Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 41
PdP 3 41.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच- भगवञ्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि पुराकल्पे यथास्थितम् । कथं प्रयागगमनं नराणां तत्र कीदृशम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- bhagavañchrotumicchāmi purākalpe yathāsthitam | kathaṃ prayāgagamanaṃ narāṇāṃ tatra kīdṛśam
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Lord, I wish to hear how it stood in the former age: how is the going to Prayāga, and of what kind (is the reward) of men there?
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PdP 3 41.2
मृतानां का गतिस्तत्र स्नातानां चैव किं फलम् । ये वसंति प्रयागे तु ब्रूहि तेषां च किं फलम् । एतन्मे सर्वमाख्याहि परं कौतूहलं हि मे
mṛtānāṃ kā gatistatra snātānāṃ caiva kiṃ phalam | ye vasaṃti prayāge tu brūhi teṣāṃ ca kiṃ phalam | etanme sarvamākhyāhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
What is the destiny there of those who die, and what the fruit for those who bathe? And tell too what the fruit is for those who dwell at Prayāga. Tell me all this, for my curiosity is great.
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PdP 3 41.3
मार्कंडेय उवाच- कथयिष्यामि ते वत्स नाथेष्टं यच्च यत्फलम् । पुरा ऋषीणां विप्राणां कथ्यमानं मया श्रुतम्
mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- kathayiṣyāmi te vatsa nātheṣṭaṃ yacca yatphalam | purā ṛṣīṇāṃ viprāṇāṃ kathyamānaṃ mayā śrutam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: I shall tell you, child, what is desired and what its fruit is — (that) which I heard long ago being told among the ṛṣis and brahmins.
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PdP 3 41.4
आप्रयागात्प्रतिष्ठानाद्धर्मकी वासुकी ह्रदात् । कंबलाश्वतरौ नागौ नागाश्च बहुमूलिकाः
āprayāgātpratiṣṭhānāddharmakī vāsukī hradāt | kaṃbalāśvatarau nāgau nāgāśca bahumūlikāḥ
From Prayāga (extending) from Pratiṣṭhāna, from the Dharmakī and Vāsukī pool, (there are) the two nāgas Kambala and Aśvatara, and nāgas with many roots (or: many-rooted plants).
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PdP 3 41.5
एतत्प्रजापतिक्षेत्रं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । अत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यांति ये मृतास्तेऽपुनर्भवाः
etatprajāpatikṣetraṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | atra snātvā divaṃ yāṃti ye mṛtāste'punarbhavāḥ
This is the field of Prajāpati, renowned in the three worlds. Having bathed here, (men) go to heaven; those who die (here) are not born again.
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PdP 3 41.6
तत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा रक्षां कुर्वंति संगताः । अन्ये च बहवस्तीर्थाः सर्वपापप्रणाशनाः
tatra brahmādayo devā rakṣāṃ kurvaṃti saṃgatāḥ | anye ca bahavastīrthāḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanāḥ
There Brahmā and the other gods, assembled, keep guard; and there are many other sacred fords that destroy all sins.
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PdP 3 41.7
न शक्याः कथितुं राजन्बहुवर्षशतैरपि । संक्षेपेण प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रयागस्य च कीर्त्तनम्
na śakyāḥ kathituṃ rājanbahuvarṣaśatairapi | saṃkṣepeṇa pravakṣyāmi prayāgasya ca kīrttanam
They cannot be told, O king, even in many hundreds of years. In brief I shall declare the praise of Prayāga.
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PdP 3 41.8
षष्टिर्धनुः सहस्राणि परिरक्षंति जाह्नवीम् । यमुनां रक्षति सदा सविता सप्तवाहनः
ṣaṣṭirdhanuḥ sahasrāṇi parirakṣaṃti jāhnavīm | yamunāṃ rakṣati sadā savitā saptavāhanaḥ
Sixty thousand bows (of extent) they guard the Jāhnavī; the Sun with his seven steeds ever guards the Yamunā.
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PdP 3 41.9
प्रयागं तु विशेषेण स्वयं रक्षति वासवः । मंडलं रक्षति हरिर्देवैः सह सुसंमतम्
prayāgaṃ tu viśeṣeṇa svayaṃ rakṣati vāsavaḥ | maṃḍalaṃ rakṣati harirdevaiḥ saha susaṃmatam
But Prayāga in particular Vāsava (Indra) himself guards; Hari together with the gods guards the highly esteemed circle (of the region).
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PdP 3 41.10
तं वटं रक्षते नित्यं शूलपाणिर्महेश्वरः । स्थानं रक्षति वै देवः सर्वपापहरं शुभम्
taṃ vaṭaṃ rakṣate nityaṃ śūlapāṇirmaheśvaraḥ | sthānaṃ rakṣati vai devaḥ sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham
That banyan tree the great lord Maheśvara, trident in hand, guards perpetually; the god guards that auspicious place which removes all sins.
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PdP 3 41.11
अधर्मेण वृतो लोके नैव गच्छति तत्पदम् । स्वल्पमल्पतरं पापं यदा तस्य नराधिप
adharmeṇa vṛto loke naiva gacchati tatpadam | svalpamalpataraṃ pāpaṃ yadā tasya narādhipa
One enveloped by unrighteousness in the world does not go to that place at all. When his sin is little, or very little, O ruler of men,
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PdP 3 41.12
प्रयागस्मरमाणस्य सर्वमायाति संक्षयम् । दर्शनात्तस्य तीर्थस्य नामसंकीर्तनादपि
prayāgasmaramāṇasya sarvamāyāti saṃkṣayam | darśanāttasya tīrthasya nāmasaṃkīrtanādapi
for one who remembers Prayāga it all comes to destruction — by the sight of that ford, and even by the recitation of its name,
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PdP 3 41.13
मृत्तिका लभनाद्वापि नरः पापाद्विमुच्यते । पंचकुंडानि राजेंद्र येषां मध्ये तु जाह्नवी
mṛttikā labhanādvāpi naraḥ pāpādvimucyate | paṃcakuṃḍāni rājeṃdra yeṣāṃ madhye tu jāhnavī
or even by obtaining its clay, a man is freed from sin. There are five pools, O lord of kings, in the midst of which is the Jāhnavī.
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PdP 3 41.14
प्रयागे तु प्रविष्टस्य पापं क्षरति तत्क्षणात् । योजनानां सहस्रेषु गंगां स्मरति यो नरः
prayāge tu praviṣṭasya pāpaṃ kṣarati tatkṣaṇāt | yojanānāṃ sahasreṣu gaṃgāṃ smarati yo naraḥ
For one who has entered Prayāga, sin melts away that very instant. The man who, thousands of leagues away, remembers the Gaṅgā —
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PdP 3 41.15
अपि दुष्कृतकर्मासौ लभते परमां गतिम् । कीर्तनान्मुच्यते पापैर्दृष्ट्वा भद्राणि पश्यति
api duṣkṛtakarmāsau labhate paramāṃ gatim | kīrtanānmucyate pāpairdṛṣṭvā bhadrāṇi paśyati
Even a man of evil deeds attains the highest goal; by proclaiming (her name) he is released from his sins, and by seeing (her) he sees good fortune.
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PdP 3 41.16
अवगाह्य च पीत्वा च पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम् । सत्यवादी जितक्रोधो अहिंसां परमास्थितः
avagāhya ca pītvā ca punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam | satyavādī jitakrodho ahiṃsāṃ paramāsthitaḥ
And having plunged in and drunk (of her), he purifies his family up to the seventh (generation). Truthful, with anger conquered, firmly set on non-injury (as the highest),
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PdP 3 41.17
धर्मानुसारी तत्त्वज्ञो गोब्राह्मणहिते रतः । गंगायमुनयोर्मध्ये स्नातो मुच्येत किल्बिषात्
dharmānusārī tattvajño gobrāhmaṇahite rataḥ | gaṃgāyamunayormadhye snāto mucyeta kilbiṣāt
following dharma, knowing the truth, devoted to the welfare of cows and brahmins — having bathed between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, he would be freed from guilt.
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PdP 3 41.18
मनसा चिंतितान्कामान्सम्यक्प्राप्नोति पुष्कलान् । ततो गत्त्वा प्रयागं तु सर्वदेवाभिरक्षितम्
manasā ciṃtitānkāmānsamyakprāpnoti puṣkalān | tato gattvā prayāgaṃ tu sarvadevābhirakṣitam
He obtains fully and abundantly the desires thought of in his mind. And then, having gone to Prayāga, which is guarded by all the gods,
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PdP 3 41.19
ब्रह्मचारी वसेन्मासं पितृदेवांश्च तर्पयेत् । ईप्सिताँल्लभते कामान्यत्र तत्राभिजायते
brahmacārī vasenmāsaṃ pitṛdevāṃśca tarpayet | īpsitā~llabhate kāmānyatra tatrābhijāyate
living as a celibate he should stay a month and should satisfy the fathers and the gods; he obtains the desires he has wished for, wherever he may be born.
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PdP 3 41.20
तपनस्य सुता देवी त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता । समागता महाभागा यमुना यत्र निम्नगाः
tapanasya sutā devī triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā | samāgatā mahābhāgā yamunā yatra nimnagāḥ
The goddess, daughter of the Sun, renowned in the three worlds, the greatly blessed Yamunā — where the rivers have come together,
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PdP 3 41.21
तत्र सन्निहितो नित्यं साक्षाद्देवो महेश्वरः । दुष्प्रापं मानुषैः पुण्यं प्रयागं तु युधिष्ठिर
tatra sannihito nityaṃ sākṣāddevo maheśvaraḥ | duṣprāpaṃ mānuṣaiḥ puṇyaṃ prayāgaṃ tu yudhiṣṭhira
there the god Maheśvara himself is always present. Prayāga is holy and hard for men to reach, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
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PdP 3 41.22
देवदानवगंधर्वा ऋषयः सिद्धचारणाः । तत्रोपस्पृश्य राजेंद्र स्वर्गलोके महीयते
devadānavagaṃdharvā ṛṣayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ | tatropaspṛśya rājeṃdra svargaloke mahīyate
Gods, dānavas, gandharvas, seers, siddhas and cāraṇas (are there); having touched (its water) there, O lord of kings, one is honoured in the world of heaven.
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