स तां दृष्ट्वा दिवोदासो दिव्यां देवीं सुतां तदा । कस्मै प्रदीयते कन्या सुवराय महात्मने
Seeing his divine daughter Divyadevi, Divodasa wondered: To which worthy and noble soul should this maiden be given?
इति चिंतापरो भूत्वा समालोक्य नरोत्तमः । रूपदेशस्य राजानं समालोक्य महीपतिः
Absorbed in such thoughts, the best of men, the king, looked upon the king of the region of beauty.
चित्रसेनं महात्मानं समाहूय नरोत्तमः । कन्यां ददौ महात्मासौ चित्रसेनाय धीमते
He summoned the noble Citraseṇa, the best of men, and gave his daughter to that wise and noble soul.
तस्या विवाहकाले तु संप्राप्ते समये नृप । मृतोसौ चित्रसेनस्तु कालधर्मेण वै किल
But when the time for her wedding arrived, O king, Citraseṇa died, indeed, by the law of time.
दिवोदासस्तु धर्मात्मा चिंतयामास भूपतिः । सुब्राह्मणान्समाहूय पप्रच्छ नृपनंदनः
The righteous king Divodasa then pondered, and, having summoned the excellent Brahmins, questioned them, O delight of kings.
अस्या विवाहकाले तु चित्रसेनो दिवं गतः । अस्यास्तु कीदृशं कर्म भविष्यति वदंतु मे
At the time of her wedding, Citraseṇa went to heaven. Tell me, what will be the fate of this maiden?
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः- विवाहो दृश्यते राजन्कन्यायास्तु विधानतः । पतिर्मृत्युं प्रयात्यस्या नोचेत्संगं करोति च
The Brahmins said: O king, the marriage is seen as completed for the maiden according to the rite; but her husband dies and does not unite with her.
महाधिव्याधिना ग्रस्तस्त्यागं कृत्वा प्रयाति च । प्रव्राजितो भवेद्राजन्धर्मशास्त्रेषु दृश्यते
Afflicted by a great and divine illness, he departs after renouncing her; in the scriptures, O king, it is seen that he becomes a renunciant.
अनुद्वाहितायाः कन्याया उद्वाहः क्रियते बुधैः । न स्याद्रजस्वला यावदन्यः पतिर्विधीयते
Wise men perform the marriage of a maiden who has not been previously married; she does not become menstruous until another husband is appointed.
विवाहं तु विधानेन पिता कुर्यान्न संशयः । एवं राजन्समादिष्टं धर्मशास्त्रं बुधैर्जनैः
The father should arrange the marriage according to prescribed rites, without doubt; thus, O King, the law has been instructed by learned people.
विवाहः क्रियतामस्या इत्यूचुस्ते द्विजोत्तमाः । दिवोदासस्तु धर्मात्मा द्विजवाक्यप्रणोदितः
Let the marriage be performed for her—so spoke the foremost Brahmins; and Divodāsa, righteous in nature, was prompted by their words.
विवाहार्थं महाराज उद्यमं कृतवान्नृप । पुनर्दत्ता तु दानेन दिव्यादेवी द्विजोत्तम
For the purpose of marriage, O great King, the ruler made preparations; and again, by giving her as a gift, the divine lady was bestowed by the foremost Brahmin.
रूपसेनाय पुण्याय तस्मै राज्ञे महात्मने । मृत्युधर्मं गतो राजा विवाहे तु महीपतिः
To Rūpasena, the virtuous and noble king, she was given; but the king, having reached the law of death, died during the marriage.
यदा यदा महाभाग दिव्यादेव्याश्च भूपतिः । भर्ता च म्रियते काले प्राप्ते लग्नस्य सर्वदा
Whenever, O most fortunate one, the husband of Divyādevī, the king, died at the time of the marriage, each and every time.
एकविंशतिभर्तारः काले काले मृताः पितः । ततो राजा महादुःखी संजातः ख्यातविक्रमः
Twenty-one husbands died, one after another, O father; then the king, renowned for his valor, became greatly distressed.
समालोच्य समाहूय समामंत्र्य स मंत्रिभिः । स्वयंवरे महाबुद्धिं चकार पृथिवीपतिः
Having deliberated, summoned, and consulted with his ministers, the wise ruler organized a svayaṃvara.
प्लक्षद्वीपस्य राजानः समाहूता महात्मना । स्वयंवरार्थमाहूतास्तथा ते धर्मतत्पराः
The kings of Plakṣadvīpa were summoned by the great-souled one; they were invited for the svayaṃvara, and were devoted to righteousness.
तस्यास्तु रूपसंमुग्धा राजानो मृत्युनोदिताः । संग्रामं चक्रिरे मूढास्ते मृताः समरांगणे
Captivated by her beauty, the kings, driven by death, fought among themselves, foolishly, and were slain on the battlefield.
एवं तात क्षयो जातः क्षत्रियाणां महात्मनाम् । दिव्यादेवी सुदुःखार्ता गता सा वनकंदरम्
Thus, O father, destruction befell the noble Kṣatriyas; Divyādevī, overwhelmed by great sorrow, went to the forest cave.
रुरोद करुणं बाला दिव्यादेवी मनस्विनी । एवं तात मया दृष्टमपूर्वं तत्र वै तदा
The young and wise Divyādevī wept bitterly; thus, O father, I witnessed there something unprecedented at that time.
तन्मे सुविस्तरं तात तस्याः कथय कारणम्
Therefore, O father, tell me in detail the reason for her suffering.
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने गुरुतीर्थे। च्यवनोपाख्याने पंचाशीतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the eighty-fifth chapter, called the story of Cyavana, in the Vena narrative at the holy Guru Tīrtha, in the Bhūmikhaṇḍa of the glorious Padma Purāṇa.
कुंजल उवाच- व्रतभेदान्प्रवक्ष्यामि यैर्यैश्चाराधितो हरिः । जया च विजया चैव जयंती पापनाशिनी
Kunjala said: I will explain the varieties of vows by which Hari is worshipped; Jaya, Vijaya, and Jayantī, the destroyer of sin.
त्रिस्पृशा वंजुली चान्या तिलदग्धा तथापरा । अखंडाचारकन्या च मनोरथा सुपुत्रक
Trispṛśā, Vaṃjulī, and another called Tiladagdhā; Akhaṇḍācāra-kanyā and Manorathā, O dear son.
एकादश्यास्तु भेदाश्च संति पुत्र अनेकधा । अशून्यशयनं चान्यज्जन्माष्टमी महाव्रतम्
There are many kinds of Ekādaśī vows, O son; Aśūnyaśayana, Janmāṣṭamī, and the great vow.
एतैर्व्रतैर्महापुण्यैः पापं दूरं प्रयाति च । प्राणिनां नात्र संदेहः सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्यहम्
By these great and holy vows, sin is driven far away; for living beings, there is no doubt about this—I speak the truth, the truth.
कुंजल उवाच- स्तोत्रं तस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि पापराशिविनाशनम् । सुपुत्रशतनामाख्यं नराणां गतिदायकम्
Kuñjala said: I will declare his hymn, which destroys heaps of sin; it is called 'Hundred Names of the Good Son,' and grants liberation to men.
तस्य देवस्य कृष्णस्य शतनामाख्यमुत्तमम् । संप्रत्येव प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व सुतोत्तम
This supreme 'Hundred Names' of the god Krishna I will now recite; listen to it, O best of sons.
विष्णोर्नामशतस्यापि ऋषिं छंदो वदाम्यहम् । देवं चैव महाभाग सर्वपापविशोधनम्
I will state the seer, meter, and deity of the Hundred Names of Vishnu, O illustrious one, which purifies all sins.
विष्णोर्नामशतस्यापि ऋषिर्ब्रह्मा प्रकीर्तितः । ॐकारो देवता प्रोक्तश्छंदोनुष्टुप्तथैव च
For the Hundred Names of Vishnu, Brahma is declared the seer; Om is said to be the deity, and the meter is Anushtubh.