Uttara Purana

SR No.: 002728
Original Sutra Author: Gunbhadrasuri
Author: Pannalal Jain
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 738
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Mythology
File Size: 20 MB

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महापुराणे उत्तरपुराणम्
महाशुक्रविमानेऽभून्महाशुक्रोऽमराधिपः । षोडशाब्धिप्रमाणायुश्चतुर्हस्तशरीरभाक् ॥ १३ ॥ पद्मलेश्यः श्वसन्मासैरष्टभिस्तुष्टमानसः । षोडशाब्दसहस्रान्ते मानसाहारमाहरन् ॥ १४ ॥ सदा शब्दप्रवीचारश्चतुर्थक्ष्मागतावधिः । प्रमावधिरिवैतस्य विक्रियाबलतेजसाम् ॥ १५ ॥ तत्रामरीकलालापगीतवाद्यादिमोदिते । चोदिते कालपर्यायैस्तस्मिन्नन्नागमिष्यति ॥ १६ ॥ द्वीपेऽस्मिन् भारते चम्पानगरेऽङ्गनराधिपः । इक्ष्वाकुः काश्यपः ख्यातो वसुपूज्योऽस्य भामिनी ॥ १७ ॥ प्रिया जयावती प्राप्तवसुधारादिमानना । आषाढकृष्णपष्ठ्यन्ते चतुर्विंशर्क्षलक्षिते ॥ १८ ॥ दृष्ट्वा स्वमान् फलं तेषां पत्युर्ज्ञात्वाऽतितोषिणी । अष्टौ मासान् क्रमान्नीत्वा प्राप्तफाल्गुनमासिका ॥ १९ ॥ कृष्णायां वारुणे योगे चतुर्दश्यां सुरोत्तमम् । सर्वप्राणिहितं पुत्रं सुखेनेयमजीजनत् ॥ २० ॥ सुराः सौधर्ममुख्यास्तं सुराद्रौ क्षीरसागरात् । घटैरानीय पानीयं स्वपयित्वा प्रसाधनम् ॥ २१ ॥ विधाय वासुपूज्यं च नामादाय पुनर्गृहम् । नीत्वा वासान् स्वकीयाँस्ते जग्मुर्जातमहोत्सवाः ॥ २२ ॥ श्रेयस्तीर्थान्तरे पञ्चाशच्चतुः सागरोपमे । प्रान्तपल्य त्रिभागेऽस्मिन् व्युच्छित्तौ धर्मसन्ततेः ॥ २३ ॥ तदभ्यन्तरवर्त्यायुः सोऽभवच्चापसप्ततिः । पञ्चशून्यद्विसप्राब्दजीवितः कुंकुमच्छविः ॥ २४ ॥ इष्टाष्टादशधान्यानां बीजानां वृद्धिकारणम् । उभेकलेह्यमिव क्षेत्रं गुणानामेष भूपतिः ॥ २५ ॥ धियमस्य गुणाः प्राप्य सर्वे सत्फलदायिनः । समां वृष्टिरिवाभीष्टां सस्यभेदा जगद्धिताः ॥ २६ ॥
आदि भावनाओं रूप सम्पत्तिके प्रभावसे तीर्थंकर नामकर्मका बन्ध किया और अन्तमें संन्यास धारण किया ।। १२ ।। जिससे महाशुक्र विमानमें महाशुक्र नामका इन्द्र हुआ। सोलह सागर प्रमाण उसकी आयु थी और चार हाथ ऊँचा शरीर था || १३ || पद्मलेश्या थी, आठ माहमें एक बार श्वास लेता था, सदा संतुष्टचित्त रहता था और सोलह हजार वर्ष बीतने पर एक बार मानसिक आहार लेता था ।। २४ ॥ सदा शब्दसे ही प्रवीचार करता था अर्थात् देवाङ्गनाओंके मधुर शब्द सुनने मात्रसे उसकी कामबाधा शान्त हो जाती थी, चतुर्थ पृथिवी तक उसके अवधिज्ञानका विषय था, और चतुर्थ पृथिवी तक ही उसकी विक्रिया बल और तेजकी अवधि थी ॥ १५ ॥ वहाँ देवियोंके मधुर वचन, गीत, बाजे आदिसे वह सदा प्रसन्न रहता था । अन्तमें काल द्रव्यकी पर्यायोंसे प्रेरित होकर जब वह यहाँ आनेवाला हुआ ॥ १६ ॥
तब इस जम्बूद्वीप सम्बन्धी भरत क्षेत्र के चम्पा नगरमें वसुपूज्य नामका अङ्गदेशका राजा रहता था । वह इक्ष्वाकुवंशी तथा काश्यपगोत्री था । उसकी प्रिय स्त्रीका नाम जयावती था, । जयावतीने रत्नवृष्टि आदि सम्मान प्राप्त किया था । तदनन्तर उसने आषाढ़ कृष्ण षष्ठीके दिन चौबीसवें शतभिषा नक्षत्र में सोलह स्वप्न देखे और पतिसे उनका फल जानकर बहुत ही सन्तोष प्राप्त किया । क्रम-क्रमसे आठ माह बीत जानेपर जब नौवाँ फाल्गुन माह आया तब उसने कृष्णपक्षकी चतुर्दशीके दिन वारुण योगमें सब प्राणियोंका हित करनेवाले उस इन्द्ररूप पुत्रको सुखसे उत्पन्न किया ।। १७-२० ।। सौधर्म आदि देवोंने उसे सुमेरु पर्वत पर ले जाकर घड़ों द्वारा क्षीरसागरसे लाये हुए जलके द्वारा उसका जन्माभिषेक किया, आभूषण पहिनाये, वासुपूज्य नाम रक्खा, घर वापिस लाये और अनेक महोत्सव कर अपने अपने निवास-स्थानोंकी ओर गमन किया ।। २१-२२ ।। श्री श्रेयांमनाथ तीर्थंकर के तीर्थसे जब चौवन सागर प्रमाण अन्तर बीत चुका था और अन्तिम पल्यके तृतीय भाग में जब धर्मकी सन्ततिका विच्छेद हो गया था तब वासुपूज्य भगवान्‌का जन्म हुआ था। इनकी आयु भी इसी अन्तरमें सम्मिलित थी, वे सत्तर धनुष ऊँचे थे, बहत्तर लाख वर्षकी उनकी आयु थी और कुङ्कुमके समान उनके शरीरकी कान्ति थी ।। २३-२४ ॥ जिस प्रकार मेंडकोंके द्वारा आस्वादन करने योग्य अर्थात् सजल क्षेत्र अठारह प्रकारके इष्ट धान्योंके बीजोंकी वृद्धिका कारण होता है उसी प्रकार यह राजा गुणोंकी वृद्धिका कारण था ।। २५ ।। जिस प्रकार संसारका हित करनेवाले सब प्रकारके धान्य, समा नामकी इच्छित वर्षाको पाकर श्रेष्ठ फल देनेवाले होते हैं उसी प्रकार समस्त गुण
१ वरुणे योगे ख०, ग० । २ धर्मसन्ततौ क०, ग०, घ० । ३ मेकलेह्य ल० ।

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Mahapuraana, Uttara Puraana
Mahaa-Shukra became the Indra in the Mahaa-Shukra Vimaana. His lifespan was the measure of sixteen oceans and his body was four hands tall. || 13 || He was called Padma-Leshya, he breathed once every eight months, he was always content, and he ate a mental meal once every sixteen thousand years. || 14 || He always enjoyed the sound of the celestial nymphs, his knowledge extended to the fourth earth, and his power, strength, and brilliance also extended to the fourth earth. || 15 || He was always delighted by the sweet words, songs, and music of the celestial nymphs. Finally, he was inspired by the cycles of time and was about to come here. || 16 ||
At that time, in the city of Champa in the Bharat Kshetra of this Jambudvipa, there lived a king named Vasupujya, who was from the Anga country. He was a descendant of Ikshvaku and belonged to the Kashyapa gotra. His beloved wife was named Jayavati. Jayavati received the honor of a rain of jewels. Afterwards, on the sixth day of the dark fortnight of Ashadha, in the twenty-fourth Shatabhisha Nakshatra, she saw sixteen dreams. Knowing their meaning from her husband, she was very pleased. After eight months had passed, in the ninth month of Phalguna, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, in the Varuna Yoga, she gave birth to a son who was the best of the gods, who was for the benefit of all beings, and who was born happily. || 17-20 ||
The gods, led by Saudharma, took him to Mount Sumeru and bathed him with water brought from the ocean of milk in pitchers. They adorned him with ornaments, named him Vasupujya, brought him back home, and celebrated many festivals. Then they went to their own abodes. || 21-22 ||
When the distance of sixty-four oceans had passed from the Shreyamsa-Nath Tirthankara's tirtha, and when the lineage of dharma was broken in the third part of the last palya, then Vasupujya Bhagavan was born. His lifespan was also included in this distance. He was seventy dhanus tall, his lifespan was seventy-two lakh years, and his body had the radiance of saffron. || 23-24 ||
Just as a moist field, which is suitable for frogs to lick, is the cause of the growth of the seeds of eighteen types of desired grains, so this king was the cause of the growth of virtues. || 25 ||
Just as all types of grains, which benefit the world, produce excellent fruit when they receive the desired rain called Sama, so all virtues
1 Varune Yoge Kha, Ga. 2 Dharma-santatau Ka, Ga, Gha. 3 Meka-lehya La.