The Padma-Purana, Part 8, Motilal Banarsidass

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The Padma-Purana, Part 8, Motilal Banarsidass

Postby admin » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:35 am

The Padma-Purana
Part 8
Motilal Banarsidass
1952



Contents:

• Padma-Purana: Section VI: Utarakhanda (Continued)
o 82. The Greatness of Visnu’s Devotees
o 83. The Swing Festival
o 84. The Damanaka Festival
o 85. The Dayana Festival of Visnu
o 86. The Investiture of the Sacred Thread
o 87. Monthly Offering of Flowers to Visnu
o 88. Dialogue Between Satyabhama and Krsna
o 89. An Account of Satyabhama’s Former Birth
o 90. Kartika Best among Month’s and Ekadasi among Days
o 91. The Greatness of Prayaga
o 92. Rules for the Vow of Kartika
o 93. The Bath Rite
o 94. Restraints during the Kartika Vow
o 95. Bringing the Vow to Conclusion
o 96. The Birth of Jalandhara
o 97. The Conquest of Amaravati by Jalandhara
o 98. Visnu Promises not to Kill Jalandhara
o 99. Rahu Acts as Messenger of Jalandhara
o 100. Siva’s Attendants Fight the Demons off
o 101. The Fight Goes on
o 102. Jalandhara Plays a Trick
o 103. Vrnda Curses Visnu
o 104. The End of Jalandhara
o 105. The Greatness of Dhatri and Tulasi
o 106. The Kalaha Episode
o 107. Kalaha Is Emancipated
o 108. King Cola and Brahmana Visnudasa
o 109. King Cola and Visnudasa Become Attendants of Visnu
o 110. The Story of Jaya and Vijaya
o 111. The Greatness of Krsna and Veni
o 112. Portions of Merit and Demerit That go to Others
o 113. Dhanesvara’s Story
o 114. The Seven Hells Shown to Dhanesvara
o 115. Asvattha and Vata Praised as Gods in Disguise
o 116. Alaksmi’s Episode
o 117. The Importance of Bathing in Kartika
o 118. Siva Answers Kartikeya’s Queries
o 119. In Praise of a Fast for a Month
o 120. The Greatness of Salagrama
o 121. The Importance of Offering Lights etc.
o 122. The Celebration of Dipavali
o 123. Instructions Concerning the Fast
o 124. Haribodhini, Bhidmapancaka etc.
o 125. The Importance of Magha As Told by Bhrgu
o 126. The Importance of Magha As Told by Dattatreya
o 127. The Release of a Demon
o 128. The Hymn Yogasara in Praise of Visnu
o 129. The Deliverance of the Five Gandharva Maidens and Vedanidhi’s Son from Imphood
o 130. Kinds of Devotion to Visnu
o 131. Worship of the Salagrama Stone
o 132. Remembering Visnu
o 133. The Holy Places in Jambudvipa
o 134. The Greatness of Vetravati
o 135. The Greatness of Sabhramati
o 136. The Greatness of Nanditirtha
o 137. Vikirnatirtha and Svetodbhava
o 138. The Greatness of Ganatirtha
o 139. The Greatness of Agnipalesvara
o 140. Hiranyasangamatirtha
o 141. Madhuraditya
o 142. Kambutirtha and Kapitirtha
o 143. Ekadhara and Saptadharatirtha
o 144. Brahmavalli and Khandatirtha
o 145. Sangamesvara
o 146. Rudramahalayatirtha
o 147. Khadgatirtha
o 148. Malarkatirtha
o 149. Candanesvara
o 150. Jambutirtha
o 151. Dhavalesvara
o 152. Balapendratirtha
o 153. Durdharsesvara
o 154. Khadgadharesvara
o 155. Dugdhesvara
o 156. Candresvara
o 157. Pippaladatirtha
o 158. Nimbarkadevatirtha
o 159. Kotaratirtha
o 160. Vamanatirtha
o 161. Somatirtha
o 162. Kapotatirtha
o 163. Gotirtha
o 164. Kasyapatirtha
o 165. Bhutalaya, Ghatesvara and Vaidyanatha
o 166. Pandurarya-tirtha
o 167. Candesa, Ganatirtha
o 168. Vartraghnisangamatirtha
o 169. Varahatirtha
o 170. Sangamatirtha
o 171. Adityatirtha
o 172. Nilakantha
o 173. Durgasamgamatirtha
o 174. The Rise of Nrsimha
o 175. The First chapter of the Gita: The Anecdote of Susarman
o 176. The Second Chapter of the Gita
o 177. The Story of Jada: The Importance of the Third Chapter
o 178. The Forth Chapter: The Story of Two Girls
o 179. The Fifth Chapter: The Story of Pingala
o 180. The Sixth Chapter: The Story of Raikya
o 181. The Seventh Chapter: The Story of Sankukarna
o 182. The Eighth Chapter: Bhavasarman’s Story
o 183. The Ninth Chapter: A Goat’s Story
o 184. The Tenth Chapter: A Swan’s Story
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Re: The Padma-Purana, Part 8, Motilal Banarsidass

