Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 138
PdP 6 138.1
महादेव उवाच। गणतीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्तीर्थयात्रापरायणः । त्रिविष्टपमिति प्रोक्तं गणैस्तु चंदना तटे
mahādeva uvāca| gaṇatīrthaṃ tato gacchettīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ | triviṣṭapamiti proktaṃ gaṇaistu caṃdanā taṭe
Mahādeva said: Then, intent on the pilgrimage of fords, one should go to the Gaṇa ford, which is called Triviṣṭapa, (made) by the Gaṇas on the bank of the Candanā.
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PdP 6 138.2
त्रिविष्टपे नरः स्नात्वा पूर्णमास्यां समाहितः । संशयो नात्र कर्त्तव्यो मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया
triviṣṭape naraḥ snātvā pūrṇamāsyāṃ samāhitaḥ | saṃśayo nātra karttavyo mucyate brahmahatyayā
A man having bathed at Triviṣṭapa on the full-moon day, with collected mind — no doubt should be entertained here — is freed from the killing of a brahmin.
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PdP 6 138.3
चतुरो वार्षिकान्मासान्स्थितिर्यस्य त्रिविष्टपे । सोऽपि पुण्यो महाभागे रुद्रलोके महीयते
caturo vārṣikānmāsānsthitiryasya triviṣṭape | so'pi puṇyo mahābhāge rudraloke mahīyate
He whose stay at Triviṣṭapa is four months of the year, he too is meritorious, O greatly fortunate one, and is exalted in the world of Rudra.
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PdP 6 138.4
गणतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा कृष्णाष्टम्यामुपोषितः । बकुलासंगमे स्नात्वा स्वर्गं गच्छति मानवः
gaṇatīrthe naraḥ snātvā kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāmupoṣitaḥ | bakulāsaṃgame snātvā svargaṃ gacchati mānavaḥ
A man having bathed at the Gaṇa ford, fasting on the eighth day of the dark fortnight, and having bathed at the confluence of the Bakulā, goes to heaven.
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PdP 6 138.5
तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा बकुलेशं विलोक्य च । गणेश्वरप्रसादेन गाणपत्यमवाप्नुयात्
tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā bakuleśaṃ vilokya ca | gaṇeśvaraprasādena gāṇapatyamavāpnuyāt
A man having bathed at that ford and beheld Bakuleśa would attain the state of a Gaṇapati by the grace of Gaṇeśvara.
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PdP 6 138.6
इदं पवित्रं परमं पुण्यायुष्यविवर्द्धनम् । श्रुत्वा तु लभते पुण्यं गंगास्नानसमं नरः
idaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ puṇyāyuṣyavivarddhanam | śrutvā tu labhate puṇyaṃ gaṃgāsnānasamaṃ naraḥ
This is purifying, supreme, increasing merit and long life; a man, merely by hearing it, obtains merit equal to bathing in the Ganges.
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PdP 6 138.7
अत्र स्थित्वा निराहारो जितेंद्रिय समाहितः । जपत्येवं परं देवं गणेश्वरं मनोरमम्
atra sthitvā nirāhāro jiteṃdriya samāhitaḥ | japatyevaṃ paraṃ devaṃ gaṇeśvaraṃ manoramam
Staying here without food, with senses subdued and mind collected, one thus recites (the name of) the supreme god, the delightful Gaṇeśvara.
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PdP 6 138.8
संप्राप्नोत्यखिलान्भोगान्सत्यं सत्यं वरानने । अत्र राजा सोमवंशी विश्वदत्तः स वीर्यवान्
saṃprāpnotyakhilānbhogānsatyaṃ satyaṃ varānane | atra rājā somavaṃśī viśvadattaḥ sa vīryavān
(He) obtains all enjoyments — it is true, it is true, O fair-faced one. Here (was) a king of the lunar line, Viśvadatta, that valiant one,
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PdP 6 138.9
तेन तपो महत्तप्तं बहुकालं सुरेश्वरि । गाणपत्यं तदा प्राप्तं श्रीगणेशप्रसादतः
tena tapo mahattaptaṃ bahukālaṃ sureśvari | gāṇapatyaṃ tadā prāptaṃ śrīgaṇeśaprasādataḥ
By him great austerity was performed for a long time, O mistress of the gods; and then the state of being a Gaṇapati was attained by the grace of the blessed Gaṇeśa.
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PdP 6 138.10
वसिष्ठो वामदेवश्च होडः कौशीतको मुनिः । भरद्वाजोंगिराश्चैव विश्वामित्रोऽथ वामनः
vasiṣṭho vāmadevaśca hoḍaḥ kauśītako muniḥ | bharadvājoṃgirāścaiva viśvāmitro'tha vāmanaḥ
Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva, Hoḍa, the sage Kauśītaka, Bharadvāja and Aṅgiras, Viśvāmitra, and then Vāmana —
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PdP 6 138.11
एते वै मुनयः सर्वे पुण्यरूपा महेश्वरि । नित्यं सेवां प्रकुर्वंति श्रीगणेशप्रसादतः
ete vai munayaḥ sarve puṇyarūpā maheśvari | nityaṃ sevāṃ prakurvaṃti śrīgaṇeśaprasādataḥ
all these sages, of meritorious form, O great goddess, perform service (here) constantly, by the grace of the blessed Gaṇeśa.
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PdP 6 138.12
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रान्निर्द्धनो लभते धनम् । अविद्यो लभते विद्यां मोक्षार्थी मोक्षमाप्नुयात्
aputro labhate putrānnirddhano labhate dhanam | avidyo labhate vidyāṃ mokṣārthī mokṣamāpnuyāt
One without a son obtains sons, one without wealth obtains wealth, one without learning obtains learning, and one who seeks liberation would attain liberation.
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PdP 6 138.13
किमन्यद्बहुनोक्तेन भूयोभूयो वरानने । योऽत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत पूजनं वा करोति च
kimanyadbahunoktena bhūyobhūyo varānane | yo'tra snānaṃ prakurvīta pūjanaṃ vā karoti ca
What else (is to be said) by speaking much, again and again, O fair-faced one? Whoever bathes here, or performs worship,
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PdP 6 138.14
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो याति विष्णोः परं पदम् । शिवाय विष्णुरूपाय विष्णवे शिवरूपिणे
sarvapāpavinirmukto yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam | śivāya viṣṇurūpāya viṣṇave śivarūpiṇe
freed from all sins he goes to the highest state of Viṣṇu. To Śiva who has Viṣṇu's form, to Viṣṇu who has Śiva's form —
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PdP 6 138.15
नांतरं देवि पश्यामि श्रीविष्णोश्च प्रसादतः
nāṃtaraṃ devi paśyāmi śrīviṣṇośca prasādataḥ
I see no difference (between them), O goddess, and that by the grace of the blessed Viṣṇu.
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