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# Brahmandapurana 2.10

Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa 2.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.10.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.120) — 1 part

### [2.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.1)

bṛhaspatiruvāca  
saptaite jayatāṃ śreṣṭhāḥ svarge pitṛgaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ /  
catvāro murttimantaśca trayasteṣāmamūrttayaḥ //

### [2.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.2)

teṣāṃ lokānvisargaṃ ca kīrttayiṣye nibodhata /  
yāvai duhitarasteṣāṃ dauhitrāśceva ye smṛtāḥ //

### [2.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.3)

lokāḥ saṃtānakā nāma yatra tiṣṭhanti bhāsvarāḥ /  
amūrttayaḥ pitṛgaṇāste vai putrāḥ prajāpateḥ //

### [2.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.4)

virājasya dvijaśreṣṭhā vairājā iti viśrutāḥ /  
ete vai pitarastāta yogānāṃ yogavardhanāḥ //

### [2.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.5)

apyāyayanti ye nityaṃ yogāyogabalena tu /  
śrāddhairāpyāyitāste vai somamāpyāyayanti ca //

### [2.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.6)

āpyāyitastataḥ somo lokānāpyāyayatyuta /  
eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā menā nāma mahāgireḥ //

### [2.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.7)

patnī himavataḥ putro yasyā maināka ucyate /  
parvatapravaraḥ so 'tha kraiñcaścāsya gireḥ sutaḥ //

### [2.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.8)

tisraḥ kanyāstu menāyāṃ janayāmāsa śailārāṭ /  
aparṇāmekaparṇāṃ ca tṛtīyāmekapāṭalām //

### [2.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.9)

nyagrodhame kaparṇā tu pāṭhalaṃ tvekapāṭalā /  
āśite dve aparṇā tu hyaniketā tapo 'carat //

### [2.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.10)

śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ duścaraṃ devadānavaiḥ /  
āhāramekaparṇena hyekaparṇā samācarat //

### [2.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.11)

pāṭalenaiva caikena vyadadhādekapāṭalā /  
pūrṇe varṣasahasre dve cāhāraṃ vai prajakratuḥ //

### [2.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.12)

ekā tatra nirāhārā tāṃ mātā pratyabhāṣata /  
niṣedhayantī someti mātṛsrehena duḥkhitā //

### [2.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.13)

sā tathoktā tadāparṇā devī duścaracāriṇī /  
umeti hi mahābhāgā triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā //

### [2.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.14)

tathaiva nāmnā tenāsau niruktoktena karmaṇā /  
etattu trikumārīkaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅga mam //

### [2.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.15)

etāsāṃ tapasā sṛṣṭaṃ yāvadbhūmirddhariṣyati /  
tapaḥśarīrāstāḥ sarvāsthisro yogabalānvitāḥ //

### [2.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.16)

sarvāstāḥ sumahābhāgāḥ sarvāśca sthirayauvanāḥ /  
sarvāśca brahmavādinyaḥ sarvāścaivordhvaretasaḥ //

### [2.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.17)

umā tāsāṃ variṣṭhā ca śreṣṭhā ca varavarṇinī /  
mahāyogabalopetā mahādevamupasthitā //

### [2.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.18)

dattakaścośānstasyāḥ putro vai bhṛgunandanaḥ /  
asitasyaikaparṇā tu patnī sādhvī pativratā //

### [2.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.19)

dattā himavatā tasmai yogācāryāya dhīmate /  
devalaṃ suṣuve sā tu brahmiṣṭhaṃ jñānasaṃyutā //

### [2.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.20)

yā vai tāsāṃ kumārīṇāṃ tṛtīyā caikapāṭalā /  
putraṃ śataśalākasya jaigīṣavyamupasthitā //

### [2.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.21)

tasyāpi śaṅkhaliśitau smṛtau putrāvayonijau /  
ityetā vai mahābhāgāḥ kanyā himavataḥ śubhāḥ //

### [2.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.22)

rudrāṇī sā tu pravarā svairguṇairatiricyate /  
anyonyaprītamanasorumāśaṅkarayoratha //

### [2.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.23)

śleṣaṃ saṃsaktayorjñātvā śaṅkitaḥ kila vṛtrahā /  
tābhyāṃ maithunaśaktābhyāmapatyodbhavabhīruṇā //

### [2.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.24)

tayoḥ sakāśamindreṇa preṣito havyavāhanaḥ /  
anāyo rativighnaṃ ca tvamācara hutāśana //

### [2.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.25)

sarvatra gata eva tvaṃ na doṣo vidyate tava /  
ityevamukte tu tadā vahninā ca tathā kṛtam //

