Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 5

PdP 3 5.1

ऋषय ऊचुः-। वर्षाणां चैव नामानि पर्वतानां च सत्तम । आचक्ष्व नो यथातत्वं ये च पर्वतवासिनः

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-| varṣāṇāṃ caiva nāmāni parvatānāṃ ca sattama | ācakṣva no yathātatvaṃ ye ca parvatavāsinaḥ

The seers said: Tell us truly, O best one, the names of the regions and of the mountains, and who the mountain-dwellers are.

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PdP 3 5.2

सूत उवाच-। दक्षिणेन तु श्वेतस्य निषधस्योत्तरेण तु । वर्षं रमणकं नाम जायंते तत्र मानवाः

sūta uvāca-| dakṣiṇena tu śvetasya niṣadhasyottareṇa tu | varṣaṃ ramaṇakaṃ nāma jāyaṃte tatra mānavāḥ

Sūta said: To the south of Śveta and to the north of Niṣadha is the region named Ramaṇaka; men are born there.

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PdP 3 5.3

शुक्लाभिजनसंपन्नाः सर्वे ते प्रियदर्शनाः । निःसपत्नाश्च ते सर्वे जायंते तत्र मानवाः

śuklābhijanasaṃpannāḥ sarve te priyadarśanāḥ | niḥsapatnāśca te sarve jāyaṃte tatra mānavāḥ

Endowed with pure birth, they are all lovely to look upon; and all the men born there are without rivals.

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PdP 3 5.4

दशवर्षसहस्राणि शतानि दशपंच च । जीवंति ते महाभागा नित्यं मुदितमानसाः

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi śatāni daśapaṃca ca | jīvaṃti te mahābhāgā nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ

Those greatly blessed ones live ten thousand five hundred years, their minds ever delighted.

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PdP 3 5.5

दक्षिणेन तु नीलस्य निषधस्योत्तरेण तु । वर्षं हिरण्मयं नाम यत्र हैरण्वती नदी

dakṣiṇena tu nīlasya niṣadhasyottareṇa tu | varṣaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ nāma yatra hairaṇvatī nadī

To the south of Nīla and to the north of Niṣadha is the region named Hiraṇmaya, where the river Hairaṇvatī is.

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PdP 3 5.6

यत्र चायं महाप्राज्ञाः पक्षिराट्पतगोत्तमः । यज्ञानुगा विप्रवरा धन्विनः प्रियदर्शनाः

yatra cāyaṃ mahāprājñāḥ pakṣirāṭpatagottamaḥ | yajñānugā vipravarā dhanvinaḥ priyadarśanāḥ

And there, O greatly wise ones, is this king of birds, best of the winged; (there dwell) excellent brahmins who follow sacrifice, bearing bows, lovely to look upon.

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PdP 3 5.7

महाबलास्तत्र जना विप्रा मुदितमानसाः । एकादशसहस्राणि वर्षाणां ते तपोधनाः

mahābalāstatra janā viprā muditamānasāḥ | ekādaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ te tapodhanāḥ

There the people are of great strength, brahmins with delighted minds; those whose wealth is austerity (live) eleven thousand years,

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PdP 3 5.8

आयुःप्रमाणं जीवंति शतानि दश पंच च । शृंगाणि च पवित्राणि त्रीण्येव द्विजपुंगवाः

āyuḥpramāṇaṃ jīvaṃti śatāni daśa paṃca ca | śṛṃgāṇi ca pavitrāṇi trīṇyeva dvijapuṃgavāḥ

they live out a lifespan of fifteen hundred (more); and there are just three holy peaks, O bulls among the twice-born.

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PdP 3 5.9

एकं मणिमयं तत्र तथैकं रुक्ममद्भुतम् । सर्वरत्नमयं चैकं भवनैरुपशोभितम्

ekaṃ maṇimayaṃ tatra tathaikaṃ rukmamadbhutam | sarvaratnamayaṃ caikaṃ bhavanairupaśobhitam

One of them is made of gems, and one is of wondrous gold, and one is made of all jewels, adorned with mansions.

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PdP 3 5.10

तत्र स्वयं प्रभादेवी नित्यं वसति शंडिनी । उत्तरेण तु शृंगस्य समुद्रांते द्विजोत्तमाः

tatra svayaṃ prabhādevī nityaṃ vasati śaṃḍinī | uttareṇa tu śṛṃgasya samudrāṃte dvijottamāḥ

There the goddess Prabhā herself, Śaṇḍinī, dwells perpetually; but to the north of the peak, at the ocean's edge, O best of the twice-born—

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PdP 3 5.11

वर्षमैरावतं नाम तस्माच्छृंगवतः परम् । न तु तत्र सूर्यगतिर्जीर्यंते न च मानवाः

varṣamairāvataṃ nāma tasmācchṛṃgavataḥ param | na tu tatra sūryagatirjīryaṃte na ca mānavāḥ

—beyond that Śṛṅgavat (mountain) is the region named Airāvata. There, however, there is no course of the sun, nor do human beings grow old.

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PdP 3 5.12

चंद्रमाश्च सनक्षत्रो ज्योतिर्भूत इवावृतः । पद्मप्रभाः पद्मवर्णाः पद्मपत्रनिभेक्षणाः

caṃdramāśca sanakṣatro jyotirbhūta ivāvṛtaḥ | padmaprabhāḥ padmavarṇāḥ padmapatranibhekṣaṇāḥ

And the moon, together with the stars, is covered over, as though it had become (mere) light. (The people there are) radiant as lotuses, lotus-coloured, with eyes like lotus-petals,

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PdP 3 5.13

पद्मपत्रसुगंधाश्च जायंते तत्र मानवाः । अनिष्पन्ना नष्टगंधा निराहारा जितेंद्रियाः

padmapatrasugaṃdhāśca jāyaṃte tatra mānavāḥ | aniṣpannā naṣṭagaṃdhā nirāhārā jiteṃdriyāḥ

and fragrant as lotus-petals are the human beings born there: not (fully) developed, without smell, taking no food, with senses subdued.

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PdP 3 5.14

देवलोकच्युताः सर्वे तथा विरजसो द्विजाः । त्रयोदशसहस्राणि वर्षाणां ते द्विजोत्तमाः

devalokacyutāḥ sarve tathā virajaso dvijāḥ | trayodaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ te dvijottamāḥ

All have fallen from the world of the gods, and are free of passion, O twice-born; for thirteen thousand years, O best of the twice-born,

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PdP 3 5.15

आयुःप्रमाणं जीवंति नरा धार्मिकपुंगवाः । क्षीरोदस्य समुद्रस्य तथैवोत्तरतः प्रभुः

āyuḥpramāṇaṃ jīvaṃti narā dhārmikapuṃgavāḥ | kṣīrodasya samudrasya tathaivottarataḥ prabhuḥ

those men, bulls among the righteous, live out the measure of their life. And likewise, to the north of the Ocean of Milk, the Lord,

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PdP 3 5.16

हरिस्तिष्ठति वैकुंठः शकटे कनकामये । अष्टचक्रं हि तद्यानं भूतयुक्तं मनोजवम्

haristiṣṭhati vaikuṃṭhaḥ śakaṭe kanakāmaye | aṣṭacakraṃ hi tadyānaṃ bhūtayuktaṃ manojavam

Hari Vaikuṇṭha, stands upon a cart made of gold; that vehicle has eight wheels, is yoked with elemental beings, and is swift as thought,

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PdP 3 5.17

अग्निवर्णं महातेजो जांबूनदविभूषितम् । स प्रभुः सर्वभूतानां विभुश्च द्विजसत्तमाः

agnivarṇaṃ mahātejo jāṃbūnadavibhūṣitam | sa prabhuḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vibhuśca dvijasattamāḥ

fire-coloured, of great splendour, adorned with river-gold. He is the lord of all beings, and the all-pervading one, O best of the twice-born,

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PdP 3 5.18

संक्षेपे विस्तरे चैव कर्ता कारयिता तथा । पृथिव्यापस्तथाकाशं वायुस्तेजश्च सत्तमाः

saṃkṣepe vistare caiva kartā kārayitā tathā | pṛthivyāpastathākāśaṃ vāyustejaśca sattamāḥ

in contraction and in expansion the doer and the one who causes (things) to be done; (he is) earth, water, and space, wind and fire, O best (of men).

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PdP 3 5.19

स यज्ञः सर्वभूतानामास्यं तस्य हुताशनः

sa yajñaḥ sarvabhūtānāmāsyaṃ tasya hutāśanaḥ

He is the sacrifice of all beings; the fire that devours the oblation is his mouth.

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