संकर्षणोऽथ प्रद्युम्नः सूक्ष्मचक्रस्तु पीतकः । सुदीर्घसुषिरच्छिद्रो ह्यनिरुद्धस्तु वर्त्तुलः
Is Saṃkarṣaṇa, then Pradyumna; the subtle chakra is yellow; Aniruddha is round, with a very long and deep opening.
नीलो द्वारे त्रिरेखश्च अथ नारायणोऽसितः । मध्ये गदाकृती रेखा नाभिपद्मं महोन्नतम्
Nīla is at the entrance, with three lines; Nārāyaṇa is dark; in the middle is a line shaped like a mace, and the navel-lotus is greatly elevated.
पृथुचक्रो नृसिंहो यः कपिलो यस्त्रिबिंदुकः । अथवा पंचबिंदोस्तु पूजनं ब्रह्मचारिणः
He whose wheel is broad is Narasimha; Kapila is marked with three dots; or, for the celibate, worship is to be done to the one with five dots.
वराहः स त्रिलिंगो यो विषमद्वयचक्रकः । नीलस्त्रिरेखः स्थूलोऽथ कूर्ममूर्तिः सबिंदुकः
Varaha is the one with three lines and an uneven double wheel; the blue one has three lines and is massive, and the Kurma form is marked with a dot.
कृष्णः सवर्तुलावर्त्त पांडुरो धृतपृष्ठकः । श्रीधरः पंचरेखश्च वनमाली गदांकितः
Krishna is marked with a double spiral; Pandura bears a raised back; Sridhara has five lines, wears a forest garland, and is marked with a mace.
वामनो वर्तुलो नाम मध्यचक्रः सनीलकः । नानावर्णानेकमूर्ति नागभोगी त्वनंतकः
Vamana is called round, with a central wheel and a blue mark; Anantaka is of many colors, many forms, and is adorned with a serpent coil.
स्थूलो दामोदरो नीलो मध्ये चक्रः सनीलकः । संकर्षणद्वारकोव्यादथ ब्रह्मा सुलोहितः
Damodara is massive and blue, with a wheel and blue mark in the center; Sankarshana and Dvaraka are next, and Brahma is of bright red hue.
सुदीर्घरेखासुषिर एकचक्रांबुजः पृथुः । पृथुचक्रः स्थूलछिद्रः कृष्णो बिंदुश्च बिंदुमान्
With very long lines, hollow, a single wheel, lotus-shaped and broad; with a broad wheel and large opening, Krishna is marked with a dot and is endowed with a dot.
ह्यग्रीवोंऽकुशाकारः पंचरेखः सकौस्तुभः । वैकुंठो मल्लवद्भाति एकचक्रमयोसितः
Hayagriva is elephant-hook shaped, with five lines and the Kaustubha gem; Vaikuntha shines like a wrestler, with a single wheel and two marks.
मत्स्यो दीर्घांबुजाकारो दीर्घरेखश्च पांडुरः । रामचक्रो दक्षरेखो यः श्यामः स त्रिविक्रमः
Matsya is long and lotus-shaped, with a long line and pale color; the Rama wheel has a right-hand line, and the dark one is Trivikrama.
शालग्रामद्वारकायां स्थिताय गदिने नमः । एकेन लक्षितो योव्याद्गदाधारी सुदर्शनः
Salutations to the mace-bearer who dwells at the gateway of Shalagrama; the one marked with a single sign is the mace-holder, Sudarshana.
लक्ष्मीनारायणो द्वाभ्यां त्रिभिश्चैव त्रिविक्रमः । चतुर्भिश्च चतुर्व्यूहो वासुदेवश्च पंचभिः
Lakshmi-Narayana is marked by two, and Trivikrama by three; the fourfold form by four, and Vasudeva by five.
प्रद्युम्नः षड्भिरेवाव्यात्संकर्षणश्च सप्तभिः । पुरुषोत्तमोऽष्टभिश्च स्यान्नवव्यूहो नवो हितः
Pradyumna is to be known by six, Sankarshana by seven; Purushottama by eight, and the ninefold form by nine, which is auspicious.
दशावतारो दशभिरनिरुद्धोऽवतादथ । द्वादशात्मा द्वादशभिरतऊर्द्ध्वमनंतकः
The ten incarnations are marked by ten, and Aniruddha is to be known by ten; the twelve-formed one by twelve, and Anantaka above by twelve.
ब्रह्मा चतुर्मुखो दंडी कमंडलुस्रगुन्नतः । महेश्वरः पंचवक्त्रो दशबाहुर्वृषध्वजः
Brahma is four-faced, staff-bearing, holding a water-pot and garland, exalted; Maheshvara is five-faced, ten-armed, and has the bull as his banner.
यथायुधस्तथागौरी चंडिका च सरस्वती । महालक्ष्मीर्मातरश्च पद्महस्तो दिवाकरः
As are their weapons, so too are Gauri, Chandika, and Sarasvati; Mahalakshmi, the Mothers, the lotus-handed one, and the Sun.
गजास्यश्च गजस्कंधः षण्मुखोनेकधा गणाः । एते स्थिताः स्थापिता स्युः प्रसादेवाथ पूजिताः
The elephant-faced one, the elephant-shouldered, six-faced, and the various hosts; these are established, installed, and worshipped by grace.
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षा हि प्राप्यंते पुरुषेण च
Dharma, wealth, desire, and liberation are indeed attained by a person.
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे शालग्रामनिर्णयोनामाष्टसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the seventy-eighth chapter named 'Determination of Shalagrama' in the Patalakhanda of the glorious Padma Purana.
ईश्वर उवाच- शालग्रामे मणौयंत्रे मंडले प्रतिमासु च । नित्यं तु श्रीहरेः पूजा केवले भवनेन तु
Ishvara said: In the Shalagrama stone, in the gem, in the yantra, in the mandala, and in images, the daily worship of Shri Hari is to be performed only with devotion.
गंडक्यामेकदेशे तु शालग्रामस्थलं महत् । पाषाणं तद्भवं पातु शालग्राममिति स्थितम्
In one region of the Gandaki, there is a great place of Shalagrama; the stone born there is established as Shalagrama and protects.
शालग्रामशिलास्पर्शात्कोटिजन्माघनाशनम् । किं पुनः पूजनं तत्र हरेः सांनिध्यकारणम्
The touch of a Shalagrama stone destroys the sins of millions of births; what then of worship there, which brings the presence of Hari?
शालग्रामैकयजनाच्छतलिंगीफलं लभेत् । बहुभिर्जन्मभिः पुण्यैर्यदिकृष्णशिलां लभेत्
By worshipping a single Shalagrama, one attains the fruit of worshipping a hundred lingas; if, through many births of merit, one obtains a Krishna stone.
गोष्पदेन च चिह्नेन जनुस्तेन समाप्यते । आदौ शिलां परीक्षेत स्निग्धां श्रेष्ठां च मेचकाम्
A person’s life is completed by the mark resembling a cow’s hoof; first, one should examine the stone, choosing one that is smooth, excellent, and shining.
आकृष्णा मध्यमा प्रोक्ता मिश्रा मिश्रफलप्रदा । सदा काष्ठे स्थितो वह्निर्मथनेन प्रकाश्यते
The black stone is said to be the middle type; the mixed one gives mixed results. Fire always resides in wood and is revealed by friction.
यथा तथा हरिर्व्यापी शालग्रामे प्रतीयते । प्रत्यहं द्वादशशिलाः शालग्रामस्य योऽर्चयेत्
Just so, Hari is present everywhere and is perceived in the Shalagrama. Whoever worships twelve Shalagramas daily.
द्वारवत्याः शिलायुक्ताः स वैकुंठे महीयते । शालग्रामशिलायां तु गह्वरं लक्षते नरः
Those marked with stones from Dvaravati are honored in Vaikuntha; in the Shalagrama stone, a person observes a cavity.
पितरस्तस्य तिष्ठंति तृप्ताः कल्पांतकं दिवि । वैकुंठभवनं तत्र यत्र द्वारावती शिला
His ancestors remain satisfied in heaven until the end of the kalpa; the Vaikuntha abode is where the Dvaravati stone is found.
मृतो विष्णुपुरं याति तत्तीर्थं योजनत्रयम् । जपः पूजा च होमश्च सर्वं कोटिगुणं भवेत्
Upon death, one goes to Vishnu’s city; that holy place extends three yojanas. Recitation, worship, and offering all become a million times greater.
मनस्कामसमाभीष्टं क्रोशमात्रं न संशयः । कीटकोऽपि मृतिं याति वैकुंठभवनं यतः
Whatever one desires in mind is fulfilled within a krosha, without doubt; even an insect, upon death, attains the Vaikuntha abode there.