Sucipatra or contents of the Vamana Purana

Sucipatra or contents of the Vamana Purana from the Kashmirian Manuscript [sucipatram] / With notes by A. S. Gupta / 1-9

[The Suci-patra or Adhyaya-wise Index of the contents appended in the end of the Kashmirian MS I. of our Critical Apparatus which has been mentioned in the Introduction (p. xvii) of the Critical Edition of the Vamana Purana, could not be included in the this Edition owing to some unavoidable circumstances. This Kashmirian MS. (No. 4012, Steine Catalogue, deposited in Shri Ranbir Sanskrit Research Institute, Jammu) contains also the Sanskrit commentary by a Kashmirian Pandita Ramacandra-bhatta. The text of the Vamana Purana in this MS is divided into 114 Adhyayas even after omitting the ten chapters of the Vamana-Carita of the Saromahatm ya portion of the Vamana-Purana like the other Kashmirian MSS. The vulgate text in the Venk. and other editions and also in the North Indian Devanagari MSS. divide the Vamana Purana text (including the whole Saro-mahatmya portion) into 95 Adhyayas. Hence the division of the Vamana-Purana text in this MS (') into 114 Adhyayas is interesting. This Suci-patra of the . MS seems to be an appendix of the Sanskrit commentary of this MS, as the introductory sentence (adhyayanam kramenatra sucipatram pratanyate | puranapratipadyarthaspastavrttipravrttaye ) of this Sur-patra indicates. The folios of this Suci-patra are also numbered separately (from 1 to 6). A comparative chart showing the difference of the arrangement of the Adhyayas of the Vamana-Purana text according to the Suci-patra and according to the critical edition is being given at the end of this Suci-patra.] sloka adhyayanam kramenatra sucipatram pratanyate | puranapratipadyartha spastavrtti- pravrttaye || 0 1. tatra mamgalavasane naradaprasne pulastyopakhyayam haralalitopakhyane varsavarnanam | 2 . daksayajnarambha rudrapitamahayoh kalau brahmamundacchede narotpattipralayah |

puranam - PURANA 3. kapalamocanatirthotpattih varanasivarnanam | 4 . daksayajnamathanam | 5 . kalasvarupavarnanam | mesadirasisvabhavakathanam haralalitopakhyanam samaptam | 6 . 7. vasamtavarnanam 8 . kamadahah pamcalikesvarapradurbhavah | [Vol. XII, No. 1 9. urvasya utpattih | 10 . naraprahladayuddhavarnanam | | 11 . narayanaprahladayuddhavarnane prahladavarapradanam prahladarajyavarnanam samaptam | 12 . amdhakarajye devasurayuddhavarnanam | 13 . andhakavijayah | 14 . devadinam dvadasayoninam dharmabhidhanam devadaityasiddhagandharvavidyadhara kim- purusayogimunimanavaguhya karaksasa pisacadayo dvadasayonayah | 15 . saptadvipadinarakanirdesah | 16 . duskarmavisakavarnanam | 17 . kumaridvipavarnanam | | 18 . kumaridvipacaravarnanam | 19 . sukesyacaranusasanam | 20 . sukesipurapatane bhaskarapate lolarkotpattih | 21 . asunyasayanatratabhidhanam | 22 . kalastamivratabhidhanam | 23 . akhandavratavaisnavapamnarabhidhanam | 24 . mahisacamararaktabijasuradyutpattih | 25 . 26 . 27 . 28 . tapativivahah |

sucipatram 29 . kuruksetrotpattih | 30 . kuruksetraparimanam | 31 . sarasvatistotram | 32 . saromahatmyam | 33 . kuruksetravasamahima kamyakavanam aditivanam vyasavanam phaladavanam suryavanam madhuvanam sitavanamiti sapta vanani sarasvati vaitarani mandakini madhusrava kausiki drsadvati hiranvati etah saptanadyah ramtukam aditivanam savanam vimalam haribaladevauthariplavam kausikisambhedah dharanitirtham daksasramam salukini sarpirdadhinamanagatirtham ramtukam pamcanadam kotitirtham asvitirtham varahatirtham somatirtham bhutesvaram jvalamalesvara ekahastam krtasaucam mumjavatam mahagrahiyaksini puskaram kapilo yaksah ulukhalamekhala nama yaksini 33 adhyaye || 34 . kuruksetratirthayatra ramahrdah pamcavamsamulam kayasodhanam lokadvaram salagramam kavilahadam bhavanitirtham patalavivaram brahmavarta kamikam kamesvaram matrtirtham dandakatirtham sivavanam svanulomayanam dasasvamedhikam manusatirtham 34 adhyaye || 35 . kuruksetratirthayatra apaganadi brahmodumbaram kapisthalam kalasisarakam rudra- kotirimdratirtham dhanyajanma nagahadam paundarikam trivistapam vaitarani apalesakam phalakivanam drsadvati yonikhatam misrakam vyasavanam madhuvanam kausikidrsa- dvatyossamgamah vyasasthali kimdattam kupam ahah sudinam krtanapyam kotitirtham vamanakam visnupadah ambasramam kotitirtham suryatirtham kulottaranam 35 adhyaye || 36 . pavanahrdam amrtatirtham kulottaranam salihotratirtham srikumnam naimisakumjam vedavati- tirtham brahmasthanam somatirtham saptasarasvatam suprabha kamcanaksi vimala manasi hrda ogha suvarna 36 adhyaye || 37 . mamkana siddhih |

iv puranam - PURANA 38 . sukratirtham kapalamocanam visvamitratirtham prthudakam tirtham yayatam tirtham madhusravam apavahatirtham | 39 . sarasvatyaruna sambhedamahima | [Vol. XII, No. 1 brahmayonitirtham avakirna- 40 . catuhsamudranam tirthani satasahasrikam tirtham satikam tirtham somatirtha renukasramam rnamocanam tirtham kumaratirtham pamcanadam kuruksetram anarakam tatraiva diksu brahma rudro rudrapatni padmanabhah kamyakam vanam pusnastirtham 40 adhyaye || 41 . sarasvatyascaturdiksu catvarah pravahah madanatirtham durgatirtham sarah praci- sarasvati sukatirtham brahmatirtha sthanutirtham sthanuvatam 41 adhyaye || 42 . sthanulimgavarnane munimohah | 43 . sthanulimgastutih | 44 . sthanulimgamahima | 45 . sukratirtham somatirtham daksatirtham skandatirtham sthanuresam madhye sthitah sivalimgam taksakalimgam visvakarmalimgam sarasvatilimgam brahmalimgam vatesvaram sthanuvatam kalalamsoganah rudrakaram tirtham gokarnalimgam vibhisanalimgam kharalimgam dusanalimgam trisirolimga hastipadesvarah haritalimgam kamkalalimgam adityalimgam markandeyalimgam citramgadesvaram rambhesvaram visnulimgam parasaresvaram limgam vasesvaram limgam vayulimgam himavadisvaram kartaviryesvaram hanumadisvaram cakradharesvaram mitresvaram varunesvaram sahasralimgam rudrakotih anamtani limgani sardhastisrah kotyo limganam sthanu limgavarnanam 45 adhyaye | 46 . venupasacchedah | 47 . venukrta stutih | 48 . venusiddhipraptih | 49 . caturmukhesvaramahima | 50 . umasambhavah | saromahatmyam samaptam | 51 . menahimalayayorvivahah |

sucipatram 52 . umatapahsadhanam nama | 63 . umavarapradanam mandaragiripravesah | 54 . himalayasaptarsisamkathanam | 55 . sivayorvivaha varnanam | 56 . vinayakotpattih | 57 . candamundavadhah | 58 . sumbhadidaityavadhah | devimahatmyam samaptam | 59 . karttikeyabhisekah | 60 . karti keyasammananam | 61 . kartikeyasvastyayanam | 62 . tarakamahisakraumca medanam | kumarasambhavah samaptah | 63 . madalasakuvalayasvayoh prabhavakathanam | 64 . bhairavapradurbhave 'ndhakaparajayah | 65 . putrasisyayorlaksanavarnanam 1 66 . putra sisyayormahimabhivarnanam | 67 . putradarsanam | 68 . dvadasapatradicaturvyuhavarnane murasuravadhah | 69 . harihara varnane sukramamkanayoh siddhivarnanam | 70 . dandakopakhyane citramgada samkatah | 71 . rsiputramocanam | 72 . dandakopakhyane kanyacatustayasamagamah | 73 . hatakesvarastotram | 74 . citramgadadivivahah |

vi puranam - PURANA 75 . dandakavinasah dandakopakhyanam samaptam | 76 . bhaivavapradurbhave prahladavakyamandhakasuram prati | 77 . andhakaniryanam | 78 . sadasivadarsanam | 79 . daityasenabhamgah | 80 . bhargava nirodhamocanam | 81 . devasuranam dvandvayuddhavarnanam | [Vol. XII, No. 1 82 . andhakamayagrahanam 83 . nambhakujambhavadhah | 84 . andhakastutih | 85 . andhakasuravarapradanam bhairavapradurbhavah samaptah 86 . sakravinayah | 87 . sakravijayegotrabhitsamakhyayam marutamutpattih | 88 . svayambhuvadisanmanvamtaresu marudgananamutpattih | 89 . vamanapradurbhave kalanemivadhah | 90 . prahladasvargagamane balisamsiksanam | 91 . balisvargarajyavarnanam | 92 . vamanapradurbhave aditivarapradanam | 93 . balisapah siksadanam ca | 94 . prahaladatirthayatrayam dhundhudanavaparajaye vamanakramanam | 95 . pretamocanam | 96 . naksatrapurusatrata vidhanam | 97 . jalodbhavadaityavadhah |

sucipatram vii 98 . sridamadaityavadhah | 99 . upamanyuvarapradanam | 100 . prahladatirthatane tirthavarnanam | 101 . gajendramoksanam | 102 . visnoh sarasvatam stotram | 103 . papaprasamanastavah | 104 . dvitiyah papaprasamanastavah | prahladatirthayatra samapta | 105 . vamanapradurbhave bharadvajavamanasamvadah | 106 . vamanasya svasthanakathanam svavibhutikirtanam | 107 . vamanavirbhave balisukasamvade nisakaradivakaropakhyanam | 108 . valibandhanam tadrasatalagamanam | 109 . brahmakrta vamanasya stutih | 110 . balivairagye sudarsanacakrapatalapravese balikrtam cakrastotram | 111 . bhagavato'rcadiprasamsanam | 112 . bhagavattosanam kriyayogavarnanam jyamagharajanidarsanaya | 113 . vrddhavakyanusthanamahimavarnanam | 114 . itivamanapurane dasasahasyam samhitayam pulastyanaradasamvade vamanamahatmye vamanapuranamahatmyanukramanapuranasamkhyadipratipadanam namadhyayah || samapta vamanapuranasucikapatri subhamastu sarvatah sarvada sarvatha || sritrivikramaya namah || A comparison showing the difference in arrangement of the Adhyayas in the . MS as noted in this Suci-patra and of the Adhyayas in the Critical Edition of the Vamana-Purana is given below. (A detailed concordance of the Adhyayas of the Critical Edition and the Venkatesvara Edition has already been given in the Critical Edition, pp. lv-lxiii). 27

Vili puranam - PURANA [Vol. XII, No. 1 = (H.HT. Saro-mahatmya text in the Critical Edition, with separate number of Adhs. from 1 to 28). Adhyayas of the Cr. Edn. Omitted in . MS H. HI. 2-10 (containing Vamana-carita) Adhyayas of the Cr. Edn. Split in U. MS Adh. (Cr. Edn.) Adh. (TT. MS.) 5 split into two Adhs. (5, 6) 6 99 dw 39 (7, 8) 7 99 dw " (9, 10) 11 99 (14, 15) 17 dw 993 99 (21, 22) 18 99 99 (23, 24) [ sa. ma . 26 24 dw (46, 47) ] 99 (50, 51) 25 99 99 (52, 53) 31 dw 19 (59, 60) 33 39 99 99 (63, 64) 55 " three 99 (66,67, 68) 39 97 " (72, 73, 74) 40 99 ww 99 (75, 76, 77) 43 29 44 four two ,, (80, 81, 82, 83) ww (84, 85) 45 99 tara wr (86, 87) 56 ww dw dw (98, 99) 67 99 (110, 111) 68 39 99 ww (112, 113) (This tendency of splitting a larger Adhyaya into several shorter ones is perhaps a peculiarity of the Kashmirian MSS; in the case of the Matsya-Purana also its Sarda MS has divided the Matsy-P. Adhyaya 154 into eleven shorter Adhs; see Purana, I. 1. (July 1959) pp. 59-60. Giving the names of the tirthas in details in the colophons is also peculiar to Kashmirian MS; see ibid. p. 62.

sucipatram Adhyayas of the Cr. Edn. Missing in T. MS ix As the folios numbering from 91 to 100 are missing in the T. MS, three Adhyayas of the Cr. Edn., from 19 to 21 (corresponding to the T. Adhs. 25-27), are also missing in this MS on account of the loss of these folios. Adh. 19 (Cr. Edn.; = Adh. 25 in I.) is given in the T. MS. upto its sloka 25 only, after which the remaining slokas of this Adh. together with the Adhyayacolophon are missing, and the two Adhs. of the Cr. Edn., 20, 21 (T. 26, 27), are totally missing in this MS. But strangely enough, in the Suci-patra also the colophons of these three Adhs. of the MS, 25, 26, 27, are missing, although the numbers of these Adhyayas are noted in the Suci-patra; but the space for the colophons of these three Adhs. has been left blank. Does it show that the Suci-patra was written by the scribe after the loss of these folios, or, did the exemplar of this MS also have these folios missing, and the scribe of I. copied the exemplar MS as it was and himself added the Suci-patra to his copy (.)? -A. S. Gupta