Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 9

PdP 6 9.1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच- इंद्रादिभिस्तदा देवैः किं कृतं द्विजसत्तम । जालंधरेण विजितैः स्वर्गराज्ये हृते सति

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- iṃdrādibhistadā devaiḥ kiṃ kṛtaṃ dvijasattama | jālaṃdhareṇa vijitaiḥ svargarājye hṛte sati

Yudhiṣṭhira said: What then did Indra and the other gods do, O best of the twice-born, when they had been conquered by Jālandhara and their heavenly kingdom had been seized?

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PdP 6 9.2

नारद उवाच-। अथ त्यक्त्वा दिवं देवाः प्रापुस्ते दुर्दशां चिरम् । न पीयूषं नैव यज्ञाः ययुः स्थानं स्वयंभुवः

nārada uvāca-| atha tyaktvā divaṃ devāḥ prāpuste durdaśāṃ ciram | na pīyūṣaṃ naiva yajñāḥ yayuḥ sthānaṃ svayaṃbhuvaḥ

Nārada said: Then the gods, having abandoned heaven, met with a wretched condition for a long time; there was no nectar and no sacrifices, (and so) they went to the abode of the Self-existent (Brahmā).

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PdP 6 9.3

ददृशुर्ब्राह्मभुवने ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम् । प्राणायामेन युंजानं मनः स्वं परमात्मनि

dadṛśurbrāhmabhuvane brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam | prāṇāyāmena yuṃjānaṃ manaḥ svaṃ paramātmani

In Brahmā's world they saw Brahmā, the highest lord, yoking his own mind to the supreme Self by breath-control.

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PdP 6 9.4

ते तुष्टुवुः सुराः सर्वे वाग्भिस्तथ्याभिरादृताः । ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान्किंकरोमीति चाब्रवीत्

te tuṣṭuvuḥ surāḥ sarve vāgbhistathyābhirādṛtāḥ | tataḥ prasanno bhagavānkiṃkaromīti cābravīt

All those gods praised (him) with truthful words, (and were) honoured (by him); then the Lord, being pleased, said, "What shall I do?"

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PdP 6 9.5

ततो निवेदयांचक्रुः ब्रह्मणे विबुधाः पुनः । जालंधरस्य सकलं तथा निजपराभवम्

tato nivedayāṃcakruḥ brahmaṇe vibudhāḥ punaḥ | jālaṃdharasya sakalaṃ tathā nijaparābhavam

Then the gods again reported to Brahmā the whole (matter) of Jālandhara, and likewise their own defeat.

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PdP 6 9.6

क्षणं ध्यात्वा ययौ ब्रह्मा कैलासं त्रिदशैः सह । तस्य शैलस्य पार्श्वे ते वैचित्र्येण समाकुलाः । स्थिताः संतुष्टुवुर्देवा ब्रह्मशक्रपुरोगमाः

kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā yayau brahmā kailāsaṃ tridaśaiḥ saha | tasya śailasya pārśve te vaicitryeṇa samākulāḥ | sthitāḥ saṃtuṣṭuvurdevā brahmaśakrapurogamāḥ

Having meditated for a moment, Brahmā went to Kailāsa together with the thirty (gods); on the flank of that mountain they, quite bewildered by its marvellousness, stood and praised (Śiva), the gods with Brahmā and Śakra at their head.

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PdP 6 9.7

नमो भवाय शर्वाय नीलग्रीवाय ते नमः । नमः स्थूलाय सूक्ष्माय बहुरूपाय ते नमः

namo bhavāya śarvāya nīlagrīvāya te namaḥ | namaḥ sthūlāya sūkṣmāya bahurūpāya te namaḥ

"Homage to Bhava, to Śarva; homage to you, the blue-necked one. Homage to the gross, to the subtle; homage to you of many forms."

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PdP 6 9.8

इति सर्वमुखो भूत्वा वाणीमाकर्ण्य शंकरः । प्रोवाच नंदिनं देवा नानयस्वेति सत्वरम्

iti sarvamukho bhūtvā vāṇīmākarṇya śaṃkaraḥ | provāca naṃdinaṃ devā nānayasveti satvaram

Thus, having become all-faced (facing every direction) and having heard the utterance, Śaṃkara said to Nandin: "Bring the gods in, quickly."

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PdP 6 9.9

श्रुत्वा शंभोर्वचो देवा आहूता नंदिना द्रुतम् । प्रविश्यांतःपुरे देवा ददृशुर्विस्मितेक्षणाः संहितायां युधिष्ठिरनारदसंवादे जालंधरोपाख्याने सर्व। देवतेजोमयचक्रोत्पत्तिर्नाम नवमोऽध्यायः

śrutvā śaṃbhorvaco devā āhūtā naṃdinā drutam | praviśyāṃtaḥpure devā dadṛśurvismitekṣaṇāḥ saṃhitāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhiranāradasaṃvāde jālaṃdharopākhyāne sarva| devatejomayacakrotpattirnāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ

Having heard Śambhu's words, the gods, summoned by Nandin, quickly entered the inner palace and, with astonished eyes, the gods saw — [colophon:] in the Saṃhitā, in the dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Nārada, in the tale of Jālandhara, the ninth chapter, called "The Arising of the Discus Made of the Splendour of All the Gods."

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PdP 6 9.10

तत्रासने समासीनं शंकरं लोकशंकरम् । गणैः कोटिसहस्रैस्तु सेवितं भक्तिशालिभिः

tatrāsane samāsīnaṃ śaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkaram | gaṇaiḥ koṭisahasraistu sevitaṃ bhaktiśālibhiḥ

(They saw) there, seated on a throne, Śaṃkara, the benefactor of the world, attended by thousands of tens of millions of hosts abounding in devotion,

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PdP 6 9.11

नग्नैर्विरूपैः कुटिलैर्जटिलैर्धूलिधूसरैः । प्रणिपत्याग्रतः प्राह सह देवैः पितामहः

nagnairvirūpaiḥ kuṭilairjaṭilairdhūlidhūsaraiḥ | praṇipatyāgrataḥ prāha saha devaiḥ pitāmahaḥ

(hosts) naked, misshapen, crooked, matted-haired, grey with dust; and having bowed down, the Grandfather (Brahmā), together with the gods, spoke before (him).

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PdP 6 9.12

सुखरोगो यथा स्यासीच्छक्रः सोऽयं वृथागतः । कृपां कुरु महादेव शरणागतवत्सल

sukharogo yathā syāsīcchakraḥ so'yaṃ vṛthāgataḥ | kṛpāṃ kuru mahādeva śaraṇāgatavatsala

"As happiness was (once his), so it was; this Śakra has come in vain (i.e. deprived). Show compassion, Mahādeva, you who are fond of those who come for refuge."

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PdP 6 9.13

तत उच्चैर्विभोर्हास्यं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा पिनाकिनः । उवाच देवदेवेशं पश्यावस्थां दिवौकसाम्

tata uccairvibhorhāsyaṃ śrutvā brahmā pinākinaḥ | uvāca devadeveśaṃ paśyāvasthāṃ divaukasām

Then, hearing the loud laughter of the lord, the bearer of the Pināka, Brahmā said to the god of the lords of gods: "Look at the state of the dwellers in heaven."

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PdP 6 9.14

ततः सर्वेश्वरो ज्ञात्वा ब्रह्मणो मनसेप्सितम् । शक्रस्य मानभंगं च देवार्थे परमेश्वरः

tataḥ sarveśvaro jñātvā brahmaṇo manasepsitam | śakrasya mānabhaṃgaṃ ca devārthe parameśvaraḥ

Then the Lord of all, the Supreme Lord, knowing what Brahmā desired in his mind and the breaking of Śakra's pride, for the gods' sake —

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PdP 6 9.15

प्रेम्णा भवान्या विज्ञप्तो नृप प्राह वचो हरः । विष्णुना न हतो योऽरि स कथं हन्यते मया

premṇā bhavānyā vijñapto nṛpa prāha vaco haraḥ | viṣṇunā na hato yo'ri sa kathaṃ hanyate mayā

requested with affection by Bhavānī, O king, Hara spoke these words: "The enemy who was not slain by Viṣṇu — how is he to be slain by me?"

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PdP 6 9.16

पूर्वसृष्टान्यायुधानि वज्रादीनि पितामह । तैः शस्त्रैर्नैव वध्योऽसौ बली जालंधरोऽसुरः

pūrvasṛṣṭānyāyudhāni vajrādīni pitāmaha | taiḥ śastrairnaiva vadhyo'sau balī jālaṃdharo'suraḥ

"The weapons created before, the thunderbolt and the rest, O Grandfather — by those weapons that mighty demon Jālandhara cannot be slain;

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PdP 6 9.17

हेतिभिः पूर्वसंसृष्टैः समयापि न हन्यते । देवाः कुर्वंतु शस्त्रं हि मम प्राणसहं दृढम्

hetibhiḥ pūrvasaṃsṛṣṭaiḥ samayāpi na hanyate | devāḥ kurvaṃtu śastraṃ hi mama prāṇasahaṃ dṛḍham

by weapons created in earlier times he is not slain, even in due course. Let the gods make a weapon, firm and equal to my own life-breath."

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PdP 6 9.18

शंभोरित्युत्तरं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मोवाचाथ शंकरम् । स्वयं कुरु महाशस्त्रं त्वं वेत्थ स्वात्मनो बलम्

śaṃbhorityuttaraṃ śrutvā brahmovācātha śaṃkaram | svayaṃ kuru mahāśastraṃ tvaṃ vettha svātmano balam

Hearing this reply of Śambhu, Brahmā then said to Śaṃkara: "Make the great weapon yourself; you know the power of your own self."

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PdP 6 9.19

इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाच महेश्वरः । ब्रह्मन्विमुंच तेजस्त्वं क्रोधयुक्तं सुरैः सह

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā pratyuvāca maheśvaraḥ | brahmanvimuṃca tejastvaṃ krodhayuktaṃ suraiḥ saha

Hearing his words, the Great Lord replied: "Brahmā, release your splendour, joined with wrath, together with the gods."

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PdP 6 9.20

ततस्तेजो मुमोचाथ ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मास्त्रसूचकः । रुद्रस्त्रिनेत्रजं तेजस्ततो निर्मुक्तवान्स्वयम्

tatastejo mumocātha brahmā brahmāstrasūcakaḥ | rudrastrinetrajaṃ tejastato nirmuktavānsvayam

Then Brahmā released his splendour, indicating the Brahmā-weapon; then Rudra himself released the splendour born of his third eye.

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PdP 6 9.21

देवाश्च मुमुचुः सर्वे सक्रोधं तेजसां चयम् । अत्रांतरे स्मृतः प्राप्तो हरेण मधुसूदनः

devāśca mumucuḥ sarve sakrodhaṃ tejasāṃ cayam | atrāṃtare smṛtaḥ prāpto hareṇa madhusūdanaḥ

And all the gods released a mass of splendours together with their wrath. Meanwhile, called to mind by Hara, the slayer of Madhu arrived.

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PdP 6 9.22

किं करोमीति तेनोक्तः शिवः प्राह जनार्दनम् । विष्णो जालंधरः कस्मान्न हतः संगरे त्वया

kiṃ karomīti tenoktaḥ śivaḥ prāha janārdanam | viṣṇo jālaṃdharaḥ kasmānna hataḥ saṃgare tvayā

Asked by him "What shall I do?", Śiva said to Janārdana: "Viṣṇu, why was Jālandhara not slain by you in battle?"

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PdP 6 9.23

कथं सुरान्परित्यज्य क्षीराब्धिं शयितुं गतः

kathaṃ surānparityajya kṣīrābdhiṃ śayituṃ gataḥ

"How is it that you abandoned the gods and went to the ocean of milk to sleep?"

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PdP 6 9.24

श्रीविष्णुरुवाच-। यदि तं हन्मि देवेश श्रीः कथं मम वल्लभा । तस्मात्त्वं पार्वतीकांत जहि जालंधरं रणे

śrīviṣṇuruvāca-| yadi taṃ hanmi deveśa śrīḥ kathaṃ mama vallabhā | tasmāttvaṃ pārvatīkāṃta jahi jālaṃdharaṃ raṇe

Śrī Viṣṇu said: If I kill him, lord of gods, how then is Śrī my beloved? Therefore you, husband of Pārvatī, slay Jālandhara in battle.

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PdP 6 9.25

तेजस्त्वं क्रोधजं मुंचेत्युक्तः शर्वेण केशवः । मुमोच वैष्णवं तेजः तत्सर्वं समवर्द्धत । तेजः प्रवृद्धं तद्दृष्ट्वा व्यापकं प्राह केशवम्

tejastvaṃ krodhajaṃ muṃcetyuktaḥ śarveṇa keśavaḥ | mumoca vaiṣṇavaṃ tejaḥ tatsarvaṃ samavarddhata | tejaḥ pravṛddhaṃ taddṛṣṭvā vyāpakaṃ prāha keśavam

Told by Śarva, "Release the fiery energy born of your wrath," Keśava released the Vaiṣṇava energy, and all of it swelled up. Seeing that energy grown great and all-pervading, (Śiva) said to Keśava:

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PdP 6 9.26

शंकर उवाच-। एतेन तेजसा शीघ्रं ममास्त्रं कर्तुमर्हथ । विश्वकर्मादयस्तच्च श्रुत्वा शंकरभाषितम्

śaṃkara uvāca-| etena tejasā śīghraṃ mamāstraṃ kartumarhatha | viśvakarmādayastacca śrutvā śaṃkarabhāṣitam

Śaṅkara said: With this energy you should quickly make a weapon for me. And Viśvakarman and the others, hearing that speech of Śaṅkara,

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PdP 6 9.27

निरीक्ष्य च तदाऽन्योऽन्यं किं कुर्म इति शंकिताः । दृष्ट्वा तूष्णीं स्थितांस्तांश्च ज्ञात्वा तन्मनसि स्थितम्

nirīkṣya ca tadā'nyo'nyaṃ kiṃ kurma iti śaṃkitāḥ | dṛṣṭvā tūṣṇīṃ sthitāṃstāṃśca jñātvā tanmanasi sthitam

and then looking at one another, anxious, (thinking) "What are we to do?" — and (Śiva), seeing them standing silent and knowing what was in their minds,

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PdP 6 9.28

तदाह भगवान्ब्रह्मा अनालोक्यं हि दैवतैः । सोढुं न शक्तास्ते तेजो धर्तुं केन च शक्यते

tadāha bhagavānbrahmā anālokyaṃ hi daivataiḥ | soḍhuṃ na śaktāste tejo dhartuṃ kena ca śakyate

then lord Brahmā said: (It is) not to be looked upon by the gods; they are not able to bear that energy, and by whom can it be held?

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PdP 6 9.29

ततः प्रहस्य भगवानुत्पत्योपरि तेजसः । वामांघ्रिपार्ष्णिना शंभुर्ननर्त भ्रमरीचयम्

tataḥ prahasya bhagavānutpatyopari tejasaḥ | vāmāṃghripārṣṇinā śaṃbhurnanarta bhramarīcayam

Then the lord Śambhu, laughing, leapt up above the energy and danced the bhramarī-whirl upon it with the heel of his left foot.

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PdP 6 9.30

ततो देवा महेंद्राद्यास्तेजसोपरि शंकरम् । नृत्यमानं तदा दृष्ट्वा मुदा वाद्यान्यवादयन्

tato devā maheṃdrādyāstejasopari śaṃkaram | nṛtyamānaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā mudā vādyānyavādayan

Then the gods, Mahendra and the rest, seeing Śaṅkara dancing upon the energy, joyfully sounded their instruments.

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PdP 6 9.31

तदाप्रभृति नृत्येषु भ्राम्यते भ्रमरीचयम् । अथ चक्रं समुत्पन्नं शंभोर्नर्तनमर्दनात्

tadāprabhṛti nṛtyeṣu bhrāmyate bhramarīcayam | atha cakraṃ samutpannaṃ śaṃbhornartanamardanāt

From that time on the whirling turn is performed in dances. Then from Śambhu's crushing (of the energy) in dancing a discus arose,

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PdP 6 9.32

आरलक्षत्रयोपेतं अस्थिकोटिसमाकुलम् । शर्वांघ्रिकषणात्तस्य तेजसो निसृताः कणाः

āralakṣatrayopetaṃ asthikoṭisamākulam | śarvāṃghrikaṣaṇāttasya tejaso nisṛtāḥ kaṇāḥ

furnished with three hundred thousand spokes and crowded with a crore of edges. From the grinding of Śarva's foot, particles of that energy flew out;

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PdP 6 9.33

विश्वकर्मा च तेनास्त्रं विमानानि च निर्ममे । ततस्ते निर्ज्जरा भीत्या दृष्ट्वा चक्रं सुदर्शनम्

viśvakarmā ca tenāstraṃ vimānāni ca nirmame | tataste nirjjarā bhītyā dṛṣṭvā cakraṃ sudarśanam

and with it Viśvakarman fashioned a weapon and flying chariots. Then those gods, in fear, seeing the discus Sudarśana,

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PdP 6 9.34

त्राहित्राहीति देवेशं प्रत्यूचुस्ते सुरान्नृप । पृथ्वीकाठिन्यमादाय लोहानामपि तेजसाम्

trāhitrāhīti deveśaṃ pratyūcuste surānnṛpa | pṛthvīkāṭhinyamādāya lohānāmapi tejasām

cried out to the lord of gods in reply, "Save us, save us!" — thus those gods (spoke), O king. Taking the hardness of the earth and (the strength) of glowing metals,

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PdP 6 9.35

यद्विश्वकर्मणा कोशं कृतं भस्मीकृतं च तत् । सृष्टेन तेन चक्रेण दग्धः कालोऽपतत्क्षितौ

yadviśvakarmaṇā kośaṃ kṛtaṃ bhasmīkṛtaṃ ca tat | sṛṣṭena tena cakreṇa dagdhaḥ kālo'patatkṣitau

the sheath that was made by Viśvakarman — that too was reduced to ashes. By that discus when it was released, Kāla was burnt and fell to the earth.

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PdP 6 9.36

ततस्तद्ब्रह्मणो हस्ते ददौ चक्रं स धूर्जटिः । चक्रार्चिर्निचयैः कूर्चं दृष्ट्वा दग्धमुमापतिः

tatastadbrahmaṇo haste dadau cakraṃ sa dhūrjaṭiḥ | cakrārcirnicayaiḥ kūrcaṃ dṛṣṭvā dagdhamumāpatiḥ

Then that Dhūrjaṭi placed the discus in Brahmā's hand; and the lord of Umā, seeing (Brahmā's) beard burnt by the masses of the discus's flames,

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PdP 6 9.37

हसित्वा ब्रह्मणो हस्ताद्गृहीत्वा सत्वरं शिवः । दधौ कक्षापुटे चक्रं निधानं निर्धनो यथा

hasitvā brahmaṇo hastādgṛhītvā satvaraṃ śivaḥ | dadhau kakṣāpuṭe cakraṃ nidhānaṃ nirdhano yathā

laughed, and Śiva quickly took the discus from Brahmā's hand and stowed it in the fold of his armpit, as a poor man does a treasure.

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PdP 6 9.38

ततो न दृश्यते चक्रं शिवकक्षापुटेस्थितम् । महामूर्खस्य यद्दत्तं दानं तस्य फलं यथा

tato na dṛśyate cakraṃ śivakakṣāpuṭesthitam | mahāmūrkhasya yaddattaṃ dānaṃ tasya phalaṃ yathā

Thereafter the discus was not seen, hidden in the fold of Śiva's armpit — like the fruit of a gift that has been given to a great fool.

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