Padma Purana · Chapter 3.39

nārada uvāca-
atha saṃdhyāṃ samāsādya sa vidyāṃtīrthamuttamam /
upaspṛśya naro vidvānbhavennāstyatra saṃśayaḥ

rāmasya ca prasādena tīrtharājaṃ kṛtaṃ purā /
tallauhityaṃ samāsādya viṃdyādbahusuvarṇakam

karatoyāṃ samāsādya trirātropoṣito naraḥ /
aśvamedhamavāpnoti śakralokaṃ ca gacchati

gaṃgāyāstvatha rājeṃdra sāgarasya ca saṃgame /
aśvamedhaṃ daśaguṇaṃ pravadaṃti manīṣaṇaḥ

gaṃgāyāstu paraṃ dvīpaṃ prāpya yaḥ snāti bhārata /
trirātropoṣito rājansarvakāmamavāpnuyāt

tato vaitaraṇīṃ gatvā nadīṃ pāpapramocanīm /
virajaṃ tīrthamāsādya virājati yathā śaśī

prabhāve ca kulaṃ pūtvā sarvapāpaṃ vyapohati /
gosahasraphalaṃ labdhvā punāti svakulaṃ naraḥ

śoṇasya jyotirathyāśca saṃgame nivasañchuciḥ /
tarpayitvā pitṝndevānagniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

śoṇasya narmadāyāśca prabhave kurupuṃgava /
vaṃśagulmamupaspṛśya vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet

ṛṣabhaṃ tīrthamāsādya kośalāyāṃ narādhipa /
vājimedhamavāpnoti trirātropoṣito naraḥ

kośalāyāṃ samāsādya kālatīrthamupaspṛśet /
vṛṣabhaikādaśaguṇaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

puṣpavatyāmupaspṛśya trirātropoṣito naraḥ /
gosahasraphalaṃ viṃdyātkulaṃ caiva samuddharet

tato badārikātīrthe snātvā prayatamānasaḥ /
dīrghāyuṣyamavāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

tato maheṃdramāsādya jāmadagnyaniṣevitam /
rāmatīrthe naraḥ snātvā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet

mataṃgasya tu kedāraṃ tatraiva bharatarṣabha /
tatra snātvā naro rājangosahasraphalaṃ labhet

śrīparvataṃ samāsādya nadītīramupaspṛśet /
aśvamedhamavāpnoti parāṃ siddhiṃ ca gacchati

śrīparvate mahādevo devyā saha mahādyutiḥ /
nyavasatparamaprīto brahmā ca tridaśairvṛtaḥ

tatra devahrade snātvā śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ /
aśvamedhamavāpnoti parāṃ siddhiṃ ca gacchati

ṛṣabhaṃ parvataṃ gatvā bhāṃḍeṣu surapūjitam /
vājapeyamavāpnoti nākapṛṣṭhe ca modate

tato gaccheta kāverīṃ vṛtāmṛpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ /
tatra snātvā naro rājangosahasraphalaṃ labhet

tatra tīrthe samudrasya kanyātīrthamupaspṛśet /
tatropaspṛśya rājeṃdra sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

atha gokamarṇamāsādya triṣulokeṣu viśrutam /
samudramadhye rājeṃdra sarvalokanamaskṛtam

yatra brahmādayo devā munayaśca tapodhanāḥ /
bhūtayakṣāḥ piśācāśca kinnarāḥ samahoragāḥ

siddhacāraṇagaṃdharvā mānuṣāḥ pannagāstathā /
saritaḥ sāgarāḥ śailā upāsaṃte umāpatim

tatreśānaṃ samabhyarcya trirātropoṣito naraḥ /
daśāśvamedhamāpnoti gāṇapatyaṃ ca viṃdati

upoṣya dvādaśarātraṃ kṛtārtho jāyate naraḥ /
tasminneva tu gāyatryāḥ sthānaṃ trailokyaviśrutam

