Padma Purana · Chapter 1.2

sūta uvāca/
namasye sarvalokānāṃ viśvasya jagataḥ patim/
ya imaṃ kurute bhāvaṃ sṛṣṭirūpaṃ pradhānavit

lokakṛllokatatvajño yogamāsthāya yogavit/
asṛjatsarvabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

tamajaṃ viśvakarmāṇaṃ citpatiṃ lokasākṣiṇam/
purāṇākhyānajijñāsurvrajāmi śaraṇaṃ vibhum

brahmaviṣṇugirīśebhyo namaskṛtvā samāhitaḥ/
iṃdrāya lokapālebhyaḥ savitre ca samādhinā

munīnāṃ ca variṣṭhāya vasiṣṭhāya mahātmane/
tadvaktrebhātatapase jātūkarṇyāya cākṣuṣe

tasmai bhagavate natvā vedavyāsāya vedhase/
puruṣāya purāṇāya bhṛguvākyānuvartine

tasmādahamupāśrauṣaṃ purāṇaṃ brahmavādinaḥ/
sarvajñātsarvalokeṣu pūjitāddīptatejasaḥ

avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yattannityaṃ sadasadātmakam/
mahadādiviśeṣāṃtaṃ sṛjatīti viniścayaḥ

aṇḍe hiraṇmaye pūrvaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sūtiruttamā/
aṃḍasyāvaraṇaṃ cādbhirapāmapi ca tejasā

vāyunā tasya vāyoḥ khāttadbhūtādita āvṛtam/
bhūtādirmahatā cāpi avyaktenāvṛto mahān

prādurbhāvaśca lokānāmaṃḍa evopavarṇitaḥ/
nadīnāṃ parvatānāṃ ca prādurbhāvonuvarṇyate

manvaṃtarāṇāṃ saṃkṣepātkalpānāṃ copavarṇanam/
brahmavṛkṣalaya brahmaprajāsargopavarṇanam

kalpānāṃ saṃcaraścaiva jagataḥ sthāpanaṃ tathā/
śayanaṃ ca harerapsu pṛthivyuddharaṇaṃ punaḥ

daśadhā janmasaṃcāro bhṛguśāpena keśave/
sanniveśo yugādīnāṃ sarvāśramavibhājanam

svargasthānavibhāgaśca martyānāṃ svargacāriṇāṃ/
paśūnāṃ pakṣiṇāṃ caiva saṃbhavaḥ parikīrttitaḥ

tathā nirvacanaṃ kalpaṃ svādhyāyasya parigrahaḥ/
pratisargāḥ punaḥ proktā brahmaṇo buddhipūrvakāḥ

trayonye'buddhipūrvāste tathā lokānakalpayat/
brahmaṇo vadanebhyaśca bhṛgvādīnāṃ samudbhavaḥ

kalpayoraṃtaraṃ proktaṃ pratisaṃdhiśca sargayoḥ/
bhṛgvādīnāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca prajāsargopavarṇanam

vasiṣṭhasya ca brahmarṣerbrahmattvaṃ parikīrttitam/
svāyaṃbhuvasya ca manostataścāpyanukīrtanam

ukto nābhervisargaśca rajasaśca mahātmanaḥ/
dvīpānāṃ ca samudrāṇāṃ parvatānāṃ ca kīrtanam

dvīpabhedasamudrāṇāmantarbhāvaśca saptasu/
kīrtyante yojanāgreṇa ye ca tatra nivāsinaḥ

tadīyāni ca varṣāṇi nadībhiḥ parvataiḥ saha/
jaṃbūdvīpādayo dvīpāḥ samudraiḥ saptabhirvṛtāḥ

aṃḍasyāṃtastvimelokāḥ saptadvīpā ca medinī/
sūryācaṃdramasoścāro grahāṇāṃ jyotiṣāṃ tathā

kīrtyate dhruvasāmarthyātprajānāṃ ca śubhāśubham/
brahmaṇā nirmitaḥ sauraḥ syaṃdanorthavaśātsvayam

kalpito bhagavāṃstena prasarpati divākaraḥ/
sūryādīnāṃ syaṃdanānāṃ dhruvādeva pravarttanaṃ

kalpitaḥ śiṃśumāraśca yasya pucche dhruvaḥ sthitaḥ/
saṃbhavāṃte ca saṃhāraḥ saṃhārāṃte ca saṃbhavaḥ

devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca manoḥ pitṛgaṇasya ca/
na śakyaṃ vistarādvaktumityuktaṃ ca samāsataḥ

atītānāgatānāṃ vai samaṃ svāyaṃbhuvena tu/
manvaṃtareṣu devānāṃ prajeśānāṃ ca kīrtanam

naimittikaḥ prākṛtikastathaivātyaṃtikaḥ smṛtaḥ/
trividhaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kalpitaḥ pratisaṃcaraḥ

anāvṛṣṭirbhāskarācca ghoraḥ saṃvarttakānalaḥ/
meghāścaikārṇavā ye tu tathā rātrirmahātmanaḥ

saṃdhyālakṣaṇamuddiṣṭaṃ tathā brāhmaṃ viśeṣataḥ/
bhūtānāṃ cāpi lokānāṃ saptānāmanuvarṇanam

saṃkīrtyaṃ te mayā cātra pāpānāṃ rauravādayaḥ/
sarveṣāmeva satvānāṃ pariṇāmavinirṇayaḥ

brahmaṇaḥ pratisargaśca sarvasaṃhāravarṇanam/
kalpekalpe ca bhūtānāṃ mahatāmapi saṃkṣayaḥ

susaṃkhyāya ca buddhvā vai brahmaṇaścāpyanityatām/
daurātmyaṃ caiva bhogānāṃ saṃsārasya ca kaṣṭatām

durllabhatvaṃ ca mokṣasya vairāgyāddoṣadarśanam/
vyaktāvyaktaṃ parityajya satvaṃ brahmaṇi saṃsthitam

nānātva darśanātsusthastatastadabhivarttate/
tatastāpatrayātīto virūpākhyo niraṃjanaḥ

ānaṃdaṃ brahmaṇaḥ prāpto na bibheti kutaścana/
iti kṛtya samuddeśaḥ pramāṇasyopavarṇitaḥ

kīrtyaṃte jagato yatra sargapralayavikriyāḥ/
pravṛttiścāpi bhūtānāṃ nivṛttīnāṃ phalāni ca

prādurbhāvo vasiṣṭhasya śakterjanma tathaiva ca/
saudāsānnigrahastasya viśvāmitrakṛtena ca

parāśarasya cotpattiradṛśyantyāṃ yathā vibhoḥ/
jajñe pitṝṇāṃ kanyāyāṃ vyāsaścāpi yathā muniḥ

śukasya ca yathā janma putrasya saha dhīmataḥ/
parāśarasya vidveṣo viśvāmitrakṛto yathā

vasiṣṭhasaṃbhṛtaścāgnirviśvāmitrajighāṃsayā/
saṃdhānahetorvibhunā jīrṇaḥ kaṇvena dhīmatā

devena viprā viprāṇāṃ viśvāmitrahitaiṣiṇā/
ekaṃ vedaṃ catuḥpādaṃ caturdhā punarīśvaraḥ

yathā bibheda bhagavān vyāsaḥ sarveṣvanugrahāt/
tasya śiṣyapraśiṣyaiśca śākhābhedāḥ punaḥ kṛtāḥ

prayāge munivaryaiśca yathā pṛṣṭaḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ/
kṛṣṇena cānuśiṣṭāste munayo dharmakāṃkṣiṇaḥ

etatsarvaṃ yathātatvamākhyātaṃ dvijasattamāḥ/
munīnāṃ dharmanityānāṃ lokataṃtramanuttamam

brahmaṇā yatpurā proktaṃ pulastyāya mahātmane/
pulastyenātha bhīṣmāya gaṃgādvāre prabhāṣitam

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvvapāpapraṇāśanam/
kīrtanaṃ śravaṇaṃ cāsya dhāraṇaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

sūtenānukrameṇedaṃ purāṇaṃ saṃprakāśitam/
brāhmaṇeṣu purā yacca brahmaṇoktaṃ savistaram

pādamasya vidansamyagyodhīyīta jiteṃdriyaḥ/
tenādhītaṃ purāṇaṃ syātsarvaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ५०

yo vidyāccaturo vedānsāṃgopaniṣado dvijaḥ/
purāṇaṃ ca vijānāti yaḥ sa tasmādvicakṣaṇaḥ

itihāsapurāṇābhyāṃ vedaṃ samupabṛṃhayet/
bibhetyalpaśrutādvedo māmayaṃ pratariṣyati

adhītya caikamadhyāyaṃ svayaṃ proktaṃ svayaṃbhuvā/
āpadaḥ prāpya mucyeta yatheṣṭāṃ prāpnuyādgatim

purā paraṃparāṃ vakti purāṇaṃ tena vai smṛtam/
niruktimasya yo veda sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

ṛṣayohyabruvansūtaṃ kathaṃ bhīṣmeṇa saṅgataḥ/
brahmaṇo mānasaḥ putraḥ pulastyo bhagavānṛṣiḥ

durlabhaṃ darśanaṃ yasya naraiḥ pāpasamanvitaiḥ/
atyāścaryamidaṃ sūta kṣatriyeṇa kathaṃ muniḥ

ārādhito bṛhadbhūtastanno vada mahāmate/
kīdṛśaṃ vā tapastena ko vānyo niyamaḥ kṛtaḥ

yena tuṣṭo munirbrāhmastathā tena prabhāṣitaḥ/
parvaṃ vāpyatha parvārdhaṃ samagraṃ vā prabhāṣitam

yasminsthāne yathādṛṣṭaḥ pulastyo bhagavānṛṣiḥ/
tanno vada mahābhāga kalyāḥ sma śravaṇe vayam

sūta uvāca/
yatra gaṃgā mahābhāgā sādhūnāṃ hitakāriṇī/
vibhidya parvataṃ vegānniḥsṛtā lokapāvanī

gaṃgādvāre mahātīrthe bhīṣmaḥ pitṛparāyaṇaḥ/
śuśrūṣuḥ suciraṃ kālaṃ mahatāṃ niyame sthitaḥ

yāvadvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ parameṇa samādhinā/
dhyāyamānaḥ paraṃ brahma trikālaṃ snānamācarat

pitṝndevāṃstarpayataḥ svādhyāyena mahātmanaḥ/
ātmānaṃ karṣataścāsya tuṣṭo devaḥ pitāmahaḥ

uvāca tanayaṃ brahmā pulastyamṛṣisattamam/
sa tvaṃ devavrataṃ bhīṣmaṃ vīraṃ kurukulodbhavam

tapasaḥ saṃnivarttasva kāraṇaṃ cāsya kīrttaya/
pitṝnbhaktyā mahābhāgo dhyāyamānassamāsthitaḥ

yo hyasya manasaḥ kāmastaṃ saṃpādayamāciram/
pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā pulastyo munisattamaḥ

gaṃgādvāramathāgatya bhīṣmaṃ vacanamabravīt/
varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yatte manasi varttate

tuṣṭaste tapasā vīra sākṣāddevaḥ pitāmahaḥ/
brahmaṇā preṣitastehaṃ varāndāsyāmi kāṃkṣitān

bhīṣmopi tadvacaḥ śrutvā manaḥśrotrasukhāvaham/
unmīlya nayane dṛṣṭvā pulastyaṃ purataḥ sthitam

aṣṭāṃgapraṇipātena natvā taṃ munisattamam/
uvāca praṇato bhūtvā sarvāṃgāliṃgitāvaniḥ

adya me saphalaṃ janma dinaṃ cedaṃ suśobhanam/
bhavataścaraṇau dṛṣṭau jagadvaṃdyau mayā tviha

tapasaśca phalaṃ prāptaṃ yaddṛṣṭobhagavānmayā/
varaprado viśeṣeṇa saṃprāptaśca nadītaṭe

iyaṃ brasī mayā klaptā āsyatāṃ sukhadā kṛtā/
arghyapātre tu pālāśe dūrvākṣatasumaiḥ kuśaiḥ

sarṣapaiśca dadhikṣaudrairyavaiśca payasā saha/
aṣṭāṃgo hyeṣa nirddiṣṭo hyargho hi munibhiḥ purā

śrutvaitadvacanaṃ tasya bhīṣmasyāmitatejasaḥ/
upaviṣṭo brahmasutaḥ pulastyo bhagavānṛṣiḥ

viṣṭaraṃ sahapādyena arghapātraṃ mudānvitaḥ/
jujoṣa bhagavānprītaḥ sadācāreṇa tena tu

pulastya uvāca/
satyavāndānaśīlosi satyasaṃdhirnareśvaraḥ/
hrīmānmaitraḥ kṣamāśīlo vikrāṃtaḥ śatruśāsane

dharmajñastvaṃ kṛtajñastvaṃ dayāvānpriyabhāṣitā/
mānyamānayitā vijño brahmaṇyaḥ sādhuvatsalaḥ

tuṣṭastehaṃ sadā vatsa praṇipātaparasya vai/
prabrūhi tvaṃ mahābhāga kathanaṃ te vadāmyaham

bhīṣma uvāca/
bhagavanbhagavānbrahmā kasminkāle sthito vibhuḥ/
sṛṣṭiṃ cakāra vai pūrvaṃ devādīnāṃ vadasva me

sthitiṃ vā bhagavānviṣṇuḥ kathaṃ rudrastu nirmitaḥ/
kathaṃ vā ṛṣayo devāssṛṣṭāstena mahātmanā

kathaṃ pṛthvī kathaṃ vyoma kathaṃ ceme tu sāgarāḥ/
kathaṃ dvīpāḥ parvatāśca grāmāraṇyapurāṇi ca

munīnprajāpatīṃścaiva saptarṣīnpravarānapi/
varṇānvāyuṃ purāsthānaṃ gaṃdharvānyakṣarākṣasān

tīrthāni sarito vātha sūryādīngrahatārakān/
yathā sasarja bhagavāṃstathā me tvaṃ vadasva ha

pulastya uvāca/
paraḥ parāṇāṃ paramaḥ paramātmā pitāmahaḥ/
rūpavarṇādirahito viśeṣaṇa vivarjitaḥ

apakṣayavināśābhyāṃ pariṇāmarddhijanmabhiḥ/
guṇairvivarjitaḥ sarvaiḥ sa bhātīti hi kevalam

sarvatrāsau samaścāpi vasannanupamo mataḥ/
bhāvayanbrahmarūpeṇa vidvadbhiḥ paripaṭhyate

taṃ guhyaṃ paramaṃ nityamajamakṣayamavyayam/
tathā puruṣarūpeṇa kālarūpeṇa saṃsthitam

taṃ natvāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathā sṛṣṭiṃ cakāra ha/
pūrvaṃ tu padmaśayanādutthāya jagataḥprabhuḥ

guṇavyaṃjanasaṃbhūtaḥ sargakāle narādhipa/
sātviko rājasaścaiva tāmasaśca tridhā mahān

pradhānatatvena samaṃ tathā bījādibhirvṛtaḥ/
vaikārikastaijasaśca bhūtādiścaiva tāmasaḥ

trividhoyamahaṃkāro mahattattvādajāyata/
bhūteṃdriyāṇāṃ paṃcānāṃ tathā karmendriyaiḥ saha

pṛthivyāpastathātejo vāyurākāśameva ca/
ekaikaśaḥ svarūpeṇa kathayāmi yathottaram

śabdamātramathākāśaṃ bhūtādiḥ khaṃ samāvṛṇot/
athākāśaṃ vikurvāṇaṃ sparśamātraṃ sasarja ha

balavāneṣa vai vāyustasya sparśo guṇo mataḥ/
ākāśaṃ śabdamātraṃ tu sparśamātraṃ samāvṛṇot

tato vāyurvikurvāṇo rūpamātraṃ sasarja ha/
jyotīrūpantu tadvāyustadrūpaguṇamucyate

sparśarūpastu vai vāyū rūpamātraṃ samāvṛṇot/
jyotiścāpi vikurvāṇaṃ rasamātraṃ sasarja ha

saṃbhavaṃti tatoṃbhāṃsi rūpamātraṃ samāvṛṇot/
vikurvāṇāni cāṃbhāṃsi gaṃdhamātraṃ sasarjire

saṃghāto jāyate tasmāttasya gaṃdho mato guṇaḥ/
taijasānīndriyāṇyāhurdevā vaikārikā daśa

ekādaśammanaścātra devā vaikārikāḥ smṛtāḥ/
tvakcakṣurnāsikā jihvā śrotramatra ca paṃcamam१००

eteṣāṃ tu mataṃ kṛtyaṃ śabdādi grahaṇaṃ punaḥ/
vākpāṇipādapāyūni copasthaṃ tatra pañcamam

visargaśilpagatyuktirguṇā eṣāṃ viparyayāt/
ākāśa vāyu tejāṃsi salilaṃ pṛthivī tathā

śabdādibhirguṇairvīra yuktānītyuttarottaraiḥ/
śāṃtā ghorāśca mūḍhāśca viśeṣāstena te smṛtāḥ

nānāvīryāḥ pṛthagbhūtāstataste saṃhatiṃ vinā/
nāśaknuvanprajāḥ sraṣṭumasamāgamya kṛtsnaśaḥ

sametyānyonyasaṃyogātparasparasamāśrayāt/
ekasaṃghātalakṣāśca saṃprāpyaikyamaśeṣataḥ

puruṣādhiṣṭhitatvācca vyaktānugrahaṇe tathā/
mahadādayo viśeṣāṃtā hyaṃḍamutpādayaṃti vai

tatkrameṇa vivṛttaṃ tu jalabudbudavatsamam/
tatrāvyaktasvarūposau vyaktarūpī janārdanaḥ

brahmābrahmasvarūpeṇa svayameva vyavasthitaḥ/
merurulbamabhūttasya jarāyuśca mahīdharāḥ

garbhodakaṃ samudrāśca tasyāsaṃśca mahātmanaḥ/
tatra dvīpāssamudrāśca sajyotirlokasaṃgrahaḥ

tasminnaṃḍe'bhavanvīra sadevāsuramānuṣāḥ/
vāri vahnyanilākāśairvṛtairbhūtādinā bahiḥ

vṛtaṃ daśaguṇairaṃḍaṃ bhūtādirmahatā tathā/
avyaktenāvṛto rājaṃstaiḥ sarvaiḥ sahito mahān

ebhirāvaraṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ sarvabhūtaiśca saṃyutam/
nārikelaphalaṃ yadvadbījaṃ bāhyadalairiva

brahmā svayaṃ ca jagato visṛṣṭau saṃpravarttate/
sṛṣṭiṃ ca pātyanuyugaṃ yāvatkalpavikalpanā

sa saṃjñāṃ yāti bhagavāneka eva janārdanaḥ/
satvabhugguṇavāndevo hyaprameya parākramaḥ

tamodrekaṃ ca kalpāṃte rūpaṃ raudraṃ karoti ca/
rājeṃdrākhilabhūtāni bhakṣayatyatibhīṣaṇaḥ

bhakṣayitvā ca bhūtāni jagatyekārṇavīkṛte/
nāgaparyaṃkaśayane śete sarvasvarūpadhṛk

prabuddhaśca punaḥ sṛṣṭiṃ prakaroti ca rūpadhṛk/
sṛṣṭisthityaṃtakaraṇādbrahmaviṣṇuśivātmakaḥ

sraṣṭā sṛjati cātmānaṃ viṣṇuḥ pālyaṃ ca pāti ca/
upasaṃhriyate cāpi saṃharttā ca svayaṃ prabhuḥ

pṛthivyāpastathā tejo vāyurākāśameva ca/
sa eva sarvabhūteśo viśvarūpo yatovyayaḥ

sargādikaṃ tatosyaiva bhūtasthamupakārakam/
sa eva sṛjyaḥ sa ca sargakarttā sa eva pālyaṃ pratipālyate yataḥ/
brahmādyavasthābhiraśeṣamūrttirbrahmā variṣṭho varado vareṇyaḥ

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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe purāṇāvatāre dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