Padma Purana · Chapter 3.44
mārkaṃḍeya uvāca-
śṛṇu rājanprayāgasya māhātmyaṃ punareva tu /
yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
mānasaṃ nāma tattīrthaṃ gaṃgāyāmuttare taṭe /
trirātropoṣito bhūtvā sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt
gobhūhiraṇyadānena yatphalaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ /
etatphalamavāpnoti tattīrthaṃ smarate punaḥ
akāmo vā sakāmo vā gaṃgāyāṃ yo vipadyate /
mṛtastu bhavati svarge narakaṃ na ca paśyati
apsarogaṇasaṃgītaiḥ supto'sau pratibudhyate /
haṃsasārasayuktena vimānena sa gacchati
bahuvarṣāṇi rājendra ṣaṭsahasrāṇi bhuṃjate /
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭaḥ kṣīṇakarmā divaścyutaḥ
suvarṇamaṇimuktāḍhye jāyate sa mahākule /
ṣaṣṭitīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭitīrthaśatāni ca
māghemāsi gamiṣyaṃti gaṃgāyamunasaṃgame /
gavāṃ śatasahasrasya samyagdattasya yatphalam
prayāge māghamāse tu tryahaṃsnānasya tatphalam /
gaṃgāyamunayormadhye paṃcāgniṃ yastu sādhayet
ahīnāṃgo hyarogaśca paṃcendriyasamanvitaḥ /
yāvaṃti romakūpāṇi tasya gātrasya dehinaḥ
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate /
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jaṃbūdvīpapatirbhavet
sa bhuktvā vipulānbhogāṃstattīrthaṃ bhajate naraḥ /
jalapraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryātsaṃgame lokaviśrute
rāhugrasto yathā somo vimuktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ /
somalokamavāpnoti somena saha modate
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭivarṣaśatāni ca /
svargalokamavāpnoti ṛṣigaṃdharvasevitaḥ
paribhraṣṭastu rājeṃdra samṛddhe jāyate kule /
adhaḥśirāstu yo jvālāmūrdhvapādaḥ pibennaraḥ
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate /
paribhraṣṭastu rājeṃdra agnihotrī bhavennaraḥ
bhuktvā tu vipulānbhogāṃstattīrthaṃ bhajate naraḥ /
yastu dehaṃ vikartitvā śakunibhyaḥ prayacchati
vihaṃgairupabhuktasya śṛṇu tasyāpi yatphalam /
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ somaloke mahīyate
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ /
guṇavānrūpasaṃpanno vidvānsupriyadehavān
bhuktvā tu vipulānbhogāṃstattīrthaṃ bhajate punaḥ /
yāmune cottare kūle prayāgasya tu dakṣiṇe
ṛṇapramocanaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ tatparamaṃ smṛtam /
ekarātroṣito bhūtvā ṛṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ pramucyate
sūryalokamavāpnoti anṛṇī ca sadā bhavet
iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe prayāgamāhātmye catuścatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
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