Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 37

KuP 1 37.1

मार्कण्डय उवाच तपनस्य सुता देवी त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता । समागता महाभागा यमुना यत्र निम्नगा

mārkaṇḍaya uvāca tapanasya sutā devī triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā / samāgatā mahābhāgā yamunā yatra nimnagā

Mārkaṇḍeya said: The goddess, the daughter of the Sun, famed in the three worlds, the greatly blessed Yamunā, flows down where (they) have come together.

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KuP 1 37.2

येनैव निः सृता गङ्गा तेनैव यमुना गता । योजनानां सहस्त्रेषु कीर्तनात् पापनाशनी

yenaiva niḥ sṛtā gaṅgā tenaiva yamunā gatā / yojanānāṃ sahastreṣu kīrtanāt pāpanāśanī

By the very (path) by which the Gaṅgā went forth, by that same the Yamunā went; over thousands of leagues she destroys sin by the mere mention (of her name).

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KuP 1 37.3

तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च यमुनायां युधिष्ठिर । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम् । प्राणांस्त्यजति यस्तत्र स याति परमां गतिम्

tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca yamunāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira / sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam / prāṇāṃstyajati yastatra sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

Having bathed and drunk there in the Yamunā, O Yudhiṣṭhira, one is released from all sins and purifies his family to the seventh (generation); and whoever gives up his life-breaths there goes to the highest state.

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KuP 1 37.4

अग्नितीर्थमिति ख्यातं यमुनादक्षिण तटे । पश्चिमे धर्मराजस्य तीर्थं त्वनरकं स्मृतम् । तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्ते ऽपुनर्भवाः

agnitīrthamiti khyātaṃ yamunādakṣiṇa taṭe / paścime dharmarājasya tīrthaṃ tvanarakaṃ smṛtam / tatra snātvā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtāste 'punarbhavāḥ

On the southern bank of the Yamunā there is (a place) called Agnitīrtha; and to the west of Dharmarāja's (shrine) a holy place known as Anaraka ("Free of Hell") is recorded. Having bathed there they go to heaven, and those who die (there) are not born again.

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KuP 1 37.5

कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां स्नात्वा संतर्पयेच्छुचिः । धर्मराजं महापापैर्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ snātvā saṃtarpayecchuciḥ / dharmarājaṃ mahāpāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Having bathed on the fourteenth of the dark fortnight, purified, one should offer libations to Dharmarāja; he is freed from great sins — of this there is no doubt.

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KuP 1 37.6

दश तीर्थसहस्त्राणि त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तथापराः । प्रयागे संस्थितानि स्युरेवमाहुर्मनीषिणः

daśa tīrthasahastrāṇi triṃśatkoṭyastathāparāḥ / prayāge saṃsthitāni syurevamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

Ten thousand holy places, and thirty crores besides, stand established at Prayāga — so the wise have said.

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KuP 1 37.7

तिस्त्रः कोट्योर्ऽधकोटी च तीर्थानां वायुरब्रवीत् । दिवि भूम्यन्तरिक्षे च तत्सर्वं जाह्नवी स्मृता

tistraḥ koṭyor'dhakoṭī ca tīrthānāṃ vāyurabravīt / divi bhūmyantarikṣe ca tatsarvaṃ jāhnavī smṛtā

Three and a half crores of holy places, Vāyu declared, are in heaven, on earth, and in the intermediate space; and all that is held to be the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā).

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KuP 1 37.8

यत्र गङ्गा महाभागा स देशस्तत् तपोवनम् । सिद्धिक्षेत्रं तु तज्ज्ञेयं गङ्गातीरसमाश्रितम्

yatra gaṅgā mahābhāgā sa deśastat tapovanam / siddhikṣetraṃ tu tajjñeyaṃ gaṅgātīrasamāśritam

Where the greatly blessed Gaṅgā is, that region is a grove of ascetic practice; and that (place) resting on the Gaṅgā's bank is to be known as a field of perfection.

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KuP 1 37.9

यत्र देवो महादेवो देव्या सह महेश्वरः । आस्ते वटेश्वरो नित्यं तत् तीर्थं तत् तपोवनम्

yatra devo mahādevo devyā saha maheśvaraḥ / āste vaṭeśvaro nityaṃ tat tīrthaṃ tat tapovanam

Where the god Mahādeva, Maheśvara, together with the Goddess, dwells forever as Vaṭeśvara — that is a holy place, that is a grove of ascetic practice.

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KuP 1 37.10

इदं सत्यं द्विजातीनां साधूनामात्मजस्य च । सुहृदां च जपेत् कर्णे शिष्यस्यानुगतस्य तु

idaṃ satyaṃ dvijātīnāṃ sādhūnāmātmajasya ca / suhṛdāṃ ca japet karṇe śiṣyasyānugatasya tu

This truth (one may impart) to twice-born ones, to the good, and to one's own son; and he should recite it into the ear of friends and of an obedient pupil.

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KuP 1 37.11

इदं धन्यमिदं स्वर्ग्यमिदं मेध्यमिदं सुखम् । इदं पुण्यमिदं रम्यं पावनं धर्म्यमुत्तमम्

idaṃ dhanyamidaṃ svargyamidaṃ medhyamidaṃ sukham / idaṃ puṇyamidaṃ ramyaṃ pāvanaṃ dharmyamuttamam

This is blessed, this leads to heaven, this is pure, this is happiness; this is meritorious, this is delightful, purifying, righteous, supreme.

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KuP 1 37.12

महर्षोणामिदं गुह्यं सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् । अत्राधीत्य द्विजो ऽध्यायं निर्मलत्वमवाप्नुयात्

maharṣoṇāmidaṃ guhyaṃ sarvapāpapramocanam / atrādhītya dvijo 'dhyāyaṃ nirmalatvamavāpnuyāt

This is the secret of the great sages, the release from all sins; having recited this chapter here, a twice-born would attain spotlessness.

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KuP 1 37.13

यश्चेदं शृणुयान्नित्यं तीर्थं पुण्यं सदा शुचिः । जातिस्मरित्वं लभते नाकपृष्ठे च मोदते

yaścedaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ tīrthaṃ puṇyaṃ sadā śuciḥ / jātismaritvaṃ labhate nākapṛṣṭhe ca modate

And whoever, always pure, constantly hears this holy and meritorious (account of) sacred places obtains the recollection of (former) births and rejoices on the vault of heaven.

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KuP 1 37.14

प्राप्यन्ते तानितीर्थानि सद्भिः शिष्टानुदर्शिभिः । स्नाहि तीर्थेषु कौरव्य न च वक्रमतिर्भव

prāpyante tānitīrthāni sadbhiḥ śiṣṭānudarśibhiḥ / snāhi tīrtheṣu kauravya na ca vakramatirbhava

Those holy places are reached by the good, who look to the learned; bathe in the holy places, O Kauravya, and do not be of crooked mind.

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KuP 1 37.15

एवमुक्त्वा स भगवान् मार्कण्डेयो महामुनिः । तीर्तानि कथयामास पृथिव्यां यानि कानिचित्

evamuktvā sa bhagavān mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmuniḥ / tīrtāni kathayāmāsa pṛthivyāṃ yāni kānicit

Having spoken thus, that venerable Mārkaṇḍeya, the great sage, related whatever holy places there are on earth.

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KuP 1 37.16

भूसमुद्रादिसंस्थानं प्रमाणं ज्योतिषां स्थितम् । पृष्टः प्रोवाच सकलमुक्त्वाथ प्रययो मुनिः

bhūsamudrādisaṃsthānaṃ pramāṇaṃ jyotiṣāṃ sthitam / pṛṣṭaḥ provāca sakalamuktvātha prayayo muniḥ

Asked (about it), he declared in full the arrangement of the earth, the oceans and the rest, their measure, and the station of the heavenly lights; and having spoken, the sage departed.

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KuP 1 37.17

य इदं कल्यमुत्थाय पठते ऽथ शृणोति वा । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति

ya idaṃ kalyamutthāya paṭhate 'tha śṛṇoti vā / mucyate sarvapāpebhyo rudralokaṃ sa gacchati

Whoever, rising at dawn, recites this or else hears it, is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Rudra.

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