trirātramuṣitastatra gosahasraphalaṃ labhet /
nidarśanaṃ ca pratyakṣaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ narādhipa

gāyatrīṃ paṭhate yastu yonisaṃkarajo dvijaḥ /
gāthā vā gītikā vāṇī tasya saṃpadyate nṛpa

abrāhmaṇasya paṭhataḥ sāvitrī tūpanaśyati /
saṃvartasya tu viprarṣe vāpīmāsādya durllabhām

rūpasya bhāgī bhavati subhagaścābhijāyate /
tato veṇāṃ samāsādya tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ

mayūrahaṃsasaṃyuktaṃ vimānaṃ labhate naraḥ /
tato godāvarīṃ prāpya nityasiddhaniṣevitām

gavāmayamavāpnoti vāyulokaṃ ca gacchati /
veṇāyāḥ saṃgame snātvā vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet

varadāsaṃgamaṃ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet /
brahmasthūṇāṃ samāsādya trirātropoṣito naraḥ

gosahasraphalaṃ viṃdyātsvargalokaṃ ca gacchati /
kubjāvanaṃ samāsādya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ

trirātropoṣitaḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet /
tato devahrade snātvā kṛṣṇaveṇā jalodbhave

jyotirmātra hrade caiva tathā kanyāśrame nṛpa /
yatra kratuśatairiṣṭvā devarājo divaṃ gataḥ

agniṣṭomaśataṃ viṃdyādgamanādeva tatra tu /
sarvadevahrade snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

jātimātra hrade snātvā bhavejjātismaro naraḥ /
śarabhaṃgāśramaṃ gatvā śukasya ca mahātmanaḥ

pitṛdevārcanarato gosahasraphalaṃ labhet /
daṃḍakāraṇyamāsādya mahārāja upaspṛśet

śarabhaṃgāśramaṃ gatvā śukasya ca mahātmanaḥ /
na durgatimavāpnoti punāti svakulaṃ naraḥ

tataḥ sūryārakaṃ gacchejjamadagniniṣevitam /
rāmatīrthaṃ naraḥ snātvā viṃdyādbahusuvarṇakam

saptagodāvarīṃ snātvā niyato niyatāśanaḥ /
mahāpuṇyamavāpnoti devalokaṃ ca gacchati

tato devapathaṃ gacchenniyato niyatāśanaḥ /
devasatrasya yatpuṇyaṃ tadavāpnoti mānavaḥ

tuṃgakāraṇyamāsādya brahmacārī jiteṃdriyaḥ /
vedānadhyāpayattatra munīnsārasvataḥ purā

tatra vedānpraṇaṣṭāṃstu munerāṃgirasaḥ sutaḥ /
upaviṣṭo maharṣīṇāmuttarīyeṣu bhārata

ॐkāreṇa yathānyāyaṃ samyaguccāritena ha /
yena yatpūrvamabhyastaṃ tasya tatsamupasthitam

ṛṣayastatra devāśca varuṇo'gniprajāpatiḥ /
harirnārāyaṇo devo mahādevastathaiva ca

pitāmahaśca bhagavāndevaissaha mahādyutiḥ /
bhṛguṃ niyojayāmāsa yājanārthe mahādyutim

tataḥ sa cakre bhagavānṛṣīṇāṃ vidhivattadā /
sarveṣāṃ punarādhānaṃ devadṛṣṭena karmaṇā

