Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 137
PdP 6 137.1
महादेव उवाच। अथ नंदिप्रदेशात्तु यथा साभ्रमती नदी । समायाता विकीर्णं च वनं विप्रर्षिसेवितम्
mahādeva uvāca| atha naṃdipradeśāttu yathā sābhramatī nadī | samāyātā vikīrṇaṃ ca vanaṃ viprarṣisevitam
Mahādeva said: Now, (hear) how the river Sābhramatī came from the region of Nandi, and (reached) the scattered forest frequented by brahmin sages.
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PdP 6 137.2
बहुधा जलवेगेन पर्वतानां च रोधसः । सप्तधा प्रविभक्ता च दक्षिणोदधिगामिनी
bahudhā jalavegena parvatānāṃ ca rodhasaḥ | saptadhā pravibhaktā ca dakṣiṇodadhigāminī
(Divided) in many ways by the force of the water and by the barriers of the mountains, it became split into seven, going to the southern ocean.
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PdP 6 137.3
आद्या साभ्रमती पुण्या द्वितीया सेटिका तधा । तृतीया वल्किनी पुण्या चतुर्थी च हिरण्मयी
ādyā sābhramatī puṇyā dvitīyā seṭikā tadhā | tṛtīyā valkinī puṇyā caturthī ca hiraṇmayī
The first is the holy Sābhramatī, the second likewise Seṭikā, the third the holy Valkinī, and the fourth Hiraṇmayī;
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PdP 6 137.4
सर्वपापहरा प्रोक्ता हस्तिमत्यथ पंचमी । वेत्रवती सा च षष्ठी वृत्रेण निर्मिता पुरा
sarvapāpaharā proktā hastimatyatha paṃcamī | vetravatī sā ca ṣaṣṭhī vṛtreṇa nirmitā purā
the fifth, called Hastimatī, remover of all sins; and the sixth is Vetravatī, formed long ago by Vṛtra.
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PdP 6 137.5
इयं सा परमा देवी वृत्रकूपाद्विनिःसृता । वेत्रवती ततो जाता महापापप्रणाशिनी
iyaṃ sā paramā devī vṛtrakūpādviniḥsṛtā | vetravatī tato jātā mahāpāpapraṇāśinī
This is that supreme goddess who issued forth from Vṛtra's well; thence she was born as Vetravatī, destroyer of great sins.
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PdP 6 137.6
भद्रामुखी शुभप्राया सप्तमी लोकपावनी । एतैस्तु सप्तभिर्देवि तांस्तान्जनपदांस्तथा
bhadrāmukhī śubhaprāyā saptamī lokapāvanī | etaistu saptabhirdevi tāṃstānjanapadāṃstathā
The seventh is Bhadrāmukhī, mostly auspicious, purifier of the world. By these seven, O goddess, (she purified) those various countries,
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PdP 6 137.7
पवित्रीकृत्य चैकेन सप्तस्रोता प्रतिष्ठिता । विकीर्णतीर्थे यः श्राद्धं पितॄनुद्दिश्य दास्यति
pavitrīkṛtya caikena saptasrotā pratiṣṭhitā | vikīrṇatīrthe yaḥ śrāddhaṃ pitṝnuddiśya dāsyati
and having purified (them), she was established as the seven-streamed by one (stream). Whoever will offer śrāddha at Vikīrṇatīrtha for the sake of the forefathers—
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PdP 6 137.8
गयापिंडप्रदानस्य फलं यत्तद्भविष्यति । अवकीर्णा च्युता ये च लुप्तपिंडोदकक्रियाः
gayāpiṃḍapradānasya phalaṃ yattadbhaviṣyati | avakīrṇā cyutā ye ca luptapiṃḍodakakriyāḥ
whatever fruit belongs to the giving of piṇḍas at Gayā, that will be his. And those who are fallen, degraded, whose piṇḍa and water offerings have lapsed—
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PdP 6 137.9
ते विकीर्णे प्रमुच्यंते दत्तपिंडोदकक्रियाः । तत्र श्राद्धं तु यः कुर्याद्गाणपत्यं भवेद्ध्रुवम्
te vikīrṇe pramucyaṃte dattapiṃḍodakakriyāḥ | tatra śrāddhaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādgāṇapatyaṃ bhaveddhruvam
they are released at Vikīrṇa when the piṇḍa and water rites are given (for them). And whoever performs the śrāddha there will surely attain the state of Gaṇapati's company.
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PdP 6 137.10
तस्मात्त्रयीविधानेन श्रद्धया श्राद्धमाचरेत् । अस्मिंस्तीर्थे विशेषेण सप्तनद्युदये द्विजाः
tasmāttrayīvidhānena śraddhayā śrāddhamācaret | asmiṃstīrthe viśeṣeṇa saptanadyudaye dvijāḥ
Therefore one should perform the śrāddha with faith, according to the rule of the three Vedas. At this tīrtha especially, O twice-born ones, at the rising of the seven rivers,
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PdP 6 137.11
स्नानं कुरुत विप्रेंद्रा ऋषिलोकमभीप्सवः । इत्युक्तं कश्यपेनाथ द्विजान्प्रति विशेषतः
snānaṃ kuruta vipreṃdrā ṛṣilokamabhīpsavaḥ | ityuktaṃ kaśyapenātha dvijānprati viśeṣataḥ
bathe, O best of brahmins, if you desire the world of the sages. Thus it was said by Kaśyapa, addressed especially to the twice-born.
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PdP 6 137.12
यदि चेत्क्रियते स्नानं सर्वदुःखापहं सदा । तीर्थानां प्रवरं तीर्थं क्षेत्राणामुत्तमोत्तमम्
yadi cetkriyate snānaṃ sarvaduḥkhāpahaṃ sadā | tīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ tīrthaṃ kṣetrāṇāmuttamottamam
And if the bath is performed (here), which always removes all suffering — (this is) the foremost of holy fords, the very best of sacred fields.
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PdP 6 137.13
तीर्थमेतद्विकीर्णं च शुभदं रोगदोषहृत् । कुर्वंत्यत्र विशेषेण ये स्नानं सर्वदा कलौ
tīrthametadvikīrṇaṃ ca śubhadaṃ rogadoṣahṛt | kurvaṃtyatra viśeṣeṇa ye snānaṃ sarvadā kalau
And this ford, Vikīrṇa, is a giver of good and a remover of the ill of disease; those who especially bathe here always, in the Kali age —
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PdP 6 137.14
ते नराः पुण्यभाजो हि जायंते नात्र संशयः । गयातीर्थसमं तीर्थं विकीर्णं पावनं परम् । पितॄणां पुण्यदं नित्यं लोकानां दुःखनाशनम्
te narāḥ puṇyabhājo hi jāyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ | gayātīrthasamaṃ tīrthaṃ vikīrṇaṃ pāvanaṃ param | pitṝṇāṃ puṇyadaṃ nityaṃ lokānāṃ duḥkhanāśanam
those men indeed become sharers in merit; there is no doubt about it. Vikīrṇa is a ford equal to the ford of Gayā, supremely purifying, ever bestowing merit upon the ancestors and destroying the suffering of the worlds.
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PdP 6 137.15
इति विकीर्णतीर्थम् । तीर्थादस्मात्परं तीर्थं श्वेतोद्भवमनुत्तमम् । यत्र श्वेता नदी जाता मत्पृष्ठोदरभस्मना
iti vikīrṇatīrtham | tīrthādasmātparaṃ tīrthaṃ śvetodbhavamanuttamam | yatra śvetā nadī jātā matpṛṣṭhodarabhasmanā
Thus the Vikīrṇa ford. Beyond this ford is an unsurpassed ford, the rising-place of the Śvetā, where the white river was born from the ash on my back and belly.
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PdP 6 137.16
विश्रुता त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी । हरांगभस्मसंयोगात्जाता देवैस्तु मानिता
viśrutā triṣu lokeṣu sarvapāpapraṇāśinī | harāṃgabhasmasaṃyogātjātā devaistu mānitā
(She is) renowned in the three worlds, destroying all sins; born from contact with the ash on Hara's body, she is honoured by the gods.
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PdP 6 137.17
तस्यां स्नातः शुचिर्दांतस्त्रिरात्रमुषितः पुमान् । महाकालेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा रुद्रलोके महीयते
tasyāṃ snātaḥ śucirdāṃtastrirātramuṣitaḥ pumān | mahākāleśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā rudraloke mahīyate
A man who has bathed in her, pure and self-controlled, having stayed three nights, and has seen Mahākāleśvara, is exalted in the world of Rudra.
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PdP 6 137.18
पिंडं पितृभ्यो यो दद्यात्तस्यास्तीरे कुशैस्तिलैः । सुतृप्ताः पितरस्तस्य भवंतीति न संशयः
piṃḍaṃ pitṛbhyo yo dadyāttasyāstīre kuśaistilaiḥ | sutṛptāḥ pitarastasya bhavaṃtīti na saṃśayaḥ
Whoever offers a rice-ball to the ancestors on her bank with kuśa grass and sesame — his ancestors become well satisfied; there is no doubt of it.
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PdP 6 137.19
श्वेतगंगामहापुण्या दुःखदारिद्र्यमोचनी । यत्र स्नानेन भो देवि परं सुखमवाप्यते
śvetagaṃgāmahāpuṇyā duḥkhadāridryamocanī | yatra snānena bho devi paraṃ sukhamavāpyate
The Śvetagaṅgā is greatly meritorious, releasing (one) from suffering and poverty, where, O goddess, by bathing the highest happiness is obtained.
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PdP 6 137.20
तस्या वै संगमे पुण्ये नित्यं तिष्ठामि पार्वति । येऽत्र दानं प्रकुर्वंति स्नानं च तत्र सुंदरि
tasyā vai saṃgame puṇye nityaṃ tiṣṭhāmi pārvati | ye'tra dānaṃ prakurvaṃti snānaṃ ca tatra suṃdari
At her holy confluence I dwell always, Pārvatī; those who make a gift here and (perform) a bath there, O beautiful one —
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PdP 6 137.21
तदनंतफलं तस्य भवेद्वै नात्र संशयः । तत्र भूतेश्वरो देवः संगमे वसते ध्रुवम्
tadanaṃtaphalaṃ tasya bhavedvai nātra saṃśayaḥ | tatra bhūteśvaro devaḥ saṃgame vasate dhruvam
that (act) becomes for him of endless fruit; there is no doubt of it. There the god Bhūteśvara dwells at the confluence, unfailingly.
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PdP 6 137.22
तत्र धूपं च दीपं च पुष्पमारार्तिकं तथा । ये कुर्वंति नरश्रेष्ठास्ते नराः पुण्यरूपिणः
tatra dhūpaṃ ca dīpaṃ ca puṣpamārārtikaṃ tathā | ye kurvaṃti naraśreṣṭhāste narāḥ puṇyarūpiṇaḥ
Those best of men who there (offer) incense and lamp and flower and the waving of lights — those men are of the very form of merit.
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PdP 6 137.23
बिल्वदलं समादाय यो ददाति शिवोपरि । वांच्छितं लभते नित्यं श्वेतायां शिवसंनिधौ
bilvadalaṃ samādāya yo dadāti śivopari | vāṃcchitaṃ labhate nityaṃ śvetāyāṃ śivasaṃnidhau
He who takes a bilva leaf and places it upon Śiva obtains always what he wishes, at the Śvetā in the presence of Śiva.
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PdP 6 137.137
उमामहेश्वरसंवादे श्वेतातीर्थंनाम सप्तत्रिंशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde śvetātīrthaṃnāma saptatriṃśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
In the dialogue of Umā and Maheśvara, the one hundred thirty-seventh chapter, called "The Śvetā Ford."
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