Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 148

PdP 6 148.1

महादेव उवाच। साभ्रमत्यास्तटे तीर्थं गयातीर्थमनुत्तमम् । चित्रांगवदनं नाम मालार्काधिष्ठितं शुभम्

mahādeva uvāca| sābhramatyāstaṭe tīrthaṃ gayātīrthamanuttamam | citrāṃgavadanaṃ nāma mālārkādhiṣṭhitaṃ śubham

Mahādeva said: On the bank of the Sābhramatī there is a sacred place, the most excellent Gayātīrtha, named Citrāṅgavadana, auspicious, presided over by Mālārka.

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PdP 6 148.2

कल्पपादपसंतानैर्मंदारैश्चोपशोभितम् । चूतनिंबकदंबैश्च काश्मर्यश्वत्थतिंदुकैः

kalpapādapasaṃtānairmaṃdāraiścopaśobhitam | cūtaniṃbakadaṃbaiśca kāśmaryaśvatthatiṃdukaiḥ

It is adorned with rows of wish-granting trees and with coral trees, and with mango, nimba and kadamba trees, with kāśmarya, aśvattha and tinduka trees,

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PdP 6 148.3

तस्मादपहरेत्कुष्ठं योजनस्मृतिविभ्रमात् । यस्य संजायते कुष्ठं तस्य मालार्कको हरेत्

tasmādapaharetkuṣṭhaṃ yojanasmṛtivibhramāt | yasya saṃjāyate kuṣṭhaṃ tasya mālārkako haret

Therefore he (Mālārka) would remove leprosy, (even) from the recollection of (him at the distance of) a league. Whoever contracts leprosy, Mālārka would take it away from him.

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PdP 6 148.4

या तु वेदोक्तविधिना नारी तत्राभिषिंचति । मृतवत्साऽथवा वंध्या पुत्रं प्राप्नोति साचिरात्

yā tu vedoktavidhinā nārī tatrābhiṣiṃcati | mṛtavatsā'thavā vaṃdhyā putraṃ prāpnoti sācirāt

And the woman who bathes (the god) there according to the rule stated in the Veda, whether her children have died or she is barren, obtains a son before long.

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PdP 6 148.5

संध्यास्नानं जपो होमः स्वाध्यायो देवतार्चनम् । कृतं भास्करभक्तेन मालार्के ह्यक्षयं भवेत्

saṃdhyāsnānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam | kṛtaṃ bhāskarabhaktena mālārke hyakṣayaṃ bhavet

The twilight bath, muttered prayer, oblation, private recitation, worship of the deity—performed by a devotee of the Sun at Mālārka, it becomes imperishable.

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PdP 6 148.6

अत्र गत्वा तु देवेशि श्रीरवेर्व्रतमाचरेत् । इहलोके सुखं भुक्त्वा रवेर्लोकं हि याति वै

atra gatvā tu deveśi śrīravervratamācaret | ihaloke sukhaṃ bhuktvā raverlokaṃ hi yāti vai

Having gone there, O Mistress of the gods, one should perform the vow of the glorious Sun; having enjoyed happiness in this world, one indeed goes to the world of the Sun.

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PdP 6 148.7

मृतवत्सो हि राजर्षिस्तत्र गत्वाऽकरोत्तपः । स राजा प्राप्तवान्पुत्रं श्रीमालार्कप्रसादतः

mṛtavatso hi rājarṣistatra gatvā'karottapaḥ | sa rājā prāptavānputraṃ śrīmālārkaprasādataḥ

A royal sage whose children had died went there and performed austerity; that king obtained a son by the grace of the glorious Mālārka.

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PdP 6 148.8

अत्र गत्वा विशेषण उपवासी जितेंद्रियः । मालार्कं पूजयेद्यो वै मुक्तिभागी भवेद्ध्रुवम्

atra gatvā viśeṣaṇa upavāsī jiteṃdriyaḥ | mālārkaṃ pūjayedyo vai muktibhāgī bhaveddhruvam

Whoever, having gone there, especially fasting and with senses subdued, worships Mālārka, will surely have a share in liberation.

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PdP 6 148.9

वसिष्ठप्रमुखाविप्रा देवा इंद्रादयः सदा । निवसंति सुरश्रेष्ठे मालार्के रविसन्निधौ

vasiṣṭhapramukhāviprā devā iṃdrādayaḥ sadā | nivasaṃti suraśreṣṭhe mālārke ravisannidhau

Brahmins headed by Vasiṣṭha, and the gods beginning with Indra, dwell always in that best of divine places, Mālārka, in the presence of the Sun.

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