[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) › 3.6 # Padmapurana 3.6: ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ Padmapurāṇa 3.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ ### [3.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.1) ṛṣayaūcuḥyadidaṃbhārataṃvarṣaṃpuṇyaṃpuṇyavidhāyakam tatsarvaṃnaḥsamācakṣvatvaṃhinobuddhimānmataḥ ### [3.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.2) sūtauvācaatratekīrttayiṣyāmivarṣaṃbhāratamuttamam priyamitrasyadevasyamanorvaivasvatasyaca ### [3.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.3) pṛthoścaprājñavainyasyatathaikṣvākormahātmanaḥ yayāteraṃbarīṣasyamāṃdhāturnahuṣasyaca ### [3.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.4) tathaivamucukuṃdasyakuberośīnarasyaca ṛṣabhasyatathailasyanṛgasyanṛpatestathā ### [3.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.5) kuśikasyaivarājarṣergādheścaivamahātmanaḥ somasyacaivarājarṣerdilīpasyatathaivaca ### [3.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.6) anyeṣāṃcamahābhāgāḥkṣatriyāṇāṃbalīyasām sarveṣāmevabhūtānāṃpriyaṃbhāratamuttamam ### [3.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.7) tatovarṣaṃpravakṣyāmiyathāśrutamahodvijāḥ maheṃdromalayaḥsahyaḥśuktimānṛkṣavānapi ### [3.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.8) viṃdhyaścapāriyātraścasaptaitekulaparvatāḥ teṣāṃsahasraśoviprāparvatāstesamīpataḥ ### [3.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.9) avijñātāḥsāravaṃtovipulāścitrasānavaḥ anyetuyeparijñātāhrasvāhrasvopajīvinaḥ ### [3.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.10) āryamlecchasadharmāṇastemiśrāḥpuruṣādvijāḥ nadīṃpibaṃtivimalāṃgaṃgāṃsiṃdhuṃsarasvatīm ### [3.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.11) godāvarīṃnarmadāṃcabahūdāṃcamahānadīm śatadruṃcaṃdrabhāgāṃcayamunāṃcamahānadīm ### [3.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.12) dṛṣadvatīṃvitastāṃcavipāpāṃsvacchavālukām nadīṃvetravatīṃcaivakṛṣṇāṃveṇīṃcanimnagām ### [3.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.13) irāvatīṃvitastāṃcapayoṣṇīṃdevikāmapi vedasmṛtiṃvedaśirāṃtridivāṃsiṃdhulākṛmim ### [3.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.14) karīṣiṇīṃcitravahāṃtrisenāṃcaivanimnagām gomatīṃdhūtapāpāṃcacaṃdanāṃcamahānadīm ### [3.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.15) kauśikīṃtridivāṃhṛdyāṃnācitāṃrohitāraṇīm rahasyāṃśatakuṃbhāṃcasarayūṃcadvijottamāḥ ### [3.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.16) carmaṇvatīṃvetravatīṃhastisomāṃdiśaṃtathā śarāvatīṃpayoṣṇīṃcabhīmāṃbhīmarathīmapi ### [3.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.17) kāverīculukāṃcāpitāpīṃśatamalāmapi nīvārāṃmahitāṃcāpisuprayogāṃtathānadīm ### [3.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.18) pavitrāṃkṛṣṇalāṃsiṃdhuṃvājinīṃpuramālinīm pūrvābhirāmāṃvīrāṃcabhīmāṃmālāvatīṃtathā ### [3.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.19) palāśinīṃpāpaharāṃmaheṃdrāṃpaṭalāvatīm karīṣiṇīmasiknīṃcakuśacīrīṃmahānadīm ### [3.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.20) marutāṃpravarāṃmenāṃhemāṃghṛtavatīṃtathā anāvatīmanuṣṇāṃcasevyāṃkāpīṃcasattamāḥ ### [3.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.21) sadāvīrāmadhṛṣyāṃcakuśacīrāṃmahānadīm rathacitrāṃjyotirathāṃviśvāmitrāṃkapiṃjalām ### [3.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.22) caṃdrāvahaphaladyaṃcaivakucīrāmaṃbuvāhinīm vainadīṃpiṃgalāṃveṇāṃtuṃgavegāṃmahānadīm ### [3.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.23) vidiśāṃkṛṣṇaveṇāṃcatāmrāṃcakapilāmapi dhenuṃsakāmāṃvedasvāṃhaviḥsrāvāṃmahāpathām ### [3.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.24) śiprāṃcapicchalāṃcaivabhāradvājīṃcanimnagām kaurṇikīṃnimnagāṃśoṇāṃbāhudāmathacaṃdramām ### [3.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.25) durgāmaṃtaḥśilāṃcaivabrahmamedhyāṃdṛṣadvatīm parokṣāmatharohīṃcatathājaṃbūnadīmapi ### [3.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.26) sunāsāṃtamasāṃdāsīṃsāmānyāṃvaraṇāmasim nīlāṃdhṛtikarīṃcaivaparṇāśāṃcamahānadīm ### [3.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.27) mānavīṃvṛṣabhāṃbhāsāṃbrahmamedhyāṃdṛṣadvatīm etāścānyāścabahulāmahānadyodvijarṣabhāḥ ### [3.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.28) sadānirāmayāṃkṛṣṇāṃmaṃdagāṃmaṃdavāhinīm brāhmaṇīṃcamahāgaurīṃdurgāmapicasattamāḥ ### [3.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.29) citrotpalāṃcitrarathāmatulāṃrohiṇīṃtathā maṃdākinīṃvaitaraṇīṃkokāṃcāpimahānadīm ### [3.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.30) śuktimatīmanaṃgāṃcatathaivavṛṣasāhvayām lohityāṃkaratoyāṃcatathaivavṛṣakātvayām ### [3.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.31) kumārīmṛṣitulyāṃcamāriṣāṃcasarasvatīm maṃdākinīṃsupuṇyāṃcasarvāṃgaṃgāṃcasattamāḥ ### [3.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.32) viśvasyamātaraḥsarvāḥsarvāścaivamahāphalāḥ tathānadyaḥsuprakāśāḥśataśothasahasraśaḥ ### [3.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.33) ityetāsaritoviprāḥsamākhyātāyathāsmṛti ataūrddhvajanapadānnibodhagadatomama ### [3.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.34) tatremekurupāṃcālāḥśālvamātreyajāṃgalāḥ śūrasenāḥpulidāścabaudhāmālāstathaivaca ### [3.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.35) matsyāḥkuśaṭṭāḥsaugaṃdhyāḥkutsapāḥkāśikośalāḥ cedimatsyakaruṣāścabhojāḥsiṃdhupulidakāḥ ### [3.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.36) uttamāścadaśārṇāścamekalāścotkalaiḥsaha paṃcālāḥkośalāścaivanaikapṛṣṭhayugaṃdharāḥ ### [3.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.37) bodhāmadrāḥkaligāścakāśayoparakāśayaḥ jaṭharāḥkukurāścaivasudaśārṇāḥsusattamāḥ ### [3.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.38) kuṃtayo'vatayaścaivatathaivāparakuṃtayaḥ gomaṃtāmallakāḥpuṃḍrāḥvidarbhānṛpavāhikāḥ ### [3.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.39) aśmakāḥsottarāścaivagoparāṣṭrāḥkanīyasaḥ adhirājyakuśaṭṭāścamallarāṣṭrāścakeralāḥ ### [3.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.40) mālavāścopavāsyāścacakrāvakrālayāḥśakāḥ videhāmagadhāḥsadmāmalajāvijayāstathā ### [3.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.41) aṃgāvaṃgāḥkaligāścayakṛllomānaevaca mallāḥsudeṣṇāḥprahrādāmahiṣāḥśaśakāstathā ### [3.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.42) bāhrikāvāṭadhānāścaābhīrāḥkālatoyakāḥ aparāṃtāḥparāṃtāścapaṃkalāścarmacaṃḍikāḥ ### [3.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.43) aṭavīśekharāścaivamerubhūtāścasattamāḥ upāvṛtānupāvṛtāḥsurāṣṭrāḥkekayāstathā ### [3.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.44) kuṭṭāparāṃtāmāheyāḥkakṣāḥsāmudraniṣkuṭāḥ aṃdhāścabahavoviprāaṃtargiryastathaivaca ### [3.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.45) bahirgiryyoṃgamaladāmagadhāmālavārghaṭāḥ sattvatarāḥprāvṛṣeyāḥbhārgavāścadvijarṣabhāḥ ### [3.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.46) puṃḍrābhārgāḥkirātāścasudeṣṇābhāsurāstathā śakāniṣādāniṣadhāstathaivānartanaiṛtāḥ ### [3.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.47) pūrṇalāḥpūtimatsyāścakuṃtalākuśakāstathā tarigrahāśśūrasenāījikāḥkalpakāraṇāḥ ### [3.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.48) tilabhāgāmasārāścamadhumattāḥkakuṃdakāḥ kāśmīrāḥsiṃdhusauvīrāgāṃdhārādarśakāstathā ### [3.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.49) abhīsārāḥkudrutāścasaurilābāhrikāstathā darvīcamālavādarvāvātajāmarathoragāḥ ### [3.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.50) balaraṭṭāstathāviprāḥsudāmānaḥmumallikāḥ baṃdhākarīkaṣāścaivakulidāgaṃdhikāstathā ### [3.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.51) vanāyavodaśāḥpārśvaromāṇaḥkuśabiṃdavaḥ kācchāgopālakacchāścajāṃgalāḥkuruvarṇakāḥ ### [3.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.52) kirātābarbarāḥsiddhāvaidehāstāmraliptikāḥ auḍramlecchāḥsasairiṃdrāḥpārvatīyāścasattamāḥ ### [3.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.53) athāparejanapadādakṣiṇāmunipuṃgavāḥ draviḍāḥkeralāḥprācyāmūṣikābālamūṣikāḥ ### [3.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.54) karṇāṭakāmāhiṣakāvikaṃdhāmūṣikāstathā jhallikāḥkuṃtalāścaivasauhṛdānalakānanāḥ ### [3.6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.55) kaukkuṭakāstathābolāḥkokaṇāmaṇivālakāḥ samaṃgākanakāścaivakuṃkurāṃgāramāriṣāḥ ### [3.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.56) dhvajinyutsavasaṃketāstrivargāmālyasenayaḥ vyūḍhakāḥkorakāḥproṣṭāḥsaṃgavegadharāstathā ### [3.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.57) tathaivaviṃdyarulikāḥpulidābalvalaiḥsaha mālavāmalarāścaivatathaivāparavartakāḥ ### [3.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.58) kulidāḥkāladāścaivacaṃḍakāḥkuraṭāstathā muśalāstanavālāścasatīrthāpūtisṛṃjayāḥ ### [3.6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.59) anidāyāḥśivāṭāścatapanāḥsūtapāstathā ṛṣikāścavidarbhāścastaṃganāparataṃgakāḥ ### [3.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.60) uttarāścāparemlecchājanāhimunipuṃgavāḥ javanāścasakāṃbojādāruṇāmlecchajātayaḥ ### [3.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.61) sakṛghṛhāḥkulaṭyāścahūṇāpārasikaiḥsaha tathaivaramaṇāścānyāstathācadaśamālikāḥ ### [3.6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.62) kṣatriyopaniveśāścavaiśyaśūdrakulānica śūrābhīrāścadaradāḥkāśmīrāḥpaśubhiḥsaha ### [3.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.63) khāṃḍīkāścatuṣārāścapadmagāgirigahvarāḥ ādreyāḥsabhirādājāstathaivastanapoṣakāḥ ### [3.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.64) droṣakāścakaligāścakirātānāṃcajātayaḥ tomarāhanyamānāścatathaivakarabhaṃjakāḥ ### [3.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.65) etecānyejanapadāḥprācyodīcyāstathaivaca uddeśamātreṇamayādeśāḥsaṃkīrtitādvijāḥ yathāguṇabalaṃcāpitrivargasyamahāphalam ### [3.6.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6.6-2) itiśrīpādmemahāpurāṇesvargakhaṃḍeṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ ## Linked texts (4) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.9.5) — Sanskrit - [Vāmanapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vamana.13.53) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.23.13) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit - [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.23.13) — Basava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.6) · Pramāṇa