Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 67

PdP 6 67.1

महेश्वर उवाच- इति श्रुतं धर्ममुखान्मुद्गलो द्विजसत्तमः । कथयित्वा ममाग्रे वै गतो यादृच्छिको मुने

maheśvara uvāca- iti śrutaṃ dharmamukhānmudgalo dvijasattamaḥ | kathayitvā mamāgre vai gato yādṛcchiko mune

Maheśvara said: Having thus heard the dharma from the mouth of Dharma, Mudgala, best of the twice-born, told it in my presence and then went off wherever he pleased, O sage.

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PdP 6 67.2

गोपिकाचंदनं यत्र तिष्ठते वै द्विजोत्तम । तद्गृहं तीर्थरूपं च विष्णुना भाषितं किल

gopikācaṃdanaṃ yatra tiṣṭhate vai dvijottama | tadgṛhaṃ tīrtharūpaṃ ca viṣṇunā bhāṣitaṃ kila

Where gopī-sandal(-clay) is kept, O best of the twice-born, that house is a form of a sacred ford — so indeed has Viṣṇu declared.

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PdP 6 67.3

शोकमोहौ न तत्रास्तां न भवत्यशुभं क्वचित् । गोपिकाचंदनं यस्य तिष्ठति द्विजसद्मनि

śokamohau na tatrāstāṃ na bhavatyaśubhaṃ kvacit | gopikācaṃdanaṃ yasya tiṣṭhati dvijasadmani

Neither grief nor delusion is there, nor does anything inauspicious ever occur, in whose brahmin's house gopī-sandal is kept.

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PdP 6 67.4

सुखिनः पूर्वजास्तेषां संततिर्वर्द्धते सदा । गोपिकाचंदनं यस्य वर्त्ततेऽहर्निशं गृहे

sukhinaḥ pūrvajāsteṣāṃ saṃtatirvarddhate sadā | gopikācaṃdanaṃ yasya varttate'harniśaṃ gṛhe

Their forefathers are happy and their lineage always increases, in whose house gopī-sandal is present day and night.

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PdP 6 67.5

गोपीपुष्करजा मृत्स्ना पवित्रा कायशोधिनी । उद्वर्त्तनाद्विनश्यंति व्याधयो ह्याधयश्च ये

gopīpuṣkarajā mṛtsnā pavitrā kāyaśodhinī | udvarttanādvinaśyaṃti vyādhayo hyādhayaśca ye

The clay born from the Gopī-pool is pure and cleanses the body; by rubbing (it on) there perish the bodily diseases and the mental afflictions, whatever they be.

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PdP 6 67.6

अतो देहे धृतं पुंभिर्मुक्तिदं सर्वकामिकम् । तावद्गर्जंति तीर्थानि तावत्क्षेत्राणि सर्वदा

ato dehe dhṛtaṃ puṃbhirmuktidaṃ sarvakāmikam | tāvadgarjaṃti tīrthāni tāvatkṣetrāṇi sarvadā

Therefore, when borne on the body by men it grants liberation and fulfils all desires. So long do the sacred fords roar, so long the holy places always (boast),

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PdP 6 67.7

गोपिकाचंदनं यावन्न दृष्टं न श्रुतं द्विज । इदं ध्येयमिदं पूज्यं मलदोषविनाशनम्

gopikācaṃdanaṃ yāvanna dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ dvija | idaṃ dhyeyamidaṃ pūjyaṃ maladoṣavināśanam

as long as gopī-sandal has not been seen, has not been heard of, O twice-born. This is to be meditated upon, this is to be worshipped, this destroys the taint of impurity,

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PdP 6 67.8

यस्य संस्पर्शनादेव पूतो भवति मानवः । अंतकाले तु मर्त्यानां मुक्तिदं पावनं परम्

yasya saṃsparśanādeva pūto bhavati mānavaḥ | aṃtakāle tu martyānāṃ muktidaṃ pāvanaṃ param

by the mere touch of which a man becomes purified; and at the time of death it grants liberation to mortals, the supreme purifier.

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PdP 6 67.9

किं वदामि द्विजश्रेष्ठ मुक्तिदं गोपिचंदनम् । विष्णोस्तु तुलसीकाष्ठं तथा वै मूलमृत्तिका

kiṃ vadāmi dvijaśreṣṭha muktidaṃ gopicaṃdanam | viṣṇostu tulasīkāṣṭhaṃ tathā vai mūlamṛttikā

What (more) shall I say, O best of the twice-born, (of) liberation-giving gopī-sandal? Viṣṇu's tulasī wood, and likewise the earth from its root,

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PdP 6 67.10

गोपिकाचंदनं चैव तथा वै हरिचंदनम् । चत्वारि ह्येतानि संमील्य अंगमुद्वर्तयेत्सुधीः

gopikācaṃdanaṃ caiva tathā vai haricaṃdanam | catvāri hyetāni saṃmīlya aṃgamudvartayetsudhīḥ

and gopī-sandal, and also hari-sandal: mixing these four together, the wise man should rub (them) on his body.

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PdP 6 67.11

तेन तीर्थं कृतं सर्वं जंबूद्वीपेषु सर्वदा । तिलकं कुरुते यस्तु गोपिकाचंदनद्रवैः

tena tīrthaṃ kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ jaṃbūdvīpeṣu sarvadā | tilakaṃ kurute yastu gopikācaṃdanadravaiḥ

By that, all the sacred fords in the Jambū continents are (as it were) made (visited) for ever. And whoever makes a forehead mark with liquid gopī-sandal,

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PdP 6 67.12

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो याति विष्णोः परं पदम् । पितुः श्राद्धादिकं तेन गयां गत्वा तु वै कृतम्

sarvapāpavinirmukto yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam | pituḥ śrāddhādikaṃ tena gayāṃ gatvā tu vai kṛtam

freed from all sins he goes to Viṣṇu's supreme abode; by him the śrāddha and the rest for his father is performed as if he had gone to Gayā.

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PdP 6 67.13

येन वा पुरुषेणापि विधृतं गोपिचंदनम् । मद्यपो ब्रह्महा चैव गोघ्नो वा बालहा तथा । मुच्यते तत्क्षणादेव गोपीचंदनधारणात्

yena vā puruṣeṇāpi vidhṛtaṃ gopicaṃdanam | madyapo brahmahā caiva goghno vā bālahā tathā | mucyate tatkṣaṇādeva gopīcaṃdanadhāraṇāt

Or by whatever man gopī-sandal is worn — be he a drinker of liquor, a killer of a brahmin, a slayer of a cow, or a killer of a child — he is freed that very instant by the wearing of gopī-sandal.

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