Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 233
PdP 6 233.1
शंकर उवाच- ततः प्रोवाच भगवान्सुरांश्चैव महामुनीन् । देव्या सह प्रहृष्टात्मा सर्वलोकहिताय वै
śaṃkara uvāca- tataḥ provāca bhagavānsurāṃścaiva mahāmunīn | devyā saha prahṛṣṭātmā sarvalokahitāya vai
Śaṃkara said: Then the Lord, with the Goddess, his heart greatly gladdened, spoke to the gods and to the great sages, for the welfare of all the worlds.
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PdP 6 233.2
श्रीभगवानुवाच- शृणुध्वं मुनयः सर्वे देवताश्च महाबलाः । एकादशी महापुण्या सर्वोपद्रवनाशिनी
śrībhagavānuvāca- śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ sarve devatāśca mahābalāḥ | ekādaśī mahāpuṇyā sarvopadravanāśinī
The blessed Lord said: Listen, all you sages, and you gods of great might: the eleventh day is greatly meritorious, destroying all calamities.
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PdP 6 233.3
लक्ष्मीसंदर्शनार्थाय भवद्भिः समुपोषिता । तस्मात्तु सर्वदा पुण्या द्वादशी मम वल्लभा
lakṣmīsaṃdarśanārthāya bhavadbhiḥ samupoṣitā | tasmāttu sarvadā puṇyā dvādaśī mama vallabhā
By you it was observed with fasting for the sake of beholding Lakṣmī; therefore the twelfth day too is always meritorious and dear to me.
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PdP 6 233.4
अद्यप्रभृति ये लोका उषिताः पूर्ववासरे । द्वादश्यामुदिते भानौ श्रद्धया परया युताः
adyaprabhṛti ye lokā uṣitāḥ pūrvavāsare | dvādaśyāmudite bhānau śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ
From today onward, those people who have fasted on the preceding day, and on the twelfth, when the sun has risen, being endowed with supreme faith—
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PdP 6 233.5
ये पूजयंति मां भक्त्या तुलस्या च श्रिया सह । सर्वे ते बन्ध निर्मुक्ताः प्राप्नुवंति पदं मम
ye pūjayaṃti māṃ bhaktyā tulasyā ca śriyā saha | sarve te bandha nirmuktāḥ prāpnuvaṃti padaṃ mama
—who worship me with devotion, with tulasī, together with Śrī: all of them, released from bondage, attain my abode.
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PdP 6 233.6
नार्च्चयंति च ये वै मां द्वादश्यां पुरुषोत्तमम् । ते नराः पापकर्माणो मम मायाविमोहिताः
nārccayaṃti ca ye vai māṃ dvādaśyāṃ puruṣottamam | te narāḥ pāpakarmāṇo mama māyāvimohitāḥ
And those who do not worship me, the Supreme Person, on the twelfth day—those men are doers of evil, deluded by my māyā.
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PdP 6 233.7
ये नार्चयंति पापिष्ठा नरा नरकगामिनः । तान्पापान्विषयैर्वद्धान्ममपूजापराङ्मुखान्
ye nārcayaṃti pāpiṣṭhā narā narakagāminaḥ | tānpāpānviṣayairvaddhānmamapūjāparāṅmukhān
Those most sinful men who do not worship (me) are bound for hell; those sinners, bound by the objects of sense, turned away from my worship—
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PdP 6 233.8
क्षिपत्यजस्रं संसारे माया मम दुरत्यया । रुद्र उवाच- एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवान्परमात्मा सनातनः
kṣipatyajasraṃ saṃsāre māyā mama duratyayā | rudra uvāca- evamuktvā tu bhagavānparamātmā sanātanaḥ
—my māyā, hard to overcome, hurls them ceaselessly into the round of rebirth. Rudra said: Having spoken thus, the Lord, the eternal Supreme Self,
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PdP 6 233.9
संस्तूयमानो मुनिभिः प्रययौ कमलालयम् । क्षीराब्धौ शेषपर्य्यङ्के विमाने सूर्य्यसन्निभे
saṃstūyamāno munibhiḥ prayayau kamalālayam | kṣīrābdhau śeṣaparyyaṅke vimāne sūryyasannibhe
being praised by the sages, went to the abode of the lotus (Lakṣmī); in the Ocean of Milk, on the couch of Śeṣa, in a celestial car resembling the sun,
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PdP 6 233.10
देव्या सह विशालाक्ष्या रमया परमेश्वरः । दर्शनार्थं सुराणां च तत्र सन्निहितोऽभवत्
devyā saha viśālākṣyā ramayā parameśvaraḥ | darśanārthaṃ surāṇāṃ ca tatra sannihito'bhavat
the Supreme Lord, together with the large-eyed goddess Ramā, was present there for the sake of (granting) the gods a sight (of him).
