Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 24
PdP 6 24.1
महादेवउवाच- प्रयागतीर्थमाहात्म्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा श्रुतम् । महादानपराः पुण्यकर्माणो यत्र संति हि
mahādevauvāca- prayāgatīrthamāhātmyaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathā śrutam | mahādānaparāḥ puṇyakarmāṇo yatra saṃti hi
Mahādeva said: I shall declare the greatness of the sacred place Prayāga as I have heard it — where indeed there are men devoted to great gifts and of meritorious deeds.
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PdP 6 24.2
यत्र गंगा च यमुना यत्र चैव सरस्वती । तं देवतीर्थप्रवरं देवानामपि दुर्लभम्
yatra gaṃgā ca yamunā yatra caiva sarasvatī | taṃ devatīrthapravaraṃ devānāmapi durlabham
Where the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā are, and where the Sarasvatī is — that is the foremost of the gods' sacred places, hard to attain even for the gods.
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PdP 6 24.3
ईदृशं त्रिषु लोकेषु भूतं न च भविष्यति । ग्रहाणां च यथा सूर्यो नक्षत्राणां यथा शशी
īdṛśaṃ triṣu lokeṣu bhūtaṃ na ca bhaviṣyati | grahāṇāṃ ca yathā sūryo nakṣatrāṇāṃ yathā śaśī
Such a thing has not been in the three worlds, nor will it be. As the sun is among the planets, as the moon is among the constellations,
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PdP 6 24.4
तीर्थानामुत्तमं तीर्थं प्रयागाख्यमनुत्तमम् । प्रातःकाले तु भो विद्वन्प्रयागे स्नानमाचरेत्
tīrthānāmuttamaṃ tīrthaṃ prayāgākhyamanuttamam | prātaḥkāle tu bho vidvanprayāge snānamācaret
so Prayāga by name is the highest sacred place of sacred places, unsurpassed. At the morning hour, O learned one, one should perform the bath at Prayāga.
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PdP 6 24.5
महापापाद्विनिर्मुक्तः स याति परमं पदम् । देयं किंचिद्यथाशक्ति दारिद्र्याभावमिच्छता
mahāpāpādvinirmuktaḥ sa yāti paramaṃ padam | deyaṃ kiṃcidyathāśakti dāridryābhāvamicchatā
Freed from great sin, he goes to the supreme abode. Something should be given according to one's ability by him who desires the absence of poverty.
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PdP 6 24.6
यो नरस्तत्र गत्वा वै प्रयागे स्नानमाचरेत् । धनिको दीर्घजीवी च जायते नात्र संशयः
yo narastatra gatvā vai prayāge snānamācaret | dhaniko dīrghajīvī ca jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
The man who goes there and bathes at Prayāga becomes wealthy and long-lived — there is no doubt in this.
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PdP 6 24.7
यत्र वटस्याक्षयस्य दर्शनं कुरुते नरः । तेन दर्शनमात्रेण ब्रह्महत्या विनश्यति
yatra vaṭasyākṣayasya darśanaṃ kurute naraḥ | tena darśanamātreṇa brahmahatyā vinaśyati
Where a man obtains the sight of the imperishable banyan, by that mere sight the (guilt of) brahmin-murder is destroyed.
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PdP 6 24.8
स चाक्षयवटः ख्यातः कल्पांतेपि च दृश्यते । शेते विष्णुर्यस्य पत्रे अतोयमव्ययः स्मृतः
sa cākṣayavaṭaḥ khyātaḥ kalpāṃtepi ca dṛśyate | śete viṣṇuryasya patre atoyamavyayaḥ smṛtaḥ
That is renowned as the Akṣaya-vaṭa (imperishable banyan), and it is seen even at the end of a kalpa; Viṣṇu sleeps upon its leaf, and therefore it is called undecaying.
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PdP 6 24.9
तत्र पूजां प्रकुर्वंति मानवा विष्णुवल्लभाः । सूत्रेणाच्छादितं कृत्वा पूजां चैव तु कारयेत्
tatra pūjāṃ prakurvaṃti mānavā viṣṇuvallabhāḥ | sūtreṇācchāditaṃ kṛtvā pūjāṃ caiva tu kārayet
There men dear to Viṣṇu perform worship; having covered it with thread, one should indeed have worship performed.
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PdP 6 24.10
माधवाख्यस्तत्र देवः सुखं तिष्ठति नित्यशः । तस्य वै दर्शनं कार्यं महापापैः प्रमुच्यते
mādhavākhyastatra devaḥ sukhaṃ tiṣṭhati nityaśaḥ | tasya vai darśanaṃ kāryaṃ mahāpāpaiḥ pramucyate
There the god named Mādhava dwells happily and perpetually; his sight is to be obtained, (whereby) one is freed from great sins.
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PdP 6 24.11
यत्र देवाश्च ऋषयो मनुष्याश्चापि सर्वशः । स्वस्वस्थानं समाश्रित्य तत्र तिष्ठंति नित्यशः
yatra devāśca ṛṣayo manuṣyāścāpi sarvaśaḥ | svasvasthānaṃ samāśritya tatra tiṣṭhaṃti nityaśaḥ
Where gods and sages and also men, in every way, having each resorted to his own place, dwell there perpetually.
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PdP 6 24.12
गोघ्नो वापि च चांडालो दुष्टो वा दुष्टचेतनः । बालघाती तथाऽविद्वान्म्रियते तत्र वै तदा
goghno vāpi ca cāṃḍālo duṣṭo vā duṣṭacetanaḥ | bālaghātī tathā'vidvānmriyate tatra vai tadā
Even a cow-killer, or a Cāṇḍāla, or a wicked man, or one of evil mind, a slayer of children, and likewise an ignorant man — (if) he dies there, then indeed,
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PdP 6 24.13
स वै चतुर्भुजो भूत्वा वैकुंठे वसते चिरम् । प्रयागे तु नरो यस्तु माघस्नानं करोति च
sa vai caturbhujo bhūtvā vaikuṃṭhe vasate ciram | prayāge tu naro yastu māghasnānaṃ karoti ca
he, becoming four-armed, dwells long in Vaikuṇṭha. And as for the man who performs the Māgha bathing at Prayāga,
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PdP 6 24.14
न तस्य फलसंख्यास्ति शृणु देवर्षिसत्तम । आपो नारा इति प्रोक्ता सर्वलोकेषु शुश्रुम
na tasya phalasaṃkhyāsti śṛṇu devarṣisattama | āpo nārā iti proktā sarvalokeṣu śuśruma
there is no counting of his reward — listen, best of divine sages! The waters are called nāras (waters), so we have heard in all the worlds.
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PdP 6 24.15
तेन नारायणः प्रोक्तः स्नातानां भुक्तिमुक्तिदः । ग्रहाणां च यथा सूर्यो नक्षत्राणां यथा शशी
tena nārāyaṇaḥ proktaḥ snātānāṃ bhuktimuktidaḥ | grahāṇāṃ ca yathā sūryo nakṣatrāṇāṃ yathā śaśī
Therefore he is called Nārāyaṇa, the giver of enjoyment and liberation to those who bathe. As the sun (is chief) among the planets, as the moon among the stars,
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PdP 6 24.16
मासानां हि तथा माघः श्रेष्ठः सर्वेषु कर्मसु । मकरस्थे रवौ माघे प्रातःकाले तथामले
māsānāṃ hi tathā māghaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarveṣu karmasu | makarasthe ravau māghe prātaḥkāle tathāmale
so indeed Māgha is the best of months for all rites. In Māgha, when the sun stands in Capricorn, in the morning time and (when the sky is) clear,
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PdP 6 24.17
गोःपदेऽपि जले स्नानं स्वर्गदं पापिनामपि । योगोऽयं दुर्लभो विद्वन्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे
goḥpade'pi jale snānaṃ svargadaṃ pāpināmapi | yogo'yaṃ durlabho vidvantrailokye sacarācare
a bath even in water (the size of) a cow's footprint gives heaven even to sinners. This conjunction is hard to obtain, O learned one, in the three worlds with their moving and unmoving (beings).
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PdP 6 24.18
अस्मिन्यो यत्नमापन्नः स्नायादपि दिनत्रयम् । पंच वा सप्त वाप्यत्र स्नानं कुर्वन्प्रयागजम्
asminyo yatnamāpannaḥ snāyādapi dinatrayam | paṃca vā sapta vāpyatra snānaṃ kurvanprayāgajam
Whoever makes the effort at this (time) and bathes even for three days — or five, or even seven — performing here the bathing that arises at Prayāga,
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PdP 6 24.19
चंद्रवद्वर्द्धते सोऽपि कुले वाडवसत्तम । चराचराश्च ये जीवास्तथैव मनुजादयः
caṃdravadvarddhate so'pi kule vāḍavasattama | carācarāśca ye jīvāstathaiva manujādayaḥ
he too increases like the moon in his family, O best of brahmins. And whatever living beings there are, moving and unmoving, and likewise men and the rest,
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PdP 6 24.20
प्रयागं तीर्थमाश्रित्य वैकुंठं यांति तेऽचिरात् । ये वसिष्ठादयस्तत्र ऋषयः सनकादयः
prayāgaṃ tīrthamāśritya vaikuṃṭhaṃ yāṃti te'cirāt | ye vasiṣṭhādayastatra ṛṣayaḥ sanakādayaḥ
resorting to the holy place Prayāga, they go before long to Vaikuṇṭha. Those sages who are there, Vasiṣṭha and the rest, Sanaka and the rest —
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PdP 6 24.21
तेऽपि प्रयागजं तीर्थं सेवंते च पुनःपुनः । यत्र विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च यत्रेंद्रश्च तथा पुनः
te'pi prayāgajaṃ tīrthaṃ sevaṃte ca punaḥpunaḥ | yatra viṣṇuśca rudraśca yatreṃdraśca tathā punaḥ
they too resort again and again to the holy place that is Prayāga. Where Viṣṇu is, and Rudra, and where Indra too, again —
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PdP 6 24.22
तेऽपि सर्वे वसंतीह प्रयागे तीर्थसत्तमे । दानं तत्र प्रशंसंति नियमांश्च तथैव च
te'pi sarve vasaṃtīha prayāge tīrthasattame | dānaṃ tatra praśaṃsaṃti niyamāṃśca tathaiva ca
they all dwell here in Prayāga, the best of holy places. There they praise giving, and likewise the observances.
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PdP 6 24.23
तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca punarjanma na vidyate
Having bathed there and having drunk (the water), there is no rebirth.
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