Bhukhanda 25: athaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ
Bhūkhaṇḍa 25
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athaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ
25.1
sūta uvācaṃsa prabhuḥ sarvadevastu hyabhyaṣiñcya tato nṛpam | pṛthuṃ vainasya tanayaṃ sarvarājye mahāprabhuḥ
25.2
mahābāhuṃ mahākāyaṃ yathendraṃ ca sureśvaram | krameṇāpi tato brahmā rājyāni suvicārya hi
25.3
yadyasyāpi bhavedyogyaṃ dātuṃ tadupacakrame | vṛkṣāṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca graharkṣāṇāṃ tathaiva ca
25.4
somaṃ rājye'bhyaṣiñcacca tapasāṃ ca mahāmatiḥ | dharmāṇāṃ sarvayajñānāṃ puṇyānāṃ saumyatejasā
25.5
apāṃ madhye tathā devaṃ tīrthānāṃ hi tathaiva ca | varuṇaṃ so'bhyaṣiñcadvai ratnānāṃ ca dvijottama
25.6
anyeṣāṃ sarvayakṣāṇāṃ rājye vaiśravaṇaṃ punaḥ | viṣṇumeva mahāprājñamādityānāṃ pitāmahaḥ
25.7
rājye saṃsthāpayāmāsaṃ tīrthānāṃ hitahetave | sarveṣāmeva puṇyānāṃ dakṣamave prajāpatim
25.8
samarthaṃ sarvadharmajñaṃ prajāpatigaṇeśvaram | daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca viṣṇutejaḥsamanvitam
25.9
prahlādaṃ sthāpayāmāsa sa hi rājye prajāpatiḥ | yamaṃ vaivasvataṃ dharme pitṛrājye'bhyaṣiñcayat
25.10
yakṣarākṣasabhūtānāṃ piśācoragarakṣasām | yoginīnāṃ ca sarvāsāṃ [ vetālānāṃ mahātmanām
25.11
kaṅkālāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ kūṣmāṇḍāṃnāṃ tathaiva ca| pārthivānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ] giriśaṃ śūlapāṇinam
25.12
parvatānāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ himavantaṃ mahāgirim | nadīnāṃ ca taḍāgānāṃ vāpikānāṃ tathaiva ca
[ †kuṇḍānāṃ kūparājye hi divyeṣu ca sureśvaraḥ ]
25.13
sāgarāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ puṣkaraṃ tīrthamuttamam | gandharvāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ puṇyātmānaṃ mahābalam
25.14
nāmnā citrarathaṃ rājye so'bhyaṣiñcatsureśvaraḥ | nāgānāṃ puṇyavīryāṇāṃ vāsukiṃ ca caturmukhaḥ
25.15
sarpāṇāṃ tu tathā rājye'bhyaṣiñcacca sa takṣakam | vāraṇānāṃ tathā rājye sa cairāvaṇamādiśat
25.16
aśvānāṃ caiva sarveṣāmuccaiḥśravasameva ca | pakṣiṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ vainateyamathāpi saḥ
25.18
mṛgāṇāṃ ca tato rājye brahmā siṃhamathā''diśat | govṛṣaṃ tu gavāṃ madhye hyabhyaṣiñcatprajāpatiḥ 17
vanaspatīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ plakṣaṃ rājānamādiśat | evaṃ rājyāni puṇyāni saṃsthāpya sa pitāmahaḥ
25.19
diśāpālāṃstato brahmā sthāpayāmāsa sattamaḥ | vairājasya tathā putraṃ pūrvasyāṃ diśyasiñcayat
25.20
sudhanvānaṃ diśaḥ pālaṃ rājānaṃ so'bhyaṣiñcayat | dakṣiṇasyāṃ mahātmānaṃ kardamasya prajāpateḥ
25.21
putraṃ śaṅkhapadaṃ nāma rājānaṃ so'bhyaṣiñcayat | paścimāyāṃ tathā brahmā varuṇasya prajāpateḥ
25.22
[ putraṃ ca puṣkaraṃ nāma so'bhyaṣiñcatprajāpatiḥ] | uttarasyāṃ diśi brahmā nalakūvarameva ca
25.23
evaṃ caivābhyaṣiñcacca [ †dikpālāṃsta mahaujasaḥ | yairiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā sapattanā
25.24
yathāpradeśamadyāpi dharmeṇa paripālyate | pṛthuścaiva mahābhāgo] hyabhiṣikto narādhipaḥ
25.25
rājasūyādibhiḥ sarvairabhiṣiktaḥ sa eva ca | vidhinā vidhidṛṣṭena sa ca rājye mahīpatiḥ
25.26
cākṣuṣe nāmbyatīte tu manau caiva mahaujasi | [ manvantare mahābhāgā devapuṇye hitaiṣiṇi]
25.27
tato vaivasvatāyaiva manave rājyamādiśat | vistaraṃ cāpi vyākhyāsye pṛthoścaiva mahātmanaḥ
yadi yūyaṃ ca viprendrāḥ śuśrūṣatha hyatandritāḥ
25.28
etadeva pratiṣṭhānaṃ mahatpuṇyaṃ prakīrtitam | [ †sarveṣveva purāṇeṣu tvevaṃ hi niścitaṃ sadā]
Linked texts (4)
- Padmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Critical edition (BORI) — Sanskrit
- Vāyupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Bhūmikhaṇḍa — Sanskrit