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Padma Purana · Chapter 2.54

2.54.1

viṣṇuruvāca-
evamuktā gatā dūtī tayā sukalayā tadā /
samāsena susaṃproktamavadhārya puraṃdaraḥ

2.54.2

tadarthaṃ bhāṣitaṃ tasyāḥ satyadharmasamanvitam /
ālocya sāhasaṃ dhairyaṃ jñānameva puraṃdaraḥ

2.54.3

īdṛśaṃ hi vadetkā hi nārī bhūtvā mahītale /
yogarūpaṃ susaṃśiṣṭaṃ nyāyodaiḥ kṣālitaṃ vacaḥ

2.54.4

pavitreyaṃ mahābhāgā satyarūpā na saṃśayaḥ /
trailokyasya samastasya dhuraṃ dhartuṃ bhavetkṣamā

2.54.5

etadarthaṃ vicāryaiva jiṣṇuḥ kaṃdarpamabravīt /
tvayā saha gamiṣyāmi draṣṭuṃ tāṃ kṛkalapriyām

2.54.6

pratyuvāca sahasrākṣaṃ manmatho baladarpitaḥ /
gamyatāṃ tatra deveśa yatrāste sā pativratā

2.54.7

mānaṃ vīryaṃ balaṃ dhairyaṃ tasyāḥ satyaṃ pativratam /
gatvāhaṃ nāśayiṣyāmi kiyanmātrā sureśvara

2.54.8

samākarṇya sahasrākṣo vacanaṃ manmathasya ca /
bho bhonaṃga śṛṇuṣva tvamadhikaṃ bhāṣitaṃ mudhā

2.54.9

sudṛḍhā satyavīryeṇa susthirā dharmakarmabhiḥ /
sukaleyamajeyā vai tatra te pauruṣaṃ nahi

2.54.10

ityākarṇya tataḥ kruddho manmathastvindramabravīt /
ṛṣīṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca balaṃ mayā praṇāśitam

2.54.11

asyā balaṃ kiyanmātraṃ bhavatā mama kathyate /
paśyatastava deveśa nāśayiṣyāmi tāṃ striyam

2.54.12

navanītaṃ yathā cāgnestejo dṛṣṭvā dravaṃ vrajet /
tathemāṃ drāvayiṣyāmi svena rūpeṇa tejasā

2.54.13

gaccha tatra mahatkāryamupasthaṃ sāṃprataṃ dhruvam /
kasmātkutsasi me tejastrailokyasya vināśanam

2.54.14

viṣṇuruvāca-
ākarṇya vākyaṃ tu manobhavasya etāmasādhyāṃ tava kāmajāne /
dhairyaṃ samudyamya ca puṇyadehāṃ puṇyena puṇyāṃ bahupuṇyacārām

2.54.15

paśyāmi te pauruṣamugravīryamito hi gatvā tu dhanuṣmatā vai /
tenāpi sārdhaṃ prajagāma bhūyo ratyā ca dūtyā ca pativratāṃ tām

2.54.16

ekāṃ supuṇyāṃ svagṛhasthitāṃ tāṃ dhyānena patyuścaraṇe niyuktām /
yathā suyogī pravidhāya cittaṃ vikalpahīnaṃ na ca kalpayeta

2.54.17

atyadbhutaṃ rūpamanaṃtatejoyutaṃ cakārātha satīpramoham /
nīlāṃcitaṃ bhogayutaṃ mahātmā jhaṣadhvajaścaiva puraṃdaraśca

2.54.18

dṛṣṭvā sulīlaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāṃtaṃ caraṃtamevaṃ parikāmabhāvam /
jāyā hi vaiśyasya mahātmanastu mene na sā rūpayutaṃ guṇajñam

2.54.19

aṃbho yathā padmadale gataṃ vai prayāti muktāphalakasya kīrtim /
tadvatsvabhāvaḥ parisatyayukto jajñe ca tasyāstu pativratāyāḥ

2.54.20

anena dūtī paripreṣitā purā yāmāṃ yuvatyā ha guṇajñamenam /
līlāsvarūpaṃ bahudhātmabhāvaṃ mamaiṣa sarvaṃ paridarśayecca

2.54.21

mamaiva kālaṃ prabalaṃ viciṃtyāgato hi me kāṃtaguṇaiśca satkhalaḥ /
ratyāsametastu kathaṃ ca jīvetsatyāśmabhāreṇa pramarditaśca

2.54.22

mamāpi bhāvaṃ parigṛhya kāṃto jīvetkiyānvāpi subuddhiyuktaḥ /
śūnyo hi kāyo mama cāsti sadyaśceṣṭāvihīno mṛtakalpa eva

2.54.23

kāyasya grāmasya prajāḥ pranaṣṭāḥ suvikriyākhyaṃ parigṛhya karma /
mamādhikenāpi samaṃ sukāṃtaṃ sa ūrddhvaśobhāmanayacca kāmaḥ

2.54.24

yadāmṛto balavānharṣayuktaḥ svayaṃdṛśā vai parinṛtyamānaḥ /
tathā anenāpi prabhāṣayedbhutaṃ yo māṃ hi vāñchatyapi bhoktukāmaḥ

2.54.25

evaṃ vicāryaiva tadā mahāsatī satyākhyarajjvā dṛḍhabaddhacetanā /
gṛhaṃ svakīyaṃ praviveśa sā tadā tattasyabhāvaṃ niyamena vettum

2.54.54

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne sukalācaritre- catuḥpaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

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