Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 92
PdP 2 92.1
कुंजल उवाच- कालंजरं समासाद्य निवसंति सुदुःखिताः । महापापैस्तु संदग्धा हाहाभूता विचेतनाः
kuṃjala uvāca- kālaṃjaraṃ samāsādya nivasaṃti suduḥkhitāḥ | mahāpāpaistu saṃdagdhā hāhābhūtā vicetanāḥ
Kuñjala said: Having reached Kālañjara they dwelt there in great misery, burnt up by their great sins, crying "alas, alas," out of their senses.
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PdP 2 92.2
तत्र कश्चित्समायातःसिद्धश्चैव महायशाः । तेन पृष्टाः सुदुःखार्ता भवंतः केन दुःखिताः
tatra kaścitsamāyātaḥsiddhaścaiva mahāyaśāḥ | tena pṛṣṭāḥ suduḥkhārtā bhavaṃtaḥ kena duḥkhitāḥ
There a certain siddha of great renown arrived. They, afflicted with great sorrow, were asked by him: "By what are you made miserable?"
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PdP 2 92.3
स तैः प्रोक्तो महाप्राज्ञः सर्वज्ञानविशारदः । तेषां ज्ञात्वा महापापं कृपां चक्रे सुपुण्यभाक्
sa taiḥ prokto mahāprājñaḥ sarvajñānaviśāradaḥ | teṣāṃ jñātvā mahāpāpaṃ kṛpāṃ cakre supuṇyabhāk
He, greatly wise and skilled in all knowledge, was addressed by them; and having learned of their great sin, he, possessed of much merit, showed compassion.
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PdP 2 92.4
सिद्ध उवाच- अमासोमसमायोगे प्रयागः पुष्करश्च यः । अर्घतीर्थं तृतीयं तु वाराणसी चतुर्थका
siddha uvāca- amāsomasamāyoge prayāgaḥ puṣkaraśca yaḥ | arghatīrthaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu vārāṇasī caturthakā
The siddha said: At the conjunction of the new moon and the moon (i.e. the amāvāsyā), (there is) Prayāga and Puṣkara; the third is Arghatīrtha, and the fourth is Vārāṇasī.
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PdP 2 92.5
गच्छंतु तत्र वै यूयं चत्वारः पातकाविलाः । गंगांभसि यदा स्नातास्तदा मुक्ता भविष्यथ
gacchaṃtu tatra vai yūyaṃ catvāraḥ pātakāvilāḥ | gaṃgāṃbhasi yadā snātāstadā muktā bhaviṣyatha
Go there, you four who are stained with sin; when you have bathed in the water of the Gaṅgā, then you will be released.
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PdP 2 92.6
पातकेभ्यो न संदेहो निर्मलत्वं गमिष्यथ । आदिष्टास्तेन वै सर्वे प्रणेमुस्तं प्रयत्नतः
pātakebhyo na saṃdeho nirmalatvaṃ gamiṣyatha | ādiṣṭāstena vai sarve praṇemustaṃ prayatnataḥ
There is no doubt: you will attain freedom from stain, (freedom) from your sins. Thus instructed by him, they all bowed to him earnestly.
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PdP 2 92.7
कालंजरात्ततो जग्मुः सत्वरं पापपीडिताः । वाराणसीं समासाद्य स्नात्वा चै वद्विजोत्तमाः
kālaṃjarāttato jagmuḥ satvaraṃ pāpapīḍitāḥ | vārāṇasīṃ samāsādya snātvā cai vadvijottamāḥ
Then, tormented by their sins, they went swiftly from Kālañjara; and having reached Vārāṇasī, those best of brahmins bathed (there),
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PdP 2 92.8
प्रयागं पुष्करं चैव अर्घतीर्थं तु सत्तम । अमासोमं सुसंप्राप्य जग्मुस्ते च महापुरीम्
prayāgaṃ puṣkaraṃ caiva arghatīrthaṃ tu sattama | amāsomaṃ susaṃprāpya jagmuste ca mahāpurīm
and (then) Prayāga and Puṣkara and Arghatīrtha, O best one; and having duly reached the new-moon conjunction they went to the great city.
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PdP 2 92.9
विदुरश्चंद्रशर्मा च वेदशर्मा तृतीयकः । वैश्यो वंजुलकश्चैव सुरापः पापचेतनः
viduraścaṃdraśarmā ca vedaśarmā tṛtīyakaḥ | vaiśyo vaṃjulakaścaiva surāpaḥ pāpacetanaḥ
Vidura, and Candraśarmā, and Vedaśarmā the third, and the vaiśya Vañjulaka, the liquor-drinker of sinful mind—
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PdP 2 92.10
तस्मिन्पर्वणि संप्राप्ते स्नाता गंगांभसि द्विज । स्नानमात्रेण मुक्तास्तु गोवधाद्यैश्च किल्बिषैः
tasminparvaṇi saṃprāpte snātā gaṃgāṃbhasi dvija | snānamātreṇa muktāstu govadhādyaiśca kilbiṣaiḥ
when that festival day had come, they bathed in the water of the Gaṅgā, O twice-born; and by the mere bathing they were freed from their sins, the killing of a cow and the rest.
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PdP 2 92.11
ब्रह्महत्या गुरुहत्या सुरापानादि पातकैः । लिप्तानि तानि तीर्थानि परिभ्रमंति मेदिनीम्
brahmahatyā guruhatyā surāpānādi pātakaiḥ | liptāni tāni tīrthāni paribhramaṃti medinīm
Smeared with the sins of brahmin-murder, guru-murder, liquor-drinking and the rest, those sacred fords wander about the earth.
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PdP 2 92.12
पुष्करो अर्धतीर्थस्तु प्रयागः पापनाशनः । वाराणसी चतुर्थी तु लिप्ता पापैर्द्विजोत्तम
puṣkaro ardhatīrthastu prayāgaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ | vārāṇasī caturthī tu liptā pāpairdvijottama
Puṣkara, and Ardhatīrtha, and Prayāga the destroyer of sin, and Vārāṇasī the fourth—(all these) were smeared with the sins, O best of the twice-born.
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PdP 2 92.13
कृष्णत्वं पेदिरे सर्वे हंसरूपेण बभ्रमुः । सर्वेष्वेव सुतीर्थेषु स्नानं चक्रुर्द्विजोत्तमाः
kṛṣṇatvaṃ pedire sarve haṃsarūpeṇa babhramuḥ | sarveṣveva sutīrtheṣu snānaṃ cakrurdvijottamāḥ
They all took on blackness and wandered in the form of geese; and those best of the twice-born bathed in all the good sacred fords.
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PdP 2 92.14
कृष्णत्वं नैव गच्छेत तेषां पापेन चागतम् । सुतीर्थेषु महाराज स्नाताः सर्वेषु वै पुनः
kṛṣṇatvaṃ naiva gaccheta teṣāṃ pāpena cāgatam | sutīrtheṣu mahārāja snātāḥ sarveṣu vai punaḥ
The blackness that had come upon them through the sin would not go away; they bathed again, O great king, in all the good sacred fords.
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PdP 2 92.15
यं यं तीर्थं प्रयांत्येते सर्वे तीर्था द्विजोत्तम । हंसरूपेण वै यांति तैः सार्द्धं तु सुदुःखिताः
yaṃ yaṃ tīrthaṃ prayāṃtyete sarve tīrthā dvijottama | haṃsarūpeṇa vai yāṃti taiḥ sārddhaṃ tu suduḥkhitāḥ
Whatever holy ford these (men) go to — all the fords, O best of the twice-born — they go there in the form of geese, together with them, deeply miserable.
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PdP 2 92.16
भार्याः पातकरूपाश्च भ्रमंति परितस्तथा । अष्टषष्टिसु तीर्थानि हंसरूपेण बभ्रमुः
bhāryāḥ pātakarūpāśca bhramaṃti paritastathā | aṣṭaṣaṣṭisu tīrthāni haṃsarūpeṇa babhramuḥ
And their wives, in the shape of their sins, wander about all around likewise; in the sixty-eight holy fords they wandered in the form of geese.
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PdP 2 92.17
तैः सार्द्धं सु महाराज महातीर्थैः समं पुनः । मानसं चागतास्ते च पातकाकुलमानसाः
taiḥ sārddhaṃ su mahārāja mahātīrthaiḥ samaṃ punaḥ | mānasaṃ cāgatāste ca pātakākulamānasāḥ
Together with them, O great king, along with the great holy fords, they came again to (Lake) Mānasa, their minds troubled by their sin.
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PdP 2 92.18
तत्र स्नाता महाराज न जहाति च पातकः । लज्जयाविष्टमनसा मानसो हंसरूपधृक्
tatra snātā mahārāja na jahāti ca pātakaḥ | lajjayāviṣṭamanasā mānaso haṃsarūpadhṛk
Having bathed there, O great king, the sin does not leave (them); the Mānasa goose, its mind overcome with shame, took on the form of a (black) goose.
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PdP 2 92.19
संजातः कृष्णकायस्तु यं त्वं वै दृष्टवान्पुरा । रेवातीरं ततो जग्मुरुत्तरं पापनाशनम्
saṃjātaḥ kṛṣṇakāyastu yaṃ tvaṃ vai dṛṣṭavānpurā | revātīraṃ tato jagmuruttaraṃ pāpanāśanam
It came to have a black body — the one which you saw before; then they went to the northern bank of the Revā, which destroys sin.
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PdP 2 92.20
कुब्जायाः संगमे ते तु सुरसिद्धनिषेविते । स्नानमात्रेण मुक्तास्ते पापेभ्यो द्विजसत्तम
kubjāyāḥ saṃgame te tu surasiddhaniṣevite | snānamātreṇa muktāste pāpebhyo dvijasattama
But at the confluence of the Kubjā, frequented by gods and siddhas, they were freed from their sins merely by bathing, O best of the twice-born.
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PdP 2 92.21
विहाय वर्णमेवैतं सुकृतं प्रतिजग्मिरे । यं यं तीर्थं प्रयांत्येते हंसाः स्नानं प्रचक्रमुः
vihāya varṇamevaitaṃ sukṛtaṃ pratijagmire | yaṃ yaṃ tīrthaṃ prayāṃtyete haṃsāḥ snānaṃ pracakramuḥ
Abandoning just this colour, they attained merit; whatever holy ford these geese went to, they proceeded to bathe.
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PdP 2 92.22
जहसुस्ताः स्त्रियो दृष्ट्वा पातकं नैव गच्छति । तोयानलेन कुब्जायाः पातकं वरमेव च
jahasustāḥ striyo dṛṣṭvā pātakaṃ naiva gacchati | toyānalena kubjāyāḥ pātakaṃ varameva ca
Those women laughed, seeing that the sin did not go away; but by the water-fire of the Kubjā the sin was indeed removed.
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PdP 2 92.23
भस्मावशेषं संजातं तदा मृतास्तु ताः स्त्रियः । ब्रह्महत्या गुरोर्हत्या सुरापानागमागमाः
bhasmāvaśeṣaṃ saṃjātaṃ tadā mṛtāstu tāḥ striyaḥ | brahmahatyā gurorhatyā surāpānāgamāgamāḥ
Nothing but ashes remained; then those women died: brahmin-murder, the murder of a teacher, liquor-drinking, and going to (women) who should not be approached—
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PdP 2 92.24
भस्मीभूतास्तु संजाता रेवायाः कुब्जया हताः । तास्तु हता महाभाग या मृतास्तु सरित्तटे
bhasmībhūtāstu saṃjātā revāyāḥ kubjayā hatāḥ | tāstu hatā mahābhāga yā mṛtāstu sarittaṭe
They were reduced to ashes, slain by the Kubjā of the Revā; those (women) were slain, O greatly fortunate one, who died on the bank of the river.
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PdP 2 92.25
अष्टषष्टि सुतीर्थानां हंसरूपेण तानि तु । सार्द्धं हंसः समायातो विद्धि तं त्वं तु मानसम्
aṣṭaṣaṣṭi sutīrthānāṃ haṃsarūpeṇa tāni tu | sārddhaṃ haṃsaḥ samāyāto viddhi taṃ tvaṃ tu mānasam
Those sixty-eight excellent holy fords in the form of geese — the goose that came along with them, know that one to be Mānasa.
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PdP 2 92.26
चत्वारः कृष्णहंसाश्च तेषां नामानि मे शृणु । प्रयागः पुष्करश्चैव अर्घतीर्थमनुत्तमम्
catvāraḥ kṛṣṇahaṃsāśca teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu | prayāgaḥ puṣkaraścaiva arghatīrthamanuttamam
And there were four black geese; hear from me their names: Prayāga, Puṣkara, and the unsurpassed Arghatīrtha,
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PdP 2 92.27
वाराणसी चतुर्थी च चत्वारः पापनाशनाः । ब्रह्महत्याभिभूतानि चत्वारि परिबभ्रमुः
vārāṇasī caturthī ca catvāraḥ pāpanāśanāḥ | brahmahatyābhibhūtāni catvāri paribabhramuḥ
and Vārāṇasī as the fourth — four destroyers of sin; the four, overwhelmed by brahmin-murder, wandered about.
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PdP 2 92.28
तीर्थान्येतानि दुःखेन तीर्थेषु च महामते । न गतं पातकं घोरं तेषां तु भ्रमतां सुत
tīrthānyetāni duḥkhena tīrtheṣu ca mahāmate | na gataṃ pātakaṃ ghoraṃ teṣāṃ tu bhramatāṃ suta
These holy fords (wandered) in misery among the fords, O greatly wise one; the terrible sin of those wanderers did not go away, my son.
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PdP 2 92.29
कुब्जायाः संगमे शुद्धा विमुक्ताः किल्बिषात्किल । तीर्थानामेव सर्वेषां पुण्यानामिह संमतः
kubjāyāḥ saṃgame śuddhā vimuktāḥ kilbiṣātkila | tīrthānāmeva sarveṣāṃ puṇyānāmiha saṃmataḥ
At the confluence of the Kubjā they were purified, indeed released from their guilt; (that ford) is here held to be (the foremost) of all the meritorious fords.
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PdP 2 92.30
राजा प्रयागः संजात इंद्रस्य पुरतः किल । तावद्गर्जंतु तीर्थानि यावद्रेवा न दृश्यते
rājā prayāgaḥ saṃjāta iṃdrasya purataḥ kila | tāvadgarjaṃtu tīrthāni yāvadrevā na dṛśyate
Prayāga, it is said, became king in the presence of Indra: let the holy fords roar only so long as the Revā is not seen.
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PdP 2 92.31
ब्रह्महत्यादि पापानां विनाशाय प्रतिष्ठिता । कपिलासंगमे पुण्ये रेवायाः संगमे तथा
brahmahatyādi pāpānāṃ vināśāya pratiṣṭhitā | kapilāsaṃgame puṇye revāyāḥ saṃgame tathā
(She) is established for the destruction of the sins beginning with brahmin-murder: at the holy confluence of the Kapilā, and likewise at the confluence of the Revā,
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PdP 2 92.32
मेघनादसमायोगे तथा चैवोरुसंगमे । महापुण्या महाधन्या रेवा सर्वत्रदुर्लभा
meghanādasamāyoge tathā caivorusaṃgame | mahāpuṇyā mahādhanyā revā sarvatradurlabhā
at the junction of the Meghanāda, and likewise at the confluence of the Uru — greatly meritorious, greatly blessed is the Revā, hard to obtain anywhere.
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PdP 2 92.33
सा च ॐकारे भृगुक्षेत्रे नर्मदाकुब्जसंगमे । दुःप्राप्या मानवै रेवा माहिष्मत्यां सुरोत्तमैः
sā ca oṃkāre bhṛgukṣetre narmadākubjasaṃgame | duḥprāpyā mānavai revā māhiṣmatyāṃ surottamaiḥ
And she (is) at Oṃkāra, in the field of Bhṛgu, at the confluence of the Narmadā and the Kubjā; the Revā is hard for men to reach at Māhiṣmatī, (frequented) by the highest of the gods.
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PdP 2 92.34
विटंकासंगमे पुण्या श्रीकंठे मंगलेश्वरे । सर्वत्र दुर्लभा रेवा सुरपुण्यसमाकुला
viṭaṃkāsaṃgame puṇyā śrīkaṃṭhe maṃgaleśvare | sarvatra durlabhā revā surapuṇyasamākulā
She is meritorious at the confluence of the Viṭaṃkā, at Śrīkaṇṭha, at Maṅgaleśvara; everywhere the Revā is hard to obtain, thronged with the merit of the gods.
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PdP 2 92.35
तीर्थमाता महादेवी अघराशिविनाशिनी । उभयोः कूलयोर्मध्ये यत्र तत्र सुखी नरः
tīrthamātā mahādevī agharāśivināśinī | ubhayoḥ kūlayormadhye yatra tatra sukhī naraḥ
(She is) the mother of holy fords, the great goddess, destroyer of the whole heap of sins; between her two banks, anywhere (a man dwells), the man is happy.
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PdP 2 92.36
अश्वमेधफलं भुंक्ते स्नानेनैकेन मानवः । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यत्त्वया परिपृच्छितम्
aśvamedhaphalaṃ bhuṃkte snānenaikena mānavaḥ | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yattvayā paripṛcchitam
By a single bath a man enjoys the fruit of a horse-sacrifice. All this that you asked of me has been told to you.
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PdP 2 92.37
सर्वपापापहं पुण्यं गतिदं चापिशृण्वताम् । एवमुक्त्वा महाप्राज्ञ तृतीयं पुत्रमब्रवीत्
sarvapāpāpahaṃ puṇyaṃ gatidaṃ cāpiśṛṇvatām | evamuktvā mahāprājña tṛtīyaṃ putramabravīt
(It is) meritorious, removing all sins, and granting (a good) destiny even to those who hear it. Having spoken thus, O greatly wise one, he addressed his third son.
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