Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 36
KuP 2 36.1
सूत उवाच इदनमन्यते परं स्थानं गुह्याद् गुह्यतमं महत् । महादेवस्य देवस्य महालयमिति श्रुतम्
sūta uvāca idanamanyate paraṃ sthānaṃ guhyād guhyatamaṃ mahat / mahādevasya devasya mahālayamiti śrutam
Sūta said: This other supreme place, more secret than the secret, great, is known as the Mahālaya of the god Mahādeva.
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KuP 2 36.2
तत्र देवादिदेवेन रुद्रेण त्रिपुरारिणा । शिलातले पदं न्यस्तं नास्तिकानां निदर्शनम्
tatra devādidevena rudreṇa tripurāriṇā / śilātale padaṃ nyastaṃ nāstikānāṃ nidarśanam
There, by Rudra, the god who is first of the gods, the foe of Tripura, a footprint was set upon the rock-surface, as a demonstration for unbelievers.
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KuP 2 36.3
तत्र पुशुपताः शान्ता भस्मोद्धूलितविग्रहाः । उपासते महादेवं वेदाध्ययनतत्पराः
tatra puśupatāḥ śāntā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ / upāsate mahādevaṃ vedādhyayanatatparāḥ
There the Pāśupatas, tranquil, their bodies smeared with ashes, worship Mahādeva, devoted to the study of the Veda.
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KuP 2 36.4
स्नात्वा तत्र पदं शार्वं दृष्ट्वा भक्तिपुरः सरम् । नमस्कृत्वाथ शिरसा रुद्रसामीप्यमाप्नुयात्
snātvā tatra padaṃ śārvaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaktipuraḥ saram / namaskṛtvātha śirasā rudrasāmīpyamāpnuyāt
Having bathed there and seen Śarva's footprint with devotion foremost, and then having bowed with the head, one would attain nearness to Rudra.
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KuP 2 36.5
अन्यच्च देवदेवस्य स्थानं शंभोर्महात्मनः । केदारमिति विख्यातं सिद्धानामालयं शुभम्
anyacca devadevasya sthānaṃ śaṃbhormahātmanaḥ / kedāramiti vikhyātaṃ siddhānāmālayaṃ śubham
And there is another place of the god of gods, the great-souled Śambhu, famed as Kedāra, the auspicious abode of the siddhas.
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KuP 2 36.6
तत्र स्नात्वा महादेवमभ्यर्च्य वृषकेतनम् । पीत्वा चैवोदकं शुद्धं गाणपत्यमवाप्नुयात्
tatra snātvā mahādevamabhyarcya vṛṣaketanam / pītvā caivodakaṃ śuddhaṃ gāṇapatyamavāpnuyāt
Having bathed there and worshipped Mahādeva, whose emblem is the bull, and having drunk the pure water, one would obtain lordship over the gaṇas.
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KuP 2 36.7
श्राद्धदानादिकं कृत्वा ह्यक्ष्यं लभते फलम् । द्विजातिप्रवरैर्जुष्टं योगिभिर्यतमानसैः
śrāddhadānādikaṃ kṛtvā hyakṣyaṃ labhate phalam / dvijātipravarairjuṣṭaṃ yogibhiryatamānasaiḥ
Performing śrāddha, gifts and the rest, one obtains imperishable fruit; (that place is) frequented by the foremost of the twice-born and by yogins of restrained minds.
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KuP 2 36.8
तीर्थं प्लक्षावतरणं सर्वपापविनाशनम् । तत्राभ्यर्च्य श्रीनिवासं विष्णुलोके महीयते
tīrthaṃ plakṣāvataraṇaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam / tatrābhyarcya śrīnivāsaṃ viṣṇuloke mahīyate
The tīrtha Plakṣāvataraṇa destroys all sins; having worshipped Śrīnivāsa there, one is honoured in Viṣṇu's world.
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KuP 2 36.9
अन्यं मगधराजस्य तीर्थं स्वर्गगतिप्रदम् । अक्षयं विन्दति स्वर्गं तत्र गत्वा द्विजोत्तमः
anyaṃ magadharājasya tīrthaṃ svargagatipradam / akṣayaṃ vindati svargaṃ tatra gatvā dvijottamaḥ
Another (is) the tīrtha of the king of Magadha, which bestows passage to heaven; having gone there, the best of the twice-born obtains imperishable heaven.
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KuP 2 36.10
तीर्थं कनखलं पुण्यं महापातकनाशनम् । यत्र देवेन रुद्रेण यज्ञो दक्षस्य नाशितः
tīrthaṃ kanakhalaṃ puṇyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam / yatra devena rudreṇa yajño dakṣasya nāśitaḥ
Kanakhala is a holy ford, destroyer of the great sins, where the sacrifice of Dakṣa was destroyed by the god Rudra.
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KuP 2 36.11
तत्र गङ्गामुपस्पृश्य शुचिर्भावसमन्वितः । मुच्यते सर्वपापैस्तु ब्रह्मलोकं लभेन्मृतः
tatra gaṅgāmupaspṛśya śucirbhāvasamanvitaḥ / mucyate sarvapāpaistu brahmalokaṃ labhenmṛtaḥ
Having touched the Gaṅgā there, pure and endowed with (right) disposition, one is freed from all sins, and when dead attains the world of Brahmā.
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KuP 2 36.12
महातीर्थमिति ख्यातं पुण्यं नारायणप्रियम् । तत्राभ्यर्च्य हृषीकेशं श्वेतद्वीपं निगच्छति
mahātīrthamiti khyātaṃ puṇyaṃ nārāyaṇapriyam / tatrābhyarcya hṛṣīkeśaṃ śvetadvīpaṃ nigacchati
(There is a ford) renowned as Mahātīrtha, holy and dear to Nārāyaṇa; having worshipped Hṛṣīkeśa there, one goes to Śvetadvīpa.
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KuP 2 36.13
अन्यच्च तीर्थप्रवरं नाम्ना श्रीपर्वतं शुभम् । तत्र प्राणान् परित्यज्य रुद्रस्य दयितो भवेत्
anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ nāmnā śrīparvataṃ śubham / tatra prāṇān parityajya rudrasya dayito bhavet
And another excellent ford, auspicious, called Śrīparvata by name: giving up his life-breaths there, one becomes dear to Rudra.
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KuP 2 36.14
तत्र सन्निहितो रुद्रो देव्या सह महेश्वरः । स्नानपिण्डादिकं तत्र कृतमक्षय्यमुत्तमम्
tatra sannihito rudro devyā saha maheśvaraḥ / snānapiṇḍādikaṃ tatra kṛtamakṣayyamuttamam
There Rudra, Maheśvara, is present together with the Goddess; bathing, (offering) rice-balls and the rest, done there, is imperishable and supreme.
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KuP 2 36.15
गोदावरी नदी पुण्या सर्वपापविनाशनी । तत्र स्नात्वा पितॄन् देवांस्तर्पयित्वा यथाविधि । सर्वपापविसुद्धात्मा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
godāvarī nadī puṇyā sarvapāpavināśanī / tatra snātvā pitṝn devāṃstarpayitvā yathāvidhi / sarvapāpavisuddhātmā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
The Godāvarī is a holy river, destroying all sins; having bathed there and gratified the ancestors and the gods according to rule, with his self purified of all sin, one obtains the fruit of (giving) a thousand cows.
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KuP 2 36.16
पवित्रसलिला पुण्या कावेरी विपुला नदी । तस्यां स्नात्वोदकं कृत्वा मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः । त्रिरात्रोपोषितेनाथ एकरात्रोषितेन वा
pavitrasalilā puṇyā kāverī vipulā nadī / tasyāṃ snātvodakaṃ kṛtvā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ / trirātropoṣitenātha ekarātroṣitena vā
The Kāverī is a broad, holy river with purifying waters; having bathed in it and made the water-offering, one is freed from all sins — by fasting three nights, or else by fasting one night.
