Brahma Purana — Chapter 132

BrP 132.1

यक्षिणीसंगमं नाम तीर्थं सर्वफलप्रदम् तत्र स्नानेन दानेन सर्वान् कामान् अवाप्नुयात् ॥

yakṣiṇīsaṃgamaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ sarvaphalapradam tatra snānena dānena sarvān kāmān avāpnuyāt //

There is a tīrtha called Yakṣiṇī-saṃgama, granting every fruit; there by bathing and by giving one would obtain all one's desires.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 132.2

यत्र यक्षेश्वरो देवो दर्शनाद् भुक्तिमुक्तिदः तत्र च स्नानमात्रेण सत्त्रयागफलं लभेत् ॥

yatra yakṣeśvaro devo darśanād bhuktimuktidaḥ tatra ca snānamātreṇa sattrayāgaphalaṃ labhet //

Where the god Yakṣeśvara gives enjoyment and liberation by being seen — and there, by merely bathing, one would gain the fruit of a sattra sacrifice.

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BrP 132.3

विश्वावसोः स्वसा नाम्ना पिप्पला गुरुहासिनी ऋषीणां सत्त्रम् अगमद् गौतमीतीरवर्तिनाम् ॥

viśvāvasoḥ svasā nāmnā pippalā guruhāsinī ṛṣīṇāṃ sattram agamad gautamītīravartinām //

Viśvāvasu's sister, Pippalā by name, given to mocking her elders, went to the sattra of the sages who dwelt on the bank of the Gautamī.

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BrP 132.4

दृष्ट्वा तत्र ऋषीन् क्षामान् सा जहासातिगर्विता या गत्वाश्रावय वौषड् अस्तु श्रौषड् इति स्थिरम् ॥

dṛṣṭvā tatra ṛṣīn kṣāmān sā jahāsātigarvitā yā gatvāśrāvaya vauṣaḍ astu śrauṣaḍ iti sthiram //

Seeing there the emaciated sages, she, being very proud, laughed at them — (they who were saying) firmly: 'Go and cause (him) to hear; let it be vauṣaṭ, śrauṣaṭ.'

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 132.5

विस्वरेण ब्रुवती तां ते शेपुः स्राविणी भव ततो नद्य् अभवत् तत्र यक्षिणीति सुविश्रुता ॥

visvareṇa bruvatī tāṃ te śepuḥ srāviṇī bhava tato nady abhavat tatra yakṣiṇīti suviśrutā //

As she spoke with distorted voice, they cursed her: 'Become a flowing (stream)!' Then she became a river there, well known as Yakṣiṇī.

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BrP 132.6

ततो विश्वावसुः पूज्य ऋषीन् देवं त्रिलोचनम् संगम्य चैव गौतम्या तां विशापाम् अथाकरोत् ॥

tato viśvāvasuḥ pūjya ṛṣīn devaṃ trilocanam saṃgamya caiva gautamyā tāṃ viśāpām athākarot //

Then Viśvāvasu, having worshipped the sages and the three-eyed god, and having joined (her) with the Gautamī, then made her free of the curse.

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BrP 132.7

ततः प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं यक्षिणीसंगमं स्मृतम् तत्र स्नानादिदानेन सर्वान् कामान् अवाप्नुयात् ॥

tataḥ prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ yakṣiṇīsaṃgamaṃ smṛtam tatra snānādidānena sarvān kāmān avāpnuyāt //

From then on that tīrtha is known as Yakṣiṇī-saṃgama; there by bathing and giving and the rest one would obtain all one's desires.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 132.8

विश्वावसोः प्रसन्नो ऽभूद् यत्र शंभुः शिवान्वितः शैवं तत् परमं तीर्थं दुर्गातीर्थं च विश्रुतम् ॥

viśvāvasoḥ prasanno 'bhūd yatra śaṃbhuḥ śivānvitaḥ śaivaṃ tat paramaṃ tīrthaṃ durgātīrthaṃ ca viśrutam //

Where Śambhu, accompanied by Śivā, became gracious toward Viśvāvasu — that supreme Śaiva holy place is renowned also as Durgātīrtha.

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BrP 132.9

सर्वपापौघहरणं सर्वदुर्गतिनाशनम् सर्वेषां तीर्थमुख्यानां तद् धि सारं महामुने तीर्थं मुनिवरैः ख्यातं सर्वसिद्धिप्रदं नृणाम् ॥

sarvapāpaughaharaṇaṃ sarvadurgatināśanam sarveṣāṃ tīrthamukhyānāṃ tad dhi sāraṃ mahāmune tīrthaṃ munivaraiḥ khyātaṃ sarvasiddhipradaṃ nṛṇām //

It removes all the mass of sins and destroys all misfortune; indeed, great sage, it is the essence of all the foremost holy places — a tīrtha proclaimed by the best of sages, granting men every attainment.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition