Padma Purana · Verses 1-2

prathamaṃ sṛṣṭikhaṇḍam

१-- maṃgalācaraṇam lomaharṣaṇenograśravasaṛpīnprati sarvadharmakathanāyājñādānam, naimiṣā- raṇyotpattiprastāvaḥ, naimiṣāraṇyaṃpratigatasyograśravasastatranyamaharṣibhiḥ saha saṃvā- daḥ, purāṇaśravaṇāya śaunakaprārthanā, sūtotpattivarṇanam, vyāsajanmakathānirūpaṇama, purāṇapraśaṃsāyāṃ pādmapurāṇasyādhikapraśaṃsāvarṇanam, tatratyamukhyaviṣayavarṇanam ślokāṃkāḥ

२-- sūtakṛtamaṃgalācaraṇam, sṛṣṭikhaṃḍasthaviṣayavarṇanam, purāṇapraśaṃsā,gaṃgādvāre pulastya- bhīpmasaṃvādaḥ, pulastyena brahmaṇaḥ sṛṣṭiprakāravarṇanam, mahadādisakalasṛṣṭivarṇanam. ślokāṃkāḥ

३-- kālaparimāṇam, pralaye jalanimagnāyāḥ pṛthivyā uddhāraṇāya vārāharūpasya jalaṃpra- viṣṭasya bhagavataḥ pṛthvīkṛtastutivarṇanam, bhagavatkṛtapṛthivyuddharaṇam, brahmadevakṛta navavidhasṛṣṭīnāṃ saṃkṣepeṇa varṇanam,surādisthāvarāṃtacaturvidhaprajānāṃ vistareṇa sṛṣṭivarṇana m, mukhādyavayavaviśeṣādbrāhmaṇādivarṇotpattivarṇanapuraḥsaraṃ yajñaniṣpattyarthamoṣadhyādi varṇanam, sṛṣṭaprāṇināṃ sthānavarṇanam, mānasasṛṣṭikathane bhṛgvādyutpatti, rudrotpattiḥ, svāyaṃbhuvotpattiḥ, svāyaṃbhuvaprajāsargavarṇanam bhṛgorlakṣmyutpattivarṇanam, ślo- kāṃkāḥ

४- samudramaṃthanaprastāve durvāsasaiṃdrāya śāpapradānavarṇanam, devadaityairekatramilitvā samudramanthanam, mathyamānātsamudrātsurabhyādiratnotpattiḥ, lakṣmyutpattisamanaṃtaraṃ lakṣmyā viṣṇu varaṇam, amṛtotpattau devānāmamṛtaprāśanam, punarbhṛgoḥ khyātyāṃ lakṣmyutpattiḥ,narmadā tīre lakṣmīpurayācanāvasare bhṛguṇā viṣṇoḥ śāpadānam, brahmaṇā punaḥsṛṣṭikaraṇama, nā radena brahmaṇaḥ sṛṣṭisvarūpavarṇanama, brahmaṇā nāradāya varapradānam ślokāṃkāḥ

५-- dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsakathānakama, tatra dakṣeṇa yajñe samārabdhe sati satyāḥ dakṣeṇa saha saṃvā daḥ, dakṣakṛtasatīsāṃtvanam, satyā dehatyāgaḥ, dakṣakṛta śaṃkarastutiḥ, śivena dakṣāya va rapradānama, satīnimittaṃ śivasya gaṃgādvāre citākaraṇam, himavadutpannāyāḥ pārva tyā śivena saha vivāhaḥ/ ślokākāḥ ९५ // /
६-- dakṣātprāk saṃkalpadarśanasparśajanyāsṛṣṭiḥ, dakṣādūrdhvaṃ maithunataḥ sṛṣṭiḥ, haryaśvānāṃ śa- balāśvānāṃ ca nāradopadeśena mokṣapathāśrayaṇam, viśvadevavasurudrādityadaityānā- mutpattiḥ, tatra daityotpattau saṃkṣiptabāṇacaritram, dānavaśukrādigaruḍādi- / . samutpattiḥ ' ślo०

७-- marudutpatti-kathānakavarṇanam, tatra ditivratakaraṇam, kaśyapādgarbhaprāptivarṇanam, garbhiṇīdharmāḥ, vratalope satīṃdreṇa dityāḥ kukṣīpraviśya vajreṇa garbhasyaikonapaṃcāśatkhaṃ ḍakaraṇam teṣāṃ jīvatāṃgarbhakhaṃḍānāṃ marudityabhidhākaraṇam, tanniruktiśca, /
pratisargavarṇane pṛthuprabhṛtīnāmādhipatyavarṇanam, svārociṣottamitāmasaraivatacākṣuṣavai vasvatasāvarṇyaraucyamerusāvarṇiṛbhuṛtudhāmaviṣvaksenānāṃ caturdaśamanūnāmuddeśena tattadaṃtaravarṇanam ślokāṃkāḥ

८-- pṛthurājakathānakam, tatra saṃkṣiptapṛthūtpattisamanaṃtaraṃ pṛthunā vatsapātrapayodogdhṛ bhedena pṛthivīdohanam, dohanottaraṃ puragrāmādivyavasthākaraṇapūrvakaṃ pṛthivyāḥ pṛthuduhitṛtvavarṇanam, sūryavaṃśavarṇanam yamayamunotpattiḥ, sāvarṇimanūtpattiḥ, chāyā yāḥ sūryapatnyāḥ saṃkṣiptacaritram, saṃjñāyā vaḍavārūpadhāraṇam, sūryatejaḥśātanam sūryamūrtteḥ pādāvayavākaraṇehetuḥ, aśvinīkumārotpattiḥ, śanergrahatvavarṇanam, ya munātapatyornadītvam, viṣṭighorayoḥ kālatvam, vaivasvatamanuvaṃśavarṇanam, vaivasvataputrasyelasya śaṃbhūpavanagamanātstrītvaprāptau budhena saha saṃyogaḥ, ikṣvākādīnāmila bhrātṝṇāṃ śivārādhanam, tadārādhanatuṣṭaśaṃkareṇa varapradānādilasya māsaprāpyapuru ṣatvamāsaprāpyastrītvavarṇanam ilātputrotpattiḥ, ilāvṛtavarṣanāmadheyam, ilasya vaṃśa varṇanam, ikṣvākuvaṃśavarṇanama ślokāṃkāḥ

९-- pitṛvaṃśānucaritam, tatra māyāvyabhicārādbhūloke matsyayonijasatyavatītvaprā ptiḥ, pitṝṇāṃśrāddha, śrāddhīyadravya, śrāddhakāla, śrāddhasthāna, śrāddhavidhivarṇanama, anu panītavidhurayoḥ sādhāraṇaśrāddhavidhiḥ, śūdrasyāmaṃtrakaṃśrāddham, ābhyudayikaśrāddha- m ślokāṃkāḥ १९२, //
१ ०-- ekoddiṣṭaśrāddhavidhiḥ, varṇānupūrvyeṇa jananāśaucaśāvāśaucanirṇayaḥ, asthisaṃca cayanādipretakarma, lepabhāksapiṃḍapitṛgaṇaṃnirṇayaḥ, viprādibhojanena pitṛgaṇatṛ ptiviṣayakaśaṃkānirākaraṇam śrāddhaviṣaye kauśikasūnukathānakam ślokāṃkāḥ

११- śrāddhayogyapraśastadeśavarṇanam, satyadayeṃdriyanigrahaśamānāmapi tīrthatvam, śrāddha yogyapraśastakālavarṇanam ślokāṃkāḥ

१२-- somavaṃśavarṇanam, tatra caṃdrotpattiḥ, candrakṛtayajñavarṇanam, caṃdreṇa tārāharaṇe kṛte sati bṛhaspatiyāñcayāpyadattāyāṃ tasyāṃ rudrakṛtayuddhottaraṃ caṃdreṇa bṛhaspataye tārā dānam, caṃdravīryāttārāyāṃ budhotpattiḥ, budhātpurūravasojanma,purūravasaścaritram pu rūravasaḥ putrādivaṃśavarṇanam, bṛhaspatikṛtaṃ rajiputramohanam, kārtavīryanāmasma raṇamāhātmyam ślokāṃkāḥ

१३- kroṣṭuvaṃśavistāravarṇanam tatra vaṃśānuvaṃśasthastrīpuruṣāṇāṃ saṃkṣiptacaritravarṇana- puraḥsaraṃ syamaṃtakamaṇisaṃkṣiptacaritram, kuṃtītaḥ pāṃḍavotpattivarṇanam, devakyāṃ kṛṣṇotpattivarṇanam vasudevadevakīnaṃdayaśodānāṃ pūrvajanmavarṇanam kṛṣṇasaṃtāna varṇanam, pṛthivyāṃ bhagavadavatārakāraṇavarṇane devaparājitadaityaprārthitaśukrakṛta daityotkarṣārthakatapaścaryākaraṇam daityānāṃ śukramātṛkṛtarakṣaṇe viṣṇukṛtaśukramātṛ vadhavarṇanam, bhṛguṇā viṣṇave śāpadānam, bhṛguṇā svapatnīsaṃjīvanam, iṃdreṇa svakanyāyā jayaṃtpāḥ śukrasamīpasevārthaṃ preṣaṇam, jayaṃtyā śukraśuśrūṣaṇam śukrasya śivena varapradā nam, jayaṃtyāsaha śukrasya śatavarṣaparyaṃtam guptāgāre'dṛśyatayā nivāsaḥ, bṛhaspatinā śukraveṣeṇa daityamohanam, bṛhaspatiśukrayoḥ saroṣavacanāni, śukrasya daityānpra- tiśāpaḥ, guruṇā daityānprati dharmabhraṃśakaropadeśadānam, bṛhaspatisāhāyyārthaṃ viṣṇunā māyāmohasamutpādanam digaṃbareṇa māyāmohena daityānprati janadharmopade- śaḥ, dānavānāṃ māyāmohamohitānāṃ guruṇā digaṃbarajainadharmadīkṣādānam guroḥ devalokaṃprati gamanottaramiṃdreṇa daityopahāsakaraṇam, punaḥ śukreṇa daityānāṃ bodha- nottaraṃ daityānāṃ trailokyaharaṇodyogaḥ. ślokāṃkāḥ

१४-- arjunakarṇayorutpattikathanapuraḥsaraṃ vairakāraṇakathanam/ tatra śivakṛtaśira- / śchedakruddhabrahmasvedātpuruṣotpattiḥ, tasmādbhītasya śivasya viṣṇoḥ samīpe gamanaṃ prārthanā ca, svedajavirūpākṣayācitena viṣṇunā svadakṣiṇabhujasamarpaṇam, virūpākṣe ṇa viṣṇubhujacchedanottaraṃ tadraktena tasya bhikṣāpātrapūrtiḥ, mathyamānāttadraktātpu- ruṣotpattiḥ, svedajaraktajayoḥ puruṣayoryuddhavarṇanam, biṣṇvājñayā sūryaśukrābhyāṃ ta- yo rakṣaṇapuraḥsaraṃ dvāparāṃte pṛthāyāṃ karṇārjunarūpeṇotpattivarṇanam śivakṛtabrahma śiraśchedakāraṇam, brahmahatyābhītaśaṃkarakṛtabrahmastotravarṇanam brahmājñayā śivakṛta viṣṇustotram, śivaṃ prati viṣṇunā brahmahatyāprāyaścittakathanam, śivakṛtatīrtha kṣetraparyaṭanam, puṣkare śivakṛtakāpālikavratam, brahmaṇā śivāya varapradānam, kapālamocanatīrthasyotpattiḥ, saṃkṣepatovārāṇasīkṣetramāhātmyam, śaṃkarasya vārā- ṇasīṃ prati gamanam ślokāṃkāḥ

