Padma Purana · Chapter 3.20

nārada uvāca-
tatastu narakaṃ gacchetsnānaṃ tatra samācaret /
snātamātro narastatra narakaṃ tatra paśyati

asyatīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ pāṃḍunaṃdana /
tasmiṃstīrthe tu rājeṃdra yānyasthīni vinikṣipet

vilayaṃ yāṃti sarvāṇi rūpavānjāyate naraḥ /
gotīrthaṃ tu tato gaccheddṛṣṭvā pāpātpramucyate

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra kapilātīrthamuttamam /
tatra snātvā naro rājangosahasraphalaṃ labhet

jyeṣṭhamāse tu saṃprāpte caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ /
tatropoṣya naro bhaktyā kapilāṃ yaḥ prayacchati

ghṛtena dīpaṃ prajvālya ghṛtena snāpayecchivam /
saghṛtaṃ śrīphalaṃ datvā kṛtvā cāṃte pradakṣiṇam

ghaṃṭābharaṇasaṃyuktāṃ kapilāṃ yaḥ prayacchati /
śivatulyo naro bhūtvā na ceha jāyate punaḥ

aṃgārakadine prāpte caturthyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ /
snāpayitvā śivaṃ bhaktyā brāhmaṇebhyastu bhojanam

aṃgārakanavamyāṃ tu amāvasyāṃ tathaiva ca /
snāpayettatra yatnena rūpavānsubhago bhavet

ghṛtena snāpayelliṃgaṃ pūjayedbhaktito dvijān /
puṣpakeṇa vimānena sahasraiḥ parivāritaḥ

śaivaṃ padamavāpnoti nātra cābhigataṃ bhavet /
akṣayaṃ modate kālaṃ yathā rudrastathaiva ca

yadā tu karmasaṃyogānmartyalokamupāgataḥ /
rājā bhavati dharmiṣṭho rūpavānjāyate balī

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra ṛṣitīrthamanuttamam /
tṛṇabiṃduṛṣirnāma śāpadagdho vyavasthitaḥ

tasyatīrthaprabhāveṇa pāpamukto'bhavaddvijaḥ /
tato gaccheta rājeṃdra gaṇeśvaramanuttamam

śrāvaṇemāsi saṃprāpte kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm /
snātamātro narastatra rudraloke mahīyate

pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ kṛtvā mucyate ca ṛṇatrayāt /
gaṇeśvarasamīpe tu gaṃgāvadanamuttamam

akāmo vā sakāmo vā tatra snātvā tu mānavaḥ /
ājanmajanitaiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

sarvadā parvadivase snānaṃ tatra samācaret /
pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ kṛtvā mucyate ca ṛṇatrayāt

prayāge yatphalaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ śaṃkareṇa mahātmanā /
tadeva nikhilaṃ puṇyaṃ gaṃgārāhvarkasaṃgame

tasyaivaṃ paścime sthāne samīpenātidūrataḥ /
daśāśvamedhikaṃ nāma triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam

upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ māsi bhādrapade tathā /
amāvasyāṃ naraḥ snātvā vrajedvai yatra śaṃkaraḥ

sarvadā parvadivase snānaṃ tatra samācaret /
pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ kṛtvā aśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

daśāśvamedhātpaścimato bhṛgurbrāhmaṇasattamaḥ /
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu īśvaraṃ paryupāsata

valmīkāvasthitaścāsau dakṣiṇaṃ ca niketanam /
āścaryaṃ ca mahajjātamumāyāḥ śaṃkarasya ca

gaurī tu pṛcchate devaṃ koyamatra tu saṃsthitaḥ /
devo vā dānavo vātha kathayasva maheśvara

īśvara uvāca-/
bhṛgurnāma dvijaśreṣṭha ṛṣīṇāṃ pravaro muniḥ /
dhyāyate māṃ samādhistho varaṃ prārthayate priye

tatra prahasitā devī īśvaraṃ pratyabhāṣata /
dhūmāvartaśikhā jātā tato'dyāpi na tuṣyasi /
durārādhyo'si tena tvaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

deva uvāca-/
na jñāyase mahādevi ayaṃ krodhena ceṣṭitaḥ /
darśayāmi yathātathyaṃ priyaṃ te ca karomyaham

smārito devadevena dharmarūpo vṛṣastadā /
smaraṇādeva devasya vṛṣaḥ śīghramupasthitaḥ

prāhāsau mānuṣīṃ vācamādeśo dīyatāṃ prabho /
valmīkaiśchādito vipra enaṃ bhūmau nipātaya

yogasthastu tato dhyāyaṃstatastena nipātitaḥ /
tatkṣaṇātkrodhasaṃtapto hastamutkṣiptavānvṛṣam

evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇastu kutra gacchasi bho vṛṣa /
adya tvāmatha pāpmānaṃ pratyakṣaṃ hanmyahaṃ vṛṣa

dharṣitastu tadā vipro hyaṃtarikṣaṃ gataṃ vṛṣam /
ākāśe prekṣate bhūya etadadbhutamuttamam

tataḥ prahasite rudre ṛṣiragre vyavasthitaḥ /
tṛtīyaṃ locanaṃ dṛṣṭvā vailakṣyātpatito bhuvi

praṇamya daṃḍavadbhūmau stuvate parameśvaram /
praṇipatya bhūtanāthaṃ bhavodbhavaṃ tvāmahaṃ divyarūpam /
bhavabhīto bhuvanapate bhūtaṃ vijñāpaye kiṃcit

tvadguṇanikarānvaktuṃ kaḥ śakto bhavati mānuṣo nātha /
vāsukirayaṃ hi kadācidvadanasahasraṃ bhavedyasya

bhaktyā tavāpi śaṃkarabhuvanapate tvatstutau tu mukharasya /
vaṃdya kṣamasva bhavanprasīda me tava caraṇapatitasya

satvaṃ rajastamastvaṃ sthityutpattau vināśane deva /
tvāṃ muktvā bhuvanapate bhuvaneśvara naiva daivataṃ kiṃcit

yamaniyamayajñadānairvedābhyāsāvadhāraṇodyogāt /
tvadbhakteḥ sarvamidaṃ nārhati kalāsahasrāṃśena

utkṛṣṭarasarasāyanakhaḍgāṃjanapādukādi siddhirvā /
cihnāni bhavatpraṇatānāṃ dṛśyaṃta iha janmani prakaṭam

śāṭhyena namati yadyapi dadāsi tvaṃ dharmamicchatāṃ deva /
bhaktirbhavacchedakarī mokṣāya vinirmitā nātha

paradāraparasvarataṃ paribhavapariduḥkhaśokasaṃtaptam /
paravadanavīkṣaṇaparaṃ parameśvara māṃ paritrāhi

alīkābhimānadagdhaṃ kṣaṇabhaṃguravibhavavilasitaṃ deva /
krūraṃ kupathābhimukhaṃ patitaṃ māṃ trāhi deveśa

dīneṃdriyagaṇasārthairbaṃdhujanaireva pūritā āśā /
tucchā tathāpi śaṃkara kiṃ mūḍhaṃ māṃ viḍaṃbayasi

tṛṣṇāṃ harasva śīghraṃ lakṣmīṃ māṃ dehi hṛdayavāsinīṃ nityām /
chiṃdhi madamohapāśānuttāraya māṃ mahādeva

karuṇābhyudayaṃ nāma stotramidaṃ siddhidaṃ divyam /
yaḥ paṭhati bhaktiyuktastasya tu tuṣyedbhṛgoryathāhi śivaḥ

īśvara uvāca-/
ahaṃ tuṣṭosmi te vipra varaṃ prārthaya svepsitam /
umayā sahito devo varaṃ tasya hi dāpayet

bhṛguruvāca-/
yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa yadi deyo varo mama /
rudravedī bhavedevametatsaṃpādayasva me

