Padma Purana · Chapter 1.1

śrīviṣṇave namaḥ
svacchaṃ caṃdrāvadātaṃ karikaramakarakṣobhasaṃjātaphenaṃ/
brahmodbhūtiprasaktairvrataniyamaparaiḥ sevitaṃ vipramukhyaiḥ/
kārālaṃkṛtena tribhuvanaguruṇā brahmaṇā dṛṣṭipūtaṃ/
saṃbhogābhogaramyaṃ jalamaśubhaharaṃ pauṣkaraṃ vaḥ punātu

sūtamekāṃtamāsīnaṃ vyāsaśiṣyaṃ mahāmatiḥ/
lomaharṣaṇanāmā vā ugraśravasamāha tat

ṛṣīṇāmāśramāṃstāta gatvā dharmānsamāsataḥ/
pṛcchatāṃ vistarādbrūhi yanmattaḥ śrutavānasi

vedavyāsānmayā putra purāṇānyakhilāni ca/
tavākhyātāni prāptāni munibhyo vada vistarāt

prayāge munivaryaiśca yathāpṛṣṭaḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ/
pṛṣṭena cānuśiṣṭāste munayo dharmakāṃkṣiṇaḥ

deśaṃ puṇyamabhīpsaṃto vibhunā ca hitaiṣiṇā/
sunābhaṃ divyarūpaṃ ca satyagaṃ śubhavikramaṃ

anaupamyamidaṃ cakraṃ vartamānamataṃdritāḥ/
pṛṣṭato yātaniyamātpadaṃ prāpsyatha yaddhitam

gacchato dharmacakrasya yatra nemirviśīryate/
puṇyaḥ sa deśo maṃtavya ityuvāca svayaṃ prabhuḥ

uktvā caivamṛṣīnsarvānadṛśyatvamagātpunaḥ/
gaṃgāvartasamāhāro nemiryatra vyaśīryata

ījire dīrghasatreṇa ṛṣayo naimiṣe tadā/
tatra gatvā tu tānbrūhi pṛcchato dharmasaṃśayān

ugraśravāstato gatvā jñānavinmunipuṃgavān/
abhigamyopasaṃgṛhya namaskṛtvā kṛtāṃjaliḥ

toṣayāmāsa medhāvī praṇipātena tānṛṣīn/
te cāpi satriṇaḥ prītāḥ sasadasyā mahātmane

tasmai sametya pūjāṃ ca yathāvatpratipedire/
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ/
kutastvamāgataḥ sūta kasmāddeśādihāgataḥ

kāraṇaṃ cāgame brūhi vṛṃdārakasamadyute/
sūta uvāca/
pitrāhaṃ tu samādiṣṭo vyāsaśiṣyeṇa dhīmatā

śuśrūṣasva munīngatvā yatte pṛcchaṃti tadvada/
vadaṃtu bhagavaṃto māṃ kathayāmi kathāṃ tu yāṃ

purāṇaṃ cetihāsaṃ vā dharmānatha pṛthagvidhān/
tāṃ giraṃ madhurāṃ tasya śuśruvurṛṣisattamāḥ

atha teṣāṃ purāṇasya śuśrūṣā samapadyata/
dṛṣṭvā tamativiśvastaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ laumaharṣaṇiṃ

tasminsatre kulapatissarvaśāstrāviśāradaḥ/
śaunako nāma medhāvī vijñānāraṇyake guruḥ

itthaṃ tadbhāvamālaṃbya dharmāñchuśrūṣurāha tam/
tvayā sūta mahābuddhe bhagavānbrahmavittamaḥ

itihāsapurāṇārthaṃ vyāsaḥ samyagupāsitaḥ/
dudohithamatiṃ tasya tvaṃ purāṇāśrayāṃ śubhāṃ

amīṣāṃ vipramukhyānāṃ purāṇaṃ prati samprati/
śuśrūṣā'ste mahābuddhe tachrāvayitumarhasi

sarve hīme mahātmāno nānāgotrāḥ samāgatāḥ/
svānsvānaṃśānpurāṇoktāñchṛṇvantu brahmavādinaḥ

saṃpūrṇe dīrghasatresmiṃstāṃstvaṃ śrāvaya vai munīn/
pādmaṃ purāṇaṃ sarveṣāṃ kathayasva mahāmate

kathaṃ padmaṃ samudbhūtaṃ brahma tatra kathaṃ nvabhūt/
prodbhūtena kathaṃ sṛṣṭiḥ kṛtā tāṃ tu tathā vada

evaṃ pṛṣṭastatastāṃstu pratyuvāca śubhāṃ giram/
sūkṣmaṃ ca nyāyasaṃyuktaṃ prābravīdraumaharṣaṇiḥ

prītosmyanugṛhītosmi bhavadbhiriha codanāt/
purāṇārthaṃ purāṇajñaiḥ sarvadharmaparāyaṇaiḥ

yathāśrutaṃ suvikhyātaṃ tatsarvaṃ kathayāmi vaḥ/
dharma eṣa tu sūtasya sadbhirdṛṣṭaḥ sanātanaḥ

devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca rājñāṃ cāmitatejasām/
vaṃśānāṃ dhāraṇaṃ kāryaṃ stutīnāṃ ca mahātmanām

itihāsapurāṇeṣu dṛṣṭā ye brahmavādinaḥ/
na hi vedeṣvadhīkāraḥ kaścitsūtasya dṛśyate

vainyasya hi pṛthoryajñe varttamāne mahātmanaḥ/
māgadhaścaiva sūtaśca tamastautāṃ nareśvaram

tuṣṭenātha tayorddatto varo rājñā mahātmanā/
sūtāya sūtaviṣayo magadho māgadhāya ca

tatra sūtyāṃ samutpannaḥ sūto nāmeha jāyate/
aindre satre pravṛtte tu grahayukte bṛhaspatau

tameveṃdraṃ bārhaspatye tatra sūto vyajāyata/
śiṣyahastena yatpṛktamabhibhūtaṃ gurorhaviḥ

adharottaradhāreṇa jajñe tadvarṇasaṃkaram/
yetra kṣatrātsamabhavanbrāhmaṇyāścaiva yonitaḥ

pūrveṇaiva tu sādharmyādvaidharmāste prakīrtitāḥ/
madhyamo hyeṣa sūtasya dharmaḥ kṣetropajīvinaḥ

purāṇeṣvadhikāro me vihito brāhmaṇairiha/
dṛṣṭvā dharmamahaṃ pṛṣṭo bhavadbhirbrahmavādibhiḥ

tasmātsamyagbhuvi brūyāṃ purāṇamṛṣipūjitam/
pitṝṇāṃ mānasī kanyā vāsavaṃ samapadyata

apadhyātā ca pitṛbhirmatsyagarbhe babhūva sā/
araṇīva hutāśasya nimittaṃ puṇyajanmanaḥ

tasyāṃ babhūva pūtātmā maharṣistu parāśarāt/
tasmai bhagavate kṛtvā namaḥ satyāya vedhase

puruṣāya purāṇāya brahmavākyānuvartine/
mānavacchadmarūpāya viṣṇave śaṃsitātmane

jātamātraṃ ca yaṃ veda upatasthe sasaṃgrahaḥ/
matimaṃthānamāvidhya yenāsau śrutisāgarāt

prakāśo janito loke mahābhārata caṃdramāḥ/
bhārataṃ bhānumānviṣṇuryadi na syuramī trayaḥ

tato'jñānatamoṃdhasya kāvasthā jagato bhavet/
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ vyāsaṃ viddhi nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum

ko hyanyaḥ puṃḍarīkākṣānmahābhāratakṛdbhavet/
tasmādahamupāśrauṣaṃ purāṇaṃ brahmavādinaḥ

sarvajñātsarvalokeṣu pūjitāddīptatejasaḥ/
purāṇaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ prathamaṃ brahmaṇā smṛtam

uttamaṃ sarvalokānāṃ sarvajñānopapādakam/
trivargasādhanaṃ puṇyaṃ śatakoṭipravistaram

niḥśeṣeṣu ca lokeṣu vājirūpeṇa keśavaḥ/
brahmaṇastu samādeśādvedānāhṛtavānasau

aṃgāni caturo vedānpurāṇanyāyavistaram/
asureṇākhilaṃ śāstramapahṛtyātmasātkṛtam

matsyarūpeṇājahāra kalpādāvudakārṇave/
aśeṣametadavadadudakāṃtargato vibhuḥ

śrutvā jagāda ca munīnprativedāṃścaturmukhaḥ/
pravṛttissarvaśāstrāṇāṃ purāṇasyābhavattadā५०

kālenāgrahaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā purāṇasya tadā vibhuḥ/
vyāsarūpastadā brahmā saṃgrahārthaṃ yuge yuge

caturlakṣapramāṇena dvāpare dvāpare jagau/
tadāṣṭādaśadhā kṛtvā bhūlokesminprakāśitaṃ

adyāpi devalokeṣu śatakoṭipravistaram/
tadevātra caturlakṣaṃ saṃkṣepeṇa niveśitam

pravakṣyāmi mahāpuṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ pādmasañjñitam/
sahasraṃ pañcapañcāśatpaṃcakhaṇḍaissamanvitam

tatrādau sṛṣṭikhaṇḍaṃ syādbhūmikhaṇḍaṃ tataḥ param/
svargakhaṇḍaṃ tataḥ paścāttataḥ pātālakhaṇḍakam

pañcamaṃ ca tataḥ khyātamuttaraṃ khaṇḍamuttamam/
etadeva mahāpadmamudbhūtaṃ yanmayaṃ jagat

tadvṛttāntāśrayaṃ yasmātpādmamityucyate tataḥ/
etatpurāṇamamalaṃ viṣṇumāhātmyanirmalam

devadevo hariryadvai brahmaṇe proktavānpurā/
brahmaṇābhihitaṃ pūrvaṃ yāvanmātraṃ marīcaye

etadeva ca vai brahmā pādmaṃ loke jagāda vai/
sarvabhūtāśrayaṃ tacca pādmamityucyate budhaiḥ

pādmaṃ tatpaṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrāṇīha paṭhyate/
paṃcabhiḥ parvabhiḥ proktaṃ saṃkṣepādvyāsakāritāt

pauṣkaraṃ prathamaṃ parva yatrotpannaḥ svayaṃ virāṭ/
dvitīyaṃ tīrthaparva syātsarvagrahagaṇāśrayam

tṛtīyaparvagrahaṇā rājāno bhūridakṣiṇāḥ/
vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva caturthe parikīrtitam

paṃcame mokṣatatvaṃ ca sarvatatvaṃ nigadyate/
pauṣkare navadhā sṛṣṭiḥ sarveṣāṃ brahmakāritā

devatānāṃ munīnāṃ ca pitṛsargastathāparaḥ/
dvitīye parvatāścaiva dvīpāḥ sapta sasāgarāḥ

tṛtīye rudrasargastu dakṣaśāpastathaiva ca/
caturthe saṃbhavo rājñāṃ sarvavaṃśānukīrttanam

antyepavargasaṃsthānaṃ mokṣaśāstrānukīrttanam/
sarvametatpurāṇe'smitkathayiṣyāmi vo dvijāḥ

idaṃ pavitraṃ yaśaso nidhānamidaṃ pitṝṇāmativallabhaṃ syāt idaṃ ca devasya sukhāya nityamidaṃ mahāpātakabhicca puṃsām

iti śrī padmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe purāṇāvatāre prathamo'dhyāyaḥ