नारद उवाच- एवं स्तुतस्तदा शंभुः द्विजर्षभं जगाद ह । संहरन्नयनज्वालं त्रिलोकीदहनक्षमाम्
Nārada said: Thus praised, Śambhu then spoke to the best of Brāhmaṇas, withdrawing the fire from his eye, which was capable of burning the three worlds.
वरं वरय भो ब्रह्मन्प्रीतः स्तुत्यानया तव । इंद्रस्यजीवदानेन जीवति त्वं प्रथां व्रज
Choose a boon, O Brāhmaṇa; I am pleased by your praise. By granting life to Indra, you will attain fame while alive.
बृहस्पतिरुवाच- यदि तुष्टोऽसि देव त्वं याहींद्रं शरणागतम् । अग्निरेष शमं यातु भालनेत्रसमुद्भवः
Bṛhaspati said: If you are pleased, O God, let this fire, born from your forehead, which has sought refuge with Indra, be pacified.
ईश्वर उवाच- पुनः प्रवेशमायाति भालनेत्रे कथं त्वयम् । एनं त्यक्ष्याम्यहं दूरे यथेंद्रं नैव पीडयेत्
Īśvara said: How can this fire, which has entered my forehead-eye, return again? I will cast it far away so that it does not trouble Indra.
नारद उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा तं करे धृत्वा प्राक्षिपल्लवणांभसि । सोऽपतत्सिंधुगंगायाः सागरस्य च संगमे
Nārada said: Having spoken thus, he took it in his hand and cast it into the salt ocean; it fell at the confluence of the river Gaṅgā and the sea.
तदा स बालरूपत्वमगात्तत्र रुरोद च । रुदतस्तस्य शब्देन प्राकंपद्धरणी मुहुः
Then it assumed the form of a child there and began to cry; at the sound of his weeping, the earth trembled again and again.
स्वर्गश्च सत्यलोकश्च तत्स्वनाद्बधिरीकृतौ । श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा ययौ तत्र किमेतदिति विस्मितः
Heaven and the world of truth were deafened by that sound; hearing it, Brahmā came there, astonished, wondering what it was.
तावत्समुद्रस्योत्संगे तं बालं स ददर्श ह । दृष्ट्वा ब्राह्मणमायांतं समुद्रोऽपि कृतांजलि
There, on the lap of the ocean, he saw the child; seeing Brahmā approaching, the ocean too joined his palms in reverence.
प्रणम्य शिरसा बालं तस्योत्संगे न्यवेशयेत् । ततो ब्रह्माब्रवीद्वाक्यं कस्यायं शिशुरद्भुतः
Bowing his head, he placed the child on his lap; then Brahmā spoke these words: 'Whose wondrous child is this?'
निशम्येति वचो धातुर्वाक्यं तु सागरोऽब्रवीत् । ब्रह्मा उवाच- सरित्पते कुतो लब्धो बालो ह्येष महाबलः
Hearing these words of the Creator, the ocean replied; Brahmā said: 'O lord of rivers, from where did you obtain this mighty child?'
यस्य नादेन संत्रस्ता देवासुरमहोरगाः । समुद्र उवाच- भो ब्रह्मन्सिधुगंगायां जातोऽयं मम पुत्रकः
By whose cry the gods, demons, and great serpents were terrified; the ocean said: 'O Brahmā, he was born in the river Gaṅgā, he is my son.'
जातकर्मादि संस्कारान्कुरुष्वास्य जगद्गुरो । नारद उवाच- इत्थं वदति पाथोधौ स बालः सागरात्मजः
Perform for him the birth and other rites, O teacher of the world; Nārada said: Thus, as the ocean spoke, that child, the son of the ocean—
ब्रह्माणमग्रहीत्कूर्चे विधुन्वंतं मुहुर्मुहुः । धुन्वतस्तस्य कूर्चं तु नेत्राभ्यामागमज्जलम् । कथंचिन्मुक्तकूर्चोऽथ ब्रह्मा प्रोवाच सागरम्
He seized Brahmā’s water-pot, shaking it again and again; as he shook the water-pot, water came forth from his eyes; somehow freeing the pot, Brahmā then spoke to the ocean.
ब्रह्मोवाच- नेत्राभ्यां विधृतं यस्मादनेनैतज्जलं मम । तस्माज्जलंधर इति ख्यातो नाम्ना भवत्यसौ
Brahmā said: Because this water was held by him with his eyes, therefore he shall be known by the name Jalandhara.
अधुनैवैष तरुणः सर्वशस्त्रास्त्रपारगः । अवध्यः सर्वभूतानां विना रुद्रं भविष्यति
Now he is a youth, accomplished in all weapons and missiles; he will be invulnerable to all beings except Rudra.
याति यत्र समुद्भूतस्तत्रेदानीं गमिष्यति
He will now go to the place from which he arose.
नारद उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा शुक्रमाहूय राज्ये तं चाभ्यषेचयत् । आमंत्र्य सरितां नाथं ब्रह्मांतर्द्धानमन्वगात्
Nārada said: Having spoken thus, he summoned Śukra and installed him in the kingdom; after bidding farewell to the lord of the rivers, Brahmā departed, concealing himself.
अथ तद्दर्शनोत्फुल्लनयनः सागरस्तदा । कालनेमिसुतां वृंदां तद्भार्यार्थमयाचत
Then, at that time, the ocean, his eyes blooming upon seeing him, requested Vṛndā, the daughter of Kālanemi, to be his wife.
ते कालनेमिप्रमुखास्ततोऽसुरास्तस्मै सुतां तां प्रददुः प्रहर्षिताः । स चापि तान्प्राप्यसुहृद्वरान्वशी शशास गां शुक्रसहायवान्बली
Then the Asuras, led by Kālanemi, joyfully gave him their daughter; and having obtained those excellent friends, he ruled the earth, powerful and accompanied by Śukra.
इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायामुत्तरखंडे कार्तिकमाहात्म्ये श्रीकृष्णसत्यभामासंवादे जालंधरोत्पत्तिवर्णनंनाम षण्णवतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the ninety-sixth chapter, called 'The Description of the Birth of Jālandhara', in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Satyabhāmā, within the Kartika Māhātmya, in the Uttara Khanda of the glorious Padma Mahāpurāṇa, comprising fifty-five thousand verses.
नारद उवाच। क्षिप्तेभ्यस्तत्रबीजेभ्यो वनस्पत्यस्त्रयोभवन् । धात्री च मालती चैव तुलसी च नृपोत्तम
Nārada said: From the seeds that were cast there, three trees arose: the dhātrī, the mālatī, and the tulasī, O best of kings.
धात्र्युद्भवा स्मृता धात्री माभवा मालती स्मृता । गौरीभवा च तुलसी तमः सत्त्व रजोगुणाः
The dhātrī is remembered as arising from Dhātrī, the mālatī from Mā, and the tulasī from Gaurī; they possess the qualities of darkness, purity, and passion.
स्त्रीरूपिण्यौ वनस्पत्यौ दृष्ट्वा विष्णुस्तदा नृप । उत्तस्थौ संभ्रमाद्वृंदारूपातिशयमोहितः
Seeing the two trees in feminine form, Viṣṇu, O king, rose up in confusion, greatly enchanted by the extraordinary beauty of Vṛndā.
ददर्श तास्तदा मोहात्कामासक्तेन चेतसा । तं चापि तुलसीधात्र्यौ रागेणैवावलोकताम्
Then, overwhelmed by delusion and his mind attached to desire, he beheld them; and tulasī and dhātrī, too, gazed at him with passion.
यच्चलक्ष्म्यापुराबीजंमाययैवसमर्पितम् । तस्मात्तदुद्भवानारीतस्मिन्नीर्ष्यायुताभवत्
The seed formerly offered by Lakṣmī through her own power, from that arose the women, and among them, one became filled with jealousy.
अतःसाबर्बरीत्याख्यामाधवस्यातिगर्हिता । धात्रीतुलस्यैतद्रा गात्तस्यप्रीतिप्रदेसदा
Therefore, she was called Barbarī, greatly condemned by Mādhava; but dhātrī and tulasī always gave him delight.
ततो विस्मृतदुःखोऽसौ विष्णुस्ताभ्यां सहैव तु । वैकुंठमगमद्धृष्टः सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः
Then, forgetting his sorrow, Viṣṇu, together with those two, joyfully went to Vaikuṇṭha, honored by all the gods.
कार्तिकोद्यापने विष्णोस्तस्मात्पूजा विधीयते । तुलसीमूलदेशे तु प्रीतिदा सा यतः स्मृता
Therefore, in the Kartika observance, the worship of Viṣṇu is prescribed at the root of the tulasī plant, for she is remembered as the giver of delight.
तुलसीकाननं राजन्गृहे यस्यावतिष्ठते । तद्गृहं तीर्थरूपं तु नायांति यमकिंकराः
O king, the house in which a tulasī grove stands becomes like a holy place; the servants of Yama do not enter there.
सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं कामदं तुलसीवनम् । रोपयंति नरश्रेष्ठा न तेपश्यंति भास्करिम्
The tulasī grove removes all sins, bestows merit and fulfills desires; those excellent men who plant it do not see the sun god.