ājyabhāgena vai tatra tarpitāstu yathāvidhi /
devāstribhuvanaṃ yātā ṛṣayaśca yathāsukham

tadaraṇyaṃ praviṣṭasya tuṃgakaṃ rājasattama /
pāpaṃ vinaśyate sadyaḥ striyā vai puruṣasya vā

tatra māsaṃ vaseddhīro niyato niyatāśanaḥ /
brahmalokaṃ vrajedrājanpunīte ca kulaṃ punaḥ

medhāvanaṃ samāsādya pitṛdevāṃśca tarpayet /
agniṣṭomamavāpnoti smṛtiṃ medhāṃ ca viṃdati

tatra kālaṃjaraṃ gatvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet /
ātmānaṃ sādhayettatra girau kālaṃjare nṛpa

svargaloke mahīyeta naro nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ /
tato girivaraśreṣṭhe citrakūṭe viśāṃpate

maṃdākinīṃ samāsādya nadīṃ pāpavimocanīm /
atrābhiṣekaṃ kurvāṇaḥ pitṛdevārcane rataḥ

aśvamedhamavāpnoti gatiṃ ca paramāṃ vrajet /
tato gaccheta rājeṃdra guhasthānamanuttamam

yatra devo mahāseno nityaṃ sannihito nṛpa /
pumāṃstatra naraḥśreṣṭha gamanādeva sidhyati

koṭitīrthe naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet /
pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya yaśaḥsthānaṃ vrajennaraḥ

abhigamya mahādevaṃ virājati yathā śaśī /
tatra kūpo mahārāja viśruto bharatarṣabha

samudrā yatra catvāro nivasaṃti yudhiṣṭhira /
tatopaspṛśya rājeṃdra kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam

niyatātmā naraḥ pūto gaccheta paramāṃ gatim /
tato gacchetkuruśreṣṭha śṛṃgaverapuraṃ mahat

yatra tīrṇo mahāprājño rāmo dāśarathiḥ purā /
gaṃgāyāṃ tu naraḥ snātvā brahmacārī jiteṃdriyaḥ

vidhūtapāpmā bhavati vājapeyaṃ ca viṃdati /
tato muṃjavaṭaṃ gachetsthānaṃ devasya dhīmataḥ

abhigamya mahādevamabhyarcya ca narādhipa /
pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya gāṇapatyamavāpnuyāt

tato gaccheta rājeṃdra prayāgamṛṣisaṃstutam /
yatra brahmādayo devā diśaśca sadigīśvarāḥ

lokapālāśca siddhāśca niratāḥ pitarastathā /
sanatkumārapramukhāstathaiva ca maharṣayaḥ

tathā nāgāḥ suparṇāśca siddhāḥ śukradharāstathā /
saritaḥ sāgarāścaiva gaṃdharvāpsarasastathā

hariśca bhagavānāste prajāpatipuraskṛtaḥ /
tatra trīṇyapi kuṃḍāni tayormadhyena jāhnavī

prayāgātsamatikrāṃtā sarvatīrthapuraskṛtā /
tapanasya sutā tatra triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā

yamunāgaṃgayā sārddhaṃ saṃgatā lokabhāvinī /
gaṃgāyamunayormadhye pṛthivyā jaghanaṃ smṛtam

prayāgaṃ jaghanasyāṃtamupasthamṛṣayo viduḥ /
prayāgaṃ supratiṣṭhānaṃ kaṃbalāśvatarāvubhau

tīrthaṃ bhogavatī caiva vedī proktā prajāpateḥ /
tatra vedāśca yajñāśca mūrttimaṃto yudhiṣṭhira

prajāpatimupāsaṃta ṛṣayaśca mahānaghāḥ /
yajaṃte kratubhirdevāṃstathā cakradharā nṛpa

tataḥ puṇyatamaṃ nāsti triṣu lokeṣu bhārata /
prayāgaṃ sarvatīrthebhyaḥ prabhāveṇādhikaṃ prabho

śravaṇāttasya tīrthasya nāmasaṃkīrtanādapi /
mūrdhakā namanādvāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

tatrābhiṣekaṃ yaḥ kuryātsaṃgame saṃśitavrataḥ /
puṇyaṃ sumahadāpnoti rājasūyāśvamedhayoḥ

eṣā yajanabhūmirhi devānāmapi tatkathā /
dattaṃ tatra svalpamapi mahadbhavati bhārata

na devavacanāttāta na lokavacanādapi /
matirutkramaṇīyā te prayāgamaraṇaṃ prati

daśatīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyastathāparāḥ /
yeṣāṃ sānnidhyamatraiva kīrttitaṃ kurunaṃdana

caturvidye ca yatpuṇyaṃ satyavādiṣu caiva yat /
snātaevatadāpnotigaṃgāyāmunasaṃgame

tato bhogavatī nāma vāsukestīrthamuttamam /
tatrābhiṣekaṃ yaḥ kuryātso'śvamedhamavāpnuyāt

tatra haṃsaprapatanaṃ tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam /
daśāśvamedhikaṃ caiva gaṃgāyāṃ kurunaṃdana

kurukṣetrasamā gaṃgā yatra tatrāvagāhitā /
viśeṣo vai kanakhale prayāgaṃ paramaṃ mahat

yadyakāryaśataṃ kṛtvā kṛtaṃ gaṃgāvasevanam /
sarvaṃ tattasya gaṃgāpo dahatyagniriveṃdhanam

sarvaṃ dahati gaṃgāpastūlarāśimivānalaḥ /
sarvaṃ kṛtayuge puṇyaṃ tretāyāṃ puṣkaraṃ smṛtam

dvāpare tu kurukṣetraṃ gaṃgā kaliyuge smṛtā /
puṣkare tu tapastapyeddānaṃ dadyānmahālaye

malaye tvagnimārohedbhṛgutuṃge tvanāśanam /
puṣkare tu kurukṣetre gaṃgāpo madhyageṣu ca

sadyastārayate jaṃtuḥ saptasaptāvarāṃstathā /
punāti kīrttitā pāpaṃ dṛṣṭvā puṇyaṃ prayacchati

avagāḍhā ca pītvā ca punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam /
yāvadasthi manuṣyasya gaṃgāyāḥ spṛśate jalam

tāvatsa puruṣo rājansvargaloke mahīyate /
yathā puṇyāni tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca

upāsya puṇyaṃ labdhvā ca bhavati paralokabhāk /
na gaṃgā sadṛśaṃ tīrthaṃ na devaḥ keśavātparaḥ

brāhmaṇebhyaḥ paraṃ nāsti evamāha pitāmahaḥ /
yatra gaṃgā mahārāja sa deśastatra yojanam

siddhakṣetraṃ ca vijñeyaṃ gaṃgātīrasamāśritam /
idaṃ satyaṃ dvijātīnāṃ sādhūnāṃ mānaseṣu ca

muktiṃ caiva japetkarṇe śiṣṭasyānugatasya ca /
idaṃ dharmyamidaṃ medhyamidaṃ svargyamidaṃ sukham

idaṃ puṇyatamaṃ ramyaṃ pāvanaṃ dharmamuttamam /
mahīśīrṣamidaṃ guhyaṃ sarvapāpapramocanam

adhītya dvijamadhye ca nirmalatvamavāpnuyāt /
śrīmatsvargyaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sapatnaśamanaṃ śivam

medhājananamagryaṃ vai tīrthavaṃśānukīrttanam /
aputro labhate putramadhano dhanamāpnuyāt

mahīṃ vijayate rājā vaiśyo dhanamavāpnuyāt /
śūdro yātīpsitānkāmānbrāhmaṇaḥ pāragaḥ paṭhan

yaścedaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ tīrthapuṇyaṃ sadā śuci /
jātismaratvamāpnoti nākapṛṣṭhe ca modate

gamyānyapi ca tīrthāni kīrtitānyagamānyapi /
manasāpyabhigaccheta sarvatīrthamanīṣayā

etāni vasubhiḥ sādhyairādityairmarudaśvibhiḥ /
ṛṣibhirdevakalpaiśca kṛtāni sukṛtaiṣibhiḥ

evaṃ tvamapi kauravya vidhinānena suvrata /
vraja tīrthāni niyataḥ puṇyaṃ puṇyena varddhate

