Padma Purana [sanskrit]

462,305 words | ISBN-13: 9789385005305

The Padma-purana Book 5 Chapter 9 (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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śrīrāma uvāca |
kīdṛśo'śvastatra bhāvyaḥ ko vidhistatra pūjane |
kathaṃ vā śakyate kartuṃ ke jeyāstatra vairiṇaḥ || 1 ||
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agastya uvāca |
gaṃgājalasamānena varṇena vapuṣā śubhaḥ |
karṇe śyāmo mukhe raktaḥ pītaḥ pucche sulakṣitaḥ || 2 ||
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manovegaḥ sarvagatiruccaiḥśravassamaprabhaḥ |
vājimedhe hayaḥ proktaḥ śubhalakṣaṇalakṣitaḥ || 3 ||
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vaiśākhapūrṇamāsyāṃ tu pūjayitvā yathāvidhi |
patraṃ likhitvā bhāle tu svanāmabalacihnitam || 4 ||
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mocanīyaḥ prayatnena rakṣakaiḥ parirakṣitaḥ |
yatra gacchati yajñāśvastatra gacchetsurakṣakaḥ || 5 ||
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yastaṃbalānnibadhnāti svavīryabaladarpitaḥ |
tasmātprasabhamāneyaḥ parirakṣākarairhayaḥ || 6 ||
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kartrā tāvatsuvidhinā sthātavyaṃ niyamādiha |
mṛgaśṛṃgadharo bhūtvā brahmacaryasamanvitaḥ || 7 ||
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vrataṃ pālayamānasya yāvadvarṣamatikramet |
tāvaddīnāṃdhakṛpaṇāḥ paritoṣyā dhanādibhiḥ || 8 ||
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annaṃ tu bahuśo deyaṃ dhanaṃ vā bhūri māriṣa |
yadyatprārthayate dhīmāṃstattadeva dadāti hi || 9 ||
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evaṃ prakurvataḥ karma yajñaḥ saṃpūrṇatāṃ gataḥ |
karoti sarvapāpānāṃ nāśanaṃ ripunāśana || 10 ||
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tasmādbhavānsamartho'sti karaṇe pālane'rcane |
kṛtvā kīrtiṃ suvimalāṃ pāvayānyāñjanānnṛpa || 11 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
vilokaya dvijaśreṣṭha vājiśālāṃ mamādhunā |
tādṛśāḥ saṃti no vāśvāḥ śubhalakṣaṇalakṣitāḥ || 12 ||
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iti śrutvā tu tadvākyamagastyaḥ karuṇākaraḥ |
uttasthau vīkṣamāṇo'yaṃ yāgārhānvājinaḥ śubhān || 13 ||
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gatvātha tatra śālāyāṃ rāmacaṃdrasamanvitaḥ |
dadarśāśvānvicitrāṃgānmanovegānmahābalān || 14 ||
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avanitalagatāḥ kiṃ vājirājasya vaṃśyāḥ kimatha raghupatīnāmekataḥ kīrtipiṃḍāḥ |
kimidamamṛtarāśirvāharūpeṇa siṃdhormuniriti manasoṃtarvismayaṃ prāpa paśyan || 15 ||
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ekataḥ śoṇadehānāṃ vājināṃ paṃktiruttamā |
ekataḥ śyāmakarṇāśca kastūrīkāṃtisaprabhāḥ || 16 ||
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ekataḥ kanakābhāśca tvanyato nīlavarṇinaḥ |
ekataḥ śabalairvarṇairviśiṣṭairvājibhirvṛtāḥ || 17 ||
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evaṃ paśyanmuniḥ sarvānkautukāviṣṭamānasaḥ |
yayāvanyatra tāndraṣṭuṃ yāgayogyānhayānmuniḥ || 18 ||
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dadarśa tatra śataśo baddhāṃstādṛśavarṇakān |
dṛṣṭvā vismayamāpede sa munirharṣitāṃgakaḥ || 19 ||
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ekataḥ śyāmakarṇāṃśca sarvāṃgaiḥ kṣīrasannibhān |
pītapucchānmukhe raktāñchubhalakṣaṇalakṣitān || 20 ||
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nirīkṣya parito'naghānvimalanīradhārānibhānmanojavanaśobhitānvimalakīrtipuṃjaprabhān |
payonidhiviśoṣako muniruvācasītāpatiṃ vicitrahayadarśanāddhṛṣitanetravaktraprabhaḥ || 21 ||
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agastya uvāca |
hayamedhakratau yogyānvāhāṃste bahuśaḥ śubhān |
paśyato netrayorme'dya tṛptirnāsti raghūttama || 22 ||
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rāmacaṃdra mahābhāga surāsuranamaskṛta |
yajñaṃ kuru mahārāja hayamedhaṃ suvistaram || 23 ||
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surapatiriva sarvānyajñasaṃghānkariṣyaṃstapana iva suparvārātitoyaṃ viśoṣyan |
hataripugaṇamukhyaṃ sāṃparāyaṃ vijitya kṣititalasukhabhogaṃ kurvidaṃ bhūribhāga || 24 ||
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ityevaṃ vākyavādena parituṣṭākhileṃdriyaḥ |
sarvānvai yajñasaṃbhārānājahāra manoharān || 25 ||
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munyanvito mahārājaḥ sarayūtīramāgataḥ |
suvarṇalāṃgalairbhūmiṃ vicakarṣa mahīyasīm || 26 ||
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vilikhya bhūmiṃ bahuśaścaturyojanasaṃmitām |
maṃḍapānracayāmāsa yajñārthaṃ sa narottamaḥ || 27 ||
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kuṃḍaṃ tu vidhivatkṛtvā yonimekhalayānvitam |
anekaratnaracitaṃ sarvaśobhāsamanvitam || 28 ||
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munīśvaro mahābhāgo vasiṣṭhaḥ sumahātapāḥ |
sarvaṃ tatkārayāmāsa vedaśāstravidhiśritam || 29 ||
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preṣitāstena muninā śiṣyā munivarāśramān |
kathayāmāsurudyuktaṃ hayamedhe raghūttamam || 30 ||
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ākāritāstadā sarve ṛṣayastapatāṃ varāḥ |
ājagmuḥ parameśasya darśane tvatilālasāḥ || 31 ||
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nāradositanāmā ca parvataḥ kapilo muniḥ |
jātūkarṇyoṃ'girā vyāsa ārṣṭiṣeṇo'trirāsuriḥ || 32 ||
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hārīto yājñavalkyaśca saṃvartaḥ śukasaṃjñitaḥ |
ityevamādayo rāma hayamedhavaraṃ yayuḥ || 33 ||
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tānsarvānpūjayāmāsa raghurājo mahāmanāḥ |
pratyutthānābhivādābhyāmarghyaviṣṭarakādibhiḥ || 34 ||
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gāṃ hiraṇyaṃ dadau tebhyaḥ prāyaśo dṛṣṭavikramaḥ |
mahadbhāgyaṃ tvadyame'sti yadyūyaṃ darśanaṃ gatāḥ || 35 ||
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śeṣa uvāca |
evaṃ samākule brahmannṛṣivarya samāgame |
dharmavārtā babhūvāho varṇāśramasusaṃmatā || 36 ||
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vātsyāyana uvāca |
kā dharmavārtā tatrāsītkiṃ vā kathitamadbhutam |
sādhavaḥ sarvalokānāṃ kāruṇyātkimutābruvan || 37 ||
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śeṣa uvāca |
tānsametānmunīndṛṣṭvā rāmo dāśarathirmahān |
papraccha sarvadharmāṃśca sarvavarṇāśramocitān || 38 ||
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te tu pṛṣṭā hi rāmeṇa dharmānprocurmahāguṇān |
tānpravakṣyāmi te sarvānyathāvidhi śṛṇuṣva tān || 39 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
brāhmaṇena sadā kāryaṃ yajanādhyayanādikam |
vedānpaṭhitvā virajo naiva gārhasthyamāviśet || 40 ||
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brāhmaṇena sadā tyājyaṃ nīcasevānujīvanam |
āpadgato'pi jīveta na śvavṛttyā kadācana || 41 ||
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ṛtukālābhigamanaṃ dharmo'yaṃ gṛhiṇaḥ paraḥ |
strīṇāṃ varamanusmṛtyā'patyakāmothavā bhavet || 42 ||
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divābhigamanaṃ puṃsāmanāyuṣyakaraṃ matam |
śrāddhāhaḥ sarvaparvāṇi yatastyājyāni dhīmatā || 43 ||
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tatra gacchetstriyaṃ mohāddharmātpracyavate parāt |
ṛtukālābhigāmī yaḥ svadāranirataśca yaḥ || 44 ||
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sarvadā brahmacārī ha vijñeyaḥ sa gṛhāśramī |
ṛtuḥ ṣoḍaśayāminyaścatasrastā sugarhitāḥ || 45 ||
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putradāstāsu yā yugmā ayugmāḥ kanyakāpradāḥ |
tyaktvā caṃdramasaṃ duṣṭaṃ maghāṃ mūlaṃ vihāya ca || 46 ||
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śuciḥ sannirviśetpatnīṃ puṃnāmarkṣe viśeṣataḥ |
śuciṃ putraṃ prasūyeta puruṣārthaprasādhanam || 47 ||
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ārṣe vivāhe godvaṃdvaṃ yaduktaṃ tatpraśasyate |
śulkamaṇvapi kanyāyāḥ kanyākretustu pāpakṛt || 48 ||
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vāṇijyaṃ nṛpateḥ sevā vedānadhyayanaṃ tathā |
kuvivāhaḥ kriyālopaḥ kulapātanahetavaḥ || 49 ||
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annodaka payo mūlaphalairvāpi gṛhāśramī |
godānena tu yatpuṇyaṃ pātrāya vidhipūrvakam || 50 ||
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anarcito'tithirgehādbhagnāśo yasya gacchati |
ājanmasaṃcitātpuṇyātkṣaṇātsa hi bahirbhavet || 51 ||
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pitṛdevamanuṣyebhyo dattvāśnītāmṛtaṃ gṛhī |
svārthaṃ pacatyaghaṃ bhuṃkte kevalaṃ svodaraṃbhariḥ || 52 ||
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ṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamyorviśetpāpaṃ taile māṃse sadaiva hi |
caturdaśyāṃ tathāmāyāṃ tyajeta kṣuramaṃganām || 53 ||
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rajasvalāṃ na seveta nāśnīyātsaha bhāryayā |
ekavāsā na bhuṃjīta na bhuṃjītotkaṭāsane || 54 ||
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nāśnaṃtīṃ striyamīkṣeta tejaḥkāmo narottamaḥ |
mukhenopadhamennāgniṃ nagnāṃ nekṣeta yoṣitam || 55 ||
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nāṃghrī pratāpayedagnau na vastvaśuci nikṣipet |
prāṇihiṃsāṃ na kurvīta nāśnīyātsaṃdhyayordvayoḥ || 56 ||
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nācakṣīta dhayaṃtīṃ gāṃ neṃdracāpaṃ pradarśayet |
na divodgatasāraṃ ca bhakṣayeddadhino niśi || 57 ||
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strīṃ dharmiṇīṃ nābhivādennādyādātṛpti rātriṣu |
tauryatrikapriyo na syātkāṃsye pādau na dhāvayet || 58 ||
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na dhārayedanyabhuktaṃ vāsaścopānahāvapi |
na bhinnabhājane'śnīyānnāśnītānnaṃ vidūṣitam || 59 ||
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saṃviśennārdracaraṇo nocchiṣṭaḥ kvacidāvrajet |
śayāno vā na cāśnīyānnocchiṣṭaḥ saṃspṛśecchiraḥ || 60 ||
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na manuṣyastutiṃ kuryānnātmānamavamānayet |
abhyudyataṃ na praṇametparamarmāṇi no vadet || 61 ||
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evaṃ gārhasthyamāśritya vānaprasthāśramaṃ vrajet |
sastrīko vā gatastrīko virajyeta tataḥ param || 62 ||
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ityevamādayo dharmā gaditā ṛṣibhistadā |
śrutā rāmeṇa mahatā sarvalokahitaiṣiṇā || 63 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe sarvadharmopadeśonāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ || 9 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Chapter 9

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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