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Padma Purana · Chapter 6.168

6.168.1

mahādeva uvāca/
tatogacchenmahādevi vārtraghnyā girikanyayā /
śakraścaiva tayā sādhvyā saṃgamaṃ yatra labdhavān

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tatra snānaṃ prakurvaṃti narā niyatamānasāḥ /
daśānāmaśvamedhānāṃ yatphalaṃ snānakṛllabhet

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tatra yaḥ kurute śrāddhaṃ piṃḍānvai tilacūrṇajān /
punāti puruṣo vaṃśānsaptasaptaparāvarān

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saṃpūjya vidhivatsnātvā saṃgame gaṇanāyakam /
na vighnairabhibhūyeta lakṣmyā naiva vihīyate

6.168.5

pārvatyuvāca/
kasminkāryasamāraṃbhe samāyātaḥ puraṃdaraḥ /
svargalokādimaṃ lokametadākhyātumarhasi

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vārtraghnī ca nadī kena niruktena nigadyate /
puraṃdarapuraṃ deva brahmaghoṣanināditam /
saṃbhāvayati yo'jasraṃ mama tatsaṃgamaṃ vada

6.168.7

mahādeva uvāca/
asmiṃścaiva tu bhūrloke praśno'yaṃ samabhūtpurā /
yudhiṣṭhireti vikhyāto rājā vai dhārmiko mahān

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pṛṣṭavānsa tu bhīṣmāya dharmiṇe jñānarūpiṇe /
tenoktaṃ yattu taddevi pravakṣyāmi tavāgrataḥ

6.168.9

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca /
vṛtravāsavayoryuddhamabhavallomaharṣaṇam

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tataḥ parājitaḥ śakraḥ kṛtvā vṛtreṇa saṃvidham /
adrohe sa raṇaṃ tyaktvā jagāma śaraṇaṃ mama

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vārtraghnyā saṃgame puṇye toṣayāmāsa śaṃkaram /
athāṃtarikṣe'haṃ devi darśanaṃ dattavāṃstadā

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mamagātrāttu yadbhasma patitaṃ kāśyapī taṭe /
bhasmagātreti tatpuṇyaṃ liṃgaṃ devi vinirmitam

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bhūteśvaraṃ bhasmagātraṃ brahmaṇā saṃpratiṣṭhitam /
tasya vai darśanādeva brahmahatyā layaṃ vrajet

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mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā yugādiṣu /
tadahaṃ suprasanno'bhūdindrāya sumahātmane

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yadyattvaṃ vāṃchase deva tatsarvaṃ hi dadāmi te /
anena vajrayogena śīghraṃ vṛtraṃ haniṣyasi

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śakra uvāca/
bhagavaṃstvatprasādena ditijaṃ ca durāsadam /
vajreṇa nihaniṣyāmi paśyataste surottama

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evamuktvā tadā iṃdro gatavāṃścāsuraṃ prati /
tadā duṃdubhayo nedurdevasainye viśeṣataḥ

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mṛdaṃga ḍiṃḍimāścaiva bherī tūryāṇyanekaśaḥ /
asurāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ vṛttilobho mahānabhūta

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balavānmaghavā caiva kṣaṇena samajāyat /
tamāviṣṭaṃ tato jñātvā ṛṣayaḥ pannagāstathā

6.168.20

stuvaṃti śakramīśānaṃ stutyā jayajayeti ca /
gacchatastasya śakrasya yuddhakāmasya sannidhau /
ṛṣibhiḥ stūyamānasya rūpamāsītsudurbharam

6.168.21

mahādeva uvāca/
vṛtrasyasahasā devi tadā saṃgrāmamūrddhani /
abhavanyāni liṃgāni śarīre tāni me śṛṇu

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jvalatāsyobhavaddhoro vaivarṇyamabhavatparam /
gātrakaṃpaśca sumahānśvāsaḥ soṣmā vyajāyat

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romaharṣaśca tīvro'bhūcchvāsaścaiva mahānabhūt /
niṣpapāta mahāghorā ulkāḥ pārśvaṃ prapedire

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gṛdhrā vaṭāḥ śyena kaṃkā vaco muṃcansudāruṇāḥ /
vṛtrasyopari te sarve cakravatparibabhramuḥ

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tataḥ sa gajamāsthāya iṃdrastatra samāgataḥ /
vajrodyatakarastatra śakrastaṃ daityamāsadat

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amānuṣamatho nādaṃ sa mumoca sureśvaraḥ /
vṛtrāsurasya yatataḥ śakro vajramapātayat

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sa vajraḥ sumahātejāḥ kālāgnisadṛśo mahān /
samudrasya taṭe vṛtraṃ śakro daityamapātayat

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tato nādaḥ samabhavatpunareva samaṃtataḥ /
vṛtraṃ vinihataṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvadevabhayaṃkaram

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puṣpavṛṣṭistu mahatī iṃdra mūrdhni papāta ha /
vṛtraṃ hatvā sa bhagavāndānaveśaṃ bhayaṃkaram

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stūyamāno'maraiḥ sārddhaṃ devadānīṃ tamāviśat /
atha vṛtraśarīrāttu nirgataṃ teja uttamam

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brahmahatyāmahāghorā raudra lokabhayaṃkarī /
karālavadanā sā ca vikṛtā kṛṣṇapiṃgalā

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kapālamālinī caiva sukṛśā naganaṃdini /
rudhirāktā ca pāpiṣṭhā mīnagaṃdhātibhīṣaṇā

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sāniṣkramya mahādevi tādṛgrūpā bhayāvahā /
iṃdramanveṣayāmāsa tadā vai surasattame

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nirdhāvatī tataḥ sā tu dṛṣṭvā śakraṃ mahaujasam /
kaṃṭhe jagrāha deveṃdraṃ sulagnā sābhavattadā

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sa ca tasminsamudbhrāṃto brahmahatyākṛte bhaye /
nililya bisamadhye'sau sthito varṣagaṇānbahūn

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tayā gṛhīto bho devi niśceṣṭaḥ samapadyata /
tasyā vyapohane śakraḥ prayatnaṃ ca cakāra ha

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na śakto'bhūnmahādevi brahmahatyāṃ vyapohitum /
tayā gṛhītamātrastu deveṃdro niṣṭharūpadhṛk

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pitāmahamupāgamya śirasā pratyapūjayat /
jñātvā gṛhītaṃ śakraṃ tu dvijapravarahatyayā

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brahmā saṃciṃtayāmāsa tadā vai surasattame /
sā ciṃtyamānā brahmāṇamupagamyābravīdvacaḥ

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prāptāsmi bhagavandeva tvatsakāśaṃ hi mānada /
yatkarttavyaṃ mayā deva tadbhavānvaktumarhati

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tāmuvāca mahābhāge brahmahatyāṃ pitāmahaḥ /
svareṇa madhureṇātha saṃkṣepeṇa yathātatham

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mucyatāṃ devarājo'yaṃ matpriyaṃ kuru bhāmini /
brūhi kiṃ te karomyadya kāmaṃ tvaṃ kimihecchasi

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hatyovāca/
śakrādapagamiṣyāmi vacanātte narottama /
devadeva namastestu nivāsaṃ ca dadasva me

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mahādeva uvāca/
tatheti tāṃ pratijñāya hatyāṃ cāpi pitāmahaḥ /
upāyamatha śakrasya brahmahatyāpanodane

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tato vahniṃ samāhūya brahmā vacanamabravīt /
śakrahatyā caturthāṃśaṃ jātavedo gṛhāṇa bho

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agniruvāca/
mama mokṣasya ko heturbrahmahatyākṛte prabho /
etadicchāmi vijñātuṃ tattvato lokapūjita

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brahmovāca/
yastvāṃ jvalaṃtamāsādya na hoṣyati naraḥ kvacit /
bījauṣadhitilānagre phalamūlasamitkuśān

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tadaiva tyakṣati tvāṃ ca tatraiva ca nivatsyati /
brahmahatyā havyavāha vyetu te manaso jvaraḥ

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tataḥ sa parijagrāha tadvaco havyakavyabhuk /
pitāmahaśca bhagavāntathā tadalabhatpriyam

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tato vṛkṣauṣadhitṛṇānyāhūya sa pitāmahaḥ /
imamarthaṃ mahābhāge vaktuṃ samupacakrame

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tato vṛkṣauṣadhitṛṇaistathaivoktaṃ yathātatham /
vyathitānyagnivaddevi brahmāṇaṃ vākyamabruvan

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asmākaṃ brahmahatyāyāḥ kathayaṃtaḥ pitāmaha /
svabhāva nihitā tasmānna punarhaṃtumarhasi

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vayamagniṃ tathā śītaṃ varṣaṃ ca pavaneritam /
sahāmaḥ satataṃ deva tathā chedanabhedanam

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brahmovāca/
akāraṇaṃ naro yastu yuṣmacchedanabhedanam /
kariṣyati mahāmohāttameṣānu prayāsyati

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mahādeva uvāca/
tato mahauṣadhitṛṇairomityuktaṃ mahātmabhiḥ /
brahmāṇamapi saṃpūjya jagmuścātha yathāgatam

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āhūyāpsaraso devastato lokapitāmahaḥ /
vācā madhurayā prāha sāṃtvayanniva sattame

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iyaṃ vṛtrādanuprāptā brahmahatyā varāṅganāḥ /
caturthamasyā bhāgaṃ ca mayoktaṃ saṃpratīcchatha

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apsarā ūcuḥ /
grahaṇe kṛtabuddhīnāṃ deveśa tava śāsanāt /
saṃmokṣasamayo'smākaṃ ciṃtanīyaḥ pitāmaha

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pitāmaha uvāca/
rajasvalāsu nārīṣu yo vai maithunamācaret /
tameṣā yāsyati kṣipraṃ vyetu vo manaso jvaraḥ

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mahādeva uvāca/
tatheti hṛṣṭamanasaḥ pratyuktā hyapsarogaṇāḥ /
svāni sthānāni saṃprāpya remire śailaje tadā

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tataśca lokakṛddevaḥ punareva pitāmahaḥ /
āpaḥ saṃciṃtayāmāsa tatastāśca samāgaman

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tāśca sarvāḥ samāgamya brahmāṇamamitaujasam /
idamūcurvaco devi praṇipatya pitāmaham

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imāḥ sma deva saṃprāptāstvatsakāśamariṃdama/
śāsanāttava deveśa samājñāpaya tatprabho

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brahmovāca/
iyaṃ vṛtrādanuprāptā puruhūtaṃ bhayānakā /
brahmahatyā caturthāṃśaṃ yūyamasyāḥ pratīcchatha

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āpa ūcuḥ/
evaṃ bhavatu lokeśa yattvaṃ vadasi naḥ prabhoḥ /
mokṣasya samayaṃ nastvaṃ saṃciṃtayitumarhasi

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tvaṃ hi deveṃdra sarvasya jagataḥ paramā gatiḥ /
ko'nyebhyo hi prasādo'pi yaḥ kṛcchrānnaḥ samuddharet

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brahmovāca/
alpameva matiṃ kṛtvā yo naro buddhimohitaḥ

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śleṣmamūtrapurīṣāṇi yuṣmāsu pratimokṣati /
tameva yāsyati kṣipraṃ tatraiva ca nivatsyati /
tato vai bhavitā mokṣa iti satyaṃ bravīmi vaḥ

6.168.69

mahādeva uvāca/
tato vimucya deveṃdraṃ brahmahatyā sureśvari /
gatātihṛṣṭo deveśo hyabhavaddevaśāsanāt

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evaṃ śakreṇa saṃprāptā brahmahatyā purā yuge /
asmiṃstīrthe tapastaptvā śuddhātmā tridivaṃ yayau

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aśvamedhaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā vipāpmā samapadyata /
iti sābhramatī tīrthe vārtraghnīyaṃ nagātmaje

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iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe/
vārtraghnīmāhātmyaṃnāmāṣṭaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

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