Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 171

PdP 6 171.1

महादेव उवाच। संगमस्य समीपे तु सत्तीर्थं लोकविश्रुतम् । आदित्याख्यं परं तस्मान्न भूतं न भविष्यति

mahādeva uvāca| saṃgamasya samīpe tu sattīrthaṃ lokaviśrutam | ādityākhyaṃ paraṃ tasmānna bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati

Mahādeva said: Near the confluence there is a good sacred place, famed in the world, called Āditya; higher than that there has not been nor will there be (any).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 171.2

यस्य वै दर्शनं कार्यं स्नानं वै पुष्करेण तु । पूजनं चार्कपुष्पेण करवीरैस्तथा पुनः

yasya vai darśanaṃ kāryaṃ snānaṃ vai puṣkareṇa tu | pūjanaṃ cārkapuṣpeṇa karavīraistathā punaḥ

Its viewing should be done, and bathing with a lotus, and worship with arka flowers and likewise with karavīra flowers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 171.3

तत्र श्राद्धं च दानं च कुर्युर्वै मानवाः सदा । इदमादित्यकं तीर्थं पवित्रं पापनाशनम्

tatra śrāddhaṃ ca dānaṃ ca kuryurvai mānavāḥ sadā | idamādityakaṃ tīrthaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam

There men should always perform the śrāddha and giving of gifts. This Āditya sacred place is purifying, destroying sin,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 171.4

दर्शनात्पुण्यदं तीर्थं महापातकिनामपि

darśanātpuṇyadaṃ tīrthaṃ mahāpātakināmapi

a sacred place that bestows merit by (its mere) sight, even upon those guilty of great sins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition