Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 20
PdP 6 20.1
श्रीमहादेवउवाच- हरिद्वारं महापुण्यं शृणु देवर्षिसत्तम । यत्र गंगा वहत्येव तत्रोक्तं तीर्थमुत्तमम्
śrīmahādevauvāca- haridvāraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ śṛṇu devarṣisattama | yatra gaṃgā vahatyeva tatroktaṃ tīrthamuttamam
The blessed Mahādeva said: Hear of Haridvāra, greatly holy, O best of divine sages, where the Gaṅgā indeed flows; there the highest sacred place is said (to be).
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PdP 6 20.2
यत्र देवा वसंतीह ऋषयो मनवस्तथा । यत्र देवः स्वयं साक्षात्केशवो नित्यमाश्रितः
yatra devā vasaṃtīha ṛṣayo manavastathā | yatra devaḥ svayaṃ sākṣātkeśavo nityamāśritaḥ
Where the gods dwell here, and the seers and the Manus, where the god Keśava himself, in person, is perpetually present.
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PdP 6 20.3
पुरा पूर्वं तु भो वत्स तीर्थं जातं महत्तदा । यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण दूरतो याति पातकम्
purā pūrvaṃ tu bho vatsa tīrthaṃ jātaṃ mahattadā | yasya darśanamātreṇa dūrato yāti pātakam
Long ago, in former time, O child, that great sacred place came into being, by the mere sight of which sin goes far away.
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PdP 6 20.4
यत्र गंगा महारम्या जाता पुण्य विशेषतः । विष्णुपादोदकी जाता तच्चरणस्पर्शनात्ततः
yatra gaṃgā mahāramyā jātā puṇya viśeṣataḥ | viṣṇupādodakī jātā taccaraṇasparśanāttataḥ
Where the Gaṅgā, most delightful, came to be, holy in a special degree; she became the water of Viṣṇu's foot, from the touch of his feet.
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PdP 6 20.5
भगीरथेन भो विद्वन्नानीता तत्र मार्गतः । उद्धारः पूर्वजानां तु कृतस्तेन महात्मना
bhagīrathena bho vidvannānītā tatra mārgataḥ | uddhāraḥ pūrvajānāṃ tu kṛtastena mahātmanā
O learned one, she was brought there along that path by Bhagīratha; and by that great soul the deliverance of his forefathers was accomplished.
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PdP 6 20.6
नारदउवाच- कोऽयं देव समाख्यातो भगीरथ महातपाः । येन तीर्थं समानीतं लोकानां हितकारणात्
nāradauvāca- ko'yaṃ deva samākhyāto bhagīratha mahātapāḥ | yena tīrthaṃ samānītaṃ lokānāṃ hitakāraṇāt
Nārada said: Who, O god, is this Bhagīratha of great austerity whom you have named, by whom the sacred ford was brought (down) for the welfare of the worlds?
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PdP 6 20.7
गंगातीर्थं महत्पुण्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । लोकाः सर्वे वदंत्येवमेतत्तीर्थोत्तमोत्तमम्
gaṃgātīrthaṃ mahatpuṇyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | lokāḥ sarve vadaṃtyevametattīrthottamottamam
The Gaṅgā ford is of great merit, the destroyer of all sins; all people say just this, that it is the best of the best of fords.
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PdP 6 20.8
गंगागंगेति यो ब्रूयाद्योजनानां शतैरपि । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
gaṃgāgaṃgeti yo brūyādyojanānāṃ śatairapi | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
Whoever says "Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā," even from hundreds of leagues away, is released from all sins and goes to the world of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 20.9
कथं तेन समानीता किं कार्यं वद सुव्रत । महादेव उवाच- येन गंगा यथानीता गंगाद्वारेऽतिशोभने
kathaṃ tena samānītā kiṃ kāryaṃ vada suvrata | mahādeva uvāca- yena gaṃgā yathānītā gaṃgādvāre'tiśobhane
How was she brought (down) by him? What was the purpose? Tell (me), O you of good vows. Mahādeva said: How Gaṅgā was brought by him to the most splendid Gaṅgādvāra—
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PdP 6 20.10
तत्सर्वं संप्रवक्ष्यामि क्रमानुक्रमयोगतः । पूर्वमासीद्धरिश्चंद्रस्त्रैलोक्ये सत्यपालकः
tatsarvaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi kramānukramayogataḥ | pūrvamāsīddhariścaṃdrastrailokye satyapālakaḥ
—all that I shall relate in due order, step by step. Formerly there was Hariścandra, upholder of truth in the three worlds.
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PdP 6 20.11
रोहितस्तस्यपुत्रोऽभूदेको विष्णुपरायणः । तस्यापि च वृकः पुत्रो धर्मिष्ठः सत्पथिस्थितः
rohitastasyaputro'bhūdeko viṣṇuparāyaṇaḥ | tasyāpi ca vṛkaḥ putro dharmiṣṭhaḥ satpathisthitaḥ
Rohita was his one son, devoted to Viṣṇu; and his son too was Vṛka, most righteous, standing on the good path.
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PdP 6 20.12
तस्य पुत्रः सुबाहुश्च जातोस्मिन्वै कुले तदा । तस्य पुत्रो गरो नाम नात्यंतं धार्मिकोऽभवत्
tasya putraḥ subāhuśca jātosminvai kule tadā | tasya putro garo nāma nātyaṃtaṃ dhārmiko'bhavat
And his son Subāhu was born then in this lineage; his son, named Gara, was not exceedingly righteous.
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PdP 6 20.13
कदाचित्कालयोगेन दुःखी जातोऽत्र कारणात् । राजा तु तत्र देशेन तर्जितो धर्मकारणात्
kadācitkālayogena duḥkhī jāto'tra kāraṇāt | rājā tu tatra deśena tarjito dharmakāraṇāt
At some time, by the working of time, he became miserable for a reason here: the king was there driven out by the country on account of dharma.
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PdP 6 20.14
स्वकुटुंबं गृहीत्वा तु गतोऽसौ भार्गवाश्रमे । रक्षितो भार्गवेणाथ कृपया तत्र वै तदा
svakuṭuṃbaṃ gṛhītvā tu gato'sau bhārgavāśrame | rakṣito bhārgaveṇātha kṛpayā tatra vai tadā
Taking his own family, he went to the hermitage of Bhārgava; and there then he was protected by Bhārgava out of compassion.
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PdP 6 20.15
तत्र पुत्रो ह्यभूत्तस्य सगरो नाम वै द्विज । ववृधे चाश्रमे पुण्ये भार्गवेणाभिरक्षितः
tatra putro hyabhūttasya sagaro nāma vai dvija | vavṛdhe cāśrame puṇye bhārgaveṇābhirakṣitaḥ
There a son named Sagara was born to him, O twice-born, and he grew up in that holy hermitage, guarded by Bhārgava.
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PdP 6 20.16
उपवीतादिकं सर्वं क्षत्रियस्य तदा कृतम् । शस्त्राणां च तथाभ्यासो वेदानां तु तथैव च
upavītādikaṃ sarvaṃ kṣatriyasya tadā kṛtam | śastrāṇāṃ ca tathābhyāso vedānāṃ tu tathaiva ca
Then all the rites beginning with the sacred thread, (proper) to a kṣatriya, were performed for him, and likewise practice in weapons, and just so in the Vedas.
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PdP 6 20.17
आग्नेयास्त्रं ततो लब्ध्वा भार्गवात्सगरो नृपः । जघान पृथिवीं गत्वा तालजंघान्सहैहयान्
āgneyāstraṃ tato labdhvā bhārgavātsagaro nṛpaḥ | jaghāna pṛthivīṃ gatvā tālajaṃghānsahaihayān
Then, having obtained the fiery weapon from Bhārgava, king Sagara went over the earth and slew the Tālajaṅghas together with the Haihayas,
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PdP 6 20.18
सशकान् पारदांश्चैव जघान स महातपाः । नारद उवाच- माहात्म्यं सगरस्याथ वद शंकर विस्तरात्
saśakān pāradāṃścaiva jaghāna sa mahātapāḥ | nārada uvāca- māhātmyaṃ sagarasyātha vada śaṃkara vistarāt
and, of great austerity, he slew the Śakas and the Pāradas as well. Nārada said: Now tell at length, O Śaṃkara, the greatness of Sagara.
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PdP 6 20.19
महादेव उवाच- सूर्यवंशी महाराजो विख्यातः स महाबली । गरस्य व्यसने तात हृतं राज्यमभूत्किल
mahādeva uvāca- sūryavaṃśī mahārājo vikhyātaḥ sa mahābalī | garasya vyasane tāta hṛtaṃ rājyamabhūtkila
Mahādeva said: He was a renowned great king of the solar line, of great strength. In Gara's calamity, dear one, the kingdom was, they say, seized—
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PdP 6 20.20
हैहयैस्तालजंघाद्यैः शकैः सार्द्धं च नारद । यवनाः पारदाश्चैव कांबोजाः पह्लवास्तथा
haihayaistālajaṃghādyaiḥ śakaiḥ sārddhaṃ ca nārada | yavanāḥ pāradāścaiva kāṃbojāḥ pahlavāstathā
—by the Haihayas headed by Tālajaṅgha, together with the Śakas, O Nārada, and the Yavanas and the Pāradas, the Kāmbojas and likewise the Pahlavas.
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PdP 6 20.21
एते पंचगणा ब्रह्मन्हैहयार्थे पराक्रमान् । हृतराज्यस्ततो राजा सगरोऽथ वनं ययौ
ete paṃcagaṇā brahmanhaihayārthe parākramān | hṛtarājyastato rājā sagaro'tha vanaṃ yayau
These five hosts, O brahman, made their assaults for the sake of the Haihayas. Then the king Sagara, his kingdom taken away, went to the forest.
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PdP 6 20.22
पत्न्याचानुगतो दुःखी स वै प्राणानवासृजत् । तस्य पत्नी तु कल्याणी सगर्भा च व्रतान्विता
patnyācānugato duḥkhī sa vai prāṇānavāsṛjat | tasya patnī tu kalyāṇī sagarbhā ca vratānvitā
Followed by his wife, sorrowful, he gave up his life-breaths. But his wife was virtuous, pregnant, and observant of vows.
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PdP 6 20.23
सपत्न्या भार्गवस्तस्य वृतः पूर्वं सुतेप्सया । सा तु भर्तृचितां कृत्वा वने तं प्ररुरोद ह
sapatnyā bhārgavastasya vṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ sutepsayā | sā tu bhartṛcitāṃ kṛtvā vane taṃ praruroda ha
Bhārgava had earlier been chosen by him together with his wife, out of the desire for a son. She, having made her husband's funeral pyre, wept for him in the forest.
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PdP 6 20.24
और्वस्तां वारयित्वा च गरपत्नीं तु नारद । न्यवेदयत तत्पुत्रं धर्मिष्ठं सात्विकं प्रियम्
aurvastāṃ vārayitvā ca garapatnīṃ tu nārada | nyavedayata tatputraṃ dharmiṣṭhaṃ sātvikaṃ priyam
And Aurva, restraining her—Gara's wife, O Nārada—made known to her her son, most righteous, good-natured, dear.
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PdP 6 20.25
निवेदिते ततो बाले मरणात्सा न्यवर्त्तत । ततो मासद्वये जाते ववर्द्धौर्वस्य चाश्रमे
nivedite tato bāle maraṇātsā nyavarttata | tato māsadvaye jāte vavarddhaurvasya cāśrame
When the child had then been announced (to her), she turned back from death; then, when two months had passed, (the boy) grew up in Aurva's hermitage.
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PdP 6 20.26
जातकर्मादियोगश्च और्वेण च तथा कृतः । उपवीतादिकं सर्वं जातं तत्र महामुनेः
jātakarmādiyogaśca aurveṇa ca tathā kṛtaḥ | upavītādikaṃ sarvaṃ jātaṃ tatra mahāmuneḥ
And the rites of birth and the rest were duly performed by Aurva; the investiture with the sacred thread and all the rest took place there, (at the hands) of the great sage.
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PdP 6 20.27
तत्र वेदादिकं सर्वं पठितं चौर्वयोगतः । अध्याप्य वेदशास्त्राणि ततोऽस्त्रं प्रत्यपादयत्
tatra vedādikaṃ sarvaṃ paṭhitaṃ caurvayogataḥ | adhyāpya vedaśāstrāṇi tato'straṃ pratyapādayat
There the Veda and all the rest was studied through connection with Aurva; and having taught (him) the Vedas and the śāstras, he then imparted the weapon (to him).
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PdP 6 20.28
आग्नेयं तं महाभाग अमरैरपि दुःसहम् । स तेनासुबलेनाजौ बलेन च समन्वितः
āgneyaṃ taṃ mahābhāga amarairapi duḥsaham | sa tenāsubalenājau balena ca samanvitaḥ
That fiery (weapon), O greatly fortunate one, hard to withstand even for the immortals — he, endowed in battle with the power of that (weapon) and with (his own) strength,
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PdP 6 20.29
हैहयान्वै जघानाशु संक्रुद्धः स्वबलेन च । आजहार च लोकेषु स च कीर्तिमवाप सः
haihayānvai jaghānāśu saṃkruddhaḥ svabalena ca | ājahāra ca lokeṣu sa ca kīrtimavāpa saḥ
in great wrath he swiftly slew the Haihayas with his own army; and he took (the victory) among the worlds, and he attained fame.
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PdP 6 20.30
ततः शकाः सयवनाः कांबोजाः पल्लवास्तथा । हन्यमानास्तदा ते तु वसिष्ठं शरणं ययुः
tataḥ śakāḥ sayavanāḥ kāṃbojāḥ pallavāstathā | hanyamānāstadā te tu vasiṣṭhaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ
Then the Śakas together with the Yavanas, the Kāmbojas and likewise the Pahlavas, being slain, went then to Vasiṣṭha for refuge.
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PdP 6 20.31
वसिष्ठोऽपि च तान्कृत्वा समयेन महाद्युतिः । सगरं वारयामास तेषां दत्त्वाऽभयं नृपः
vasiṣṭho'pi ca tānkṛtvā samayena mahādyutiḥ | sagaraṃ vārayāmāsa teṣāṃ dattvā'bhayaṃ nṛpaḥ
And Vasiṣṭha of great splendour, having bound them by an agreement, restrained king Sagara, having granted them safety.
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PdP 6 20.32
सगरः स्वां प्रतिज्ञांतु गुरोर्वाक्यं निशम्य च । धर्मैर्जघान तांश्चैषां विकृतत्वं चकार ह
sagaraḥ svāṃ pratijñāṃtu gurorvākyaṃ niśamya ca | dharmairjaghāna tāṃścaiṣāṃ vikṛtatvaṃ cakāra ha
And Sagara, having heard his own vow and the word of his teacher, struck them down by (measures of) dharma and made them disfigured (in appearance).
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PdP 6 20.33
अर्द्धंशकनांशिरसो मुंडं कृत्वा विसर्जयत् । यवनानां शिरः सर्वं कांबोजानां तथैव च
arddhaṃśakanāṃśiraso muṃḍaṃ kṛtvā visarjayat | yavanānāṃ śiraḥ sarvaṃ kāṃbojānāṃ tathaiva ca
Having made half the head of the Śakas shaven, he let (them) go; the whole head of the Yavanas, and likewise of the Kāmbojas.
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PdP 6 20.34
पारदा मुंडकेशाश्च पल्ल्वाः श्मश्रुरक्षकाः । एवं विजित्य सर्वान्वै कृतवान्धर्मसंग्रहम्
pāradā muṃḍakeśāśca pallvāḥ śmaśrurakṣakāḥ | evaṃ vijitya sarvānvai kṛtavāndharmasaṃgraham
The Pāradas with shaven hair, and the Pahlavas wearing beards — thus, having conquered all of them, he made a collection of dharma.
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PdP 6 20.35
सर्वधर्मजयी राजा विजित्येमां वसुंधराम् । आशु संस्कारयामास वाजिमेधाय पार्थिवः
sarvadharmajayī rājā vijityemāṃ vasuṃdharām | āśu saṃskārayāmāsa vājimedhāya pārthivaḥ
The king, victorious by all the dharmas, having conquered this earth, the ruler quickly had (the preparations) consecrated for the horse sacrifice.
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PdP 6 20.36
तस्य चारयतःसोऽश्वः समुद्रे पूर्वदक्षिणे । वेला समीपेऽपहृतो भूमिं चैव प्रवेशितः
tasya cārayataḥso'śvaḥ samudre pūrvadakṣiṇe | velā samīpe'pahṛto bhūmiṃ caiva praveśitaḥ
While he was letting it roam, that horse of his was carried off in the south-eastern ocean, near the shore, and was made to enter the earth.
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PdP 6 20.37
स तं देशं तदा पुत्रैः खानयामास सर्वतः । नाश्वं प्रापुस्तदातेवै खन्यमाने महार्णवे
sa taṃ deśaṃ tadā putraiḥ khānayāmāsa sarvataḥ | nāśvaṃ prāpustadātevai khanyamāne mahārṇave
He then had that region dug up on all sides by his sons; they did not obtain the horse even then, while the great ocean(-bed) was being dug.
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PdP 6 20.38
तत्रैकमादिपुरुषं ददृशुस्ते त्वरान्विताः । तमादिपुरुषं देवं कपिलं जगतां प्रभुम्
tatraikamādipuruṣaṃ dadṛśuste tvarānvitāḥ | tamādipuruṣaṃ devaṃ kapilaṃ jagatāṃ prabhum
There, in their haste, they saw a single primal Person — that primal Person, the god Kapila, lord of the worlds.
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PdP 6 20.39
तस्य चक्षुः समुत्पन्न वह्निना प्रतिबुध्यतः । दग्धाः षष्टि सहस्राणि चत्वारस्तेऽवशेषिताः
tasya cakṣuḥ samutpanna vahninā pratibudhyataḥ | dagdhāḥ ṣaṣṭi sahasrāṇi catvāraste'vaśeṣitāḥ
As he awoke, his eye arose with fire: sixty thousand were burnt; four of them were left over.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 20.40
हृषीकेतुः सुकेतुश्च तथा धर्मरथोपरः । शूरः पंचजनश्चैव तस्य वंशकरा द्विज
hṛṣīketuḥ suketuśca tathā dharmarathoparaḥ | śūraḥ paṃcajanaścaiva tasya vaṃśakarā dvija
Hṛṣīketu and Suketu, and Dharmaratha, and the other, Śūra, and Pañcajana — these were the continuers of his line, O twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 20.41
प्रादाच्च तस्मै भगवान्हरिः पंचवरान्स्वयम् । वंशं मोक्षं सुकीर्तिञ्च समुद्रं तनयं विभुः
prādācca tasmai bhagavānhariḥ paṃcavarānsvayam | vaṃśaṃ mokṣaṃ sukīrtiñca samudraṃ tanayaṃ vibhuḥ
And the Lord Hari himself gave him five boons: lineage, liberation, good fame, the ocean, and a son — (so did) the mighty one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 20.42
सागरत्वं च लेभेथ कर्मणा तेन तस्य वै । तमाश्वमेधिकं सोऽश्वं समुद्रादुपलब्धवान् । आजहाराश्वमेधानां शतं स च महायशाः
sāgaratvaṃ ca lebhetha karmaṇā tena tasya vai | tamāśvamedhikaṃ so'śvaṃ samudrādupalabdhavān | ājahārāśvamedhānāṃ śataṃ sa ca mahāyaśāḥ
And by that deed of his it (the ocean) obtained the name 'sāgara'; he recovered that sacrificial horse from the ocean, and he of great renown performed a hundred horse sacrifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain