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Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]
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This Sanskrit edition of the Bhavishya Purana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The Bhavishyapurana contains 4 books and over 26,000 Sanskrit verses. It is famous for detailing the history and legends of ancient times as well as future times, narrating the genealogy of the kings and sages. The last part is considered an independent work known as the Bhavishyottara-Purana.
Chapter 38
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
ṣaṣṭhīvidhānamadhunā kathayasva janārdana |
sarvavyādhipraśamanaṃ sarvakarmaphalapradam || 1 ||
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śrutaṃ mayā pūjyamāno bhānuḥ sarvaṃ prayacchati |
divākarārādhanaṃ me tasmātkathaya keśava || 2 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
viśoka ṣaṣṭhīmatulāṃ vakṣyāmi manujottama || |
yāmupoṣya naraḥ śokaṃ na kadācidiha jāyate || 3 ||
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māghe kṛṣṇatilaiḥ snātaḥ pañcamyāṃ śuklapakṣataḥ |
kṛtāhāraḥ kṛśasyā daṃtadhāvanapūrvakam |
upavāsavrataṃ kṛtvā brahmacārī bhavenniśi |
tataḥ prabhāte cotthāya kṛtasnānastataḥ śuciḥ || 5 ||
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kṛtvā tu kāñcanaṃ padmamarko'yamiti pūjayet |
karavīreṇa raktena raktavastrayugena ca || 6 ||
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yathā viśokaṃ bhavanaṃ tvayaivādityasarvadā |
tathā viśokatāṃ me syāttvadbhaktirjanmajanmani || 7 ||
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evaṃ saṃpūjya ṣaṣṭhyāṃ tu śaktyā saṃpūjayeddvijān |
suptvā saṃprāśya gomūtramutthāya kṛtaniścayaḥ || 8 ||
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saṃpūjya vipramaṃtreṇa guḍapātrasamanvitaḥ |
susūkṣmavastrayugalaṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet || 9 ||
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atailalavaṇaṃ bhuktvā saptamyāṃ maunasaṃyutaḥ |
tataḥ purāṇaśravaṇaṃ kartavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā || 10 ||
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anena vidhinā sarvamubhayorapi pakṣayoḥ |
kuryādyāvatpunarmāghaśuklapakṣasya saptamī || 11 ||
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vratāṃte kalaśaṃ dadyātsuvarṇakamalānvitam |
śayyāṃ sopaskarāṃ tadvatkapilāṃ ca payasvinīm || 12 ||
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anena vidhinā yastu vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ |
viśokaṣaṣṭhīṃ kurute sa yāti paramāṃ gatim || 13 ||
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yāvajjanmasahasrāṇāṃ sāgrakoṭiśataṃ bhavet |
tāvanna śokamabhyeti rogadaurgatyavarjitaḥ || 14 ||
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yaṃyaṃ prārthayate kāmaṃ taṃtaṃ prāpnoti puṣkalam |
niṣkāmaṃ kurute yastu sa paraṃ brahma gacchati || 15 ||
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yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi ṣaṣṭhīṃ śokavināśinīm |
sopīṃdralokamāpnoti na duḥkhī jāyate kvacit || 16 ||
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ye bhāskaraṃ dinakaraṃ karavīrapuṣpaiḥ saṃpūjayaṃtyabhinamaṃti kṛtopavāsā |
te duḥkhaśokarahitāḥ sahitāḥ suhṛdbhirbhūmau vihṛtya ravilokamavāpnuvaṃti || 17 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 38
Bhavishya Purana: Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation
by S. N. Khandelwal (2022)
Publisher: Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan; Pages: 2538.
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Complete Bhavisya Mahapurana (English translation)
by Shantilal Nagar (2023)
Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Pages: 2496; ISBN-10: 817110729X; ISBN-13: 9788171107292
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