Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 62
PdP 3 62.1
सूत उवाच- एवं यन्महिमा लोके लोकनिस्तारकारणम् । तस्य विष्णोः परेशस्य नानाविग्रहधारिणः
sūta uvāca- evaṃ yanmahimā loke lokanistārakāraṇam | tasya viṣṇoḥ pareśasya nānāvigrahadhāriṇaḥ
Sūta said: Thus, of that Viṣṇu, the supreme Lord who bears many forms, whose greatness in the world is the cause of the world's deliverance—
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PdP 3 62.2
एकं पुराणं रूपं वै तत्र पाद्मं परं महत् । ब्राह्मं मूर्धा हरेरेव हृदयं पद्मसंज्ञितम्
ekaṃ purāṇaṃ rūpaṃ vai tatra pādmaṃ paraṃ mahat | brāhmaṃ mūrdhā harereva hṛdayaṃ padmasaṃjñitam
—there is one ancient (purāṇic) form; therein the Padma is the supreme and great one. The Brāhma is Hari's head, and the heart is that named Padma.
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PdP 3 62.3
वैष्णवं दक्षिणो बाहुः शैवं वामो महेशितुः । ऊरू भागवतं प्रोक्तं नाभिः स्यान्नारदीयकम्
vaiṣṇavaṃ dakṣiṇo bāhuḥ śaivaṃ vāmo maheśituḥ | ūrū bhāgavataṃ proktaṃ nābhiḥ syānnāradīyakam
The Vaiṣṇava (Purāṇa) is the right arm, the Śaiva the left arm of the Great Lord; the Bhāgavata is declared to be the thighs, and the navel would be the Nāradīya.
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PdP 3 62.4
मार्कंडेयं च दक्षांघ्रिर्वामो ह्याग्नेयमुच्यते । भविष्यं दक्षिणो जानुर्विष्णोरेव महात्मनः
mārkaṃḍeyaṃ ca dakṣāṃghrirvāmo hyāgneyamucyate | bhaviṣyaṃ dakṣiṇo jānurviṣṇoreva mahātmanaḥ
And the Mārkaṇḍeya is the right foot, while the left is said to be the Āgneya; the Bhaviṣya is the right knee of Viṣṇu, the great-souled one.
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PdP 3 62.5
ब्रह्मवैवर्तसंज्ञं तु वामजानुरुदाहृतः । लैंगं ह गुल्फकं दक्षं वाराहं वामगुल्फकम्
brahmavaivartasaṃjñaṃ tu vāmajānurudāhṛtaḥ | laiṃgaṃ ha gulphakaṃ dakṣaṃ vārāhaṃ vāmagulphakam
But the one named Brahmavaivarta is declared to be the left knee; the Laiṅga is the right ankle, the Vārāha the left ankle.
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PdP 3 62.6
स्कांदं पुराणं लोमानि त्वगस्य वामनं स्मृतम् । कौर्मं पृष्ठं समाख्यातं मात्स्यं मेदः प्रकीर्तितम्
skāṃdaṃ purāṇaṃ lomāni tvagasya vāmanaṃ smṛtam | kaurmaṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ samākhyātaṃ mātsyaṃ medaḥ prakīrtitam
The Skānda Purāṇa is (his) body-hairs, the Vāmana is remembered as his skin; the Kaurma is proclaimed to be the back, the Mātsya is declared to be the fat.
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PdP 3 62.7
मज्जा तु गारुडं प्रोक्तं ब्रह्मांडमस्थि गीयते । एवमेवाभवद्विष्णुः पुराणावयवो हरिः
majjā tu gāruḍaṃ proktaṃ brahmāṃḍamasthi gīyate | evamevābhavadviṣṇuḥ purāṇāvayavo hariḥ
The Gāruḍa is said to be the marrow, and the Brahmāṇḍa is sung as the bone; just so did Viṣṇu, Hari, come to have the Purāṇas as his limbs.
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PdP 3 62.8
हृदयं तत्र वै पाद्मं यच्छ्रुत्वामृतमश्नुते । पाद्ममेतत्पुराणं तु स्वयं देवोभवद्धरिः
hṛdayaṃ tatra vai pādmaṃ yacchrutvāmṛtamaśnute | pādmametatpurāṇaṃ tu svayaṃ devobhavaddhariḥ
Therein the heart is the Pādma, hearing which one obtains the nectar of immortality; and this Padma Purāṇa the god Hari himself became.
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PdP 3 62.9
यस्यैकाध्यायमध्याप्य सर्वैः पापैः प्रमुच्यते । तत्रादिमं स्वर्गमिदं सर्वपाद्मफलप्रदम्
yasyaikādhyāyamadhyāpya sarvaiḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate | tatrādimaṃ svargamidaṃ sarvapādmaphalapradam
By teaching a single chapter of it one is wholly freed from all sins; the first (section) in it is this Svarga (section), which bestows the whole fruit of the Padma.
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PdP 3 62.10
स्वर्गखंडं समाकर्ण्य महापातकिनोपि ये । मुच्यंते तेपि पापेभ्यस्त्वचो जीर्णाद्यथोरगाः
svargakhaṃḍaṃ samākarṇya mahāpātakinopi ye | mucyaṃte tepi pāpebhyastvaco jīrṇādyathoragāḥ
Even those who are great sinners, having listened to the Svarga section, are released from their sins, as snakes are from their worn-out skin.
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PdP 3 62.11
अपि चेत्सुदुराचारः सर्वधर्म्मबहिष्कृतः । आदिस्वर्गं समाकर्ण्य यत्फलं समवाप्नुयात्
api cetsudurācāraḥ sarvadharmmabahiṣkṛtaḥ | ādisvargaṃ samākarṇya yatphalaṃ samavāpnuyāt
Even if one is of very evil conduct and excluded from all duties, whatever fruit he would obtain by listening to the first Svarga (section)—
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PdP 3 62.12
आदिस्वर्गमिदं श्रुत्वा तत्फलं लभते नरः । माघेमासे प्रयागे तु स्नात्वा प्रतिदिनं नरः
ādisvargamidaṃ śrutvā tatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ | māghemāse prayāge tu snātvā pratidinaṃ naraḥ
—a man obtains that fruit by hearing this Ādisvarga; and (likewise) a man bathing every day at Prayāga in the month of Māgha,
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PdP 3 62.13
यथा पापात्प्रमुच्येत तथा हि श्रवणाद्भवेत् । दत्ता तेन स्वर्णतुला दत्ता चैव धराखिला
yathā pāpātpramucyeta tathā hi śravaṇādbhavet | dattā tena svarṇatulā dattā caiva dharākhilā
—just as he would be freed from sin (thereby), so it comes about from the hearing (of this text); by him a balance-weight of gold has been given, and the whole earth given as well.
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PdP 3 62.14
कृतं वितरणं तेन द्ररिद्रे यत्कृतमृणम् । हरेर्नामसहस्राणि पठितानि ह्यभीक्ष्णशः
kṛtaṃ vitaraṇaṃ tena draridre yatkṛtamṛṇam | harernāmasahasrāṇi paṭhitāni hyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ
By him a distribution has been made, whatever debt was incurred by a poor man; and the thousand names of Hari have been recited over and over.
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PdP 3 62.15
सर्वेवे दास्तथाधीतास्तत्तत्कर्मकृतं तथा । अध्यापकाश्च बहवः स्थापिता वृत्तिदानतः
sarveve dāstathādhītāstattatkarmakṛtaṃ tathā | adhyāpakāśca bahavaḥ sthāpitā vṛttidānataḥ
All (the Vedas) have indeed been given and likewise studied by him, and the rites belonging to each performed; and many teachers have been established by the giving of a livelihood.
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PdP 3 62.16
अभयं भयलोकेभ्यो दत्तं तेन तथा द्विजाः । गुणवंतो ज्ञानवंतो धर्मवंतोनुमानिताः
abhayaṃ bhayalokebhyo dattaṃ tena tathā dvijāḥ | guṇavaṃto jñānavaṃto dharmavaṃtonumānitāḥ
By him, moreover, freedom from fear has been given to the worlds in fear, and likewise, O twice-born ones, the virtuous, the wise and the righteous have been honoured.
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PdP 3 62.17
मेषकर्कटयोर्मध्ये तोयं दत्तं सुशीतलम् । ब्राह्मणार्थे गवार्थे च प्राणास्त्यक्ताश्च तेन हि
meṣakarkaṭayormadhye toyaṃ dattaṃ suśītalam | brāhmaṇārthe gavārthe ca prāṇāstyaktāśca tena hi
Between (the sun's entry into) Aries and Cancer very cool water has been given (by him), and by him indeed his life-breaths have been surrendered for the sake of brahmins and of cows.
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PdP 3 62.18
अन्यानि च सुकर्माणि कृतानि तेन धीमता । येनादिखंडं सदसि श्रुतं संश्रावितं तथा
anyāni ca sukarmāṇi kṛtāni tena dhīmatā | yenādikhaṃḍaṃ sadasi śrutaṃ saṃśrāvitaṃ tathā
And other good deeds have been done by that wise man who has heard the first section in an assembly and likewise caused it to be heard.
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PdP 3 62.19
स्वर्गखंडं समाधीत्य नानाभोगान्समश्नुते । अंतःपुरगनारीणां सुखसुप्तः प्रबुध्यते
svargakhaṃḍaṃ samādhītya nānābhogānsamaśnute | aṃtaḥpuraganārīṇāṃ sukhasuptaḥ prabudhyate
Having studied the Svarga section, one enjoys manifold pleasures; sleeping happily, he is awakened by the women of the inner apartments,
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PdP 3 62.20
किंकिणीरवसन्नादैस्तथा मधुरभाषणैः । इंद्रस्यार्धासनं भुंक्ते इंद्रलोके वसेच्चिरम्
kiṃkiṇīravasannādaistathā madhurabhāṣaṇaiḥ | iṃdrasyārdhāsanaṃ bhuṃkte iṃdraloke vasecciram
by the tinkling sounds of their little bells and by their sweet speech; he enjoys half of Indra's seat and dwells long in Indra's world.
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PdP 3 62.21
ततः सूर्यस्य भवनं चंद्रलोकं ततो व्रजेत् । सप्तर्षिभवने भोगान्भुक्त्वा याति ततो ध्रुवम्
tataḥ sūryasya bhavanaṃ caṃdralokaṃ tato vrajet | saptarṣibhavane bhogānbhuktvā yāti tato dhruvam
Then he would go to the mansion of the Sun, and from there to the world of the Moon; having enjoyed pleasures in the abode of the Seven Sages, he goes from there to Dhruva.
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PdP 3 62.22
ततश्च ब्रह्मणो लोकं प्राप्य तेजोमयं वपुः । तत्रैव ज्ञानमासाद्य निर्वाणं परमृच्छति
tataśca brahmaṇo lokaṃ prāpya tejomayaṃ vapuḥ | tatraiva jñānamāsādya nirvāṇaṃ paramṛcchati
And then, having reached the world of Brahmā and a body made of light, and having attained knowledge right there, he goes on to supreme extinction.
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PdP 3 62.23
सद्भिः सह वसेद्धीमान्सत्तीर्थे स्नानमाचरेत् । कुर्यादेव सदालापं सच्छास्त्रं शृणुयान्नरः
sadbhiḥ saha vaseddhīmānsattīrthe snānamācaret | kuryādeva sadālāpaṃ sacchāstraṃ śṛṇuyānnaraḥ
Let the wise man dwell together with the good, let him bathe at a holy place of the good; let a man indeed hold converse with the good, and let him listen to good scripture.
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PdP 3 62.24
तत्र पाद्मं महाशास्त्रं सर्वाम्नायफलप्रदम् । स्वर्गखंडं च तन्मध्ये महापुण्यफलप्रदम्
tatra pādmaṃ mahāśāstraṃ sarvāmnāyaphalapradam | svargakhaṃḍaṃ ca tanmadhye mahāpuṇyaphalapradam
Among these (scriptures) is the great scripture, the Pādma, which grants the fruit of all the sacred traditions; and within it the Svarga-khaṇḍa, which grants the fruit of great merit.
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PdP 3 62.25
भजध्वं गोविंदं नमत हरिमेकं सुरवरं गमिष्यध्वं लोकानतिविमलभोगानतितराम् । शृणुध्वं हे लोका वदत हरिनामैकमतुलं यदीच्छावीचीनां सुखतरणमिष्टानि लभत
bhajadhvaṃ goviṃdaṃ namata harimekaṃ suravaraṃ gamiṣyadhvaṃ lokānativimalabhogānatitarām | śṛṇudhvaṃ he lokā vadata harināmaikamatulaṃ yadīcchāvīcīnāṃ sukhataraṇamiṣṭāni labhata
Worship Govinda! Bow to Hari alone, the best of the gods! You shall go to worlds of exceedingly pure enjoyments, beyond all measure. Listen, O people! Speak the incomparable single name of Hari! If you wish for an easy crossing of the waves (of existence), obtain what is desirable.
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