Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 144
PdP 6 144.1
महादेव उवाच। ब्रह्मवल्ली महत्तीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्सुरेश्वरि । तस्य तीर्थस्य स्वरूपं साक्षाच्छृणु सुरोत्तम
mahādeva uvāca| brahmavallī mahattīrthaṃ tato gacchetsureśvari | tasya tīrthasya svarūpaṃ sākṣācchṛṇu surottama
Mahādeva said: Brahmavallī is a great tīrtha; one should go there next, O mistress of the gods. Hear directly the nature of that tīrtha, O best of the gods.
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PdP 6 144.2
यत्र साभ्रमती तोयं ब्रह्मवल्ल्यंभसा सह । युज्यते ब्रह्मतीर्थं तत्प्रयागेन समं स्मृतम्
yatra sābhramatī toyaṃ brahmavallyaṃbhasā saha | yujyate brahmatīrthaṃ tatprayāgena samaṃ smṛtam
Where the water of the Sābhramatī joins with the water of the Brahmavallī, that is the Brahma-tīrtha, held to be equal to Prayāga.
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PdP 6 144.3
तत्र पिंडप्रदानेन तृप्तिर्द्वादशवार्षिकी । पितॄणां जायते नूनं ब्रह्मणो वचनं यथा
tatra piṃḍapradānena tṛptirdvādaśavārṣikī | pitṝṇāṃ jāyate nūnaṃ brahmaṇo vacanaṃ yathā
There, by the offering of piṇḍas, a satisfaction lasting twelve years surely arises for the ancestors, as is the word of Brahmā.
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PdP 6 144.4
गयाश्राद्धसमंपुण्यंब्रह्मवल्ल्यांविशेषतः । यत्रज्ञात्वाप्रकुर्वंतिपितरस्तृप्तिमाप्नुयुः
gayāśrāddhasamaṃpuṇyaṃbrahmavallyāṃviśeṣataḥ | yatrajñātvāprakurvaṃtipitarastṛptimāpnuyuḥ
The merit (there) is equal to a śrāddha at Gayā, especially at the Brahmavallī; where, knowing this, (men) perform (the rite), the ancestors would attain satisfaction.
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PdP 6 144.5
गोदानंभूमिदानंचअन्नदानंतथैवच । एतद्दानसमं पुण्यं ब्रह्मवल्ल्यां विशेषतः
godānaṃbhūmidānaṃcaannadānaṃtathaivaca | etaddānasamaṃ puṇyaṃ brahmavallyāṃ viśeṣataḥ
The gift of a cow, the gift of land, and likewise the gift of food — the merit (of bathing there) equals this gift-giving, especially at the Brahmavallī.
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PdP 6 144.6
अत्रैव सनकाद्यास्तु स्नात्वा च विधिपूर्वकम् । परंब्रह्मपदध्यानाद्विष्णुलोकमवाप्नुयुः
atraiva sanakādyāstu snātvā ca vidhipūrvakam | paraṃbrahmapadadhyānādviṣṇulokamavāpnuyuḥ
Right here Sanaka and the others, having bathed in accordance with the rules, would attain Viṣṇu's world through meditation on the supreme station of Brahman.
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PdP 6 144.7
पुष्करे चैव गंगायां क्षेत्रे चामरकंटके । तत्र गत्वा तु देवेशि यत्फलं लभते नरः
puṣkare caiva gaṃgāyāṃ kṣetre cāmarakaṃṭake | tatra gatvā tu deveśi yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ
At Puṣkara, at the Gaṅgā, and at the field of Amarakaṇṭaka—the fruit that a man obtains by going there, O mistress of the gods,
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PdP 6 144.8
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति ब्रह्मवल्ल्यां विशेषतः । चंद्र सूर्योपरागे च दानं ये ददते नराः
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti brahmavallyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | caṃdra sūryoparāge ca dānaṃ ye dadate narāḥ
that same fruit he obtains at Brahmavallī, and especially so; and the men who give a gift at an eclipse of the moon or the sun,
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PdP 6 144.9
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति ब्रह्मावल्ल्यां सुरेश्वरि । दिव्यरूपधरास्ते च शंखचक्रगदाधराः
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti brahmāvallyāṃ sureśvari | divyarūpadharāste ca śaṃkhacakragadādharāḥ
that same fruit they obtain at Brahmavallī, O queen of the gods; and they, bearing divine forms, hold conch, discus and mace.
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PdP 6 144.10
तेऽपि स्वर्गे हि गच्छंति स्नानं कृत्वा सुरेश्वरि । धृत्वा तुलसिजां मालां नारायणमनुस्मरन् । वैकुंठं दिव्यमानंदं याति वै पदमव्ययम्
te'pi svarge hi gacchaṃti snānaṃ kṛtvā sureśvari | dhṛtvā tulasijāṃ mālāṃ nārāyaṇamanusmaran | vaikuṃṭhaṃ divyamānaṃdaṃ yāti vai padamavyayam
They too indeed go to heaven, having bathed, O queen of the gods; wearing a garland made of tulasī and calling Nārāyaṇa to mind, one goes to Vaikuṇṭha, of divine bliss, the imperishable station.
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PdP 6 144.11
इति ब्रह्मवल्लीतीर्थमाहात्म्यम् । वृषतीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्खंडतीर्थेऽतिविश्रुतम् । तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं गावो गोलोकं च पुराश्रिताः
iti brahmavallītīrthamāhātmyam | vṛṣatīrthaṃ tato gacchetkhaṃḍatīrthe'tiviśrutam | tatra snātvā divaṃ gāvo golokaṃ ca purāśritāḥ
Thus the greatness of the Brahmavallī tīrtha. Then one should go to the Vṛṣatīrtha, widely renowned as the Khaṇḍatīrtha; having bathed there, the cows formerly resorted to heaven and to Goloka.
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PdP 6 144.12
खंडरूपेण धर्मेण या गावो लोकमातरः । शापाद्भ्रष्टावितास्तेन खंडतीर्थमथोच्यते
khaṃḍarūpeṇa dharmeṇa yā gāvo lokamātaraḥ | śāpādbhraṣṭāvitāstena khaṃḍatīrthamathocyate
Since the cows, the mothers of the world, fallen (from their world) through a curse, were protected by Dharma in the form of a bull (khaṇḍa), it is therefore called Khaṇḍatīrtha.
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PdP 6 144.13
पार्वत्युवाच। शापो हि लोकमातॄणां गवां कस्य पुराऽभवत् । कथं लोकात्परिभ्रष्टाः कथं धर्मेण रक्षिताः
pārvatyuvāca| śāpo hi lokamātṝṇāṃ gavāṃ kasya purā'bhavat | kathaṃ lokātparibhraṣṭāḥ kathaṃ dharmeṇa rakṣitāḥ
Pārvatī said: Whose curse upon the cows, the mothers of the world, was it formerly? How did they fall from their world, and how were they protected by Dharma?
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PdP 6 144.14
महादेव उवाच। पुरा वृषेण गोलोके क्रीडता सह मातृभिः । मुक्तं तथा शकृन्मूत्रं पतितं हरमूर्द्धनि
mahādeva uvāca| purā vṛṣeṇa goloke krīḍatā saha mātṛbhiḥ | muktaṃ tathā śakṛnmūtraṃ patitaṃ haramūrddhani
Mahādeva said: Formerly, when a bull was playing in Goloka together with the mothers (the cows), dung and urine were let loose and fell on Hara's head.
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PdP 6 144.15
ततस्तासां ददौ शापं तेन दोषेण वै हरः । नष्टसंज्ञा स्वलोकाच्च गावो यास्यथ मेदिनीम्
tatastāsāṃ dadau śāpaṃ tena doṣeṇa vai haraḥ | naṣṭasaṃjñā svalokācca gāvo yāsyatha medinīm
Then, on account of that offence, Hara gave them a curse: "Cows, with your awareness lost, you shall go from your own world to the earth."
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PdP 6 144.16
गावः शप्ता भगवता संप्रसाद्य पुनर्हरम् । प्राप्स्यामहे पुनर्लोकं इति देवं ययाचिरे
gāvaḥ śaptā bhagavatā saṃprasādya punarharam | prāpsyāmahe punarlokaṃ iti devaṃ yayācire
The cows, cursed by the Lord, propitiating Hara again, entreated the god thus: "May we obtain our world again."
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PdP 6 144.17
यदा साभ्रमती तीर्थे ब्रह्मवल्ली समीपतः । खंडसंज्ञह्रदे स्नात्वा स्वर्गं वै प्राप्स्यथ ध्रुवम्
yadā sābhramatī tīrthe brahmavallī samīpataḥ | khaṃḍasaṃjñahrade snātvā svargaṃ vai prāpsyatha dhruvam
(He said:) "When, at the tīrtha of the Sābhramatī, near Brahmavallī, you have bathed in the lake called Khaṇḍa, then you shall surely obtain heaven."
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PdP 6 144.18
ततस्तस्मिन्ह्रदे स्नात्वा गावो गोपतिना सह । स्वर्गं गता शुद्धतमा महादेवसमीपतः
tatastasminhrade snātvā gāvo gopatinā saha | svargaṃ gatā śuddhatamā mahādevasamīpataḥ
Then, having bathed in that lake, the cows together with the lord of cattle went, wholly purified, to heaven, into Mahādeva's presence.
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PdP 6 144.19
गोह्रदे तु नरः स्नात्वा कृत्वा वै पितृतर्पणम् । गवां लोकमवाप्नोति दाहप्रलयवर्जितम्
gohrade tu naraḥ snātvā kṛtvā vai pitṛtarpaṇam | gavāṃ lokamavāpnoti dāhapralayavarjitam
But a man who bathes in the cow-lake and performs the libation to the ancestors attains the world of cows, which is free from burning and dissolution.
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PdP 6 144.20
तत्र स्थित्वा निराहारो गोपिंडं च ददाति वै । स नरः सुखमेधेत यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश
tatra sthitvā nirāhāro gopiṃḍaṃ ca dadāti vai | sa naraḥ sukhamedheta yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa
Staying there fasting, and offering the cow-piṇḍa—that man would flourish in happiness for as long as fourteen Indras (endure).
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PdP 6 144.21
गवांकोटिप्रदानेन यत्फलं प्राप्यते ध्रुवम् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति खंडतीर्थे न संशयः
gavāṃkoṭipradānena yatphalaṃ prāpyate dhruvam | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti khaṃḍatīrthe na saṃśayaḥ
The fruit that is surely obtained by the gift of ten million cows—that fruit he obtains at the Khaṇḍatīrtha; there is no doubt.
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PdP 6 144.22
गृहीत्वा वृषमूत्रं च तीर्थं यः पिबते नरः । तत्क्षणादेव शुद्धिः स्यात्खंडतीर्थे न संशयः
gṛhītvā vṛṣamūtraṃ ca tīrthaṃ yaḥ pibate naraḥ | tatkṣaṇādeva śuddhiḥ syātkhaṃḍatīrthe na saṃśayaḥ
And the man who takes up the bull's urine and drinks it as tīrtha-water—purity is his that very instant at the Khaṇḍatīrtha; there is no doubt.
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PdP 6 144.23
खंडतीर्थात्परं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति । ये गच्छंति सुरश्रेष्ठ ते नराः पुण्यभागिनः
khaṃḍatīrthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati | ye gacchaṃti suraśreṣṭha te narāḥ puṇyabhāginaḥ
A tīrtha superior to the Khaṇḍatīrtha has not existed and will not exist; those men who go (there), O best of the gods, are partakers of merit.
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PdP 6 144.24
तत्र गत्वा सुरश्रेष्ठे गवां पूजनमाचरेत् । वृषभं च ततः पूज्य स्नानं कृत्वा समाहितः
tatra gatvā suraśreṣṭhe gavāṃ pūjanamācaret | vṛṣabhaṃ ca tataḥ pūjya snānaṃ kṛtvā samāhitaḥ
Having gone there, O best of the gods, one should perform worship of the cows; and then, having worshipped the bull, having bathed, composed in mind—
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PdP 6 144.25
पूजनाद्वै न संदेहो गोलोके तु वसेच्चिरम् । तत्र गत्वा विशेषेण सौवर्णी गां ददंति ये
pūjanādvai na saṃdeho goloke tu vasecciram | tatra gatvā viśeṣeṇa sauvarṇī gāṃ dadaṃti ye
by that worship, without doubt, he would dwell long in Goloka. Those who, going there, give in particular a golden cow—
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PdP 6 144.26
ते नरा भुंजते सौख्यं यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश । दशधेनुं ततः कृत्वा यो ददाति द्विजातये
te narā bhuṃjate saukhyaṃ yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa | daśadhenuṃ tataḥ kṛtvā yo dadāti dvijātaye
Those men enjoy happiness for as long as fourteen Indras (endure). And whoever, having made (a gift of) ten cows, gives it to a brahmin —
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PdP 6 144.27
खंडतीर्थे सुरश्रेष्ठे तदनंतफलं स्मृतम् । तत्र गत्वा तु कर्त्तव्यं पिप्पलारोपणं बुधैः
khaṃḍatīrthe suraśreṣṭhe tadanaṃtaphalaṃ smṛtam | tatra gatvā tu karttavyaṃ pippalāropaṇaṃ budhaiḥ
— at Khaṇḍatīrtha, best of the divine (places), that is declared to be of endless fruit. And having gone there, the wise should plant a pippala tree.
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PdP 6 144.28
तत्कृते सति देवेशि पितृलोकं स गच्छति । पंच वामलकीर्दिव्या ये कुर्वंति प्ररोपणम्
tatkṛte sati deveśi pitṛlokaṃ sa gacchati | paṃca vāmalakīrdivyā ye kurvaṃti praropaṇam
When that has been done, O mistress of the gods, he goes to the world of the fathers. Those who perform the planting of five divine āmalakī trees —
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PdP 6 144.29
इहलोके सुखं भुक्त्वा हरिलोकं व्रजंति ते
ihaloke sukhaṃ bhuktvā harilokaṃ vrajaṃti te
— having enjoyed happiness in this world, they go to the world of Hari.
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