Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 1
PdP 4 1.1
अथ श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे चुतर्थं ब्रह्मखण्डं प्रारभ्यते श्रीवेदव्यासाय नमः शौनक उवाच- कलौ समागते सूत प्राणिनां केन कर्मणा । उद्धारो वै भवेत्तस्मात्कथयस्व ममाग्रतः ॥
atha śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe cutarthaṃ brahmakhaṇḍaṃ prārabhyate śrīvedavyāsāya namaḥ śaunaka uvāca- kalau samāgate sūta prāṇināṃ kena karmaṇā | uddhāro vai bhavettasmātkathayasva mamāgrataḥ ||
Here begins the fourth, the Brahma-khaṇḍa, in the great Purāṇa, the holy Pādma. Homage to holy Vedavyāsa. Śaunaka said: Sūta, now that the Kali (age) has come, by what act may there be deliverance for living beings? Tell that before me.
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PdP 4 1.2
सूत उवाच- साधुसाधु मुनिश्रेष्ठ पुण्यात्मनां वरो भवान् । सर्वेषां च जनानां च शुभवाञ्छो निरंतरम्
sūta uvāca- sādhusādhu muniśreṣṭha puṇyātmanāṃ varo bhavān | sarveṣāṃ ca janānāṃ ca śubhavāñcho niraṃtaram
Sūta said: Well said, well said, O best of sages! You are the finest of the meritorious-souled, and your wish is ever for the welfare of all people.
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PdP 4 1.3
एतद्व्यासः पुरा विप्रः सर्वज्ञः सर्वपूजितः । पृष्टो जैमिनिना तं स यदाह शृणु वैष्णव
etadvyāsaḥ purā vipraḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvapūjitaḥ | pṛṣṭo jaimininā taṃ sa yadāha śṛṇu vaiṣṇava
This very (question) was formerly put to Vyāsa—the brahmin, all-knowing, honoured by all—by Jaimini; hear, O Vaiṣṇava, what he said to him.
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PdP 4 1.4
दंडवत्प्रणिपत्यासौ व्यासं सर्वार्थपारगम् । गुरुं सत्यवतीसूनुं पप्रच्छ मुनिपुंगवः
daṃḍavatpraṇipatyāsau vyāsaṃ sarvārthapāragam | guruṃ satyavatīsūnuṃ papraccha munipuṃgavaḥ
Prostrating himself like a rod, that bull among sages questioned Vyāsa, who had gone to the far shore of all matters, his teacher, the son of Satyavatī.
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PdP 4 1.5
जैमिनिरुवाच- कलौ नृणां भवेत्केन मोक्षो वै कथयस्व मे । अल्पेनापि च पुण्येन मर्त्याश्चाल्पायुषो यतः
jaiminiruvāca- kalau nṛṇāṃ bhavetkena mokṣo vai kathayasva me | alpenāpi ca puṇyena martyāścālpāyuṣo yataḥ
Jaimini said: Tell me, by what means may there be release for men in the Kali (age), even by a small merit—since mortals are short-lived?
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PdP 4 1.6
व्यास उवाच- साधुसंगाद्भवेद्विप्र शास्त्राणां श्रवणं प्रभो । हरिभक्तिर्भवेत्तस्मात्ततो ज्ञानं ततो गतिः
vyāsa uvāca- sādhusaṃgādbhavedvipra śāstrāṇāṃ śravaṇaṃ prabho | haribhaktirbhavettasmāttato jñānaṃ tato gatiḥ
Vyāsa said: From the company of the good, O brahmin, there comes the hearing of the scriptures, my lord; from that arises devotion to Hari, then knowledge, then (the final) goal.
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PdP 4 1.7
न रोचते कथा भूमौ पापिष्ठाय जनाय वै । वैष्णवी स तु विज्ञेयः पापिष्ठप्रवरो द्विजः
na rocate kathā bhūmau pāpiṣṭhāya janāya vai | vaiṣṇavī sa tu vijñeyaḥ pāpiṣṭhapravaro dvijaḥ
On earth the tale of Viṣṇu does not please a most sinful person; and such a twice-born is to be known as the foremost of the most sinful.
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PdP 4 1.8
श्रीकृष्णस्य कथां श्रुत्वाऽऽनंदी भवति वैष्णवः । असत्यां तां तु यो ब्रूयाज्ज्ञेयः स पापिनां गुरुः
śrīkṛṣṇasya kathāṃ śrutvā''naṃdī bhavati vaiṣṇavaḥ | asatyāṃ tāṃ tu yo brūyājjñeyaḥ sa pāpināṃ guruḥ
Having heard the tale of Śrī Kṛṣṇa a Vaiṣṇava becomes joyful; but he who would call it untrue is to be known as the teacher of sinners.
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PdP 4 1.9
यस्मिन्यस्मिन्स्थले विप्र कृष्णस्य वर्तते कथा । तस्मात्तस्माज्जगन्नाथो याति त्यक्त्वा न कर्हिचित्
yasminyasminsthale vipra kṛṣṇasya vartate kathā | tasmāttasmājjagannātho yāti tyaktvā na karhicit
In whatever place, O brahmin, the tale of Kṛṣṇa is going on, from that place the Lord of the world never departs, abandoning it.
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PdP 4 1.10
कृष्णस्य यः कथारंभे कुर्याद्विघ्नं नराधमः । नरकान्निष्कृतिर्नास्ति मन्वंतरशतावधि
kṛṣṇasya yaḥ kathāraṃbhe kuryādvighnaṃ narādhamaḥ | narakānniṣkṛtirnāsti manvaṃtaraśatāvadhi
That lowest of men who makes an obstruction at the beginning of a tale of Kṛṣṇa has no release from hell for a hundred manvantaras.
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PdP 4 1.11
ये पुराणकथां श्रुत्वा निंदंत्युपहसंति वै । तेषां करस्था नरका बहुक्लेशकराः सदा
ye purāṇakathāṃ śrutvā niṃdaṃtyupahasaṃti vai | teṣāṃ karasthā narakā bahukleśakarāḥ sadā
Those who, having heard the Purāṇa tale, revile and mock it—hells that bring much torment are ever in their hands.
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PdP 4 1.12
जन्मांतरार्जितं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति । श्रीकृष्णचरितं यो वै श्रोतुमिच्छां करोत्यपि
janmāṃtarārjitaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati | śrīkṛṣṇacaritaṃ yo vai śrotumicchāṃ karotyapi
The sin amassed in other births perishes that very instant for him who merely forms the wish to hear the deeds of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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PdP 4 1.13
भक्त्या यो वै नरः कुर्यात्श्रीकृष्णचरितं तथा । न जाने श्रवणे तस्य का गतिर्वा भविष्यति
bhaktyā yo vai naraḥ kuryātśrīkṛṣṇacaritaṃ tathā | na jāne śravaṇe tasya kā gatirvā bhaviṣyati
And when a man performs (the recitation of) Śrī Kṛṣṇa's deeds with devotion—I do not know what destiny will come to be for him upon (its) hearing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 4 1.14
ब्रह्महत्यादिकं पापं अकालमरणं तथा । सुरापानं तथास्तेयं सर्वं नश्यति पापिनः
brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ akālamaraṇaṃ tathā | surāpānaṃ tathāsteyaṃ sarvaṃ naśyati pāpinaḥ
Sin such as the killing of a brahmin, likewise untimely death, drinking liquor and stealing—all of it perishes for the sinner.
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PdP 4 1.15
पापं कृत्वा तु यो मर्त्यः पश्चात्पापं निवर्तयेत् । तस्य पापं व्रजेन्नाशमग्निना तूलराशिवत्
pāpaṃ kṛtvā tu yo martyaḥ paścātpāpaṃ nivartayet | tasya pāpaṃ vrajennāśamagninā tūlarāśivat
But when a mortal, having committed a sin, afterwards turns away from sin, his sin goes to destruction as a heap of cotton by fire.
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PdP 4 1.16
श्रीकृष्णचरितं विप्र तिष्ठेद्वै पुस्तकं गृहे । तस्य गृहसमीपं हि नायांति यमकिंकराः
śrīkṛṣṇacaritaṃ vipra tiṣṭhedvai pustakaṃ gṛhe | tasya gṛhasamīpaṃ hi nāyāṃti yamakiṃkarāḥ
If the book of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's deeds stands in a house, O brahmin, then Yama's servants do not come near that house.
