Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]
245,265 words
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 2
sūta uvāca |
gopracāraṃ punarvakṣye viśeṣaṃ tatra me śṛṇu |
yajedviṣṇuṃ sala kṣmīkamupacāraiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ || 1 ||
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upacāraiśca brahmāṇaṃ rudraṃ caiva karālikām |
varāhaṃ somasūrye ca mahādevaṃ yathākramam || 2 ||
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homaṃ caiva yathā viṣṇoḥ kamalāyāstrayaṃtrayam |
ājyena kṣetrapālānāmanyeṣāṃ madhumiśritaiḥ || 3 ||
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ekaikāmāhutiṃ dadyāllājādiṣu pṛthakpṛthak |
samutsṛjya vidhānena yūpaṃ saṃsthāpya pūjayet || 4 ||
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trihastamāttraṃ racitaṃ kuryānnāgaphaṇānvitam |
ropayedekahastena garbhe homaṃ prayojayet || 5 ||
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lājāsaṃyuktavidhinā viśveṣāmiti sañjapan |
nāgādhipataye tadvadacyutāya tṛtīyakam || 6 ||
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bhaumāyeti caturthaṃ ca tato yūpaṃ nivedayet |
mayi gṛbhṇāmīti sampūjya yūpaṃ ca rudradaivatama || 7 ||
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saṃpūjya rudraṃ pañcāṃgaṃ dhānyaṃ vastraṃ ca dakṣiṇām |
ācāryāya tathā hotre anyeṣāmiṣṭadakṣiṇām || 8 ||
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gopracāre ca śaileyaṃ yūpaṃ hastadvayānvitam |
pañcaśīrṣānvitaṃ kuryāddhastamātraṃ praropayet || 9 ||
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yūpaṃ ca caitravṛkṣaṃ ca kuṇḍalīmaṭhapīṭhikām |
saṃspṛśyācamya vai viprāḥ prāṇāyāmena śudhyati || 10 ||
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caturhastapramāṇena śatakuṇḍena saṃmitam |
tadardhaṃ ca kaniṣṭhena aṣṭakāṣṭādhikaṃ bhavet || 11 ||
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bhūmau ratnaṃ ca saṃsthāpya imaṃ mantramudāharet |
śivalokastathā gāvaḥ sarvadevasupūjitāḥ || 12 ||
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gobhya eṣā mayā bhūmiḥ sampradattā śubhārthinā |
evaṃ nivedayedyastu gopracāraṃ samāhitaḥ || 13 ||
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sa muktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇuloke mahīyate |
yāvaṃti tṛṇagulmāni saṃti bhūmau śubhāni ca || 14 ||
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tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate |
pūrve sīmāṃ nibadhnīyātkṛtvā vṛkṣasya ropaṇam || 15 ||
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setuṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇataḥ paścimeṃgāraropaṇam |
uttare khānayetkūpaṃ tasya sīmāṃ na laṃghayeta || 16 ||
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tataḥ sahasradhārāṃ ca śasyena paripūritām |
pradadyādvā tato viprāḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 17 ||
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nagaragrāmapūrve vā uttare paścimepi vā |
na kuryādagnidigbhāge dakṣiṇāṃ vā tataḥ śubhām || 18 ||
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gopracāraṃ khanedyastu vāhayedvā kathaṃcana |
kulāni pātayatyāśu brahmahatyāśca viṃdati || 19 ||
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svargaṃ nayati gocarma samyagdattaṃ sadakṣiṇam |
yāvattṛṇāni tadbhūmau saptasaṃkhyāni saṃkhyayā || 20 ||
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tāvatkālaṃ vasetsvarge viṣṇulokānna taccyutiḥ || 21 ||
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mahāyāgāvasāne ca yo na tarpayati dvijān |
nirarthakaṃ tasya karma prayāsaphalamātrakam || 22 ||
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vṛṣotsargā vasāne tu pradadyādyo mahīṃ dvijāḥ |
na yāti viprāḥ pretatvaṃ tasmādviprādamatsarāḥ || 23 ||
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tatra mānaṃ pṛthakcaiva śṛṇutātra samāgatāḥ |
amānena dadedyastu narakaṃ yāti rauravama || 24 ||
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gavāṃ śataṃ vṛṣaścaiko yatra tiṣṭhatyayaṃtritaḥ |
tadgocarmeti vikhyātaṃ dattaṃ sarvāghanāśanam || 25 ||
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gopracārasya devasya brāhmaṇasya ca bho dvijāḥ |
yāvatkālāvadhe sīmā atīte nāsti pātakam || 26 ||
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maṇḍapaṃ pūjayetsūryaṃ vāsudevasamanvitam |
homastila guḍābhyāṃ ca aṣṭāvaṣṭau pṛthakpṛthak || 27 ||
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dehi meti ca mantreṇa vinyasenmaṃḍapopari |
yatnasiddhaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā śulkaghaṭacatuṣṭayam || 28 ||
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samutsṛjejjapetpaścātsauraṃ sūktaṃ ca vaiṣṇavam |
vaṭapatre tu saṃlikhya citraṃ nirmāya vā punaḥ || 29 ||
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dikpālānsaṃnyasetsvāsu svāsu dikṣu vicakṣaṇaḥ |
baddhāñjaliḥ paṭhenmaṃtrāniṃdrādīnāṃ yathākramam || 30 ||
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dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya ātmano vibhavāya ca |
vajrahasto mahendra tvaṃ dharmatastrātumarhasi || 31 ||
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bho vahne meṣavāhastvaṃ catuḥśṛṃgavirājita |
anāthaṃ maṇḍapaṃ tvaṃ hi dharmatastrātumarhasi || 32 ||
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yama tvaṃ dakṣiṇāśeśa mahāmahiṣavāhana |
anāthaṃ maṇḍapaṃ tvaṃ hi dharmatastrātumarhasi || 33 ||
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mañcastho rākṣasendrastvaṃ khaḍgapāṇirmahābalaḥ |
anāthaṃ maṇḍapaṃ tvaṃ hi dharmatastrātumarhasi || 34 ||
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vārirāṭ dhvajahasto'si pavano mṛgavāhanaḥ |
anāthaṃ maṇḍapaṃ tvaṃ hi dharmatastrātumarhasi || 35 ||
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dhanādhyakṣo gadāhastaḥ piṃgākṣo naravāhanaḥ |
anāthaṃ maṇḍapaṃ tvaṃ hi dharmatastrātumarhasi || 36 ||
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ādidevosi devānāṃ kartā hartā maheśvaraḥ |
anāthaṃ maṇḍapaṃ tvaṃ hi dharmatastrātumarhasi || 37 ||
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anaṃto nāgarājo yo dharāmuddhṛtya tiṣṭhati |
anāthaṃ maṇḍapaṃ tvaṃ hi dharmatasrātumarhasi || 38 ||
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caturṇāmeva varṇānāṃ sthityarthaṃ mṛgapakṣiṇām |
prītaye vāsudevasya evaṃ maṇḍapamutsṛjet || 39 ||
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bhagne stambhe tṛṇe jīrṇe punastṛṇapradāpane |
sthāpane ca tathaivāsya pratiṣṭhā syādyathākṣayā || 40 ||
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ghātāpāyādidoṣeṇa mriyaṃte yadi jantavaḥ |
pratiṣṭhāyāṃ kṛtāyāṃ tu dharmo me syānna pātakam || 41 ||
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mānuṣāḥ paśavo ye ca nivasantīha maṇḍape |
svasti cāstu sadā teṣāṃ tvatprasādātkila prabho || 42 ||
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tatastriguṇasūtreṇa sutrāmāṇeti vai ṛcā |
saptadhā veṣṭayitvā tu dakṣiṇāṃ saṃprakāśya ca || 43 ||
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upānahau tathā chatramācāryāya nivedayet |
maṇḍape bhojayedviprāṃsteṣāṃ dadyādyathepsitān || 44 ||
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dīnebhyaśca pṛthagdadyādgṛhaṃ viprapuraḥsaram |
praviśettūryaghoṣeṇa prakuryācca gṛhārcanam || 45 ||
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evaṃ prapāyāṃ vijñeyo viśeṣo varuṇaṃ vrajet |
vāsudevena sahitaṃ sāṃgopāṃgaṃ sadakṣiṇam || 46 ||
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sthālīpākavidhānena prakuryāddeśikottamaḥ |
ācāryāya gṛhaṃ dadyātparicchedasamanvitam || 47 ||
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ṛtvije tāmrapātraṃ ca jalapūrṇaṃ ca dhānyakam |
dikpālāndvāradeśe tu kūpayāge viśeṣataḥ || 48 ||
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brahmāṇaṃ nāgarājānaṃ dvārapālau ca paścime |
yajenmantraiḥ pṛthagdevānmantrairebhiryathākramam || 49 ||
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balidānaṃ vidhānena kṛtvā dadyādyathāvidhi |
patākānāmatastattvaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathākramam || 50 ||
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vajrī ca dhūmalī kṛṣṇā pītā caivātha vāruṇī |
śīghrā gaurī umā caiva pītā śuklā prakīrtitā || 51 ||
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kuṃbheṣu pūjayeddevānmaheśaṃ prathamaṃ budhaḥ |
grahāṃśca madhyakalaśe brahmāṇaṃ ca tataḥ param || 52 ||
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vedikāpūrvabhāge tu uttare kalaśe śivam |
dakṣiṇe kalaśe viṣṇuṃ karṇikāyāṃ jaleśvaram || 53 ||
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kalaśe vidhivadbhaktyā upacāraiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ |
saṃpūjya vaṭapatre ca nāgānsaṃlikhya nāgajaiḥ || 54 ||
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yo nāgāstānpravakṣyāmi anaṃto vāsukistathā |
tathā karkoṭakaścaiva padmaśca kulikastathā |
padmaścaiva mahāpadmo mantrairebhiḥ pṛthakpṛthak || 55 ||
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puṃḍarīkadalābhāsa śubhakarṇāṃtalocana |
phaṇāsahasrasaṃyukta śaṃkhābjakṛtalocana || 56 ||
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anaṃta nāgarājendra ihāgaccha namo'stu te |
sita kuṃdenduvarṇābha visphuradbhogamaṃḍala || 57 ||
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sarvanāgasya śūrasya kṛtasvastikalāṃchana |
nāgendratakṣaka śrīmannihāgaccha namostu te || 58 ||
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navīnajaladaśyāma śrīmankamalalocana |
viṣadarpabalonmatta grīvāyāmekaśekhara || 59 ||
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śaṃkhapāla iti khyāta jalādhārapratīkṣaka |
adhyakṣe nāgalokānāmihāgaccha namo'stu te || 60 ||
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atipīta suvarṇābha candrārdhāṃkitamastaka |
dīptabhogakṛtāṭopa śubhalakṣaṇalakṣita || 61 ||
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kulīra nāgarājeṃdra sarvasattvahite rata |
tiṣṭheha yajñasiddhyarthaṃ kāmarūpa namostu te || 62 ||
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yaḥ suvarṇena varṇena padmapatrāyatekṣaṇaḥ |
paṃcabiṃdukṛtābhogo grīvāyāmekaśekharaḥ |
tasmai te padmanāgendra tīvrarūpa namo'stu te || 63 ||
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nāginyo nāgakanyāśca tathā nāgakumārakāḥ |
sarve te prītamanasaḥ pūjāṃ gṛhṇaṃtu me sadā || 64 ||
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svagṛhyoktena vidhinā kṛtvāgnisthāpanaṃ budhaḥ |
ājyaṃ saṃskṛtya juhuyāddigīśānāṃ yathākramam || 65 ||
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ādityādigrahāṃścaiva brahmāṇaṃ kṛṣṇameva ca |
madhupiṣṭena ca śivaṃ varuṇaṃ juhuyāttataḥ || 66 ||
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prādeśamātraṃ saṃprokṣya yūpaṃ cāsya pramāṇakam |
caturasraṃ śūlayuktaṃ gaṇānānīya pūjayet || 67 ||
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kūpe nikṣipya tānnāgānpañcaratnaṃ kṣipettataḥ |
sutrāmāṇeti maṃtreṇa tridhā saṃveṣṭya sūtrakaiḥ || 68 ||
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rañjitaḥ kadalīvṛkṣaṃ varuṇāya samutsṛjet |
trātāramiti maṃtreṇa vastramālyena bhūṣayet |
karṇavedhaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā utsṛjedvākyamuccaran || 69 ||
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oṃ adyetyādi sarvabhūtebhyaḥ phalapuṣpapatracchāyāvṛtamukhyanānātaruviracitamārāmaṃ vanaspatidevataṃ supūjitaṃ vedavyāsādyuktaphalāvāptaye amukaṛṣisagotraḥ amukadeva śarmāhamutsṛje || |
mahotsavaṃ tataḥ kuryātkṛtvā baddhāñjaliḥ paṭhet |
vṛkṣāgrātpatitasyāpi ārohātpatitasya vā || 70 ||
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maraṇe cāsthibhaṃge vā kartā pāpairna lipyate |
vajrāghātādidoṣeṇa mriyaṃte taravo yadā || 71 ||
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taddośamanārthāya tasyāpyetatpratiṣṭhitam |
madhye yūpaṃ samāropya catuṣko ṇepi yatnataḥ || 72 ||
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madhulājākṣataṃ dadyādañjanaṃ mālyameva ca |
niśāsūtreṇa saṃveṣṭya kadalīviṭapaṃ nyaset || 73 ||
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veṣṭayetkṣīradhārāṃ ca pātayedghṛtadhārayā |
toyānvitaṃ gucchayuktaṃ veṣṭayetsvagṛhaṃ vrajet || 74 ||
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iti śrībhaviṣye mahāpurāṇe madhyamaparvaṇi tṛtīyabhāge dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ || 2 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 2
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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