Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 21

PdP 6 21.1

नारद उवाच- सगरस्यात्मजा वीराः कथं जाता महाबलाः । विक्रांताः षष्टिसाहस्रा विज्ञानेश्वर तद्वद

nārada uvāca- sagarasyātmajā vīrāḥ kathaṃ jātā mahābalāḥ | vikrāṃtāḥ ṣaṣṭisāhasrā vijñāneśvara tadvada

Nārada said: How were Sagara's heroic sons born, of great strength and valour, sixty thousand (of them)? Tell that, O lord of knowledge.

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PdP 6 21.2

श्रीपार्वतीपतिरुवाच- द्वे पत्न्यौ सगरस्यास्तां तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषे । और्वस्ताभ्यां वरं प्रादात्तोषितो मुनिसत्तमः

śrīpārvatīpatiruvāca- dve patnyau sagarasyāstāṃ tapasā dagdhakilbiṣe | aurvastābhyāṃ varaṃ prādāttoṣito munisattamaḥ

The husband of Śrī Pārvatī said: Sagara had two wives, their impurity burnt away by austerity; Aurva, best of sages, being pleased, granted them a boon.

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PdP 6 21.3

षष्टिंपुत्रसहस्राणि एका वव्रे तरस्विनाम् । एका वंशधरं त्वेकं यथेष्टं वरशालिनी

ṣaṣṭiṃputrasahasrāṇi ekā vavre tarasvinām | ekā vaṃśadharaṃ tvekaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ varaśālinī

One (wife) chose sixty thousand vigorous sons; but the other, favoured with a boon, chose according to her wish just one who would carry on the lineage.

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PdP 6 21.4

तत्रैका सुषुवे तुंब्यां पुत्रान्शूरान्बहूनथ । ते तु सर्वेऽपि धात्रीभिर्वर्द्धितास्तु यथाक्रमम्

tatraikā suṣuve tuṃbyāṃ putrānśūrānbahūnatha | te tu sarve'pi dhātrībhirvarddhitāstu yathākramam

There one of them gave birth in a gourd to many valiant sons; and all of them were reared in due order by nurses.

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PdP 6 21.5

कपिलानां तु दुग्धानां तेषां तत्र महात्मनाम्

kapilānāṃ tu dugdhānāṃ teṣāṃ tatra mahātmanām

But (with) the milk of tawny (kapila) cows for those great-souled ones there —

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PdP 6 21.6

तेनैव दुग्धयोगेन ववृधुस्ते महात्मनः । एकः पंचजनो नाम पुत्रो राजा बभूव ह

tenaiva dugdhayogena vavṛdhuste mahātmanaḥ | ekaḥ paṃcajano nāma putro rājā babhūva ha

by that very application of milk those great-souled ones grew up; one son, Pañcajana by name, became king.

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PdP 6 21.7

ततः पंचजनस्यासीदंशुमान्नाम वीर्यवान् । दिलीपस्तनयस्तस्य पुत्रो यस्य भगीरथः

tataḥ paṃcajanasyāsīdaṃśumānnāma vīryavān | dilīpastanayastasya putro yasya bhagīrathaḥ

Then from Pañcajana there was the valorous one named Aṃśumān; his son was Dilīpa, whose son was Bhagīratha.

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PdP 6 21.8

यस्तु गंगासरिच्छ्रेष्ठामानयामास सुव्रतः । समुद्र मानयित्वैनां दुहितृत्वमकल्पयत्

yastu gaṃgāsaricchreṣṭhāmānayāmāsa suvrataḥ | samudra mānayitvaināṃ duhitṛtvamakalpayat

It was he, of good vows, who brought down Gaṅgā, the best of rivers; and the Ocean, having honoured her, made her his daughter.

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PdP 6 21.9

नारद उवाच- कथं गंगा समानीता किं तपस्तेन वै कृतम् । तत्सर्वं मे समाचक्ष्व सुव्रतोऽसि दयानिधे

nārada uvāca- kathaṃ gaṃgā samānītā kiṃ tapastena vai kṛtam | tatsarvaṃ me samācakṣva suvrato'si dayānidhe

Nārada said: How was Gaṅgā brought down? What austerity indeed was performed by him? Tell me all that, O treasury of compassion, for you are true to your word.

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PdP 6 21.10

महादेव उवाच- पूर्वजानां हितार्थाय गतोऽसौ हैमके गिरौ । तत्र गत्वा तपस्तप्तं वर्षाणामयुतं तदा

mahādeva uvāca- pūrvajānāṃ hitārthāya gato'sau haimake girau | tatra gatvā tapastaptaṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ tadā

Mahādeva said: For the benefit of his ancestors he went to the Himālaya mountain; going there he then performed austerity for ten thousand years.

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PdP 6 21.11

आदिदेवः प्रसन्नोऽभूद्योऽसौ देवो निरंजनः । तेन दत्ता इयं गंगा आकाशात्समुपस्थिता

ādidevaḥ prasanno'bhūdyo'sau devo niraṃjanaḥ | tena dattā iyaṃ gaṃgā ākāśātsamupasthitā

The primordial God, that stainless deity, became pleased; by him this Gaṅgā was given, and she came down from the sky.

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PdP 6 21.12

तत्र विश्वेश्वरो देवो यत्र तिष्ठति नित्यशः । गंगां दृष्ट्वाऽगतां तेन गृहीता जाह्नवी तदा

tatra viśveśvaro devo yatra tiṣṭhati nityaśaḥ | gaṃgāṃ dṛṣṭvā'gatāṃ tena gṛhītā jāhnavī tadā

There, where the god Viśveśvara ever abides — seeing Gaṅgā come, the Jāhnavī was then seized by him.

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PdP 6 21.13

जटाजूटे च संधार्य वर्षाणामयुतं स्थितम् । न निःसृता तदा गंगा ईशस्यैव प्रभावतः

jaṭājūṭe ca saṃdhārya varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sthitam | na niḥsṛtā tadā gaṃgā īśasyaiva prabhāvataḥ

And holding her in his matted hair, she remained (there) ten thousand years; Gaṅgā did not come out then, by the power of the Lord alone.

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PdP 6 21.14

विचारितं तदा तेन क्व गता मम मातृका । स ध्यानेन विचार्यैवं गृहीता चेश्वरेण तु

vicāritaṃ tadā tena kva gatā mama mātṛkā | sa dhyānena vicāryaivaṃ gṛhītā ceśvareṇa tu

Then he pondered: 'Where has my mother gone?' Reflecting thus in meditation (he saw) she had been seized by the Lord.

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PdP 6 21.15

ततः कैलासमगमत्स तु भगीरथो नृपः । तत्र गत्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठ ह्यकरोदुल्बणं तपः

tataḥ kailāsamagamatsa tu bhagīratho nṛpaḥ | tatra gatvā muniśreṣṭha hyakarodulbaṇaṃ tapaḥ

Then that king Bhagīratha went to Kailāsa; going there, O best of sages, he performed fierce austerity.

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PdP 6 21.16

आराधितस्तदा तेन दत्तवानहमापगाम् । एकं केशं परित्यज्य दत्ता त्रिपथगा तदा

ārādhitastadā tena dattavānahamāpagām | ekaṃ keśaṃ parityajya dattā tripathagā tadā

Being propitiated by him, I gave (him) the river; releasing a single hair, I then gave the one who flows in three paths.

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PdP 6 21.17

स गृहीत्वा गतो गंगां पाताले यत्र पूर्वजाः । अलकनंदा तदा नाम गंगायाः प्रथमं स्मृतम्

sa gṛhītvā gato gaṃgāṃ pātāle yatra pūrvajāḥ | alakanaṃdā tadā nāma gaṃgāyāḥ prathamaṃ smṛtam

Taking Gaṅgā he went to the nether world, where his ancestors were; then Alakanandā was remembered as the first name of Gaṅgā.

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PdP 6 21.18

हरिद्वारे यदायाता विष्णुपादोदकी तदा । तदेव तीर्थं प्रवरं देवानामपि दुर्ल्लभम्

haridvāre yadāyātā viṣṇupādodakī tadā | tadeva tīrthaṃ pravaraṃ devānāmapi durllabham

When she came to Haridvāra she was then the water of Viṣṇu's foot; that very holy place is the most excellent, hard to obtain even for the gods.

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PdP 6 21.19

तत्तीर्थे च नरः स्नात्वा हरिं दृष्ट्वा विशेषतः । प्रदक्षिणं ये कुर्वंति न चैते दुःखभागिनः

tattīrthe ca naraḥ snātvā hariṃ dṛṣṭvā viśeṣataḥ | pradakṣiṇaṃ ye kurvaṃti na caite duḥkhabhāginaḥ

Those men who, having bathed in that holy place and especially having beheld Hari, make circumambulation — they do not partake of sorrow.

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PdP 6 21.20

ब्रह्महत्यादि पापानां राशयः संत्यनेकशः । विलयं यांति ते सर्वे हरेर्दर्शनतः सदा

brahmahatyādi pāpānāṃ rāśayaḥ saṃtyanekaśaḥ | vilayaṃ yāṃti te sarve harerdarśanataḥ sadā

There are heaps, many times over, of sins such as brahmin-murder; all of them always come to dissolution through the sight of Hari.

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PdP 6 21.21

एकदा केशवस्थाने हरिद्वारे ह्यहं गतः । तस्मात्तीर्थप्रभावाच्च जातोऽहं विष्णुरूपवान्

ekadā keśavasthāne haridvāre hyahaṃ gataḥ | tasmāttīrthaprabhāvācca jāto'haṃ viṣṇurūpavān

Once I went to the place of Keśava at Haridvāra, and by the power of that holy place I became one having the form of Viṣṇu.

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PdP 6 21.22

ये गच्छंति नरश्रेष्ठास्ते वै यांति ह्यनामयम् । चतुर्भुजास्तु ते लोकाः नरा नार्यश्च सर्वशः

ye gacchaṃti naraśreṣṭhāste vai yāṃti hyanāmayam | caturbhujāstu te lokāḥ narā nāryaśca sarvaśaḥ

Those best of men who go (there) indeed attain the state free of disease; and those worlds' (dwellers) are four-armed, men and women alike.

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PdP 6 21.23

वैकुंठं यांति ते सर्वे हरेर्दर्शनमात्रतः । ममाप्यधिक तीर्थं तु हरिद्वारं सुशोभनम्

vaikuṃṭhaṃ yāṃti te sarve harerdarśanamātrataḥ | mamāpyadhika tīrthaṃ tu haridvāraṃ suśobhanam

They all go to Vaikuṇṭha merely by the sight of Hari. And even greater (a place) for me is the holy site, the very lovely Haridvāra.

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PdP 6 21.24

तीर्थानां प्रवरं तीर्थं चतुर्वर्गप्रदायकम् । कलौ धर्मकरं पुंसां मोक्षदं चार्थदं तथा

tīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ tīrthaṃ caturvargapradāyakam | kalau dharmakaraṃ puṃsāṃ mokṣadaṃ cārthadaṃ tathā

(It is) the foremost holy site among holy sites, bestowing the four aims (of life); in the Kali age it produces dharma for men, and grants liberation and wealth as well.

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PdP 6 21.25

यत्र गंगा महारम्या नित्यं वहति निर्मला । एतत्कथानकं पुण्यं हरिद्वाराख्यमुत्तमम्

yatra gaṃgā mahāramyā nityaṃ vahati nirmalā | etatkathānakaṃ puṇyaṃ haridvārākhyamuttamam

(There) where the delightful Gaṅgā flows, ever spotless — this is the meritorious story called the excellent Haridvāra.

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PdP 6 21.26

उक्तं च शृण्वतां पुंसां फलं भवति शाश्वतम् । अश्वमेधे कृते यागे गोसहस्रे तथैव च

uktaṃ ca śṛṇvatāṃ puṃsāṃ phalaṃ bhavati śāśvatam | aśvamedhe kṛte yāge gosahasre tathaiva ca

And when it is told, an everlasting fruit accrues to the men who hear it; (the fruit) that is in the performance of a horse-sacrifice, and likewise in (the gift of) a thousand cows —

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PdP 6 21.27

तत्पुण्यं लभते विद्वान्हरेर्दर्शनमात्रतः । गोहंता ब्रह्महा चैव ये चान्ये पितृघातकाः

tatpuṇyaṃ labhate vidvānharerdarśanamātrataḥ | gohaṃtā brahmahā caiva ye cānye pitṛghātakāḥ

that merit the learned man obtains merely by the sight of Hari. Cow-killers, brahmin-killers, and whoever else are slayers of their fathers —

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PdP 6 21.28

एवंविधानि पापानि बहून्यपि च वै द्विज । विलयं यांति सर्वाणि हरेर्दर्शनमात्रतः

evaṃvidhāni pāpāni bahūnyapi ca vai dvija | vilayaṃ yāṃti sarvāṇi harerdarśanamātrataḥ

sins of this kind, and many others too, O twice-born, all go to dissolution merely by the sight of Hari.

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