तदा लोकत्रयं ह्येतद्विनाशं यास्यति ध्रुवम् । अविवेकः कृतस्तस्माच्छापोऽयं विनिवर्त्यताम्
At that time, indeed, the three worlds would certainly go to ruin; therefore, since a lack of discernment has occurred, let this curse be withdrawn.
स्वरोवाच। नार्चितो हि गणाध्यक्षो यज्ञादौ यत्सुरोत्तमाः । तस्माद्विघ्नं समुत्पन्नं मत्क्रोधजमिदं खलु
Svarā said: Because the Lord of the Gaṇas was not worshipped at the beginning of the sacrifice, O best of gods, therefore this obstacle, born of my anger, has truly arisen.
नापि मद्वचनं ह्येतदसत्यं जायते खलु । तस्मात्स्वांशैर्जडीभूता यूयं भवत निम्नगाः
Nor indeed do my words ever become untrue; therefore, you all, with your own portions, become dull and flow as rivers.
आवामपि सपत्न्यौ च स्वांशाभ्यामपि निम्नगे । भविष्यावोऽत्र वै देवाः पश्चिमाभिमुखावहे
We two, as co-wives, also with our own portions, shall become rivers here, O gods, flowing westward.
नारद उवाच। इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः । जडीभूताभवन्नद्यः स्वांशैरेव तदा नृप
Nārada said: Hearing those words, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara, O king, became dull and turned into rivers by their own portions at that time.
तत्र विष्णुरभूत्कृष्ण वेण्या देवो महेश्वरः । ब्रह्मा ककुद्मिनीगंगा पृथगेवाभवत्तदा
There, Viṣṇu became the river Kṛṣṇā, Maheśvara the river Veṇī, and Brahmā became the river Kakudminī-Gaṅgā, each separately at that time.
देवा स्वानपितानंशान्जडीकृत्वा विचक्षणाः । सह्याद्रिशिखरेभ्यस्ताः पृथगासन्सुनिम्नगाः
The wise gods, having made their own and their fathers' portions dull, became separate excellent rivers from the peaks of Mount Sahya.
देवांशैः पूर्ववाहिन्यो बभूवुः सरितां वराः । गायत्री च स्वरा चैव पश्चिमाभिमुखे तदा
With divine portions, the foremost rivers flowed eastward; and Gāyatrī and Svarā at that time flowed westward.
योगेनाभवतां नद्यौ सावित्रीति प्रथां गते । ब्रह्मणा स्थापितौ तत्र यज्ञे हरिहरावुभौ
By yogic power, the two rivers became known as Sāvitrī; there, Brahmā established both Hari and Hara at the sacrifice.
महाबलातिबलिनौ नाम्ना देवौ बभूवतुः । तयोर्नद्योस्तु माहात्म्यं नाहं वक्तुं क्षमो नृप । ययुर्ब्रह्मादयो देवाः स्वांशैस्तिष्ठंति चापगाः
The two gods, of great and surpassing strength, became rivers by name; O king, I am not able to describe the greatness of those two rivers. Brahmā and the other gods went with their own portions, and the rivers remain.
कृष्णोद्भवं पापहरं परं यः शृणोति यः श्रावयते च भक्त्या । स्यात्तस्य पुण्या सकलाक्रियापि तद्दर्शनस्नानसमुद्भवं फलम्
Whoever hears or devoutly recites the account of the origin of Kṛṣṇā, the supreme remover of sin, attains the merit of all rites, and the fruit that arises from seeing or bathing in her.
इति श्रीपाद्मेमहापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायामुत्तरखंडे कार्तिकमाहात्म्ये सत्य भामासंवादेकृष्णावेण्यामाहात्म्यवर्णनोनाम एकादशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Padma Mahāpurāṇa, in the Uttarakhaṇḍa, in the section on the greatness of Kārtika, in the dialogue with Satyabhāmā, the one hundred and eleventh chapter, named 'Description of the Greatness of Kṛṣṇā and Veṇī,' is concluded.
ईश्वर उवाच। माघस्नानस्य माहात्म्यं शृणु भागवतोत्तम । त्वत्समो नास्ति लोकेऽस्मिन्विष्णुभक्तो महामते
Īśvara said: Hear, O best of devotees, the greatness of bathing in Māgha. In this world, there is no devotee of Viṣṇu equal to you, O wise one.
चक्रतीर्थे हरिं दृष्ट्वा मथुरायां च केशवम् । यत्फलं लभते मर्त्यो माघस्नानेन तत्फलम्
By seeing Hari at Cakratīrtha or Keśava at Mathurā, the mortal attains the same fruit as by bathing in Māgha.
जितेंद्रियः शांतमनाः सदाचारेण संयुतः । स्नानं करोति यो माघे संसारी न भवेत्पुनः
He who, with controlled senses, a peaceful mind, and good conduct, bathes in Māgha, does not become subject to worldly existence again.
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच। शूकरस्य च माहात्म्यं कथयिष्ये तवाग्रतः । यस्य विज्ञानमात्रेण सान्निध्यं मम सर्वदा
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: I will tell you, in your presence, the greatness of Śūkara, by the mere knowledge of which my presence is always attained.
सूत उवाच। इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्कृष्णः सत्यायै बहुधा जगौ । तदहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुध्वं तपोधनाः
Sūta said: Having spoken thus, the blessed Kṛṣṇa sang in many ways to Satyā. I shall now relate that; listen, O ascetics.
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच। पंचयोजनविस्तीर्णे शूकरे हरिमंदिरे । यस्मिन्वसति यो जीवो गर्दभोऽपि चतुर्भुजः
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: In Śūkāra, the temple of Hari, which is five yojanas wide, even a donkey who dwells there becomes four-armed.
त्रीणि हस्तसहस्राणि त्रीणि हस्तशतानि च । त्रयो हस्ता शूकरस्य परिमाणं विधीयते
Three thousand hands, three hundred hands, and three hands are prescribed as the measure of the Śūkara.
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि योऽन्यत्र कुरुते तपः । तत्फलं लभते देवि प्रहरार्द्धेन शूकरे
O Devi, whoever performs austerity elsewhere for sixty thousand years attains that fruit in half a day at Śūkara.
सन्निहत्यां कुरुक्षेत्रे राहुग्रस्ते दिवाकरे । तुलापुरुषदानेन तत्फलं परिकीर्त्तितम्
When the sun is eclipsed by Rāhu at Kurukṣetra, the fruit of giving a tulāpuruṣa is declared there.
काश्यां दशगुणं प्रोक्तं वेण्यां शतगुणं भवेत् । सहस्रगुणितं प्रोक्तं गंगासागरसंगमे
It is said to be tenfold at Kāśī, a hundredfold at Veṇī, and a thousandfold at the confluence of Gaṅgā and the ocean.
अनंतं चैव विज्ञेयं शूकरे हरिमंदिरे । अन्यत्र ददते लक्षं संविधानेन कार्तिक
It should be understood as infinite at Śūkara in Hari's temple; elsewhere, they give a hundred thousand with proper observance in Kārtika.
इहैवैकेन दत्तेन शूकरे तत्समं भवेत् । शूकरे च तथा वेण्यां गंगासागरसंगमे
By giving just one here at Śūkara, it equals the same; so too at Śūkara, at Veṇī, and at the Gaṅgā-ocean confluence.
सकृदेव नरः स्नात्वा ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति । अलर्केण पुरा प्राप्ता सप्तद्वीपा वसुंधरा । शूकरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा चैव षडानन
By bathing just once, a man removes the sin of killing a Brahmin; in ancient times, Alarka obtained the earth of seven continents after hearing the greatness of the Śūkara field, O Six-faced One.
मार्गशीर्षस्य द्वादश्यां शुक्लायां व्रज पुत्रक । कार्त्तिकेय उवाच । भगवन्श्रोतुमिच्छामि व्रतानामुत्तमं व्रतम् । विधिं मासोपवासस्य फलं चास्य यथोचितम्
On the twelfth day of the bright fortnight in Mārgasīrṣa, go, my son. Kārttikeya said: 'O Lord, I wish to hear the supreme vow among vows, its procedure, and the proper fruit of fasting for a month.'
यथाविधि नरैः कार्या व्रतचर्या यथा भवेत् । आरभ्यते यथापूर्वं समाप्यं हि यथाविधि
The vow should be observed by men according to the prescribed manner; it should be begun as before and completed as prescribed.
यावत्संख्यं तु कर्त्तव्यं तत्प्रब्रूहि महेश्वर । व्रतमेतत्सुखश्रीदं विस्तरेण ममानघ
Tell me, O Maheśvara, how many times it should be performed; this vow brings happiness and prosperity—explain it to me in detail, O sinless one.
श्रीरुद्र उवाच। पावके साधु सर्वं ते यत्पृष्टं प्रब्रुवेऽनघ । भक्त्या मतिमतां श्रेष्ठ शृणुष्व गदतो मम
Śrī Rudra said: 'O virtuous one, I will tell you everything you have asked, O best of the wise; listen as I speak with devotion.'
सुराणां च यथा विष्णुस्तपतां च यथा रविः । मेरुःशिखरिणां यद्वद्वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम्
As Viṣṇu is among the gods, as the sun is among ascetics, as Meru is among mountains, and as Garuḍa is among birds,