Padma Purana · Chapter 3.47

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca-
śṛṇu rājanprayāgasya māhātmyaṃ punareva tu /
naimiṣaṃ puṣkaraṃ caiva gotīrthaṃ siṃdhusāgaram

kurukṣetraṃ gayā caiva gaṃgāsāgarameva ca /
ete cānye ca bahavo ye ca puṇyāḥ śiloccayāḥ

daśatīrthasahasrāṇi triṃśatkoṭyastathāpare /
prayāge saṃsthitā nityamevamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

trīṇi cāpyagnikuṃḍāni yeṣāṃ madhye tu jāhnavī /
prayāgādabhiniṣkrāṃtā sarvatīrthapuraskṛtā

tapanasya sutā devī triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā /
gaṃgāyamunayā sārdhaṃ saṃsthitā lokabhāvinī

gaṃgāyamunayormadhye pṛthivyā jaghanaṃ smṛtam /
prayāgaṃ rājaśārdūla kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm

tisraḥ koṭyo'rddhakoṭī ca tīrthānāṃ vāyurabravīt /
divyaṃ bhuvyaṃtarikṣe ca tatsarvaṃ jāhnavi smṛtā

prayāgaṃ samadhiṣṭhānaṃ kaṃbalāśvatarāvubhau /
bhogavatyatha yā caiva vedireṣā prajāpateḥ

tatra devāśca yajñāśca mūrtimaṃto yudhiṣṭhira /
pūjayaṃti prayāgaṃ te ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ

yajaṃte kratubhirdevāṃstathā bahudhanā nṛpāḥ /
tataḥ puṇyatamo nāsti triṣu lokeṣu bhārata

prabhāvātsarvatīrthebhyaḥ prabhavatyadhikaṃ vibho /
daśatīrthasahasrāṇi tisraḥ koṭyastathāpare

yatra gaṃgā mahābhāgā sa deśastattapovanam /
siddhakṣetraṃ tu tajjñeyaṃ gaṃgātīrasamāśritam

iti satyaṃ dvijātīnāṃ sādhūnāmātmajasya vā /
suhṛdāṃ ca japetkarṇe śiṣyasyānugatasya vā

idaṃ dhanyamidaṃ svargyamidaṃ sevyamidaṃ śubham /
idaṃ puṇyamidaṃ ramyaṃ pāvanaṃ dharmamuttamam

maharṣīṇāmidaṃ guhyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam /
adhītya ca dvijo dhyāyannirmalatvamavāpnuyāt

yaścedaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ tīrthaṃ puṇyaṃ sadā śuciḥ /
jātismaratvaṃ labhate nākapṛṣṭhe ca modate

prāpyaṃte tāni tīrthāni sadbhiḥ śiṣṭārthadarśibhiḥ /
snāhi tīrtheṣu kauravya na ca vakramatirbhava

tvayā tu samyakpṛṣṭena kathitaṃ tu mayā vibho /
pitarastāritāḥ sarve tāritāśca pitāmahāḥ

prayāgasya tu sarve te kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm /
evaṃ jñānaṃ ca yogaṃ ca tīrthaṃ caiva yudhiṣṭhira

bahukleśena yujyaṃte tato yāṃti parāṃ gatim /
prayāgasmaraṇāllokaḥ svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe prayāgamāhātmye saptacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