Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 236
PdP 6 236.1
पार्वत्युवाच- तामसानि च शास्त्राणि समाचक्ष्व ममानघ । संप्रोक्तानिच तैर्व्विप्रैर्भगवद्भक्तिवर्जितैः । तेषां नामानि क्रमशः समाचक्ष्व सुरेश्वर
pārvatyuvāca- tāmasāni ca śāstrāṇi samācakṣva mamānagha | saṃproktānica tairvviprairbhagavadbhaktivarjitaiḥ | teṣāṃ nāmāni kramaśaḥ samācakṣva sureśvara
Pārvatī said: Tell me also of the dark (tāmasa) treatises, O sinless one, and those declared by those brahmins devoid of devotion to the Lord; tell me their names in order, O lord of gods.
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PdP 6 236.2
रुद्र उवाच- शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि तामसानि यथाक्रमम्
rudra uvāca- śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi tāmasāni yathākramam
Rudra said: Listen, O goddess, I shall declare the tāmasa (works) in due order.
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PdP 6 236.3
तेषां स्मरणमात्रेण मोहः स्याज्ज्ञानिनामपि । प्रथमं हि मयैवोक्तं शैवं पाशुपतादिकम्
teṣāṃ smaraṇamātreṇa mohaḥ syājjñānināmapi | prathamaṃ hi mayaivoktaṃ śaivaṃ pāśupatādikam
By merely recalling them, delusion arises even in the wise. First, indeed, was spoken by me myself the Śaiva, the Pāśupata and the rest.
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PdP 6 236.4
मच्छक्त्यावेशितैर्व्विप्रैः प्रोक्तानि च ततः शृणु । कणादेन तु संप्रोक्तं शास्त्रं वैशेषिकं महत्
macchaktyāveśitairvvipraiḥ proktāni ca tataḥ śṛṇu | kaṇādena tu saṃproktaṃ śāstraṃ vaiśeṣikaṃ mahat
Then hear of those declared by brahmins into whom my power had entered: by Kaṇāda was proclaimed the great Vaiśeṣika treatise,
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PdP 6 236.5
गौतमेन तथा न्यायं सांख्यं तु कपिलेन वै । धिषणेन तथा प्रोक्तं चार्व्वाकमतिगर्हितम्
gautamena tathā nyāyaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ tu kapilena vai | dhiṣaṇena tathā proktaṃ cārvvākamatigarhitam
and likewise the Nyāya by Gautama, and the Sāṃkhya by Kapila; and by Dhiṣaṇa (Bṛhaspati) was declared the utterly reprehensible Cārvāka (doctrine).
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PdP 6 236.6
दैत्यानां नाशनार्थाय विष्णुना बुद्धरूपिणा । बौद्धशास्त्रमसत्प्रोक्तं नग्ननीलपटादिकम्
daityānāṃ nāśanārthāya viṣṇunā buddharūpiṇā | bauddhaśāstramasatproktaṃ nagnanīlapaṭādikam
For the destruction of the demons, by Viṣṇu in the form of the Buddha, the false Buddhist doctrine was proclaimed—the naked ones, the blue-robed ones and the rest.
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PdP 6 236.7
मायावादमसच्छास्त्रं प्रच्छन्नं बौद्ध उच्यते । मयैव कथितं देवि कलौ ब्राह्मणरूपिणा
māyāvādamasacchāstraṃ pracchannaṃ bauddha ucyate | mayaiva kathitaṃ devi kalau brāhmaṇarūpiṇā
The doctrine of māyā is a false teaching; it is called a concealed Buddhism. It was told by me myself, O goddess, in the Kali age, in the form of a brahmin.
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PdP 6 236.8
अपार्थं श्रुतिवाक्यानां दर्शयन्लोकगर्हितम् । स्वकर्म्मरूपं त्याज्यत्वमत्रैव प्रतिपाद्यते
apārthaṃ śrutivākyānāṃ darśayanlokagarhitam | svakarmmarūpaṃ tyājyatvamatraiva pratipādyate
Showing the Vedic statements to be meaningless, (that teaching is) censured by the world; therein it is taught that one's own prescribed action is to be abandoned.
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PdP 6 236.9
सर्वकर्म्मपरिभ्रष्टैर्वैधर्म्मत्वं तदुच्यते । परेशजीवपारैक्यं मया तु प्रतिपाद्यते
sarvakarmmaparibhraṣṭairvaidharmmatvaṃ taducyate | pareśajīvapāraikyaṃ mayā tu pratipādyate
That is called irreligion by those who have fallen away from all rites. And by me the oneness of the supreme Lord and the individual soul is taught.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 236.10
ब्रह्मणोस्य स्वयं रूपं निर्गुणं वक्ष्यते मया । सर्वस्य जगतोऽप्यत्र मोहनार्थं कलौ युगे
brahmaṇosya svayaṃ rūpaṃ nirguṇaṃ vakṣyate mayā | sarvasya jagato'pyatra mohanārthaṃ kalau yuge
The very form of this Brahman will be declared by me as attributeless—here, for the deluding of the whole world in the Kali age.
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PdP 6 236.11
वेदार्थवन्महाशास्त्रं मायया यदवैदिकम् । मयैव कल्पितं देवि जगतां नाशकारणात्
vedārthavanmahāśāstraṃ māyayā yadavaidikam | mayaiva kalpitaṃ devi jagatāṃ nāśakāraṇāt
That great treatise which seems to have the meaning of the Veda but is un-Vedic was fashioned by me myself through māyā, O goddess, for the sake of the destruction of the worlds.
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PdP 6 236.12
मदाज्ञया जैमिनिना पूर्वं वेदमपार्थकम् । निरीश्वरेण वादेन कृतं शास्त्रं महत्तरम्
madājñayā jaimininā pūrvaṃ vedamapārthakam | nirīśvareṇa vādena kṛtaṃ śāstraṃ mahattaram
By my command, earlier, Jaimini made a very great treatise (rendering) the Veda meaningless, by a doctrine that has no God.
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PdP 6 236.13
शास्त्राणि चैव गिरिजे तामसानि निबोध मे । पुराणानि च वक्ष्यामि तामसानि यथाक्रमात्
śāstrāṇi caiva girije tāmasāni nibodha me | purāṇāni ca vakṣyāmi tāmasāni yathākramāt
Learn from me too, O daughter of the mountain, the tāmasa treatises; and I shall declare the tāmasa Purāṇas in due order.
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PdP 6 236.14
ब्राह्मं पाद्मं वैष्णवं च शैवं भागवतं तथा । तथैव नारदीयं तु मार्कण्डेयन्तु सप्तमम्
brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca śaivaṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā | tathaiva nāradīyaṃ tu mārkaṇḍeyantu saptamam
The Brāhma, the Pādma, the Vaiṣṇava, the Śaiva, and the Bhāgavata, and likewise the Nāradīya, and the Mārkaṇḍeya as the seventh;
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PdP 6 236.15
आग्नेयमष्टमं प्रोक्तं भविष्यं नवमं तथा । दशमं ब्रह्मवैवर्तं लिङ्गमेकादशं स्मृतम्
āgneyamaṣṭamaṃ proktaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ navamaṃ tathā | daśamaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ liṅgamekādaśaṃ smṛtam
the Āgneya is declared the eighth, and the Bhaviṣya the ninth; the tenth is the Brahmavaivarta, the Liṅga is known as the eleventh;
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PdP 6 236.16
द्वादशं च वराहं च वामनं च त्रयोदशम् । कौर्म्मं चतुर्दशं प्रोक्तं मात्स्यं पंचदशं स्मृतम्
dvādaśaṃ ca varāhaṃ ca vāmanaṃ ca trayodaśam | kaurmmaṃ caturdaśaṃ proktaṃ mātsyaṃ paṃcadaśaṃ smṛtam
and the twelfth the Varāha, and the Vāmana the thirteenth; the Kaurma is declared the fourteenth, the Mātsya is known as the fifteenth;
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PdP 6 236.17
षोडशं गारुडं प्रोक्तं स्कंदं सप्तदशं स्मृतम् । अष्टादशं तु ब्रह्मांडं पुराणानि यथाक्रमम्
ṣoḍaśaṃ gāruḍaṃ proktaṃ skaṃdaṃ saptadaśaṃ smṛtam | aṣṭādaśaṃ tu brahmāṃḍaṃ purāṇāni yathākramam
The sixteenth is declared to be the Gāruḍa, the seventeenth is held to be the Skānda; and the eighteenth is the Brahmāṇḍa — the Purāṇas in their order.
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PdP 6 236.18
मात्स्यं कौर्मं तथा लैड्गं शैवं स्कांदं तथैव च । आग्नेयं च षडेतानि तामसानि निबोध मे
mātsyaṃ kaurmaṃ tathā laiḍgaṃ śaivaṃ skāṃdaṃ tathaiva ca | āgneyaṃ ca ṣaḍetāni tāmasāni nibodha me
The Mātsya, the Kaurma, likewise the Laiṅga, the Śaiva and the Skānda as well, and the Āgneya — these six are tāmasa (of the quality of darkness); learn (this) from me.
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PdP 6 236.19
वैष्णवं नारदीयं च तथा भागवतं शुभम् । गारुडं च तथा पाद्मं वाराहं शुभदर्शने
vaiṣṇavaṃ nāradīyaṃ ca tathā bhāgavataṃ śubham | gāruḍaṃ ca tathā pādmaṃ vārāhaṃ śubhadarśane
The Vaiṣṇava and the Nāradīya, and likewise the auspicious Bhāgavata, the Gāruḍa and also the Pādma, and the Vārāha, O you of auspicious aspect —
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PdP 6 236.20
सात्विकानि पुराणानि विज्ञेयानि शुभानि वै । ब्रह्मांड ब्रह्मवैवर्त्तं मार्कंडेयं तथैव च
sātvikāni purāṇāni vijñeyāni śubhāni vai | brahmāṃḍa brahmavaivarttaṃ mārkaṃḍeyaṃ tathaiva ca
these are to be known as the sāttvika Purāṇas, auspicious indeed. The Brahmāṇḍa, the Brahmavaivarta, and likewise the Mārkaṇḍeya,
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PdP 6 236.21
भविष्यं वामनं ब्राह्मं राजसानि निबोध मे । सात्विका मोक्षदाः प्रोक्ता राजसाः सर्वदा शुभाः
bhaviṣyaṃ vāmanaṃ brāhmaṃ rājasāni nibodha me | sātvikā mokṣadāḥ proktā rājasāḥ sarvadā śubhāḥ
the Bhaviṣya, the Vāmana, the Brāhma — learn these from me as rājasa. The sāttvika ones are declared to bestow liberation, the rājasa are always auspicious,
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PdP 6 236.22
तथैव तामसा देवि निरयप्राप्तिहेतवः । तथैव स्मृतयः प्रोक्ता ऋषिभिस्त्रिगुणान्विताः
tathaiva tāmasā devi nirayaprāptihetavaḥ | tathaiva smṛtayaḥ proktā ṛṣibhistriguṇānvitāḥ
and just so the tāmasa ones, O goddess, are causes of the attainment of hell. In the same way the Smṛtis too have been declared by the sages to be possessed of the three qualities:
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PdP 6 236.23
सात्विका राजसाश्चैव तामसा शुभदर्शने । वासिष्ठं चैव हारीतं व्यासं पाराशरं तथा
sātvikā rājasāścaiva tāmasā śubhadarśane | vāsiṣṭhaṃ caiva hārītaṃ vyāsaṃ pārāśaraṃ tathā
sāttvika, rājasa, and tāmasa, O you of auspicious aspect. The Vāsiṣṭha, the Hārīta, the Vyāsa, and likewise the Pārāśara,
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PdP 6 236.24
भारद्वाजं काश्यपं च सात्विका मुक्तिदाः शुभाः । याज्ञवल्क्यं तथात्रेयं तैत्तिरं दाक्षमेव च
bhāradvājaṃ kāśyapaṃ ca sātvikā muktidāḥ śubhāḥ | yājñavalkyaṃ tathātreyaṃ taittiraṃ dākṣameva ca
the Bhāradvāja and the Kāśyapa — (these are) the sāttvika, bestowers of release, auspicious. The Yājñavalkya, and the Ātreya, the Taittira, and the Dākṣa,
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PdP 6 236.25
कात्यायनं वैष्णवं च राजसां स्वर्गदाः शुभाः । गौतमं बार्हस्पत्यं च सांवर्त्तं च यमं स्मृतम्
kātyāyanaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca rājasāṃ svargadāḥ śubhāḥ | gautamaṃ bārhaspatyaṃ ca sāṃvarttaṃ ca yamaṃ smṛtam
the Kātyāyana and the Vaiṣṇava — of the rājasa (sort), bestowers of heaven, auspicious. The Gautama, the Bārhaspatya, the Sāṃvarta, and the Yama that is remembered,
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PdP 6 236.26
साख्यं चौशनसं चेति तामसा निरयप्रदाः । किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन पुराणेषु स्मृतिष्वपि
sākhyaṃ cauśanasaṃ ceti tāmasā nirayapradāḥ | kimatra bahunoktena purāṇeṣu smṛtiṣvapi
the Sāṅkhya and the Auśanasa — (these are) tāmasa, bestowers of hell. What need of much speaking here, whether among the Purāṇas or among the Smṛtis?
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PdP 6 236.27
तामसा नरकायैव वर्जयेत्तान्विचक्षणः । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं प्रसंगाच्छुभदर्शनम् । शेषां च प्रभवावस्थां हरेर्वक्ष्यामि ते शृणु
tāmasā narakāyaiva varjayettānvicakṣaṇaḥ | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ prasaṃgācchubhadarśanam | śeṣāṃ ca prabhavāvasthāṃ harervakṣyāmi te śṛṇu
The tāmasa ones lead only to hell; the discerning man should avoid them. All this has been told to you in passing, O you of auspicious aspect. And I shall tell you the remaining condition of Hari's manifestation; listen.
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