Padma Purana · Chapter 3.24

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca-/
athānyāni tu tīrthāni vasiṣṭhoktāni me vada /
śrutvā yāni ca pāpāni vilayaṃ yāṃti nārada

nārada uvāca-/
śṛṇuṣvātra hi tīrthāni vasiṣṭhoktāni pārthiva /
dakṣiṇaṃ siṃdhumāsādya brahmacārī jiteṃdriyaḥ

agniṣṭomamavāpnoti vimānaṃ cādhirohati /
carmaṇvatīṃ samāsādya niyato niyatāśanaḥ

raṃtidevābhyanujñāto agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet /
tato gaccheta dharmajña himavatsutamarbudam

pṛthivyā yatra vai chidraṃ pūrvamāsīdyudhiṣṭhira /
tatrāśramo vasiṣṭhasya triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaṃ

tatroṣya rajanīmekāṃ gosahasraphalaṃ labhet /
piṃgātīrthamupaspṛśya brahmacārī narādhipa

kapilānāṃ naravyāghra śatasya phalamāpnuyāt /
tato gaccheta dharmajña prabhāsaṃ lokaviśrutam

yatra sannihito nityaṃ svayameva hutāśanaḥ /
devatānāṃ mukhaṃ vīra analo'nilasārathiḥ

tasmiṃstīrthavare snātvā śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ /
agniṣṭomātirātrābhyāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

tato gatvā sarasvatyāḥ sāgarasya ca saṃgamam /
gosahasraphalaṃ prāpya svargaloke mahīyate

dīpyamāno'gnivannityaṃ prabhayā bharatarṣabha /
tīrthe salilarājasya snātvā prayatamānasaḥ

trirātramuṣitastatra tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ /
virājati yathā somo vājimedhaṃ ca viṃdati

varadānaṃ tato gacchettīrthaṃ bharatasattama /
viṣṇordurvāsasā yatra varo datto yudhiṣṭhira

varadāne naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet /
tato dvāravatīṃ gacchenniyato niyatāśanaḥ

piṃḍārake naraḥ snātvā labhedbahusuvarṇakam

tasmiṃstīrthe mahārāja padmalakṣaṇalakṣitāḥ /
adyāpi mudrā dṛśyaṃte tadadbhutamariṃdama

triśūlāṃkāni padmāni dṛśyaṃte kurunaṃdana /
mahādevasya sānnidhyaṃ tatraiva bharatarṣabha

sāgarasya ca siṃdhośca saṃgamaṃ prāpya bhārata /
tīrthe salilarājasya snātvā prayatamānasaḥ

tarpayitvā pitṝndevānṛṣīṃśca bharatarṣabha /
prāpnoti vāruṇaṃ lokaṃ dīpyamānaḥ svatejasā

śaṃkukarṇeśvaraṃ devamarcayitvā yudhiṣṭhira /
aśvamedhaṃ daśaguṇaṃ pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ

pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya gaccheta bharatarṣabha /
tīrthaṃ kuruvaraśreṣṭha triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam

timīti nāmnā vikhyātaṃ sarvapāpapramocanam /
yatra śakrādayo devā upāsaṃte maheśvaram

tatra snātvārcayitvā ca rudraṃ devagaṇairvṛtam /
janmaprabhṛti pāpāni kṛtāni nudate naraḥ

timiratra naraśreṣṭha sarvadevairabhiṣṭutaḥ /
tatra snātvā naraśreṣṭha hayamedhamavāpnuyāt

jitvā tatra mahāprājña viṣṇunā ditinaṃdanam /
purā śaucaṃ kṛtaṃ rājanhatvā daivatakaṃṭakān

tato gaccheta dharmajña vasudhārāmabhiṣṭutām /
gamanādeva tasyāṃ hi hayamedhamavāpnuyāt

snātvā kuruvaraśreṣṭha prayatātmā tu mānavaḥ /
tarpayitvā pitṝndevānviṣṇuloke mahīyate

tīrthaṃ cāpi paraṃ tatra vasūnāṃ bharatarṣabha /
tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca vasūnāṃ saṃmato bhavet

siṃdhutamamiti khyātaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam /
tatra snātvā naraśreṣṭha labhedbahusuvarṇakam

brahmatuṃgaṃ samāsādya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ /
brahmalokamavāpnoti sukṛtī virajā naraḥ

kumārikāṇāṃ śakrasya tīrthaṃ siddhaniṣevitam /
tatra snātvā naraśreṣṭha śakralokamavāpnuyāt

reṇukāyāśca tatraiva tīrthaṃ devaniṣevitam /
snātvā tatra bhavedvipro vimalaścaṃdramā iva

atha paṃcanadaṃ gatvā niyato niyatāśanaḥ /
paṃcayajñānavāpnoti kramaśo ye tu kīrtitāḥ

tato gaccheta dharmajña bhīmāyāḥ sthānamuttamam /
tatra snātvā na yonyāṃ vai naro bharatasattama

devyāḥ putro bhavedrājantatra kuṃḍalavigrahaḥ /
gavāṃ śatasahasrasya phalaṃ caivāpnuyānmahat

girikuṃjaṃ samāsādya triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam /
pitāmahaṃ namaskṛtya gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

tato gaccheta dharmajña vimalaṃ tīrthamuttamam /
adyāpi yatra dṛśyaṃte matsyāḥ sauvarṇarājatāḥ

tatra snātvā naraśreṣṭha vājapeyamavāpnuyāt /
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā gacchetparamikāṃ gatim

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