Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 161
PdP 6 161.1
महादेव उवाच। सोमतीर्थं ततो गच्छेद्गुप्तं साभ्रमतीतटे । पातालात्तत्र निर्गत्य कालाग्निरभवद्भवः
mahādeva uvāca| somatīrthaṃ tato gacchedguptaṃ sābhramatītaṭe | pātālāttatra nirgatya kālāgnirabhavadbhavaḥ
Mahādeva said: Then one should go to Somatīrtha, hidden on the bank of the Sābhramatī; there, having come forth from the netherworld, Bhava became the fire of time.
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PdP 6 161.2
सोमतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा सोमेश्वरं शिवम् । सोमपानफलं साक्षाद्भवतीति न संशयः
somatīrthe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ śivam | somapānaphalaṃ sākṣādbhavatīti na saṃśayaḥ
A man who has bathed at Somatīrtha and seen Śiva Someśvara — the fruit of drinking soma becomes his directly; there is no doubt of it.
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PdP 6 161.3
रूपवान्सुभगो भोगी सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः । नरो भवति लोकेऽस्मिन्परत्र च शिवं व्रजेत्
rūpavānsubhago bhogī sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ | naro bhavati loke'sminparatra ca śivaṃ vrajet
A man becomes handsome, fortunate, enjoying pleasures, and skilled in all the sciences in this world, and in the next he would go to Śiva.
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PdP 6 161.4
अत्रेतिहासं वक्ष्यामि शृणु सुंदरि तत्वतः । यं श्रुत्वा मुच्यते चात्र ब्रह्महत्यादिपातकात्
atretihāsaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu suṃdari tatvataḥ | yaṃ śrutvā mucyate cātra brahmahatyādipātakāt
Here I shall tell a story; listen, O beautiful one, as it truly is — hearing which one is freed here from the sins beginning with brahmin-murder.
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PdP 6 161.5
कौषीतकेन ऋषिणा तपस्तप्तं विशेषतः । निराहारी स वै जातः पर्णाशनरतः परम्
kauṣītakena ṛṣiṇā tapastaptaṃ viśeṣataḥ | nirāhārī sa vai jātaḥ parṇāśanarataḥ param
By the sage Kauṣītaka austerity was practiced in an extraordinary way; he became one taking no food, devoted moreover to eating (only) leaves.
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PdP 6 161.6
वायुभक्षस्ततः कुर्वन्नात्मध्यानपरायणः । एवं बहुयुगं तत्र तप्तं तेन महत्तपः
vāyubhakṣastataḥ kurvannātmadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ | evaṃ bahuyugaṃ tatra taptaṃ tena mahattapaḥ
Then, feeding on air, intent on meditation upon the self — thus for many an age great austerity was practiced by him there.
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PdP 6 161.7
कदाचिद्दैवयोगेन सुप्रसन्नो महेश्वरः । यं यं प्रार्थयसे विप्र तत्सर्वं प्रददाम्यहम्
kadāciddaivayogena suprasanno maheśvaraḥ | yaṃ yaṃ prārthayase vipra tatsarvaṃ pradadāmyaham
Once, by the working of fate, Maheśvara became well pleased: "Whatever you ask for, brahmin, all that I grant."
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PdP 6 161.8
कौषीतक उवाच। तव प्रसादाद्देवेश अत्र लिंगं प्रजायताम् । अत्र सोमेश्वर इति ख्यातो देवो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
kauṣītaka uvāca| tava prasādāddeveśa atra liṃgaṃ prajāyatām | atra someśvara iti khyāto devo bhaveddhruvam
Kauṣītaka said: By your grace, lord of gods, let a liṅga come to be here; here let there surely be a god known as Someśvara,
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PdP 6 161.9
यत्र स्नात्वा च भुक्त्वा च वांछितं फलमाप्नुयात् । अत्र स्थाने विशेषेण रुद्रजाप्यादिकं यदि
yatra snātvā ca bhuktvā ca vāṃchitaṃ phalamāpnuyāt | atra sthāne viśeṣeṇa rudrajāpyādikaṃ yadi
where, having bathed and eaten, one would obtain the fruit he wishes. If at this place especially the recitation of the Rudra and the like
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PdP 6 161.10
कारयंति नरश्रेष्ठा धर्मानर्थाल्लँभंति ते । अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं निर्धनो लभते धनम्
kārayaṃti naraśreṣṭhā dharmānarthālla~bhaṃti te | aputro labhate putraṃ nirdhano labhate dhanam
is caused to be performed by the best of men, they obtain merits and wealth; the sonless obtains a son, the destitute obtains wealth.
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PdP 6 161.11
राज्यकामी तु तद्राज्यं लभते नात्र संशयः । यदि चेत्त्वं प्रसन्नोऽसि तत्सर्वं देहि मे प्रभो
rājyakāmī tu tadrājyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ | yadi cettvaṃ prasanno'si tatsarvaṃ dehi me prabho
And one who desires a kingdom obtains that kingdom — there is no doubt here. If you are pleased, then grant me all that, O lord.
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PdP 6 161.12
ईश्वर उवाच। तदा चैव सुरेशेन सर्वं दत्तं द्विजन्मने । तदा प्रभृति तत्तीर्थं सोमलिंगेति विश्रुतम्
īśvara uvāca| tadā caiva sureśena sarvaṃ dattaṃ dvijanmane | tadā prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ somaliṃgeti viśrutam
Īśvara said: And then all was given by the lord of the gods to the twice-born; from then on that holy place has been renowned as Somaliṅga.
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PdP 6 161.13
चंदनैर्वा बिल्वपत्रैयेऽर्चयंति सदाशिवम् । लभंते मानुषे देहे सौख्यं पुत्रादिसंभवम्
caṃdanairvā bilvapatraiye'rcayaṃti sadāśivam | labhaṃte mānuṣe dehe saukhyaṃ putrādisaṃbhavam
Those who worship Sadāśiva with sandal paste or with bilva leaves obtain, while in a human body, happiness consisting of sons and the rest.
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PdP 6 161.14
सोमवारे तथा प्राप्ते यो गच्छति हरालयम् । वाछितं लभते नित्यं सोमलिंग प्रसादतः
somavāre tathā prāpte yo gacchati harālayam | vāchitaṃ labhate nityaṃ somaliṃga prasādataḥ
And when a Monday has come, he who goes to Hara's abode always obtains what he wishes, by the grace of the Soma-liṅga.
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PdP 6 161.15
अत्र गत्वा तु यो देवि यद्ददाति फलादिकम् । यया कामनया चैव तं तं प्राप्नोति निश्चितम्
atra gatvā tu yo devi yaddadāti phalādikam | yayā kāmanayā caiva taṃ taṃ prāpnoti niścitam
And whoever, O goddess, having gone there, gives fruits and the like, with whatever desire (he gives), that very thing he certainly obtains.
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PdP 6 161.16
श्वेतैर्वा करवीरैश्च पारिजातैस्तथा पुनः । येऽर्चयंति च तं देवं श्रीमहेशं पिनाकिनम्
śvetairvā karavīraiśca pārijātaistathā punaḥ | ye'rcayaṃti ca taṃ devaṃ śrīmaheśaṃ pinākinam
And those who worship that god, the glorious great lord, the bearer of the pināka, with white oleander flowers and again with pārijāta flowers—
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PdP 6 161.17
ते लभंते सुरश्रेष्ठे शैवं पदमनुत्तमम्
te labhaṃte suraśreṣṭhe śaivaṃ padamanuttamam
—they obtain, O best of the gods (goddesses), the unsurpassed Śaiva station.
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