Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 44
PdP 3 44.1
मार्कंडेय उवाच- शृणु राजन्प्रयागस्य माहात्म्यं पुनरेव तु । यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- śṛṇu rājanprayāgasya māhātmyaṃ punareva tu | yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear, O king, once again the greatness of Prayāga, on hearing which one is freed from all sins—there is no doubt of this.
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PdP 3 44.2
मानसं नाम तत्तीर्थं गंगायामुत्तरे तटे । त्रिरात्रोपोषितो भूत्वा सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्
mānasaṃ nāma tattīrthaṃ gaṃgāyāmuttare taṭe | trirātropoṣito bhūtvā sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt
There is that tīrtha named Mānasa on the northern bank of the Gaṅgā; having fasted there for three nights, one would obtain all one's desires.
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PdP 3 44.3
गोभूहिरण्यदानेन यत्फलं प्राप्नुयान्नरः । एतत्फलमवाप्नोति तत्तीर्थं स्मरते पुनः
gobhūhiraṇyadānena yatphalaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ | etatphalamavāpnoti tattīrthaṃ smarate punaḥ
Whatever fruit a man would gain by the gift of cows, land and gold, that fruit he obtains who calls that tīrtha to mind again (and again).
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PdP 3 44.4
अकामो वा सकामो वा गंगायां यो विपद्यते । मृतस्तु भवति स्वर्गे नरकं न च पश्यति
akāmo vā sakāmo vā gaṃgāyāṃ yo vipadyate | mṛtastu bhavati svarge narakaṃ na ca paśyati
Whether without intention or with intention, whoever perishes in the Gaṅgā—though dead, he comes to be in heaven, and he does not see hell.
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PdP 3 44.5
अप्सरोगणसंगीतैः सुप्तोऽसौ प्रतिबुध्यते । हंससारसयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति
apsarogaṇasaṃgītaiḥ supto'sau pratibudhyate | haṃsasārasayuktena vimānena sa gacchati
He, having slept, is awakened by the songs of the throngs of apsarases; he travels in a flying chariot yoked with geese and cranes.
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PdP 3 44.6
बहुवर्षाणि राजेन्द्र षट्सहस्राणि भुंजते । ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टः क्षीणकर्मा दिवश्च्युतः
bahuvarṣāṇi rājendra ṣaṭsahasrāṇi bhuṃjate | tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭaḥ kṣīṇakarmā divaścyutaḥ
For many years, O best of kings—six thousand—he enjoys (heaven); then, fallen away from heaven, his karma exhausted, dropped from the sky,
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PdP 3 44.7
सुवर्णमणिमुक्ताढ्ये जायते स महाकुले । षष्टितीर्थसहस्राणि षष्टितीर्थशतानि च
suvarṇamaṇimuktāḍhye jāyate sa mahākule | ṣaṣṭitīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭitīrthaśatāni ca
he is born in a great family rich in gold, gems and pearls. Sixty thousand tīrthas and sixty hundred tīrthas
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PdP 3 44.8
माघेमासि गमिष्यंति गंगायमुनसंगमे । गवां शतसहस्रस्य सम्यग्दत्तस्य यत्फलम्
māghemāsi gamiṣyaṃti gaṃgāyamunasaṃgame | gavāṃ śatasahasrasya samyagdattasya yatphalam
will go, in the month of Māgha, to the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā. Whatever fruit belongs to a hundred thousand cows properly given,
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PdP 3 44.9
प्रयागे माघमासे तु त्र्यहंस्नानस्य तत्फलम् । गंगायमुनयोर्मध्ये पंचाग्निं यस्तु साधयेत्
prayāge māghamāse tu tryahaṃsnānasya tatphalam | gaṃgāyamunayormadhye paṃcāgniṃ yastu sādhayet
that is the fruit of a three-day bath at Prayāga in the month of Māgha. And he who carries out the five-fire (austerity) between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā,
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PdP 3 44.10
अहीनांगो ह्यरोगश्च पंचेन्द्रियसमन्वितः । यावंति रोमकूपाणि तस्य गात्रस्य देहिनः
ahīnāṃgo hyarogaśca paṃcendriyasamanvitaḥ | yāvaṃti romakūpāṇi tasya gātrasya dehinaḥ
not lacking a limb, free from disease, and endowed with the five senses—as many as are the hair-pores of that embodied person's body,
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PdP 3 44.11
तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते । ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो जंबूद्वीपपतिर्भवेत्
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate | tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jaṃbūdvīpapatirbhavet
for that many thousands of years is he honoured in the world of heaven; then, fallen away from heaven, he becomes lord of Jambūdvīpa.
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PdP 3 44.12
स भुक्त्वा विपुलान्भोगांस्तत्तीर्थं भजते नरः । जलप्रवेशं यः कुर्यात्संगमे लोकविश्रुते
sa bhuktvā vipulānbhogāṃstattīrthaṃ bhajate naraḥ | jalapraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryātsaṃgame lokaviśrute
That man, having enjoyed abundant pleasures, resorts (again) to that sacred ford. And he who enters the water at the confluence renowned in the world—
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PdP 3 44.13
राहुग्रस्तो यथा सोमो विमुक्तः सर्वपातकैः । सोमलोकमवाप्नोति सोमेन सह मोदते
rāhugrasto yathā somo vimuktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ | somalokamavāpnoti somena saha modate
just as the moon seized by Rāhu (is released), so he is freed from all sins; he attains the world of Soma and rejoices together with Soma.
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PdP 3 44.14
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिवर्षशतानि च । स्वर्गलोकमवाप्नोति ऋषिगंधर्वसेवितः
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭivarṣaśatāni ca | svargalokamavāpnoti ṛṣigaṃdharvasevitaḥ
For sixty thousand years and sixty hundred years he is honoured in the world of heaven, attended by sages and gandharvas.
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PdP 3 44.15
परिभ्रष्टस्तु राजेंद्र समृद्धे जायते कुले । अधःशिरास्तु यो ज्वालामूर्ध्वपादः पिबेन्नरः
paribhraṣṭastu rājeṃdra samṛddhe jāyate kule | adhaḥśirāstu yo jvālāmūrdhvapādaḥ pibennaraḥ
But when he falls from there, O best of kings, he is born in a prosperous family. And the man who, head downward and feet upward, would drink flame—
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PdP 3 44.16
शतं वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते । परिभ्रष्टस्तु राजेंद्र अग्निहोत्री भवेन्नरः
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate | paribhraṣṭastu rājeṃdra agnihotrī bhavennaraḥ
for a hundred thousand years he is honoured in the world of heaven; and when he falls from there, O best of kings, the man becomes a maintainer of the sacred fire.
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PdP 3 44.17
भुक्त्वा तु विपुलान्भोगांस्तत्तीर्थं भजते नरः । यस्तु देहं विकर्तित्वा शकुनिभ्यः प्रयच्छति
bhuktvā tu vipulānbhogāṃstattīrthaṃ bhajate naraḥ | yastu dehaṃ vikartitvā śakunibhyaḥ prayacchati
And having enjoyed abundant pleasures, the man resorts (again) to that sacred ford. But he who, cutting up his body, offers it to the birds—
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PdP 3 44.18
विहंगैरुपभुक्तस्य शृणु तस्यापि यत्फलम् । शतं वर्षसहस्राणां सोमलोके महीयते
vihaṃgairupabhuktasya śṛṇu tasyāpi yatphalam | śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ somaloke mahīyate
hear what the fruit is also of him who is devoured by the birds: for a hundred thousand years he is honoured in the world of Soma.
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PdP 3 44.19
ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो राजा भवति धार्मिकः । गुणवान्रूपसंपन्नो विद्वान्सुप्रियदेहवान्
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ | guṇavānrūpasaṃpanno vidvānsupriyadehavān
Then, fallen from that heaven, he becomes a righteous king, endowed with virtues, possessed of beauty, learned, and having a very pleasing body.
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PdP 3 44.20
भुक्त्वा तु विपुलान्भोगांस्तत्तीर्थं भजते पुनः । यामुने चोत्तरे कूले प्रयागस्य तु दक्षिणे
bhuktvā tu vipulānbhogāṃstattīrthaṃ bhajate punaḥ | yāmune cottare kūle prayāgasya tu dakṣiṇe
And having enjoyed abundant pleasures, he resorts to that sacred ford again. On the northern bank of the Yamunā, but to the south of Prayāga,
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PdP 3 44.21
ऋणप्रमोचनं नाम तीर्थं तत्परमं स्मृतम् । एकरात्रोषितो भूत्वा ऋणैः सर्वैः प्रमुच्यते
ṛṇapramocanaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ tatparamaṃ smṛtam | ekarātroṣito bhūtvā ṛṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ pramucyate
there is the ford named Ṛṇapramocana (Release from Debts), which is held to be supreme. Having stayed there a single night, one is released from all debts;
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PdP 3 44.22
सूर्यलोकमवाप्नोति अनृणी च सदा भवेत्
sūryalokamavāpnoti anṛṇī ca sadā bhavet
he attains the world of the sun and remains ever free of debt.
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