bhāvitaiḥ karaṇaiḥ pūrvamāstikyāchrutidarśanāt /
prāpyaṃte tāni tīrthāni sadbhiḥ śiṣṭānudarśibhiḥ

nākṛto nākṛtātmā ca nāśucirna ca taskaraḥ /
snāti tīrtheṣu kauravya na ca vakramatirnaraḥ

tvayā tu samyagvṛttena nityaṃ dharmārthadarśinā /
pitarastarpitāstāta sarve ca prapitāmahāḥ /
pitāmahapurogāśca devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstathā

vasiṣṭha uvāca-
tvaṃ ca dharmeṇa dharmajña nityamevābhitoṣitāḥ /
dilīpakīrtiṃ mahatīṃ prāpsyase bhuvi śāśvatīm

nārada uvāca-
evamuktvābhyanujñāpya vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ /
prītaḥ prītenamanasā tatraivāṃtaradhīyata

dilīpaḥ kuruśārdūla śāstratattvārthadarśanāt /
vasiṣṭhavacanāccaiva pṛthivīmanucakrame

evameṣā mahābhāga pratiṣṭhāne pratiṣṭhitā /
tīrthayātrā mahāpuṇyā sarvapāpapramocanī

anena vidhinā yastu pṛthivīṃ paryaṭiṣyati /
aśvamedhaśataṃ sāgraṃ phalaṃ pretyaiṣa bhokṣyate

tataścāṣṭaguṇaṃ pārtha prāpsyase dharmamuttamam /
dilīpaḥ pārtha nṛpatiryathāpūrvamavāptavān

netā ca tvamṛṣīnyasmāttasmātteṣṭaguṇaṃ phalam /
rakṣogaṇavikīrṇāni tīrthānyetāni bhārata

na gatirvidyate'nyasya tvāmṛte kurunaṃdana /
idaṃ devarṣicaritaṃ sarvatīrthānusaṃśritam

yaḥ paṭhetkalyamutthāya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /
ṛṣimukhyāḥ sadā yatra vālmīkistvatha kaśyapaḥ

ātreyastvatha kauṃḍinyo viśvāmitro'tha gautamaḥ /
asito devalaścaiva mārkaṃḍeyo'tha gālavaḥ

bharadvājasya śiṣyaśca muniruddālakastathā /
śaunakaḥ saha putreṇa vyāsaśca tapatāṃ varaḥ

durvāsāśca muniśreṣṭho jābāliśca mahātapāḥ /
ete ṛṣivarāḥ sarve tvatpratīkṣyāstapodhanāḥ

ebhiḥ saha mahābhāga tīrthānyetānyanuvraja /
prāpsyase mahatīṃ kīrtiṃ yathā rājā mahābhiṣaḥ

yathā yayātirdharmātmā yathā rājā purūravāḥ /
tathā tvaṃ kuruśārdūla svena dharmeṇa śobhase

yathā bhagīratho rājā yathā rāmaśca viśrutaḥ /
yathā vai vṛtrahā sarvānsapatnānadahat purā

trailokyaṃ pālayāmāsa devarāṭvigatajvaraḥ /
tathā śatrukṣayaṃ kṛtvā tvaṃ prajāḥ pālayiṣyasi

svadharmeṇārjitāmurvīṃ prāpya rājīvalocana /
khyātiṃ yāsyasi vīryeṇa kārttavīryārjuno yathā

sūta uvāca-
evamābhāṣya rājānaṃ nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ /
anujñāpya mahārājaṃ tatraivāṃtaradhīyata

yudhiṣṭhiro'pi dharmātmā ṛṣibhiḥ saha suvrataḥ /
jagāmākhilatīrthāni sādaraḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ

mayoktāmṛṣayaḥ sarve tīrthayātrāśrayāṃ kathām /
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi sa muktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ

mayoktamakhilaṃ tattvaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchatha /
ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyakīrtīnāṃ nāvaktavyaṃ mamāsti vai

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe nānāvidhatīrthakathanaṃ/
nāma navatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