६१ इत्येषा परमा पुण्या शिवा पापहरा तथा । पठितोपासिता राजञ्छ्रद्धया च श्रुता १ तथा । । ६२ माहात्म्यं चापि योप्यस्याः शृणुयान्मानवो नृप । ऋद्धिं वृद्धिं तथा कीर्तिं शिवं चाप्य दिवं व्रजेत् । । ६३ इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराणे शतार्द्धसाहस्र्यां संहितायां ब्राह्मे पर्वणि प्रतिपत्कल्पवर्णनं नाम षोडशोऽध्यायः
This is supremely virtuous, auspicious, and removes sin; O king, recited, practiced, or heard with faith.
ब्रह्मपूजाविधानं च पूजने यच्च वै फलम्
The procedure for Brahma-worship and the fruits obtained from worship.
पूर्वमेकार्णवे घोरे नष्टे स्थावरजंगमे
Formerly, when all that moves and is still was destroyed in the dreadful single ocean.
स्वयंभूरभवद्देवः सुरज्येष्ठश्चतुर्मुखः
The self-born god appeared, the foremost among the gods, four-faced.
कायेन मनसा वाचा जंगमस्थावराणि च
By body, mind, and speech, he created both moving and unmoving beings.
तस्मादेष सदा पूज्यो यतो लोकगुरुः परः
Therefore, he is always to be worshipped, for he is the supreme teacher of the worlds.
रुद्रोऽस्य मनसो जातो विष्णुर्जातोऽस्य वक्षसः
Rudra was born from his mind, Vishnu from his chest.
देवाप्सरसगंधर्वाः सयक्षोरगराक्षसाः
The gods, apsaras, gandharvas, along with yakshas, nagas, and rakshasas.
सर्वो ब्रह्ममयो लोकः सर्वं ब्रह्मणि संस्थितम्
All the world is composed of Brahma; everything abides in Brahma.
यो न पूजयते भक्त्या सुरज्येष्ठं सुरेश्वरम्
He who does not worship with devotion the foremost of the gods, lord of the gods.
यस्तु पूजयते भक्त्या विरिंचिं भुवनेश्वरम् 1.17.
But he who worships with devotion Virinchi, lord of the world.
तस्मात्सौम्यमना भूत्वा यावज्जीवं प्रतिज्ञया
Therefore, with a gentle mind, one should, for life, vow to do so.
वरं देहपरित्यागो वरं नरकसम्भवः
Better to abandon the body, better to be born in hell.
सदा पूजयते यस्तु वीर भक्त्या पितामहम्
He who always worships Pitamaha with devotion, O hero.
न हि वेधोऽर्चनात्किंचित्पुण्यमभ्यधिकं भवेत्
Indeed, no merit arises from worship that surpasses destiny.
यो ब्रह्माणं द्वेष्टि मोहात्सर्वदेवनमस्कृतम्
He who, out of delusion, hates Brahmā, who is honored by all the gods—
ब्रह्मणोर्चां प्रतिष्ठाप्य सर्वयत्नैर्विधानतः
Having established the image of Brahmā with all efforts and proper procedure—
सर्वयज्ञतपोदानतीर्थवेदेषु यत्फलम्
The fruit obtained from all sacrifices, austerities, gifts, pilgrimages, and Vedas—
कञ्जजं स्थापयेद्यस्तु कृत्वा शालां मनोरमाम्
He who installs the lotus-born, having built a delightful hall—
मातृजान्पितृजांश्चैव यां चैवोद्वहते स्त्रियम्
And the woman whom one marries, whether born of one's mother, father, or otherwise—
भुक्त्वा तु विपुलान्भोगान्प्रलये समुपस्थिते 1.17.
After enjoying abundant pleasures, when dissolution arrives—
अथ वा राज्यमाकांक्षेज्जायते संभवांतरे
Or if he desires sovereignty, he is born again in another existence.
त्रिसंध्यं यो जपेद्ब्रह्म कृत्वाष्टदल पंकजम्
He who recites the Brahma at the three junctions of the day, having made an eight-petaled lotus—
अनेनैव स देहेन ब्रह्मा संतिष्ठते क्षितौ
With this very body, he remains as Brahmā on earth.
उद्धृत्य दिवि संस्थाप्य कुलानामेकविंशतिम्
Raising up and establishing in heaven twenty-one lineages—
अप्येकवारं यो भक्त्या पूजयेत्पद्म संभवम्
Even one who worships the lotus-born with devotion just once—
पुण्यक्षयात्क्षितिं प्राप्य भवेत्क्षितिपतिर्महान्
When his merit is exhausted, having attained the earth, he becomes a great king.
न तत्तपोभिरत्युग्रैर्न च सर्वैर्महामखैः
Not by extremely severe austerities, nor by all great sacrifices—
मृद्दार्वेष्टकशैलैर्वा यः कुर्याद्ब्रह्मणो गृहम्
Whether with clay, wood, bricks, or stones, whoever builds a house for Brahmā—
मृन्मयात्कोटिगुणितं फलं दार्विष्टकामये
The fruit from one made of clay is multiplied a hundredfold in one of wood or brick.