१५- merorupari vairājabhavane kāṃtimatyākhyasabhāyāṃ brahmadevasya ciṃtākaraṇottaraṃ pṛthi- vyāṃ prāksthānaṃ prati gatvā tatra vṛkṣavarapradānaprasaṃgena tatra vāsavarṇanam, viṣṇunā saha sarvadevānāṃ gamanam, devebhyo brahmaṇopadeśakaraṇam, puṣkaratīrthotpattikāraṇa- varṇanam puṣkarakṣetravāsavidhivarṇanam trividhabhaktibhedavarṇanam, puṣkaramaraṇanivāsaphalam puṣkarasthitānāmācāravratānuṣṭhānavarṇanam, brāhmaṇānāṃ lakṣaṇāni, ā- śramadharmavarṇanam ślokāṃkāḥ

१६-- brahmadevakṛtayajñavarṇanam tatra brahmadevakṛtagopakanyārūpagāyatrīpariṇayanam tatreṃdreṇa gopakanyānayanottaraṃ viṣṇusaṃmatyā brahmaṇā tatpariṇayanam, brahmaṇā saha srayugaparyantayajñakaraṇam. ślokāṃkāḥ १९१ // //
१७-- brahmadevakṛtayajñe śivasya bhikṣoddeśenāgamanama, sadasyakṛtopahāsakuddhena śivena kapāloddharaṇam, tatra bhūyobhūyo bhavanāścaryam, brahmarudrasaṃvādaḥ, upahāsakarabrāhmaṇe bhyaḥ śivaśāpavarṇanam, anyebhyo varapradānam gopakanyayā saha yajñakṛdbrahmāṇaṃ prati sāvitrīkṛtanirbhartsanam, brahmaṇā sāvitrīsamīpe svāparādhakṣamāpanam, brahma- viṣṇvādidevānprati sāvitrīśāpaḥ, parvate sāvitryā nirgamanam, viṣṇunā sāvi trīstotrakaraṇam, sāvitryā viṣṇave varadānam, gāyatryā brahmavratakathanam, sāvi trīdattaśāpasyocchāpakaraṇaṃ ca, gāyatryā sarvadevebhyo devībhyaśca varapradānam, rudra- kṛta gāyatrīstotram, gāyatryā rudrāya varadānam ślokāṃkāḥ

१८--brahmadevakṛtayajñasya vistareṇa varṇanam,vipṇudānavavairavarṇanam, puṣkarasnānādṛṣī- ṇāṃ mukhyavairūpyanāśanapuraḥsaraṃ sumukhatvaprāptiḥ, prācīsarasvatīcaritram, tatra maṃ kaṇakabrāhmaṇasyacaritram,prācīsarasvatīmāhātmyavarṇanam, sarvadevaprārthanayā vaḍavā- gniṃ gṛhītvā nadīrūpeṇa sarasvatyāḥ kṣārodasamudragamanenāntardhānena puṣkaraṃ prati gama- nam, puṣkarasthasarasvatīmāhātmyama, puṣkarakṣetrasaṃnihitakharjūrīvane sarasvatyudbhavaḥ, tasyā naṃdābhidhānakaraṇe prabhaṃjanarājakathānakam, kharjūrīvanānnaṃdāyāgamanam sarasvatyāṃ snānadānādipraśaṃsāvarṇanam. ślokāṃkāḥ

१९-- ṛṣibhiryajñopavītaiḥ puṣkarasya tīrthavibhāgakaraṇama, brahmaṇā ṛṣibhyo varapradānam, puṣkarakṣetrasyamāhātmyavarṇanama, puṣkarasthabrahmarṣyādyāśramavarṇanam ,agastyaprabhāvaka thanam vṛtrāsuravadhāśritakathānakam, tatra kāleyabhītadevaprārthitabrahmājñayā devānāṃ dadhyaṃcamṛrṣipratiprārthanā, dadhīcā devebhyo nijāsthidānam, tenāsthnā vajranirmāṇam, tena vajreṇa śakreṇa vṛtrahananam, vṛtrahatyābhītasya śakrasya saraḥpraveśaḥ, kāleyā surāṇāṃ devatrastānāṃ samudrapraveśaḥ,kāleyakṛtopadravavarṇanam, devakṛtaviṣṇustotram, viṣṇvājñaptadevānāmagastyāśramaṃ gatvāgastyaprārthanam, agastyena viṃdhyanamanavarṇanam, agastyakṛtasamudraprāśanam, devakṛtakāleyavadhaḥ, brahmaṇā bhāgīrathīkṛtasamudrasthala pūraṇasya kathanam, puṣkarakṣetre śrāddhādividhivarṇanam, avarṣaṇadurbhikṣatrastaṛṣibhirmṛ takumārapretapacane rājñaḥ saṃvādaḥ, pratigrahadoṣaḥ,suvarṇapūrṇauduṃbaradarśane tadgrahaṇaviṣaye niṣedhaviṣaye ca vasiṣṭhaprabhṛtimunīnāmabhiprāyā; śātipraśaṃsāvarṇanam, dravyasaṃgrahatṛ ṣṇayordoṣaḥ, saṃtoṣapraśaṃsā, kāmadoṣavarṇanam, apratigrahaphalam bubhukṣitānā mavasthāvarṇanam, annapraśaṃsā, annadānasya praśaṃsāvarṇanam, damādivarṇanam śāṃta sya lakṣaṇāni, śāṃtikṣamāpraśaṃsā, madhyapuṣkarapraśaṃsā, ślokākāḥ

२०- madhyapuṣkaramāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra puṣpavāhananṛpatyākhyānam, vibhūtidvāda- śyādiṣaṣṭivratalakṣaṇakathanam, snānatarpaṇādividhiḥ. ślokāṃkāḥ

२ १--dharmamūrtirājakathānakam,dhānyaparvatādīnāṃ dānavidhiḥ,viśokadvādaśīvratam , guḍādidaśavidhadhenudānavidhiḥ, dhānyādidaśavidhaśailadānavidhiḥ, sauradharmavarṇane viśokaśarkarākamalamaṃdāraśubhākhyānāṃ saptamīnāṃ vratavidhānādivarṇanam. ślokāṃkāḥ

२२--bhūrādisaptalokānāmādhipatyaprāptyupāyavarṇanaprasaṃge'gnimārutayoriṃdrakṛtasamu- draśoṣājñāyā aparipālanādiṃdradattaśāpena pṛthivyāṃ janmavarṇanam, saṃkṣiptatayā gastyacaritravarṇane brahmādikṛtavarapradānam agastyārghyadānavidhiḥ, pārvatyā śivaṃ pratyātmanaḥ sāvitryapekṣayādhikyaprāptipraśne śivoktarasakalyāṇinīpāpanāśinī gaurī tṛtīyāvratavidhānam, rudrasya gaurīsamāśvāsanottaraṃ brahmaṇo yajñaṃ prati gamanam rudraṃ prati svadharmakhyāpanāya viṣṇvājñā, sārasvatavratavidhānavarṇanam. ślokāṃkāḥ

२३--vaiṣṇavadharmavarṇanam, bhīmasya vaiṣṇavadharmapravartakatvavarṇanam māghaśuklapakṣe bhīmadvā- daśīvratavidhānavarṇanam, varṇāśramotpattivarṇanam, tatra veśyādharmavarṇanaprastāve śrīkṛṣṇapatnīnāṃ dāśopabhuktānāṃ dvārikāyāṃ dālbhyamaharṣiṇā saha saṃvāde dālbhyena samudramaṃthanasamudbhūtaveśyābhyo bhagavadukta kalyāṇinīveśyāvratavidhānavarṇanam. ślokāṃkāḥ

२४-śrāvaṇakṛṣṇapakṣīyadvitīyāyāmaśūnyaśayanavratavidhānavarṇanam, aṃgārakacaturthī vratavidhānam, tatrādau vīrabhadrasya maṃgalagrahatvaprāptivarṇanapuraḥsaraṃ vratavidhivarṇanam ślokāṃkāḥ

२५-ādityaśayanavratavidhānavarṇanam, tatromāmaheśvarārcāprakāraḥ. ślo०

२६--rohiṇīcaṃdraśayanavratavidhānam ślokāṃkāḥ

२७--taṭākārāmakūpavāpīsarovaravidhānavarṇanam ślo०

२८--vṛkṣāropaṇavidhivarṇanam, tatrāśvatthādivṛkṣāṇāṃ pṛthakpṛthakphalavarṇanam ślo०

२९--saubhāgyaśayanavratavidhānavarṇanam, tatra saubhāgyāṣṭakotpattikathanapuraḥsaraṃ la litārādhanavidhānavarṇanam ślo०

३ ०-puṣkarakṣetre viṣṇupadapaddhatikāraṇapraśne vāmanāvatāracaritravarṇanam, tatra vāṣkali- daityatrastadevaprārthitabrahmadhyātavipṇunā tadbhayanivāraṇārthamaditigarbhapraveśe satya- dityāmukhānnirgatavāṇīvarṇanam vāmanotpattisamāraṃbhavarṇanam, vāmanasya śukreṇa saha
bāṣkalipuraṃprati gamanam, tatra vāmanāyeṃdreṇa pādatrayabhūmiyācanāyāṃ bāṣkalīṃdrasaṃvādaḥ, vāmanakṛtabalivaṃcanam, baleḥ pātālapraveśaḥ. ślokāṃkāḥ

३ १--nāgatīrthavarṇanam, tatra brahmaṇā sarpānprati janamejayāddāho bhaviṣyatīti śāpa- dānam, sarpakṛtaprārthanayā brahmaṇā jaratkanyātanayādāstīkādvorakṣaṇaṃ bhaviṣyatītyu- cchāpadānam puṣkarakṣetre nāgāgamanato nāgatīrthotpattivarṇanam, śrāvaṇapaṃcamyāṃ nāgatīrthe snānaṃ śrāddhādimāhātmyam, śivadūtāṃcaritravarṇanam, tatra rurudaityatra stadevānāṃ nīlagirau tapaḥsthitāṃ devīṃ prati gamanam devaprārthanayā devīvadanādanekadevīnāmutpattiḥ, devīgaṇadaityagaṇayuddhavarṇanam, tato devyāḥ śivadūtyāḥ puṣkare devīga ṇaiḥ sahasthitau bubhukṣitadevīgaṇapreraṇayā śivadūtīpreritarudrakṛtasvarūpavacchāgavṛṣaṇa- kalpita tadbhojanaprakāravarṇanam, śivakṛtaśivadūtīstotram, śivadūtyā rudrāya varadānam stotramahimā ca. ślo०

३२--pretapaṃcakakathānakam, tatra pṛthubrāhmaṇasya puṣkarakṣetre paṃca pretaiḥ saha samāgame pṛthunā pretatvanivartakakarmakathanam, pretatvakarakarmakathanam, pṛthusaṃbhāṣaṇātpreta- muktiḥ, paṃcapretakathāphalam aṃtarikṣapupkarasthitau dakṣiṇāpathasthamaharṣiprārthanayā tasya bhūmāvāgamanam puṣkare snānādyarthakārtikīpaurṇimādipraśastayogavarṇanam, uduṃbaravanādibhyaḥ prādurbhūtayā sarasvatyā puṣkaratīrthapūraṇama, sarasvatyāḥ paṃcasroto- bhidhānam, sarasvatītīramāhātmyavarṇanam sarasvatyāḥ prāṅmukhatvekāraṇavarṇanam, punaḥ paścimāyāṃ gamanam śuddhāvaṭatīrthamāhātmyam, prācīneśvaradevāgrataāditīrtha- māhātmyam brahmādibhiranekasakhīsamutpattipuraḥsaraṃ tābhiḥ saha sarasvatyāḥ paścimā- yāṃ gamanam. ślo०

३३--mārkaḍeyotpattikathānakavarṇanam, puṣkarakṣetrasamīpe mārkaṃḍeyāśramavarṇanam, avi- yogavāpīṃ prati rāmacaṃdrasyagamane mārkaṃḍeyena saha samāgamaḥ, mārkaḍeyāśrame rāmasya svapne daśarathadarśanam, ṛṣyājñayā rāmeṇa śrāddhakaraṇam, śrāddhe samāgatānāṃ dvijānāmaṃge sītāyāḥ pratyakṣadaśarathadarśanāllajjākāraṇakathanam rāmādīnāṃ jyeṣṭhapuṣkare gamanapūrvakaṃ māsaparyaṃtaṃ sthitiḥ, tatra lakṣmaṇasya mativiparyayāllakṣmaṇakṛtavirodhavarṇanam ajagaṃdhaśivaṃ prati rāmādīnāṃ gamane rāmakṛtājagaṃdhaśivastotravarṇanam ajagaṃdharudra- kṛta rāmapraśaṃsā, lakṣmaṇasya paścāttāpe rāmeṇa puṣkarakṣetrasthajanānāṃ mativaiparītyapuraḥsara svārthatatparatāvarṇanam ślo०

३४-brahmakṛtayajñakālartvigdakṣiṇādisarvakṛtyavarṇanam brahmājñayā lakṣmīsahitavipṇu- nā sāvitrīmohanam, gauryā saha śivena sāvitrīprārthanam,sāvitryā brahmasamīpapratyāgama nam, gāyatrīsāvitryoḥ saṃvādaḥ,yajñāṃtasnāne brahmaṇā sarvadevebhyo varapradānam, viṣṇukṛta brahmastutiḥ, rudrakṛtabrahmastotrama, brahmaṇā svasya nivāsasthānakathanama, brahmasthāna- māhātmyavarṇanam, puṣkarāditīrthavividhadānamahimā, pupkare gurudīkṣādisavista- ravidhivarṇanama, grahāṇāṃ saumyatvakaraṇopāyavidhiḥ, śvetarājakathānakaprasaṃgena nānā vidhadānādimahimā. ślo०

३५- annadānamāhātmyavarṇanaprastāvādrāmakathānakavarṇanam, tatra rāmeṇa rāvaṇaṃ niha- tya rājyaśāsane kriyamāṇe'gastyādikṛtapraśaṃsanama, rāmeṇa bhīmanāmakatapasviśūdrā- pacārānmṛtasya brāhmaṇaputrasya saṃjīvanārthaṃ bhīmaśūdraṃ hatvā brāhmaṇabālasaṃjīvanam. ślo०

३६--rāmasyāgastyāśramaṃ pratigamanam, rāmāgastyasaṃvādaḥ, pratigrahaviṣayaviveke akṣayarājakathānakam, agastyadattābharaṇasya rāmeṇa grahaṇam, agastyasya ābharaṇa ratnādiprāptipraśre'gastyena śvetarājño nijaśavabhakṣaṇaprabhṛtivṛttāṃtanivedanapuraḥsarasaṃ- vādavarṇanam, agastyena śvetarājñaḥ sakāśādratnakaṃkaṇapratigrahavarṇanam. ślo०

३७--daṃḍakāraṇyotpattivarṇane daṇḍarājakathānakam, rāmasya saṃdhyopāsanādi, gṛdhro- lūkayorgṛhaviṣayakavivāde rāmakṛtanirṇayavarṇanam gṛdhrasya pūrvajanmavṛttāṃtaḥ, rāmasyā yodhyāṃ pratyāgamanottaraṃ rājasūyayajñaviṣayakavicāre prastūyamāne bharatena yuktyā tasmā- nnivartanam rāmasya kānyakubje vāmanasthāpanapratijñā. ślo०

३८--vibhīṣaṇavṛttajijñāsayā bharatena saha vimānamāruhya rāmacaṃdrasya dakṣiṇāpathaga- manam, tatra ca bharataputrarāṣṭranirīkṣaṇānaṃtaraṃ dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi pūrvaṃ vanavāsasamaye'
dhyuṣitasthalānāṃ bharatāya darśanam kiṣkiṃdhāyāṃ sugrīvādisagaṃmaḥ, tataḥ sugrīvaṃ gṛhītvā laṃkāṃ prati gamane samudratīrādipradeśeṣuvṛttavṛttāṃtavarṇanam, laṃkāyāṃ vibhīṣaṇasaṃgamaḥ, caturthe divase kekasīnāmnyā vibhīṣaṇamātū rāmadarśane kekasī rāmasaṃvādaḥ, saramārāmasaṃvādaḥ, rāmeṇa vibhīṣaṇāya nītiśikṣaṇam, vibhīṣaṇena rāmāya nānālaṃkārasametaśrīvāmanamūrtisamarpaṇam, rāmeṇa tāṃ mūrtiṃ gṛhītvā vimāne sthāpayitvā'yodhyābhimukhaṃ gamanāvasare vibhīṣaṇaprārthanayā samudranibaddhasetostri dhā bhaṃgakaraṇama, rāmeśvaramahādevasya śrīrāmakṛtastutiḥ, śivarāmayoḥ saṃvādaḥ, puṣkare vimānapratibaṃdhe jāyamāne sugrīveṇa pratibaṃdhakakāraṇānveṣaṇe vimānāduttīrya śrīrāmeṇa brahmastavanam, brahmarāmasaṃvādaḥ, tato mathurāyāṃ śatrughnarājye gamanam, tato mahodayaparvaṇi gaṃgātīre vāmanaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tasya dravyeṇa vṛttiṃ kalpayitvā sugrīvasya kiṣkiṃdhāṃ prati preṣaṇam, itthaṃ vāmanapratiṣṭhāvarṇanam.ślo०

३९-bhīṣmasya pulastyaṃ prati viṣṇornābhipadmotpattipūrvakaṃ jagatsṛṣṭiviṣayaḥ praśra karaṇam, pulastyena sṛṣṭivarṇane prastūyamāne parabrahmatattvanirdeśapuraḥsaraṃ kṛtādiyuga- tatkālasaṃdhyaṃśādiyugadharmādisṛṣṭitatsaṃhāravarṇanam, saṃhārakālīnabhagavatsthitivarṇa nam,ekārṇave prasuptasya bhagavato mukhaṃ praviṣṭena mārkaṃḍeyamuninā bhagavato jaṭhare 'nekavidhaprapaṃcadarśanam, bhagavatā saha mārkaṃḍeyasya saṃvāde bhagavatā svātmano mā- hātmyavarṇanam, tataḥ parameśvarādbhūtasaṃbhavaḥ padmasaṃbhavaśca. ślo०

४०- padmamadhyādbrahmaṇa utpattikathanam, padmasya pṛthivītvavarṇanapūrvakaṃ padmakesarāṇāṃ hi mavadādiparvatatvama, padmapatrānusāreṇa deśavarṇanam, madhukaiṭabhotpattiḥ, madhukaiṭabha vināśakathanam, kapilayogācāryotpattipūrvakadakṣādiprajāpapyutpattivarṇanam, prajāpatibhyaḥ sakāśātprājāpatyānāmutpattiḥ, tārakāmayasaṃgrāmavarṇanam. ślo०

४१- devasainyānāṃ tārakāsurasainyaiḥ saha tumulayuddhe saṃpravṛtte urvaśyoroḥ sakāśā- daurvānalotpattikathānakavarṇanapuraḥsaraṃ kālanemivadhavarṇanam kālanemipramukhadai- tyavadhānaṃtaraṃ brahmakṛtaviṣṇustutiḥ, viṣṇuneṃdrādibhyo varadānādipūrvakabrahmalokagama navarṇanam ślo०

४२--śaṃkaramāhātmyavarṇanāraṃbhaḥ, tatra dityā vajrāṃgaputrotpattiḥ vajrāṃgena dityā- jñayeṃdraṃ baddhvā mātuḥ samīpaṃ pratyānayanottaraṃ brahmakaśyapavacanādiṃdramocanam, brahma- ṇā tadarthaṃ varāṃgīnāmakanyāmutpādya vajrāṃgāya patnyarthe kanyādānama, vajrāṃgasya varāṃgyā saha tapovanaṃ gatvā tatra brahmaṇaḥ prītaye tapaścaraṇam, tattapastuṣṭena brahmaṇā tasmai varapradānam, iṃdratrastāyāṃ varāṃgyāṃ vajrāṃgāttārakāsurotpattiḥ, tapasvine tārakā surāya brahmaṇā varapradānamtārakāsurasya devaiḥ saha mahāyuddham, tatra devānāṃ parā- jayavarṇanam ślo०

४३--indraviḍaṃbanā,sarvadevakṛtabrahmastotram,tato brahmaṇā śaṃkarasutāttārakāsuravadhaṃ ka- thayitvā rātridevīṃ prati śaṃkarasuratabhaṃgaviṣaye'nujñākaraṇapuraḥsaraṃ varapradānam,himāca lapatnyāṃ menāyāṃ pārvatījanmakathanānaṃtaraṃ nāradena pārvatyāḥ sāmudrikalakṣaṇaspaṣṭīka raṇam, devarājājñaptamadanaviddhamaheśvarakṛtamadanadāhaḥ ratikṛtamaheśastotram, mahe- śena madanasyānaṃgatvavaradānam, pārvatīkṛtatapaścaryā, ṛṣipārvatīsaṃvāde śaṃkaretaraṃ patiṃ na kariṣyāmīti pārvatīpratijñā, śivapārvatīvivāhaḥ, gaṇeśavarṇanam, vīrakagaṇasya pārvatyā putrīkaraṇam pārvatīśarīre brahmājñaptarātryāḥ praveśaḥ, pārvatyā- asitāṃgatvavarṇanam ślo०

४४--kṛṣṇavarṇāyāḥ pārvatyāḥ śaṃkareṇa vinodakaraṇam, pārvatyā śaṃkarabhartsanā, śiva- kṛtabhartsanāruṣṭāyāḥ pārvatyā himācalaṃ pratigamanam, vīrakagaṇasyadvārarakṣārthaṃ niyojanam, śivaṃpratyāḍidaityasya pārvatīrūpadhṛtvā yonau vajradaṃtaṃ praveśya vīrakagaṇaṃ sarparūpeṇa vaṃcayitvā gamanam, tasya pārvatīrūpadharasyāḍidaityasya vāmapārśve pārvatī. vāmapārśvavatpadmacihnamanirīkṣya pārvatyabhāvaṃ nirṇīya śivakṛtāḍidaityavadhaḥ, vāyumu- khācchivasmapāradārikatvaśravaṇataḥ kruddhayā tapaḥsthitayā pārvatyā dvārapālananiyukta- vīrakagaṇaśāpadānaḥ krodhena siṃhotpattiḥ, tanmukhaṃ prati praveṣṭukāmāyāḥ pārvatyā brahmaṇāvirbhūyanivāraṇam brahmavareṇa pārvatyā nijadehakārṣṇyakararātrityāgaḥ, rātridevyāśca brahmaṇā ekānaṃśeti kauśikīti ca nāmakaraṇapūrvakaṃ viṃdhyādriṃ prati- preṣaṇama, svamadiraṃ prati prāptāyāḥ pārvatyā vīrakeṇa nivāraṇe pārvatīkṛtavīraka śāpapaścāttāpaḥ, vīrakagaṇakṛtapārvatīstotram pārvatīśivasamāgamaḥ, kārtikeyotpattivaṇarnam devakṛtakārtikeyastutiḥ, kārtikeyakṛtatārakāsuravadhaḥ. ślo०

४५--śrīnṛsiṃhāvatāravarṇanam tatra hiraṇyakaśipusabhāsthānavarṇanam, nṛsiṃhahiraṇya- kaśipuyuddhe mahotpātavarṇanam, narahariṇā hiraṇyakaśipuvidāraṇam, brahmakṛtanaraha ristutiḥ, kṣīrodottarakūle bhagavatā nṛsiṃharūpaṃ sthāpayitvā svasthānaṃprati gamanavarṇanam ślo०

४६--aṃdhakāsurakathānakam tatra śivakṛtādityastutiḥ, aṃdhakakṛtaṃ śivastotram aṃdhakāsurasya gaṇatvaprāptiḥ, brahmakathitāsaṃvāde brāhmaṇānāṃ praśastiḥ, brāhmaṇala- kṣaṇakathanam gāyatrīmāhātmyam gāyatrījapavidhiḥ, gāyatrījapaphalavarṇanam ślo०

४७--adhamabrāhmaṇalakṣaṇam, paṃcavidhasnānāni, adhamabrāhmaṇavadhe'pipāpakathanam naṣṭabrāhmaṇyapunaḥprāptivarṇanam, tatraikasya brāhmaṇaputrasya kathā, tatprasaṃgena garuḍakathānakam, pratidikṣu yavanotpattivarṇanam., yavanānāmaspṛśyatve'pi kalau yavanasparśaṃ kariṣyaṃtīti varṇanama, garuḍāya viṣṇudattavaradānādiprasaṃgavarṇanam mātrājñayā garuḍenedraṃ parājitya svargādamṛtānayanam, kadrvai pīyūṣaṃ dattvā māturvinatādāsītvā- nmocanam iṃdreṇa kadrvāḥ sakāśādamṛtāharaṇam ślo०

४८-kaśyapopadeśena cāṃḍālapatitadvijasya sadācārācaraṇena svargaprāptiḥ, brāhma ṇapīḍanādau nānāvidhaduḥkhaprāptivarṇanam ātatāyyādibrāhmaṇavadhe'pāpatvam,vrāhma ṇānāmupajīvyavṛttivarṇanam, svavṛttyopajīvanābhāve kṣattriyādivṛttyadhikārakathanam, tulāyāmasatyakaraṇe narakavarṇanam , satyasya stutiḥ, vāṇijyakaṣṭalabdhadhanasya dānenākṣayatvaprāptiḥ, vaiśyavṛttyopajīvanābhāve kṛṣikarmatadācāravarṇanam, brahmaṇo mukhādvedāgni godvijotpattivarṇanapuraḥsaraṃ gomāhātmyam, gopūjāvidhiḥ, kapilādi godānavidhiḥ, godānasya phalam ślo०

४९-brahmatejovarddhanārthakanityakarmavarṇanam svargāgatānāṃ narakāgatānāṃ ca narāṇāṃ lakṣaṇam dharmabījapāpabījaprasūtanaralakṣaṇam ślo.

५०- pitrarcāpraśaṃsāyāṃ mūkākhyānam, pitranādarekṛtesati pāpam, patyarcāpraśaṃsāyāṃ pativratākhyānam, pativratālakṣaṇavarṇanam, sarvajanasamatvapraśaṃsāyāṃ tulādhāraka- thānakam, mitrādrohapraśaṃsāyāmadrohakakathānakam viṣṇubhaktipraśaṃsāyāṃ vaiṣṇavā- khyānama, putrasya kartavyanirūpaṇam, śrāddhasya māhātmyaṃ phalaṃ ca, vārāṇasyādi kṣetreṣu śrāddhasyaviśeṣaphalakathanayaḥ pavīveśerṣaṣu? śrāddhavidhiḥ, nāṃdīśrāddhavidhiḥ, gaṇeśasyāgrapūjāvarṇanam cūḍāmaṇiyogavarṇanam, pituḥ putreṇa kartavyavarṇanam, mṛtasya prathamādidinakartavyakarmanirṇayaḥ, āśaucakālanirṇayaḥ śrāddhapraśaṃsā, śrāddhāsamarthasya kartavyanirṇayaḥ. ślo०

५१--pativratāmāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra śaibyāpativratāyāḥ patiśuśrūṣākathānakam, māṇḍa- vyamunikathā, sūryānudayavitrastabrahmādidevaistasyāḥ sāṃtvanapūrvakaṃ tatpateḥ kāmasuṃ dararūpavarapradānāśvāsanāttayā śaibyayā sūryodayāyānumodanam, sūryodayaḥ, tatpaterujjīvanam, pativratāmāhātmyaśravaṇapaṭhanaphalam. ślo०

५२-māṇḍavyasya śūlāropaṇe pativratāpateḥ kuṣṭhaprāptau ca kāraṇavarṇanam, duṣṭastrīdoṣa varṇanam kulahīnastrīvivāhaniṣedhaḥ, pativratāstrītyāgena nirayaḥ, rajasvalādiga mane narakaḥ, agamyāgamane doṣaḥ, patyāsahagamanaviṣaye nirṇayaḥ, vidhavādharmāḥ, ka nyādānavidhiphalavarṇanam śulkagrahaṇaniṣedhaḥ, apātravarāya kanyādānedoṣaḥ, dā sīdānavidhiḥ. ślo०

५३--tulādhāracaritram, satyasyapraśaṃsā, nirlobhatvapraśaṃsāyāṃ śūdrakathānakam, vittā kāma dayā saṃtoṣālobhāhiṃsāpraśaṃsāvarṇanam ślo०

५४-kāmasya durjayatvakathane'halyeṃdracaritram ślo०

५५-kāmadurjayatvakathane paramahaṃsacaritram brahmaṇo retasaḥ sakāśādlauhityasyotpatti pūrvakaṃ tīrtharājatvavarṇanam lauhityatīrthe paraśurāmasya snānamātreṇa kṣatravadhajanita pāpakṣālanam. ślo०

५६--kāmākhyāne gaṃdharvādistrībhiḥ saha śivakrīḍā, kṣemaṃkaryākhyānam, mūkādīnāṃ vaikuṇṭhāgamanakathanam, paṃcākhyānasamāptivarṇanam ślo०

५७--jaladānamāhātmyavarṇanam, nirjaladeśeṣu khātādiphalam, jaladānaviṣayedhani sutakathānakam ślo० ४६ // /
५८--१७२ aśvatthādivṛkṣaropaṇavidhānaphalavarṇanam/ prapāvidhiḥ, dharmaghaṭadānavidhiḥ. / ślo०

५९-setubaṃdhanaphalam, paṅkādau nirgamāya pāṣāṇādimārgakaraṇaphalam, kaṃṭakādividdhadu rmārgaśodhanaphalama, tatrākhyānaphalam gopracāraphalam, gocāravighnakarasya daṇḍya tvavarṇanam, viṣṇvādidevatāprāsādakaraṇaphalam dīpādyanekadānāni, devalakavi pravṛttivarṇanam, svayaṃbhūliṃgārcanaphalam, devamaṃḍapakaraṇaphalam, śrotriyagṛhanirmā ṇaphalama, rudrākṣamāhātmyavarṇanapuraḥsaraṃ rudrākṣadhāraṇavidhiphalavarṇanam, tatra rudrākṣo tpattiviṣayakākhyāyikākathanam ślo०

६०--dhātrīmāhātmyavarṇanam, tatrāmalakīsnānadhātrīphalabhakṣaṇaphalavarṇanam, vārādi viśeṣeṇa dhātrīphalabhakṣaṇaniṣedhaḥ, pretākhyāyikā, tulasīmāhātmyavarṇanam. ślo०

६१-tulasīstotravarṇanam ślo०

६२--gaṅgāmāhātmyakathanam, tatra gaṅgāyāṃ snānādividhivarṇanam, gaṅgāyā bhuvyāgamana pūrvakatrisrotastvakāraṇavarṇanam- ślo०

६३--gaṇapateragrapūjyatāvarṇanama, tatra pārvatīpremakathā, gaṇeśadvādaśanāmastotram. kṣo०

६४--१८२ gaṇapateranyatstotram ślo०

६५--nāṃdīmukhādiṣu prathamaṃ gaṇeśapūjanavarṇanam, gaṇeśapūjāvidhiḥ, gaṇeśasyāgrapūjā yā akaraṇāddevāsurasaṃgrāme devānāṃ parājaye devānāṃ śaṃkarasamīpaṃ pratyāgamanam, śaṃkaro padeśena devairgaṇeśastotrapūrvakapūjākaraṇam, devebhyo gaṇeśena varapradānam gaṇeśājñayā devānāṃ viṣṇuṃ prati gamanam, viṣṇvājñayā devānāmasuraiḥ saha saṃgrāme citrarathakṛtakāle yavadha. ślo०

६६--jayaṃtena kāleyavadhaḥ. ślo०

६७-iṃdreṇa balanamucivadhaḥ- ślo०

६८-iṃdreṇa namucivadhaḥ ślo०

६९-ṣaḍānanena tāreyavadhaḥ. ślo०

७०--yamena devāṃtakadurdharṣadurmukhavadhaḥ. ślo०

७१-iṃdreṇa anyanūmucivadhaḥ. ślo०

७२-viṣṇunā madhudaityavadhaḥ ślo०

७३--iṃdreṇa vṛtrāsuravadhaḥ. ślo०

७४-gaṇeśena traipurivadhaḥ. ślo०

७५-devadaityānāṃ dvaṃdvayuddham, tatra hiraṇyākṣaparājitadevaprārthanayā viṣṇorhiraṇyākṣeṇa saha yuddham, hiraṇyākṣasya pātālagamane viṣṇunā vārāharūpaṃ dhṛtvā hiraṇyākṣasya vadhaka raṇam, devakṛtaviṣṇuvijayastotrama, ślo०

७६-raṇe mṛtānāṃ daityānāmuttamagatiprāptiḥ, raṇaparāṅmukhānāṃ ca nīcagatiprāptivarṇa nam, manuṣyayonigatadaityānāṃ svabhāvato daityatvavarṇanam, daityavaṃśyānāmapi prahlā dādīnāṃ saumyasvabhāvatvapūrvakadevatvaprāptivarṇanam ekenāpi vaiṣṇavaputreṇa koṭikulo ddhāravarṇanaprasaṃga ākhyāyikā, manupyeṣvavatīrṇānāṃ devānāṃ lakṣaṇāni, manuṣyeṣva vatīrṇānāṃ karṇādīnāṃ daityatvavarṇanam, bhīṣmadroṇāśvatthāmakṛṣṇa dharmabhīmārjuna nakula sahadevagāndhārīkuntīdraupadīnāṃ devatvam, pṛthivyuddhārakapṛthivīkṣayakṛtāṃ ca lakṣa ṇavarṇanam ślo०

७७-sūryamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra sūryadarśanātpātakanirasanam, saṃkrāntyādiṣu dānādividhiḥ, tulādyanekadānāni, sūryavratāni, arkasaptamīvratavidhiḥ. ślo०

७८--sūryasyānekavratavarṇanam, sūryastotram ślo०

७९-sūryamāhātmyaprasaṃgādbhadreśvaranāmakamadhyadeśanṛpatikathānakam- ślo०

८०-sūryapūjāvidhiḥ, somasya ca pūjāvidhiḥ, caṃdrārthadānāni. ślo०

८१-śaṃbhoḥ sakāśādbhaumagrahasyotpattivarṇanam, aṃgārakacaturthyāṃ bhaumapūjanavidhivarṇanam. ślo०

८२--budhaguruśukraśanirāhuketūnāṃ pūjāvidhivarṇanam, navagrahamaṃtrāḥ, kṛtatretādvāpara- kaliyugānukrameṇa tapojñānayajñadānānāṃ praśaṃsā, abhayadānasya sarvadānāpekṣayā mahattvam, śūdrasya mukhyatvena dānavarṇanam, padmapurāṇasṛṣṭikhaṇḍapaṭhanaśravaṇapha- lam- ślo०

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