Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 136
PdP 6 136.1
पार्वत्युवाच। साभ्रमत्यपि यान्देशान्नंदिकुंडाद्विनिःसृता । गच्छंती पावयामास कान्कान्देशान्वदस्व मे । चकार कानि तीर्थानि विलंघ्यार्बुदपर्वतम्
pārvatyuvāca| sābhramatyapi yāndeśānnaṃdikuṃḍādviniḥsṛtā | gacchaṃtī pāvayāmāsa kānkāndeśānvadasva me | cakāra kāni tīrthāni vilaṃghyārbudaparvatam
Pārvatī said: Tell me which regions the Sābhramatī too, having issued forth from Nandikuṇḍa, purified as she flowed, and which sacred fords she made after crossing over Mount Arbuda.
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PdP 6 136.2
सूत उवाच। इति तत्रोदिते देव्या महादेवः स विश्वराट् । उवाच वचनं तां वै पार्वतीं विश्वमोहिनीम्
sūta uvāca| iti tatrodite devyā mahādevaḥ sa viśvarāṭ | uvāca vacanaṃ tāṃ vai pārvatīṃ viśvamohinīm
Sūta said: When this had been said there by the Goddess, that Mahādeva, ruler of the universe, spoke (these) words to her, to Pārvatī, the enchantress of the universe.
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PdP 6 136.3
महादेव उवाच। नंदिकुंडात्प्रथमतः तीर्थात्परमपावनात् । कपालमोचनं तीर्थं मुनिभिः संप्रकारितम्
mahādeva uvāca| naṃdikuṃḍātprathamataḥ tīrthātparamapāvanāt | kapālamocanaṃ tīrthaṃ munibhiḥ saṃprakāritam
Mahādeva said: First from Nandikuṇḍa, that supremely purifying ford, the ford Kapālamocana was made known by the sages.
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PdP 6 136.4
सर्वतेजोधिकं तीर्थं पावनात्पावनं परम् । अत्र मया परित्यक्तं कपालं ब्रह्मसंज्ञकम्
sarvatejodhikaṃ tīrthaṃ pāvanātpāvanaṃ param | atra mayā parityaktaṃ kapālaṃ brahmasaṃjñakam
(It is) a ford exceeding all in splendour, more purifying than the purifying; here the skull named after Brahmā was abandoned by me.
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PdP 6 136.5
कपालमोचनं तीर्थमतो जातं हि पार्वति । पावनं सर्वभूतानां प्रकटं लोकविश्रुतम्
kapālamocanaṃ tīrthamato jātaṃ hi pārvati | pāvanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ prakaṭaṃ lokaviśrutam
Hence, Pārvatī, the ford Kapālamocana came into being, purifying for all beings, manifest and renowned in the world.
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PdP 6 136.6
कपालकुंडमाख्यातं तत्तीर्थं तीर्थराजकम् । यत्र देवास्तथा नागा गंधर्वाः किंनरादयः
kapālakuṃḍamākhyātaṃ tattīrthaṃ tīrtharājakam | yatra devāstathā nāgā gaṃdharvāḥ kiṃnarādayaḥ
That ford, the king among fords, is called Kapālakuṇḍa, where the gods and likewise the nāgas, gandharvas, kinnaras and the rest—
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PdP 6 136.7
निवसंति महात्मानस्तीर्थे वै निर्मले शुभे । त्रैलोक्ये विश्रुतं तीर्थं दानदं मुक्तिदायकम्
nivasaṃti mahātmānastīrthe vai nirmale śubhe | trailokye viśrutaṃ tīrthaṃ dānadaṃ muktidāyakam
—great souls, dwell at that stainless, auspicious ford. The ford is famed in the three worlds, granting (the fruit of) gifts and bestowing liberation.
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PdP 6 136.8
तत्र स्नात्वा शुचिर्भूत्वा कपालेशं प्रपूजयेत् । उपोष्य रजनीमेकां कृत्वा ब्राह्मणभोजनम्
tatra snātvā śucirbhūtvā kapāleśaṃ prapūjayet | upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ kṛtvā brāhmaṇabhojanam
Having bathed there and become pure, one should worship Kapāleśa; fasting for a single night and providing a feast for brahmins,
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PdP 6 136.9
तत्रापि वस्त्रदानेन अग्निहोत्रफलं लभेत् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यः कश्चिद्दर्शनव्रतमास्थितः
tatrāpi vastradānena agnihotraphalaṃ labhet | tasmiṃstīrthe tu yaḥ kaściddarśanavratamāsthitaḥ
there too by the gift of a garment one would obtain the fruit of the Agnihotra. And whoever at that ford undertakes the vow of (fasting until) the sight (of the god),
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PdP 6 136.10
संत्यज्य देहमात्मानं शिवलोकं व्रजेद्ध्रुवम् । अस्मिंस्तीर्थे पुरा स्नानात्सौदासो ब्रह्महत्यया
saṃtyajya dehamātmānaṃ śivalokaṃ vrajeddhruvam | asmiṃstīrthe purā snānātsaudāso brahmahatyayā
abandoning body and self, would surely go to Śiva's world. At this ford, formerly, by bathing Saudāsa was released from brahmin-murder,
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PdP 6 136.11
मोचितो विमलं ज्ञानं प्राप्तवान्वै सुरेश्वरि । भागीरथ्यान्वये जातः सुदासाख्यो महाबली
mocito vimalaṃ jñānaṃ prāptavānvai sureśvari | bhāgīrathyānvaye jātaḥ sudāsākhyo mahābalī
and he obtained pure knowledge, O mistress of the gods. In the line of Bhagīratha was born the mighty one named Sudāsa.
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PdP 6 136.12
तस्य पुत्रो मित्रसहः सौदासेति च विश्रुतः । वसिष्ठशापतः प्राप्तः सौदासो राक्षसीं तनुम्
tasya putro mitrasahaḥ saudāseti ca viśrutaḥ | vasiṣṭhaśāpataḥ prāptaḥ saudāso rākṣasīṃ tanum
His son was Mitrasaha, also known as Saudāsa; through Vasiṣṭha's curse Saudāsa took on a demonic body.
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PdP 6 136.13
साभ्रमत्यां कृतस्नानो विमुक्तः शापजादघात् । अत्र गंगा च यमुना गोदावरी सरस्वती
sābhramatyāṃ kṛtasnāno vimuktaḥ śāpajādaghāt | atra gaṃgā ca yamunā godāvarī sarasvatī
Having bathed in the Sābhramatī, he was freed from the sin born of the curse. Here (are) the Gaṅgā, the Yamunā, the Godāvarī, the Sarasvatī,
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PdP 6 136.14
नंदितीर्थे वसंत्येताः पवित्राः पुण्यदाः सदा । गोदानं भूमिदानं च शय्यादानं तथैव च
naṃditīrthe vasaṃtyetāḥ pavitrāḥ puṇyadāḥ sadā | godānaṃ bhūmidānaṃ ca śayyādānaṃ tathaiva ca
these pure ones, ever bestowing merit, dwell at Nanditīrtha. The gift of a cow, the gift of land, and likewise the gift of a bed,
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PdP 6 136.15
कन्यादानं विशेषेण कर्तव्यं ज्ञानिभिर्नरैः । एतद्दानसमं प्रोक्तं साभ्रमत्यावगाहनम्
kanyādānaṃ viśeṣeṇa kartavyaṃ jñānibhirnaraiḥ | etaddānasamaṃ proktaṃ sābhramatyāvagāhanam
and especially the gift of a maiden, should be made by men of knowledge; bathing in the Sābhramatī is declared equal to (all) these gifts.
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PdP 6 136.16
यत्र वै सकलान्येव पतितानीह भूतले । वारिणा स्पर्शमात्रेण शुद्धत्वं यांति तान्यपि
yatra vai sakalānyeva patitānīha bhūtale | vāriṇā sparśamātreṇa śuddhatvaṃ yāṃti tānyapi
Where indeed all those things which have fallen here on the earth—even they attain purity by the mere touch of (its) water.
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PdP 6 136.17
अत्र श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वाणो नरो वै भक्तितत्परः । पितरस्तस्य संतुष्टा गच्छंति परमं पदम्
atra śrāddhaṃ prakurvāṇo naro vai bhaktitatparaḥ | pitarastasya saṃtuṣṭā gacchaṃti paramaṃ padam
A man who, intent on devotion, performs the śrāddha here—his forefathers, well satisfied, go to the highest state.
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PdP 6 136.18
एतदाख्यानकं दिव्यं ये शृण्वंति नराः सदा । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्ता विष्णोः सायुज्यमाप्नुयुः
etadākhyānakaṃ divyaṃ ye śṛṇvaṃti narāḥ sadā | sarvapāpavinirmuktā viṣṇoḥ sāyujyamāpnuyuḥ
Those men who always listen to this divine narrative, released from all sins, would attain union with Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 136.19
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ये स्तुवंति महेश्वरम् । न तेषां विद्यते दुःखं यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
karmaṇā manasā vācā ye stuvaṃti maheśvaram | na teṣāṃ vidyate duḥkhaṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
Those who praise Maheśvara by deed, by mind, and by speech—for them there is no sorrow until the dissolution of beings.
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PdP 6 136.136
महेश्वरसंवादे नंदितीर्थमहिमानाम षट्त्रिंशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
maheśvarasaṃvāde naṃditīrthamahimānāma ṣaṭtriṃśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
In the conversation of Maheśvara, the one hundred and thirty-sixth chapter, called "The Greatness of Nanditīrtha."
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