Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 22
PdP 6 22.14
महादेव उवाच-। गांगं वक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं यथोक्तं मुनिसत्तम । यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण अघं नश्यति तत्क्षणात् १। गंगागंगेति योब्रूयाद्योजनानां शतैरपि । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति २। चरणाब्जसमुद्भूता गंगा नामेति विश्रुता । पापानां स्थूलराशीनां नाशिनी चेति नारद ३। नर्मदा सरयूश्चैव तथा वेत्रवती नदी । तापी पयोष्णी चंद्रा च विपाशा कर्मनाशिनीम् ४। पुष्या पूर्णा तथा दीपा विदीपा सूर्यतेजसा । सहस्रवृषदानात्तु यत्फलं लभते ध्रुवम् ५। तत्फलं समवाप्नोति गंगादर्शनतः क्षणात् । इयं गंगा महापुण्या ब्रह्मघ्नानां विशेषतः ६। तेषां निरययुक्तानां गंगा पापप्रहारिणी । चंद्र सूर्योपरागे च यत्फलं विद्यतेऽनघ ७। तत्फलं समवाप्नोति गंगादर्शनमात्रतः । यथा सूर्योदये तात तमो गच्छति दूरतः ८। तथा गंगाप्रभावेन विलयं याति पातकम् । मान्येयं सर्वदा लोके पवित्रा पापनाशिनी ९। कल्याणरूपा सततं विष्णुना निर्मिता पुरा । दिव्यरूपा तु जननी दीनानां पावनी स्मृता १०। देवानां च यथा विष्णुस्तथा गंगोत्तमा नदी । ये कुर्वंति नराः स्नानं माघमासे निरंतरम् ११। न तेषां विद्यते दुःखं कल्पानां च शतत्रयम् । यत्र गंगा च यमुना यत्र चैव सरस्वती । तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च मुक्तिभागी न संशयः १२। महादेव उवाच-। त्वद्वार्तां प्रियतो ब्रवीमि यदहं सा स्तुस्तुतिस्ते प्रभो यद्भुंजे तव तन्निवेदनमथो यद्यामि सा प्रेष्यता । यच्छांतः स्वपिमि त्वदंघ्रियुगले दंडप्रणामोऽस्तु नः। स्वामिन्यच्च करोमि तेन स भवान्विश्वेश्वरः प्रीयताम् १३। दृष्टेन वंदितेनापि स्पृष्टेन च धृतेन के ।। नरा येन विमुच्यंते तदेतद् यामुनं जलम्
mahādeva uvāca-| gāṃgaṃ vakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ yathoktaṃ munisattama | yasya śravaṇamātreṇa aghaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt 1| gaṃgāgaṃgeti yobrūyādyojanānāṃ śatairapi | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati 2| caraṇābjasamudbhūtā gaṃgā nāmeti viśrutā | pāpānāṃ sthūlarāśīnāṃ nāśinī ceti nārada 3| narmadā sarayūścaiva tathā vetravatī nadī | tāpī payoṣṇī caṃdrā ca vipāśā karmanāśinīm 4| puṣyā pūrṇā tathā dīpā vidīpā sūryatejasā | sahasravṛṣadānāttu yatphalaṃ labhate dhruvam 5| tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti gaṃgādarśanataḥ kṣaṇāt | iyaṃ gaṃgā mahāpuṇyā brahmaghnānāṃ viśeṣataḥ 6| teṣāṃ nirayayuktānāṃ gaṃgā pāpaprahāriṇī | caṃdra sūryoparāge ca yatphalaṃ vidyate'nagha 7| tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti gaṃgādarśanamātrataḥ | yathā sūryodaye tāta tamo gacchati dūrataḥ 8| tathā gaṃgāprabhāvena vilayaṃ yāti pātakam | mānyeyaṃ sarvadā loke pavitrā pāpanāśinī 9| kalyāṇarūpā satataṃ viṣṇunā nirmitā purā | divyarūpā tu jananī dīnānāṃ pāvanī smṛtā 10| devānāṃ ca yathā viṣṇustathā gaṃgottamā nadī | ye kurvaṃti narāḥ snānaṃ māghamāse niraṃtaram 11| na teṣāṃ vidyate duḥkhaṃ kalpānāṃ ca śatatrayam | yatra gaṃgā ca yamunā yatra caiva sarasvatī | tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca muktibhāgī na saṃśayaḥ 12| mahādeva uvāca-| tvadvārtāṃ priyato bravīmi yadahaṃ sā stustutiste prabho yadbhuṃje tava tannivedanamatho yadyāmi sā preṣyatā | yacchāṃtaḥ svapimi tvadaṃghriyugale daṃḍapraṇāmo'stu naḥ| svāminyacca karomi tena sa bhavānviśveśvaraḥ prīyatām 13| dṛṣṭena vaṃditenāpi spṛṣṭena ca dhṛtena ke || narā yena vimucyaṃte tadetad yāmunaṃ jalam
Mahādeva said: I shall declare the greatness of the Gaṅgā as it has been told, O best of sages, by the mere hearing of which sin perishes that very instant. (1) Whoever should say "Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā," even from hundreds of leagues away, is freed from all sins and goes to Viṣṇu's world. (2) Arisen from the lotus-foot, she is renowned by the name Gaṅgā, and she is the destroyer of gross heaps of sins, O Nārada. (3) Narmadā and Sarayū, and likewise the river Vetravatī, Tāpī, Payoṣṇī and Candrā, Vipāśā, the karma-destroying (Karmanāśā), (4) Puṣyā, Pūrṇā and Dīpā, Vidīpā, by the sun's radiance — the fruit that one surely obtains from the gift of a thousand bulls, (5) that fruit one gains in an instant from the sight of the Gaṅgā. This Gaṅgā is of great merit, especially for the slayers of brahmins; (6) for those consigned to hell the Gaṅgā is the remover of sin. And the fruit that there is at an eclipse of the moon or sun, O sinless one, (7) that fruit one gains merely by the sight of the Gaṅgā. As, my son, at sunrise the darkness goes far away, (8) so by the power of the Gaṅgā sin goes to dissolution. She is always to be honoured in the world, pure, destroyer of sin, (9) ever of auspicious form, fashioned of old by Viṣṇu, of divine form, a mother, held to be the purifier of the wretched. (10) As Viṣṇu is among the gods, so the Gaṅgā is the highest river. Those men who bathe (in her) continually in the month of Māgha — (11) for them there is no sorrow for three hundred kalpas. Where the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā are, and where the Sarasvatī, having bathed and drunk there one has a share in liberation, without doubt. (12) Mahādeva said: When out of love I speak talk of you, that is praise of you, O Lord; when I eat, that is an offering to you; when I go, that is service; when I sleep at peace, let that be a prostration at your two feet; and whatever I do, O Master, by that may you, the Lord of the universe, be pleased. (13) By being seen, by being saluted, by being touched and held — the men who are freed by it: such is this water of the Yamunā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.15
तावद् भ्रमंति भुवने मनुजा भवोत्थ दारिद्य्र रोग मरण व्यसनाभिभूताः ।। यावज्जलं तव महानदि नीलनीलं पश्यंति नो दधति मूर्धसु सूर्यपुत्रि
tāvad bhramaṃti bhuvane manujā bhavottha dāridyra roga maraṇa vyasanābhibhūtāḥ || yāvajjalaṃ tava mahānadi nīlanīlaṃ paśyaṃti no dadhati mūrdhasu sūryaputri
Only so long do men wander on earth, overcome by the miseries of poverty, disease and death that spring from worldly existence, as they do not behold your dark-blue water, O great river, nor place it on their heads, O daughter of the Sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 22.16
यत्संस्मृतिः सपदि कृंतति दुष्कृतौघं पापावलीं जयति योजन लक्षतोऽपि ।। यन्नाम नाम जगदुच्चरितं पुनाति दिष्ट्या हि सा पथिदृशो भविताद्य गंगा
yatsaṃsmṛtiḥ sapadi kṛṃtati duṣkṛtaughaṃ pāpāvalīṃ jayati yojana lakṣato'pi || yannāma nāma jagaduccaritaṃ punāti diṣṭyā hi sā pathidṛśo bhavitādya gaṃgā
She the remembrance of whom at once cuts through the flood of misdeeds, who conquers the train of sins even from a hundred thousand leagues away, whose very name, uttered aloud, purifies the world — by good fortune that Gaṅgā will today be within sight of (my) path.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 22.17
आलोकोत्कंठितेन प्रमुदित मनसा वर्त्म यस्याः प्रयातं सद्यस्मिन्कृत्यमेतामथ प्रथम कृती जज्ञिवान्स्वर्गसिंधुम् ।। स्नानं संध्या निवापः सुर यजनमपि श्राद्ध विप्राशनाद्यं सर्वं संपूर्णमेतत्भवति भगवतः प्रीतिदं नातिचित्रम्
ālokotkaṃṭhitena pramudita manasā vartma yasyāḥ prayātaṃ sadyasminkṛtyametāmatha prathama kṛtī jajñivānsvargasiṃdhum || snānaṃ saṃdhyā nivāpaḥ sura yajanamapi śrāddha viprāśanādyaṃ sarvaṃ saṃpūrṇametatbhavati bhagavataḥ prītidaṃ nāticitram
She on whose road one has set out with a mind eager for the sight (of her) and delighted — in her, in this very act, the accomplished man has first known the river of heaven. Bathing, the twilight rites, the offering to the ancestors, the worship of the gods too, the śrāddha and the feeding of brahmins and the rest — all this becomes complete (here) and gives pleasure to the Lord; that is no great wonder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.18
देवीभूत परं ब्रह्म परमानंददायिनी ।। अर्घं गृहाण मे गंगे पापं हर नमोस्तुते
devībhūta paraṃ brahma paramānaṃdadāyinī || arghaṃ gṛhāṇa me gaṃge pāpaṃ hara namostute
O Goddess, you who have become the supreme Brahman, giver of the highest bliss — accept my water-offering, O Gaṅgā; take away (my) sin; homage to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 22.19
साक्षाद्धर्म द्रवौघं मुररिपु चरणांभोज पीयूषसारं।। दुःखस्याब्धेस्तरित्रं सुरमनुजनुतं स्वर्गसोपान मार्गम्।। सर्वांहोहारि वारि प्रवर गुणगणंभासि या संवहंती।। तस्यै भागीरथि श्रीमति मुदितमना देवि कुर्वे नमस्ते
sākṣāddharma dravaughaṃ muraripu caraṇāṃbhoja pīyūṣasāraṃ|| duḥkhasyābdhestaritraṃ suramanujanutaṃ svargasopāna mārgam|| sarvāṃhohāri vāri pravara guṇagaṇaṃbhāsi yā saṃvahaṃtī|| tasyai bhāgīrathi śrīmati muditamanā devi kurve namaste
She who flows on, shining with a host of excellent qualities — water that removes all sin, dharma itself in liquid flood, the essence of the nectar of the lotus-feet of Mura's foe, a boat across the ocean of sorrow, praised by gods and men, a stairway-path to heaven — to that Bhāgīrathī, glorious Goddess, with joyful mind I make my homage to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 22.20
स्वःसिंधो दुरिताब्धिमग्न जनता संतारणि प्रोल्लसत्कल्लोला।। मलकांतिनाशिततमस्तोमे जगत्पावनि ।। गंगे देवि पुनीहि दुष्कृतभयक्रांतं कृपाभाजनं मातर्मां शरणागतं शरणदे रक्षाथभोभीषितम्
svaḥsiṃdho duritābdhimagna janatā saṃtāraṇi prollasatkallolā|| malakāṃtināśitatamastome jagatpāvani || gaṃge devi punīhi duṣkṛtabhayakrāṃtaṃ kṛpābhājanaṃ mātarmāṃ śaraṇāgataṃ śaraṇade rakṣāthabhobhīṣitam
O river of heaven, ferrier across of the people sunk in the ocean of sin, with your leaping waves, you in whom the mass of darkness is destroyed by the radiance (that removes) impurity, purifier of the world — O Goddess Gaṅgā, purify me, overcome by fear of my misdeeds, a vessel of (your) compassion, O mother, come for refuge; O giver of refuge, protect me who am terrified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.21
हं हो मानस कंपसे किमु सखे त्रस्तोभयान्नारकात्किं ते। भीतिरिति श्रुतिर्दुरितकृत्संजायते नारकी ।। माभैषीः शृणु मे गतिं यदि मया पापाचल। स्पर्द्धिनी प्राप्ता ते निरयं कथः किमपरं किं मे न धर्मं धनम्
haṃ ho mānasa kaṃpase kimu sakhe trastobhayānnārakātkiṃ te| bhītiriti śrutirduritakṛtsaṃjāyate nārakī || mābhaiṣīḥ śṛṇu me gatiṃ yadi mayā pāpācala| sparddhinī prāptā te nirayaṃ kathaḥ kimaparaṃ kiṃ me na dharmaṃ dhanam
"Ho there, mind, why do you tremble, friend, frightened? Is your fear from hell? — For scripture says that the doer of sin becomes a dweller in hell." "Do not be afraid; hear my resort: since I have reached her who rivals the mountain of sin (in removing it), how could hell be yours? What else (is needed)? Is dharma not my wealth?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.22
सर्वेशादि प्रशंसा मुदमनुभवनं मज्जनं यत्र चोक्तं स्वर्नार्योवीक्ष्यहृष्टा। विबुध सुरपतिः प्राप्तिसंभावनेन ।। नीरे श्रीजह्नु कन्येयम् अनियमरताः स्नांति ये तावकीने।। देवत्वं ते लभंते स्फुटम् अशुभकृतोप्यत्र वेदाः प्रमाणम्
sarveśādi praśaṃsā mudamanubhavanaṃ majjanaṃ yatra coktaṃ svarnāryovīkṣyahṛṣṭā| vibudha surapatiḥ prāptisaṃbhāvanena || nīre śrījahnu kanyeyam aniyamaratāḥ snāṃti ye tāvakīne|| devatvaṃ te labhaṃte sphuṭam aśubhakṛtopyatra vedāḥ pramāṇam
Where the praise beginning from the Lord of all, and the experiencing of joy, and bathing are declared — the women of heaven, delighted at the sight, and the lord of the gods among the wise, with the expectation of gaining (it): those who bathe in your water, O daughter of Jahnu, even without observance of rules, even doers of evil, plainly obtain godhood; here the Vedas are the authority.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.23
बुद्धे सद्बुद्धिरेवं भवतु तव सखे मानस स्वस्तिते ऽस्तु।। आस्तां पादौ पदस्थौ सततमिह युवां साधु दृष्टी च दृष्टी ।। वाणि प्राणप्रियेधि प्रकट गुण वपुः प्राप्नुहि प्राणि पुष्टिं यस्मात्सर्वैर्भवद्भिः।। सुखमतुलमहं प्राप्नुवं तीर्थपुण्यम्
buddhe sadbuddhirevaṃ bhavatu tava sakhe mānasa svastite 'stu|| āstāṃ pādau padasthau satatamiha yuvāṃ sādhu dṛṣṭī ca dṛṣṭī || vāṇi prāṇapriyedhi prakaṭa guṇa vapuḥ prāpnuhi prāṇi puṣṭiṃ yasmātsarvairbhavadbhiḥ|| sukhamatulamahaṃ prāpnuvaṃ tīrthapuṇyam
O intellect, may right understanding be yours thus; friend mind, may you be well; O feet, may you two stand ever firm here in (this) place; O eyes, be good eyes; O speech, be dear as life; O body, gain manifest excellence; O breath, gain strength — so that by all of you I may obtain incomparable happiness, the merit of the holy place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.24
श्रीजाह्नवी रविसुता परमेष्ठिपुत्री सिंधुत्रयाभरणतीर्थवर प्रयाग।। सर्वेश मामनुगृहाण नयस्व चोर्ध्वमंतस्तमो दशविधं दलय स्वधाम्ना
śrījāhnavī ravisutā parameṣṭhiputrī siṃdhutrayābharaṇatīrthavara prayāga|| sarveśa māmanugṛhāṇa nayasva cordhvamaṃtastamo daśavidhaṃ dalaya svadhāmnā
O glorious Jāhnavī, O daughter of the Sun, O daughter of the Highest One (Sarasvatī), O Prayāga, best of holy places, adorned by the three rivers, O Lord of all — favour me, and lead me upward, and with your own splendour shatter the tenfold inner darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 22.25
वागीश विष्ण्वीश पुरंदराद्याः पापप्रणाशाय विदांविदोऽपि।। भजंति यत्तीरमनीलनीलं सतीर्थराजो जयति प्रयागः
vāgīśa viṣṇvīśa puraṃdarādyāḥ pāpapraṇāśāya vidāṃvido'pi|| bhajaṃti yattīramanīlanīlaṃ satīrtharājo jayati prayāgaḥ
Whose bank, dark-blue and unstained, the lord of speech, Viṣṇu, Śiva, Indra and the rest, though they know what the knowers know, resort to for the destruction of sin — victorious is that Prayāga, the king of holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 22.26
कलिंदजा संगम वाप्ययत्र प्रत्यग्गता स्वर्गधुनीधुनोति।। अध्यात्म तापत्रितयं जनस्य स तीर्थराजो जयति प्रयागः
kaliṃdajā saṃgama vāpyayatra pratyaggatā svargadhunīdhunoti|| adhyātma tāpatritayaṃ janasya sa tīrtharājo jayati prayāgaḥ
Where the heavenly river, turned back (westward) at the confluence with the daughter of Kalinda, shakes off men's threefold inner affliction — victorious is that Prayāga, the king of holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.27
श्यामो वटः श्यामगुणोवृणोति स्वच्छायया श्यामल याजनानाम्।। श्यामश्रमं कृंतति यत्रदृष्टः स तीर्थराजो जयति प्रयागः
śyāmo vaṭaḥ śyāmaguṇovṛṇoti svacchāyayā śyāmala yājanānām|| śyāmaśramaṃ kṛṃtati yatradṛṣṭaḥ sa tīrtharājo jayati prayāgaḥ
Where the dark banyan, dark in quality, covers with its own shade the dark (folk) for leagues, and, when seen, cuts off the dark weariness — victorious is that Prayāga, the king of holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.28
ब्रह्मादयोप्यात्मकृतिं विहाय भजंति पुण्यात्मक भागधेयम् ।। यत्रोज्झितादंडधरः स्वदंडं स तीर्थराजो जयति प्रयागः
brahmādayopyātmakṛtiṃ vihāya bhajaṃti puṇyātmaka bhāgadheyam || yatrojjhitādaṃḍadharaḥ svadaṃḍaṃ sa tīrtharājo jayati prayāgaḥ
Even Brahmā and the rest, laying aside their own tasks, cultivate (this) share of merit — where the Rod-bearer (Yama) has laid down his own rod: victorious is Prayāga, king of holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.29
यत्सेवया देव नृदेवतादि देवर्षयः प्रत्यहमामनंति।। स्वर्गं च सर्वोत्तम भूमिराज्यं स तीर्थराजो जयति प्रयागः
yatsevayā deva nṛdevatādi devarṣayaḥ pratyahamāmanaṃti|| svargaṃ ca sarvottama bhūmirājyaṃ sa tīrtharājo jayati prayāgaḥ
By service of which the gods, the god-like among men, and the divine seers daily obtain heaven and the best of all earthly kingdoms: victorious is Prayāga, king of holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 22.30
एनांसि हंतीति प्रसिद्धवार्ता नाम प्रतापेन दृशो भवंति।। यस्य त्रिलोकीं प्रतताप गोभिः स तीर्थराजो जयति प्रयागः
enāṃsi haṃtīti prasiddhavārtā nāma pratāpena dṛśo bhavaṃti|| yasya trilokīṃ pratatāpa gobhiḥ sa tīrtharājo jayati prayāgaḥ
"It destroys sins" — such is the well-known report, and (such) its name; by its blazing power (things) become visible, (it) whose rays scorched the three worlds: victorious is Prayāga, king of holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.31
धत्ते ऽभितश्चामर चारुकांतिं सितासिते यत्रसरिद्वरेण्ये ।। आद्यो वटश्छत्रमिवातिभाति स तीर्थराजो जयति प्रयागः
dhatte 'bhitaścāmara cārukāṃtiṃ sitāsite yatrasaridvareṇye || ādyo vaṭaśchatramivātibhāti sa tīrtharājo jayati prayāgaḥ
Where the two choice rivers, the white and the dark, bear on either side the lovely beauty of chowries, and the primal banyan shines out like a parasol: victorious is Prayāga, king of holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 22.32
ब्राह्मीनपुत्री त्रिपथास्त्रिवेणी समागमे साक्षतयागमात्रात् ।। यत्राप्नुतान्ब्रह्मपदं नयंति स तीर्थराजो जयति प्रयागः
brāhmīnaputrī tripathāstriveṇī samāgame sākṣatayāgamātrāt || yatrāpnutānbrahmapadaṃ nayaṃti sa tīrtharājo jayati prayāgaḥ
Brāhmī (Sarasvatī), the Sun's daughter (Yamunā), and the triple-pathed one (Gaṅgā) — the Triveṇī — at their meeting, by the mere offering (of worship) with unbroken grains, lead those who have bathed to Brahmā's station: victorious is Prayāga, king of holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.33
केषांचिज्जन्मकोटिर्व्रजति सुवचसां यामियामीति यस्मिन्केषां।। चित्प्रेप्सतां यं नियतमतियतेद् वर्षवृंदं वरिष्ठम्।। यत्प्राप्तं भाग्यलक्षैर्भवति भवति नो वास वाचामवाच्यो।। दिष्ट्या वेणी विशिष्टो भवति दृगतिथिः कं प्रयाग प्रयागः
keṣāṃcijjanmakoṭirvrajati suvacasāṃ yāmiyāmīti yasminkeṣāṃ|| citprepsatāṃ yaṃ niyatamatiyated varṣavṛṃdaṃ variṣṭham|| yatprāptaṃ bhāgyalakṣairbhavati bhavati no vāsa vācāmavācyo|| diṣṭyā veṇī viśiṣṭo bhavati dṛgatithiḥ kaṃ prayāga prayāgaḥ
For some, well-spoken men, a crore of births goes by (merely) saying "I am going, I am going"; for some who long for it, a great multitude of years passes though their mind is fixed on it; it is attained by lakhs of good fortune, and dwelling (there) does not fall to us — it is beyond the reach of words; by good luck the excellent Veṇī becomes a guest of my eyes — what (a thing is) Prayāga, O Prayāga!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.34
लोकानामक्षमाणां मखकृतिषु कलौ स्वर्गकामैर्जय स्तुत्यादि स्तोत्रैर्वचोभिः।। कथममरपद प्राप्ति चिंतातुराणाम् ।। अग्निष्टोमाश्वमेध प्रमुख मखफलं सम्यगालोच्यसांगं।। ब्रह्माद्यैस्तीर्थराजो ऽभिमतद उपदिष्टो ऽयमेव प्रयागः
lokānāmakṣamāṇāṃ makhakṛtiṣu kalau svargakāmairjaya stutyādi stotrairvacobhiḥ|| kathamamarapada prāpti ciṃtāturāṇām || agniṣṭomāśvamedha pramukha makhaphalaṃ samyagālocyasāṃgaṃ|| brahmādyaistīrtharājo 'bhimatada upadiṣṭo 'yameva prayāgaḥ
For people who cannot perform sacrifices in the Kali age, who long for heaven through words such as hymns of victory and praise, and who are tormented by the worry "how is the immortal station to be reached?" — having fully weighed the fruit of sacrifices headed by the Agniṣṭoma and the Aśvamedha together with their ancillary rites, Brahmā and the others taught this very Prayāga, the king of holy places, as the giver of what is desired.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.35
मया प्रमादातुरतादि दोषतः संध्या विधिर्नो समुपासितोऽभूत्।। चेदत्र संध्यां चरते प्रसादतः संध्यास्तु पूर्णा ऽखिलजन्मनोऽपि मे
mayā pramādāturatādi doṣataḥ saṃdhyā vidhirno samupāsito'bhūt|| cedatra saṃdhyāṃ carate prasādataḥ saṃdhyāstu pūrṇā 'khilajanmano'pi me
If, through faults such as negligence and sickness, the rule of the twilight worship was not observed by me — if one performs the twilight worship here, then by (its) grace let my twilight worships of all my births be complete.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 22.36
अन्यत्रापि प्रगर्जन्महिमनि तपसि प्रेमभिर्विप्रकृष्टैर्ध्यातः।। संकीर्तितो योऽभिमत पद विधातानिशं निर्व्यपेक्षंम् ।। श्रीमत्पांशुं त्रिवेणीपरिवृढम् अतुलं तीर्थराजं प्रयागं गोलंकारप्रकाशं स्वयममरवरं चेतनं तं नमामि
anyatrāpi pragarjanmahimani tapasi premabhirviprakṛṣṭairdhyātaḥ|| saṃkīrtito yo'bhimata pada vidhātāniśaṃ nirvyapekṣaṃm || śrīmatpāṃśuṃ triveṇīparivṛḍham atulaṃ tīrtharājaṃ prayāgaṃ golaṃkāraprakāśaṃ svayamamaravaraṃ cetanaṃ taṃ namāmi
He who, even from elsewhere, is meditated on with love by those far off amid loudly proclaimed greatness and ascetic practice, and who, praised, ceaselessly and without expectation grants the desired station — him I salute: the glorious dust, lord of the Triveṇī, the incomparable king of holy places, Prayāga, shining with (its) globe-like form, himself the best of the immortals, conscious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain