[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Prakriyapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada) › 4 # Prakriyapada 4: atha caturtho'dhyāyaḥ Prakriyāpāda 4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### atha caturtho'dhyāyaḥ ### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.1) sṛṣṭiprakaraṇaṃ ṛṣayastu tataḥ śrutvā naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ pratyucuste tataḥ sarvve sūtaṃ paryyākulekṣaṇāḥ ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.2) bhavān vai vaṃśakuśalo vyāsāt pratyakṣadarśanaḥ tasmāttvaṃ bhavanaṃ kṛtsnaṃ lokasyāmuṣya varṇaya ### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.3) yasya yasyānvayā ye ye tāṃstānicchāma vedituṃ teṣāṃ pūrvvarṣisṛṣṭiśca vicitvāntāṃ prajāpateḥ ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.4) asakṛtparipṛṣṭastairmmahātmā lomaharṣaṇaḥ vistareṇānupūrvyā ca kathayāmāsa sattamaḥ ### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.5) lomaharṣaṇa uvāca śṛṇudhvaitāṃ kathāṃ divyāṃ ślakṣṇāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīṃ kathyamānāṃ mayā citrāṃ bahvarthāṃ śrutisammatāṃ ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.6) yaścemāmdhārayennityaṃ śṛṇuyādvāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ śrāvayeccāpi viprebhyo yatibhyaśca viśeṣataḥ ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.7) śuciḥ parvvasu yuktātmā tīrtheṣvāyataneṣu ca dīrghamāyuravāpnoti sa purāṇānukīrttanāt svavaṃśadhāranaṃ kṛtvā svargaloke mahīyate ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.8) . vistārāvayavaṃ hyeṣāṃ yathāśabdaṃ yathāśrutaṃ kīrtyamānaṃ nibodhadhvaṃ sarvveṣāṃ kīrttivarddhanaṃ ### [4.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.6-2) dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ śatrughnaṃ svargyamāyurvivarddhanaṃ kīrttanaṃ sthirakīrttīnāṃ sarvveṣāṃ puṇyakāriṇāṃ ### [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.10) sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca vaṃśyānucaritañceti purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇaṃ ### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.11) kalpebhyo'pi hi yaḥ kalpaḥ śucibhyo niyataḥ śuciḥ purāṇaṃ sampravakṣyāmi mārutaṃ vedasammitaṃ ### [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.12) prabodhaḥ pralayaścaiva sthitirutpattireva ca prakriyā prathamaḥ pādaḥ kathyavastuparigrahaḥ ### [4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.13) upodghāto'nuṣaṅgaśca upasaṃhāra eva ca dharmmo yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvvapāpapraṇāśanaṃ ### [4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.14) evaṃ hi pādāścatvāraḥ samāsāt kīrttitā mayā vakṣyāmyetānpunastāṃstu vistareṇa yathākramaṃ ### [4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.15) tasmai hiraṇyagarbhāya puruṣāyeśvarāya ca antāya prathamāyaiva viśiṣṭāya prajātmane brahmaṇe lokatantrāya namaskṛtyā svayambhuve ### [4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.16) mahadādyaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ sarvvarūpyaṃ salakṣaṇaṃ pañcapramāṇaṃ ṣaṭ‌sthitaṃ puruṣādhiṣṭhitaṃ nutaṃ asaṃśayāt pravakṣyāmi bhūtamargamanuttamaṃ ### [4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.17) avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yattu nityaṃ sadasadātmakaṃ pradhānaṃ prakṛtiñcaiva yamāhustattvacintakāḥ ### [4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.18) gandhavarṇarasairhīnaṃ śabdasparśavivarjjitaṃ ajñātaṃ dhruvamakṣayaṃ nityaṃ svātmanyavasthitaṃ ### [4.16-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.16-2) jagadyoniṃ mahadbhūtaṃ paraṃ brahma sanātanaṃ vigrahaṃ sarvvabhūtānāmavyaktāmabhavatkila ### [4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.20) anādyantamajaṃ sūkṣmantriguṇaṃ prabhavāvyayaṃ asāmpratamavijñeyaṃ brahmāye samavarttata ### [4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.21) tasyātmanā sarvvamidaṃ vyāptamāsīttamomayaṃ guṇasāmye tadā tasmin guṇabhāve tamomaye ### [4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.22) sargakāle pradhānasya kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitasya vai guṇabhāvādvādyamāno mahān prādurbabhūva ha ### [4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.23) sūkṣmeṇa mahatā so'tha avyaktena samāvṛtaḥ satvodrikto mahānagre satvamātraprakāśakam manī mahāṃśca vijñeyo manastatkāraṇaṃ smṛtaṃ ### [4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.24) liṅgamātrasamutpannaḥ kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitastu saḥ dharmmādīnāntu rūpāṇi lokatattvārthahetavaḥ mahāṃstu sṛṣṭiṃ kurute nodyamānaḥ sisṛkṣayā ### [4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.25) mano mahānmatirbrahmā pūrbuddhiḥ khyātirīśvaraḥ prajñā citiḥ smṛtiḥ saṃvit tripuraṃ cocyate budhaiḥ ### [4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.26) manute sarvvabhūtānāṃ yasmācceṣṭāphalaṃ vibhuḥ saukṣmatvena vivṛddhānāṃ tena tanmana ucyate ### [4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.27) tattvānāmanrajo yasmānmhāṃśca parimāṇataḥ śeṣebhyo'pi guṇebhyo'sau(1) mahāniti tataḥ smṛtaḥ ### [4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.28) vibhartti mānaṃ manuta vibhāgaṃ manyate'pi ca puruṣo bhogasambandhāt tena cāsau matiḥ smṛtaḥ ### [4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.29) bṛhattvādṛṃhaṇatvācca bhāvānāṃ saṃlilāśrayāt yasmādbṛṃhayate bhāvān brahmā tena nirucyate ### [4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.30) āpūrayitvā yasmācca kṛtsnāndehānanugrahaiḥ tatvabhāvāṃśca niyatān tena pūriti cocyate ### [4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.31) budhyate puruṣaścātra sarvvabhāvān hitāhitān yasmādbodhayate caiva tena buddhinirucyate ### [4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.32) khyātiḥ pratyupabhogaśca yasmāt saṃvarttate tataḥ bhogasya jñānaniṣṭhatvāttena khyātiriti smṛtaḥ ### [4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.33) khyāyate tadguṇairvāpi nāmādibhiranekaṇaḥ tasmācca mahataḥ saṃjñā khyātirityabhidhīyate ### [4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.34) sākṣāt sarvvaṃ vijānāti mahātmā tena ceśvaraḥ tasmājjātā yahāccaiva prajñā tena sa ucyate ### [4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.35) jñānādīni ca rūpāṇi ṛtukarmmaphalāni ca cinoti yasmādbhogāṃrthantenāsau citirucyate ### [4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.36) varttamānānyatītāni tathā cānāgatānyapi smarate sarvvakāryāṇi taināsau smṛtirucyate ### [4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.37) kṛtsnañca vindate jñānaṃ tasmānmāhātmāmucyate tasmādvidervindeścaiva saṃvidityābhidhīyate ### [4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.38) vidyate sa ca sarvvasmin sarvvantasmiṃśca vidyate tasmātsaṃviditi prokto mahānvai buddhimattaraiḥ ### [4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.39) jñānāttu jñānamityāha bhagavān jñānasannidhiḥ dṛndvānāṃ vipurobhāvādvipuraṃ procyate budhaiḥ ### [4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.40) saṃrvvajñatvācca lokānāmavaśyañca tatheśvaraḥ bṛhatvācca smṛto brahmā bhūtatvādbhava ucyate ### [4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.41) kṣatrakṣetrajñavijñānādekatvācca sa kaḥ smṛtaḥ yasmātpuryyanuśete ca tasmāt puruṣa ucyate notpāditatvāt pūrvvatvāt svayaṃbhūriti cocyate ### [4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.42) paryyāyavācakaiḥ śabdaistattvamādyamanuttamam vyākhyātaṃ tattvabhāvajñairevaṃ sadbhāvacintakaiḥ ### [4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.43) mahān sṛṣṭiṃ vikurute codyamānaḥ sisṛkṣayā saṅkalpo'dhyavasāyaśca tasya vṛttidvayaṃ smṛtam ### [4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.44) dhamrmādīni ca rūpāṇi lokatatvārthahetavaḥ triguṇastu sa vijñeyaḥ satva rājasatāmasaḥ ### [4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.45) triguṇādrajasodriktādahaṅkārastato'bhavat mahatācāvṛtaḥ sargo bhūtādivikṛtastu saḥ ### [4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.46) tasmācca tamasodriktādahaṅkārādajāyata bhūtatanmātrasargastu bhūtādistāmasastu saḥ ### [4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.47) ākāśaṃ suṣiraṃ tasmādudriktaṃ śabdalakṣaṇaṃ ākāśaṃ śabdamātrantu bhūtādiśvāvṛṇot punaḥ ### [4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.48) śabdamātrantadākāśaṃ sparśamātraṃ sasarja ha bhūtādistu vikurvvāṇaḥ śabdamātraṃ sasarja ha ### [4.46-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.46-2) balavān jāyate vāyuḥ sa vai sparśaguṇo mataḥ ākāśaṃ śabdamātrantu sparśamātraṃ samāvṛṇot ### [4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.50) rasamātrāstu tā hyāpo rūpamātrābhirāśṛṇot āpo rasān vikurvvantyo gandhamātraṃ sasarjire ### [4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.51) saṅghāto jāyate tasmāttasya gandho guṇaḥ smṛtaḥ rasamātrantu tattauyaṃ gandhamātraṃ samāvṛṇot ### [4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.52) tasmiṃstasmiṃstu tanmātrā tena tanmātratā smṛtā aviśeṣavācakatvādaviśeṣāstataḥ smṛtāḥ aśāntaghoramūḍhatvādaviśeṣāstataḥ punaḥ ### [4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.53) bhūtatanmātrasargo'yaṃ vijñeyastu parasparāt vaikārikādahaṅkārātsatvodriktāttu sātvikāt vaikārikaḥ sa sargastu yugapatsampravarttate ### [4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.54) buddhīndriyāṇi pañcaiva pañca karmendriyāṇyapi sādhakānīndriyāṇi syurhevā vaikārikā daśa ekādaśaṃ manastatra devā vaikārikāḥ smṛtāḥ ### [4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.55) śrotrantvakcakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā caiva pañcamī śabdādīnāmavāptyarthaṃ buddhiyuktāni vakṣyate ### [4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.56) pādau pāyurupasthaśca hastau vāgdaśamī bhavet gatirvisargo hyānandaḥ śilpa vākyañca karma ca ### [4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.57) ākāśaṃ śabdamātrañca sparśamātraṃ samāviśet dviguṇastu tato vāyuḥ śabdasparśātmako'bhavat ### [4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.58) rūpantathaiva viśataḥ śabdasparśaguṇāvubhau triguṇastu tataścāgniḥ sa śabdasparśarūpavān ### [4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.59) saśabdasparśarūpañca rasamātraṃ samāviśat tasmāccaturguṇā hyāpo vijñeyāstā rasātmikāḥ ### [4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.60) saśabdasparśarūpeṣu gandhasteṣu samāviśat ! saṃyuktā gandhamātreṇa ācinvanti mahīmimāṃ tasmātpañcaguṇā bhūmiḥ sthūlabhūteṣu dṛśyate ### [4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.61) śāntā ghorāśca mūḍhāśca viśeṣāstena te smṛtāḥ parasparānupraveśāddhārayanti parasparam ### [4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.62) bhūmerantaskhidaṃ sarvvaṃ lokālokaghanāvṛtam viśeṣā indriyagrāhyā niyatatvācca te smṛtāḥ ### [4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.63) guṇaṃ pūrvvasya pūrvvasya prāpnuvantyuttarottaram teṣāṃ yāvacca yadyacca tattattāvadguṇaṃ smṛtam ### [4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.64) upalabhya śucergarbhaṃ keciddāhyoranaipuṇāt pṛthivyāmiva tadvidyādrdhrvāṃ vāyośca saṃśrayāt ### [4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.65) ete sapta mahāvīryyā nānābhūtāḥ pṛthak pṛthak nāśaknuvan prajāḥ sraṣṭumasaṃhāmya kṛtsnaśaḥ te sametya mahātmāno hyanyonyasyaiva saṃśrayāt ### [4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.66) puruṣādhiṣṭhitatvācca avyaktānugraheṇa ca mahadādyo viśeṣāntā aṇḍamutpādayanti te ### [4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.67) ekakāla samutpannaṃ jalavuhudavacca tat viśeṣebhyo'ṇḍamabhavat vṛhattadudakañca yat tattasmin kāryyakaraṇaṃ saṃsiddhaṃ brahmaṇastadā ### [4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.68) prākṛte'ṇḍe vibuddhe san kṣetrajño brahmasaṃjñitaḥ sa vai śarīrī prathamaḥ sa vai puruṣa ucyate ### [4.66-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.66-2) ādikarttā ca bhūtānāṃ brahmā'gre samavarttata hiraṇyagarbhaḥ so'ye'smin prādubhūṃtaścaturmukhaḥ sarge ca pratisarge ca kṣetrajño brahmasaṃjñitaḥ ### [4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.70) karaṇaiḥ saha sṛjyante pratyāhāre tyajanti ca bhajante ca punaddehānsamāhārasandhiṣu(1) ### [4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.71) hiranmayastu yo merustasyolbaṃ tanmahātmanaḥ garbhodakaṃ samudrāṃśca jarāyuścolbi parvvatāḥ ### [4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.72) tasminraṇḍe tvime lokā antarbhūtāstu sapta vai saptadvīpā ca pṛthvīyaṃ samudraiḥ saha saptabhiḥ ### [4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.73) parvva taiḥ sumahadbhiñca nadībhiśca sahasraśaḥ antastasmiṃ stvime lokā antarviśvamidañjagat ### [4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.74) candrādityo sanakṣatrau sagrahau saha vāyunā lokālokañca yatkiñciccāṇḍe tasmin samarpitam ### [4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.75) adbhirdaśaguṇāṃbhistu vāhyato'ṇḍaṃ samāvṛtam āpo daśaguṇā hyevantejasā vāhyato vṛtāḥ(1) ### [4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.76) tejodaśaguṇenaiva vāhyato vāyunā hṛtam vāyordaśaguṇenaiva vāhyato nabhasā vṛtaṃ ### [4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.77) ākāśena vṛto vāyuḥ khañca bhūtādinā vṛtam bhūtādirmahatā cāpi avyaktena vṛtto mahān etairāvaraṇeraṇḍaṃ saptabhiḥ prākṛtairvṛtam ### [4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.78) etāścāvṛtya cānyonyamaṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ sthitāḥ prasargakāle sthitvā ca grasantetāḥ parasparam ### [4.76-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.76-2) evaṃ parasparotpannā dhārayanti parasparam ādhārādheyabhāvena vikārasya vikāriṣu ### [4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.80) avyaktaṃ kṣetramuddiṣṭaṃ brahmā kṣetrajña ucyate ityeṣa prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitastu saḥ abuddhipūrdhvaṃ prāgāsīt prādurbhūtā tar̤idyathā ### [4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.81) etaddhiraṇmagarbhasya janma yo veda tattvataḥ āyuṣmān kīrttimān dhanyaḥ prajāvāṃśca bhavatyuta ### [4.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4.82) nivṛttikāmo'pi naraḥ śuddhātmā labhate gatim purāṇaśravaṇānnityaṃ sukhañca cemamāpnuyāt ## Linked texts (15) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.4.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.3.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.34) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.4.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.1.20) — Sanskrit - [Śivapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.10.14) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Sāmbapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.samba.6.8) — Sanskrit - [Vīraśaivānandacandrikā (Maritontadārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.virasaivanandacandrika-maritontadarya.14.18) — Maritontadārya 1725, Sanskrit - [Brāhmī Saṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmisamhita.4.7) — Sanskrit - [Brahmisamhita (gurumandalseries1962)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.brahmisamhita*gurumandalseries1962.4.7) — Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa (Ananta Gokhale)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurmapurana.3.p8) — Ananta Gokhale, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.kurmapurana.4.p3) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar, Sanskrit - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.4.1) — Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.27.p155) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Mokṣakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.moksakanda.1.p254) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.4) · Pramāṇa