Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 251
PdP 6 251.1
श्रीरुद्र उवाच- अथ पौंड्रक वासुदेवः काशिराजो वाराणस्यां विविक्ते द्वादशवर्षं महेशमर्च्चयन्निराहारः पंचाक्षरं जजाप
śrīrudra uvāca- atha pauṃḍraka vāsudevaḥ kāśirājo vārāṇasyāṃ vivikte dvādaśavarṣaṃ maheśamarccayannirāhāraḥ paṃcākṣaraṃ jajāpa
Śrī Rudra said: Now Pauṇḍraka Vāsudeva, king of Kāśi, in a solitary place in Vārāṇasī, worshipping Maheśa for twelve years while fasting, muttered the five-syllable (mantra).
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PdP 6 251.2
पौरश्चरणकाले शंकरं स्वनेत्रकमलेन पूजयामास
pauraścaraṇakāle śaṃkaraṃ svanetrakamalena pūjayāmāsa
At the time of the completion of the preliminary observance he worshipped Śaṃkara with the lotus of his own eye.
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PdP 6 251.3
ततः शूलपाणिरुमापतिः प्रसन्नो वरं वृणीष्वेति तमाह
tataḥ śūlapāṇirumāpatiḥ prasanno varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti tamāha
Then the trident-bearer, the husband of Umā, being pleased, said to him: "Choose a boon."
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PdP 6 251.4
असौ पंचवक्त्रंसर्वभूतपतिं शिवं प्रसन्नं वरद मम वासुदेवसमानरूपं प्रयच्छेत्युवाच
asau paṃcavaktraṃsarvabhūtapatiṃ śivaṃ prasannaṃ varada mama vāsudevasamānarūpaṃ prayacchetyuvāca
He said to the five-faced Śiva, the lord of all beings, who was pleased: "O granter of boons, grant me a form equal to Vāsudeva's."
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PdP 6 251.5
शिवस्तस्मै शंख चक्र गदा पद्मयुत चतुर्भुजं पुंडरीकदलनिभलोचनं वासुदेवसमानकिरीट। ललित कुंतलं पीतवस्त्रकौस्तुभाभरणादि चिह्नान्यपि मह्यं देहीति याचितः शिवः सर्वमपि तस्मै प्रददौ
śivastasmai śaṃkha cakra gadā padmayuta caturbhujaṃ puṃḍarīkadalanibhalocanaṃ vāsudevasamānakirīṭa| lalita kuṃtalaṃ pītavastrakaustubhābharaṇādi cihnānyapi mahyaṃ dehīti yācitaḥ śivaḥ sarvamapi tasmai pradadau
Śiva (granted) him four arms holding conch, discus, mace and lotus, eyes like the petals of a white lotus; and when Śiva was entreated, "Give me also the marks — a crown equal to Vāsudeva's, lovely curling hair, yellow garments, the Kaustubha (Kaustubha jewel) as ornament, and the rest" — Śiva gave him all of it.
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PdP 6 251.6
स तु वासुदेवोऽहमिति सर्वलोकान्मोहयामास
sa tu vāsudevo'hamiti sarvalokānmohayāmāsa
And he deluded all the worlds, saying "I am Vāsudeva."
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PdP 6 251.7
कदाचित्स्वर्गतः मदबलोत्कटं तं काशिपतिं नारदोऽभ्येत्य वसुदेवसुतमजित्वा वासुदेवत्वं न विद्यते इत्युवाच
kadācitsvargataḥ madabalotkaṭaṃ taṃ kāśipatiṃ nārado'bhyetya vasudevasutamajitvā vāsudevatvaṃ na vidyate ityuvāca
Once Nārada, coming from heaven to that lord of Kāśi who was swollen with the force of his intoxication, said: "Without conquering the son of Vasudeva, there is no being Vāsudeva."
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PdP 6 251.8
स तु तस्मिन्नेव क्षणे गरुडपताकायुतरूपं रथमारोप्य चतुरंगाक्षौहिणीबलेन द्वारकामवाप
sa tu tasminneva kṣaṇe garuḍapatākāyutarūpaṃ rathamāropya caturaṃgākṣauhiṇībalena dvārakāmavāpa
And he, in that very moment, mounting a chariot fitted with the form of a Garuḍa banner, reached Dvārakā with an akṣauhiṇī force of the four divisions.
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PdP 6 251.9
तत्र पुरद्वारि स्वर्णयाने संस्थितो वासुदेवोऽहं युद्धार्थं संप्राप्तोस्मि मामजित्वात ववासुदेवत्वं नास्तीति दूतं प्रेषयामास
tatra puradvāri svarṇayāne saṃsthito vāsudevo'haṃ yuddhārthaṃ saṃprāptosmi māmajitvāta vavāsudevatvaṃ nāstīti dūtaṃ preṣayāmāsa
There, stationed in his golden vehicle at the city gate, he sent a messenger (saying): "I am Vāsudeva; I have come for battle; without conquering me there is no being Vāsudeva."
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PdP 6 251.10
विष्णुरपि तच्छ्रुत्वा वैनतेयमारुह्य पौंड्रकेण योद्धुं पुरद्वारि विनिष्क्रम्याक्षौहिणीबलेन स्यंदने समासीनं शंखचक्रगदापद्महस्तं पौंड्रकं ददर्श
viṣṇurapi tacchrutvā vainateyamāruhya pauṃḍrakeṇa yoddhuṃ puradvāri viniṣkramyākṣauhiṇībalena syaṃdane samāsīnaṃ śaṃkhacakragadāpadmahastaṃ pauṃḍrakaṃ dadarśa
Viṣṇu too, having heard that, mounted the son of Vinatā (Garuḍa) and went out to the city gate to fight with Pauṇḍraka, and saw Pauṇḍraka seated on a chariot with an akṣauhiṇī force, holding conch, discus, mace and lotus in his hands.
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PdP 6 251.11
कृष्णोऽथ शार्ङ्गमादाय संवर्ताग्निप्रभैर्बाणैस्तथाश्वगजपदातियुक्तं महदक्षौहिणीबलं मुहूर्तमात्रेण निःशेषं ददाह
kṛṣṇo'tha śārṅgamādāya saṃvartāgniprabhairbāṇaistathāśvagajapadātiyuktaṃ mahadakṣauhiṇībalaṃ muhūrtamātreṇa niḥśeṣaṃ dadāha
Then Kṛṣṇa, taking up his Śārṅga bow, with arrows blazing like the fire of universal dissolution burned up entirely, in a mere moment, that great akṣauhiṇī force complete with horses, elephants and foot-soldiers.
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PdP 6 251.12
शरेणैकेन तस्य हस्तावसक्तशंखचक्रगदादिहेतीरपि लीलयैव चिच्छेद
śareṇaikena tasya hastāvasaktaśaṃkhacakragadādihetīrapi līlayaiva ciccheda
With a single arrow he cut through, as if in play, even the conch, discus, mace and the other weapons that were held in his (Pauṇḍraka's) hands.
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PdP 6 251.13
पवित्रेण सुदर्शनेन किरीटकुंडलयुतं तस्य शिरः कमलं छित्त्वा वाराणस्यामंतः पुरे निपातयामास
pavitreṇa sudarśanena kirīṭakuṃḍalayutaṃ tasya śiraḥ kamalaṃ chittvā vārāṇasyāmaṃtaḥ pure nipātayāmāsa
With the holy Sudarśana (discus) he severed his lotus-like head, together with its crown and earrings, and made it fall inside the city of Vārāṇasī.
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PdP 6 251.14
तद्दृष्ट्वा सर्वे काशीनिवासिनः किमेतदित्याशंक्य विस्मिता बभूवुः
taddṛṣṭvā sarve kāśīnivāsinaḥ kimetadityāśaṃkya vismitā babhūvuḥ
Seeing that, all the inhabitants of Kāśī were astonished, wondering, "What is this?"
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PdP 6 251.15
तस्य पौंड्रकस्य सुतो दंडपाणिरिति वासुदेवेन भगवता निहतं स्वपितरं श्रुत्वा मात्रा मृत्युना समादिष्टः स्वपुरोहितेनाभियुक्तो माहेश्वरेण क्रतुना शंकरमियाज
tasya pauṃḍrakasya suto daṃḍapāṇiriti vāsudevena bhagavatā nihataṃ svapitaraṃ śrutvā mātrā mṛtyunā samādiṣṭaḥ svapurohitenābhiyukto māheśvareṇa kratunā śaṃkaramiyāja
That Pauṇḍraka's son, named Daṇḍapāṇi, hearing that his own father had been slain by the Lord Vāsudeva, urged on by his mother (or: by Death) and pressed on by his own family priest, worshipped Śaṅkara with a Māheśvara sacrifice.
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PdP 6 251.16
स तु प्रसन्नः कृष्णजिघांसया समर्थां माहेश्वरीं कृत्यां तस्मै संप्रीत्या च दत्तवान्
sa tu prasannaḥ kṛṣṇajighāṃsayā samarthāṃ māheśvarīṃ kṛtyāṃ tasmai saṃprītyā ca dattavān
And he (Śiva), being pleased, out of affection gave him a Māheśvarī Kṛtyā (a conjured demoness) capable (of the task), for the purpose of killing Kṛṣṇa.
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PdP 6 251.17
स काशिराजस्तां महोश्वरीं ज्वालाकुलोपचितविग्रहां संदीप्तसटाकलापां पिंगलनेत्रां ज्वलत्करालवदनां त्रिशूलहस्तां भस्मांगरागलिप्तां नरमुंडमालाविभूषितां सर्वदेवभयंकरीं रुद्रदत्तां समीक्ष्य सपुत्रदारबांधवसहितं कृष्णं जहीति प्रेरयामास
sa kāśirājastāṃ mahośvarīṃ jvālākulopacitavigrahāṃ saṃdīptasaṭākalāpāṃ piṃgalanetrāṃ jvalatkarālavadanāṃ triśūlahastāṃ bhasmāṃgarāgaliptāṃ naramuṃḍamālāvibhūṣitāṃ sarvadevabhayaṃkarīṃ rudradattāṃ samīkṣya saputradārabāṃdhavasahitaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ jahīti prerayāmāsa
That king of Kāśī, beholding that great Māheśvarī, given by Rudra — her body swollen and thick with flames, with a blazing mass of mane-like hair, tawny eyes, a burning gaping mouth, a trident in her hand, smeared with ash as body-paint, adorned with a garland of human skulls, terrifying to all the gods — urged her on, saying, "Slay Kṛṣṇa together with his sons, wives and kinsmen!"
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PdP 6 251.18
सा तु सर्वलोकभयावहा सर्वां पृथ्वीं स्वतेजसा निर्दहंती प्रलयाशनिनिर्भरस्वनं नदंती द्वारकामवाप
sā tu sarvalokabhayāvahā sarvāṃ pṛthvīṃ svatejasā nirdahaṃtī pralayāśaninirbharasvanaṃ nadaṃtī dvārakāmavāpa
And she, bringing terror to all the worlds, burning up the whole earth with her own fiery energy, roaring with a sound heavy as the thunderbolt of the dissolution, reached Dvārakā.
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PdP 6 251.19
तत्रत्याः सर्वेजनास्तां दृष्ट्वा महाप्रलयमिति मत्वा हाहाकारं कुर्वंतः कृष्णं निवेदयामासुः
tatratyāḥ sarvejanāstāṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāpralayamiti matvā hāhākāraṃ kurvaṃtaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ nivedayāmāsuḥ
All the people there, seeing her and thinking "this is the great dissolution," raising cries of "Alas! Alas!", reported it to Kṛṣṇa.
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PdP 6 251.20
कृष्णोऽपि तान्सर्वान्न भेतव्यमित्युक्त्वा प्राकारतोरणे स्थितां महारौद्रां कृत्यां तथाविधां दृष्ट्वा सकलशस्त्रास्त्रानिवारणसमर्थं सहस्रारं सुदर्शनं तस्या कृत्यायां सहसा मुमोच
kṛṣṇo'pi tānsarvānna bhetavyamityuktvā prākāratoraṇe sthitāṃ mahāraudrāṃ kṛtyāṃ tathāvidhāṃ dṛṣṭvā sakalaśastrāstrānivāraṇasamarthaṃ sahasrāraṃ sudarśanaṃ tasyā kṛtyāyāṃ sahasā mumoca
And Kṛṣṇa, telling them all "You must not be afraid," and seeing that greatly terrible Kṛtyā of such a kind standing at the archway of the city wall, at once released against that Kṛtyā the thousand-spoked Sudarśana, capable of warding off all weapons and missiles.
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PdP 6 251.21
सा तु कल्पान्तार्ककोटिसमवर्चसा शतयोजनोद्गतं सकलदीप्तास्त्रयुतं हिरण्मयं प्रभापूर्णं सकलजगत्प्रलयस्थितिसमर्थं सहस्रारं सर्वदेवनमस्कृतं जगच्छरणभूतं महासुदर्शनं विलोक्य विनष्टतेजा भयार्ता क्रोशंती वाराणसीं प्रतिदुद्राव
sā tu kalpāntārkakoṭisamavarcasā śatayojanodgataṃ sakaladīptāstrayutaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ prabhāpūrṇaṃ sakalajagatpralayasthitisamarthaṃ sahasrāraṃ sarvadevanamaskṛtaṃ jagaccharaṇabhūtaṃ mahāsudarśanaṃ vilokya vinaṣṭatejā bhayārtā krośaṃtī vārāṇasīṃ pratidudrāva
But she, on beholding the great Sudarśana — of splendour equal to ten million suns at the end of an aeon, rising up a hundred yojanas, furnished with all blazing missiles, golden, filled with radiance, able to effect the dissolution and the preservation of the whole world, thousand-spoked, saluted by all the gods, being the refuge of the world — her fiery power destroyed, stricken with fear, shrieking, ran back toward Vārāṇasī.
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PdP 6 251.22
सुदर्शनमपि तां कृत्यां भृशमन्वगात्
sudarśanamapi tāṃ kṛtyāṃ bhṛśamanvagāt
And Sudarśana too followed that Kṛtyā closely.
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PdP 6 251.23
सापि भयार्ता क्रोशंती काशिपतेस्तस्यांतःपुरं प्रविवेश
sāpi bhayārtā krośaṃtī kāśipatestasyāṃtaḥpuraṃ praviveśa
And she, stricken with fear and shrieking, entered the inner apartments of that lord of Kāśī.
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PdP 6 251.24
सुदर्शनोऽपि तां वाराणसीं पुरीं प्राप्य सभृत्यबलवाहनं पौंड्रकसुतं दंडपाणिं नामकाशिराजं बहुप्रासादहर्म्यमालिनीं पुरीं माहेश्वरीमपि भस्मावशेषां कृत्वा सकलदेवमहर्षिभिः पूज्यमानः पुनरेव द्वारवत्यां कृष्णहस्तं सुसौम्यं कल्पमिव आविवेश
sudarśano'pi tāṃ vārāṇasīṃ purīṃ prāpya sabhṛtyabalavāhanaṃ pauṃḍrakasutaṃ daṃḍapāṇiṃ nāmakāśirājaṃ bahuprāsādaharmyamālinīṃ purīṃ māheśvarīmapi bhasmāvaśeṣāṃ kṛtvā sakaladevamaharṣibhiḥ pūjyamānaḥ punareva dvāravatyāṃ kṛṣṇahastaṃ susaumyaṃ kalpamiva āviveśa
And Sudarśana, having reached that city of Vārāṇasī, reduced to nothing but ashes the son of Pauṇḍraka, the king of Kāśī named Daṇḍapāṇi, together with his servants, army and vehicles, and the city garlanded with its many palaces and mansions, and the Māheśvarī as well; and, being honoured by all the gods and great sages, entered once more the hand of Kṛṣṇa in Dvāravatī, most gentle, as if (returning) at the (right) time.
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PdP 6 251.25
अत्र च श्लोका गीयंते । शस्त्रास्त्रमोक्षमजरं दग्ध्वा तद्बलमोजसा । कृत्यां भस्मावशेषं तां ततो वाराणसीं पुरीम्
atra ca ślokā gīyaṃte | śastrāstramokṣamajaraṃ dagdhvā tadbalamojasā | kṛtyāṃ bhasmāvaśeṣaṃ tāṃ tato vārāṇasīṃ purīm
And on this matter verses are sung: having burned with its might that army, unaging in the discharge of weapons and missiles, and that Kṛtyā, leaving only ashes, then the city of Vārāṇasī —
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PdP 6 251.26
प्रभूतरथमातंगां साश्वां पुंस्त्रीसमन्विताम् । साशेषकोषकोष्ठां तां दुर्निरीक्ष्यां सुरैरपि
prabhūtarathamātaṃgāṃ sāśvāṃ puṃstrīsamanvitām | sāśeṣakoṣakoṣṭhāṃ tāṃ durnirīkṣyāṃ surairapi
— (that city) abounding in chariots and elephants, with its horses, filled with men and women, with all its treasuries and storehouses, hard to look upon even for the gods,
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PdP 6 251.27
द्वारोपलक्षिताशेष गृहप्राकारचत्वराम् । प्रददाह हरेश्चक्रं सकलामेव तां पुरीम्
dvāropalakṣitāśeṣa gṛhaprākāracatvarām | pradadāha hareścakraṃ sakalāmeva tāṃ purīm
— with all its houses, ramparts and squares marked out by gateways: the discus of Hari burned up that whole city.
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PdP 6 251.28
अक्षीणगतिसामर्थ्यमसाध्यकृतसाधनम् । तच्चक्रं प्रज्वलद्भासं विष्णोरभ्याययौ करम्
akṣīṇagatisāmarthyamasādhyakṛtasādhanam | taccakraṃ prajvaladbhāsaṃ viṣṇorabhyāyayau karam
That discus, whose power of motion is undiminished, which accomplishes what cannot be accomplished, of blazing brilliance, came back to Viṣṇu's hand.
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