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Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.42

2.42.1

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge ekacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ japyeśvarasamīpataḥ /
nāmnā pañcanadaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

2.42.2

trirātropoṣitastatra pūjayitvā maheśvaram /
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā rudraloke mahīyate

2.42.3

anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ śaṅkarasyāmitaujasaḥ /
mahābhairavamityuktaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam

2.42.4

tīrthānāṃ ca paraṃ tīrthaṃ vitastā paramā nadī /
sarvapāpaharā puṇyā svayameva girīndrajā

2.42.5

tīrthaṃ pañcatapaṃ nāma śaṃbhoramitatejasaḥ /
yatra devādidevena cakrārthaṃ pūjito bhavaḥ

2.42.6

piṇḍadānādikaṃ tatra pretyānantaphalapradam /
mṛtastatrāpi niyamād brahmaloke mahīyate

2.42.7

kāyāvarohaṇaṃ nāma mahādevālayaṃ śubham /
yatra māheśvarā dharmā munibhiḥ saṃpravartitāḥ

2.42.8

śrāddhaṃ dānaṃ tapo homa upavāsastathākṣayaḥ /
parityajati yaḥ prāṇān rudralokaṃ sa gacchati

2.42.9

anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ kanyātīrthamiti śrutam /
tatra gatvā tyajet prāṇāṃllokān prāpnoti śāśvatān

2.42.10

jāmadagnyasya tu śubhaṃ rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ /
tatra snātvā tīrtha vare gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

2.42.11

mahākālamiti khyātaṃ tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam /
gatvā prāṇān parityajya gāṇapatyamavāpnuyāt

2.42.12

guhyād guhyatamaṃ tīrthaṃ nakulīśvaramuttamam /
tatra sannihitaḥ śrīmān bhagavān nakulīśvaraḥ

2.42.13

himavacchikhare ramye gaṅgādvāre suśobhane /
devyā saha mahādevo nityaṃ śiṣyaiśca saṃvṛtaḥ

2.42.14

tatra snātvā mahādevaṃ pūjayitvā vṛṣadhvajam /
sarvapāpairvimucyeta mṛtastajjñānamāpnuyāt

2.42.15

anyacca devadevasya sthānaṃ puṇyatamaṃ śubham /
bhīmeśvaramiti khyātaṃ gatvā muñcati pātakam

2.42.16

tathānyaccaṇḍavegāyāḥ saṃbhedaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ /
tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca mucyate brahmahatyayā

2.42.17

sarveṣāmapi caiteṣāṃ tīrthānāṃ paramā purī /
nāmnāvārāṇasī divyā koṭikoṭyayutādhikā

2.42.18

tasyāḥ purastānmāhātmyaṃ bhāṣitaṃ vo mayā tviha /
nānyatra labhyate muktiryogināpyekajanmanā

2.42.19

ete prādhānyataḥ proktā deśāḥ pāpaharā nṛṇām /
gatvā saṃkṣālayet pāpaṃ janmāntaraśataiḥ kṛtam

2.42.20

yaḥ svadharmān parityajya tīrthasevāṃ karoti hi /
na tasya phalate tīrthamahi loke paratra ca

2.42.21

prāyaścittī ca vidhurastathā pāpacaro gṛhī /
prakuryāt tīrthasaṃsevāṃ ye cānye tādṛśā janāḥ

2.42.22

sahāgnirvā sapatnīko gacchet tīrthāni yatnataḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmukto yathoktāṃ gatimāpnuyāt

2.42.23

ṛṇāni trīṇyapākṛtya kuryād vā tīrthasevanam /
vidhāya vṛttiṃ putrāṇāṃ bhāryāṃ teṣu nidhāya ca

2.42.24

prāyaścittaprasaṅgena tīrthamāhātmyamīritam /
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyād vāpi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Original text: Kūrmapurāṇa · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0