Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 141
PdP 6 141.1
महादेव उवाच। ततो देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि हिरण्यासंगमादनु । धर्मावती नदी यत्र संगता सह गंगया
mahādeva uvāca| tato devi pravakṣyāmi hiraṇyāsaṃgamādanu | dharmāvatī nadī yatra saṃgatā saha gaṃgayā
Mahādeva said: Then, O goddess, I shall declare (what comes) after the Hiraṇyā confluence: where the river Dharmāvatī has joined together with the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 141.2
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो धन्यस्त्रिदिवं यात्यसंशयम् । यत्र धर्मकृतं तीर्थं यः पश्यति स पुण्यभाक्
tatra snātvā naro dhanyastridivaṃ yātyasaṃśayam | yatra dharmakṛtaṃ tīrthaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa puṇyabhāk
Having bathed there a man is blessed, and goes to heaven without doubt. He who sees the sacred ford made by Dharma there, he is a partaker of merit.
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PdP 6 141.3
श्राद्धं तत्रैव ये कुर्युर्मुच्यंते पितृजादृणात् । ततश्च मधुरातीर्थं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
śrāddhaṃ tatraiva ye kuryurmucyaṃte pitṛjādṛṇāt | tataśca madhurātīrthaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
Those who perform the śrāddha right there are freed from the debt owed to the fathers. And then (comes) the Madhurā ford, which destroys all sins.
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PdP 6 141.4
स्नातव्यं मधुरातीर्थे द्रष्टव्यो मधुहा हरिः । यत्र विश्रांतवान्कृष्णो जरासंधभयाकुलः
snātavyaṃ madhurātīrthe draṣṭavyo madhuhā hariḥ | yatra viśrāṃtavānkṛṣṇo jarāsaṃdhabhayākulaḥ
One should bathe at the Madhurā ford, and one should behold Hari, the slayer of Madhu — where Kṛṣṇa rested, agitated by fear of Jarāsandha,
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PdP 6 141.5
कंसासुरवधे वृत्ते गंतुकामः कुशस्थलीम् । उषित्वा सप्तरात्रं तु स देवश्चंदनातटे
kaṃsāsuravadhe vṛtte gaṃtukāmaḥ kuśasthalīm | uṣitvā saptarātraṃ tu sa devaścaṃdanātaṭe
when the killing of the demon Kaṃsa had taken place and he wished to go to Kuśasthalī; that god, having dwelt seven nights on the bank of the Candanā,
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PdP 6 141.6
भोजवृष्ण्यंधकवृतो वीरैर्यादवपुंगवैः । मधुरातीर्थमासाद्य स्नानं कृत्वा विधानतः
bhojavṛṣṇyaṃdhakavṛto vīrairyādavapuṃgavaiḥ | madhurātīrthamāsādya snānaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ
surrounded by the Bhojas, Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, by the heroes, the bulls among the Yādavas, having reached the Madhurā ford and performed the bath according to rule,
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PdP 6 141.7
मधुरादित्यनामानं यत्र स्थापितवान्हरिः । अष्टादशसहस्राणि विप्राणां यज्ञशालिनाम्
madhurādityanāmānaṃ yatra sthāpitavānhariḥ | aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi viprāṇāṃ yajñaśālinām
where Hari installed (the sun) by the name Madhurāditya; and eighteen thousand brahmins skilled in sacrifice
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PdP 6 141.8
स्थापयित्वा ययौ दत्त्वा यानानि विविधानि च । तत्र तीर्थसहस्राणि तिष्ठंति च सुरेश्वरि
sthāpayitvā yayau dattvā yānāni vividhāni ca | tatra tīrthasahasrāṇi tiṣṭhaṃti ca sureśvari
having settled (there), he went, giving also various vehicles. And there thousands of sacred fords abide, O mistress of the gods.
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PdP 6 141.9
श्राद्धं तत्र प्रकर्तव्यं पितॄणां हितकाम्यया । न भेतव्यं जरासंधान्मत्तीर्थे वसतां सदा
śrāddhaṃ tatra prakartavyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ hitakāmyayā | na bhetavyaṃ jarāsaṃdhānmattīrthe vasatāṃ sadā
The śrāddha should be performed there out of desire for the welfare of the fathers. There is no need to fear Jarāsandha for those always dwelling at my ford.
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PdP 6 141.10
इत्युक्त्वा तान्द्विजान्कृष्णः प्रययौ द्वारकां प्रति । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा मधुरार्कं प्रपूजयेत्
ityuktvā tāndvijānkṛṣṇaḥ prayayau dvārakāṃ prati | tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā madhurārkaṃ prapūjayet
Having said this to those twice-born, Kṛṣṇa went off toward Dvārakā. Having bathed at that ford, a man should worship Madhurārka (the Madhurā Sun).
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PdP 6 141.11
माघस्य शुक्लसप्तम्यां कपिला गो प्रदानतः । चिरं सौख्यानि भुंक्त्वेह पदमादित्यमा व्रजेत्
māghasya śuklasaptamyāṃ kapilā go pradānataḥ | ciraṃ saukhyāni bhuṃktveha padamādityamā vrajet
On the bright seventh of Māgha, by the gift of a tawny cow, having enjoyed pleasures here for a long time, one would go to the station of the sun.
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PdP 6 141.12
शृणु सुन्दरि वक्ष्यामि इतिहासं पुरातनम् । यं श्रुत्वा मुच्यते लोको ब्रह्महत्यादि पातकात्
śṛṇu sundari vakṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam | yaṃ śrutvā mucyate loko brahmahatyādi pātakāt
Listen, fair lady, I shall tell an ancient tale, by hearing which people are freed from sins such as the killing of a brahmin.
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PdP 6 141.13
एकस्मिन्समये देवि मांडव्यो ऋषिसत्तमः । गङ्गाद्वारे महापुण्यं तप्तवांस्तु महत्तपः
ekasminsamaye devi māṃḍavyo ṛṣisattamaḥ | gaṅgādvāre mahāpuṇyaṃ taptavāṃstu mahattapaḥ
At one time, O goddess, Māṇḍavya, the best of seers, performed great and highly meritorious asceticism at Gaṅgādvāra.
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PdP 6 141.14
पत्राशी च फलाशी च वायुभक्षकरः सदा । अहोरात्रं सदा देवि विष्णुध्यानपरायणः
patrāśī ca phalāśī ca vāyubhakṣakaraḥ sadā | ahorātraṃ sadā devi viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇaḥ
Eating leaves and eating fruits, and always living on air alone, day and night, O goddess, he was ever devoted to the meditation on Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 141.15
योगाभ्यासरतो नित्यं नित्यं धर्मपरायणः । तस्मिन्देशे तु वै देवि राजा वै विश्वमोहनः
yogābhyāsarato nityaṃ nityaṃ dharmaparāyaṇaḥ | tasmindeśe tu vai devi rājā vai viśvamohanaḥ
Constantly given to the practice of yoga, constantly devoted to dharma — and in that region, O goddess, there was a king named Viśvamohana.
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PdP 6 141.16
गजाश्वरथपत्तीनां संपदो बहुला भुवि । सोमचंद्रेति विख्यातः पुत्रस्तस्य सुलक्षणः
gajāśvarathapattīnāṃ saṃpado bahulā bhuvi | somacaṃdreti vikhyātaḥ putrastasya sulakṣaṇaḥ
He had on earth abundant riches of elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers; his son, of fine marks, was known as Somacandra.
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PdP 6 141.17
एकदा तु तदा देवि गतो ह्याखेटके वने । तत्र गत्वा तदा तेन कृत्वा ह्याखेटकक्रियाः
ekadā tu tadā devi gato hyākheṭake vane | tatra gatvā tadā tena kṛtvā hyākheṭakakriyāḥ
Once, O goddess, he went hunting in the forest; and having gone there he performed the acts of the hunt,
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PdP 6 141.18
स्वात्मानं रमयामास स्वलोकैः परिवारितः । क्रीडारते तदा राज्ञि रात्रिर्जाता सुरेश्वरि
svātmānaṃ ramayāmāsa svalokaiḥ parivāritaḥ | krīḍārate tadā rājñi rātrirjātā sureśvari
and, surrounded by his own people, he took his pleasure. While the king was engaged in sport, night fell, O mistress of the gods.
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PdP 6 141.19
तस्यां रात्रौ तदा राजा उवासाखेटके वने । तस्यां रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां मुहूर्ते ब्रह्मसंज्ञके
tasyāṃ rātrau tadā rājā uvāsākheṭake vane | tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ muhūrte brahmasaṃjñake
That night the king dwelt there in the hunting forest; and when that night had passed, at the hour called Brahma,
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PdP 6 141.20
हृतोऽश्वोऽथ विशेषेण चौरेणात्र दुरात्मना । तदा हाहेति शब्दोऽभूत्क्व गतः क्व गतो हरिः
hṛto'śvo'tha viśeṣeṇa caureṇātra durātmanā | tadā hāheti śabdo'bhūtkva gataḥ kva gato hariḥ
a horse was carried off — indeed, right there by a wicked-souled thief. Then there arose a cry of "Alas! Alas! Where has it gone? Where has the horse gone?"
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PdP 6 141.21
तदा राज्ञो भयात्सर्वे गंतुकामाः समुत्सुकाः । चौरेणापहृतश्चाश्व इत्येवं संवदंति हि
tadā rājño bhayātsarve gaṃtukāmāḥ samutsukāḥ | caureṇāpahṛtaścāśva ityevaṃ saṃvadaṃti hi
Then all of them, out of fear of the king, eager and anxious to go, kept saying to one another, "The horse has been carried off by a thief."
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PdP 6 141.22
निरीक्ष्यमाणास्ते सर्वे हरिद्वारं समागताः । ऋषिस्तत्र तु मांडव्यस्तपस्तपति नित्यशः
nirīkṣyamāṇāste sarve haridvāraṃ samāgatāḥ | ṛṣistatra tu māṃḍavyastapastapati nityaśaḥ
All of them, searching about, came to Haridvāra; and there the seer Māṇḍavya was performing his constant austerity.
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PdP 6 141.23
ध्यानेन च समायुक्तो दृष्टोऽसौ तैर्भटैस्तदा । अयं चौरः सदा पापी ध्यानं कृत्वा प्रतिष्ठति
dhyānena ca samāyukto dṛṣṭo'sau tairbhaṭaistadā | ayaṃ cauraḥ sadā pāpī dhyānaṃ kṛtvā pratiṣṭhati
Absorbed in meditation, he was then seen by those soldiers: "This is the thief, an utter sinner; he stands there pretending to meditate.
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PdP 6 141.24
बद्ध्वाश्वं तु समायातो ज्ञात्वा राजभटैस्तदा । एवं विचार्य ते सर्वे गृहीत्वा तं महामुनिम्
baddhvāśvaṃ tu samāyāto jñātvā rājabhaṭaistadā | evaṃ vicārya te sarve gṛhītvā taṃ mahāmunim
He has come here after tying up the horse" — thus (they) concluded, the king's soldiers; and having so reflected, they all seized that great sage,
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PdP 6 141.25
राज्ञे निवेदयामासुस्तं चौरं मुनिसत्तमम् । अश्वापहारी ह्यानीतश्चौरोऽयं नृप सर्वदा
rājñe nivedayāmāsustaṃ cauraṃ munisattamam | aśvāpahārī hyānītaścauro'yaṃ nṛpa sarvadā
and reported that best of sages to the king as a thief: "O king, this thief, a habitual stealer of horses, has been brought (before you)."
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PdP 6 141.26
आज्ञा दत्ता तदा तेन शूलिकारोपणे पुनः । तदा तैस्तुभटैः सर्वैर्मिलित्वा बंधनं कृतम्
ājñā dattā tadā tena śūlikāropaṇe punaḥ | tadā taistubhaṭaiḥ sarvairmilitvā baṃdhanaṃ kṛtam
Then an order was given by him for (the man's) impalement on the stake; and thereupon all those soldiers together bound him.
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PdP 6 141.27
पश्चाद्वै शूलिकाप्रोतस्तत्क्षणात्तु कृतस्तदा । न ज्ञातं तेन तत्कर्म शूलिकायाः प्रतोदनम्
paścādvai śūlikāprotastatkṣaṇāttu kṛtastadā | na jñātaṃ tena tatkarma śūlikāyāḥ pratodanam
Afterwards he was at once pierced upon the stake; but he did not notice that deed, the goading of the stake,
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PdP 6 141.28
यतो योगसमारूढो विष्णुध्यानपरायणः । शूलिकाप्रोतनं ज्ञातं कतिचित्कालयोगतः
yato yogasamārūḍho viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇaḥ | śūlikāprotanaṃ jñātaṃ katicitkālayogataḥ
since he was mounted in yoga, wholly devoted to the meditation on Viṣṇu. The impaling on the stake was noticed (only) after the passage of some time.
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PdP 6 141.29
मांडव्योऽहंमृषिश्रेष्ठः केन कर्म इदं कृतम् । त्रिकालज्ञानी सर्वज्ञो भगवांस्तद्व्यचिंतयत्
māṃḍavyo'haṃmṛṣiśreṣṭhaḥ kena karma idaṃ kṛtam | trikālajñānī sarvajño bhagavāṃstadvyaciṃtayat
"I am Māṇḍavya, the foremost of seers — by whom has this deed been done?" The lord, knower of the three times, all-knowing, pondered that.
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PdP 6 141.30
धर्मस्य च इदं कर्म न चान्यस्य कदाचन । योगारूढः स धर्मात्मा गतोऽसौ धर्मसंनिधौ
dharmasya ca idaṃ karma na cānyasya kadācana | yogārūḍhaḥ sa dharmātmā gato'sau dharmasaṃnidhau
"This deed is Dharma's and never anyone else's." That righteous one, mounted in yoga, went into Dharma's presence.
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PdP 6 141.31
तत्र गत्वा उवाचेदं शृणु त्वं धर्म सांप्रतम् । त्वं वै धर्म इति ख्यातो लोके वेदे च सर्वदा
tatra gatvā uvācedaṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ dharma sāṃpratam | tvaṃ vai dharma iti khyāto loke vede ca sarvadā
Going there, he said this: "Listen now, Dharma. You indeed are famed as 'Dharma' in the world and in the Veda always."
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PdP 6 141.32
शूलिकाप्रोतनं कर्म कथं चैव त्वया कृतम् । तत्सर्वं श्रोतुमिच्छामि त्वत्तो देव न संशयः
śūlikāprotanaṃ karma kathaṃ caiva tvayā kṛtam | tatsarvaṃ śrotumicchāmi tvatto deva na saṃśayaḥ
"How was this deed of impaling on a stake done by you? I wish to hear all of that from you, O god — there is no doubt (of it)."
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PdP 6 141.33
धर्म उवाच। शृणुष्व त्वं द्विजश्रेष्ठ पूर्वजन्मनि पातकम् । तदहं कथयिष्यामि कृपां कुरु ममोपरि
dharma uvāca| śṛṇuṣva tvaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha pūrvajanmani pātakam | tadahaṃ kathayiṣyāmi kṛpāṃ kuru mamopari
Dharma said: "Listen, best of the twice-born, to the sin (committed) in a former birth; that I shall relate. Show favour toward me."
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PdP 6 141.34
बालत्वे तु इदं कर्म पूर्वजन्मजपातकम् । तच्छृणुष्व महाप्राज्ञ भवेऽस्मिन्पातनं कृतम्
bālatve tu idaṃ karma pūrvajanmajapātakam | tacchṛṇuṣva mahāprājña bhave'sminpātanaṃ kṛtam
"But this deed (was done) in childhood, a sin arising from a former birth. Listen to that, greatly wise one: in this existence the impaling was brought about."
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PdP 6 141.35
एकस्मिन्समये विप्र त्वं गतो विजने वने । तत्र गत्वा त्वया विप्र जीवः शलभसंज्ञकः
ekasminsamaye vipra tvaṃ gato vijane vane | tatra gatvā tvayā vipra jīvaḥ śalabhasaṃjñakaḥ
"On one occasion, brahmin, you went into an empty forest; and having gone there, brahmin, by you a living creature called a locust—"
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PdP 6 141.36
आरोऽपितः स वै शूल्यां कर्मणा तेन दुःखितः । राज्ञा शूलेऽर्पितस्त्वं वै कर्मणानेन सुव्रत
āro'pitaḥ sa vai śūlyāṃ karmaṇā tena duḥkhitaḥ | rājñā śūle'rpitastvaṃ vai karmaṇānena suvrata
"—that (creature) was indeed set upon a spike; by that deed it was made to suffer. By this deed you yourself were fixed upon a stake by the king, O you of good vows."
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PdP 6 141.37
सर्वथैव प्रभोक्तव्यं कृतं कर्म शुभाशुभम् । अल्पमात्रमिदं कर्म त्वया भुक्तं न संशयः
sarvathaiva prabhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham | alpamātramidaṃ karma tvayā bhuktaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
"In every case the deed that has been done, good or bad, must be fully experienced. This deed you have experienced only in small measure — there is no doubt."
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PdP 6 141.38
सुखी भवतु विप्रेंद्र गच्छ त्वं हि यथेच्छया । एतद्वाक्यं ततः श्रुत्वा मांडव्यो द्विजसत्तमः
sukhī bhavatu vipreṃdra gaccha tvaṃ hi yathecchayā | etadvākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā māṃḍavyo dvijasattamaḥ
"Be happy, chief of brahmins; go you as you wish." Then, having heard this speech, Māṇḍavya, the most excellent of the twice-born,
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PdP 6 141.39
उवाच वचनं तत्र सकोपादारुणेक्षणः । मांडव्य उवाच। रे पापिष्ठ दुराचार किं कृतं बहुपातकम्
uvāca vacanaṃ tatra sakopādāruṇekṣaṇaḥ | māṃḍavya uvāca| re pāpiṣṭha durācāra kiṃ kṛtaṃ bahupātakam
spoke a word there, full of anger, with fierce eyes. Māṇḍavya said: "You most sinful, evil-conducted one! What great sin was committed,
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PdP 6 141.40
येन कृत्वा इदं कर्म शूलिकायाः प्रतोदनम् । ममवाक्यप्रकोपेन शूद्रस्त्वं भव सर्वथा
yena kṛtvā idaṃ karma śūlikāyāḥ pratodanam | mamavākyaprakopena śūdrastvaṃ bhava sarvathā
"by which, having done this deed, (there came about) the piercing with the stake? By the wrath of my word, become a Śūdra in every way!"
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PdP 6 141.41
कियता कालयोगेन वंशे वै चंद्रसंज्ञके । जातो विदुरनामाख्यो विष्णुभक्तिपरायणः
kiyatā kālayogena vaṃśe vai caṃdrasaṃjñake | jāto viduranāmākhyo viṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇaḥ
After some conjunction of time he was born in the lineage called the Lunar (Candra), named Vidura, wholly devoted to devotion to Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 141.42
तीर्थयात्रामिषेणैव गतः साभ्रमतीं नदीम् । यत्र धर्मावती संगो वर्त्तते च सुरेश्वरि
tīrthayātrāmiṣeṇaiva gataḥ sābhramatīṃ nadīm | yatra dharmāvatī saṃgo varttate ca sureśvari
On the pretext of a pilgrimage he went to the river Sābhramatī, where the confluence with the Dharmāvatī is, O mistress of the gods.
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PdP 6 141.43
तत्र वै कृतवान्स्नानं विदुरो धर्मरूपवान् । त्यक्तं तत्र हि शूद्रत्वं धर्मावत्यां न संशयः
tatra vai kṛtavānsnānaṃ viduro dharmarūpavān | tyaktaṃ tatra hi śūdratvaṃ dharmāvatyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ
There indeed Vidura, having the form of Dharma, performed his bath; and there in the Dharmāvatī his Śūdra-hood was cast off — there is no doubt.
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PdP 6 141.44
एतस्मात्कारणाद्देवि यत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वते । ते नराः पुण्यकर्माणो गच्छंति परमं पदम्
etasmātkāraṇāddevi yatra snānaṃ prakurvate | te narāḥ puṇyakarmāṇo gacchaṃti paramaṃ padam
For this reason, goddess, those men who perform the bath there become of meritorious deeds and go to the highest state.
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PdP 6 141.45
अत्र श्राद्धं च दानं च ये कुर्वंति नरा भुवि । इहलोके परामृद्धिं प्राप्य तैर्दिविमुद्यते
atra śrāddhaṃ ca dānaṃ ca ye kurvaṃti narā bhuvi | ihaloke parāmṛddhiṃ prāpya tairdivimudyate
Those men on earth who perform here a śrāddha and a gift, having obtained the highest prosperity in this world, by them heaven is ascended.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition