Shiva Purana

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व्यास उवाच॥ सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ वद त्वं वदतां वर॥ किमकार्षीद्धरिस्तत्र धर्मं तत्याज सा कथम् ॥ १ ॥

Vyāsa said: O omniscient Sanatkumāra, please narrate, O eloquent one, what did Viṣṇu do there? How did she err from her virtue?

english translation

vyAsa uvAca॥ sanatkumAra sarvajJa vada tvaM vadatAM vara॥ kimakArSIddharistatra dharmaM tatyAja sA katham ॥ 1 ॥

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सनत्कुमार उपाच ॥ विष्णुर्जालंधरं गत्वा दैत्यस्य पुटभेदनम् ॥ पातिव्रत्यस्य भंगाय वृन्दायाश्चा करोन्मतिम् ॥ ॥ २ ॥

Sanatkumāra said: After going to the city of Jalandhara, Viṣṇu thought of violating the chastity of Vṛndā.

english translation

sanatkumAra upAca ॥ viSNurjAlaMdharaM gatvA daityasya puTabhedanam ॥ pAtivratyasya bhaMgAya vRndAyAzcA karonmatim ॥ ॥ 2 ॥

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वृन्दां स दर्शयामास स्वप्नं मायाविनां वरः ॥ स्वयं तन्नगरोद्यानमास्थितोऽद्भुतविग्रहः ॥ ३ ॥

The foremost among those who wield illusion, he assumed a wonderful body and stationed himself in a park of the city. He made Vṛndā see a dream.

english translation

vRndAM sa darzayAmAsa svapnaM mAyAvinAM varaH ॥ svayaM tannagarodyAnamAsthito'dbhutavigrahaH ॥ 3 ॥

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अथ वृन्दा तदा देवी तत्पत्नी निशि सुव्रता॥ हरेर्मायाप्रभावात्तु दुस्स्वप्नं सा ददर्श ह ॥४॥

The gentle lady Vṛndā, the wife of Jalandhara, though of pure rites, had a very bad dream at night on account of Viṣṇu’s power of illusion.

english translation

atha vRndA tadA devI tatpatnI nizi suvratA॥ harermAyAprabhAvAttu dussvapnaM sA dadarza ha ॥4॥

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स्वप्नमध्ये हि सा विष्णुमायया प्रददर्श ह ॥ भर्त्तारं महिषारूढं तैलाभ्यक्तं दिगंबरम् ॥ ५ ॥

In the dream as a result of Viṣṇu’s power of illusion she saw the naked form of her husband anointed with oil and seated on a buffalo.

english translation

svapnamadhye hi sA viSNumAyayA pradadarza ha ॥ bharttAraM mahiSArUDhaM tailAbhyaktaM digaMbaram ॥ 5 ॥

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Chapter 160

Verses 51-55

Chapter 161

Verses 6-10