Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 164

PdP 6 164.1

महादेव उवाच। अत्र तीर्थं महच्चान्यत्कश्यपाख्यं सुरेश्वरि । यत्र ह्रदो महानासीन्नगदेव विनिर्मितः

mahādeva uvāca| atra tīrthaṃ mahaccānyatkaśyapākhyaṃ sureśvari | yatra hrado mahānāsīnnagadeva vinirmitaḥ

Mahādeva said: Here, O mistress of the gods, is another great holy place named after Kaśyapa, where there was a great pool, made as though by a mountain.

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PdP 6 164.2

तत्र कुशेश्वरो नाम देवो यत्र विराजते । यत्र कुंडं तथा रम्यं कश्यपेन विनिर्मितम्

tatra kuśeśvaro nāma devo yatra virājate | yatra kuṃḍaṃ tathā ramyaṃ kaśyapena vinirmitam

There a god named Kuśeśvara shines forth, and there is also a lovely pool made by Kaśyapa.

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PdP 6 164.3

तत्र स्नात्वा तु भो देवि न नरो निरयं व्रजेत् । अग्निहोत्रकरा विप्रा नित्यं वेदपरायणाः

tatra snātvā tu bho devi na naro nirayaṃ vrajet | agnihotrakarā viprā nityaṃ vedaparāyaṇāḥ

Having bathed there, O goddess, a man does not go to hell. Brahmins who perform the agnihotra and are ever devoted to the Veda,

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PdP 6 164.4

निवसंति महदेवि काश्यपायां बहुश्रुताः । यथा काशी तथा चेयं नगरी ऋषिनिर्मिता

nivasaṃti mahadevi kāśyapāyāṃ bahuśrutāḥ | yathā kāśī tathā ceyaṃ nagarī ṛṣinirmitā

deeply learned, dwell, O great goddess, in Kāśyapā; as Kāśī is, so too is this city built by the sage.

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PdP 6 164.5

काश्यपेन यतश्चात्र तप्तं बहुतरं तपः । गंगा वै तपसा येन आनीतेशजटोद्भवा

kāśyapena yataścātra taptaṃ bahutaraṃ tapaḥ | gaṃgā vai tapasā yena ānīteśajaṭodbhavā

Since Kāśyapa here performed very great austerity, by which austerity the Gaṅgā, arisen from the matted hair of the Lord, was brought (here);

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PdP 6 164.6

सा गंगा काश्यपी देवि महापातकनाशिनी । यस्या दर्शनमात्रेण मुच्यंते दुष्टकिल्बिषात्

sā gaṃgā kāśyapī devi mahāpātakanāśinī | yasyā darśanamātreṇa mucyaṃte duṣṭakilbiṣāt

that Gaṅgā, O goddess, is Kāśyapī, destroyer of great sins, by the mere sight of whom (people) are freed from wicked defilement.

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PdP 6 164.7

गोदानं च प्रशंसंति रथदानं तथैव च । श्राद्धं कृत्वा तु तत्रैव दानं देयं प्रयत्नतः

godānaṃ ca praśaṃsaṃti rathadānaṃ tathaiva ca | śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā tu tatraiva dānaṃ deyaṃ prayatnataḥ

They praise the gift of a cow and likewise the gift of a chariot; having performed the śrāddha there, a gift should be given with care.

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PdP 6 164.8

कलौ युगे तथा घोरे महापातकनाशनम् । कश्यपाख्यं समं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति

kalau yuge tathā ghore mahāpātakanāśanam | kaśyapākhyaṃ samaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati

In the Kali age, so terrible, a holy place destroying great sins equal to the one named after Kaśyapa has not been and will not be.

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PdP 6 164.9

यत्र वै देवताः सर्वा ऋषयो वीतकल्मषाः । नित्यं तिष्ठंति देवेशि तीर्थराजप्रसादतः

yatra vai devatāḥ sarvā ṛṣayo vītakalmaṣāḥ | nityaṃ tiṣṭhaṃti deveśi tīrtharājaprasādataḥ

Where indeed all the deities and the seers whose stains have departed abide always, O mistress of the gods, by the favour of the king of holy places.

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