Padma Purana · Verses 2-2

१--ṛṣīṇāṃ sūtaṃprati prahlādacaritrajijñāsayā praśnaḥ, sūtena sarvānṛṣīnprati brahmavyā- sasaṃvādavarṇanam, brahmavyāsamaṃvāde śivaśarmabrāhmaṇākhyānavarṇanam, śivaśarmaṇā pu traparīkṣaṇavarṇanam, tatra māyayā patnīmaraṇe ekaputradvārā tasyāḥ khaṇḍakaraṇam dvitī- yaputradvārā māyākalpitānyastryānayanam ślo०

२--tṛtīyaputradvārā mṛtaputrasaṃjīvanam, caturthaputrāya svargalokādamṛtānayanāyājñā- karaṇam ślo०

३-- iṃdralokaṃ prati gacchataḥ śivaśarmaputrasya viṣṇuśarmaṇo madhyemārgarmidrapreraṇayā menikākṛtavighnajñānama, menikānirāśīkaraṇam, iṃdrakṛtānekavighnabhasmīkaraṇapūrvaka- miṃdraṃ prati śāpadānāyodyamaḥ, śāpabhayabhīteneṃdreṇa viṣṇuśarmaṇe'mṛtakuṃbhadānam kuṃbha- mādāya viṣṇuśarmaṇaḥ pitarapratyāgamanam, śivaśarmaṇā māyāgopitapatnyā ujjīva- namiṣeṇa prakaṭīkaraṇam, mātāpitṛsaṃtoṣātsutānāṃ teṣāṃ caturṇāmapi dāhavarjita golokaprāptivarṇanam ślo०

४--śivaśarmadvijena kaniṣṭhaputrasya somaśarmaṇaḥ satvaparīkṣaṇam tatra somaśarmaṇaḥ sa- mīpe kuṃbhaṃ datvā tīrthayātrāmiṣeṇa bahirgapvā daśavarṣaparyataṃ patnyā saha tapaścaritvā māyayā ''tmanaḥ patnyāśca śarīraṃ kuṣṭharogagrastaṃ vidhāya putrasamīpaṃ pratyāgamanama, somaśarmaṇā gṛhāgatamātāpitṛśarīraśuśrūṣaṇena nānāvidhakleśasahanam, pitrā'mṛtakuṇḍasthāmṛtamapahṛtya putraṃ prati pūrvaṃ svadattāmṛtakuṃḍayācanam, putreṇa riktakuṃbhaṃ dṛṣṭvā svatapobalena tasminnamṛtamāpūrya pituḥsamīpaṃ pratyānayanam ślo०

५--śivaśarmakṛtā putrapraśaṃsā, śivaśarmaṇaḥ sabhāryasya vipṇulokāvāptiḥ, somaśarma- ṇaḥ śāligrāmakṣetre tapastapato daityabhayena maraṇottaraṃ prahlādadaityatvaprāptivarṇanam, pra- hrādasya vāsudevena saha yuddhe maraṇam, prahlādahanane kamalānāma tanmātṛrodanam, nāradena kamalāyāḥ sāṃtvanam, prahlādasyeṃdratvaprāpti prabhṛti caritasya saṃkṣepato varṇanam, de- vādiprārthanayā vāsudevena devānprati iṃdro bhaviṣyatīti kathanam kaśyapādadityāmiṃ- drotpattiḥ, iṃdrābhiṣekaḥ. ślo०

६-iṃdrasya svārājyaśriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā danuduḥkham, dityāvilāpakaraṇaṃ ca, kaśyapena diti sāṃtvanam. ślo०

७--kaśyapena dityai paṃcamahābhūteṃdriyaiḥ sahātmanomaitryā jñānavivekatiraskārapūrvakaṃ taiḥ saha garbhāgāraṃ prati praveśavarṇanam. ślo०

८--dehaduḥkhānubhavodvignasyātmano vairāgyeṇa saha samāgamaḥ, vairāgyasyātmanā saha saṃ- vādaḥ, vītarāgopadeśenātmanovivekaprasaṃgaḥ, vivekadvārā jñānasamāgamaḥ, jñānenā- tmānaṃ prati svasya prāktanasvarūpavarṇanam, dhyānādisamāśraye jñānenātmana upadeśa karaṇam ślo०

९--dhyānāśrayeṇātmano dehabaṃdhavinirmuktipuraḥsaraṃ svarūpāvagativarṇanam, kaśya- penetthamātmopadeśena dityāḥ sāṃtvanam ślo०

१ ०--hiraṇyakaśipvādidaityānāṃ pitaraṃ kaśyapaṃ pratyāgatya svakaṣṭavinivedanam, kaśya pena tānprati devānāṃ jayakāraṇavarṇanam, daityānprati kaśyapena tapasyākaraṇāyā- jñākaraṇam, baliprabhṛtidaityānāṃ parasparaṃ maṃtraṃ kṛtvā tapaḥkaraṇam. ślo०

१ १--suvratacaritravarṇanam tatra revātīravarti vāmanakṣetravāsi somaśarmabrāhmaṇāya tasya patnyā sumanā nāmnyā sāṃsārikaduḥkhapradarśanopadeśakaraṇapuraḥsaraṃ ṛṇasaṃbaṃdhyādi- caturvidhaputrāṇāṃ lakṣaṇavarṇane prathamaṃ nyāsāpahārakaputralakṣaṇakathanam. ślo०

१२--ṛṇasaṃbaṃdhiputralakṣaṇavarṇanam, ripuputralakṣaṇam, lābhapradaputralakṣaṇam, udāsī naputralakṣaṇam, sumanayetthaṃputralakṣaṇakathanottaraṃ patisāṃtvanam, patyuḥ somaśarmaṇaḥ putraprāptaye'tyutkaṭecchāṃ dṛṣṭvā sumanayā patye putrapraśaṃsāpūrvakaṃ dharmākhyānakathane durvā- saākhyāyikāvarṇanam, durvāsasā dharmasya rājatva dāsīputratva cāṇḍālatvarūpa śāpadā nam, durvāsasaḥ śāpena dharmasya trividhāvatāravarṇanam ślo०

१३--brahmacarya tapaḥ satya dāna niyama kṣamā śaucāhiṃsā śāṃtyasteya dama śuśrūṣāṇāṃ lakṣa- ṇāni ślo०

१४--somaśarmapraśrottaraṃ sumanayā svavṛttāṃtanirūpaṇam, dharmamṛtyulakṣaṇavarṇanam ślo०

१५-pāpimaraṇalakṣaṇavarṇanam ślo०

१६-pāpināṃmaraṇottaraṃ nānāvidhakleśayonivarṇanam ślo०

१७--sumanopadeśena somaśarmaṇaḥ putraprātyupāyajijñāsayā vasiṣṭhaṃ prati gamanam, va- siṣṭhasomaśarmasaṃvāde vasiṣṭhena somaśarmaṇaḥ pūrvajanmavṛttāṃtavarṇanam ślo०

१८--somaśarmaṇo brāhmaṇatvakāraṇavarṇanam, vasiṣṭhopadeśātsomaśarmaṇā gṛhaṃ pratyāgatya bhāryāyai nijamanorathakathanam, bhāryayā tatpraśaṃsanam ślo०

१९-sumanayā saha somaśarmaṇo revākapilāsaṃgamatīrthe tapaḥkaraṇam, tapovighnebhītena somaśarmaṇā nṛharismaraṇam,bhagavataāvirbhāvaḥ,somaśarmakṛtaviṣṇustotram ślo०

२०--hariṇā somaśarmaṇe vaṃśatārakaputravarapradānam, amarakaṃṭake āśramaṃ vidhāya bahu- kālaparyaṃtamubhayornivāsaḥ, kadācinmunau snānaṃ vidhāyāśramābhimukhe sati śakreṇa tadāśramāṃgaṇaṃ samāgatya sumanāyāḥ samarhaṇavarṇanam, āśramāgatamuniṃ prati sumanayā sarvadevadevīgaṇakṛtasvasamarhaṇacaritravarṇanam, anaṃtaraṃ kiyatākālena sumanāyāṃ soma- śarmaṇaḥ sakāśātsuvratanāmaputrotpattiḥ, ubhayorapi somaśarmasumanayoḥ putrapautradha- nasamṛddhisaukhyavarṇanam ślo०

२१-suvratākhyānakathanam, tatra bālyādārabhya suvratasya krīḍādiṣvapi kṛṣṇāvadhānam, suvratasya narmadādakṣiṇataṭavarti siddheśvaramahādevasamāśrayapuraḥsaraṃ tapaḥkaraṇam. ślo०

२२--suvratasya pūrvajanmacaritravarṇanam, tatraprāgjanmani tasya suvratasya rukmāgaṃda- rājasya saṃdhyāvalībhāryāyāṃ dharmāṃgadanāmnā prasiddhiḥ, dvitīyajanmani somaśa- maiṇaḥ sumanāyāṃ suvratanāmnā prasiddhiḥ tasya ca tapastuṣṭena viṣṇunā varapradānam suvratena viṣṇustotrakaraṇam, suvratasyeṃdrapadaprāptiḥ, vyāsena dharmāṃgadādiviṣaye samayasaṃśayāpa- nuttyarthaṃ praśne kṛte brahmaṇā punaḥ sṛṣṭikramānukathanena tatsaṃśayanirākaraṇam ślo०

२३--sṛṣṭisaṃhārakāraṇavarṇanam, tatra hiraṇyakaśipornṛsiṃharūpeṇa vadhaḥ, vārāharūpeṇa hiraṇyākṣavadhaḥ, putravadhasaṃtaptāyā dityāḥ patisamīpe khedadarśanapuraḥsaraṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃ- pannaputrayāñcā, kaśyapavareṇa dityāgarbhadhāraṇānaṃtaraṃ balanāmakaputraprasavaḥ, balasya sa- rvasāmarthyasaṃpannatvaṃ vīkṣya śakreṇa sāgaropakaṇṭhe saṃdhyāsanopagatasya tasya vajreṇa hananama, ślo०

२४-iṃdrātputravadhaṃ śrutvā duḥkhitayā dityā kaśyapāya putravadhe nivedite kaśyapena śakraṃ pra- ti krodhādagnikuṇḍe jaṭāprakṣepādvṛtrāsurotpādanam, vṛtrāsuramasahyaṃ matvā śakreṇa maharṣidvārā vṛtrāsuraṃ prati saṃdhikaraṇapuraḥsaramardhāsanasamarpaṇottaraṃ raṃbhayāsamunmādanam
२५--raṃbhāsaktasya vṛtrasya raṃbhā''graheṇa madhupānam, madhupānapramattasya vṛtrasya śakreṇa va- jreṇa hananam ślo०

२६-śakreṇa vṛtravadhādduḥkhitayādityā kaśyapaprārthanayā śakravadhārthaṃ garbhaṃ dhṛtvā meruparvate kaśyapena saha tapasyākaraṇārthagamanam, tatreṃdreṇa veṣāṃtaraṃ vidhāya tattapaśchidrānveṣaṇārthaṃ ta- syāḥ śuśrūṣākaraṇam pādāśaucarūpatattapaśchidraṃ samīkṣyeṃdreṇa tadudare praviśya vajreṇa tadgarbhasyekonapaṃcāśatkhaṃḍakaraṇam, teṣāṃ marunnāmakaraṇakāraṇavarṇanam. ślo०

२७-pṛthunā sarvavargeṣu rājyāsane rājavargasthāpanam ślo०

२८-pṛthucaritravarṇanam, tatra venasyauddhatyavarṇanam, ṛṣibhirvenasya savyorumaṃthanam tasmānniṣādotpattiḥ, venasya dakṣiṇapāṇimaṃthanātpṛthūtpattiḥ,sarvairmilitvā pṛtho rājyābhiṣekakaraṇam paitāmahe yajñe sūtamāgadhayoḥ pṛthustavanāyānujñāyāṃ pṛthucaritrasaṃbaṃdhaṃ viditvā tatkṛtaṃ pṛthustavanam, pṛthunā vividhopāyaiḥ pṛthivīdamane pṛthivyāḥ pṛthuprārthanam ślo०

२९--dharaṇīprārthanayā pṛthunā pṛthivyāḥ samīkaraṇapurarāṣṭrādipratiṣṭhāpanapuraḥsaraṃ vividhavatsadogdhṛdugdhakalpanayādohanam ślo०

३०--venasya pāpāṃśanirgamanānantaraṃ śuddhiviṣaye saṃśayānānāṃ maharṣīṇā praśnottaram, sūtena venasya caritravarṇanam, tatra satsaṃgamāhātmyavarṇane lubdhakaśapharaghnoritihā- savarṇanam mātāmahadoṣeṇa venasya pāpabuddhitvavarṇanam, tatra sunīthāyā venamātuḥ suśaṃkhanāmakagaṃdharvatanayāpacāreṇa pāpācāramayaputraprāptirūpaśāpaprāptiḥ, atriputra- syāṃgasyeṃdrasaṃpattiṃ dṛṣṭvā tatsadṛśaputraprāptiviṣayakābhilāṣavarṇanam ślo०

३१ -aṃgasyātryupadeśeneṃdrasadṛśaputrāvāptaye tapasyākaraṇāya meruparvataṃ prati gama- nam ślo०

३२ -meruparvate gaṃgātīreṃ'gasya tapaḥkaraṇātprādurbhūtavāsudevasyāṃgena stotrakaraṇam, tatstutisaṃtuṣṭena bhagavatāṃgāya śakrasamaputraprāptirūpavarapradānam ślo०

३३--sunīthācaritram suśaṃkhagaṃdharvatāḍanāllabdhakuputraśāpayā sunīthayā pitṛkṛta- pratibodhena khinnayā nirjanavanaṃ prati gamanam, tatra tatsakhībhirāgatya ciṃtāparityāga- viṣaye tasyā upadeśakaraṇam ślo०

३४—sunīthayā sakhībhyo nijaduṣkarmanirūpaṇānaṃtaraṃ sakhībhirbrahmeṃdraharādityakṛṣṇa- caṃdrayudhiṣṭhirāṇāṃ doṣitvavarṇanapuraḥsaraṃ sunīthāyāḥ praśaṃsākaraṇapūrvakaṃ mohanīvidyopadeśakaraṇam, sakhībhiḥ saha bhrāmyantyā sunīthayā naṃdanavane tapasyato'triputra syāṃgasyadarśanam ślo०

३५-raṃbhāmukhādaṃgavṛttaṃ śrutvā tadāptaye sunīthāyā niścayaḥ ślo०

३६-raṃbhāsahāyena meruparvate sunīthayā gāyanaprabhāvādaṃgavaśīkaraṇam, aṃgasunītha yorgāṃdharveṇa vidhinā vivāhaḥ, sunīthāyāmaṃgādvenākhyaputrotpattiḥ, sunīthayā tasya bhāviduṣkarma viciṃtya muhurmuhustasmai dharmopadeśakaraṇam ślo०

३७-dharmeṇa prajāṃ pālayato venasya pāpodayasamaye chadmaliṃgadhāriṇā pāpapuruṣeṇa saha saṃvāde dharmaśraddhāvidhvaṃsaḥ. ślo०

३८-pāpapuruṣopadeśena nāstikyabuddhiprādurbhāvādvenasya vaidikadharmakarmaparityāgapuraḥ- saramunmārgavartane mātāpitrādivaṃdyajanatiraskaraṇama, ṛṣibhirdharmopadeśena venabo- dhakaraṇam, ṛṣīṇāṃ venena nirādarakaraṇam kupitamaharṣibhayādvenasya valmīke nilaya- nam ṛṣibhirvenaṃ balādānīya tasmānniṣādapṛthūtpādanavarṇanam ślo०

३९-revātīre tṛṇabidorāśrame venasya tapasyākaraṇam tattapasyāsaṃtuṣṭavāsudevenāvi- rbhūya venāya svarūpakathanama, dānamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ ca, dānopayogikāladeśavarṇanam ślo०

४०-nityanaimittikadānaphalavarṇanam ślo० ४६ // /
४१--bhāryātīrthavarṇanaprastāve vārāṇasīstha kṛkalavaiśyapatnyāḥ sukalānāmnyāḥ pāti- vratyacaritravarṇanam, tatra patyau tīrthayātrāṃ prayāte sati sukalayā dṛḍhatarapāti vratyapālanam, sakhībhiḥ sukalāyāḥ śarīraśoṣaṇānnivartanaviṣaye vijñaptikaraṇe'pi sukalayā tābhyaḥ pativratādharmakathanapūrvaketihāsakathanam ślo०

४२--pātivratyaviṣaye sudevāyāścaritravarṇanam, tatra sudevayāpatnyā sahekṣvākubhū- pasya mṛgayārthamaraṇyagamane tatra varāhayūthapateḥ saparivārajanena nṛpeṇa saha yoddhuṃ raṇabhūmiṃ pratyāgatya yuddhakaraṇārthaṃ parasparamaṃtrakaraṇam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

४३--ikṣvākubhūpasyasainikaiḥ saha meruparvate gaṃgātīre mahāyuddhe lubdhakasainikānāṃ / varāhāṇāṃ ca mahāyuddhe lubdhakānāṃ bahūnāṃ varāhāṇāṃ ca nāśaḥ/ .ślokāṃkāḥ

४४--ikṣvākuṇā varāhayūthapatihananam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

४५-svapatiṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā tatpatnyā śūkaryā lubdhakaiḥ saha mahāyuddhakaraṇe jhārjhareṇa tasyā aṃge śaravedhakaraṇam, tayā śūkaryā mahāvegena jñārjharavadhakaraṇam, jhārjha- rakṛtakhaṅgaghātena śūkaryā mahyāṃpatanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

४६-bhūmau patitāyāḥ śvasaṃtyāḥ śūkaryāḥ sudevayā śītalajalena mukhasecanam, ' tatsiktajalasaṃparkātsūkaryā mānuṣīvāṇyā sudevāpraśaṃsanam, ikṣvākumatamādāya sudevayā pṛṣṭe sati śūkaryā svabhartuḥ śūkarasyātmanaśca pūrvajanmacaritravarṇanam, tatrādau bhartuścaritravarṇane tasyapūrvajanmani gaṃdharvasya gītapaṃḍitasya pulastyamuni- trāsanādṛṣiśāpena śūkarajanmaprāptivarṇanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

४७--śūkaryā ātmanaḥ pūrvajanmacaritravarṇane kaliṃgadeśīyaśrīpuranagaravāstavyavasu- / dattabrāhmaṇatanayāyāḥ sudevānāmnyādurācāradūṣitāyāḥ pativaṃcanādivarṇanam, / tatpatinā śivaśarmaṇā tasyāḥ parityāgaḥ, sudevāmātrā tatpitaraṃ vasudattaṃ prati apatya- / śikṣaṇaprakāravarṇanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

४८- vasudattabhāryayā bhartāraṃ prati nirargalakanyādoṣavarṇanaprasaṃgena vaidarbhadeśīyo-grasenarājatanayāyā māthurograsenarājabhāryāyāḥ padmāvatīnāmnyāḥ patiṃ vinā pitṛ- gṛhamāgatāyā ucchṛṃkhalatayopavanabhūmiṣu vikrīḍanavarṇanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

४९--kadācidvanakrīḍāhṛtacetasastasyāḥ kasyacitsarasastīre gobhilena daityena darśanam, tatkāmaparitaptena gobhilena māyayā tatpatirūpaṃ vidhāya tasyā dharṣaṇavarṇanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

५०--daityaṃ prati śaptukāmāṃ tāṃ prati gobhilena daityena pativratānāṃ puṃścalīnāṃ ca karma- varṇanapuraḥsaraṃ tasyāḥ padmāvatyāḥ puṃścalītvanirṇayakaraṇam, udare garbhasthāpanakathanaṃ ca/ ślokāṃkāḥ

५१--pitrādibhirjñātadoṣāyāḥ padmāvatyāḥ patigṛhaṃ prati preṣaṇam, tadgarbhātkaṃsotpattiḥ, evaṃ vasudattena patnīmukhātkanyādoṣaṃ śrutvā sudevāyāḥ kanyāyāḥ parityāgaḥ, sudevāyāḥ paryaṭaṃtyā adṛṣṭavaśātpatigṛhaṃprati gamanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

५२- tatra patigṛhe maṃgalānāmnyāḥ svasapatnyāḥ pātivratyadarśanena vrīḍitāyāḥ sudevā- yā rātrau paścāttāpena maraṇam, yamaloke'nekaduḥkhaprāptipūrvakaṃ śūkarījanmaprāpti varṇanam- śūkaryā sudevānāmnyā ikṣvākurājabhāryāyāḥ samīpe svoddhārāyaikadina- pātivratyapuṇyayācanāyāmikṣvākupreraṇayā sudevayā tasyā ekadinapātivratyapu- ṇyadānācchūkarīyonita uddharaṇam, sudevānāmnyā brāhmaṇakanyāyāḥ svargārohaṇam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

५३- sukalāyāḥ pātivratyabhaṃgārthaṃ samudyuktasyeṃdrasya śramavaiphalyam, tatra tanmoha- nāyeṃdreṇa kaṃdarpāyājñākaraṇam, iṃdrasya puruṣarūpaṃ dhṛtvā kaṃdarparatiprabhṛtimohanavarga- mādāya sukalāsamīpaṃ pratyāgatya tanmohanāya vividhopāyavidhānam, iṃdrapreṣitayā dūtyā sukalāṃ prati pātivratyabhaṃgārthaṃ cāturyeṇopedeśekṛte'pi tasyāḥ puruṣāṃtare'prīti- darśakaśarīravikāravarṇanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

५४-iṃdrasya svayaṃ saha ratikaṃdarpābhyāṃ sukalāsamīpaṃ pratigamane sukalayā taṃ dṛṣṭvā svagṛhamadhye praveśakaraṇam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

५५- sukalāsādhane śakramadanayoḥ sādhyāsādhyatvaviṣaye vivādānaṃtaraṃ madanena sukalāṃ prati krīḍādtīpreṣaṇam, madanasya svayaṃśakreṇa saha gamanaṃ ca/ ślokāṃkāḥ

५६-- tanmadaneṃdracaritraṃ dṛṣṭvā satyadharmādīnāṃ parasparaṃ saṃvādaḥ, dharmeṇa satyasaṃrakṣa- ṇārthamupāyaciṃtayā bhartrāgamanasūcakaśakunakaraṇāya prajñāyāḥ preṣaṇam, prajñayā śakunaśabdakaraṇottaraṃ śakunārthajijñāsayā sukalayā brāhmaṇasamīpaṃ gatvā brāhmaṇamu- khāttannirṇayanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

५७- krīḍayā madanadūtyā sukalāṃ pratyāgatya tāṃ vākyairmohayitvā tayā sahopavanaṃ prati gamanam, madanasyeṃdradehe praveśaḥ, ślokāṃkāḥ

५८- iṃdrasukalayoḥ saṃvāde sukalayeṃdrasya nirāśīkaraṇam, iṃdrādīnāṃ svasvasthānaṃ prati gamanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

५९ tīrthayātrāṃ kṛtvā gṛhaṃ prati prayātukāmasya kṛkalasya madhyemārgaṃ dharmeṇa pitṛbaṃ- dhanadarśanam, dharmakṛkalasaṃvāde dharmeṇa pativratāmāhātmyakathanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

६०- kṛkalavaiśyena dharmopadeśādgṛhamāgatya patnīhastenānnaṃ vipācya śrāddhakaraṇe tatpi- tṛmuktivarṇanam, sukalācaritramāhātmyam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

६१- pitṛtīrthavarṇanam, tatra pitṛbhaktasya kuṃḍalabrāhmaṇaputrasya sukarmaṇaḥ kathānakavarṇanam, pippalabrāhmaṇasya tapasyayā viśvavaśyatvaprāptyā mahāgarvaḥ, sārasavacanātpippalasya sukarmāṇaṃ pratyāgamanam ślokāṃkāḥ

६२-- sukarmapippalasaṃvādaḥ, sukarmaṇeṃdrādidevānayanam, arvācīnaparācīnagatijñāna- varṇanam, sukarmaṇā svakarmavarṇanam, pitṛbhaktimāhātmyavarṇanam ślokāṃkāḥ

६३- mātapitṛtīrthamāhātmyam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

६४- mātāpitṛtīrthamāhātmyavarṇane nahuṣasya yayāteśca caritravarṇanam, iṃdreṇa sva- padabhraṃśaśaṃkayā yayātinṛpaṃ prati svargamānetuṃ mātalidūtapreṣaṇam, mātaliyayāti- saṃvādaḥ, śarīrotpattivināśādivarṇanam ślokāṃkāḥ

६५-śarīradoṣavarṇanam ślokāṃkāḥ

६६- prathamataḥ śarīrotpattipūrvakaśarīravarṇanam, garbhāvasthāyāṃ jīvaceṣṭitam, śarīrasyāśucitvama, vividhasukhaduḥkhādivivekaḥ/ ślokāṃkāḥ

६७- martyaloke manuṣyakṛtānāṃ sukṛtaduṣkṛtakarmaṇāṃ vipākaḥ/ .ślokāṃkāḥ

६८--sukṛtakarmaphalakathanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

६९- vividhaśivadharmakathanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

७०-- mahādāruṇayamalokapīḍāvarṇanam/ ślokāṃkāḥ

७१-- devalokasaṃsthānavarṇanam/ ślo०

७२- yayātinā svaśarīrapraśaṃsāpūrvakaṃ svargāgamanāsvīkaraṇam, mātaleriṃdraṃ prati gamanam/
७३- mātalau svarga gate sati yayātinā svarājye viṣṇusevājñoddhoṣaṇam/ ślo०

७४-- nṛpājñāśravaṇottaraṃ sarvaiḥ prajājanairbhāgavatadharmasvīkaraṇam/ ślo०

७५- vaiṣṇavadharmācaraṇena yayāteḥ sadā tāruṇyaṃ tatprajānāṃ ca mṛtyurāhityavarṇanam/ ślo०

७६- amṛtyubhūtalaṃ dṛṣṭvā yamadharmasya svargaṃ prati gamanottaramiṃdrāya yayātikarmanive- danapuraḥsaraṃ yayāteḥ svargānayanāya prārthanam, iṃdrājñayā kāmadevasya gaṃdharvādabhiḥ saha nāṭakakaraṇārthaṃ yayātiṃ prati gamanottaraṃ tasya sabhāsthale saṃgītakārambhaṇam/ ślo०

७७-- nṛtyagītaparavaśatayā'śaucaleśamātreṇa yayāteḥ śarīre jarāpraveśaḥ, jarāmajā- nato yayātermṛgayārthaṃ kasyacitsarasastīraṃ prati gamanam, tatrātimadhuragānaśravaṇā- kṛṣṭamanaso yayāterviśālānāmasakhīmukhādaśrubiṃdumatyā vṛttāṃtaśravaṇam, ātmano bhāvaṃ darśayitāraṃ yayātiṃ prati viśālayā jarāgṛhītatvakathanam, jarāparityāgaṃ kṛtvā'syā manorathaṃ pūrayiṣyāmīti pratijñāya yayāteḥ svapuraṃ pratyāgatya putrānpratyājñākaraṇam/ ślo०

७८-piturājñāṃ śrutvā tribhiḥ putraistadājñāpratyākhyāne yayātinā tānprati śāpadā nam, caturthaputrātpūroḥ sakāśāttāruṇyaṃ gṛhītvā jarāṃ tasmai dattvā yayāteraśrubiṃdumatīṃ prati gamanam/ ślo०

७९- śarmiṣṭhādevayānīsapatnībhyāṃ kleśo na bhaviṣyati sarvathā tvanmanorathānpūrayi ṣyāmīti pratijñāṃ kṛtvā'śrubiṃdumatyā gāṃdharvavivāhena varaṇam, aśrubiṃdrumatyā dohadapūraṇakāmanayā yayātinā pūrudvārā saṃbhārānānīyāśvamedhayajñakaraṇam, aśru- biṃdumatyā yayātisamīpesvargaprati jigamiṣayā prārthanākaraṇam/ ślo.

८०-- śarmiṣṭhādevayānyorvartanavarṇanam, sarvalokānāṃ sarvasukhāvāptivarṇanam/ ślo०

८१- iṃdrājñayā menikāpsaraso'śrubiṃdumatīṃ pratyāgamanama, menikābodhitayā'śrubiṃdumatyā yayātiṃ prati svargagamanāyāgrahakaraṇam, yayātirājño'ntarmanasi ciṃtākaraṇam/ ślo०

८२- aśrubiṃdumatyāḥ svargagamanāyātyāgrahaṃ dṛṣṭvā yayātinā pūruputrāya nītyupadeśaṃ kṛtvā rājyaṃ samarpya tasmai tāruṇyaṃ dattvā jarāgrahaṇam/ ślo०

८३- rājño yayāteḥ sarvaprajāśvāsanapuraḥsaraṃ bahubhiḥ prajājanaiḥ saha tayāśrubiṃdumatyā ca sahaiṃdrādilokān gatvā paścādvaiṣṇavalokaṃ prati gamanam, sahanītaprajājanaiḥ saha yayāterviṣṇvājñayā viṣṇulokāvasthānam. ślo०

८४- evaṃ pitṛsevāṃ kṛtvā pūrorājyaprāptirūpaphalāvāptiḥ, sukarmaṇā niveditaṃ pitṛ- tīrthamāhātmyaṃ śrutvā pippalasya vilajjyagamanam ślo०

८५-- gurutīrthamāhātmyavarṇane cyavanacaritram cyavanasya dvijasya tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena paryaṭya narmadādakṣiṇakūla oṃkāreśvaraṃ samāgatya vaṭacchāyāyāṃ sthitiḥ, tatra kuṃjala- nāmaśukasya caturbhiḥ putraiḥ saha saṃvādaḥ, tatra jyeṣṭhaputramujjvalaṃ prati pitrā vārtāśravaṇā ya praśne kṛte sati tena plakṣadvīpastha divodāsarājaputryā divyādevyā vivāhasamaye ekaviṃ- śatyadhikaśatabhartṛmaraṇadoṣanirūpaṇam/ ślo०

८६- kuṃjalena tasyā divyādevyāḥ pūrvajanmācaritaduṣkarmakathanam, rājaputrītvaprāpaka- siddhasevanasukarmavarṇanaṃ ca, divyādevīvarajīvanāya tadduritabhaṃgāya ca bhagavaddhyānava- rṇanam/ ślo०

८७- aśūnyaśayanavratakathanam, kṛṣṇaśatanāmākhyastotravarṇanam/ ślo०

८८- pitrājñayojjvalaputreṇa plakṣadvīpaṃ gatvā divyādevīṃ prati pitruddiṣṭavratastotrādikathanam, taduktarītyā divyādevyā vratācaraṇena stotrajapena ca pāpanirasanapuraḥsaraṃ bhagavatprasādāddivyalokāvāptivarṇanam/ ślo०

८९-- dvitīyaputraṃ samujjvalākhyaṃ prati vārtāśravaṇāya kuṃjalena praśne kṛte sati samu- jjvalena narmadātīre vyādhoddhārapūrvakakṛṣṇahaṃsakathāvarṇanam/ ślo०

९०- kuṃjalena kṛṣṇahaṃsakathānakāvasare tīrthacaritravarṇanam, tatreṃdreṇa sarvatīrthāni sa- māhūya prayāgādīnāṃ caturṇāṃ mahātīrthānāṃ praśaṃsākaraṇam/ ślo०

९१- brahmahatyā'gamyāgamanadoṣadūṣitasya śakrasya mālavadeśe suraiḥ snāpanaṃ kṛtvā vārā- ṇasyāditīrtheṣu snāpanena śuddhyanaṃtaraṃ śakreṇa mālavadeśāya caturbhyastīrthebhyaśca varapra- dānam, vidrurakṣatriyacaṃdraśarmabrāhmaṇavedaśarmabrāhmaṇavaṃjulavaiśyānāṃ caturṇāṃ mahāpāpa- kṛtāmekatra saṃdhībhūya kālaṃjaragiriṃ prati gamanam/ ślo०

९२- tatra kasyacitsiddhasyopadeśenaiteṣāṃ caturṇāṃ vārāṇasyāditīrtheṣu snānānmuktiḥ,te- ṣāṃ ca pātakasparśena puṣkarārghatīrthaprayāgavārāṇasītīrthānāṃ pāpalepena kṛṣṇatvaprāptiḥ, haṃsarūpeṇa cātmanaḥ pāvanecchayā pratitīrthaṃ bhramaṇam, tatsaṃparkeṇa ca sarveṣāmapi kṛṣṇa- varṇatvam, taiḥ saha haṃsarūpeṇa bhramaṇaṃ ca, sarveṣāṃ revākubjāsaṃgame snānamātreṇa pātakānmu- ktiḥ, brahmahatyāguruhatyāsurāpānāgamyāgamanānāṃ haṃsarūpāṇāṃ tatra saṃgame snānena bhasmatā, revākubjāsaṃgamamāhātmyavarṇanam/ ślo०

९३-- tṛtīyaputreṇa vijvalena nijavṛttanivedanāvasare merupṛṣṭhavartyānaṃdakānane kasya- citsiddhasya ca sapatnīkasya vimānenāgatya sarastīravartinijanijaśavamāṃsabhakṣaṇaca- matkāravarṇanam, tadbhakṣaṇakāle ca kayościtstriyostatsaṃmukhaṃ sthitvā hāsyakaraṇa- varṇanam/ ślo०

९४- kuṃjalena taduttarakathanam tatrādau karmamāhāmyakathanam, anaṃtaraṃ cauladeśīyasu- bāhurājavṛttāṃtavarṇanam, subāhunā jaiminisamīpe dharmaśravaṇārthaṃ praśne kṛte sati jaimininā dānadharmakathanam ślo०

९५- jaimininā svargaguṇavarṇanapuraḥsaraṃ dānasyātiśraiṣṭhyavarṇanam/ ślo०

९६-- narakagāmināṃ svargagāmināṃ ca varṇanam/ ślo०

९७- bhāryayā saha subāhunṛpasya dānamakṛtvā tapastaptvā tattapaḥprabhāveṇa viṣṇu- lokaṃ prati gamane'pi viṣṇoradarśanam, ubhayorapi kṣudhāvyākulatvam, vāmadevama- harṣisamāgamottaraṃ vāmadevena dānamāhātmyakathanottaraṃ svaṃsvaṃ kāyaṃ nityapuṣṭaṃ bhuktvā kālamatikrameyāmiti kathanam, vividhadānaphalavarṇanaṃ ca, tadvacanamākarṇya subāhoḥ sahabhāryasya svasvaśavabhakṣaṇam, tatra prajñāśraddhayoḥ striyorhāsyakathanam/ ślo०

९८- kuṃjalādvāsudevastotraṃ gṛhītvā vijvalena tatra gatvā sabhāryaṃ subāhuṃ prati tasya vāsudevastotrasyaśrāvaṇam/ ślo०

९९- vāsudevastotraśravaṇātsabhāryasyasubāhoḥ kṣuttṛṇnivṛttipūrvakaṃ viṣṇudarśanapuraḥsaraṃ viṣṇulokāvāptiḥ, śrīvāsudevastotrasya savidhānaphalavarṇanam/ ślo०

१००- vijvalena pitaraṃ pratyāgatya stotramāhātmyakathanamḥ venena rājñā viṣṇupraśaṃsa- nama/ ślo०

१०१- kuṃjalasya caturthaputreṇa nijavṛttanivedane kailāsaparvataparisare gaṃgātīrasthita- strīnetrāśrupatitabiṃdrusamutpadyamānakamalāni samādāya kenacinmuniveṣadhāriṇā puruṣeṇa śivārcanakaraṇavarṇanama/ ślo०

१०२ kuṃjalena kamalavṛttavarṇanāraṃbhe pārvatīdohadapūraṇecchayā mahādevasya pārvatyā saha naṃdanavane kalpavṛkṣatale sthitiḥ, pārvatīṃ prati mahādevena kalpavṛkṣaguṇavarṇa- nottaraṃ pārvatyā ciṃtanamātre kṛte satyakasmātstrīratnotpattiḥ, pārvatyā tasyāḥ striyā aśokasuṃdarīnāmakaraṇam, nahuṣapatnītva varadānaṃ ca. ślo०

१०३- huṃḍadaityena kāmukatayā'śokasuṃdarīṃ prati pativratāveṣacchalena vaṃcayitvā svagṛhaṃ pratyānayanama, aśokasuṃdaryā tadvināśāya gaṃgātīre tapaḥkaraṇam āyurājena pu- traprāptaye bhāryayā saha atriputrasya dattātreyasya sevākaraṇam, tatsevāsaṃtuṣṭāddattā- treyātputraprāptirūpavaralābhaḥ/ ślo०

१०४- āyurājādiṃdumatyāgarbhaprāptiḥ, garbhiṇyeṃdumatyā susvapnapradaśarnam, śaunakena tasya svapnasya śubhaphalavarṇanam/ ślo० २४ // /
१०५-- iṃdumatyāḥ prasavasamaye tatputraṃ nahuṣaṃ prati huṃḍadaityenāpahṛtya svagṛhaṃ pratyāna- yanam, tasya sūdena sem̐raṃdhryā ca kṛpālutayā taṃ na hatvā rātrāveva vasiṣṭhāśrame pa- rṇakuṭīdvārāgre nikṣepaṇam, vasiṣṭhena prabhāte taṃ svīkṛtya nahuṣeti nāmakaraṇam , nahuṣeṇa vasiṣṭhāddhanurvidyāgrahṇam ślo०

१०६-- putrāpaharaṇena āyurājeṃdumatyoḥ śokavarṇanam ślo०

१०७-- nāradenāgatya nahuṣavṛttāṃtaṃ kathayitvā āyurājeṃdumatyoḥ sāṃtvanam ślo० १६// १०--- vasiṣṭhādeśena nahuṣasya huṃḍadaityahananodyamaḥ. ślo०

'१०९- nahuṣavadhāśvāsitamanasā huṃḍenāśokasudarīṃ prati gatvā nahuṣamaraṇavṛttāṃtanirū- / paṇādaśokasuṃdaryāḥ śokavarṇanam vidvarakiṃnareṇa tasyāḥ sāṃtvanam/ ślo०

११० nahuṣasya vasiṣṭhādimaharṣidattāśīrgrahaṇapuraḥsaraṃ śakraprahitarathamāruhya sarvadevada- ttāyudhāni gṛhītvā huṃḍadaityanivāsaṃ pratyāgamanam ślo०

१११- tatratatra nahuṣasyāgamena maṃgalagāyanādyutsavaḥ/ ślo०

११२- gaṃdharvairnahuṣamuddiśyakṛtaṃ gāyanaṃ śrutvā'śokasuṃdaryāstapasaścalanam ślo०

११३-- raṃbhāsakhīṃ gṛhītvā'śokasuṃdaryā nahuṣadarśanāya gamanam nahuṣasya huṃḍavadhaprati- jñāṃ śrutvā'śokasuṃdaryā harṣaḥ/ ślo० ४८ //,
११४- nahuṣeṇa saha yoddhuṃ huṃḍadaityasya sainikaiḥ sahāgamanam/ ślo०

११५- nahuṣeṇa huṃḍasainikānhatvā huṃḍavadhaḥ/ ślo०

११६- aśokasudarīṃ gṛhītvā nahuṣasya vasiṣṭhāśramaṃ pratyāgamanam, vasiṣṭhena tayorvi- vāhakaraṇottaraṃ pitṛmadiraṃ pratyāgamanam , mātāpitroratyānaṃdavarṇanam-ślo०

११७-- iṃdrādibhirdevairnāgapure nahuṣasya rājyābhiṣekakaraṇam aṃgeṃdumatyorhariloka prāptiḥ, ślo०

११८- aśrubiṃdukamalākhyānavarṇane huṃḍaputrasya vihuṃḍasya kathānakavarṇanam, tatra vi- huṃḍena pitṛvadhāmarṣeṇa suramānavādijagajjighāṃsayopadravakaraṇam, upadrutadevaśaraṇava- tsalena viṣṇunā mohinīrūpaṃ dhṛtvā taṃ prati vimohanam, saptakoṭikāmodapuṣpā- ṇyānīya śivapūjanaṃ kuru tato'haṃ te bhāryā bhaviṣyāmīti vihuṃḍasya samīpe pra- tijñākaraṇam, vihuṃḍasya śukrātkāmodakusumasaṃbhavamabhijñāya tadānayanāyodyama- varṇanam ślo०

११९-- kāmodāyāḥ samudramaṃthanādutpattivṛttāṃtavarṇanam, viṣṇupreṣitanāradena ahameva kāmodapuṣpāṇi tava haste yathā patiṣyati tathā yatiṣya ityuktvā vihuṃḍasya kāmodāṃ prati gamanapratiṣedhanam ślo०

१२०- nāradasya kāmodapuraṃ prati gatvā kāmodayā saha saṃbhāṣaṇāvasare svapnāvasthā- varṇanam/ ślo०

१२१- viṣṇorbhṛgoḥ śāpato deśāvatāradhāraṇakleśakathāvarṇanena nāradena tasyāḥ śo kotpādanam, śokanirviṇṇāyāḥ kāmodāyā duḥkhāśrubidubhyo nirgaṃdhapuṣpotpa- ttiḥ, taiḥ puṣpairvihuṃḍakṛtaśivārcanā, brāhmaṇaveṣadhāriṇyā devyā huṃkāramātreṇa vi- huṃḍasya vadhaḥ/. ślo०

१२२-- kuṃjalapakṣiṇā saha cyavanabrāhmaṇasya saṃvāde kujalenātmavṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra kāśyapavaṃśaprasūtavidyādharabrāhmaṇatṛtīyaputrasya dharmaśarmaṇo mūrkhasya yadṛcchayā kenacitsiddhena saha samāgamavarṇanam ślo०

१२३- siddhājjñānaprāptiḥ, śukayoniprāptikāraṇavarṇanam, gurutīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, venaṃ prati viṣṇunetthamuktvepsitavarapradānapūrvakamaṃtardhānavarṇanam. ślo०

१२४- venakṛtapṛthupraśaṃsā, pṛthunā prajāśāsanam ślo०

१२५- venasyāśvamedhādiyajñakaraṇapūrvakaṃ viṣṇulokaṃ pratigamanam, padmapurāṇapaṭhanapā- / ṭhanaśravaṇavidhipūrvakaphalakathanam ślo०

iti pādme purāṇāntargatabhūmikhaṃḍasthaviṣayānukramaṇikā saṃpūrṇā // २ // /