Padma Purana · Chapter 3.45

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca-
etacchrutvā prayāgasya yattvayā kīrtanaṃ kṛtam /
viśuddhametaddhṛdayaṃ prayāgasya ca kīrtanāt /
anāśakaphalaṃ brūhi bhagavaṃstatra kīdṛśam

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca-
śṛṇu rājanprayāge tu anāśakaphalaṃ vibho /
prāpnoti puruṣo dhīmānśraddadhānaśca yādṛśam

ahīnāṃgo virogaśca paṃceṃdriyasamanvitaḥ /
aśvamedhaphalaṃ tasya gacchatastu pade pade

kulāni tārayedrājandaśapūrvāndaśāparān /
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo gaccheta paramaṃ padam

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca-
mahābhāgosi dharmajña dānaṃ vadasi me prabho /
alpenaiva pradhānena bahūndharmānavāpnuyāt

aśvamedhastu bahubhiḥ sukṛtaiḥ prāpyate iha /
etanme saṃśayaṃ brūhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca-
śṛṇu rājanmahāvīra yuduktaṃ padmayoninā /
ṛṣīṇāṃ sannidhau pūrvaṃ kathyamānaṃ mayā śrutam

paṃcayojanavistīrṇaṃ prayāgasya tu maṃḍalam /
praviśaṃstasya tadbhūmāvaśvamedhaṃ pade pade

vyatītānpuruṣānsapta bhaviṣyāṃśca caturdaśa /
narastārayate sarvānyastu prāṇānparityajet

evaṃ jñātvā tu rājeṃdra sadā śraddhāparo bhavet /
aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣāḥ pāpopahatacetasaḥ /
na prāpnuvaṃti tatsthānaṃ prayāgaṃ devanirmitam

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca-
snehādvā dravyalobhādvā ye tu kāmavaśaṃ gatāḥ /
kathaṃ tīrthaphalaṃ teṣāṃ kathaṃ puṇyamavāpnuyuḥ

vikrayaṃ sarvabhāṃḍānāṃ kāryākāryamajānataḥ /
prayāge kā gatistasya evaṃ brūhi mahāmune

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca-
śṛṇu rājanmahāguhyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam /
māsaṃ vasaṃstu rājeṃdra prayāge niyateṃdriyaḥ

mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ yathādiṣṭaṃ svayaṃbhuvā /
śucistu prayato bhūtvā'hiṃsakaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ

mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ sa gacchetparamaṃ padam /
viśraṃbhaghātakānāṃ tu prayāge śṛṇu tatphalam

trikālameva snāyīta āhāraṃ bhaikṣyamācaret /
tribhirmāsaiḥ pramucyeta prayāgāttu na saṃśayaḥ

prajñānena tu yasyeha tīrthayātrādikaṃ bhavet /
sarvakāmasamṛddhastu svargaloke mahīyate

sthānaṃ sa labhate nityaṃ dhanadhānyasamākulam /
evaṃ jñānena saṃpūrṇaḥ sadā bhavati bhogavān

tāritāḥ pitarastena narakātprapitāmahāḥ /
dharmānusāre tattvajña pṛcchataste punaḥ punaḥ /
tvatpriyārthaṃ samākhyātaṃ guhyametatsanātanam

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca-
adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ kulam /
prīto'smyanugṛhīto'smi darśanādeva te'dya vai /
tvaddarśanāttu dharmātmanmukto'haṃ sarvapātakaiḥ

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca-
diṣṭyā te saphalaṃ janma diṣṭyā te tāritaṃ kulam /
kīrtanādvarddhate puṇyaṃ śrutaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca-
yamunāyāṃ tu kiṃ puṇyaṃ kiṃ phalaṃ tu mahāmune /
etanme sarvamākhyāhi yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca-/
tapanasya sutā devī triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā /
samāgatā mahābhāgā yamunā yatra nimnagā

yenaiva niḥsṛtā gaṅgā tenaiva yamunā gatā /
yojanānāṃ sahasreṣu kīrtanātpāpanāśinī

tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca yamunāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira /
kīrttanāllabhate puṇyaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhadrāṇi paśyati

avagāḍhā ca pītvā ca punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam /
prāṇāṃstyajati yastatra sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

agnitīrthamiti khyātaṃ yamunā dakṣiṇe taṭe /
paścime dharmarājasya tīrthaṃ haravaraṃ smṛtam

tatra snātvā divaṃ yāṃti ye mṛtāste'punarbhavāḥ /
evaṃ tīrthasahasrāṇi yamunā dakṣiṇe taṭe

uttareṇa pravakṣyāmi ādityasya mahātmanaḥ /
tīrthaṃ tu virajaṃ nāma yatra devāḥ savāsavāḥ

upāsate sma saṃdhyāṃ tu nityakālaṃ yudhiṣṭhira /
devāḥ sevaṃti tattīrthaṃ ye cānye viduṣo janāḥ

śraddadhānaparo bhūtvā kuru tīrthābhiṣecanam /
anye ca bahavastīrthāḥ sarvapāpaharāḥ śubhāḥ

teṣu snātvā divaṃ yāṃti ye mṛtāste'punarbhavāḥ /
gaṃgā ca yamunā caiva ubhe tulyaphale smṛte

kevalaṃ śreṣṭhabhāvena gaṃgā sarvatra pūjyate /
evaṃ kuruṣva kauṃteya svargatīrthābhiṣecanam

yāvajjīvakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati /
yastvidaṃ kalya utthāya paṭhate ca śṛṇoti vā

mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe yamunāmāhātmye paṃcacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