Padma Purana · Chapter 6.252

śrīrudra uvāca-
atha magadhādhipaḥ kaṃsavadhānaṃtaraṃ dviṣanneva yādavānsadā pīḍayāmāsa te duḥkhitāḥ kṛṣṇamūcuḥ

sa ca bhīmārjunāvāhūya saṃmaṃtrayāmāsa kṛṣṇaḥ anena rudra pūḥjitastatprasādācchastrairavadhyaḥ paraṃ kenāpiprakāreṇa haṃtavya iti

atha vicārya bhīmamāha enaṃ pratimallayuddhaṃ kuru tattena pratijñātam

atha sakala carācarajagadvaṃdyo vāsudevo bhīmārjunasahito jarāsaṃdhasya purīṃ gatvā vipraveṣeṇa tasyāṃtaḥpuramavāpa

so'pi mahāvīryānkṣattriyānyuddhe nirjitya balādgṛhītvā svaveśmani nirudhya māsimāsi kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāmekaikaṃ hatvā tadraktenaiva baliṃ bhairavāyākarot

evaṃvidhaṃ sakalajanapārthivavadhaṃ kurvato jarāsaṃdhasya samudyamāno bhīmārjunasahitastasya gṛhe vipraveṣeṇaiva praviveśa

sa tu tāndṛṣṭvā daṃḍavatpraṇato bhūtvā yathocitāsaneṣu niveśya madhuparkavidhānena saṃpūjya dhanyosmi kṛtakṛtyosmi kimarthaṃ bhavanto me samīpa āgatāstadvaktavyamahaṃ tatsarvaṃ bhavadbhyo dāsyāmītyuvāca

teṣāṃ vāsudevaḥ prahasanpārthivaṃ tamuvāca kṛṣṇabhīmārjunā yuddhārthamāgatāḥ sma asmākamanyatamaṃ dvaṃdvayuddhārthaṃ vṛṇīṣvetyavadat

so'pi tathetyavadattato dvaṃdvayuddhārthaṃ mārutiṃ varayāmāsa

tato bhīmajarāsaṃdhayorabhito bhayaṃkaraṃ mallayuddhaṃ niraṃtaraṃ paṃcaviṃśativāsaramabhūt

tataḥ kṛṣṇenaiva saṃcodito vāyuputrastasya śarīraṃ dvidhākṛtya bhūmau nipātayāmāsa //
evaṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ pāṃḍuputreṇa hatvā tānjarāsaṃdhanirodhitānvāsudevo'pi pārthivānmocayāmāsa

nihatya vāyuputreṇa jarāṃsaṃdhaṃ yadūdvahaḥ /
tadgṛhe sanniruddhāṃstu mocayāmāsa pārthivān

te ca tatra namaskṛtya stutvā ca madhusūdanam /
svānsvānjanapadānsarve jagmuḥ kṛṣṇena rakṣitāḥ

atha tābhyāmiṃdraprasthaṃ gatvā vāsudevastatra mahākratuṃ rājasūyaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ kārayāmāsa

tatra samāpte kratau agrapūjāṃ bhīṣmānumatena kṛṣṇāya dattavān

tatra śiśupālaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ bahūnyākṣepavākyānyuktavān

kṛṣṇo'pi sudarśanena tasya śiraściccheda

asau janmatrayāvasāne hareḥ sārūpyamagamat

atha śiśupālaṃ nihataṃ śrutvā daṃtavaktraḥ kṛṣṇena yoddhuṃ mathurāmājagāma

kṛṣṇastu tacchrutvā rathamāruhya tena yoddhuṃ mathurāmāyayau

daṃtavaktravāsudevayorahorātraṃ mathurāpuradvāri yamunātīre saṃgrāmaḥ samavarttata kṛṣṇastu gadayā taṃ jaghāna

sa tu cūrṇitasarvāṃgo vajranirbhinna mahīdhara iva gatāsuravanitale papāta

so'pi hareḥ sāyujyaṃ yogigamyaṃ nityānaṃdasukhaṃ śāśvataṃ paramaṃ padamavāpa

itthaṃ jayavijayau sanakādiśāpavyājena kevalaṃ bhagavatolīlārthaṃ saṃsṛtāvavatīrya janmatraye'pi tenaiva nihatau janmatrayāvasāne muktimavāptau

kṛṣṇo'pi taṃ hatvā yamunāmuttīrya naṃdavrajaṃ gatvā prāktanau pitarāvabhivādya āśvāsya tābhyāṃ sāśrukaṃṭhamāligitaḥ sakalagopavṛddhānpraṇamyāśvāsya ratnābharaṇādibhistatrasthānsaṃtarpayāmāsa

kāliṃdyāḥ puline ramye puṇyavṛkṣasamāvṛte /
gopanārībhiraniśaṃ krīḍayāmāsa keśavaḥ

ramyakelisukhenaiva gopaveṣadharo hariḥ /
baddhapremarasenātra māsadvayamuvāsa ha

atha tatrasthā naṃdagopādayaḥ sarvejanāḥ putradārasahitāḥ paśupakṣimṛgādayaśca vāsudevaprasādena divyarūpadharā vimānamārūḍhāḥ paramaṃ vaikuṃṭhalokamavāpuḥ

kṛṣṇastu naṃdagopavrajaukasāṃ sarveṣāṃ paramaṃ nirāmayaṃ svapadaṃ datvā divi devagaṇaiḥ saṃstūyamāno dvāravatīṃ śrīmatīṃ viveśa

tatra vasudevograsenasaṃkarṣaṇapradyumnāniruddhākrūrādibhiḥ pratyahaṃ saṃpūjita ṣoḍaśasahasrabhāryābhiraṣṭābhirdivyamahiṣībhiśca viśvarūpadharo divyaratnamaya nānāgṛhāṃtareṣu sutakusumāṃcita ślakṣṇataraparyaṃkeṣu ramayāmāsa

atha rāmakṛṣṇasatīrthyo vipro bālasakhā sadātyaṃtadāridryapīḍito muṣṭimātrānyācanāptapṛthukāñjīrṇavāsasi nibadhya vāsudevaṃ draṣṭuṃ śrīmatīṃ dvārakānagarīmājagāma

sa tu rukmiṇyaṃtaḥpuradvāri kṣaṇaṃ tūṣṇīṃ tasthau

kṛṣṇo'pi samāgataṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jñātvā pradyumnena namaskṛtvā vāmakaraṃ gṛhītvā gṛhāṃtare svāsane niveśya bhayādvepamānaṃ taṃ rukmiṇīhastagatasuvarṇakalaśajalena pādau prakṣālya madhuparkeṇa pūjayāmāsa

sudhāmṛtopamairannapānādyaistarpayitvā tasya jīrṇavastrāṃtare yācanāptapṛthukānsvayameva hastena gṛhītvā prahasanjagrāsa

kṛṣṇena pṛthuke bhakṣite tasminneva kṣaṇe tasya bahudhanadhānyavastrābharaṇasaṃbhūtaṃ mahadaiśvaryamabhūt

sa tu kṛṣṇena visṛṣṭo mama kiṃcidvastraṃ vā dhanaṃ vā kṛṣṇena na dattamiti manyamānaḥ svapuraṃ viveśa

atha bahudhanadhānyayutaṃ svagṛhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatprasādādidaṃ labdhamiti vadanprahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā divya vastrābharaṇādinā bhāryayā saha sarvānkāmānbhuktvā harisaṃtuṣṭyai bahuyajñāniṣṭvā tatprasādena paramaṃ nityaṃ svargasukhamavāpa

atha dhṛtarāṣṭratanayo duryodhanaḥ pāṃḍutanayānkapaṭadyūtavyājena rājyamapahṛtya svarāṣṭrādvivāsayāmāsa

te tu yudhiṣṭhirabhīmārjunanakulasahadevāḥ supatnyā drau padyā saha mahāraṇyaṃ gatvā tatra dvādaśābdānsthitvā saṃvatsaraparyaṃtamajñātāḥ sarve matsyadeśādhipatervirāṭasya niveśane sthitvā vāsudevena sahāyena dhārtarāṣṭrānyoddhumājagmuḥ

teṣāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrapāṃḍuputrāṇāṃ nānādeśādhipanṛpaiḥ kurukṣetramahāpuṇye devānāmapi bhayaṃkaro mahāsaṃgrāmo'bhavat

atha śrīkṛṣṇo'pyarjunasārathyaṃ kurvannarjune svaśaktimāveśya tena duryodhanabhīṣmadro- ṇapramukhānsarvānpārthivānekādaśākṣauhiṇībalasahitānkurukṣetre hatvā pāṃḍavānrājye sthāpayitvā niḥśeṣeṇa sarvabhūbhāramapāsya svāṃ purīṃ praviveśa

kasyacittvathakālasya katipayāhani vaidiko brāhmaṇo mṛtaṃ paṃcavārṣikaṃ bālamādāya rājadvāri nidhāya bahuśo vilapanbahūnyākrośavākyāni kṛṣṇaṃ jagāda

kṛṣṇastamākrośaṃ śrutvā tūṣṇīmuvāsa

sa tu mama paṃcaputrāḥ pūrvaṃ hatā ayaṃ tu ṣaṣṭhaḥ enaṃ kṛṣṇo na jīvayiṣyati tarhi rājadvāri mariṣyāmītyuvāca

tasminkāle arjunaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ draṣṭumāgatastathāvidhaṃ taṃ putraśokena vilapaṃtaṃ dadarśa

arjuno'pi kāladharmamupāgataṃ paṃcavārṣikaṃ bālakaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛpayāviṣṭastava putramahaṃjīvayiṣyāmīti brāhmaṇāyābhayaṃ datvā pratiśrutavān

brāhmaṇastu tenāśvāsito hṛṣṭavān

athaitaṃ brāhmaṇaśiśuṃ bahubhiḥ saṃjīvināstrairabhimaṃtrya alabdhajīvitaṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛthā pratijñāmavāpya bahuśokasamanvitastenaiva prāṇāṃstyaktumaicchat

kṛṣṇastu tatsarvaṃ jñātvāṃtaḥpurādviniṣkramya taṃ vaidikaṃ prāha tavaputrānsarvānahaṃ dāsyāmītyuktvāśvāsya vainateyamāruhyārjunasahito vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamājagāma

tatra divyamaṇimaṃḍapoddeśe devyā saha samāsīnaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇārjunau namaścakratuḥ ५०

sa tau bāhubhyāṃ pariṣvajya kimarthamāgatāvityuvāca

kṛṣṇaśca bhagavanvaidikasya tanayānmama dehītyuvāca

sa tu nārāyaṇastādṛgvayasi saṃsthitānbrāhmaṇaputrānkṛṣṇāya saṃdadau

śrīkṛṣṇo'pi tānvainateyaskaṃdhe samāropya harṣasamanvito'rjunasahitaḥ svayamapyāruhya divi devagaṇaiḥ saṃstūyamāno dvāravatīmāviveśa

tasmai brāhmaṇāya paṃcavarṣavayaḥsthānṣaṭputrāndadau so'pyatyaṃtarhaṣasamanvitaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ varddhayasvetyāśiṣaṃ prāyacchat

arjunastu saphalāṃ pratijñāmavāpya kṛṣṇaṃ namaskṛtya yudhiṣṭhirapālitāṃ svāṃ purīmājagāma

kṛṣṇasya ṣoḍaśasahasrabhāryāsvayutasāhasraputrā jajñire teṣāṃ putrapautrasaṃkhyāṃ vaktuṃ na śakyate

atrāpi ślokaḥ /
aṣṭauśatāni putrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇyayutaṃ tathā /
pradyumnaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ rukmiṇīsutaḥ

asaṃkhyaistairyādavairiyaṃ pṛthivī saṃvṛtā'bhavat

punarapyavanībhāraśaṃkayā kṛṣṇastu tānṛṣiśāpavyājena saṃhartumaicchat

kadācitsarve kumārā narmadāyāṃ vihartumājagmuḥ

tatra tapaṃtaṃ kaṇvaṃ maharṣiṃ dṛṣṭvā jāṃbavatyāḥ /
putraṃ yoṣidveṣaṃ kṛtvā tasyodare kātvāyasaṃ musalaṃ baddhvā ṛṣeḥ /
samīpamāgatya sarve namaskṛtvā patnīrūpaṃ sāṃbaṃ kumāraṃ tasya purato nidhāya /
asyā garbhe strī vā puruṣo vā bhaviṣtīti brūhītyūcuḥ

sa tu manasā tadvijñāya tānamarṣamāṇaḥ sarvānanena musalena yūyaṃ sarve nihatā bhavatetyuvāca

sarve samudvignamanasaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ sametya maharṣiṇoktaṃ tatkarma nivedayāmāsuḥ

kṛṣṇo'pi tadāyasaṃ musalaṃ cūrṇībhūtaṃ hrade nipātayāmāsa

tadayaścūrṇībhūtabījasamudbhūtā vajrasannibhā mahākāśāḥ saṃbabhūvuḥ

tatra taṃ musalāvaśiṣṭaṃ kaniṣṭhāṃgulimātraṃ matsyo jagrāsa taṃ matsyaṃ niṣādo gṛhītvā tadudarasthaṃ muśalakhaṇḍamādāya bāṇāgre phalakamakarot

kadācitsarve yādavā rāmakṛṣṇapradyumnādayo maghavatā preṣitāṃ vāruṇīṃ pītvā mattā babhūvuḥ

