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Padma Purana · Chapter 3.38

3.38.1

nārada uvāca-
vārāṇasyāśca māhātmyaṃ tasyāṃ tīrthāni ca prabho /
kathitāni samāsena tīrthānyanyāni saṃśṛṇu

3.38.2

tato gayāṃ samāsādya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ /
aśvamedhamavāpnoti gamanādeva bhārata

3.38.3

yatrākṣayyavaṭo nāma triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ /
pitṝṇāṃ tatra vai dattamakṣayaṃ bhavati prabho

3.38.4

mahānadyāmupaspṛśya tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ /
akṣayānprāpnuyāllokānkulaṃ caiva samuddharet

3.38.5

tato brahmasaro gacchedbrahmāraṇyopasevitam /
puṃḍarīkamavāpnoti prabhātamiva śarvarī

3.38.6

sarasi brahmaṇā tatra yūpaśreṣṭhaḥ samucchritaḥ /
yūpaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet

3.38.7

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra dhenukaṃ lokaviśrutam /
ekārātroṣito rājanprayacchettiladhenukām

3.38.8

sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā somalokaṃ vrajeddhruvam /
tatra cihnaṃ mahārāja adyāpi hi na saṃśayaḥ

3.38.9

kapilā sahavatsā vai parvate vicaratyutaḥ /
savatsāyāḥ padānyasyā dṛśyaṃte'dyāpi bhārata

3.38.10

teṣūpaspṛśya rājeṃdra padeṣu nṛpasattama /
yatkiṃcidaśubhaṃ pāpaṃ tatpraṇaśyati bhārata

3.38.11

tato gṛdhravaṭaṃ gacchetsthānaṃ devasya śūlinaḥ /
snāyāttu bhasmanā tatra saṃgamya vṛṣabhadhvajam

3.38.12

brāhmaṇena bhaveccīrṇaṃ vrataṃ dvādaśavārṣikam /
itareṣāṃ tu varṇānāṃ sarvapāpaṃ praṇaśyati

3.38.13

gaccheta tata udyaṃtaṃ parvataṃ gītanāditam /
sāvitraṃ tu padaṃ tatra dṛśyate bharatarṣabha

3.38.14

tatra saṃdhyāmupāsīta brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ /
upāstāhi bhavetsaṃdhyā tena dvādaśavārṣikī

3.38.15

yonidvāraṃ ca tatraiva viśrutaṃ bharatarṣabha /
tatrābhigamya mucyeta puruṣo yonisaṃkaṭāt

3.38.16

śuklakṛṣṇāvubhau pakṣau gayāyāṃ yo vasennaraḥ /
punātyāsaptamaṃ rājankulaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ

3.38.17

eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yadyapyeko gayāṃ vrajet /
yajeta vāśvamedhena nīlaṃ vā vṛṣamutsṛjet

3.38.18

tataḥ phalguṃ vrajedrājaṃstīrthasevī narādhipa /
aśvamedhamavāpnoti siddhiṃ ca paramāṃ vrajet

3.38.19

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra dharmapṛṣṭhaṃ samāhitaḥ /
yatra dharmo mahārāja nityamāste yudhiṣṭhira

3.38.20

dharmmaṃ tatrābhisaṃgamya vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet /
tato gaccheta rājeṃdra brahmaṇastīrthamuttamam

3.38.21

tatrābhigamya brahmāṇamarcayenniyatavrataḥ /
rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti bhārata

3.38.22

tato rājagṛhaṃ gacchettīrthasevī narādhipa /
upaspṛśya tatastatra kakṣīvāniva modate

3.38.23

yakṣiṇyā naityakaṃ tatra prāgagnipuruṣaḥ śuciḥ /
yakṣiṇyāstu prasādena mucyate brahmahatyayā

3.38.24

maṇināgaṃ tato gacchedgosahasraphalaṃ labhet /
naityakaṃ bhuṃjate yastu maṇināgasya mānavaḥ

3.38.25

daṣṭasyāśīviṣeṇāsya na viṣaṃ kramate nṛpa /
tatroṣya rajanīmekāṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

3.38.26

tato gaccheta brahmarṣergautamasya vanaṃ nṛpa /
ahalyāyā hrade snātvā vrajeta paramāṃ gatim

3.38.27

abhigamya śriyaṃ rājanviṃdate śriyamuttamām /
tatrodapāno dharmmajña triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ

3.38.28

tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta vājimedhamavāpnuyāt /
janakasya tu rājarṣeḥ kūpastridaśapūjitaḥ

3.38.29

tatrābhiṣekaṃ kṛtvā ca viṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt /
tato'vināśanaṃ gacchetsarvapāpapramocanam

3.38.30

vājimedhamavāpnoti somalokaṃ ca gacchati /
gaṃḍakīṃ ca samāsādya sarvatīrthajalodbhavām

3.38.31

vājapeyamavāpnoti sūryalokaṃ ca gacchati /
tato dhruvasya dharmajña samāviśya tapovanam

3.38.32

guhyakeṣu mahābhāga modate nātra saṃśayaḥ /
karmadāṃ tu samāsādya nadīṃ siddhaniṣevitām

3.38.33

puṃḍarīkamavāpnoti somalokaṃ ca gacchati /
tato viśālāmāsādya nadīṃ trailokyaviśrutām

3.38.34

agniṣṭomamavāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati /
atha māheśvarīṃ dhārāṃ samāsādya narādhipa

3.38.35

aśvamedhamavāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet /
divaukasāṃ puṣkariṇīṃ samāsādya naraḥ śuciḥ

3.38.36

na durgatimavāpnoti vājapeyaṃ ca viṃdati /
atha māheśapadaṃ gacchedbrahmacārī samāhitaḥ

3.38.37

māheśvarapade snātvā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet /
tatra koṭistu tīrthānāṃ viśrutā bharatarṣabha

3.38.38

kūrmarūpeṇa rājeṃdra asureṇa durātmanā /
hriyamāṇā hṛtā rājanviṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā

3.38.39

tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta tīrthakoṭyāṃ narādhipa /
puṃḍarīkamavāpnoti viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati

3.38.40

tato gacchennaraśreṣṭha sthānaṃ nārāyaṇasya ca /
sadā sannihito yatra harirvasati bhārata

3.38.41

yatra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ /
ādityāvasavorudrā janārdanamupāsate

3.38.42

śālagrāma iti khyāto viṣṇoradbhutakarmaṇaḥ /
abhigamya trilokeśaṃ varadaṃ viṣṇumacyutam

3.38.43

aśvamedhamavāpnoti viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati /
tatrodapāno dharmajña sarvapāpapramocanaḥ

3.38.44

samudrāstatracatvāraḥ kūpe sannihitāḥ sadā /
tatropaspṛśya rājeṃdra na durgatimavāpnuyāt

3.38.45

abhigamya mahādevaṃ varadaṃ viṣṇumavyayam /
virājate yathā soma ṛṇairmukto yudhiṣṭhira

3.38.46

jātismaraṃ upaspṛśya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ /
jātismaratvaṃ prāpnoti snātvā tatra na saṃśayaḥ

3.38.47

vaṭeśvarapuraṃ gatvā arcayitvā ca keśavam /
īpsitām̐llabhate lokānupavāsānna saṃśayaḥ

3.38.48

tatastu vāmanaṃ gatvā sarvapāpapraṇāśanam /
abhivādya hariṃ devaṃ na durgatimavāpnuyāt

3.38.49

bharatasyāśramaṃ gatvā sarvapāpapramocanam /
kauśikīṃ tatra seveta mahāpātakanāśinīm

3.38.50

rājasūyasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotimānavaḥ /
tato gaccheta dharmajña caṃpakāraṇyamuttamam

3.38.51

tatroṣya rajanīmekāṃ gosahasraphalaṃ labhet /
atha goviṃdamāsādya tīrthaṃ paramasammatam

3.38.52

upoṣya rajanīmekāmagniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet /
tatra viśveśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā devyā saha mahādyutim

3.38.53

mitrāvaruṇayorlokānprāpnuyādbharatarṣabha /
trirātropoṣitastatra agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

3.38.54

kanyāvasathamāsādya niyato niyatāśanaḥ (āvasathya)/
manoḥ prajāpaterlokānāpnoti bharatarṣabha

3.38.55

kanyāyāṃ ye prayacchaṃti dānamaṇvapi bhārata /
tadakṣayamiti prāhurṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ

3.38.56

niṣṭhāvāsaṃ samāsādya triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam /
aśvamedhamavāpnoti viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati

3.38.57

ye tu dānaṃ prayacchaṃti niṣṭhāyāḥ saṃgame narāḥ /
te yāṃti naraśārdūla brahmalokamanāmayam

3.38.58

tatrāśramo vasiṣṭhasya triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ /
tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvāṇo vājapeyamavāpnuyāt

3.38.59

devakūṭaṃ samāsādya devarṣigaṇasevitam /
aśvamedhamavāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet

3.38.60

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra kauśikasya munerhradam /
tatra siddhiṃ parāṃ prāpa viśvāmitro'tha kauśikaḥ

3.38.61

yatra māsaṃ vaseddhīraḥ kauśikyāṃ bharatarṣabha /
aśvamedhasya yatpuṇyaṃ tanmāsenādhigacchati

3.38.62

sarvatīrthavaraṃ caiva yo vaseta mahāhradam /
na durgatimavāpnoti viṃdyādbahusuvarṇakam

3.38.63

kumāramabhigamyātha vīrāśramanivāsinam /
aśvamedhamavāpnoti śakralokaṃ sa gacchati

3.38.64

naṃdinyāṃ ca samāsādya kūpaṃ tridaśasevitam /
naramedhasya yatpuṇyaṃ tatprāpnoti kurūdvaha

3.38.65

kālikāsaṃgame snātvā kauśikyāruṇayoryataḥ /
trirātropoṣito vidvānsarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

3.38.66

urvaśītīrthamāsādya tathā somāśramaṃ budhaḥ /
kuṃbhakarṇāśrame snātvā pūjyate bhuvi mānavaḥ

3.38.67

tathā kokāmukhe snātvā brahmacārī samāhitaḥ /
jātismaratvaṃ prāpnoti dṛṣṭametatpurātanaiḥ

3.38.68

sakṛnnadīṃ samāsādya kṛtārtho bhavati dvijaḥ /
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

3.38.69

ṛṣabhadvīpamāsādya sevya krauṃcaniṣūdanam /
sarasvatyāmupaspṛśya vimānastho virājate

3.38.70

audyānakaṃ mahārāja tīrthaṃ muniniṣevitam /
tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

3.38.71

brahmatīrthaṃ samāsādya puṇyaṃ brahmarṣisevitam /
vājapeyamavāpnoti naro nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ

3.38.72

tataścaṃpāṃ samāsādya bhāgīrathyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ /
daṃḍārpaṇaṃ samāsādya gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

3.38.73

lāviḍhikāṃ tato gacchetpuṇyāṃ puṇyaniṣevitām /
vājapeyamavāpnoti vimānasthaśca pūjyate

3.38.38

iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe gayāditīrthamāhātmyakathanaṃnāma aṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

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