Padma Purana [sanskrit]

462,305 words | ISBN-13: 9789385005305

The Padma-purana Book 6 Chapter 252 (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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śrīrudra uvāca |
atha magadhādhipaḥ kaṃsavadhānaṃtaraṃ dviṣanneva yādavānsadā pīḍayāmāsa te duḥkhitāḥ kṛṣṇamūcuḥ || 1 ||
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sa ca bhīmārjunāvāhūya saṃmaṃtrayāmāsa kṛṣṇaḥ anena rudra pūḥjitastatprasādācchastrairavadhyaḥ paraṃ kenāpiprakāreṇa haṃtavya iti || 2 ||
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atha vicārya bhīmamāha enaṃ pratimallayuddhaṃ kuru tattena pratijñātam || 3 ||
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atha sakala carācarajagadvaṃdyo vāsudevo bhīmārjunasahito jarāsaṃdhasya purīṃ gatvā vipraveṣeṇa tasyāṃtaḥpuramavāpa || 4 ||
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so'pi mahāvīryānkṣattriyānyuddhe nirjitya balādgṛhītvā svaveśmani nirudhya māsimāsi kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāmekaikaṃ hatvā tadraktenaiva baliṃ bhairavāyākarot || 5 ||
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evaṃvidhaṃ sakalajanapārthivavadhaṃ kurvato jarāsaṃdhasya samudyamāno bhīmārjunasahitastasya gṛhe vipraveṣeṇaiva praviveśa || 6 ||
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sa tu tāndṛṣṭvā daṃḍavatpraṇato bhūtvā yathocitāsaneṣu niveśya madhuparkavidhānena saṃpūjya dhanyosmi kṛtakṛtyosmi kimarthaṃ bhavanto me samīpa āgatāstadvaktavyamahaṃ tatsarvaṃ bhavadbhyo dāsyāmītyuvāca || 7 ||
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teṣāṃ vāsudevaḥ prahasanpārthivaṃ tamuvāca kṛṣṇabhīmārjunā yuddhārthamāgatāḥ sma asmākamanyatamaṃ dvaṃdvayuddhārthaṃ vṛṇīṣvetyavadat || 8 ||
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so'pi tathetyavadattato dvaṃdvayuddhārthaṃ mārutiṃ varayāmāsa || 9 ||
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tato bhīmajarāsaṃdhayorabhito bhayaṃkaraṃ mallayuddhaṃ niraṃtaraṃ paṃcaviṃśativāsaramabhūt || 10 ||
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tataḥ kṛṣṇenaiva saṃcodito vāyuputrastasya śarīraṃ dvidhākṛtya bhūmau nipātayāmāsa |
evaṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ pāṃḍuputreṇa hatvā tānjarāsaṃdhanirodhitānvāsudevo'pi pārthivānmocayāmāsa || 11 ||
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nihatya vāyuputreṇa jarāṃsaṃdhaṃ yadūdvahaḥ |
tadgṛhe sanniruddhāṃstu mocayāmāsa pārthivān || 12 ||
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te ca tatra namaskṛtya stutvā ca madhusūdanam |
svānsvānjanapadānsarve jagmuḥ kṛṣṇena rakṣitāḥ || 13 ||
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atha tābhyāmiṃdraprasthaṃ gatvā vāsudevastatra mahākratuṃ rājasūyaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ kārayāmāsa || 14 ||
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tatra samāpte kratau agrapūjāṃ bhīṣmānumatena kṛṣṇāya dattavān || 15 ||
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tatra śiśupālaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ bahūnyākṣepavākyānyuktavān || 16 ||
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kṛṣṇo'pi sudarśanena tasya śiraściccheda || 17 ||
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asau janmatrayāvasāne hareḥ sārūpyamagamat || 18 ||
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atha śiśupālaṃ nihataṃ śrutvā daṃtavaktraḥ kṛṣṇena yoddhuṃ mathurāmājagāma || 19 ||
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kṛṣṇastu tacchrutvā rathamāruhya tena yoddhuṃ mathurāmāyayau || 20 ||
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daṃtavaktravāsudevayorahorātraṃ mathurāpuradvāri yamunātīre saṃgrāmaḥ samavarttata kṛṣṇastu gadayā taṃ jaghāna || 21 ||
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sa tu cūrṇitasarvāṃgo vajranirbhinna mahīdhara iva gatāsuravanitale papāta || 22 ||
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so'pi hareḥ sāyujyaṃ yogigamyaṃ nityānaṃdasukhaṃ śāśvataṃ paramaṃ padamavāpa || 23 ||
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itthaṃ jayavijayau sanakādiśāpavyājena kevalaṃ bhagavatolīlārthaṃ saṃsṛtāvavatīrya janmatraye'pi tenaiva nihatau janmatrayāvasāne muktimavāptau || 24 ||
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kṛṣṇo'pi taṃ hatvā yamunāmuttīrya naṃdavrajaṃ gatvā prāktanau pitarāvabhivādya āśvāsya tābhyāṃ sāśrukaṃṭhamāligitaḥ sakalagopavṛddhānpraṇamyāśvāsya ratnābharaṇādibhistatrasthānsaṃtarpayāmāsa || 25 ||
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kāliṃdyāḥ puline ramye puṇyavṛkṣasamāvṛte |
gopanārībhiraniśaṃ krīḍayāmāsa keśavaḥ || 26 ||
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ramyakelisukhenaiva gopaveṣadharo hariḥ |
baddhapremarasenātra māsadvayamuvāsa ha || 27 ||
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atha tatrasthā naṃdagopādayaḥ sarvejanāḥ putradārasahitāḥ paśupakṣimṛgādayaśca vāsudevaprasādena divyarūpadharā vimānamārūḍhāḥ paramaṃ vaikuṃṭhalokamavāpuḥ || 28 ||
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kṛṣṇastu naṃdagopavrajaukasāṃ sarveṣāṃ paramaṃ nirāmayaṃ svapadaṃ datvā divi devagaṇaiḥ saṃstūyamāno dvāravatīṃ śrīmatīṃ viveśa || 29 ||
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tatra vasudevograsenasaṃkarṣaṇapradyumnāniruddhākrūrādibhiḥ pratyahaṃ saṃpūjita ṣoḍaśasahasrabhāryābhiraṣṭābhirdivyamahiṣībhiśca viśvarūpadharo divyaratnamaya nānāgṛhāṃtareṣu sutakusumāṃcita ślakṣṇataraparyaṃkeṣu ramayāmāsa || 30 ||
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atha rāmakṛṣṇasatīrthyo vipro bālasakhā sadātyaṃtadāridryapīḍito muṣṭimātrānyācanāptapṛthukāñjīrṇavāsasi nibadhya vāsudevaṃ draṣṭuṃ śrīmatīṃ dvārakānagarīmājagāma || 31 ||
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sa tu rukmiṇyaṃtaḥpuradvāri kṣaṇaṃ tūṣṇīṃ tasthau || 32 ||
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kṛṣṇo'pi samāgataṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jñātvā pradyumnena namaskṛtvā vāmakaraṃ gṛhītvā gṛhāṃtare svāsane niveśya bhayādvepamānaṃ taṃ rukmiṇīhastagatasuvarṇakalaśajalena pādau prakṣālya madhuparkeṇa pūjayāmāsa || 33 ||
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sudhāmṛtopamairannapānādyaistarpayitvā tasya jīrṇavastrāṃtare yācanāptapṛthukānsvayameva hastena gṛhītvā prahasanjagrāsa || 34 ||
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kṛṣṇena pṛthuke bhakṣite tasminneva kṣaṇe tasya bahudhanadhānyavastrābharaṇasaṃbhūtaṃ mahadaiśvaryamabhūt || 35 ||
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sa tu kṛṣṇena visṛṣṭo mama kiṃcidvastraṃ vā dhanaṃ vā kṛṣṇena na dattamiti manyamānaḥ svapuraṃ viveśa || 36 ||
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atha bahudhanadhānyayutaṃ svagṛhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatprasādādidaṃ labdhamiti vadanprahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā divya vastrābharaṇādinā bhāryayā saha sarvānkāmānbhuktvā harisaṃtuṣṭyai bahuyajñāniṣṭvā tatprasādena paramaṃ nityaṃ svargasukhamavāpa || 37 ||
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atha dhṛtarāṣṭratanayo duryodhanaḥ pāṃḍutanayānkapaṭadyūtavyājena rājyamapahṛtya svarāṣṭrādvivāsayāmāsa || 38 ||
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te tu yudhiṣṭhirabhīmārjunanakulasahadevāḥ supatnyā drau padyā saha mahāraṇyaṃ gatvā tatra dvādaśābdānsthitvā saṃvatsaraparyaṃtamajñātāḥ sarve matsyadeśādhipatervirāṭasya niveśane sthitvā vāsudevena sahāyena dhārtarāṣṭrānyoddhumājagmuḥ || 39 ||
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teṣāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrapāṃḍuputrāṇāṃ nānādeśādhipanṛpaiḥ kurukṣetramahāpuṇye devānāmapi bhayaṃkaro mahāsaṃgrāmo'bhavat || 40 ||
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atha śrīkṛṣṇo'pyarjunasārathyaṃ kurvannarjune svaśaktimāveśya tena duryodhanabhīṣmadroṇapramukhānsarvānpārthivānekādaśākṣauhiṇībalasahitānkurukṣetre hatvā pāṃḍavānrājye sthāpayitvā niḥśeṣeṇa sarvabhūbhāramapāsya svāṃ purīṃ praviveśa || 41 ||
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kasyacittvathakālasya katipayāhani vaidiko brāhmaṇo mṛtaṃ paṃcavārṣikaṃ bālamādāya rājadvāri nidhāya bahuśo vilapanbahūnyākrośavākyāni kṛṣṇaṃ jagāda || 42 ||
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kṛṣṇastamākrośaṃ śrutvā tūṣṇīmuvāsa || 43 ||
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sa tu mama paṃcaputrāḥ pūrvaṃ hatā ayaṃ tu ṣaṣṭhaḥ enaṃ kṛṣṇo na jīvayiṣyati tarhi rājadvāri mariṣyāmītyuvāca || 44 ||
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tasminkāle arjunaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ draṣṭumāgatastathāvidhaṃ taṃ putraśokena vilapaṃtaṃ dadarśa || 45 ||
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arjuno'pi kāladharmamupāgataṃ paṃcavārṣikaṃ bālakaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛpayāviṣṭastava putramahaṃjīvayiṣyāmīti brāhmaṇāyābhayaṃ datvā pratiśrutavān || 46 ||
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brāhmaṇastu tenāśvāsito hṛṣṭavān || 47 ||
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athaitaṃ brāhmaṇaśiśuṃ bahubhiḥ saṃjīvināstrairabhimaṃtrya alabdhajīvitaṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛthā pratijñāmavāpya bahuśokasamanvitastenaiva prāṇāṃstyaktumaicchat || 48 ||
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kṛṣṇastu tatsarvaṃ jñātvāṃtaḥpurādviniṣkramya taṃ vaidikaṃ prāha tavaputrānsarvānahaṃ dāsyāmītyuktvāśvāsya vainateyamāruhyārjunasahito vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamājagāma || 49 ||
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tatra divyamaṇimaṃḍapoddeśe devyā saha samāsīnaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇārjunau namaścakratuḥ || 50 ||
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sa tau bāhubhyāṃ pariṣvajya kimarthamāgatāvityuvāca || 51 ||
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kṛṣṇaśca bhagavanvaidikasya tanayānmama dehītyuvāca || 52 ||
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sa tu nārāyaṇastādṛgvayasi saṃsthitānbrāhmaṇaputrānkṛṣṇāya saṃdadau || 53 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇo'pi tānvainateyaskaṃdhe samāropya harṣasamanvito'rjunasahitaḥ svayamapyāruhya divi devagaṇaiḥ saṃstūyamāno dvāravatīmāviveśa || 54 ||
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tasmai brāhmaṇāya paṃcavarṣavayaḥsthānṣaṭputrāndadau so'pyatyaṃtarhaṣasamanvitaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ varddhayasvetyāśiṣaṃ prāyacchat || 55 ||
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arjunastu saphalāṃ pratijñāmavāpya kṛṣṇaṃ namaskṛtya yudhiṣṭhirapālitāṃ svāṃ purīmājagāma || 56 ||
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kṛṣṇasya ṣoḍaśasahasrabhāryāsvayutasāhasraputrā jajñire teṣāṃ putrapautrasaṃkhyāṃ vaktuṃ na śakyate || 57 ||
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atrāpi ślokaḥ |
