Vamana Purana — Chapter 24

VamP 24.1

देवदेव उवाच । एवं पृथूदको देवाः पुण्यः पापभयापहः । तं गच्छध्वं महातीर्थं यावत् संनिधिवोधितम्

devadeva uvāca / evaṃ pṛthūdako devāḥ puṇyaḥ pāpabhayāpahaḥ / taṃ gacchadhvaṃ mahātīrthaṃ yāvat saṃnidhivodhitam

The God of gods said: Thus, O gods, Pṛthūdaka is holy, removing sin and fear. Go to that great sacred ford, so long as it is made known by (my) presence.

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VamP 24.2

यदा मृगशिरोऋक्षे शशिसूर्यौ बृहस्पतिः । तिष्ठन्ति सा तिथिः पुण्या त्वक्षया परिगीयते

yadā mṛgaśiroṛkṣe śaśisūryau bṛhaspatiḥ / tiṣṭhanti sā tithiḥ puṇyā tvakṣayā parigīyate

When the moon and the sun and Jupiter stand in the asterism Mṛgaśiras, that lunar day is holy and is celebrated as imperishable.

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VamP 24.3

तं गच्छध्वं सुरश्रेष्ठा यत्र प्राची सरस्वती । पितॄन् आराधयध्वं हि तत्र श्राद्धेन भक्तिततः

taṃ gacchadhvaṃ suraśreṣṭhā yatra prācī sarasvatī / pitṝn ārādhayadhvaṃ hi tatra śrāddhena bhaktitataḥ

Go there, O best of gods, where the Sarasvatī flows eastward, and there propitiate the ancestors with a śrāddha, with devotion.

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VamP 24.4

ततो मुरारिवचनं श्रुत्वा देवाः सवासवाः । समाजग्मुः कुरुक्षेत्रे पुण्यतीर्थं पृथूदकम्

tato murārivacanaṃ śrutvā devāḥ savāsavāḥ / samājagmuḥ kurukṣetre puṇyatīrthaṃ pṛthūdakam

Then, having heard the word of Murāri, the gods with Vāsava came together at Pṛthūdaka, the holy ford in Kurukṣetra.

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VamP 24.5

तत्र स्नात्वा सुराः सर्वे बृहस्पतिमचोदयन् । विशस्व भगवन् ऋक्षमिमं मृशिरं कुरु । पुण्यां तिथिं पापहरां तव कालो ऽयमागतः

tatra snātvā surāḥ sarve bṛhaspatimacodayan / viśasva bhagavan ṛkṣamimaṃ mṛśiraṃ kuru / puṇyāṃ tithiṃ pāpaharāṃ tava kālo 'yamāgataḥ

There all the gods bathed and urged Bṛhaspati: "Enter, O lord, this asterism; make it Mṛgaśiras; (make) the lunar day holy and sin-removing—this time of yours has come.

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VamP 24.6

प्रवर्तते रविस्तत्र चन्द्रमापि विशत्यसौ । त्वदायत्तं गुरो कार्यं सुराणां तत् कुरुष्व च

pravartate ravistatra candramāpi viśatyasau / tvadāyattaṃ guro kāryaṃ surāṇāṃ tat kuruṣva ca

There the sun proceeds, and the moon too is entering; the task depends on you, O teacher—so do that for the gods."

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VamP 24.7

इत्येवमुक्तो देवैस्तु देवाचार्यो ऽब्रवीदिदम् । यदि वर्षाधिपो ऽहं स्यां ततो यास्यामि देवताः

ityevamukto devaistu devācāryo 'bravīdidam / yadi varṣādhipo 'haṃ syāṃ tato yāsyāmi devatāḥ

Thus addressed by the gods, the preceptor of the gods said this: "If I should be the lord of the year, then I will go, O deities."

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VamP 24.8

आषाढे मासि मार्गर्क्षे चन्द्रक्षयतिथिर्हि या । तस्यां पुरन्दरः प्रीतः पिण्डं पितृषु भक्तितः

āṣāḍhe māsi mārgarkṣe candrakṣayatithirhi yā / tasyāṃ purandaraḥ prītaḥ piṇḍaṃ pitṛṣu bhaktitaḥ

In the month of Āṣāḍha, in the asterism of Mārga (Mṛgaśiras), on whatever day is the day of the moon's waning (the new moon) — on that day Purandara, well pleased, devotedly (offered) a rice-ball to the fathers,

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VamP 24.9

प्रादात् तिलमधून्मिश्रं हविष्यान्नं कुरुष्वथ । ततः प्रीतास्तु पितरस्तां प्राहुस्तनयां निजाम

prādāt tilamadhūnmiśraṃ haviṣyānnaṃ kuruṣvatha / tataḥ prītāstu pitarastāṃ prāhustanayāṃ nijāma

(and) he gave food fit for oblation mixed with sesame and honey. "Now do (likewise)!" Then the fathers, being pleased, declared her their own daughter.

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VamP 24.10

मेनां देवाश्च शैलाय हिमयुक्ताय वै ददुः । तां मेनां हिमवांल्लब्ध्वा प्रसादाद् दैवतेष्वथ । प्रीतिमानभवच्चासौ रराम च यथेच्छया

menāṃ devāśca śailāya himayuktāya vai daduḥ / tāṃ menāṃ himavāṃllabdhvā prasādād daivateṣvatha / prītimānabhavaccāsau rarāma ca yathecchayā

And the gods gave Menā to the mountain endowed with snow (Himavat); and Himavat, having obtained that Menā by the favour of the gods, became joyful and took his pleasure as he wished.

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VamP 24.11

ततो हिमाद्रिः पितृकन्यया समं समर्पयन् वै विषयान् यथैष्टम् । अजीजनत् सा तनयाश्च तिस्रो रूपातियुक्ताः सुरयोषितोपमाः

tato himādriḥ pitṛkanyayā samaṃ samarpayan vai viṣayān yathaiṣṭam / ajījanat sā tanayāśca tisro rūpātiyuktāḥ surayoṣitopamāḥ

Then Himādri, together with the daughter of the fathers, bestowing objects of enjoyment as they were desired, (dwelt happily); and she brought forth three daughters, endowed with surpassing beauty, like the women of the gods.

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