Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 61
PdP 1 61.1
एकषष्टितमोऽध्यायः 1.61 द्विजाऊचुः- तुलसीपुष्पमाहात्म्यं श्रुतं त्वत्तो हरेः शुभम्। तस्या स्तोत्रं कृतं पुण्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम्
ekaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ 1.61 dvijāūcuḥ- tulasīpuṣpamāhātmyaṃ śrutaṃ tvatto hareḥ śubham| tasyā stotraṃ kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ śrotumicchāmahe vayam
Chapter sixty-one. The brahmins said: We have heard from you the auspicious greatness of Hari's tulasī flower. We wish to hear the meritorious hymn composed to her.
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PdP 1 61.2
व्यास उवाच- पुरा स्कंदपुराणे च यन्मया कीर्तितं द्विजाः। कथयामि पुराणं च पुरतो मोक्षहेतवे
vyāsa uvāca- purā skaṃdapurāṇe ca yanmayā kīrtitaṃ dvijāḥ| kathayāmi purāṇaṃ ca purato mokṣahetave
Vyāsa said: What was formerly proclaimed by me in the Skanda Purāṇa, O brahmins, that ancient (account) I shall relate before (you), for the sake of liberation.
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PdP 1 61.3
शतानंद मुनेः शिष्याः सर्वे ते संशितव्रताः। प्रणिपत्य गुरुं विप्राः पप्रच्छुः पुण्यतो हितम्
śatānaṃda muneḥ śiṣyāḥ sarve te saṃśitavratāḥ| praṇipatya guruṃ viprāḥ papracchuḥ puṇyato hitam
All those disciples of the sage Śatānanda, of strict vows, having bowed to the teacher, the brahmins asked him about what is beneficial by way of merit.
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PdP 1 61.4
पूर्वं ब्रह्ममुखान्नाथ यच्छ्रुतं तुलसीस्तवम्। तद्वयं श्रोतुमिच्छामस्त्वत्तो ब्रह्मविदांवर
pūrvaṃ brahmamukhānnātha yacchrutaṃ tulasīstavam| tadvayaṃ śrotumicchāmastvatto brahmavidāṃvara
"That hymn to the tulasī which was formerly heard from Brahmā's mouth, O lord — that we wish to hear from you, O best of the knowers of Brahman."
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PdP 1 61.5
शतानंद उवाच- नामोच्चारे कृते तस्याः प्रीणात्यसुरदर्पहा। पापानि विलयं यांति पुण्यं भवति चाक्षयम्
śatānaṃda uvāca- nāmoccāre kṛte tasyāḥ prīṇātyasuradarpahā| pāpāni vilayaṃ yāṃti puṇyaṃ bhavati cākṣayam
Śatānanda said: When her name is uttered, the destroyer of the asuras' pride is pleased; sins dissolve away, and merit becomes imperishable.
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PdP 1 61.6
सा कथं तुलसी लोकैः पूज्यते वंद्यते नहि। दर्शनादेव यस्यास्तु दानं कोटिगवां भवेत्
sā kathaṃ tulasī lokaiḥ pūjyate vaṃdyate nahi| darśanādeva yasyāstu dānaṃ koṭigavāṃ bhavet
How is that tulasī not worshipped and not revered by the people—she from the mere sight of whom (the merit of) a gift of ten million cows accrues?
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PdP 1 61.7
धन्यास्ते मानवा लोके यद्गृहे विद्यते कलौ। सालग्रामशिलार्थं तु तुलसी प्रत्यहं क्षितौ
dhanyāste mānavā loke yadgṛhe vidyate kalau| sālagrāmaśilārthaṃ tu tulasī pratyahaṃ kṣitau
Blessed are those men in the world in whose house, in the Kali age, tulasī is present every day upon the ground for the sake of the śālagrāma stone.
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PdP 1 61.8
तुलसीं ये विचिन्वंति धन्यास्ते करपल्लवाः। केशवार्थं कलौ ये च रोपयंतीह भूतले
tulasīṃ ye vicinvaṃti dhanyāste karapallavāḥ| keśavārthaṃ kalau ye ca ropayaṃtīha bhūtale
Blessed are those tender-shoot hands that gather tulasī, and those who in the Kali age plant (it) here on the earth for Keśava's sake.
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PdP 1 61.9
किं करिष्यति संरुष्टो यमोपि सह किंकरैः। तुलसीदलेन देवेशः पूजितो येन दुःखहा
kiṃ kariṣyati saṃruṣṭo yamopi saha kiṃkaraiḥ| tulasīdalena deveśaḥ pūjito yena duḥkhahā
What will even Yama, enraged, do along with his servants, to one by whom the lord of gods, the remover of sorrow, has been worshipped with a tulasī leaf?
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PdP 1 61.10
तीर्थयात्रादिगमनैः फलैः सिध्यति किन्नरः। स्नाने दाने तथा ध्याने प्राशने केशवार्चने
tīrthayātrādigamanaiḥ phalaiḥ sidhyati kinnaraḥ| snāne dāne tathā dhyāne prāśane keśavārcane
By the fruits (won) through going on pilgrimages and the like a kinnara attains success—in bathing, in giving, and likewise in meditation, in eating (it), in the worship of Keśava,
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PdP 1 61.11
तुलसी दहते पापं कीर्तने रोपणे कलौ। तुलस्यमृतजन्मासि सदा त्वं केशवप्रिये
tulasī dahate pāpaṃ kīrtane ropaṇe kalau| tulasyamṛtajanmāsi sadā tvaṃ keśavapriye
tulasī burns up sin, when (her name) is proclaimed and when she is planted in the Kali age. O Tulasī, you are born of nectar, ever dear to Keśava.
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PdP 1 61.12
केशवार्थं चिनोमि त्वां वरदा भव शोभने। त्वदंगसंभवैर्नित्यं पूजयामि यथाहरिम्
keśavārthaṃ cinomi tvāṃ varadā bhava śobhane| tvadaṃgasaṃbhavairnityaṃ pūjayāmi yathāharim
For Keśava's sake I pluck you; be a giver of boons, O beautiful one. With (leaves) sprung from your body I daily worship, as it were, Hari himself.
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PdP 1 61.13
तथा कुरु पवित्रांगि कलौ मलविनाशिनि। मंत्रेणानेन यः कुर्याद्विचित्य तुलसीदलम्
tathā kuru pavitrāṃgi kalau malavināśini| maṃtreṇānena yaḥ kuryādvicitya tulasīdalam
So act, O you of holy limbs, destroyer of impurity in the Kali age. Whoever, having plucked a tulasī leaf with this mantra, should perform
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PdP 1 61.14
पूजनं वासुदेवस्य लक्षकोटिगुणं भवेत्। प्रभावं तव देवेशि गायंति सुरसत्तमाः
pūjanaṃ vāsudevasya lakṣakoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet| prabhāvaṃ tava deveśi gāyaṃti surasattamāḥ
the worship of Vāsudeva—it becomes a hundred thousand times ten million times (as great). Your power, O queen of the gods, the foremost of the gods sing.
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PdP 1 61.15
मुनयः सिद्धगंधर्वाः पाताले नागराट्स्वयम्। न ते प्रभावं जानंति देवताः केशवादृते
munayaḥ siddhagaṃdharvāḥ pātāle nāgarāṭsvayam| na te prabhāvaṃ jānaṃti devatāḥ keśavādṛte
Sages, siddhas, gandharvas, and in the netherworld the king of nāgas himself—the gods do not know your power, apart from Keśava;
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PdP 1 61.16
गुणानां परिमाणं तु कल्पकोटिशतैरपि। कृष्णानंदात्समुद्भूता क्षीरोदमथनोद्यमे
guṇānāṃ parimāṇaṃ tu kalpakoṭiśatairapi| kṛṣṇānaṃdātsamudbhūtā kṣīrodamathanodyame
nor the measure of (your) qualities, even in hundreds of ten millions of kalpas. You arose from Kṛṣṇa's bliss in the effort of the churning of the milk-ocean.
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PdP 1 61.17
उत्तमांगे पुरा येन तुलसी विष्णुना धृता। प्राप्यैतानि त्वया देवि विष्णोरंगानि सर्वशः
uttamāṃge purā yena tulasī viṣṇunā dhṛtā| prāpyaitāni tvayā devi viṣṇoraṃgāni sarvaśaḥ
Since formerly tulasī was borne upon his head by Viṣṇu, and since these limbs of Viṣṇu were attained by you, O goddess, in every way,
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PdP 1 61.18
पवित्रता त्वया प्राप्ता तुलसीं त्वां नमाम्यहम्। त्वदंगसंभवैः पत्रैः पूजयामि यथा हरिम्
pavitratā tvayā prāptā tulasīṃ tvāṃ namāmyaham| tvadaṃgasaṃbhavaiḥ patraiḥ pūjayāmi yathā harim
purity has been attained by you—I bow to you, Tulasī. With the leaves sprung from your body I worship, as it were, Hari himself.
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PdP 1 61.19
तथा कुरुष्व मेऽविघ्नं यतो यामि परां गतिम्। रोपिता गोमतीतीरे स्वयं कृष्णेन पालिता
tathā kuruṣva me'vighnaṃ yato yāmi parāṃ gatim| ropitā gomatītīre svayaṃ kṛṣṇena pālitā
So make me free of obstacles, whereby I may go to the highest goal. Planted on the bank of the Gomatī, tended by Kṛṣṇa himself,
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PdP 1 61.20
जगद्धिताय तुलसी गोपीनां हितहेतवे। वृंदावने विचरता सेविता विष्णुना स्वयम्
jagaddhitāya tulasī gopīnāṃ hitahetave| vṛṃdāvane vicaratā sevitā viṣṇunā svayam
tulasī, for the good of the world and for the benefit of the gopīs, was served by Viṣṇu himself as he roamed in Vṛndāvana,
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PdP 1 61.21
गोकुलस्य विवृद्ध्यर्थं कंसस्य निधनाय च। वसिष्ठवचनात्पूर्वं रामेण सरयूतटे
gokulasya vivṛddhyarthaṃ kaṃsasya nidhanāya ca| vasiṣṭhavacanātpūrvaṃ rāmeṇa sarayūtaṭe
for the increase of Gokula and for the slaying of Kaṃsa. Formerly, at Vasiṣṭha's word, by Rāma on the bank of the Sarayū,
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PdP 1 61.22
राक्षसानां वधार्थाय रोपिता त्वं जगत्प्रिये। रोपिता तपसो वृद्ध्यै तुलसीं त्वां नमाम्यहम्
rākṣasānāṃ vadhārthāya ropitā tvaṃ jagatpriye| ropitā tapaso vṛddhyai tulasīṃ tvāṃ namāmyaham
you were planted for the slaying of the rākṣasas, O beloved of the world. Planted for the increase of austerity—I bow to you, Tulasī.
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PdP 1 61.23
वियोगे वासुदेवस्य ध्यात्वा त्वां जनकात्मजा। अशोकवनमध्ये तु प्रियेण सह संगता
viyoge vāsudevasya dhyātvā tvāṃ janakātmajā| aśokavanamadhye tu priyeṇa saha saṃgatā
In her separation from Vāsudeva, Janaka's daughter, meditating on you, was reunited with her beloved in the midst of the aśoka grove.
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PdP 1 61.24
शङ्करार्थं पुरा देवि पार्वत्या त्वं हिमालये। रोपिता तपसो वृद्ध्यै तुलसीं त्वां नमाम्यहम्
śaṅkarārthaṃ purā devi pārvatyā tvaṃ himālaye| ropitā tapaso vṛddhyai tulasīṃ tvāṃ namāmyaham
Formerly, O goddess, for Śaṅkara's sake you were planted by Pārvatī on the Himālaya for the increase of austerity—I bow to you, Tulasī.
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PdP 1 61.25
सर्वाभिर्देवपत्नीभिः किन्नरैश्चापि नंदने। दुःस्वप्ननाशनार्थाय सेविता त्वं नमोस्तु ते
sarvābhirdevapatnībhiḥ kinnaraiścāpi naṃdane| duḥsvapnanāśanārthāya sevitā tvaṃ namostu te
By all the wives of the gods and by the kinnaras too, in the Nandana grove, you are served for the destruction of bad dreams — homage to you!
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PdP 1 61.26
धर्मारण्ये गयायां च सेविता पितृभिः स्वयम्। सेविता तुलसी पुण्या आत्मनो हितमिच्छता
dharmāraṇye gayāyāṃ ca sevitā pitṛbhiḥ svayam| sevitā tulasī puṇyā ātmano hitamicchatā
In Dharmāraṇya and in Gayā you were served by the ancestors themselves; the holy tulasī is served by one who desires his own welfare.
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PdP 1 61.27
रोपिता रामचंद्रेण सेविता लक्ष्मणेन च। पालिता सीतया भक्त्या तुलसी दंडके वने
ropitā rāmacaṃdreṇa sevitā lakṣmaṇena ca| pālitā sītayā bhaktyā tulasī daṃḍake vane
Tulasī was planted by Rāmacandra and tended by Lakṣmaṇa, and guarded with devotion by Sītā in the Daṇḍaka forest.
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PdP 1 61.28
त्रैलोक्यव्यापिनी गंगा यथा शास्त्रेषु गीयते। तथैव तुलसी देवी दृश्यते सचराचरे
trailokyavyāpinī gaṃgā yathā śāstreṣu gīyate| tathaiva tulasī devī dṛśyate sacarācare
Just as the Gaṅgā is sung of in the scriptures as pervading the three worlds, so too is the goddess Tulasī seen (throughout the world) with its moving and unmoving beings.
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PdP 1 61.29
ऋश्यमूके च वसता कपिराजेन सेविता। तुलसी वालिनाशाय तारासंगम हेतवे
ṛśyamūke ca vasatā kapirājena sevitā| tulasī vālināśāya tārāsaṃgama hetave
And by the monkey-king, while dwelling on Ṛśyamūka, tulasī was served, for the destruction of Vālin and for the sake of union with Tārā.
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PdP 1 61.30
प्रणम्य तुलसीदेवीं सागरोत्क्रमणं कृतम्। कृतकार्यः प्रहृष्टश्च हनूमान्पुनरागतः
praṇamya tulasīdevīṃ sāgarotkramaṇaṃ kṛtam| kṛtakāryaḥ prahṛṣṭaśca hanūmānpunarāgataḥ
Having bowed to the goddess Tulasī, the leaping over the ocean was accomplished; his task done and greatly delighted, Hanūmān came back again.
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PdP 1 61.31
तुलसीग्रहणं कृत्वा विमुक्तो याति पातकैः। अथवा मुनिशार्दूल ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति
tulasīgrahaṇaṃ kṛtvā vimukto yāti pātakaiḥ| athavā muniśārdūla brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati
Having taken up tulasī one goes released from sins; or rather, O tiger among sages, one dispels even the killing of a brahmin.
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PdP 1 61.32
तुलसीपत्रगलितं यस्तोयं शिरसा वहेत्। गंगास्नानमवाप्नोति दशधेनुफलप्रदम्
tulasīpatragalitaṃ yastoyaṃ śirasā vahet| gaṃgāsnānamavāpnoti daśadhenuphalapradam
Whoever bears on his head the water that has dripped from a tulasī leaf obtains (the merit of) a bath in the Gaṅgā, which yields the fruit of (giving) ten cows.
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PdP 1 61.33
प्रसीद देवि देवेशि प्रसीद हरिवल्लभे। क्षीरोदमथनोद्भूते तुलसि त्वां नमाम्यहम्
prasīda devi deveśi prasīda harivallabhe| kṣīrodamathanodbhūte tulasi tvāṃ namāmyaham
Be gracious, goddess, mistress of the gods; be gracious, beloved of Hari; O you who arose from the churning of the milk-ocean, Tulasī, I bow to you.
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PdP 1 61.34
द्वादश्यां जागरे रात्रौ यः पठेत्तुलसीस्तवम्। द्वात्रिंशदपराधांश्च क्षमते तस्य केशवः
dvādaśyāṃ jāgare rātrau yaḥ paṭhettulasīstavam| dvātriṃśadaparādhāṃśca kṣamate tasya keśavaḥ
Whoever recites the hymn to Tulasī on the twelfth, at night during the vigil — Keśava forgives him thirty-two offences.
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PdP 1 61.35
यत्पापं यौवने बाल्ये कौमारे वार्द्धके कृतम्। तत्सर्वं विलयं याति तुलसीस्तव पाठतः
yatpāpaṃ yauvane bālye kaumāre vārddhake kṛtam| tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti tulasīstava pāṭhataḥ
Whatever sin has been committed in youth, in infancy, in boyhood, or in old age — all that comes to dissolution through the recitation of the hymn to Tulasī.
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PdP 1 61.36
प्रीतिमायाति देवेशस्तुष्टो लक्ष्मीं प्रयच्छति। कुरुते शत्रुनाशं च सुखं विद्यां प्रयच्छति
prītimāyāti deveśastuṣṭo lakṣmīṃ prayacchati| kurute śatrunāśaṃ ca sukhaṃ vidyāṃ prayacchati
The lord of the gods comes to be pleased, and, satisfied, bestows prosperity; he brings about the destruction of enemies and bestows happiness and knowledge.
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PdP 1 61.37
तुलसीनाममात्रेण देवा यच्छंति वांछितम्। गर्ह्याणमपि देवेशो मुक्तिं यच्छति देहिनाम्
tulasīnāmamātreṇa devā yacchaṃti vāṃchitam| garhyāṇamapi deveśo muktiṃ yacchati dehinām
By the mere name of tulasī the gods grant what is wished for; the lord of the gods grants liberation even to blameworthy embodied beings.
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PdP 1 61.38
तुलसी स्तवसंतुष्टा सुखं वृद्धिं ददाति च। उद्गतं हेलया विद्धि पापं यमपथे स्थितम्
tulasī stavasaṃtuṣṭā sukhaṃ vṛddhiṃ dadāti ca| udgataṃ helayā viddhi pāpaṃ yamapathe sthitam
Tulasī, pleased with the hymn, gives happiness and increase; know that sin, though it had risen up and stood on Yama's path, (is destroyed) as if in play.
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PdP 1 61.39
यस्मिन्गृहे च लिखितो विद्यते तुलसीस्तवः। नाशुभं विद्यते तस्य शुभमाप्नोति निश्चितम्
yasmingṛhe ca likhito vidyate tulasīstavaḥ| nāśubhaṃ vidyate tasya śubhamāpnoti niścitam
And in whatever house the hymn to Tulasī is found written, no misfortune is found for him; he certainly obtains good fortune.
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PdP 1 61.40
सर्वं च मंगलं तस्य नास्ति किंचिदमंगलम्। सुभिक्षं सर्वदा तस्य धनं धान्यं च पुष्कलम्
sarvaṃ ca maṃgalaṃ tasya nāsti kiṃcidamaṃgalam| subhikṣaṃ sarvadā tasya dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ ca puṣkalam
Everything of his is auspicious; there is nothing inauspicious; there is always abundant food for him, and wealth and grain in plenty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 61.41
निश्चला केशवे भक्तिर्न वियोगश्च वैष्णवैः। जीवति व्याधिनिर्मुक्तो नाधर्मे जायते मतिः
niścalā keśave bhaktirna viyogaśca vaiṣṇavaiḥ| jīvati vyādhinirmukto nādharme jāyate matiḥ
His devotion to Keśava is unwavering, and there is no separation from Vaiṣṇavas; he lives free of disease, and his mind does not turn to unrighteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 61.42
द्वादश्यां जागरे रात्रौ यः पठेत्तुलसीस्तवम्। तीर्थकोटिसहस्रैस्तु यत्फलं लक्षकोटिभिः
dvādaśyāṃ jāgare rātrau yaḥ paṭhettulasīstavam| tīrthakoṭisahasraistu yatphalaṃ lakṣakoṭibhiḥ
Whoever recites the hymn to Tulasī on the twelfth, at night during the vigil — whatever fruit (comes) from a thousand crores of pilgrimage places, from a lakh of crores,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 61.43
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति पठित्वा तुलसीस्तवम्
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti paṭhitvā tulasīstavam
that fruit he fully obtains, having recited the hymn to Tulasī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition