विवर्धता बलवता वेगाद्विक्षोभितो ऽर्णवः तस्यार्णवस्य क्षुब्धस्य तस्मिन्नम्भसि मन्थिते कृष्णवर्त्मा समभवत् प्रभुर्वैश्वानरो महान्
As the powerful wind increased, the ocean was stirred by its force; in that agitated water, as it was churned, the Lord of fire, Vaiśvānara, of dark path, arose.
ततः संशोषयामास पावकः सलिलं बहु क्षयाज्जलनिधेश्छिद्रम् अभवद्विस्तृतं नभः
Then the fire began to dry up the abundant water; as the ocean diminished, a great opening appeared, and the sky expanded.
आत्मतेजोद्भवाः पुण्या आपो ऽमृतरसोपमाः आकाशं छिद्रसम्भूतं वायुराकाशसंभवः
The pure waters, born from the radiance of the Self, are like the essence of immortality; space arises from the presence of openings, and wind is born from space.
आभ्यां संघर्षणोद्भूतं पावकं वायुसंभवम् दृष्ट्वा प्रीतो महादेवो महाभूतविभावनः
From the friction of these two, fire arises, born from wind; seeing this, the great god, the revealer of the great elements, was pleased.
दृष्ट्वा भूतानि भगवांल् लोकसृष्ट्यर्थमुत्तमम् ब्रह्मणो जन्मसहितं बहुरूपो व्यचिन्तयत्
Beholding the elements, the Blessed Lord, for the supreme purpose of creating the worlds, contemplated the many-formed birth of Brahmā.
चतुर्युगाभिसंख्याते सहस्रयुगपर्यये बहुजन्मा हि विश्वात्मा ब्रह्मणो हविरुच्यते
At the end of a thousand cycles of four yugas, the Soul of the Universe, having many births, is called the offering of Brahmā.
यत्पृथिव्यां द्विजेन्द्राणां तपसा भावितात्मनाम् ज्ञानं वृष्टं तु विश्वार्थे योगिनां याति मुख्यताम्
The knowledge that rains down on earth for the sake of the universe, from the twice-born lords whose souls are purified by austerity, becomes supreme among yogins.
तं योगवन्तं विज्ञाय सम्पूर्णैश्वर्यमुत्तमम् पदे ब्रह्मणि विश्वेशं न्ययोजयत योगवित्
Recognizing him as endowed with yoga and perfect sovereignty, the knower of yoga appointed the Lord of the Universe in the supreme state of Brahmā.
ततस्तस्मिन्महातोये महीशो हरिरच्युतः जले क्रीडंश्च विधिवन् मोदते सर्वलोककृत्
Then, in those great waters, the Lord Hari, the infallible one, the creator of all worlds, delights in play within the waters according to the proper order.
पद्मं नाभ्युद्भवं चैकं समुत्पादितवांस्तदा सहस्रपर्णं विरजं भास्कराभं हिरण्मयम्
At that time, he produced a single lotus, sprung from his navel, with a thousand petals, spotless, shining like the sun, and golden in hue.
हुताशनज्वलितशिखोज्ज्वलत्प्रभम् उपस्थितं शरदमलार्कतेजसम् विराजते कमलमुदारवर्चसं महात्मनस्तनुरुहचारुदर्शनम्
Its blazing flames shone like sacrificial fire, radiant with the pure brilliance of the autumn sun; the splendid lotus, of noble luster, appeared near the great soul’s beautiful chest.
अथ योगवतां श्रेष्ठम् असृजद्भूरितेजसम् स्रष्टारं सर्वलोकानां ब्रह्माणं सर्वतोमुखम्
Then he created the foremost among those endowed with yoga, radiant with great splendor—the Brahmā, the creator of all worlds, facing in every direction.
यस्मिन्हिरण्मये पद्मे बहुयोजनविस्तृतम् सर्वतेजोगुणमयं पार्थिवैर्लक्षणैर्वृतम्
Within that golden lotus, vast for many leagues, filled with all the qualities of radiance, and adorned with earthly marks—
तच्च पद्मं पुराणज्ञाः पृथिवीरूपमुत्तमम् नारायणसमुद्भूतं प्रवदन्ति महर्षयः
That lotus, the knowers of the ancient lore declare, is the supreme form of the earth, said by the great sages to have arisen from Nārāyaṇa.
