundred thousand times ten million times a thousand, and a hundred thousand times ten million times a hundred; no doubt is to be entertained here.

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PdP 1 59.140

उच्छिष्टो वा विकर्मस्थो युक्तो वा सर्वपातकैः। मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो रुद्राक्षधारणेन वै

ucchiṣṭo vā vikarmastho yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ| mucyate sarvapāpebhyo rudrākṣadhāraṇena vai

Whether one be impure with the remnants of food, or engaged in forbidden acts, or joined with all the great sins, he is freed from all sins by wearing the rudrākṣa.

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PdP 1 59.141

कंठे रुद्राक्षमादाय श्वापदो म्रियते यदि। सोपि रुद्रत्वमाप्नोति किं पुनर्मानुषादयः

kaṃṭhe rudrākṣamādāya śvāpado mriyate yadi| sopi rudratvamāpnoti kiṃ punarmānuṣādayaḥ

If even a beast of prey dies having taken a rudrākṣa upon its neck, it too attains the state of Rudra — how much more men and the rest!

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PdP 1 59.142

ध्यानधारणहीनोपि रुद्राक्षं यदि धारयेत्। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः स याति परमां गतिम्

dhyānadhāraṇahīnopi rudrākṣaṃ yadi dhārayet| sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

Even one destitute of meditation and concentration, if he wears a rudrākṣa, is wholly freed from all sins and goes to the supreme goal.

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PdP 1 59.143

कार्तिकेय उवाच-। एकवक्त्रं द्वित्रिचतुःपंचषड्वक्त्रमेव च। सप्ताष्टनववक्त्रं च दशैकादशवक्त्रकम्

kārtikeya uvāca-| ekavaktraṃ dvitricatuḥpaṃcaṣaḍvaktrameva ca| saptāṣṭanavavaktraṃ ca daśaikādaśavaktrakam

Kārtikeya said: One-faced, and two-, three-, four-, five-, six-faced, and seven-, eight-, nine-faced, and ten- and eleven-faced;

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PdP 1 59.144

रुद्राक्षं द्वादशास्यं च त्रयोदशमुखं तथा। चतुर्दशास्यसंयुक्तं स्वयमुक्तं च शंकरम्

rudrākṣaṃ dvādaśāsyaṃ ca trayodaśamukhaṃ tathā| caturdaśāsyasaṃyuktaṃ svayamuktaṃ ca śaṃkaram

and the twelve-mouthed rudrākṣa, and likewise the thirteen-faced, and that endowed with fourteen faces — (all) declared by Śaṅkara himself.

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PdP 1 59.145

तेषां च तन्मुखानां च देवताः काश्च तद्वद। गुणो वा कीदृशस्तेषां दोषो वा जगदीश्वर

teṣāṃ ca tanmukhānāṃ ca devatāḥ kāśca tadvada| guṇo vā kīdṛśasteṣāṃ doṣo vā jagadīśvara

Tell me of them and of those faces of theirs — which deities (belong to them)? And what sort is their virtue, or their defect, O Lord of the world?

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PdP 1 59.146

यदि मेनुग्रहोवास्ति कथयस्व यथार्थतः। ईश्वर उवाच-। एकवक्त्रः शिवः साक्षाद्ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति

yadi menugrahovāsti kathayasva yathārthataḥ| īśvara uvāca-| ekavaktraḥ śivaḥ sākṣādbrahmahatyāṃ vyapohati

If you have favour towards me, tell it as it truly is. The Lord said: The one-faced is Śiva himself; it removes the killing of a brahmin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.147

तस्मात्तु धारयेद्देहे सर्वपापक्षयाय च। शिवलोकं स गच्छेच्च शिवेन सह मोदते

tasmāttu dhārayeddehe sarvapāpakṣayāya ca| śivalokaṃ sa gacchecca śivena saha modate

Therefore one should wear (it) on the body for the destruction of all sins; and he goes to Śiva's world and rejoices together with Śiva.

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PdP 1 59.148

महतापुण्ययोगेन हरानुग्रहकारणात्। एकवक्त्रं लभेन्मर्त्यो कैलासं च षडानन

mahatāpuṇyayogena harānugrahakāraṇāt| ekavaktraṃ labhenmartyo kailāsaṃ ca ṣaḍānana

By a great conjunction of merit, through the cause of Hara's grace, a mortal obtains the one-faced (rudrākṣa) and Kailāsa, O six-faced one.

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PdP 1 59.149

देवदेवो द्विवक्त्रं च यस्तु धारयते नरः। सर्वपापक्षयं याति यद्गुह्यंगोवधादिकम्

devadevo dvivaktraṃ ca yastu dhārayate naraḥ| sarvapāpakṣayaṃ yāti yadguhyaṃgovadhādikam

The two-faced is the God of gods; and the man who wears it obtains the destruction of all sins — whatever is secret, cow-slaughter and the like.

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PdP 1 59.150

स्वर्गं चाक्षयमाप्नोति द्विवक्त्रधारणात्ततः। त्रिवक्त्रमनलस्साक्षाद्यस्यदेहे प्रतिष्ठति१५० 1.59.

svargaṃ cākṣayamāpnoti dvivaktradhāraṇāttataḥ| trivaktramanalassākṣādyasyadehe pratiṣṭhati150 1.59.

And thereby, from wearing the two-faced one, he attains imperishable heaven. The three-faced is Fire himself, (and) in whose body it is established,

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PdP 1 59.151

तस्य जन्मार्जितं पापं दहत्यग्निरिवेंधनम्। स्त्रीहत्या ब्रह्महत्याभ्यां बहूनां चैव हत्यया

tasya janmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ dahatyagniriveṃdhanam| strīhatyā brahmahatyābhyāṃ bahūnāṃ caiva hatyayā

it burns up his sin acquired from birth, as fire burns fuel. By the killing of a woman and the killing of a brahmin, and by the killing of many,

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PdP 1 59.152

यत्पापं लभते मर्त्यः सर्वं नश्यति तत्क्षणात्। यत्फलं वह्निपूजायामग्निकार्ये घृताहुतौ

yatpāpaṃ labhate martyaḥ sarvaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt| yatphalaṃ vahnipūjāyāmagnikārye ghṛtāhutau

whatever sin a mortal incurs, all that perishes that very instant. Whatever fruit there is in the worship of fire, in the fire-rite, in the oblation of ghee,

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PdP 1 59.153

तत्फलं लभते धीरः स्वर्गं चानंतमश्नुते। त्रिवक्त्रं धारयेद्यस्तु स च ब्रह्मसमो भुवि

tatphalaṃ labhate dhīraḥ svargaṃ cānaṃtamaśnute| trivaktraṃ dhārayedyastu sa ca brahmasamo bhuvi

that fruit the steadfast man obtains, and he enjoys endless heaven. And whoever wears the three-faced one, he is the equal of Brahmā on earth.

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PdP 1 59.154

निचितं दुष्कृतं सर्वं दहेज्जन्मनि जन्मनि। न चोदरे भवेद्रोगो न चैवापटुतां व्रजेत्

nicitaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ sarvaṃ dahejjanmani janmani| na codare bhavedrogo na caivāpaṭutāṃ vrajet

It would burn up all the evil deeds heaped up birth after birth; and no disease would arise in his belly, nor would he come to infirmity.

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PdP 1 59.155

पराजयं न लभते नाग्निना दह्यते गृहम्। एतान्यन्यानि सर्वाणि वज्रादेश्च निवारणम्

parājayaṃ na labhate nāgninā dahyate gṛham| etānyanyāni sarvāṇi vajrādeśca nivāraṇam

He meets with no defeat, his house is not burnt by fire; these and all other things, and the warding off of the thunderbolt and the rest.

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PdP 1 59.156

नाशुभं विद्यते किंचित्त्रिवक्त्रस्य तु धारणात्। चतुर्वक्त्रः स्वयं ब्रह्मा यस्य देहे प्रतिष्ठति

nāśubhaṃ vidyate kiṃcittrivaktrasya tu dhāraṇāt| caturvaktraḥ svayaṃ brahmā yasya dehe pratiṣṭhati

Nothing inauspicious exists, from the wearing of the three-faced one. The four-faced is Brahmā himself; (he) in whose body it is established,

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PdP 1 59.157

स भवेत्सर्वशास्त्रज्ञो द्विजो वेदविदां वरः। सर्वधर्मार्थतत्त्वज्ञः स्मार्तः पौराणिको भवेत्

sa bhavetsarvaśāstrajño dvijo vedavidāṃ varaḥ| sarvadharmārthatattvajñaḥ smārtaḥ paurāṇiko bhavet

he becomes a knower of all the scriptures, a twice-born, the best of the knowers of the Veda; he becomes a knower of the truth of all dharma and artha, versed in the smṛtis and in the purāṇas.

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PdP 1 59.158

यत्पापं नरहत्यायां बहुसत्त्वेषु वेश्मसु। तत्सर्वं दहते शीघ्रं चतुर्वक्त्रस्य धारणात्

yatpāpaṃ narahatyāyāṃ bahusattveṣu veśmasu| tatsarvaṃ dahate śīghraṃ caturvaktrasya dhāraṇāt

Whatever sin (arises) in the killing of a man, (or) in houses (full) of many living creatures — all that is quickly burnt up by wearing the four-faced (rudrākṣa).

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PdP 1 59.159

महेशस्तुष्यते नित्यं भूतानामधिपो भवेत्। सद्योजातस्तथेशानस्तत्पुरुषोऽघोर एव च

maheśastuṣyate nityaṃ bhūtānāmadhipo bhavet| sadyojātastatheśānastatpuruṣo'ghora eva ca

Maheśa is ever pleased (with him); he becomes lord of beings. Sadyojāta, and likewise Īśāna, Tatpuruṣa and Aghora,

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PdP 1 59.160

वामदेव इमे देवा वक्त्रैः पंचभिराश्रिताः। अतः सर्वत्र भूयिष्ठाः पंचवक्त्रो धरातले

vāmadeva ime devā vaktraiḥ paṃcabhirāśritāḥ| ataḥ sarvatra bhūyiṣṭhāḥ paṃcavaktro dharātale

and Vāmadeva — these gods dwell in the five faces. Therefore the five-faced (rudrākṣa) is everywhere the most abundant on earth.

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PdP 1 59.161

रुद्रस्यात्मजरूपोयं तस्मात्तं धारयेद्बुधः। कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च

rudrasyātmajarūpoyaṃ tasmāttaṃ dhārayedbudhaḥ| kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca

This has the form of Rudra's own son; therefore the wise man should wear it. For thousands of crores of kalpas and hundreds of crores of kalpas —

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PdP 1 59.162

तावत्कालं शिवस्याग्रे पूजनीयः सुरासुरैः। सार्वभौमो भवेद्भूमौ शर्वतेजाः शिवालये

tāvatkālaṃ śivasyāgre pūjanīyaḥ surāsuraiḥ| sārvabhaumo bhavedbhūmau śarvatejāḥ śivālaye

for that length of time he is to be honoured by gods and demons in Śiva's presence; he becomes a universal sovereign on earth, and one with Śarva's brilliance in Śiva's abode.

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PdP 1 59.163

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन पंचवक्त्रं तु धारयेत्। षड्वक्त्रं कार्तिकेयं तु धारयन्दक्षिणे भुजे

tasmātsarvaprayatnena paṃcavaktraṃ tu dhārayet| ṣaḍvaktraṃ kārtikeyaṃ tu dhārayandakṣiṇe bhuje

Therefore with every effort one should wear the five-faced (bead). But wearing the six-faced, which is Kārtikeya, on the right arm,

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PdP 1 59.164

ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः पापैर्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः। स्कंदस्य सदृशः शूरः कल्पांते समुपस्थिते

brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ| skaṃdasya sadṛśaḥ śūraḥ kalpāṃte samupasthite

one is freed from the sins beginning with the slaying of a brahmin — there is no doubt here. (He becomes) a hero like Skanda, and when the end of the kalpa arrives

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PdP 1 59.165

नात्र पराजयं चैति गुणानामाकरो भुवि। कुमारत्वमवाप्नोति यथा गौरीशनंदनः

nātra parājayaṃ caiti guṇānāmākaro bhuvi| kumāratvamavāpnoti yathā gaurīśanaṃdanaḥ

he does not meet with defeat here, (being) a mine of virtues on earth; he attains the state of Kumāra, like the son of Gaurī and Śiva.

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PdP 1 59.166

ब्राह्मणो भूपपूज्यश्च क्षत्रियो लभते जयम्। वैश्याः शूद्रादयो वर्णाः सदैश्वर्यप्रपूरिताः। तस्यैव वरदा गौरी मातेव सुलभा भवेत्

brāhmaṇo bhūpapūjyaśca kṣatriyo labhate jayam| vaiśyāḥ śūdrādayo varṇāḥ sadaiśvaryaprapūritāḥ| tasyaiva varadā gaurī māteva sulabhā bhavet

A brahmin becomes honoured by kings, a kṣatriya obtains victory; vaiśyas, śūdras and the other classes are filled with lasting lordship. To him alone Gaurī, the granter of boons, becomes easily accessible, like a mother.

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PdP 1 59.167

ततो भुजबलादेव विश्वतेजा भवेन्नरः। वाग्मी धीरस्सभायां च नृपवेश्मनि संसदि

tato bhujabalādeva viśvatejā bhavennaraḥ| vāgmī dhīrassabhāyāṃ ca nṛpaveśmani saṃsadi

Then by the strength of his arms alone a man becomes of universal brilliance, eloquent and steady in the assembly, in the king's palace, in the council.

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PdP 1 59.168

न च कातरतामेति नैव भंगो भवेद्ध्रुवम्

na ca kātaratāmeti naiva bhaṃgo bhaveddhruvam

And he does not fall into cowardice; assuredly there will be no breaking (of him).

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PdP 1 59.169

एतान्यन्यानि सर्वाणि षड्वक्त्रस्यैव धारणात्। सप्तवक्त्रो महासेनस्त्वनंतो नाम नागराट्

etānyanyāni sarvāṇi ṣaḍvaktrasyaiva dhāraṇāt| saptavaktro mahāsenastvanaṃto nāma nāgarāṭ

These and all the others (come) from wearing the six-faced alone. The seven-faced is Mahāsena, and Ananta by name, the king of serpents.

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PdP 1 59.170

अस्य प्रत्येक वक्त्रे तु प्रतिनागा व्यवस्थिताः। अनंतः कर्कटश्चैव पुंडरीकोथ तक्षकः

asya pratyeka vaktre tu pratināgā vyavasthitāḥ| anaṃtaḥ karkaṭaścaiva puṃḍarīkotha takṣakaḥ

On each single face of this one, individual nāgas are stationed: Ananta, and Karkaṭa, Puṇḍarīka, then Takṣaka,

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PdP 1 59.171

विषोल्बणश्च कारीषः शंखचूडश्च सप्तमः। एते नागा महावीर्याः सप्तवक्त्रे व्यवस्थिताः

viṣolbaṇaśca kārīṣaḥ śaṃkhacūḍaśca saptamaḥ| ete nāgā mahāvīryāḥ saptavaktre vyavasthitāḥ

and Viṣolbaṇa, Kārīṣa, and Śaṅkhacūḍa as the seventh — these nāgas of great power are stationed in the seven-faced (bead).

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PdP 1 59.172

अस्य धारणमात्रे तु विषं न क्रमते तनौ। हरश्च परमप्रीतो भवेन्नागेश्वरे यथा

asya dhāraṇamātre tu viṣaṃ na kramate tanau| haraśca paramaprīto bhavennāgeśvare yathā

Merely by wearing this, poison does not spread in the body; and Hara becomes supremely pleased, as (he is) with the lord of nāgas.

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PdP 1 59.173

प्रीत्यास्या सर्वपापानि क्षयं यांति दिनेदिने। ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयादि गुरुतल्पजम्

prītyāsyā sarvapāpāni kṣayaṃ yāṃti dinedine| brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyādi gurutalpajam

By its favour all sins go to destruction day by day: the killing of a brahmin, the drinking of liquor, theft and the rest, (and what is) born of (violating) the teacher's bed —

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PdP 1 59.174

यत्पापं लभते मर्त्यः सर्वं नश्यति तत्क्षणात्। देवस्य सदृशं भोज्यं त्रैलोक्ये निश्चितं लभेत्

yatpāpaṃ labhate martyaḥ sarvaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt| devasya sadṛśaṃ bhojyaṃ trailokye niścitaṃ labhet

whatever sin a mortal incurs, all of it perishes that very moment; he surely obtains food equal to a god's in the three worlds.

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PdP 1 59.175

अष्टवक्त्रो महासेनः साक्षाद्देवो विनायकः। अस्यैव धारणादेव यत्पुण्यं तच्छृणुष्व मे

aṣṭavaktro mahāsenaḥ sākṣāddevo vināyakaḥ| asyaiva dhāraṇādeva yatpuṇyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva me

The eight-faced is Mahāsena, (or) the god Vināyaka himself. Hear from me what merit (comes) from wearing this very one.

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PdP 1 59.176

जन्मजन्म न मूर्खः स्यान्नातुरो न च नष्टधीः। अविघ्नं सर्वकार्येषु तस्यैव सततं भवेत्

janmajanma na mūrkhaḥ syānnāturo na ca naṣṭadhīḥ| avighnaṃ sarvakāryeṣu tasyaiva satataṃ bhavet

Birth after birth he will not be a fool, nor sick, nor of ruined wits; for him alone there is constantly freedom from obstacles in all undertakings.

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PdP 1 59.177

नैपुण्यं लिपिकार्येषु महाकार्येषु कौशलम्। सर्वारंभादिकार्येषु क्षमंतस्य दिने दिने

naipuṇyaṃ lipikāryeṣu mahākāryeṣu kauśalam| sarvāraṃbhādikāryeṣu kṣamaṃtasya dine dine

Skill in the tasks of writing, expertise in great tasks; day by day he has the capacity for all tasks of initiating anything.

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PdP 1 59.178

अर्धकूटं तुलाकूटं सर्वकूटं तथैव च। शिश्नोदरकरेणैव संस्पृशेद्वा गुरुस्त्रियम्

ardhakūṭaṃ tulākūṭaṃ sarvakūṭaṃ tathaiva ca| śiśnodarakareṇaiva saṃspṛśedvā gurustriyam

Cheating by half, cheating with the scales, and every kind of cheating likewise; or (if) one should touch the teacher's wife with penis, belly, or hand —

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PdP 1 59.179

एवमादीनि सर्वाणि हंति पापानि सर्वथा। अक्षयं त्रिदिवं भुक्त्वा मुक्तो याति परां गतिम्

evamādīni sarvāṇi haṃti pāpāni sarvathā| akṣayaṃ tridivaṃ bhuktvā mukto yāti parāṃ gatim

All (sins) beginning thus it destroys utterly; having enjoyed the imperishable heaven, (the wearer) goes released to the highest goal.

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PdP 1 59.180

गुणान्येतानि सर्वाणि अष्टवक्त्रस्य धारणात्। नवास्यं भैरवं प्रोक्तं धारयेद्यस्तु बाहुतः

guṇānyetāni sarvāṇi aṣṭavaktrasya dhāraṇāt| navāsyaṃ bhairavaṃ proktaṃ dhārayedyastu bāhutaḥ

All these qualities (come) from wearing the eight-faced (rudrākṣa). The nine-faced is declared to be Bhairava; whoever should wear it on the arm —

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PdP 1 59.181

कपिलं मुक्तिदं धृत्वा ममतुल्य बलो भवेत्। लक्षकोटिसहस्राणि ब्रह्महत्याः करोति यः

kapilaṃ muktidaṃ dhṛtvā mamatulya balo bhavet| lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇi brahmahatyāḥ karoti yaḥ

Having worn the tawny one, the giver of liberation, he becomes equal in power to me. Whoever commits a hundred thousand crores of thousands of brahmin-murders —

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PdP 1 59.182

ताः सर्वा दहते शीघ्रं नववक्त्रस्य धारणात्। सुरलोके सदा देवैः पूजितो मघवान्यथा

tāḥ sarvā dahate śīghraṃ navavaktrasya dhāraṇāt| suraloke sadā devaiḥ pūjito maghavānyathā

all those it quickly burns away, by the wearing of the nine-faced one; in the world of the gods he is ever worshipped by the gods like Maghavan (Indra).

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PdP 1 59.183

हरवद्वरवेश्मस्थो गणेशो नात्र संशयः। पन्नगाश्च विनश्यंति दशवक्त्रस्य धारणात्

haravadvaraveśmastho gaṇeśo nātra saṃśayaḥ| pannagāśca vinaśyaṃti daśavaktrasya dhāraṇāt

Dwelling in an excellent house like Hara, he is a lord of hosts — no doubt of it; and serpents perish, from wearing the ten-faced one.

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PdP 1 59.184

वक्त्रे चैकादशे वत्स रुद्राश्चैकादश स्मृताः। शिखायां धारयेन्नित्यं तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु

vaktre caikādaśe vatsa rudrāścaikādaśa smṛtāḥ| śikhāyāṃ dhārayennityaṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

In the eleventh face, child, the eleven Rudras are held (to reside); one should wear it always on the crest-lock — hear the fruit of merit of that.

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PdP 1 59.185

अश्वमेधसहस्राणि यज्ञकोटिशतानि च। गवां शतसहस्रस्य सम्यग्दत्तस्य यत्फलम्

aśvamedhasahasrāṇi yajñakoṭiśatāni ca| gavāṃ śatasahasrasya samyagdattasya yatphalam

Whatever fruit there is of a thousand horse-sacrifices, of hundreds of crores of sacrifices, and of a hundred thousand cows properly given —

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PdP 1 59.186

तत्फलं शीघ्रमाप्नोति वक्त्रैकादश धारणात्। हरस्य सदृशो लोके पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते

tatphalaṃ śīghramāpnoti vaktraikādaśa dhāraṇāt| harasya sadṛśo loke punarjanma na vidyate

that fruit he swiftly obtains by wearing the eleven-faced one; he is like Hara in the world, and for him there is no rebirth.

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PdP 1 59.187

रुद्राक्षं द्वादशास्यं यः कंठदेशे तु धारयेत्। आदित्यस्तुष्यते नित्यं द्वादशास्ये व्यवस्थितः

rudrākṣaṃ dvādaśāsyaṃ yaḥ kaṃṭhadeśe tu dhārayet| ādityastuṣyate nityaṃ dvādaśāsye vyavasthitaḥ

He who wears the twelve-faced rudrākṣa on the region of the throat — the Sun, abiding in the twelve-faced one, is ever pleased (with him).

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PdP 1 59.188

गोमेधं नरमेधं च कृत्वा यत्फलमश्नुते। तत्फलं शीघ्रमाप्नोति वज्रादेश्च निवारणम्

gomedhaṃ naramedhaṃ ca kṛtvā yatphalamaśnute| tatphalaṃ śīghramāpnoti vajrādeśca nivāraṇam

Whatever fruit one obtains by performing the cow-sacrifice and the man-sacrifice, that fruit he swiftly obtains, and warding off of the thunderbolt and the rest.

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PdP 1 59.189

नैव वह्नेर्भयं चैव न च व्याधिः प्रवर्तते। अर्थलाभं सुखं भुंक्त ईश्वरो न दरिद्रता

naiva vahnerbhayaṃ caiva na ca vyādhiḥ pravartate| arthalābhaṃ sukhaṃ bhuṃkta īśvaro na daridratā

There is no fear from fire, nor does disease arise; he enjoys gain of wealth and pleasure, he is a lord, and there is no poverty.

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PdP 1 59.190

हस्त्यश्वनरमार्जार मूषकाञ्छशकांस्तथा। व्यालदंष्ट्रि सृगालादीन्हत्वा व्याघातयत्यपि

hastyaśvanaramārjāra mūṣakāñchaśakāṃstathā| vyāladaṃṣṭri sṛgālādīnhatvā vyāghātayatyapi

Even one who, having killed elephants, horses, men, cats, mice, hares, and fanged beasts of prey, jackals and the rest, causes (them) to be slain,

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PdP 1 59.191

मुच्यते नात्र संदेहो वक्त्रद्वादश धारणात्। वक्त्र त्रयोदशो रुद्रो रुद्राक्षः प्राप्यते यदि

mucyate nātra saṃdeho vaktradvādaśa dhāraṇāt| vaktra trayodaśo rudro rudrākṣaḥ prāpyate yadi

is released — no doubt here — by wearing the twelve-faced one. If a rudrākṣa with thirteen faces, (which is) Rudra, is obtained,

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PdP 1 59.192

शंतमः स तु विज्ञेयः सर्वकामफलप्रदः। सुधारसायनं चैव धातुवादश्च पादुका

śaṃtamaḥ sa tu vijñeyaḥ sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ| sudhārasāyanaṃ caiva dhātuvādaśca pādukā

it is to be known as the most beneficent, granting the fruit of all desires: the elixir of nectar, alchemy, and the (magic) sandals —

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PdP 1 59.193

सिध्यंति तस्य वै सर्वे भाग्ययुक्तस्य षण्मुख। मातृपितृ स्वसृ भ्रातृ गुरून्वाथ निहत्य च

sidhyaṃti tasya vai sarve bhāgyayuktasya ṣaṇmukha| mātṛpitṛ svasṛ bhrātṛ gurūnvātha nihatya ca

all these are accomplished for that fortunate man, O six-faced one. And even having killed mother, father, sister, brother, or teachers,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.194

मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो त्रयोदशास्य धारणात्। अक्षयं लभते स्वर्गं यथा देवो महेश्वरः

mucyate sarvapāpebhyo trayodaśāsya dhāraṇāt| akṣayaṃ labhate svargaṃ yathā devo maheśvaraḥ

he is released from all sins by wearing the thirteen-faced one; he obtains imperishable heaven, like the god Maheśvara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.195

चतुर्दशमुखं वत्स रुद्राक्षं यदि धारयेत्। सततं मूर्ध्नि बाहौ वा शक्तिपिंडं शिवस्य च

caturdaśamukhaṃ vatsa rudrākṣaṃ yadi dhārayet| satataṃ mūrdhni bāhau vā śaktipiṃḍaṃ śivasya ca

If, child, one should wear the fourteen-faced rudrākṣa constantly on the head or on the arm — it is the śakti-piṇḍa of Śiva —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.196

किं पुनर्बहुनोक्तेन वर्णितेन पुनः पुनः। पूज्यते सततं देवैः प्राप्यते पुण्यगौरवात्

kiṃ punarbahunoktena varṇitena punaḥ punaḥ| pūjyate satataṃ devaiḥ prāpyate puṇyagauravāt

what more is to be said at length, described again and again? He is constantly worshipped by the gods, (and this) is obtained through the weight of his merit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.197

कार्तिकेय उवाच-। भगवन्श्रोतुमिच्छामि वक्त्रे वक्त्रे यथाविधि। न्यसनं केन मंत्रेण धारणं वा कथं वद

kārtikeya uvāca-| bhagavanśrotumicchāmi vaktre vaktre yathāvidhi| nyasanaṃ kena maṃtreṇa dhāraṇaṃ vā kathaṃ vada

Kārtikeya said: Lord, I wish to hear, for each face according to rule, with what mantra the placing (nyāsa) is done, or how the wearing is done — tell (me).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.198

ईश्वर उवाच-। शृणु षण्मुख तत्त्वेन वक्त्रे वक्त्रे यथाविधि। अमंत्रोच्चारणादेव गुणा ह्येते प्रकीर्तिताः

īśvara uvāca-| śṛṇu ṣaṇmukha tattvena vaktre vaktre yathāvidhi| amaṃtroccāraṇādeva guṇā hyete prakīrtitāḥ

Īśvara said: Hear, O six-faced one, truly, in due order, face by face. Merely from the (mere) wearing without uttering a mantra, these virtues have been declared.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.199

यः पुनर्मंत्रसंयुक्तं धारयेद्भुवि मानवः। गुणास्तस्य महत्त्वं च कथितुं नैव शक्यते

yaḥ punarmaṃtrasaṃyuktaṃ dhārayedbhuvi mānavaḥ| guṇāstasya mahattvaṃ ca kathituṃ naiva śakyate

But as for the man on earth who should wear (the rudrākṣa) joined with a mantra — his virtues and their greatness cannot be told at all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.200

इदानीं मंत्रा दिश्यंते ॐ रुद्र एकवक्त्रस्य। ॐ खं द्विवक्त्रस्य ॐ वुं त्रिवक्त्रस्य। ॐ ह्रीं चतुर्वक्त्रस्य ॐ ह्रां पंचवक्त्रस्य। ॐ ह्रूँ षड्वक्त्रस्य ॐ ह्रः सप्तवक्त्रस्य। ॐ कं अष्टवक्त्रस्य ॐ जूं नववक्त्रस्य। ॐ क्षं दशवक्त्रस्य ॐ श्रीं एकादशवक्त्रस्य। ॐ ह्रीं द्वादशवक्त्रस्य ॐ क्षौं त्रयोदशवक्त्रस्य। ॐ न्रां चतुर्दशवक्त्रस्य। एवं मंत्रा यथाक्रमं न्यस्तव्याः। शिरस्युरसि मालां च गृहीत्वा यो व्रजेन्नरः। पदेपदेश्वमेधस्य फलमाप्नोति नान्यथा२०० 1.59.

idānīṃ maṃtrā diśyaṃte oṃ rudra ekavaktrasya| oṃ khaṃ dvivaktrasya oṃ vuṃ trivaktrasya| oṃ hrīṃ caturvaktrasya oṃ hrāṃ paṃcavaktrasya| oṃ hrū~ ṣaḍvaktrasya oṃ hraḥ saptavaktrasya| oṃ kaṃ aṣṭavaktrasya oṃ jūṃ navavaktrasya| oṃ kṣaṃ daśavaktrasya oṃ śrīṃ ekādaśavaktrasya| oṃ hrīṃ dvādaśavaktrasya oṃ kṣauṃ trayodaśavaktrasya| oṃ nrāṃ caturdaśavaktrasya| evaṃ maṃtrā yathākramaṃ nyastavyāḥ| śirasyurasi mālāṃ ca gṛhītvā yo vrajennaraḥ| padepadeśvamedhasya phalamāpnoti nānyathā200 1.59.

Now the mantras are set forth: oṃ rudra for the one-faced; oṃ khaṃ for the two-faced; oṃ vuṃ for the three-faced; oṃ hrīṃ for the four-faced; oṃ hrāṃ for the five-faced; oṃ hrūṃ for the six-faced; oṃ hraḥ for the seven-faced; oṃ kaṃ for the eight-faced; oṃ jūṃ for the nine-faced; oṃ kṣaṃ for the ten-faced; oṃ śrīṃ for the eleven-faced; oṃ hrīṃ for the twelve-faced; oṃ kṣauṃ for the thirteen-faced; oṃ nrāṃ for the fourteen-faced. Thus the mantras are to be assigned in their proper order. The man who, having taken the rosary upon his head and on his breast, goes forth, obtains at every step the fruit of a horse-sacrifice, and not otherwise.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.201

सर्वेषामपि वक्त्राणां धारणे मत्समो भवेत्। तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन रुद्राक्षं पुत्र धारय

sarveṣāmapi vaktrāṇāṃ dhāraṇe matsamo bhavet| tasmātsarvaprayatnena rudrākṣaṃ putra dhāraya

In the wearing of any of all the faces (i.e. of any of these types) one becomes equal to me; therefore, my son, wear the rudrākṣa with every effort.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.202

धारयित्वा तु रुद्राक्षं म्रियते यः क्षितौ नरः। स याति मत्पुरं रम्यं सर्वदेवैः प्रपूजितः

dhārayitvā tu rudrākṣaṃ mriyate yaḥ kṣitau naraḥ| sa yāti matpuraṃ ramyaṃ sarvadevaiḥ prapūjitaḥ

The man on earth who dies wearing a rudrākṣa goes to my lovely city, honoured by all the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.203

मरुदेशे पुरा वत्स वाणिज्याय किल स्थले। गच्छन्वणिक्सुतस्तात तरौ प्रेता प्रपीडितः

marudeśe purā vatsa vāṇijyāya kila sthale| gacchanvaṇiksutastāta tarau pretā prapīḍitaḥ

Formerly, my child, in the desert country, in a place (he was going) for trade — as a merchant's son was going along, dear one, he was sorely afflicted by a female ghost in a tree.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 59.204

नरीनर्तिततः प्रेता द्विजेन परमैक्षि च। का त्वं नृत्यसि दीनासि संवृता जीर्णवाससा

narīnartitataḥ pretā dvijena paramaikṣi ca| kā tvaṃ nṛtyasi dīnāsi saṃvṛtā jīrṇavāsasā

The ghost was dancing about, and the twice-born saw (her) closely: "Who are you, dancing? You are wretched, wrapped in a worn-out garment."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 59.205

अथ सा च द्विजं प्राह देवदूतान्मया श्रुतम्। अस्य चारु नरस्यैव वज्रपातेन सांप्रतम्

atha sā ca dvijaṃ prāha devadūtānmayā śrutam| asya cāru narasyaiva vajrapātena sāṃpratam

Then she said to the twice-born: "I have heard it from the messengers of the gods: by the falling of a thunderbolt, right now, upon this very handsome man

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.206

निश्चितं निधनं विप्र मद्भर्त्ता तु भविष्यति। एतस्मिन्नंतरे नाकाद्वज्रं तस्यशिरोपरि

niścitaṃ nidhanaṃ vipra madbharttā tu bhaviṣyati| etasminnaṃtare nākādvajraṃ tasyaśiropari

his death is certain, O brahmin; and he will become my husband." In that very interval, from the sky, a thunderbolt upon his head

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.207

अपतत्स पपातोर्व्यां रुद्राक्षस्यार्धखंडके। ततो मम पुरात्पुत्र विमानं चापतद्द्रुतम्

apatatsa papātorvyāṃ rudrākṣasyārdhakhaṃḍake| tato mama purātputra vimānaṃ cāpataddrutam

fell; he fell to the ground upon a half-piece of a rudrākṣa. Thereupon, my son, from my city a celestial car swiftly descended.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.208

समारुह्य ततः श्रीमांस्तत्र तिष्ठति संचिरम्। ममांशकं समासाद्य ईश्वरः कौ धनी भवेत्

samāruhya tataḥ śrīmāṃstatra tiṣṭhati saṃciram| mamāṃśakaṃ samāsādya īśvaraḥ kau dhanī bhavet

Mounting it, that glorious man abides there for a long time. Having attained a portion of me, who on earth (that is) a lord would be (merely) rich?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 59.209

एवं रुद्राक्षखंडे च मृतस्य सुगतिः सुत। ज्ञानेन धारिणः पुंसः फलं वक्तुं न शक्नुमः

evaṃ rudrākṣakhaṃḍe ca mṛtasya sugatiḥ suta| jñānena dhāriṇaḥ puṃsaḥ phalaṃ vaktuṃ na śaknumaḥ

Thus for one who dies with (even) a fragment of rudrākṣa there is a good destiny, my son; the fruit of a man who wears it with knowledge we are not able to tell.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.210

स शैवो वा भवेच्छाक्तो गाणपत्योथ सौरकः। यो दधाति मृतो मालामेकं रुद्राक्षकं तु वा

sa śaivo vā bhavecchākto gāṇapatyotha saurakaḥ| yo dadhāti mṛto mālāmekaṃ rudrākṣakaṃ tu vā

He may be a Śaiva, or a Śākta, or a Gāṇapatya, or a worshipper of the Sun — whoever dies wearing a rosary, or even a single rudrākṣa bead (goes to a good state).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 59.211

यः पठेत्पाठयेद्वापि श्रावयेच्छृणुतेपि वा। सर्वपापात्प्रमुक्तात्मा सुखं स्वर्गं लभेत्क्रमात्

yaḥ paṭhetpāṭhayedvāpi śrāvayecchṛṇutepi vā| sarvapāpātpramuktātmā sukhaṃ svargaṃ labhetkramāt

Whoever recites (this), or has it recited, or causes it to be heard, or even hears it, his self freed from all sin, gains happiness and heaven in due course.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition