Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 157

PdP 6 157.1

महादेव उवाच। दुग्धेश्वरसमीपे तु तीर्थं चातीवपावनम् । रम्यं तत्पिप्पलादस्य नाम्ना वै प्रथितं भुवि

mahādeva uvāca| dugdheśvarasamīpe tu tīrthaṃ cātīvapāvanam | ramyaṃ tatpippalādasya nāmnā vai prathitaṃ bhuvi

Mahādeva said: Near Dugdheśvara there is an exceedingly purifying holy place, delightful; it is famed on earth by the name of Pippalāda.

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PdP 6 157.2

यत्र कृत्वा तपः पूर्वं मातुर्वचनतो मुनिः । उत्पादयामास कृत्यां वडवानलसम्मिताम्

yatra kṛtvā tapaḥ pūrvaṃ māturvacanato muniḥ | utpādayāmāsa kṛtyāṃ vaḍavānalasammitām

Where formerly the sage, having performed austerity at his mother's word, produced a Kṛtyā equal to the submarine fire.

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PdP 6 157.3

पितुरानृण्यमन्विच्छन्दधीचस्य महात्मनः । तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति

piturānṛṇyamanvicchandadhīcasya mahātmanaḥ | tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati

Seeking to be free of his debt to his father, the great-souled Dadhīca('s son) — bathing there and drinking (of the water) one removes the sin of brahmin-slaying.

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

PdP 6 157.4

साभ्रमत्यास्तटे गुप्तं पिप्पलादं सुरेश्वरम् । तत्र स्नात्वा तु भो देवि मुक्तिभागी भवेन्नरः

sābhramatyāstaṭe guptaṃ pippalādaṃ sureśvaram | tatra snātvā tu bho devi muktibhāgī bhavennaraḥ

On the bank of the Sābhramatī is the hidden Pippalāda, lord of the gods; bathing there, O goddess, a man becomes a partaker of liberation.

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PdP 6 157.5

आरोपणं पिप्पलानां कर्त्तव्यं विधिपूर्वकम् । कृते सति महादेवि मुच्यते कर्मबंधनात्

āropaṇaṃ pippalānāṃ karttavyaṃ vidhipūrvakam | kṛte sati mahādevi mucyate karmabaṃdhanāt

The planting of pippala trees should be done according to rule; when it is done, O great goddess, one is freed from the bondage of karma.

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PdP 6 157.6

पार्वत्युउवाच। किमर्थं सा तु कृत्या वै उत्पन्ना तां निबोधय । तया वै कृत्यया पूर्वं किं कृतं वद मे प्रभो

pārvatyuuvāca| kimarthaṃ sā tu kṛtyā vai utpannā tāṃ nibodhaya | tayā vai kṛtyayā pūrvaṃ kiṃ kṛtaṃ vada me prabho

Pārvatī said: For what purpose was that Kṛtyā produced? Instruct me about her. And what did that Kṛtyā do formerly? Tell me, O lord —

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PdP 6 157.7

येन पुत्रेण सा नीता पितुरानृण्यकारणात्

yena putreṇa sā nītā piturānṛṇyakāraṇāt

— (and) by which son she was brought forth for the sake of freeing (him) from the debt to his father.

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PdP 6 157.8

महादेव उवाच। दाधीचो ऋषिवर्योऽसौ ह्यागतस्तपकारणात् । अत्र तेन महत्तप्तमृषिणा परमात्मना

mahādeva uvāca| dādhīco ṛṣivaryo'sau hyāgatastapakāraṇāt | atra tena mahattaptamṛṣiṇā paramātmanā

Mahādeva said: That best of sages, the son of Dadhīca, came here for the sake of austerity; here great austerity was practised by that sage, the supreme self.

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PdP 6 157.9

तत्र कोलासुरो नाम विघ्नार्थं वै समागतः । तेन विघ्नं बहुतरं कृतं वै नात्र संशयः

tatra kolāsuro nāma vighnārthaṃ vai samāgataḥ | tena vighnaṃ bahutaraṃ kṛtaṃ vai nātra saṃśayaḥ

There a demon named Kola came in order to make obstruction; by him very much obstruction was made — there is no doubt in this.

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PdP 6 157.10

तद्दृष्टं तु सुपुत्रेण कहोडेन च धीमता । कृत्या ह्युत्पादिता तत्र हननार्थं सुरेश्वरि

taddṛṣṭaṃ tu suputreṇa kahoḍena ca dhīmatā | kṛtyā hyutpāditā tatra hananārthaṃ sureśvari

That was seen by his good and wise son Kahoḍa, and there a Kṛtyā was produced for the sake of killing (him), O mistress of the gods.

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PdP 6 157.11

तया वै निहतो दैत्यः कोलो नाम महासुरः । तस्मात्तीर्थं महज्जातं कलौ गुप्तं तु पार्वति

tayā vai nihato daityaḥ kolo nāma mahāsuraḥ | tasmāttīrthaṃ mahajjātaṃ kalau guptaṃ tu pārvati

By her the Daitya, the great demon named Kola, was slain; from that a great holy place came into being, but hidden in the Kali age, O Pārvatī.

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