Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 1

PdP 3 1.1

नमामि गोविन्दपदारविंदं सदेंदिरावंदितमुत्तमाढ्यम् । जगज्जनानां हृदि संनिविष्टं महाजनैकायनमुत्तमोत्तमम्

namāmi govindapadāraviṃdaṃ sadeṃdirāvaṃditamuttamāḍhyam | jagajjanānāṃ hṛdi saṃniviṣṭaṃ mahājanaikāyanamuttamottamam

I bow to the lotus-foot of Govinda, ever revered by Indirā (Lakṣmī), supremely rich, seated in the hearts of the people of the world, the one resort of the great, highest of the high.

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PdP 3 1.2

एकदा मुनयः सर्वे ज्वलज्ज्वलनसन्निभाः । हिमवद्वासिनः सर्वे मुनयो वेदपारगाः

ekadā munayaḥ sarve jvalajjvalanasannibhāḥ | himavadvāsinaḥ sarve munayo vedapāragāḥ

Once, all the sages, resembling blazing fire, all of them dwellers on the Himālaya, sages who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas,

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PdP 3 1.3

त्रिकालज्ञा महात्मानो नानापुण्यसमाश्रयाः । महेंद्राद्रिरता ये च ये च विंध्यनिवासिनः

trikālajñā mahātmāno nānāpuṇyasamāśrayāḥ | maheṃdrādriratā ye ca ye ca viṃdhyanivāsinaḥ

knowers of the three times, great souls, resorts of manifold merit, and those devoted to the Mahendra mountain, and those dwelling in the Vindhyas,

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PdP 3 1.4

येऽर्बुदारण्यनिरताः पुष्करारण्यवासिनः । श्रीशैलनिरता ये च कुरुक्षेत्रनिवासिनः

ye'rbudāraṇyaniratāḥ puṣkarāraṇyavāsinaḥ | śrīśailaniratā ye ca kurukṣetranivāsinaḥ

those devoted to the Arbuda forest, those dwelling in the Puṣkara forest, those devoted to Śrīśaila, and those dwelling in Kurukṣetra,

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PdP 3 1.5

धर्म्मारण्यरता ये च दंडकारण्यवासिनः । जंबूमार्गरता ये च ये च सत्यनिवासिनः

dharmmāraṇyaratā ye ca daṃḍakāraṇyavāsinaḥ | jaṃbūmārgaratā ye ca ye ca satyanivāsinaḥ

and those devoted to the Dharma forest, and those dwelling in the Daṇḍaka forest, and those devoted to Jambūmārga, and those dwelling in Satya,

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PdP 3 1.6

एते चान्ये च बहवः सशिष्या मुनयोऽमलाः । नैमिषं समुपायाताः शौनकं द्रष्टुमुत्सुकाः

ete cānye ca bahavaḥ saśiṣyā munayo'malāḥ | naimiṣaṃ samupāyātāḥ śaunakaṃ draṣṭumutsukāḥ

these and many others, spotless sages together with their pupils, came to Naimiṣa, eager to see Śaunaka.

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PdP 3 1.7

तं पूजयित्वा विधिवत्तेन ते च सुपूजिताः । आसनेषु विचित्रेषु बृस्यादिषु यथाक्रमम्

taṃ pūjayitvā vidhivattena te ca supūjitāḥ | āsaneṣu vicitreṣu bṛsyādiṣu yathākramam

Having honoured him according to rule, and being themselves well honoured by him, (they sat) in due order on variegated seats, on mats of grass and the like,

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PdP 3 1.8

शौनकेन प्रदत्तेषु आसीनास्ते तपोधनाः । कृष्णाश्रिताः कथाः पुण्याः परस्परमथाब्रुवन्

śaunakena pradatteṣu āsīnāste tapodhanāḥ | kṛṣṇāśritāḥ kathāḥ puṇyāḥ parasparamathābruvan

seated on those (seats) provided by Śaunaka, those rich in austerity then spoke to one another holy tales concerning Kṛṣṇa.

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PdP 3 1.9

कथांतेषु ततस्तेषां मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् । आजगाम महातेजाः सूतस्तत्र महाद्युतिः

kathāṃteṣu tatasteṣāṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām | ājagāma mahātejāḥ sūtastatra mahādyutiḥ

Then, at the end of the tales of those sages of contemplative selves, the Sūta of great splendour, of great brilliance, came there —

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PdP 3 1.10

व्यासशिष्यः पुराणज्ञो रोमहर्षणसंज्ञकः । तान्प्रणम्य यथान्यायं स तैश्चैवाभिपूजितः

vyāsaśiṣyaḥ purāṇajño romaharṣaṇasaṃjñakaḥ | tānpraṇamya yathānyāyaṃ sa taiścaivābhipūjitaḥ

the pupil of Vyāsa, knower of the Purāṇas, named Romaharṣaṇa. Having bowed to them as was fitting, and being honoured by them,

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PdP 3 1.11

उपविष्टं यथायोग्यं शौनकाद्या महर्षयः । व्यासशिष्यं सुखासीनं सूतं वै रोमहर्षणम्

upaviṣṭaṃ yathāyogyaṃ śaunakādyā maharṣayaḥ | vyāsaśiṣyaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ sūtaṃ vai romaharṣaṇam

as he was seated suitably, Śaunaka and the other great sages (addressed) the pupil of Vyāsa, the Sūta Romaharṣaṇa, comfortably seated —

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PdP 3 1.12

तं पप्रच्छुर्महाभागाः शौनकाद्यास्तपोधनाः । ऋषय ऊचुः-। पौराणिक महाबुद्धे रोमहर्षण सुव्रत

taṃ papracchurmahābhāgāḥ śaunakādyāstapodhanāḥ | ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-| paurāṇika mahābuddhe romaharṣaṇa suvrata

the greatly fortunate ones rich in austerity, Śaunaka and the rest, questioned him. The sages said: O reciter of Purāṇas, of great intellect, Romaharṣaṇa of good vows,

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PdP 3 1.13

त्वत्तः श्रुता महापुण्याः पुरा पौराणिकीः कथाः । सांप्रतं च प्रवृत्ताः स्म कथायां सक्षणा हरेः

tvattaḥ śrutā mahāpuṇyāḥ purā paurāṇikīḥ kathāḥ | sāṃprataṃ ca pravṛttāḥ sma kathāyāṃ sakṣaṇā hareḥ

formerly the greatly meritorious Purāṇic tales were heard from you; and now we have entered upon the tale of Hari, having the leisure (for it).

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PdP 3 1.14

स वै पुंसां परोधर्मो यतो भक्तिरधोक्षजे । पुनः पुराणमाचक्ष्व हरिवार्ता समन्वितम्

sa vai puṃsāṃ parodharmo yato bhaktiradhokṣaje | punaḥ purāṇamācakṣva harivārtā samanvitam

That indeed is the highest duty of men from which (arises) devotion to Adhokṣaja. Tell again the Purāṇa, filled with the accounts of Hari.

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PdP 3 1.15

हरेरन्या कथा सूत श्मशानसदृशी स्मृता । हरिस्तीर्थस्वरूपेण स्वयं तिष्ठति तच्छ्रुतम्

hareranyā kathā sūta śmaśānasadṛśī smṛtā | haristīrthasvarūpeṇa svayaṃ tiṣṭhati tacchrutam

Any story other than Hari's, O Sūta, is held to be like a cremation ground; Hari himself abides in the form of a sacred ford, and that (ford) is what has been heard of (in such stories of him).

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PdP 3 1.16

तीर्थानां पुण्यदातॄणां नामानि किल कीर्तय । कुत एतत्समुत्पन्नं केन वा परिपाल्यते

tīrthānāṃ puṇyadātṝṇāṃ nāmāni kila kīrtaya | kuta etatsamutpannaṃ kena vā paripālyate

Recite, please, the names of the sacred fords that bestow merit; from what did this (world) arise, and by whom is it maintained?

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PdP 3 1.17

कस्मिन्विलयमभ्येति जगदेतच्चराचरम् । क्षेत्राणि कानि पुण्यानि के च पूज्याः शिलोच्चयाः

kasminvilayamabhyeti jagadetaccarācaram | kṣetrāṇi kāni puṇyāni ke ca pūjyāḥ śiloccayāḥ

In whom does this world of moving and unmoving things go to dissolution? Which are the holy fields, and which the heaps of rock (mountains) that are to be worshipped?

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PdP 3 1.18

नद्यश्च काः पराः पुण्या नृणां पापहराः शुभाः । एतत्सर्वं महाभाग कथयस्व यथाक्रमम्

nadyaśca kāḥ parāḥ puṇyā nṛṇāṃ pāpaharāḥ śubhāḥ | etatsarvaṃ mahābhāga kathayasva yathākramam

And which rivers are supremely holy, auspicious, removers of men's sins? Tell all this, greatly fortunate one, in due order.

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PdP 3 1.19

सूत उवाच-। साधुसाधु महाभागाः साधुपृष्टं तपोधनाः । तं प्रणम्य प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं पद्मसंज्ञकम्

sūta uvāca-| sādhusādhu mahābhāgāḥ sādhupṛṣṭaṃ tapodhanāḥ | taṃ praṇamya pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ padmasaṃjñakam

Sūta said: Good, good, greatly fortunate ones! Well asked, you whose wealth is austerity! Bowing to him, I shall set forth the Purāṇa named Padma.

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PdP 3 1.20

पाराशर्यं परमपुरुषं विश्ववेद्यैकयोनिं विद्याधारं विपुलमतिदं वेदवेदांतवेद्यम् । शश्वच्छांतं स्वमतिविषयं शुद्धतेजोविशालं वेदव्यासं विततयशसं सर्वदाहं नमामि

pārāśaryaṃ paramapuruṣaṃ viśvavedyaikayoniṃ vidyādhāraṃ vipulamatidaṃ vedavedāṃtavedyam | śaśvacchāṃtaṃ svamativiṣayaṃ śuddhatejoviśālaṃ vedavyāsaṃ vitatayaśasaṃ sarvadāhaṃ namāmi

I bow always to Veda-vyāsa, the son of Parāśara, the supreme Person, the single source known to the (whole) universe, the support of knowledge, the giver of vast intellect, to be known through the Veda and Vedānta, forever at peace, the object of his own mind, wide with pure radiance, of far-extended fame.

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PdP 3 1.21

नमो भगवते तस्मै व्यासायामिततेजसे । यस्य प्रसादाद्वक्ष्यामि नारायणकथामिमाम्

namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase | yasya prasādādvakṣyāmi nārāyaṇakathāmimām

Homage to that lord, Vyāsa, of immeasurable radiance, by whose grace I shall speak this story of Nārāyaṇa.

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PdP 3 1.22

प्रवक्ष्यामि महापुण्यं पुराणं पद्मसंज्ञितम् । सहस्रं पंचपंचाशत्षड्भिः खंडैः समन्वितम्

pravakṣyāmi mahāpuṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ padmasaṃjñitam | sahasraṃ paṃcapaṃcāśatṣaḍbhiḥ khaṃḍaiḥ samanvitam

I shall set forth the greatly meritorious Purāṇa named Padma, of fifty-five thousand (verses), furnished with six sections.

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PdP 3 1.23

तत्रादावादिखंडं स्याद्भूमिखंडं ततः परम् । ब्रह्मखंडं च तत्पश्चात्ततः पातालखंडकम्

tatrādāvādikhaṃḍaṃ syādbhūmikhaṃḍaṃ tataḥ param | brahmakhaṃḍaṃ ca tatpaścāttataḥ pātālakhaṃḍakam

There, at the beginning, comes the Ādi-khaṇḍa, after that the Bhūmi-khaṇḍa, and then the Brahma-khaṇḍa, and after that the Pātāla-khaṇḍa.

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PdP 3 1.24

क्रियाखंडं ततः ख्यातमुत्तरं खंडमंतिमम् । एतदेव महापद्ममद्भुतं यन्मयं जगत्

kriyākhaṃḍaṃ tataḥ khyātamuttaraṃ khaṃḍamaṃtimam | etadeva mahāpadmamadbhutaṃ yanmayaṃ jagat

Then the Kriyā-khaṇḍa is declared, and the Uttara-khaṇḍa is the last section. This very (work) is the great Lotus, wondrous, of which the world is made.

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PdP 3 1.25

तद्वृत्तांताश्रयं तस्मात्पाद्ममित्युच्यते बुधैः । एतत्पुराणममलं विष्णुमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्

tadvṛttāṃtāśrayaṃ tasmātpādmamityucyate budhaiḥ | etatpurāṇamamalaṃ viṣṇumāhātmyamuttamam

Because it rests on the account of that (lotus), it is called by the wise 'Pādma'. This spotless Purāṇa is the highest glorification of Viṣṇu.

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PdP 3 1.26

देवदेवोहरिर्यद्वै ब्रह्मणे प्रोक्तवान्पुरा । ब्रह्मा तन्नारदायाह नारदोऽस्मद्गुरोः पुरः

devadevohariryadvai brahmaṇe proktavānpurā | brahmā tannāradāyāha nārado'smadguroḥ puraḥ

That which Hari, the god of gods, formerly declared to Brahmā; Brahmā told it to Nārada, and Nārada (told it) before our teacher.

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PdP 3 1.27

व्यासः सर्वपुराणानि सेतिहासानि संहिताः । अध्यापयामास मुहुर्मामतिप्रियमात्मनः

vyāsaḥ sarvapurāṇāni setihāsāni saṃhitāḥ | adhyāpayāmāsa muhurmāmatipriyamātmanaḥ

Vyāsa taught me again and again — me who was very dear to him — all the Purāṇas together with the epics and the collections.

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PdP 3 1.28

तत्तेऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणमतिदुर्लभम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा ब्रह्महत्यादि पापेभ्यो मुच्यते नरः

tatte'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi purāṇamatidurlabham | yacchrutvā brahmahatyādi pāpebhyo mucyate naraḥ

That most hard-to-obtain Purāṇa I shall fully set forth to you, upon hearing which a man is freed from sins such as the killing of a brahmin.

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PdP 3 1.29

सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकं च लभते शृणुते हि यः । श्रद्धया परया भक्त्या श्रुतमात्रेण मुक्तिदः

sarvatīrthābhiṣekaṃ ca labhate śṛṇute hi yaḥ | śraddhayā parayā bhaktyā śrutamātreṇa muktidaḥ

And he who listens obtains the bathing in all sacred fords; with faith and with supreme devotion — merely by being heard, it gives liberation.

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PdP 3 1.30

अश्रद्धयापि शृणुते लभते पुण्यसंचयम् । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन पद्मं श्रोत्रातिथी कुरु

aśraddhayāpi śṛṇute labhate puṇyasaṃcayam | tasmātsarvaprayatnena padmaṃ śrotrātithī kuru

Even one who listens without faith obtains a store of merit; therefore, with all effort, make the Padma a guest of your ears.

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PdP 3 1.31

तत्रादिखंडं वक्ष्यामि पुण्यं पापविनाशनम् । शृण्वंतु मुनयः सर्वे सशिष्यास्त्वत्र ये स्थिताः

tatrādikhaṃḍaṃ vakṣyāmi puṇyaṃ pāpavināśanam | śṛṇvaṃtu munayaḥ sarve saśiṣyāstvatra ye sthitāḥ

There I shall speak the Ādi-khaṇḍa, meritorious, destroyer of sin; let all the sages who are present here with their pupils listen.

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