पद्म पुराण

padm puran / Padma Purana

'padm puran' ek vishal puran hai. keval 'skand puran' hi isase b da hai. is puran ke shlokoan ki sankhya pachas hajar hai. vaise to is puran se sanbandhit sabhi vishayoan ka varnan sthan vishesh par a gaya hai, kintu isamean pradhanata upakhyanoan aur kathanakoan ki hai. ye kathanak tirthoan tatha vrat sambandhi nahian haian, varanh pauranik purushoan aur rajaoan se sambandhit haian. any puranoan mean yahi kathanak jis roop mean prapt hote haian, yahaan ye doosare roop mean haian. ye akhyan aur upakhyan sarvatha navin, vichitr aur samany pathakoan ko chamatkrit kar dene vale haian.

'padm puran' pramukh roop se vaishnav puran hai. is puran ki manyata ke anusar 'vishnu' ki upasana ka pratipadan karane vale puran hi satvik haian. is puran mean prasangavash shiv ka varnan bhi prapt hota hai. kintu yah varnan sampradayavad se grasit n hokar uttam roop mean prastut kiya gaya hai. yadyapi tridev- brahma, vishnu aur mahesh mean unhean vishnu se sarvochch nahian mana gaya hai. yadi is puran ko vishnu ki upasana ke karan 'satvik' mana gaya hai to brahma ki upasana karane vale puranoan ko 'rajas' shreni mean rakha gaya haian isake alava shivopasana se sambandhit puranoan ko 'tamas' shreni ka mana gaya hai, jaise- 'shiv puran' ,'liang puran','koorm puran' ,'matsy puran','skand puran' aur 'agni puran'.

'padm puran' ko paanch khandoan mean vibhajit kiya gaya hai. ye khand is prakar haian-srishti khand, bhoomi khand, svarg khand, patal khand aur uttar khand. isake alava brahm khand aur kriyayog sagar khand ka varnan bhi milata hai. parantu 'narad puran' mean jo khand soochi hai, usamean paanch hi khand die ge haian. usamean brahm khand aur kriyayog sagar khand ka ullekh nahian hai. pray: paanch khandoan ka vivechan hi puran sambandhi dharmik pustakoan mean prapt hota hai. isalie yahaan paanch khandoan par hi prakash dala ja raha hai.

srishti khand

srishti khand mean bayasi adhyay haian. yah paanch upakhandoan- paushkar khand, tirth khand, tritiy parv khand, vanshanukirtan khand tatha moksh khand mean vibhajit hai. isamean manushyoan ki sat prakar ki srishti rachana ka vivaran hai. sath hi savitri satyavan upakhyan, pushkar adi tirthoan ka varnan aur prabhanjan, dharmamoorti, narakasur, kartikey adi ki kathaean haian. isamean pitaroan ka shraddhakarm, parvatoan, dvipoan, sapt sagaroan adi ka varnan bhi prapt hota hai. adity shayan aur rohin chandr shayan vrat ko atyant punyashali, mangalakari aur sukh-saubhagy ka soochak bataya gaya hai.

tirth mahatmy ke prasang mean yah khand is bat ki soochana deta hai ki kisi bhi shukl paksh mean mangalavar ke din ya chaturthi tithi ko jo vyakti shraddhapoorvak shraddhakarm karata hai, vah kabhi pret yoni mean nahian p data. shriramachandr ji ne apane pita ka shraddh pushkar tirth mean jakar kiya tha, isaka varnan bhi prapt hota hai. rameshvaram mean jyotirliang ki pooja ka ullekh bhi isamean milata hai. kartikey dvara tarakasur ke vadh ki katha bhi isamean prapt hoti hai.

is khand mean bataya gaya hai ki ekadashi ke pratidin aanvale ke jal se snan karane par aishvary aur lakshmi ki prapti hoti hai. avanle ki mahima ka bakhan karane ke uparant tulasi ki mahima ka bhi varnan hai. tulasi ka paudha ghar mean rahane se bhoot-pret, rog adi kabhi pravesh nahian karate. isamean vyas ji gangajal ke ek moolamantr ka bhi varnan karate haian. unake matanusar jo vyakti nimravath mantr ka ek bar jap karake gangajal se snan karata hai, vah bhagavan vishnu ke charanoan ka sanyog prapt kar leta hai.

mantr is prakar hai, jo srishti khand ke ganga mahatmy-45 mean varnit hai-

Om namo gangayai vishvaroopinyai narayanyai namo nam:.

arthath vishv roop vali sakshath narayan svaroop bhagavati ganga ke lie mera barambar pranam hai.

ganga ki stuti ke bad shriganesh aur soory ki stuti ki gee hai tatha sankranti kal ke puny phal ka ullekh kiya gaya hai.

bhoomi khand

bhoomi khand mean anek akhyan haian. brahmachary, dan, manav dharm adi ka varnan is khand mean hai. jain dharm ka vivechan bhi isamean hai. bhoomi khand ke prarambh mean shiv sharma brahman dvara pitri bhakti aur vaishnav bhakti ki sundar gatha prastut ki gee hai. isake uparant som sharma dvara bhagavan vishnu ki bhavana yukt stuti hai. isake bad isake uparant som sharma bhagavan vishnu ki bhavana yukt stuti hai. isake bad ven putr raja prithu ke janm evan charitr, gandharv kumar sushankh dvara mrityu athava yam kanya suniya ko shap, aang ki tapasya, ven dvara vishnu ki upasana aur prithu ke avirbhav ki katha ka pun: avartan, vishnu dvara dan kal ke bhedoan ka ven ko upadesh, sukala ki katha, shookar-shookari ki upakhyan, pippal ki pitri tirth prasang mean tapasya, sukarma ki pitri bhakti, bhagavan shiv ki mahima aur bhagavan vishnu ko prasann karane vala stotr adi ka ullekh prapt hota hai.

yayati ki jaravastha, kamakanya se bheant tatha putr puroo dvara yauvan dan ki prasiddh katha bhi is khand mean di gee hai. ant mean guru tirth ke prasang mean maharshi chyavan ki katha, kuanjal pakshi dvara apane putr ujjval ko jnanavrat aur stotr ka upadesh adi ka varnan bhi is khand mean milata he. sath hi 'sharirotpattih' ka bhi sundar vivechan is khand mean kiya gaya hai.

svarg khand

svarg khand mean basath adhyay haian. isamean pushkar tirth evan narmada ke tat tirthoan ka b da hi manohari aur puny dene vala varnan hai. sath hi shakuntala-dushyant upakhyan, grah-nakshatr, narayan, divodas, harishchandr, maandhata adi ke charitroan ka atyant sundar varnan yahaan prapt hota hai. khand ke prarambh mean bharatavarsh ke varnan mean kul sat parvatoan, ek sau baees nadiyoan, uttar bharat ke ek sau paiantis tatha dakshin bharat ke ikyavan janapadoan aur malechchh rajaoan ka bhi isamean varnan hai. isi sandarbh mean bis balishth rajaoan ki soochi bhi di gee hai. sath hi brahmand ki utpatti ka bhi sundar vivechan hai.

vividh tirthoan ke antargat mean nagaraj takshak ki janmabhoomi vitata (kashmir), gaya hai ki 'brahm puran' hari ka mastak aur 'padm puran' unaka hriday hai. 'vishnu puran' daeean bhuja, 'shiv puran' baeean bhuja,'shrimadh bhagavat puran' do aankhean, 'narad puran' nabhi, 'markandey puran' dayaan charan, 'agni puran' bayaan charan, 'bhavishy puran' dayaan ghutana, 'brahm vaivart puran' bayaan ghutana, 'liang puran' dayaan takhana, 'varah puran' bayaan takhana, 'skand puran' sharir ke roean, 'vaman puran' tvacha, 'koorm puran' pith, 'matsy puran' meda, 'garu d puran' majja aur 'brahmand puran' unaki asthiyaan haian.

isi khand mean 'ekadashi vrat' ka mahatmy bhi bataya gaya hai. kaha gaya hai ki jitane bhi any vratopavas haian, un sab mean ekadashi vrat sabase uttam hai. is upavas se bhagavan vishnu atyant prasann hokar varadan dete haian.

patal khand

patal khand mean ravan vijay ke uparant ram katha ka varnan hai. shrikrishna ki mahima, krishna tirth, narad ka stri roop akhyanh, ravan tatha any rakshasoan ka varnan, barah mahinoan ke parv aur mahatmy tatha bhoogol sambandhi samagri bhi is khand mean upalabdh hoti hai. vastut: is khand mean bhagavan vishnu ke 'ramavatar' aur 'krishnaavatar' ki lilaoan ka hi varnan prapt hota hai.

uttar khand

uttar khand mean jalandhar rakshas aur sati patni tulasi vrinda ki katha tatha anek devoan evan tirthoan ke mahatms ka varnan hai. is khand ka prarambh narad-mahadev ke madhy badrikashram evan narayan ki mahima ke sanvad ke sath hota hai. isake pashchat gangavataran ki katha, haridvar ka mahatmy; prayag, kashi evan gaya adi tirthoan ka varnan hai.

'padm puran' ki rachana barahavian shatabdi ke bad ki mani jati hai. is puran mean nandi dhenu upakhyan, bali-vaman akhyan, tuladhar ki katha adi dvara saty ki mahima ka pratipadan kiya gaya hai. tuladhar katha se pativrat dharm ki shakti ka pata chalata hai. in upakhyanoan dvara puranakar ne yahi siddh karane ka prayatn kiya hai ki saty ka palan karate hue sada jivan jina sabhi karmakandoan aur dharmik anushthanoan se badhakar hai. sadachariyoan ko hi 'devata' aur durachariyoan tatha pashvik vrittiyaan dharan karane vale ko 'rakshas' kaha jata hai. pooja jati ki nahian, gunoan ki honi chahie. dharm virodhi pravrittiyoan ke nirakaran ke lie prabhu kirtan bahut sahayak hota hai.