Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 45

PdP 3 45.1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच- एतच्छ्रुत्वा प्रयागस्य यत्त्वया कीर्तनं कृतम् । विशुद्धमेतद्धृदयं प्रयागस्य च कीर्तनात् । अनाशकफलं ब्रूहि भगवंस्तत्र कीदृशम्

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- etacchrutvā prayāgasya yattvayā kīrtanaṃ kṛtam | viśuddhametaddhṛdayaṃ prayāgasya ca kīrtanāt | anāśakaphalaṃ brūhi bhagavaṃstatra kīdṛśam

Yudhiṣṭhira said: Having heard this praise of Prayāga which you have made—and by the praise of Prayāga this heart (of mine) has been purified—tell me, Lord, of what kind is the fruit of fasting there.

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PdP 3 45.2

मार्कंडेय उवाच- शृणु राजन्प्रयागे तु अनाशकफलं विभो । प्राप्नोति पुरुषो धीमान्श्रद्दधानश्च यादृशम्

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- śṛṇu rājanprayāge tu anāśakaphalaṃ vibho | prāpnoti puruṣo dhīmānśraddadhānaśca yādṛśam

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear, O king, O mighty one, of what kind is the fruit of fasting at Prayāga which a wise and faithful man obtains.

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PdP 3 45.3

अहीनांगो विरोगश्च पंचेंद्रियसमन्वितः । अश्वमेधफलं तस्य गच्छतस्तु पदे पदे

ahīnāṃgo virogaśca paṃceṃdriyasamanvitaḥ | aśvamedhaphalaṃ tasya gacchatastu pade pade

He is not defective in limb, free of disease, and endowed with the five senses; and for him, as he walks, there is the fruit of a horse sacrifice at every step.

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PdP 3 45.4

कुलानि तारयेद्राजन्दशपूर्वान्दशापरान् । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो गच्छेत परमं पदम्

kulāni tārayedrājandaśapūrvāndaśāparān | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo gaccheta paramaṃ padam

He would ferry across his families, O king, ten generations before and ten after; he is freed from all sins and would attain the highest state.

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PdP 3 45.5

युधिष्ठिर उवाच- महाभागोसि धर्मज्ञ दानं वदसि मे प्रभो । अल्पेनैव प्रधानेन बहून्धर्मानवाप्नुयात्

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- mahābhāgosi dharmajña dānaṃ vadasi me prabho | alpenaiva pradhānena bahūndharmānavāpnuyāt

Yudhiṣṭhira said: You are greatly blessed, O knower of dharma; you speak to me of giving, O lord—that by a small chief act one may obtain many merits.

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PdP 3 45.6

अश्वमेधस्तु बहुभिः सुकृतैः प्राप्यते इह । एतन्मे संशयं ब्रूहि परं कौतूहलं हि मे

aśvamedhastu bahubhiḥ sukṛtaiḥ prāpyate iha | etanme saṃśayaṃ brūhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

But a horse sacrifice is obtained here by many good deeds. Resolve this doubt of mine, for my curiosity is great.

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PdP 3 45.7

मार्कंडेय उवाच- शृणु राजन्महावीर युदुक्तं पद्मयोनिना । ऋषीणां सन्निधौ पूर्वं कथ्यमानं मया श्रुतम्

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- śṛṇu rājanmahāvīra yuduktaṃ padmayoninā | ṛṣīṇāṃ sannidhau pūrvaṃ kathyamānaṃ mayā śrutam

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear, O king, O great hero, what was spoken by the lotus-born (Brahmā); it was told formerly in the presence of the sages, and I heard it.

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PdP 3 45.8

पंचयोजनविस्तीर्णं प्रयागस्य तु मंडलम् । प्रविशंस्तस्य तद्भूमावश्वमेधं पदे पदे

paṃcayojanavistīrṇaṃ prayāgasya tu maṃḍalam | praviśaṃstasya tadbhūmāvaśvamedhaṃ pade pade

The circuit of Prayāga is five yojanas in extent; for one entering upon that ground of his (i.e., of that place), there is a horse sacrifice at every step.

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PdP 3 45.9

व्यतीतान्पुरुषान्सप्त भविष्यांश्च चतुर्दश । नरस्तारयते सर्वान्यस्तु प्राणान्परित्यजेत्

vyatītānpuruṣānsapta bhaviṣyāṃśca caturdaśa | narastārayate sarvānyastu prāṇānparityajet

Seven men past and fourteen to come—all these a man ferries across, who gives up his life (there).

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PdP 3 45.10

एवं ज्ञात्वा तु राजेंद्र सदा श्रद्धापरो भवेत् । अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषाः पापोपहतचेतसः । न प्राप्नुवंति तत्स्थानं प्रयागं देवनिर्मितम्

evaṃ jñātvā tu rājeṃdra sadā śraddhāparo bhavet | aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣāḥ pāpopahatacetasaḥ | na prāpnuvaṃti tatsthānaṃ prayāgaṃ devanirmitam

Knowing this, O lord of kings, one should ever be devoted to faith. Men without faith, whose minds are ruined by sin, do not reach that place, Prayāga, fashioned by the gods.

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PdP 3 45.11

युधिष्ठिर उवाच- स्नेहाद्वा द्रव्यलोभाद्वा ये तु कामवशं गताः । कथं तीर्थफलं तेषां कथं पुण्यमवाप्नुयुः

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- snehādvā dravyalobhādvā ye tu kāmavaśaṃ gatāḥ | kathaṃ tīrthaphalaṃ teṣāṃ kathaṃ puṇyamavāpnuyuḥ

Yudhiṣṭhira said: But those who, out of affection or out of greed for wealth, have fallen under the sway of desire — how is there for them the fruit of the sacred ford? How would they obtain merit?

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PdP 3 45.12

विक्रयं सर्वभांडानां कार्याकार्यमजानतः । प्रयागे का गतिस्तस्य एवं ब्रूहि महामुने

vikrayaṃ sarvabhāṃḍānāṃ kāryākāryamajānataḥ | prayāge kā gatistasya evaṃ brūhi mahāmune

(And for a man engaged in) the sale of all sorts of wares, who does not know what should and should not be done — what is his destiny at Prayāga? Tell me this, great sage.

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PdP 3 45.13

मार्कंडेय उवाच- शृणु राजन्महागुह्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । मासं वसंस्तु राजेंद्र प्रयागे नियतेंद्रियः

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- śṛṇu rājanmahāguhyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | māsaṃ vasaṃstu rājeṃdra prayāge niyateṃdriyaḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear, O king, the great secret that destroys all sins: dwelling for a month at Prayāga, O lord of kings, with senses restrained,

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PdP 3 45.14

मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यः यथादिष्टं स्वयंभुवा । शुचिस्तु प्रयतो भूत्वाऽहिंसकः श्रद्धयान्वितः

mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ yathādiṣṭaṃ svayaṃbhuvā | śucistu prayato bhūtvā'hiṃsakaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ

he is freed from all sins, as was ordained by the Self-existent one. Being pure and self-controlled, doing no harm, endowed with faith,

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PdP 3 45.15

मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यः स गच्छेत्परमं पदम् । विश्रंभघातकानां तु प्रयागे शृणु तत्फलम्

mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ sa gacchetparamaṃ padam | viśraṃbhaghātakānāṃ tu prayāge śṛṇu tatphalam

he is freed from all sins and goes to the highest state. But of those who kill (someone) who trusted them — hear the fruit of that at Prayāga.

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PdP 3 45.16

त्रिकालमेव स्नायीत आहारं भैक्ष्यमाचरेत् । त्रिभिर्मासैः प्रमुच्येत प्रयागात्तु न संशयः

trikālameva snāyīta āhāraṃ bhaikṣyamācaret | tribhirmāsaiḥ pramucyeta prayāgāttu na saṃśayaḥ

He should bathe at the three times of day and take his food as alms; in three months he would be released, through Prayāga — there is no doubt of it.

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PdP 3 45.17

प्रज्ञानेन तु यस्येह तीर्थयात्रादिकं भवेत् । सर्वकामसमृद्धस्तु स्वर्गलोके महीयते

prajñānena tu yasyeha tīrthayātrādikaṃ bhavet | sarvakāmasamṛddhastu svargaloke mahīyate

But he whose pilgrimage to sacred fords and the rest is made here with knowledge, being enriched with all his desires, is honoured in the world of heaven.

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PdP 3 45.18

स्थानं स लभते नित्यं धनधान्यसमाकुलम् । एवं ज्ञानेन संपूर्णः सदा भवति भोगवान्

sthānaṃ sa labhate nityaṃ dhanadhānyasamākulam | evaṃ jñānena saṃpūrṇaḥ sadā bhavati bhogavān

He obtains a lasting dwelling, filled with wealth and grain; thus, full of knowledge, he is always one who enjoys good things.

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PdP 3 45.19

तारिताः पितरस्तेन नरकात्प्रपितामहाः । धर्मानुसारे तत्त्वज्ञ पृच्छतस्ते पुनः पुनः । त्वत्प्रियार्थं समाख्यातं गुह्यमेतत्सनातनम्

tāritāḥ pitarastena narakātprapitāmahāḥ | dharmānusāre tattvajña pṛcchataste punaḥ punaḥ | tvatpriyārthaṃ samākhyātaṃ guhyametatsanātanam

By him the fathers and the great-grandfathers are carried across out of hell. O knower of truth, since you ask again and again in accordance with dharma, this eternal secret has been declared for your pleasure.

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PdP 3 45.20

युधिष्ठिर उवाच- अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे सफलं कुलम् । प्रीतोऽस्म्यनुगृहीतोऽस्मि दर्शनादेव तेऽद्य वै । त्वद्दर्शनात्तु धर्मात्मन्मुक्तोऽहं सर्वपातकैः

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ kulam | prīto'smyanugṛhīto'smi darśanādeva te'dya vai | tvaddarśanāttu dharmātmanmukto'haṃ sarvapātakaiḥ

Yudhiṣṭhira said: Today my birth has borne fruit, today my family has borne fruit. I am gladdened, I am favoured, this very day, by the mere sight of you. By seeing you, O righteous one, I am freed from all sins.

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PdP 3 45.21

मार्कंडेय उवाच- दिष्ट्या ते सफलं जन्म दिष्ट्या ते तारितं कुलम् । कीर्तनाद्वर्द्धते पुण्यं श्रुतं पापप्रणाशनम्

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- diṣṭyā te saphalaṃ janma diṣṭyā te tāritaṃ kulam | kīrtanādvarddhate puṇyaṃ śrutaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Happily your birth has borne fruit, happily your family is carried across. By the reciting of it merit increases; heard, it destroys sin.

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PdP 3 45.22

युधिष्ठिर उवाच- यमुनायां तु किं पुण्यं किं फलं तु महामुने । एतन्मे सर्वमाख्याहि यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम्

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- yamunāyāṃ tu kiṃ puṇyaṃ kiṃ phalaṃ tu mahāmune | etanme sarvamākhyāhi yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam

Yudhiṣṭhira said: But what merit is there at the Yamunā, and what fruit, O great sage? Tell me all this as you have seen it and as you have heard it.

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PdP 3 45.23

मार्कंडेय उवाच-। तपनस्य सुता देवी त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता । समागता महाभागा यमुना यत्र निम्नगा

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca-| tapanasya sutā devī triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā | samāgatā mahābhāgā yamunā yatra nimnagā

Mārkaṇḍeya said: The daughter of the Burning One (the Sun), a goddess renowned in the three worlds, the greatly blessed Yamunā, has come together (with the Gaṅgā) there where she flows down.

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PdP 3 45.24

येनैव निःसृता गङ्गा तेनैव यमुना गता । योजनानां सहस्रेषु कीर्तनात्पापनाशिनी

yenaiva niḥsṛtā gaṅgā tenaiva yamunā gatā | yojanānāṃ sahasreṣu kīrtanātpāpanāśinī

By the very (path) by which the Gaṅgā came forth, by that the Yamunā went; for thousands of leagues she destroys sin by the mere naming of her.

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PdP 3 45.25

तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च यमुनायां युधिष्ठिर । कीर्त्तनाल्लभते पुण्यं दृष्ट्वा भद्राणि पश्यति

tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca yamunāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira | kīrttanāllabhate puṇyaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhadrāṇi paśyati

Having bathed there and drunk there, in the Yamunā, O Yudhiṣṭhira — by proclaiming (her) one gains merit, and having seen (her) one sees good things.

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PdP 3 45.27

अवगाढा च पीत्वा च पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम् । प्राणांस्त्यजति यस्तत्र स याति परमां गतिम् २६ thumb|प्रयागे गङ्गा-यमुनयोः सङ्गमः. अग्नितीर्थमिति ख्यातं यमुना दक्षिणे तटे । पश्चिमे धर्मराजस्य तीर्थं हरवरं स्मृतम्

avagāḍhā ca pītvā ca punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam | prāṇāṃstyajati yastatra sa yāti paramāṃ gatim 26 thumb|prayāge gaṅgā-yamunayoḥ saṅgamaḥ. agnitīrthamiti khyātaṃ yamunā dakṣiṇe taṭe | paścime dharmarājasya tīrthaṃ haravaraṃ smṛtam

Plunged into and drunk, she purifies the family as far as the seventh (generation); and he who gives up his life-breaths there goes to the highest goal. [26] On the southern bank of the Yamunā is (the ford) known as Agnitīrtha; on the west is reckoned the ford of Dharmarāja, Haravara.

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PdP 3 45.28

तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यांति ये मृतास्तेऽपुनर्भवाः । एवं तीर्थसहस्राणि यमुना दक्षिणे तटे

tatra snātvā divaṃ yāṃti ye mṛtāste'punarbhavāḥ | evaṃ tīrthasahasrāṇi yamunā dakṣiṇe taṭe

Bathing there they go to heaven; those who die (there) are not born again. Thus there are thousands of fords on the southern bank of the Yamunā.

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PdP 3 45.29

उत्तरेण प्रवक्ष्यामि आदित्यस्य महात्मनः । तीर्थं तु विरजं नाम यत्र देवाः सवासवाः

uttareṇa pravakṣyāmi ādityasya mahātmanaḥ | tīrthaṃ tu virajaṃ nāma yatra devāḥ savāsavāḥ

On the north I shall proclaim (the ford) of the great Sun: the ford named Viraja, where the gods together with Vāsava (Indra)

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PdP 3 45.30

उपासते स्म संध्यां तु नित्यकालं युधिष्ठिर । देवाः सेवंति तत्तीर्थं ये चान्ये विदुषो जनाः

upāsate sma saṃdhyāṃ tu nityakālaṃ yudhiṣṭhira | devāḥ sevaṃti tattīrthaṃ ye cānye viduṣo janāḥ

attend upon the twilight worship at all times, O Yudhiṣṭhira. The gods frequent that ford, and other people too who are learned.

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PdP 3 45.31

श्रद्दधानपरो भूत्वा कुरु तीर्थाभिषेचनम् । अन्ये च बहवस्तीर्थाः सर्वपापहराः शुभाः

śraddadhānaparo bhūtvā kuru tīrthābhiṣecanam | anye ca bahavastīrthāḥ sarvapāpaharāḥ śubhāḥ

Becoming devoted to faith, perform the bathing at the sacred ford; and there are many other fords, auspicious, removers of all sins.

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PdP 3 45.32

तेषु स्नात्वा दिवं यांति ये मृतास्तेऽपुनर्भवाः । गंगा च यमुना चैव उभे तुल्यफले स्मृते

teṣu snātvā divaṃ yāṃti ye mṛtāste'punarbhavāḥ | gaṃgā ca yamunā caiva ubhe tulyaphale smṛte

Having bathed in them (people) go to heaven, and those who die (there) are not born again; both the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā are held to be of equal fruit.

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PdP 3 45.33

केवलं श्रेष्ठभावेन गंगा सर्वत्र पूज्यते । एवं कुरुष्व कौंतेय स्वर्गतीर्थाभिषेचनम्

kevalaṃ śreṣṭhabhāvena gaṃgā sarvatra pūjyate | evaṃ kuruṣva kauṃteya svargatīrthābhiṣecanam

It is only because of (her) superior nature that the Gaṅgā is worshipped everywhere; thus, son of Kuntī, perform the bathing at the ford that leads to heaven.

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PdP 3 45.34

यावज्जीवकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति । यस्त्विदं कल्य उत्थाय पठते च शृणोति वा

yāvajjīvakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati | yastvidaṃ kalya utthāya paṭhate ca śṛṇoti vā

The sin committed in a whole lifetime perishes that very instant; and he who, rising at dawn, recites this or hears it—

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PdP 3 45.35

मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यः स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति

mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

—he is freed from all sins and goes to the world of heaven.

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