Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 107

PdP 5 107.1

शुचिस्मितोवाच- कश्यपं जमदग्निं च देवानां च पुरा कथम् । ररक्ष भस्म तद्ब्रह्मन्समाचक्ष्व मुने मम

śucismitovāca- kaśyapaṃ jamadagniṃ ca devānāṃ ca purā katham | rarakṣa bhasma tadbrahmansamācakṣva mune mama

Śucismitā said: "How, in ancient times, did the ash protect Kaśyapa, and Jamadagni, and the gods? Tell me that, O brahmin, O sage."

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PdP 5 107.2

दधीच उवाच- कश्यपादियुता देवाः पूर्वमभ्यागमन्गिरिम् । शोकरं नाम विख्यातं गिरिमध्ये सुशोभनम्

dadhīca uvāca- kaśyapādiyutā devāḥ pūrvamabhyāgamangirim | śokaraṃ nāma vikhyātaṃ girimadhye suśobhanam

Dadhīca said: "Formerly the gods, together with Kaśyapa and the others, came to a mountain, the well-known one named Śokara, very beautiful, in the midst of the mountains—

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PdP 5 107.3

नानाविहंगसंकीर्णं नानामुनिगणाश्रयम् । वासुदेवाश्रयं रम्यमप्सरोगणसेवितम्

nānāvihaṃgasaṃkīrṇaṃ nānāmunigaṇāśrayam | vāsudevāśrayaṃ ramyamapsarogaṇasevitam

crowded with many kinds of birds, a refuge of many bands of sages, a dwelling of Vāsudeva, delightful, frequented by throngs of apsarases,

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PdP 5 107.4

विचित्रवृक्षसंवीतं सर्वर्तुकुसुमोज्ज्वलम् । तथाविधं प्रविश्यैते गिरिं वयमथापरे

vicitravṛkṣasaṃvītaṃ sarvartukusumojjvalam | tathāvidhaṃ praviśyaite giriṃ vayamathāpare

covered with wondrous trees, radiant with flowers of every season. Having entered such a mountain, they and we others,

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PdP 5 107.5

स्तुवंतः केशवं तत्र गताः स्म गिरिशेश्वरम् । दृष्ट्वा तत्र महाज्वालां प्रविष्टाश्च वयं च ताम्

stuvaṃtaḥ keśavaṃ tatra gatāḥ sma giriśeśvaram | dṛṣṭvā tatra mahājvālāṃ praviṣṭāśca vayaṃ ca tām

praising Keśava there, we went to the lord of Giriśa; and having seen a great flame there, we entered it.

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PdP 5 107.6

मामेकं तु तिरस्कृत्य ह्यदहद्देवता मुनीन् । मां ददाह ततः पश्चाद्भस्मीभूता वयं शुभे

māmekaṃ tu tiraskṛtya hyadahaddevatā munīn | māṃ dadāha tataḥ paścādbhasmībhūtā vayaṃ śubhe

Passing over me alone, the deity burned the sages; afterwards it burned me too, and so we were reduced to ash, O lovely one.

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PdP 5 107.7

अस्मानेतादृशान्दृष्ट्वा वीरभद्रः प्रतापवान् । केनापिकारणेनासौ गतवान्पर्वतं च तम्

asmānetādṛśāndṛṣṭvā vīrabhadraḥ pratāpavān | kenāpikāraṇenāsau gatavānparvataṃ ca tam

Seeing us in such a state, the majestic Vīrabhadra—he had gone to that mountain for some reason or other—

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PdP 5 107.8

भस्मोद्धूलितसर्वांगो मस्तकस्थशिवः शुचिः । एकाकी निःस्पृहः शान्तो हाहाशब्दमथाशृणोत्

bhasmoddhūlitasarvāṃgo mastakasthaśivaḥ śuciḥ | ekākī niḥspṛhaḥ śānto hāhāśabdamathāśṛṇot

with all his limbs dusted with ash, with Śiva set upon his head, pure, alone, free of desire, tranquil—then heard a cry of "Alas! Alas!"

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PdP 5 107.9

अथ चिंतापरश्चासीन्म्रियमाण शवध्वनिः । शवानामिवगंधश्च दृश्यते तन्निरीक्षणे

atha ciṃtāparaścāsīnmriyamāṇa śavadhvaniḥ | śavānāmivagaṃdhaśca dṛśyate tannirīkṣaṇe

Then he became absorbed in thought: "This is the sound of the dying (and of) corpses, and a smell as of corpses is perceived when one looks there."

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PdP 5 107.10

इति निश्चित्य मनसा जगामाग्निमतिप्रभम् । स वह्निर्वीरभद्रं च दग्धुमारब्धवानथ

iti niścitya manasā jagāmāgnimatiprabham | sa vahnirvīrabhadraṃ ca dagdhumārabdhavānatha

Having thus resolved in his mind, he went to the exceedingly brilliant fire; and that fire then began to burn Vīrabhadra.

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PdP 5 107.11

तृणाग्निरिव शांतोऽभूदासाद्य सलिलं यथा । ततोऽपरां महाज्वालां वीरभद्रस्तु दृष्टवान्

tṛṇāgniriva śāṃto'bhūdāsādya salilaṃ yathā | tato'parāṃ mahājvālāṃ vīrabhadrastu dṛṣṭavān

It became extinguished like a grass-fire that has met with water. Then Vīrabhadra saw another great flame.

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PdP 5 107.12

खं गच्छंतीं महाकालो ज्वालां निपतितामपि । मनसा चिंतयच्चापि वीरभद्रः प्रतापवान्

khaṃ gacchaṃtīṃ mahākālo jvālāṃ nipatitāmapi | manasā ciṃtayaccāpi vīrabhadraḥ pratāpavān

The mighty Vīrabhadra, the great Kāla, also pondered in his mind on the flame, which was going to the sky and yet had fallen down:

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PdP 5 107.13

सर्वेषां नाशिनी ज्वाला प्राणिनां शतकोटिशः । तत्सर्वं रक्षणार्थं हि पिपासुश्चाप्यहं त्विमाम्

sarveṣāṃ nāśinī jvālā prāṇināṃ śatakoṭiśaḥ | tatsarvaṃ rakṣaṇārthaṃ hi pipāsuścāpyahaṃ tvimām

"This flame destroys all living beings by the hundreds of crores; so, for the sake of protecting them all, I am thirsty for it.

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PdP 5 107.14

प्राश्नामि महतीं ज्वालां सलिलं तृषितो यथा । एतस्मिन्नंतरे वीरं वागाह चाशरीरिणी

prāśnāmi mahatīṃ jvālāṃ salilaṃ tṛṣito yathā | etasminnaṃtare vīraṃ vāgāha cāśarīriṇī

I shall swallow this mighty flame as a thirsty man swallows water." At that moment a bodiless voice spoke to the hero.

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PdP 5 107.15

भारत्युवाच- वीर मा साहसं कार्षीः क्व तृषा क्वाशुशुक्षणिः । तृषितानां जलेनार्थो विपरीतो वनाग्निना

bhāratyuvāca- vīra mā sāhasaṃ kārṣīḥ kva tṛṣā kvāśuśukṣaṇiḥ | tṛṣitānāṃ jalenārtho viparīto vanāgninā

Bhāratī said: "Hero, do not act rashly. What has thirst to do with fire? For the thirsty the object is water; with a forest fire it is the opposite.

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PdP 5 107.16

निकामं योजनशिराः प्रणष्टो राक्षसेश्वरः । शतयोजनवक्त्रश्च शतबाहुस्तथापरः

nikāmaṃ yojanaśirāḥ praṇaṣṭo rākṣaseśvaraḥ | śatayojanavaktraśca śatabāhustathāparaḥ

The lord of rākṣasas, whose head was a yojana (wide), utterly perished; and likewise another, with a mouth a hundred yojanas (wide) and a hundred arms.

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PdP 5 107.17

अगस्त्यश्च महाभागो निःशेषं पीतसागरः । एतानन्यानसंख्याताञ्ज्वालेयं तानमारयत्

agastyaśca mahābhāgo niḥśeṣaṃ pītasāgaraḥ | etānanyānasaṃkhyātāñjvāleyaṃ tānamārayat

And the greatly fortunate Agastya, who drank the ocean dry — these and other countless ones this flame killed.

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PdP 5 107.18

वीरभद्र उवाच- भीषिकेयं महाज्वाला त्वदुक्ता न हि जायते । सरस्वति भवत्यां च ममरोषश्च जायते

vīrabhadra uvāca- bhīṣikeyaṃ mahājvālā tvaduktā na hi jāyate | sarasvati bhavatyāṃ ca mamaroṣaśca jāyate

Vīrabhadra said: This great flame (of yours) is a mere threat; what you have spoken does not come to pass. And, Sarasvatī, anger toward you arises in me.

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PdP 5 107.19

सर्वदेवार्चितपदं वीरभद्रमवेहि माम् । भारत्युवाच- मयोक्तं हितभावेन न द्वेषान्नान्यतो मुने

sarvadevārcitapadaṃ vīrabhadramavehi mām | bhāratyuvāca- mayoktaṃ hitabhāvena na dveṣānnānyato mune

Know me to be Vīrabhadra, whose feet are worshipped by all the gods. Bhāratī said: What I said was said out of goodwill, not from hatred nor from any other motive, O sage.

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PdP 5 107.20

कोपमुत्सृज वीर त्वमात्मनोहितमाचर । इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे देवी भारती वीरभीतितः

kopamutsṛja vīra tvamātmanohitamācara | ityuktvāṃtardadhe devī bhāratī vīrabhītitaḥ

Let go of anger, hero; act for your own good. Having said this, the goddess Bhāratī vanished, out of fear of the hero.

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PdP 5 107.21

अथ वीरो महाज्वालामपासील्लीलयैव तु । क्षणेन महती ज्वाला शतयोजनविस्तृता

atha vīro mahājvālāmapāsīllīlayaiva tu | kṣaṇena mahatī jvālā śatayojanavistṛtā

Then the hero pushed aside the great flame as if in mere play; in an instant the huge flame, spread over a hundred yojanas,

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PdP 5 107.22

एकेन वीरभद्रेण पीता परमदुःसहा । अथ चेंद्रमुखानां च मुनीनां भस्मराशयः

ekena vīrabhadreṇa pītā paramaduḥsahā | atha ceṃdramukhānāṃ ca munīnāṃ bhasmarāśayaḥ

was drunk up by Vīrabhadra alone — (that flame) most unendurable. And then there were heaps of ash of the sages headed by Indra.

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PdP 5 107.23

दृष्टा वै वीरभद्रेण आहूताश्च महात्मना । न चाब्रुवन्प्रतिवचो मृता मुनिदिवौकसः

dṛṣṭā vai vīrabhadreṇa āhūtāśca mahātmanā | na cābruvanprativaco mṛtā munidivaukasaḥ

They were seen by Vīrabhadra, and the great-souled one called out to them; but they gave no answer in reply, the sages and dwellers of heaven being dead.

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PdP 5 107.24

वीरभद्रस्तु विज्ञाय नाशं मुनिदिवौकसाम् । दध्यावमून्कथं सर्वाञ्जीवयाम्यद्य कोविदः

vīrabhadrastu vijñāya nāśaṃ munidivaukasām | dadhyāvamūnkathaṃ sarvāñjīvayāmyadya kovidaḥ

But Vīrabhadra, realizing the destruction of the sages and the heaven-dwellers, being skilled (in such matters), reflected: how shall I now bring all these back to life?

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PdP 5 107.25

ध्यानेन दृष्टवांश्चापि जीवितं भस्मदेहिनाम् । अथाचम्य मृतानां तु भस्मान्यथ च भस्मना

dhyānena dṛṣṭavāṃścāpi jīvitaṃ bhasmadehinām | athācamya mṛtānāṃ tu bhasmānyatha ca bhasmanā

And by meditation he saw the life of those whose bodies had become ash. Then, having sipped water, (he took) the ashes of the dead, and with the ash

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PdP 5 107.26

मृत्युंजयेन मंत्रेण मंत्रितेन ह्यमंत्रयत् । अथोत्थिता मुनिवराः स्वं स्वं रूपमुपाश्रिताः

mṛtyuṃjayena maṃtreṇa maṃtritena hyamaṃtrayat | athotthitā munivarāḥ svaṃ svaṃ rūpamupāśritāḥ

he consecrated (them) with the Mṛtyuñjaya mantra, duly recited. Then the best of sages rose up, each having resumed his own form.

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PdP 5 107.27

अथ ते गतवंतश्च गिरिपार्श्वं महाप्रभम् । तत्रापि भक्षिताः सर्वे सर्पेणातिशरीरिणा

atha te gatavaṃtaśca giripārśvaṃ mahāprabham | tatrāpi bhakṣitāḥ sarve sarpeṇātiśarīriṇā

Then they went to the flank of the mountain, of great splendour; and there too they were all devoured by a serpent of enormous body.

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PdP 5 107.28

अथ वीरो महासर्पसमीपमगमत्प्रभुः । वीरमागतमालोक्य भुजगो योद्धुमारभत्

atha vīro mahāsarpasamīpamagamatprabhuḥ | vīramāgatamālokya bhujago yoddhumārabhat

Then the mighty hero went near the great serpent; seeing the hero come, the snake began to fight.

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PdP 5 107.29

युयुधे वर्षमेकं तु नानारूपधरः फणी । अथ वीरः प्रगृह्यौष्ठयुगं करयुगेन च

yuyudhe varṣamekaṃ tu nānārūpadharaḥ phaṇī | atha vīraḥ pragṛhyauṣṭhayugaṃ karayugena ca

The hooded serpent, taking on many forms, fought for a whole year. Then the hero, seizing its pair of lips with his two hands,

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PdP 5 107.30

द्विधा चक्रे समस्तांगं देवांस्तत्र गतायुषः । दृष्ट्वाथ भस्मनैवैताञ्जीवयामास शंकरः

dvidhā cakre samastāṃgaṃ devāṃstatra gatāyuṣaḥ | dṛṣṭvātha bhasmanaivaitāñjīvayāmāsa śaṃkaraḥ

tore its whole body in two. Then, seeing the gods there with their lives gone, Śaṅkara revived them by means of ash alone.

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PdP 5 107.31

अथ देवाः समुनयो वीरभद्रं प्रणम्य तु । गतवंतो यथामार्गं ददृशू रक्ष आगतम्

atha devāḥ samunayo vīrabhadraṃ praṇamya tu | gatavaṃto yathāmārgaṃ dadṛśū rakṣa āgatam

Then the gods together with the sages bowed to Vīrabhadra and went along the road (as before); (there) they saw a rākṣasa coming,

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PdP 5 107.32

पंचमेढ्रं महाकायं दोर्भिश्च दशभिर्युतम् । पंचपादसमोपेतं शिरोभिर्युतमष्टभिः

paṃcameḍhraṃ mahākāyaṃ dorbhiśca daśabhiryutam | paṃcapādasamopetaṃ śirobhiryutamaṣṭabhiḥ

having five penises, a huge body, furnished with ten arms, equipped with five feet, and having eight heads,

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PdP 5 107.33

कांक्षमाणं महाहारं युध्यमानो हि वालिना । महावराहवपुषो वासुदेवस्य यद्बलम्

kāṃkṣamāṇaṃ mahāhāraṃ yudhyamāno hi vālinā | mahāvarāhavapuṣo vāsudevasya yadbalam

longing for a great meal, and fighting with Vālin. Whatever strength belonged to Vāsudeva in the form of the great boar,

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PdP 5 107.34

तादृशं द्विगुणीभूतं कपौ वालिनि निश्चितम् । तादृशं वानरश्रेष्ठं ससुग्रीवं सराक्षसः

tādṛśaṃ dviguṇībhūtaṃ kapau vālini niścitam | tādṛśaṃ vānaraśreṣṭhaṃ sasugrīvaṃ sarākṣasaḥ

such strength, doubled, was reckoned to be in the monkey Vālin; (yet) that best of monkeys, together with Sugrīva, the rākṣasa (overpowered) —

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PdP 5 107.35

मुष्टियुद्धे पंचपादैः सहसा हत्य वालिनम् । सुग्रीवं च कराभ्यां स हंतुमेव प्रचक्रमे

muṣṭiyuddhe paṃcapādaiḥ sahasā hatya vālinam | sugrīvaṃ ca karābhyāṃ sa haṃtumeva pracakrame

having suddenly struck Vālin down with his five feet in a fist-fight, he set about killing Sugrīva too with his two hands.

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PdP 5 107.36

आस्ये निक्षिप्य सुग्रीवमग्रसत्कवलं यथा । वालिसुग्रीवग्रसनं दृष्ट्वा चिंतामवाप ह

āsye nikṣipya sugrīvamagrasatkavalaṃ yathā | vālisugrīvagrasanaṃ dṛṣṭvā ciṃtāmavāpa ha

Having thrown Sugrīva into his mouth, he swallowed (him) down like a mouthful; and seeing the swallowing of Vālin and Sugrīva, (Vīrabhadra) fell into anxiety.

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PdP 5 107.37

कथमेनं हनिष्यामि रक्षयिष्ये कथं कपिम् । एवं हि चिंतयानं तं वानरं राक्षसेश्वरः

kathamenaṃ haniṣyāmi rakṣayiṣye kathaṃ kapim | evaṃ hi ciṃtayānaṃ taṃ vānaraṃ rākṣaseśvaraḥ

"How shall I slay him? How shall I save the monkey?" — while he was thinking thus, the lord of rākṣasas (took) that monkey,

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PdP 5 107.38

अग्रसीदेकयत्नेन तथाभूतं च राक्षसम् । दृष्ट्वा देवर्षयः सर्वे पलायनपरास्तथा

agrasīdekayatnena tathābhūtaṃ ca rākṣasam | dṛṣṭvā devarṣayaḥ sarve palāyanaparāstathā

and swallowed (him) with a single effort; and seeing the rākṣasa in such a state, all the gods and seers were intent on flight.

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PdP 5 107.39

पलायमानांस्तान्दृष्ट्वा पंचमेढ्रः स राक्षसः । हस्तैः समस्तैस्तान्सर्वानादायाभक्षयत्तदा

palāyamānāṃstāndṛṣṭvā paṃcameḍhraḥ sa rākṣasaḥ | hastaiḥ samastaistānsarvānādāyābhakṣayattadā

Seeing them fleeing, that five-membered rākṣasa then seized them all with all his hands and ate them.

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PdP 5 107.40

वीरभद्रस्ततो दृष्ट्वा वानरर्षिसुरादनम् । पंचाशद्योजनशिलां करेणादाय तं रुषा

vīrabhadrastato dṛṣṭvā vānararṣisurādanam | paṃcāśadyojanaśilāṃ kareṇādāya taṃ ruṣā

Then Vīrabhadra, seeing the devouring of monkeys, seers and gods, took in his hand a rock fifty yojanas (in size) and in fury (struck) him

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PdP 5 107.41

निजघान शिरोमध्ये मध्यमं पतितं शिरः । तत आदाय शैलस्य शृंगं तच्छतयोजनम्

nijaghāna śiromadhye madhyamaṃ patitaṃ śiraḥ | tata ādāya śailasya śṛṃgaṃ tacchatayojanam

in the middle of the head; the middle head fell. Then, taking that peak of the mountain, a hundred yojanas (in size),

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PdP 5 107.42

स्थापयित्वा दृढतरं राक्षसेंद्रं तथाहरत् । राक्षसोऽथ बभाषे तं वीरभद्रं त्रिलोचनम्

sthāpayitvā dṛḍhataraṃ rākṣaseṃdraṃ tathāharat | rākṣaso'tha babhāṣe taṃ vīrabhadraṃ trilocanam

and setting it down very firmly, he carried off the lord of rākṣasas. Then the rākṣasa spoke to that three-eyed Vīrabhadra:

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PdP 5 107.43

मम बाहुबलं पश्य वीक्षितं त्वद्बलं मया । असिद्वयं तैलधौतं पंचाशद्योजनोन्नतम्

mama bāhubalaṃ paśya vīkṣitaṃ tvadbalaṃ mayā | asidvayaṃ tailadhautaṃ paṃcāśadyojanonnatam

"Look at the strength of my arms; your strength has been observed by me. (Here are) two swords, washed with oil, fifty yojanas long,

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PdP 5 107.44

एकयोजनविस्तारं सुदृढं लक्षणान्वितम् । एकं गृहाणाभिमतं विशिष्टं तन्ममप्रियम्

ekayojanavistāraṃ sudṛḍhaṃ lakṣaṇānvitam | ekaṃ gṛhāṇābhimataṃ viśiṣṭaṃ tanmamapriyam

one yojana broad, very strong, endowed with (auspicious) marks: take the one you prefer; that (other) excellent one is dear to me."

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PdP 5 107.45

वीरभद्रस्तथेत्युक्त्वा गृहीत्वासिं महाबलः । करेणाचालयत्तीक्ष्णं क्ष्वेलीं चक्रे ततः क्रुधा

vīrabhadrastathetyuktvā gṛhītvāsiṃ mahābalaḥ | kareṇācālayattīkṣṇaṃ kṣvelīṃ cakre tataḥ krudhā

Vīrabhadra said "So be it," and the mighty one, taking a sword, brandished the sharp weapon in his hand and then in anger uttered a battle-shout.

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PdP 5 107.46

गृहीतासिस्तथा क्ष्वेलद्यं चक्रे राक्षसपुंगवः । वीरभद्रं समभ्येत्य कंठं प्रतिसमर्पयत्

gṛhītāsistathā kṣveladyaṃ cakre rākṣasapuṃgavaḥ | vīrabhadraṃ samabhyetya kaṃṭhaṃ pratisamarpayat

Likewise the bull among rākṣasas, having taken his sword, gave a battle-shout; approaching Vīrabhadra, he offered his neck (to him).

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PdP 5 107.47

तद्गात्रं भिन्नमभवच्छोणितं निर्गतं बहु । राक्षसस्त्वेकहस्तेन पपौ तच्छोणितं ततः

tadgātraṃ bhinnamabhavacchoṇitaṃ nirgataṃ bahu | rākṣasastvekahastena papau tacchoṇitaṃ tataḥ

His body was split open and much blood poured out; but the rākṣasa then drank up that blood with one hand.

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PdP 5 107.48

वीरभद्रः कंठदेशे राक्षसं प्राहरद्रुषा । शिरोद्वयं तथाच्छिन्नं पतमानं ततोऽग्रहीत्

vīrabhadraḥ kaṃṭhadeśe rākṣasaṃ prāharadruṣā | śirodvayaṃ tathācchinnaṃ patamānaṃ tato'grahīt

Vīrabhadra in fury struck the rākṣasa on the region of the neck; and he then caught the two severed heads as they were falling.

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PdP 5 107.49

न्यभक्षयदमेयात्मा सिंहनादं चकार ह । तेन नादेन महता क्षुब्धमासीज्जगत्त्रयम्

nyabhakṣayadameyātmā siṃhanādaṃ cakāra ha | tena nādena mahatā kṣubdhamāsījjagattrayam

The one of immeasurable spirit ate them up and gave a lion's roar; by that mighty roar the three worlds were shaken.

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PdP 5 107.50

अन्योन्यमसिघातेन भिन्नगात्रौ विकस्वरौ । किंशुकाविव दृश्येते पुष्पितौ रुधिरोक्षितौ

anyonyamasighātena bhinnagātrau vikasvarau | kiṃśukāviva dṛśyete puṣpitau rudhirokṣitau

With their limbs split open by each other's sword-strokes and gaping wide, the two looked like two kiṃśuka trees in bloom, drenched in blood.

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PdP 5 107.51

वर्षमेकं तु संयुध्य सासीदेवासुरौ तदा । अतःपरं वर्षमेकं गदायुद्धमभूत्तयोः

varṣamekaṃ tu saṃyudhya sāsīdevāsurau tadā | ataḥparaṃ varṣamekaṃ gadāyuddhamabhūttayoḥ

For one year the god and the asura fought together with swords; after that, for one more year, there was a mace-battle between the two.

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PdP 5 107.52

असिपुत्रिकया पश्चाद्वर्षमेकमभूद्रणः । पुनर्गृहीत्वासियुगं युयुधाते परस्परम्

asiputrikayā paścādvarṣamekamabhūdraṇaḥ | punargṛhītvāsiyugaṃ yuyudhāte parasparam

Afterwards for one year the fight was with the dagger; again, taking up the pair of swords, they fought with each other.

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PdP 5 107.53

शं ब्रुवाणो महाखड्गं दंष्ट्राकारो गणेश्वरः । सरोषरक्तनयनश्चालयित्वासिमग्रतः

śaṃ bruvāṇo mahākhaḍgaṃ daṃṣṭrākāro gaṇeśvaraḥ | saroṣaraktanayanaścālayitvāsimagrataḥ

Uttering "śaṃ," the tusked lord of the gaṇas, his eyes red with rage, brandished his great sword before (him),

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PdP 5 107.54

तस्य कंठवनं सर्वं चिच्छेद कदलद्यं यथा । शिरांसि सर्वाण्यादाय बभक्ष भगनेत्रहा

tasya kaṃṭhavanaṃ sarvaṃ ciccheda kadaladyaṃ yathā | śirāṃsi sarvāṇyādāya babhakṣa bhaganetrahā

and cut through his whole thicket of necks as one cuts a plantain grove; and the destroyer of Bhaga's eye took all the heads and devoured them.

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PdP 5 107.55

तस्य गात्रं कररुहैर्विदार्याहृत्य देवताः । कपींद्रौ च तथा चान्या अद्राक्षीत्परमेश्वरीम्

tasya gātraṃ kararuhairvidāryāhṛtya devatāḥ | kapīṃdrau ca tathā cānyā adrākṣītparameśvarīm

Tearing open his body with his nails and drawing out the gods, the two monkey lords, and the others, he beheld the Supreme Goddess.

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PdP 5 107.56

एतद्युद्धं महाघोरं नारदो वीक्ष्य चाभ्यगात् । ब्रह्मणे वासुदेवाय शंकराय व्यजिज्ञपत्

etadyuddhaṃ mahāghoraṃ nārado vīkṣya cābhyagāt | brahmaṇe vāsudevāya śaṃkarāya vyajijñapat

Nārada, having observed this exceedingly terrible battle, went (to the gods) and reported it to Brahmā, to Vāsudeva, and to Śaṃkara.

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PdP 5 107.57

मुनयो रक्षिता देवा वालिसुग्रीव वानरौ । एतौ संजीवयामास ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवात्मकः

munayo rakṣitā devā vālisugrīva vānarau | etau saṃjīvayāmāsa brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakaḥ

The sages and the gods were protected; and as for the two monkeys Vālin and Sugrīva, he whose nature is Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva brought these two back to life.

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PdP 5 107.58

रक्षसे शंभुना दत्तो वरः परमदारुणः । हिरण्यकशिपोराज्ये बलवानेक राक्षसः

rakṣase śaṃbhunā datto varaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ | hiraṇyakaśiporājye balavāneka rākṣasaḥ

An exceedingly dreadful boon had been given by Śambhu to a rākṣasa; in the kingdom of Hiraṇyakaśipu there was one mighty rākṣasa.

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PdP 5 107.59

देवैः सार्द्धं तु युयुधे वर्षाणां शतमद्भुतम् । पलायिताश्च बहुधा मृताश्च शतशोसुराः

devaiḥ sārddhaṃ tu yuyudhe varṣāṇāṃ śatamadbhutam | palāyitāśca bahudhā mṛtāśca śataśosurāḥ

He fought with the gods for a hundred years — a marvel; and (they) fled in many directions, and the asuras died by the hundreds.

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PdP 5 107.60

शुक्रेण रक्षितः सोऽथ गुरुणाचिंतयत्त्विदम् । मृतोऽस्मि शतशः शुक्र जीवितोऽस्मि त्वयैव हि

śukreṇa rakṣitaḥ so'tha guruṇāciṃtayattvidam | mṛto'smi śataśaḥ śukra jīvito'smi tvayaiva hi

Then he, being protected by Śukra, thought this about his teacher: "I have died a hundred times, Śukra, and by you alone have I been made to live.

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PdP 5 107.61

अमृत्यवे त्वमेतस्मादुदरस्थमृताय च । अन्यथा मरणं मह्यं भविष्यति न संशयः

amṛtyave tvametasmādudarasthamṛtāya ca | anyathā maraṇaṃ mahyaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

(Grant) me, therefore, freedom from death, and freedom from dying from this — from (an enemy) situated within (my) belly; otherwise death will surely come to me."

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PdP 5 107.62

गुरो यमेन साकं मे युद्धमासीत्सुदारुणम् । मयासौ ग्रसितो युद्धे यमराजः प्रतापवान्

guro yamena sākaṃ me yuddhamāsītsudāruṇam | mayāsau grasito yuddhe yamarājaḥ pratāpavān

"O teacher, I had a most dreadful battle with Yama; in that fight I swallowed that mighty king Yama.

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PdP 5 107.63

ममोदरं प्रविश्यासौ बिभेद च ननाद च । अहं मृतस्तदा चासं त्वया संजीवितः पुनः

mamodaraṃ praviśyāsau bibheda ca nanāda ca | ahaṃ mṛtastadā cāsaṃ tvayā saṃjīvitaḥ punaḥ

Having entered my belly, he split it open and roared; then I died, and was again brought back to life by you.

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PdP 5 107.64

तस्मादुदरसंस्थानां मरणाय तपे तपः । शुक्र उवाच- एवमेतन्न संदेहो यथावत्त्वं समाचर

tasmādudarasaṃsthānāṃ maraṇāya tape tapaḥ | śukra uvāca- evametanna saṃdeho yathāvattvaṃ samācara

Therefore I shall practise austerity for (freedom from) death by those lodged within the belly." Śukra said: "So it is, there is no doubt; carry it out properly.

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PdP 5 107.65

स्यमंतपंचकं तीर्थं तत्र त्वं तप्तुमर्हसि । राक्षस उवाच- तपे महत्तपो घोरं यन्न चीर्णं सुरासुरैः

syamaṃtapaṃcakaṃ tīrthaṃ tatra tvaṃ taptumarhasi | rākṣasa uvāca- tape mahattapo ghoraṃ yanna cīrṇaṃ surāsuraiḥ

The tīrtha Syamantapañcaka — there you ought to practise austerity." The rākṣasa said: "I shall practise a great, terrible austerity, such as has not been performed by gods or asuras.

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PdP 5 107.66

गुल्फप्रदेशे पादान्ते त्वयःपाशैः प्रबध्य च । अयःस्तंभयुगं कृत्वा अयःपट्टिकयान्वितम्

gulphapradeśe pādānte tvayaḥpāśaiḥ prabadhya ca | ayaḥstaṃbhayugaṃ kṛtvā ayaḥpaṭṭikayānvitam

Binding (myself) with iron cords at the ankle region, at the ends of the feet, and having set up a pair of iron posts fitted with an iron plate,

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PdP 5 107.67

पट्टिकायां पादबंधं कृत्वाधः शीर्षतां तथा । विवृतास्यं तथा कल्पं कृत्वाधोमुखमुच्चकैः

paṭṭikāyāṃ pādabaṃdhaṃ kṛtvādhaḥ śīrṣatāṃ tathā | vivṛtāsyaṃ tathā kalpaṃ kṛtvādhomukhamuccakaiḥ

and having fastened the feet to the plate, and so being head-downward, with mouth wide open — having made such an arrangement, face downward, high up,

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PdP 5 107.68

स्तंभोत्तरेण ज्वालायां चक्रिकायामितस्ततः । अधःशिरास्तथा तिष्ठन्नुन्मील्यैव विलोचने

staṃbhottareṇa jvālāyāṃ cakrikāyāmitastataḥ | adhaḥśirāstathā tiṣṭhannunmīlyaiva vilocane

upon the upper part of the post, in the flame, on a wheel (turning) this way and that, standing thus head-downward, with the eyes held wide open —

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PdP 5 107.69

एवं तपश्चरिष्यामि वरदः कोपि मे भवेत् । ब्रह्मा वा वरदः सोऽस्तु शंकरो विष्णुरेव च

evaṃ tapaścariṣyāmi varadaḥ kopi me bhavet | brahmā vā varadaḥ so'stu śaṃkaro viṣṇureva ca

thus shall I practise austerity, that some giver of boons may come to me: let the boon-giver be Brahmā, or Śaṃkara, or Viṣṇu himself.

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PdP 5 107.70

वरदे न तु मे भाव्यं यो वा कोवा वरप्रदः । इत्थमाभाष्य मुनिना गुरुणा भार्गवेण सः

varade na tu me bhāvyaṃ yo vā kovā varapradaḥ | itthamābhāṣya muninā guruṇā bhārgaveṇa saḥ

But I need not concern myself with which one is the boon-giver, whoever he may be." Having been thus addressed by the sage, his teacher Bhārgava, he

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PdP 5 107.71

तथातपच्च षण्मासं पुनरन्यच्चकार ह । नखाभ्यां स्वशिरश्छित्त्वा जुहावाग्नौ समंत्रकम्

tathātapacca ṣaṇmāsaṃ punaranyaccakāra ha | nakhābhyāṃ svaśiraśchittvā juhāvāgnau samaṃtrakam

performed austerity in that manner for six months, and then did yet another thing: cutting off his own head with his two nails, he offered it into the fire with mantras.

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PdP 5 107.72

नमो भद्राय मंत्रेण चत्वारि च शिरांसि सः । पंचमं तु शिरो हातुं यतमाने च राक्षसे

namo bhadrāya maṃtreṇa catvāri ca śirāṃsi saḥ | paṃcamaṃ tu śiro hātuṃ yatamāne ca rākṣase

With the mantra "homage to Bhadra" (he offered) four heads; and when the rākṣasa was making the effort to give up the fifth head,

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PdP 5 107.73

वह्निमध्यात्समुत्तस्थौ भगवानंबिकापतिः । शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशो बालचन्द्र विभूषणः

vahnimadhyātsamuttasthau bhagavānaṃbikāpatiḥ | śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśo bālacandra vibhūṣaṇaḥ

the Lord, the husband of Ambikā, rose up from the midst of the fire, shining like pure crystal, adorned with the crescent moon.

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PdP 5 107.74

अधःशिरस्कं तद्रक्ष इदमाह महेश्वरः । मा साहसं कृथा रक्षो वरदोऽस्मि वरं वृणु

adhaḥśiraskaṃ tadrakṣa idamāha maheśvaraḥ | mā sāhasaṃ kṛthā rakṣo varado'smi varaṃ vṛṇu

Maheśvara said this to that rākṣasa who hung head-downward: "Do not act rashly, rākṣasa; I am the giver of boons — choose a boon."

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PdP 5 107.75

राक्षस उवाच- बहूनां च वराणां त्वं दाता नूनं महेश्वरः । हतशीर्षसमुत्पत्तिं ग्रस्तजीवमृतिं तथा

rākṣasa uvāca- bahūnāṃ ca varāṇāṃ tvaṃ dātā nūnaṃ maheśvaraḥ | hataśīrṣasamutpattiṃ grastajīvamṛtiṃ tathā

The rākṣasa said: "You are surely Maheśvara, the giver of many boons: (grant me) the springing up again (of my head) when it is struck off, and death for the living being that I have swallowed,

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PdP 5 107.76

वराहवपुषो विष्णोरस्तु शक्तिश्चतुर्गुणा । मयि तेन हि रोषः स्यात्संनिधिस्तु सदा मम

varāhavapuṣo viṣṇorastu śaktiścaturguṇā | mayi tena hi roṣaḥ syātsaṃnidhistu sadā mama

"Let there be for Viṣṇu in the boar's body a power fourfold (greater than mine); let his anger be against me, but let his presence always be with me."

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PdP 5 107.77

त्वज्जटोत्पाटनेनैकः पुरुषः संभविष्यति । तेनैव मरणं नान्यैरिदमस्तु वृतं मम

tvajjaṭotpāṭanenaikaḥ puruṣaḥ saṃbhaviṣyati | tenaiva maraṇaṃ nānyairidamastu vṛtaṃ mama

"By the tearing out of a lock of your hair a single man shall come into being; by him alone (let there be) my death, not by others — let this be what I have chosen."

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PdP 5 107.78

भविष्यत्येवमेवैतदित्युक्त्वांतर्हितोहरः । एवंलब्धवरः पापी राक्षसो निहतस्त्वया

bhaviṣyatyevamevaitadityuktvāṃtarhitoharaḥ | evaṃlabdhavaraḥ pāpī rākṣaso nihatastvayā

"It shall be just so" — having said this, Hara vanished. The wicked demon, having thus obtained a boon, was slain by you.

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PdP 5 107.79

अथालिंग्य हरिर्वीरं शंकरश्च पितामहः । यथागतमथोजग्मुरथ देवादियोषितः

athāliṃgya harirvīraṃ śaṃkaraśca pitāmahaḥ | yathāgatamathojagmuratha devādiyoṣitaḥ

Then Hari embraced the hero, and Śaṅkara and the Grandfather (did so too); then they went as they had come, and then the wives of the gods and the rest,

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PdP 5 107.80

निपत्य दंडवद्भूमौ वीरभद्रमथाब्रुवन् । नमस्ते देवदेवेश नमस्ते करुणाकर

nipatya daṃḍavadbhūmau vīrabhadramathābruvan | namaste devadeveśa namaste karuṇākara

falling to the ground like a rod, then said to Vīrabhadra: "Homage to you, lord of the gods of gods; homage to you, mine of compassion."

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PdP 5 107.81

नमस्ते शाश्वतानंत नमस्ते वरदो भव । वीरभद्र उवाच- भस्मना जीवयिष्यामि सुरान्समुनि वानरान्

namaste śāśvatānaṃta namaste varado bhava | vīrabhadra uvāca- bhasmanā jīvayiṣyāmi surānsamuni vānarān

"Homage to you, eternal and endless one; homage to you — be a giver of boons." Vīrabhadra said: "With ash I shall bring to life the gods together with the sages and the monkeys."

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PdP 5 107.82

भवतीभिः प्रतोष्टव्यं शोकः कार्यो न चाधुना । इत्युक्त्वा वीरभद्रस्तु भस्मनाजीवयत्सतान्

bhavatībhiḥ pratoṣṭavyaṃ śokaḥ kāryo na cādhunā | ityuktvā vīrabhadrastu bhasmanājīvayatsatān

"You ladies should be consoled, and no grieving should be done now." Having said this, Vīrabhadra brought those (beings) to life with ash.

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PdP 5 107.83

उत्थिता मुनिदेवाश्च वानरौ चोत्थितौ ततः । इदमूचुर्वचो हृष्टाः शिरःस्थांजलयो नमन्

utthitā munidevāśca vānarau cotthitau tataḥ | idamūcurvaco hṛṣṭāḥ śiraḥsthāṃjalayo naman

The sages and gods rose up, and then the two monkeys rose; delighted, with palms joined at their heads, bowing, they spoke these words:

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PdP 5 107.84

त्वयात्र जीवितास्तात पिता त्वं धर्मतो हि नः । अस्माकं शरणं नित्यं भव शंकरसंभव

tvayātra jīvitāstāta pitā tvaṃ dharmato hi naḥ | asmākaṃ śaraṇaṃ nityaṃ bhava śaṃkarasaṃbhava

"We have been brought to life here by you, dear one; by right you are our father. Be ever our refuge, O son of Śaṅkara."

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PdP 5 107.85

शिशूनां दुष्टचरितं दृष्ट्वा शिक्षेस्तथा च तान् । रक्षेः परकृता बाधा व्याधिभ्यश्च यथौरसान्

śiśūnāṃ duṣṭacaritaṃ dṛṣṭvā śikṣestathā ca tān | rakṣeḥ parakṛtā bādhā vyādhibhyaśca yathaurasān

"Seeing the bad conduct of children, so may you discipline them; may you protect (us) from harm caused by others and from diseases, as (one protects) one's own offspring."

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PdP 5 107.86

दक्षाध्वरे कृतागस्काः शिक्षिता भवतानघ । इदानीं रक्षितास्तात वयं शिशुवदेव ते

dakṣādhvare kṛtāgaskāḥ śikṣitā bhavatānagha | idānīṃ rakṣitāstāta vayaṃ śiśuvadeva te

"At Dakṣa's sacrifice we, who had committed offence, were disciplined by you, O sinless one; now, dear one, we have been protected by you just like children."

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PdP 5 107.87

वीरभद्र उवाच- सत्यमेतन्न संदेहो यत्र बाधा भवेत्तु वः । तत्र मां स्मरत क्षिप्रं बाधानाशं गमिष्यति

vīrabhadra uvāca- satyametanna saṃdeho yatra bādhā bhavettu vaḥ | tatra māṃ smarata kṣipraṃ bādhānāśaṃ gamiṣyati

Vīrabhadra said: "This is true, there is no doubt. Wherever there is harm to you, there remember me: quickly the harm will go to destruction."

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PdP 5 107.88

वीरभद्रं पदं येपि पठंत्यष्टशतं ततः । प्रणवादि नमोंऽतं च चतुर्थीसहितं तथा

vīrabhadraṃ padaṃ yepi paṭhaṃtyaṣṭaśataṃ tataḥ | praṇavādi namoṃ'taṃ ca caturthīsahitaṃ tathā

"And those who recite the word 'Vīrabhadra' one hundred and eight times, with the praṇava (oṃ) at the beginning and 'namaḥ' at the end, and with the dative case-ending,

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PdP 5 107.89

तेषां राक्षसपीडानां नाशनं च भविष्यति । ब्रह्मराक्षसपीडासु पिशाचादिभयेषु च

teṣāṃ rākṣasapīḍānāṃ nāśanaṃ ca bhaviṣyati | brahmarākṣasapīḍāsu piśācādibhayeṣu ca

for them there will be destruction of the torments caused by demons; and in torments from brahma-rākṣasas and in fears of piśācas and the like,

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PdP 5 107.90

नामानुस्मरणात्सर्वबाधानां च विनाशनम्

nāmānusmaraṇātsarvabādhānāṃ ca vināśanam

from the recollection of the name there is destruction of all afflictions.

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PdP 5 107.91

विद्युत्प्रभालोचनमुग्रमीशं बालेंदुदंष्ट्रारुणशोभिताधरम् । सुनीलगात्रं च जटाकृतस्रजं दधानमंगे भसितत्रिपुंड्रकम्

vidyutprabhālocanamugramīśaṃ bāleṃdudaṃṣṭrāruṇaśobhitādharam | sunīlagātraṃ ca jaṭākṛtasrajaṃ dadhānamaṃge bhasitatripuṃḍrakam

(One should recall) the fierce Lord, whose eyes have the brilliance of lightning, whose lower lip shines red with tusks like the new moon, dark-blue of body, wearing a garland made of his matted locks, bearing on his limbs the triple mark of ash —

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PdP 5 107.92

ब्रह्मराक्षसमुक्त्यर्थं स्मरणं त्विदमीरितम् । मंत्रे च वीरभद्रस्य सर्वमेतदुदीरितम्

brahmarākṣasamuktyarthaṃ smaraṇaṃ tvidamīritam | maṃtre ca vīrabhadrasya sarvametadudīritam

this recollection is declared for the sake of release from a brahma-rākṣasa; and in the mantra of Vīrabhadra all this has been declared.

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PdP 5 107.93

दधीच उवाच- अथैवं विदधे वीरो मुनिदेवास्तथागताः । एतत्त्रियायुषं प्रोक्तं भस्ममाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्

dadhīca uvāca- athaivaṃ vidadhe vīro munidevāstathāgatāḥ | etattriyāyuṣaṃ proktaṃ bhasmamāhātmyamuttamam

Dadhīca said: Thus did the hero act, and the sages and gods went as they had come. This excellent glory of ash, called the 'triple life-giver' (triyāyuṣa), has been proclaimed —

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PdP 5 107.94

पठतः शृण्वतो वापि स्मरतोऽघविनाशनम् । शिवभक्तिप्रदं पुण्यमायुरारोग्यवर्द्धनम्

paṭhataḥ śṛṇvato vāpi smarato'ghavināśanam | śivabhaktipradaṃ puṇyamāyurārogyavarddhanam

for one who recites, or hears, or remembers it, it destroys sin; it bestows devotion to Śiva, is meritorious, and increases lifespan and health.

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PdP 5 107.95

शुचिस्मितोवाच-। अहं कृतार्था धन्या च नारीणामुत्तमास्म्यहम् । हतपापा तथा चास्मि नमस्ते मुनिपुंगव

śucismitovāca-| ahaṃ kṛtārthā dhanyā ca nārīṇāmuttamāsmyaham | hatapāpā tathā cāsmi namaste munipuṃgava

Śucismitā said: I have attained my aim and am blessed; I am the best of women; and my sin too is destroyed. Homage to you, bull among sages.

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