Padma Samhita · Chapter 1.12

vistāraḥ kathito bhūmeḥ lokāssaphtātalādikāḥ/
narakāṇi tathoktāni sāṃprataṃ bhagavanmama

bhuvaḥ prabhṛtilokānāṃ rūraṃ mānaṃ ca kathyatām/
yāvatpramāṇā vṛthivī vistīrṇā parimaṇḍalā

tāvadbhuvasthsalaṃ brahman vistīrṇaṃ parimaṇḍalam/
upariṣṭātkṣitervyomni lakṣayojanasaṅkhyayā

ravistiṣṭhati tigmaissvairaṃśubhirbhāsayan jagat/
rathamāsthāya bhagavān bahuyojana vistṛtam

vāmapārśve rathasyaikaṃ cakraṃ disyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam/
vahanti saptayassapta chandhāṃsi syandanaṃ mahat

sārathiścāruṇasśarvānaśvānvāhayati svayam/
mānasottara śailasya mūrdhni syandanapaddhatiḥ

vibhāga heturuṣasāmahnā mapi gatikramāt/
yogināṃ paramaḥ panthāḥ smṛtaḥ kleśaparikṣaye

mokṣamāṇāḥ pathānena yāntiviṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam/
udayāntamayau naiva bhānussarvatra sammukhaḥ

darśanādarśane bhāno rudayā stamayau matau//
yairmatra dṛśyate bhānussa teśāmudayassmṛtaḥ//
yāti yatra tirobhāvaṃ tatrāstamayadhīrnṛṇām

sphītā bhavanti pūrvāhṇe rasmayo'rkasya santatāḥ/
hrasvībhavanti paścāttu yāvatteṣāmadarśanam

varjayitvā purīṃ dhātussarvato merubhūdhare/
patanti bhānavo bhānostirya gūrdhvamadhastathā

sabhāṃ tu brahmaṇo gatvā prasthitaṃ pānti yo punaḥ/
brahmaṇastejasā tena nānyatra skhalanaṃ kvacit

bhūsūryayorantarālaṃ bhuvasthsalamudāhṛtam/
vidyādharāśca gandharvā ssiddhāśca saha dānavaiḥ

vasanti muditā sveṣu pureṣveva pṛthakpṛthak/
lakṣe divākarasthānāśchaśinaḥ sthānamīritam

tasyopariṣṭāttaṣṭhanti nakṣatrāṇi yathāyatham/
lakṣatrayamatītyordhvaṃ budhasya sthitirucyate

uśanā tu sthito lakṣadvayamu ttīrya tiṣṭhati/
tadyojanānyatikramya bhaumanti ṣṭhati sarvadā

tāvatpramāṇe'vasthānaṃ guro stasyopari sthitiḥ/
śanaiścarastatpramāṇamatītyordhvaṃ ravessutaḥ

lakṣalakṣa kramādūrdhvaṃ nakṣatraṃ munayaḥ pare/
parassahasraṃ ṛṣayassantyuparyūrdhva gāminaḥ

tato dhruvasthsitasthsāne durārohe maharṣibhiḥ/
dvādaśāraṃ mahācakraṃ nemī dve tasya nābhayaḥ

(13.) tisrassanti na santyasya māsapāsteṣvareṣu te/
meṣādayopyareṣvavaṃ mīnāntādvādaśa sthitāḥ

mānā dvādaśa caitrādyā vasantapramukhā stathā/
ṛtavaṣṣaṭsaṅkramāśca viṣuvadvāyanadvayam

sitāsitau ca pakṣau dvau yugabhedāśca vatsarāḥ/
truṭyādayaḥ kālabhedāścakradhārāsu viṣṭhitāḥ

dhruvaḥ sthito nā bhimadhye prādakṣiṇyena rāśayaḥ/
prasavyena grahāssarve caranti gatirīdṛśī

kulālacakramadhyasthamṛtpiṇḍa sadṛśo dhruvaḥ/
bhramanti paritassarve dhruvaṃ jyotirgaṇāssadā

ādityadhruvayormadhye deśasyvargasamāhyayaḥ/
vasanti tasmin gīrvāṇā vimāneṣu pṛthakpṛthak

asaṅkhyātā nityatṛptāḥ jyotirmayavapurdharāḥ/
teṣāṃ gaṅgājalaṃ sevyaṃ puṣpāṇi surabhūruhām

dhanaṃ ca cintāmaṇayaḥ striyaścāpsarasaḥ smṛtāḥ/
siddhādayo vapantismapureṣu nirupadravāḥ/
utendra mūrtirbhagavā nāsīvantatra sarvadā

rakṣati svarganilayan devādīn svena tejasā/
bhūrbhavassvastrayolokāḥ lakṣāḥ pañcadaśa smṛtāḥ

tataḥ paraṃ maharlokaḥ kotiyojanamāyataḥ/
sanandanādyā munayo vasanti daśakoṭayaḥ

tataḥ paraṃ janolokaḥ koṭidvayasamāyataḥ/
anantaraṃ tapolokaḥ sthitaḥ koṭibhiraṣṭabhiḥ

yojanānāṃ satyalokaḥ punastriguṇamāyataḥ/
koṭitrayayutaṃ tasmādūrdhvaṃ dhātuḥ puraṃ sthitam

tabbrahmalokaṃ munayaḥ gṛṇanti kamalāsana/
lakṣayojanavistāraṃ sālaprāsādagopuram

uttareṇa brahmalo kāddviṣṇulokaṃ vidurbudhāḥ/
antaraṃ lokayoruktaṃ lakṣayojanasaṃmitam

tāvatye vā ntarāle'sya dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi sthitaḥ/
śivalokaścaturvaktra tasminnā ste śivassvayam

yojanānāṃ koṭi mūdhvan mullaṅghya purataḥ sthitaḥ/
sarvātvā bhagavāsūrdhvaṃ tasmātkoṭitrayāya te

nivṛtyātmā nivasati bhagavānavyayassvayam/
tāvatyeva sthito māne viśvātmā viśvakṛddhariḥ

puruṣātmā purastāttu catuṣkoṭi pramāṇake/
sthitaḥ koṭīratītyordhvaṃ pañca paścādavasthitaḥ

parameṣṭhi sa bhagavān paścakaṃ viṣṇu viṣṭaram/
adhyāste bhagavānnityaṃ śaṅkhacakra gadādaraḥ

paścaśaktimayo viṣṇuḥ koṭiyojanasaṃmite/
āste śrībhūmisahito vaina teyena sevitaḥ

aṇ‍ḍabhittiruparyasya sthito rdhve koṭiyojane/
ghanaṃ ca tasyāḥ koṭyā tu saṃmitaṃ kamalāsana

śuddhaṃ hiraṇyayaṃ jñeyamaṇḍaṃ tadvisma yāvaham/
etenaṇḍakaṭāhena lokāssarve samāvṛtāḥ

uparyuparyamī lokāḥ kapitthaphalavat sthitāḥ/
taddaśo ttarasaṅkhye vāriṇā pariveṣṭitam

āvṛtyāṇḍaṃ yathāvāri sthitaṃ tadyattadagninā/
sa vāyunā tadvadeva sa vyomnā ca samāvṛtaḥ

sarvaṃ daśottaraṃ vidyāttadvyoma mahatāvṛtam/
mahāṃśca sa pradhānena pradhānaṃ tamasāvṛtam

tadanantamaparyantaṃ na saṅkhyā tatra vidyate/
hetubhūtama śeṣasya tamasaḥ prakṛtiḥ parā

aṇ‍ḍānāmīdṛśāṃ brahman sahasrāṇyayutāni ca/
bahunāpi kimu ktena saṅkhyā vaktuṃ na śakyate

aṇḍāni tāni sarvaṇi vyāpya nārāyaṇaḥ sthitaḥ/
antaśca teṣāṃ bhagavān sarvavyāpī paraḥ pumān

bahiśca sākṣivatsarva mīkṣamāṇo'vatiṣṭhate/
mahatastamaso bhāhye lokā ssubahuyojanāḥ

catvāraḥ kramaśassanti caturbhissamadhiṣṭhitāḥ/
vyūhaiḥ krameṇa vakṣye tānaniruddhaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ

pradyumno'na ntaraṃ teṣāṃ saṅkarṣaṇa samāhvayaḥ/
vāsudevastataḥ paścādvyūhākhyaḥ kamalāsana

vibhavākhyo vāsudevastadanantaramīritaḥ/
anādirvāsudevaśca tayorlokā vanukramāt

tato nārāyaṇasyāpi lokastannikaṭe sthitaḥ/
ekaikasyāntaraṃ koṭiryohanānāmudīritā

tāvāneva ca vistārasaiṣāmati manoharaḥ/
tebhyo bahisthsito loko yatrāste bhagavānajaḥ

anādirvāsudeśākhyaśśobhite maṇimaṇṭape/
śeṣabhogāsane divye śrībhūbhyāṃ samamāsthitaḥ

vyāptyādibhistathāṣṭābhiśśaktibhiḥ parivāritaḥ/
vālavyajanahastābhi styevyamānābhirantike

seneśādyaiḥ pāriṣadaiśca krādyairāyudhairapi/
praṇamadbhissevyamānassāmīpyādipadasthitaiḥ

muktaiśca pañcakālajñaistiddhaiḥ kiṅkaratāṃ gataiḥ/
upāsyamānassatataṃ dvādaśākṣaracintakaiḥ

aṣṭāṅgayogasaṃsiddhairbahubhirbhagavanmayaiḥ/
pañcarātrārdhatatvajñairnityatṛptaistamīpagaiḥ

yathārhaṃ bhagavaccheṣakarmaniṣṭhermahātmabhiḥ/
digeṣā kathitā brahman dhanyānāṃ tatra tiṣṭhatām

antargatānāṃ lokānā maṇḍeṣu bahirapyatha/
vistāraḥ kathyate naiva durgrahatvādbhavādṛśaiḥ

sāramātraṃ samuddhṛtya sarpatassamudāhṛtam/
jñānaṃ bhagavataḥ kiñcidajñānaṃ ye na havyate

naṣṭamajñāna timiraṃ jñānaṃ taddharśitaṃ mahat/
sarve ca saṃśayā naṣṭhāḥ prasādā dbhagavanmama

iti guhyatamaṃ jñānaṃ bhagavān brahmaṇe dadau/
brahmāpi tadyathātatvaṃ kapilāyāvatārayat

kapilopi maharṣistat jñānaṃ mama yadhātatham/
dadau tubhyaṃ tadatyenaṃ pāraṃparyakramāgatam

siddhāntajñānamutkṛṣṭaṃ tvayyanugrahakāmyayā/
bhagavanmayamākhyātaṃ rahasyataramadbhutam

bhagavanmayamākhyātaṃ rahasyataramadbhutam/
naitadguhyataraṃ jñānamākhyeyamatimānine/
nābhaktāya na hīnāya na cāśuśrūṣave punaḥ

nādīkṣitāya dātavyaṃ na kṛtaghnāya pāpine/
sa nāstikāya cākhyeyaṃ na ca pāṣaṇḍine tathā

na hīnavarṇine naiva piśunāya durātmane/
naiva cānupa nītāya na bāhyā gamasaṅgine

na cāpyasūyave cāpi tyaktācārāya parhicit/
vaktavyaṃ ca vinītāya śuddhāya brahmacāriṇe

śuśrūṣave prasannāya vratine vaśine tathā/
āśramasthāya saṃsāravimukhāya mumukṣave

jijñāsamānāya tathā pāñcarātro ditāṃ kriyām/
suśīlāya kṛtajñāya ṛjave ṛjubuddhaye

chandāṃsyadhītine sāṅgaṃ kulīnāya tapasvine/
traivarṇikāya saṃvarta maharṣe saṃhitāmimām