Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 146
PdP 6 146.1
महादेव उवाच । ततो गच्छेत देवेशि तीर्थं रुद्र महालयम् । केदारानुपमं साक्षाद्रुद्रेण परिनिर्मितम्
mahādeva uvāca | tato gaccheta deveśi tīrthaṃ rudra mahālayam | kedārānupamaṃ sākṣādrudreṇa parinirmitam
Mahādeva said: Then, O mistress of the gods, one should go to the sacred place Rudramahālaya, unequalled to Kedāra, fashioned by Rudra himself.
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PdP 6 146.2
श्राद्धं तत्रैव कर्तव्यं पितॄणां तृप्तिकारणम् । तत्र श्राद्धप्रदानेन पितरः सपितामहाः
śrāddhaṃ tatraiva kartavyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptikāraṇam | tatra śrāddhapradānena pitaraḥ sapitāmahāḥ
There itself the śrāddha should be performed, which brings satisfaction to the ancestors; by the giving of śrāddha there the fathers together with the grandfathers—
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PdP 6 146.3
तृप्ताः समभिगच्छंति रुद्रस्य परमं पदम् । वृषमुत्सृजते यस्तु तत्र रुद्र महालये
tṛptāḥ samabhigacchaṃti rudrasya paramaṃ padam | vṛṣamutsṛjate yastu tatra rudra mahālaye
—satisfied, go to the highest station of Rudra. And he who releases a bull there at Rudramahālaya,
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PdP 6 146.4
कार्तिक्यामथ वैशाख्यां रुद्रेण सह मोदते । केदारे उदकं पीत्वा पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
kārtikyāmatha vaiśākhyāṃ rudreṇa saha modate | kedāre udakaṃ pītvā punarjanma na vidyate
on the full moon of Kārttika or of Vaiśākha, rejoices together with Rudra. Having drunk the water at Kedāra, there is no rebirth.
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PdP 6 146.5
अत्र तु स्नानमात्रेण मुक्तिभागी न संशयः । एकस्मिन्समये देवि त्यक्त्वा कैलासमागतः
atra tu snānamātreṇa muktibhāgī na saṃśayaḥ | ekasminsamaye devi tyaktvā kailāsamāgataḥ
Here, indeed, merely by bathing one has a share in liberation—no doubt of it. On one occasion, O goddess, I left Kailāsa and came (here),
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PdP 6 146.6
साभ्रमतीं महागंगां ज्ञात्वा लोकहिताय वै । तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च कृत्वा तीर्थमनुत्तमम्
sābhramatīṃ mahāgaṃgāṃ jñātvā lokahitāya vai | tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca kṛtvā tīrthamanuttamam
having recognized the Sābhramatī as the great Gaṅgā, for the welfare of the world; and having bathed there and drunk (its water) and made it a most excellent sacred place,
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PdP 6 146.7
ततोहं च स्वकं स्थानं कैलासं प्रति भामिनि । तदनंतरं महापुण्यं तीर्थं जातं महालयम्
tatohaṃ ca svakaṃ sthānaṃ kailāsaṃ prati bhāmini | tadanaṃtaraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ tīrthaṃ jātaṃ mahālayam
then I (went) to my own abode, to Kailāsa, O beautiful one; and thereafter the greatly meritorious sacred place Mahālaya came into being.
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PdP 6 146.8
रुद्र महालयमिति लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यति । कार्तिक्यामथ वैशाख्यां ये गच्छंति सुरोत्तमे । न तेषां विद्यते दुःखं सर्वसंसारजं पुनः
rudra mahālayamiti loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati | kārtikyāmatha vaiśākhyāṃ ye gacchaṃti surottame | na teṣāṃ vidyate duḥkhaṃ sarvasaṃsārajaṃ punaḥ
It will attain fame in the world as "Rudramahālaya." Those who go (there) on the full moon of Kārttika or of Vaiśākha, O best of the gods' (consorts)—for them there is no more suffering born of the whole round of existence.
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