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The Padma Purana

by N.A. Deshpande | 1951 | 1,261,945 words | ISBN-10: 8120838297 | ISBN-13: 9788120838291

Hinduism Purana
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The English translation of the Padma Purana, one of the largest of the eighteen major puranas. It contains detailled information regarding ancient Indian society, traditions, geography, as well as religious pilgrimages (yatra) to sacred places (tirthas), instructions on ancestor worship (shraddha) and the traditional Puranic view on the creation of...

Disclaimer: These are translations of Sanskrit texts and are not necessarily approved by everyone associated with the traditions connected to these texts. Consult the source and original scripture in case of doubt.

Section 2 - Bhūmi-khaṇḍa (section on the earth)

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Chapter 1 - The Story of Śivaśarman
Chapter 2 - Life is Restored to Vedaśarman
Chapter 3 - The Heroic Deed of Viṣṇuśarman
Chapter 4 - Somaśarman’s Devotion Put to Severe Test
Chapter 5 - The Consecration of Indra
Chapter 6 - Diti’s Wailing
Chapter 7 - Account of the Body
Chapter 8 - Account of the Soul
Chapter 9 - Instructions to Diti
Chapter 10 - The Practice of Penance by Demons (Dānavas)
Chapter 11 - The Story of Suvrata
Chapter 12 - Dialogue between Somaśarman and Sumanā
Chapter 13 - Sumanā Explains Ten Basic Virtues
Chapter 14 - Sumanā Describes the Death of the Virtuous
Chapter 15 - The Death of Sinners
Chapter 16 - The Death & Post-mortem State of Sinners
Chapter 17 - The Story of Somaśarman’s Previous Birth
Chapter 18 - The Account of Somaśaman’s Birth in a Brāhmaṇa Family
Chapter 19 - Somaśarman’s Eulogy of Viṣṇu
Chapter 20 - The Birth of Suvrata
Chapter 21 - Suvrata’s Devotion to Viṣṇu
Chapter 22 - Dharmāṅgada Born as Suvrata
Chapter 23 - The Slaying of the Demon Bala
Chapter 24 - Vṛtra Duped
Chapter 25 - The Killing of Demon Vṛtra
Chapter 26 - The Origin of Maruts
Chapter 27 - Coronation of the Kings
Chapter 28 - The Story of Pṛthu
Chapter 29 - The Story of Pṛthu (continued)
Chapter 30 - Sulobha and Śapharahā; Suśaṅkha and Sunīthā
Chapter 31 - The Account of Suvrata
Chapter 32 - Aṅga Gets a Boon from Vāsudeva
Chapter 33 - Sunīthā’s Story
Chapter 34 - Sunīthā’s Problem
Chapter 35 - Rambhā Helps by a Suggestion
Chapter 36 - Sunīthā Gets Married and Vena is Born
Chapter 37 - A Heretic Meets Vena
Chapter 38 - The End of Vena’s Reign
Chapter 39 - On Gifts and Worthy Recipients of Gifts
Chapter 40 - The Fruit of Occasional Charity
Chapter 41 - The Story of Sukalā
Chapter 42 - Ikṣvāku Goes Ahunting
Chapter 43 - The Boar Gives a Tough Fight to Ikṣvāku
Chapter 44 - The Boar Dies Fighting
Chapter 45 - The Female Hog Fights Back
Chapter 46 - The Story of Raṅgavidyādhara
Chapter 47 - The Story of Vasudatta and His Daughter Sudevā
Chapter 48 - The Story of Padmāvatī
Chapter 49 - Padmāvatī Succumbs to Gobhila’s Fraudulent Approach
Chapter 50 - Padmāvatī is Grief-stricken
Chapter 51 - Padmāvatī Returns to Her Husband’s Place
Chapter 52 - Sudevā Goes to Heaven
Chapter 53 - Sukalā’s Sickening Description of the Body
Chapter 54 - Sukalā Gets Prepared For the Showdown
Chapter 55 - Indra Tries to Dissuade Kāma
Chapter 56 - Satya & Dharma Come to Sukalā’s Help
Chapter 57 - The Trap Is Laid For Sukalā
Chapter 58 - Sukalā Wins
Chapter 59 - Religious Observances Without One’s Wife Are Fruitless
Chapter 60 - Sukalā’s Story Ends
Chapter 61 - Pippala’s Penance
Chapter 62 - Parents As Sacred Places of Pilgrimage
Chapter 63 - Merit Resulting from Service of Parents
Chapter 64 - Mātali’s Discourse on Old Age
Chapter 65 - Mātali on Why the Body Is Left Behind
Chapter 66 - Mātali on the Universality of Suffering
Chapter 67 - Mātali on Three Kinds of Sin
Chapter 68 - The Fruit of Righteous Deeds
Chapter 69 - Righteous Acts Enjoined by Śiva (Śivadharmas)
Chapter 70 - Sinners in Hell
Chapter 71 - Identity of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva
Chapter 72 - Yayāti’s Reluctance to Part with the Body
Chapter 73 - The Efficacy of Viṣṇu’s Name
Chapter 74 - Popularity of Viṣṇu Cult during Yayāti’s Rule
Chapter 75 - Yayāti’s Subjects became Deathless by the Grace of Viṣṇu
Chapter 76 - Dharmarāja Rendered Jobless
Chapter 77 - Yayāti Yields to Passion
Chapter 78 - Pūru Gives His Youth to Yayāti
Chapter 79 - Youthful Yayāti Enjoys with Aśrubindumatī
Chapter 80 - Yadu Refuses to Kill His Mothers
Chapter 81 - Destiny is Irresistible
Chapter 82 - Yayāti Takes Back His Old Age
Chapter 83 - Yayāti Visits the Divine Worlds
Chapter 84 - Glorification of Devotion to Parents
Chapter 85 - The Story of Cyavana, Kuñjala and Divyādevī
Chapter 86 - Divyādevī As Citrā in Her Former Birth
Chapter 87 - A Hundred Names of Viṣṇu
Chapter 88 - Divyādevī Goes to Viṣṇu’s Heaven
Chapter 89 - The Miraculous Bath in the Water of Mānasa Lake
Chapter 90 - The Powers of the Holy Places
Chapter 91 - Vidura, Candraśarman, Vedaśarman and Vañjula
Chapter 92 - The Greatness of Revā
Chapter 93 - Vijvala Narrates His Experience
Chapter 94 - In Praise of Making Gift of Food
Chapter 95 - Deeds Which Lead to Heaven
Chapter 96 - Good and Bad Deeds and the Fate of the Performer
Chapter 97 - Subāhu Eats His Own Flesh
Chapter 98 - The Vāsudeva Hymn
Chapter 99 - God Viṣṇu Appears to Subāhu
Chapter 100 - Vena Asks to Hear More about Kuñjala
Chapter 101 - Kapiñjala’s Narration
Chapter 102 - Aśokasundarī is Born
Chapter 103 - Aśokasundarī is Saved and Āyu Gets Boon
Chapter 104 - Indumatī’s Dream
Chapter 105 - Nahuṣa is Born
Chapter 106 - Indumatī’s Lamentations on the Loss of Her Child
Chapter 107 - Nārada Assures of Nahuṣa’s Return
Chapter 108 - Vasiṣṭha’s Instruction to Nahuṣa
Chapter 109 - Vidvara, a Kinnara, Dispels Aśokasundarī’s Apprehensions
Chapter 110 - Nahuṣa Gets Divine Weapons from Gods
Chapter 111 - Nahuṣa Enters Mahodaya, the City of Huṇḍa
Chapter 112 - Aśokasnudarī has a Glimpse of Nahuṣa
Chapter 113 - Rambhā Acts as Aśokasundarī’s Messenger
Chapter 114 - The Fight between Nahuṣa and Huṇḍa Starts
Chapter 115 - Huṇḍa is Killed in the Battle
Chapter 116 - Nahuṣa Marries Aśokasundarī
Chapter 117 - Nahuṣa’s Consecration
Chapter 118 - The Story of Kāmoda
Chapter 119 - The Birth of Kāmodā
Chapter 120 - Nārada on Dreams
Chapter 121 - The End of Vihuṇḍa
Chapter 122 - Dharmaśarman’s Account
Chapter 123 - Kuñjala’s Story: A Preceptor Is a Holy Place
Chapter 124 - Pṛthu’s Righteous Rule
Chapter 125 - The Merit of Listening to or Reciting This Purāna
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