parasparaṃ vīraṇaṃ nītvā bahūnyākrośavākyāni vadaṃto yuddhaṃ cakruḥ kṣayaṃ ca gatāḥ

kṛṣṇastu yuddhaśrāṃtaḥ kalpatarucchāyāyāṃ śayanaṃ cakāra sa niṣādo dhanurbāṇaṃ gṛhītvā kheṭakavṛttiṃ jagāma

evaṃ niḥśeṣaṃ tyaktajīvitā babhūvuste sarve svānsvāṃstridaśānprapedire

evaṃ muśalena saṃhṛtya sarvaṃ svayameko devo bahugulmasamākīrṇamahādrumachāyāyāṃ suptaścaturvidhavyūhagataṃ vāsudevātmakamātmānaṃ ciṃtayañjānūparipadaṃ nidhāyātmano mānuṣaṃvapustyaktumanuniṣasāda

etasminantare mṛgayājīviko hareḥ sa tadā kālaprabhāvena cakravajradhvajāṃkuśādicihnitamatiraktatamaṃ hareḥ pādakamalaṃ dṛṣṭvā vivyādha

tadanaṃtaraṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ jñātvā sumahābhayārtaḥ pravepamānaḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭo mahadaparādhaḥ sakalopahriyatāmiti taṃ praṇanāma

śrīkṛṣṇastathābhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā sudhāmayakarābhyāṃ tamutthāpya bhavatānāparāddhaṃ kṛtamiti vadanmahābhayapīḍitamāśvāsayannuvāca

tato yogigamyamapunarāvṛttiśāśvataṃ sarvopaniṣadamayaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ pradadau

asau tasminneva muhūrte mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ vihāya paṃcopaniṣanmayaṃ sakalaputradārasahito dīptimayaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ divyaṃ vimānamāsthāya sahasrārkadyutisadṛśaṃ divyāpsarogaṇākīrṇaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ vāsudevetyekaṃ jagāma

tasminkāle dāruko rathamāruhya viṣṇoḥ samīpaṃ viveśa

kṛṣṇo'pi matsvarūpamarjunaṃ pūrvamānayasveti preṣayāmāsa

sa tu manojavasyaṃdanamāruhyārjunasamīpamājagāma

etasminnaṃtare devyarjunastadāruhya pariṇīya namaskṛtvā kiṃ karomīti puṭāṃjaliruvāca

kṛṣṇastu tamāha pārthāhaṃ svalokaṃ yāsyāmi tvaṃ tu dvāravatīṃ gatvā tatrasthā rukmiṇyādyaṣṭabhāryā ānīya mama śarīre preṣaya

sa dārukeṇa sahito nagarīmājagāma

etasminnaṃtare devā vimānasthā nabhasi saṃsthitāḥ svarlokaṃ yiyāntaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ stutvā puṣpavarṣāṇi vavṛṣuḥ

kṛṣṇo'pi mānuṣadehaṃ- saṃnyasyasakalajagatsthitisaṃhārahetubhūtaṃ sakalakṣetrajñamaṃtaryāmiyogidhyeyamanāmayaṃ vāsudevātmakaṃ dehaṃ dhṛtvā vainateyamāruhya maharṣibhistūyamāno jagāma

arjuno vasudevograsenābhyāṃ rukmiṇyādimahiṣībhyastatsarvaṃ kathayāmāsa

tacchrutvā sarve paurajanāḥ striyaśca dvāravatīmutsṛjyāṃtaḥpurādbahirniṣkramya sarvāstāḥ kṛṣṇavallabhā vasudevograsenasahitāḥ śīghrameva hareḥ samīpaṃ jagmuḥ

te sarve vasudevograsenākrūrāḥ sarve yaduvṛddhā vapustyaktvā sanātanavāsudevaṃ samājagmuḥ

revatīca balabhadraśarīraṃ pariṣvajyāgniṃ praviśya tasmindehaṃ prāpya divyavimānārūḍhā bhartuḥ sthānaṃ saṃkarṣaṇalokaṃ divyamavāpa

tathaiva pradyumnena saha rukmaputrī tathāniruddhenoṣāpi sarvāśca yādavastriyaḥ svasvabhartuḥ śarīrāṇi saṃpūjyāgnipraveśaṃ cakruḥ

teṣāṃ sarveṣāmarjunaaurddhvadaihikaṃ kṛtavān

tasminkāle divyavājisamāyuktaṃ sugrīvākhyakaṃ sarvaratnopetaṃ divyaṃ syaṃdanamāruhya dārukopyājagāma

pārijātatarurdevasabhāsudharmātridaśeṃdralokamayātām

tasminsamaye dvāravatīpurī mahodadhau nimagnābhūt

tataḥ sarvāḥ ṣoḍaśasahasrabhāryyā arjunenasaheṃdraprasthaṃ gacchaṃtīrdasyavo jagṛhuḥ

pūrvaṃ devagaṃdharvayoṣito hyaṣṭāvakraṃ mahāmuniṃ dṛṣṭvā jahasustatastena śaptā veśyā bhaviṣyatha tatastābhi prasāditaḥ pūjitaśca tatprasādātsarvalokaiśca namaskṛtaṃ vāsudevaṃ bhartāramavāpyāpi tenaiva dasyuhastaṃ gatā abhavan

arjuno'pi dasyubhirnirjitaḥ śokasamāviṣṭo mama bhujabalaṃ savīryaṃ kṛṣṇenaiva saha sarvamaiśvaryaṃ niryātamiti matvā adya mama bhāgya kṣaya iti vadansāyaṃ saṃdhyāraviriva niḥśeṣavinaṣṭatejāḥ svāṃ purīṃ samājagāma

evaṃ hitārthāya sarvadevānāṃ samastabhūbhāravināśāya yaduvaṃśe'vatīrya sakalarākṣasavināśaṃ kṛtvā mahāṃtamapi corvībhāraṃ nāśayitvā naṃdavrajadvārakāmathurānivāsinaḥ sarvānsthāvarajaṃgamānkālabhavabaṃdhairmocayitvā paramaiśvarge śāśvate yogigamye hiraṇmaye ramye sātvike saṃsthāpya nityaṃ divyamahiṣyādisaṃsevyamāno vāsudeva uvāsa

atra ślokāḥ -
anye sarve'vatārāḥ syuḥ kṛṣṇasya caritaṃ mahat /
bhūbhārakavināśāya prādurbhūto ramāpatiḥ

etatkṛṣṇasya caritaṃ duṣṭānāṃ nāśahetave /
śrīkṛṣṇaḥ karuṇāsiṃdhurvaikuṃṭhe modate sadā १००

atyadbhutamidaṃ devi kṛṣṇasya caritaṃ śubham /
saṃgraheṇa mayaivoktaṃ tava sarvaphalapradam

vāsudevasya caritaṃ yaḥ paṭheddharisannidhau /
smaredvā śṛṇuyādbhaktyā sa yāti paramaṃ padam

mahāpātakayukto vā tathopapātakasaṃyutaḥ /
bālakṛṣṇasya caritaṃ śrutvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate

dvāravatyāṃ samāsīnaṃ rukmiṇīsahitaṃ harim /
smaranvai mahadaiśvaryamanenāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ

saṃgrāme saṃkaṭe durge śatrubhiḥ pariveṣṭite /
netāraṃ sarvadevānāṃ dhyātvā suvijayī bhavet

yaḥ smaredgopakanyābhiḥ krīḍaṃtaṃ govraje śubhe /
sarvakāmānavāpnoti saubhāgyaṃ caiva viṃdati

mahopasargarogādyairyukto yastu sanātanam /
jetāraṃ ca mahāraudrīṃ kṛtyāṃ kāśīpure sthitām

kimatra bahunoktena sarvakāleṣu cāpsu bhe /
kṛṣṇāya nama ityevaṃ maṃtramuccārayedbudhaḥ

kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya haraye paramātmane /
praṇataḥ kleśanāśāya goviṃdāya namonamaḥ

imaṃ maṃtraṃ japandevi bhaktyā pratidinaṃ naraḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt

sarveṣāmeva devānāmīśvaro'sau janārdanaḥ /
rakṣaṇāya ca lokānāmavasthāṃtarameti vai

tripuraṃ haṃtukāmena mayā saṃpūjito hariḥ /
buddharūpadharaḥ śrīmānmohayāmāsa tadripūn

mohitāstena śāstreṇa sarvadharmavivarjitāḥ /
nārāyaṇāstreṇa mayā nihatā devaśatravaḥ

avatīrya kalāvaṃte brāhmaṇasya niveśane /
haniṣyati tathā raudrānmlecchānsarvāñjanārdanaḥ

taistairbhāvairmayāvasthāḥ sarvāḥ proktā jagatpateḥ /
kimanyacchrotukāmāsi tadbravīmi śubhānane

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe/
umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde śrīkṛṣṇacarite śrīkṛṣṇasvadhāmagamananirūpaṇaṃnāma dvipaṃcāśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