Padma Purana · Chapter 5.69

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ -
samyakchruto mahābhāga tvatto rāmāśvamedhakaḥ /
idānīṃ vada māhātmyaṃ śrīkṛṣṇasya mahātmanaḥ

sūta uvāca-/
śṛṇvaṃtu muniśārdūlāḥ śrīkṛṣṇacaritāmṛtam /
śivā papraccha bhūteśaṃ yattadvaḥ kīrtayāmyaham

ekadā pārvatī devī śivaṃ saṃsnigdhamānasā /
praṇayena namaskṛtya provāca vacanaṃ tvidam

pārvatyuvāca-/
anaṃtakoṭibrahmāṃḍa tadbāhyābhyaṃtarasthiteḥ /
viṣṇoḥ sthānaṃ paraṃ teṣāṃ pradhānaṃ varamuttamam

yatparaṃ nāsti kṛṣṇasya priyaṃ sthānaṃ manoramam /
tatsarvaṃ śrotumicchāmi kathayasva mahāprabho

īśvara uvāca-/
guhyādguhyataraṃ guhyaṃ paramānaṃdakārakam /
atyadbhutaṃ rahaḥsthānamānaṃdaṃ paramaṃ param

durlabhānāṃ ca paramaṃ durlabhaṃ mohanaṃ param /
sarvaśaktimayaṃ devi sarvasthāneṣu gopitam

sātvatāṃ sthānamūrddhanyaṃ viṣṇoratyaṃtadurlabham /
nityaṃ vṛṃdāvanaṃ nāma brahmāṃḍopari saṃsthitam

pūrṇabrahmasukhaiśvaryaṃ nityamānaṃdamavyayam /
vaikuṃṭhādi tadaṃśāṃśaṃ svayaṃ vṛṃdāvanaṃ bhuvi

golokaiśvaryaṃ yatkiṃcidgokule tatpratiṣṭhitam /
vaikuṃṭhavaibhavaṃ yadvai dvārikāyāṃ pratiṣṭhitam

yadbrahmaparamaiśvaryaṃ nityaṃ vṛṃdāvanāśrayam /
kṛṣṇadhāmaparaṃ teṣāṃ vanamadhye viśeṣataḥ

tasmāttrailokyamadhye tu pṛthvī dhanyeti viśrutā /
yasmānmāthurakaṃ nāma viṣṇorekāṃtavallabham

svasthānamadhikaṃ nāmadheyaṃ māthuramaṃḍalam /
nigūḍhaṃ vividhaṃ sthānaṃ puryabhyaṃtarasaṃsthitam

sahasrapatrakamalākāraṃ māthuramaṃḍalam /
viṣṇucakraparibhrāmāddhāma vaiṣṇavamadbhutam

karṇikāparṇavistāraṃ rahasyadrumamīritam /
pradhānaṃ dvādaśāraṇyaṃ māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ kramāt

bhadra śrī loha bhāṃḍīra mahātāla khadīrakāḥ /
bakulaṃ kumudaṃ kāmyaṃ madhu vṛṃdāvanaṃ tathā

dvādaśaitāvatī saṃkhyā kāliṃdyāḥ sapta paścime /
pūrve paṃcavanaṃ proktaṃ tatrāsti guhyamuttamam

mahāraṇyaṃ gokulākhyaṃ madhu vṛṃdāvanaṃ tathā /
anyaccopavanaṃ proktaṃ kṛṣṇakrīḍārasasthalam

kadaṃbakhaṃḍanaṃ naṃdavanaṃ naṃdīśvaraṃ tathā /
naṃdanaṃdanakhaṃḍaṃ ca palāśāśokaketakī

sugaṃdhamānasaṃ kailamamṛtaṃ bhojanasthalam /
sukhaprasādhanaṃ vatsaharaṇaṃ śeṣaśāyikam

śyāmapūrvo dadhigrāmaścakrabhānupuraṃ tathā /
saṃketaṃ dvipadaṃ caiva bālakrīḍanadhūsaram

kāmadrumaṃ sulalitamutsukaṃ cāpi kānanam /
nānāvidharasakrīḍā nānālīlārasasthalam

nāgavistāraviṣṭaṃbhaṃ rahasyadrumamīritam /
sahasrapatrakamalaṃ gokulākhyaṃ mahatpadam

karṇikātanmahaddhāma goviṃdasthānamuttamam /
tatropari svarṇapīṭhe maṇimaṃḍapamaṃḍitam

karṇikāyāṃ kramāddikṣu vidikṣu dalamīritam /
yaddalaṃ dakṣiṇe proktaṃ paraṃ guhyottamottamam

tasmindale mahāpīṭhaṃ nigamāgamadurgamam /
yogīṃdrairapi duṣprāpaṃ sarvātmā yacca gokulam

dvitīyaṃ dalamāgneyyāṃ tadrahasyadalaṃ tathā /
saṃketaṃ dvipadaṃ caiva kuṭīdvau tatkule sthitau

pūrvaṃ dalaṃ tṛtīyaṃ ca pradhānasthānamuttamam /
gaṃgādisarvatīrthānāṃ sparśācchataguṇaṃ smṛtam

caturthaṃ dalamaiśānyāṃ siddhapīṭhe'pi tatpadam /
vyāyāmanūtanāgopī tatra kṛṣṇaṃ patiṃ labhet

vastrālaṃkāraharaṇaṃ taddale samudāhṛtam /
uttare paṃcamaṃ proktaṃ dalaṃ sarvadalottamam

dvādaśādityamatraiva dalaṃ ca karṇikāsamam /
vāyavyāṃ tu dalaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ tatra kālīhradaḥ smṛtaḥ

dalottamottamaṃ caiva pradhānaṃ sthānamucyate /
sarvottamadalaṃ caiva paścime saptamaṃ smṛtam

yajñapatnīgaṇānāṃ ca tadīpsitavarapradam /
atrāsuro'pi nirvāṇaṃ prāpa tridaśadurlabham

brahmamohanamatraiva dalaṃ brahmahradāvaham /
nairṛtyāṃ tu dalaṃ proktamaṣṭamaṃ vyomaghātanam

śaṃkhacūḍavadhastatra nānākelirasasthalam /
śrutamaṣṭadalaṃ proktaṃ vṛṃdāraṇyāṃtarasthitam

śrīmadvṛṃdāvanaṃ ramyaṃ yamunāyāḥ pradakṣiṇam /
śivaliṃgamadhiṣṭhānaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ gopīśvarābhidham

tadbāhye ṣoḍaśadalaṃ śriyāpūrṇaṃ tamīśvaram /
sarvāsu dikṣu yatproktaṃ prādakṣiṇyādyathākramam

mahatpadaṃ mahaddhāma svadhāmādhāvasaṃjñakam /
prathamaikadalaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ māhātmyaṃ karṇikāsamam

tatra govarddhanagirau ramye nityarasāśraye /
karṇikāyāṃ mahālīlā tallīlā rasagahvarau

yatra kṛṣṇo nityavṛṃdākānanasya patirbhavet /
kṛṣṇo goviṃdatāṃ prāptaḥ kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ

dalaṃ tṛtīyamākhyātaṃ sarvaśreṣṭhottamottamam /
caturthaṃ dalamākhyātaṃ mahādbhutarasasthalam

naṃdīśvaravanaṃ ramyaṃ tatra naṃdālayaḥ smṛtaḥ /
karṇikādalamāhātmyaṃ paṃcamaṃ dalamucyate

adhiṣṭhātā'tra gopālo dhenupālanatatparaḥ /
ṣaṣṭhaṃ dalaṃ yadākhyātaṃ tatra naṃdavanaṃ smṛtam

saptamaṃ bakulāraṇyaṃ dalaṃ ramyaṃ prakīrtitam /
tatrāṣṭamaṃ tālavanaṃ tatra dhenuvadhaḥ smṛtaḥ

navamaṃ kumudāraṇyaṃ dalaṃ ramyaṃ prakīrtitam /
kāmāraṇyaṃ ca daśamaṃ pradhānaṃ sarvakāraṇam

brahmaprasādhanaṃ tatra viṣṇucchadmapradarśanam /
kṛṣṇakrīḍārasasthānaṃ pradhānaṃ dalamucyate

dalamekādaśaṃ proktaṃ bhaktānugrahakāraṇam /
nirmāṇaṃ setubaṃdhasya nānāvanamayasthalam

bhāṃḍīraṃ dvādaśadalaṃ vanaṃ ramyaṃ manoharam /
kṛṣṇaḥ krīḍāratastatra śrīdāmādibhirāvṛtaḥ

trayodaśaṃ dalaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tatra bhadravanaṃ(raṃ) smṛtam /
caturdaśadalaṃ proktaṃ sarvasiddhipradasthalam

śrīvanaṃ tatra ruciraṃ sarvaiśvaryasya kāraṇam /
kṛṣṇakrīḍādalamayaṃ śrīkāṃtikīrtivarddhanam

dalaṃ paṃcadaśaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tatra lohavanaṃ smṛtam /
kathitaṃ ṣoḍaśadalaṃ māhātmyaṃ karṇikāsamam

mahāvanaṃ tatra gītaṃ tatrāsti guhyamuttamam /
bālakrīḍāratastatra vatsapālaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ

pūtanādivadhastatra yamalārjunabhaṃjanam /
adhiṣṭhātā tatra bālagopālaḥ paṃcamābdikaḥ

nāmnā dāmodaraḥ proktaḥ premānaṃdarasārṇavaḥ /
dalaṃ prasiddhamākhyātaṃ sarvaśreṣṭhadalottamam

kṛṣṇakrīḍā ca kiṃjalkī vihāradalamucyate /
siddhapradhānakiṃjalka dalaṃ ca samudāhṛtam

pārvatyuvāca-/
vṛṃdāraṇyasya māhātmyaṃ rahasyaṃ vā kimadbhutam /
tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi kathayasva mahāprabho

īśvara uvāca-/
kathitaṃ te priyatame guhyādguhyottamottamam /
rahasyānāṃ rahasyaṃ yaddurlabhānāṃ ca durlabham

trailokyagopitaṃ devi deveśvarasupūjitam /
brahmādivāṃchitaṃ sthānaṃ surasiddhādisevitam

yogīṃdrā hi sadā bhaktyā tasya dhyānaikatatparāḥ /
apsarobhiśca gaṃdharvairnṛtyagītaniraṃtaram

śrīmadvṛṃdāvanaṃ ramyaṃ pūrṇānaṃdarasāśrayam /
bhūriciṃtāmaṇistoyamamṛtaṃ rasapūritam

vṛkṣaṃ gurudrumaṃ tatra surabhīvṛṃdasevitam /
strīṃ lakṣmīṃ puruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ taddaśāṃśasamudbhavam

tatra kaiśoravayasaṃ nityamānaṃdavigraham /
gatināṭyaṃ kalālāpasmitavaktraṃ niraṃtaram

śuddhasatvaiḥ premapūrṇairvaiṣṇavaistadvanāśritam /
pūrṇabrahmasukhemagnaṃ sphurattanmūrtitanmayam

mattakokilabhṛṃgādyaiḥ kūjatkalamanoharam /
kapolaśukasaṃgītamunmattāli sahasrakam

bhujaṃgaśatrunṛtyāḍhyaṃ sakalāmodavibhramam /
nānāvarṇaiśca kusumaistadreṇuparipūritam

pūrṇeṃdunityābhyudayaṃ sūryamaṃdāṃśusevitam /
aduḥkhaṃ duḥkhavicchedaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam

akrodhaṃ gatamātsaryamabhinnamanahaṃkṛtam /
pūrṇānaṃdāmṛtarasaṃ pūrṇapremasukhārṇavam

guṇātītaṃ mahaddhāma pūrṇapremasvarūpakam /
vṛkṣādipulakairyatra premānaṃdāśruvarṣitam

kiṃ punaścetanāyuktairviṣṇubhaktaiḥ kimucyate /
goviṃdāṃghrirajaḥ sparśānnityaṃ vṛṃdāvanaṃ bhuvi

sahasradalapadmasya vṛṃdāraṇyaṃ varāṭakam /
yasya sparśanamātreṇa pṛthvī dhanyā jagattraye

guhyādguhyataraṃ ramyaṃ madhye vṛṃdāvanaṃ bhuvi /
akṣaraṃ paramānaṃdaṃ goviṃdasthānamavyayam

goviṃdadehato'bhinnaṃ pūrṇabrahmasukhāśrayam /
muktistatra rajaḥsparśāttanmāhātmyaṃ kimucyate

tasmātsarvātmanā devi hṛdisthaṃ tadvanaṃ kuru /
vṛṃdāvanavihāreṣu kṛṣṇaṃ kaiśoravigraham

kāliṃdī cākarodyasya karṇikāyāṃ pradakṣiṇām /
līlānirvāṇagaṃbhīraṃ jalaṃ saurabhamohanam

ānaṃdāmṛta tanmiśramakaraṃdaghanālayam /
padmotpalādyaiḥ kusumairnānāvarṇasamujjavalam

cakravākādivihagairmaṃjunānākalasvanaiḥ /
śobhamānaṃ jalaṃ ramyaṃ taraṃgātimanoramam

tasyobhayataṭī ramyā śuddhakāṃcananirmitā /
gaṃgākoṭiguṇā proktā yatra sparśavarāṭakaḥ

karṇikāyāṃ koṭiguṇo yatra krīḍārato hariḥ /
kāliṃdīkarṇikā kṛṣṇamabhinnamekavigraham

pārvatyuvāca/
goviṃdasya kimāścaryaṃ sauṃdaryākṛtavigraha /
tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi kathayasva dayānidhe

īśvara uvāca/
madhye vṛṃdāvane ramye maṃjumaṃjīraśobhite /
yojanāśritasadvṛkṣa śākhāpallavamaṃḍite

tanmadhye maṃjubhavane yogapīṭhaṃ samujjavalam /
tadaṣṭakoṇanirmāṇaṃ nānādīptimanoharam

tasyopari ca māṇikyaratnasiṃhāsanaṃ śubham /
tasminnaṣṭadalaṃ padmaṃ karṇikāyāṃ sukhāśrayam

goviṃdasya paraṃ sthānaṃ kimasya mahimocyate /
śrīmadgoviṃdamaṃtrastha ballavīvṛṃdasevitam

divyavrajavayorūpaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vṛṃdāvaneśvaram /
vrajeṃdraṃ saṃtataiśvaryaṃ vrajabālaikavallabham

yauvanodbhinnakaiśoraṃ vayasādbhutavigraham /
anādimādiṃ sarveṣāṃ naṃdagopapriyātmajam

śrutimṛgyamajaṃ nityaṃ gopījanamanoharam /
paraṃdhāma paraṃ rūpaṃ dvibhujaṃ gokuleśvaram

ballavīnaṃdanaṃ dhyāyennirguṇasyaikakāraṇam /
suśrīmaṃtaṃ navaṃ svacchaṃ śyāmadhāmamanoharam

navīnanīradaśreṇī susnigdhaṃ maṃjukuṃḍalam /
phulleṃdīvarasatkāṃti sukhasparśaṃ sukhāvaham

dalitāṃjanapuṃjābha cikkaṇaṃ śyāmamohanam /
susnigdhanīlakuṭilāśeṣasaurabhakuṃtalam

tadūrdhvaṃ dakṣiṇe kāle śyāmacūḍāmanoharam /
nānāvarṇojjvalaṃ rājacchikhaṃḍidalamaṃḍitam

maṃdāramaṃjugopucchācūḍaṃ cāruvibhūṣaṇam /
kvacidbṛhaddalaśreṇī mukuṭenābhimaṃḍitam

anekamaṇimāṇikyakirīṭabhūṣaṇaṃ kvacit /
lolālakavṛtaṃ rājatkoṭicaṃdrasamānanam

kastūrītilakaṃ bhrājanmaṃjugorocanānvitam /
nīleṃdīvarasusnigdha sudīrghadalalocanam

ānṛtyadbhrūlatāśleṣasmitaṃ sāci nirīkṣaṇam /
sucārūnnatasauṃdarya nāsāgrāti manoharam

nāsāgragajamuktāṃśu mugdhīkṛta jagattrayam /
siṃdūrāruṇasusnigdhādharauṣṭhasumanoharam

nānāvarṇollasatsvarṇamakarākṛtikuṃḍalam /
tadraśmipuṃjasadgaṃḍa mukurābhalasaddyutim

karṇotpalasumaṃdāramakarottaṃsa bhūṣitam /
śrīvatsakaustubhoraskaṃ muktāhārasphuradgalam

vilasaddivyamāṇikyaṃ maṃjukāṃcana miśritam /
kare kaṃkaṇakeyūraṃ kiṃkiṇīkaṭiśobhitam

maṃjumaṃjīrasauṃdaryyaśrīmadaṃghri virājitam /
karpūrāgurukastūrīvilasaccaṃdanādikam

gorocanādisaṃmiśra divyāṃgarāgacitritam /
snigdhapītapaṭī rājatprapadāṃdolitāṃjanam

gaṃbhīranābhikamalaṃ romarājīnatasrajam /
suvṛttajānuyugalaṃ pādapadmamanoharam

dhvajavajrāṃkuśāṃbhoja karāṃghri talaśobhitam /
nakheṃdu kiraṇaśreṇī pūrṇabrahmaikakāraṇam

kecidvadaṃti tasyāṃśaṃ brahmacidrūpamadvayam /
taddaśāṃśaṃ mahāviṣṇuṃ pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ

yogīṃdraiḥ sanakādyaiśca tadeva hṛdi ciṃtyate /
tribhaṃgaṃ lalitāśeṣa nirmāṇasāranirmitam

tiryaggrīvajitānaṃtakoṭikaṃdarpasuṃdaram /
vāmāṃsārpita sadgaṇḍasphuratkāṃcanakuṃḍalam

sahāpāṃgekṣaṇasmeraṃ koṭimanmathasuṃdaram /
kuṃcitādharavinyasta vaṃśīmaṃjukalasvanaiḥ

jagattrayaṃ mohayaṃtaṃ magnaṃ premasudhārṇave /
śrīpārvatyuvāca-/
paramaṃ kāraṇaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ goviṃdākhyaṃ mahatpadam

vṛṃdāvaneśvaraṃ nityaṃ nirguṇasyaikakāraṇam /
tattadrahasyamāhātmyaṃ kimāścaryaṃ ca suṃdaram

tadbrūhi devadeveśa śrotumicchāmyahaṃ prabho /
īśvara uvāca-/
yadaṃghrinakhacaṃdrāṃśu mahimāṃto na gamyate

tanmāhātmyaṃ kiyaddevi procyate tvaṃ mudā śṛṇu /
anaṃtakoṭibrahmāṃḍe anaṃtatriguṇocchraye

tatkalākoṭikoṭyaṃśā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ /
sṛṣṭisthityādinā yuktāstiṣṭhaṃti tasya vaibhavāḥ

tadrūpakoṭikoṭyaṃśāḥ kalāḥ kaṃdarpavigrahāḥ /
jaganmohaṃ prakurvaṃti tadaṃḍāṃtarasaṃsthitāḥ

taddehavilasatkāṃtikoṭikoṭyaṃśako vibhuḥ /
tatprakāśasya koṭyaṃśa raśmayo ravivigrahāḥ

tasya svadehakiraṇaiḥ parānaṃda rasāmṛtaiḥ /
paramāmodacidrūpairnirguṇasyaikakāraṇaiḥ

tadaṃśakoṭikoṭyaṃśā jīvaṃti kiraṇātmakāḥ /
tadaṃghripaṃkajadvaṃdva nakhacaṃdra maṇiprabhāḥ

āhuḥ pūrṇabrahmaṇo'pi kāraṇaṃ vedadurgamam /
tadaṃśasaurabhānaṃtakoṭyaṃśo viśvamohanaḥ

tatsparśapuṣpagaṃdhādi nānāsaurabhasaṃbhavaḥ /
tatpriyā prakṛtistvādyā rādhikā kṛṣṇavallabhā

tatkalākoṭikoṭyaṃśā durgādyāstriguṇātmikāḥ /
tasyā aṃghrirajaḥ sparśātkoṭiviṣṇuḥ prajāyate

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe vṛṃdāvanamāhātmye kṛṣṇacaritre/
ekonasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