Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 28
PdP 3 28.1
नारद उवाच-। ततो गच्छेत धर्म्मज्ञ धर्म्मतीर्थं पुरातनम् । यत्र धर्मो महाभागस्तप्तवानुत्तमं तपः
nārada uvāca-| tato gaccheta dharmmajña dharmmatīrthaṃ purātanam | yatra dharmo mahābhāgastaptavānuttamaṃ tapaḥ
Nārada said: Then, O knower of dharma, one should go to the ancient Dharmatīrtha, where the greatly blessed Dharma performed the highest austerity.
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PdP 3 28.2
तेन तीर्थं कृतं पुण्यं स्वेन नाम्ना च चिह्नितम् । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्धर्मशीलः समाहितः
tena tīrthaṃ kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ svena nāmnā ca cihnitam | tatra snātvā naro rājandharmaśīlaḥ samāhitaḥ
By him a holy bathing-place was made there, marked with his own name. Bathing there, O king, a man of dharmic conduct, composed (in mind),
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PdP 3 28.3
आसप्तमं कुलं चैव पुनीते नात्र संशयः । ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ कलाप वनमुत्तमम्
āsaptamaṃ kulaṃ caiva punīte nātra saṃśayaḥ | tato gaccheta dharmajña kalāpa vanamuttamam
purifies his family down to the seventh (generation)—there is no doubt of this. Then, O knower of dharma, one should go to the excellent Kalāpa forest.
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PdP 3 28.4
कृच्छ्रेण महता गत्वा तत्र स्नात्वा समाहितः । अग्निष्टोममवाप्नोति विष्णुलोकं च गच्छति
kṛcchreṇa mahatā gatvā tatra snātvā samāhitaḥ | agniṣṭomamavāpnoti viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati
Having gone there with great difficulty and bathed there with a composed mind, one obtains (the fruit of) the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice and goes to Viṣṇu's world.
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PdP 3 28.5
सौगंधिकं वनं राजंस्ततो गच्छेत मानवः । यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः
saugaṃdhikaṃ vanaṃ rājaṃstato gaccheta mānavaḥ | yatra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ
Then, O king, a man should go to the Saugandhika forest, where (dwell) the gods with Brahmā at their head, and seers whose wealth is austerity,
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PdP 3 28.6
सिद्धचारणगंधर्वाः किन्नराः स महोरगाः । तद्वनं प्रविशन्नेव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
siddhacāraṇagaṃdharvāḥ kinnarāḥ sa mahoragāḥ | tadvanaṃ praviśanneva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Siddhas, Cāraṇas, Gandharvas, Kinnaras together with the great serpents. Merely by entering that forest one is freed from all sins.
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PdP 3 28.7
ततो हि सा सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा नदीनामुत्तमा नदी । प्लक्षादेवी स्मृता राजन्महा पुण्या सरस्वती
tato hi sā saricchreṣṭhā nadīnāmuttamā nadī | plakṣādevī smṛtā rājanmahā puṇyā sarasvatī
For from there (flows) that best of streams, the finest of rivers, known as Plakṣā-devī, O king—the greatly holy Sarasvatī.
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PdP 3 28.8
तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत वल्मीकान्निःसृते जले । अर्चयित्वा पितॄन्देवानश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta valmīkānniḥsṛte jale | arcayitvā pitṝndevānaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
There one should perform one's ablution in the water that has issued from the anthill; having worshipped the ancestors and the gods, one would obtain the fruit of a horse sacrifice.
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PdP 3 28.9
ईशानाध्युषितं नाम तत्र तीर्थं सुदुर्लभम् । षड्गुणं यन्निपातेषु वल्मीकादिति निश्चयः
īśānādhyuṣitaṃ nāma tatra tīrthaṃ sudurlabham | ṣaḍguṇaṃ yannipāteṣu valmīkāditi niścayaḥ
There is a bathing-place there, very hard to reach, called Īśānādhyuṣita ('inhabited by Īśāna'); it is certain that (its merit) is sixfold at the outflows from the anthill.
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PdP 3 28.10
कपिलानां सहस्रं च वाजिमेधं च विंदति । तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र दृष्टमेतत्पुरातनैः
kapilānāṃ sahasraṃ ca vājimedhaṃ ca viṃdati | tatra snātvā naravyāghra dṛṣṭametatpurātanaiḥ
He gains (the merit of the gift of) a thousand tawny cows and of a horse sacrifice, bathing there, O tiger among men; this has been seen by the ancients.
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PdP 3 28.11
सुगंधां शतकुंभां च पंचयज्ञं च भारत । अभिगम्य नरश्रेष्ठ स्वर्गलोके महीयते
sugaṃdhāṃ śatakuṃbhāṃ ca paṃcayajñaṃ ca bhārata | abhigamya naraśreṣṭha svargaloke mahīyate
Having approached Sugandhā and Śatakumbhā and Pañcayajña, O Bhārata, O best of men, one is exalted in the world of heaven.
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PdP 3 28.12
त्रिशूलपात्रं तत्रैव तीर्थमासाद्य दुर्लभम् । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत पितृदेवार्चने रतः
triśūlapātraṃ tatraiva tīrthamāsādya durlabham | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta pitṛdevārcane rataḥ
Having reached in that very place the hard-to-attain tīrtha Triśūlapātra, one should perform one's ablution there, devoted to the worship of the ancestors and the gods.
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PdP 3 28.13
गाणपत्यं च लभते देहं त्यक्त्वा न संशयः । ततो राजगृहं गच्छेद्देव्याः स्थानं सुदुर्लभम्
gāṇapatyaṃ ca labhate dehaṃ tyaktvā na saṃśayaḥ | tato rājagṛhaṃ gaccheddevyāḥ sthānaṃ sudurlabham
And he attains the state of a Gaṇa (attendant of Śiva) after leaving the body—there is no doubt. Then one should go to Rājagṛha, the very hard-to-reach abode of the Goddess.
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PdP 3 28.14
शाकंभरीति विख्याता त्रिषुलोकेषु विश्रुता । दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं च शाकेन किल भारत
śākaṃbharīti vikhyātā triṣulokeṣu viśrutā | divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca śākena kila bhārata
She is famed as Śākambharī, renowned in the three worlds; for a thousand celestial years, O Bhārata, on vegetables (alone)
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PdP 3 28.15
आहारं सा कृतवती मासिमासि नराधिप । ऋषयोऽभ्यागतास्तत्र देव्या भक्तास्तपोधनाः
āhāraṃ sā kṛtavatī māsimāsi narādhipa | ṛṣayo'bhyāgatāstatra devyā bhaktāstapodhanāḥ
she took her food, month by month, O lord of men. Seers came there, devotees of the Goddess, whose wealth was austerity;
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PdP 3 28.16
आतिथ्यं च कृतं तेषां शाकेन किल भारत । ततः शाकंभरीत्येवं नाम तस्याः प्रतिष्ठितम्
ātithyaṃ ca kṛtaṃ teṣāṃ śākena kila bhārata | tataḥ śākaṃbharītyevaṃ nāma tasyāḥ pratiṣṭhitam
and hospitality was shown them with vegetables, O Bhārata; hence her name 'Śākambharī' ('vegetable-nourisher') was established.
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PdP 3 28.17
शाकंभरीं समासाद्य ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः । त्रिरात्रमुषितः शाकं भक्षयेन्नियतः शुचिः
śākaṃbharīṃ samāsādya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ | trirātramuṣitaḥ śākaṃ bhakṣayenniyataḥ śuciḥ
Having reached Śākambharī, a chaste and composed (man), staying for three nights, restrained and pure, should eat vegetables;
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PdP 3 28.18
शाकाहारस्य यत्सम्यग्वर्षैर्द्वादशभिः फलम् । तत्फलं तस्य भवति देव्याश्छंदेन भारत
śākāhārasya yatsamyagvarṣairdvādaśabhiḥ phalam | tatphalaṃ tasya bhavati devyāśchaṃdena bhārata
whatever fruit properly (accrues) from a vegetable diet of twelve years, that fruit becomes his, by the Goddess's pleasure, O Bhārata.
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PdP 3 28.19
ततो गच्छेत्सुवर्णाख्यं त्रिषुलोकेषु विश्रुतम् । यत्र कृष्णः प्रसादार्थं रुद्रमाराधयत्पुरा
tato gacchetsuvarṇākhyaṃ triṣulokeṣu viśrutam | yatra kṛṣṇaḥ prasādārthaṃ rudramārādhayatpurā
Then one should go to (the place) named Suvarṇa, famed throughout the three worlds, where formerly Kṛṣṇa propitiated Rudra to obtain his favour.
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PdP 3 28.20
वरांश्च सुबहूँल्लेभे देवैरपि स दुर्ल्लभान् । उक्तश्च त्रिपुरघ्नेन परितुष्टेन भारत
varāṃśca subahū~llebhe devairapi sa durllabhān | uktaśca tripuraghnena parituṣṭena bhārata
And he obtained very many boons, hard to win even for the gods; and he was addressed by the slayer of Tripura, who was well pleased, O Bhārata:
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PdP 3 28.21
अपि चात्माप्रियतरो लोके कृष्ण भविष्यसि । त्वन्मुखं च जगत्कृत्स्नं भविष्यति न संशयः
api cātmāpriyataro loke kṛṣṇa bhaviṣyasi | tvanmukhaṃ ca jagatkṛtsnaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
"Moreover, Kṛṣṇa, you will become dearer (to me) than my own self in the world, and the whole world will become turned toward you—there is no doubt."
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PdP 3 28.22
तत्राभिगम्य राजेंद्र पूजयित्वा वृषध्वजम् । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति गाणपत्यं च विंदति
tatrābhigamya rājeṃdra pūjayitvā vṛṣadhvajam | aśvamedhamavāpnoti gāṇapatyaṃ ca viṃdati
Having gone there, O best of kings, and having worshipped the bull-bannered (Śiva), one obtains (the fruit of) a horse-sacrifice and gains lordship over the Gaṇas.
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PdP 3 28.23
धूमावतीं ततो गच्छेत्त्रिरात्रमुषितो नरः । मनसा प्रार्थितान्कामाँल्लभते नात्र संशयः
dhūmāvatīṃ tato gacchettrirātramuṣito naraḥ | manasā prārthitānkāmā~llabhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Then one should go to Dhūmāvatī; a man who has stayed there three nights obtains the desires prayed for in his mind—there is no doubt in this.
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PdP 3 28.24
देव्यास्तु दक्षिणार्धे नरथावर्त्तो नराधिप । तत्रागत्य तु धर्मज्ञ श्रद्दधानो जितेंद्रियः
devyāstu dakṣiṇārdhe narathāvartto narādhipa | tatrāgatya tu dharmajña śraddadhāno jiteṃdriyaḥ
But on the southern half of the Goddess (lies) Narathāvartta, O lord of men; coming there, O knower of dharma, full of faith and with senses subdued,
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PdP 3 28.25
महादेवप्रसादेन गच्छेत परमां गतिम् । प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य गच्छेत भरतर्षभ
mahādevaprasādena gaccheta paramāṃ gatim | pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya gaccheta bharatarṣabha
by the grace of Mahādeva one may attain the supreme goal; having circumambulated (the shrine) to the right, one should go on, O bull of the Bharatas.
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