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# Prakriyapada 2: atha dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ

Prakriyāpāda 2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.41) — 1 part

### atha dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.1)

dvādaśavārṣikasatranirūpaṇaṃ  
śuka uvāca  
pratyabruvan punaḥ sūtamṛṣayaste tapodhanāḥ  
kutra satraṃ samabhavat teṣāmadbhutakarmaṇām

### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.2)

kiyantañcaiva tatkālaṃ kathañca samavarttata  
ācacakṣva purāṇañca kathaṃ tebhyaḥ prasaṅgajaḥ

### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.3)

ācakṣva vistareṇedamparaṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ  
iti sannoditaḥ sūtaḥ pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vacaḥ

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.4)

śṛṇudhvaṃ yatra te dhīrā ījire satramuttamaṃ  
yāvantañcābhavat kālaṃ yathā ca samavarttata

### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.5)

sisṛkṣamāṇā viśvaṃ hi yatra viśvasṛjaḥ purā  
satraṃ hi ījire puṇyaṃ sahasraṃ parivatsarān

### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.6)

tapo'ṣṭahapatiryyatra brahmā brahmā'bhavatsvayaṃ  
ilāyā yatra patnītvaṃ śamitre yatra buddhimān  
mṛtyuścakre mahātejāstasmin satre mahātmanāṃ

### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.7)

vibudhā ījire tatra sahasraṃ parivatsarān  
bhramato dharmacakrasya yatra nemiraśīryyata  
karmaṇā tena vikhyātaṃ naimiṣaṃ munipūjitaṃ

### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.8)

yatra sā gomatī puṇyā siddhacāraṇasevitā  
rohiṇī suṣuve tatra tataḥ saumyo'bhavat sutaḥ

### [2.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.6-2)

śaktirjyeṣṭhaḥ samabhavat vaśiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ  
arundhatyāḥ sutā yatra śatamṛttamatejasaḥ

### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.10)

kalmāṣapādo nṛpatiryyatra śaptaśca śaktiṇā  
yatra vairaṃ samabhavadviśvāmitravaśiṣṭhayoḥ

### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.11)

adṛśyantyāṃ samabhavanmuniyyam̐ca parāśaraḥ  
parābhavo vaśiṣṭhasya yasmin jātepyavarttata

### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.12)

tatra te ījire satraṃ naimiṣe brahmavādinaḥ  
naimiṣe ījire yatra naimiṣeyāstataḥ smṛtāḥ

### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.13)

tatsatabhavatteṣāṃ samāḥ ṣaḍdaśa dhīmatāṃ  
purūravasi vikrānte praśasati vasundharāṃ

### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.14)

aṣṭādaśa samudrasya dvīpānabhyagamatpurūravaḥ !  
tutoṣa naiva ratnānāṃ lobhāditi hi naḥ śrutaṃ

### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.15)

urvvaśī cakame yacca devahūtipracoditā  
ājahāra ca tatsatraṃ sarvebhyāsahasaṅgataḥ

### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.16)

tasminnarapatau satraṃ naimiṣeyāḥ pracakrire  
yaṃ garbhaṃ suṣuve gaṅgā pāvakāddīptatejasaṃ  
tadulbaṃ parvvatenyastaṃ hiraṇyaṃ pratyapadyata

### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.17)

hiraṇmayantataścakre yajñavāṭaṃ mahātmanāṃ  
viśvakarmmā svayaṃ devo bhāvayan lokabhāvanaṃ

### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.18)

bṛhaspatistatastatra teṣāmamitatejasāṃ  
aiḍaḥ purūravā bheje taṃ deśaṃ mṛgayāṃ caran

### [2.16-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.16-2)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryyaṃ yajñavāṭaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ  
lobhena hatavijñānastadādātuṃ pracakrame

### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.20)

naimiṣeyāstatastasya cukrudhurnṛpaterbhṛśaṃ  
nijaghnuśvāpi saṃkruddhāḥ kuśavajrairmanīṣiṇaḥ  
tato niśamya rājānaṃ munayo daivacoditāḥ

### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.21)

kuśavajrairviniṣpiṣṭaḥ sa rājā vyajahāttanaṃ  
aurvvaśeyaṃ tatastasya putrañcakrurnṛpaṃ bhuvi

### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.22)

nahuṣasya mahātmānaṃ pitaraṃ yaṃ pracakṣate  
sa teṣu varttate samyak dharmmaśīlo mahīpatiḥ  
āyurāgegyamatulyaṃ tasmin sa narasattamaḥ

### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.23)

sāntvayitvā ca rājānaṃ tato brahmavidāṃvarāḥ  
satramārebhire kartuṃ yathāvaḍarmmabhūtaye

### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.24)

babhūva satraṃ tatteṣāṃ bahvāścaryyaṃ mahātmanāṃ  
viśvaṃ sisṛkṣamāṇānāṃ purā viśvasṛjāmiva

### [2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.25)

vaikhānasaiḥ prayasakhairvālakhilyaimarīcipaiḥ  
anyaiśca munibhirjuṣṭaṃ sūryyavaiśvānaraprabhaiḥ

### [2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.26)

pitṛdevāpsaraḥsiddhairgandharvvoragacāraṇaiḥ  
sambhāraistu śubhairjuṣṭantairevendramado yathā

### [2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.27)

stotrasatvagrahairdevān pitṝn pitryaiśca karmmabhiḥ  
ānarcuśca yathājāti gandharvvādīn yathāvidhi

### [2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.28)

ārādhayitumicchantastataḥ karmmāntareṣvatha  
jaguḥ sāmāni gandharvvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ

### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.29)

vyaḥjahurmuunayo vācaṃ citrāttarapadāṃ śubhāṃ  
manvāditattvavidvāṃso jagaduśca parasparaṃ

### [2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.30)

vitaṇḍāvacanāścaike nijaghnuḥ prativādinaḥ  
ṛṣayastatra vidvāṃsaḥ sāṅkhyārthanyāyakovidāḥ

### [2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.31)

na tatra duritaṃ kiñcidvidadhurbrahmarākṣasāḥ  
na ca yajñahano daityā na ca yajñamuṣo'surāḥ

### [2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.32)

prāyaścittaṃ duriṣṭaṃ vā na tatra samajāyata  
śaktiprajñākriyāyogairvidhirāsīt susuṣṭhitaḥ

### [2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.33)

evaṃ vitenire(1) satraṃ dvādaśābdaṃ manīṣiṇaḥ  
bhṛgvādyā ṛṣayo dhīrā jyotiṣṭomān pṛthak pṛthak  
cakrire pṛṣṭhagamanān sarvvānyuttardākṣiṇān

### [2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.34)

samāgatāste sarvve vāyumeva mahādhiyaṃ  
papracchuramitātmānaṃ bharvāṅgeyedahaṃ dvijāḥ  
praṇoditaśca vaṃgārthe sa ca tānabravītprabhuḥ

### [2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.35)

śiśuḥ svayambhuvo devaḥ sarvvapratyagdṛgavyaśī  
aṇimādibhiraṣṭābhiraiśvaryyairyyaiḥ samanvitaḥ

### [2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.36)

tiryyagyonyādibhirddharmaiḥ sarvvalokānvibhartti yaḥ  
saptaskandhādikaṃ śaśvat plavate yojanāddaraḥ

### [2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.37)

viṣaye nigatā yasya saṃsthitāḥ saptakā gaṇāḥ  
vyūhāṃstvanyāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ kurvvan yaśca mahābalaḥ  
tejanasyādya pañcānandātomaṃ śarīriṇāṃ

### [2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.38)

prāṇādyāvṛttayaḥ pañca karaṇānāñca vṛttibhiḥ  
preryyamāṇāḥ śarīrāṇāṃ kurvvate yāstu dhāraṇaṃ

### [2.36-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.36-2)

ākāśayonirdviguṇaḥ śabdasparśasamanvitaḥ  
taijasaprakṛtiśīto'pyayaṃ bhāvo manīṣibhiḥ

### [2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.40)

tatrābhimānī bhagavān vāyuśakti kriyātmakaḥ  
vātāraṇiḥ samākhyātaḥ śabdaśāstraviśāradaḥ

### [2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.41)

bhāratyā ślakṣṇayā sarvvān munīn prahlādayanniva  
' purāṇajñaḥ sumanasaḥ purāṇaśrayayuktayā

### [2.41.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.2.41.p1)

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte dvādaśavārṣikasatranirūpaṇaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.2.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.2.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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