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PdP 6 233.11
ततः सुरगणाः सर्व्वे कूर्म्मरूपं सनातनम् । भक्त्या संपूजयित्वाथ तुष्टुवुर्हृष्टमानसाः
tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarvve kūrmmarūpaṃ sanātanam | bhaktyā saṃpūjayitvātha tuṣṭuvurhṛṣṭamānasāḥ
Then all the hosts of gods, having worshipped with devotion the eternal one in tortoise form, praised him with glad minds.
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PdP 6 233.12
ततः प्रसन्नो भवगान्कूर्म्मरूपी जनार्द्दनः । भगवानुवाच- वरं वृणीध्वं देवेशा यद्वो मनसि वर्त्तते । रुद्र उवाच- ततो देवगणाः सर्वे कूर्म्मरूपं जनार्दनम्
tataḥ prasanno bhavagānkūrmmarūpī janārddanaḥ | bhagavānuvāca- varaṃ vṛṇīdhvaṃ deveśā yadvo manasi varttate | rudra uvāca- tato devagaṇāḥ sarve kūrmmarūpaṃ janārdanam
Then Janārdana, in tortoise form, was pleased. The Lord said: Choose a boon, lords of the gods, whatever is in your mind. Rudra said: Then the hosts of gods (addressed) Janārdana in tortoise form,
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PdP 6 233.13
उचुः प्रांजलयः सर्व्वे हर्ष निर्भरमानसाः । देवा ऊचुः- शेषस्य दिग्गजानां च सहायार्थं महाबल
ucuḥ prāṃjalayaḥ sarvve harṣa nirbharamānasāḥ | devā ūcuḥ- śeṣasya diggajānāṃ ca sahāyārthaṃ mahābala
they spoke with palms joined, all of them with minds overflowing with joy. The gods said: For the sake of aiding Śeṣa and the elephants of the quarters, O mighty one,
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PdP 6 233.14
धर्तुमर्हसि देवेश सप्तद्वीपवतीं महीम् । रुद्र उवाच- एवमस्त्विति हृष्टात्मा भगवांल्लोकभावनः
dhartumarhasi deveśa saptadvīpavatīṃ mahīm | rudra uvāca- evamastviti hṛṣṭātmā bhagavāṃllokabhāvanaḥ
you should bear the earth with its seven continents, O lord of gods. Rudra said: "Let it be so"—so (said) the Lord, the sustainer of the worlds, with glad heart,
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PdP 6 233.15
धारयामास धरणीं सप्तद्वीपसमावृताम् । ततो देवाः सगंधर्वा दैत्यदानवमानुषाः
dhārayāmāsa dharaṇīṃ saptadvīpasamāvṛtām | tato devāḥ sagaṃdharvā daityadānavamānuṣāḥ
and he bore the earth encompassed by its seven continents. Then the gods together with the gandharvas, the daityas, dānavas and men,
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PdP 6 233.16
महर्षिभिरनुज्ञाताः स्वर्लोकान्प्रतिपेदिरे । तदाप्रभृति ते सर्व्वे देवा ब्रह्मपुरोगमाः
maharṣibhiranujñātāḥ svarlokānpratipedire | tadāprabhṛti te sarvve devā brahmapurogamāḥ
permitted by the great sages, went back to the heavenly worlds. From that time on, all those gods with Brahmā at their head,
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PdP 6 233.17
सिद्धा ये मानुषाश्चैव योगिनो मुनिसत्तमाः । विष्णोराज्ञां पुरस्कृत्य भक्त्या परमया युताः
siddhā ye mānuṣāścaiva yogino munisattamāḥ | viṣṇorājñāṃ puraskṛtya bhaktyā paramayā yutāḥ
and the siddhas, and men, and yogins, the best of sages, setting Viṣṇu's command foremost, endowed with supreme devotion,
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PdP 6 233.18
एकादश्यामुपोष्याथ भक्त्या चैव जनार्दनम् । द्वादश्यामर्च्चनं चक्रुर्विधिना वरवर्णिनि
ekādaśyāmupoṣyātha bhaktyā caiva janārdanam | dvādaśyāmarccanaṃ cakrurvidhinā varavarṇini
having fasted on the eleventh with devotion (in honour of) Janārdana, performed the worship on the twelfth according to the rule, O fair-complexioned lady.
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PdP 6 233.19
एतत्तु सर्वमाख्यातं देव्या जन्म वरानने । कौर्म्यं च वैभवं विष्णोः किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
etattu sarvamākhyātaṃ devyā janma varānane | kaurmyaṃ ca vaibhavaṃ viṣṇoḥ kimanyacchrotumicchasi
All this has been told (to you): the birth of the Goddess, O fair-faced one, and the tortoise-manifestation and the might of Viṣṇu. What else do you wish to hear?
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