Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 142
PdP 6 142.1
श्रीमहादेव उवाच। कंबुतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा कृत्वा वा पितृतर्पणम् । अर्चयेद्देवदेवेशं नारायणमनामयम्
śrīmahādeva uvāca| kaṃbutīrthe naraḥ snātvā kṛtvā vā pitṛtarpaṇam | arcayeddevadeveśaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam
Śrī Mahādeva said: A man, having bathed at Kambutīrtha or having made the offering of water to the ancestors, should worship the lord of the gods of gods, Nārāyaṇa, the free from ill.
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PdP 6 142.2
दत्त्वा दानानि विधिवद् ब्रह्मणेभ्यो विधानतः । विष्णुलोकमवाप्नोति तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः
dattvā dānāni vidhivad brahmaṇebhyo vidhānataḥ | viṣṇulokamavāpnoti tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ
Having given gifts duly to brahmins according to the rule, he attains the world of Viṣṇu, through the power of this tīrtha.
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PdP 6 142.3
अत्र राजर्षिणा पूर्वं विश्वामित्रेण धीमता । तपस्तप्तं विशेषेण प्रजाकामेन सुंदरि
atra rājarṣiṇā pūrvaṃ viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā | tapastaptaṃ viśeṣeṇa prajākāmena suṃdari
Here formerly by the royal sage Viśvāmitra, the wise, austerity was practised in particular, out of desire for offspring, O beautiful one.
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PdP 6 142.4
वायुभक्षो निराहारो यत्रासीदनिलाशनः । विष्णुपूजापरो नित्यं विष्णुध्यानपरायणः
vāyubhakṣo nirāhāro yatrāsīdanilāśanaḥ | viṣṇupūjāparo nityaṃ viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇaḥ
Where he was a feeder on air, without food, subsisting on wind, constantly intent on the worship of Viṣṇu, wholly devoted to the meditation on Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 142.5
तपसानेन संजातः प्रजाकाममवाप्तवान् । प्रजाकामो नरो यश्च कंबुतीर्थं हि गच्छति
tapasānena saṃjātaḥ prajākāmamavāptavān | prajākāmo naro yaśca kaṃbutīrthaṃ hi gacchati
By this austerity (a son) was born; he obtained his desire for offspring. And whatever man who desires offspring goes to Kambutīrtha,
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PdP 6 142.6
स प्रजां लभते नित्यं सत्यं सत्यं वरानने
sa prajāṃ labhate nityaṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ varānane
He always obtains offspring — it is true, it is true, O fair-faced one.
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PdP 6 142.7
इति कंबुतीर्थमाहात्म्यम् । ततो गच्छेत्सुरश्रेष्ठे तीर्थं नाम कपीश्वरम् । संनिधौ रक्तसिंहस्य महापातकनाशनम्
iti kaṃbutīrthamāhātmyam | tato gacchetsuraśreṣṭhe tīrthaṃ nāma kapīśvaram | saṃnidhau raktasiṃhasya mahāpātakanāśanam
Thus the glorification of Kambutīrtha. Then, O best of the gods (i.e. best among goddesses), one should go to the sacred place named Kapīśvara, in the vicinity of Raktasiṃha, which destroys great sins.
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PdP 6 142.8
बध्यमाने पुरा सेतौ रामरावणविग्रहे । गृहीत्वा पर्वतश्रेष्ठं विशेषात्कपिभिः कृतम्
badhyamāne purā setau rāmarāvaṇavigrahe | gṛhītvā parvataśreṣṭhaṃ viśeṣātkapibhiḥ kṛtam
Formerly, when the causeway was being built in the war of Rāma and Rāvaṇa, having taken up the best of mountains, it was made especially by the monkeys.
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PdP 6 142.9
नाम्ना कपीश्वरादित्यं चक्रुस्तीर्थमनुत्तमम् । यत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा कृत्वा वा पितृतर्पणम्
nāmnā kapīśvarādityaṃ cakrustīrthamanuttamam | yatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā kṛtvā vā pitṛtarpaṇam
They made a most excellent sacred place with the name Kapīśvarāditya, at which sacred place a man, having bathed or having made the libation to the ancestors,
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PdP 6 142.10
दृष्ट्वा कपीश्वरादित्यं मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया । तत्र स्नानं प्रकर्तव्यं चैत्राष्टम्यां विशेषतः
dṛṣṭvā kapīśvarādityaṃ mucyate brahmahatyayā | tatra snānaṃ prakartavyaṃ caitrāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣataḥ
and having beheld Kapīśvarāditya, is freed from (the sin of) killing a brahmin. Bathing should be performed there, especially on the eighth (day) of Caitra.
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PdP 6 142.11
हनुमत्प्रमुखैस्तत्र स्नातं यत्र दिनत्रयम् । कपितीर्थप्रभावोऽयं भवत्यै समुदीरितः
hanumatpramukhaistatra snātaṃ yatra dinatrayam | kapitīrthaprabhāvo'yaṃ bhavatyai samudīritaḥ
There, where Hanumān and the foremost (of the monkeys) bathed for three days — this power of Kapitīrtha has been declared to you, lady.
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PdP 6 142.12
अस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा पूजयित्वा कपीश्वरम् । रूपवान्बहुभोगश्च जायते नात्र संशयः
asmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayitvā kapīśvaram | rūpavānbahubhogaśca jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
A man who bathes in this sacred place and worships Kapīśvara is born handsome and with many enjoyments; there is no doubt in this.
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PdP 6 142.13
बलं वांछति यो लोको धर्मं वा पुत्रमेव च । सर्वं स तु लभेन्नित्यं कपितीर्थप्रभावतः
balaṃ vāṃchati yo loko dharmaṃ vā putrameva ca | sarvaṃ sa tu labhennityaṃ kapitīrthaprabhāvataḥ
Whatever person desires strength, or merit, or a son — he indeed always obtains all of it through the power of Kapitīrtha.
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PdP 6 142.142
संवादे कपितीर्थमाहात्म्यं नाम द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
saṃvāde kapitīrthamāhātmyaṃ nāma dvicatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
In the dialogue, the one hundred and forty-second chapter, called the Glorification of Kapitīrtha.
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