Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 173

PdP 6 173.1

महादेव उवाच। दुर्गया संगता यत्र देवि साभ्रमती नदी । संगमः सागरेणाथ स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत्

mahādeva uvāca| durgayā saṃgatā yatra devi sābhramatī nadī | saṃgamaḥ sāgareṇātha snānaṃ tatra samācaret

Mahādeva said: Where, O goddess, the Sābhramatī river is joined with the Durgā, and where the confluence with the ocean is, there one should perform bathing.

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PdP 6 173.2

वीतदोषा भविष्यंति कलौ वै नात्र संशयः । तत्र श्राद्धं प्रकर्त्तव्यं दुर्गया संगमे तथा

vītadoṣā bhaviṣyaṃti kalau vai nātra saṃśayaḥ | tatra śrāddhaṃ prakarttavyaṃ durgayā saṃgame tathā

(Those who do so) will become free of faults in the Kali age—there is no doubt in this. There a śrāddha should be performed, and likewise at the confluence with the Durgā.

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PdP 6 173.3

तत्र गत्वा विशेषेण ब्राह्मणानां च भोजनम् । दानं गोमहिषीणां च कर्तव्यं विधिपूर्वकम्

tatra gatvā viśeṣeṇa brāhmaṇānāṃ ca bhojanam | dānaṃ gomahiṣīṇāṃ ca kartavyaṃ vidhipūrvakam

Having gone there, especially the feeding of brahmins, and the gift of cows and buffaloes, should be done according to the rules.

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PdP 6 173.4

इयं धन्या धन्यतमा पवित्रा पापनाशिनी । यां दृष्ट्वा चापि भो देवि मुच्यते पातकैर्नरः

iyaṃ dhanyā dhanyatamā pavitrā pāpanāśinī | yāṃ dṛṣṭvā cāpi bho devi mucyate pātakairnaraḥ

This (river) is blessed, most blessed, pure, destroyer of sin—merely by seeing which, O goddess, a man is released from his sins.

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PdP 6 173.5

यथा गंगा तथा चेयं ज्ञेया साभ्रमती नदी । कलौ देवि विशेषेण बहुकालफलप्रदा

yathā gaṃgā tathā ceyaṃ jñeyā sābhramatī nadī | kalau devi viśeṣeṇa bahukālaphalapradā

As the Gaṅgā, so too this Sābhramatī river is to be known; especially in the Kali age, O goddess, it grants fruit for a long time.

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PdP 6 173.6

यदि चेच्छतशो जिह्वा मुखे वै मामके सति । तस्या अपि न शक्नोमि गुणान्वक्तुं कदाचन

yadi cecchataśo jihvā mukhe vai māmake sati | tasyā api na śaknomi guṇānvaktuṃ kadācana

Even if there were a hundred tongues in this mouth of mine, even so I would never be able to tell (all) her virtues.

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