Padma Purana [sanskrit]

462,305 words | ISBN-13: 9789385005305

The Padma-purana Book 6 Chapter 198 (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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kumārā ūcuḥ |
atha te saṃpravakṣyāmaḥ saptāhaśravaṇe vidhim |
yena bhāgavataṃ siddhyetpuṃsāṃ kṛṣṇārpitātmanām || 1 ||
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daivajñaṃ śāstrakuśalaṃ samāhūya dhanāṃśukaiḥ |
samabhyarcya muhūrtaṃ tu prākpṛcchedbhaktimānnaraḥ || 2 ||
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sa vadedyaṃ muhūrtaṃ tu tatrāraṃbhaḥ praśasyate |
nabhonabhasyeṣorjāśca sahaḥ śucisamanvitāḥ || 3 ||
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māsāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ kathāraṃbhe pūrṇā cāpi tithiḥ śubhā |
bhaumārkivarjitā vārā bhāni dhruva mṛdūni ca || 4 ||
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śubhe yoge śubhe lagne prāraṃbhaḥ śasyate sadā |
nityāyāṃ ca kathāyāṃ tu purāṇānāṃ munīśvara || 5 ||
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dvādaśīṃ varjayetprājñaḥ sūtasūtakasaṃbhavāt |
śrīmadbhāgavatasyāpi saptāhenaiva ke'pi ca || 6 ||
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na niṣedhosti devarṣe prāhurevaṃ purāvidaḥ |
śrībhāgavatasaptāho mahāyajñaḥ smṛto budhaiḥ || 7 ||
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ato nimaṃtraṇaṃ kāryaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ samaṃtataḥ |
satāṃ samājo bhavitā saptāhaṃ vaiṣṇavottamāḥ || 8 ||
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āgaṃtavyamataścātra vaiṣṇavaiḥ śravaṇārthibhiḥ |
samāgatānāṃ teṣāṃ tu nivāsaṃ parikalpayet || 9 ||
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tīrthe vāpi vane vāpi grāme vāpi prayatnataḥ |
saṃśodhitāyāṃ bhūmyāṃ tu maṃḍapaṃ parikalpayet || 10 ||
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kadalīstaṃbhasaṃyuktaṃ caturdikṣu dhvajānvitam |
uccamāsanamapyuktaṃ vaktustasyāgrato mune || 11 ||
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āpārśvadvayamuktāni śrotṝṇāmāsanāni ca |
udaṅmukho bhavedvaktā samājesminvidāṃvaraḥ || 12 ||
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vedaśāstrārthatatvajño vaiṣṇavo brāhmaṇottamaḥ |
dṛṣṭāṃtakuśalo dhīro vaktā kāryo'tinispṛhaḥ || 13 ||
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sarvasaṃdehaharttāpi kāryo vaktā na caiva hi |
vaktuḥ pārśve sahāyārthaṃ sthāpyo'nya paṃḍitaḥ sudhīḥ || 14 ||
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śrotṝṇāṃ saṃśayacchettā jñānāṃbodhavidhāyakaḥ |
kathāvighnavighātārthaṃ gaṇeśaṃ prākprapūjayet || 15 ||
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tato durgāṃ haraṃ viṣṇuṃ brahmāṇaṃ bhāskaraṃ dvijān |
saṃpūjya vidhivadbhaktyā tarpayeddevatāḥ pitṝn || 16 ||
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mukhyaḥ śrotā tataḥ paścātpūjayetpustake harim |
tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya dravyavastraphalāni ca || 17 ||
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dhṛtvāṃjalau pustakasthaṃ hariṃ saṃprārthayenmune |
tvaṃ bhāgavatalokesminsvayaṃ kṛṣṇo vyavasthitaḥ || 18 ||
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samāśrito mayā nātha muktyarthaṃ bhavasāgare |
manoratho madīyo'yaṃ sarvathā saphalastvayā || 19 ||
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nirvighnena prakartavyo dāso'haṃ tava keśava |
ityuccārya mune dravyaṃ pustakāgre samarpyatu || 20 ||
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vaktāraṃ prārthayeccāpi namaskurvankṛtāṃjali |
śukarūpadvijaśreṣṭha sarvaśāstraviśārada || 21 ||
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śrībhāgavatavyākhyānādajñānaṃ me vināśaya |
iti saṃprārthya vaktāraṃ varayetpaṃca vāḍavān || 22 ||
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dvādaśākṣaramaṃtrasya japārthaṃ munisattama |
gītavādyavidhijñāṃśca saṃpūjyārthāṃśukādibhiḥ || 23 ||
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sthāpayetkīrtanārthaṃ tu kathāṃte vidhivanmune |
yastu jāyā dhanāgāra putraciṃtāṃ vyudasya ca || 24 ||
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śṛṇuyādekacittastu sa samagraṃ phalaṃ labhet |
sūryodayaṃ samārabhya sārddhatripraharāṃtakam || 25 ||
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paṭhitvārthaḥ prakarttavyo vākyamadhyāyameva vā |
madhyāhne ghaṭikāyugmaṃ viramedapi nārada || 26 ||
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kathā'vasāne karttavyaṃ kīrtanaṃ keśavasya ca |
upavāsaḥ prakarttavyaḥ śrotṛbhistatphalepsubhiḥ || 27 ||
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tadaśakto haviṣyānnaṃ sakṛtsvalpaṃ samāharet |
jalenāpi phalenāpi dugdhena ca ghṛtena vā || 28 ||
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kevalenaiva karttavyaṃ nirvighnaṃ dhāraṇaṃ tanoḥ |
saptāhavratināṃ puṃsāṃ niyamānśṛṇu nārada || 29 ||
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viṣṇudīkṣāvihīnānāṃ nādhikāro'tra kīrtitaḥ |
brahmacaryamadhaḥ suptiḥ patrāvalyāṃ ca bhojanam || 30 ||
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samācarennityameva saptāhe munisattama |
dvidalaṃ madhu tailaṃ ca parānnaṃ cekṣujaṃ rasam || 31 ||
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bhāvaduṣṭaṃ kriyāduṣṭaṃ jahyātparyuṣitaṃ vratī |
palāṃḍulaśunaṃ hiṃguṃ mūlakaṃ gṛṃjanaṃ tathā || 32 ||
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nālikāṃ caiva kūṣmāṃḍaṃ naro nādyātkathāvratī |
kāmaṃ krodhaṃ madaṃ lobhaṃ daṃbhaṃ mātsaryameva ca || 33 ||
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mohaṃ dveṣaṃ tathā hiṃsāṃ naiva kuryātkathāvratī || 34 ||
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vedavaiṣṇavaviprāṇāṃ guru govratināṃ tathā |
strī rājamahatāṃ cāpi niṃdāṃ jahyātkathāvratī || 35 ||
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satyaṃ śaucaṃ dayāmaunamārjavaṃ vinayaṃ tathā |
manaḥ prasannatāṃ cāpi budhaḥ kuryātkathāvratī || 36 ||
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śrīkāmastanayārthī ca jayakāmaśca mokṣadhīḥ |
śṛṇuyādvai bhāgavataṃ niṣkāmaḥ śrīhariṃ labhet || 37 ||
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saptame divase kuryāllaṃghanaṃ tatsamāptike |
vaktuśca pūjā karttavyā gobhūsvargaṃ varādibhiḥ || 38 ||
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prasāda tulasīṃ mālāṃ śrotṛbhyaḥ pratidāpayet |
utsavaśca tathā kāryo gītavādyaviśāradaiḥ || 39 ||
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gītārthaṃ śṛṇuyāccāpi pare'hani vicakṣaṇaḥ |
pratiślokaṃ ca juhuyādgāyatryā vā yathāvidhi || 40 ||
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pāyasaṃ madhusarpiśca tilāṃstaṃḍulakānyavān |
śarkarāṃ ca priyālaṃ ca drākṣāṃ vātāma kharjurau || 41 ||
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aṃbhojāni ca karpūraṃ caṃdanāguruṇīpuram |
lavaṃgaṃ bilvapatrāṇi sahasraṃ ca pṛthakpṛthak || 42 ||
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vighnasya ca vighātārthaṃ nyūnādhikyanivṛttaye |
ātmanaḥ pūtatārthaṃ ca paṭhennāmasahasrakam || 43 ||
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dvādaśāṣṭādaśāthāpi śraddhayāhyadhikāṃstathā |
pāyasenāśayedviprānsvarṇaṃ dhenuśca dakṣiṇā || 44 ||
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vratasiddhyarthamapyatra prauṣṭhapadyāmathāpi vā |
svarṇasiṃhaṃ vinirmāya tasya pṛṣṭhe nidhāya ca || 45 ||
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śrīmadbhāgavataṃ vaktre lekhayitvā samarpayet |
evaṃ kṛte vidhāne tu sarvapāpanivāraṇam || 46 ||
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bhavecchrotuḥ suphaladaṃ śrīmadbhāgavataṃ śrutam |
dharmakāmārthamokṣāṇāṃ sādhanaṃ bhaktidāyakam || 47 ||
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na kāryaṃ vidyate loke yadanena na sidhyati |
tato bhāgavataṃ loke purāṇebhyo'dhikaṃ matam || 48 ||
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doṣāṣṭādaśanirmukto vācakaḥ parikīrtitaḥ |
dvātriṃśadaparādhairhi mukto śrotā mato budhaiḥ || 49 ||
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śrīmadbhāgavataṃ nāma purāṇaṃ kāmadaṃ nṛṇām |
tathāpi śravaṇaṃ cāsya niṣkāmasyaiva bhaktidam || 50 ||
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śrīmadbhāgavatābhidhaḥ suratarustārāṃkuraḥ sajjaniḥ skaṃdhairdvādaśabhistataḥ pravilasadbhaktyālavālodayaḥ |
dvātriṃśattriśataṃ ca yasya vilasacchākhāḥ sahasrāṇyalaṃ parṇānyaṣṭadaśeṣṭadotisulabho varvarti sarvopari || 51 ||
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iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ cāpi tavepsitam |
jñānavairāgyabhaktīnāṃ tāruṇyaṃ lokamokṣadam || 52 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ityuktā te kumārāstu kṛṣṇāṃghrisudhayāplutāḥ |
viremurbhagavadbhaktā dīnoddharaṇatatparāḥ || 53 ||
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tadvākyaṃ tu samākarṇya nārado bhagavatpriyaḥ |
premagadgadayā vācā tānuvāca kṛtāṃjaliḥ || 54 ||
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nārada uvāca |
dhanyosmyanugṛhītosmi bhavadbhiḥ karuṇāparaiḥ |
yadbhāgavatasaptāhānnikaṭe darśito hariḥ || 55 ||
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evaṃ bruvati vai tasminnārade vaiṣṇavottame |
paryaṭaṃstaṃ samāyātastatra yogeśvaraḥ śukaḥ || 56 ||
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dviraṣṭavarṣākṛtiraṃbujākṣo vyāsātmajo jñānapayodhicaṃdraḥ |
kathāvasāne nijalābhatuṣṭo hṛdāniśaṃ bhāgavataṃ paṭhaṃśca || 57 ||
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dṛṣṭvā sadasyāstamathorutejasaṃsadyaḥsamutthāya varāsanaṃ daduḥ |
sa copaviṣṭaḥ sukhamāsane yadā tadāvirāsīddharirabjalocanaḥ || 58 ||
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bhavo bhavānyā kamalāsanaḥ sutaistatrāgataḥ kīrtanadarśanāya ca |
sureśamukhyāstridaśā vimānakaiḥ samāgatāstairabhavadvṛtaṃ nabhaḥ || 59 ||
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prahlādastāladhārītaralagatitayā hyuddhavaḥ kāṃsyadhārī vīṇādhārī surarṣiḥ svarakuśalatayā rāgakartā'rjuno'bhūt |
iṃdro mārdaṃgiko'bhūjjayajaya suvacaḥ prāvadaṃste kumārāḥ sadbhāvasya pravaktā niratiśayaguṇovyāsaputro babhūva || 60 ||
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nanartta madhye trikameva tatra jñānādikānāṃ navarūpayuktam |
alaukikaṃ kīrttanakaṃ samīkṣya prasannacetā harirityuvāca || 61 ||
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matto varaṃ bhāgavatā vṛṇīdhvaṃ prītātkathākīrttanato bhṛśaṃ vaḥ |
śrutvātha tadvākyamatiprasannā premārdracittā harimūcire te || 62 ||
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kumārā ūcuḥ |
saptāhayajñena vitāyatena sadyaḥ prasanno bhavitā murāre |
kalauyuge ghoratare narāṇāṃ svalpāyuṣāṃ vighnaśatākulānām || 63 ||
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evaṃ varaṃ viśvavidhānapālanapraṇāśahetorbhavatokhilātmanaḥ |
vṛṇīmahe'nyo na manoratho vibho bhavatpadāṃbhojaniṣeviṇāṃ hi naḥ || 64 ||
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evamastviti caivoktvā tatraivāṃtardadhe hariḥ |
nāradaḥ suprasannātmā kumārānabhyavādayat || 65 ||
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tataste sanakādyāśca bhṛgvādyāśca śukādayaḥ |
prayayuḥ svāśramānhṛṣṭāḥ pītvā tacca kathāmṛtam || 66 ||
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bhaktiḥ sutābhyāṃ sahitā nāradena pravartitā |
bhūmaṃḍale samaste'smistadā prabhṛti śaunaka || 67 ||
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śiva uvāca |
ākhyānaṃ mahadākarṇya prītātmā śaunakaḥ priye |
paryapṛcchatpunaḥ sūtaṃ sarvasaṃdehabhaṃjanam || 68 ||
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śaunaka uvāca |
śukenoktaṃ kadā rājñe gokarṇena kadā punaḥ |
surarṣaye kadā brāhmairetadākhyāhi mānada || 69 ||
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sūta uvāca |
śrīkṛṣṇanirgamāttriṃśadvarṣāvadhigate kalau |
bhādraśuklanavamyāṃ vai kathāraṃbhaṃ śuko'karot || 70 ||
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parīkṣicchravaṇāṃte tu gate varṣaśatadvaye |
śuciśuklanavamyāṃ tu gokarṇokathayatkathām || 71 ||
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kalau sahasramabdānāmadhunā pragataṃ dvija |
parīkṣito janmakālātsamāptiṃ nīyatāṃ makhaḥ || 72 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
iti śrutvā vacastasya śaunako munisattamaḥ |
pūrṇaṃ cakāra taṃ yajñaṃ sahasraparivatsaram || 73 ||
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brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca kaurmyaṃ mātsyaṃ ca vāmanam |
vārāhaṃ brahmavaivarttanāradīyaṃ bhaviṣyakam || 74 ||
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āgneyamarddhaṃ vai sūtācchuśruvurlomaharṣaṇāt |
etāni tu purāṇāni dvāparāṃte śrutāni hi || 75 ||
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śaunakādyairmunivarairyajñāraṃbhātpuraiva hi |
yadā tu tīrthayātrāyāṃ valadevaḥ samāgataḥ || 76 ||
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naimiṣaṃ miśrikaṃ nāma samāhūto munīśvaraiḥ |
tatra sūtaṃ samāsīnaṃ dṛṣṭvā tvadhyāsanopari || 77 ||
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cukṣubhe bhagavānrāmaḥ parvaṇīva mahodadhiḥ |
āṣāḍhaśukladvādaśyāṃ pāraṇāhani pārvati || 78 ||
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pūrvārddhayāmavelāyāṃ bhāvitvātkṛṣṇamāyayā |
mugdho darbhakaro rāmaḥ prāharallomaharṣaṇam || 79 ||
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tato munigaṇāḥ sarve hāhākāraparāyaṇāḥ |
babhūvurnagajetyarthaṃ śokaduḥkhākulāṃtarāḥ || 80 ||
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ūcuśca rāmaṃ lokeśaṃ vinayena kṣamāparāḥ |
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
rāmarāma mahābāho bhavatā lokakāriṇā || 81 ||
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ajānatevācaritā hiṃsā brahmavadhādhikā |
vyāsaśiṣyo hyayaṃ sākṣātpurāṇarṣirmahātapāḥ || 82 ||
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asmai hyadhyāsanaṃ dattamasmābhiryajñakarmaṇi |
aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ vācakāya kṛtakṣaṇaiḥ || 83 ||
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kathāyāṃ jagadīśasya dīrghamāyuśca mānada |
tadbhavāṃllokarakṣārthaṃ dharmasetupravartakaḥ || 84 ||
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āvirbhūto jagannātho nigrahānugrahakṣamaḥ |
ityuktvā munayaste tu baladevāgrataḥ priye || 85 ||
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tūṣṇīṃ babhūvuḥ sahasā smaraṃto niyaterbalam |
tataḥ provāca bhagavānrāmaḥ śatruniṣūdanaḥ || 86 ||
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viprānsaṃprīṇayaṃstāṃstu lokavedapathānugaḥ |
śrīrāma uvāca |
viprāḥ śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vaḥ kopaṃ tyaktvā sudūrataḥ || 87 ||
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yadahaṃ vedmi bhavatāmabhīṣṭaṃ kāryasiddhidam |
asya putro mahājñānī bhaviṣyati varānmama || 88 ||
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bhavatāmīpsitaṃ sarvaṃ śāstraṃ vai kathayiṣyati |
yadarthamahamāhūtastacca kāryyaṃ samucyatām || 89 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
iti śrutvā vacaste tu rāmasya sumahātmanaḥ |
balvalasya vadhārthāya prerayāmāsurīśvaram || 90 ||
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tataḥ sa balvalaṃ hatvā prasādya munipuṃgavān |
praṇipatyābhyanujñātastīrthayātrāmupāgamat || 91 ||
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tīrthayātrāṃ gate rāme śaunakādyā munīśvarāḥ |
laumaharṣaṇimāhūya satkṛtya naganaṃdini || 92 ||
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tatpade sthāpayāmāsuḥ śeṣaṃ saṃkīrtanāya vai |
āgneyottaramāhātmyaṃ śrīmadbhāgavatāṃtakam || 93 ||
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purāṇasaptakaṃ sārddhaṃ śuśruvurhṛṣṭamānasāḥ |
daśasaptapurāṇāni kṛtvā satyavatīsutaḥ || 94 ||
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nāptavānmanasastoṣaṃ bhāratenāpi bhāmini |
jñātvāsya hṛdayaṃ khinnaṃ nārado devadarśanaḥ || 95 ||
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samājagāma bhagavānvyāsasyāśramamuttamam |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vāsavīsūnuḥ satkṛtyāsanapūrvakam || 96 ||
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nāradaṃ pūjayāmāsa vidhidṛṣṭenakarmaṇā |
atha taṃ nāradaḥ prāha kiṃ bhavānkliṣṭamānasaḥ || 97 ||
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dhyāyate tatsamācakṣva sarvaṃ saṃdehakāraṇam |
iti pṛṣṭaḥ sa muninā parāśara suto'bravīt || 98 ||
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brahmankiṃ kāraṇaṃ ceto mohe jāne na tattvaham |
bhavānvijñānakuśalo jñātvā tatprabravītu me || 99 ||
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evaṃ vijñāpitastena nārado'dhyātmakovidaḥ |
uvāca paramaṃ tatvaṃ yaduktaṃ vidhinātmane || 100 ||
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nārada uvāca |
śṛṇu pārāśare mattaḥ kāraṇaṃ yena vai tava |
asaṃpannaṃ mano bhāti śāstrayonerapi prabhoḥ || 101 ||
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tvayāvatīrya lokesminvedā vyastā vibhāgaśaḥ |
kṛtāni ca purāṇāni setihāsāni cānagha || 102 ||
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yatra sarvastrayī dharmo varṇāśramanivāsinām |
nirdiṣṭo vīkṣya kālena nṛṇāmalpāyuṣāṃ kalau || 103 ||
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yatrādhikāraḥ sarveṣāṃ dṛśyate śravaṇādiṣu |
strī śūdra dvijabaṃdhūnāṃ sādhūnāṃ sādhusaṃgamaḥ || 104 ||
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dharmādayo yathāśaśvadvarṇitāsteṣu vai tvayā |
prādhānyena tathā naiva varṇito mahimā hareḥ |
sarvadharmakriyāśūnye kalau doṣanidhau mune || 105 ||
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na gatiḥ pāpakartṝṇāṃ vinā kṛṣṇakathā'mṛtam |
eṣa eva guṇo hyasminghore kaliyuge narāḥ || 106 ||
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yatkṛṣṇakīrtanenaiva mucyaṃte karmabaṃdhanāt |
yajño dānaṃ tapaḥ karma jñānaṃ dhyānaṃ kṛtādiṣu || 107 ||
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siddhidaṃ ca tathā brahmannāmakīrttanakaṃ kalau |
ato vai kalijātānāmuddhārārthaṃ nṛṇāṃ bhavān || 108 ||
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śrīmadbhāgavataṃ nāma purāṇaṃ varṇayatvalam |
yena pravartitenāṃga bhavato mānasaṃ dhruvam || 109 ||
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toṣameṣyati lokāśca prāpsyaṃti kṛtakṛtyatām || 110 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
evamādiśya sa munirvyāsāyāmitatejase |
yayau yādṛcchikaḥ śaśvadgāyanhariguṇānpriye || 111 ||
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nārade tu gate paścādvyāsaḥ sarvārthadarśanaḥ |
cakāra saṃhitāmetāṃ śrīmadbhāvatīṃ parām || 112 ||
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pailādīṃścaturo vedānadhyāpya vidhipūrvakam |
purāṇasaṃhitāḥ sarvāḥ sūtāya pratyapādayat || 113 ||
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śrīmadbhāgavataṃ nāma purāṇaṃ brahmasaṃmitam |
śukamadhyāpayāmāsa virataṃ lokavedataḥ || 114 ||
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sā saṃhitā bhāgavatī lomaharṣaṇasūnunā |
śrutā kathayato rājñe auttareyāya vai śukāt || 115 ||
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śaunakādiṛṣibhyastu tena proktā yathārthataḥ |
varīvartti purāṇānāmuparīyaṃ nagātmane || 116 ||
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asyāṃ saṃlagnacittānāṃ nṛṇāmanyatra no ratiḥ |
jāyate mānase kṛṣṇo naṃdasūnuścakāsti ca || 117 ||
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yattu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā bhadre lokanistārahetave |
śrībhāgavatamāhātmyaṃ mahyaṃ saṃkīrttayeti ha || 118 ||
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tatsarvaṃ ca mayā tubhyaṃ nirdiṣṭaṃ gaṇapāṃbike |
nānetihāsasahitaṃ bhaktimuktipradāyakam || 119 ||
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yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā māhātmyaṃ paṭhate'pi ca |
anumodanena vā sopi labhate paramāṃ gatim || 120 ||
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dvijo'dhītyāpnuyādvedānkṣatriyastu labhejjayam |
dhanaṃ vaiśyastathāśūdraḥ śrutvaiva labhate gatim || 121 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Chapter 198

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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