Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 111

PdP 6 111.1

पृथुरुवाच। कृष्णवेण्यातटाद्यस्मात्शिवविष्णुगणैः पुरा । वणिक्शरीरात्कलहा निर्मिता कथिता त्वया

pṛthuruvāca| kṛṣṇaveṇyātaṭādyasmātśivaviṣṇugaṇaiḥ purā | vaṇikśarīrātkalahā nirmitā kathitā tvayā

Pṛthu said: You have told how, long ago, from the bank of the Kṛṣṇaveṇyā, Kalahā was fashioned by the attendants of Śiva and Viṣṇu out of the merchant's body.

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PdP 6 111.2

प्रभावोऽयं तयोर्नद्योः किंवा क्षेत्रस्य तस्य वा । तन्मे कथय धर्मज्ञ विस्मयोऽत्र महान्मम

prabhāvo'yaṃ tayornadyoḥ kiṃvā kṣetrasya tasya vā | tanme kathaya dharmajña vismayo'tra mahānmama

Is this the power of those two rivers, or of that sacred field? Tell me that, O knower of dharma; great is my wonder here.

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PdP 6 111.3

नारद उवाच। कृष्णा कृष्णतनुः साक्षाद्वेण्या देवो महेश्वरः । तत्संगमप्रभावं तु नालं वक्तुं चतुर्मुखः

nārada uvāca| kṛṣṇā kṛṣṇatanuḥ sākṣādveṇyā devo maheśvaraḥ | tatsaṃgamaprabhāvaṃ tu nālaṃ vaktuṃ caturmukhaḥ

Nārada said: The Kṛṣṇā is Kṛṣṇa's very body, and the Veṇyā is the god Maheśvara; the four-faced one is not able to tell the power of their confluence.

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PdP 6 111.4

तथापि तत्समुत्पत्तिं कीर्तयिष्यामि तच्छृणु । चाक्षुषस्यांतरे पूर्वं मनोर्देवः पितामहः

tathāpi tatsamutpattiṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi tacchṛṇu | cākṣuṣasyāṃtare pūrvaṃ manordevaḥ pitāmahaḥ

Still, I shall proclaim how she came to be; hear that. Formerly, in the period of the Cākṣuṣa Manu, the god Grandfather (Brahmā)

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PdP 6 111.5

सह्याद्रिशिखरे रम्ये यजनायोद्यतोऽभवत् । स कृत्वा यज्ञसंभारान्सर्वदेवगणैर्वृतः

sahyādriśikhare ramye yajanāyodyato'bhavat | sa kṛtvā yajñasaṃbhārānsarvadevagaṇairvṛtaḥ

set out to sacrifice on the lovely peak of the Sahya mountain. Having assembled the requisites of the sacrifice, surrounded by all the hosts of gods,

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PdP 6 111.6

युक्तो हरिहराभ्यां च तद्गिरेः शिखरं ययौ । भृग्वादयो मुनिगणा मुहूर्ते ब्रह्मदैवते

yukto hariharābhyāṃ ca tadgireḥ śikharaṃ yayau | bhṛgvādayo munigaṇā muhūrte brahmadaivate

and accompanied by Hari and Hara, he went to the peak of that mountain. The hosts of sages, Bhṛgu and the rest, at the muhūrta whose presiding deity is Brahmā,

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PdP 6 111.7

तस्य दीक्षाविधानाय समाजं तत्र चक्रिरे । अथ ज्येष्ठां स्वरां पत्नीं विष्णुराह्वयत द्विजैः

tasya dīkṣāvidhānāya samājaṃ tatra cakrire | atha jyeṣṭhāṃ svarāṃ patnīṃ viṣṇurāhvayata dvijaiḥ

held an assembly there for the performance of his consecration. Then Viṣṇu had (Brahmā's) eldest wife Svarā summoned by the twice-born.

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PdP 6 111.8

साशनैराययौ तावद्भृगुर्विष्णुमुवाच ह । भृगुरुवाच। विष्णो स्वरा त्वयाहूता आयाति न हि सत्वरा

sāśanairāyayau tāvadbhṛgurviṣṇumuvāca ha | bhṛguruvāca| viṣṇo svarā tvayāhūtā āyāti na hi satvarā

Meanwhile she came only slowly; Bhṛgu said to Viṣṇu: Bhṛgu said: Viṣṇu, Svarā, though called by you, does not come quickly.

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PdP 6 111.9

मुहूर्त्तातिक्रमश्चायं कार्यो दीक्षाविधिः कथम् । विष्णुरुवाच। नायाति चेत्स्वरा शीघ्रं गायत्र्यत्र विधीयताम्

muhūrttātikramaścāyaṃ kāryo dīkṣāvidhiḥ katham | viṣṇuruvāca| nāyāti cetsvarā śīghraṃ gāyatryatra vidhīyatām

And this is an overstepping of the (proper) muhūrta; how is the rite of consecration to be performed? Viṣṇu said: If Svarā does not come quickly, let Gāyatrī be appointed here.

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PdP 6 111.10

एषापि न भवत्यस्य भार्या किं पुण्यकर्मणि । नारद उवाच। एवमेव हि रुद्रोऽपि विष्णोर्वाक्यममोदत

eṣāpi na bhavatyasya bhāryā kiṃ puṇyakarmaṇi | nārada uvāca| evameva hi rudro'pi viṣṇorvākyamamodata

Is she too not his wife in a meritorious rite? Nārada said: In just this way Rudra too approved Viṣṇu's word.

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PdP 6 111.11

तच्छ्रुत्वा स भृगुर्वाक्यं गायत्रीं ब्रह्मणस्तदा । निवेश्य दक्षिणे भागे दीक्षाविधिमथाकरोत्

tacchrutvā sa bhṛgurvākyaṃ gāyatrīṃ brahmaṇastadā | niveśya dakṣiṇe bhāge dīkṣāvidhimathākarot

Hearing that speech, Bhṛgu then seated Gāyatrī at Brahmā's right side and performed the rite of consecration.

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PdP 6 111.12

यावद्दीक्षाविधिं तस्य विधेश्चक्रुर्विधानतः । तावदभ्याययौ तत्र स्वरा यज्ञस्थले नृप

yāvaddīkṣāvidhiṃ tasya vidheścakrurvidhānataḥ | tāvadabhyāyayau tatra svarā yajñasthale nṛpa

While they were duly performing the consecration rite of the Creator, meanwhile Svarā arrived there at the sacrificial ground, O king.

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PdP 6 111.13

ततस्तां दीक्षितां दृष्ट्वा गायत्रीं ब्रह्मणा सह । सपत्नीर्षापरा क्रोधात्स्वरा वचनमब्रवीत्

tatastāṃ dīkṣitāṃ dṛṣṭvā gāyatrīṃ brahmaṇā saha | sapatnīrṣāparā krodhātsvarā vacanamabravīt

Then, seeing Gāyatrī consecrated together with Brahmā, Svarā, filled with a co-wife's jealousy, spoke these words out of anger.

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PdP 6 111.14

स्वरोवाच। अपूज्या यत्र पूज्यन्ते पूज्यानां च व्यतिक्रमः । त्रीणि तत्र भविष्यंति दुर्भिक्षं मरणं भयम्

svarovāca| apūjyā yatra pūjyante pūjyānāṃ ca vyatikramaḥ | trīṇi tatra bhaviṣyaṃti durbhikṣaṃ maraṇaṃ bhayam

Svarā said: Where those not to be honoured are honoured, and there is a passing over of those who are to be honoured, three things will come about there: famine, death, and fear.

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PdP 6 111.15

ममासने कनिष्ठेयं भवद्भिः सन्निवेशिता । तस्मात्सर्वे जडीभूता नानारूपा भविष्यथ

mamāsane kaniṣṭheyaṃ bhavadbhiḥ sanniveśitā | tasmātsarve jaḍībhūtā nānārūpā bhaviṣyatha

This younger one has been installed by you on my seat; therefore you shall all become dull-witted and of manifold forms.

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PdP 6 111.16

इदं च दक्षिणेभागे ह्युपविष्टा मदासने । तस्माल्लोकैः सदाऽदृश्या तनुर्वहतु निम्नगा

idaṃ ca dakṣiṇebhāge hyupaviṣṭā madāsane | tasmāllokaiḥ sadā'dṛśyā tanurvahatu nimnagā

And since this one has sat on the right side, on my seat, therefore let her bear a body as a river, forever unseen by the worlds.

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PdP 6 111.17

नारद उवाच। ततस्तच्छापमाकर्ण्य गायत्री कंपिता तदा । समुत्थायाशपद्देवैर्वार्यमाणापि तां स्वराम्

nārada uvāca| tatastacchāpamākarṇya gāyatrī kaṃpitā tadā | samutthāyāśapaddevairvāryamāṇāpi tāṃ svarām

Nārada said: Then, hearing that curse, Gāyatrī, trembling, rose up and cursed that Svarā, even though the gods tried to restrain her.

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PdP 6 111.18

तव भर्त्ता यथा ब्रह्मा ममाप्येष तथा खलु । वृथाशपस्त्वं यस्मान्मां भव त्वमपि निम्नगा

tava bharttā yathā brahmā mamāpyeṣa tathā khalu | vṛthāśapastvaṃ yasmānmāṃ bhava tvamapi nimnagā

As Brahmā is your husband, so indeed is he mine as well; since you cursed me without cause, you too become a river.

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PdP 6 111.19

नारद उवाच। ततो हाहाकृताः सर्वे शिवविष्णुमुखाः सुराः । तदा लोकत्रयं ह्येतद्विनाशं यास्यति ध्रुवम्

nārada uvāca| tato hāhākṛtāḥ sarve śivaviṣṇumukhāḥ surāḥ | tadā lokatrayaṃ hyetadvināśaṃ yāsyati dhruvam

Nārada said: Then all the gods, headed by Śiva and Viṣṇu, cried out in dismay: "Then surely these three worlds will go to destruction!"

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PdP 6 111.20

देवा ऊचुः । देवि सर्वे वयं शप्ता ब्रह्माद्या यत्त्वयाधुना । यदि सर्वे जडीभूता भविष्यामोऽत्र निम्नगाः

devā ūcuḥ | devi sarve vayaṃ śaptā brahmādyā yattvayādhunā | yadi sarve jaḍībhūtā bhaviṣyāmo'tra nimnagāḥ

The gods said: Goddess, since all of us, Brahmā and the rest, have now been cursed by you—if we all become dull-witted and become rivers here,

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PdP 6 111.21

तदा लोकत्रयं ह्येतद्विनाशं यास्यति ध्रुवम् । अविवेकः कृतस्तस्माच्छापोऽयं विनिवर्त्यताम्

tadā lokatrayaṃ hyetadvināśaṃ yāsyati dhruvam | avivekaḥ kṛtastasmācchāpo'yaṃ vinivartyatām

then surely these three worlds will go to destruction. It was done without discrimination; therefore let this curse be withdrawn.

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PdP 6 111.22

स्वरोवाच। नार्चितो हि गणाध्यक्षो यज्ञादौ यत्सुरोत्तमाः । तस्माद्विघ्नं समुत्पन्नं मत्क्रोधजमिदं खलु

svarovāca| nārcito hi gaṇādhyakṣo yajñādau yatsurottamāḥ | tasmādvighnaṃ samutpannaṃ matkrodhajamidaṃ khalu

Svarā said: Because the lord of the hosts (Gaṇeśa) was not worshipped at the beginning of the sacrifice, O best of gods, therefore this obstacle, born of my anger, has indeed arisen.

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PdP 6 111.23

नापि मद्वचनं ह्येतदसत्यं जायते खलु । तस्मात्स्वांशैर्जडीभूता यूयं भवत निम्नगाः

nāpi madvacanaṃ hyetadasatyaṃ jāyate khalu | tasmātsvāṃśairjaḍībhūtā yūyaṃ bhavata nimnagāḥ

Nor indeed can this word of mine turn out false; therefore, becoming dull-witted, become rivers by your own portions.

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PdP 6 111.24

आवामपि सपत्न्यौ च स्वांशाभ्यामपि निम्नगे । भविष्यावोऽत्र वै देवाः पश्चिमाभिमुखावहे

āvāmapi sapatnyau ca svāṃśābhyāmapi nimnage | bhaviṣyāvo'tra vai devāḥ paścimābhimukhāvahe

“We two also, together with (our) wives, shall by our own portions become rivers here, O river; we gods shall face westward.”

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PdP 6 111.25

नारद उवाच। इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः । जडीभूताभवन्नद्यः स्वांशैरेव तदा नृप

nārada uvāca| iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ | jaḍībhūtābhavannadyaḥ svāṃśaireva tadā nṛpa

Nārada said: Having heard that speech of his, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara then became rivers by their own portions, O king.

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PdP 6 111.26

तत्र विष्णुरभूत्कृष्ण वेण्या देवो महेश्वरः । ब्रह्मा ककुद्मिनीगंगा पृथगेवाभवत्तदा

tatra viṣṇurabhūtkṛṣṇa veṇyā devo maheśvaraḥ | brahmā kakudminīgaṃgā pṛthagevābhavattadā

There Viṣṇu became the Kṛṣṇā, the god Maheśvara the Veṇyā, and Brahmā then became separately the Kakudminī-Gaṅgā.

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PdP 6 111.27

देवा स्वानपितानंशान्जडीकृत्वा विचक्षणाः । सह्याद्रिशिखरेभ्यस्ताः पृथगासन्सुनिम्नगाः

devā svānapitānaṃśānjaḍīkṛtvā vicakṣaṇāḥ | sahyādriśikharebhyastāḥ pṛthagāsansunimnagāḥ

The discerning gods, having made their own portions insentient, (became) rivers separately from the peaks of the Sahya mountain, fine streams.

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PdP 6 111.28

देवांशैः पूर्ववाहिन्यो बभूवुः सरितां वराः । गायत्री च स्वरा चैव पश्चिमाभिमुखे तदा

devāṃśaiḥ pūrvavāhinyo babhūvuḥ saritāṃ varāḥ | gāyatrī ca svarā caiva paścimābhimukhe tadā

By the portions of the gods the best of rivers came to flow eastward; and Gāyatrī and Svarā then (flowed) facing west.

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PdP 6 111.29

योगेनाभवतां नद्यौ सावित्रीति प्रथां गते । ब्रह्मणा स्थापितौ तत्र यज्ञे हरिहरावुभौ

yogenābhavatāṃ nadyau sāvitrīti prathāṃ gate | brahmaṇā sthāpitau tatra yajñe hariharāvubhau

By yoga the two became rivers, having attained the renown of "Sāvitrī"; there at the sacrifice both Hari and Hara were installed by Brahmā.

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PdP 6 111.30

महाबलातिबलिनौ नाम्ना देवौ बभूवतुः । तयोर्नद्योस्तु माहात्म्यं नाहं वक्तुं क्षमो नृप । ययुर्ब्रह्मादयो देवाः स्वांशैस्तिष्ठंति चापगाः

mahābalātibalinau nāmnā devau babhūvatuḥ | tayornadyostu māhātmyaṃ nāhaṃ vaktuṃ kṣamo nṛpa | yayurbrahmādayo devāḥ svāṃśaistiṣṭhaṃti cāpagāḥ

The two gods came to be by the names Mahābala and Atibala. But the greatness of those two rivers I am not able to tell, O king. Brahmā and the other gods departed, while the rivers remain by their own portions.

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PdP 6 111.31

कृष्णोद्भवं पापहरं परं यः शृणोति यः श्रावयते च भक्त्या । स्यात्तस्य पुण्या सकलाक्रियापि तद्दर्शनस्नानसमुद्भवं फलम्

kṛṣṇodbhavaṃ pāpaharaṃ paraṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti yaḥ śrāvayate ca bhaktyā | syāttasya puṇyā sakalākriyāpi taddarśanasnānasamudbhavaṃ phalam

Whoever hears, and whoever with devotion causes to be heard, this supreme, sin-removing (account of) the origin of the Kṛṣṇā — for him every act too becomes meritorious, and (his is) the fruit that arises from seeing and bathing in it.

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