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Chapter Ninety-One: The Greatness of Prayaga

Narada said:

1-4a. Saying so, Visnu taking up a form resembling a small glittering fish fell into the hollow of the hands of Kasyapa at his residence on the Vindhya (mountain). The sage kindly and quickly put him into (his) water-pot. When it could not contain itself there, he put it into a well. When it could not contain itself there, he put it into a lake. In this way it was (in the end) put into the sea. It grew there also. Then Visnu, having the form of the fish, killed Sankha. Then taking him in his hand he came to the Badari-forest. Calling all the sages there, he ordered them (like) this.

Srikrsna said:

4b-6. Remove the Vedas dropped into the water. Quickly bring them with the Upanisads from the interior of the water. Till then I, with the group of deities, shall live at Prayaga.

Narada said:

7-11. Then all the sages, endowed with the power of penance, lifted the Vedas with the six Vedangas and with sacrifices. Since then that sage who got a portion of them (i.e. the Vedas) became the seer of that (much portion), O king. Then all the sages together went to Prayaga. They presented the Vedas obtained by them to Visnu with the Creator. Brahma, obtaining the Vedas with the sacrifices was delighted; and with the group of deities and sages he performed the horse-sacrifice. At the end of the sacrifice lords of gods, siddhas, serpents, yaksas fell (i.e. prostrated themselves) like a staff, and requested (Visnu).

Gods said:

12-15. O god of gods, O lord of the world, O master, listen to our request. This is time for our joy. Therefore, be a giver of a boon. O Rama’s lord, the sages themselves have brought to this place the lost Vedas. Due to your favour we have received shares in the sacrifice. May this place always be, by your grace, the best one on the earth. It should increase religious merit and give pleasures and salvation. May this time also be highly meritorious, and may it purify the killers etc. of brahmanas. May it give inexhaustible (objects). Grant us this boon.

Srikrsna said:

16-28. O gods, I think in the same way as you have said. Let it be so. May this (place) be famous as Brahmaksetra. A king born in the solar dynasty will bring Ganga here. She will be here united with Yamuna, the daughter of the Sun.
All of you, Brahma and others, (should) live here with me. This holy place will be well-known as Tirtha-raja (‘king of holy places’). May acts like (giving) gifts, (practising) penance, (observing) vows, (offering) a sacrifice, muttering (hymns), and worship give inexhaustible fruits. May they always give proximity with me. May sins like the murder of a brahmana committed during many existences perish the very moment at the sight of this holy place. Similarly the wise cast their bodies in my vicinity. Those men enter my body only and not a new existence. May the groups of the dead ancestors of those who come here and offer a sraddha intended for the dead ancestors, have the same world as mine. May this very auspicious period also be always fruitful to men. The sin of those who bathe (here) when the Sun has entered Capricornus, perishes. Merely on seeing those who bathe (daily) in the morning in Magha when the Sun is in Capricornus, sins go away, as darkness on (the appearance of) the Sun. As a result of the (daily) bath in Magha when the Sun is in Capricornus, I grant men the triad, viz. the same world, the same form (as mine), and proximity (with me) in this order. O best sages, listen all of you. I am the giver of boons to you. I, the omniscient one, always live in Badarivana. That fruit which you get after ten years by (practising) penance at other place, is always got here by you within a day. Those best men who see that place, are liberated while alive. Then no sin resides in them.

Suta said:

29-30. Having spoken like this to the gods, the god of gods vanished there only with Brahma. All gods also lived there in portions. And those (gods), Indra and others, vanished. That best man of a pure heart who would listen to this religious verse or make others listen to it (i.e. tell it to others), would obtain the fruit which is obtained in the lord of holy places, Badarivana, and (would) also (obtain) me. [‘Me’ here standing for Suta obviously has no relevance.]  
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