Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 46

PdP 3 46.1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच- श्रुतं मे ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तं पुराणे पुण्यसम्मितम् । तीर्थानां तु सहस्राणि शतानि नियुतानि च

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- śrutaṃ me brahmaṇā proktaṃ purāṇe puṇyasammitam | tīrthānāṃ tu sahasrāṇi śatāni niyutāni ca

Yudhiṣṭhira said: I have heard what was declared by Brahmā in the Purāṇa, reckoned as meritorious—that of sacred fords there are thousands, hundreds, and hundreds of thousands,

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PdP 3 46.2

सर्वे पुण्याः पवित्राश्च गतिश्च परमा स्मृता । पृथिव्यां नैमिषं पुण्यमंतरिक्षे च पुष्करम्

sarve puṇyāḥ pavitrāśca gatiśca paramā smṛtā | pṛthivyāṃ naimiṣaṃ puṇyamaṃtarikṣe ca puṣkaram

all of them meritorious and purifying, and (through them) the highest course is said (to be gained); on the earth Naimiṣa is holy, and in the mid-air Puṣkara.

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PdP 3 46.3

प्रयागमपि लोकानां कुरुक्षेत्रं विशिष्यते । सर्वाणि संपरित्यज्य कथमेकं प्रशंससि

prayāgamapi lokānāṃ kurukṣetraṃ viśiṣyate | sarvāṇi saṃparityajya kathamekaṃ praśaṃsasi

Kurukṣetra is said to be more excellent even than Prayāga among the worlds; how is it that, setting aside all (of them), you praise one alone?

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PdP 3 46.4

अप्रमाणमिदं प्रोक्तमश्रद्धेयमनुत्तमम् । गतिं च परमां दिव्यां भोगांश्चैव यथेप्सितान्

apramāṇamidaṃ proktamaśraddheyamanuttamam | gatiṃ ca paramāṃ divyāṃ bhogāṃścaiva yathepsitān

This that has been spoken is without authority, not to be believed, unsurpassed (in its claims)—both the supreme divine goal and enjoyments just as desired.

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PdP 3 46.5

किमर्थमल्पयोगेन बहुधर्मं प्रशंससि । एतं मे संशयं ब्रूहि यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम्

kimarthamalpayogena bahudharmaṃ praśaṃsasi | etaṃ me saṃśayaṃ brūhi yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam

Why do you praise abundant merit (as gained) by so slight an effort? Tell me this doubt (of mine), as it has been seen and as it has been heard.

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PdP 3 46.6

मार्कंडेय उवाच- अश्रद्धेयं न वक्तव्यं प्रत्यक्षमपि तद्भवेत् । नरस्य श्रद्दधानस्य पापोपहतचेतसः

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- aśraddheyaṃ na vaktavyaṃ pratyakṣamapi tadbhavet | narasya śraddadhānasya pāpopahatacetasaḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: What is not credible should not be told, even were it something directly perceived—(it is credible only) for a man who has faith, (but not) for one whose mind is ruined by sin.

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PdP 3 46.7

अश्रद्दधानो ह्यशुचिर्दुर्मतिस्त्यक्तमंगलः । एते पातकिनः सर्वे तेनेदं भाषितं मया

aśraddadhāno hyaśucirdurmatistyaktamaṃgalaḥ | ete pātakinaḥ sarve tenedaṃ bhāṣitaṃ mayā

For the man without faith is impure, evil-minded, one who has abandoned what is auspicious; all these are sinners—therefore this has been spoken by me.

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PdP 3 46.8

शृणु प्रयागमाहात्म्यं यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम् । प्रत्यक्षं च परोक्षं च यथान्यत्संभविष्यति

śṛṇu prayāgamāhātmyaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam | pratyakṣaṃ ca parokṣaṃ ca yathānyatsaṃbhaviṣyati

Hear the greatness of Prayāga, as it was seen and as it was heard, both what is directly perceived and what is beyond sight, and as other things will come to pass.

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PdP 3 46.9

यथैवान्यन्मया दृष्टं पुरा राजन्यथाश्रुतम् । शास्त्रं प्रमाणं कृत्वा तु पूज्यते योगमात्मनः

yathaivānyanmayā dṛṣṭaṃ purā rājanyathāśrutam | śāstraṃ pramāṇaṃ kṛtvā tu pūjyate yogamātmanaḥ

Just as other things were formerly seen by me, O king, and as they were heard—taking the scripture as authority, one's own practice of yoga is honoured.

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PdP 3 46.10

क्लिश्यते चापरस्तत्र नैव योगमवाप्नुयात् । जन्मांतरसहस्रेभ्यो योगो लभ्येत मानवैः

kliśyate cāparastatra naiva yogamavāpnuyāt | janmāṃtarasahasrebhyo yogo labhyeta mānavaiḥ

And another is afflicted there and does not attain yoga at all; only after thousands of other births can yoga be obtained by men.

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PdP 3 46.11

यथायोगसहस्रेण योगो लभ्येत मानवैः । यस्तु सर्वाणि रत्नानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छति

yathāyogasahasreṇa yogo labhyeta mānavaiḥ | yastu sarvāṇi ratnāni brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati

Just as yoga may be obtained by men through a thousand (acts of) yoga—so too he who bestows all jewels upon brahmins,

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PdP 3 46.12

तेन दानेन दत्तेन योगो लभ्येत मानवैः । प्रयागे तु मृतस्येदं सर्वं भवति नान्यथा

tena dānena dattena yogo labhyeta mānavaiḥ | prayāge tu mṛtasyedaṃ sarvaṃ bhavati nānyathā

by that gift given yoga may be obtained by men; but for one who dies at Prayāga all this comes about, and not otherwise.

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PdP 3 46.13

प्रधानहेतुं वक्ष्यामि श्रद्दधत्सु च भारत । यथा सर्वेषु भूतेषु सर्वत्रैव तु दृश्यते

pradhānahetuṃ vakṣyāmi śraddadhatsu ca bhārata | yathā sarveṣu bhūteṣu sarvatraiva tu dṛśyate

I shall state the principal reason, O Bhārata, for those who have faith: just as (brahman) is seen in all beings and everywhere—

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PdP 3 46.14

ब्रह्म नैवास्ति वै किंचिद्यद्वक्तुं त्विदमुच्यते । यथा सर्वेषु भूतेषु ब्रह्म सर्वत्र पूज्यते

brahma naivāsti vai kiṃcidyadvaktuṃ tvidamucyate | yathā sarveṣu bhūteṣu brahma sarvatra pūjyate

there is nothing at all that brahman is not; this is said (only) in order to speak of it. As brahman is worshipped everywhere in all beings,

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PdP 3 46.15

एवं सर्वेषु लोकेषु प्रयागः पूज्यते बुधैः । पूज्यते तीर्थराजस्य सत्यमेतद्युधिष्ठिर

evaṃ sarveṣu lokeṣu prayāgaḥ pūjyate budhaiḥ | pūjyate tīrtharājasya satyametadyudhiṣṭhira

so in all the worlds Prayāga is worshipped by the wise; (thus) that which belongs to the king of fords is worshipped—this is the truth, Yudhiṣṭhira.

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PdP 3 46.16

ब्रह्मापि स्मरते नित्यं प्रयागं तीर्थमुत्तमम् । तीर्थराजमनुप्राप्य नैवान्यत्किंचिदिच्छति

brahmāpi smarate nityaṃ prayāgaṃ tīrthamuttamam | tīrtharājamanuprāpya naivānyatkiṃcidicchati

Even Brahmā constantly remembers Prayāga, the highest holy place; having reached the king of holy places, he desires nothing else at all.

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PdP 3 46.17

को हि देवत्वमासाद्य मानुषत्वं चिकीर्षति । अनेनैवानुमानेन त्वं ज्ञास्यसि युधिष्ठिर

ko hi devatvamāsādya mānuṣatvaṃ cikīrṣati | anenaivānumānena tvaṃ jñāsyasi yudhiṣṭhira

For who, having attained godhood, would wish to be human? By just this inference you will understand, Yudhiṣṭhira.

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PdP 3 46.18

यथा पुण्यमपुण्यं वा तथैव कथितं मया । युधिष्ठिर उवाच- श्रुतं तद्यत्त्वया प्रोक्तं विस्मितोऽहं पुनः पुनः

yathā puṇyamapuṇyaṃ vā tathaiva kathitaṃ mayā | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- śrutaṃ tadyattvayā proktaṃ vismito'haṃ punaḥ punaḥ

Just as (it is) meritorious or unmeritorious, so it has been told by me. Yudhiṣṭhira said: I have heard what you have said; again and again I am amazed.

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PdP 3 46.19

कथं योगेन तत्प्राप्तिः स्वर्गलोकस्तु कर्मणा । तदा च लभते भोगान्गां च तत्कर्मणां फलम्

kathaṃ yogena tatprāptiḥ svargalokastu karmaṇā | tadā ca labhate bhogāngāṃ ca tatkarmaṇāṃ phalam

How is the attainment of that (place) by yoga, while the heavenly world (is attained) by action? And then one obtains enjoyments and the fruit of those actions.

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PdP 3 46.20

तानि कर्माणि पृच्छामि पुनर्यैः प्राप्यते महीम् । मार्कंडेय उवाच- शृणुराजन्महाबाहो यथोक्तकर्म्मणा मही

tāni karmāṇi pṛcchāmi punaryaiḥ prāpyate mahīm | mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- śṛṇurājanmahābāho yathoktakarmmaṇā mahī

I ask about those actions by which the earth is again attained. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Listen, O king, mighty-armed one — by action as described, (one gains) the earth.

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PdP 3 46.21

गामग्निं ब्राह्मणं शास्त्रं कांचनं सलिलं स्त्रियः । मातरं पितरं चैव यो निंदति नराधिप

gāmagniṃ brāhmaṇaṃ śāstraṃ kāṃcanaṃ salilaṃ striyaḥ | mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva yo niṃdati narādhipa

Whoever reviles the cow, the fire, a brahmin, the scripture, gold, water, women, and mother and father, O lord of men —

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PdP 3 46.22

नैतेषामूर्ध्वगमनमेवमाह प्रजापतिः । एवं योगस्य संप्राप्तिः स्थानं परमदुर्लभम्

naiteṣāmūrdhvagamanamevamāha prajāpatiḥ | evaṃ yogasya saṃprāptiḥ sthānaṃ paramadurlabham

there is no upward course for these — so has Prajāpati said. Thus is the attainment of yoga, a state extremely hard to reach.

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PdP 3 46.23

गच्छंति नरकं घोरं ये नराः पापकारिणः । हस्त्यश्वं गामनड्वाहं मणिमुक्तादि कांचनम्

gacchaṃti narakaṃ ghoraṃ ye narāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ | hastyaśvaṃ gāmanaḍvāhaṃ maṇimuktādi kāṃcanam

Those men who are doers of evil go to a terrible hell: (one who takes) an elephant, a horse, a cow, an ox, gems, pearls and the like, gold —

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PdP 3 46.24

परोक्षं हरते यस्तु पश्चाद्दानं प्रयच्छति । न ते गच्छंति वै स्वर्गं दातारो यत्र भोगिनः

parokṣaṃ harate yastu paścāddānaṃ prayacchati | na te gacchaṃti vai svargaṃ dātāro yatra bhoginaḥ

but he who steals behind (another's) back and afterwards makes a gift — such men do not go to heaven, where the givers are enjoyers.

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PdP 3 46.25

अनेन कर्म्मणा युक्ताः पच्यंते नरकेऽधमाः । एवं योगं च धर्म्मं च दातारं च युधिष्ठिर

anena karmmaṇā yuktāḥ pacyaṃte narake'dhamāḥ | evaṃ yogaṃ ca dharmmaṃ ca dātāraṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira

Joined with such action, the lowest of men are cooked in hell. Thus (I have told of) yoga, and dharma, and the giver, O Yudhiṣṭhira.

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PdP 3 46.26

यथा सत्यमसत्यं वा अस्ति नास्तीति यत्फलम् । निरुक्तं तु प्रवक्ष्यामि यथायं स्वयमाप्नुयात्

yathā satyamasatyaṃ vā asti nāstīti yatphalam | niruktaṃ tu pravakṣyāmi yathāyaṃ svayamāpnuyāt

As it is true or untrue, whatever fruit there is or is not — I shall declare it explained, so that one may obtain this for oneself.

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