Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 104

PdP 6 104.1

नारद उवाच- ततो जलंधरो दृष्ट्वा रुद्रमद्भुतविक्रमम् । चकार मायया गौरीं त्र्यबकं मोहयंस्तदा

nārada uvāca- tato jalaṃdharo dṛṣṭvā rudramadbhutavikramam | cakāra māyayā gaurīṃ tryabakaṃ mohayaṃstadā

Nārada said: Then Jalandhara, seeing Rudra of wondrous prowess, produced Gaurī by his magic, thus bewildering the Three-eyed One.

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PdP 6 104.2

रथोपरिगतां दृष्ट्वा रुदंतीं च तदा शिवः । शुंभनिशुंभदैत्यैश्च वध्यमानां ददर्श सः

rathoparigatāṃ dṛṣṭvā rudaṃtīṃ ca tadā śivaḥ | śuṃbhaniśuṃbhadaityaiśca vadhyamānāṃ dadarśa saḥ

Śiva then saw (her) placed upon a chariot, weeping, and being struck by the demons Śumbha and Niśumbha.

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PdP 6 104.3

गौरीं तथाविधां दृष्ट्वा शिवोऽप्युद्विग्नमानसः । अवाङ्मुखः स्थितस्तूष्णीं विस्मृत्य स्वपराक्रमम्

gaurīṃ tathāvidhāṃ dṛṣṭvā śivo'pyudvignamānasaḥ | avāṅmukhaḥ sthitastūṣṇīṃ vismṛtya svaparākramam

Seeing Gaurī in such a state, Śiva too, agitated in mind, stood silent with face downcast, forgetting his own valour.

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PdP 6 104.4

ततो जलंधरो वेगात्त्रिभिर्विव्याध सायकैः । आपुंखमग्नैस्तं रुद्रं शिरस्युरसि चोदरे

tato jalaṃdharo vegāttribhirvivyādha sāyakaiḥ | āpuṃkhamagnaistaṃ rudraṃ śirasyurasi codare

Then Jalandhara swiftly pierced that Rudra with three arrows, sunk up to the feathers, in the head, the chest, and the belly.

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PdP 6 104.5

ततो जज्ञे स तां मायां विष्णुना संप्रबोधितः । रौद्ररूपधरो जातो ज्वालामालातिभीषणः

tato jajñe sa tāṃ māyāṃ viṣṇunā saṃprabodhitaḥ | raudrarūpadharo jāto jvālāmālātibhīṣaṇaḥ

Then, awakened by Viṣṇu, he recognized that (it was) illusion; and he became one assuming a terrible form, most fearful with a garland of flames.

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PdP 6 104.6

तस्यातीवमहारौद्रं रूपं दृष्ट्वा महासुराः । न शेकुः प्रमुखे स्थातुं भेजिरे च दिशो दश

tasyātīvamahāraudraṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāsurāḥ | na śekuḥ pramukhe sthātuṃ bhejire ca diśo daśa

Seeing his exceedingly terrible form, the great asuras could not stand before (him), and they resorted to the ten directions.

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PdP 6 104.7

ततः शापं ददौ देवस्तयोः शुंभनिशुंभयोः । मम युद्धादपक्रांतौ गौर्यावध्यौ भविष्यथः

tataḥ śāpaṃ dadau devastayoḥ śuṃbhaniśuṃbhayoḥ | mama yuddhādapakrāṃtau gauryāvadhyau bhaviṣyathaḥ

Then the god gave a curse upon those two, Śumbha and Niśumbha: "Having fled from battle with me, you shall be ones to be slain by Gaurī."

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PdP 6 104.8

पुनर्जलंधरो वेगाद्ववर्ष निशितैः शरैः । बांणांधकारसंच्छन्नं यथा भूमितलं महत्

punarjalaṃdharo vegādvavarṣa niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | bāṃṇāṃdhakārasaṃcchannaṃ yathā bhūmitalaṃ mahat

Again Jalandhara swiftly rained down sharp arrows, so that the great surface of the earth was covered over with the darkness of arrows.

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PdP 6 104.9

यावद्रुद्रः प्रचिच्छेद तस्यबाणांस्त्वरान्वितः । तावत्स परिघेणाशु जघान वृषभं बली

yāvadrudraḥ praciccheda tasyabāṇāṃstvarānvitaḥ | tāvatsa parigheṇāśu jaghāna vṛṣabhaṃ balī

While Rudra, hastening, was cutting apart his arrows, in that moment the strong one quickly struck the bull with his club.

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PdP 6 104.10

वृषस्तेन प्रहारेण परावृत्तो रणांगणात् । रुद्रेणाकृष्यमाणोऽपि न तस्थौ रणभूमिषु

vṛṣastena prahāreṇa parāvṛtto raṇāṃgaṇāt | rudreṇākṛṣyamāṇo'pi na tasthau raṇabhūmiṣu

By that blow the bull turned back from the battlefield, and though dragged by Rudra, it would not stand on the fields of battle.

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PdP 6 104.11

ततः परमसंक्रुद्धो रुद्रो रौद्रवपुर्द्धरः । चक्रं सुदर्शनं वेगाच्चिक्षेपादित्यवर्चसम्

tataḥ paramasaṃkruddho rudro raudravapurddharaḥ | cakraṃ sudarśanaṃ vegāccikṣepādityavarcasam

Then Rudra, exceedingly enraged, bearing his terrible body, swiftly hurled the discus Sudarśana, brilliant as the sun.

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PdP 6 104.12

प्रदहद्रोदसी वेगात्तदासाद्य जलंधरम् । जहार तच्छिरः कायान्महदायतलोचनम्

pradahadrodasī vegāttadāsādya jalaṃdharam | jahāra tacchiraḥ kāyānmahadāyatalocanam

Burning up heaven and earth, it swiftly reached Jalandhara and took off from his body that great, long-eyed head.

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PdP 6 104.13

रथात्कायः पपातोर्व्यां नादयन्वसुधातलम् । तेजश्च निर्गतं देहात्तद्रुद्रे लयमागमत्

rathātkāyaḥ papātorvyāṃ nādayanvasudhātalam | tejaśca nirgataṃ dehāttadrudre layamāgamat

The body fell from the chariot to the ground, making the earth's surface resound; and the energy that went out from the body merged into Rudra.

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PdP 6 104.14

दृष्ट्वा देहोद्भवं तेजस्तद्गौरीशे लयं गतम् । अथ चेंद्रादयो देवा हर्षादुत्फुल्ललोचनाः

dṛṣṭvā dehodbhavaṃ tejastadgaurīśe layaṃ gatam | atha ceṃdrādayo devā harṣādutphullalocanāḥ

Seeing that the energy arisen from the body had merged into Gaurī's lord, then the gods, Indra and the rest, their eyes wide open with joy—

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PdP 6 104.15

प्रणम्य शिरसा रुद्रं शशंसुर्विष्णुचेष्टितम् । देवा ऊचुः। महादेव त्वया देवा रक्षिताः शत्रुजाद्भयात्

praṇamya śirasā rudraṃ śaśaṃsurviṣṇuceṣṭitam | devā ūcuḥ| mahādeva tvayā devā rakṣitāḥ śatrujādbhayāt

Bowing with their heads to Rudra, (the gods) reported what Viṣṇu had done. The gods said: "O Mahādeva, the gods have been protected by you from the fear born of the enemy.

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PdP 6 104.16

किंचिदन्यत्समुद्भूतं तत्र किं करवामहै । वृंदालावण्यसंभ्रांतो विष्णुस्तिष्ठति मोहितः

kiṃcidanyatsamudbhūtaṃ tatra kiṃ karavāmahai | vṛṃdālāvaṇyasaṃbhrāṃto viṣṇustiṣṭhati mohitaḥ

Something else has arisen; what are we to do about it? Viṣṇu, bewildered by Vṛndā's loveliness, stands deluded."

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PdP 6 104.17

ईश्वर उवाच। गच्छध्वं शरणं देवा विष्णोर्मोहापनुत्तये । शरण्यां मोहिनीं मायां सा वः कार्यं करिष्यति

īśvara uvāca| gacchadhvaṃ śaraṇaṃ devā viṣṇormohāpanuttaye | śaraṇyāṃ mohinīṃ māyāṃ sā vaḥ kāryaṃ kariṣyati

The Lord said: "Go, O gods, for refuge, to dispel Viṣṇu's delusion, to the deluding Māyā who grants refuge; she will accomplish your task."

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PdP 6 104.18

नारद उवाच। इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे देवः सहभूतगणैस्तथा । देवाश्च तुष्टुवुर्मूलप्रकृतिं भक्तवत्सलाम्

nārada uvāca| ityuktvāṃtardadhe devaḥ sahabhūtagaṇaistathā | devāśca tuṣṭuvurmūlaprakṛtiṃ bhaktavatsalām

Nārada said: Having spoken thus, the god vanished together with his host of beings; and the gods praised the root Nature (Mūlaprakṛti), who is fond of her devotees.

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PdP 6 104.19

देवा ऊचुः । यदुद्भवाः सत्वरजस्तमोगुणाः सर्गस्थितिध्वंसनिदानकारणम् । यदिच्छया विश्वमिदं भवाभवौ तनोति शुद्धां प्रकृतिं नताः स्म ताम्

devā ūcuḥ | yadudbhavāḥ satvarajastamoguṇāḥ sargasthitidhvaṃsanidānakāraṇam | yadicchayā viśvamidaṃ bhavābhavau tanoti śuddhāṃ prakṛtiṃ natāḥ sma tām

The gods said: She from whom arise the qualities of sattva, rajas and tamas, which are the underlying cause of creation, maintenance and destruction; by whose will this universe and (its) coming-to-be and ceasing-to-be spread out — to that pure Prakṛti we have bowed.

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PdP 6 104.20

ये हि त्रयोविंशतिभेदिसंज्ञिता जगत्यशेषे समधिष्ठिता पुरा । यद्रूपकर्माणि जडास्त्रयोऽपि ते देवा विदुर्न प्रकृतिं नताः स्म ताम्

ye hi trayoviṃśatibhedisaṃjñitā jagatyaśeṣe samadhiṣṭhitā purā | yadrūpakarmāṇi jaḍāstrayo'pi te devā vidurna prakṛtiṃ natāḥ sma tām

Those who, named as the twenty-three divisions, were of old established over the whole world — the three gods too, being insentient, do not know her nature and works: to that Prakṛti we have bowed.

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PdP 6 104.21

यद्भक्तियुक्ताः पुरुषास्तु नित्यं दारिद्र्यव्यामोहपराभवादिकम् । न प्राप्नुवंत्येव हि भक्तवत्सलां सदैव विष्णोः प्रकृतिं नताः स्म ताम्

yadbhaktiyuktāḥ puruṣāstu nityaṃ dāridryavyāmohaparābhavādikam | na prāpnuvaṃtyeva hi bhaktavatsalāṃ sadaiva viṣṇoḥ prakṛtiṃ natāḥ sma tām

But the men who are endowed with devotion to her never at all meet with poverty, bewilderment, defeat and the like: to that Prakṛti of Viṣṇu, ever fond of her devotees, we have bowed.

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PdP 6 104.22

नारद उवाच। स्तोत्रमेतत्त्रिसंध्यं यः पठेदेकाग्रमानसः । दारिद्र मोहदुःखानि न कदाचित्स्पृशंति तम्

nārada uvāca| stotrametattrisaṃdhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhedekāgramānasaḥ | dāridra mohaduḥkhāni na kadācitspṛśaṃti tam

Nārada said: Whoever recites this hymn at the three junctures of the day with a one-pointed mind — poverty, delusion and sorrows never touch him.

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PdP 6 104.23

इति स्तुवंतस्ते देवास्तेजोमंडलमास्थिताम् । ददृशुर्गगने तत्र ज्वालाव्याप्तदिगंतराम्

iti stuvaṃtaste devāstejomaṃḍalamāsthitām | dadṛśurgagane tatra jvālāvyāptadigaṃtarām

As they praised her thus, those gods saw her there in the sky, stationed in an orb of light, filling the quarters with her flames.

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PdP 6 104.24

तन्मध्याद्भारतीं सर्वे ददृशुर्व्योमचारिणीम् । अहमेव त्रिधा भिन्ना तिष्ठामि त्रिविधैर्गुणैः

tanmadhyādbhāratīṃ sarve dadṛśurvyomacāriṇīm | ahameva tridhā bhinnā tiṣṭhāmi trividhairguṇaiḥ

From the midst of it all of them saw a voice moving in the sky: "I alone, divided threefold, abide by means of the three kinds of qualities—

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PdP 6 104.25

गौरीलक्ष्मीस्वरा चेति रजःसत्त्वतमोगुणैः । तत्र गच्छत तं कार्यं विधास्यंति च वः सुराः

gaurīlakṣmīsvarā ceti rajaḥsattvatamoguṇaiḥ | tatra gacchata taṃ kāryaṃ vidhāsyaṃti ca vaḥ surāḥ

as Gaurī, Lakṣmī and Svarā, by the qualities rajas, sattva and tamas. Go there, O gods, and they will accomplish that task of yours."

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PdP 6 104.26

नारद उवाच- शृण्वतामिति देवानामंतर्द्धानमगान्महः । देवानां विस्मयोत्फुल्लनेत्राणां तत्तदा नृप

nārada uvāca- śṛṇvatāmiti devānāmaṃtarddhānamagānmahaḥ | devānāṃ vismayotphullanetrāṇāṃ tattadā nṛpa

Nārada said: As the gods were listening thus, that radiance vanished — of the gods whose eyes were then wide open with astonishment, O king.

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PdP 6 104.27

ततः सर्वेऽपि ते देवा गत्वा तद्वाक्यनोदिताः । गौरीं लक्ष्मीं स्वरां चैव प्रणेमुर्भक्तितत्पराः

tataḥ sarve'pi te devā gatvā tadvākyanoditāḥ | gaurīṃ lakṣmīṃ svarāṃ caiva praṇemurbhaktitatparāḥ

Then all those gods, urged by her words, went and bowed, intent on devotion, to Gaurī, to Lakṣmī, and to Svarā.

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PdP 6 104.28

ततस्तास्तान्सुरान्दृष्ट्वा प्रणतान्भक्तवत्सलाः । बीजानि प्रददुस्तेभ्यो वाक्यान्यूचुश्च भूमिप

tatastāstānsurāndṛṣṭvā praṇatānbhaktavatsalāḥ | bījāni pradadustebhyo vākyānyūcuśca bhūmipa

Then those (goddesses), fond of their devotees, seeing those gods bowed down, gave them seeds and spoke words, O ruler of the earth.

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PdP 6 104.29

देव्य ऊचुः। इमानि क्षेत्रबीजानि विष्णुर्यत्रावतिष्ठति । निर्वपध्वं ततः कार्यं भवतां सिद्धिमेष्यति

devya ūcuḥ| imāni kṣetrabījāni viṣṇuryatrāvatiṣṭhati | nirvapadhvaṃ tataḥ kāryaṃ bhavatāṃ siddhimeṣyati

The goddesses said: These are field-seeds; where Viṣṇu is staying, sow them there; then your task will come to fulfilment.

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