īśvara uvāca-/
evaṃ bhavatu vipreṃdra krodhasthānaṃ bhaviṣyati /
na pitā putrayoścaiva ekavākyaṃ bhaviṣyati

tadāprabhṛti brahmādyāḥ sarve devāḥ sakinnarāḥ /
upāsaṃto bhṛgostīrthaṃ tuṣṭo yatra maheśvaraḥ

darśanāttasya tīrthasya sadyaḥ pāpātpramucyate /
avaśāḥ svavaśāścāpi mriyaṃte tatra jaṃtavaḥ

guhyātiguhyasya gatisteṣāṃ niḥsaṃśayā bhavet /
etatkṣetraṃ suvipulaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

tatra snātvā divaṃ yāṃti ye mṛtāste'punarbhavāḥ /
aupānahaṃ tadā chatraṃ deyamannaṃ ca kāṃcanam

bhojanaṃ ca yathāśaktyā akṣayaṃ tasya tadbhavet /
sūryoparāge yo dadyāddānaṃ caiva yathecchayā

tīrthasnānaṃ tu yaddānamakṣayaṃ tasya tadbhavet /
caṃdrasūryoparāgeṣu vṛṣotsargamanuttamam

na jānaṃti narā mūḍhā viṣṇumāyāvimohitāḥ /
narmadāyāṃ sthitaṃ divyaṃ vṛṣatīrthaṃ narādhipa

bhṛgutīrthasya māhātmyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti naraḥ sakṛt /
vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo rudralokaṃ sa gacchati

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra gautameśvaramuttamam /
tatra snātvā naro rājannupavāsaparāyaṇaḥ

kāṃcanena vimānena brahmaloke mahīyate /
dhautapāpaṃ tato gaccheddhautaṃ yatra vṛṣeṇa tu

narmadāyāṃ sthitaṃ rājansarvapātakanāśanam /
tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati

tasmintīrthe mahārāja prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ /
caturbhujastrinetrastu rudratulyabalo bhavet

vasetkalpāyutaṃ sāgraṃ rudratulyaparākramaḥ /
kālena mahatā prāptaḥ pṛthivyāmekarāḍbhavet

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra eraṃḍītīrthamuttamam /
prayāge yatphalaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ mārkaṃḍeyena bhāṣitam

tatphalaṃ labhate rājansnātamātrastu mānavaḥ /
māsi bhādrapade caiva śuklapakṣasya cāṣṭamīm

upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ tatra snānaṃ samācaret /
yamadūtairna bādhyeta iṃdralokaṃ sa gacchati

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra siddho yatra janārdanaḥ /
hiraṇyadvīpavikhyātaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

tatra snātvā naro rājandhanavānrūpavānbhavet /
tato gaccheta rājeṃdra tīrthaṃ kanakhalaṃ mahat

garuḍena tapastaptaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa /
vikhyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu yoginī tatra tiṣṭhati

krīḍate yogibhiḥ sārdhaṃ śivena saha nṛtyati /
tatra snātvā naro rājanrudraloke mahīyate

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra īśatīrthamanuttamam /
īśastatra vinirmukto gata ūrdhvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra siddho yatra janārdanaḥ /
vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthāya aciṃtyaḥ parameśvaraḥ

varāhatīrthe naraḥ snātvā dvādaśyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ /
viṣṇulokamavāpnoti narakaṃ tu na gacchati

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra somatīrthamanuttamam /
paurṇimāsyāṃ viśeṣeṇa tatra snānaṃ samācaret

praṇipatya ca īśānaṃ balistasya prasīdati /
hariścandrapuraṃ divyamaṃtarikṣe tu dṛśyate

cakradhvaje samāvṛtte supte nāgāriketane /
narmadātoyavegena rurukacchopasevitam

tasminsthāne nivāsaṃ ca viṣṇuḥ śaṃkaramabravīt /
dvīpeśvare naraḥ snātvā labhedbahusuvarṇakam

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra rudrakanyāṃ tu saṃgame /
snātamātro narastatra devyāḥ sthānamavāpnuyāt

devatīrthaṃ tato gacchetsarvadevanamaskṛtam /
tatra snātvā tu rājeṃdra daivataiḥ saha modate

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra śikhitīrthamanuttamam /
tatra vai dīyate dānaṃ sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet

aparapakṣe amāvāsyāṃ snānaṃ tatra samācaret /
brāhmaṇaṃ bhojayedekaṃ koṭirbhavati bhojitā

bhṛgutīrthe tu rājeṃdra tīrthakoṭirvyavasthitā /
akāmo vā sakāmo vā tatra snāyīta mānavaḥ

aśvamedhamavāpnoti daivataiḥ saha modate /
tatra siddhamavāpnoti bhṛgustu munipuṃgavaḥ /
avatāraḥ kṛtastena śaṃkareṇa mahātmanā

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe viṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