Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 99
PdP 6 99.1
नारद उवाच- स मां संपूज्य विधिवद्दानवेंद्रो ऽतिभक्तितः । संप्रहस्य तदा वाक्यं जगाद नृपसत्तम
nārada uvāca- sa māṃ saṃpūjya vidhivaddānaveṃdro 'tibhaktitaḥ | saṃprahasya tadā vākyaṃ jagāda nṛpasattama
Nārada said: That lord of the Dānavas, having honoured me duly and with great devotion, then laughed and spoke these words, O best of kings.
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PdP 6 99.2
जलंधर उवाच- कुतस्त्वागम्यते ब्रह्मन्किं च दृष्टं त्वया क्वचित् । यदर्थमिह चायातस्तदा ज्ञापय मां मुने
jalaṃdhara uvāca- kutastvāgamyate brahmankiṃ ca dṛṣṭaṃ tvayā kvacit | yadarthamiha cāyātastadā jñāpaya māṃ mune
Jalandhara said: Whence do you come, O brahmin, and what have you seen anywhere? For what purpose you have come here—make that known to me, O sage.
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PdP 6 99.3
नारद उवाच- गतः कैलासशिखरं दैत्येंद्राहं यदृच्छया । तत्रोमया सहासीनं दृष्टवानस्मि शंकरम्
nārada uvāca- gataḥ kailāsaśikharaṃ daityeṃdrāhaṃ yadṛcchayā | tatromayā sahāsīnaṃ dṛṣṭavānasmi śaṃkaram
Nārada said: O lord of the Daityas, I went, as it happened, to the peak of Kailāsa; there I saw Śaṃkara seated together with Umā—
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PdP 6 99.4
योजनायुतविस्तीर्णे कल्पद्रुम महावने । कामधेनुशताकीर्णे चिंतामणि सुदीपिते
yojanāyutavistīrṇe kalpadruma mahāvane | kāmadhenuśatākīrṇe ciṃtāmaṇi sudīpite
—in a great forest of wish-fulfilling trees stretching ten thousand leagues, filled with hundreds of wish-cows, brightly lit with wish-gems.
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PdP 6 99.5
तं दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चर्यं वितर्को मेऽभवत्तदा । क्वापीदृशी भवेद्वृद्धिस्त्रिलोक्यां वा न वेति च
taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ vitarko me'bhavattadā | kvāpīdṛśī bhavedvṛddhistrilokyāṃ vā na veti ca
Seeing that great marvel, a doubt then arose in me: could such abundance exist anywhere else in the three worlds, or not?
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PdP 6 99.6
तावत्तवापि दैत्येंद्र समृद्धिः सम्भृता मया । तद्विलोकनकामोऽहं त्वत्सान्निध्यमिहागतः
tāvattavāpi daityeṃdra samṛddhiḥ sambhṛtā mayā | tadvilokanakāmo'haṃ tvatsānnidhyamihāgataḥ
Then, O lord of the Daityas, I recalled that you too have amassed prosperity; wishing to see it, I have come here into your presence.
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PdP 6 99.7
त्वत्समृद्धिमिमां पश्यन्स्त्रीरत्नरहितां ध्रुवम् । तर्कयामि शिवादन्यत्त्रिलोक्यां न समृद्धिमान्
tvatsamṛddhimimāṃ paśyanstrīratnarahitāṃ dhruvam | tarkayāmi śivādanyattrilokyāṃ na samṛddhimān
Looking at this prosperity of yours, certainly lacking the jewel among women, I reckon that no one in the three worlds other than Śiva is prosperous.
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PdP 6 99.8
अप्सरो नागकन्याश्च यद्यपि त्वद्वशे स्थिताः । तथापि ता न पार्वत्या रूपेण सदृशा ध्रुवम्
apsaro nāgakanyāśca yadyapi tvadvaśe sthitāḥ | tathāpi tā na pārvatyā rūpeṇa sadṛśā dhruvam
Although Apsarases and Nāga maidens are under your control, still they are certainly not equal to Pārvatī in beauty.
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PdP 6 99.9
यस्या लावण्यजलधौ निमग्नश्चतुराननः । स्वधैर्यममुचत्पूर्वं तया कान्योपमीयते
yasyā lāvaṇyajaladhau nimagnaścaturānanaḥ | svadhairyamamucatpūrvaṃ tayā kānyopamīyate
In whose ocean of loveliness the four-faced one, sunk, once let go of his own composure—what woman is compared to her?
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PdP 6 99.10
वीतरागोऽपि हि यथा मदनारिः स्वलीलया । विश्वतंत्रोऽपि तपसा स चात्मवशगः कृतः
vītarāgo'pi hi yathā madanāriḥ svalīlayā | viśvataṃtro'pi tapasā sa cātmavaśagaḥ kṛtaḥ
Since even the foe of Kāma, though free of passion, was by her play—though he controls the universe—made subject to her by her austerity.
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PdP 6 99.11
सौंदर्यगहने भ्रामन्शबरीरूपया पुरा । यस्याः पुनः पुनः पश्यन्रूपं धाता विसर्जने
sauṃdaryagahane bhrāmanśabarīrūpayā purā | yasyāḥ punaḥ punaḥ paśyanrūpaṃ dhātā visarjane
The Creator, formerly wandering in the thicket of beauty, gazing again and again on her form in the guise of a mountain-woman, at the time of creation—
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PdP 6 99.12
ससर्जाप्सरसस्तास्तास्तत्समैकापि नाभवत् । अतः स्त्रीरत्नसंभोक्तुः समृद्धिस्तस्य सा वरा
sasarjāpsarasastāstāstatsamaikāpi nābhavat | ataḥ strīratnasaṃbhoktuḥ samṛddhistasya sā varā
—created those various Apsarases, yet not one of them turned out equal to her. Therefore that prosperity of his, who enjoys the jewel among women, is the best.
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PdP 6 99.13
तथा न तव दैत्येंद्र सर्वरत्नाधिपस्य च । एवमुक्त्वा तमामंत्र्य गते मयि स दैत्यराट्
tathā na tava daityeṃdra sarvaratnādhipasya ca | evamuktvā tamāmaṃtrya gate mayi sa daityarāṭ
Not so is yours, O lord of the Daityas, even though you are master of all jewels. Having said this and taken leave of him, when I had gone, that king of the Daityas—
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PdP 6 99.14
तद्रूपश्रवणादासीदनंगज्वरपीडितः । अथ संप्रेषयामास दूतं च सिंहिकासुतम्
tadrūpaśravaṇādāsīdanaṃgajvarapīḍitaḥ | atha saṃpreṣayāmāsa dūtaṃ ca siṃhikāsutam
From hearing of her beauty he became afflicted with the fever of Love; then he sent as messenger the son of Siṃhikā,
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PdP 6 99.15
त्र्यंबकाय तदा किंचिद्विष्णुमायाविमोहितः । कैलासमगमद्राहुः सर्वशुक्लेंदुवर्चसम्
tryaṃbakāya tadā kiṃcidviṣṇumāyāvimohitaḥ | kailāsamagamadrāhuḥ sarvaśukleṃduvarcasam
(with a message) then for Tryambaka — (Rāhu,) somewhat deluded by Viṣṇu's magic; and Rāhu went to Kailāsa, which shone like the moon, all white,
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PdP 6 99.16
कार्त्स्न्येन कृष्णपक्षेंदुवर्चसं स्वांगजेन तु । निवेदितस्तदादेशान्नंदिना च प्रवेशितः । त्र्यंबकाभ्रूलतासंज्ञा प्रेरितो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
kārtsnyena kṛṣṇapakṣeṃduvarcasaṃ svāṃgajena tu | niveditastadādeśānnaṃdinā ca praveśitaḥ | tryaṃbakābhrūlatāsaṃjñā prerito vākyamabravīt
entirely white — while by his own body (he made it) like the moon of the dark fortnight. He was announced, and by Nandin, at (Śiva's) command, was brought in; prompted by a sign of Tryambaka's creeper-like eyebrow, he spoke these words:
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PdP 6 99.17
राहुरुवाच- देवपन्नगसेव्यस्य त्रैलोक्याधिपतेः प्रभोः । सर्वरत्नेश्वरस्य त्वमाज्ञां शृणु वृषध्वज
rāhuruvāca- devapannagasevyasya trailokyādhipateḥ prabhoḥ | sarvaratneśvarasya tvamājñāṃ śṛṇu vṛṣadhvaja
Rāhu said: Of the lord who is served by gods and serpents, the master of the three worlds, the lord of all jewels — hear his command, O bull-bannered one!
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PdP 6 99.18
श्मशानवासिनो नित्यं मुंडमालाधरस्य च । दिगंबरस्य ते भार्या कथं हैमवती शुभा
śmaśānavāsino nityaṃ muṃḍamālādharasya ca | digaṃbarasya te bhāryā kathaṃ haimavatī śubhā
You who always dwell in cremation grounds, who wear a garland of skulls, who are naked — how can the lovely daughter of Himavat be your wife?
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PdP 6 99.19
अहं रत्नाधिनाथोऽस्मि सा च स्त्री रत्नसंज्ञका । तस्मान्ममैव सा योग्या नैव भिक्षाशिनस्तव
ahaṃ ratnādhinātho'smi sā ca strī ratnasaṃjñakā | tasmānmamaiva sā yogyā naiva bhikṣāśinastava
I am the overlord of jewels, and she is a woman named a jewel; therefore she is fit for me alone, and not at all for you, who eat alms.
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PdP 6 99.20
नारद उवाच- वदत्येवं तदा राहौ भ्रूमध्याच्छूलपाणिनः । अभवत्पुरुषो रौद्रस्तीव्राशनिसमस्वनः
nārada uvāca- vadatyevaṃ tadā rāhau bhrūmadhyācchūlapāṇinaḥ | abhavatpuruṣo raudrastīvrāśanisamasvanaḥ
Nārada said: While Rāhu was speaking thus, from between the brows of the trident-bearer there arose a terrible man, whose roar was like a fierce thunderbolt,
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PdP 6 99.21
सिंहास्यः प्रचलज्जिह्वः सज्वलन्नयनो महान् । ऊर्ध्वकेशः शुष्कतनुर्नृसिंह इव चापरः
siṃhāsyaḥ pracalajjihvaḥ sajvalannayano mahān | ūrdhvakeśaḥ śuṣkatanurnṛsiṃha iva cāparaḥ
lion-faced, with lolling tongue, with blazing eyes, huge, his hair standing up, his body dried out, like a second Nṛsiṃha.
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PdP 6 99.22
स तं खादितुमारेभे दृष्ट्वा राहुर्भयातुरः । अधावदतिवेगेन बहिः स च दधार तम्
sa taṃ khāditumārebhe dṛṣṭvā rāhurbhayāturaḥ | adhāvadativegena bahiḥ sa ca dadhāra tam
He began to devour him; seeing (this) Rāhu, stricken with fear, ran off with great speed, but he (the man) seized him outside.
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PdP 6 99.23
स च राहुर्महाबाहुर्मेघगंभीरया गिरा । उवाच देवदेवेशं पाहि मां शरणागतम्
sa ca rāhurmahābāhurmeghagaṃbhīrayā girā | uvāca devadeveśaṃ pāhi māṃ śaraṇāgatam
And that mighty-armed Rāhu, with a voice deep as a cloud, said to the God of gods: "Protect me, who have come for refuge!
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PdP 6 99.24
ब्राह्मणं मां महादेव खादितुं समुपागतः । एतस्माद्रक्ष देवेश शरणागतवत्सल
brāhmaṇaṃ māṃ mahādeva khādituṃ samupāgataḥ | etasmādrakṣa deveśa śaraṇāgatavatsala
He has come up to devour me, a brahmin, O Mahādeva; save me from him, O lord of gods, you who are kind to those who take refuge!"
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PdP 6 99.25
महादेवो वचः श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणस्य तदाब्रवीत् । नैवासौ वध्यतामेति दूतोऽयं परवान्यतः
mahādevo vacaḥ śrutvā brāhmaṇasya tadābravīt | naivāsau vadhyatāmeti dūto'yaṃ paravānyataḥ
Mahādeva, hearing the brahmin's words, then said: "He must not be killed at all, for this one is a messenger and subject to another.
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PdP 6 99.26
मुंचेति पुरुषः श्रुत्वा राहुं तत्याज सोंबरे । राहुं त्यक्त्वा स षुरुषो महादेवं व्यजिज्ञपत्
muṃceti puruṣaḥ śrutvā rāhuṃ tatyāja soṃbare | rāhuṃ tyaktvā sa ṣuruṣo mahādevaṃ vyajijñapat
Release (him)!" — hearing this, the man let Rāhu go into the sky; and having released Rāhu, that man made a request to Mahādeva.
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PdP 6 99.27
पुरुष उवाच- क्षुधा मां बाधते स्वामिन्क्षुत्क्षामश्चास्मि सर्वथा । किं भक्ष्यं मम देवेश तदाज्ञापय मां प्रभो
puruṣa uvāca- kṣudhā māṃ bādhate svāminkṣutkṣāmaścāsmi sarvathā | kiṃ bhakṣyaṃ mama deveśa tadājñāpaya māṃ prabho
The man said: Hunger torments me, master; I am utterly wasted with hunger. What is to be eaten by me, O lord of gods? Command me in this, O lord.
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PdP 6 99.28
ईश्वर उवाच- संभक्षयात्मनः शीघ्रं मांसं त्वं हस्तपादयोः
īśvara uvāca- saṃbhakṣayātmanaḥ śīghraṃ māṃsaṃ tvaṃ hastapādayoḥ
The Lord said: Devour quickly the flesh of your own hands and feet.
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PdP 6 99.29
नारद उवाच- सशिवेनैवमाज्ञप्तश्चखाद पुरुषः स्वयम् । हस्तपादोद्भवं मांसं शिरःशेषो यदाभवत्
nārada uvāca- saśivenaivamājñaptaścakhāda puruṣaḥ svayam | hastapādodbhavaṃ māṃsaṃ śiraḥśeṣo yadābhavat
Nārada said: Thus commanded by Śiva, the man himself ate the flesh growing on his hands and feet, until only his head remained.
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PdP 6 99.30
दृष्ट्वा शिरोऽवशेषं तु सुप्रसन्नः सदाशिवः । पुरुषं भीमकर्माणं तमुवाच सविस्मयः
dṛṣṭvā śiro'vaśeṣaṃ tu suprasannaḥ sadāśivaḥ | puruṣaṃ bhīmakarmāṇaṃ tamuvāca savismayaḥ
Seeing that only the head was left, Sadāśiva, well pleased and astonished, said to that man of terrible deeds:
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PdP 6 99.32
ईश्वर उवाच- त्वं कीर्तिमुखसंज्ञो हि भव मद्द्वारगः सदा । त्वदर्चां नैव कुर्वंति नैव ते मत्प्रियंकराः ३१*। नारद उवाच- तदाप्रभृति देवस्य द्वारे कीर्तिमुखः स्थितः । नार्चयंतीह ये पूर्वं तेषामर्चा वृथा भवेत्
īśvara uvāca- tvaṃ kīrtimukhasaṃjño hi bhava maddvāragaḥ sadā | tvadarcāṃ naiva kurvaṃti naiva te matpriyaṃkarāḥ 31*| nārada uvāca- tadāprabhṛti devasya dvāre kīrtimukhaḥ sthitaḥ | nārcayaṃtīha ye pūrvaṃ teṣāmarcā vṛthā bhavet
The Lord said: You shall be called Kīrtimukha, and be always the keeper of my door. Those who do not perform your worship are not doers of what pleases me. Nārada said: From that time on Kīrtimukha has stood at the god's door; those here who do not worship (him) first — their worship becomes fruitless.
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PdP 6 99.33
राहुर्विमुक्तो यस्तेन सोऽपतद्बर्बरस्थले । अतः स बर्बरोद्भूत इति भूमौ पृथां गतः
rāhurvimukto yastena so'patadbarbarasthale | ataḥ sa barbarodbhūta iti bhūmau pṛthāṃ gataḥ
Rāhu, who was released by him, fell in the land of the Barbaras; hence he became widely known on earth as "sprung from the Barbaras."
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PdP 6 99.34
ततश्च राहुः पुनरेव जातमात्मानमस्मिन्निति मन्यमानः । समेत्य सर्वं कथयां बभूव जलंधरायेशविचेष्टितं तत्
tataśca rāhuḥ punareva jātamātmānamasminniti manyamānaḥ | sametya sarvaṃ kathayāṃ babhūva jalaṃdharāyeśaviceṣṭitaṃ tat
And then Rāhu, thinking that he had, in that place, been born again, went and reported the whole of that doing of the Lord to Jalandhara.
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