Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 133

PdP 6 133.1

पार्वत्युवाच। द्वीपेऽस्मिन्यानि तीर्थानि तानि मे वद सुव्रत । द्वीपानां द्वीपराजोऽयं सर्वदा भुवि निर्मितः । संख्यया त्वं वद स्वामिन्कृपां कृत्वा ममोपरि

pārvatyuvāca| dvīpe'sminyāni tīrthāni tāni me vada suvrata | dvīpānāṃ dvīparājo'yaṃ sarvadā bhuvi nirmitaḥ | saṃkhyayā tvaṃ vada svāminkṛpāṃ kṛtvā mamopari

Pārvatī said: Tell me those sacred places that are on this continent, O you of good vows. This is the king among continents, established on earth for all time. Tell (them) by number, O lord, showing grace toward me.

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PdP 6 133.2

महादेव उवाच। सर्वगः सर्वभूतेषु द्रष्टव्यः सर्वतो भुवि । सप्तलोकेषु यत्किंचिद्दृश्यते सचराचरम्

mahādeva uvāca| sarvagaḥ sarvabhūteṣu draṣṭavyaḥ sarvato bhuvi | saptalokeṣu yatkiṃciddṛśyate sacarācaram

Mahādeva said: The all-pervading one is to be seen in all beings, everywhere on earth. Whatever is seen in the seven worlds, together with what moves and does not move —

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PdP 6 133.3

तत्वं तेन विना देवि न दृष्टं न श्रुतं मया । अतो विष्णुर्महादेवः केशवः क्लेशनाशनः । तीर्थरूपेण वर्तेत द्वीपे ह्यस्मिन्सुरेश्वरि

tatvaṃ tena vinā devi na dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ mayā | ato viṣṇurmahādevaḥ keśavaḥ kleśanāśanaḥ | tīrtharūpeṇa varteta dvīpe hyasminsureśvari

— no reality apart from him, O goddess, has been seen or heard by me. Therefore Viṣṇu, the great god, Keśava, the destroyer of affliction, abides in the form of sacred places on this continent, O mistress of the gods.

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PdP 6 133.4

तानि तीर्थानि वक्ष्यामि सांप्रतं नात्र संशयः । प्रथमं पुष्करं क्षेत्रं तीर्थानां प्रवरं शुभम् । वाराणसी द्वितीयं तु क्षेत्रं मुक्तिप्रदायकम्

tāni tīrthāni vakṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | prathamaṃ puṣkaraṃ kṣetraṃ tīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ śubham | vārāṇasī dvitīyaṃ tu kṣetraṃ muktipradāyakam

Those holy places I shall now declare; there is no doubt of it. First is the field of Puṣkara, the foremost and auspicious of holy places; and second is Vārāṇasī, the field that grants liberation.

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PdP 6 133.5

तृतीयं नैमिषं क्षेत्रमृषीणां पावनं स्मृतम् । प्रयागं वै चतुर्थं तु तीर्थानामुत्तमं स्मृतम्

tṛtīyaṃ naimiṣaṃ kṣetramṛṣīṇāṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam | prayāgaṃ vai caturthaṃ tu tīrthānāmuttamaṃ smṛtam

Third is the field of Naimiṣa, held to be purifying for the sages; and fourth, Prayāga, held to be the best of holy places.

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PdP 6 133.6

कार्मुकं पंचमं प्रोक्तं उत्पन्नं गंधमादने । एकादशं कान्यकुब्जं यत्र तिष्ठति वामनः

kārmukaṃ paṃcamaṃ proktaṃ utpannaṃ gaṃdhamādane | ekādaśaṃ kānyakubjaṃ yatra tiṣṭhati vāmanaḥ

The fifth is said to be Kārmuka, which arose on Gandhamādana; eleventh is Kānyakubja, where Vāmana abides.

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PdP 6 133.7

सप्तमं विश्वकायं तु अवरे पर्वते शुभे । अष्टमं गौतमाख्यं च मंदरे निर्मितं पुरा

saptamaṃ viśvakāyaṃ tu avare parvate śubhe | aṣṭamaṃ gautamākhyaṃ ca maṃdare nirmitaṃ purā

But the seventh is Viśvakāya, on the lower auspicious mountain; and the eighth is the one named Gautama, formed of old on Mandara.

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PdP 6 133.8

मदोत्कटं तु नवमं दशमं रथचैत्रकम् । एकादशं कान्यकुब्जं यत्र तिष्ठति वामनः

madotkaṭaṃ tu navamaṃ daśamaṃ rathacaitrakam | ekādaśaṃ kānyakubjaṃ yatra tiṣṭhati vāmanaḥ

Ninth is Madotkaṭa, tenth Rathacaitraka; eleventh is Kānyakubja, where Vāmana abides.

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PdP 6 133.9

द्वादशं मलयं चैव कुब्जाम्रकमतः परम् । विश्वेश्वरं गिरिकर्णं केदारं गतिदायकम्

dvādaśaṃ malayaṃ caiva kubjāmrakamataḥ param | viśveśvaraṃ girikarṇaṃ kedāraṃ gatidāyakam

Twelfth is Malaya, and after that Kubjāmraka, Viśveśvara, Girikarṇa, and Kedāra, which grants (the highest) course.

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PdP 6 133.10

बाह्यं हिमवतः पृष्ठे गोकर्णे गोपकं तथा । स्थानेश्वरं हिमाद्रौ च बिल्वके बिल्वपत्रिकम्

bāhyaṃ himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe gokarṇe gopakaṃ tathā | sthāneśvaraṃ himādrau ca bilvake bilvapatrikam

Bāhya on the back of Himavat, and Gopaka at Gokarṇa; Sthāneśvara on the snowy mountain, and Bilvapatrika at Bilvaka.

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PdP 6 133.11

श्रीशैले माधवं तीर्थं भद्रं भद्रेश्वरे तथा । वाराहे विजयं प्रोक्तं वैष्णवं वैष्णवे गिरौ

śrīśaile mādhavaṃ tīrthaṃ bhadraṃ bhadreśvare tathā | vārāhe vijayaṃ proktaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ vaiṣṇave girau

On Śrīśaila the holy place Mādhava; likewise Bhadra at Bhadreśvara; at Vārāha, Vijaya is declared; and Vaiṣṇava on the Vaiṣṇava mountain.

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PdP 6 133.12

रौद्रं तु रुद्रकोटे तु पैत्र्यं कालिजरे गिरौ । कंपिले कापिलं तीर्थं मुकुटे कर्कोटकं तथा

raudraṃ tu rudrakoṭe tu paitryaṃ kālijare girau | kaṃpile kāpilaṃ tīrthaṃ mukuṭe karkoṭakaṃ tathā

Raudra at Rudrakoṭi, and Paitrya on Mount Kālijara; at Kaṃpila the holy place Kāpila, and at Mukuṭa, Karkoṭaka.

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PdP 6 133.13

शालग्रामोद्भवं तीर्थं गल्लिकायां सुरेश्वरि । नर्मदायां शिवाख्यं तु मायायां विश्वरूपकम्

śālagrāmodbhavaṃ tīrthaṃ gallikāyāṃ sureśvari | narmadāyāṃ śivākhyaṃ tu māyāyāṃ viśvarūpakam

The holy place arisen at Śālagrāma, (and one) at Gallikā, O mistress of the gods; on the Narmadā the one called Śiva, and at Māyā, Viśvarūpaka.

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PdP 6 133.14

उत्पलाक्षं सहस्राक्षं जातं वै रैवते गिरौ । गंगायां पितृतीर्थं च विष्णुपादोद्भवं तथा

utpalākṣaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ jātaṃ vai raivate girau | gaṃgāyāṃ pitṛtīrthaṃ ca viṣṇupādodbhavaṃ tathā

Utpalākṣa and Sahasrākṣa arose on Mount Raivata; and on the Gaṅgā, Pitṛtīrtha, and likewise the one arisen from Viṣṇu's foot.

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PdP 6 133.15

विपाशायां विपापा च पाटले पुंड्रवर्द्धनम् । नारायणं सुपार्श्वे तु त्रिकूटे विष्णुमंदिरम्

vipāśāyāṃ vipāpā ca pāṭale puṃḍravarddhanam | nārāyaṇaṃ supārśve tu trikūṭe viṣṇumaṃdiram

On the Vipāśā, Vipāpā; at Pāṭala, Puṇḍravardhana; Nārāyaṇa at Supārśva, and on Trikūṭa the temple of Viṣṇu.

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PdP 6 133.16

विपुले विपुलं नाम कल्याणं मलयाचले । कौरवं कोटितीर्थे च सुगंधं गंधमादने

vipule vipulaṃ nāma kalyāṇaṃ malayācale | kauravaṃ koṭitīrthe ca sugaṃdhaṃ gaṃdhamādane

At Vipula the one named Vipula; Kalyāṇa on the Malaya mountain; Kaurava at Koṭitīrtha, and Sugandha on Gandhamādana.

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PdP 6 133.17

कुब्जाम्रके त्रिसंध्यं तु गंगांद्वारे हरिप्रियम् । शैलं विंध्यप्रदेशे तु बदर्यां सारस्वतं स्मृतम्

kubjāmrake trisaṃdhyaṃ tu gaṃgāṃdvāre haripriyam | śailaṃ viṃdhyapradeśe tu badaryāṃ sārasvataṃ smṛtam

At Kubjāmraka, Trisandhya; at Gaṅgādvāra, Haripriya; Śaila in the Vindhya region, and at Badarī the one held to be Sārasvata.

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PdP 6 133.18

कालिद्यां कालरूपं च सह्ये वै सायकं स्मृतम् । चांद्रं चंद्रप्रदेशे तु रमणं तीर्थनायकम्

kālidyāṃ kālarūpaṃ ca sahye vai sāyakaṃ smṛtam | cāṃdraṃ caṃdrapradeśe tu ramaṇaṃ tīrthanāyakam

On the Kālindī, Kālarūpa; on the Sahya, Sāyaka is held (to be); Cāndra in the Candra region, and Ramaṇa, the chief of holy places.

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PdP 6 133.19

यमुनायां मृगाख्यं तु करवीरे कुरूद्भवम् । विनायके पर्वते वै उमाख्यं तीर्थमेव च

yamunāyāṃ mṛgākhyaṃ tu karavīre kurūdbhavam | vināyake parvate vai umākhyaṃ tīrthameva ca

On the Yamunā, the one called Mṛga; at Karavīra, Kurūdbhava; and on Mount Vināyaka the holy place named Umā.

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PdP 6 133.20

आरोग्यं भास्करे देशे महाकाले महेश्वरम् । तीर्थं अभयदं नामामृताख्यं विंध्यकंधरे

ārogyaṃ bhāskare deśe mahākāle maheśvaram | tīrthaṃ abhayadaṃ nāmāmṛtākhyaṃ viṃdhyakaṃdhare

Ārogya in the Bhāskara region; Maheśvara at Mahākāla; the holy place named Abhayada, and the one called Amṛta in the gorge of the Vindhya.

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PdP 6 133.21

मंडपे विश्वरूपं च स्वाहाख्यं ईश्वरे पुरे । वैगलेयं प्रचंडायां चांडिकंमरकंटके

maṃḍape viśvarūpaṃ ca svāhākhyaṃ īśvare pure | vaigaleyaṃ pracaṃḍāyāṃ cāṃḍikaṃmarakaṃṭake

At Maṇḍapa, Viśvarūpa; the one called Svāhā in the city of Īśvara; Vaigaleya at Pracaṇḍā, and Cāṇḍika at Marakaṇṭaka.

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PdP 6 133.22

सोमेश्वरं तथा तीर्थे प्रभासे पुष्करं तथा । देवमात्रं सरस्वत्यां पारावततटे स्थितम्

someśvaraṃ tathā tīrthe prabhāse puṣkaraṃ tathā | devamātraṃ sarasvatyāṃ pārāvatataṭe sthitam

Likewise Someśvara at the holy place Prabhāsa, and Puṣkara as well; Devamātra on the Sarasvatī, situated on the bank of the Pārāvata.

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PdP 6 133.23

महालयं महापद्मे पयोष्ण्यां पिंगलेश्वरम् । सिंहिकायां तथा तीर्थं सौरवेरविसंज्ञकम्

mahālayaṃ mahāpadme payoṣṇyāṃ piṃgaleśvaram | siṃhikāyāṃ tathā tīrthaṃ sauraveravisaṃjñakam

Mahālaya at Mahāpadma; Piṅgaleśvara on the Payoṣṇī; and likewise at Siṃhikā the holy place known as Sauraveravi.

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PdP 6 133.24

कार्तिकं कृत्तिकाक्षेत्रे शांकरं शंकरे गिरौ । उत्पलाख्यं ततो दिव्यं सुभद्रा सिंधुसंगमे

kārtikaṃ kṛttikākṣetre śāṃkaraṃ śaṃkare girau | utpalākhyaṃ tato divyaṃ subhadrā siṃdhusaṃgame

(There is) the Kārtika (shrine) in the field of the Kṛttikās, the Śāṅkara (shrine) on Mount Śaṅkara, then the divine one called Utpala, and Subhadrā at the confluence of the Sindhu.

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PdP 6 133.25

गाणपत्यं ततश्चैव पर्वतो विष्णुसंज्ञके । जालंधरे ततः प्रोक्तं तीर्थं विष्णुमुखं च यत्

gāṇapatyaṃ tataścaiva parvato viṣṇusaṃjñake | jālaṃdhare tataḥ proktaṃ tīrthaṃ viṣṇumukhaṃ ca yat

And then the Gāṇapatya (shrine), and the mountain named after Viṣṇu; then, in Jālandhara, is declared the tīrtha, and that which is called Viṣṇumukha.

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PdP 6 133.26

तारे वै तारकं प्रोक्तं पर्वते विष्णुसंज्ञके । देवदारुवने पौंड्रं पौष्कं काश्मीरमंडले

tāre vai tārakaṃ proktaṃ parvate viṣṇusaṃjñake | devadāruvane pauṃḍraṃ pauṣkaṃ kāśmīramaṃḍale

At Tāra the (tīrtha) called Tāraka is declared, on the mountain named after Viṣṇu; the Pauṇḍra (tīrtha) in the Devadāru forest, the Pauṣka in the region of Kashmir.

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PdP 6 133.27

भौमं हिमं हिमाद्रौ च तुष्टिकं पौष्टिकं पुनः । कपालमोचनं तीर्थं जातं मायापुरे तथा

bhaumaṃ himaṃ himādrau ca tuṣṭikaṃ pauṣṭikaṃ punaḥ | kapālamocanaṃ tīrthaṃ jātaṃ māyāpure tathā

The Bhauma and the Hima on the Himālaya, and again the Tuṣṭika and the Pauṣṭika; and likewise the Kapālamocana tīrtha arose at Māyāpura.

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PdP 6 133.28

शंखोद्धारं ततश्चैव देवं वै शंखधारकम् । पिंडे वै पिंडनामानं सिद्धे वैखानसं भवेत्

śaṃkhoddhāraṃ tataścaiva devaṃ vai śaṃkhadhārakam | piṃḍe vai piṃḍanāmānaṃ siddhe vaikhānasaṃ bhavet

And then Śaṅkhoddhāra, and indeed the god Śaṅkhadhāraka; at Piṇḍa the one named Piṇḍa, and at Siddha there would be the Vaikhānasa.

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PdP 6 133.29

अच्छोदे विष्णुकामं तु धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदम् । औषध्यं चोत्तरेकूले कुशद्वीपे कुशोदकम्

acchode viṣṇukāmaṃ tu dharmakāmārthamokṣadam | auṣadhyaṃ cottarekūle kuśadvīpe kuśodakam

At Acchoda, the Viṣṇukāma, which grants dharma, pleasure, wealth and liberation; and the Auṣadhya on the northern bank, and the Kuśodaka in Kuśadvīpa.

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PdP 6 133.30

मन्मथं हेमकूटे तु कुमुदे सत्यवादनम् । वदंत्यावाश्वकं तीर्थं विंध्ये वै मातृकं स्मृतम्

manmathaṃ hemakūṭe tu kumude satyavādanam | vadaṃtyāvāśvakaṃ tīrthaṃ viṃdhye vai mātṛkaṃ smṛtam

The Manmatha on Hemakūṭa, and at Kumuda the Satyavādana; they call it the Āvāśvaka tīrtha; and in the Vindhya the Mātṛka (tīrtha) is remembered.

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PdP 6 133.31

चित्ते ब्रह्ममयं तीर्थं तीर्थानां पावनं स्मृतम् । एतेषां सर्वतीर्थानामुत्तमं शृणु सुंदरि

citte brahmamayaṃ tīrthaṃ tīrthānāṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam | eteṣāṃ sarvatīrthānāmuttamaṃ śṛṇu suṃdari

At Citta, the Brahmamaya tīrtha, remembered as the purifier of (all) tīrthas. Hear, fair lady, which is the highest of all these tīrthas.

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PdP 6 133.32

विष्णोर्नाममयं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति । ब्रह्महा हेमहारी वा बालहा गोघ्न एव च

viṣṇornāmamayaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati | brahmahā hemahārī vā bālahā goghna eva ca

There has not been, nor will there be, a tīrtha (equal to) that which consists of Viṣṇu's name. Even a brahmin-slayer, a stealer of gold, a killer of a child, or a killer of a cow —

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PdP 6 133.33

मुच्यते नाममात्रेण प्रसादात्केशवस्य तु । कलौ द्वारवती रम्या धन्यो देवो जनार्दनः

mucyate nāmamātreṇa prasādātkeśavasya tu | kalau dvāravatī ramyā dhanyo devo janārdanaḥ

— is released by the mere name, through the grace of Keśava. In the Kali age Dvāravatī is delightful, (and) the god Janārdana is blessed.

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PdP 6 133.34

ये पश्यंति नरा देवं मुक्तिस्तेषां सुनिश्चला । एवं धन्यतमं देवं विष्णुं सर्वेश्वरं प्रभुम्

ye paśyaṃti narā devaṃ muktisteṣāṃ suniścalā | evaṃ dhanyatamaṃ devaṃ viṣṇuṃ sarveśvaraṃ prabhum

Those men who behold the god — their liberation is quite unshakeable. Thus the most blessed god Viṣṇu, the lord of all, the master,

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PdP 6 133.35

चिंतयामि महादेवि विद्वत्संस्थो जनार्दनम् । अष्टोत्तरं तु तीर्थानां शतमेतदुदाहृतम्

ciṃtayāmi mahādevi vidvatsaṃstho janārdanam | aṣṭottaraṃ tu tīrthānāṃ śatametadudāhṛtam

— Janārdana — I contemplate, O great goddess, established among the wise. This list of one hundred and eight tīrthas has been recited.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 6 133.36

यो जपेच्छृणुयाद्वापि सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । एषु तीर्थेषु यः स्नात्वा पश्येन्नारायणं हरिम्

yo japecchṛṇuyādvāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | eṣu tīrtheṣu yaḥ snātvā paśyennārāyaṇaṃ harim

He who recites it, or even hears it, is freed from all sins. He who, having bathed in these tīrthas, beholds Nārāyaṇa Hari,

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PdP 6 133.37

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो याति विष्णोः सनातनम् । जगन्नाथं महातीर्थं लोकानां पावनं स्मृतम्

sarvapāpavinirmukto yāti viṣṇoḥ sanātanam | jagannāthaṃ mahātīrthaṃ lokānāṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam

— freed from all sins, he goes to the eternal (abode) of Viṣṇu. Jagannātha is remembered as a great tīrtha, the purifier of the worlds.

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PdP 6 133.38

ये गच्छंति नरश्रेष्ठास्तेपि यांति परां गतिम् । शताष्टकं महापुण्यं श्रावयेत्पितृकर्मणि

ye gacchaṃti naraśreṣṭhāstepi yāṃti parāṃ gatim | śatāṣṭakaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ śrāvayetpitṛkarmaṇi

Those best of men who go (there), they too attain the highest state. One should have this greatly meritorious set of a hundred and eight recited at the rite for the ancestors.

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PdP 6 133.39

इहलोके सुखं भुक्त्वा याति विष्णोः सनातनम् । गोदाने श्राद्धदाने वा अहन्यहनि वा पुनः

ihaloke sukhaṃ bhuktvā yāti viṣṇoḥ sanātanam | godāne śrāddhadāne vā ahanyahani vā punaḥ

Having enjoyed happiness in this world, he goes to the eternal (abode) of Viṣṇu — at the gift of a cow, or at a śrāddha offering, or again day after day,

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PdP 6 133.40

देवार्चनविधौ विद्वान्परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति

devārcanavidhau vidvānparaṃ brahmādhigacchati

— (or) in the rite of worshipping the god: the learned man attains the supreme brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition