[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Brahmandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) › 3.4 # Brahmandapurana 3.4 Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa 3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.73) — 1 part ### [3.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.1) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ śrutaṃ sumahadākhyānaṃ bhavatā parikīrttitam / prajānāṃ manubhiḥ sārddhaṃ devānāmṛṣibhiḥ saha // ### [3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.2) pitṛgandharvabhūtānāṃ piśācoragarakṣasām / daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca yakṣāṇāmeva pakṣiṇām // ### [3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.3) atyadbhutāni karmāṇi vividhā dharmaniścayāḥ / vicitrāśca kathāyogā janma cāgryamanuttamam // ### [3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.4) tatkathyamānamasmākaṃ bhavatā ślakṣṇayā girā / manaḥ karṇasukhaṃ saute prīṇātyamṛtasannibham // ### [3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.5) evamārādhya te sūtaṃ satkṛtya ca maharṣayaḥ / papracchuḥ sattriṇaḥ sarve punaḥ sargapravarttanam // ### [3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.6) kathaṃ suta mahāprājña punaḥ sargaḥ prapatsyate / bandheṣu saṃpralīneṣu guṇasāmye tamomaye // ### [3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.7) vikāreṣvavisṛṣṭeṣu hyavyakte cātmani sthite / apravṛtte brahmaṇā tu sahasā yojyagaistadā // ### [3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.8) kathaṃ prapatsyate sargastannaḥ prabrūhi pṛcchatām / evamuktastataḥ sūtastadāsau lomaharṣaṇaḥ // ### [3.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.9) vyākhyātumupacakrāma punaḥ sargapravarttanam / atra vo varttayiṣyāmi yathā sargaḥ prapatsyate // ### [3.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.10) pūrvavatsa tu vijñeyaḥ samāsāttannibodhata / dṛṣṭenaivānumeyaṃ ca tarkaṃ vakṣyāmi yuktitaḥ // ### [3.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.11) yasmādvāco nivarttante tvaprāpya manasā saha / avyakta vatparokṣatvādgahanaṃ taddurāsadam // ### [3.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.12) vikāraiḥ pratisaṃsṛṣṭo guṇaḥ sāmyena varttate / pradhānaṃ puruṣāṇāṃ ca sādharmyeṇaiva tiṣṭhati // ### [3.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.13) dharmādharmauṃ pralīyete hyavyakte prāṇināṃ sadā / sattvamātrātmako dharmo guṇe sattve pratiṣṭhitaḥ // ### [3.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.14) tamomātrātmako dharmo guṇe tamasi tiṣṭhati / avibhāgena tāvetau guṇasāmye sthitāvubhau // ### [3.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.15) sarvaṃ kāryaṃ buddhipūrvaṃ pradhānasya prapatsyate / buddhipūrvaṃ kṣetrajña adhiṣṭhāsyati tānguṇān // ### [3.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.16) evaṃ tānabhimānena prapatsyati punastadā / yadā pravarttitavyaṃ tu kṣetrakṣetrajñayor dvayoḥ // ### [3.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.17) bhojyabhoktṛtvasaṃbandhāḥ prapatsyante ca tāvubhau / tasmādakṣaramavyaktaṃ sāmye sthitvā guṇātmakam // ### [3.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.18) kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ tatra vaipamyaṃ bhajate tu tat / tataḥ prapatsyate vyaktaṃ kṣetrakṣetrajñayordvayoḥ // ### [3.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.19) kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ sattvaṃ vikāraṃ janayiṣyati / mahadādyaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ caturviṃśaguṇātmakam // ### [3.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.20) kṣetrajñasya pradhānasya puruṣasya pravartsyataḥ / ādidevaḥ pradhānasyānugrahāya prajakṣate // ### [3.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.21) anādyau varamutpādau ubhau sūkṣmau tu tau smṛtau / anādisaṃyogayutau sarvaṃ kṣetrajñameva ca // ### [3.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.22) abuddhipūrvakaṃ yuktamāśaktau tu varau tadā / apratyayamamoghaṃ ca sthitāvudakamatsyavat // ### [3.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.23) pravṛttapūrvauṃ tau pūrvaṃ punaḥ sarvaṃ prapatsyate / ajñā guṇaiḥ pravarttante rajaḥsattvatamo 'bhidhaiḥ // ### [3.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.24) pravṛttikāle rajasābhipanno mahattvabhūtādiviśeṣatāṃ ca / viśeṣatāṃ cendriyatāṃ ca yāti guṇāvasānauṣadhibhirmanuṣyaḥ // ### [3.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.25) satyābhidhyāyinastasya dhyāyinaḥ sannimittakam / rajaḥ sattvatamovyaktā vidharmāṇaḥ parasparam // ### [3.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.26) ādyantaṃ vai pravatsyante kṣetramajñāmvu sarvaśaḥ / saṃsiddhakāryakaraṇā utpadyante 'bhimāninaḥ // ### [3.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.27) sarve sattvāḥ prapadyante hyavyaktātpūrvameva ca / prāksṛtau ye tvasuvahāḥ sādhakāścāpyasādhakāḥ // ### [3.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.28) asaṃśāntāstu te sarve sthānaprakaraṇaiḥ saha / kāryāṇi pratipatsyante utpatsyante punaḥ punaḥ // ### [3.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.29) guṇamātrātmakāveva dharmādharmauṃ parasparam / ārapsaṃte hi cānyonyaṃ vareṇānugraheṇa vā // ### [3.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.30) śarvastulyaprasṛṣṭyartha sargādau yāti vikriyām / guṇāstaṃ pratidhīyante tasmāttattasya rocate // ### [3.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.31) guṇāste yāni karmāṇi prāksṛṣṭyāṃ pratipedire / tānyeva pratipadyante sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ // ### [3.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.32) hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukūre dharmādharmāvṛtānṛte / tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyante tasmāttattasya rocate // ### [3.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.33) mahābhūteṣu nānātvamindriyārtheṣu mūrttiṣu / viprayogaśca bhūtānāṃ guṇebhyaḥ saṃpravarttate // ### [3.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.34) ityeṣa vo mayā khyātaḥ punaḥ sargaḥ samāsataḥ / samāsādeva vakṣyāmi brahmaṇo 'tha samudbhavam // ### [3.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.35) avyaktātkāraṇāttasmānnityātsadasadātmakāt / pradhānapuruṣābhyāṃ tu jāyate ca maheśvaraḥ // ### [3.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.36) sa punaḥ saṃbhāvayitā jāyate brahmasaṃjñitaḥ / sṛjate sa punarlokānabhimāna guṇātmakān // ### [3.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.37) ahaṅkārastu mahatastasmādbhūtāni cātmanaḥ / yugapatsaṃpravarttante bhūtānyevendriyāṇi ca // ### [3.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.38) bhūtabhedāśca bhūtebhya iti sargaḥ pravarttate / vistarāvayavasteṣāṃ yathāprajñaṃ yathāśrutam / kīrttyato vo yathāpūrvaṃ tathaivāpyupadhāryatām // ### [3.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.39) etacchrutvā naimiṣeyā stadānīṃ lokotpattiṃ susthitiṃ cāpyayaṃ ca / tasminsatre 'vabhṛthaṃ prāpya śuddhāḥ puṇyaṃ lokamṛṣayaḥ prāpnuvanti // ### [3.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.40) yathā yūyaṃ vidhinā devātādīniṣṭvā caivāvabhṛthaṃ prāpya śuddhāḥ / tyaktvā dehānāyuṣoṃ'te kṛtārthāḥ puṇyaṃ lokaṃ prāpya modadhvamevam // ### [3.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.41) ete te naimiṣeyā vai dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā ca vai tadā / jagmuścāvabhṛthasnātāḥ svargaṃ sarve tu satriṇaḥ // ### [3.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.42) viprāstathā yūyamapi iṣṭā bahuvidhairmakhaiḥ / āyuṣoṃ'te tataḥ svargaṃ gantāraḥ stha dvijottamāḥ // ### [3.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.43) prakriyā prathamaḥ pādaḥ kathāyāstu parigrahaḥ / anuṣaṅga upoddhāta upasaṃhāra eva ca // ### [3.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.44) evameva catuḥpādaṃ purāṇaṃ lokasammatam / uvāca bhāgavānsakṣādvāyulokahite rataḥ // ### [3.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.45) naimiṣe satramā sādya munibhyo munisattama / tatprasādaṃ ca saṃsiddhaṃ bhūtotpattilayānvitam // ### [3.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.46) prādhānikīmimāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ tathaiveśvarakāritām / samyagviditvā medhāvī na mohamadhigacchati // ### [3.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.47) idaṃ yo brāhmaṇo vidvānitihāsaṃ purātanam / śṛṇuyācchrāvayedvāpi tathādhyāpayate 'pi ca // ### [3.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.48) sthāneṣu sa mahendrasya modate śāśvatīḥ samāḥ / brahmasāyujyago bhūtvā brahmaṇā saha modate // ### [3.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.49) teṣāṃ kīrtimatāṃ kīrtiṃ prajeśānāṃ mahātmanām / prathayanpṛthivīśānāṃ brahmabhūyāya gacchati // ### [3.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.50) dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiśca saṃmitam / kṛṣṇadvaipāyanenoktaṃ purāṇa brahmavādinā // ### [3.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.51) manvantareśvarāṇāṃ ca yaḥ kīrtiṃ prathayedimām / devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca bhūridravimatejasām // ### [3.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.52) sa sarvairmucyate pāpaiḥ puṇyaṃ ca mahadāpnuyāt / yaścedaṃ śrāvayedvidvānsadā parvaṇi parvaṇi // ### [3.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.53) dhūtapāpmā jitasvargo brahmabhūyāya kalpate / yaścedaṃ śrāvayecchrāddhe brāhmaṇān pādamantataḥ // ### [3.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.54) akṣeyaṃ sarvakāmīyaṃ pitṝṃstacchopatiṣṭhate / yasmātpurā hyaṇantīdaṃ purāṇaṃ tena cocyate // ### [3.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.55) niruktamasya yo veda sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate / tathaiva triṣu varṇeṣu ye manuṣyā adhīyate // ### [3.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.56) itihāsamimaṃ śrutvā dharmāya vidadhe matim / yāvantyasya śarīreṣu romakūpāni sarvaśaḥ // ### [3.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.57) tāvatkoṭisahasrāṇi varṣāṇi divi modate / brahmasāyujyago bhūtvā daivataiḥ saha modate // ### [3.4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.58) sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ ca yaśasvi ca / brahmā dadau śāstramidaṃ purāṇaṃ mātariśvane // ### [3.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.59) tasmāccośanasā prāptaṃ tasmāccāpi bṛhaspatiḥ / bṛhaspatistu provāca savitre tadanantaram // ### [3.4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.60) savitā mṛtyave prāha mṛtyuścendrāya vai punaḥ / indraścāpi vasiṣṭhāya so 'pi sārasvatāya ca // ### [3.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.61) sārasvatastridhāmne 'tha tridhāmā ca śaradvate / śaradvāṃstu triviṣṭāya soṃ'tarikṣāya dattavān // ### [3.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.62) carṣiṇe cāntarikṣo vai so 'pi trayyāruṇāya ca / trayyāruṇāddhanañjayaḥ sa vai prādātkṛtañjaye // ### [3.4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.63) kṛtañjayāttṛṇañjayo bharadvājāya so 'pyatha / gautamāya bharadvājaḥ so 'pi niryyantare punaḥ // ### [3.4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.64) niryyantarastu provāca tathā vājaśravāya vai / sa dadau somaśuṣmāya sa cādāttṛṇabindave // ### [3.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.65) tṛṇabindustu dakṣāya dakṣaḥ provāca śaktaye / śakteḥ parāśaraścāpi garbhasthaḥ śrutavānidam // ### [3.4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.66) parāśarājjātukarṇyastasmāddvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ / dvaipāyanā tpunaścāpi mayā prāptaṃ dvijottama // ### [3.4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.67) mayā caitatpunaḥ proktaṃ putrāyāmitabuddhaye / ityeva vākyaṃ brahmādiguruṇāṃ samudātdṛtam // ### [3.4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.68) namaskāryāśca guravaḥ prayatnena manīṣibhiḥ / dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvārthasādhakam // ### [3.4.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.69) pāpaghnaṃ niyamenedaṃ śrotavyaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ sadā / nāśucau nāpi pāpāya nāpyasaṃvatsaroṣite // ### [3.4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.70) nāśraddadhāne 'viduṣe nāputrāya kathañcana / nāhitāya pradātavyaṃ pavitramidamuttamam // ### [3.4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.71) avyaktaṃ vai yasya yoniṃ vadanti vyaktaṃ dehaṃ kālametaṃ gatiṃ ca / vahnirvaktraṃ candrasūryauṃ ca netrediśaḥ śrotre ghrāṇamāhuśca vāyum // ### [3.4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.72) vāco vedā antarikṣaṃ śarīraṃ kṣitiḥ pādāstārakā romakūpāḥ / sarvāṇi dyaurmastakāni tvatho vai vidyāścaivopaniṣadyasya puccham // ### [3.4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.73) taṃ devadevaṃ jananaṃ janānāṃ yajñātmakaṃ satyalokapratiṣṭham / varaṃ varāṇāṃ varadaṃ maheśvaraṃ brahmāṇamādiṃ prayato namasye // ### [3.4.73.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4.73.p1) iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte dvādaśasāharsyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ uttarabhāge caturthaṃ upasaṃhārapāde brahmāṇḍāvarttaṃ nāma caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ ## Linked texts (1) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.41.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.3.4) · Pramāṇa