Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 38
KuP 2 38.1
सूत उवाच एषा पुण्यतमा देवी देवगन्धर्वसेविता । नर्मदा लोकविख्याता तीर्थानामुत्तमा नदी
sūta uvāca eṣā puṇyatamā devī devagandharvasevitā / narmadā lokavikhyātā tīrthānāmuttamā nadī
Sūta said: This most holy goddess, attended by gods and gandharvas, is Narmadā, famed in the world, the best river among sacred fords.
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KuP 2 38.2
तस्याः शृणुध्वं माहात्म्यं मार्कण्डेयेन भाषितम् । युधिष्ठिराय तु शुभं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
tasyāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ māhātmyaṃ mārkaṇḍeyena bhāṣitam / yudhiṣṭhirāya tu śubhaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
Hear her greatness, as declared by Mārkaṇḍeya to Yudhiṣṭhira — auspicious, destroying all sins.
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KuP 2 38.3
युधिष्ठिर उवाच श्रुतास्तु विविधा धर्मास्त्वत्प्रसादान्महामुने । माहात्म्यं च प्रयागस्य तीर्थानि विविधानि च
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca śrutāstu vividhā dharmāstvatprasādānmahāmune / māhātmyaṃ ca prayāgasya tīrthāni vividhāni ca
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Various duties have been heard by me through your grace, great sage, and the greatness of Prayāga, and the various sacred fords.
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KuP 2 38.4
नर्मदा सर्वतीर्थानां मुख्या हि भवतेरिता । तस्यास्त्विदानीं माहात्म्यं वक्तुमर्हसि सत्तम
narmadā sarvatīrthānāṃ mukhyā hi bhavateritā / tasyāstvidānīṃ māhātmyaṃ vaktumarhasi sattama
Narmadā has been declared by you to be the foremost of all sacred fords; now, best of the good, you ought to tell her greatness.
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KuP 2 38.5
मार्कण्डेय उवाच नर्मदा सरितां श्रेष्ठा रुद्रदेहाद् विनिः सृता । तारयेत् सर्वभूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca narmadā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā rudradehād viniḥ sṛtā / tārayet sarvabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Narmadā, the best of rivers, issued from the body of Rudra; she would carry across all beings, both immobile and moving.
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KuP 2 38.6
नर्मदायास्तु माहात्म्यं पुराणे यन्मया श्रुतम् । इदानीं तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वैकमनाः शुभम्
narmadāyāstu māhātmyaṃ purāṇe yanmayā śrutam / idānīṃ tatpravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ śubham
The greatness of Narmadā, which was heard by me in the Purāṇa — that auspicious (account) I shall now declare; listen with a single mind.
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KuP 2 38.7
पुण्या कनखले गङ्गा कुरुक्षेत्रे सरस्वती । ग्रामे वा यदि वारण्ये पुण्या सर्वत्र नर्मदा
puṇyā kanakhale gaṅgā kurukṣetre sarasvatī / grāme vā yadi vāraṇye puṇyā sarvatra narmadā
The Gaṅgā is holy at Kanakhala, the Sarasvatī at Kurukṣetra; but whether in a village or in the forest, the Narmadā is holy everywhere.
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KuP 2 38.8
त्रिभिः सारस्वतं तोयं सप्ताहेन तु यामुनम् । सद्यः पुनाति गाङ्गेयं दर्शनादेव नार्मदम्
tribhiḥ sārasvataṃ toyaṃ saptāhena tu yāmunam / sadyaḥ punāti gāṅgeyaṃ darśanādeva nārmadam
The water of the Sarasvatī purifies in three (days), that of the Yamunā in a week, the Gaṅgā's at once, but the Narmadā's by mere sight.
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KuP 2 38.9
कलिङ्गदेशपश्चार्धे पर्वते ऽमरकण्टके । पुण्या च त्रिषु लोकेषु रमणीया मनोरमा
kaliṅgadeśapaścārdhe parvate 'marakaṇṭake / puṇyā ca triṣu lokeṣu ramaṇīyā manoramā
In the western half of the Kaliṅga country, on the mountain Amarakaṇṭaka, (the Narmadā is) holy in the three worlds, delightful and charming.
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KuP 2 38.10
सदेवासुरगन्धर्वा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः । तपस्तप्त्वा तु राजेन्द्र सिद्धिं तु परमां गताः
sadevāsuragandharvā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ / tapastaptvā tu rājendra siddhiṃ tu paramāṃ gatāḥ
Together with the gods, asuras and gandharvas, and the sages whose wealth is asceticism — having performed austerity (there), O best of kings, they attained the highest perfection.
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KuP 2 38.11
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन् नियमस्थो जितेन्द्रियः । उपोष्य रजनीमेकां कुलानां तारयेच्छतम्
tatra snātvā naro rājan niyamastho jitendriyaḥ / upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ kulānāṃ tārayecchatam
Having bathed there, O king, a man who abides by the observances and has mastered his senses, fasting for a single night, would carry across a hundred of his family lines.
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KuP 2 38.12
योजनानां शतं साग्रं श्रूयते सरिदुत्तमा । विस्तारेण तु राजेन्द्र योजनद्वयमायता
yojanānāṃ śataṃ sāgraṃ śrūyate sariduttamā / vistāreṇa tu rājendra yojanadvayamāyatā
That best of rivers is heard (to be) a full hundred leagues (long), and in breadth, O best of kings, it extends two leagues.
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KuP 2 38.13
षष्टितीर्थसहस्राणि षष्टिकोट्यस्तथैव च । पर्वतस्य समन्तात् तु तिष्ठन्त्यमरकण्टके
ṣaṣṭitīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyastathaiva ca / parvatasya samantāt tu tiṣṭhantyamarakaṇṭake
Sixty thousand sacred fords, and likewise sixty crores (of them), stand all around the mountain, on Amarakaṇṭaka.
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KuP 2 38.14
ब्रह्मचारी शुचिर्भूत्वा जितक्रोधो जितेन्द्रियः । सर्वहिंसानिवृत्तस्तु सर्वभूतहिते रतः
brahmacārī śucirbhūtvā jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ / sarvahiṃsānivṛttastu sarvabhūtahite rataḥ
Having become chaste and pure, with anger conquered and senses mastered, abstaining from all injury, devoted to the welfare of all beings —
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KuP 2 38.15
एवं सर्वसमाचारो यस्तु प्राणान् समुत्सृजेत् । तस्य पुण्यफलं राजन् शृणुष्वावहितो नृप
evaṃ sarvasamācāro yastu prāṇān samutsṛjet / tasya puṇyaphalaṃ rājan śṛṇuṣvāvahito nṛpa
whoever, thus complete in conduct, gives up his life-breaths — hear attentively, O king, the fruit of his merit, O ruler of men.
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KuP 2 38.16
शतवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे मोदति पाण्डव । सप्सरोगणसंकीर्णो दिव्यस्त्रीपरिवारितः
śatavarṣasahasrāṇi svarge modati pāṇḍava / sapsarogaṇasaṃkīrṇo divyastrīparivāritaḥ
For a hundred thousand years he takes his pleasure in heaven, O Pāṇḍava, mingled with troops of apsarases, surrounded by celestial women.
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KuP 2 38.17
दिव्यगन्धानुलिप्तश्च दिव्यपुष्पोपशोभितः । क्रीडते देवलोके तु दैवतैः सह मोदते
divyagandhānuliptaśca divyapuṣpopaśobhitaḥ / krīḍate devaloke tu daivataiḥ saha modate
Anointed with divine perfumes and adorned with divine flowers, he plays in the world of the gods and takes his pleasure together with the deities.
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KuP 2 38.18
ततः स्वर्गात् परिभ्रष्टो राजा भवति धार्मिकः । गृहं तु लभते ऽसौ वै नानारत्नसमन्वितम्
tataḥ svargāt paribhraṣṭo rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ / gṛhaṃ tu labhate 'sau vai nānāratnasamanvitam
Then, fallen from heaven, he becomes a righteous king; indeed he obtains a house furnished with various jewels,
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KuP 2 38.19
स्तम्भैर्मणिमयैर्दिव्यैर्वज्रवैदूर्यभूषितम् । आलेख्यवाहनैः शुभ्रैर्दासीदाससमन्वितम्
stambhairmaṇimayairdivyairvajravaidūryabhūṣitam / ālekhyavāhanaiḥ śubhrairdāsīdāsasamanvitam
(a house) with divine pillars made of gems, adorned with diamond and beryl, with bright painted vehicles, provided with maidservants and servants.
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KuP 2 38.20
राजराजेश्वरः श्रीमान् सर्वस्त्रीजनवल्लभः । जीवेद् वर्षशतं साग्रं तत्र भोगसमन्वितः
rājarājeśvaraḥ śrīmān sarvastrījanavallabhaḥ / jīved varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ tatra bhogasamanvitaḥ
As a glorious overlord of kings of kings, beloved of all womenfolk, he would live a full hundred years there, furnished with enjoyments.
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KuP 2 38.21
अग्निप्रवेशे ऽथ जले अथवानशने कृते । अनिवर्तिका गतिस्तस्य पवनस्याम्बरे यथा
agnipraveśe 'tha jale athavānaśane kṛte / anivartikā gatistasya pavanasyāmbare yathā
When entry into fire, or into water, or fasting (unto death) has been done (there), his going is without return, like that of the wind in the sky.
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KuP 2 38.22
पश्चिमे पर्वततटे सर्वपापविनाशनः । ह्रदो जलेश्वरो नाम त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः
paścime parvatataṭe sarvapāpavināśanaḥ / hrado jaleśvaro nāma triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ
On the western slope of the mountain there is a lake named Jaleśvara, destroyer of all sins, renowned in the three worlds.
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KuP 2 38.23
तत्र पिण्डप्रदानेन संध्योपासनकर्मणा । दशवर्षाणि पितरस्तर्पिताः स्युर्न संशयः
tatra piṇḍapradānena saṃdhyopāsanakarmaṇā / daśavarṣāṇi pitarastarpitāḥ syurna saṃśayaḥ
There, by the offering of rice-balls and by the rite of worship at the twilights, the ancestors would be gratified for ten years — there is no doubt.
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KuP 2 38.24
दक्षिणे नर्मदाकूले कपिलाख्या महानदी । सरलार्जुनसंच्छन्ना नातिदूरे व्यवस्थिता
dakṣiṇe narmadākūle kapilākhyā mahānadī / saralārjunasaṃcchannā nātidūre vyavasthitā
On the southern bank of the Narmadā there is a great river called Kapilā, covered over with sarala and arjuna trees, situated not far away.
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KuP 2 38.25
सा तु पुण्या महाभागा त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता । तत्र कोटिशतं साग्रं तीर्थानां तु युधिष्ठिर
sā tu puṇyā mahābhāgā triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā / tatra koṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ tīrthānāṃ tu yudhiṣṭhira
She is holy, greatly blessed, renowned in the three worlds; there, O Yudhiṣṭhira, are a full hundred crores of sacred fords.
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KuP 2 38.26
तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु ये वृक्षाः पतिताः कालपर्ययात् । नर्मदातोयसंस्पृष्टास्ते यान्ति परमां गतिम्
tasmiṃstīrthe tu ye vṛkṣāḥ patitāḥ kālaparyayāt / narmadātoyasaṃspṛṣṭāste yānti paramāṃ gatim
And those trees at that ford which have fallen through the passage of time — touched by the water of the Narmadā, they go to the highest goal.
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KuP 2 38.27
द्वितीया तु महाभागा विशल्यकरणी शुभा । तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा विशल्यो भवति क्षणात्
dvitīyā tu mahābhāgā viśalyakaraṇī śubhā / tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā viśalyo bhavati kṣaṇāt
The second (river) is the greatly blessed, auspicious Viśalyakaraṇī; bathing at that ford, a man becomes free of (the arrow's) barb in an instant.
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KuP 2 38.28
कपिला च विशल्या च श्रूयते राजसत्तम । ईश्वरेण पुरा प्रोक्ता लोकानां हितकाम्यया
kapilā ca viśalyā ca śrūyate rājasattama / īśvareṇa purā proktā lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
Both the Kapilā and the Viśalyā, O best of kings, are heard (of as) declared of old by the Lord out of desire for the welfare of the worlds.
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KuP 2 38.29
अनाशकं तु यः कुर्यात् तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नराधिप । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
anāśakaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāt tasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa / sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā rudralokaṃ sa gacchati
But whoever fasts at that sacred ford, O lord of men, his self purified of all sins, goes to the world of Rudra.
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KuP 2 38.30
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्नश्वमेधफलं लभेत् । ये वसन्त्युत्तरे कूले रुद्रलोके वसन्ति ते
tatra snātvā naro rājannaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet / ye vasantyuttare kūle rudraloke vasanti te
Bathing there, O king, a man would obtain the fruit of a horse sacrifice; those who dwell on the northern bank dwell in the world of Rudra.
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KuP 2 38.31
सरस्वत्यां च गङ्गायां नर्मदायां युधिष्ठिर । समं स्नानं च दानं च यथा मे शङ्करो ऽब्रवीत्
sarasvatyāṃ ca gaṅgāyāṃ narmadāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira / samaṃ snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca yathā me śaṅkaro 'bravīt
In the Sarasvatī, in the Gaṅgā, and in the Narmadā, O Yudhiṣṭhira, bathing and giving are equal (in merit), as Śaṅkara told me.
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KuP 2 38.32
परित्यजति यः प्रणान् पर्वते ऽमरकण्टके । वर्षकोटिशतं साग्रं रुद्रलोके महीयते
parityajati yaḥ praṇān parvate 'marakaṇṭake / varṣakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ rudraloke mahīyate
He who gives up his life-breaths on Mount Amarakaṇṭaka is honoured in the world of Rudra for a full hundred crores of years.
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KuP 2 38.33
नर्मदायां जलं पुण्यं फेनोर्मिसमलङ्कृतम् । पवित्रं शिरसा वन्द्य सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
narmadāyāṃ jalaṃ puṇyaṃ phenormisamalaṅkṛtam / pavitraṃ śirasā vandya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
The water in the Narmadā is holy, adorned with foam and waves; having reverenced that purifying (water) with his head, one is released from all sins.
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KuP 2 38.34
नर्मदा सर्वतः पुण्या ब्रह्महत्यापहारिणी । अहोरात्रोपवासेन मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया
narmadā sarvataḥ puṇyā brahmahatyāpahāriṇī / ahorātropavāsena mucyate brahmahatyayā
The Narmadā is holy everywhere, and takes away (the sin of) killing a brahmin; by fasting a day and a night one is freed from brahmin-murder.
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KuP 2 38.35
जालेश्वरं तीर्थवरं सर्वपापविनाशनम् । तत्र गत्वा नियमवान् सर्वकामांल्लभेन्नरः
jāleśvaraṃ tīrthavaraṃ sarvapāpavināśanam / tatra gatvā niyamavān sarvakāmāṃllabhennaraḥ
Jāleśvara is the best of sacred fords, destroying all sins; going there under (proper) observances a man obtains all his desires.
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KuP 2 38.36
चन्द्रसूर्योपरागे तु गत्वा ह्यमरकण्टकम् । अश्वमेधाद् दशगुणं पुण्यमाप्नोति मानवः
candrasūryoparāge tu gatvā hyamarakaṇṭakam / aśvamedhād daśaguṇaṃ puṇyamāpnoti mānavaḥ
But going to Amarakaṇṭaka at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, a man obtains merit ten times that of a horse sacrifice.
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KuP 2 38.37
एष पुण्यो गिरिवरो देवगन्धर्वसेवितः । नानाद्रुमलताकीर्णो नानापुष्पोपशोभितः
eṣa puṇyo girivaro devagandharvasevitaḥ / nānādrumalatākīrṇo nānāpuṣpopaśobhitaḥ
This holy best of mountains is frequented by gods and gandharvas, covered with many kinds of trees and creepers, adorned with many kinds of flowers.
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KuP 2 38.38
तत्र संनिहितो राजन् देव्या सह महेश्वरः । ब्रह्मा विष्णुस्तथा चेन्द्रो विद्याधरगणैः सह
tatra saṃnihito rājan devyā saha maheśvaraḥ / brahmā viṣṇustathā cendro vidyādharagaṇaiḥ saha
There, O king, Maheśvara is present together with the Goddess, and Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Indra too, along with the hosts of Vidyādharas.
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KuP 2 38.39
प्रदक्षिणं तु यः कुर्यात् पर्वतं ह्यमरकण्टकम् । पौण्डरीकस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानः
pradakṣiṇaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāt parvataṃ hyamarakaṇṭakam / pauṇḍarīkasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānaḥ
But whoever circumambulates Mount Amarakaṇṭaka keeping it to his right, that man obtains the fruit of the Pauṇḍarīka sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 38.40
कावेरी नाम विपुला नदी कल्पषनाशिनी । तत्र स्नात्वा महादेवमर्चयेद् वृषभध्वजम् । संगमे नर्मदायास्तु रुद्रलोके महीयते
kāverī nāma vipulā nadī kalpaṣanāśinī / tatra snātvā mahādevamarcayed vṛṣabhadhvajam / saṃgame narmadāyāstu rudraloke mahīyate
There is a broad river named Kāverī, destroying stains; bathing there one should worship Mahādeva, whose banner is the bull; and at its confluence with the Narmadā (a man) is honoured in the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition