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Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 169

PdP 6 169.1

महेश उवाच। ततःपरं देवनदी वार्त्रघ्नी संगमात्किल । प्रविष्टा भद्रया सार्द्धं सागरं वरुणालयम्

maheśa uvāca| tataḥparaṃ devanadī vārtraghnī saṃgamātkila | praviṣṭā bhadrayā sārddhaṃ sāgaraṃ varuṇālayam

Maheśa said: Beyond that, the divine river (flowing) from the Vārtraghnī confluence entered, together with Bhadrā, the ocean, the abode of Varuṇa.

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PdP 6 169.2

समुद्रोऽपि तया तावदागम्य प्रियकाम्यया । साभ्रमत्यानुरागेण कृतवान्प्रियमेलनम्

samudro'pi tayā tāvadāgamya priyakāmyayā | sābhramatyānurāgeṇa kṛtavānpriyamelanam

And the ocean too, coming that far out of desire for the beloved, made a loving union with her, out of affection for the Sābhramatī.

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PdP 6 169.3

भद्रा वापि सुभद्रा या वयस्या सा नदी पुरा । सहायमकरोन्मार्गे साक्षात्श्रीरूपधारिणी

bhadrā vāpi subhadrā yā vayasyā sā nadī purā | sahāyamakaronmārge sākṣātśrīrūpadhāriṇī

And Bhadrā, or Subhadrā, that river who was formerly her companion, gave her help on the way, herself bearing the form of Śrī.

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PdP 6 169.4

तयोस्तुसंगमः पुण्यः सागरस्योत्तरे तटे । तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा मृष्टं वारि ददाति यः

tayostusaṃgamaḥ puṇyaḥ sāgarasyottare taṭe | tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā mṛṣṭaṃ vāri dadāti yaḥ

Their confluence is holy, on the northern shore of the ocean. The man who, having bathed at that ford, gives sweet water (as a gift),

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PdP 6 169.5

नमस्कृत्य वराहाय वारुणं स्थानमाप्नुयात् । प्रविश्य भगवान्विष्णुस्तेन मार्गेण सागरम्

namaskṛtya varāhāya vāruṇaṃ sthānamāpnuyāt | praviśya bhagavānviṣṇustena mārgeṇa sāgaram

and pays homage to Varāha, would attain the abode of Varuṇa. The lord Viṣṇu, having entered the ocean by that route,

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PdP 6 169.6

जित्वा वै दानवान्सर्वान्देवानां परिपंथिनः । देवो यज्ञवराहश्च संक्षोभ्य मकरालयम् । क्रीडित्वा सुचिरं कालं कर्दमालेन निर्ययौ

jitvā vai dānavānsarvāndevānāṃ paripaṃthinaḥ | devo yajñavarāhaśca saṃkṣobhya makarālayam | krīḍitvā suciraṃ kālaṃ kardamālena niryayau

and having conquered all the dānavas who obstructed the gods — the god, the sacrificial boar, having churned up the abode of the sea-monsters and played there a very long time, went out by way of Kardamāla.

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PdP 6 169.7

पार्वत्युवाच। देव यज्ञवराहस्य साभ्रमत्यां प्रवेशनम् । निर्गमं कर्दमालेन ब्रूहि त्वं मम विस्तरात्

pārvatyuvāca| deva yajñavarāhasya sābhramatyāṃ praveśanam | nirgamaṃ kardamālena brūhi tvaṃ mama vistarāt

Pārvatī said: O God, tell me in detail the entrance of the Sacrificial Boar into the Sābhramatī and (his) coming out at Kardamāla.

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PdP 6 169.8

महादेव उवाच। अंतर्भू क्रीडितमिदं वराहस्य हरेः पुरा । तत्सर्वं कथयिष्यामि शृणु त्वं नगनंदिनि

mahādeva uvāca| aṃtarbhū krīḍitamidaṃ varāhasya hareḥ purā | tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu tvaṃ naganaṃdini

Mahādeva said: This was the play of the Boar, of Hari, beneath the earth in former times. All that I shall relate; listen, O daughter of the mountain.

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PdP 6 169.9

योऽयं वै भगवान्साक्षाद्धृतवान्सूकरं वपुः । देवानां कार्यसिद्ध्यर्थं रूपं धृत्वा सुरेश्वरः

yo'yaṃ vai bhagavānsākṣāddhṛtavānsūkaraṃ vapuḥ | devānāṃ kāryasiddhyarthaṃ rūpaṃ dhṛtvā sureśvaraḥ

He who is this Lord himself took on the body of a boar; the lord of the gods, having assumed (that) form for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose,

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PdP 6 169.10

धृत्वा वै पृथिवीं देवीं निर्गतः कर्दमालयम् । तत्र तीर्थं महज्जातं वराहाख्यं तु सुंदरि

dhṛtvā vai pṛthivīṃ devīṃ nirgataḥ kardamālayam | tatra tīrthaṃ mahajjātaṃ varāhākhyaṃ tu suṃdari

and holding up the goddess Earth, came out at Kardamāla. There a great sacred place arose, called Vārāha, O beautiful one.

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PdP 6 169.11

तत्र स्नाति नरो यस्तु मुक्तिभाक्स न संशयः । अत्र श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वीत पितॄणां मुक्तिहेतवे । विमुक्तस्तैः समं लोकं प्रयाति सुखदं महत्

tatra snāti naro yastu muktibhāksa na saṃśayaḥ | atra śrāddhaṃ prakurvīta pitṝṇāṃ muktihetave | vimuktastaiḥ samaṃ lokaṃ prayāti sukhadaṃ mahat

Whatever man bathes there partakes of liberation—there is no doubt. Here one should perform the śrāddha rite for the liberation of the ancestors; released, he goes together with them to the great world that gives happiness.

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PdP 6 169.169

खंडे वाराहतीर्थंनामैकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

khaṃḍe vārāhatīrthaṃnāmaikonasaptatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

(Thus) in the section, the one hundred and sixty-ninth chapter, called "The Vārāha Sacred Place."

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