Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 145
PdP 6 145.1
श्रीमहादेव उवाच। ततो गच्छेः महत्तीर्थे संगमेश्वरमुत्तमम् । यत्र हस्तिमती पुण्या साभ्रमत्या हि संगता
śrīmahādeva uvāca| tato gaccheḥ mahattīrthe saṃgameśvaramuttamam | yatra hastimatī puṇyā sābhramatyā hi saṃgatā
Śrī Mahādeva said: Then you should go to the great tīrtha, the excellent Saṅgameśvara, where the holy Hastimatī is joined with the Sābhramatī.
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PdP 6 145.2
शापं कौडिन्यमुनितः प्राप्य शुष्काभवन्नदी । बहिश्चर्येति नाम्ना वै लोके ख्यातिमुपागता
śāpaṃ kauḍinyamunitaḥ prāpya śuṣkābhavannadī | bahiścaryeti nāmnā vai loke khyātimupāgatā
Having received a curse from the sage Kauṇḍinya, the river became dry; indeed she came to be known in the world by the name Bahiścarī.
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PdP 6 145.3
तत्तीर्थं संप्रवक्ष्यामि पुण्यं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं त्रैलोक्ये चापि विश्रुतम्
tattīrthaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi puṇyaṃ trailokyaviśrutam | sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ trailokye cāpi viśrutam
I shall declare that tīrtha, holy and renowned in the three worlds, remover of all sins, holy, and famed too throughout the three worlds.
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PdP 6 145.4
यत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा देवं महेश्वरम् । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो रुद्रलोकं प्रगच्छति
yatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā devaṃ maheśvaram | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo rudralokaṃ pragacchati
A man who bathes at that tīrtha and beholds the god Maheśvara is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Rudra.
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PdP 6 145.5
शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि एतच्छापस्य कारणम् । यथैह शुष्करूपा हि जाता शापस्य कारणात्
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi etacchāpasya kāraṇam | yathaiha śuṣkarūpā hi jātā śāpasya kāraṇāt
Listen, goddess, I shall declare the cause of this curse — how here she became dry in form by reason of a curse.
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PdP 6 145.6
यत्र साभ्रमती पुण्या गंगा नाम महानदी । तत्र हस्तिमती नाम गंगया सह संगता
yatra sābhramatī puṇyā gaṃgā nāma mahānadī | tatra hastimatī nāma gaṃgayā saha saṃgatā
Where the holy Sābhramatī, the great river named Gaṅgā, (flows), there the one named Hastimatī joined together with the Gaṅgā.
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PdP 6 145.7
तत्रारब्धं च मुनिना तपो वै परमं महत् । एवं बहुगते काले ऋषिणा परमात्मना
tatrārabdhaṃ ca muninā tapo vai paramaṃ mahat | evaṃ bahugate kāle ṛṣiṇā paramātmanā
And there great and supreme austerity was begun by the sage. When much time had thus passed, by that seer, whose self was the highest,
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PdP 6 145.8
आराधितो हृषीकेशो नारायणनिरंजनः । तस्यास्तटे तु देवेशि वर्षाणि च बहून्यपि
ārādhito hṛṣīkeśo nārāyaṇaniraṃjanaḥ | tasyāstaṭe tu deveśi varṣāṇi ca bahūnyapi
Hṛṣīkeśa, Nārāyaṇa the stainless, was propitiated. On her bank, O mistress of the gods, many years indeed
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PdP 6 145.9
गतानि च विशेषेण मुनेस्तस्य तु पार्वति । कदाचिद्दैवयोगाच्च वर्षाकालः समागतः
gatāni ca viśeṣeṇa munestasya tu pārvati | kadāciddaivayogācca varṣākālaḥ samāgataḥ
passed for that sage in particular, O Pārvatī. Once, by the working of fate, the rainy season arrived.
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PdP 6 145.10
नदी तत्र तु संपूर्णा कालयोगेन सुव्रते । तत्कौंडिन्येन ऋषिणा स्थानं त्यक्तं तदा निशि
nadī tatra tu saṃpūrṇā kālayogena suvrate | tatkauṃḍinyena ṛṣiṇā sthānaṃ tyaktaṃ tadā niśi
The river there became full through the working of the season, O you of good vows; then at night that place was abandoned by the sage Kauṇḍinya.
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PdP 6 145.11
रात्रौ दुःखं महज्जातं हाहेति करुणो रुदन् । किं कर्तव्यमिति ध्यायन्नतिचिंतापरोऽभवत्
rātrau duḥkhaṃ mahajjātaṃ hāheti karuṇo rudan | kiṃ kartavyamiti dhyāyannaticiṃtāparo'bhavat
In the night great grief arose (for him); crying pitifully 'alas, alas', pondering 'what is to be done?', he became exceedingly full of anxiety.
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PdP 6 145.12
आश्रमो हि महादिव्यो ऋषिणैव समायुतः । स गतो वारियोगेन हस्तिमत्यां सुरोत्तमे
āśramo hi mahādivyo ṛṣiṇaiva samāyutaḥ | sa gato vāriyogena hastimatyāṃ surottame
For the hermitage, most divine, was (there) together with the sage himself; it was carried off by the force of the water into the Hastimatī, O best of the gods.
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PdP 6 145.13
फलानि चैव मूलानि पुस्तकानि बहून्यपि । तानि तस्यां गतान्येव वारियोगेन सुंदरि
phalāni caiva mūlāni pustakāni bahūnyapi | tāni tasyāṃ gatānyeva vāriyogena suṃdari
Fruits and roots and many books too — those went into her by the force of the water, O beautiful one.
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PdP 6 145.14
स कौंडिन्यो ऋषिश्रेष्ठः शशाप तां नदीं किल । उदकेन विना त्वं च भविष्यसि कलौ युगे
sa kauṃḍinyo ṛṣiśreṣṭhaḥ śaśāpa tāṃ nadīṃ kila | udakena vinā tvaṃ ca bhaviṣyasi kalau yuge
That Kauṇḍinya, best of seers, then cursed that river: "And you shall be without water in the Kali age."
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PdP 6 145.15
एवं स दत्त्वा वै शापं हस्तिमत्या महेश्वरि । गतोऽसौ विप्रप्रवरो विष्णुलोकं सनातनम्
evaṃ sa dattvā vai śāpaṃ hastimatyā maheśvari | gato'sau viprapravaro viṣṇulokaṃ sanātanam
Thus, having given the curse to the Hastimatī, O great goddess, that foremost of brahmins went to the eternal world of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 145.16
अद्यापि वर्तते तीर्थं संगमेश्वरसंज्ञकम् । यं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यते पापी ब्रह्महत्यादि पातकात्
adyāpi vartate tīrthaṃ saṃgameśvarasaṃjñakam | yaṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate pāpī brahmahatyādi pātakāt
Even today the tīrtha called Saṅgameśvara exists; seeing it, the sinner is freed from the sin of brahmin-murder and the rest.
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