Matsya Purana · Chapter 169

atha yogavatāṃ śreṣṭham asṛjadbhūritejasam
sraṣṭāraṃ sarvalokānāṃ brahmāṇaṃ sarvatomukham //

yasminhiraṇmaye padme bahuyojanavistṛtam
sarvatejoguṇamayaṃ pārthivairlakṣaṇairvṛtam //

tacca padmaṃ purāṇajñāḥ pṛthivīrūpamuttamam
nārāyaṇasamudbhūtaṃ pravadanti maharṣayaḥ //

yā padmā sā rasā devī pṛthivī paricakṣyate
ye padmasāraguravas tāndivyān parvatānviduḥ //

himavantaṃ ca meruṃ ca nīlaṃ niṣadhameva ca
kailāsaṃ muñjavantaṃ ca tathānyaṃ gandhamādanam //

puṇyaṃ triśikharaṃ caiva kāntaṃ mandarameva ca
udayaṃ piñjaraṃ caiva vindhyavantaṃ ca parvatam //

ete devagaṇānāṃ ca siddhānāṃ ca mahātmanām
āśrayāḥ puṇyaśīlānāṃ sarvakāmaphalapradāḥ //

eteṣāmantare deśo jambūdvīpa iti smṛtaḥ
jambūdvīpasya saṃsthānaṃ yajñiyā yatra vai kriyāḥ //

ebhyo yatsravate toyaṃ divyāmṛtarasopamam
divyāstīrthaśatādhārāḥ suramyāḥ saritaḥ smṛtāḥ //

smṛtāni yāni padmasya kesarāṇi samantataḥ
asaṃkhyeyāḥ pṛthivyāste viśve vai dhātuparvatāḥ //

yāni padmasya parṇāni bhūrīṇi tu narādhipa
te durgamāḥ śailacitā mlecchadeśā vikalpitāḥ //

yānyadhobhāgaparṇāni te nivāsāstu bhāgaśaḥ
daityānāmuragāṇāṃ ca pataṅgānāṃ ca pārthiva //

teṣāṃ mahārṇavo yatra tadrasetyabhisaṃjñitam
mahāpātakakarmāṇo majjante yatra mānavāḥ //

padmasyāntarato yattad ekārṇavagatā mahī
proktātha dikṣu sarvāsu catvāraḥ salilākarāḥ //

evaṃ nārāyaṇasyārthe mahī puṣkarasaṃbhavā
prādurbhāvo 'pyayaṃ tasmān nāmnā puṣkarasaṃjñitaḥ //

etasmātkāraṇāttajjñaiḥ purāṇaiḥ paramarṣibhiḥ
yājñikairvedadṛṣṭāntair yajñe padmavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ //

evaṃ bhagavatā tena viśveṣāṃ dhāraṇāvidhiḥ
parvatānāṃ nadīnāṃ ca hradānāṃ caiva nirmitaḥ //

vibhustathaivāpratimaprabhāvaḥ prabhākarābho varuṇaḥ sitadyutiḥ
śanaiḥ svayaṃbhūḥ śayanaṃ sṛjattadā jaganmayaṃ padmavidhiṃ mahārṇave //