Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 159
PdP 6 159.1
महादेव उवाच। तस्माद्दूरतरे देवि सिद्धक्षेत्रमनुत्तमम् । अनिरुद्धो वृतः पूर्वं उषार्थे चित्रलेखया
mahādeva uvāca| tasmāddūratare devi siddhakṣetramanuttamam | aniruddho vṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ uṣārthe citralekhayā
Mahādeva said: Far from there, O goddess, is an unsurpassed field of the Siddhas. Formerly Aniruddha was seized by Citralekhā for Uṣā's sake,
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PdP 6 159.2
नीतो बाणासुरपुरं तिष्ठति स्म गृहे पुरा । पाशैर्बाणैश्च संरुद्धः कोटराक्षीमथास्मरत्
nīto bāṇāsurapuraṃ tiṣṭhati sma gṛhe purā | pāśairbāṇaiśca saṃruddhaḥ koṭarākṣīmathāsmarat
and having been brought to the city of Bāṇāsura, long ago he remained in a house; hemmed in by nooses and arrows, he then called Koṭarākṣī to mind.
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PdP 6 159.3
साक्षाद्या वैष्णवी शक्तिः सदा रक्षण तत्परा । सेयं देवी नदीतीरे कृष्णेनात्र प्रतिष्ठिता
sākṣādyā vaiṣṇavī śaktiḥ sadā rakṣaṇa tatparā | seyaṃ devī nadītīre kṛṣṇenātra pratiṣṭhitā
She who is the Vaiṣṇavī power itself, ever intent on protection—this goddess was established here on the river bank by Kṛṣṇa,
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PdP 6 159.4
जित्वा बाणासुरं संख्ये द्वारकां प्रतिगच्छता । अनिरुद्धस्य स्तोत्रेण साक्षात्सांनिध्यमागता
jitvā bāṇāsuraṃ saṃkhye dvārakāṃ pratigacchatā | aniruddhasya stotreṇa sākṣātsāṃnidhyamāgatā
by him who, having conquered Bāṇāsura in battle, was going back to Dvārakā; by Aniruddha's hymn of praise she came into visible presence.
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PdP 6 159.5
तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा वर्षमेकं प्रयत्नतः । कोटराक्षीमुखं दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मीमाप्नोति पुष्कलाम्
tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā varṣamekaṃ prayatnataḥ | koṭarākṣīmukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣmīmāpnoti puṣkalām
A man who bathes there in the tīrtha diligently for one year, and beholds the face of Koṭarākṣī, obtains abundant prosperity.
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PdP 6 159.6
सिद्धतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा कोटरवासिनीम् । सिंहयुक्तेन यानेन रुद्रलोके महीयते
siddhatīrthe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā koṭaravāsinīm | siṃhayuktena yānena rudraloke mahīyate
A man who bathes in the Siddha-tīrtha and beholds her who dwells in Koṭara is honoured in Rudra's world, (going there) in a lion-yoked vehicle.
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PdP 6 159.7
यस्यां वै स्मरणादेव मुक्तः सोऽपि वरानने । अतोयेऽत्र प्रगच्छंति ते नरा मुक्तिभागिनः
yasyāṃ vai smaraṇādeva muktaḥ so'pi varānane | atoye'tra pragacchaṃti te narā muktibhāginaḥ
He too was freed by the mere remembrance of her, O fair-faced one; therefore those men who go there are partakers of liberation.
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PdP 6 159.8
तत्र गत्वा विशेषेण स्नानं कृत्वा तु पार्वति । कोटराक्ष्यास्ततः स्तोत्रं पठेद्वै बुद्धिपूर्वकम्
tatra gatvā viśeṣeṇa snānaṃ kṛtvā tu pārvati | koṭarākṣyāstataḥ stotraṃ paṭhedvai buddhipūrvakam
Going there and bathing in particular, O Pārvatī, one should then recite the hymn of Koṭarākṣī attentively:
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PdP 6 159.9
कोटराक्षी विश्वरूपा महामाया बलाधिका । त्रिपुरा त्रिपुरघ्नी च शिवा वै शिवरूपिणी
koṭarākṣī viśvarūpā mahāmāyā balādhikā | tripurā tripuraghnī ca śivā vai śivarūpiṇī
Koṭarākṣī, she whose form is all, the great Māyā, surpassing in strength, Tripurā and the slayer of Tripura, Śivā indeed, having Śiva's form,
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PdP 6 159.10
कन्या सारस्वती प्रोक्ता दुर्गा दुर्गतिहारिणी । भैरवी भैरवाक्षी च लक्ष्मी देवी जनप्रिया
kanyā sārasvatī proktā durgā durgatihāriṇī | bhairavī bhairavākṣī ca lakṣmī devī janapriyā
the Maiden, called Sārasvatī, Durgā who removes misfortune, Bhairavī and Bhairavākṣī, Lakṣmī, the goddess dear to people.
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PdP 6 159.11
एतानि बहुधोक्तानि नामानि च सुरेश्वरि । ये पठंति नरश्रेष्ठास्ते यांति शिवसन्निधौ
etāni bahudhoktāni nāmāni ca sureśvari | ye paṭhaṃti naraśreṣṭhāste yāṃti śivasannidhau
These names have been spoken in many ways, O mistress of the gods; those best of men who recite them go into Śiva's presence.
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PdP 6 159.12
अनिरुद्धकृतं स्तोत्रं ये जपंति मनीषिणः । मुच्यंते कष्टबंधात्ते सत्यंसत्यं वरानने
aniruddhakṛtaṃ stotraṃ ye japaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ | mucyaṃte kaṣṭabaṃdhātte satyaṃsatyaṃ varānane
Those wise ones who recite the hymn composed by Aniruddha are freed from painful bondage — truly, truly, O fair-faced one.
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PdP 6 159.13
तीर्थानां परमं तीर्थं कोटरानिर्मितं भुवि । दर्शनादेव नश्यंति पापानां राशयस्तथा
tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ koṭarānirmitaṃ bhuvi | darśanādeva naśyaṃti pāpānāṃ rāśayastathā
On earth the highest of holy places is the one established by Koṭarā; by its mere sight the heaps of sins perish.
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