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Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]
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This Sanskrit edition of the Bhavishya Purana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The Bhavishyapurana contains 4 books and over 26,000 Sanskrit verses. It is famous for detailing the history and legends of ancient times as well as future times, narrating the genealogy of the kings and sages. The last part is considered an independent work known as the Bhavishyottara-Purana.
Chapter 150
vāsudeva uvāca |
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi yathā pūjyo divākaraḥ |
sthaṇḍile yaduśārdūla nibodhaikāgramānasaḥ || 1 ||
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maṇḍalairaṣṭabhiḥ kāryaṃ cakraṃ kālātmakaṃ śubham |
madhye padmākṛtaṃ cakramarairdvādaśabhiryutam || 2 ||
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tanmadhye kamalaṃ proktaṃ patrāṣṭakasamanvitam |
sarvātmā sakalo devaḥ khaṣolkaḥ kiraṇojjvalaḥ || 3 ||
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pūjanīyaḥ sadā madhye sahasrakiraṇāyudhaḥ |
praṇavena mahābāho caturbāhusamanvitaḥ || 4 ||
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aruṇaṃ1 pūjayetprājñaḥ sadā devāgrajaṃ2 śubham |
dakṣiṇe pūjayeddevīṃ nikṣubhāṃ bhāskarasya tu || 5 ||
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revataṃ dakṣiṇe pārśve uttare piṅgalaṃ sadā |
saṃjñāṃ ca yaduśārdūla śreyase satataṃ budhaḥ || 6 ||
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āgneyyāṃ lekhakaṃ vīra nairṛtyāmaśvinau tathā |
vāyavyāṃ pūjayeddevaṃ manuṃ vaivasvataṃ vibhum || 7 ||
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aiśānyāṃ pūjayeddevīṃ yamunāṃ lokapāvanīm |
dvitīyāvaraṇe vīra pūrvataḥ pūjayedviyat || 8 ||
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dakṣiṇe ca tato devīṃ paścime garuḍaṃ tathā |
uttare nāgarājānaṃ putramairāvataṃ śubham || 9 ||
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āgneyyāṃ pūjayeddheliṃ praheliṃ nairṛte tathā |
vāyavyāmurvaśīṃ devīmīśāne vinatāṃ tathā || 10 ||
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tṛtīyāvaraṇe pūrve pūjayedgurumādarāt |
paścime tvarkaputraṃ tu uttare dhiṣaṇaṃ tathā || 11 ||
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aiśāne śaśiputraṃ tu somamāgneyamaṇḍale |
pūjayeddakṣiṇe koṇe nairṛte rāhumādarāt || 12 ||
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vāyavye vikacaṃ vīra pūjayetsatataṃ budhaḥ |
caturthāvaraṇe devaṃ pūjayellekhamādarāt || 13 ||
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āgneye śāṇḍilīputraṃ dakṣiṇe dakṣiṇādhipam |
virūpākṣaṃ nairṛte devaṃ jaleśaṃ paścime tathā || 14 ||
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vāyuputraṃ ca vāyavyāṃ satataṃ pūjayennaraḥ |
īśāne devamīśānaṃ pūjayetsatataṃ budhaḥ || 15 ||
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uttare yakṣarājānāṃ kuberaṃ pūjayedbudhaḥ |
pañcame pūjayedvīra sadā svāvaraṇe dvijāḥ || 16 ||
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pūrvataḥ paramāṃ devīṃ mahāśvetāṃ mahāmatiḥ |
śriyamṛddhiṃ vibhūtiṃ ca dhṛtiṃ caivonnatiṃ tathā || 17 ||
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pṛthivīṃ yaduśārdūla mahākīrtiṃ tathaiva ca |
indraṃ viṣṇuṃ cāryamaṇaṃ bhagaṃ parjanyameva ca || 18 ||
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vivasvantaṃ tathārkaṃ ca tvaṣṭāraṃ kiraṇojjvalam |
pūjayedvaruṇaṃ ṣaṣṭhe caivametāndivākarān || 19 ||
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śiro netre tathā varma astraṃ ca yadusattama |
aruṇaṃ sarathaṃ vīra saptame pūjayedbudhaḥ || 20 ||
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tathāśvānyaduśārdūla sadā cāvaraṇe budhaḥ |
yakṣarakṣāṃsi gandharvānmāsānpakṣānahāni tu || 21 ||
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saṃvatsaraṃ tathā putra hyetānsaṃpūjayetpurā |
ya evaṃ pūjayeddevaṃ bhāskaraṃ satataṃ naraḥ |
sa gacchetparamaṃ sthānaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati || 22 ||
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mūlamantrākṣarāṇīha cāṅgāni paricakṣate |
anena vidhinā yastu pūjayetsatataṃ ravim || 23 ||
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nityamubhayasaptamyāṃ sa gacchetparamaṃ padam |
ityuktvā bhagavāndevo jagāmāśu gṛhaṃ raviḥ || 24 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 150
Bhavishya Purana: Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation
by S. N. Khandelwal (2022)
Publisher: Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan; Pages: 2538.
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Complete Bhavisya Mahapurana (English translation)
by Shantilal Nagar (2023)
Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Pages: 2496; ISBN-10: 817110729X; ISBN-13: 9788171107292
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