aṣṭauśatāni putrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇyayutaṃ tathā |
pradyumnaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ rukmiṇīsutaḥ || 58 ||
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asaṃkhyaistairyādavairiyaṃ pṛthivī saṃvṛtā'bhavat || 59 ||
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punarapyavanībhāraśaṃkayā kṛṣṇastu tānṛṣiśāpavyājena saṃhartumaicchat || 60 ||
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kadācitsarve kumārā narmadāyāṃ vihartumājagmuḥ || 61 ||
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tatra tapaṃtaṃ kaṇvaṃ maharṣiṃ dṛṣṭvā jāṃbavatyāḥ |
putraṃ yoṣidveṣaṃ kṛtvā tasyodare kātvāyasaṃ musalaṃ baddhvā ṛṣeḥ |
samīpamāgatya sarve namaskṛtvā patnīrūpaṃ sāṃbaṃ kumāraṃ tasya purato nidhāya |
asyā garbhe strī vā puruṣo vā bhaviṣtīti brūhītyūcuḥ || 62 ||
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sa tu manasā tadvijñāya tānamarṣamāṇaḥ sarvānanena musalena yūyaṃ sarve nihatā bhavatetyuvāca || 63 ||
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sarve samudvignamanasaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ sametya maharṣiṇoktaṃ tatkarma nivedayāmāsuḥ || 64 ||
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kṛṣṇo'pi tadāyasaṃ musalaṃ cūrṇībhūtaṃ hrade nipātayāmāsa || 65 ||
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tadayaścūrṇībhūtabījasamudbhūtā vajrasannibhā mahākāśāḥ saṃbabhūvuḥ || 66 ||
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tatra taṃ musalāvaśiṣṭaṃ kaniṣṭhāṃgulimātraṃ matsyo jagrāsa taṃ matsyaṃ niṣādo gṛhītvā tadudarasthaṃ muśalakhaṇḍamādāya bāṇāgre phalakamakarot || 67 ||
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kadācitsarve yādavā rāmakṛṣṇapradyumnādayo maghavatā preṣitāṃ vāruṇīṃ pītvā mattā babhūvuḥ || 68 ||
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parasparaṃ vīraṇaṃ nītvā bahūnyākrośavākyāni vadaṃto yuddhaṃ cakruḥ kṣayaṃ ca gatāḥ || 69 ||
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kṛṣṇastu yuddhaśrāṃtaḥ kalpatarucchāyāyāṃ śayanaṃ cakāra sa niṣādo dhanurbāṇaṃ gṛhītvā kheṭakavṛttiṃ jagāma || 70 ||
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evaṃ niḥśeṣaṃ tyaktajīvitā babhūvuste sarve svānsvāṃstridaśānprapedire || 71 ||
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evaṃ muśalena saṃhṛtya sarvaṃ svayameko devo bahugulmasamākīrṇamahādrumachāyāyāṃ suptaścaturvidhavyūhagataṃ vāsudevātmakamātmānaṃ ciṃtayañjānūparipadaṃ nidhāyātmano mānuṣaṃvapustyaktumanuniṣasāda || 72 ||
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etasminantare mṛgayājīviko hareḥ sa tadā kālaprabhāvena cakravajradhvajāṃkuśādicihnitamatiraktatamaṃ hareḥ pādakamalaṃ dṛṣṭvā vivyādha || 73 ||
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tadanaṃtaraṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ jñātvā sumahābhayārtaḥ pravepamānaḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭo mahadaparādhaḥ sakalopahriyatāmiti taṃ praṇanāma || 74 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇastathābhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā sudhāmayakarābhyāṃ tamutthāpya bhavatānāparāddhaṃ kṛtamiti vadanmahābhayapīḍitamāśvāsayannuvāca || 75 ||
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tato yogigamyamapunarāvṛttiśāśvataṃ sarvopaniṣadamayaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ pradadau || 76 ||
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asau tasminneva muhūrte mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ vihāya paṃcopaniṣanmayaṃ sakalaputradārasahito dīptimayaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ divyaṃ vimānamāsthāya sahasrārkadyutisadṛśaṃ divyāpsarogaṇākīrṇaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ vāsudevetyekaṃ jagāma || 77 ||
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tasminkāle dāruko rathamāruhya viṣṇoḥ samīpaṃ viveśa || 78 ||
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kṛṣṇo'pi matsvarūpamarjunaṃ pūrvamānayasveti preṣayāmāsa || 79 ||
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sa tu manojavasyaṃdanamāruhyārjunasamīpamājagāma || 80 ||
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etasminnaṃtare devyarjunastadāruhya pariṇīya namaskṛtvā kiṃ karomīti puṭāṃjaliruvāca || 81 ||
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kṛṣṇastu tamāha pārthāhaṃ svalokaṃ yāsyāmi tvaṃ tu dvāravatīṃ gatvā tatrasthā rukmiṇyādyaṣṭabhāryā ānīya mama śarīre preṣaya || 82 ||
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sa dārukeṇa sahito nagarīmājagāma || 83 ||
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etasminnaṃtare devā vimānasthā nabhasi saṃsthitāḥ svarlokaṃ yiyāntaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ stutvā puṣpavarṣāṇi vavṛṣuḥ || 84 ||
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kṛṣṇo'pi mānuṣadehaṃsaṃnyasyasakalajagatsthitisaṃhārahetubhūtaṃ sakalakṣetrajñamaṃtaryāmiyogidhyeyamanāmayaṃ vāsudevātmakaṃ dehaṃ dhṛtvā vainateyamāruhya maharṣibhistūyamāno jagāma || 85 ||
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arjuno vasudevograsenābhyāṃ rukmiṇyādimahiṣībhyastatsarvaṃ kathayāmāsa || 86 ||
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tacchrutvā sarve paurajanāḥ striyaśca dvāravatīmutsṛjyāṃtaḥpurādbahirniṣkramya sarvāstāḥ kṛṣṇavallabhā vasudevograsenasahitāḥ śīghrameva hareḥ samīpaṃ jagmuḥ || 87 ||
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te sarve vasudevograsenākrūrāḥ sarve yaduvṛddhā vapustyaktvā sanātanavāsudevaṃ samājagmuḥ || 88 ||
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revatīca balabhadraśarīraṃ pariṣvajyāgniṃ praviśya tasmindehaṃ prāpya divyavimānārūḍhā bhartuḥ sthānaṃ saṃkarṣaṇalokaṃ divyamavāpa || 89 ||
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tathaiva pradyumnena saha rukmaputrī tathāniruddhenoṣāpi sarvāśca yādavastriyaḥ svasvabhartuḥ śarīrāṇi saṃpūjyāgnipraveśaṃ cakruḥ || 90 ||
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teṣāṃ sarveṣāmarjunaaurddhvadaihikaṃ kṛtavān || 91 ||
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tasminkāle divyavājisamāyuktaṃ sugrīvākhyakaṃ sarvaratnopetaṃ divyaṃ syaṃdanamāruhya dārukopyājagāma || 92 ||
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pārijātatarurdevasabhāsudharmātridaśeṃdralokamayātām || 93 ||
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tasminsamaye dvāravatīpurī mahodadhau nimagnābhūt || 94 ||
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tataḥ sarvāḥ ṣoḍaśasahasrabhāryyā arjunenasaheṃdraprasthaṃ gacchaṃtīrdasyavo jagṛhuḥ || 95 ||
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pūrvaṃ devagaṃdharvayoṣito hyaṣṭāvakraṃ mahāmuniṃ dṛṣṭvā jahasustatastena śaptā veśyā bhaviṣyatha tatastābhi prasāditaḥ pūjitaśca tatprasādātsarvalokaiśca namaskṛtaṃ vāsudevaṃ bhartāramavāpyāpi tenaiva dasyuhastaṃ gatā abhavan || 96 ||
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arjuno'pi dasyubhirnirjitaḥ śokasamāviṣṭo mama bhujabalaṃ savīryaṃ kṛṣṇenaiva saha sarvamaiśvaryaṃ niryātamiti matvā adya mama bhāgya kṣaya iti vadansāyaṃ saṃdhyāraviriva niḥśeṣavinaṣṭatejāḥ svāṃ purīṃ samājagāma || 97 ||
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evaṃ hitārthāya sarvadevānāṃ samastabhūbhāravināśāya yaduvaṃśe'vatīrya sakalarākṣasavināśaṃ kṛtvā mahāṃtamapi corvībhāraṃ nāśayitvā naṃdavrajadvārakāmathurānivāsinaḥ sarvānsthāvarajaṃgamānkālabhavabaṃdhairmocayitvā paramaiśvarge śāśvate yogigamye hiraṇmaye ramye sātvike saṃsthāpya nityaṃ divyamahiṣyādisaṃsevyamāno vāsudeva uvāsa || 98 ||
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atra ślokāḥ |
anye sarve'vatārāḥ syuḥ kṛṣṇasya caritaṃ mahat |
bhūbhārakavināśāya prādurbhūto ramāpatiḥ || 99 ||
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etatkṛṣṇasya caritaṃ duṣṭānāṃ nāśahetave |
śrīkṛṣṇaḥ karuṇāsiṃdhurvaikuṃṭhe modate sadā || 100 ||
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atyadbhutamidaṃ devi kṛṣṇasya caritaṃ śubham |
saṃgraheṇa mayaivoktaṃ tava sarvaphalapradam || 101 ||
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vāsudevasya caritaṃ yaḥ paṭheddharisannidhau |
smaredvā śṛṇuyādbhaktyā sa yāti paramaṃ padam || 102 ||
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mahāpātakayukto vā tathopapātakasaṃyutaḥ |
bālakṛṣṇasya caritaṃ śrutvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate || 103 ||
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dvāravatyāṃ samāsīnaṃ rukmiṇīsahitaṃ harim |
smaranvai mahadaiśvaryamanenāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ || 104 ||
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saṃgrāme saṃkaṭe durge śatrubhiḥ pariveṣṭite |
netāraṃ sarvadevānāṃ dhyātvā suvijayī bhavet || 105 ||
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yaḥ smaredgopakanyābhiḥ krīḍaṃtaṃ govraje śubhe |
sarvakāmānavāpnoti saubhāgyaṃ caiva viṃdati || 106 ||
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mahopasargarogādyairyukto yastu sanātanam |
jetāraṃ ca mahāraudrīṃ kṛtyāṃ kāśīpure sthitām || 107 ||
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kimatra bahunoktena sarvakāleṣu cāpsu bhe |
kṛṣṇāya nama ityevaṃ maṃtramuccārayedbudhaḥ || 108 ||
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kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya haraye paramātmane |
praṇataḥ kleśanāśāya goviṃdāya namonamaḥ || 109 ||
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imaṃ maṃtraṃ japandevi bhaktyā pratidinaṃ naraḥ |
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt || 110 ||
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sarveṣāmeva devānāmīśvaro'sau janārdanaḥ |
rakṣaṇāya ca lokānāmavasthāṃtarameti vai || 111 ||
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tripuraṃ haṃtukāmena mayā saṃpūjito hariḥ |
buddharūpadharaḥ śrīmānmohayāmāsa tadripūn || 112 ||
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mohitāstena śāstreṇa sarvadharmavivarjitāḥ |
nārāyaṇāstreṇa mayā nihatā devaśatravaḥ || 113 ||
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avatīrya kalāvaṃte brāhmaṇasya niveśane |
haniṣyati tathā raudrānmlecchānsarvāñjanārdanaḥ || 114 ||
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taistairbhāvairmayāvasthāḥ sarvāḥ proktā jagatpateḥ |
kimanyacchrotukāmāsi tadbravīmi śubhānane || 115 ||
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iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe |
umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde śrīkṛṣṇacarite śrīkṛṣṇasvadhāmagamananirūpaṇaṃnāma dvipaṃcāśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 252 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Chapter 252

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

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Cover of edition (2013)

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

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