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KuP 2 36.17
द्विजातीनां तु कथितं तीर्थानामिह सेवनम् । यस्य वाङ्मनसो शुद्धे हस्तपादौ च संस्थितौ । अलोलुपो ब्रह्मचारो तीर्थानां फलमाप्नुयात्
dvijātīnāṃ tu kathitaṃ tīrthānāmiha sevanam / yasya vāṅmanaso śuddhe hastapādau ca saṃsthitau / alolupo brahmacāro tīrthānāṃ phalamāpnuyāt
The frequenting of fords has here been declared for the twice-born: he whose speech and mind are pure and whose hands and feet are restrained, who is free from greed and chaste, would obtain the fruit of the fords.
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KuP 2 36.18
स्वामितीर्थं महातीर्थं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । तत्र सन्निहितो नित्यं स्कन्दो ऽमरनमस्कृतः
svāmitīrthaṃ mahātīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam / tatra sannihito nityaṃ skando 'maranamaskṛtaḥ
Svāmitīrtha is a great ford, famed in the three worlds; there Skanda, saluted by the immortals, is ever present.
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KuP 2 36.19
स्नात्वा कुमारधारायां कृत्वा देवादितर्पणम् । आराध्य षण्मुखं देवं स्कन्देन सह मोदते
snātvā kumāradhārāyāṃ kṛtvā devāditarpaṇam / ārādhya ṣaṇmukhaṃ devaṃ skandena saha modate
Having bathed in the Kumāradhārā and made the offering to the gods and the rest, and having propitiated the six-faced god, one rejoices together with Skanda.
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KuP 2 36.20
नदी त्रैलोक्यविख्याता ताम्रपर्णोति नामतः । तत्र स्नात्वा पितॄन् भक्त्या तर्पयित्वा यथाविधि । पापकर्तॄनपि पितॄस्तारयेन्नात्र संशयः
nadī trailokyavikhyātā tāmraparṇoti nāmataḥ / tatra snātvā pitṝn bhaktyā tarpayitvā yathāvidhi / pāpakartṝnapi pitṝstārayennātra saṃśayaḥ
There is a river famed in the three worlds, Tāmraparṇī by name; having bathed there and gratified the ancestors with devotion according to rule, one delivers even the ancestors who were doers of sin — there is no doubt here.
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KuP 2 36.21
चन्द्रतीर्थमिति ख्यातं कावेर्याः प्रभवे ऽक्षयम् । तीर्थं तत्र भवेद् वस्तुं मृतानां स्वर्गतिर्ध्रुवा
candratīrthamiti khyātaṃ kāveryāḥ prabhave 'kṣayam / tīrthaṃ tatra bhaved vastuṃ mṛtānāṃ svargatirdhruvā
At the source of the Kāverī is the imperishable ford known as Candratīrtha; one should dwell there at that ford, and for those who die (there) the going to heaven is certain.
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KuP 2 36.22
विन्ध्यपादे प्रपश्यन्ति देवदेवं सदाशिवम् । भक्त्या ये ते न पश्यन्ति यमस्य सदनं द्विजाः
vindhyapāde prapaśyanti devadevaṃ sadāśivam / bhaktyā ye te na paśyanti yamasya sadanaṃ dvijāḥ
Those twice-born who with devotion behold the god of gods, Sadāśiva, at the foot of the Vindhya do not see the abode of Yama.
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KuP 2 36.23
देविकायां वृषो नाम तीर्थं सिद्धनिषेवितम् । तत्र स्नात्वोदकं दत्वा योगसिद्धिं च विन्दति
devikāyāṃ vṛṣo nāma tīrthaṃ siddhaniṣevitam / tatra snātvodakaṃ datvā yogasiddhiṃ ca vindati
On the Devikā there is a ford named Vṛṣa, frequented by the Siddhas; bathing there and giving the water-offering, one also attains success in yoga.
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KuP 2 36.24
दशाश्वमेधिकं तीर्थं सर्वपापविनाशनम् । दशानामश्वमेधानां तत्राप्नोति फलं नरः
daśāśvamedhikaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam / daśānāmaśvamedhānāṃ tatrāpnoti phalaṃ naraḥ
Daśāśvamedhika is a ford that destroys all sins; there a man obtains the fruit of ten horse-sacrifices.
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KuP 2 36.25
पुण्डरीकं महातीर्थं ब्राह्मणैरुपसेवितम् । तत्राभिगम्य युक्तात्मा पौण्डरीकफलं लभेत्
puṇḍarīkaṃ mahātīrthaṃ brāhmaṇairupasevitam / tatrābhigamya yuktātmā pauṇḍarīkaphalaṃ labhet
Puṇḍarīka is a great ford, resorted to by brāhmaṇas; going there with self composed, one would obtain the fruit of the Pauṇḍarīka (sacrifice).
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KuP 2 36.26
तीर्थेभ्यः परमं तीर्थं ब्रह्मतीर्थमिति श्रुतम् । ब्रह्माणमर्चयित्वा तु ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
tīrthebhyaḥ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ brahmatīrthamiti śrutam / brahmāṇamarcayitvā tu brahmaloke mahīyate
The ford supreme among fords is heard of as Brahmatīrtha; having worshipped Brahmā (there), one is honoured in the world of Brahmā.
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KuP 2 36.27
सरस्वत्या विनशनं प्लक्षप्रस्त्रवणं शुभम् । व्यासतीर्थं परं तीर्थं मैनाकं च नगोत्तमम् । यमुनाप्रभवं चैव सर्वपापविशोधनम्
sarasvatyā vinaśanaṃ plakṣaprastravaṇaṃ śubham / vyāsatīrthaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ mainākaṃ ca nagottamam / yamunāprabhavaṃ caiva sarvapāpaviśodhanam
(There are) the Vinaśana of the Sarasvatī, the auspicious Plakṣaprasravaṇa, Vyāsatīrtha the supreme ford, and Maināka the best of mountains, and the source of the Yamunā, which purifies from all sin.
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KuP 2 36.28
पितॄणां दुहिता देवी गन्धकालीति विश्रुता । तस्यां स्नात्वा दिवं याति मृतो जातिस्मरो भवेत्
pitṝṇāṃ duhitā devī gandhakālīti viśrutā / tasyāṃ snātvā divaṃ yāti mṛto jātismaro bhavet
The goddess who is the daughter of the ancestors is renowned as Gandhakālī; having bathed in her one goes to heaven, and when dead becomes one who remembers his births.
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KuP 2 36.29
कुबेरतुङ्गं पापघ्नं सिद्धचारणसेवितम् । प्राणांस्तत्र परित्यज्य कुबेरानुचरो भवेत्
kuberatuṅgaṃ pāpaghnaṃ siddhacāraṇasevitam / prāṇāṃstatra parityajya kuberānucaro bhavet
Kuberatuṅga destroys sin and is frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas; giving up his life-breaths there, one becomes an attendant of Kubera.
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KuP 2 36.30
उमातुङ्गमिति ख्यातं यत्र सा रुद्रवल्लभा । तत्राभ्यर्च्य महादेवीं कोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
umātuṅgamiti khyātaṃ yatra sā rudravallabhā / tatrābhyarcya mahādevīṃ kosahasraphalaṃ labhet
There is (a peak) known as Umātuṅga, where that beloved of Rudra (dwells); worshipping the Great Goddess there, one obtains the fruit of a thousand cows.
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KuP 2 36.31
भृगुतुङ्गे तपस्तप्तं श्राद्धं दानं तथा कृतम् । कुलान्युभयतः सप्त पुनातीति श्रुतिर्मम
bhṛgutuṅge tapastaptaṃ śrāddhaṃ dānaṃ tathā kṛtam / kulānyubhayataḥ sapta punātīti śrutirmama
Austerity practised at Bhṛgutuṅga, and likewise a śrāddha or a gift made (there), purifies seven generations on both sides — such is what I have heard.
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KuP 2 36.32
काश्यपस्य महातीर्थं कालसर्पिरिति श्रुतम् । तत्र श्राद्धानि देयानि नित्यं पापक्षयेच्छया
kāśyapasya mahātīrthaṃ kālasarpiriti śrutam / tatra śrāddhāni deyāni nityaṃ pāpakṣayecchayā
The great sacred place of Kaśyapa is heard of by the name Kālasarpi; there śrāddhas should always be offered, with the wish for the destruction of sins.
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KuP 2 36.33
दशार्णायां तथा दानं श्राद्धं होमस्तथा जपः । अक्षयं चाव्ययं चैव कृतं भवति सर्वदा
daśārṇāyāṃ tathā dānaṃ śrāddhaṃ homastathā japaḥ / akṣayaṃ cāvyayaṃ caiva kṛtaṃ bhavati sarvadā
So too at the Daśārṇā, a gift, a śrāddha, an oblation, or a muttered recitation becomes imperishable and undiminishing when performed, always.
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KuP 2 36.34
तीर्थं द्विजातिभिर्जुष्टं नाम्ना वै कुरुजाङ्गलम् । दत्त्वा तु दानं विधिवद् ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
tīrthaṃ dvijātibhirjuṣṭaṃ nāmnā vai kurujāṅgalam / dattvā tu dānaṃ vidhivad brahmaloke mahīyate
There is a sacred place frequented by the twice-born, named Kurujāṅgala; having given a gift there according to rule, one is honoured in the world of Brahmā.
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KuP 2 36.35
वैतरण्यां महातीर्थे स्वर्णवेद्यां तथैव च । धर्मपृष्ठे च सरसि ब्रह्मणः परमे शुभे
vaitaraṇyāṃ mahātīrthe svarṇavedyāṃ tathaiva ca / dharmapṛṣṭhe ca sarasi brahmaṇaḥ parame śubhe
At the great sacred place Vaitaraṇī, and likewise at Svarṇavedī, and at Dharmapṛṣṭha, and in the supreme, auspicious lake of Brahmā,
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KuP 2 36.36
भरतस्याश्रमे पुण्ये पुण्ये श्राद्धवटे शुभे । महाह्रदे च कौशिक्यां दत्तं भवति चाक्षयम्
bharatasyāśrame puṇye puṇye śrāddhavaṭe śubhe / mahāhrade ca kauśikyāṃ dattaṃ bhavati cākṣayam
at the holy hermitage of Bharata, at the holy and auspicious Śrāddhavaṭa, and at the great lake, and on the Kauśikī — what is given becomes imperishable.
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KuP 2 36.37
मुञ्जपृष्ठे पदं न्यस्तं महादेवेन धीमता । हिताय सर्वभूतानां नास्तिकानां निदर्शनम्
muñjapṛṣṭhe padaṃ nyastaṃ mahādevena dhīmatā / hitāya sarvabhūtānāṃ nāstikānāṃ nidarśanam
On Muñjapṛṣṭha a footprint was set down by the wise Mahādeva, for the welfare of all beings, as a demonstration to the unbelievers.
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KuP 2 36.38
अल्पेनापि तु कालेन नरो धर्मपरायणः । पाप्मानमुत्सृजत्याशु जीर्णां त्वचमिवोरगः
alpenāpi tu kālena naro dharmaparāyaṇaḥ / pāpmānamutsṛjatyāśu jīrṇāṃ tvacamivoragaḥ
Even in a short time a man devoted to dharma quickly casts off his sin, as a snake casts off its worn-out skin.
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KuP 2 36.39
नाम्ना कनकनन्देति तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । उदीच्यां मुञ्जपृष्ठस्य ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितम्
nāmnā kanakanandeti tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam / udīcyāṃ muñjapṛṣṭhasya brahmarṣigaṇasevitam
By name Kanakanandā, a sacred place renowned in the three worlds, (lies) to the north of Muñjapṛṣṭha, frequented by the hosts of brahmin sages.
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KuP 2 36.40
तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति सशरीरा द्विजातयः । दत्तं चापि सदा श्राद्धमक्षयं समुदाहृतम् । ऋणैस्त्रिभिर्नरः स्नात्वा मुच्यते क्षीणकल्मषः
tatra snātvā divaṃ yānti saśarīrā dvijātayaḥ / dattaṃ cāpi sadā śrāddhamakṣayaṃ samudāhṛtam / ṛṇaistribhirnaraḥ snātvā mucyate kṣīṇakalmaṣaḥ
Having bathed there, the twice-born go to heaven with their bodies; and a śrāddha given (there) is always declared imperishable; a man who bathes (there), his sins worn away, is freed from the three debts.
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KuP 2 36.41
मानसे सरसि स्नात्वा शक्रस्यार्धासनं लभेत् । उत्तरं मानसं गत्वा सिद्धिं प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमाम्
mānase sarasi snātvā śakrasyārdhāsanaṃ labhet / uttaraṃ mānasaṃ gatvā siddhiṃ prāpnotyanuttamām
Having bathed in Lake Mānasa, one obtains half of Śakra's seat; going to the northern Mānasa, one attains the unsurpassed perfection.
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KuP 2 36.42
तस्मान्निर्वर्तयेच्छ्राद्धं यथाशक्ति यथाबलम् । कामान् सलभते दिव्यान् मोक्षोपायं च विन्दति
tasmānnirvartayecchrāddhaṃ yathāśakti yathābalam / kāmān salabhate divyān mokṣopāyaṃ ca vindati
Therefore one should perform a śrāddha according to one's capacity and strength; one obtains divine enjoyments and finds the means to liberation.
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KuP 2 36.43
पर्वतो हिमवान्नाम नानाधातुविभूषितः । योजनानां सहस्राणि सो ऽशीतिस्त्वायतो गिरिः । सिद्धचारणसंकीर्णो देवर्षिगणसेवितः
parvato himavānnāma nānādhātuvibhūṣitaḥ / yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi so 'śītistvāyato giriḥ / siddhacāraṇasaṃkīrṇo devarṣigaṇasevitaḥ
There is a mountain named Himavat, adorned with various minerals; that mountain extends eighty thousand yojanas, thronged with Siddhas and Cāraṇas and frequented by the hosts of divine sages.
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KuP 2 36.44
तत्र पुष्करिणी रम्या सुषुम्ना नाम नामतः । तत्र गत्वा द्विजो विद्वान् ब्रह्महत्यां विमुञ्चति
tatra puṣkariṇī ramyā suṣumnā nāma nāmataḥ / tatra gatvā dvijo vidvān brahmahatyāṃ vimuñcati
There is a lovely lotus-pool there, Suṣumnā by name; going there, a learned twice-born is released from (the guilt of) killing a brahmin.
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KuP 2 36.45
श्राद्धं भवति चाक्षय्यं तत्र दत्तं महोदयम् । तारयेच्च पितॄन् सम्यग् दश पूर्वान् दशापरान्
śrāddhaṃ bhavati cākṣayyaṃ tatra dattaṃ mahodayam / tārayecca pitṝn samyag daśa pūrvān daśāparān
A śrāddha given there becomes imperishable and of great result; and it duly rescues the ancestors, ten before and ten after.
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KuP 2 36.46
सर्वत्र हिमवान् पुण्यो गङ्गा पुण्या समन्ततः । नद्यः समुद्रगाः पुण्याः समुद्रश्च विशेषतः
sarvatra himavān puṇyo gaṅgā puṇyā samantataḥ / nadyaḥ samudragāḥ puṇyāḥ samudraśca viśeṣataḥ
Himavat is holy everywhere, the Gaṅgā is holy throughout, the rivers that flow to the sea are holy, and the ocean especially so.
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KuP 2 36.47
बदर्याश्रममासाद्य मुच्यते कलिकल्मषात् । तत्र नारायणो देवो नरेणास्ते सनातनः
badaryāśramamāsādya mucyate kalikalmaṣāt / tatra nārāyaṇo devo nareṇāste sanātanaḥ
Reaching the hermitage of Badarī, one is freed from the taint of the Kali age; there the eternal god Nārāyaṇa dwells with Nara.
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KuP 2 36.48
अक्षयं तत्र दानं स्यात् जप्यं वापि तथाविधम् । महादेवप्रियं तीर्थं पावनं तद् विशेषतः । तारयेच्च पितॄन् सर्वान् दत्त्वा श्राद्धं समाहितः
akṣayaṃ tatra dānaṃ syāt japyaṃ vāpi tathāvidham / mahādevapriyaṃ tīrthaṃ pāvanaṃ tad viśeṣataḥ / tārayecca pitṝn sarvān dattvā śrāddhaṃ samāhitaḥ
A gift there would be imperishable, and so too recitation of the same kind; that sacred place is dear to Mahādeva and especially purifying; and, offering a śrāddha with concentrated mind, one rescues all one's ancestors.
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KuP 2 36.49
देवदारुवनं पुण्यं सिद्धगन्धर्वसेवितम् । महादेवेन देवेन तत्र दत्तं महद् वरं
devadāruvanaṃ puṇyaṃ siddhagandharvasevitam / mahādevena devena tatra dattaṃ mahad varaṃ
The holy Devadāru forest, frequented by Siddhas and Gandharvas — there a great boon was granted by the god Mahādeva.
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KuP 2 36.50
मोहयित्वा मुनीन् सर्वान् पुनस्तैः संप्रपूजितः । प्रसन्नो भगवानीशो मुनीन्द्रान् प्राह भावितान्
mohayitvā munīn sarvān punastaiḥ saṃprapūjitaḥ / prasanno bhagavānīśo munīndrān prāha bhāvitān
Having bewildered all the sages, and being again worshipped by them, the Lord, the blessed one, pleased, spoke to those chiefs of sages who were now devoted (in mind):
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KuP 2 36.51
इहाश्रमवरे रम्ये निवसिष्यथ सर्वदा । मद्भावनासमायुक्तास्ततः सिद्धिमवाप्स्यथ
ihāśramavare ramye nivasiṣyatha sarvadā / madbhāvanāsamāyuktāstataḥ siddhimavāpsyatha
"You shall dwell here always in this best of hermitages, the delightful one; joined with meditation on me, you will thereby attain perfection.
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KuP 2 36.52
ये ऽत्र मामर्चयन्तीह लोके धर्मपरा जनाः । तेषां ददामि परमं गाणपत्यं हि शाश्वतम्
ye 'tra māmarcayantīha loke dharmaparā janāḥ / teṣāṃ dadāmi paramaṃ gāṇapatyaṃ hi śāśvatam
"Those people here in the world, intent on dharma, who worship me in this place — to them I grant the supreme and everlasting lordship over the (Śiva's) hosts.
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KuP 2 36.53
अत्र नित्यं वसिष्यामि सह नारायणेन च । प्राणानिह नरस्त्यक्त्वा न भूयो जन्म विन्दति
atra nityaṃ vasiṣyāmi saha nārāyaṇena ca / prāṇāniha narastyaktvā na bhūyo janma vindati
"Here I shall dwell forever together with Nārāyaṇa; a man who gives up his breath here does not find birth again.
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KuP 2 36.54
संस्मरन्ति च ये तीर्थं देशान्तरगता जनाः । तेषां च सर्वपापानि नाशयामि द्विजोत्तमाः
saṃsmaranti ca ye tīrthaṃ deśāntaragatā janāḥ / teṣāṃ ca sarvapāpāni nāśayāmi dvijottamāḥ
"And those people who, gone to another country, remember this holy place — for them too I destroy all sins, O best of twice-born.
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KuP 2 36.55
श्राद्धं दानं तपो होमः पिण्डनिर्वपणं तथा । ध्यानं जपश्च नियमः सर्वमत्राक्षयं कृतम्
śrāddhaṃ dānaṃ tapo homaḥ piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ tathā / dhyānaṃ japaśca niyamaḥ sarvamatrākṣayaṃ kṛtam
"The śrāddha rite, gift, austerity, oblation, and likewise the offering of rice-balls, meditation, muttered prayer, and observance — everything done here is imperishable.
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KuP 2 36.56
तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन द्रष्टव्यं हि द्विजातिभिः । देवदारुवनं पुण्यं महादेवनिषेवितम्
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena draṣṭavyaṃ hi dvijātibhiḥ / devadāruvanaṃ puṇyaṃ mahādevaniṣevitam
Therefore, with every effort, the twice-born should see the holy Devadāru forest, frequented by Mahādeva.
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KuP 2 36.57
यत्रेस्वरो महादेवो विष्णुर्वा पुरुषोत्तमः । तत्र सन्निहिता गङ्गातीर्थान्यायतनानि च
yatresvaro mahādevo viṣṇurvā puruṣottamaḥ / tatra sannihitā gaṅgātīrthānyāyatanāni ca
Where Īśvara Mahādeva is, or Viṣṇu the Highest Person, there the Gaṅgā, the holy fords and the sanctuaries are present.
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