Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 237
PdP 6 237.1
श्रीरुद्र उवाच- हिरण्यक हिरण्याक्षौ काश्यपेयौ महाबलौ । दितिपुत्रौ महावीर्य्यौ सर्व्वदैत्यपती उभौ
śrīrudra uvāca- hiraṇyaka hiraṇyākṣau kāśyapeyau mahābalau | ditiputrau mahāvīryyau sarvvadaityapatī ubhau
Śrī Rudra said: Hiraṇyaka(śipu) and Hiraṇyākṣa, sons of Kaśyapa, of great strength, sons of Diti, of great might, the two lords of all the daityas —
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PdP 6 237.2
नाम्ना तौ जयविजयौ श्वेतद्वीपे हरिं गतौ । तस्मिन्प्रविष्टयोगीन्द्रान्सनकादीन्महाबलौ
nāmnā tau jayavijayau śvetadvīpe hariṃ gatau | tasminpraviṣṭayogīndrānsanakādīnmahābalau
they two, by name Jaya and Vijaya, had gone to Hari on Śvetadvīpa; (there) the two mighty ones (barred) the lords of yogins, Sanaka and the rest, who had entered there —
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PdP 6 237.3
वारयामासतुर्देवि हरिसंदर्शनोत्सुकान् । तैः प्रशप्तौ महावीर्य्यौ द्वारपालौ सुरोत्तमौ
vārayāmāsaturdevi harisaṃdarśanotsukān | taiḥ praśaptau mahāvīryyau dvārapālau surottamau
they two held (them) back, O goddess, though they were eager for the sight of Hari; cursed by them, the two of great might, the two doorkeepers, best of gods (were cursed).
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PdP 6 237.4
सनकादय ऊचुः- उत्सृज्य तत्पृथिव्यां च यातौ देवस्य किंकरौ । रुद्र उवाच- इति शापं तयोर्दत्त्वा तत्र तस्थुर्मुनीश्वराः
sanakādaya ūcuḥ- utsṛjya tatpṛthivyāṃ ca yātau devasya kiṃkarau | rudra uvāca- iti śāpaṃ tayordattvā tatra tasthurmunīśvarāḥ
Sanaka and the others said: Let the two servants of the god abandon that (post) and go to the earth. Rudra said: having given that curse upon the two, the lords among sages remained there.
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PdP 6 237.5
देवस्तमर्थं ज्ञात्वा च तानाहूय च तावपि
devastamarthaṃ jñātvā ca tānāhūya ca tāvapi
And the god, having come to know that matter, and having summoned them and those two as well —
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PdP 6 237.6
तौ चोत्थायाब्रवीत्तत्र भगवान्भूतभावनः । भगवानुवाच- कृतवंतौ महावीर्य्यावपराधं महात्मनाम्
tau cotthāyābravīttatra bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ | bhagavānuvāca- kṛtavaṃtau mahāvīryyāvaparādhaṃ mahātmanām
and when those two had risen, the Blessed One, the creator of beings, spoke there. The Blessed One said: You two of great might have committed an offence against the great souls.
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PdP 6 237.7
नातिक्रमणीयमिदं भवद्भ्यां द्वारपालकौ । दासत्वं सप्तजन्मानि युवां भक्तौ ममानघौ
nātikramaṇīyamidaṃ bhavadbhyāṃ dvārapālakau | dāsatvaṃ saptajanmāni yuvāṃ bhaktau mamānaghau
This must not be transgressed by you two, O doorkeepers: servitude for seven births — (though) you two, sinless ones, are devoted to me;
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PdP 6 237.8
अमित्रतस्तथा त्रीणि जन्मानि भजतोऽपि वा । रुद्र उवाच- इत्युक्तौ तौ महावीर्य्यावब्रूतां परमेश्वरम्
amitratastathā trīṇi janmāni bhajato'pi vā | rudra uvāca- ityuktau tau mahāvīryyāvabrūtāṃ parameśvaram
or else three births by way of enmity, even though you two are worshippers (of me). Rudra said: thus addressed, the two of great might spoke to the supreme Lord.
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PdP 6 237.9
जयविजयावूचतुः । चिरकालं महीं गंतुं न समर्थौ स्व मानद । तस्माद्वैराय जन्मानि विद्धि वां च व्रजावहे
jayavijayāvūcatuḥ | cirakālaṃ mahīṃ gaṃtuṃ na samarthau sva mānada | tasmādvairāya janmāni viddhi vāṃ ca vrajāvahe
Jaya and Vijaya said: We two are not able to go to the earth for a long time, O giver of honour; therefore know that we shall go through (those) births by way of enmity.
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PdP 6 237.10
देवत्व यैव निहतो प्राप्स्यावो भवदंतिकम् । रुद्र उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा द्वारपालौ तौ पूर्वं जातौ महाबलौ
devatva yaiva nihato prāpsyāvo bhavadaṃtikam | rudra uvāca- ityuktvā dvārapālau tau pūrvaṃ jātau mahābalau
"Slain (by you), we two shall attain divinity itself and come into your presence." Rudra said: Having spoken thus, those two gatekeepers were first born as (beings) of great strength,
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PdP 6 237.11
कश्यपस्य महावीर्य्यौ दितिगर्भे महासुरौ । हिरण्यकशिपुर्ज्येष्ठो हिरण्याक्षः कनिष्ठकः
kaśyapasya mahāvīryyau ditigarbhe mahāsurau | hiraṇyakaśipurjyeṣṭho hiraṇyākṣaḥ kaniṣṭhakaḥ
as Kaśyapa's (sons), of great valor, great asuras in Diti's womb: Hiraṇyakaśipu the elder, Hiraṇyākṣa the younger.
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PdP 6 237.12
उभौ तौ लोकविख्यातौ महावीर्य्य बलोद्धतौ । अप्रमाणशरीरः स हिरण्याक्षो महोद्धतः
ubhau tau lokavikhyātau mahāvīryya baloddhatau | apramāṇaśarīraḥ sa hiraṇyākṣo mahoddhataḥ
Both of them were renowned in the world, of great valor, swollen with strength; that Hiraṇyākṣa, exceedingly overbearing, had a body beyond measure.
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PdP 6 237.13
उत्पाट्य बाहुसाहस्रैः पृथिवीं समहीधराम् । ससागरां द्वीपयुतां सर्व्वप्राणिसमन्विताम्
utpāṭya bāhusāhasraiḥ pṛthivīṃ samahīdharām | sasāgarāṃ dvīpayutāṃ sarvvaprāṇisamanvitām
Having torn up with his thousands of arms the earth together with its mountains, with its oceans, joined with its islands, filled with all living beings—
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PdP 6 237.14
उत्पाट्य शिरसा कृत्वा प्रविवेश रसातलम् । ततो देवगणाः सर्वे चुक्रुशुर्भयपीडिताः
utpāṭya śirasā kṛtvā praviveśa rasātalam | tato devagaṇāḥ sarve cukruśurbhayapīḍitāḥ
having torn (it) up and placed (it) on his head, he entered the nether world. Then all the hosts of gods, afflicted with fear, cried out.
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PdP 6 237.15
शरणं प्रययुर्देवं नारायणमनामयम् । ततस्तदद्भुतं ज्ञात्वा शंखचक्रगदाधरः
śaraṇaṃ prayayurdevaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam | tatastadadbhutaṃ jñātvā śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ
They went for refuge to the god Nārāyaṇa, the faultless one. Then, knowing that marvel, the bearer of conch, discus and mace—
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PdP 6 237.16
वाराहरूपमास्थाय विश्वरूपं जनार्दनः । अनादिमध्यांतवपुः सर्वदेवमयो विभुः
vārāharūpamāsthāya viśvarūpaṃ janārdanaḥ | anādimadhyāṃtavapuḥ sarvadevamayo vibhuḥ
Janārdana, assuming the boar form, the universal form—his body without beginning, middle, or end, made up of all the gods, the all-pervading one,
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PdP 6 237.17
विश्वतः पाणिपच्चक्षुर्महादंष्ट्रो महाभुजः । दंष्ट्रैकया तु तं दैत्यं जघान परमेश्वरः
viśvataḥ pāṇipaccakṣurmahādaṃṣṭro mahābhujaḥ | daṃṣṭraikayā tu taṃ daityaṃ jaghāna parameśvaraḥ
with hands, feet, and eyes on every side, with great tusks and great arms—the Supreme Lord slew that Daitya with a single tusk.
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PdP 6 237.18
संचूर्णितमहागात्रो ममार दितिजाधमः । पतितां धरणीं दृष्ट्वा दंष्ट्रयोद्धृत्य पूर्ववत्
saṃcūrṇitamahāgātro mamāra ditijādhamaḥ | patitāṃ dharaṇīṃ dṛṣṭvā daṃṣṭrayoddhṛtya pūrvavat
With his great limbs crushed to powder, that lowest of Diti's sons died. Seeing the earth fallen, (the Lord) lifted it up with his tusk as before,
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PdP 6 237.19
संस्थाप्य धारयामास शेषे कूर्म्मवपुस्तदा । तं दृष्ट्वा देवताः सर्व्वे क्रोडरूपं महाहरिम् । तुष्टुवुर्म्मुनयश्चैव भक्तिनम्रात्ममूर्त्तयः
saṃsthāpya dhārayāmāsa śeṣe kūrmmavapustadā | taṃ dṛṣṭvā devatāḥ sarvve kroḍarūpaṃ mahāharim | tuṣṭuvurmmunayaścaiva bhaktinamrātmamūrttayaḥ
and setting it in place, he then held it up on Śeṣa, in the form of a tortoise. Seeing him, the great Hari in boar form, all the gods and the sages too praised him, their persons bowed low with devotion.
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PdP 6 237.20
देवा ऊचुः- नमो यज्ञवराहाय नमस्ते शतबाहवे । नमस्ते देवदेवाय नमस्ते विश्वरूपिणे
devā ūcuḥ- namo yajñavarāhāya namaste śatabāhave | namaste devadevāya namaste viśvarūpiṇe
The gods said: Homage to the sacrificial boar; homage to you, the hundred-armed; homage to you, god of gods; homage to you, whose form is the universe.
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PdP 6 237.21
नमः स्थितिस्वरूपाय सर्वयज्ञस्वरूपिणे । कलाकाष्ठानिमेषाय नमस्ते कालरूपिणे
namaḥ sthitisvarūpāya sarvayajñasvarūpiṇe | kalākāṣṭhānimeṣāya namaste kālarūpiṇe
Homage to him whose nature is preservation, whose form is all sacrifices; homage to you who are the kalā, the kāṣṭhā, the blink of an eye, whose form is time.
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PdP 6 237.22
भूतात्मने नमस्तुभ्यमृग्वेदवपुषे तथा । सुरात्मने नमस्तुभ्यं सामवेदाय ते नमः
bhūtātmane namastubhyamṛgvedavapuṣe tathā | surātmane namastubhyaṃ sāmavedāya te namaḥ
Homage to you, the self of beings, and to you whose body is the Ṛgveda; homage to you, the self of the gods; homage to you, the Sāmaveda.
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PdP 6 237.23
ॐकाराय नमस्तुभ्यं यजुर्वेदस्वरूपिणे । ऋचःस्वरूपिणे चैव चतुर्वेदमयाय च
oṃkārāya namastubhyaṃ yajurvedasvarūpiṇe | ṛcaḥsvarūpiṇe caiva caturvedamayāya ca
Homage to you, the syllable Om, whose form is the Yajurveda, and whose form is the ṛc verses, and who consists of the four Vedas.
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PdP 6 237.24
नमस्ते वेदवेदाङ्ग सांगोपांगाय ते नमः । गोविंदाय नमस्तुभ्यमनादिनिधनाय च
namaste vedavedāṅga sāṃgopāṃgāya te namaḥ | goviṃdāya namastubhyamanādinidhanāya ca
Homage to you, (who are) the Veda and the limbs of the Veda; homage to you with the limbs and sub-limbs (of the Veda). Homage to you, Govinda, who are without beginning or end.
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PdP 6 237.25
नमस्ते वेदविदुषे विशिष्टैकस्वरूपिणे । श्रीभूलीलाधिपतये जगत्पित्रे नमोनमः
namaste vedaviduṣe viśiṣṭaikasvarūpiṇe | śrībhūlīlādhipataye jagatpitre namonamaḥ
Homage to you, the knower of the Veda, whose single form is distinguished; to the lord of Śrī, Bhū, and Līlā, to the father of the world, homage upon homage.
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PdP 6 237.26
रुद्र उवाच- इत्यादि स्तुतिभिः स्तुत्वा देवं वाराहरूपिणम् । अर्च्चयामासुरात्मेशं गंधपुष्पादिभिर्हरिम्
rudra uvāca- ityādi stutibhiḥ stutvā devaṃ vārāharūpiṇam | arccayāmāsurātmeśaṃ gaṃdhapuṣpādibhirharim
Rudra said: Having praised with these and other praises the god in boar form, they worshipped Hari, the lord of the self, with perfumes, flowers, and the rest.
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PdP 6 237.27
समर्च्यमानस्तैर्देवैस्तेषामिष्टं वरं ददौ । गंधर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च गायमानो मुदा हरिः
samarcyamānastairdevaisteṣāmiṣṭaṃ varaṃ dadau | gaṃdharvairapsarobhiśca gāyamāno mudā hariḥ
Being duly worshipped by those gods, he granted the boon they desired; and Hari, being sung to with joy by gandharvas and apsarases,
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PdP 6 237.28
महर्षिभिः स्तूयमानस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । एभिः स्तुत्वा नरो भक्त्या प्रातरुत्थाय भक्तिमान्
maharṣibhiḥ stūyamānastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | ebhiḥ stutvā naro bhaktyā prātarutthāya bhaktimān
and praised by the great sages, vanished right there. A devout man who, rising at dawn, praises (him) with these (verses) with devotion
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PdP 6 237.29
ईप्सितांल्लभते भूमिं चिरं सस्यफलान्विताम् । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं वाराहवैभवं हरैः । नारसिंहं तथा वक्ष्ये शृणु देवि वरानने
īpsitāṃllabhate bhūmiṃ ciraṃ sasyaphalānvitām | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ vārāhavaibhavaṃ haraiḥ | nārasiṃhaṃ tathā vakṣye śṛṇu devi varānane
obtains the lands he desires, long endowed with crops and fruits. All this glory of the Boar has been told to you by Hara. Likewise I shall tell of (the manifestation) of the Man-Lion; listen, O goddess, fair of face.
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PdP 6 237.237
वराहावतारकथनंनाम सप्तत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
varāhāvatārakathanaṃnāma saptatriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
The two hundred thirty-seventh chapter, called "The Telling of the Boar Incarnation."
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