Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 170

PdP 6 170.1

महादेव उवाच। अत्र तीर्थात्परं तीर्थं सङ्गमाख्यमिति श्रुतम् । अत्र साभ्रमती गंगा मिलिता सागरेण तु

mahādeva uvāca| atra tīrthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ saṅgamākhyamiti śrutam | atra sābhramatī gaṃgā militā sāgareṇa tu

Mahādeva said: Beyond that sacred place there is a sacred place here known as Saṅgama ("Confluence"); here the Sābhramatī Gaṅgā has joined with the ocean.

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PdP 6 170.2

तत्र स्नानं च दानं च कर्तव्यं विधिपूर्वकम् । यत्र स्नात्वा तु मुच्यंते महापातकिनोऽपि ये

tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca kartavyaṃ vidhipūrvakam | yatra snātvā tu mucyaṃte mahāpātakino'pi ye

There bathing and giving should be done according to the prescribed rule; bathing there, even those who are guilty of great sins are released.

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PdP 6 170.3

तत्र श्राद्धं प्रकर्तव्यं स्वानां च हितमिच्छता । यत्र वै तु कृते श्राद्धे पितृलोके वसेद्ध्रुवम्

tatra śrāddhaṃ prakartavyaṃ svānāṃ ca hitamicchatā | yatra vai tu kṛte śrāddhe pitṛloke vaseddhruvam

There the śrāddha should be performed by one who desires the welfare of his own (ancestors); when the śrāddha is performed there, one surely dwells in the world of the fathers.

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PdP 6 170.4

यत्र वै सागरो देवो नित्यं मिलति गंगया । ब्रह्महा तत्र मुच्येत किमन्यैरितरैरघैः

yatra vai sāgaro devo nityaṃ milati gaṃgayā | brahmahā tatra mucyeta kimanyairitarairaghaiḥ

Where the god Ocean is forever meeting with the Gaṅgā, there even a brahmin-slayer would be released—what then of the other, lesser sins?

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PdP 6 170.5

यत्र तीर्थं न जानंति लोका वै मंदबुद्धयः । तदा वै मम नाम्ना च कर्तव्यं तीर्थमुत्तमम्

yatra tīrthaṃ na jānaṃti lokā vai maṃdabuddhayaḥ | tadā vai mama nāmnā ca kartavyaṃ tīrthamuttamam

Where people of dull wit do not know the sacred place, there this best of sacred places should be made (known) under my name.

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