Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 140
PdP 6 140.1
श्रीमहादेव उवाच। भो देव्यन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि हिरण्यासंगमं महत् । यदा साभ्रमती गंगा सप्तस्रोता पुराभवत्
śrīmahādeva uvāca| bho devyanyatpravakṣyāmi hiraṇyāsaṃgamaṃ mahat | yadā sābhramatī gaṃgā saptasrotā purābhavat
Śrī Mahādeva said: O goddess, I shall declare another (thing), the great confluence of the Hiraṇyā, from when the Sābhramatī Gaṅgā of old became seven-streamed.
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PdP 6 140.2
तदा सा ब्रह्मतनया सप्तस्रोतेति विश्रुता । सप्तमं तद्धिरण्याख्यं स्रोत इत्यभिधीयते
tadā sā brahmatanayā saptasroteti viśrutā | saptamaṃ taddhiraṇyākhyaṃ srota ityabhidhīyate
Then she, Brahmā's daughter, became renowned as "seven-streamed"; that seventh stream is called by the name Hiraṇyā.
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PdP 6 140.3
तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा पापी गतिमवाप्नुयात् । ऋक्षुमंजुमयोर्मध्ये सत्यवान्नाम पर्वतः
tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā pāpī gatimavāpnuyāt | ṛkṣumaṃjumayormadhye satyavānnāma parvataḥ
Having bathed in that tīrtha, even a sinful man would attain (a good) course. Between the Ṛkṣu and the Maṃju is a mountain named Satyavān.
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PdP 6 140.4
तस्य प्राक्सुमहत्तीर्थं हिरण्यासंगमं शुभम् । तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च शुभां गतिमवाप्नुयात्
tasya prāksumahattīrthaṃ hiraṇyāsaṃgamaṃ śubham | tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca śubhāṃ gatimavāpnuyāt
To the east of it is the very great and auspicious tīrtha, the confluence of the Hiraṇyā; having bathed and drunk there, one would attain an auspicious course.
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PdP 6 140.5
वनस्थल्यां ततो गच्छेद्दृष्ट्वा नारायणं हरिम् । तीर्थमप्सरसां पुण्यं हिरण्यासंगमेश्वरम्
vanasthalyāṃ tato gaccheddṛṣṭvā nārāyaṇaṃ harim | tīrthamapsarasāṃ puṇyaṃ hiraṇyāsaṃgameśvaram
Then one should go to Vanasthalī, having beheld Nārāyaṇa Hari, (and to) the holy tīrtha of the apsarases, (and to) Hiraṇyāsaṅgameśvara.
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PdP 6 140.6
यत्रोर्वशी पुरा जाता समस्ताप्सरसां शुभा । नरनारायणौ तत्र तपस्तेपतुरुत्तमम्
yatrorvaśī purā jātā samastāpsarasāṃ śubhā | naranārāyaṇau tatra tapastepaturuttamam
Where of old Urvaśī was born, the fairest of all the apsarases, there Nara and Nārāyaṇa performed supreme austerity.
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PdP 6 140.7
हिरण्यासंगमे रम्ये महापापहरे शुभे । यत्र वै ऋषयः सर्वे मज्जंति वीतकल्मषाः
hiraṇyāsaṃgame ramye mahāpāpahare śubhe | yatra vai ṛṣayaḥ sarve majjaṃti vītakalmaṣāḥ
At the confluence of the Hiraṇyā, delightful, destroying great sins, auspicious, where indeed all the sages bathe and become free of stain,
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PdP 6 140.8
वसिष्ठाद्याश्च ये विप्रा वालखिल्यादयश्च ये । यत्र मज्जंति देवेशि हिरण्या सह संगमे
vasiṣṭhādyāśca ye viprā vālakhilyādayaśca ye | yatra majjaṃti deveśi hiraṇyā saha saṃgame
and those brahmins beginning with Vasiṣṭha, and those beginning with the Vālakhilyas, who bathe there, O queen of the gods, at the confluence with the Hiraṇyā —
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PdP 6 140.9
यत्र हिरण्मयं रूपं स्नानाद्वै भवति ध्रुवम् । कपिलागोसहस्रस्य दानेनैव तु यत्फलम्
yatra hiraṇmayaṃ rūpaṃ snānādvai bhavati dhruvam | kapilāgosahasrasya dānenaiva tu yatphalam
where, from bathing, a golden form certainly comes to be; and whatever fruit (comes) from the gift of a thousand tawny cows,
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PdP 6 140.10
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति हिरण्यासंगमे सदा । दशाश्वमेधे यत्पुण्यं ग्रहणे चंद्रसूर्ययोः
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti hiraṇyāsaṃgame sadā | daśāśvamedhe yatpuṇyaṃ grahaṇe caṃdrasūryayoḥ
that fruit one obtains always at the confluence of the Hiraṇyā. Whatever merit (accrues) at ten horse-sacrifices, at an eclipse of the moon and sun,
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PdP 6 140.11
तदनंतगुणं प्रोक्तं हिरण्यासंगमे पुनः । तुलापुरुषदाने च यत्फलं समवाप्नुयात्
tadanaṃtaguṇaṃ proktaṃ hiraṇyāsaṃgame punaḥ | tulāpuruṣadāne ca yatphalaṃ samavāpnuyāt
that is declared to be infinitely multiplied again at the confluence of the Hiraṇyā. And whatever fruit one would obtain by the gift of one's own weight (in gold),
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PdP 6 140.12
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति हिरण्यासंगमे सदा । हिरण्याक्षो महादैत्यस्तेन तप्तं महत्तपः
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti hiraṇyāsaṃgame sadā | hiraṇyākṣo mahādaityastena taptaṃ mahattapaḥ
that fruit one obtains always at the confluence of the Hiraṇyā. Hiraṇyākṣa, the great demon — by him great austerity was performed (there),
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PdP 6 140.13
हिरण्यसदृशं तत्र शरीरमभवत्पुरा । जनमेजये तथा राज्ञि यत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वति
hiraṇyasadṛśaṃ tatra śarīramabhavatpurā | janamejaye tathā rājñi yatra snānaṃ prakurvati
and there his body formerly became like gold. Likewise for king Janamejaya, where they perform the bath,
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PdP 6 140.14
ब्रह्महत्या गता देवि हिरण्यासंगमे तदा । विश्वामित्रोऽथ राजर्षिः स्नानार्थं वै समागतः
brahmahatyā gatā devi hiraṇyāsaṃgame tadā | viśvāmitro'tha rājarṣiḥ snānārthaṃ vai samāgataḥ
the killing of a brahmin departed (from him), O goddess, then at the confluence of the Hiraṇyā. And then Viśvāmitra, the royal sage, came there for the sake of bathing;
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PdP 6 140.15
स्नानं कृत्वा विशेषेण गतोऽसौ मामकीं पुरीम्
snānaṃ kṛtvā viśeṣeṇa gato'sau māmakīṃ purīm
having bathed with special (rites), he went to my city.
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PdP 6 140.16
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश्चाथ सुरेश्वरि । स्नानं येऽत्र प्रकुर्वंति ते गच्छंति शिवालयम्
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāścātha sureśvari | snānaṃ ye'tra prakurvaṃti te gacchaṃti śivālayam
Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras too, O mistress of the gods — those who perform the bath here go to Śiva's abode.
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