Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 25
PdP 3 25.1
नारदउवाच-। वितस्तां च समासाद्य संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः । नरः फलमवाप्नोति वाजपेयस्य भारत
nāradauvāca-| vitastāṃ ca samāsādya saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ | naraḥ phalamavāpnoti vājapeyasya bhārata
Nārada said: And having reached the Vitastā and satisfied the ancestors and the gods (with libations), a man obtains the fruit of the Vājapeya, O Bhārata.
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PdP 3 25.2
काश्मीरेष्वेव नागस्य भवनं तक्षकस्य च । वितस्ताख्यमिति ख्यातं सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्
kāśmīreṣveva nāgasya bhavanaṃ takṣakasya ca | vitastākhyamiti khyātaṃ sarvapāpapramocanam
In Kashmir itself is the abode of the Nāga Takṣaka, known by the name Vitastā, which releases from all sins.
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PdP 3 25.3
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो नूनं वाजपेयमवाप्नुयात् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा गच्छेत परमां गतिम्
tatra snātvā naro nūnaṃ vājapeyamavāpnuyāt | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā gaccheta paramāṃ gatim
Having bathed there, a man would surely obtain the Vājapeya; with his self purified of all sin, he would go to the supreme state.
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PdP 3 25.4
ततो गच्छेत मलदं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । पश्चिमायां तु संध्यायामुपस्पृश्य यथाविधि
tato gaccheta maladaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | paścimāyāṃ tu saṃdhyāyāmupaspṛśya yathāvidhi
Then one should go to Malada, renowned in the three worlds, and touch (the water) there at the evening twilight according to the rule.
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PdP 3 25.5
चरुं सप्तार्चिषे राजन्यथाशक्ति निवेदयेत् । पितॄणामक्षयं दानं प्रवदंति मनीषिणः
caruṃ saptārciṣe rājanyathāśakti nivedayet | pitṝṇāmakṣayaṃ dānaṃ pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ
There, O king, one should offer the caru to Saptārcis (the seven-flamed Fire) according to one's means; the wise call it an inexhaustible gift to the ancestors.
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PdP 3 25.6
गवांशतसहस्रेण राजसूयशतेन च । अश्वमेधसहस्रेण श्रेयान्सप्तार्चिषश्चरुः
gavāṃśatasahasreṇa rājasūyaśatena ca | aśvamedhasahasreṇa śreyānsaptārciṣaścaruḥ
Better than a hundred thousand cows, than a hundred Rājasūyas, and than a thousand Aśvamedhas is the caru offered to Saptārcis.
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PdP 3 25.7
ततो निवृत्तो राजेंद्र रुद्रास्पदमथाविशेत् । अभिगम्य महादेवमश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
tato nivṛtto rājeṃdra rudrāspadamathāviśet | abhigamya mahādevamaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
Then, having turned back from there, O lord of kings, one should enter Rudra's seat; having approached the Great God, one obtains the fruit of an Aśvamedha.
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PdP 3 25.8
मणिमंतं समासाद्य ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः । एकरात्रोषितो राजन्नग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्
maṇimaṃtaṃ samāsādya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ | ekarātroṣito rājannagniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet
Having reached Maṇimanta, chaste and collected, and having stayed one night, O king, one obtains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma.
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PdP 3 25.9
अथ गच्छेत राजेंद्र देविकां लोकविश्रुताम् । प्रसूतिर्यत्र विप्राणां श्रूयते भरतर्षभ
atha gaccheta rājeṃdra devikāṃ lokaviśrutām | prasūtiryatra viprāṇāṃ śrūyate bharatarṣabha
Then, O lord of kings, one should go to the Devikā, famed in the world, where the origin of the brahmins is said to be, O bull of the Bharatas.
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PdP 3 25.10
त्रिशूलपाणेः स्थानं यत्त्रिषुलोकेषु विश्रुतम् । देविकायां नरः स्नात्वा अभ्यर्च्य च महेश्वरम्
triśūlapāṇeḥ sthānaṃ yattriṣulokeṣu viśrutam | devikāyāṃ naraḥ snātvā abhyarcya ca maheśvaram
There is the seat of the Trident-bearer, which is renowned in the three worlds; a man, having bathed in the Devikā and worshipped Maheśvara,
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PdP 3 25.11
यथाशक्ति नरस्तत्र निवेद्य भरतर्षभ । सर्वकामसमृद्धस्य यज्ञस्य लभते फलम्
yathāśakti narastatra nivedya bharatarṣabha | sarvakāmasamṛddhasya yajñasya labhate phalam
and having there offered according to his means, O bull of the Bharatas, a man obtains the fruit of a sacrifice abounding in all desired things.
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PdP 3 25.12
कामाख्यं तत्र रुद्रस्य तीर्थं देवर्षिसंमतम् । तत्र स्नात्वा नरः क्षिप्रं सिद्धिमाप्नोति भारत
kāmākhyaṃ tatra rudrasya tīrthaṃ devarṣisaṃmatam | tatra snātvā naraḥ kṣipraṃ siddhimāpnoti bhārata
There is Rudra's ford called Kāmākhya, approved by gods and sages; having bathed there a man quickly attains perfection, O Bhārata.
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PdP 3 25.13
यजनं याजनं गत्वा तथैव ब्रह्मवालकम् । पुष्पन्यास उपस्पृश्य न शोचेन्मरणं ततः
yajanaṃ yājanaṃ gatvā tathaiva brahmavālakam | puṣpanyāsa upaspṛśya na śocenmaraṇaṃ tataḥ
Having gone to Yajana, Yājana, and likewise Brahmavālaka, and having touched (the water at) Puṣpanyāsa, one need not grieve over death thereafter.
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PdP 3 25.14
अर्द्धयोजनविस्तारां पंचयोजनमायताम् । एतावद्देविकामाहुः पुण्यां देवर्षिसंमताम्
arddhayojanavistārāṃ paṃcayojanamāyatām | etāvaddevikāmāhuḥ puṇyāṃ devarṣisaṃmatām
Half a yojana in breadth and five yojanas in length — such, they say, is the holy Devikā, approved by gods and sages.
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PdP 3 25.15
ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ दीर्घसत्रं यथाक्रमम् । यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवाः सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः
tato gaccheta dharmajña dīrghasatraṃ yathākramam | yatra brahmādayo devāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ
Then, O knower of dharma, one should go in due order to Dīrghasatra, where the gods headed by Brahmā, and the Siddhas and the supreme sages
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PdP 3 25.16
दीर्घसत्रमुपासंते दीक्षिता नियतव्रताः । गमनादेव राजेंद्र दीर्घसत्रमरिंदम
dīrghasatramupāsaṃte dīkṣitā niyatavratāḥ | gamanādeva rājeṃdra dīrghasatramariṃdama
Consecrated and holding fixed vows, (they) attend upon the Dīrghasatra. By merely going to the Dīrghasatra, O best of kings, O crusher of foes,
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PdP 3 25.17
राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्यां फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः । ततो विनाशनं गच्छेन्नियतो नियताशनः
rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | tato vināśanaṃ gacchenniyato niyatāśanaḥ
a man obtains the fruit of the Rājasūya and the Aśvamedha. Then, self-controlled and restrained in eating, one should go to Vināśana,
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PdP 3 25.18
गच्छंत्यंतर्हिता यत्र मेरुपृष्ठे सरस्वती । चमसे च शिवोद्भेदे नागोद्भेदे च दृश्यते
gacchaṃtyaṃtarhitā yatra merupṛṣṭhe sarasvatī | camase ca śivodbhede nāgodbhede ca dṛśyate
where the Sarasvatī, having become hidden, flows on the back of Meru; and she is seen at Camasa, at Śivodbheda, and at Nāgodbheda.
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PdP 3 25.19
स्नात्वा तु चमसोद्भेदे अग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् । शिवोद्भेदे नरः स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
snātvā tu camasodbhede agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet | śivodbhede naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
Having bathed at Camasodbheda one would gain the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma; a man who bathes at Śivodbheda would gain the fruit of a thousand cows.
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PdP 3 25.20
नागोद्भेदे नरः स्नात्वा नागलोकमवाप्नुयात् । शशयानं च राजेंद्र तीर्थमासाद्य दुर्लभम्
nāgodbhede naraḥ snātvā nāgalokamavāpnuyāt | śaśayānaṃ ca rājeṃdra tīrthamāsādya durlabham
A man who bathes at Nāgodbheda would attain the world of the Nāgas; and, O best of kings, reaching the hard-to-obtain sacred ford Śaśayāna—
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PdP 3 25.21
शशरूपप्रतिच्छन्ना पुष्करा यत्र भारत । सरस्वत्यां महाभाग अनुसंवत्सरंहिते
śaśarūpapraticchannā puṣkarā yatra bhārata | sarasvatyāṃ mahābhāga anusaṃvatsaraṃhite
where, O Bhārata, the lotuses concealed in the form of hares (are), in the Sarasvatī, O greatly fortunate one, year after year,
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PdP 3 25.22
स्नायंते भरतश्रेष्ठ वृत्ता वै कार्त्तिकीं सदा । तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र द्योतते शिववत्सदा
snāyaṃte bharataśreṣṭha vṛttā vai kārttikīṃ sadā | tatra snātvā naravyāghra dyotate śivavatsadā
(there) they bathe, O best of the Bharatas, ever observing the practice on the full moon of Kārttika. Having bathed there, O tiger among men, one shines always like Śiva.
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PdP 3 25.23
गोसहस्रफलं चैव प्राप्नुयाद्भरतर्षभ । कुमारकोटिमासाद्य नियतः कुरुनंदन
gosahasraphalaṃ caiva prāpnuyādbharatarṣabha | kumārakoṭimāsādya niyataḥ kurunaṃdana
And he would obtain the fruit of a thousand cows, O bull of the Bharatas. Reaching Kumārakoṭi, self-controlled, O joy of the Kurus,
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PdP 3 25.24
तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत पितृदेवार्चने रतः । गवामयुतमाप्नोति कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत्
tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta pitṛdevārcane rataḥ | gavāmayutamāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet
there one should perform the ablution, devoted to the worship of the ancestors and the gods; he obtains ten thousand cows and also delivers his family.
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PdP 3 25.25
ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ रुद्रकोटिं समाहिताः । पुरा यत्र महाराज ऋषिकोटिः समाहिता
tato gaccheta dharmajña rudrakoṭiṃ samāhitāḥ | purā yatra mahārāja ṛṣikoṭiḥ samāhitā
Then, O knower of dharma, (they) should go, collected in mind, to Rudrakoṭi, where formerly, O great king, a crore of sages was assembled.
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PdP 3 25.26
वर्षेण च समाविष्टा देवदर्शनकांक्षया । अहंपूर्वमहंपूर्वं द्रक्ष्यामि वृषभध्वजम्
varṣeṇa ca samāviṣṭā devadarśanakāṃkṣayā | ahaṃpūrvamahaṃpūrvaṃ drakṣyāmi vṛṣabhadhvajam
And (they were) possessed for a year by the desire to see the god, (thinking) "I first, I first shall behold the bull-bannered one!"
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PdP 3 25.27
एवं संप्रस्थिता राजनृषयः किलभारत । ततो योगीश्वरेणापि योगमास्थाय भूपते
evaṃ saṃprasthitā rājanṛṣayaḥ kilabhārata | tato yogīśvareṇāpi yogamāsthāya bhūpate
Thus, O king, the sages set out, so (it is said), O Bhārata; then by the lord of yogins too, having resorted to yoga, O lord of the earth,
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PdP 3 25.28
तेषां मन्युप्रशांत्यर्थमृषीणां भावितात्मनाम् । सृष्टा तु कोटिरुद्राणामृषीणामग्रतः स्थिता
teṣāṃ manyupraśāṃtyarthamṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām | sṛṣṭā tu koṭirudrāṇāmṛṣīṇāmagrataḥ sthitā
in order to quell the anger of those sages of perfected souls, a crore of Rudras was created, and stood before the sages.
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PdP 3 25.29
मया पूर्वं हरो दृष्टो इति ते मेनिरे पृथक् । तेषां तुष्टो महादेव ऋषीणामुग्रतेजसाम्
mayā pūrvaṃ haro dṛṣṭo iti te menire pṛthak | teṣāṃ tuṣṭo mahādeva ṛṣīṇāmugratejasām
"Hara was seen by me first"—so each of them thought separately. Pleased with those sages of fierce splendour,
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PdP 3 25.30
भक्त्या परमया राजन्वरं तेषां प्रदत्तवान् । अद्यप्रभृति युष्माकं धर्मवृद्धिर्भविष्यति
bhaktyā paramayā rājanvaraṃ teṣāṃ pradattavān | adyaprabhṛti yuṣmākaṃ dharmavṛddhirbhaviṣyati
(pleased) by their supreme devotion, O king, Mahādeva granted them a boon: "From today onward there shall be for you an increase of dharma."
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PdP 3 25.31
तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र रुद्रकोट्यां नरः शुचिः । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत्
tatra snātvā naravyāghra rudrakoṭyāṃ naraḥ śuciḥ | aśvamedhamavāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet
Having bathed there at Rudrakoṭi, O tiger among men, a man who is pure obtains (the fruit of) the Aśvamedha and also delivers his family.
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PdP 3 25.32
ततो गच्छेत राजेंद्र संगमं लोकविश्रुतम् । सरस्वत्यां महापुण्यमुपासीत जनार्दनम्
tato gaccheta rājeṃdra saṃgamaṃ lokaviśrutam | sarasvatyāṃ mahāpuṇyamupāsīta janārdanam
Then, O best of kings, one should go to the world-famed Confluence on the Sarasvatī, of great merit, and there worship Janārdana,
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PdP 3 25.33
यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयः सिद्धचारणाः । अभिगच्छंति राजेंद्र चैत्रशुक्लचतुर्दशीम्
yatra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ | abhigacchaṃti rājeṃdra caitraśuklacaturdaśīm
where Brahmā and the other gods, the sages, the Siddhas and the Cāraṇas come, O best of kings, on the fourteenth of the bright half of Caitra.
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PdP 3 25.34
तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र विंदेद्बहुसुवर्णकम् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा शिवलोकं च गच्छति
tatra snātvā naravyāghra viṃdedbahusuvarṇakam | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā śivalokaṃ ca gacchati
Having bathed there, O tiger among men, one would gain much gold; with his self purified of all sins he also goes to the world of Śiva.
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PdP 3 25.35
तत्रावसानमासाद्य गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
tatrāvasānamāsādya gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
Reaching Avasāna there, one would gain the fruit of a thousand cows.
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