Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 208
PdP 6 208.1
नारद उवाच- विमलस्तं द्विजं नीत्वा द्वारकायामिहागतः । पुनस्तौ सस्नतुं धीरौ श्रीपतेर्भक्तिकाम्यया । भूयः खे मेघगंभीरा वागासीदिति भूपते
nārada uvāca- vimalastaṃ dvijaṃ nītvā dvārakāyāmihāgataḥ | punastau sasnatuṃ dhīrau śrīpaterbhaktikāmyayā | bhūyaḥ khe meghagaṃbhīrā vāgāsīditi bhūpate
Nārada said: Vimala, having brought that brahmin, came here to Dvārakā. Again the two steadfast men bathed, out of desire for devotion to the Lord of Śrī. Once more in the sky, O king, there was a voice, deep as a cloud, (saying) this:
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PdP 6 208.2
आकाशवागुवाच- शृणुतं द्विजशार्दूलौ हरेस्तीर्थमिदं शुभम् । एतत्तीर्थ प्रसादाद्वां विष्णुभक्तिर्भविष्यति । यया जहाति लोकोऽयमविद्या मोहमुल्बणम्
ākāśavāguvāca- śṛṇutaṃ dvijaśārdūlau harestīrthamidaṃ śubham | etattīrtha prasādādvāṃ viṣṇubhaktirbhaviṣyati | yayā jahāti loko'yamavidyā mohamulbaṇam
The voice from the sky said: Listen, you two tigers among brahmins: this auspicious tīrtha is Hari's. By the grace of this tīrtha devotion to Viṣṇu will come to you two, by which this world abandons the terrible delusion of ignorance.
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PdP 6 208.3
नारद उवाच- निशम्येतिद्विजश्रेष्ठौ तां वाचमशरीरिणीम् । प्रसादोऽयं हरेरासीदित्यूचाते परस्पराम्
nārada uvāca- niśamyetidvijaśreṣṭhau tāṃ vācamaśarīriṇīm | prasādo'yaṃ harerāsīdityūcāte parasparām
Nārada said: Having heard that bodiless voice, the two foremost brahmins said to each other, "This has been Hari's grace."
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PdP 6 208.4
स्नात्वा तौ विधिवत्तत्र लब्ध्वा भक्तिं हरेः पराम् । चेलतुः प्रणिपत्येदं भाषमाणौ मिथस्तदा
snātvā tau vidhivattatra labdhvā bhaktiṃ hareḥ parām | celatuḥ praṇipatyedaṃ bhāṣamāṇau mithastadā
Having bathed there according to the rule and obtained supreme devotion to Hari, the two bowed down and set out, then speaking this to each other:
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PdP 6 208.5
द्विजावूचतुः । यथावयोर्हि संयोगः पथिजातो विचारतः । यथा गृहकलत्रादि संयोगो भुवि जायते । सांप्रतं विरहोभावी यथा नौ मार्गवर्तिनौ
dvijāvūcatuḥ | yathāvayorhi saṃyogaḥ pathijāto vicārataḥ | yathā gṛhakalatrādi saṃyogo bhuvi jāyate | sāṃprataṃ virahobhāvī yathā nau mārgavartinau
The two brahmins said: Just as, when one considers it, our meeting came about on the road, and just as union with house, wife and the rest comes about on earth—now our parting is bound to come, since we two are travellers on a road;
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PdP 6 208.6
तथादारसुतादीनां कालव्यास्यवर्तिनाम् । धन्यः स पुरुषो लोके यो दारसुतसंगमम्
tathādārasutādīnāṃ kālavyāsyavartinām | dhanyaḥ sa puruṣo loke yo dārasutasaṃgamam
so it is with wives, sons and the rest, who abide (only) within the span of time. Blessed in this world is that man who, (recognizing) the company of wife and sons
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PdP 6 208.7
विज्ञाय क्षणिकं नित्यं संश्रयेत्श्रीपतिं भजेत् । नारद उवाच- स्मरणं करणीयं मे दासोऽहं त्वत्पदाश्रयः
vijñāya kṣaṇikaṃ nityaṃ saṃśrayetśrīpatiṃ bhajet | nārada uvāca- smaraṇaṃ karaṇīyaṃ me dāso'haṃ tvatpadāśrayaḥ
as momentary, would take refuge in the eternal and worship the Lord of Śrī. Nārada said: "You must keep me in mind; I am your servant, one who has taken refuge at your feet.
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PdP 6 208.8
संदेशः प्रेषणीयो मामित्युक्त्वा स्वगृहं गतौ । शृणु राजन्यथा तेन मित्रेण विमलस्य तु
saṃdeśaḥ preṣaṇīyo māmityuktvā svagṛhaṃ gatau | śṛṇu rājanyathā tena mitreṇa vimalasya tu
A message must be sent to me"—saying this, the two went to their own homes. Hear, O king, how by that friend of Vimala
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PdP 6 208.9
मोक्षणं राक्षसीनां तु विहितं पथिगच्छता । व्रजन्स ब्राह्मणः प्राप्तस्तं देशं जलवर्जितम्
mokṣaṇaṃ rākṣasīnāṃ tu vihitaṃ pathigacchatā | vrajansa brāhmaṇaḥ prāptastaṃ deśaṃ jalavarjitam
the release of the rākṣasīs was accomplished, as he went along the road. As he travelled, that brahmin reached that waterless region
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PdP 6 208.10
यत्र ताः पापविप्लुष्टा राक्षस्यः क्षुत्तृषाकुलाः । अथ ताः पथिगच्छंतं दूराद्दृष्ट्वा द्विजोत्तमम्
yatra tāḥ pāpavipluṣṭā rākṣasyaḥ kṣuttṛṣākulāḥ | atha tāḥ pathigacchaṃtaṃ dūrāddṛṣṭvā dvijottamam
where those rākṣasīs, scorched by their sin, were tormented by hunger and thirst. Then, seeing from afar that foremost brahmin coming along the road,
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PdP 6 208.11
सजलामत्रहस्तं तं मिथस्त्विति बभाषिरे । राक्षस्य ऊचुः - आयाति पथिकः कश्चिज्जलपात्रं करे दधत्
sajalāmatrahastaṃ taṃ mithastviti babhāṣire | rākṣasya ūcuḥ - āyāti pathikaḥ kaścijjalapātraṃ kare dadhat
with a water-filled vessel in his hand, they said this to one another. The rākṣasīs said: "Some traveller is coming, carrying a water vessel in his hand.
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PdP 6 208.12
अस्माकं क्षुत्तृषोः शांतिर्मनागपि भविष्यति । एनं संभक्षयिष्यामः पास्यामोऽस्य करे स्थितम्
asmākaṃ kṣuttṛṣoḥ śāṃtirmanāgapi bhaviṣyati | enaṃ saṃbhakṣayiṣyāmaḥ pāsyāmo'sya kare sthitam
There will be at least a little quieting of our hunger and thirst. We will devour him, and we will drink what is in his hand—
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PdP 6 208.13
पात्रं जलं वयं तृष्णा क्षुधार्ताः शतवर्षतः । नारद उवाच- काचिदाहेत्यहं पूर्वमस्योष्णं कालखंडकम्
pātraṃ jalaṃ vayaṃ tṛṣṇā kṣudhārtāḥ śatavarṣataḥ | nārada uvāca- kācidāhetyahaṃ pūrvamasyoṣṇaṃ kālakhaṃḍakam
the vessel, the water. We are thirst itself, afflicted with hunger for a hundred years." Nārada said: One of them said, "I first (shall have) his hot piece of liver;
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PdP 6 208.14
भक्षयित्वा ततो रक्तं पीत्वा यास्यामि जीवितम् । अन्या प्राह कियद्द्रव्यं विद्यतेऽस्य गजानने
bhakṣayitvā tato raktaṃ pītvā yāsyāmi jīvitam | anyā prāha kiyaddravyaṃ vidyate'sya gajānane
having eaten it, then drinking the blood, I shall keep my life." Another said, "How much flesh is there in him, O elephant-faced one?
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PdP 6 208.15
मम व्याघ्राननायास्तु पानायापि न दृश्यते । अन्या वै रथचक्राख्या श्रूयतां वचनं मम
mama vyāghrānanāyāstu pānāyāpi na dṛśyate | anyā vai rathacakrākhyā śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama
For me, the tiger-faced one, there does not appear to be even (enough) for a drink." And another, called Chariot-wheel, (said), "Let my words be heard:
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PdP 6 208.16
करिष्ये कुंडलमहं केनांत्रैरस्य मेखलाम् । अन्यावददहं दंतैरेकतः श्यामलीकृतैः
kariṣye kuṃḍalamahaṃ kenāṃtrairasya mekhalām | anyāvadadahaṃ daṃtairekataḥ śyāmalīkṛtaiḥ
"I will make an earring (of him)" — "With what? (I will make) a girdle for him out of his entrails." Another said, "I, with my teeth blackened on one side—"
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PdP 6 208.17
रमे षोडशभिर्द्यूतशालायां तद्विशारदः । इत्युक्त्वा ताः मिथः सर्वास्तंद्विजं प्रति दुद्रुवुः
rame ṣoḍaśabhirdyūtaśālāyāṃ tadviśāradaḥ | ityuktvā tāḥ mithaḥ sarvāstaṃdvijaṃ prati dudruvuḥ
"I, skilled in it, will play with sixteen (dice) in the gambling hall." Having spoken thus among themselves, they all rushed at that twice-born.
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PdP 6 208.18
विवृतास्या ललज्जिह्वाः प्रद्योतैकमहाभुजाः । आयांतीस्ताः समालोक्य ब्राह्मणो भयविह्वलः
vivṛtāsyā lalajjihvāḥ pradyotaikamahābhujāḥ | āyāṃtīstāḥ samālokya brāhmaṇo bhayavihvalaḥ
With mouths gaping wide, tongues lolling, each with one huge blazing arm — seeing them coming, the brahmin, unsteady with fear,
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PdP 6 208.19
आत्मानमभितश्चक्रे रक्षां वेदोदितां नृप । ता आगत्य स्थिता दूरं राक्षस्यो भीमविक्रमाः
ātmānamabhitaścakre rakṣāṃ vedoditāṃ nṛpa | tā āgatya sthitā dūraṃ rākṣasyo bhīmavikramāḥ
made around himself the protection declared in the Veda, O king. Those rākṣasīs of dreadful power came and stood at a distance,
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PdP 6 208.20
तेजसा तस्य मंत्रैश्च प्रत्यादिष्टा नराधिपः । ऊचुश्च को भवानत्र कुतः प्राप्तोऽसि तद्वद
tejasā tasya maṃtraiśca pratyādiṣṭā narādhipaḥ | ūcuśca ko bhavānatra kutaḥ prāpto'si tadvada
held off by his fiery power and by his mantras, O lord of men; and they said: "Who are you here? From where have you come? Tell us that."
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PdP 6 208.21
त्वद्दर्शनान्मनोऽस्माकं प्रसादमधिगच्छति । त्वत्पादस्पर्शनात्किं नो न विप्र भविता फलम् । अतो मूर्द्धसु नो देहि स्वकीयं पादपंकजम्
tvaddarśanānmano'smākaṃ prasādamadhigacchati | tvatpādasparśanātkiṃ no na vipra bhavitā phalam | ato mūrddhasu no dehi svakīyaṃ pādapaṃkajam
"From the sight of you our mind attains calm. From touching your feet, what fruit would not be ours, O brahmin? Therefore place your own lotus-foot upon our heads."
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PdP 6 208.22
नारद उवाच- इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तासां जगाद हरिदत्तजः । द्विज उवाच- कृत्वा पवित्रतीर्थानि ब्राह्मणोऽहं समागतः
nārada uvāca- ityākarṇya vacastāsāṃ jagāda haridattajaḥ | dvija uvāca- kṛtvā pavitratīrthāni brāhmaṇo'haṃ samāgataḥ
Nārada said: Hearing these words of theirs, the son of Haridatta spoke. The brahmin said: Having made (a pilgrimage to) the purifying tīrthas, I, a brahmin, have come here.
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PdP 6 208.23
सांप्रतं पुष्करं यामि भवतीभिः किमिच्छते । यतस्तत्प्रार्थ्यतां दातुं शक्तो दास्यामि चेत्तदा
sāṃprataṃ puṣkaraṃ yāmi bhavatībhiḥ kimicchate | yatastatprārthyatāṃ dātuṃ śakto dāsyāmi cettadā
Now I am going to Puṣkara. What is wished for by you ladies? Whatever it be, let it be asked; if I am able to give it, then I shall give.
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PdP 6 208.24
राक्षस्य ऊचुः । येषु तीर्थेषु विप्रेंद्र त्वया स्नातं वदस्व नः । तानि सर्वाणि पुण्यानि मोचयातः कुजन्मनः । अस्मानतितरां तृष्णा क्षुद्भ्यां दारुणदुःखदात्
rākṣasya ūcuḥ | yeṣu tīrtheṣu vipreṃdra tvayā snātaṃ vadasva naḥ | tāni sarvāṇi puṇyāni mocayātaḥ kujanmanaḥ | asmānatitarāṃ tṛṣṇā kṣudbhyāṃ dāruṇaduḥkhadāt
The rākṣasīs said: In which tīrthas you have bathed, best of brahmins — tell us; (give) us all those merits, free us from this evil birth. Thirst and hunger, which give terrible pain, (afflict) us exceedingly.
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PdP 6 208.25
ब्राह्मण उवाच- अवंतीमाश्रमात्पूर्वमहं हरिपुरीमितः । गतोऽहं द्वारकां तस्मात्स्नात्वा सोमोद्भवा जले
brāhmaṇa uvāca- avaṃtīmāśramātpūrvamahaṃ haripurīmitaḥ | gato'haṃ dvārakāṃ tasmātsnātvā somodbhavā jale
The brahmin said: First I (went) from the Avantī hermitage to Haripurī; from there I went to Dvārakā, having bathed in the water of the Somodbhavā.
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PdP 6 208.26
ततः प्राप्तः प्रभासाख्यं तीर्थं नीरधितीरगम् । तस्मात्सेतुनिबंधेऽहं स्नातः परमपावने
tataḥ prāptaḥ prabhāsākhyaṃ tīrthaṃ nīradhitīragam | tasmātsetunibaṃdhe'haṃ snātaḥ paramapāvane
Then I reached the tīrtha called Prabhāsa, which lies on the shore of the ocean; from there I bathed at Setubandha, the supremely purifying (place).
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PdP 6 208.27
तस्मादहं महापुण्यां किष्किंधां समुपागतः । हतो यत्र तु रामेण वाली कपिगणेश्वरः
tasmādahaṃ mahāpuṇyāṃ kiṣkiṃdhāṃ samupāgataḥ | hato yatra tu rāmeṇa vālī kapigaṇeśvaraḥ
From there I came to greatly meritorious Kiṣkindhā, where Vālin, lord of the monkey hosts, was slain by Rāma.
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PdP 6 208.28
तस्मान्मठं सरस्वत्यानर्मदातीरसंस्थितम् । समागतोऽहं यत्रास्ति भारती सर्वसेविता
tasmānmaṭhaṃ sarasvatyānarmadātīrasaṃsthitam | samāgato'haṃ yatrāsti bhāratī sarvasevitā
From there I came to the monastery situated on the bank of the Sarasvatī and the Narmadā, where Bhāratī, worshipped by all, abides.
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PdP 6 208.29
ततोऽहंमावेशंवेणींतांनत्वादक्षिणापथे । शिवकांची विष्णुकांच्यौ दृष्टे तत्र मया पुरौ
tato'haṃmāveśaṃveṇīṃtāṃnatvādakṣiṇāpathe | śivakāṃcī viṣṇukāṃcyau dṛṣṭe tatra mayā purau
Then, having bowed to that ... confluence, in the southern region I saw there the two cities Śivakāñcī and Viṣṇukāñcī.
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PdP 6 208.30
ययोर्मरणतो जंतुः शिवो विष्णुश्च जायते । ततोऽहंमुत्कलं प्राप्तो यत्रास्ति हरिरीश्वरः
yayormaraṇato jaṃtuḥ śivo viṣṇuśca jāyate | tato'haṃmutkalaṃ prāpto yatrāsti harirīśvaraḥ
— by dying in which two (cities) a creature is born as Śiva and as Viṣṇu (respectively). Then I reached Utkala, where Hari the Lord abides,
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PdP 6 208.31
चतुर्वर्गप्रदः साक्षाद्भक्तानामपि कांक्षितम् । तमर्चयित्वा विधिवद्भक्षयित्वा निवेदितम्
caturvargapradaḥ sākṣādbhaktānāmapi kāṃkṣitam | tamarcayitvā vidhivadbhakṣayitvā niveditam
the direct giver of the four aims (of life), and himself the thing desired even by his devotees. Having worshipped him according to rule and eaten what had been offered to him,
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PdP 6 208.32
प्रसादभूतं तस्यैव गंगासागरसंगमम् । तत्र देवानृषीन्पितॄंस्तर्पयित्वा यथाविधि
prasādabhūtaṃ tasyaiva gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgamam | tatra devānṛṣīnpitṝṃstarpayitvā yathāvidhi
which was his very prasāda, (I went to) the meeting of the Gaṅgā and the ocean. There, having satisfied the gods, the sages and the fathers as prescribed,
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PdP 6 208.33
यत्र गंगाशतमुखी जाता तत्राहमागमम् । ततो गयामुपागत्य पिंडान्दत्त्वा यथाविधि
yatra gaṃgāśatamukhī jātā tatrāhamāgamam | tato gayāmupāgatya piṃḍāndattvā yathāvidhi
I came to the place where the Gaṅgā became hundred-mouthed. Then, having gone to Gayā and offered piṇḍas as prescribed
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PdP 6 208.34
पितृभ्यस्तुलसीपुष्पचंदनोदकपूजितान् । कोशलां शरयूं वारिकर्णधारनभस्वता
pitṛbhyastulasīpuṣpacaṃdanodakapūjitān | kośalāṃ śarayūṃ vārikarṇadhāranabhasvatā
to the fathers — (piṇḍas) honoured with tulasī, flowers, sandal and water — (I came to) Kośalā and the Sarayū, whose waters (are driven) by the wind as helmsman,
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PdP 6 208.35
पवित्रिताखिलजनांस्पर्शनेनाहमागमम् । तत्रास्ति गोप्रताराख्यं तीर्थं त्रिदशदुर्ल्लभम्
pavitritākhilajanāṃsparśanenāhamāgamam | tatrāsti gopratārākhyaṃ tīrthaṃ tridaśadurllabham
which purifies all people by their touching it — (there) I came. There is the tīrtha called Gopratāra, hard for even the thirty gods to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 208.36
तत्र स्नानादिकं कर्म निशाचर्यः कृतं मया । ततः काशीमहंप्राप्तो राजधानीमुमापतेः
tatra snānādikaṃ karma niśācaryaḥ kṛtaṃ mayā | tataḥ kāśīmahaṃprāpto rājadhānīmumāpateḥ
There, O night-roamers, the rites of bathing and the rest were performed by me; then I reached Kāśī, the capital city of Umā's lord.
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PdP 6 208.37
नत्वा विश्वेश्वरं देवं बिंदुमाधवमेव च । स्नातं मणिकर्णिकायां ज्ञानवाप्यां च भक्तितः
natvā viśveśvaraṃ devaṃ biṃdumādhavameva ca | snātaṃ maṇikarṇikāyāṃ jñānavāpyāṃ ca bhaktitaḥ
Having bowed to the god Viśveśvara and to Bindumādhava as well, (I) bathed with devotion at Maṇikarṇikā and at the Jñāna-vāpī (well of knowledge).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 208.38
त्रिरात्रिमुषितस्तत्र प्रयागं पुनरागमम् । पौषशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां साक्षाद्यत्र प्रजापतिः
trirātrimuṣitastatra prayāgaṃ punarāgamam | pauṣaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ sākṣādyatra prajāpatiḥ
Having stayed there three nights, I came again to Prayāga, on the fourteenth of the bright half of Pauṣa, where Prajāpati (is present) in person.
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PdP 6 208.39
एकस्मिन्माघमासे तु स्नानं कृत्वाऽरुणोदये । पुनस्तस्मात्समायातो नैमिषं गोमतीतटे
ekasminmāghamāse tu snānaṃ kṛtvā'ruṇodaye | punastasmātsamāyāto naimiṣaṃ gomatītaṭe
And in a single month of Māgha, having bathed at daybreak, I came from there again to Naimiṣa on the bank of the Gomatī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 208.40
यत्र तीर्थानि सर्वाणि वसंति च स्वमायया । ततोऽहं मथुरां प्राप्तो यत्र विश्रांतिसंज्ञकम्
yatra tīrthāni sarvāṇi vasaṃti ca svamāyayā | tato'haṃ mathurāṃ prāpto yatra viśrāṃtisaṃjñakam
where all the sacred fords dwell by their own magic power. Then I reached Mathurā, where (there is) the ford named Viśrānti,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 208.41
तीर्थं तत्सन्निधौ पुण्यमसिकुंडाख्यमुत्तमम् । कृष्णगंगा ध्रुवाक्रूर केशिकालीयतीर्थभृत्
tīrthaṃ tatsannidhau puṇyamasikuṃḍākhyamuttamam | kṛṣṇagaṃgā dhruvākrūra keśikālīyatīrthabhṛt
and in its vicinity the holy, excellent ford called Asikuṇḍa; (there too) is Kṛṣṇagaṅgā, bearing the fords of Dhruva, Akrūra, Keśin and Kāliya.
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PdP 6 208.42
यमुनास्ति महापुण्या यत्र सर्वार्थदायिनी । उभयोः कूलयोस्तस्या वनानि द्वादश श्रिया
yamunāsti mahāpuṇyā yatra sarvārthadāyinī | ubhayoḥ kūlayostasyā vanāni dvādaśa śriyā
There is the greatly holy Yamunā there, granting every object (of desire); on both her banks are the twelve forests, with splendour
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PdP 6 208.43
राजमानानि खेचर्यः समस्तार्थकराणि च । संति तेषु नरः स्नात्वा पीत्वा भूयो न जायते
rājamānāni khecaryaḥ samastārthakarāṇi ca | saṃti teṣu naraḥ snātvā pītvā bhūyo na jāyate
shining, and traversed by sky-goers (khecarīs), accomplishing every aim — such they are; a man who has bathed and drunk there is not born again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 208.44
ततोहमागमं पुण्यं हस्तिनापुरमुत्तमम् । यत्र श्रीपतिपादाब्ज जाता गंगा सरिद्वरा
tatohamāgamaṃ puṇyaṃ hastināpuramuttamam | yatra śrīpatipādābja jātā gaṃgā saridvarā
Then I came to the holy, excellent city of Hastināpura, where the Gaṅgā, best of rivers, arose from the lotus-foot of Śrī's lord.
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PdP 6 208.45
ततो नारायणस्थानं हिमवद्भूमिसंस्थितम् । आगत्य माधवं दृष्ट्वा केदारमहमागमम्
tato nārāyaṇasthānaṃ himavadbhūmisaṃsthitam | āgatya mādhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā kedāramahamāgamam
Then, having come to Nārāyaṇa's abode set in the Himālayan land and seen Mādhava, I went to Kedāra.
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PdP 6 208.46
तत्र संपूज्य विश्वेशं पीत्वा हंसोदकं पुनः । हरिद्वारं महापुण्यमागमं जाह्नवीतटे
tatra saṃpūjya viśveśaṃ pītvā haṃsodakaṃ punaḥ | haridvāraṃ mahāpuṇyamāgamaṃ jāhnavītaṭe
Having worshipped Viśveśa there and drunk the Haṃsa water, I came again to greatly holy Haridvāra on the bank of the Jāhnavī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 208.47
तत्र स्नात्वापितॄन्देवानृषीन्संतर्प्य चाप्यहम् । समागतः कुरुक्षेत्रे यत्र प्राची सरस्वती
tatra snātvāpitṝndevānṛṣīnsaṃtarpya cāpyaham | samāgataḥ kurukṣetre yatra prācī sarasvatī
Having bathed there and satisfied the ancestors, the gods and the seers, I came on to Kurukṣetra, where the Sarasvatī flows eastward.
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PdP 6 208.48
तत्राप्यहं क्रियाः सर्वाः कृतवान्नियतेंद्रियः । अर्चयित्वा च पादाब्जं श्रीपतेः पुष्करं प्रति
tatrāpyahaṃ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ kṛtavānniyateṃdriyaḥ | arcayitvā ca pādābjaṃ śrīpateḥ puṣkaraṃ prati
There too I performed all the rites with my senses restrained; and having worshipped the lotus-foot of Śrī's lord, (I set out) toward Puṣkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 208.49
चलितो मार्गमध्ये तु विमलो नाम मे सखा । मिलितो मां व्रजन्गेहमिंद्रप्रस्थात्तु तीर्थतः
calito mārgamadhye tu vimalo nāma me sakhā | milito māṃ vrajangehamiṃdraprasthāttu tīrthataḥ
But as I journeyed, midway on the road a friend of mine named Vimala met me, going home to Indraprastha from a place of pilgrimage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 208.50
नीतोऽहं तेन राक्षस्यः पुनस्तत्र द्विजन्मना । तीर्थेति मे परावृत्य शक्रप्रस्थेऽखिलार्थदे
nīto'haṃ tena rākṣasyaḥ punastatra dvijanmanā | tīrtheti me parāvṛtya śakraprasthe'khilārthade
I was taken by him — again by that twice-born there — to (the place) of the demoness; "(it is) a ford," (he said) to me, turning back to Śakraprastha, which grants every aim.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 208.51
तत्रास्ति द्वारका पुण्या निर्मिता विष्णुना स्वयम् । तत्रावलोकितः साक्षाद्विष्णुर्वाक्यान्नरूपतः
tatrāsti dvārakā puṇyā nirmitā viṣṇunā svayam | tatrāvalokitaḥ sākṣādviṣṇurvākyānnarūpataḥ
There is the holy Dvārakā there, built by Viṣṇu himself; there Viṣṇu was directly perceived — by his speech, not in visible form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 208.52
तत्राहं स च संस्नातौ विष्णुभक्तिप्रलब्धये । दत्ता सा विष्णुना मह्यं तस्मै च कृष्णमूर्तिना
tatrāhaṃ sa ca saṃsnātau viṣṇubhaktipralabdhaye | dattā sā viṣṇunā mahyaṃ tasmai ca kṛṣṇamūrtinā
There he and I both bathed, in order to obtain devotion to Viṣṇu; and that (devotion) was given by Viṣṇu, in the form of Kṛṣṇa, to me and to him.
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PdP 6 208.53
श्रुत्वा तत्र हरेर्वाणी न रूपं वै विलोकितम् । भक्तिर्लब्धा ततः स्थानाद्यमहं पुष्करं प्रति
śrutvā tatra harervāṇī na rūpaṃ vai vilokitam | bhaktirlabdhā tataḥ sthānādyamahaṃ puṣkaraṃ prati
Having heard there the voice of Hari — yet his form was not seen — devotion was obtained; then from that place I (went) toward Puṣkara.
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PdP 6 208.54
तस्य तीर्थाधिपस्येदं द्वारकाख्यस्य वै जलम् । कमंडलुगतं पुण्यं निशाचर्यो वदाम्यहम्
tasya tīrthādhipasyedaṃ dvārakākhyasya vai jalam | kamaṃḍalugataṃ puṇyaṃ niśācaryo vadāmyaham
This water in my water-pot is the holy water of that lord of fords named Dvārakā — so I tell you, O night-roamers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 208.55
भवतीभिरहं पृष्टो यत्तदाख्यातमेव मे । दृष्ट्वा वो दुर्दशामेतां कृपा मे जायते हृदि
bhavatībhirahaṃ pṛṣṭo yattadākhyātameva me | dṛṣṭvā vo durdaśāmetāṃ kṛpā me jāyate hṛdi
What you have asked me, that indeed has been told by me; seeing this wretched state of yours, pity arises in my heart.
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PdP 6 208.56
उच्यतां किं करोम्यद्य भवतीनां वशो ह्यहम् । ज्ञानं भवतु युष्माकमिति ताः सिषिचेंभसा
ucyatāṃ kiṃ karomyadya bhavatīnāṃ vaśo hyaham | jñānaṃ bhavatu yuṣmākamiti tāḥ siṣiceṃbhasā
"Speak—what shall I do today? For I am at your command." "Let knowledge be yours!"—saying this, he sprinkled them with water.
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PdP 6 208.57
तास्तज्जलाभिमर्शात्तु सर्वेषां जन्मकर्मणां । संस्मृत्य तत्यजुश्चैव राक्षसं देहमुल्बणम्
tāstajjalābhimarśāttu sarveṣāṃ janmakarmaṇāṃ | saṃsmṛtya tatyajuścaiva rākṣasaṃ dehamulbaṇam
And they, by the touch of that water, remembered all their births and deeds, and cast off their monstrous demonic body.
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PdP 6 208.58
आसाद्य देवतादेहं विमानं सप्तमागतम् । आरुह्याप्सरसो भूत्वा ताः प्रणेमुर्द्विजन्मने
āsādya devatādehaṃ vimānaṃ saptamāgatam | āruhyāpsaraso bhūtvā tāḥ praṇemurdvijanmane
Obtaining divine bodies, and mounting a celestial car that had come from the seventh (heaven), they became apsarases and bowed to the twice-born.
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PdP 6 208.59
ऊचुश्च भो द्विजश्रेष्ठ द्वारकाजलसंगमात् । राक्षसत्वाद्वयं मुक्ता गच्छामस्त्रिदशालयम्
ūcuśca bho dvijaśreṣṭha dvārakājalasaṃgamāt | rākṣasatvādvayaṃ muktā gacchāmastridaśālayam
And they said: "O best of the twice-born, by contact with the water of Dvārakā we have been freed from demon-hood and go to the abode of the thirty (gods)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 208.60
इंद्रप्रस्थांतरावर्तिन्येषा या द्वारका द्विज । नातः परतरं लोकेऽन्यत्तीर्थमखिलार्थदम्
iṃdraprasthāṃtarāvartinyeṣā yā dvārakā dvija | nātaḥ parataraṃ loke'nyattīrthamakhilārthadam
"This Dvārakā, O brahmin, which lies within the region of Indraprastha—there is no other sacred ford in the world higher than this, granting every object of desire."
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PdP 6 208.61
नारद उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा ताःसमारूढा विमानेषु महीपते । जग्मुः प्रार्चीं दिशं तेन दत्ताज्ञा वै द्विजन्मना
nārada uvāca- ityuktvā tāḥsamārūḍhā vimāneṣu mahīpate | jagmuḥ prārcīṃ diśaṃ tena dattājñā vai dvijanmanā
Nārada said: Having spoken thus, O lord of the earth, they mounted the celestial cars and went to the eastern quarter, given leave by that twice-born one.
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PdP 6 208.62
यमुनातीरवर्तिन्या द्वारकाया महीपते । शृण्वन्माहात्म्यमेतस्या नरः पापैः प्रमुच्यते
yamunātīravartinyā dvārakāyā mahīpate | śṛṇvanmāhātmyametasyā naraḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate
O lord of the earth, a man who hears the greatness of this Dvārakā that lies on the bank of the Yamunā is released from his sins.
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PdP 6 208.63
वेदज्ञानां ब्राह्मणानां शतस्येच्छासु भोजनात् । यत्फलं श्रवणादस्मान्महिम्नस्तत्प्रजायते
vedajñānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ śatasyecchāsu bhojanāt | yatphalaṃ śravaṇādasmānmahimnastatprajāyate
Whatever fruit comes from feeding a hundred brahmins who know the Vedas according to their wishes, that arises from hearing this account of (her) greatness.
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PdP 6 208.64
गोविंदाराधने सम्यग्यथा वै सौख्यमिंद्रियम् । माहात्म्यश्रवणादस्या द्वारकायास्तथा नृप
goviṃdārādhane samyagyathā vai saukhyamiṃdriyam | māhātmyaśravaṇādasyā dvārakāyāstathā nṛpa
As there is full sensual happiness in the proper worship of Govinda, so too, O king, from hearing the greatness of this Dvārakā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 208.65
सूर्येंदुग्रहणे दानात्सुवर्णपलविंशतेः । यत्फलं शृण्वतैतस्या माहात्म्यं तदवाप्यते
sūryeṃdugrahaṇe dānātsuvarṇapalaviṃśateḥ | yatphalaṃ śṛṇvataitasyā māhātmyaṃ tadavāpyate
Whatever fruit comes from giving twenty palas of gold at an eclipse of the sun or moon, that is obtained by one who hears her greatness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 208.66
विमलस्य सुतप्राप्तिं श्रुत्वा सुत इहाप्यते । तत्सख्युर्भक्तिलाभं च लभ्यते भक्तिरुत्तमा
vimalasya sutaprāptiṃ śrutvā suta ihāpyate | tatsakhyurbhaktilābhaṃ ca labhyate bhaktiruttamā
By hearing of Vimala's obtaining of a son, a son is obtained here; and by (hearing of) his friend's gaining of devotion, the highest devotion is gained.
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PdP 6 208.67
राक्षसीनां विमोक्षं यः शृणोति श्रद्धयान्वितः । स याति ता इव श्रेष्ठं विमानेन सुरालयम्
rākṣasīnāṃ vimokṣaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti śraddhayānvitaḥ | sa yāti tā iva śreṣṭhaṃ vimānena surālayam
He who, filled with faith, hears of the deliverance of the demonesses goes, like them, by a celestial car to the excellent abode of the gods.
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PdP 6 208.68
नृपवरमहिमा ते वर्णितो द्वारकायास्त्रिभुवनजनसेव्या शक्रतीर्थस्थितायाः । किमपरमतिपुण्यं वर्णयामि त्वदग्रे कथय न हि विधेयः श्रेयसि स्वे विलंबः
nṛpavaramahimā te varṇito dvārakāyāstribhuvanajanasevyā śakratīrthasthitāyāḥ | kimaparamatipuṇyaṃ varṇayāmi tvadagre kathaya na hi vidheyaḥ śreyasi sve vilaṃbaḥ
O best of kings, the greatness of Dvārakā situated at Śakra's ford, to be resorted to by the people of the three worlds, has been described to you. What other most holy thing shall I describe before you? Speak—for no delay should be made in one's own welfare.
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PdP 6 208.208
माहात्म्ये द्वारकायाख्यानंनाम अष्टाधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
māhātmye dvārakāyākhyānaṃnāma aṣṭādhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
In the (section on) greatness, the two hundred and eighth chapter, called the narration of Dvārakā.
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