Modhapurana 4
Moḍhapurāṇa 4
- Language
- Sanskrit
Contents
- 4.24 — 2 parts
4.1
itiśrī skaṃdapurāṇe pātālakhaṇḍe dharmāraṇyopākhyāne
वनवर्णनम् nāma tṛtīyokhyāyaḥ .. ३ ..
vyāsau0-ṛṣayasthāpitāṃstatra brahmāviṣṇuśivādibhiḥ
aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇī puṇyāḥkājeśa nirmitāḥ
4.2
ṣaṭtriṃśatsahasrāṇi bhṛtyāstevāṇijobhuvi
dvijabhaktisamāyuktāḥ brahmaṇyostehyayonijāḥ
4.3
purāṇajñāḥ sadācārāḥ dhārmikā gobhujā iti
teṣāṃ kāśyapa saṃgotraṃ sarveṣāṃ hi yudhiṣṭhira
4.4
svarge devā praśaṃsanti dharmāraṇya nivāsinām
na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭi śatairapi
4.5
dharmāraṇyaṃ nṛpa śreṣṭha evamasti suśobhanam
gayā kāśi kurukṣetra purī saptādhikaṃ matam
4.6
yudhiṣṭhirauvāca-vistareṇa mahābhāga dharmāraṇyasya kīrtanam
svargaṃ tu prāpyate yena sarvaṃ hi vadame prabho
4.7
vyāsauvāca-śṛṇu pārtha mahābhāga dharmāraṇyasya kīrtanam
sthāṇunoktaṃ kumārāya dharmāraṇyodbhavaṃ śubham
4.8
ekadā tu sukhāsīnaṃ mahādeva maheśvaram
gaṇaiḥ parivritaṃ tatra surāsura namaskṛtam
4.9
tuṃburādyaiśca gaṃdharvai rapsarobhissamantataḥ
stutiṃ gānaṃ vigāyantī te sarve hṛṣṭa mānasāḥ
4.10
nādāmṛta śrutisthaṃvai ruṇḍa mālā vibhūṣitam
devaṃ gaṃṅgādharaṃ dṛṣṭvā kumāro vākya mabravīt
4.11
kārtikeya u0-deva deva sureśāna nāda mūrte dayāpara
kimartha mutsukatvaṃ hi vṛpasyā rohaṇaṃprati
4.12
gānaṃtyaktvā kṛpāsiṃdho kayāsyasibadasvame
śaṃbhu0-śṛṇuvatsapravakṣyāmi yenā'haṃvyagracetasaḥ
4.13
pṛthivyāṃca mahattīrthaṃ mahattathānaṃca bhūtale
tatrāpi gantukāmo'haṃ devaissaha paḍānana
4.14
skaṃda uvāca-dharmmāraṇyaṃ kathaṃ tāta kṛtaṃ kena vinirmitam
suparvāṇaḥ kathaṃ tāta taktvānākaṃ sureśvara
4.15
tatra gacchantitekasmāt martyalokaṃ vasantihī
īśvarau0-sarvakṣetramayaṃsthānaṃ pañcakrośamahattaram
4.16
durlabhaṃ sarva devānāṃ siddhānāṃ siddhi dāyakam
kāmināṃ kāmadaṃ caiva yogīnāṃ mokṣa dāyakam
4.17
sarva tīrtha mayatacca sthūlāghaugha vināśanam
ādyaṃtadbhūbhṛtāṃ śreṣṭha ramyaṃ krājeśanirmitam
4.18
śaṃbhuruvāca-brahmā svayaṃbhurbhagavān hasta siddhiṃca karmajām
tataḥ prapratyathauṣadhyaḥ kṛṣṇapacyāstujajñire
4.19
saṃsiddhāyāṃ tu vārttāyāṃ tatastāsāṃ svayaṃ prabhuḥ
maryādāṃ sthāpayāmāsa yathā nyāyyaṃ yathā guṇam
4.20
brahmāṇaṃ sthāpayetpūrvaṃ dakṣiṇeca gaṇādhipam
paścimeca tule bhānu uttareca maheśvaram
4.21
varṇānāmābhramāṇāṃca dharmān dharmabhṛtāmvara
lokāścasarvavarṇānāṃ dharmānuṣṭhāināṃsatām
4.22
prājāpatyaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ kṛtaṃsthānaṃ kriyāvatām
sthānamindraṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ saṅgrāmeṣvapalāinām
4.23
vaiśyānā mahatāṃsthānaṃ svadharmamanuvartinām
gāndharvaśūdrajātīnāṃ paricaryāsuvartinām
4.24
aṣṭāśītisahastrāṇāṃ ṛṣīṇāmūrdhvaretasām
smṛtaṃ teṣāṃtuyatsthānaṃ tadeva guruvāsinām
4.24.p1
proktaṃṛṣīṇāṃyatsthānaṃ smṛtaṃtadvanaukasām ..
prājāpatyaṃgṛhasthānāṃ nyāsināṃ brahmasaṃkṣayam ..
yogināmakṣayaṃsthānaṃ kṛtavānsasvayaṃprabhuḥ .. 25 ..
4.24.p2
itiśrī skaṃdapurāṇe pātālakhaṇḍe dharmāraṇyopākhyāne dharmavatāṃsthānaprāpti varṇanonāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ ..4..
Linked texts (1)
- Padmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit