Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 34
PdP 3 34.1
नारद उवाच- तत्रेदं विमलं लिगमोंकारंनाम शोभनम् । यस्य स्मरणमात्रेण मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
nārada uvāca- tatredaṃ vimalaṃ ligamoṃkāraṃnāma śobhanam | yasya smaraṇamātreṇa mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
Nārada said: There is this spotless, beautiful liṅga there named Oṃkāra, by the mere remembrance of which one is freed from all sins.
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PdP 3 34.2
एतत्परतरं ज्ञानं पंचायतनमुत्तमम् । सेवितं मुनिर्भिर्नित्यं वाराणस्यां विमोक्षणम्
etatparataraṃ jñānaṃ paṃcāyatanamuttamam | sevitaṃ munirbhirnityaṃ vārāṇasyāṃ vimokṣaṇam
This is the highest knowledge, the excellent Five-Abodes (liṅga); it is constantly attended upon by sages, and it is the means of release in Vārāṇasī.
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PdP 3 34.3
तत्र साक्षान्महादेवः पंचायतनविग्रहः । रमते भगवान्रुद्रो जंतूनामपवर्गदः
tatra sākṣānmahādevaḥ paṃcāyatanavigrahaḥ | ramate bhagavānrudro jaṃtūnāmapavargadaḥ
There Mahādeva is present in person, having the Five Abodes as his form; there the Lord Rudra takes his delight, the giver of final release to living beings.
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PdP 3 34.4
एतत्पाशुपतं ज्ञानं पंचायतनमुच्यते । तदेतद्विमलं लिगमोंकारं समुपस्थितम्
etatpāśupataṃ jñānaṃ paṃcāyatanamucyate | tadetadvimalaṃ ligamoṃkāraṃ samupasthitam
This knowledge is the Pāśupata (doctrine); it is called the Five Abodes. And this spotless liṅga named Oṃkāra stands (there) present.
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PdP 3 34.5
शांत्यतीता तथा शांतिर्विद्या चैवापरा वरा । प्रतिष्ठा च निवृत्तिश्च पंचात्मं लिंगमैश्वरम्
śāṃtyatītā tathā śāṃtirvidyā caivāparā varā | pratiṣṭhā ca nivṛttiśca paṃcātmaṃ liṃgamaiśvaram
Śāntyatītā (beyond peace), then Śānti (peace), Vidyā (knowledge), Apara (the lower), Pratiṣṭhā (establishment) and Nivṛtti (cessation) — the lordly liṅga is five-souled.
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PdP 3 34.6
पंचानामपि लिंगानां ब्रह्मादीनां समाश्रयम् । ॐकारबोधकं लिंगं पंचायतनमुच्यते
paṃcānāmapi liṃgānāṃ brahmādīnāṃ samāśrayam | oṃkārabodhakaṃ liṃgaṃ paṃcāyatanamucyate
It is the common support of all five liṅgas, of Brahmā and the rest; the liṅga that makes known the syllable Oṃ is called the Five Abodes.
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PdP 3 34.7
संस्मरेदीश्वरं लिंगं पंचायतनमव्ययम् । देहांते परमं ज्योतिरानंदं विशते बुधः
saṃsmaredīśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ paṃcāyatanamavyayam | dehāṃte paramaṃ jyotirānaṃdaṃ viśate budhaḥ
One should call to mind the lordly liṅga, the imperishable Five Abodes; at the end of the body the wise man enters the supreme light, which is bliss.
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PdP 3 34.8
तत्र देवर्षयः पूर्वं सिद्धाब्रह्मर्षयस्तथा । उपास्य देवमीशानमापुरंतः परं पदम्
tatra devarṣayaḥ pūrvaṃ siddhābrahmarṣayastathā | upāsya devamīśānamāpuraṃtaḥ paraṃ padam
There in former times the divine seers, and likewise the Siddhas and brahmin seers, having worshipped the god Īśāna, attained in the end the highest state.
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PdP 3 34.9
मत्स्योदर्यास्तटे पुण्ये स्थानं गुह्यतमं शुभम् । गोचर्ममात्रं राजेंद्र ॐकारेश्वरमुत्तमम्
matsyodaryāstaṭe puṇye sthānaṃ guhyatamaṃ śubham | gocarmamātraṃ rājeṃdra oṃkāreśvaramuttamam
On the holy bank of the Matsyodarī there is a most secret, auspicious place, only a cow's hide in extent, O best of kings: the excellent Oṃkāreśvara.
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PdP 3 34.10
कृत्तिवासेश्वरं लिंगं मध्यमेश्वरमुत्तमम् । विश्वेश्वरं तथोंकारंकंदर्पेश्वरमेव च
kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ madhyameśvaramuttamam | viśveśvaraṃ tathoṃkāraṃkaṃdarpeśvarameva ca
The liṅga Kṛttivāseśvara, the excellent Madhyameśvara, Viśveśvara, and likewise Oṃkāra and Kandarpeśvara,
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PdP 3 34.11
एतानि गुह्यलिंगानि वाराणस्यां युधिष्ठिर । न कश्चिदिह जानाति विना शंभोरनुग्रहात्
etāni guhyaliṃgāni vārāṇasyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira | na kaścidiha jānāti vinā śaṃbhoranugrahāt
these are the secret liṅgas in Vārāṇasī, Yudhiṣṭhira; no one here knows them without Śambhu's grace.
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PdP 3 34.12
कृत्तिवासेश्वरस्यैव माहात्म्यं शृणु पार्थिव । तस्मिन्स्थाने पुरा दैत्यो हस्ती भूत्वा शिवांतिकम्
kṛttivāseśvarasyaiva māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu pārthiva | tasminsthāne purā daityo hastī bhūtvā śivāṃtikam
Hear now, O king, the greatness of Kṛttivāseśvara alone. In that place, long ago, a demon became an elephant and (came) near to Śiva,
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PdP 3 34.13
ब्राह्मणान्हंतुमायातो यत्र नित्यमुपासते । तेषां लिंगान्महादेवः प्रादुरासीत्त्रिलोचनः
brāhmaṇānhaṃtumāyāto yatra nityamupāsate | teṣāṃ liṃgānmahādevaḥ prādurāsīttrilocanaḥ
having come to kill the brahmins who worshipped there daily; out of their liṅga Mahādeva, the three-eyed, appeared.
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PdP 3 34.14
रक्षणार्थं महादेवो भक्तानां भक्तवत्सलः । हत्वा गजाकृतिं दैत्यं शूलेनावज्ञया हरः
rakṣaṇārthaṃ mahādevo bhaktānāṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ | hatvā gajākṛtiṃ daityaṃ śūlenāvajñayā haraḥ
For the protection of his devotees, Mahādeva Hara, who is fond of his devotees, slew with his trident, contemptuously, the demon in the shape of an elephant,
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PdP 3 34.15
वासस्तस्याकरोत्कृत्तिं कृत्तिवासेश्वरस्ततः । तत्र सिद्धिं परां प्राप्ता मुनयो हि युधिष्ठिर
vāsastasyākarotkṛttiṃ kṛttivāseśvarastataḥ | tatra siddhiṃ parāṃ prāptā munayo hi yudhiṣṭhira
and made its hide his garment; hence (he is) Kṛttivāseśvara. There sages indeed attained the highest perfection, Yudhiṣṭhira.
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PdP 3 34.16
तेनैव च शरीरेण प्राप्तास्तत्परमं पदम् । विद्याविद्येश्वरा रुद्राः शिवा ये च प्रकीर्त्तिताः
tenaiva ca śarīreṇa prāptāstatparamaṃ padam | vidyāvidyeśvarā rudrāḥ śivā ye ca prakīrttitāḥ
And with that very body they attained that supreme state. The Vidyeśvaras and Avidyeśvaras, the Rudras and the Śivas who are celebrated,
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PdP 3 34.17
कृत्तिवासेश्वरं लिंगं नित्यमाश्रित्य संस्थिताः । ज्ञात्वा कलियुगं घोरमधर्मबहुलं जनाः
kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ nityamāśritya saṃsthitāḥ | jñātvā kaliyugaṃ ghoramadharmabahulaṃ janāḥ
take refuge always in the liṅga Kṛttivāseśvara and abide there. Knowing that the Kali age is terrible and full of unrighteousness, people
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PdP 3 34.18
कृत्तिवासं न मुंचंति कृतार्थास्ते न संशयः । जन्मांतरसहस्रेण मोक्षो यत्राप्यते न वा
kṛttivāsaṃ na muṃcaṃti kṛtārthāste na saṃśayaḥ | janmāṃtarasahasreṇa mokṣo yatrāpyate na vā
do not leave Kṛttivāsa; they have attained their aim, there is no doubt. Whereas elsewhere release may or may not be obtained in a thousand rebirths,
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PdP 3 34.19
एकेन जन्मना मोक्षः कृत्तिवासेऽत्र लभ्यते । आलयं सर्वसिद्धानामेतत्स्थानं वदंति हि
ekena janmanā mokṣaḥ kṛttivāse'tra labhyate | ālayaṃ sarvasiddhānāmetatsthānaṃ vadaṃti hi
here at Kṛttivāsa release is obtained by a single birth; they indeed call this place the abode of all the Siddhas.
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PdP 3 34.20
गोपितं देवदेवेन महादेवेन शंभुना । युगेयुगे ह्यत्र दांता ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः
gopitaṃ devadevena mahādevena śaṃbhunā | yugeyuge hyatra dāṃtā brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ
It was kept hidden by the god of gods, by Mahādeva Śambhu. In age after age brahmins here, self-controlled, having mastered the Vedas,
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PdP 3 34.21
उपासंते महात्मानं जपंति शतरुद्रियम् । स्तुवंति सततं देवं त्र्यंबकं कृत्तिवाससम् । ध्यायंति हृदये देवं स्थाणुं सर्वांतरं शिवम्
upāsaṃte mahātmānaṃ japaṃti śatarudriyam | stuvaṃti satataṃ devaṃ tryaṃbakaṃ kṛttivāsasam | dhyāyaṃti hṛdaye devaṃ sthāṇuṃ sarvāṃtaraṃ śivam
worship the great-souled one, recite the Śatarudriya, constantly praise the god, the three-eyed one clothed in a hide, and meditate in the heart on the god Sthāṇu, Śiva, who is within all.
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PdP 3 34.22
गायंति सिद्धाः किल गीतकानि वाराणसीं ये निवसंति विप्राः । तेषामथैकेन भवेद्विमुक्तिर्ये कृत्तिवासं शरणं प्रपन्नाः
gāyaṃti siddhāḥ kila gītakāni vārāṇasīṃ ye nivasaṃti viprāḥ | teṣāmathaikena bhavedvimuktirye kṛttivāsaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannāḥ
The Siddhas, it is said, sing songs about those brahmins who dwell in Vārāṇasī: liberation would come to them by this one thing alone — that they have gone for refuge to the Wearer of the Hide.
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PdP 3 34.23
संप्राप्य लोके जगतामभीष्टं सुदुर्लभं विप्रकुलेषु जन्म । ध्याने समाधाय जपंति रुद्रं ध्यायंति चित्ते यतयो महेशम्
saṃprāpya loke jagatāmabhīṣṭaṃ sudurlabhaṃ viprakuleṣu janma | dhyāne samādhāya japaṃti rudraṃ dhyāyaṃti citte yatayo maheśam
Having obtained in this world birth in brahmin families, which is desired by (all) beings and very hard to get, the ascetics, fixing (their minds) in meditation, mutter (the name of) Rudra and meditate in their hearts on Maheśa.
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PdP 3 34.24
आराधयंति प्रभुमीशितारं वाराणसीमध्यगता मुनींद्राः । यजंति यज्ञैरभिसंधिहीनाः स्तुवंति रुद्रं प्रणमंति शंभुम्
ārādhayaṃti prabhumīśitāraṃ vārāṇasīmadhyagatā munīṃdrāḥ | yajaṃti yajñairabhisaṃdhihīnāḥ stuvaṃti rudraṃ praṇamaṃti śaṃbhum
The chief sages, dwelling in the midst of Vārāṇasī, worship the Lord, the Ruler; free of ulterior motive they sacrifice with sacrifices, praise Rudra, and bow to Śambhu.
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PdP 3 34.25
नमो भवायामलयोगधाम्ने स्थाणुं प्रपद्ये गिरिशं पुराणम् । स्मरामि रुद्रं हृदये निविष्टं जाने महादेवमनेकरूपम्
namo bhavāyāmalayogadhāmne sthāṇuṃ prapadye giriśaṃ purāṇam | smarāmi rudraṃ hṛdaye niviṣṭaṃ jāne mahādevamanekarūpam
Homage to Bhava, the abode of stainless yoga; I take refuge in Sthāṇu, the ancient Lord of the Mountain; I remember Rudra seated in my heart; I know Mahādeva, who has many forms.
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