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# Padmapurana 7.3: tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

Padmapurāṇa 7.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [7.3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.98) — 1 part

### tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

### [7.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.1)

jaiminiruvācakriyāyogasyatatvaṃmebrūhivyāsamahāmate  
kriyāyogamahaṃjñātumicchāmibhavadagrataḥ

### [7.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.2)

vyāsa uvācaśarīraṃmānuṣaṃvipradurlabhaṃcātrabhūtale  
dhīraḥ śarīramāsādyamokṣārthaṃyogamabhyaset

### [7.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.3)

kriyāyogadhyānayogāvubhauyogauprakīrtitau  
tayorādyaḥ kriyāyogaḥ kurvatāṃsarvakāmadaḥ

### [7.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.4)

gaṅgāśrīrviṣṇupūjācadānānidvijasattama  
brāhmaṇānāṃtathābhaktirbhaktirekādaśīvrate

### [7.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.5)

dhātrītulasyorbhaktiścatathācātithipūjanam  
kriyāyogāṅgabhūtāniproktānītisamāsataḥ

### [7.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.6)

kriyāyogādṛtevipradhyānayogenasiddhyati  
kriyāyogaratoyātitadviṣṇoḥparamaṃpadam

### [7.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.7)

jaiminiruvācakriyāyogāṅgabhūtāniyāniproktānibhoḥprabho  
tanmahātmyānikathayayadibhomayyanugrahaḥ

### [7.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.8)

gaṅgāyāḥ keguṇābrahmanviṣṇupūjāphalaṃ cakim  
śreṣṭhānikānidānānikāvābhaktirdvijanmanām

### [7.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.9)

ekādaśyāḥphalaṃkiṃbādhātrībhaktiścakīdṛśī  
tulasyāḥkīdṛśībhaktiḥ kiṃvācātithipūjanam

### [7.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.10)

etatsarvaṃmunebrūhiśrotumastimamādaraḥ  
tvatto'nyakathituṃko'pinaśaknotijagattraye

### [7.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.11)

vyāsauvācasādhusādhudvijaśreṣṭhamanastevimalaṃdhruvam  
yatoguhyakathāmetāṃ śrotuṃśraddhācakautukam

### [7.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.12)

bhāgīrathyāguṇaṃsamyakkathituṃnahiśakyate  
tasmātsamāsatovakṣye śrūyatāmekacetasā

### [7.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.13)

gaṅgetyakṣarayugmaṃcajapatyatyantakomalam  
manyevrajettathāpyenomahābhūtarasāyanam

### [7.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.14)

sarvatrasulabhāgaṅgātriṣusthāneṣudurlabhā  
gaṅgādvāre prayāgecagaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame

### [7.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.15)

savāsavāḥsurāḥ sarvegaṅgādvāraṃmanoramam  
samāgatyaprakurvantisnānadānādikaṃmune

### [7.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.16)

daivayogānmunetatrayetyajaṃtikalevaram  
manuṣyapaśukīṭādyālabhaṃteparamaṃpadam

### [7.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.17)

atretihāsaṃviprarṣekathyamānaṃmayāśuṇu  
samyakchravaṇamātreṇasarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

### [7.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.18)

manobhadronāmarājāsomavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ  
pūrvamāsījjagatyasminbalavānsarvadharmmavit

### [7.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.19)

tasyahemaprabhānāmamahiṣīpriyavādinī  
pativratāmahābhāgāsarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā

### [7.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.20)

sarājāsamarehatvāsakalānevaśātravān  
śaśāsapṛthivīṃkṛtsnāṃsābdhidvīpāṃmahābalaḥ

### [7.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.21)

saekadāmahīpālaḥ samāhūyasvamaṃtriṇaḥ  
uvācedaṃvacaḥ prītyāsabhāmadhyemahāyaśāḥ

### [7.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.22)

manobhadrauvācaamātyāḥ pṛthivīsarvāmayeyaṃparipālitā  
nihatāripavaḥsarvesaputrabalavāhanāḥ

### [7.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.23)

pālitānisvagotrāṇidānairviprāścatoṣitāḥ  
śiṣṭāścatridaśāḥ sarvesaputrabalavāhanāḥ

### [7.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.24)

pālitānisvagotrāṇiyajñaiḥsarvaiḥsadakṣiṇaiḥ  
etaddhijarayāsarvaṃmahatyāmebalaṃhṛtam

### [7.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.25)

karmāṇikānicitkarttuṃnahiśaknomidurbalaḥ  
sāmarthyahīnepuruṣerājaśrīrnahiśobhate

### [7.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.26)

sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktāvṛddhāṅgāivakāminī  
tāvadvibhyatisarve'piśatravaḥ pṛthivītale

### [7.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.27)

yāvaddhigatasāmarthyaṃnecchanticārucakṣuṣā  
samastaguṇasampannāmapitadgatamānasam

### [7.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.28)

pṛthvītyajennṛpaṃvṛddhaṃsvairiṇīpālitāyathā  
bhaktilabhyāguṇāḥsarveguṇalabhyaṃmahadyaśaḥ

### [7.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.29)

niḥśreyasaṃdānalabhyaṃbalalabhyātumedinī  
sāmarthyahīnaḥ kṛpaṇoniścitoripuśāsane

### [7.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.30)

mūrkhamātravacogrāhīsanṛpaḥ śatrunaṃdanaḥ  
tato'hasakalaṃrājyaṃvibhajyavaramaṃtriṇaḥ

### [7.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.31)

dātumicchāmiputrābhyāṃyuṣmābhiryadimanyate  
mantriṇaūcuḥ -  
yadetadvacanaṃproktaṃtvayānītividānṛpa

### [7.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.32)

tadevamatamasmākaṃsadehonātravidyate  
athāyātaunṛpādeśātsaṃsadaṃpratisattamau

### [7.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.33)

vīrabhadrayaśobhadranāmānautanayābubhau  
taucasarvaguṇopetaukumāraupriyavādinau

### [7.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.34)

pitṛbhaktausadāśāṃtaubalinaudharmatatparau  
tataḥ sabhūpaḥ sahasārājanītividāṃvaraḥ

### [7.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.35)

vibhajyasakalaṃrājyaṃdadautābhyāṃkutūhalāt  
atrāṃtaregṛdhraekaḥsvakīyastrīsamanvitaḥ

### [7.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.36)

āgatyatatsabhāmadhyeupaviṣṭodvijottamāḥ  
tāvāgatausamālokyapakṣiṇāvatiharṣitau

### [7.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.37)

rājāhayuvayoḥ kasmācchubhāgamanamucyatām  
gṛdhrauvācagṛdhro'hapṛthivīpālamameyaṃstrīparaṃtapaḥ

### [7.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.38)

āgato'smimudādraṣṭuṃsaṃpadaṃputrayostava  
etayormahatīdṛṣṭāvipattiḥ pūrvajanmani

### [7.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.39)

ihajanmanisaṃpattiṃdraṣṭumāvāṃsamāgatau  
tasyaitadvacanaṃśrutvāgṛdhrasyaparamādbhutam  
rājovācapunarvipravismayāviṣṭamānasaḥ

### [7.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.40)

rājovācaatyadbhutaṃvacogṛdhratvattaḥ śrutamidaṃmayā  
etayoḥpūrvavṛttāntobhavatājñāyatekatham

### [7.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.41)

yadijānāsitatvenapūrvavṛttāṃtametayoḥ  
brūhitarhikhagaśreṣṭhasarvametadaśeṣataḥ

### [7.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.42)

gṛdhrauvācanṛpatevṛṣalāvetauyugedvāparasaṃjñake  
garasaṃgaranāmānausatyaghoṣasutausthitau

### [7.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.43)

ekakālecabhūpālamṛtaunijagṛhāṃtare  
tatonetumimaubhūpadaṃṣṭiraraṇoyamakiṃkarāḥ

### [7.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.44)

pāśahastāḥsamāyātāḥ koṭikoṭisahasraśaḥ  
babaṃdhuścarmapāśenadvāvetautaumadoddhatau

### [7.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.45)

ninyuścanilayaṃmṛtyoratidurgamavartmanā  
imaudṛṣṭvādharmarājaścitraguptamuvācaha

### [7.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.46)

etayoḥ sakalaṃvṛttaṃcitraguptavicāryatām  
tasyājñayācitraguptaḥ sarvakarmaśubhāśubham

### [7.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.47)

mūlādvicārayāmāsatataityāhacāṃtakam  
citraguptauvācasatyametaumahābāhopuṇyavratamahāśayau

### [7.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.48)

asticedduṣkṛtaṃkiñcitsarvakarmavilokitam  
svayaṃdānaṃsamutsṛjyanahidattaṃdvijātaye

### [7.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.49)

tenaivakarmaṇārājannimaunarakagāminau  
dātādānaṃsamutsṛjyayonadadyāddivajātaye

### [7.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.50)

sayātinarakaṃghoraṃsarvabhūtabhayāvaham  
dātāhinasmareddānaṃpratigrāhīnayācate

### [7.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.51)

ubhayornarakevāsoyāvaccandradivākarau  
tasmādimaumahāpāpaubrahmasvāhāriṇauprabho

### [7.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.52)

nayaṃtukiṃkarāḥśīghraṃnarakaṃpratidāruṇam

### [7.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.53)

yamājñayātatodūtāḥ saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭāḥkrudhā  
cikṣipurnarakeghoretāvetaupṛthivīpate

### [7.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.54)

tasminnevadinerājannanayābhāryayāsaha  
yamadūtaiḥ samāgatyanīto'hayamamandiram

### [7.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.55)

mayāpitatkṛtaṃkarmatadākarṇayabhūpate  
mūlātsarvaṃpravakṣyāmiśṛṇvatāṃvismayapradam

### [7.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.56)

purāsītsarvagonāmabrāhmaṇo'hamahākulaḥ  
saurāṣṭradeśavāsīcavedavedāṅgapāragaḥ

### [7.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.57)

iyaṃmaṃjūkaṣānāmamamapatnīyaśasvinī  
pativratāmahābhāgāpavitrakulasaṃbhavā

### [7.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.58)

pramatto'hamahābhāgavidyayāvayasādhanaiḥ  
avajñāṃmanasāpitroścakārāhaṃyuvaikadā

### [7.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.59)

ahaṃbhūrisabhāślāghyovanasthaḥ sarvakarmakṛt  
dhanavānsundarojñānījñātipoṣaṇatatparaḥ

### [7.3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.60)

mamaivapuṃsaḥpitarautaucapāpaparāyaṇau  
mukharaudayayāhīnaupākhaṃḍisaṅgalolupau

### [7.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.61)

pauruṣaṃjīvanaṃcaivadhanaṃcaivakulaṃtathā  
vidyākīrtiścasarvasvaṃpitṛbhyāṃviphalīkṛtam

### [7.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.62)

etadvicintyamanasāmayānṛpamuhurmuhuḥ  
avajñayāparityaktāpitroḥsevāśubhapradā

### [7.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.63)

anenakarmaṇārājansadāro'hayamājñayā  
vikṣiptonarakedūtairyatrataupāpināṃvarau

### [7.3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.64)

etābhyāṃsahapāpābhyāṃ sadāreṇamayānṛpa  
sthitaṃcanarakeghoreyāvatkālaṃśṛṇuṣvatat

### [7.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.65)

yugakoṭisahasrāṇiyugakoṭiśatānica  
anubhūtaṃmahāduḥkhaṃnarakasyanṛpottama

### [7.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.66)

narakāṃtetataḥ so'hakāṃtayāsahabhūpate  
gṛdhrapakṣakulejātaumṛtamāṃsāśanautathā

### [7.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.67)

etāvapicataurājannarakāṃtagataiṣiṇau  
jātauśalabhayorvaṃśebhoktuṃphalaṃsvakarmaṇaḥ

### [7.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.68)

yadetābhyāṃkṛtaṃkarmmarājañchalabhajanmani  
tadākarṇayavakṣyāmiśrotṝṇāṃvismayapradam

### [7.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.69)

ekadāsumahānvāyuḥsamāyātomahīpate  
uḍḍīyapātitautenagaṅgāgarbhesunirmale

### [7.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.70)

nipatyagaṅgāsalilekomalāṅgāvimautathā  
jagmatuḥpaṃcatāṃsadyaḥ samastakaluṣāpaham

### [7.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.71)

tatonetumimaudūtāāyātāścārucakṣuṣaḥ  
āyātānivimānānisarvabhogānvitānica

### [7.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.72)

vimuktausarvapāpebhyastulasīmālyaśobhitau  
divyaṃvimānamāruhyagatauviṣṇupuraṃprati

### [7.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.73)

tāvatkālaṃsthitaurājanbrahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ  
brahmājñayāsamāyātautataindrapuraṃprati

### [7.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.74)

bhuktavaṃtausukhaṃtatradurllabhaṃyatsurairapi  
tāvatkālaṃsthitaurājanbhoktuṃkṛcchrāṃvasuṃdharām

### [7.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.75)

pavitrebhavatovaṃśejātāvetaumahāyaśau  
gaṅgāyāṃtyajatodehaṃbhūyojanmanavidyate

### [7.3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.76)

tathāpivasudhāṃbhoktuṃjātaupuṇyatamāvimau  
ciraṃbhuktvāmahīṃkṛtsnāṃputrapautrasamanvitau

### [7.3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.77)

gaṅgāmaraṇamāsādyayogināmapidurllabham  
nārāyaṇasyasāyujyamimaubhūpagamiṣyataḥ

### [7.3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.78)

etatsarvaṃmayāproktaṃpūrvavṛttāṃtametayoḥ  
jātismaraprabhāvenanṛpavargaśiromaṇī

### [7.3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.79)

gaṅgāmaraṇamāsādyagatāvetaudaśāmimām  
āvayoḥkaḥparitrāṇaṃkariṣyatidurātmanoḥ

### [7.3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.80)

mitrāvajñāmanuṣyāṇāṃnarakakleśadāyinī  
mamaivapṛthivīpāladṛṣṭākevalamevatat

### [7.3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.81)

pitrabhaktirdvijaśreṣṭhaihāmutracaduḥkhadā  
ihasaṃpadvināśāyaparatranarakāyaca

### [7.3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.82)

varaṃmanyemahīpālabrahmahatyādipātakam  
kadācinniṣkṛtistasmādiyaṃbhavatiśāśvatī

### [7.3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.83)

duḥkhārjitaṃpuṇyavṛkṣaṃsarvakleśavināśanam  
pitravajñākuṭhāreṇacchiṃdaṃtibhuvimānavāḥ

### [7.3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.84)

yatkiñciddīyaterājanpitryevaktreparaṃtapa  
tadaśnātisvayaṃviṣṇuḥ pitṛrūpohariryataḥ

### [7.3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.85)

pratyakṣadevaupitarausevaṃteyetvaharniśam  
sarvasiddhirbhavetteṣāṃprasādājjagatīpateḥ

### [7.3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.86)

pitṛbhaktivihīnāyedinaṃtiṣṭhaṃtimānavāḥ  
tāvatkalpasahasraṃtutiṣṭhaṃtinarakejanāḥ

### [7.3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.87)

tasmādidaṃmahāduḥkhaṃbabhūvamamasāṃpratam  
mokṣaṃkadāgamiṣyāmisadāro'hanavedmitat

### [7.3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.88)

vyāsauvācaetattasyavacaḥ śrutvāpragṛhyadvijasattama  
babhūvaharṣitorājāvismitaścapunaḥ punaḥ

### [7.3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.89)

rājovācaāṃścaryaṃhivacogṛdhraśrutametanmukhāttava  
mamacaiṣāṃcahṛdayepratītirnahijāyate

### [7.3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.90)

athāṃtarikṣevāguccairitijātānṛpottama  
satyaṃsatyaṃsatyamidaṃsaṃdehonātravidyate

### [7.3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.91)

tataḥ sapakṣīviprarṣesahasābhāryayāsaha  
gaṅgāmāhātmyakathanātpūrvasthitaivābhavat

### [7.3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.92)

dividuṃdubhayonedurjagurgandharvasattamāḥ  
nanṛtuścāpsarovargāhyapatatpuṣpavarṣaṇam

### [7.3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.93)

vimānamāgataṃdivyaṃsarvabhogasamanvitam  
samāyātādūtagaṇāḥpreṣitāḥ kaiṭabhadviṣā

### [7.3.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.94)

athāsausarvagoviprapriyayāsahabhāryayā  
sadyovimānamāruhyajagāmabhavanaṃhareḥ

### [7.3.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.95)

etacchrutvādbhutaṃkarmasarājādvijasattama  
saputradāraḥ sevāyāṃgaṅgāyāstatparo'bhavat

### [7.3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.96)

bhāgīrathyāsamaṃtīrthaṃnāstivaibhuvanatraye  
yannāmoccāraṇādevasarvagomokṣamāpnuyāt

### [7.3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.97)

gaṅgādvārasyamāhātmyaṃkathitaṃtedvijottama  
samastapāpavidhvaṃsikimanyacchrotumicchasi

### [7.3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.98)

adhyāyametatparamādareṇapaṭhaṃtiyedevagṛhemanuṣyāḥ  
śṛṇvaṃtiyecadvijavargabhaktānaśyaṃtiteṣāṃduritānisadyaḥ

### [7.3.98.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3.98.p1)

iti śrīpadmapurāṇekriyāyogasāretṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kriyāyogasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.kriyayogasara.3.1) — Sanskrit
- [Bṛhannāradīyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.brhannaradiya.34.32) — Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.3) · Pramāṇa
