[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Padmapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) › 3.1 # Padmapurana 3.1: prathamo'dhyāyaḥ Padmapurāṇa 3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.31) — 1 part ### prathamo'dhyāyaḥ ### [3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.1) namāmigovindapadāraviṃdaṃsadeṃdirāvaṃditamuttamāḍhyam jagajjanānāṃhṛdisaṃniviṣṭaṃmahājanaikāyanamuttamottamam ### [3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.2) ekadāmunayaḥsarvejvalajjvalanasannibhāḥ himavadvāsinaḥsarvemunayovedapāragāḥ ### [3.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.3) trikālajñāmahātmānonānāpuṇyasamāśrayāḥ maheṃdrādriratāyecayecaviṃdhyanivāsinaḥ ### [3.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.4) ye'budāraṇyaniratāḥ puṣkarāraṇyavāsinaḥ śrīśailaniratāyecakurukṣetranivāsinaḥ ### [3.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.5) dharmmāraṇyaratāyecadaṃḍakāraṇyavāsinaḥ jaṃbūmārgaratāyecayecasatyanivāsinaḥ ### [3.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.6) etecānyecabahavaḥsaśiṣyāmunayo'malāḥ naimiṣaṃsamupāyātāḥśaunakaṃdraṣṭumutsukāḥ ### [3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.7) taṃpūjayitvāvidhivattenatecasupūjitāḥ āsaneṣuvicitreṣubṛsyādiṣuyathākramam ### [3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.8) śaunakenapradatteṣuāsīnāstetapodhanāḥ kṛṣṇāśritāḥkathāḥpuṇyāḥparasparamathābruvan ### [3.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.9) kathāṃteṣutatasteṣāṃmunīnāṃbhāvitātmanām ājagāmamahātejāḥsūtastatramahādyutiḥ ### [3.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.10) vyāsaśiṣyaḥpurāṇajñoromaharṣaṇasaṃjñakaḥ tānpraṇamyayathānyāyaṃsataiścaivābhipūjitaḥ ### [3.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.11) upaviṣṭaṃyathāyogyaṃśaunakādyāmaharṣayaḥ vyāsaśiṣyaṃsukhāsīnaṃsūtaṃvairomaharṣaṇam ### [3.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.12) taṃpapracchurmahābhāgāḥśaunakādyāstapodhanāḥ ṛṣayaūcuḥpaurāṇikamahābuddheromaharṣaṇasuvrata ### [3.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.13) tvattaḥśrutāmahāpuṇyāḥpurāpaurāṇikīḥkathāḥ sāṃprataṃcapravṛttāḥsmakathāyāṃsakṣaṇāhareḥ ### [3.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.14) savaipuṃsāṃparodharmoyatobhaktiradhokṣaje punaḥpurāṇamācakṣvaharivārtāsamanvitam ### [3.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.15) hareranyākathāsūtaśmaśānasadṛśīsmṛtā haristīrthasvarūpeṇasvayaṃtiṣṭhatitacchrutam ### [3.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.16) tīrthānāṃpuṇyadātṝṇāṃnāmānikilakīrtaya kutaetatsamutpannaṃkenavāparipālyate ### [3.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.17) kasminvilayamabhyetijagadetaccarācaram kṣetrāṇikānipuṇyānikecapūjyāḥśiloccayāḥ ### [3.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.18) nadyaścakāḥparāḥpuṇyānṛṇāṃpāpaharāḥśubhāḥ etatsarvaṃmahābhāgakathayasvayathākramam ### [3.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.19) sūtauvācasādhusādhumahābhāgāḥsādhupṛṣṭaṃtapodhanāḥ taṃpraṇamyapravakṣyāmipurāṇaṃpadmasaṃjñakam ### [3.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.20) pārāśaryaṃparamapuruṣaṃviśvavedyaikayoniṃvidyādhāraṃvipulamatidaṃvedavedāṃtavedyam śaśvacchāṃtaṃsvamativiṣayaṃśuddhatejoviśālaṃ vedavyāsaṃvitatayaśasaṃsarvadāhaṃnamāmi ### [3.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.21) namobhagavatetasmaivyāsāyāmitatejase yasyaprasādādvakṣyāminārāyaṇakathāmimām ### [3.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.22) pravakṣyāmimahāpuṇyaṃpurāṇaṃpadmasaṃjñitam sahasraṃpaṃcapaṃcāśatṣaḍbhiḥkhaṃḍaiḥsamanvitam ### [3.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.23) tatrādāvādikhaṃḍaṃsyādbhūmikhaṃḍaṃtataḥparam brahmakhaṃḍaṃcatatpaścāttataḥpātālakhaṃḍakam ### [3.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.24) kriyākhaṃḍaṃtataḥkhyātamuttaraṃkhaṃḍamaṃtimam etadevamahāpadmamadbhutaṃyanmayaṃjagat ### [3.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.25) tadvṛttāṃtāśrayaṃtasmātpādmamityucyatebudhaiḥ etatpurāṇamamalaṃviṣṇumāhātmyamuttamam ### [3.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.26) devadevohariryadvaibrahmaṇeproktavānpurā brahmātannāradāyāhanārado'smadguroḥpuraḥ ### [3.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.27) vyāsaḥsarvapurāṇānisetihāsānisaṃhitāḥ adhyāpayāmāsamuhurmāmatipriyamātmanaḥ ### [3.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.28) tatte'hasaṃpravakṣyāmipurāṇamatidurlabham yacchrutvābrahmahatyādipāpebhyomucyatenaraḥ ### [3.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.29) sarvatīrthābhiṣekaṃcalabhateśṛṇutehiyaḥ śraddhayāparayābhaktyāśrutamātreṇamuktidaḥ ### [3.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.30) aśraddhayāpiśṛṇutelabhatepuṇyasaṃcayam tasmātsarvaprayatnenapadmaṃśrotrātithīkuru ### [3.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.31) tatrādikhaṃḍaṃvakṣyāmipuṇyaṃpāpavināśanam śṛṇvaṃtumunayaḥsarvesaśiṣyāstvatrayesthitāḥ ### [3.1.31.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1.31.p1) iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇesvargakhaṃḍeprathamo'dhyāyaḥ ## Linked texts (2) - [Narasiṃhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.narasimha.1.4) — Sanskrit - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.1.2.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.1) · Pramāṇa