Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 93
PdP 5 93.1
नारद उवाच- जातूकर्णवचश्चित्रमेवमाकर्ण्य भूपतिः । तमुवाच नमस्कृत्य ज्ञानिनं मुनिमादरात्
nārada uvāca- jātūkarṇavacaścitramevamākarṇya bhūpatiḥ | tamuvāca namaskṛtya jñāninaṃ munimādarāt
Nārada said: Having thus heard Jātūkarṇa's wondrous words, the king bowed to that wise sage and respectfully said to him:
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PdP 5 93.2
दिवोदास उवाच- कथमेषा विमुच्येत दुःखादस्मान्मुनेधुना । जातूकर्ण उवाच-। कथयामि महत्पुण्यं येनेयं सुखिता भवेत्
divodāsa uvāca- kathameṣā vimucyeta duḥkhādasmānmunedhunā | jātūkarṇa uvāca-| kathayāmi mahatpuṇyaṃ yeneyaṃ sukhitā bhavet
Divodāsa said: How, O sage, may she now be released from this suffering? Jātūkarṇa said: I shall tell of a great meritorious act by which she would become happy.
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PdP 5 93.3
अप्रकाशमपि प्रायः प्रवक्ष्यामि तवाग्रतः । स्वल्पमप्यद्भुतं कर्म विकर्मशतनाशनम्
aprakāśamapi prāyaḥ pravakṣyāmi tavāgrataḥ | svalpamapyadbhutaṃ karma vikarmaśatanāśanam
Though for the most part unrevealed, I shall declare it before you: a deed small yet wondrous, which destroys a hundred misdeeds.
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PdP 5 93.4
यथा हरेर्ध्यानबलेन पापं विनाशमायाति महत्समग्रम् । प्रातस्तदा माधवमासदानस्नानेन घोरं विलयं प्रयाति
yathā harerdhyānabalena pāpaṃ vināśamāyāti mahatsamagram | prātastadā mādhavamāsadānasnānena ghoraṃ vilayaṃ prayāti
Just as by the power of meditation on Hari sin, great and entire, comes to destruction, so at dawn, by giving and bathing in the month of Mādhava, dreadful (sin) goes to dissolution.
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PdP 5 93.5
यथा हरेर्भीतिभयेन नागा नश्यंति सर्वे निचयास्तथैव । नूनं रवौ मेषगते विभाति स्नानेन तीर्थे च हरिस्तवेन
yathā harerbhītibhayena nāgā naśyaṃti sarve nicayāstathaiva | nūnaṃ ravau meṣagate vibhāti snānena tīrthe ca haristavena
Just as elephants, all of them, perish through terror at the fear of the lion, exactly so do the accumulations (of sins); surely, when the sun stands in Aries it shines forth — by bathing at a sacred ford and by the praise of Hari.
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PdP 5 93.6
तेजसा वैनतेयस्य पन्नगा इव पातकाः । विद्रवंति च वैशाखस्नानेनोषसि निश्चितम्
tejasā vainateyasya pannagā iva pātakāḥ | vidravaṃti ca vaiśākhasnānenoṣasi niścitam
Like serpents before the fiery splendour of Vinatā's son (Garuḍa), sins too scatter away — certainly so — through bathing in Vaiśākha at daybreak.
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PdP 5 93.7
तस्माद्देयापि भूपाल दिव्यादेवी पुनः स्वयम् । कृत्वा वैशाखश्रवणं श्रुत्वा पापहरं स्तवम्
tasmāddeyāpi bhūpāla divyādevī punaḥ svayam | kṛtvā vaiśākhaśravaṇaṃ śrutvā pāpaharaṃ stavam
Therefore, O protector of the earth, Divyādevī too is to be given (in marriage) once more, by you yourself, after she has performed the hearing of (the glory of) Vaiśākha and has heard the sin-removing hymn.
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PdP 5 93.8
भवित्री भर्तुः संयोगसुखसंभोगभागिनी । सुदेवोऽपि स जातोस्ति पांड्यदेशाधिपो बली
bhavitrī bhartuḥ saṃyogasukhasaṃbhogabhāginī | sudevo'pi sa jātosti pāṃḍyadeśādhipo balī
She will become a partaker in the happy enjoyment of union with a husband; and that Sudeva has been born as the mighty lord of the Pāṇḍya country,
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PdP 5 93.9
वैशाखमासि रेवायां स्नानपुण्येन भूपते । तस्मा एव सुतां देहि विशुद्धां स्नानतस्तथा
vaiśākhamāsi revāyāṃ snānapuṇyena bhūpate | tasmā eva sutāṃ dehi viśuddhāṃ snānatastathā
by the merit of bathing in the Revā in the month of Vaiśākha, O king. To him indeed give your daughter, purified likewise by that bathing,
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PdP 5 93.10
माधवस्य पुनः स्तोत्रं श्रवणान्माधवस्य च । संदेहो नात्र कर्तव्यो विचित्रं पश्य भूपते
mādhavasya punaḥ stotraṃ śravaṇānmādhavasya ca | saṃdeho nātra kartavyo vicitraṃ paśya bhūpate
and further by the hymn to Mādhava and by the hearing of Mādhava (his story). No doubt is to be entertained in this matter; behold the wonder of it, O king.
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PdP 5 93.11
इहामुत्रफलं तस्य समाख्यं पुण्यकर्मणः । नारद उवाच- इत्याकर्ण्यैव मुदितो राजा तमखिलं ततः
ihāmutraphalaṃ tasya samākhyaṃ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ | nārada uvāca- ityākarṇyaiva mudito rājā tamakhilaṃ tataḥ
The fruit, here and in the world beyond, of that meritorious act has been declared. Nārada said: Hearing all this, the king was delighted, and thereupon
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PdP 5 93.12
कारयामास तां पुत्रीं जातूकर्णोदितं विधिम् । वीरसेनेन तेनैव पांड्यदेशाधिपेन सा
kārayāmāsa tāṃ putrīṃ jātūkarṇoditaṃ vidhim | vīrasenena tenaiva pāṃḍyadeśādhipena sā
he had that daughter perform the rite told by Jātūkarṇa; and by that very Vīrasena, the lord of the Pāṇḍya country, she,
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PdP 5 93.13
पुराजन्मैकसुहृदा दिव्यादेवी विवाहिता । बुभुजे भूरिविषयांश्चिरं सुचरितव्रता
purājanmaikasuhṛdā divyādevī vivāhitā | bubhuje bhūriviṣayāṃściraṃ sucaritavratā
Divyādevī, was wedded — by him who had been her one friend in a former birth; and long did she enjoy abundant domains, she of good conduct and observances,
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PdP 5 93.14
वीरेसेनेन सुहृदा पूर्वजन्मकृतेन च । एतत्ते किंचिदाख्यातमंबरीष समासतः
vīresenena suhṛdā pūrvajanmakṛtena ca | etatte kiṃcidākhyātamaṃbarīṣa samāsataḥ
together with Vīrasena, the friend made in a former birth. This much has been told to you in brief, Ambarīṣa —
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PdP 5 93.15
वैशाखस्नानमाहात्म्यं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमर्हसि
vaiśākhasnānamāhātmyaṃ kimanyacchrotumarhasi
the greatness of the Vaiśākha bathing. What else are you fit to hear?
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