Vamana Purana — Chapter 23
VamP 23.1
देवदेव उवाच । तस्यां तपत्यां नरसत्तमेन जातः सुतः पार्थिवलक्षणस्तु । स जातकर्मादिभिरेव संस्कृतो विवर्द्धताज्येन हुतो यथाग्निः
devadeva uvāca / tasyāṃ tapatyāṃ narasattamena jātaḥ sutaḥ pārthivalakṣaṇastu / sa jātakarmādibhireva saṃskṛto vivarddhatājyena huto yathāgniḥ
The God of gods said: Upon that Tapatī a son was begotten by the best of men, one bearing the marks of a king; consecrated with the birth-rites and the rest, he grew as fire grows when fed with ghee.
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VamP 23.2
कृतो ऽस्य चूडाकरणश्च देवा विप्रण मित्रावरुणात्मजेन । नवाब्दिकस्य व्रतबन्धनं च वेदे च शास्त्रे विधिपारगो ऽबूत्
kṛto 'sya cūḍākaraṇaśca devā vipraṇa mitrāvaruṇātmajena / navābdikasya vratabandhanaṃ ca vede ca śāstre vidhipārago 'būt
His tonsure ceremony too, O gods, was performed by the brahmin, the son of Mitra and Varuṇa; and when he was nine years old, the binding of the vow (investiture); and he became one who had mastered the rules in Veda and in the treatises.
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VamP 23.3
ततश्चतुःपड्भिरपीह वर्षैः सर्वज्ञतामभ्यगमत ततो ऽसौ । ख्यातः पृथिव्यां पुरुषोत्तमो ऽसौ नाम्ना कुरुः संवरणस्य पुत्रः
tataścatuḥpaḍbhirapīha varṣaiḥ sarvajñatāmabhyagamata tato 'sau / khyātaḥ pṛthivyāṃ puruṣottamo 'sau nāmnā kuruḥ saṃvaraṇasya putraḥ
Then within four years, and six as well, he attained omniscience; and thereafter he was renowned on earth as the best of men, Kuru by name, the son of Saṃvaraṇa.
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VamP 23.4
ततो नरपतिर्दृष्ट्वा धर्मिकं तनयं शुभम् । दारक्रियार्थमकरोद् यत्नं शुभकुले ततः
tato narapatirdṛṣṭvā dharmikaṃ tanayaṃ śubham / dārakriyārthamakarod yatnaṃ śubhakule tataḥ
Then the king, seeing his son righteous and excellent, made an effort for the marriage-rite (to obtain a bride) in a good family.
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VamP 23.5
सोदामिनीं सुदाम्नस्तु सुतां रूपाधिकां नपः । कुरोरर्थाय वतवान् स प्रादात् कुरवे ऽपि ताम्
sodāminīṃ sudāmnastu sutāṃ rūpādhikāṃ napaḥ / kurorarthāya vatavān sa prādāt kurave 'pi tām
The king asked for Sudāman's daughter Sodāminī, of surpassing beauty, for Kuru's sake; and he too gave her to Kuru.
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VamP 23.6
स तां नृपसुतां लब्ध्वा धर्मार्थावविरोधयन् । रेमे तन्व्या सह तया पौलोम्या मघवानिव
sa tāṃ nṛpasutāṃ labdhvā dharmārthāvavirodhayan / reme tanvyā saha tayā paulomyā maghavāniva
Having won that princess, not obstructing (either) dharma or artha, he took his pleasure with that slender lady, as Maghavan (does) with Paulomī.
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VamP 23.7
ततो नरपतिः पुत्रं राज्यभारक्षमं बली । विदित्वा योवराज्याय विधानेनाभ्यषेचयत्
tato narapatiḥ putraṃ rājyabhārakṣamaṃ balī / viditvā yovarājyāya vidhānenābhyaṣecayat
Then the mighty king, knowing his son capable of the burden of the kingdom, consecrated him according to the ordinance to the office of crown prince.
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VamP 23.8
ततो राज्ये ऽभिषिक्तस्तु कुरुः पित्रा निजे पदे । पालयामास स महीं पुत्रवच्च स्वयं प्रजाः
tato rājye 'bhiṣiktastu kuruḥ pitrā nije pade / pālayāmāsa sa mahīṃ putravacca svayaṃ prajāḥ
Then Kuru, consecrated in the kingdom by his father in his own station, protected the earth, and the subjects himself like sons.
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VamP 23.9
स एव क्षेत्रपालो ऽभूत् पशुपालः स एव हि । स सर्वपालकश्चासीत् प्रजापालो महाबलः
sa eva kṣetrapālo 'bhūt paśupālaḥ sa eva hi / sa sarvapālakaścāsīt prajāpālo mahābalaḥ
He himself was the protector of the fields, and he too the protector of the cattle; he of great strength was the protector of all, the protector of the people.
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VamP 23.10
ततो ऽस्य बुद्धिरुपन्ना कीर्तिर्लोके गरीयसी । यावत्कीर्तिः सुसंस्था हि तावद्वासः सुरैः सह
tato 'sya buddhirupannā kīrtirloke garīyasī / yāvatkīrtiḥ susaṃsthā hi tāvadvāsaḥ suraiḥ saha
Then this thought arose in him: fame is the weightiest thing in the world; for as long as one's fame stands firm, so long is one's dwelling among the gods.
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VamP 23.11
स त्वेवं नृपतिश्रेष्ठो याथातथ्यमवेक्ष्य च । विचचार महीं सर्वां कीर्त्यर्थं तु नराधिपः
sa tvevaṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭho yāthātathyamavekṣya ca / vicacāra mahīṃ sarvāṃ kīrtyarthaṃ tu narādhipaḥ
So that best of kings, having considered the matter as it truly is, the lord of men roamed over the whole earth for the sake of fame.
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VamP 23.12
ततो द्वैतवनं नाम पुण्यं लोकेश्वरो बली। । तदासाद्य सुसंतुष्टो विवेशाभ्यान्तरं ततः
tato dvaitavanaṃ nāma puṇyaṃ lokeśvaro balī/ / tadāsādya susaṃtuṣṭo viveśābhyāntaraṃ tataḥ
Then the mighty lord of the world (came upon) the holy (forest) named Dvaitavana; reaching it, well pleased, he thereupon entered within.
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VamP 23.13
तत्र देवीं ददर्शाथ पुण्यां पापविमोचनीम् । प्लक्षजां ब्रह्मणः पुत्रीं हरिजिह्वां सरस्वतीम्
tatra devīṃ dadarśātha puṇyāṃ pāpavimocanīm / plakṣajāṃ brahmaṇaḥ putrīṃ harijihvāṃ sarasvatīm
There he then beheld the goddess, holy, releaser from sin, born of the Plakṣa tree, daughter of Brahmā, whose tongue is Hari — Sarasvatī,
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VamP 23.14
सुदर्शनस्य जननीं ह्वन्दं कृत्वा सुविस्तरम् । स्थितां भगवतीं कूले तीर्थकोटिभिराप्लुताम्
sudarśanasya jananīṃ hvandaṃ kṛtvā suvistaram / sthitāṃ bhagavatīṃ kūle tīrthakoṭibhirāplutām
the mother of Sudarśana, having made a long, extended call(?), the Blessed Lady standing on the bank, bathed in by crores of sacred fords.
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VamP 23.15
तस्यास्तज्जलमीक्ष्यैव स्नात्वा प्रीतो ऽभवन्नृपः । समाजगाम च पुनः ब्रह्मणो वेदिमुत्तराम्
tasyāstajjalamīkṣyaiva snātvā prīto 'bhavannṛpaḥ / samājagāma ca punaḥ brahmaṇo vedimuttarām
Merely on seeing that water of hers, the king bathed and became pleased; and again he came to the northern altar of Brahmā,
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VamP 23.16
समन्तपञ्चकं नाम धर्मस्थानमनुत्तमम् । आकमन्ताद् योजनानि पञ्च च सर्वतः
samantapañcakaṃ nāma dharmasthānamanuttamam / ākamantād yojanāni pañca ca sarvataḥ
the supremely excellent seat of dharma named Samantapañcaka, five yojanas on every side, all around.
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VamP 23.17
देवा ऊचुः । कियन्त्यो वेदयः सन्ति ब्रह्मणः पुरुषोत्तम । येनोत्तरतया वेदिर्गादिता सर्वपञ्चका
devā ūcuḥ / kiyantyo vedayaḥ santi brahmaṇaḥ puruṣottama / yenottaratayā vedirgāditā sarvapañcakā
The gods said: How many altars of Brahmā are there, O supreme Person, by reason of which this altar has been called the northern one, the Sarvapañcaka?
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VamP 23.18
देवदेव उवाच। । वेदयो लोकनाथस्य पञ्च धर्मस्य सेतवः । यासु यष्टं सुरेशेन लोकनाथेन शंभुना
devadeva uvāca/ / vedayo lokanāthasya pañca dharmasya setavaḥ / yāsu yaṣṭaṃ sureśena lokanāthena śaṃbhunā
The God of gods said: The altars of the Lord of the world are five, the causeways of dharma, at which sacrifice was performed by the lord of the gods, the world's lord Śambhu.
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VamP 23.19
प्रयागो मध्यमा वेदिः पूर्वा वेदिर्गयाशिरः । विरजा दक्षिणा वेदिरनन्तफलदायिनी
prayāgo madhyamā vediḥ pūrvā vedirgayāśiraḥ / virajā dakṣiṇā vediranantaphaladāyinī
Prayāga is the middle altar; the eastern altar is Gayāśiras; Virajā is the southern altar, bestowing endless fruit;
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VamP 23.20
प्रतीची पुष्करा वेदिस्त्रिभिः कुण्डैरलङ्कृता । समन्तपञ्चका चोक्ता वेदिरेवोत्तराव्यया
pratīcī puṣkarā vedistribhiḥ kuṇḍairalaṅkṛtā / samantapañcakā coktā vedirevottarāvyayā
the western altar is Puṣkarā, adorned with three pools; and Samantapañcaka is declared to be the northern altar, imperishable.
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VamP 23.21
तममन्यत राजर्षिरिदं क्षेत्रं महाफलम् । करिष्यामि कृषिष्यामि सर्वान् कामान् यथेप्सितान्
tamamanyata rājarṣiridaṃ kṣetraṃ mahāphalam / kariṣyāmi kṛṣiṣyāmi sarvān kāmān yathepsitān
The royal sage thought of it: "This field is of great fruit. I shall do it, I shall plough (here) all desires as wished for."
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VamP 23.22
इति संचिन्त्य मनसा त्यक्त्वा स्यन्तनमुत्तमम् । चक्रे कीर्त्यर्थमतुलं संस्थानं पार्थिवर्षभः
iti saṃcintya manasā tyaktvā syantanamuttamam / cakre kīrtyarthamatulaṃ saṃsthānaṃ pārthivarṣabhaḥ
Having thus reflected in his mind, abandoning his excellent chariot, the bull among kings made an incomparable establishment for the sake of fame.
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VamP 23.23
तं कर्षन्तं नरवरं समभ्येत्य तक्रतुः । प्रोवाच राजन् किमिदं भवान् कर्तुमिहोद्यतः
taṃ karṣantaṃ naravaraṃ samabhyetya takratuḥ / provāca rājan kimidaṃ bhavān kartumihodyataḥ
Approaching that best of men as he ploughed, (Indra) of a hundred rites said: "O king, what is this that you are here intent on doing?"
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VamP 23.24
तं कर्षन्तं नरवरं समभ्येत्य शतक्रतुः । प्रोवाच राजन् किमिदं भवान् कर्तुमिहोद्यतः
taṃ karṣantaṃ naravaraṃ samabhyetya śatakratuḥ / provāca rājan kimidaṃ bhavān kartumihodyataḥ
Approaching that best of men as he ploughed, Śatakratu said: "O king, what is this that you are here intent on doing?"
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VamP 23.25
राजाब्रवीत् सुरवरं तपः सत्यं क्षमां दयाम् । कृषामि शौचं दानं च योगं च ब्रह्मचारिताम्
rājābravīt suravaraṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ kṣamāṃ dayām / kṛṣāmi śaucaṃ dānaṃ ca yogaṃ ca brahmacāritām
The king said to the best of the gods: "I am ploughing austerity, truth, patience, compassion, purity, giving, yoga, and the state of chastity."
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VamP 23.26
तस्योवाच हरिर्देवः कस्माद्बीजो नरेश्वर । लब्धो ऽष्टाङ्गेति सहसा अवहस्य गतस्ततः
tasyovāca harirdevaḥ kasmādbījo nareśvara / labdho 'ṣṭāṅgeti sahasā avahasya gatastataḥ
To him the god Hari said: "From what seed, O lord of men, has this eightfold (thing) been obtained?" — and having suddenly laughed, he went away from there.
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VamP 23.27
गते ऽपि शक्र राजर्षिरहन्यहनि सीरधृक् । कृषते ऽन्यान् समन्ताच्च सप्तक्रोशान् महीपतिः
gate 'pi śakra rājarṣirahanyahani sīradhṛk / kṛṣate 'nyān samantācca saptakrośān mahīpatiḥ
Even after (Hari) had gone, O Śakra, the royal sage, holding the plough, day after day, the lord of the earth ploughed a further seven krośas all around.
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VamP 23.28
ततो ऽहमब्रुवं गत्वा कुरो किमिदमित्यथ । तदाष्टाङ्गं महाधर्मं समाख्यातं नृपेण हि
tato 'hamabruvaṃ gatvā kuro kimidamityatha / tadāṣṭāṅgaṃ mahādharmaṃ samākhyātaṃ nṛpeṇa hi
Then I went and said, "O Kuru, what is this?" — and thereupon that eightfold great dharma was declared by the king.
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VamP 23.29
ततो मयास्य गदितं नृप बीजं क्व तिष्ठति । स चाह मम देहस्थं बीजं तमहमब्रुवम् । देह्यहं वापयिष्यामि सीरं कृषतु वै भवान्
tato mayāsya gaditaṃ nṛpa bījaṃ kva tiṣṭhati / sa cāha mama dehasthaṃ bījaṃ tamahamabruvam / dehyahaṃ vāpayiṣyāmi sīraṃ kṛṣatu vai bhavān
Then it was said by me: "O king, where is the seed?" And he said, "The seed is situated in my body." I said to him: "Give it; I shall sow it — let you drive the plough."
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VamP 23.30
ततो नृपतिना बाहुर्दक्षिणः प्रसृतः कतः । प्रसृतं तं भुजं दृष्ट्वा मया चक्रेण वेगतः
tato nṛpatinā bāhurdakṣiṇaḥ prasṛtaḥ kataḥ / prasṛtaṃ taṃ bhujaṃ dṛṣṭvā mayā cakreṇa vegataḥ
Then the king stretched out his right arm; and seeing that outstretched arm, I with my discus swiftly
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VamP 23.31
सहस्रधा ततश्छिद्य दत्तो युष्माकमेव हि । ततः सव्यो भुजो राज्ञा दत्तश् छिन्नो ऽप्यसौ मया
sahasradhā tataśchidya datto yuṣmākameva hi / tataḥ savyo bhujo rājñā dattaś chinno 'pyasau mayā
cut it into a thousand pieces and gave it (as seed) — for your sake indeed. Then the left arm was given by the king, and that too was cut by me.
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VamP 23.32
तथैवोरुयुगं प्रादान्मया छिन्नौ च तावुभौ । ततः स मे शिरः प्रादात् तेन प्रीते ऽस्मि तस्य च । वरदो ऽस्मीत्यथेत्युक्ते कुरुर्वरमयाचत
tathaivoruyugaṃ prādānmayā chinnau ca tāvubhau / tataḥ sa me śiraḥ prādāt tena prīte 'smi tasya ca / varado 'smītyathetyukte kururvaramayācata
In the same way he offered the pair of thighs, and both of them were cut by me. Then he offered me his head; by that I was pleased with him. When I said, "I am a granter of boons," and he said, "So be it," Kuru asked for a boon:
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VamP 23.33
यावदेतन्मया कृष्टं धर्मक्षेत्रं तदस्तु च । स्नातानां च मृतानां च महापुण्यफलं त्विह
yāvadetanmayā kṛṣṭaṃ dharmakṣetraṃ tadastu ca / snātānāṃ ca mṛtānāṃ ca mahāpuṇyaphalaṃ tviha
"As far as this has been ploughed by me, let it be a field of dharma; and for those who bathe here and for those who die here, let there be the fruit of great merit."
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VamP 23.34
उपवासं च दानं च स्नानं जप्यं च माधव । होमयज्ञादिकं चान्यच्छुभं वाप्यशुभं विभो
upavāsaṃ ca dānaṃ ca snānaṃ japyaṃ ca mādhava / homayajñādikaṃ cānyacchubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vibho
"Fasting, giving, bathing, and muttering of prayers, O Mādhava, and oblation, sacrifice and the rest, and whatever else is done, auspicious or inauspicious, O mighty one—
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VamP 23.35
त्वत्प्रसाद्धृषीकेश शङ्खचक्रगदाधर । अक्षयं प्रवरे क्षेत्रे भवत्वत्र महाफलम्
tvatprasāddhṛṣīkeśa śaṅkhacakragadādhara / akṣayaṃ pravare kṣetre bhavatvatra mahāphalam
by your grace, O Hṛṣīkeśa, bearer of conch, discus and mace, let the great fruit here in this foremost field be imperishable.
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VamP 23.36
तथा भवान् सुरैः सार्धं समं देवेन शलिना । वस त्वं पुण्डरीकाक्ष मन्नामव्यञ्जके ऽच्युत । इत्येवमुक्तस्तेनाहं राज्ञा बाढमुवाच तम्
tathā bhavān suraiḥ sārdhaṃ samaṃ devena śalinā / vasa tvaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa mannāmavyañjake 'cyuta / ityevamuktastenāhaṃ rājñā bāḍhamuvāca tam
And so may you, together with the gods, along with the god who bears the plough, dwell, O lotus-eyed, O Acyuta, in (this place) marked with my name." Thus addressed by that king, I said to him, "So be it."
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VamP 23.37
तथा च त्वं दिव्यवपुर्भव भूयो महीपते । तथान्तकाले मामेव लयटमेष्यसि सुव्रत
tathā ca tvaṃ divyavapurbhava bhūyo mahīpate / tathāntakāle māmeva layaṭameṣyasi suvrata
"And so may you too have a divine body once again, O lord of the earth; and at the time of the end, O you of good vows, you shall come to me alone as your resting-place.
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VamP 23.38
कीर्तिश्च शाश्वती तुभ्यं भविष्यति न संशयः । तत्रैव याजका यज्ञान् यजिष्यन्ति सहस्रशः
kīrtiśca śāśvatī tubhyaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ / tatraiva yājakā yajñān yajiṣyanti sahasraśaḥ
And you shall have everlasting fame, there is no doubt; and there itself sacrificers will offer sacrifices by the thousands."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 23.39
तस्य क्षेत्रस्य रक्षार्थं ददौ स पुरुषोत्तमः । यक्षं च चन्द्रनामानं वासुकिं चापि पन्नगम्
tasya kṣetrasya rakṣārthaṃ dadau sa puruṣottamaḥ / yakṣaṃ ca candranāmānaṃ vāsukiṃ cāpi pannagam
For the protection of that field, that Highest of Persons appointed the Yakṣa named Candra and also the serpent Vāsuki,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 23.40
विद्याधरं शङ्कुकर्णं सुकेशिं राक्षसेश्वरम् । अजावनं च नृपतिं महोदेवं च पावकम्
vidyādharaṃ śaṅkukarṇaṃ sukeśiṃ rākṣaseśvaram / ajāvanaṃ ca nṛpatiṃ mahodevaṃ ca pāvakam
the Vidyādhara Śaṅkukarṇa, Sukeśin the lord of the Rākṣasas, and King Ajāvana, and Mahodeva, and Fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 23.41
एतानि सर्वतो ऽभ्येत्य रक्षन्ति कुरुजाङ्गलम् । अमीषां बलिनो ऽन्ये च भृत्याश्चैवानुयायिनः
etāni sarvato 'bhyetya rakṣanti kurujāṅgalam / amīṣāṃ balino 'nye ca bhṛtyāścaivānuyāyinaḥ
These, coming from every side, guard Kurujāṅgala; and others too, powerful ones, are their servants and followers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 23.42
अष्टौ सहस्राणि धरनुर्धराणां ये वारयन्तीह सुदुष्कृतान् वै । स्नातुं न यच्छन्ति महोग्ररूपास्तवन्यस्य भूताः सचराचराणाम्
aṣṭau sahasrāṇi dharanurdharāṇāṃ ye vārayantīha suduṣkṛtān vai / snātuṃ na yacchanti mahograrūpāstavanyasya bhūtāḥ sacarācarāṇām
There are eight thousand bowmen who here hold back the great evildoers; of exceedingly terrible form, these beings do not allow (them) to bathe—(the beings) of him... of all that moves and does not move.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 23.43
तस्यैव मध्ये बहुपुण्य उक्तः पृथूदकः पापहरः शिवश्च । पुण्या नदी प्राङ्मुखतां प्रयाता यत्रौघयुक्तस्य शुभा जताढ्या
tasyaiva madhye bahupuṇya uktaḥ pṛthūdakaḥ pāpaharaḥ śivaśca / puṇyā nadī prāṅmukhatāṃ prayātā yatraughayuktasya śubhā jatāḍhyā
In the very midst of it, Pṛthūdaka is declared to be of abundant merit, remover of sin and auspicious; there the holy river, beautiful and rich in (waters?), flows eastward, joined with its flood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 23.44
पूर्वं प्रजेयं प्रपितामहेन सृष्टा समं भूतगणैः समस्तैः । मही जलं वह्निसमीरमेव खं त्वेवमादौ विबभौ पृथूदकः
pūrvaṃ prajeyaṃ prapitāmahena sṛṣṭā samaṃ bhūtagaṇaiḥ samastaiḥ / mahī jalaṃ vahnisamīrameva khaṃ tvevamādau vibabhau pṛthūdakaḥ
Formerly this creation was produced by the great-grandfather (Brahmā) together with all the hosts of beings: earth, water, fire, wind and space; and in that very beginning Pṛthūdaka shone forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 23.45
तथा च सर्वाणा महार्णवानि तीर्थानि नद्यः स्त्रवणाः सरांसि । संनिर्मितानीह महाभुजेन तच्चैक्यमागात् सलिलं महीषु
tathā ca sarvāṇā mahārṇavāni tīrthāni nadyaḥ stravaṇāḥ sarāṃsi / saṃnirmitānīha mahābhujena taccaikyamāgāt salilaṃ mahīṣu
And likewise all the great oceans, the sacred fords, the rivers, the streams and the lakes were fashioned here by the mighty-armed one, and that water came to oneness upon the earths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain