Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 139
PdP 6 139.1
महादेव उवाच। साभ्रमत्युत्तरे कूले अग्नितीर्थमिति श्रुतम् । तस्याश्चोत्तरपूर्वेण नातिदूरे कृतास्पदम्
mahādeva uvāca| sābhramatyuttare kūle agnitīrthamiti śrutam | tasyāścottarapūrveṇa nātidūre kṛtāspadam
Mahādeva said: On the northern bank of the Sābhramatī there is what is known as Agnitīrtha; to the north-east of it, not far away, is established
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PdP 6 139.2
तीर्थं पालेश्वरं नाम चंडी यत्र प्रतिष्ठिता । पीठं तद्योगमातॄणां सर्वसिद्धिविधायकम्
tīrthaṃ pāleśvaraṃ nāma caṃḍī yatra pratiṣṭhitā | pīṭhaṃ tadyogamātṝṇāṃ sarvasiddhividhāyakam
a sacred place named Pāleśvara, where Caṇḍī is installed; that is the seat of the Yogamātṛs, granting all attainments,
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PdP 6 139.3
यत्र ताः सर्वदेवानां कार्यार्थे मातरः स्थिताः । परमं यत्नमास्थाय लोकानुग्रहकारणात्
yatra tāḥ sarvadevānāṃ kāryārthe mātaraḥ sthitāḥ | paramaṃ yatnamāsthāya lokānugrahakāraṇāt
where those Mothers abide for the sake of the affairs of all the gods, having undertaken the utmost effort, for the reason of favouring the worlds.
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PdP 6 139.4
त्रिरात्रमुषितो भूत्वा तस्मिंस्तीर्थे दृढव्रतः । अभिगच्छेत्तमीशानं देवेशं चंडिकेश्वरम्
trirātramuṣito bhūtvā tasmiṃstīrthe dṛḍhavrataḥ | abhigacchettamīśānaṃ deveśaṃ caṃḍikeśvaram
Having stayed three nights at that sacred place, firm in his vow, one should approach that lord, Caṇḍikeśvara, the lord of gods.
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PdP 6 139.5
साभ्रमत्यां कृतस्नानो मातृतीर्थस्य संनिधौ । समाधिविधिना युक्तो गच्छेद्वै मातृमंडलम्
sābhramatyāṃ kṛtasnāno mātṛtīrthasya saṃnidhau | samādhividhinā yukto gacchedvai mātṛmaṃḍalam
Having bathed in the Sābhramatī, in the vicinity of the Mātṛtīrtha, joined with the method of concentration, he should go to the circle of the Mothers.
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PdP 6 139.6
गोसहस्रप्रदानस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः । अग्नितीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा चामुंडादर्शने कृते
gosahasrapradānasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | agnitīrthe naraḥ snātvā cāmuṃḍādarśane kṛte
(Then) a man obtains the fruit of the gift of a thousand cows. When a man has bathed at Agnitīrtha and has had sight of Cāmuṇḍā,
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PdP 6 139.7
न भयं जायते तस्य रक्षोभूतपिशाचजम् । गोखुरा च नदी यत्र साभ्रमत्यां तु संगता
na bhayaṃ jāyate tasya rakṣobhūtapiśācajam | gokhurā ca nadī yatra sābhramatyāṃ tu saṃgatā
no fear arises for him arising from demons, ghosts or piśācas. And where the river Gokhurā is joined with the Sābhramatī,
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PdP 6 139.8
तत्र तीर्थसहस्राणि तिष्ठंतीति सुरेश्वरि । श्राद्धं तत्र प्रकर्त्तव्यं तिलचूर्णेन पार्वति
tatra tīrthasahasrāṇi tiṣṭhaṃtīti sureśvari | śrāddhaṃ tatra prakarttavyaṃ tilacūrṇena pārvati
there thousands of sacred fords abide, O mistress of the gods; a śrāddha should be performed there with ground sesame, O Pārvatī.
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PdP 6 139.9
पिंडान्दत्त्वा द्विजान्भोज्य अक्षयं पदमाप्नुयात् । यत्र कुकर्दमो राजा पापिष्ठो दुर्द्धरः खलः
piṃḍāndattvā dvijānbhojya akṣayaṃ padamāpnuyāt | yatra kukardamo rājā pāpiṣṭho durddharaḥ khalaḥ
Having offered the rice-balls and fed brahmins, one would attain the imperishable state. There (was) a king Kukardama, most sinful, unrestrainable, wicked,
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PdP 6 139.10
मूढोऽहंकारसंयुक्तो द्विजानां परिनिंदकः । गोघ्नोऽपि बलहा चैव पापिष्ठो दुर्दमः सदा
mūḍho'haṃkārasaṃyukto dvijānāṃ pariniṃdakaḥ | goghno'pi balahā caiva pāpiṣṭho durdamaḥ sadā
deluded, filled with egotism, a reviler of brahmins, a killer of cows and also a destroyer of strength, most sinful, ever hard to subdue.
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PdP 6 139.11
राज्यं च कुर्वतस्तस्य पुरे पिंडारसंज्ञके । तदा मृत्तिः समापन्ना धर्मे योगे सुरेश्वरि
rājyaṃ ca kurvatastasya pure piṃḍārasaṃjñake | tadā mṛttiḥ samāpannā dharme yoge sureśvari
And while he was ruling the kingdom in the city named Piṇḍāra, then his death occurred, in the (matter of) dharma and yoga, O mistress of the gods.
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PdP 6 139.12
मृतोऽसौ तत्र संजातः प्रेतरूपो महेश्वरि । पीतास्यः शुष्कतुंडश्च पीतरोमाऽथ कर्कशः
mṛto'sau tatra saṃjātaḥ pretarūpo maheśvari | pītāsyaḥ śuṣkatuṃḍaśca pītaromā'tha karkaśaḥ
Having died, he was born there in the form of a preta, O great goddess: yellow-faced, with a dry mouth, with yellow hair, and rough,
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PdP 6 139.13
उच्चस्तरो बहुरोमा क्षुत्पिपासाप्रपीडितः । वायुभक्षं प्रकुर्वाणः प्रगच्छति इतस्ततः
uccastaro bahuromā kṣutpipāsāprapīḍitaḥ | vāyubhakṣaṃ prakurvāṇaḥ pragacchati itastataḥ
Very tall, extremely hairy, tormented by hunger and thirst, feeding on wind alone, he wanders here and there.
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PdP 6 139.14
बहुप्रेतैः समायुक्तो हाहेति करुणो रुदन् । किं कर्तव्यमिति प्राहुः प्रेतास्ते वै समीपगाः
bahupretaiḥ samāyukto hāheti karuṇo rudan | kiṃ kartavyamiti prāhuḥ pretāste vai samīpagāḥ
Joined by many pretas, weeping piteously, "alas, alas!"—those pretas who had come near said, "What is to be done?"
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PdP 6 139.15
तेऽपि तदा रोदमानाः क्षुत्पिपासादि पीडिताः । अन्ये प्रेता दुरात्मानो राज्ञः संगतिमाययुः
te'pi tadā rodamānāḥ kṣutpipāsādi pīḍitāḥ | anye pretā durātmāno rājñaḥ saṃgatimāyayuḥ
They too then wept, afflicted by hunger, thirst and the rest; other evil-souled pretas came into the king's company.
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PdP 6 139.16
राज्ञा सार्द्धं च गच्छंति लोकान्विजनकान्बहून् । नोदकमथवा चान्नं न मार्गे दृश्यते कदा
rājñā sārddhaṃ ca gacchaṃti lokānvijanakānbahūn | nodakamathavā cānnaṃ na mārge dṛśyate kadā
And together with the king they go to many desolate regions; neither water nor food is ever seen on the road.
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PdP 6 139.17
ते प्रेता दुष्टरूपाश्च विचरंति महीतले । भक्षंति शवमांसानि पिबंति रुधिरं सदा
te pretā duṣṭarūpāśca vicaraṃti mahītale | bhakṣaṃti śavamāṃsāni pibaṃti rudhiraṃ sadā
Those pretas, of foul form, roam over the surface of the earth; they eat the flesh of corpses and always drink blood.
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PdP 6 139.18
एवं कुकर्दमो राजा सदा तैः परिवारितः । कदाचिद्दैवयोगेन गुरोराश्रममन्वगात्
evaṃ kukardamo rājā sadā taiḥ parivāritaḥ | kadāciddaivayogena gurorāśramamanvagāt
Thus king Kukardama, always surrounded by them, once by the working of fate came upon the hermitage of (his) teacher.
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PdP 6 139.19
पूर्वजन्मकृतं पुण्यं तेन योगेन संगतः । पार्वत्युवाच। किं कृतं तेन वै पुण्यं वद विश्वेश्वर प्रभो
pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ tena yogena saṃgataḥ | pārvatyuvāca| kiṃ kṛtaṃ tena vai puṇyaṃ vada viśveśvara prabho
By the merit made in a former birth he came together (with him) by that conjunction. Pārvatī said: What merit indeed was made by him? Tell (me), O lord, ruler of the universe.
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PdP 6 139.20
अयं पापी दुरात्मा च ब्राह्मणानां च दुःखदः । सत्संगतिः कथं जाता तन्मे दुस्तरतो वद
ayaṃ pāpī durātmā ca brāhmaṇānāṃ ca duḥkhadaḥ | satsaṃgatiḥ kathaṃ jātā tanme dustarato vada
This man is a sinner and evil-souled, and a giver of pain to brahmins; how did company with the good come about? Tell me that, (you) who carry (us) across the hard-to-cross.
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PdP 6 139.21
महादेव उवाच। एतेन नरदेवेन पूर्वजन्मनि यत्कृतम् । तत्सर्वं कथयिष्यामि शृणु त्वं नगनंदिनि
mahādeva uvāca| etena naradevena pūrvajanmani yatkṛtam | tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu tvaṃ naganaṃdini
Mahādeva said: What was done by this lord of men in a former birth, all that I shall relate; listen, O daughter of the mountain.
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PdP 6 139.22
पूर्वजन्मन्ययं देवि ब्राह्मणो वेदपाठकः । संपूज्य च महादेवं कृत्वा चातिथिपूजनम्
pūrvajanmanyayaṃ devi brāhmaṇo vedapāṭhakaḥ | saṃpūjya ca mahādevaṃ kṛtvā cātithipūjanam
In a former birth, O goddess, he was a brahmin, a reciter of the Vedas; having worshipped Mahādeva and having performed the honouring of guests,
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PdP 6 139.23
भोजनं कुरुते नित्यमसौ वाडवसत्तमः । तेन पुण्यप्रभावेन पुरो पिंडारसंज्ञके
bhojanaṃ kurute nityamasau vāḍavasattamaḥ | tena puṇyaprabhāvena puro piṃḍārasaṃjñake
that best of brahmins takes his meal daily. By the power of that merit, in the city called Piṇḍāra
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PdP 6 139.24
राजा वै तत्र संजातः कुकर्दम इति श्रुतः । कर्मणा मनसा चैव न कृतं पुण्यमेव च
rājā vai tatra saṃjātaḥ kukardama iti śrutaḥ | karmaṇā manasā caiva na kṛtaṃ puṇyameva ca
he was born there indeed as a king, known as Kukardama; but neither by deed nor by thought was any merit made (by him).
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PdP 6 139.25
तेन देवाभियोगेन मृतो वै प्रेतराडभूत् । शुष्कास्यः शुष्करूपश्च पीतवर्णः करालकः
tena devābhiyogena mṛto vai pretarāḍabhūt | śuṣkāsyaḥ śuṣkarūpaśca pītavarṇaḥ karālakaḥ
By that constraint of the gods, having died, he became a king of pretas: dry-mouthed, of withered form, yellow in colour, gaping-jawed.
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PdP 6 139.26
पूर्वजन्मकृतं पुण्यं न नश्यति सुरेश्वरि । तेन पुण्याभियोगेन संगतो गुरुणाश्रमे
pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ na naśyati sureśvari | tena puṇyābhiyogena saṃgato guruṇāśrame
Merit made in a former birth does not perish, O mistress of the gods; by the impulsion of that merit he met with (his) teacher at the hermitage.
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PdP 6 139.27
कहोडो वर्तते तत्र तेन दृष्टोऽथ प्रेतराट् । शुष्कास्यः शुष्करूपश्च पीतवर्णः करालकः
kahoḍo vartate tatra tena dṛṣṭo'tha pretarāṭ | śuṣkāsyaḥ śuṣkarūpaśca pītavarṇaḥ karālakaḥ
Kahoḍa dwells there; by him then the preta-king was seen: dry-mouthed, of withered form, yellow in colour, gaping-jawed,
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PdP 6 139.28
गंभीराक्षो महापापी दुष्टैः प्रेतैश्च संयुतः । ऊर्द्ध्वरोमा जटायुक्तः कालरूपो भयंकरः
gaṃbhīrākṣo mahāpāpī duṣṭaiḥ pretaiśca saṃyutaḥ | ūrddhvaromā jaṭāyuktaḥ kālarūpo bhayaṃkaraḥ
deep-eyed, a great sinner, accompanied by evil pretas, with hair standing up, matted-locked, of the form of Death, terrifying.
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PdP 6 139.29
एवं दृष्ट्वा तदा देवि विह्वलो वाडवोऽभवत् । कहोड उवाच। अस्मिन्मनोरमे चाहं स्थाने वै परमाद्भुते
evaṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā devi vihvalo vāḍavo'bhavat | kahoḍa uvāca| asminmanorame cāhaṃ sthāne vai paramādbhute
Having seen (him) thus, then, O goddess, the brahmin became agitated. Kahoḍa said: In this delightful, most wondrous place,
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PdP 6 139.30
अग्निपालेश्वरे तीर्थे नित्यं तिष्ठामि भूमिप । यजमानस्त्वमस्माकं कथं जातोऽसि प्रेतराट्
agnipāleśvare tīrthe nityaṃ tiṣṭhāmi bhūmipa | yajamānastvamasmākaṃ kathaṃ jāto'si pretarāṭ
at the sacred ford of Agnipāleśvara, I constantly dwell, O lord of the earth. You were our patron of sacrifice—how have you become a king of pretas,
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PdP 6 139.31
दुरात्मा दुष्टरूपश्च कालरूपो भयंकरः । केन कर्मविपाकेन जातो वै भूतले शुभे
durātmā duṣṭarūpaśca kālarūpo bhayaṃkaraḥ | kena karmavipākena jāto vai bhūtale śubhe
evil-souled and of foul form, of the form of Death, terrifying? By the ripening of what deed were you born on the fair surface of the earth?
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PdP 6 139.32
प्रेत उवाच। शृणु वाडव मे पापं पूर्वजन्मनि यत्कृतम् । अहं कुकर्दमो राजा पुरे पिंडारसंज्ञके
preta uvāca| śṛṇu vāḍava me pāpaṃ pūrvajanmani yatkṛtam | ahaṃ kukardamo rājā pure piṃḍārasaṃjñake
The preta said: Hear, O brahmin, my sin, what was done in a former birth. I was king Kukardama in the city called Piṇḍāra.
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PdP 6 139.33
तत्रस्थेन मया देव यत्कृतं तच्छृणुष्व हि । ब्रह्मणां हिंसनं चैव पुराऽसत्यादिभाषणम्
tatrasthena mayā deva yatkṛtaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva hi | brahmaṇāṃ hiṃsanaṃ caiva purā'satyādibhāṣaṇam
"Hear, O god, what I did while dwelling there: the injuring of brahmins, and the speaking of falsehood and the like in the past."
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PdP 6 139.34
प्रजानां पीडनं चैव जीवानां हिंसनं सदा । गवां वै दुःखकर्ताऽहं ब्राह्मणव्रतलोपनः
prajānāṃ pīḍanaṃ caiva jīvānāṃ hiṃsanaṃ sadā | gavāṃ vai duḥkhakartā'haṃ brāhmaṇavratalopanaḥ
"And the oppression of subjects, and the constant killing of living beings; I was indeed a causer of suffering to cows, and a breaker of the brahmins' observances."
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PdP 6 139.35
अस्नातः सर्वदा विप्र सज्जनानां विदूषकः । विष्णुनिंदापरो नित्यं वैष्णवानां च निंदकः
asnātaḥ sarvadā vipra sajjanānāṃ vidūṣakaḥ | viṣṇuniṃdāparo nityaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca niṃdakaḥ
"Never bathing, O brahmin, a reviler of good people, always given to blaming Viṣṇu and a censurer of the Vaiṣṇavas."
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PdP 6 139.36
दुराचारो दुरात्मा च वृषलीसंयुतः सदा । तत्र तत्र प्रभुंजानो नाऽहं शौचपरायणः
durācāro durātmā ca vṛṣalīsaṃyutaḥ sadā | tatra tatra prabhuṃjāno nā'haṃ śaucaparāyaṇaḥ
"Of evil conduct and evil nature, always consorting with a śūdra woman, eating here and there, I was not devoted to purity."
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PdP 6 139.37
तेन कर्माभियोगेन मृतो वै द्विजराट्ततः । प्रेतयोनिं प्रपन्नोऽस्मि दुःखी जातो ह्यनेकधा
tena karmābhiyogena mṛto vai dvijarāṭtataḥ | pretayoniṃ prapanno'smi duḥkhī jāto hyanekadhā
"By the compulsion of that karma, O best of the twice-born, having then died, I have fallen into the condition of a preta, and have become wretched in many ways."
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PdP 6 139.38
यस्य माता पिता नास्ति यस्य स्वजनबांधवाः । तस्य बंधुर्गुरुर्माता पितापि गुरुरेव च
yasya mātā pitā nāsti yasya svajanabāṃdhavāḥ | tasya baṃdhurgururmātā pitāpi gurureva ca
"For one who has no mother and no father, and who has no kinsmen and relatives, the teacher is his kinsman, his mother, and the teacher is his father too."
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PdP 6 139.39
इति ज्ञात्वा तु भो ब्रह्मन्मुक्तिं दातुं त्वमर्हसि
iti jñātvā tu bho brahmanmuktiṃ dātuṃ tvamarhasi
"Knowing this, O brahmin, you ought to grant (me) release."
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PdP 6 139.40
कहोड उवाच। शृणु त्वं नृपतिश्रेष्ठ करिष्ये वचनं तव । मुक्तिं यास्यति वै सद्यो भवांस्त्विह न संशयः
kahoḍa uvāca| śṛṇu tvaṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭha kariṣye vacanaṃ tava | muktiṃ yāsyati vai sadyo bhavāṃstviha na saṃśayaḥ
Kahoḍa said: Listen, O best of kings; I shall do as you say. You will indeed attain release at once here — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 139.41
एकादश पुरोगाश्च प्रेता ये तव संगताः । ते चापि मुक्तिमायांति सुतीर्थेऽस्मिन्विशेषतः
ekādaśa purogāśca pretā ye tava saṃgatāḥ | te cāpi muktimāyāṃti sutīrthe'sminviśeṣataḥ
"And the eleven pretas who went before, who are joined with you — they too will attain release, especially at this excellent tīrtha."
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PdP 6 139.42
तदा वै तेन विप्रेण तीर्थे गत्वा सुरेश्वरि । सर्वैश्चकारयामास तिलपिंडोदकक्रियाः
tadā vai tena vipreṇa tīrthe gatvā sureśvari | sarvaiścakārayāmāsa tilapiṃḍodakakriyāḥ
Then, O queen of the gods, that brahmin, having gone to the tīrtha, had the rites of sesame, rice-balls and water performed for them all.
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PdP 6 139.43
न मासो न तिथिर्देवी तीर्थे गत्वा पुनः पुनः । कर्त्तव्यं श्राद्धकर्मादि ब्रह्मणोक्तं पुरा मम
na māso na tithirdevī tīrthe gatvā punaḥ punaḥ | karttavyaṃ śrāddhakarmādi brahmaṇoktaṃ purā mama
"Neither month nor lunar day (matters), O goddess: going again and again to the tīrtha, the śrāddha rite and the rest is to be performed — so Brahmā told me long ago."
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PdP 6 139.44
कृते कर्मणि देवेशि मुक्तास्ते तीर्थराजके । विमानवरमारूढास्ते गता मामकीं पुरीम्
kṛte karmaṇi deveśi muktāste tīrtharājake | vimānavaramārūḍhāste gatā māmakīṃ purīm
When the rite had been performed, O mistress of the gods, they were released at that king of tīrthas; mounted on an excellent celestial car, they went to my city.
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PdP 6 139.45
संगता गोखुरा यत्र साभ्रमत्या सुरेश्वरि । तत्र स्नानं च दानं च कोटियज्ञफलं लभेत्
saṃgatā gokhurā yatra sābhramatyā sureśvari | tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca koṭiyajñaphalaṃ labhet
Where the Gokhurā has joined with the Sābhramatī, O queen of the gods, there bathing and giving obtain the fruit of ten million sacrifices.
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PdP 6 139.46
यत्राग्नितीर्थं वर्तेत कपालेश्वरसंज्ञकम् । तत्र मुक्तिस्तु संप्रोक्ता सत्यं सत्यं भवेद्ध्रुवम्
yatrāgnitīrthaṃ varteta kapāleśvarasaṃjñakam | tatra muktistu saṃproktā satyaṃ satyaṃ bhaveddhruvam
Where the Agnitīrtha called Kapāleśvara is situated, there release is declared (to be had) — truly, truly, it shall certainly be so.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition