Brahma Purana · Chapter 25

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni puṇyāny āyatanāni ca
vaktum arhasi dharmajña śrotuṃ no vartate manaḥ //

yasya hastau ca pādau ca manaś caiva susaṃyatam
vidyā tapaś ca kīrtiś ca sa tīrthaphalam aśnute //

mano viśuddhaṃ puruṣasya tīrthaṃ vācāṃ tathā cendriyanigrahaś ca
etāni tīrthāni śarīrajāni svargasya mārgaṃ pratibodhayanti

cittam antargataṃ duṣṭaṃ tīrthasnānair na śudhyati
śataśo 'pi jalair dhautaṃ surābhāṇḍam ivāśuci //

na tīrthāni na dānāni na vratāni na cāśramāḥ
duṣṭāśayaṃ dambharuciṃ punanti vyutthitendriyam //

indriyāṇi vaśe kṛtvā yatra yatra vasen naraḥ
tatra tatra kurukṣetraṃ prayāgaṃ puṣkaraṃ tathā //

tasmāc chṛṇudhvaṃ vakṣyāmi tīrthāny āyatanāni ca
saṃkṣepeṇa muniśreṣṭhāḥ pṛthivyāṃ yāni kāni vai //

vistareṇa na śakyante vaktuṃ varṣaśatair api
prathamaṃ puṣkaraṃ tīrthaṃ naimiṣāraṇyam eva ca //

prayāgaṃ ca pravakṣyāmi dharmāraṇyaṃ dvijottamāḥ
dhenukaṃ campakāraṇyaṃ saindhavāraṇyam eva ca //

puṇyaṃ ca magadhāraṇyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyam eva ca
gayā prabhāsaṃ śrītīrthaṃ divyaṃ kanakhalaṃ tathā //

bhṛgutuṅgaṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ bhīmāraṇyaṃ kuśasthalīm
lohākulaṃ sakedāraṃ mandarāraṇyam eva ca //

mahābalaṃ koṭitīrthaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ tathā
rūpatīrthaṃ śūkaravaṃ cakratīrthaṃ mahāphalam //

yogatīrthaṃ somatīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ sāhoṭakaṃ tathā
tīrthaṃ kokāmukhaṃ puṇyaṃ badarīśailam eva ca //

somatīrthaṃ tuṅgakūṭaṃ tīrthaṃ skandāśramaṃ tathā
koṭitīrthaṃ cāgnipadaṃ tīrthaṃ pañcaśikhaṃ tathā //

dharmodbhavaṃ koṭitīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ bādhapramocanam
gaṅgādvāraṃ pañcakūṭaṃ madhyakesaram eva ca //

cakraprabhaṃ mataṅgaṃ ca kruśadaṇḍaṃ ca viśrutam
daṃṣṭrākuṇḍaṃ viṣṇutīrthaṃ sārvakāmikam eva ca //

tīrthaṃ matsyatilaṃ caiva badarī suprabhaṃ tathā
brahmakuṇḍaṃ vahnikuṇḍaṃ tīrthaṃ satyapadaṃ tathā //

catuḥsrotaś catuḥśṛṅgaṃ śailaṃ dvādaśadhārakam
mānasaṃ sthūlaśṛṅgaṃ ca sthūladaṇḍaṃ tathorvaśī //

lokapālaṃ manuvaraṃ somāhvaśailam eva ca
sadāprabhaṃ merukuṇḍaṃ tīrthaṃ somābhiṣecanam //

mahāsrotaṃ koṭarakaṃ pañcadhāraṃ tridhārakam
saptadhāraikadhāraṃ ca tīrthaṃ cāmarakaṇṭakam //

śālagrāmaṃ cakratīrthaṃ koṭidrumam anuttamam
bilvaprabhaṃ devahradaṃ tīrthaṃ viṣṇuhradaṃ tathā //

śaṅkhaprabhaṃ devakuṇḍaṃ tīrthaṃ vajrāyudhaṃ tathā
agniprabhaṃ ca puṃnāgaṃ devaprabham anuttamam //

vidyādharaṃ sagāndharvaṃ śrītīrthaṃ brahmaṇo hradam
sātīrthaṃ lokapālākhyaṃ maṇipuragiriṃ tathā //

tīrthaṃ pañcahradaṃ caiva puṇyaṃ piṇḍārakaṃ tathā
malavyaṃ goprabhāvaṃ ca govaraṃ vaṭamūlakam //

snānadaṇḍaṃ prayāgaṃ ca guhyaṃ viṣṇupadaṃ tathā
kanyāśramaṃ vāyukuṇḍaṃ jambūmārgaṃ tathottamam //

gabhastitīrthaṃ ca tathā yayātipatanaṃ śuci
koṭitīrthaṃ bhadravaṭaṃ mahākālavanaṃ tathā //

narmadātīrtham aparaṃ tīrthavajraṃ tathārbudam
piṅgutīrthaṃ savāsiṣṭhaṃ tīrthaṃ ca pṛthasaṃgamam //

tīrthaṃ daurvāsikaṃ nāma tathā piñjarakaṃ śubham
ṛṣitīrthaṃ brahmatuṅgaṃ vasutīrthaṃ kumārikam //

śakratīrthaṃ pañcanadaṃ reṇukātīrtham eva ca
paitāmahaṃ ca vimalaṃ rudrapādaṃ tathottamam //

maṇimattaṃ ca kāmākhyaṃ kṛṣṇatīrthaṃ kuśāvilam
yajanaṃ yājanaṃ caiva tathaiva brahmavālukam //

puṣpanyāsaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ maṇipūraṃ tathottaram
dīrghasattraṃ hayapadaṃ tīrthaṃ cānaśanaṃ tathā //

gaṅgodbhedaṃ śivodbhedaṃ narmadodbhedam eva ca
vastrāpadaṃ dāruvalaṃ chāyārohaṇam eva ca //

siddheśvaraṃ mitravalaṃ kālikāśramam eva ca
vaṭāvaṭaṃ bhadravaṭaṃ kauśāmbī ca divākaram //

dvīpaṃ sārasvataṃ caiva vijayaṃ kāmadaṃ tathā
rudrakoṭiṃ sumanasaṃ tīrthaṃ sadrāvanāmitam //

syamantapañcakaṃ tīrthaṃ brahmatīrthaṃ sudarśanam
satataṃ pṛthivīsarvaṃ pāriplavapṛthūdakau //

daśāśvamedhikaṃ tīrthaṃ sarpijaṃ viṣayāntikam
koṭitīrthaṃ pañcanadaṃ vārāhaṃ yakṣiṇīhradam //

puṇḍarīkaṃ somatīrthaṃ muñjavaṭaṃ tathottamam
badarīvanam āsīnaṃ ratnamūlakam eva ca //

lokadvāraṃ pañcatīrthaṃ kapilātīrtham eva ca
sūryatīrthaṃ śaṅkhinī ca gavāṃ bhavanam eva ca //

tīrthaṃ ca yakṣarājasya brahmāvartaṃ sutīrthakam
kāmeśvaraṃ mātritīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ śītavanaṃ tathā //

snānalomāpahaṃ caiva māsasaṃsarakaṃ tathā
daśāśvamedhaṃ kedāraṃ brahmodumbaram eva ca //

saptarṣikuṇḍaṃ ca tathā tīrthaṃ devyāḥ sujambukam
īṭāspadaṃ koṭikūṭaṃ kiṃdānaṃ kiṃjapaṃ tathā //

kāraṇḍavaṃ cāvedhyaṃ ca triviṣṭapam athāparam
pāṇiṣātaṃ miśrakaṃ ca madhūvaṭamanojavau //

kauśikī devatīrthaṃ ca tīrthaṃ ca ṛṇamocanam
divyaṃ ca nṛgadhūmākhyaṃ tīrthaṃ viṣṇupadaṃ tathā //

amarāṇāṃ hradaṃ puṇyaṃ koṭitīrthaṃ tathāparam
śrīkuñjaṃ śālitīrthaṃ ca naimiṣeyaṃ ca viśrutam //

brahmasthānaṃ somatīrthaṃ kanyātīrthaṃ tathaiva ca
brahmatīrthaṃ manastīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ vai kārupāvanam //

saugandhikavanaṃ caiva maṇitīrthaṃ sarasvatī
īśānatīrthaṃ pravaraṃ pāvanaṃ pāñcayajñikam //

triśūladhāraṃ māhendraṃ devasthānaṃ kṛtālayam
śākaṃbharī devatīrthaṃ suvarṇākhyaṃ kilaṃ hradam //

kṣīraśravaṃ virūpākṣaṃ bhṛgutīrthaṃ kuśodbhavam
brahmatīrthaṃ brahmayoniṃ nīlaparvatam eva ca //

kubjāmbakaṃ bhadravaṭaṃ vasiṣṭhapadam eva ca
svargadvāraṃ prajādvāraṃ kālikāśramam eva ca //

rudrāvartaṃ sugandhāśvaṃ kapilāvanam eva ca
bhadrakarṇahradaṃ caiva śaṅkukarṇahradaṃ tathā //

saptasārasvataṃ caiva tīrtham auśanasaṃ tathā
kapālamocanaṃ caiva avakīrṇaṃ ca kāmyakam //

catuḥsāmudrikaṃ caiva śatakiṃ ca sahasrikam
reṇukaṃ pañcavaṭakaṃ vimocanam athaujasam //

sthāṇutīrthaṃ kuros tīrthaṃ svargadvāraṃ kuśadhvajam
viśveśvaraṃ mānavakaṃ kūpaṃ nārāyaṇāśrayam //

gaṅgāhradaṃ vaṭaṃ caiva badarīpāṭanaṃ tathā
indramārgam ekarātraṃ kṣīrakāvāsam eva ca //

somatīrthaṃ dadhīcaṃ ca śrutatīrthaṃ ca bho dvijāḥ
koṭitīrthasthalīṃ caiva bhadrakālīhradaṃ tathā //

arundhatīvanaṃ caiva brahmāvartaṃ tathottamam
aśvavedī kubjāvanaṃ yamunāprabhavaṃ tathā //

vīraṃ pramokṣaṃ sindhūttham ṛṣa kulyā sakṛttikam
urvīsaṃkramaṇaṃ caiva māyāvidyodbhavaṃ tathā //

mahāśramo vaitasikā rūpaṃ sundarikāśramam
bāhutīrthaṃ cārunadīṃ vimalāśokam eva ca //

tīrthaṃ pañcanadaṃ caiva mārkaṇḍeyasya dhīmataḥ
somatīrthaṃ sitodaṃ ca tīrthaṃ matsyodarīṃ tathā //

sūryaprabhaṃ sūryatīrtham aśokavanam eva ca
aruṇāspadaṃ kāmadaṃ ca śukratīrthaṃ savālukam //

piśācamocanaṃ caiva subhadrāhradam eva ca
kuṇḍaṃ vimaladaṇḍasya tīrthaṃ caṇḍeśvarasya ca //

jyeṣṭhasthānahradaṃ caiva puṇyaṃ brahmasaraṃ tathā
jaigīṣavyaguhā caiva harikeśavanaṃ tathā //

ajāmukhasaraṃ caiva ghaṇṭākarṇahradaṃ tathā
puṇḍarīkahradaṃ caiva vāpī karkoṭakasya ca //

suvarṇasyodapānaṃ ca śvetatīrthahradaṃ tathā
kuṇḍaṃ ghargharikāyāś ca śyāmakūpaṃ ca candrikā //

śmaśānastambhakūpaṃ ca vināyakahradaṃ tathā
kūpaṃ sindhūdbhavaṃ caiva puṇyaṃ brahmasaraṃ tathā //

rudrāvāsaṃ tathā tīrthaṃ nāgatīrthaṃ pulomakam
bhaktahradaṃ kṣīrasaraḥ pretādhāraṃ kumārakam //

brahmāvartaṃ kuśāvartaṃ dadhikarṇodapānakam
śṛṅgatīrthaṃ mahātīrthaṃ tīrthaśreṣṭhā mahānadī //

divyaṃ brahmasaraṃ puṇyaṃ gayāśīrṣākṣayaṃ vaṭam
dakṣiṇaṃ cottaraṃ caiva gomayaṃ rūpaśītikam //

kapilāhradaṃ gṛdhravaṭaṃ sāvitrīhradam eva ca
prabhāsanaṃ sītavanaṃ yonidvāraṃ ca dhenukam //

dhanyakaṃ kokilākhyaṃ ca mataṅgahradam eva ca
pitṛkūpaṃ rudratīrthaṃ śakratīrthaṃ sumālinam //

brahmasthānaṃ saptakuṇḍaṃ maṇiratnahradaṃ tathā
kauśikyaṃ bharataṃ caiva tīrthaṃ jyeṣṭhālikā tathā //

viśveśvaraṃ kalpasaraḥ kanyāsaṃvetyam eva ca
niścīvā prabhavaś caiva vasiṣṭhāśramam eva ca //

devakūṭaṃ ca kūpaṃ ca vasiṣṭhāśramam eva ca
vīrāśramaṃ brahmasaro brahmavīrāvakāpilī //

kumāradhārā śrīdhārā gaurīśikharam eva ca
śunaḥ kuṇḍo 'tha tīrthaṃ ca nanditīrthaṃ tathaiva ca //

kumāravāsaṃ śrīvāsam aurvīśītārtham eva ca
kumbhakarṇahradaṃ caiva kauśikīhradam eva ca //

dharmatīrthaṃ kāmatīrthaṃ tīrtham uddālakaṃ tathā
saṃdhyātīrthaṃ kāratoyaṃ kapilaṃ lohitārṇavam //

śoṇodbhavaṃ vaṃśagulmam ṛṣabhaṃ kalatīrthakam
puṇyāvatīhradaṃ tīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ badarikāśramam //

rāmatīrthaṃ pitṛvanaṃ virajātīrtham eva ca
mārkaṇḍeyavanaṃ caiva kṛṣṇatīrthaṃ tathā vaṭam //

rohiṇīkūpapravaram indradyumnasaraṃ ca yat
sānugartaṃ samāhendraṃ śrītīrthaṃ śrīnadaṃ tathā //

iṣutīrthaṃ vārṣabhaṃ ca kāverīhradam eva ca
kanyātīrthaṃ ca gokarṇaṃ gāyatrīsthānam eva ca //

badarīhradam anyac ca madhyasthānaṃ vikarṇakam
jātīhradaṃ devakūpaṃ kuśapravaṇam eva ca //

sarvadevavrataṃ caiva kanyāśramahradaṃ tathā
tathānyad vālakhilyānāṃ sapūrvāṇāṃ tathāparam //

tathānyac ca maharṣīṇām akhaṇḍitahradaṃ tathā
tīrtheṣv eteṣu vidhivat samyak śraddhāsamanvitaḥ //

snānaṃ karoti yo martyaḥ sopavāso jitendriyaḥ
devān ṛṣīn manuṣyāṃś ca pitṝn saṃtarpya ca kramāt //

abhyarcya devatās tatra sthitvā ca rajanītrayam
pṛthak pṛthak phalaṃ teṣu pratitīrtheṣu bho dvijāḥ //

prāpnoti hayamedhasya naro nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ
yas tv idaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ tīrthamāhātmyam uttamam
paṭhec ca śrāvayed vāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate //