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# Padmapurana 1.16: ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Padmapurāṇa 1.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ

### [1.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.1)

bhīṣmauvāca  
yadetatkathitaṃbrahmaṃstīrthamāhātmyamuttamam  
kamalasyābhipātenatīrthaṃjātaṃdharātale

### [1.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.2)

tatrasthenabhagavatāviṣṇunāśaṃkareṇaca  
yatkṛtaṃmuniśārdūlatatsarvaṃparikīrttaya

### [1.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.3)

kathaṃyajñohidevenavibhunātatrakāritaḥ  
kesadasyāṛtvijaścabrāhmaṇāḥkesamāgatāḥ

### [1.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.4)

kebhāgāstasyayajñasyakiṃdravyaṃkācadakṣiṇā  
kāvedīkiṃpramāṇaṃcakṛtaṃtatraviraṃcinā

### [1.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.5)

yoyājyaḥsarvadevānāṃvedaiḥsarvatrapaṭhyate  
kaṃcakāmamabhidhyāyanvedhāyajñaṃcakāraha

### [1.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.6)

yathāsaudevadeveśohyajaraścāmaraścaha  
tathācaivākṣayaḥsvargastasyadevasyadṛśyate

### [1.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.7)

anyeṣāṃcaivadevānāṃdattaḥsvargomahātmanā  
agnihotrārthamutpannāvedāoṣadhayastathā

### [1.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.8)

yecānyepaśavobhūmausarveteyajñakāraṇāt  
sṛṣṭābhagavatānenaityeṣāvaidikīśrutiḥ

### [1.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.9)

tadatrakautukaṃmahyaṃśrutvedaṃtavabhāṣitam  
yaṃkāmamadhikṛtyaikaṃyatphalaṃyāṃcabhāvanāṃ

### [1.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.10)

kṛtaścānenavaiyajñaḥsarvaṃśaṃsitumarhasi  
śatarūpācayānārīsāvitrīsātvihocyate

### [1.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.11)

bhāryāsābrahmaṇaḥproktāḥṛṣīṇāṃjananīcasā  
pulastyādyānmunīnsaptadakṣādyāṃstuprajāpatīn

### [1.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.12)

svāyaṃbhuvādīṃścamanūnsāvitrīsamajījanat  
dharmapatnīṃtutāṃbrahmāputriṇīṃbrahmaṇaḥpriyaḥ

### [1.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.13)

pativratāṃmahābhāgāṃsuvratāṃcāruhāsinīṃ  
kathaṃsatīṃparityajyabhāryāmanyāmaviṃdata

### [1.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.14)

kiṃnāmnīkiṃsamācarākasyasātanayāvibhoḥ  
kvasādṛṣṭāhidevenakenacāsyapradarśitā

### [1.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.15)

kiṃrūpāsātudeveśīdṛṣṭācittavimohinī  
yāṃtudṛṣṭvāsadeveśaḥkāmasyavaśameyivān

### [1.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.16)

varṇatorūpataścaivasāvitryāstvadhikāmune  
yāmohitavatīdevaṃsarvalokeśvaraṃvibhum

### [1.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.17)

yathāgṛhītavāndevonārīṃtāṃlokasuṃdarīṃ  
yathāpravṛttoyajñosautathāsarvaṃprakīrtaya

### [1.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.18)

tāṃdṛṣṭvābrahmaṇaḥpārśvesāvitrīkiṃcakāraha  
sāvitryāṃtutadābrahmākāṃtuvṛttimavarttata

### [1.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.19)

sannidhaukānivākyānisāvitrībrahmaṇātadā  
uktāpyuktavatībhūyaḥsarvaṃśaṃsitumarhasi

### [1.16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.20)

kiṃkṛtaṃtatrayuṣmābhiḥkopovāthakṣamāpivā  
yatkṛtaṃtatrayaddṛṣṭaṃyattavoktaṃmayātviha

### [1.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.21)

vistareṇehasarvāṇikarmāṇiparameṣṭhinaḥ  
śrotumicchāmyaśeṣeṇavidheryajñavidhiṃparaṃ

### [1.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.22)

karmaṇāmānupūrvyaṃcaprāraṃbhohotramevaca  
hoturbhakṣoyathā'cāpiprathamākasyakāritā

### [1.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.23)

kathaṃcabhagavānviṣṇuḥsāhāyyaṃkenakīdṛśaṃ  
amarairvākṛtaṃyaccatadbhavānvaktumarhati

### [1.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.24)

devalokaṃparityajyakathaṃmartyamupāgataḥ  
gārhapatyaṃcavidhināanvāhāryaṃcadakṣiṇam

### [1.16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.25)

agnimāhavanīyaṃcavedīṃcaivatathāsruvam  
prokṣaṇīyaṃsrucaṃcaivaāvabhṛthyaṃtathaivaca

### [1.16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.26)

agnīṃstrīṃścayathācakrehavyabhāgavahānhivai  
havyādāṃścasurāṃścakrekavyādāṃścapitṝnapi

### [1.16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.27)

bhāgārthaṃyajñavidhināyeyajñāyajñakarmaṇi  
yūpānsamitkuśaṃsomaṃpavitraṃparidhīnapi

### [1.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.28)

yajñiyānicadravyāṇiyathābrahmācakāraha  
vibabhrājapurāyaścapārameṣṭhyenakarmaṇā

### [1.16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.29)

kṣaṇānimeṣāḥkāṣṭhāścakalāstraikālyamevaca  
muhūrtāstithayomāsādinaṃsaṃvatsarastathā

### [1.16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.30)

ṛtavaḥkālayogāścapramāṇaṃtrividhaṃpurā  
āyuḥkṣetrāṇyapacayaṃlakṣaṇaṃrūpasauṣṭhavam

### [1.16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.31)

trayovarṇāstrayolokāstraividyaṃpāvakāstrayaḥ  
traikālyaṃtrīṇikarmāṇitrayovarṇāstrayoguṇāḥ

### [1.16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.32)

sṛṣṭālokāḥparāḥsraṣṭrāyecānyenalpacetasā  
yāgatirdharmayuktānāṃyāgatiḥpāpakarmaṇāṃ

### [1.16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.33)

cāturvarṇyasyaprabhavaścāturvarṇyasyarakṣitā  
caturvidyasyayovettācaturāśramasaṃśrayaḥ

### [1.16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.34)

yaḥparaṃśrūyatejyotiryaḥparaṃśrūyatetapaḥ  
yaḥparaṃparataḥprāhaparaṃyaḥparamātmavān

### [1.16.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.35)

seturyolokasetūnāṃmedhyoyomedhyakarmaṇām  
vedyoyovedaviduṣāṃyaḥprabhuḥprabhavātmanām

### [1.16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.36)

asubhūtaścabhūtānāmagnibhūtognivarcasām  
manuṣyāṇāṃmanobhūtastapobhūtastapasvinām

### [1.16.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.37)

vinayonayavṛttīnāṃtejastejasvināmapi  
ityetatsarvamakhilānsṛjanlokapitāmahaḥ

### [1.16.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.38)

yajñādgatiṃkāmanvaicchatkathaṃyajñematiḥkṛtā  
eṣamesaṃśayobrahmanneṣamesaṃśayaḥparaḥ

### [1.16.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.39)

āścaryaḥparamobrahmādevairdaityaiścapaṭhyate  
karmaṇāścaryabhūtopitattvataḥsaihocyate

### [1.16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.40)

pulastyauvāca  
praśnabhāromahāneṣatvayoktobrahmaṇaścayaḥ  
yathāśaktituvakṣyāmiśrūyatāṃtatparaṃyaśaḥ

### [1.16.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.41)

sahasrāsyaṃsahasrākṣaṃsahasracaraṇaṃcayam  
sahasraśravaṇaṃcaivasahasrakaramavyayam

### [1.16.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.42)

sahasrajihvaṃsāhasraṃsahasraparamaṃprabhuṃ  
sahasradaṃsahasrādiṃsahasrabhujamavyayam

### [1.16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.43)

havanaṃsavanaṃcaivahavyaṃhotāramevaca  
pātrāṇicapavitrāṇivedīṃdīkṣāṃcaruṃsruvam

### [1.16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.44)

sruksomamavabhṛccaivaprokṣaṇīṃdakṣiṇādhanam  
addhvaryuṃsāmagaṃvipraṃsadasyānsadanaṃsadaḥ

### [1.16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.45)

yūpaṃsamitkuśaṃdarvīcamasolūkhalānica  
prāgvaṃśaṃyajñabhūmiṃcahotāraṃbandhanaṃcayat

### [1.16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.46)

hrasvānyatipramāṇānipramāṇasthāvarāṇica  
prāyaścittānivājāścasthaṃḍilānikuśāstathā

### [1.16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.47)

maṃtraṃyajñaṃcahavanaṃvahnibhāgaṃbhavaṃcayaṃ  
agrebhujaṃhomabhujaṃśubhārciṣamudāyudhaṃ

### [1.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.48)

āhurvedavidoviprāyoyajñaḥśāśvataḥprabhuḥ  
yāṃpṛchasimahārājapuṇyāṃdivyāmimāṃkathāṃ

### [1.16.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.49)

yadarthaṃbhagavānbrahmābhūmauyajñamathākarot  
hitārthaṃsuramartyānāṃlokānāṃprabhavāyaca

### [1.16.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.50)

brahmāthakapilaścaivaparameṣṭhītathaivaca  
devāḥsaptarṣayaścaivatryaṃbakaścamahāyaśāḥ

### [1.16.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.51)

sanatkumāraścamahānubhāvomanurmahātmābhagavānprajāpatiḥ  
purāṇadevothatathāpracakrepradīptavaiśvānaratulyatejāḥ

### [1.16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.52)

purākamalajātasyasvapatastasyakoṭare  
puṣkareyatrasaṃbhūtādevāṛṣigaṇāstathā

### [1.16.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.53)

eṣapauṣkarakonāmaprādurbhāvomahātmanaḥ  
purāṇaṃkathyateyatravedasmṛtisusaṃhitaṃ

### [1.16.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.54)

varāhastuśrutimukhaḥprādurbhūtoviriṃcinaḥ  
sahāyārthaṃsuraśreṣṭhovārāhaṃrūpamāsthitaḥ

### [1.16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.55)

vistīrṇaṃpuṣkarekṛtvātīrthaṃkokāmukhaṃhitat  
vedapādoyūpadaṃṣṭraḥkratuhastaścitīmukhaḥ

### [1.16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.56)

agnijihvodarbharomābrahmaśīrṣomahātapāḥ  
ahorātrekṣaṇodivyovedāṃgaḥśrutibhūṣaṇaḥ

### [1.16.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.57)

ājyanāsaḥsruvatuṃḍaḥsāmaghoṣasvanomahān  
satyadharmamayaḥ śrīmānkarmavikramasatkṛtaḥ

### [1.16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.58)

prāyaścittanakhodhīraḥpaśujānurmakhākṛtiḥ  
udgātrāṃtrohomaligophalabījamahauṣadhiḥ

### [1.16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.59)

vāyvaṃtarātmāmaṃtrāsthirāpasphiksomaśoṇitaḥ  
vedaskaṃdhohavirgaṃdhohavyakavyātivegavān

### [1.16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.60)

prāgvaṃśakāyodyutimānnānādīkṣābhirarcitaḥ  
dakṣiṇāhṛdayoyogīmahāsatramayomahān

### [1.16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.61)

upākarmeṣṭiruciraḥpravargyāvartabhūṣaṇaḥ  
chāyāpatnīsahāyovaimaṇiśṛṃgamivocchritaḥ

### [1.16.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.62)

sarvalokahitātmāyodaṃṣṭrayābhyujjahāragām  
tataḥsvasthānamānīyapṛthivīṃpṛthivīdharaḥ

### [1.16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.63)

tatojagāmanirvāṇaṃpṛthivīdhāraṇāddhariḥ  
evamādivarāheṇadhṛtvābrahmahitārthinā

### [1.16.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.64)

uddhṛtāpuṣkarepṛthvīsāgarāṃbugatāpurā  
vṛtaḥśamadamābhyāṃyodivyekokāmukhesthitaḥ

### [1.16.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.65)

ādityairvasubhiḥsādhyairmarudbhirdaivataiḥsaha  
rudrairviśvasahāyaiścayakṣarākṣasakinnaraiḥ

### [1.16.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.66)

digbhirvidigbhiḥ pṛthivīnadībhiḥ sahasāgaraiḥ  
carācaraguruḥśrīmānbrahmābrahmavidāṃvaraḥ

### [1.16.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.67)

uvācavacanaṃkokāmukhaṃtīrthaṃtvayāvibho  
pālanīyaṃsadāgopyaṃrakṣākāryāmakhetviha

### [1.16.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.68)

evaṃkariṣyebhagavaṃstadābrahmāṇamuktavān  
uvāca taṃpunarbrahmāviṣṇuṃdevaṃpuraḥsthitam

### [1.16.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.69)

tvaṃhimeparamodevastvaṃhimeparamoguruḥ  
tvaṃhimeparamaṃdhāmaśakrādīnāṃsurottama

### [1.16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.70)

utphullāmalapadmākṣaśatrupakṣakṣayāvaha  
yathāyajñenamedhvaṃsodānavaiścavidhīyate

### [1.16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.71)

tathātvayāvidhātavyaṃpraṇatasyanamostute  
viṣṇuruvāca  
bhayaṃtyajasvadeveśakṣayaṃneṣyāmidānavān

### [1.16.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.72)

yecāntevighnakartāroyātudhānāstathāsurāḥ  
ghātayiṣyāmyahaṃsarvānsvastitiṣṭhapitāmaha

### [1.16.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.73)

evamuktvāsthitastatrasāhāyyenakṛtakṣaṇaḥ  
pravavuścaśivāvātāḥprasannāścadiśodaśa

### [1.16.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.74)

suprabhāṇicajyotīṃṣicaṃdraṃcakruḥpradakṣiṇam  
navigrahaṃgrahāścakruḥ praseduścāpisiṃdhavaḥ

### [1.16.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.75)

nīrajaskābhūmirāsītsakalāhrādadāstvapaḥ  
jagmuḥ svamārgaṃsaritonāpicukṣubhurarṇavāḥ

### [1.16.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.76)

āsanśubhānīṃdriyāṇinarāṇāmaṃtarātmanām  
maharṣayovītaśokāvedānuccairavācayan

### [1.16.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.77)

yajñetasminhaviḥpākeśivāāsaṃścapāvakāḥ  
pravṛttadharmasadvṛttālokāmuditamānasāḥ

### [1.16.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.78)

viṣṇoḥsatyapratijñasyaśrutvārinidhanāgiraḥ  
tatodevāḥsamāyātādānavārākṣasaissaha

### [1.16.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.79)

bhūtapretapiśācāścasarvetatrāgatāḥkramāt  
gaṃdharvāpsarasaścaivanāgāvidyādharāgaṇāḥ

### [1.16.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.80)

vānaspatyāścauṣadhayoyaccehedyaccanehati  
brahmādeśānmārutenaānītāḥsarvatodiśaḥ

### [1.16.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.81)

yajñaparvatamāsādyadakṣiṇāmabhitodiśam  
surāuttarataḥ sarvemaryādāparvatesthitāḥ

### [1.16.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.82)

gaṃdharvāpsarasaścaivamunayovedapāragāḥ  
paścimāṃdiśamāsthāyasthitāstatramahākratau

### [1.16.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.83)

sarvedevanikāyāścadānavāścāsurāgaṇāḥ  
amarṣaṃpṛṣṭhataḥkṛtvāsuprītāsteparasparam

### [1.16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.84)

ṛṣīnparyacaransarveśuśrūṣanbrāhmaṇāṃstathā  
ṛṣayobrahmarṣayaścadvijādevarṣayastathā

### [1.16.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.85)

rājarṣayomukhyatamāssamāyātāḥsamaṃtataḥ  
katamaścasuropyatrakratauyājyobhaviṣyati

### [1.16.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.86)

paśavaḥpakṣiṇaścaivatatrayātādidṛkṣavaḥ  
brāhmaṇābhoktukāmāścasarvevarṇānupūrvaśaḥ

### [1.16.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.87)

svayaṃcavaruṇoratnaṃdakṣaścānnaṃsvayaṃdadau  
āgatyavaruṇolokātpakvaṃcānnaṃsvatopacat

### [1.16.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.88)

vāyurbhakṣavikārāṃścarasapācīdivākaraḥ  
annapācanakṛtsomomatidātābṛhaspatiḥ

### [1.16.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.89)

dhanadānaṃdhanādhyakṣovastrāṇivividhānica  
sarasvatīnadādhyakṣogaṃgādevīsanarmadā

### [1.16.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.90)

yāścānyāḥsaritaḥpuṇyāḥkūpāścaivajalāśayāḥ  
palvalānitaṭākānikuṃḍānivividhānica

### [1.16.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.91)

prasravāṇicamukhyānidevakhātānyanekaśaḥ  
jalāśayānisarvāṇisamudrāḥsaptasaṃkhyakāḥ

### [1.16.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.92)

lavaṇekṣusurāsarpirdadhidugdhajalaiḥsamam  
saptalokāḥsapātālāḥsaptadvīpāḥsapattanāḥ

### [1.16.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.93)

vṛkṣāvallyaḥsatṛṇāniśākānicaphalānica  
pṛthivīvāyurākāśamāpojyotiścapaṃcamam

### [1.16.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.94)

savigrahāṇibhūtānidharmaśāstrāṇiyānica  
vedabhāṣyāṇisūtrāṇibrahmaṇānirmitaṃcayat

### [1.16.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.95)

amūrtaṃmūrtamatyantaṃmūrtadṛśyaṃtathākhilam  
evaṃkṛtetathāsmiṃstuyajñepaitāmahetadā

### [1.16.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.96)

devānāṃsaṃnidhautatraṛṣibhiścasamāgame  
brahmaṇodakṣiṇepārśvesthitoviṣṇuḥsanātanaḥ

### [1.16.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.97)

vāmapārśvesthitorudraḥpinākīvaradaḥprabhuḥ  
ṛtvijāṃcāpivaraṇaṃkṛtaṃtatramahātmanā

### [1.16.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.98)

bhṛgurhotāvṛtastatrapulastyodhvaryyusattamaḥ  
tatrodgātāmarīcistubrahmāvaināradaḥkṛtaḥ

### [1.16.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.99)

sanatkumārādayoyesadasyāstatratebhavan  
prajāpatayodakṣādyāvarṇābrāhmaṇapūrvakāḥ

### [1.16.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.100)

brahmaṇaścasamīpetukṛtāṛtvigvikalpanā  
vastrairābharaṇairyuktāḥkṛtāvaiśravaṇenate

### [1.16.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.101)

aṃgulīyaiḥsakaṭakairmakuṭairbhūṣitādvijāḥ  
catvārodvaudaśānyecataṣoḍaśartvijaḥ

### [1.16.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.102)

brahmaṇā pūjitāḥsarvepraṇipātapuraḥsaram  
anugrāhyobhavadbhistusarvairasminkratāviha

### [1.16.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.103)

patnīmamaiṣāsāvitrīyūyaṃmeśaraṇaṃdvijāḥ  
viśvakarmāṇamāhūyabrahmaṇaḥśīrṣamuṃḍanaṃ

### [1.16.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.104)

yajñetuvihitaṃtasyakāritaṃdvijasattamaiḥ  
ātaseyānivastrāṇidaṃpatyarthetathādvijaiḥ

### [1.16.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.105)

brahmaghoṣeṇateviprānādayānāstriviṣṭapam  
pālayaṃtojagaccedaṃkṣatriyāḥsāyudhāḥsthitāḥ

### [1.16.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.106)

bhakṣyaprakārānvividhinvaiśyāstatrapracakrire  
rasabāhulyayuktaṃcabhakṣyaṃbhojyaṃkṛtaṃtataḥ

### [1.16.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.107)

aśrutaṃprāgadṛṣṭaṃcadṛṣṭvātuṣṭaḥprajāpatiḥ  
prāgvāṭetidadaunāmavaiśyānāṃsṛṣṭikṛdvibhuḥ

### [1.16.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.108)

dvijānāṃpādaśuśrūṣāśūdraiḥkāryāsadātviha  
pādaprakṣālanaṃbhojyamucchiṣṭasyapramārjanaṃ

### [1.16.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.109)

tepicakrustadātatratebhyobhūyaḥpitāmahaḥ  
śūśrūṣārthaṃmayāyūyaṃturīyetupadekṛtāḥ

### [1.16.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.110)

dvijānāṃkṣatrabandhūnāṃbandhūnāṃcabhavadvidhaiḥ  
tribhyaśśuśrūṣaṇākāryetyuktvābrahmātathā'karot

### [1.16.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.111)

dvārādhyakṣaṃtathāśakraṃvaruṇaṃrasadāyakam  
vittapradaṃvaiśravaṇaṃpavanaṃgaṃdhadāyinam

### [1.16.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.112)

udyotakāriṇaṃsūryaṃprabhutvemādhavaḥsthitaḥ  
somaḥsomapradasteṣāṃvāmapakṣapathāśritaḥ

### [1.16.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.113)

susatkṛtācapatnīsāsavitrīcavarāṃganā  
adhvaryuṇāsamāhūtāehidevitvarānvitā

### [1.16.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.114)

utthitāścāgnayaḥsarvedīkṣākālaupāgataḥ  
vyagrāsākāryakaraṇestrīsvabhāvenanāgatā

### [1.16.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.115)

ihavainakṛtaṃkiṃciddvārevaimaṃḍanaṃmayā  
bhittyāṃvaicitrakarmāṇisvastikaṃprāṃgaṇenatu

### [1.16.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.116)

prakṣālanaṃcabhāṃḍānāṃnakṛtaṃkimapitviha  
lakṣmīradyāpināyātāpatnīnārāyaṇasyayā

### [1.16.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.117)

agneḥpatnītathāsvāhādhūmrorṇātuyamasyatu  
vāruṇīvaitathāgaurīvāyorvaisuprabhātathā

### [1.16.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.119)

ṛddhirvaiśravaṇībhāryāśambhorgaurījagatpriyā  
medhāśraddhāvibhūtiścaanasūyādhṛtiḥkṣamā

### [1.16.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.120)

gaṃgāsarasvatīcaivanādyāyātāścakanyakāḥ  
iṃdrāṇīcaṃdrapatnīturohiṇīśaśinaḥpriyāḥ

### [1.16.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.121)

aruṃdhatīvasiṣṭhasyasaptarṣīṇāṃcayāḥstriyaḥ  
anasūyātripatnīcatathānyāḥpramadāiha

### [1.16.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.122)

vadhvoduhitaraścaivasakhyobhaginikāstathā  
nādyāgatāstutāḥsarvāahaṃtāvatsthitāciraṃ

### [1.16.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.123)

nāhamekākinīyāsyeyāvannāyāṃtitāstriyaḥ  
brūhigatvāviraṃciṃtutiṣṭhatāvanmuhūrtakam

### [1.16.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.124)

sarvābhiḥsahitācāhamāgacchāmitvarānvitā  
sarvaiḥparivṛtaḥśobhāṃdevaiḥsahamahāmate

### [1.16.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.125)

bhavānprāpnotiparamāṃtathāhaṃtunasaṃśayaḥ  
vadamānāṃtathādhvaryustyaktvābrahmāṇamāgataḥ

### [1.16.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.126)

sāvitrīvyākulādevaprasaktāgṛhakarmāṇi  
sakhyonābhyāgatāyāvattāvannāgamanaṃmama

### [1.16.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.127)

evamuktosmivaidevakālaścāpyativarttate  
yattedyarucitaṃtāvattatkuruṣvapitāmaha

### [1.16.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.128)

evamuktastadābrahmākiṃcitkopasamanvitaḥ  
patnīṃcānyāṃmadarthevaiśīghraṃśakraihānaya

### [1.16.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.129)

yathāpravartateyajñaḥkālahīnonajāyate  
tathāśīghraṃvidhitsvatvaṃnārīṃkāṃcidupānaya

### [1.16.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.130)

yāvadyajñasamāptirmevarṇetvāṃmākṛthāmanaḥ  
bhūyopitāṃpramokṣyāmisamāptautukratoriha

### [1.16.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.131)

evamuktastadāśakrogatvāsarvaṃdharātalaṃ  
striyodṛṣṭāścayāstenasarvāḥparaparigrahāḥ

### [1.16.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.132)

ābhīrakanyārūpāḍhyāsunāsācārulocanā  
nadevīnacagaṃdharvīnāsurīnacapannagī

### [1.16.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.133)

nacāstitādṛśīkanyāyādṛśīsāvarāṃganā  
dadarśatāṃsucārvaṃgīṃśriyaṃdevīmivāparām

### [1.16.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.134)

saṃkṣipantīṃmanovṛttivibhavaṃrūpasaṃpadā  
yadyattuvastusauṃdaryādviśiṣṭaṃlabhyatekvacit

### [1.16.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.135)

tattaccharīrasaṃlagnaṃtanvaṃgyādadṛśevaram  
tāṃdṛṣṭvāciṃtayāmāsayadyeṣākanyakābhavet

### [1.16.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.136)

tanmattaḥkṛtapuṇyonyonadevobhuvividyate  
yoṣidratnamidaṃseyaṃsadbhāgyāyāṃpitāmahaḥ

### [1.16.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.137)

sarāgoyadivāsyāttusaphalastveṣameśramaḥ  
nīlābhrakanakāṃbhojavidrumābhāṃdadarśatāṃ

### [1.16.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.138)

tviṣaṃsaṃbibhratīmaṃgaiḥkeśagaṃḍekṣaṇādharaiḥ  
manmathāśokavṛkṣasyaprodbhinnāṃkalikāmiva

### [1.16.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.139)

pradagdhahṛcchayenaivanetravahniśikhotkaraiḥ  
dhātrākathaṃhisāsṛṣṭāpratirūpamapaśyatā

### [1.16.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.140)

kalpitācetsvayaṃbudhyānaipuṇyasyagatiḥparā  
uttuṃgāgrāvimausṛṣṭauyanmesaṃpaśyataḥsukhaṃ

### [1.16.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.141)

payodharaunāticitraṃkasyasaṃjāyatehṛdi  
rāgopahatadehoyamadharoyadyapisphuṭam

### [1.16.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.142)

tathāpisevamānasyanirvāṇaṃsaṃprayacchati  
vahadbhirapikauṭilyamalakaiḥsukhamarpyate

### [1.16.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.143)

doṣopiguṇavadbhātibhūrisauṃdaryamāśritaḥ  
netrayorbhūṣitāvaṃtāvākarṇābhyāśamāgatau

### [1.16.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.144)

kāraṇādbhāvacaitanyaṃpravadaṃtihitadvidaḥ  
karṇayorbhūṣaṇenetrenetrayoḥśravaṇāvimau

### [1.16.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.145)

kuṃḍalāṃjanayoratranāvakāśostikaścana  
natadyuktaṃkaṭākṣāṇāṃyaddvidhākaraṇaṃhṛdi

### [1.16.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.146)

tavasaṃbaṃdhinoye'trakathaṃteduḥkhabhāginaḥ  
sarvasuṃdaratāmetivikāraḥprākṛtairguṇaiḥ

### [1.16.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.147)

vṛddhekṣaṇaśatānāṃtudṛṣṭameṣāmayādhanam  
dhātrākauśalyasīmeyaṃrūpotpattausudarśitā

### [1.16.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.148)

karotyeṣāmanonṝṇāṃsasnehaṃkṛtivibhramaiḥ  
evaṃvimṛśatastasyatadrūpāpahṛtatviṣaḥ

### [1.16.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.149)

niraṃtarodgataiśchannamabhavatpulakairvapuḥ  
tāṃvīkṣyanavahemābhāṃpadmapatrāyatekṣaṇām

### [1.16.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.150)

devānāmathayakṣāṇāṃgaṃdharvoragarakṣasām  
nānādṛṣṭāmayānāryonedṛśīrūpasaṃpadā

### [1.16.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.151)

trailokyāṃtargataṃyadyadvastutattatpradhānataḥ  
samādāyavidhātrāsyāḥkṛtārūpasyasaṃsthitiḥ

### [1.16.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.152)

iṃdrauvāca  
kāsikasyakutaścatvamāgatāsubhrukathyatām  
ekākinīkimarthaṃcavīthīmadhyeṣutiṣṭhasi

### [1.16.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.153)

yānyetānyaṃgasaṃsthānibhūṣaṇānivibharṣica  
naitānitavabhūṣāyaitvameteṣāṃhibhūṣaṇam

### [1.16.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.154)

nadevīnacagaṃdharvīnāsurīnacapannagī  
kinnarīdṛṣṭapūrvāvāyādṛśītvaṃsulocane

### [1.16.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.155)

uktāmayāpibahuśaḥkasmāddatsehinottaram  
trapānvitātusākanyāśakraṃprovācavepatī

### [1.16.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.156)

gopakanyātvahaṃvīravikrīṇāmīhagorasam  
navanītamidaṃśuddhaṃdadhicedaṃvimaṃḍakam

### [1.16.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.157)

dadhnācaivātratakreṇarasenāpiparaṃtapa  
arthīyenāsitadbrūhipragṛhṇīṣvayathepsitam

### [1.16.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.158)

evamuktastadāśakrogṛhītvātāṃkaredṛḍham  
anayattāṃviśālākṣīṃyatrabrahmāvyavasthitaḥ

### [1.16.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.159)

nīyamānātusātenakrośaṃtīpitṛmātarau  
hātātamātarhābhrātarnayatyeṣanarobalāt

### [1.16.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.160)

yadivāstimayākāryaṃpitaraṃmeprayācaya  
sadāsyatihimāṃnūnaṃbhavataḥsatyamucyate

### [1.16.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.161)

kāhinābhilaṣetkanyābhartāṃraṃbhaktivatsalam  
nādeyamapitekiṃcitpiturmedharmavatsala

### [1.16.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.162)

prasādayetaṃśirasāmāṃsatuṣṭaḥpradāsyati  
pituścittamavijñāyayadyātmānaṃdadāmite

### [1.16.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.163)

dharmohivipulonaśyettenatvāṃnaprasādaye  
bhaviṣyāmivaśetubhyaṃyaditātaḥpradāsyati

### [1.16.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.164)

itthamābhāṣyamāṇastutadāśakronayaccatām  
brahmaṇaḥpurataḥsthāpyaprāhāsyārthemayābale

### [1.16.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.165)

ānītāsiviśālākṣimāśucovaravarṇini  
gopakanyāmasaudṛṣṭvāgauravarṇāṃmahādyutim

### [1.16.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.166)

kamalāmevatāṃmenepuṃḍarīkanibhekṣaṇām  
taptakāṃcanasadbhittisadṛśāpīnavakṣasam

### [1.16.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.167)

mattebhahastavṛttoruṃraktottuṃganakhatviṣaṃ  
taṃdṛṣṭvā'manyatātmānaṃsāpimanmanathacaram

### [1.16.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.168)

tatprāptihetukadhiyāgatacittevalakṣyate  
prabhutvamātmanodānegopakanyāpyamanyata

### [1.16.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.169)

yadyeṣamāṃsurūpatvādicchatyādātumāgrahāt  
nāstisīmaṃtinīkācinmattodhanyatarābhuvi

### [1.16.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.170)

anenāhaṃsamānītāyaccakṣurgocaraṃgatā  
asyatyāgebhavenmṛtyuratyāgejīvitaṃsukham

### [1.16.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.171)

bhaveyamapamānāccadhigrūpāduḥkhadāyinī  
dṛśyatecakṣuṣānenayāpiyoṣitprasādataḥ

### [1.16.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.172)

sāpidhanyānasaṃdehaḥkiṃpunaryāṃpariṣvajet  
jagadrūpamaśeṣaṃhipṛthaksaṃcāramāśritam

### [1.16.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.173)

lāvaṇyaṃtadihaikasthaṃdarśitaṃviśvayoninā  
asyopamāsmaraḥsādhvīmanmathasyatviṣopamā

### [1.16.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.174)

tiraskṛtastuśokoyaṃpitāmātānakāraṇam  
yadimāṃnaiṣaādattesvalpaṃmayinabhāṣate

### [1.16.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.175)

asyānusmaraṇānmṛtyuḥprabhaviṣyatiśokajaḥ  
anāgasicapatnyāṃtukṣipraṃyāteyamīdṛśī

### [1.16.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.176)

kucayormaṇiśobhāyaiśuddhāmbujasamadyutiḥ  
mukhamasyaprapaśyaṃtyāmanomedhyānamāgatam

### [1.16.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.177)

asyāṃgasparśasaṃyogānnacettvaṃbahumanyase  
spṛśannaṭasitarhinatvaṃśarīraṃvitarthaḥparam

### [1.16.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.178)

athavāsyanadoṣostiyadṛcchācārakohyasi  
muṣitaḥsmaranūnaṃtvaṃsaṃrakṣasvāṃpriyāṃratim

### [1.16.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.179)

tvattopidṛśyateyenarūpeṇāyaṃsmarādhikaḥ  
mamānenamanoratnasarvasvaṃcahṛtaṃdṛḍham

### [1.16.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.180)

śobhāyādṛśyatevaktresākutaḥśaśalakṣmaṇi  
nopamāsakalaṃkasyaniṣkalaṃkenaśasyate

### [1.16.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.181)

samānabhāvatāṃyātipaṃkajaṃnāsyanetrayoḥ  
kopamājalaśaṃkhenaprāptāśravaṇaśaṃṅkhayoḥ

### [1.16.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.182)

vidrumopyadharasyāsyalabhatenopamāṃdhruvam  
ātmasthamamṛtaṃhyeṣasaṃsravaṃśceṣṭatedhruvam

### [1.16.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.183)

yadikiṃcicchubhaṃkarmajanmāṃtaraśataiḥkṛtam  
tatprasādātpunarbhartābhavatveṣamamepsitaḥ

### [1.16.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.184)

evaṃciṃtāparādhīnāyāvatsāgopakanyakā  
tāvadbrahmāhariṃprāhayajñārthaṃsatvaraṃvacaḥ

### [1.16.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.185)

devīcaiṣāmahābhāgāgāyatrīnāmataḥprabho  
evamuktetadāviṣṇurbrahmāṇaṃproktavānidam

### [1.16.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.186)

tadenāmudvahasvādyamayādattāṃjagatprabho  
gāṃdharveṇavivāhenavikalpaṃmākṛthāściram

### [1.16.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.187)

amuṃgṛhāṇadevādyaasyāḥpāṇimanākulam  
gāṃdherveṇavivāhenaupayemepitāmahaḥ

### [1.16.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.188)

tāmavāpyatadābrahmājagādāddhvaryusattamam  
kṛtāpatnīmayāhyeṣāsadanemeniveśaya

### [1.16.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.189)

mṛgaśṛṃgadharābālākṣaumavastrāvaguṃṭhitā  
patnīśālāṃtadānītāṛtvigbhirvedapāragaiḥ

### [1.16.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.190)

auduṃberaṇadaṃḍenaprāvṛtomṛgacarmaṇā  
mahādhvaretadābrahmādhāmnāsvenaivaśobhate

### [1.16.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.191)

prārabdhaṃcatatohotraṃbrāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ  
bhṛguṇāsahitaiḥkarmavedoktaṃtaiḥkṛtaṃtadā  
tathāyugasahasraṃtusayajñaḥpuṣkarebhavat

### [1.16.16-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.16-2)

itiśrīpādmapurāṇeprathamesṛṣṭikhaṃḍegāyatrīsaṃgrahonāmaṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (4)

- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.179.30) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.70.129) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Niśvāsatattvasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.nihsvasa.1.12.23) — Sanskrit
- [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.1.3) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16) · Pramāṇa