### [2.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.26)

umāṃ devaḥ samutsṛjya śukraṃ bhūmau vyasarjayat /  
tato ruṣitayā sadyaḥ śapto 'gnirumayā tayā //

### [2.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.27)

idaṃ coktavatī vahniṃ roṣagadgadayā girā /  
yasmānnāvavitṛptābhyāṃ rativighnaṃ hutāśana //

### [2.10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.28)

kṛtavānasya karttavyaṃ tasmāttvamasi durmatiḥ /  
yadevaṃ vigataṃ garbhaṃ raudraṃ śukraṃ mahāprabham //

### [2.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.29)

garbhe tvaṃ dhārayasvaivameṣā te daṇḍadhāraṇā /  
sa śāpadoṣādrudrāṇyā antargarbho hutāśanaḥ //

### [2.10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.30)

bahūnvarṣagaṇāngarbhaṃ dhārayāmāsa vai dvija /  
sa gaṅgāmabhigamyāha śrūyatāṃ sariduttame //

### [2.10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.31)

sumahānparikhedo me jāyate garbhadhāraṇāt /  
maddhitārtha matho garbhamimaṃ dhāraya nimnage //

### [2.10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.32)

matprasādācca tanayo varadaste bhaviṣyati /  
tathetyuktvā tadā sā tu saṃpratdṛṣṭā mahānadī //

### [2.10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.33)

taṃ garbhaṃ dhārayāmāsa dahyamānena cetasā /  
sāpi kṛcchreṇa mahatā khidyamānā mahānadī //

### [2.10.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.34)

prakṛṣṭaṃ vyasṛjadgarbhaṃ dīpyamāna mivānalam /  
rudrāgnigaṅgātanayastatra jāto 'ruṇaprabhaḥ //

### [2.10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.35)

ādityaśatasaṃkāśo mahātejāḥ pratāpavān /  
tasmiñjāte mahābhāge kumāre jāhnavīsute //

### [2.10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.36)

vimānayānairākāśaṃ patatrribhirivāvṛtam /  
devadundubhayo nedurākāśe madhurasvanāḥ //

### [2.10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.37)

mumucuḥ puṣpavarṣaṃ ca khecarāḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ /  
jagurgandharvamukhyāśca sarvaśastatra tatra ha //

### [2.10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.38)

yakṣā vidyādharāḥ siddhāḥ kinnarāścaiva sarvaśaḥ /  
mahānāgasahasrāṇi pravarāśca patatrriṇaḥ //

### [2.10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.39)

upatasthurmahābhāgamāgneyaṃ śaṅkarātmajam /  
prabhāveṇa hatāstena daityavānararākṣasāḥ //

### [2.10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.40)

sa hi saptarṣibhāryābhirārādevāgnisaṃbhavaḥ /  
abhiṣekaprayātābhirdṛṣṭo varjya tvarundhatīm //

### [2.10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.41)

tābhiḥ sa bālārkanibho raudraḥ parivṛtaḥ prabhuḥ /  
snihyamānābhiratyarthaṃ svakabhiriva mātṛbhiḥ //

### [2.10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.42)

yugapatsarvadevībhirdidhitsurjāhnavīṃ sutaḥ /  
ṣaṇmukhānyasṛjacchrīmāṃstenāyaṃ ṣaṇmukhaḥ smṛtaḥ //

### [2.10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.43)

tena jātena mahātā devānāmasahiṣṇavaḥ /  
skanditā dānavagaṇāstasmātskandaḥ pratāpavān //

### [2.10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.44)

kṛttikābhistu yasmātsa varddhito hi purātanaḥ /  
kārttikeya iti khyātastasmādasurasūdanaḥ //

### [2.10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.45)

jṛṃbhatastasya daityārerjvālā mālākulā tadā /  
mukhādvinirgatā tasya svaśaktiraparājitā //

### [2.10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.46)

krīḍārthaṃ caiva skandasya viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā /  
garuḍādatisṛṣṭau hi pakṣiṇau dvau prabhadrakau //

### [2.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.47)

mayūraḥ kukkuṭaścaiva patākā caiva vāyunā /  
yasya dattā sarasvatyā mahāvīṇā mahāsvanā //

### [2.10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.48)

ajaḥ svayaṃbhuvā datto meṣo dattaśca śaṃbhunā /  
māyāviharaṇe vipra girau kraiñce nipātite //

### [2.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.49)

tārake cāsuravare samudīrṇe nipātite /  
seṃdropendrairmahābhāgairdevairagnisutaḥ prabhuḥ //

### [2.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.50)

senāpatyena daityārirabhiṣiktaḥ pratāpavān /  
devasenāpatistveṣa paṭhyate suranāyakaḥ //

### [2.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.51)

devāriskandanaḥ skandaḥ sarvalokeśvaraḥ prabhuḥ /  
pramathairvidhairdevastathā bhūtagaṇairapi //

### [2.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.52)

mātṛbhirvividhābhiśca vināyakagaṇaistataḥ /  
lokāḥ somapadā nāma marīceryatra vai sutāḥ //

### [2.10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.53)

tatra te divi varttante devāstānpūjayantyuta /  
śrutā barhiṣado nāma pitaraḥ somapāstu te //

### [2.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.54)

eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā acchodā nāma nimnagā /  
acchaudaṃ nāma taddivyaṃ saro yasmātsamutthitā //

### [2.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.55)

tathā na dṛṣṭapūrvāstu vitaraste kadācana /  
saṃbhūtā mānasī teṣāṃ pitṝnsvānnābhijānatī //

### [2.10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.56)

sā tvanyaṃ pitaraṃ vavre tānatikramya vai pitṝn /  
amāvasumiti khyātamailaputraṃ nabhaścaram //

### [2.10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.57)

adrikāpsarasā yuktaṃ vimānādhiṣṭhitaṃ divi /  
sā tena vyabhicāreṇa gagane nāprajāriṇī //

### [2.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.58)

pitaraṃ prārthayitvānyaṃ yogabhraṣṭā papāta ha /  
trīṇyavaśyadvimānāni patantī sā divaścyutā //

### [2.10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.59)

trasareṇupramāṇāni teṣu cāvasthitānpitṝn /  
susūkṣmānaparivyaktānagnīnagniṣvivāhitān //

### [2.10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.60)

trāyadhvamityuvācārtā patatī cāpyavākśirāḥ /  
tairukā sā tu mā bhaiṣī rityato 'dhiṣṭhitābhavat //

### [2.10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.61)

tataḥ prasādayatsā vai sīdantī tvanayā girā /  
ūcuste pitaraḥ kanyāṃ bhraṣṭaiśvaryāṃ vyatikramāt //

### [2.10.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.62)

bhraṣṭaiśvaryāṃ svadoṣeṇa patasi tvaṃ śucismite /  
yairācaranti karmaṇi śarīrairiha devatāḥ //

### [2.10.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.63)

taireva tatkarmabhalaṃ prāpnuvanti sadā sma ha /  
sadyaḥ phalanti karmāṇi devatve pretya mānuṣe //

### [2.10.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.64)

tasmātsvatapasaḥ putri pretya saṃprāpsyase phalam /  
ityuktayā tu pitaraḥ punaste tu prasāditāḥ //

### [2.10\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10_2)

dhyātvā prasādaṃ te cakrustasyāstadanukaṃpayā /  
avaśyaṃ bhāvinaṃ dṛṣṭvā hyarthamūcustadā tu tām //

### [2.10.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.66)

somapāḥ pitaraḥ kanyāṃ rajño 'syaiva tvamāvasoḥ /  
utpannasya pṛthivyāṃ tu mānuṣeṣu mahātmanaḥ //

### [2.10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.67)

kanyā bhūtvā tvimāṃllokānpunaḥ prāpsyasi bhāmini /  
aṣṭāviṃśe bhavitrī tvaṃ dvāpare matsyayonijā //

### [2.10.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.68)

asyaiva rājño duhitā hyadrikāyāmamāvasoḥ /  
parāśarasya dāyādamṛṣiṃ tvaṃ janayiṣyasi //

### [2.10.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.69)

sa vedamekaṃ brahmarṣi ścaturddhā vibhajiṣyati /  
mahābhiṣasya putrau dvau śantanoḥ kīrttivarddhanau //

### [2.10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.70)

vicitravīryaṃ dharmajñaṃ tvamevotpādayiṣyasi /  
citrāṅgadaṃ ca rājānaṃ sarvasattvabalānvitam //

### [2.10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.71)

etānutpādayitvātha punarlokānavā psyasi /  
vyabhicārātpitṝṇāṃ tvaṃ prāpsyase janma kutsitam //

### [2.10.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.72)

tasyaiva rājñastvaṃ kanyā adrikāyāṃ bhaviṣyasi /  
kanyā bhūtvā tataśca tvamimāṃllokānavāpsyasi //

### [2.10.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.73)

evamukatvā tu dāśeyī jātā satyavatī tu sā /  
adrikāyāḥ sutā matsyā sutā jātā hyamāvasoḥ //

### [2.10.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.74)

adikāmatsyasaṃbhūtā gaṅgāyamunasaṃgame /  
tasyā rājño hi sā kanyā rājño vīryeṇa caiva hi //

### [2.10.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.77)

virajānāma te lokā divi rocanti te gaṇāḥ /  
agniṣvāttāḥ smṛtāstatra pitaro bhāskaraprabhāḥ pulahasya prajāpateḥ /  
eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā pīvarī nāma viśrutā //

### [2.10.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.78)

yoginī yogapatnī ca yogamātā tathaiva ca /  
bhavitā dvāparaṃ prāpya aṣṭāviṃśatimeva tu //

### [2.10.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.79)

śrīmānvyāso mahāyogī yogastasmindvijottamāḥ /  
vyāsādaraṇyāṃ saṃbhūto vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ //

### [2.10.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.80)

parāśarakulodbhūtaḥ śuko nāma mahātapāḥ /  
sa tasyāṃ pitṛkanyāyāṃ pīvaryāṃ janayadvibhuḥ //

### [2.10.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.81)

putrānpañca yogacaryāpariburṇānpariśrutān /  
kṛṣṇā gauraṃ prabhuṃ śaṃbhuṃ tathā bhūriśrutaṃ ca vai //

### [2.10.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.82)

kanyāṃ kīrtimatīṃ caiva yoginīṃ yogamātaram /  
brahmadattasya cananī mahiṣī tvaṇuhasya sā //

### [2.10.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.83)

ādityakiraṇopetamapunarmārgamāsthitaḥ /  
sarvavyāpī vinirmukto bhaviṣyati mahāmuniḥ //

### [2.10.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.84)

traya ete gāṇāḥ proktāścatuḥ śeṣānnibodhata /  
tānvakṣyāmi dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ prabhāmūrttimato gaṇān //

### [2.10.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.85)

utpannāstu svadhāyāṃ te kāvyā hyagneḥ kaveḥ sutāḥ /  
pitaro devalokeṣu jyotirbhāsiṣu bhāsvarāḥ //

### [2.10.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.86)

sarvakāmasamṛddheṣu dvijāstānbhāvayantyuta /  
eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā yogotpattiritiśrutā //

### [2.10.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.87)

dattā sanatkumāreṇa śukrasya mahiṣī tu yā /  
ekaśṛṅgeti vikhyātā bhṛgūṇāṃ kīrtivarddhinī //

### [2.10.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.88)

marīci garbhāste lokāḥ samāvṛtya divi sthitāḥ /  
ete hyaṅgirasaḥ putrāḥ sādhyaiḥ saṃvarddhitāḥ purā //

### [2.10.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.89)

upahūtāḥ smṛtāste vai pitaro bhāsvarā divi /  
tānkṣatriyagaṇāḥ sapta bhāvayanti phalārthinaḥ //

### [2.10.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.90)

eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā yaśodā nāma viśrutā /  
matā yā jananī devī khaṭvāṅgasya mahātmanaḥ //

### [2.10.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.91)

yajñe yasya purā gītā gāthāgītairmaharṣibhiḥ /  
agnerjanma tadā dṛṣṭvā śāṇḍilyasya mahātmanaḥ //

### [2.10.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.92)

yajamānaṃ dilīpaṃ ye paśyantyatra samāhitāḥ /  
satyavrataṃ mahātmānaṃ te 'pi svargajito narāḥ //

### [2.10.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.93)

ājyapā nāma pitaraḥ kardamasya prajā pateḥ /  
samutpannasya pulahādutpannāstasya te sutāḥ //

### [2.10.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.94)

lakiṣu teṣu vaivartāḥ kāmagoṣu vihaṅgamāḥ /  
etānvaiśyagaṇāḥ śrāddhe bhāva yanti phalārthinaḥ //

### [2.10.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.95)

eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā virajā nāma viśrutā /  
yayāterjananī sādhvī patnī sā nahuṣasya ca //

### [2.10.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.96)

sukālā nāma pitaro vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ /  
hairaṇyagarbhasya sutāḥ śūdrāstāṃ bhāvayantyuta //

### [2.10.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.97)

mānasā nāma te lokā vartante yatra te divi /  
eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā narmadā saritāṃ varā //

### [2.10.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.98)

sā bhāvayati bhūtāni dakṣiṇāpathagāminī /  
jananī sātrasaddasyoḥ purukutsaparigrahaḥ //

### [2.10.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.99)

eteṣāmabhyupagamānmanurmanvantareśvaraḥ /  
manvantarādau śrāddhāni pravartayati sarvaśaḥ //

### [2.10.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.100)

pitṝṇāmānupūrvyeṇa sarveṣāṃ dvijasattamāḥ /  
tasmādetatsvadharmeṇa deyaṃ śrāddhaṃ ca śraddhayā //

### [2.10.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.101)

sarveṣāṃ rājataiḥ pātrairapi vā rajatānvitaiḥ /  
dattaṃ svadhāṃ purodhāya śrāddhaṃ prīṇāti vai pitṝn //

### [2.10.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.102)

saumyāyane vāgrayaṇe hyaśvamedhaṃ tadapnuyāt /  
somaścāpyāyanaṃ kṛtvā hyaganervevasvatasya ca //

### [2.10.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.103)

pitṝnprīṇāti yo vaṃśyaḥ pitaraḥ prīṇayanti tam /  
pitaraḥ puṣṭikāmasya prajākāmasya vā punaḥ //

### [2.10.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.104)

puṣṭiṃ prajāstathā svargaṃ prayacchanti na saṃśayaḥ /  
devakāryādapi sadā pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate //

### [2.10.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.105)

devatābhyaḥ pitṝṇāṃ hi pūrvamāpyāyanaṃ smṛtam /  
na hi yoga gatiḥ sūkṣmā pitṝṇāṃ na pitṛkṣayaḥ //

### [2.10.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.106)

tapasā viprasiddhena dṛśyate māsacakṣuṣā /  
ityete pitaraścaiva lokā duhitaraśca vai //

### [2.10.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.107)

dauhitrā yajamānāśca proktā ye bhāvayanti yān /  
catvāro mūrtimantastu trayasteṣāmamūrtayaḥ //

### [2.10.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.108)

tebhyaḥ śrāddhāni satkṛtya devāḥ kurvanti yatnataḥ /  
bhaktyā prāñjalayaḥ sarveseṃdrāstadgatamānasāḥ //

### [2.10.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.109)

viśve ca sikatāścaiva pṛśnijāḥ śṛṅgiṇastathā /  
kṛṣṇāḥ śvetāṃbujāścaiva vidhiva tpūjayantyuta //

### [2.10.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.110)

praśastā vātarasanā divākṛtyāstathaiva ca /  
meghāśca marutaścaiva brahmādyāśca divaukasaḥ //

### [2.10.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.111)

atribhṛgvaṅgirādyāśca ṛṣayaḥ sarva eva te /  
yakṣā nāgāḥ suparṇāśca kinnarā rākṣasaiḥ saha //

### [2.10.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.112)

pitṝṃste 'pūjayansarve nityameva phalārthinaḥ /  
evamete mahātmānaḥ śrāddhe satkṛtya pūjitāḥ //

### [2.10.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.113)

sarvānkāmānprayacchanti śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ /  
hitvā trailokyasaṃsāraṃ jarāmṛtyumayaṃ tathā //

### [2.10.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.114)

mokṣaṃ yogamathaiśvaryaṃ sūkṣmadehamadehinām /  
kṛtsnaṃ vairāgyamānantyaṃ prayacchanti pitāmahāḥ //

### [2.10.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.115)

eśvaryaṃ vihitaṃ yogameśvaryaṃ yoga ucyate /  
yogaiśvaryamṛte mokṣaḥ kathañcinnopapadyate //

### [2.10.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.116)

apakṣasyeva gamanaṃ gagane pakṣiṇo yathā /  
variṣṭhaḥ sarvadharmāṇāṃ mokṣadharmaḥ sanātanaḥ //

### [2.10.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.117)

pitṝṇāṃ hi prasādena prāpyate sa mahātmanām /  
muktāvaiḍūryavāsāṃsi vājināgāyutāni ca //

### [2.10.1118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.1118)

koṭiśaścāpi ratnāniprayacchanti pitāmahāḥ /  
haṃsabarhiṇayuktani muktāvaiḍhūryavanti ca //

### [2.10.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.119)

kiṅkiṇījālanaddhāni sadā puṣpaphalāni ca /  
vimānānāṃ sahasrāṇi yuktānyapsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ //

### [2.10.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.120)

sarvakāmasamṛddhāni prayacchanti pitāmahāḥ /  
prajāṃ puṣṭiṃ smṛtiṃ medhāṃ rājyamārogyameva ca /  
prītā nityaṃ prayacchanti mānuṣāṇāṃ pitāmahāḥ //

### [2.10.120.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.120.p1)

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīye upoddhātapāde pitṛrājya kalpo nāma daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 10//

## Linked texts (5)

- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.11.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.7) — Sanskrit
- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.9.22) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Dāśarathīyatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.tantra.dasarathiyatantra.2000) — Sanskrit
- [Narasiṃhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.narasimha.20.4) — Sanskrit

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