Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 42
PdP 3 42.1
मार्कंडेय उवाच- शृणु राजन्प्रयागस्य माहात्म्यं पुनरेव तु । यं गत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- śṛṇu rājanprayāgasya māhātmyaṃ punareva tu | yaṃ gatvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear once again, O king, the greatness of Prayāga, going to which one is freed from all sins — of this there is no doubt.
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PdP 3 42.2
आर्तानां च दरिद्राणां निश्चितव्यवसायिनाम् । स्थानं मुक्त्वा प्रयागं तु नाक्षयं तु कदाचन
ārtānāṃ ca daridrāṇāṃ niścitavyavasāyinām | sthānaṃ muktvā prayāgaṃ tu nākṣayaṃ tu kadācana
For the afflicted, for the poor, and for those of settled resolve, apart from the place Prayāga there is never anything imperishable.
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PdP 3 42.3
गंगायमुनमासाद्य यस्तु प्राणान्परित्यजेत् । दीप्तकांचनवर्णाभे विमाने सूर्यवर्चसि
gaṃgāyamunamāsādya yastu prāṇānparityajet | dīptakāṃcanavarṇābhe vimāne sūryavarcasi
Whoever, having reached the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, gives up his life-breaths, (rides) in a celestial car of blazing golden hue, with the radiance of the sun;
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PdP 3 42.4
गंधर्वाप्सरसां मध्ये स्वर्गे मोदति मानवः । ईप्सिताँल्लभतेकामान्वदंति ऋषिपुंगवाः
gaṃdharvāpsarasāṃ madhye svarge modati mānavaḥ | īpsitā~llabhatekāmānvadaṃti ṛṣipuṃgavāḥ
the man rejoices in heaven among the gandharvas and apsarases; he obtains the desires he has wished for — so say the bulls among seers.
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PdP 3 42.5
सर्वरत्नमयैर्दिव्यैर्नानाध्वजसमाकुलैः । वरांगना समाकीर्णैर्मोदते शुभलक्षणैः
sarvaratnamayairdivyairnānādhvajasamākulaiḥ | varāṃganā samākīrṇairmodate śubhalakṣaṇaiḥ
He rejoices in (celestial cars) made of all jewels, divine, thronged with many banners, crowded with lovely women, of auspicious marks;
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PdP 3 42.6
गीतवादित्रनिर्घोषैः प्रसुप्तः प्रतिबुध्यते । यावन्न स्मरते जन्म तावत्स्वर्गे महीयते
gītavāditranirghoṣaiḥ prasuptaḥ pratibudhyate | yāvanna smarate janma tāvatsvarge mahīyate
Asleep, he is awakened by the sounds of singing and instruments; so long as he does not remember (his former) birth, so long is he honoured in heaven.
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PdP 3 42.7
तत्र स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टः क्षीणकर्म्मा दिवश्च्युतः । हिरण्यरत्नसंपूर्णे समृद्धे जायते कुले
tatra svargātparibhraṣṭaḥ kṣīṇakarmmā divaścyutaḥ | hiraṇyaratnasaṃpūrṇe samṛddhe jāyate kule
Then, cast down from heaven, his (store of) merit exhausted, fallen from the sky, he is born in a prosperous family full of gold and jewels.
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PdP 3 42.8
तदेव स्मरते तीर्थं स्मरणात्तत्र गच्छति । देशस्थो यदि वारण्ये विदेशे यदि वा गृहे
tadeva smarate tīrthaṃ smaraṇāttatra gacchati | deśastho yadi vāraṇye videśe yadi vā gṛhe
He remembers that very tīrtha, and by remembering it he goes there — whether he is in his own country or in the forest, in a foreign land or at home.
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PdP 3 42.9
प्रयागं स्मरमात्रोपि यस्तु प्राणान्परित्यजेत् । स ब्रह्मलोकमाप्नोति वदंति ऋषिपुंगवाः
prayāgaṃ smaramātropi yastu prāṇānparityajet | sa brahmalokamāpnoti vadaṃti ṛṣipuṃgavāḥ
Whoever gives up his life-breaths merely while remembering Prayāga, he attains the world of Brahmā — so say the bulls among seers,
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PdP 3 42.10
सर्वकामफलावृत्ता मही यत्र हिरण्मयी । ऋषयो मुनयः सिद्धा यत्र लोके प्रगच्छति
sarvakāmaphalāvṛttā mahī yatra hiraṇmayī | ṛṣayo munayaḥ siddhā yatra loke pragacchati
where the earth is golden and yields the fruit of every desire, to which world the seers, the sages and the siddhas go.
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PdP 3 42.11
स्त्रीसहस्रा कुले रम्ये मंदाकिन्यास्तटे शुभे । मोदते ऋषिभिः सार्द्धं स्वकृतेनेह कर्मणा
strīsahasrā kule ramye maṃdākinyāstaṭe śubhe | modate ṛṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ svakṛteneha karmaṇā
With a thousand women, in a delightful abode on the fair bank of the Mandākinī, he rejoices together with the seers, by the deed he himself has done here.
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PdP 3 42.12
सिद्धचारणगन्धर्वैः पूज्यते दिवि दैवतैः । ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो जंबुद्वीपपतिर्भवेत्
siddhacāraṇagandharvaiḥ pūjyate divi daivataiḥ | tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jaṃbudvīpapatirbhavet
He is honoured in heaven by siddhas, cāraṇas and gandharvas, and by the deities; then, when he falls from heaven, he becomes lord of Jambudvīpa.
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PdP 3 42.13
ततः शुभानि कर्माणि चिंतयानः पुनः पुनः । गुणवान्वित्तसंपन्नो भवतीह न संशयः
tataḥ śubhāni karmāṇi ciṃtayānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ | guṇavānvittasaṃpanno bhavatīha na saṃśayaḥ
Then, pondering meritorious deeds again and again, he becomes here a man of good qualities and rich in wealth — there is no doubt of it.
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PdP 3 42.14
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा सत्यधर्मप्रतिष्ठितः । गंगायमुनयोर्मध्ये यस्तु दानं प्रयच्छति
karmaṇā manasā vācā satyadharmapratiṣṭhitaḥ | gaṃgāyamunayormadhye yastu dānaṃ prayacchati
He who, established in truth and dharma in deed, thought and speech, bestows a gift between the Ganges and the Yamunā —
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PdP 3 42.15
सुवर्णंमणिमुक्तां वा यदि धान्यं प्रतिग्रहम् । स्वकार्ये पितृकार्ये वा देवताभ्यर्चनेऽपि वा
suvarṇaṃmaṇimuktāṃ vā yadi dhānyaṃ pratigraham | svakārye pitṛkārye vā devatābhyarcane'pi vā
If (he takes) as a gift gold, a gem, a pearl, or grain, whether for his own purpose, or for the rites of the ancestors, or even for the worship of the gods —
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PdP 3 42.16
निष्फलं तस्य तत्तीर्थं यावत्तत्फलमश्नुते । एवं तीर्थेन गृह्णीयात् पुण्येष्वायतनेषु च
niṣphalaṃ tasya tattīrthaṃ yāvattatphalamaśnute | evaṃ tīrthena gṛhṇīyāt puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca
that pilgrimage-place becomes fruitless for him for as long as he enjoys that (accepted) gift's fruit. In this way one should receive (only) by means of the tīrtha, and at holy shrines.
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PdP 3 42.17
निमित्तेषु च सर्वेषु अप्रमत्तो द्विजो भवेत् । कपिलां पाटलावर्णां प्रयागे यः प्रयच्छति
nimitteṣu ca sarveṣu apramatto dvijo bhavet | kapilāṃ pāṭalāvarṇāṃ prayāge yaḥ prayacchati
And in all matters requiring attention the twice-born should be undistracted. He who at Prayāga bestows a tawny cow of pinkish colour,
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PdP 3 42.18
स्वर्णशृंगीं रौप्यखुरां चैलकंठीं पयस्विनीम् । प्रयागे श्रोत्रियं साधुं ग्राहयित्वा यथाविधि
svarṇaśṛṃgīṃ raupyakhurāṃ cailakaṃṭhīṃ payasvinīm | prayāge śrotriyaṃ sādhuṃ grāhayitvā yathāvidhi
with horns (gilded) in gold, hooves (shod) in silver, a cloth about her neck, and rich in milk — having, according to the rule, caused a good Vedic-learned brahmin at Prayāga to accept her —
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PdP 3 42.19
शुक्लांबरधरं शांतं धर्मज्ञं वेदपारगम् । सा गौस्तस्मै च दातव्या गंगायमुनसंगमे
śuklāṃbaradharaṃ śāṃtaṃ dharmajñaṃ vedapāragam | sā gaustasmai ca dātavyā gaṃgāyamunasaṃgame
one clothed in white, calm, knowing dharma, who has gone to the far shore of the Vedas: to him that cow is to be given, at the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamunā,
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PdP 3 42.20
वासांसि च महार्हाणि रत्नानि विविधानि च । यावद्रोमाणि तस्या गोः संति गात्रेषु सत्तम
vāsāṃsi ca mahārhāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca | yāvadromāṇi tasyā goḥ saṃti gātreṣu sattama
and also very costly garments and jewels of various kinds. As many hairs as there are on the limbs of that cow, O best of the good,
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PdP 3 42.21
तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते । यत्रासौ लभते जन्म सा गौस्तत्राभिजायते
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate | yatrāsau labhate janma sā gaustatrābhijāyate
for that many thousands of years he is honoured in the world of heaven; and wherever he obtains birth, there that cow too is born.
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PdP 3 42.22
न च पश्यत्यसौ घोरं नरकं तेन कर्मणा । उत्तरान्स कुरून्प्राप्य मोदते कालमक्षयम्
na ca paśyatyasau ghoraṃ narakaṃ tena karmaṇā | uttarānsa kurūnprāpya modate kālamakṣayam
Nor does he, by that deed, see the dreadful hell; reaching the Northern Kurus he rejoices for endless time.
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PdP 3 42.23
गवां शतसहस्रेभ्यो दद्यादेकां पयस्विनीम् । पुत्रान्दारान्तथा भृत्यान्गौरेका प्रतितारयेत्
gavāṃ śatasahasrebhyo dadyādekāṃ payasvinīm | putrāndārāntathā bhṛtyāngaurekā pratitārayet
Rather than a hundred thousand cows, one should give a single milk-giving cow; a single cow carries across sons, wives, and servants alike.
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PdP 3 42.24
तस्मात्सर्वेषु दानेषु गोदानं तु विशिष्यते । दुर्गमे विषमे घोरे महापातकसंभवे । गौरेव रक्षां कुरुते तस्माद्देया द्विजातये
tasmātsarveṣu dāneṣu godānaṃ tu viśiṣyate | durgame viṣame ghore mahāpātakasaṃbhave | gaureva rakṣāṃ kurute tasmāddeyā dvijātaye
Therefore among all gifts the gift of a cow is pre-eminent. In a hard, rough, dreadful (place) where great sin arises, the cow alone affords protection; therefore she should be given to a brahmin.
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