Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 5
PdP 4 5.1
शौनक उवाच- कथयस्व महाप्राज्ञ पुत्रहीनो जनो भवेत् । कर्मणा केन वै सूत पुत्रो भवति केन च
śaunaka uvāca- kathayasva mahāprājña putrahīno jano bhavet | karmaṇā kena vai sūta putro bhavati kena ca
Śaunaka said: Tell (me), greatly wise one, by what act a person becomes sonless, and by what, O Sūta, one comes to have a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 4 5.2
सूत उवाच- एतत्पृष्टः पुरा ब्रह्मा नारदेन महात्मना । स यदाह तदा तं च शृणुष्व मुनिपुंगव
sūta uvāca- etatpṛṣṭaḥ purā brahmā nāradena mahātmanā | sa yadāha tadā taṃ ca śṛṇuṣva munipuṃgava
Sūta said: Long ago Brahmā was asked this by the great-souled Nārada; hear what he then said to him, O best of sages.
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PdP 4 5.3
नारद उवाच- पितामह महाप्राज्ञ सर्वतत्त्वार्थपारग । अपुत्रो वै भवेन्मर्त्यः कर्मणा केन पद्मज
nārada uvāca- pitāmaha mahāprājña sarvatattvārthapāraga | aputro vai bhavenmartyaḥ karmaṇā kena padmaja
Nārada said: O grandsire, greatly wise, who has crossed to the far shore of the meaning of all principles, by what act does a mortal become sonless, O lotus-born one?
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PdP 4 5.4
वंध्या स्त्री वा भवेत्केन वृजिनेन ममाग्रतः । कथय शृण्वतो वै मे सर्वप्राणिहिते रत
vaṃdhyā strī vā bhavetkena vṛjinena mamāgrataḥ | kathaya śṛṇvato vai me sarvaprāṇihite rata
And by what transgression does a woman become barren? Tell (this) here before me, as I listen, O you who delight in the welfare of all living beings.
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PdP 4 5.5
दुहिता जायते केन कर्मणा वा नपुंसकः । मृतवत्सो भवेत्केन मृतवत्सातिदुःखिता । केन पुण्येन भो ब्रह्मन्पुनः पुत्रो भवेद्वद
duhitā jāyate kena karmaṇā vā napuṃsakaḥ | mṛtavatso bhavetkena mṛtavatsātiduḥkhitā | kena puṇyena bho brahmanpunaḥ putro bhavedvada
By what act is a daughter born, or a eunuch? By what does one's children die, and (by what) does a woman become greatly grieved by the death of her children? And by what merit, O Brahmā, does a son come again? Tell (me).
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PdP 4 5.6
ब्रह्मोवाच- कथयामि समासेन सावधानेन तच्छ्रणु । वृत्तांतं पृच्छसि त्वं वै शृण्वतां विस्मयप्रदम्
brahmovāca- kathayāmi samāsena sāvadhānena tacchraṇu | vṛttāṃtaṃ pṛcchasi tvaṃ vai śṛṇvatāṃ vismayapradam
Brahmā said: I shall tell (it) in brief; hear it attentively. The matter you ask about is indeed astonishing to those who hear it.
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PdP 4 5.7
पूर्वजन्मनि यो मर्त्यो वर्तनं ब्राह्मणस्य च । हरेद्वा हारयेदत्र पुत्रहीनो भवेत्किल
pūrvajanmani yo martyo vartanaṃ brāhmaṇasya ca | haredvā hārayedatra putrahīno bhavetkila
The mortal who in a former birth steals, or causes another to steal, a brahmin's livelihood — he surely becomes sonless here.
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PdP 4 5.8
इह जन्मनि यो मर्त्यः पुराणश्रवणं हि च । ससस्या भूमेर्दानं च कुर्याद्वै श्रद्धयान्वितः
iha janmani yo martyaḥ purāṇaśravaṇaṃ hi ca | sasasyā bhūmerdānaṃ ca kuryādvai śraddhayānvitaḥ
The mortal who in this birth performs the hearing of the Purāṇa, and the gift of land with its crops, endowed with faith,
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PdP 4 5.9
धेनुं बहुगुणां हैमीं बहुदुग्धां सदक्षिणाम् । सुवर्णप्रतिमां चैव तस्य पुत्रो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
dhenuṃ bahuguṇāṃ haimīṃ bahudugdhāṃ sadakṣiṇām | suvarṇapratimāṃ caiva tasya putro bhaveddhruvam
and (gives) a golden cow of many good qualities, rich in milk, together with the priestly fee, and an image of gold — for him a son will surely be born.
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PdP 4 5.10
पूर्वजन्मनि या नारी परबालकघातनम् । करोति कपटेनैव बालहीना भवेद्ध्रुवम्
pūrvajanmani yā nārī parabālakaghātanam | karoti kapaṭenaiva bālahīnā bhaveddhruvam
The woman who in a former birth commits the killing of another's child by deceit will surely be without children.
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PdP 4 5.11
सौवर्णप्रतिमादानं या नारी श्रद्धयान्विता । कुर्यात्पानं ब्राह्मणस्य भक्त्या वै चरणोदकम्
sauvarṇapratimādānaṃ yā nārī śraddhayānvitā | kuryātpānaṃ brāhmaṇasya bhaktyā vai caraṇodakam
The woman who, endowed with faith, makes the gift of a golden image, and with devotion drinks the water from a brahmin's feet,
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PdP 4 5.12
पुराणश्रवणं चैव दद्याद्वै बहुदक्षिणाम् । बह्वपत्या जीववत्सा भवेन्नास्त्यत्र संशयः
purāṇaśravaṇaṃ caiva dadyādvai bahudakṣiṇām | bahvapatyā jīvavatsā bhavennāstyatra saṃśayaḥ
and (arranges) the hearing of the Purāṇa and gives ample fees — she will have many offspring and living children; there is no doubt of this.
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PdP 4 5.13
जले निमग्नं बालं यो दृष्ट्वा या न समुद्धरेत् । इह जन्मन्यपुत्रो वै साऽपुत्री च भवेद्ध्रुवम्
jale nimagnaṃ bālaṃ yo dṛṣṭvā yā na samuddharet | iha janmanyaputro vai sā'putrī ca bhaveddhruvam
He who, or she who, seeing a child sunk in water does not lift it out — in this birth he becomes sonless and she becomes without a son, assuredly.
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PdP 4 5.14
वृषभं चैव कूष्मांडं ससुवर्णं सवस्त्रकम् । दद्याद्दानं ब्राह्मणस्य कुर्याद्बालव्रतं शुभम्
vṛṣabhaṃ caiva kūṣmāṃḍaṃ sasuvarṇaṃ savastrakam | dadyāddānaṃ brāhmaṇasya kuryādbālavrataṃ śubham
Let (one) give as a gift to a brahmin a bull and a pumpkin along with gold and cloth, and perform the auspicious child-vow (bālavrata);
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PdP 4 5.15
गौरीं कन्यां तथा कुर्यात्पुराणश्रवणं हि यः । पुत्रो वै जायते तस्य सर्वपातकनाशनम्
gaurīṃ kanyāṃ tathā kuryātpurāṇaśravaṇaṃ hi yaḥ | putro vai jāyate tasya sarvapātakanāśanam
and he who likewise gives a maiden as Gaurī (in marriage) and holds a hearing of the Purāṇa — for him a son is born, and (this) destroys all his sins.
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PdP 4 5.16
पूर्वजन्मनि यो मर्त्यो निराशं चातिथिं द्विज । कुर्यात्क्रोधेन दंडं च पुत्रहीनो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
pūrvajanmani yo martyo nirāśaṃ cātithiṃ dvija | kuryātkrodhena daṃḍaṃ ca putrahīno bhaveddhruvam
The mortal who in a former birth, O twice-born, sends a guest away disappointed and in anger inflicts punishment (on him) will surely become sonless.
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PdP 4 5.17
ब्राह्मणं चातिथिं चैव कुर्याद्भक्त्या प्रपूजनम् । अन्नदानं जलं चैव तथा देवालयं शुभम्
brāhmaṇaṃ cātithiṃ caiva kuryādbhaktyā prapūjanam | annadānaṃ jalaṃ caiva tathā devālayaṃ śubham
Let (one) with devotion offer worship to a brahmin and to a guest, (giving) the gift of food and water, and likewise (build) an auspicious temple.
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PdP 4 5.18
पूर्वजन्मनि या नारी भ्रूणहत्यां च यो नरः । कुर्यात्सा मृतवत्सा च मृतवत्सो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
pūrvajanmani yā nārī bhrūṇahatyāṃ ca yo naraḥ | kuryātsā mṛtavatsā ca mṛtavatso bhaveddhruvam
The woman, or the man, who in a former birth commits the slaying of an embryo — she will surely have her children die, and he likewise.
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PdP 4 5.19
या नारी स्वामिसहिता कुर्याच्च हरिवासरम् । सुपुत्रा भर्तृसुभगा भवेत्सा प्रतिजन्मनि
yā nārī svāmisahitā kuryācca harivāsaram | suputrā bhartṛsubhagā bhavetsā pratijanmani
The woman who, together with her husband, observes the Hari-day (fast) — she becomes, birth after birth, blessed with good sons and fortunate in her husband.
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PdP 4 5.20
यो नरो गोधनं कुर्याच्छूद्रः कुर्याद्विमोहितः । ब्राह्मणीहरणं वापि कर्मणा स नपुंसकः
yo naro godhanaṃ kuryācchūdraḥ kuryādvimohitaḥ | brāhmaṇīharaṇaṃ vāpi karmaṇā sa napuṃsakaḥ
The man who seizes cattle-wealth, or a Śūdra who acts deluded, or one who abducts a Brahmin woman — by that deed he becomes impotent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 4 5.21
इदं तु वृजिनं कृत्वा पश्चात्पुण्यं करोति यः । इह पुण्यप्रभावेण दुहिता जायते द्विज
idaṃ tu vṛjinaṃ kṛtvā paścātpuṇyaṃ karoti yaḥ | iha puṇyaprabhāveṇa duhitā jāyate dvija
But he who, having committed this sin, afterwards does meritorious deeds — by the power of that merit here a daughter is born (to him), O twice-born.
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PdP 4 5.22
आसीत्त्रेतायुगे राजा श्रीधरो नामतो द्विज । अपुत्रो धनवांस्तस्य जाया हेमप्रभावती
āsīttretāyuge rājā śrīdharo nāmato dvija | aputro dhanavāṃstasya jāyā hemaprabhāvatī
In the Tretā age there was a king Śrīdhara by name, O twice-born, sonless but wealthy; his wife was Hemaprabhāvatī.
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PdP 4 5.23
व्यासं सकलशास्त्रज्ञं सर्वलोकहितैषिणम् । आगतं चैव पप्रच्छ चापुत्रोऽहं कथं द्विज
vyāsaṃ sakalaśāstrajñaṃ sarvalokahitaiṣiṇam | āgataṃ caiva papraccha cāputro'haṃ kathaṃ dvija
And he asked Vyāsa, knower of all the scriptures, seeker of the welfare of all the worlds, when he had come: "How am I sonless, O twice-born?"
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PdP 4 5.24
उवाच नृपतेः श्रुत्वा वचनं विनयान्वितम् । राज्ञा दत्ते च पीठे च निर्मिते कनकादिभिः
uvāca nṛpateḥ śrutvā vacanaṃ vinayānvitam | rājñā datte ca pīṭhe ca nirmite kanakādibhiḥ
Having heard the king's words, joined with humility, he spoke — the king having given him a seat fashioned of gold and other (materials).
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PdP 4 5.25
राजाराज्ञी तस्य पादौ धौतं कृत्वा च हर्षितौ । पीत्वा पादोदकं द्वौ च सर्वपातकनाशनम्
rājārājñī tasya pādau dhautaṃ kṛtvā ca harṣitau | pītvā pādodakaṃ dvau ca sarvapātakanāśanam
The king and queen, having washed his two feet, both delighted, and having drunk the water from his feet, which destroys all sins —
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PdP 4 5.26
व्यास उवाच- राजन्शृणुष्व यत्पृष्टमपुत्रो येन कर्मणा । तवेयं राज्ञी चापुत्री चैकपत्नीव्रतस्तथा
vyāsa uvāca- rājanśṛṇuṣva yatpṛṣṭamaputro yena karmaṇā | taveyaṃ rājñī cāputrī caikapatnīvratastathā
Vyāsa said: O king, hear what you have asked — by what deed you are sonless, and this queen of yours is without a child, and (why) she keeps the vow of a wife devoted to one husband.
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PdP 4 5.27
पूर्वजन्मनि चंद्रस्त्वं नाम्ना वरतनु स्मृतः । भार्या तवापि शुभ्रांगी नाम्ना वै शंकरी स्मृता
pūrvajanmani caṃdrastvaṃ nāmnā varatanu smṛtaḥ | bhāryā tavāpi śubhrāṃgī nāmnā vai śaṃkarī smṛtā
In a former birth you were Candra, called Varatanu by name; and your wife too was Śubhrāṅgī, known by the name Śaṅkarī.
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PdP 4 5.28
एकदा पथियातौ च नीचपुत्रं जलेपि च । मग्नं दृष्ट्वा हेलया च गतौ स पंचतां गतः
ekadā pathiyātau ca nīcaputraṃ jalepi ca | magnaṃ dṛṣṭvā helayā ca gatau sa paṃcatāṃ gataḥ
Once, as you two were going along the road, seeing a low-caste man's son sunk in the water, you went on in indifference, and he met his death.
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PdP 4 5.29
बहुपुण्यप्रभावेण राज्ञीराजा गतौ युवाम् । तेन कर्मविपाकेन युवायोर्न भवेत्सुतः
bahupuṇyaprabhāveṇa rājñīrājā gatau yuvām | tena karmavipākena yuvāyorna bhavetsutaḥ
By the power of much merit you two became a queen and a king; but by the ripening of that (evil) deed no son is born to you two.
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PdP 4 5.30
राजोवाच- इदानीं केन पुण्येन सुतो वै जायते प्रभो । अपुत्रस्य मनुष्याणां जीवनं हि निरर्थकम्
rājovāca- idānīṃ kena puṇyena suto vai jāyate prabho | aputrasya manuṣyāṇāṃ jīvanaṃ hi nirarthakam
The king said: Now by what merit is a son indeed born, O lord? For the life of a sonless man is without purpose.
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PdP 4 5.31
व्यास उवाच- सवस्त्रं चैव कूष्मांडं वृषभं ससुवर्णकम् । देहि दानं ब्राह्मणस्य कुरु बालव्रतं तथा
vyāsa uvāca- savastraṃ caiva kūṣmāṃḍaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ sasuvarṇakam | dehi dānaṃ brāhmaṇasya kuru bālavrataṃ tathā
Vyāsa said: Give as a gift to a Brahmin a gourd along with cloth, and a bull along with gold, and likewise perform the bāla-vrata (vow for a child);
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PdP 4 5.32
गौरीं कन्यां तथा देहि पुराणश्रवणं कुरु । पुत्रो वै जायते तत्र सर्वपातकनाशनम्
gaurīṃ kanyāṃ tathā dehi purāṇaśravaṇaṃ kuru | putro vai jāyate tatra sarvapātakanāśanam
and likewise give away a maiden of the gaurī age, and listen to the Purāṇa; thereby a son is born, and (this) destroys all sins.
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PdP 4 5.33
ब्रह्मोवाच- इति श्रुत्वा ततो राजा व्यासोक्तं दानमुत्तमम् । पुराणश्रवणं चैव चकार गतकिल्बिषः
brahmovāca- iti śrutvā tato rājā vyāsoktaṃ dānamuttamam | purāṇaśravaṇaṃ caiva cakāra gatakilbiṣaḥ
Brahmā said: Having heard this, the king then made the excellent gift declared by Vyāsa and listened to the Purāṇa, and his sin departed.
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PdP 4 5.34
ततः पुत्रो वर्षमध्ये बभूव सर्वपूजितः । अभूद्राजा सार्वभौमः सुंदरः कुलनायकः
tataḥ putro varṣamadhye babhūva sarvapūjitaḥ | abhūdrājā sārvabhaumaḥ suṃdaraḥ kulanāyakaḥ
Then within a year a son was born, honoured by all; he became a universal sovereign, handsome, the leader of his line.
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PdP 4 5.35
सूत उवाच- य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या करोति दानमुत्तमम् । अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं संक्षेपात्कथितं मया
sūta uvāca- ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā karoti dānamuttamam | aputro labhate putraṃ saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ mayā
Sūta said: He who hears this with devotion and makes that excellent gift, being sonless obtains a son — this has been told by me in brief.
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PdP 4 5.36
भक्त्या श्रुत्वा तु या नारी कुर्याद्ब्राह्मणपूजनम् । सुपुत्रा सा भवेन्नित्यं शास्त्रोक्तविधिना द्विज
bhaktyā śrutvā tu yā nārī kuryādbrāhmaṇapūjanam | suputrā sā bhavennityaṃ śāstroktavidhinā dvija
And the woman who, having heard (it) with devotion, performs the worship of Brahmins according to the rule stated in the scriptures, she ever becomes blessed with good sons, O twice-born.
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PdP 4 5.37
सुवर्णं रजतं वस्त्रं पुष्पमाल्यं च चंदनम् । यो दद्यात्पुस्तके भक्त्या सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vastraṃ puṣpamālyaṃ ca caṃdanam | yo dadyātpustake bhaktyā sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
Gold, silver, cloth, a garland of flowers, and sandal-paste — whoever offers (these) with devotion to the book, (that) destroys all sins.
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PdP 4 5.38
पूर्वजन्मनि यो मूढो ब्रह्मबालकघातकः । तस्य क्रूरो भवेत्पुत्रः सप्तजन्मांतरैर्द्विजः
pūrvajanmani yo mūḍho brahmabālakaghātakaḥ | tasya krūro bhavetputraḥ saptajanmāṃtarairdvijaḥ
The fool who in a former birth was a slayer of a Brahmin child — to him a cruel son is born through seven successive births, O twice-born.
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