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Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 150

PdP 6 150.1

महादेवउवाच। जंबूतीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्स्नानार्थं पापनाशनम् । कलिकाले च यत्पुंसां स्वर्गसोपानवत्स्थितम्

mahādevauvāca| jaṃbūtīrthaṃ tato gacchetsnānārthaṃ pāpanāśanam | kalikāle ca yatpuṃsāṃ svargasopānavatsthitam

Mahādeva said: Then one should go for bathing to Jambūtīrtha, the destroyer of sins, which in the Kali age stands as a stairway to heaven for men,

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PdP 6 150.2

यत्र जांबवता पूर्वं दशांगे पर्वतोत्तमे । स्थापितं ऋक्षराजेशं लिगं सुरगणार्चितम्

yatra jāṃbavatā pūrvaṃ daśāṃge parvatottame | sthāpitaṃ ṛkṣarājeśaṃ ligaṃ suragaṇārcitam

where formerly, on Daśāṅga, the best of mountains, there was established by Jāmbavat the liṅga Ṛkṣarājeśa, worshipped by the hosts of gods.

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PdP 6 150.3

रामेण हि यदा पूर्वं हतो वै रावणोऽसुरः । तदा जांबवता दिक्षु भेरीघोषैः प्रघोषितम्

rāmeṇa hi yadā pūrvaṃ hato vai rāvaṇo'suraḥ | tadā jāṃbavatā dikṣu bherīghoṣaiḥ praghoṣitam

When formerly the demon Rāvaṇa was slain by Rāma, then it was proclaimed by Jāmbavat in all directions with the beating of drums:

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PdP 6 150.4

जितं वै रामचंद्रेण रावणो निहतो रणे । लब्ध्वा सीतेति संघुष्य स्नातं तीर्थवरे शुभे

jitaṃ vai rāmacaṃdreṇa rāvaṇo nihato raṇe | labdhvā sīteti saṃghuṣya snātaṃ tīrthavare śubhe

"Victory has been won by Rāmacandra; Rāvaṇa has been killed in battle; Sītā has been recovered!" — having thus proclaimed, he bathed in that excellent, auspicious sacred place.

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PdP 6 150.5

स्थापितं तत्र लिंगं तु स्वनाम्ना तु सुरेश्वरि । तत्र स्नात्वा नरः सद्यः स्मृत्वा रामं सहानुजम्

sthāpitaṃ tatra liṃgaṃ tu svanāmnā tu sureśvari | tatra snātvā naraḥ sadyaḥ smṛtvā rāmaṃ sahānujam

And there a liṅga was established under his own name, O Mistress of the gods. A man who bathes there, at once remembering Rāma together with his younger brother,

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PdP 6 150.6

जाबवंतेश्वरं स्नात्वा रुद्रलोके महीयते । यत्रयत्र हि भो देवि श्रीरामस्मरणं कृतम् । भवबंधविमोक्षो हि दृश्यते स चराचरे

jābavaṃteśvaraṃ snātvā rudraloke mahīyate | yatrayatra hi bho devi śrīrāmasmaraṇaṃ kṛtam | bhavabaṃdhavimokṣo hi dṛśyate sa carācare

Having bathed at Jāmbavanteśvara, one is honoured in the world of Rudra. Wherever, O Devi, remembrance of Śrī Rāma is made, there indeed release from the bondage of existence is seen, among moving and unmoving (beings).

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PdP 6 150.7

अहं रामस्तु विज्ञेयो रामो वै रुद्र एव च । एवं ज्ञात्वा तु ते देवि न भेदो वर्तते क्वचित्

ahaṃ rāmastu vijñeyo rāmo vai rudra eva ca | evaṃ jñātvā tu te devi na bhedo vartate kvacit

I am to be known as Rāma, and Rāma indeed is Rudra himself. Knowing thus, O Devi, no difference exists anywhere for you.

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PdP 6 150.8

रामरामेति रामेति मनसा ये जपंति च । तेषां सर्वार्थसिद्धिश्च भविष्यति युगेयुगे

rāmarāmeti rāmeti manasā ye japaṃti ca | teṣāṃ sarvārthasiddhiśca bhaviṣyati yugeyuge

And those who murmur with the mind, "Rāma, Rāma," "Rāma"—for them there will be accomplishment of all aims, in age after age.

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PdP 6 150.9

अहं हि सर्वदा देवि श्रीरामस्मरणं चरे । यं श्रुत्वा तु पुनर्देवि न भवो जायते क्वचित्

ahaṃ hi sarvadā devi śrīrāmasmaraṇaṃ care | yaṃ śrutvā tu punardevi na bhavo jāyate kvacit

I indeed always, O Devi, practise the remembrance of Śrī Rāma, hearing which, O Devi, no (further) becoming (rebirth) ever arises again.

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PdP 6 150.10

काश्यां हि निवसन्नित्यं श्रीरामं कमलेक्षणम् । स्मरामि सततं देवि भक्त्या च विधिपूर्वकम्

kāśyāṃ hi nivasannityaṃ śrīrāmaṃ kamalekṣaṇam | smarāmi satataṃ devi bhaktyā ca vidhipūrvakam

Dwelling in Kāśī, constantly, O Devi, I remember Śrī Rāma of lotus eyes, with devotion and according to the rule.

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PdP 6 150.11

जांबवता तदा पूर्वं स्मृत्वा रामं सुशोभनम् । जांबवंतमिति ख्यातं प्रस्थाप्य जगतां गुरुम्

jāṃbavatā tadā pūrvaṃ smṛtvā rāmaṃ suśobhanam | jāṃbavaṃtamiti khyātaṃ prasthāpya jagatāṃ gurum

Then formerly by Jāmbavat, having remembered the most splendid Rāma, having installed the Guru of the worlds known as "Jāmbavanta"—

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PdP 6 150.12

तत्र स्नात्वा च भुक्त्वा च कृत्वा देवस्य पूजनम् । शिवलोकमवाप्नोति यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश

tatra snātvā ca bhuktvā ca kṛtvā devasya pūjanam | śivalokamavāpnoti yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa

Having bathed there and eaten, and having performed worship of the god, one attains the world of Śiva for as long as fourteen Indras (endure).

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PdP 6 150.13

अत्र हि स्नानमात्रेण यथा जांबवतो बलम् । तथा वै बलमाप्नोति श्रीविश्वेशप्रसादतः

atra hi snānamātreṇa yathā jāṃbavato balam | tathā vai balamāpnoti śrīviśveśaprasādataḥ

Here, merely by bathing, just as was the strength of Jāmbavat, so indeed does one obtain strength, by the grace of Śrī Viśveśa.

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PdP 6 150.14

अत्र गत्वा तु भूदानं पुमान्यश्च करोति वै । फलं सहस्रगुणितं जांबवंतेश दर्शनात्

atra gatvā tu bhūdānaṃ pumānyaśca karoti vai | phalaṃ sahasraguṇitaṃ jāṃbavaṃteśa darśanāt

And whatever man, having gone there, makes a gift of land, the fruit is multiplied a thousandfold, from the sight of Jāmbavanteśa.

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