या पद्मा सा रसा देवी पृथिवी परिचक्ष्यते ये पद्मसारगुरवस् तान्दिव्यान् पर्वतान्विदुः
That Padmā is the goddess Rasā, who is called the earth; those who are teachers of the essence of the lotus know those divine mountains.
हिमवन्तं च मेरुं च नीलं निषधमेव च कैलासं मुञ्जवन्तं च तथान्यं गन्धमादनम्
These are Himavat, Meru, Nīla, Niṣadha, Kailāsa, Muñjavān, and also Gandhamādana.
पुण्यं त्रिशिखरं चैव कान्तं मन्दरमेव च उदयं पिञ्जरं चैव विन्ध्यवन्तं च पर्वतम्
Also the sacred Triśikhara, the lovely Mandara, Udaya, Piñjara, and the Vindhya mountain.
एते देवगणानां च सिद्धानां च महात्मनाम् आश्रयाः पुण्यशीलानां सर्वकामफलप्रदाः
These are the abodes of the hosts of gods and the great-souled siddhas, of those of virtuous conduct, bestowing all desired fruits.
एतेषामन्तरे देशो जम्बूद्वीप इति स्मृतः जम्बूद्वीपस्य संस्थानं यज्ञिया यत्र वै क्रियाः
Between these lies the region known as Jambūdvīpa, whose form is that of Jambūdvīpa, where indeed the sacrificial rites are performed.
एभ्यो यत्स्रवते तोयं दिव्यामृतरसोपमम् दिव्यास्तीर्थशताधाराः सुरम्याः सरितः स्मृताः
From these flows water, like the divine nectar of immortality; hundreds of divine, delightful rivers and sacred fords are known.
स्मृतानि यानि पद्मस्य केसराणि समन्ततः असंख्येयाः पृथिव्यास्ते विश्वे वै धातुपर्वताः
The countless filaments remembered as the stamens of the lotus are, in truth, all the mineral mountains of the earth.
यानि पद्मस्य पर्णानि भूरीणि तु नराधिप ते दुर्गमाः शैलचिता म्लेच्छदेशा विकल्पिताः
The many leaves of the lotus, O king, are those difficult regions, heaped with mountains, which are designated as the lands of foreigners.
यान्यधोभागपर्णानि ते निवासास्तु भागशः दैत्यानामुरगाणां च पतङ्गानां च पार्थिव
Those leaves beneath, O ruler, are the dwellings, in their respective parts, of the demons, serpents, and insects.
तेषां महार्णवो यत्र तद्रसेत्यभिसंज्ञितम् महापातककर्माणो मज्जन्ते यत्र मानवाः
There, among them, is the great ocean, known as 'that essence,' where humans who commit grave sins are submerged.
पद्मस्यान्तरतो यत्तद् एकार्णवगता मही प्रोक्ताथ दिक्षु सर्वासु चत्वारः सलिलाकराः
Within the lotus, the earth that entered the single ocean is spoken of; and in all directions, there are four reservoirs of water.
एवं नारायणस्यार्थे मही पुष्करसंभवा प्रादुर्भावो ऽप्ययं तस्मान् नाम्ना पुष्करसंज्ञितः
Thus, for the sake of Nārāyaṇa, the earth arising from the lotus appeared; therefore, it is called by the name 'Puṣkara.'
एतस्मात्कारणात्तज्ज्ञैः पुराणैः परमर्षिभिः याज्ञिकैर्वेददृष्टान्तैर् यज्ञे पद्मविधिः स्मृतः
For this reason, the learned, the ancient sages, and the ritualists, by the evidence of the Vedas, have remembered the lotus method in sacrifice.
एवं भगवता तेन विश्वेषां धारणाविधिः पर्वतानां नदीनां च ह्रदानां चैव निर्मितः
Thus, by the Blessed One, the method of sustaining all things was established—the mountains, rivers, and lakes.
विभुस्तथैवाप्रतिमप्रभावः प्रभाकराभो वरुणः सितद्युतिः शनैः स्वयंभूः शयनं सृजत्तदा जगन्मयं पद्मविधिं महार्णवे
Then the mighty, peerless, radiant Varuṇa, resembling the sun, shining with pale light, slowly, the self-born, created his bed—the lotus method—in the great ocean, encompassing the world.
विघ्नस्तपसि सम्भूतो मधुर्नाम महासुरः तेनैव च सहोद्भूतो ह्य् असुरो नाम कैटभः
An obstacle arose in the austerity: the great demon named Madhu was born, and with him, his brother, the demon named Kaitabha.