Padma Purana [sanskrit]

462,305 words | ISBN-13: 9789385005305

The Padma-purana Book 3 Chapter 53 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Padmapurana is a one of the largest of the eighteen Major Puranas containing roughly 50,000 metrical verses. Although popular for its inclusion of the Ramayana and large sections on pilgrimage guides this is also known for its dedication to both Shiva and Vishnu.

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vyāsa uvāca |
evaṃ daṃḍādibhiryuktaḥ śaucācārasamanvitaḥ |
āhūtodhyāpanaṃ kuryādvīkṣyamāṇo gurormukham || 1 ||
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nityamudyatapāṇiḥ syātsādhvācāraḥ susaṃyataḥ |
āsyatāmiti coktaḥ sannāsītābhimukhaṃ guroḥ || 2 ||
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pratiśravaṇasaṃbhāṣe śayāno na samācaret |
āsīno na ca bhuṃjāno na tiṣṭhenna parāṅmukhaḥ || 3 ||
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nīcaiḥ śayyāsanaṃ cāsya sarvadā gurusannidhau |
gurostu cakṣurviṣayena yatheṣṭāsano bhavet || 4 ||
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nodāharedasya nāma parokṣamapi kevalam |
na caivāsyānukurvīta gatibhāṣaṇaceṣṭitam || 5 ||
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guroryatra parīvādo niṃdā vāpi pravartate |
karṇau tatra pidhātavyau gaṃtavyaṃ vā tato'nyataḥ || 6 ||
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dūrastho nārcayedenaṃ na kruddho nāṃtike striyaḥ |
na caivāsyottaraṃ brūyātsthito nāsīta sannidhau || 7 ||
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udakuṃbhaṃ kuśānpuṣpaṃ samidho'syāharetsadā |
mārjanaṃ lepanaṃ nityamaṃgānāṃ vai samācaret || 8 ||
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nāsya nirmālyaśayanaṃ pādukopānahāvapi |
ākrāmedāsanaṃ cāsya cchāyādīnvā kadācana || 9 ||
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sādhayeddaṃtakāṣṭhādīṃllabdhaṃ cāsmai nivedayet |
anāpṛcchya na gaṃtavyaṃ bhavetpriyahite rataḥ || 10 ||
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na pādau sārayedasya sannidhāne kadācana |
jṛṃbhitaṃ hasitaṃ caiva kaṃṭhaprāvaraṇaṃ tathā || 11 ||
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varjayetsannidhau nityamaṃgasphoṭanameva ca |
yathākālamadhīyīta yāvanna vimanā guruḥ || 12 ||
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āsīno'dho guroḥ pārśve sevāṃ ca susamāhitaḥ |
āsane śayane yāne naiva tiṣṭhetkadācana || 13 ||
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dhāvaṃtamanudhāveta gacchaṃtamanugacchati |
gośvoṣṭrayānaprāsāde tathādhoviṣṭareṣu ca || 14 ||
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āsīta guruṇā sārddhaṃ śilāphalaka nauṣu ca |
jiteṃdriyaḥ syātsatataṃ vaśyātmākrodhanaḥ śuciḥ || 15 ||
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prayuṃjīta sadā vācaṃ madhurāṃ hitakāriṇīm |
gaṃdhamālyaṃ rasaṃ kalpaṃ śuktiṃ prāṇivihiṃsanam || 16 ||
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abhyaṃjanāṃjanonmarddacchatradhāraṇameva ca |
kāmaṃ lobhaṃ bhayaṃ nidrāṃ gītavāditranartanam || 17 ||
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ātarjanaṃ parīvādaṃ strīprekṣālaṃbhanaṃ tathā |
paropaghātaṃ paiśunyaṃ prayatnena vivarjayet || 18 ||
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udakuṃbhaṃ sumanaso gośakṛnmṛttikā kuśān |
āharedyāvadannāni bhaikṣyaṃ cāharahaścaret || 19 ||
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ghṛtaṃ ca lavaṇaṃ sarvaṃ varjyaṃ paryuṣitaṃ ca yat |
anṛtyadarśī satataṃ bhavedgītādi nispṛhaḥ || 20 ||
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nādityaṃ vai samīheta nācareddaṃtadhāvanam |
ekāṃtamaśucistrībhiḥ śūdrādyairabhibhāṣaṇam || 21 ||
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gurūcchiṣṭaṃ bheṣajānnaṃ prayuṃjīta na kāmataḥ |
malāpakarṣaṇaṃ snānaṃ nācareddhi kadācana || 22 ||
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na kuryānmānasaṃ vipro gurostyāge kathaṃcana |
mohādvā yadi vā lobhāttyaktvā tu patito bhavet || 23 ||
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laukikaṃ vaidikaṃ vāpi tathādhyātmikameva vā |
ādadīta yato jñānaṃ taṃ na druhyetkadācana || 24 ||
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gurorapyavaliptasya kāryākāryamajānataḥ |
utpathapratipannasya na manustyāgamabravīt || 25 ||
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gurorgurau sannihite guruvadvṛttimācaret |
natvābhisṛṣṭo guruṇā svāngurūnabhivādayet || 26 ||
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vidyāguruṣvetadevaṃ nityāvṛttiṣu yogiṣu |
pratiṣedhatsu cādharmāddhitaṃ copadiśatsu ca || 27 ||
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śreyaḥ svaguruvadvṛttiṃ nityameva samācaret |
guruputreṣu dāreṣu guroścaiva svabaṃdhuṣu || 28 ||
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bālaḥ saṃmānayenmānyāñchiṣṭo vā yadi karmmaṇi |
adhyāpayanguroḥ sūnuṃ guruvanmānamarhati || 29 ||
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utsādanaṃ ca gātrāṇāṃ snāpanocchiṣṭabhojanaḥ |
na kuryādguruputrasya pādayoḥ śaucameva ca || 30 ||
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guruvatpratipūjyāśca savarṇā guruyoṣitaḥ |
asavarṇāśca saṃpūjyāḥ pratyutthānābhivādanaiḥ || 31 ||
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abhyaṃjanaṃ snāpanaṃ ca gātrotsādanameva ca |
gurupatnyā na kāryāṇi keśānāṃ ca prasādhanam || 32 ||
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gurupatnī tu yuvatī nābhivādyā tu pādayoḥ |
kurvīta vaṃdanaṃ bhūmyāmasāvahamiti bruvan || 33 ||
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viproṣya pādagrahaṇapūrvakaṃ cābhivādanam |
gurudāreṣu kurvīta satāṃ dharmmamanusmaran || 34 ||
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mātṛṣvasā mātulānī śvaśrūścātha pitṛṣvasā |
saṃpūjyā gurupatnīvatsamāstā gurubhāryayā || 35 ||
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bhrātṛbhāryāśca saṃgrāhyā savarṇā hanyahanyapi |
viproṣya tūpasaṃgrāhyā jñātisaṃbaṃdhiyoṣitaḥ || 36 ||
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piturbhaginyā mātuśca jāyasyāṃ ca svasaryapi |
mātṛvadvṛttimātiṣṭhenmātā tābhyo garīyasī || 37 ||
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evamācārasaṃpannamātmavaṃtamadāṃbhikam |
vedamadhyāpayeddharmmaṃ purāṇāṃgāni nityaśaḥ || 38 ||
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saṃvatsaroṣite śiṣye gururjñānamanirdiśan |
harate duṣkṛtaṃ tasya śiṣyasya vasato guruḥ || 39 ||
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ācāryaputraḥ śuśrūṣurjñānado dhārmikaḥ śuciḥ |
śaktonnadoṃbudaḥ sādhuradhyāpyādaśa dharmataḥ || 40 ||
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kṛtakaṃṭhastathā'drohaḥ medhāvī gurukṛnnaraḥ |
āptaḥ priyo'tha vidhivatṣaḍadhyāpyā dvijātayaḥ || 41 ||
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eteṣu brāhmaṇe dānamanyatra tu yathocitam |
ācamya saṃyato nityamadhīyīta udaṅmukhaḥ || 42 ||
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upasaṃgṛhya tatpādau vīkṣyamāṇo gurormukham |
adhīṣva bho iti brūyādvirāmo'stviti cā'ramet || 43 ||
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prākkūlānparyupāsīta pavitraiścaiva pāvakaḥ |
prāṇāyāmaistribhiḥ pūtastatoṃkāramarhati || 44 ||
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brāhmaṇaḥ praṇavaṃ kuryādaṃte'pi vidhivaddvijāḥ |
kuryādadhyāpanaṃ nityaṃ sabrahmāṃjalipūrvataḥ || 45 ||
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sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ vedaścakṣuḥ sanātanaḥ |
adhīyītāpyayaṃ nityaṃ brāhmaṇyāddhīyate'nyathā || 46 ||
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adhīyīta ṛco nityaṃ kṣīrāhutyā sadevatāḥ |
prīṇāti tarpayankālaṃ kāmairhūtāḥ sadaivatāḥ || 47 ||
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yajūṃṣyadhīte niyataṃ dadhnā prīṇāti devatāḥ |
sāmānyadhīte prīṇāti ghṛtāhutibhiranvaham || 48 ||
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atharvāṃgiraso nityaṃ madhvā prīṇāti devatāḥ |
dharmāṃgāni purāṇāni māṃsaistarpayatesurān || 49 ||
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prātaśca sāyaṃ prayato naityakaṃ vidhimāśritaḥ |
gāyatrīṃ samadhīyīta gatvāraṇyaṃ samāhitaḥ || 50 ||
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sahasraparamāṃ devīṃ śatamadhyāṃ daśāvarām |
gāyatrīṃ vai japennityaṃ japayajñaḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 51 ||
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gāyatrīṃ caiva vedāṃśca tulayā tolayatprabhuḥ |
ekataścaturovedā gāyatrīṃ ca tathaikataḥ || 52 ||
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oṃkāramāditaḥ kṛtvā vyāhṛtīstadanaṃtaram |
tato'dhīyīta sāvitrīmekāgraḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ || 53 ||
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purākalpe samutpannā bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ sanātanāḥ |
mahāvyāhṛtayastisraḥ sarvāśubhanibarhaṇāḥ || 54 ||
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pradhānaṃ puruṣaḥ kālo viṣṇubrahmamaheśvarāḥ |
satvaṃrajastamastisraḥ kramādvyāhṛtayaḥ smṛtāḥ || 55 ||
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oṃkārastatparaṃ brahma sāvitrī syāttaduttaram |
eṣa maṃtro mahāyogaḥ sārātsāra udāhṛtaḥ || 56 ||
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yo'dhīte'hanyahanyetāṃ gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram |
vijñāyārthaṃ brahmacārī sa yāti paramāṃ gatim || 57 ||
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gāyatrī vedajananī gāyatrī lokapāvanī |
gāyatryā na paraṃ japyametadvijñāyamucyate || 58 ||
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śrāvaṇasya tu māsasya paurṇamāsyāṃ dvijottamāḥ |
āṣāḍhyāṃ proṣṭhapadyāṃ vā vedopākaraṇaṃ smṛtam || 59 ||
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yatsūryayāmyagamanaṃ māsānviprorddhapaṃcamān |
adhīyīta śucau deśe brahmacārī samāhitaḥ || 60 ||
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puṣye tucchaṃdasāṃ kuryādbahirutsarjanaṃ dvijaḥ |
māsi śuklasya vā prāpte pūrvāhṇe prathame'hani || 61 ||
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chadāṃsi ca dvijo'bhyasyecchuklapakṣe tu vai dvijaḥ |
vedāṃgāni purāṇāni kṛṣṇapakṣeṣu mānavaḥ || 62 ||
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imānnityamanadhyāyānadhīyāno vivarjayet |
adhyāpanaṃ ca kurvāṇo'bhyasyannapi prayatnataḥ || 63 ||
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karṇaśrave'nile rātrau divāpāṃsusamūhane |
vidyutstanitavarṣeṣu maholkānāṃ ca saṃplave || 64 ||
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akālikamanadhyāyameteṣvāha prajāpatiḥ |
etānabhyudinānvidyādyadā prāduṣkṛtāgniṣu || 65 ||
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tadā vidyādanadhyāyamanṛtau cābhradarśane |
nirghāte bhūmicalane jyotiṣāṃ copasarjane || 66 ||
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etānakālikānvidyādanadhyāyānṛtāvapi |
prāduṣkṛteṣvagniṣu ca vidyutstanitanisvane || 67 ||
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sajyotiḥ syādanadhyāyaḥ śeṣe rātrau yathā divā |
nityānadhyāya eva syādgrāmeṣu nagareṣu ca || 68 ||
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dharmanaipuṇyakāmānāṃ pūtigaṃdhe ca nityaśaḥ |
aṃtaḥ śavagategrāme vṛṣalasya ca sannidhau || 69 ||
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anadhyāyorudyamāne samaye jaladasya ca |
udake cārdharātre ca viṇmūtraṃ ca visarjayan || 70 ||
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ucchiṣṭaḥ śrāddhabhukcaiva manasāpi na ciṃtayet |
pratigṛhya dvijo vidvānekoddiṣṭasya vetanam || 71 ||
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tryahaṃ na kārayedbrahma rājño rāhośca sūtake |
yāvadekānnaniṣṭhā syātsnehālopaśca tiṣṭhati || 72 ||
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viprasya viduṣo dehe tāvadbrahma na kīrtayet |
śayānaḥ prauḍhapādaśca kṛtvā caivāvasakthikām || 73 ||
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nādhīyītāmiṣaṃ jagdhvā śūdraśrāddhānnameva ca |
nīhāre bāṇaśabde ca saṃdhyayorubhayorapi || 74 ||
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amāvāsyā caturdaśyoḥ paurṇamāsyaṣṭamīṣu ca |
upākarmaṇi cotsarge trirātraṃ kṣapaṇaṃ smṛtam || 75 ||
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aṣṭakāsu ahorātramṛtvaṃtāsu ca rātriṣu |
mārgaśīrṣe tathā pauṣe māghamāse tathaiva ca || 76 ||
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tisro'ṣṭakāḥ samākhyātā kṛṣṇapakṣeṣu sūribhiḥ |
śleṣmātakasya cchāyāyāṃ śālmalermadhukasya ca || 77 ||
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kadācidapi nādhyeyaṃ kovidārakapitthayoḥ |
samānavidye ca mṛte tathā sabrahmacāriṇi || 78 ||
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ācārye saṃsthite cāpi trirātraṃ kṣapaṇaṃ smṛtam |
chidrāṇyetāni viprāṇāmanadhyāyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ || 79 ||
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hiṃsaṃti rākṣasāsteṣu tasmādetānvivarjayet |
naityakenāstyanadhyāyaḥ saṃdhyopāsanameva ca || 80 ||
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upākarmmaṇi homāṃte homamadhye tathaiva ca |
ekāmṛcamathaikaṃ vā yajuḥ sāmāni vā punaḥ || 81 ||
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nāṣṭakādyāsvadhīyīta mārute cābhidhāvati |
anadhyāyastu nāṃgeṣu netihāsapurāṇayoḥ || 82 ||
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na dharmaśāstreṣvanyeṣu sarvāṇyetāni varjayet |
eṣa dharmaḥ samāsena kīrtito brahmacāriṇaḥ || 83 ||
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brahmaṇā'bhihitaḥ pūrvamṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām |
yo'nyatra kurute yatnamanadhītya śrutiṃ dvijaḥ || 84 ||
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sa saṃmūḍho na saṃbhāṣyo vedabāhyo dvijātibhiḥ |
na vedapāṭhamātreṇa saṃtuṣṭo vai bhaveddvijaḥ || 85 ||
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pāṭhamātrāvasānastu paṃke gauriva sīdati |
yo'dhītya vidhivadvedaṃ vedārthaṃ na vicārayet || 86 ||
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sa saṃmūḍhaḥ śūdrakalpaḥ pātratāṃ na prapadyate |
yaditvātyaṃtikaṃ vāsaṃ kartumicchati vai gurau || 87 ||
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yuktaḥ paricaredenamāśarīravimokṣaṇam |
gatvā vanaṃ ca vidhivajjuhuyājjātavedasam || 88 ||
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adhīyīta tathā nityaṃ brahmaniṣṭhaḥ samāhitaḥ |
sāvitrīṃ śatarudrīyaṃ vedāṃtāṃśca viśeṣataḥ |
abhyasetsatataṃ yukto bhikṣāśanaparāyaṇaḥ || 89 ||
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etadvidhānaṃ paramaṃ purāṇaṃ vedāgame samyagihoditaṃ vaḥ |
purā maharṣipravarābhipṛṣṭaḥ svāyaṃbhuvo yanmanurāha devaḥ || 90 ||
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iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe karmayogakathanaṃ |
nāma tripaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 53 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Chapter 53

Cover of edition (2016)

Sri Padma Purana (Sanskrit Text and Hindi Translation)
by Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan (2016)

Sanskrit Text and Hindi Translation with Sloka Index (Set of 7 Volumes)

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Cover of edition (2007)

Padma Purana (In Six Volumes)
by Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office (2007)

Sanskrit Text Only

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Cover of Bengali edition

Padma Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

Set of 7 Volumes

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Cover of edition (2015)

Sri Padma Purana (Tamil)
by Azhwargal Aaivu Maiyam, Chennai (2015)

Translated by S. Jagatrakshgan

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Padma Purana in Gujarati
by Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat (0)

[પદમ પુરણ:]

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Cover of edition (2013)

Padma Mahapurana (Kannada)
by Vijeth Prakashan Gadag, Bangalore (2013)

[ಪದ್ಮ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣಂ]

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