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Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 1.2

1.2.1

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pūrvabhāge prathame prakriyāpāde kṛtyasamuddeśo nāma prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ
pratyavocanpunaḥ sūtamṛṣayaste tapodhanāḥ /
kutra satraṃ samabhattevaṣāmadbhutakarmaṇām

1.2.2

kiyantaṃ caiva tatkālaṃ kathaṃ ca samavarttata /
ācacakṣe purāṇaṃ ca kathaṃ tatsaprabhañjanaḥ

1.2.3

ācakhyau vistareṇaiva para kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ /
iti saṃcoditaḥ sūtaḥ pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vacaḥ

1.2.4

śṛṇudhvaṃ yatra te dhīrā menire mantramuttamam /
yāvantaṃ cābhavatkālaṃ yathā ca samavartata

1.2.5

sisṛkṣamāṇo viśvaṃ hi yajate visṛjatpurā /
satraṃ hi te 'tipuṇyaṃ ca sahasraparivatsarān

1.2.6

tapogṛhapateryatra brahmā caivābhavatsvayam /
iḍāyā yatra patnītvaṃ śāmitraṃ yatra buddhimān

1.2.7

mṛtyuścake mahātejāstasminsatre mahātmanām /
vibudhāścoṣire tatra sahasraparivatsarān

1.2.8

bhramato dharmacakrasya yatra nemiraśīryata /
karmaṇā tena vikhyātaṃ naimiṣaṃ munipūjitam

1.2.9

yatra sā gomatī puṇyā siddhacāraṇasevitā /
rohiṇī sa sutā tatra gomatī sābhavat kṣaṇāt

1.2.10

śaktirjyeṣṭhā samabhavadvasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ /
rundhatyāḥ sutāyātrādānamuttamatejasaḥ

1.2.11

kalmāṣapādo nṛpatiryatra śakraśca śaktinā /
yatra vairaṃ samabhavadviśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ

1.2.12

adṛśyantyāṃ samabhavanmuniryatra parāśaraḥ /
parābhavo vasiṣṭhasya yasya jñāne hyavarttayat

1.2.13

tatra te menire śailaṃ naimiṣe brahmavādinaḥ /
naimiṣaṃ jajñire yasmānnaimiṣīyāstataḥ smṛtāḥ

1.2.14

tatsatramabhavatteṣāṃ samā dvādaśa dhīmatām /
purūravasi vikrānte praśāsati vasuṃdharām

1.2.15

aṣṭādaśa samudrasya dvīpānaśran purūravāḥ /
tutoṣa naiva ratnānāṃ lobhāditi hi naḥ śrutam

1.2.16

urvaśī cakame taṃ ca devadūtapracoditā /
ājahāra ca tatsatramurvaśyā saha saṃgataḥ

1.2.17

tasminnarapatau satre naimiṣīyāḥ pracakrire /
yaṃ garbhaṃ suṣuve gaṅgā pāvakāddīptatejasam

1.2.18

tattulyaṃ parvate nyastaṃ hiraṇyaṃ samapadyata /
hiraṇmayaṃ tataścake yajñavāṭaṃ mahātmanām

1.2.19

viśvakarmā svayandevo bhāvano lokabhāvanaḥ /
sa praviśya tataḥ satre teṣāmamitatejasām

1.2.20

aiḍaḥ purūravā bheje taṃ deśaṃ mṛgayāṃ caran /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahādāśvaryaṃ yajñavāṭaṃ hiraṇmayam

1.2.21

lobhena hatavijñānastadādātumupākramat /
naimiṣeyāstatastasya cukrudhurnṛpatiṃ bhṛśam

1.2.22

nijaghnuścāpi taṃ kruddhāḥ kuśavajrairmanīṣiṇaḥ /
taponiṣṭhāśca rājānaṃ munayo devacoditāḥ

1.2.23

kuśavajraurviniṣpiṣṭaḥ sa rājā vyajahāttanum /
aurvaśeyaistatastasya yuddhaṃ cakre nṛpo bhuvi

1.2.24

nahuṣasya mahātmānaṃ pitaraṃ yaṃ pracakṣate /
sa teṣvavabhṛtheṣveva dharmmaśīlo mahīpatiḥ

1.2.25

āyurāyabhavāyāgryamasmin satre narottamaḥ /
śāntayitvā tu rājānaṃ tadā brahmavidastathā

1.2.26

satramārebhire karttuṃ pṛthvīvatsā tmamūrtayaḥ /
babhūva satre teṣāṃ tu brahmacaryaṃ mahātmanām

1.2.27

viśvaṃ sisṛkṣamāṇānāṃ purā visvasṛjāmiva /
vaikhānasaiḥ priyasakhairvāla khilyairmarīcibhiḥ

1.2.28

ajaiśca munibhirjātaṃ sūryavaiśvānaraprabhaḥ /
vitṛdevāpsaraḥsiddhairgandharvoragacāraṇaiḥ

1.2.29

bhārataiḥ śuśubhe rājā devairindrasamo yathā /
stotraśastrairgṛhairdevānpitṝnpitryaiśca karmabhiḥ

1.2.30

ānarcuḥsma yathājāti gandharvādīn yathāvidhi /
ārādhane sa sasmāra tataḥ karmāntareṣu ca

1.2.31

jaguḥ sāmāni gandharvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ /
vyājahrurmunayo vācaṃ citrākṣarapadāṃ śubhām

1.2.32

mantrādi tatra vidvāṃso jajapuśca parasparam /
vitaṇḍāvacanaiścaiva nijaghnuḥ prativādinaḥ

1.2.33

ṛṣayaścaiva vidvāṃsaḥ śabdārthanyāyakovidāḥ /
na tatra hāritaṃ kiñcidviviśurbrahmarākṣasāḥ

1.2.34

naiva yajñaharā daityā naiva vājamukhāstriṇaḥ /
prāyaścittaṃ daridraṃ ca na tatra samajāyata

1.2.35

śaktiprajñākriyāyegairvidhirāśīṣvanuṣṭitaḥ /
evaṃ ca vavṛdhe satraṃ dvādaśābdaṃ manīṣiṇām

1.2.36

ṛṣīṇāṃ naimiṣīyāṇāṃ tadabhūdiva vajriṇaḥ /
vṛddhādyā ṛtvijo vīrā jyotiṣṭomān pṛthakpṛthak

1.2.37

cakrire pṛṣṭhagamanāḥ sarvānayutadakṣiṇān /
samāptayajño yatrāste vāsudevaṃ mahādhipam

1.2.38

papracchuramitātmānaṃ bhavadbhiryadahaṃ dvijaḥ /
pracoditaḥ svavaṃśārthaṃ sa ca tānabravītprabhuḥ

1.2.39

śiṣyaḥsvayaṃbhuvo devaḥ sarvaṃ pratyakṣadṛgvaśī /
aṇimādibhiraṣṭābhiḥ sūkṣmairaṅgaiḥ samanvitaḥ

1.2.40

tiryagvātādibhirvarṣaiḥ sarvāṃ llokānbibharti yaḥ /
saptaskandhā bhṛtāḥ śākhāḥ sarvatoyājarājarān

1.2.41

viṣayair maruto yasya saṃsthitāḥ saptasaptakāḥ /
vyūhatrayāṇāṃ sūtānāṃ kurvan satraṃ mahābalaḥ

1.2.42

tejasaśvāpyupāyānāṃ dadhātīha śarīriṇaḥ /
prāṇādyā vṛttayaḥ pañca dhāraṇānāṃ svavṛttibhiḥ

1.2.43

pūryamāmaḥ śarīrāṇāṃ dhāraṇaṃ yasya kurvate /
ākāśayonirdviguṇaḥ śābdasparśasamanvitaḥ

1.2.44

vācoraṇiḥ samākhyātā śabdaśāstravicakṣaṇaiḥ /
bhāratyārḥ ślakṣṇayā sarvānmunīnprahlādayanniva

1.2.45

purāṇajñāḥ sumanasaḥ purāṇāśrayayuktayā /
purāma niyatā viprāḥ kathāmakathayadvibhuḥ

1.2.46

etatsarvaṃ yathāvṛttamākhyānaṃ dvijasattamāḥ /
ṛṣīṇāṃ ca paraṃ caitallokatattvamanuttamam

1.2.47

brahmaṇā yatpurā proktaṃ purāṇaṃ jñānamuttamam /
devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca sarvapāpapramocanam

1.2.48

vistareṇānupūrvyā ca tasya vakṣyāmyanukramam

Original text: Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press (or a reprint thereof) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0