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Padma Purana [sanskrit]
462,305 words | ISBN-13: 9789385005305
The Padma-purana Book 7 Chapter 18 (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.
Chapter 18
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jaiminiruvāca |
tīrthaśreṣṭhamiti proktaṃ yattvayā puruṣottamam |
tanmāhātmyaṃ guro brūhi yadi te mayyanugrahaḥ || 1 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
puruṣottamasya māhātmyaṃ samāsena śṛṇu dvija |
samyagvaktuṃ jagatyasminkaḥ śakto viṣṇunā vinā || 2 ||
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lavaṇāṃbhonidhestīraṃ puruṣottamasaṃjñitam |
puraṃ tadbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭha svargādapi ca durllabham || 3 ||
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svayamasti pure tasminyataḥ śrīpuruṣottamaḥ |
puruṣottamamityuktaṃ tasmāttannāmakovidaiḥ || 4 ||
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kṣetraṃ taddurllabhaṃ vipra samaṃtāddaśayojanam |
tatrasthadehino devairdṛśyaṃte ca caturbhujāḥ || 5 ||
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praviśanvai tu tatkṣetraṃ sarve syurviṣṇumūrtayaḥ |
tasmādvicāraṇā tatra na karttavyā vicakṣaṇaiḥ || 6 ||
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cāṇḍālenāpi saṃspṛṣṭaṃ grāhyaṃ tatrānnamagrajaiḥ |
sākṣādviṣṇuryatastatra cāṇḍālo dvijasattama || 7 ||
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tatrānnapācikā lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ bhoktā janārddanaḥ |
tasmāttatraudanaṃ vipra daivatairapi durllabham || 8 ||
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haribhuktāvaśiṣṭaṃ yatpavitraṃ bhuvi durllabham |
annaṃ ye bhuñjate lokāsteṣāṃ muktirna durllabhā || 9 ||
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brahmādyāstridaśāḥ sarve tadannamatidurllabham |
bhuñjate nityamāgatya mānuṣāṇāṃ ca kā kathā || 10 ||
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na yasya ramate cittaṃ tasminnanne sudurllabhe |
tameva viṣṇudveṣṭāraṃ prāhuḥ sarvamaharṣayaḥ || 11 ||
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pavitraṃ bhuvi sarvatra yathā gaṅgājalaṃ dvija |
tathā pavitraṃ sarvatra tadannaṃ pāpanāśanam || 12 ||
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tadannaṃ komalaṃ divyaṃ yadyapi dvijasattama |
kṛkacasyodaraprāyaṃ tathāpyaghavidāraṇe || 13 ||
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pūrvārjitāni pāpāni kṣayaṃ yāsyaṃti yasya vai |
bhaktiḥ pravartate yasya tasminnanne sudurllabhe || 14 ||
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bahujanmārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ yasya yāsyati saṃkṣayam |
tasminnanne dvijaśreṣṭha tasya bhaktirna jāyate || 15 ||
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indradyumnasya sarasi mārkaṃḍeyahrade tathā |
rohiṇyāṃ ca samudre ca śvetagaṅgājaleṣu ca || 16 ||
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snānaṃ ye kurvate martyā bhaktibhāvasamanvitāḥ |
teṣāṃ na vidyate janma punarasminmahītale || 17 ||
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lavaṇāṃbhonidhestoyaiḥ pitarastarpitā dvija |
sarvaduḥkhavinirmuktā vrajaṃti harimaṃdiram || 18 ||
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tīrtharājaḥ samudro 'sau kīrtitastatvadarśibhiḥ |
tasmāttatra kṛtaṃ karma sarvamevākṣayaṃ bhavet || 19 ||
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pitrarcanaṃ tathā dānaṃ bhagavaccaraṇārcanam |
japa yajñaṃ tathānyacca tasminkṣetre manorame || 20 ||
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yatkarma kurute martyo viṣṇuprīṇanahetave |
sarvamevākṣayaṃ tacca bhavennāstyatra saṃśayaḥ || 21 ||
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balabhadraṃ subhadrāṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ca kamalekṣaṇam |
ye mānavāḥ prapaśyaṃti teṣāṃ kiṃcinna durllabham || 22 ||
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adṛṣṭvā śrījagannāthaṃ subhadrāṃ ca balaṃ tathā |
mokṣaṃ na labhate martyaḥ kurvanpuṇyaśatānyapi || 23 ||
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tatra vetraprahāreṇa śarīraṃ yasya lohitam |
taṃ vaṃdaṃte dvijaśreṣṭha devāḥ śakrādayo'khilāḥ || 24 ||
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sthitvāṃtarikṣe śakrādyāḥ sarvadevagaṇā dvija |
vimānacāriṇo'nyonyaṃ pravadaṃtīti harṣitāḥ || 25 ||
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kadā mānuṣyamasmabhyaṃ dāsyate kamalāpatiḥ |
manuṣya iva gacchāmastadā draṣṭuṃ hariṃ prabhum || 26 ||
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kadā vetraprahāreṇa kṣetre śrīpuruṣottame |
bhaviṣyaṃtyasmadīyāni lohitāni vapūṃṣi ca || 27 ||
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vāsavādyāḥ surāḥ sarve tasminkṣetre varaprade |
sadā vetraprahārāṃśca vāṃchaṃti dvijasattama || 28 ||
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tatrākṣayavaṭaṃ ye tu bhaktyā paśyaṃti mānavāḥ |
koṭijanmārjitaiḥ pāpairmuktā yāṃti parāṃ gatim || 29 ||
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subhadrāṃ balabhadraṃ ca jagannāthamanāmayam |
śvetaṃ mādhavadeveśaṃ mārkaṃḍeyahradaṃ tathā || 30 ||
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jyāmeśvaraṃ hanūmaṃtaṃ tatrākṣayyaṃ vaṭaṃ dvija |
paśyaṃti bhaktyā ye martyāsteṣāṃ muktirhi śāśvatī || 31 ||
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dolāyamānaṃ govindaṃ phālgunemāsi tatra ye |
paśyaṃti mānavā bhaktyā teṣāṃ puṇyaṃ niśāmaya || 32 ||
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vimuktāḥ sakalaiḥ pāpairaṃte yāṃti harergṛham |
jñānaṃ saṃprāpya tatraiva mokṣaṃ yāṃti sudurllabham || 33 ||
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cetrake māsi vāruṇyāṃ yo jagannāthamīkṣate |
sa mṛtaḥ praviśeddehaṃ jagannāthasya jaimine || 34 ||
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vaiśākhe caiva śuklāyāmekādaśyāṃ jagatpatim |
tṛtīyāyāṃ ca yaḥ paśyenmukta eva sa mānavaḥ || 35 ||
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praviśedyastu manujo mahāsnānaṃ jagatpateḥ |
tasya siddhyaṃti viprarṣe sarva eva manorathāḥ || 36 ||
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brahmādyāstridaśāḥ sarve sthitvākāśe jagatpateḥ |
mahāsnānaṃ prapaśyaṃti bhaktibhāvasamanvitāḥ || 37 ||
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mahājyeṣṭhyāṃ ca viprarṣe jagannāthamanāmayam |
ālokya labhate martyo viṣṇostatparamaṃ padam || 38 ||
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guṃḍikāmaṇḍapaṃ yāṃtamāṣāḍhe kamalāpatim |
balabhadraṃ ca yaḥ paśyetsa mukto nātra saṃśayaḥ || 39 ||
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yaḥ paśyati jagannāthaṃ rathasthaṃ kamalekṣaṇam |
tasya nāsti punarjanma saṃsāre sarvaduḥkhade || 40 ||
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rathārūḍhāṃ subhadrāṃ ca bhaktyā paśyaṃti mānavāḥ |
chinatti bhagavāṃstasya duḥkhadaṃ bhavabaṃdhanam || 41 ||
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aputrā mṛtaputrā ca yā subhadrāṃ prapaśyati |
bahvapatyā jīvavatsā sā nārī bhavati dvija || 42 ||
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durbhagā kākavaṃdhyā vā subhadrāṃ yā prapaśyati |
sā svāmisubhagā nārī bahvapatyā bhavetkhalu || 43 ||
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guṃḍikāmaṃḍapasthaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ paśyati yaḥ pumān |
balabhadraṃ subhadrāṃ ca sa yāti paramaṃ padam || 44 ||
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rogī duḥkhī ca yaḥ paśyedguṇḍikāmaṃḍape harim |
rogācchokācca sahasā jaimine sa pramucyate || 45 ||
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yastvaputro jagannāthaṃ guṃḍikāmaṇḍape sthitam |
paśyetsa ca dvijaśreṣṭha putraṃ prāpnoti vaiṣṇavam || 46 ||
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vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam |
dārārthī labhate dārānmokṣārthī mokṣamāpnuyāt || 47 ||
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bhraṣṭarājyo nṛpo yastu hariṃ paśyati bhaktitaḥ |
guṃḍikāmaṃḍape vipra nijarājyaṃ labheta saḥ || 48 ||
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śatrubhirvarjito yastu guṃḍikāmaṃḍape harim |
bhaktyā paśyati viprarṣe tasya naśyaṃti śatravaḥ || 49 ||
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guṃḍikāmaṃḍape paśyedyo rājapīḍito bhṛśam |
sa sadya eva rājānaṃ svakīyaṃ vaśamānayet || 50 ||
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sarvāsāmeva yātrāṇāṃ guṃḍikā pravarā matā |
tasmātsa mānavaiḥ kāryā tyaktvā kāryaśatānyapi || 51 ||
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śayane ca tathotthāne tasminkṣetre manorame |
hariṃ paśyati yo martyaḥ sa devairapi pūjyate || 52 ||
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puruṣottamamāhātmyaṃ vaktuṃ śaknoti kaḥ kṣitau |
yasya praveśamātreṇa naro nārāyaṇo bhavet || 53 ||
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bahunātra kimuktena saṃkṣepāducyate mayā |
sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam || 54 ||
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saṃsārasindhumatinimnamimaṃ titīrṣuḥ kleśapradaṃ viṣamapāpagaṇāśrayaṃ yaḥ |
kṣetre samastasukhade puruṣottamākhye paśyedamuṃ suravaraṃ puruṣottamaṃ ca || 55 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre puruṣottamamāhatmyaṃnāma aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 18 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Chapter 18
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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Padma Purana (In Six Volumes)
by Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office (2007)
Sanskrit Text Only
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Sri Padma Purana (Tamil)
by Azhwargal Aaivu Maiyam, Chennai (2015)
Translated by S. Jagatrakshgan
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