Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.13

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bṛhaspatiruvāca
sakṛdabhyarcitāḥ prītā bhavanti pitaro 'vyayāḥ /
yogātmāno mahātmāno vipāpmāno mahaujasaḥ

pretya ca svargalokāya kāmaiśca bahulaṃ bhuvi /
yeṣu vāpyanugṛhṇanti mokṣaprāptiḥ krameṇa tu

tāni vakṣyāmyahaṃ saumya sarāṃsi saritastathā /
tīrthāni caiva puṇyāni deśāṃśchailāṃstathāśramān

puṇyo hi triṣu lokeṣu sadaivāmarakaṇṭakaḥ /
parvatapravaraḥ puṇyaḥ siddhayāraṇasevitaḥ

yatra varṣasahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca /
tapaḥ suduścaraṃ tepe bhagavānaṅgirāḥ purā

yatra mṛtyorgatirnnāsti tathaivāsurarakṣasām /
na bhayaṃ naiva cālakṣmīryāvadbhūmirddhariṣyati

tapasā tejasā tasya bhrajate sa nagottamaḥ /
śṛṅge mālyavato nityaṃ vahniḥ saṃvarttako yathā

mṛdavastu sugandhāśca hemābhāḥ priyadarśanāḥ /
śāntāḥkuśā iti khyātāḥ paridakṣiṇanarmadām

dṛṣṭavānsvargasopānaṃ bhagavānaṅgirāḥ purā /
agnihotre mahātejāḥ prastārārthaṃ kuśottamān

teṣu darbheṣu yaḥ piṇḍānmarakaṇṭaṭakaparvate /
dadyātsakṛdapi prājñastasya vakṣyāmi yatphalam

tadbhavatyakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ prītivardhanam /
antarddhānaṃ ca gacchanti kṣetramāsādya tatsadā

tatra jvālāsaraḥ puṇyaṃ dṛśyate cāpi parvasu /
saśalyānāṃ ca sattvānāṃ viśalyakaraṇī nadī

prāgdakṣiṇāyatāvarttā vāpī sā sunagottame /
kaliṅgadeśapaścārddhe śṛṅge mālyavato vibhoḥ

siddhikṣetramṛṣiśreṣṭhā yaduktaṃ paramaṃ bhuvi /
saṃmataṃ devadaityānāṃ ślokaṃ cāpyuśanā jagau

dhanyāste puruṣā loke ye prāpyāmarakaṇṭakam /
pitṝnsaṃtarpayiṣyantiśrāddhe pitṛparāyaṇāḥ

alpena tapasā siddhiṃ gamiṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ /
sakṛdevārcitāstatra svargamāmarakaṇṭake

mahendraḥparvataḥ puṇyo ramyaḥ śakraniṣevitaḥ /
tatrāruhya bhavetpūtaḥ śrāddhaṃ caiva mahāphalam

vailāṭaśikhare yuktvā divyaṃ cakṣuḥ pravartate /
adhṛṣyaścaiva bhūtānāṃ devavaccarate mahīm

saptagodāvare caiva gokarṇe ca tapovane /
aśvamedhaphalaṃ snātvā tatra dattvā bhavettataḥ

dhūtapāpasthalaṃ prāpya pūtaḥ snātvā bhavennaraḥ /
rudrastatra tapastepe devadevo maheśvaraḥ

gokarṇe nihitaṃ devair nāstikānāṃ nidarśanam /
abrāhmaṇasya sāvitrīṃ paṭhatastu praṇaśyati

devarṣibhavane śṛṅge siddhacāraṇasevite /
āruhyataṃ niya mavāṃstato yāti triviṣṭapam

divyaiścandanavṛkṣaiśca pādapairupaśobhitam /
āpaścandanasaṃyuktāḥ spandeti satataṃ tataḥ

nadī pravartate tābhyastāmraparṇīti nāmataḥ /
yā candanamahākhaṇḍāddakṣiṇaṃ yāti sāgaram

nadyāstasyāśca tāmrāyāstūhyamānā mahodadhau /
śaṅkhā bhavanti śuktyaśca jāyate yāsu mauktikam

udakānayanaṃ kṛtvā śaṅkhamauktikasaṃyutam /
ādhibhirvyādhibhiścaiva muktā yāntyamarāvatīm

candanebhyaḥ prasūtānāṃ śaṅkhānāṃ mauktikasya vā /
pāpakarttṝnapi pitṝṃstārayanti yathāśruti

candratīrthe kumāryāṃ ca kāverīprabhave kṣaye /
śrīparvatasya tīrtheṣu vaikṛte ca tathā girau

ekasthā yatra dṛśyante vṛkṣāhyauśīraparvate /
palāśāḥ khadirā bilvāḥ plakṣāśvatthavikaṅkatāḥ

evaṃ dvimaṇḍalāviddhaṃ vijñeyaṃ dvijasattamāḥ /
asmiṃstyaktvā janoṃ'gāti kṣipraṃ yātyamarāvatīm

śrīparvatasya tīrthe tu vaikṛte ca tathā girau /
karmāṇi tu prayuktā ni siddhyanti prabhavāpyaye

duṣprayuktā hi pitṛṣu suprayogā bhavantyuta /
pitṝṇāṃ duhitā puṇyā narmadā saritāṃ varā

yatra śrāddhāni dattāṃni hyakṣayāṇi bhavantyuta /
māṭharasya vane puṇye siddhacāraṇasevite

antarddhānena gacchanti yuktvā tasminmahā girau /
vindhye caiva girau puṇye dharmādharmanidarśanīm

dhārāṃ pāpā na paśyanti dhārāṃ paśyanti sādhavaḥ /
tatra taddṛśyate pāpaṃ keṣāṃ citpāpakarmaṇām

kailāse yā mataṅgasya vāpī pāpaniṣūdanī /
snātvā tasyā divaṃ yānti kāmacārā vihaṅgamāḥ

śaurpārake tathā tīrthe parvate pālamañjare /
pāṇḍukūpe samudrānte piṇḍārakataṭe tathā

vimale ca vipāpe ca saṃkalpaṃ prāpya cākṣayam /
śrīvṛkṣe citrakūṭe ca jaṃbūmārge ca nityaśaḥ

asitasya girau puṇye yogācāryasya dhīmataḥ /
tatrāpi śrāddhamānantyamasitāyāṃ ca nityaśaḥ

puṣkareṣvakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ tapaścaiva mahāphalamā /
mahodadhau prabhāse ca tadvadeva vinirdiśet

devikāyāṃ vṛṣo nāma kūpaḥ siddhaniṣevitaḥ /
samutpatanti tasyāpo gavāṃ śabdena nityaśaḥ

yogeśvaraiḥ sadā juṣṭaḥ sarvapāpabahiṣkṛtaḥ /
dadyācchrāddhaṃ tu yastasmiṃstasya vakṣyāmi yatphalam

akṣayaṃ sarvakāmīyaṃ śrāddhaṃ prīṇāti vai pitṝn /
jātavedaḥ śilā tatra sākṣādagneḥ sanātanāt

śrāddhāni cāgnikāryaṃ ca tatra kuryātsadā kṣayam /
yastvagniṃ praviśettatra nākapṛṣṭhe sa modate

agniśāntaḥ punarjātastatra dattaṃ tato 'kṣayam /
daśāśvamedhike tīrthe tīrthe pañcāśvamedhike

yathoddiṣṭaphalaṃ teṣāṃ kratūnāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ /
khyātaṃ hayaśiro nāma tīrthaṃ sadyo varapradam

śrāddhaṃ tatra sadākṣayyaṃ dātā svarge ca modate /
śrāddhaṃ suṃdanisuṃde ca deyaṃ pāpaniṣū danam

śrāddhaṃ tatrākṣayaṃ proktaṃ japahomatapāṃsi ca /
jatuṅge śubhe tīrthe tarpayetsatataṃ pitṝn

dṛśyate parvasu cchāyā yatra nityaṃ divaukasām /
pṛthivyāmakṣayaṃ dattaṃ virajā yatra pādapaḥ

yogeśvaraiḥ sadā juṣṭaḥ sarvapāpabahiṣkṛtaḥ /
dadyācchrāddhaṃ tu yastasmiṃstasya vakṣyāmi yatphalam

arcitāstena vai sākṣādbhavanti pitaraḥ sadā /
asmiṃlloke vaśī ca syātpretya svarge mahī yate

prāyaśo madravā puṇyā śivo nāma hradastathā /
tatra vyāsasaraḥ puṇyaṃ divyo brahmahradastathā

ūrjjantaḥ parvataḥ puṇyo yatra yogeśvarālayaḥ /
atraiva cāśramaḥ puṇyo vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ

ṛgyajuḥ sāmaśirasaḥ kapotāḥ puṣpasāhvayāḥ /
ākhyāna pañcamā vedāḥ sṛṣṭā hyete svayaṃbhuvā

gatvaitānmucyate pāpaddvijo vahniṃ samāśrayan /
śrāddhaṃ cānantyameteṣu japahomatapāṃsi ca

puṇḍarīke mahātīrthe puṇḍarīkasamaṃ phalam /
brahmatīrthe mahāprājña sarvayajñasamaṃ phalam

siṃdhusāgarasaṃbhede tathā pañcanade kṣayam /
virajāyāṃ tathā puṇyaṃ madravāyāṃ ca parvate

deyaṃ saptanade śrāddhaṃ mānase vā viśeṣataḥ /
mahākūṭe hyanante ca girau trikakude tathā

saṃdhyāyāṃ ca mahānadyāṃ dṛśyate mahādadbhutam /
aśraddadhānaṃ nābhyeti sā cābhyeti dhṛtavratam

saṃśrayitvaikamekena sāyāhnaṃ prati nityaśaḥ /
tasmindeyaṃ sadā śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāmakṣayārthinām

kṛtātmā vākṛtātmā ca yatra vijñāyate naraḥ /
svargamārgapradaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ sadyo varapradam

cīrāṇyutsṛjya yasmiṃstu divaṃ saptarṣayo gātāḥ /
adyāpi tāni dṛśyante cīrāṇyaṃbhogatāni tu

snātvā svargamavāpnoti tasmiṃstīrthettame naraḥ /
khyātamāyatanaṃ tatra nandinaḥ siddhasevitam

nandīśvarasya sā mūrttirnirācārairnadṛśyate /
dṛśyante kāñcanā yupāstvarciṣo bhāskarodaye

kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ tāṃstu gacchantyānanditā divam /
sarvataśca kurukṣetraṃ sutīrthaṃ tu viśeṣataḥ

puṇyaṃ sanatkumārasya yogeśasya mahātmanaḥ /
kīrtyate ca tilāndattvā pitṛbhyovai sadākṣayam

uktamevākṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ dharmarājaniṣevitam /
śrāddhaṃ dattamamāvāsyāṃ vidhinā ca yathākramam

puṃsaḥ sannihitāyāṃ tu kurūkṣetre viśeṣataḥ /
arcayitvā pitṝṃstatra sa putrastvanṛṇo bhavet

sarasvatyāṃ vinaśane plakṣapraśravaṇe tathā /
vyāsatīrthe dṛṣadvatyāṃ triplakṣe ca viśeṣataḥ

deyamoṅkārapavane śrāddhamakṣayamicchatā /
śakrāvatāre gaṅgāyāṃ maināke ca nagottame

yamunāprabhave caiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /
atyuṣṇāścātiśītāśca āpastasminnidarśanam

yamasya bhaginī puṣyā mārttaṇḍaduhitā śubhā /
tatrākṣayaṃ sadā śrāddhaṃ pitṛbhiḥ pūrvakīrttitam

brahmatuṇḍahrade snātvā saddayo bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ /
tasmiṃstu śrāddhamānantyaṃ japahomatapāṃsi ca

sthāṇubhūto 'carattatra vasiṣṭo vai mahātapāḥ /
adyāpi tatra dṛśyante pādapā maṇibarhaṇāḥ

tulā tu dṛśyate tatra dharmāndharmanidharśinī /
yathā vai tolitaṃ vipraistīrthānāṃ phalamuttamam

pitṝṇāṃ duhitā yogā gandhakālīti viśrutā /
caturtho brahmaṇastvaṃśaḥ parāśarakulodbhavaḥ

vyasiṣyati caturddhā vai vedaṃ dhīmānmahāmuniḥ /
mahāyogaṃ mahātmānaṃ yā vyāsaṃ janayiṣyati

acchodakaṃ nāmasarastatrācchodāsamudbhavaḥ /
matsyayonau punarjātā niyogātkāraṇena tu

tasyāstvādyāśrame puṇye puṇyakṛdbhirniṣevite /
dattaṃ sakṛdapi śrāddhamakṣayaṃ samudāhṛtam

nadyāṃ yogasamādhānaṃ dattaṃ yugapadudbhavet /
kuberatuṅge pāpaghnaṃ vyāsatīrthetathaiva ca

puṇyāyāṃ brahmaṇo vedyāṃ śrāddhamānantyamiṣyate /
siddhaistu sevitā nityaṃ dṛśyate tu kṛtātmabhiḥ

anivartanaṃ tu nandāyāṃ vedyāḥ prāguttaradiśi /
siddhikṣetraṃ surairjuṣṭaṃ yatprāpya na nivarttate

mahālaye padaṃ nyastaṃ mahādevena dhīmatā /
bhūtānāmanukaṃpārthaṃ nāstikānāṃ nidarśanam

viraje tvakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ pūrvameva mahālaye /
nandāyāṃ viraje caiva tathaiva ca mahālaye

ātmānaṃ tārayantīha daśapūrvāndaśāparān /
kākahrade jātismaryaṃ suvarṇamamitaujasam

kaumāraṃ ca saraḥ puṇyaṃ nāgabhogābhirakṣitam /
kumāratīrthe snātvā tu tridivaṃ yāti mānavaḥ

devālaye tapastasvā ekapādena duścaram /
nirāhāro yugaṃ divyamumātuṅgo sthito jvalan

umātuṅge bhṛgostuṅge brahmatuṅge mahālaye /
tatra śrāddhāni deyāni nityamakṣayamicchatā

akṣayaṃ tu sadā śrāddhaṃ śālagrāme samantataḥ /
duṣkṛtaṃ dṛśyate tatra pratyakṣamakṛtātmanām

pratyadeśo hyaśiṣṭānāṃ śiṣṭānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ /
tatra devahradaḥ puṇyo brahmaṇo nāgarāṭ śuciḥ

piṇḍaṃ gṛhṇati hi satāṃ na gṛhṇātyasatāṃ sadā /
atipradīptairbhujagairbhoktumannaṃ na śakyate

pratyakṣaṃ dṛśyate dharmastīrthayornatayordvayoḥ /
kāravatyāṃ ca śāṇḍilyāṃ guhāyāṃ vāmanasya ca

gatvā caitāni pūtaḥsyācchradaddhamakṣayameva ca /
japo homastapo dhyānaṃ yatkiñcitsukṛtaṃ bhavet

brahmacaryaṃ ca yau dhatte gurubhaktiṃ śataṃ samāḥ /
evamādyāssaricchreṣṭhā yatsnānādaghamokṣaṇam /
kumāradhārā tatraiva dṛṣṭā pāpaṃ praṇaśyati

dhyānāsanaṃ tu tatraiva vyāsasyādyāpi dṛśyate /
śailaḥ kāntipurābhyāśe prāgudīcyāṃ diśi sthitaḥ

puṇya puṣkariṇī tatra kirātagaṇarakṣitā /
yasyāṃ snātvā sakṛdvipraḥ kāmānāpnoti śāśvatān

adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ devavaccarate mahīm

kāśyapasya mahātīrthaṃ kālasarpiriti śrutam /
tatra śrāddhāni deyāni nityamakṣayamicchatā

devadāruvane vāpi dhārāyāstu nidarśanam /
nirdhūtāni tu pāpāni dṛśyante sukṛtātmanām

bhāgīrathyāṃ prayāge tu nityamakṣayamucyate /
kālañjare daśārṇāyāṃ naimiṣe kurujāṅgale

vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ ca deyaṃ śrāddhaṃ prayatnataḥ /
tatra yogeśvaro nityaṃ tasyāṃ dattamathākṣayam

gatvā caitāni pūrtaḥ syācchrāddhamakṣayyameva ca /
jabo homastathā dhyānaṃ yatkiñcitsukṛtaṃ bhavet

lauhitye vaitaraṇyāṃ casvargavedyāṃ tathaiva ca /
sā tu devī samudrānte dṛśyate caiva nāmabhiḥ

gayāyāṃ dharmavṛṣṭhe tu sarasi brahmaṇastathā /
gayāṃ gṛdhravaṭe caiva śrāddhaṃ dattaṃ mahāphalam

himaṃ ca patate tatra samantātpañcayo janam /
bharatasyāśrame puṇye 'raṇyaṃ puṇyatamaṃ smṛtam

mataṅgasya vanaṃ tatra dṛśyate sarvamānuṣaiḥ /
sthāpitaṃ dharmasarvasvaṃ lokasyāsya nidarśanam

yaddaṇḍakavanaṃ puṇyaṃ puṇyakṛdbhirniṣevitam /
yasminprāhurviśalyeti tīrthaṃ sadyo nidarśanam

tulāmānaistathā cāpi śāstraiśca vividhaistathā /
unmaccanti tathā lagna ye vai pāpakṛto janāḥ

tṛtīyāyāṃ tathā pāde nirādhāyāṃ tu maṇḍale /
mahāhrade ca kauśikyāṃ dattaṃ śrāddhaṃ mahāphalam

muṇḍapṛṣṭe padaṃ nyastaṃ mahādevena dhīmatā /
bahudevayugāṃstaptvā tapastīvraṃ sudaścaram

alpenāpyatra kālena naro dharmaparāyaṇaḥ /
pāpmānamutsṛjatyāśu jīrṇāṃ tvacamivoragaḥ

siddhānāṃ prītijananaṃ papānāṃ ca bhayaṅkaram /
lelihānairmahāghorai rakṣyate sumahoragaiḥ

nāmnā kanakanandīti tīrthaṃ jagati viśrutam /
udīcyāṃ muṇḍapṛṣṭasya brahmarṣigaṇasevitam

tatra snātvā divaṃyānti svaśarīreṇa mānavāḥ /
dattaṃ vāpi sadā śrāddhamakṣayyaṃ samudāhṛtam

ṛṇaistribhistataḥ snātvā niṣkrīṇāti narastanum /
mānase sarasi snātvā śrāddhaṃnirvarttayettataḥ

tīre tu sarasastasya devasyā yatanaṃ mahat /
āruhya tu japaṃstatra siddho yāti divaṃ tataḥ

uttaraṃ mānasaṃ gatvāsiddhiṃ prāpnotyanuttamām /
snātvā tasminsaraśreṣṭhe dṛśyate mahādadbhutam

divaścyutā mahābhāgā hyantarikṣe virājate /
gaṅgā tripathagā devī viṣṇupādāccyutā satī

ākāśe dṛśyate tatra toraṇaṃ sūryasannibham /
jāṃbūnadamayaṃ puṇyaṃ svagadvāramivāyatam

tataḥ pravarttate bhūyaḥ sarvasāgaramaṇḍikā /
pāvanī sarvabhūtānāṃ dharmajñānāṃ viśeṣataḥ

candrabhāgā ca siddhuśca śubhe mānasasaṃbhave /
sāgaraṃ paścimaṃ yāto divyaḥ siṃdhunado varaḥ

parvato himavānnāma nānādhātuvibhūṣitaḥ /
āyato vai sahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ bahuni tu

siddhacāraṇasaṃkīrṇā devarṣigaṇasevitā /
tatra puṣkariṇī ramyā suṣumṇā nāma nāmataḥ

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tasyāṃ snātastu jīvati /
śrāddhaṃ bhavati cānantaṃ tatra dattaṃ mahodayam

tārayecca sadā śrāddhe daśapūrvāndaśāparān /
sarvatra himavānpuṇyo gaṅgā puṇyā samantataḥ

samudragāḥ samudrāśca sarve puṇyāḥ samantataḥ /
evamādiṣu cānyeṣu śrāddhaṃ nirvartayedbudhaḥ

puto bhavati vai snātvā hutvā dattvā tathaiva ca /
śelasānuṣu śṛṅgeṣu kandareṣu guhāsu ca

upahvaranitaṃbeṣu tathā prasravaṇeṣu ca /
pulineṣvāpagānāṃ ca tathaiva prabhaveṣu ca

mahodadhau gavāṃ goṣṭe saṃgameṣu vaneṣu ca /
susaṃmṛṣṭopalipteṣu tdṛdyeṣu surabhiṣvatha

gomayenopalipteṣu vivikteṣu gṛheṣu ca /
kuryācchrāddhamathaiteṣu nityameva yathāvidhi

prāgdakṣiṇāṃ diśaṃ gatvā sarvakāmacikīrṣayā /
evameteṣu sarveṣu śrāddhaṃ kuryādatandritaḥ

eteṣveva tu medhāvī brāhmīṃ siddhimavāpnuyāt /
traivarṇavihitaiḥ sthāne dharme varṇāśrame rataiḥ

kaupasthānaṃ ca saṃtyāgātprāpyate pitṛpūjanam /
tīrthānyanusaranvīraḥ śraddadhānaḥ samāhitaḥ

kṛtapāpo 'pi śudhyeta kiṃ punaḥ śubhakarmakṛt /
tiryagyoniṃ na gacchecca kudeśe ca na jāyate

svargī bhavati vipro vai mokṣopāyaṃ ca vindati /
aśraddadhānaḥ pāpāyurnāstiko 'cchinnasaṃśayaḥ

hetuniṣṭhaśca pañcaite na tīrthe phalabhāginaḥ /
gurutīrthe parā siddhistīrthānāṃ paramaṃ padam

dhyānaṃ tīrthaṃ paraṃ tasmādbrahmatīrthaṃ sanātanam /
upavāsātparaṃ dhyānamindriyāṇāṃ nivarttanam

upavāsanibaddhairhi prāṇaireva punaḥ punaḥ /
prāṇāpānau vaśe kṛtvā vaśagānīndiyāṇi ca

buddhiṃ manasi saṃyamya sarveṣāṃ tu nivarttanam /
pratyāhāraṃ kṛtaṃ viddhi mokṣopāyamasaṃśayam

indriyāṇāṃ mano ghoraṃ buddhyādīnāṃ vivarttanam /
anā hāro kṣayaṃ yāti vidyādanaśanaṃ tapaḥ

nigrahe buddhimansoranyabuddhirna jāyate /
kṣīṇeṣu sarvadoṣeṣu kṣīṇeṣvevendriyeṣu ca

parinirvāti śuddhātmā yathā vahniranidhanaḥ /
kāraṇebhyo guṇebhyaśca vyaktāvyaktācca kutsnaśaḥ

niyojayati kṣetrajñaṃ tebhyoyogena yogavit /
tasya nāsti gatiḥ sthānaṃ vyaktāvyakte ca sarvaśaḥ /
na sannāsanna sadasannaiva kiñcidavasthitaḥ