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PdP 4 1.17
जैमिनिरुवाच- वदंति वैष्णवान्कांश्च वांच्छा ब्रूहि गुरो मम । इदानीं तान्समाज्ञातुं तेषां माहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
jaiminiruvāca- vadaṃti vaiṣṇavānkāṃśca vāṃcchā brūhi guro mama | idānīṃ tānsamājñātuṃ teṣāṃ māhātmyamuttamam
Jaimini said: Which ones do they call Vaiṣṇavas? Tell me my wish, O teacher: now (I wish) to know them fully, and their supreme greatness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 4 1.18
व्यास उवाच- यो नरो मस्तके भक्त्या वैष्णवांघ्रिजलं द्विज । करोति सेचनं पापी तीर्थस्नानेन तस्य किम्
vyāsa uvāca- yo naro mastake bhaktyā vaiṣṇavāṃghrijalaṃ dvija | karoti secanaṃ pāpī tīrthasnānena tasya kim
Vyāsa said: The man who with devotion sprinkles upon his head the water from a Vaiṣṇava's feet — O twice-born, what need has that (former) sinner of bathing at holy fords?
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PdP 4 1.19
साधुसंगं तु यः कुर्य्यात्क्षणं वार्द्धक्षणं द्विज । तस्य नश्यंति पापानि ब्रह्महत्यामुखानि च
sādhusaṃgaṃ tu yaḥ kuryyātkṣaṇaṃ vārddhakṣaṇaṃ dvija | tasya naśyaṃti pāpāni brahmahatyāmukhāni ca
But he who keeps the company of the good for a moment, or (even) half a moment, O twice-born — his sins perish, (even) those headed by the killing of a brahmin.
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PdP 4 1.20
यत्रयत्र कुले चैव एको भवति वैष्णवः । कुलं तस्य यदा पापैर्युक्तं तन्मोक्षगामि वै
yatrayatra kule caiva eko bhavati vaiṣṇavaḥ | kulaṃ tasya yadā pāpairyuktaṃ tanmokṣagāmi vai
In whatever family there is a single Vaiṣṇava, that family, even when bound up with sins, indeed goes to liberation.
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PdP 4 1.21
हिंसादंभकामक्रोधैर्वर्जिताश्चैव ये नराः । लोभमोहपरित्यक्ता ज्ञेयास्ते वैष्णवा द्विज
hiṃsādaṃbhakāmakrodhairvarjitāścaiva ye narāḥ | lobhamohaparityaktā jñeyāste vaiṣṇavā dvija
Those men who are free of violence, hypocrisy, desire and anger, and who have abandoned greed and delusion — they are to be known as Vaiṣṇavas, O twice-born.
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PdP 4 1.22
पितृभक्ता दयायुक्ताः सर्वप्राणिहिते रताः । अमत्सरा वैष्णवा ये विज्ञेयाः सत्यभाषिणः
pitṛbhaktā dayāyuktāḥ sarvaprāṇihite ratāḥ | amatsarā vaiṣṇavā ye vijñeyāḥ satyabhāṣiṇaḥ
Those who are devoted to their fathers (or: ancestors), full of compassion, intent on the welfare of all living beings, free of envy and speakers of truth — they are to be recognised as Vaiṣṇavas.
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PdP 4 1.23
विप्रभक्तिरता ये च परस्त्रीषु नपुंसकाः । एकादशीव्रतरता विज्ञेयास्ते च वैष्णवाः
viprabhaktiratā ye ca parastrīṣu napuṃsakāḥ | ekādaśīvrataratā vijñeyāste ca vaiṣṇavāḥ
And those who delight in devotion to brahmins, who are as eunuchs toward other men's wives, and who are devoted to the Ekādaśī observance — they too are to be recognised as Vaiṣṇavas.
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PdP 4 1.24
गायंति हरिनामानि तुलसीमाल्यधारकाः । हर्यंघ्रिसलिलैः सिक्ता विज्ञेयास्ते च वैष्णवाः
gāyaṃti harināmāni tulasīmālyadhārakāḥ | haryaṃghrisalilaiḥ siktā vijñeyāste ca vaiṣṇavāḥ
They sing the names of Hari, they wear garlands of tulasī, they are sprinkled with the water from Hari's feet — they too are to be recognised as Vaiṣṇavas.
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PdP 4 1.25
श्रोत्रयोर्मस्तके येषां तुलस्याः पर्णमुत्तमम् । कर्हिचिद्दृश्यते विप्र विज्ञेयास्ते च वैष्णवाः
śrotrayormastake yeṣāṃ tulasyāḥ parṇamuttamam | karhiciddṛśyate vipra vijñeyāste ca vaiṣṇavāḥ
Those on whose ears or head an excellent tulasī leaf is seen at any time, O brahmin — they too are to be recognised as Vaiṣṇavas.
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PdP 4 1.26
पाखंडसंगरहिता विप्रद्वेषविवर्जिताः । सिंचेयुस्तुलसीं ये च ज्ञातव्या वैष्णवा नराः
pākhaṃḍasaṃgarahitā vipradveṣavivarjitāḥ | siṃceyustulasīṃ ye ca jñātavyā vaiṣṇavā narāḥ
Those men who are free of association with heretics, devoid of hatred for brahmins, and who would water the tulasī — they are to be known as Vaiṣṇavas.
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PdP 4 1.27
पूजयंति हरिं ये च तुलस्या चार्चयंति ये । कन्यादानरता ये च ये वै ह्यतिथिपूजकाः
pūjayaṃti hariṃ ye ca tulasyā cārcayaṃti ye | kanyādānaratā ye ca ye vai hyatithipūjakāḥ
And those who worship Hari, and those who honour (him) with tulasī, and those devoted to giving away a daughter in marriage, and those indeed who honour guests —
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PdP 4 1.28
शृण्वंति विष्णुचरितं विज्ञेया वैष्णवा नराः । यस्य गृहे सुप्रतिष्ठेत्शालग्रामशिलापि च
śṛṇvaṃti viṣṇucaritaṃ vijñeyā vaiṣṇavā narāḥ | yasya gṛhe supratiṣṭhetśālagrāmaśilāpi ca
(and those who) listen to the deeds of Viṣṇu — those men are to be recognised as Vaiṣṇavas; and (he) in whose house a śālagrāma stone too is well established —
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PdP 4 1.29
मार्जयंति हरेः स्थानं पितृयज्ञप्रवर्तकाः । जने दीने दयायुक्ता विज्ञेयास्ते च वैष्णवाः
mārjayaṃti hareḥ sthānaṃ pitṛyajñapravartakāḥ | jane dīne dayāyuktā vijñeyāste ca vaiṣṇavāḥ
They sweep clean Hari's place, they set in motion the sacrifice to the ancestors, they are full of compassion toward the poor man — they too are to be recognised as Vaiṣṇavas.
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PdP 4 1.30
परस्वं ब्राह्मणद्रव्यं पश्यंति विषवच्च ये । हरिनैवेद्यं येऽश्नन्ति विज्ञेया वैष्णवा जनाः
parasvaṃ brāhmaṇadravyaṃ paśyaṃti viṣavacca ye | harinaivedyaṃ ye'śnanti vijñeyā vaiṣṇavā janāḥ
Those who look upon another's property and a brahmin's goods as (they would) poison, and who eat what has been offered to Hari — those people are to be recognised as Vaiṣṇavas.
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PdP 4 1.31
वेदशास्त्रानुरक्ता ये तुलसीवनपालकाः । राधाष्टमीव्रतरता विज्ञेयास्ते च वैष्णवाः
vedaśāstrānuraktā ye tulasīvanapālakāḥ | rādhāṣṭamīvrataratā vijñeyāste ca vaiṣṇavāḥ
Those who are attached to the Veda and the scriptures, who tend the tulasī grove, who are devoted to the Rādhāṣṭamī observance — they too are to be recognised as Vaiṣṇavas.
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PdP 4 1.32
श्रीकृष्णपुरतो ये च दीपं यच्छंति श्रद्धया । परनिंदां न कुर्वंति विज्ञेयास्ते च वैष्णवाः
śrīkṛṣṇapurato ye ca dīpaṃ yacchaṃti śraddhayā | paraniṃdāṃ na kurvaṃti vijñeyāste ca vaiṣṇavāḥ
And those who with faith offer a lamp before Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and who do not slander others — they too are to be recognised as Vaiṣṇavas.
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PdP 4 1.33
सूत उवाच- पृष्टो जैमिनिना व्यास इत्युक्तः स यथाक्रमम् । मयेदं कथ्यते ब्रह्मन्यत्प्रसंगाद्गुरोः श्रुतम्
sūta uvāca- pṛṣṭo jaimininā vyāsa ityuktaḥ sa yathākramam | mayedaṃ kathyate brahmanyatprasaṃgādguroḥ śrutam
Sūta said: Vyāsa, being asked by Jaimini, spoke thus in due order; this is told by me, O brahmin, as I heard it incidentally from my teacher.
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PdP 4 1.34
अध्यायं श्रद्धया युक्तं ये शृण्वंति नरोत्तमाः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्ता यांति विष्णोः परं पदम्
adhyāyaṃ śraddhayā yuktaṃ ye śṛṇvaṃti narottamāḥ | sarvapāpavinirmuktā yāṃti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam
Those best of men who listen to this chapter with faith are freed from all sins and go to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition