Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 81
PdP 6 81.1
पार्वत्युवाच- गंगायाश्चैव माहात्म्यं पुनर्वद महामते । यच्छ्रुत्वा मुनयः सर्वे वीतरागाः पुनः पुनः
pārvatyuvāca- gaṃgāyāścaiva māhātmyaṃ punarvada mahāmate | yacchrutvā munayaḥ sarve vītarāgāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
Pārvatī said: Tell again, O greatly wise one, the greatness of Gaṅgā, hearing which all the sages become free of passion again and again.
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PdP 6 81.2
माहात्म्यं कीदृशं चैव तस्याः सर्वेश्वर प्रभो । उत्पत्तिश्च श्रुता पूर्वं महिमा न श्रुतो मया । त्वमाद्यः सर्वभूतानां त्वं देवश्च सनातनः
māhātmyaṃ kīdṛśaṃ caiva tasyāḥ sarveśvara prabho | utpattiśca śrutā pūrvaṃ mahimā na śruto mayā | tvamādyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ devaśca sanātanaḥ
And of what kind is her greatness, O lord, master of all? Her origin I heard before, but her glory I have not heard. You are the first of all beings, and you are the eternal god.
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PdP 6 81.3
महादेव उवाच- बृहस्पतिसमं बुद्ध्या शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमम् । शरतल्पगतं भीष्मं ऋषयो द्रष्टुमाययुः
mahādeva uvāca- bṛhaspatisamaṃ buddhyā śakratulyaparākramam | śaratalpagataṃ bhīṣmaṃ ṛṣayo draṣṭumāyayuḥ
Mahādeva said: The sages came to see Bhīṣma, equal to Bṛhaspati in intelligence, of prowess like Śakra's, lying on his bed of arrows.
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PdP 6 81.4
अत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्च भृगुः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः । अंगिरावगौतमोऽगस्त्यः सुमतिस्त्वापुरात्मवान्
atrirvasiṣṭhaśca bhṛguḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ | aṃgirāvagautamo'gastyaḥ sumatistvāpurātmavān
Atri and Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Aṅgiras, Gautama, Agastya, and self-possessed Sumati came.
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PdP 6 81.5
विश्वामित्रः स्थूलशिराः सर्वज्ञः प्रमथाधिपः । रैभ्यो बृहस्पतिर्व्यासः पावनः कश्यपो ध्रुवः
viśvāmitraḥ sthūlaśirāḥ sarvajñaḥ pramathādhipaḥ | raibhyo bṛhaspatirvyāsaḥ pāvanaḥ kaśyapo dhruvaḥ
Viśvāmitra, Sthūlaśiras, Sarvajña, the lord of the Pramathas, Raibhya, Bṛhaspati, Vyāsa, Pāvana, Kaśyapa, Dhruva,
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PdP 6 81.6
दुर्वासा जमदग्निश्च मार्कंडेयोऽथ गालवः । उशनाथ भरद्वाजः क्रतुरास्तीक एव च
durvāsā jamadagniśca mārkaṃḍeyo'tha gālavaḥ | uśanātha bharadvājaḥ kraturāstīka eva ca
Durvāsas and Jamadagni, and Mārkaṇḍeya, then Gālava, Uśanas, Bharadvāja, Kratu, and Āstīka too,
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PdP 6 81.7
स्थूलाक्षः सर्वलोकाक्षः कण्वो मेधातिथिः कुशः । नारदः पर्वतश्चैव सुधन्वा च्यवनो द्विजः
sthūlākṣaḥ sarvalokākṣaḥ kaṇvo medhātithiḥ kuśaḥ | nāradaḥ parvataścaiva sudhanvā cyavano dvijaḥ
Sthūlākṣa, Sarvalokākṣa, Kaṇva, Medhātithi, Kuśa, Nārada and Parvata, Sudhanvan, the twice-born Cyavana,
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PdP 6 81.8
मतिभूर्भुवनो धौम्यः शतानंदोकृतव्रणः । जामदग्न्योऽथ रामश्च ऋचीकश्चैवमादयः
matibhūrbhuvano dhaumyaḥ śatānaṃdokṛtavraṇaḥ | jāmadagnyo'tha rāmaśca ṛcīkaścaivamādayaḥ
Matibhu, Bhuvana, Dhaumya, Śatānanda, Akṛtavraṇa, and Rāma the son of Jamadagni, and Ṛcīka, and others of that sort.
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PdP 6 81.9
तान्प्रणम्य यथान्यायं धर्मपुत्रः सहानुजः । पूजयामास विधिवज्जगत्पूज्यांस्तु तेजसः
tānpraṇamya yathānyāyaṃ dharmaputraḥ sahānujaḥ | pūjayāmāsa vidhivajjagatpūjyāṃstu tejasaḥ
Having bowed to them as was proper, the son of Dharma together with his younger brothers duly honored those splendid ones, who are worthy of the world's worship.
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PdP 6 81.10
ते पूजिता महात्मानः सुखासीनास्तपोधनाः । भीष्माश्रिताः कथाश्चक्रुर्दिव्यधर्माश्रितास्तथा
te pūjitā mahātmānaḥ sukhāsīnāstapodhanāḥ | bhīṣmāśritāḥ kathāścakrurdivyadharmāśritāstathā
Those great souls, rich in austerity, being honored and comfortably seated, told stories concerning Bhīṣma and likewise stories bearing on divine duty.
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PdP 6 81.11
कथांते तु ततस्तेषां ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम् । प्रणम्य शिरसा भीष्मं पप्रच्छेदं युधिष्ठिरः
kathāṃte tu tatasteṣāṃ ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām | praṇamya śirasā bhīṣmaṃ papracchedaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
Then, at the end of the talk of those sages of disciplined selves, Yudhiṣṭhira bowed his head to Bhīṣma and asked this.
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PdP 6 81.12
युधिष्ठिर उवाच- के देशास्तु महापुण्याः के शैलाः केऽपिचाश्रमाः । सेव्या धर्मार्थिभिर्नित्यं तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- ke deśāstu mahāpuṇyāḥ ke śailāḥ ke'picāśramāḥ | sevyā dharmārthibhirnityaṃ tanme brūhi pitāmaha
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Which lands are greatly meritorious, which mountains, and which hermitages, always to be resorted to by those who seek merit? Tell me that, grandfather.
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PdP 6 81.13
भीष्म उवाच- अत्रैवोदाहरंतीममितिहासं नरोत्तम । शिलोंछवृत्तेः संवादं सिद्धस्य च युधिष्ठिर
bhīṣma uvāca- atraivodāharaṃtīmamitihāsaṃ narottama | śiloṃchavṛtteḥ saṃvādaṃ siddhasya ca yudhiṣṭhira
Bhīṣma said: On just this point they relate this old story, O best of men — the conversation of one who lived by gleaning grain and of a Siddha, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
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PdP 6 81.14
कश्चित्सिद्धः परिक्रम्य समस्तां पृथिवीमिमाम् । उंछवृत्तेः शिबेराजन्गृहं प्राप्तो महात्मनः
kaścitsiddhaḥ parikramya samastāṃ pṛthivīmimām | uṃchavṛtteḥ śiberājangṛhaṃ prāpto mahātmanaḥ
A certain Siddha, having wandered over this entire earth, came to the house of the great-souled King Śibi, who lived by gleaning.
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PdP 6 81.15
आत्मविद्यासु तत्वज्ञः सर्वदा स जितेंद्रियः । रागद्वेषपरित्यक्तः कुशली ज्ञानकर्मसु
ātmavidyāsu tatvajñaḥ sarvadā sa jiteṃdriyaḥ | rāgadveṣaparityaktaḥ kuśalī jñānakarmasu
He knew the truth in the sciences of the self, was always master of his senses, free of passion and hatred, and skilled in knowledge and in rites.
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PdP 6 81.16
वैष्णवेषु सदा श्रेष्ठो विष्णुधर्मपरायणः । अनिंदको वैष्णवानां सदा धर्मपरायणः
vaiṣṇaveṣu sadā śreṣṭho viṣṇudharmaparāyaṇaḥ | aniṃdako vaiṣṇavānāṃ sadā dharmaparāyaṇaḥ
Always foremost among Vaiṣṇavas, devoted to the religion of Viṣṇu, never censuring Vaiṣṇavas, always intent on duty;
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PdP 6 81.17
योगाभ्यासरतो नित्यं शंखचक्रविधारकः । त्रिकालपूजा तत्वज्ञः श्रीकंठेऽनुरतः सदा
yogābhyāsarato nityaṃ śaṃkhacakravidhārakaḥ | trikālapūjā tatvajñaḥ śrīkaṃṭhe'nurataḥ sadā
ever delighting in the practice of yoga, bearing the conch and discus (marks), knowing the truth of worship at the three times, always attached to Śrīkaṇṭha (Śiva).
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PdP 6 81.18
वेदविद्यासु विदुषो धर्माधर्मविचारकः । वेदपाठव्रतो नित्यं नित्यं चातिथिपूजकः
vedavidyāsu viduṣo dharmādharmavicārakaḥ | vedapāṭhavrato nityaṃ nityaṃ cātithipūjakaḥ
learned in the Vedic sciences, an examiner of what is right and wrong, ever vowed to the recitation of the Veda, and ever a honorer of guests;
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PdP 6 81.19
सतीर्थमतियुक्तस्तु शिलोंछेषु स्थितः सदा । चतुर्वेदेषु यद्ध्यानं गीतं यद्यत्स्वयंभुवा
satīrthamatiyuktastu śiloṃcheṣu sthitaḥ sadā | caturvedeṣu yaddhyānaṃ gītaṃ yadyatsvayaṃbhuvā
joined in mind to the holy fords, always established in the gleaning of grain — whatever meditation is set forth in the four Vedas, whatever has been sung by the Self-existent,
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PdP 6 81.20
तत्सर्वं स च जानाति द्विजो विष्णुस्वरूपधृक् । नानाधर्मार्थविशदो ह्यव्ययेष्टमतिः सदा
tatsarvaṃ sa ca jānāti dvijo viṣṇusvarūpadhṛk | nānādharmārthaviśado hyavyayeṣṭamatiḥ sadā
all that this twice-born one knows too, bearing the very form of Viṣṇu, clear about the many objects of dharma, and always of undecaying, well-set mind.
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PdP 6 81.21
एकस्मिन्नेव काले तु गतोऽसौ वै शिबेर्गृहम् । तं दृष्ट्वा विधिवच्चैव कृत्वातिथ्यं महामनाः
ekasminneva kāle tu gato'sau vai śibergṛham | taṃ dṛṣṭvā vidhivaccaiva kṛtvātithyaṃ mahāmanāḥ
Now on one occasion he went to Śibi's house; and the great-minded (king), seeing him and duly performing the rites of hospitality,
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PdP 6 81.22
शिबिः संपृच्छयामास देशानां हितकारणम्
śibiḥ saṃpṛcchayāmāsa deśānāṃ hitakāraṇam
Śibi asked (him) about what is beneficial concerning lands.
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PdP 6 81.23
उंछवृत्तिरुवाच- के देशाः के जनपदाः के शैलाः केऽपि चाश्रमाः । पुण्या द्विजवर प्रीत्या मह्यं निर्देष्टुमर्हसि
uṃchavṛttiruvāca- ke deśāḥ ke janapadāḥ ke śailāḥ ke'pi cāśramāḥ | puṇyā dvijavara prītyā mahyaṃ nirdeṣṭumarhasi
The gleaner said: Which lands, which districts, which mountains, and which hermitages are holy? Best of brahmins, be pleased to point them out to me kindly.
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PdP 6 81.24
सिद्ध उवाच- ते देशास्ते जनपदास्ते शैलास्तेऽपि चाश्रमाः । पुण्यास्त्रिपथगा येषां मध्ये नित्यं सरिद्वरा
siddha uvāca- te deśāste janapadāste śailāste'pi cāśramāḥ | puṇyāstripathagā yeṣāṃ madhye nityaṃ saridvarā
The Siddha said: Those lands, those districts, those mountains and those hermitages are holy in the midst of which the best of rivers, who goes by three paths, ever flows.
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PdP 6 81.25
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण यज्ञैस्त्यागेन वा पुनः । गतिं तां न लभेज्जंतुर्गंगां संसेव्य यां लभेत्
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa yajñaistyāgena vā punaḥ | gatiṃ tāṃ na labhejjaṃturgaṃgāṃ saṃsevya yāṃ labhet
By austerity, by chastity, by sacrifices, or again by renunciation, a creature does not attain that state which he attains by resorting to the Gaṅgā.
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PdP 6 81.26
स्नातानां तत्र पयसि गांगेये नियतात्मनाम् । तुष्टिर्भवति या पुंसां न सा क्रतुशतैरपि
snātānāṃ tatra payasi gāṃgeye niyatātmanām | tuṣṭirbhavati yā puṃsāṃ na sā kratuśatairapi
The satisfaction that comes to men of restrained selves who have bathed there in the water of the Gaṅgā comes not even from a hundred sacrifices.
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PdP 6 81.27
अपहृत्य तमस्तीव्रं यथा भात्युदये रविः । तथापहृत्य पाप्मानं भाति गंगाजलाप्लुतः
apahṛtya tamastīvraṃ yathā bhātyudaye raviḥ | tathāpahṛtya pāpmānaṃ bhāti gaṃgājalāplutaḥ
As the sun, dispelling thick darkness, shines at its rising, so one bathed in the Gaṅgā's water shines, having dispelled his sin.
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PdP 6 81.28
अग्निं प्राप्य यथा विप्र तूलराशिर्विनश्यति । तथा गंगावगाहश्च सर्वं पापं व्यपोहति
agniṃ prāpya yathā vipra tūlarāśirvinaśyati | tathā gaṃgāvagāhaśca sarvaṃ pāpaṃ vyapohati
As a heap of cotton, O brahmin, is destroyed on meeting fire, so immersion in the Gaṅgā removes all sin.
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PdP 6 81.29
यस्तु सूर्यांशुसंतप्तं गांगेयं सलिलं पिबेत् । स गोनीहारनिर्मुक्तः पावकाद्धि विशिष्यते
yastu sūryāṃśusaṃtaptaṃ gāṃgeyaṃ salilaṃ pibet | sa gonīhāranirmuktaḥ pāvakāddhi viśiṣyate
But he who drinks the water of the Ganges warmed by the sun's rays is released from the fog(?) and indeed surpasses fire.
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PdP 6 81.30
चांद्रायणसहस्रं तु पादेनैकेन यः पुमान् । संप्लुतश्चापि गंगायां यो नरः स विशिष्यते
cāṃdrāyaṇasahasraṃ tu pādenaikena yaḥ pumān | saṃplutaścāpi gaṃgāyāṃ yo naraḥ sa viśiṣyate
But the man who (performs) a thousand cāndrāyaṇa vows on one foot — and the man who bathes in the Ganges: he surpasses (the former).
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PdP 6 81.31
लंबेदधःशिरा यस्तु वर्षाणामयुतं नरः । मासमेकं तु गंगांभः सेवते यो नरोत्तमः
laṃbedadhaḥśirā yastu varṣāṇāmayutaṃ naraḥ | māsamekaṃ tu gaṃgāṃbhaḥ sevate yo narottamaḥ
But the man who hangs head-downward for ten thousand years — and the best of men who resorts to the Ganges' water for one month (is greater):
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PdP 6 81.32
ब्रह्महत्याविनिर्मुक्तो याति विष्णोरनामयम् । इयं वेणीसमा पुण्या पवित्रा पापनाशिनी
brahmahatyāvinirmukto yāti viṣṇoranāmayam | iyaṃ veṇīsamā puṇyā pavitrā pāpanāśinī
released from the murder of a brahmin, he goes to the sickness-free (realm) of Viṣṇu. This (river) is equal to the Veṇī, meritorious, purifying, destroyer of sin,
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PdP 6 81.33
यस्याः स्मरणमात्रेण बालहा मुच्यते क्षणात् । स प्रयागस्तीर्थराजो वैष्णवानां हि दुर्ल्लभः
yasyāḥ smaraṇamātreṇa bālahā mucyate kṣaṇāt | sa prayāgastīrtharājo vaiṣṇavānāṃ hi durllabhaḥ
by the mere remembering of which the killer of a child is freed in an instant. That Prayāga, king of holy places, is indeed hard for Vaiṣṇavas to obtain.
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PdP 6 81.34
स्नात्वा यत्र नरश्रेष्ठ वैकुंठे सत्वरं व्रजेत् । प्रियाप्रिये न जानाति धर्माधर्मौ न विंदति
snātvā yatra naraśreṣṭha vaikuṃṭhe satvaraṃ vrajet | priyāpriye na jānāti dharmādharmau na viṃdati
Having bathed there, O best of men, one would go swiftly to Vaikuṇṭha; he knows neither the pleasant nor the unpleasant, nor does he find merit or demerit.
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PdP 6 81.35
स्नात्वा चैव तु गंगायां महापापात्प्रमुच्यते
snātvā caiva tu gaṃgāyāṃ mahāpāpātpramucyate
And by bathing in the Ganges he is released from great sin.
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PdP 6 81.36
गंगागंगेति यो ब्रूयाद्योजनानां शतैरपि । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
gaṃgāgaṃgeti yo brūyādyojanānāṃ śatairapi | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
He who says "Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā," even from hundreds of leagues away, is freed from all sins and goes to Viṣṇu's world.
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PdP 6 81.37
ब्रह्महा चैव गोघ्नो वा सुरापी बालघातकः । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो दिवं याति च सत्वरम्
brahmahā caiva goghno vā surāpī bālaghātakaḥ | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo divaṃ yāti ca satvaram
Even a killer of a brahmin, or a killer of a cow, a drinker of liquor, a slayer of a child, is freed from all sins and swiftly goes to heaven.
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PdP 6 81.38
दर्शनं माधवस्याथ वरस्य दर्शनं तथा । वेण्यां स्नानं प्रकुर्वाणो वैकुंठं प्रति गच्छति
darśanaṃ mādhavasyātha varasya darśanaṃ tathā | veṇyāṃ snānaṃ prakurvāṇo vaikuṃṭhaṃ prati gacchati
Then the sight of Mādhava, and likewise the sight of Vara(?), and bathing at the Veṇī — (one) doing these goes to Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 81.39
उदिते च यथा सूर्ये विलयं याति वै तमः । तथैव तस्यां पापानि नश्यंति स्नानमात्रतः
udite ca yathā sūrye vilayaṃ yāti vai tamaḥ | tathaiva tasyāṃ pāpāni naśyaṃti snānamātrataḥ
And just as, when the sun has risen, darkness dissolves, so too do sins perish in her (the Ganges) merely by bathing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 81.40
गंगाद्वारे कुशावर्ते गल्लिके(बिल्वके?) नीलपर्वते । स्नात्वा कनखले तीर्थे पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
gaṃgādvāre kuśāvarte gallike(bilvake?) nīlaparvate | snātvā kanakhale tīrthe punarjanma na vidyate
Having bathed at Gaṅgādvāra, at Kuśāvarta, at Gallika (Bilvaka?), at Nīlaparvata, and at the Kanakhala ford, there is no birth again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 81.41
एवं ज्ञात्वा नरश्रेष्ठो गंगास्नायी पुनःपुनः । स्नानमात्रेण भो राजन्मुच्यते किल्बिषादतः
evaṃ jñātvā naraśreṣṭho gaṃgāsnāyī punaḥpunaḥ | snānamātreṇa bho rājanmucyate kilbiṣādataḥ
Knowing this, the best of men bathes in the Ganges again and again; merely by bathing, O king, he is thereby freed from sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 81.42
देवानां प्रवरो विष्णुर्यज्ञानां चाश्वमेधकः । अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां नदी भागीरथी सदा
devānāṃ pravaro viṣṇuryajñānāṃ cāśvamedhakaḥ | aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ nadī bhāgīrathī sadā
Viṣṇu is the foremost of the gods, and the horse sacrifice of sacrifices; the aśvattha of all trees, and the Bhāgīrathī always of rivers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition