Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 152

PdP 6 152.1

महादेव उवाच। तीर्थानां प्रवरं तीर्थं साभ्रमत्यास्तटे स्थितम् । बालाप इति विख्यातं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम्

mahādeva uvāca| tīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ tīrthaṃ sābhramatyāstaṭe sthitam | bālāpa iti vikhyātaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam

Mahādeva said: The foremost sacred place among sacred places stands on the bank of the Sābhramatī, renowned as Bālāpa, granting enjoyment and liberation,

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PdP 6 152.2

तपस्विधारितं तीर्थं विबुधानां समाश्रयम् । तत्र कन्या तपस्तेपे परमं सुदृढव्रता

tapasvidhāritaṃ tīrthaṃ vibudhānāṃ samāśrayam | tatra kanyā tapastepe paramaṃ sudṛḍhavratā

a sacred place upheld by ascetics, a resort of the gods. There a maiden, of very firm vows, performed the highest austerity —

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PdP 6 152.3

कन्या कण्वमुनेः साध्वी रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि । बाला बालावती नाम कुमारी ब्रह्मचारिणी

kanyā kaṇvamuneḥ sādhvī rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi | bālā bālāvatī nāma kumārī brahmacāriṇī

a virtuous maiden, daughter of the sage Kaṇva, unequalled on earth in beauty, a young girl named Bālāvatī, a virgin practising chastity.

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PdP 6 152.4

व्रतं चचार सावित्र्या नियमैर्बहुभिर्युता । भर्ता मे भास्करो भूयादिति निश्चित्य भामिनि

vrataṃ cacāra sāvitryā niyamairbahubhiryutā | bhartā me bhāskaro bhūyāditi niścitya bhāmini

She performed the vow of Sāvitrī, joined with many observances, having resolved, O fair lady: "May the Sun be my husband."

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PdP 6 152.5

समास्तस्य समाक्रांता दश साभ्रमतीतटे । चरंत्या नियमांस्तांस्तान्भक्त्या परमदुश्चरान्

samāstasya samākrāṃtā daśa sābhramatītaṭe | caraṃtyā niyamāṃstāṃstānbhaktyā paramaduścarān

Ten years of hers passed on the bank of the Sābhramatī as she practised with devotion those various observances, exceedingly hard to perform.

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PdP 6 152.6

तस्यास्तु तेन व्रतेन तपसा व्रतचर्यया । भक्त्या च भगवान्प्रीतः परया भक्तिसंपदा

tasyāstu tena vratena tapasā vratacaryayā | bhaktyā ca bhagavānprītaḥ parayā bhaktisaṃpadā

By that vow of hers, by (her) austerity, by (her) practice of the vow, and by (her) devotion, the Lord was pleased — by (that) supreme wealth of devotion.

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PdP 6 152.7

आजगामाश्रमपदं देवदेवो दिवाकरः । आस्थाय रूपं विप्रर्षेः प्रविष्टस्तु महामनाः

ājagāmāśramapadaṃ devadevo divākaraḥ | āsthāya rūpaṃ viprarṣeḥ praviṣṭastu mahāmanāḥ

The god of gods, the Maker of Day, came to the hermitage-ground; assuming the form of a brahmin sage, the great-minded one entered.

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PdP 6 152.8

सा तं दृष्ट्वोग्रतपसा वरिष्ठं ब्रह्मवित्तमम् । वानप्रस्थविधानेन पूजयामास तं द्विजम्

sā taṃ dṛṣṭvogratapasā variṣṭhaṃ brahmavittamam | vānaprasthavidhānena pūjayāmāsa taṃ dvijam

Seeing him, most excellent through fierce austerity, foremost among knowers of brahman, she honoured that twice-born one according to the rule for forest-dwellers.

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PdP 6 152.9

उवाच रविभक्ता सा कल्याणी तं तपोधनम् । भगवन्मुनिशार्दूल किमाज्ञापयसि प्रभो

uvāca ravibhaktā sā kalyāṇī taṃ tapodhanam | bhagavanmuniśārdūla kimājñāpayasi prabho

That auspicious devotee of the Sun spoke to him whose wealth was austerity: "Reverend one, tiger among sages, what do you command, O lord?

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PdP 6 152.10

सर्वं तुभ्यं यथाशक्ति दास्यामि स्वतनुं विना । सूर्यभक्तास्मि ते पाणिं दास्यामि न कथंचन

sarvaṃ tubhyaṃ yathāśakti dāsyāmi svatanuṃ vinā | sūryabhaktāsmi te pāṇiṃ dāsyāmi na kathaṃcana

I will give you everything according to my ability, except my own body. I am a devotee of the Sun; I will not give you my hand in any way.

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PdP 6 152.11

व्रतैश्च नियमैश्चापि तपोभिश्च तपोधन । सूर्यस्तोषयितव्यो मे देवस्त्रिभुवनेश्वरः

vrataiśca niyamaiścāpi tapobhiśca tapodhana | sūryastoṣayitavyo me devastribhuvaneśvaraḥ

By vows and by observances and by austerities, O you whose wealth is austerity, the Sun, the god who is lord of the three worlds, is to be pleased by me."

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PdP 6 152.12

इत्युक्तवत्यां तस्यां तु स्मयन्निव निरीक्ष्य ताम् । उवाच नियमस्थां तां सांत्वयन्निव भास्करः

ityuktavatyāṃ tasyāṃ tu smayanniva nirīkṣya tām | uvāca niyamasthāṃ tāṃ sāṃtvayanniva bhāskaraḥ

When she had spoken thus, the Sun, looking at her as if smiling, spoke to her who stood firm in her observance, as if consoling (her).

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PdP 6 152.13

उग्रं चरसि कल्याणि तपः परमदुष्करम् । यदर्थं च समारंभस्तव बाले तथैव तत्

ugraṃ carasi kalyāṇi tapaḥ paramaduṣkaram | yadarthaṃ ca samāraṃbhastava bāle tathaiva tat

"You practise fierce austerity, fair one, exceedingly hard to perform; and the purpose for which you have undertaken it, child — that too is just so."

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PdP 6 152.14

तपसा लभ्यते सर्वं सर्वं तपसि तिष्ठति । देवत्वं प्राप्यते भद्रे तपसा मोक्ष एव च

tapasā labhyate sarvaṃ sarvaṃ tapasi tiṣṭhati | devatvaṃ prāpyate bhadre tapasā mokṣa eva ca

"By austerity everything is obtained; everything rests upon austerity. By austerity, good lady, godhood is attained, and liberation itself."

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PdP 6 152.15

इमानि पंच सुभगे बदराणि प्रतीच्छ मे । दत्त्वा स बदराण्यस्यै पचेत्युक्त्वा रविर्ययौ

imāni paṃca subhage badarāṇi pratīccha me | dattvā sa badarāṇyasyai pacetyuktvā raviryayau

"Accept from me these five jujube fruits, fortunate one." Having given her the jujubes and said "Cook (them)," the Sun departed.

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PdP 6 152.16

अपृष्ट्वा तां तु कल्याणीं ब्रह्मरूपी विहाय ताम् । स्थितोऽसौ नातिदूरेण इंद्रग्रामे महायशाः

apṛṣṭvā tāṃ tu kalyāṇīṃ brahmarūpī vihāya tām | sthito'sau nātidūreṇa iṃdragrāme mahāyaśāḥ

Without asking that fair one (for leave), and leaving her, taking the form of a brahmin, he of great fame stationed himself not far off, in Indragrāma.

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PdP 6 152.17

स्थित्वा जिज्ञासया भावं तस्याश्च ब्राह्मणो रविः । बदराणामुपवनं कारयामास भास्करः

sthitvā jijñāsayā bhāvaṃ tasyāśca brāhmaṇo raviḥ | badarāṇāmupavanaṃ kārayāmāsa bhāskaraḥ

And having stationed himself there to test her disposition, the Sun as a brahmin, the Maker of Light, caused a grove of jujube trees to grow.

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PdP 6 152.18

ततः सा प्रयता बाला प्रांजलिर्विगतश्रमा । पाकाय बदराणां सा पावकं समधिश्रयत्

tataḥ sā prayatā bālā prāṃjalirvigataśramā | pākāya badarāṇāṃ sā pāvakaṃ samadhiśrayat

Then that girl, purified, with palms joined, her weariness gone, set the fire (going) for the cooking of the jujubes.

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PdP 6 152.19

अपचत्परमा देवि बदराणि महाप्रभा । तस्याः पचंत्याः सुमहान्कालोऽगाच्च सुरेश्वरि

apacatparamā devi badarāṇi mahāprabhā | tasyāḥ pacaṃtyāḥ sumahānkālo'gācca sureśvari

That supreme, greatly radiant one cooked the jujubes, O goddess; and while she cooked, a very great length of time passed, O mistress of the gods.

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PdP 6 152.20

भस्मपुंजो महान्जातो दिनं च क्षयमन्वगात् । हुताशनेन दग्धस्तु महान्वै काष्ठसंचयः

bhasmapuṃjo mahānjāto dinaṃ ca kṣayamanvagāt | hutāśanena dagdhastu mahānvai kāṣṭhasaṃcayaḥ

A great heap of ash arose, and the day drew to its end; and a great pile of wood was burnt up by the fire.

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PdP 6 152.21

पादौ प्रक्षाल्य सा पश्चात्पावके चारुदर्शने । ददाह बदरार्थं च ब्राह्मणप्रियकाम्यया

pādau prakṣālya sā paścātpāvake cārudarśane | dadāha badarārthaṃ ca brāhmaṇapriyakāmyayā

Then, having washed her feet, she of lovely appearance burned them in the fire for the sake of the jujubes, out of the wish to please the brahmin.

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PdP 6 152.22

दग्ध्वा दग्ध्वा पुनः पादौ उपर्या धार्यतेऽनघे । अथास्याः कर्म तद्दृष्ट्वा प्रीतो देवो दिवाकरः

dagdhvā dagdhvā punaḥ pādau uparyā dhāryate'naghe | athāsyāḥ karma taddṛṣṭvā prīto devo divākaraḥ

Burning her feet again and again, she kept holding them above (the fire), O sinless one. Then, seeing that deed of hers, the god the Day-Maker was pleased.

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PdP 6 152.23

ततः संदर्शयामास कन्यायै रूपमात्मनः । उवाच परमप्रीतस्तां कन्यां सुदृढव्रताम्

tataḥ saṃdarśayāmāsa kanyāyai rūpamātmanaḥ | uvāca paramaprītastāṃ kanyāṃ sudṛḍhavratām

Then he showed his own form to the maiden, and, exceedingly pleased, he spoke to that maiden of very firm vows.

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PdP 6 152.24

सूर्य उवाच। प्रीतोऽस्मि बाले भक्त्या ते तपसा व्रतचर्यया । यस्मादभिमतः कामो बाले संपद्यतां तव

sūrya uvāca| prīto'smi bāle bhaktyā te tapasā vratacaryayā | yasmādabhimataḥ kāmo bāle saṃpadyatāṃ tava

The Sun said: I am pleased, child, with your devotion, your austerity, and your practice of the vow; therefore, child, let the desire you cherish be fulfilled for you.

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PdP 6 152.25

अस्मिंस्तीर्थे तपोयुक्ता मद्गृहे त्वं निवत्स्यसि । इदं च तीर्थप्रवरं तव नाम्ना च लक्षितम्

asmiṃstīrthe tapoyuktā madgṛhe tvaṃ nivatsyasi | idaṃ ca tīrthapravaraṃ tava nāmnā ca lakṣitam

Joined to austerity, you shall dwell at this holy ford, in my house; and this best of holy fords shall be marked with your name.

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PdP 6 152.26

बालाप इति विख्यातं साभ्रमत्यास्तटे स्थितम् । विख्यातं त्रिषु लोकेषु ब्रह्मर्षिभिस्तु स्तुतं पुरा

bālāpa iti vikhyātaṃ sābhramatyāstaṭe sthitam | vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu brahmarṣibhistu stutaṃ purā

Known as Bālāpa, situated on the bank of the Sābhramatī, famed in the three worlds and praised of old by the brahmin sages.

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PdP 6 152.27

बालातीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा त्रिरात्रमुषितः शुचिः । रक्तादित्यमुखं दृष्ट्वा सूर्यस्योदयनं प्रति

bālātīrthe naraḥ snātvā trirātramuṣitaḥ śuciḥ | raktādityamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryasyodayanaṃ prati

A man who bathes at Bālātīrtha and stays three nights, pure, and looks upon the face of the Red Sun at the sun's rising,

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PdP 6 152.28

सूर्यलोकमवाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा । सूर्यवारेऽथ संक्रांतौ सप्तम्यां तु विशेषतः

sūryalokamavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | sūryavāre'tha saṃkrāṃtau saptamyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ

attains the world of the Sun — no doubt is to be entertained here — and especially on a Sunday, at a solstice-transit, or on the seventh (lunar day),

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PdP 6 152.29

विषुवत्ययने चापि चंद्रसूर्यग्रहेऽपि च । स्नात्वा संतर्पयेद्देवान्पितॄनथ पितामहान्

viṣuvatyayane cāpi caṃdrasūryagrahe'pi ca | snātvā saṃtarpayeddevānpitṝnatha pitāmahān

and also at an equinox or a solstice, and at an eclipse of the moon or sun, he should bathe and satisfy the gods, the fathers, and the grandfathers.

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PdP 6 152.30

गुडधेनुं ततो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो गुडोदनम् । करवीरैर्जपापुष्पै रक्तादित्यप्रपूजनम्

guḍadhenuṃ tato dadyādbrāhmaṇebhyo guḍodanam | karavīrairjapāpuṣpai raktādityaprapūjanam

Then he should give a cow (made) of jaggery to the brahmins, and rice cooked with jaggery; (and there should be) the worship of the Red Sun with oleander and hibiscus flowers.

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PdP 6 152.31

ये कुर्वंति नरास्ते वै सूर्यलोके वसंति वै । रक्तां धेनुं नरो दद्यादेकं चैव धुरंधरम्

ye kurvaṃti narāste vai sūryaloke vasaṃti vai | raktāṃ dhenuṃ naro dadyādekaṃ caiva dhuraṃdharam

Those men who do (this) dwell indeed in the world of the Sun. A man should give a red cow and one burden-bearing (bull).

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PdP 6 152.32

स यज्ञफलमाप्नोति न नरो निरयं व्रजेत्। व्याधितो मुच्यते रोगात्बद्धो मुच्येत बंधनात् । तीर्थेऽस्मिन्पिंडदानेन तृप्तिं यांति पितामहाः

sa yajñaphalamāpnoti na naro nirayaṃ vrajet| vyādhito mucyate rogātbaddho mucyeta baṃdhanāt | tīrthe'sminpiṃḍadānena tṛptiṃ yāṃti pitāmahāḥ

He gains the fruit of a sacrifice, and such a man does not go to hell. The sick man is released from his illness, the fettered man would be released from his fetters. By the giving of piṇḍa-offerings at this tīrtha the forefathers attain satisfaction.

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PdP 6 152.33

महादेव उवाच। तथान्यदपि माहात्म्यं तीर्थस्यास्य तपोधने । श्रूयतां यत्पुरावृत्तं व्यासेन कथितं महत्

mahādeva uvāca| tathānyadapi māhātmyaṃ tīrthasyāsya tapodhane | śrūyatāṃ yatpurāvṛttaṃ vyāsena kathitaṃ mahat

Mahādeva said: And likewise hear another glorification of this tīrtha, O you rich in austerity — a great one, which happened long ago and was told by Vyāsa.

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PdP 6 152.34

पुरात्र महिषो वृद्धो जरया जर्जरीकृतः । अशक्तो भारमुद्वोढुं सार्थवाहस्तमत्यजत्

purātra mahiṣo vṛddho jarayā jarjarīkṛtaḥ | aśakto bhāramudvoḍhuṃ sārthavāhastamatyajat

Formerly there was here an old buffalo, worn out and decrepit with age; unable to carry a load, the caravan-leader abandoned him.

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PdP 6 152.35

स निदाघे जलं पातुं जगाम च महानदीम् । दैवात्पंके निमग्नोऽसौ ततो मृत्युवशं गतः

sa nidāghe jalaṃ pātuṃ jagāma ca mahānadīm | daivātpaṃke nimagno'sau tato mṛtyuvaśaṃ gataḥ

In the hot season he went to the great river to drink water; by fate he sank into the mud and thereupon fell under the power of death.

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PdP 6 152.36

प्लवितास्थिर्जले पुण्ये तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः । कान्यकुब्जेश्वरसुतो राजा जातिस्मरोऽभवत्

plavitāsthirjale puṇye tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ | kānyakubjeśvarasuto rājā jātismaro'bhavat

His bones floated in the holy water, and by the power of this tīrtha he became the son of the king of Kānyakubja, a king who remembered his (former) birth.

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PdP 6 152.37

संस्मृत्य च स्ववृत्तांतं प्रभावं तीर्थजं महत् । आगत्य तज्जले स्नात्वा ददौ दानान्यनेकशः

saṃsmṛtya ca svavṛttāṃtaṃ prabhāvaṃ tīrthajaṃ mahat | āgatya tajjale snātvā dadau dānānyanekaśaḥ

And having recalled his own story and the great power arising from the tīrtha, he came, bathed in its water, and gave gifts many times over.

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PdP 6 152.38

स तत्र स्थापयामास देवदेवं महेश्वरम् । अत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा संपूज्य महिषेश्वरम्

sa tatra sthāpayāmāsa devadevaṃ maheśvaram | atra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā saṃpūjya mahiṣeśvaram

There he installed Maheśvara, the god of gods. A man who bathes at this tīrtha and worships Mahiṣeśvara,

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PdP 6 152.39

रक्तादित्यमुखं दृष्ट्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । साभ्रमत्युदकं यत्र पूर्वतः पश्चिमं व्रजेत्

raktādityamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | sābhramatyudakaṃ yatra pūrvataḥ paścimaṃ vrajet

and beholds the face of Raktāditya, is wholly freed from all sins. Where the water of the Sābhramatī goes from the east toward the west,

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PdP 6 152.40

प्रयागादपि तत्पुण्यं सर्वकामप्रदं महत् । दत्तं द्विजेंद्रेषु हुतं यदग्नौ श्राद्धं कृतं जाप्यमिहाक्षयं स्यात्

prayāgādapi tatpuṇyaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ mahat | dattaṃ dvijeṃdreṣu hutaṃ yadagnau śrāddhaṃ kṛtaṃ jāpyamihākṣayaṃ syāt

that place is more meritorious even than Prayāga, great and granting every desire. What is given to the best of brahmins, what is offered in the fire, the śrāddha performed, the muttering of prayers — here it becomes imperishable.

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PdP 6 152.41

गोभूतिलाः कांचनवस्त्रधान्यं शय्यासनं वाहनछत्रदानम् । यं यं वांछयते कामं तं तं प्राप्नोति मानवः

gobhūtilāḥ kāṃcanavastradhānyaṃ śayyāsanaṃ vāhanachatradānam | yaṃ yaṃ vāṃchayate kāmaṃ taṃ taṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

Cows, land, sesame, gold, cloth, grain, a bed, a seat, the gift of a vehicle or a parasol — whatever desire a man wishes for, that very thing he obtains,

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PdP 6 152.42

श्रीमहेशप्रसादाच्च तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः । बालापेंद्रं इदं तीर्थं पुण्यपापहरं सदा

śrīmaheśaprasādācca tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ | bālāpeṃdraṃ idaṃ tīrthaṃ puṇyapāpaharaṃ sadā

by the grace of glorious Maheśa and by the power of this tīrtha. This tīrtha (called) Bālāpendra always removes the merit and the sin (of those who come to it).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 6 152.43

यं दृष्ट्वा मुनयः सर्वे वीतरागाः सदैव तु । यत्र माहिषनामेति श्वेताख्यं पुण्यदं महत्

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ sarve vītarāgāḥ sadaiva tu | yatra māhiṣanāmeti śvetākhyaṃ puṇyadaṃ mahat

On seeing which all the sages become ever free of passion; where there is the name Māhiṣa (buffalo), (and) the great merit-giving one named Śveta,

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PdP 6 152.44

यत्र स्नात्वा तु देवेशि पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते । गोदावर्यां कृते स्नाने यत्फलं लभते नरः

yatra snātvā tu deveśi punarjanma na vidyate | godāvaryāṃ kṛte snāne yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ

where, having bathed, O mistress of the gods, there is no rebirth. Whatever fruit a man obtains when a bath is taken in the Godāvarī,

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PdP 6 152.45

तत्फलं लभते देवि अत्र तीर्थे न संशयः

tatphalaṃ labhate devi atra tīrthe na saṃśayaḥ

that fruit he obtains at this tīrtha, O goddess — there is no doubt.

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