Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 91
PdP 6 91.1
नारद उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्विष्णुः शफरीतुल्यरूपधृक् । स पपातांजलौ विंध्ये निवासे कश्यपस्य च
nārada uvāca- ityuktvā bhagavānviṣṇuḥ śapharītulyarūpadhṛk | sa papātāṃjalau viṃdhye nivāse kaśyapasya ca
Nārada said: Having spoken thus, the Lord Viṣṇu, bearing a form like that of a small carp, fell into the cupped hands (of the sage) in the Vindhya, at the dwelling of Kaśyapa.
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PdP 6 91.2
स तं कमंडलौ क्षिप्रं कृपया क्षिप्तवान्मुनिः । तावत्स न ममौ तत्र ततः कूपे न्यवेशयत्
sa taṃ kamaṃḍalau kṣipraṃ kṛpayā kṣiptavānmuniḥ | tāvatsa na mamau tatra tataḥ kūpe nyaveśayat
The sage quickly, out of compassion, threw it into his water-pot; but there it did not fit, so he put it into a well.
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PdP 6 91.3
तत्रापि न ममौ तावत्कासारे प्राक्षिपत्सताम् । एवं स सागरे क्षिप्तस्तत्र सोऽप्यन्ववर्द्धत
tatrāpi na mamau tāvatkāsāre prākṣipatsatām | evaṃ sa sāgare kṣiptastatra so'pyanvavarddhata
There too it did not fit, so he threw it into a lake, (best) of the good; thus it was cast into the ocean, and there too it grew larger.
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PdP 6 91.4
ततोऽवधीत्स तं शंखं विष्णुर्वै मत्स्यरूपधृक् । अथ तं स्वकरे धृत्वा बदरीवनमागतः
tato'vadhītsa taṃ śaṃkhaṃ viṣṇurvai matsyarūpadhṛk | atha taṃ svakare dhṛtvā badarīvanamāgataḥ
Then Viṣṇu, bearing the form of a fish, slew that Śaṅkha; and then, taking him in his own hand, he came to the Badarī forest.
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PdP 6 91.5
तत्राहूय ऋषीन्सर्वानिदमाज्ञापयद्विभुः । श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- जलांतरे विशीर्णांस्तु यूयं वेदान्प्रमार्जथ
tatrāhūya ṛṣīnsarvānidamājñāpayadvibhuḥ | śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- jalāṃtare viśīrṇāṃstu yūyaṃ vedānpramārjatha
There the mighty one summoned all the sages and commanded this. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: You are to search out the Vedas that were scattered within the waters,
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PdP 6 91.6
आनयध्वं च त्वरिताः सरहस्यं जलांतरात् । तावत्प्रयागे तिष्ठामि देवतागणसंयुतः
ānayadhvaṃ ca tvaritāḥ sarahasyaṃ jalāṃtarāt | tāvatprayāge tiṣṭhāmi devatāgaṇasaṃyutaḥ
and swiftly bring them, together with their secret (portions), from within the waters; meanwhile I shall remain at Prayāga, accompanied by the hosts of gods.
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PdP 6 91.7
नारद उवाच- ततस्तैः सर्वमुनिभिस्तपोबलसमन्वितैः । उद्धारिताः षडंगास्ते वेदा यज्ञसमन्विताः
nārada uvāca- tatastaiḥ sarvamunibhistapobalasamanvitaiḥ | uddhāritāḥ ṣaḍaṃgāste vedā yajñasamanvitāḥ
Nārada said: Then by all those sages, endowed with the power of austerity, the Vedas with their six auxiliaries and with the sacrifices were raised up (from the water).
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PdP 6 91.8
तेषु यावन्मितं येन लब्धं तावन्मितस्य हि । स स एव ऋषिर्जातस्तदाप्रभृति पार्थिव
teṣu yāvanmitaṃ yena labdhaṃ tāvanmitasya hi | sa sa eva ṛṣirjātastadāprabhṛti pārthiva
Among these, whatever measure was obtained by whomever, of just that measure, O king, he became that very sage (of that portion) from then on.
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PdP 6 91.9
अथ सर्वेऽपि संगम्य प्रयागं मुनयो ययुः । विष्णवे सविधात्रे ते लब्धान्वेदान्न्यवेदयन्
atha sarve'pi saṃgamya prayāgaṃ munayo yayuḥ | viṣṇave savidhātre te labdhānvedānnyavedayan
Then all the sages came together and went to Prayāga; they presented the recovered Vedas to Viṣṇu, who was with the Creator.
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PdP 6 91.10
लब्ध्वा वेदान्सयज्ञांस्तु ब्रह्माहर्षसमन्वितः । अयजच्चाश्वमेधेन देवर्षिगणसंवृतः
labdhvā vedānsayajñāṃstu brahmāharṣasamanvitaḥ | ayajaccāśvamedhena devarṣigaṇasaṃvṛtaḥ
Having received the Vedas together with the sacrifices, Brahmā, filled with joy, performed sacrifice with a horse-sacrifice, surrounded by the hosts of gods and sages.
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PdP 6 91.11
यज्ञा ते देवदेवेश सिद्धपन्नगगुह्यकाः । निपत्य दंडवद्भूमौ विज्ञप्तिं तत्र चक्रिरे
yajñā te devadeveśa siddhapannagaguhyakāḥ | nipatya daṃḍavadbhūmau vijñaptiṃ tatra cakrire
"The sacrifices are yours, O lord of the gods of gods" — the Siddhas, Nāgas and Guhyakas, falling to the ground like a staff, made their petition there.
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PdP 6 91.12
देवा ऊचुः। देवदेवजगन्नाथ विज्ञप्तिं शृणु नः प्रभो । हर्षकालोऽयमस्माकं तस्मात्त्वं वरदो भव
devā ūcuḥ| devadevajagannātha vijñaptiṃ śṛṇu naḥ prabho | harṣakālo'yamasmākaṃ tasmāttvaṃ varado bhava
The gods said: O god of gods, lord of the world, hear our petition, O master; this is a time of joy for us, therefore be a granter of boons.
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PdP 6 91.13
स्थानेऽस्मिन्नृषयो वेदान्नष्टान्प्रापुः पुनः स्वयम् । यज्ञभागान्वयं प्राप्तास्त्वत्प्रसादाद्रमापते
sthāne'sminnṛṣayo vedānnaṣṭānprāpuḥ punaḥ svayam | yajñabhāgānvayaṃ prāptāstvatprasādādramāpate
In this place the sages have themselves recovered the lost Vedas again; and we have obtained our shares of the sacrifice by your grace, O lord of Ramā.
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PdP 6 91.14
स्थानमेतदपि श्रेष्ठं पृथिव्यां पुण्यवर्द्धनम् । भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं चास्तु प्रसादाद्भवतः सदा
sthānametadapi śreṣṭhaṃ pṛthivyāṃ puṇyavarddhanam | bhuktimuktipradaṃ cāstu prasādādbhavataḥ sadā
May this place too be the most excellent on earth, increasing merit, and by your grace ever a giver of enjoyment and liberation.
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PdP 6 91.15
कालोऽप्ययं महापुण्यो ब्रह्मघ्नादिविशुद्धिकृत् । दत्ताक्षयकरश्चास्तु वरमेतद्वदस्व नः
kālo'pyayaṃ mahāpuṇyo brahmaghnādiviśuddhikṛt | dattākṣayakaraścāstu varametadvadasva naḥ
And may this time also be greatly meritorious, effecting the purification of the killer of a brahmin and the like, and making what is given imperishable — grant us this boon.
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PdP 6 91.16
श्रीविष्णुरुवाच। ममाप्येतन्मतं देवा यद्भवद्भिरुदाहृतम् । तत्तथास्तु लभत्वेतद्ब्रह्मक्षेत्रमिति प्रथाम्
śrīviṣṇuruvāca| mamāpyetanmataṃ devā yadbhavadbhirudāhṛtam | tattathāstu labhatvetadbrahmakṣetramiti prathām
Śrī Viṣṇu said: This too is my own view, O gods, what has been declared by you; let it be so — let this obtain the renown of being 'Brahmakṣetra'.
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PdP 6 91.17
सूर्यवंशोद्भवो राजा गंगामत्रानयिष्यति । सा सूर्यकन्यया चात्र कालिंद्या संगमिष्यति
sūryavaṃśodbhavo rājā gaṃgāmatrānayiṣyati | sā sūryakanyayā cātra kāliṃdyā saṃgamiṣyati
A king born of the solar line will bring the Gaṅgā here, and here she will unite with Kālindī, the daughter of the Sun.
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PdP 6 91.18
यूयं च सर्वे ब्रह्माद्या निवसध्वं मया सह । तीर्थराजेऽति विख्यातं तीर्थमेतद्भविष्यति
yūyaṃ ca sarve brahmādyā nivasadhvaṃ mayā saha | tīrtharāje'ti vikhyātaṃ tīrthametadbhaviṣyati
And all of you, with Brahmā at your head, dwell here together with me; this holy ford will become famed as 'the king of holy fords'.
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PdP 6 91.19
दानं तपो व्रतं होमो जपपूजादिकाः क्रियाः । अनंतफलदाः संतु मत्सांनिध्यप्रदाः सदा
dānaṃ tapo vrataṃ homo japapūjādikāḥ kriyāḥ | anaṃtaphaladāḥ saṃtu matsāṃnidhyapradāḥ sadā
May giving, austerity, vow, oblation, and the rites beginning with muttered prayer and worship (here) yield endless fruit and ever bestow nearness to me.
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PdP 6 91.20
ब्रह्महत्यादि पापानि बहुजन्मकृतान्यपि । दर्शनादस्य तीर्थस्य विनाशं यांतु तत्क्षणात्
brahmahatyādi pāpāni bahujanmakṛtānyapi | darśanādasya tīrthasya vināśaṃ yāṃtu tatkṣaṇāt
Let the sins of brahmin-killing and the rest, even those committed in many births, go to destruction that very instant through the sight of this holy place.
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PdP 6 91.21
देहत्यागं तथा धीराः कुर्वंति मम सन्निधौ । मत्तनुं प्रविशंत्येव पुनर्जन्मनि नो नराः
dehatyāgaṃ tathā dhīrāḥ kurvaṃti mama sannidhau | mattanuṃ praviśaṃtyeva punarjanmani no narāḥ
And the steadfast ones who give up the body in my presence enter my very body; such men are not (born) again in birth.
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PdP 6 91.22
पितॄन्निर्दिश्य ये श्राद्धं कुर्वंत्यत्र समागताः । तेषां पितृगणाः सर्वे यांतु ते मत्सलोकताम्
pitṝnnirdiśya ye śrāddhaṃ kurvaṃtyatra samāgatāḥ | teṣāṃ pitṛgaṇāḥ sarve yāṃtu te matsalokatām
Those who, having come here, perform śrāddha designating (it) for the forefathers — let all the ancestral hosts of those (men) go to my world.
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PdP 6 91.23
कालोऽप्येष महापुण्यफलदोऽस्तु सदा नृणाम् । सूर्य्ये मकरगे प्रातः स्नायिनां पापनाशनम्
kālo'pyeṣa mahāpuṇyaphalado'stu sadā nṛṇām | sūryye makarage prātaḥ snāyināṃ pāpanāśanam
Let this time too be ever a giver of the fruit of great merit for men; when the sun stands in Capricorn, (it is) destructive of the sins of those who bathe at dawn.
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PdP 6 91.24
मकरस्थरवौ माघे प्रातः स्नानं प्रकुर्वताम् । दर्शनादेव पापानि यांति सूर्याद्यथा तमः
makarastharavau māghe prātaḥ snānaṃ prakurvatām | darśanādeva pāpāni yāṃti sūryādyathā tamaḥ
For those who perform the morning bath in Māgha when the sun stands in Capricorn, the sins depart by the mere sight (of this place), as darkness (departs) from the sun.
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PdP 6 91.25
सलोकत्वं सरूपत्वं समीपत्वं त्रयं क्रमात् । नृणां ददाम्यहं स्नानान्माघे मकरगे रवौ
salokatvaṃ sarūpatvaṃ samīpatvaṃ trayaṃ kramāt | nṛṇāṃ dadāmyahaṃ snānānmāghe makarage ravau
I grant men the three—dwelling in my world, having my form, and nearness to me—in succession, by bathing in Māgha when the sun is in Capricorn.
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PdP 6 91.26
यूयं मुनीश्वराः सर्वे शृणुध्वं वरदोऽस्मि वः । बदरीवनमध्येऽहं सदा तिष्ठामि सर्वगः
yūyaṃ munīśvarāḥ sarve śṛṇudhvaṃ varado'smi vaḥ | badarīvanamadhye'haṃ sadā tiṣṭhāmi sarvagaḥ
All of you, lords of sages, listen: I am a granter of boons to you. I, who am all-pervading, always abide in the midst of the Badarī forest.
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PdP 6 91.27
अन्यत्र दशभिर्वर्षैस्तपसावाप्यते फलम् । तदत्र दिवसैकेन भवद्भिः प्राप्यते सदा
anyatra daśabhirvarṣaistapasāvāpyate phalam | tadatra divasaikena bhavadbhiḥ prāpyate sadā
The fruit that is obtained elsewhere by austerity in ten years — that is here always obtained by you in a single day.
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PdP 6 91.28
स्थानस्य दर्शनं तस्य ये कुर्वंति नरोत्तमाः । जीवन्मुक्तास्तदा तेषु पापं नैवावतिष्ठते
sthānasya darśanaṃ tasya ye kurvaṃti narottamāḥ | jīvanmuktāstadā teṣu pāpaṃ naivāvatiṣṭhate
Those best of men who behold that place are then liberated while living; no sin remains in them.
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PdP 6 91.29
सूत उवाच- एवं देवान्देवदेवस्तदुक्त्वा तत्रैवांतर्द्धानमागात्स वेधाः । देवाः सर्वेऽप्यंशकैस्तत्र तस्थुश्चांतर्द्धानं प्रापुरिंद्रादयस्ते
sūta uvāca- evaṃ devāndevadevastaduktvā tatraivāṃtarddhānamāgātsa vedhāḥ | devāḥ sarve'pyaṃśakaistatra tasthuścāṃtarddhānaṃ prāpuriṃdrādayaste
Sūta said: Having thus spoken that to the gods, the God of gods, the Creator, vanished right there. All the gods too remained there with their portions, and Indra and the others vanished.
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PdP 6 91.30
इमां च गाथां शृणुयान्नरोत्तमो यः श्रावयेद्वापि विशुद्धचित्तः । स तीर्थराजं बदरीवनं यत्कृत्वा फलं मां समवाप्नुयाच्च
imāṃ ca gāthāṃ śṛṇuyānnarottamo yaḥ śrāvayedvāpi viśuddhacittaḥ | sa tīrtharājaṃ badarīvanaṃ yatkṛtvā phalaṃ māṃ samavāpnuyācca
And that best of men who, with a purified mind, should hear this song or cause it to be heard — he shall obtain the fruit which (comes) from making (pilgrimage to) the Badarī forest, the king of holy places, and shall attain me.
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