Padma Purana · Chapter 5.19

brāhmaṇa uvāca/
iti śrutvā tu tadvākyaṃ bhillānāmahamadbhutam /
atyāścaryamidaṃ matvā prahṛṣṭo'bhavamityuta

gaṃgāsāgarasaṃyoge snātvā puṇyakalevaraḥ /
śṛṃgamāruruhe tatra maṇimāṇikyacitritam

tatrāpaśyaṃ mahārāja devaṃ devādivaṃditam /
namaskṛtvā kṛtārtho'haṃ jātonnaprāśanena ca

caturbhujatvaṃ saṃprāptaḥ śaṃkhacakrādicihnitam /
puruṣottamadarśanena na punargarbhamāviśam

rājaṃstvamapi tatrāśu gaccha nīlābhidhaṃ girim /
kṛtārthaṃ kuru cātmānaṃ garbhaduḥkhavivarjitam

ityākarṇya vacastasya vāḍavāgryasya dhīmataḥ /
papraccha hṛṣṭagātrastu tīrthayātrāvidhiṃ munim

rājovāca/
sādhu viprāgrya he sādho tvayā proktaṃ mamānagha /
puruṣottamamāhātmyaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ pāpanāśanam

brūhi tattīrthayātrāyāṃ vidhiṃ śrutisamanvitam /
vidhinā kena saṃpūrṇa phalaprāptirnṛṇāṃ bhavet

brāhmaṇa uvāca/
śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi tīrthayātrāvidhiṃ śubham /
yena saṃprāpyate devaḥ surāsuranamaskṛtaḥ

valīpalitadeho vā yauvanenānvito'pi vā /
jñātvā mṛtyumanistīryaṃ hariṃ śaraṇamāvrajet

tatkīrtane tacchravaṇe vaṃdane tasya pūjane /
matireva prakartavyā nānyatra vanitādiṣu

sarvaṃ naśvaramālokya kṣaṇasthāyi suduḥkhadam /
janmamṛtyujarātītaṃ bhaktivallabhamacyutam

krodhātkāmādbhayāddveṣāllobhāddaṃbhānnaraḥ punaḥ /
yathākathaṃcidvibhajanna sa duḥkhaṃ samaśnute

sa harirjāyate sādhusaṃgamātpāpavarjitāt /
yeṣāṃ kṛpātaḥ puruṣā bhavaṃtyasukhavarjitāḥ

te sādhavaḥ śāṃtarāgāḥ kāmalobhavivarjitāḥ /
bruvaṃti yanmahārāja tatsaṃsāranivartakam

tīrtheṣu labhyate sādhū rāmacaṃdra parāyaṇaḥ /
yaddarśanaṃ nṛṇāṃ pāparāśidāhāśuśukṣaṇiḥ

tasmāttīrtheṣu gaṃtavyaṃ naraiḥ saṃsārabhīrubhiḥ /
puṇyodakeṣu satataṃ sādhuśreṇivirājiṣu

tāni tīrthāni vidhinā dṛṣṭāni praharaṃtyagham /
taṃ vidhiṃ nṛpaśārdūla kuruṣva śrutigocaram

virāgaṃ janayetpūrvaṃ kalatrādi kuṭuṃbake /
asatyabhūtaṃ tajjñātvā hariṃ tu manasā smaret

krośamātraṃ tato gatvā rāmarāmeti ca bruvan /
tatra tīrthādiṣu snātvā kṣauraṃ kuryādvidhānavit

manuṣyāṇāṃ ca pāpāni tīrthāni prati gacchatām /
keśānāśritya tiṣṭhaṃti tasmādvapanamācaret

tato daṃḍaṃ tu nirgranthiṃ kamaṃḍalumathājinam /
bibhṛyāllobhanirmuktastīrthaveṣadharo naraḥ

vidhinā gacchatāṃ nṝṇāṃ phalāvāptirviśeṣataḥ /
tasmātsarvaprayatnena tīrthayātrāvidhiṃ caret

yasya hastau ca pādau ca manaścaiva susaṃhitam /
vidyā tapaśca kīrtiśca sa tīrthaphalamaśnute

harekṛṣṇa harekṛṣṇa bhaktavatsala gopate /
śaraṇya bhagavanviṣṇo māṃ pāhi bahusaṃsṛteḥ

iti bruvanrasanayā manasā ca hariṃ smaran /
pādacārī gatiṃ kuryāttīrthaṃ prati mahodayaḥ

yānena gacchanpuruṣaḥ samabhāgaphalaṃ labhet /
upānadbhyāṃ caturthāṃśaṃ goyāne govadhādikam

vyavahartā tṛtīyāṃśaṃ sevayāṣṭamabhāgabhāk /
anicchayā vrajaṃstatra tīrthamardhaphalaṃ labhet

yathāyathaṃ prakartavyā tīrthānāmabhiyātrikā /
pāpakṣayo bhavatyeva vidhidṛṣṭyā viśeṣataḥ

tatra sādhūnnamaskuryātpādavaṃdanasevanaiḥ /
taddvārā haribhaktirhi prāpyate puruṣottame

iti tīrthavidhiḥ proktaḥ samāsena na vistarāt /
evaṃ vidhiṃ samāśritya gaccha tvaṃ puruṣottamam

tubhyaṃ tuṣṭo mahārāja dāsyate bhaktimacyutaḥ /
yathā saṃsāranirvāhaḥ kṣaṇādeva bhaviṣyati

tīrthayātrāvidhiṃ śrutvā sarvapātakanāśanam /
mucyate sarvapāpebhya ugrebhyaḥ puruṣarṣabha

sumatiruvāca /
iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya vavaṃde caraṇau mahān /
tattīrthadarśanautsukya vihvalīkṛtamānasaḥ

ādideśa nijāmātyaṃ maṃtravittamamuttamam /
tīrthayātrecchayā sarvānsaha netuṃ mano dadhat

maṃtrinpaurajanānsarvānādiśa tvaṃ mamājñayā /
puruṣottamapādābjadarśanaprītihetave

ye madīye pure lokā ye ca madvākyakārakāḥ /
sarve niryāṃtu matpuryā mayā saha narottamāḥ

ye tu madvākyamullaṃghya sthāsyaṃti puruṣā gṛhe /
te daṃḍyā yamadaṃḍena pāpino'dharmahetavaḥ

kiṃ tena sutavṛṃdena bāṃdhavaiḥ kiṃ sudurnayaiḥ /
yairnadṛṣṭaḥ svacakṣurbhyāṃ puṇyadaḥ puruṣottamaḥ

sūkarīyūthavatteṣāṃ prasūtirviṭprabhakṣikā /
yeṣāṃ putrāśca pautrā vā hariṃ na śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ

yo devo nāmamātreṇa sarvānpāvayituṃ kṣamaḥ /
taṃ namaskuruta kṣipraṃ madīyāḥ prakṛtivrajāḥ

iti vākyaṃ manohāri bhagavadguṇaguṃphitam /
prajaharṣa mahāmātya uttamaḥ satyanāmadhṛk

hastinaṃ varamāropya paṭahena vyaghoṣayat /
yadādiṣṭaṃ nṛpeṇeha tīrthayātrāṃ samicchatā

gacchaṃtu tvaritā lokā rājñā saha mahāgirim /
dṛśyatāṃ pāpasaṃhārī puruṣottamanāmadhṛk

kriyatāṃ sarvasaṃsārasāgaro goṣpadaṃ punaḥ /
bhūṣyatāṃ śaṃkhacakrādicihnaiḥ svasva tanurnaraiḥ

ityādighoṣayāmāsa rājñādiṣṭaṃ yadadbhutam /
sacivo raghunāthāṃghri dhyānanirvāritaśramaḥ

tacchrutvā tāḥ prajāḥ sarvā ānaṃdarasasaṃplutāḥ /
mano dadhuḥ svanistāre puruṣottamadarśanāt

niryayurbrāhmaṇāstatra śiṣyaiḥ saha suveṣiṇaḥ /
āśiṣaṃ varadānāḍhyāṃ dadato bhūmipaṃ prati

kṣattriyā dhanvino vīrā vaiśyā vastukrayāñcitāḥ /
śūdrāḥ saṃsāranistāraharṣita svīyavigrahāḥ

rajakāścarmakāḥ kṣaudrāḥ kirātā bhittikārakāḥ /
sūcīvṛttyā ca jīvaṃtastāṃbūlakrayakārakāḥ

tālavādyadharā ye ca ye ca raṃgopajīvinaḥ /
tailavikrayiṇaścaiva vastravikrayiṇastathā

sūtā vadaṃtaḥ paurāṇīṃ vārtāṃ harṣasamanvitāḥ /
māgadhā baṃdinastatra nirgatā bhūmipājñayā

bhiṣagvṛttyā ca jīvaṃtastathā pāśakakovidāḥ /
pākasvādurasābhijñā hāsyavākyānuraṃjakāḥ

aiṃdrajālikavidyādhrāstathā vārtāsukovidāḥ /
praśaṃsaṃto mahārājaṃ niryayuḥ puramadhyataḥ

rājāpi tatra nirvartya prātaḥsaṃdhyādikāḥ kriyāḥ /
brāhmaṇaṃ tāpasaśreṣṭhamānināya sunirmalam

tadājñayā mahārājo nirjagāma purādbahiḥ /
lokairanugato rājā babhau caṃdra ivoḍubhiḥ

krośamātraṃ sa gatvātha kṣauraṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ /
daṃḍaṃ kamaṃḍaluṃ bibhranmṛgacarma tathā śubham

śubhaveṣeṇa saṃyukto haridhyānaparāyaṇaḥ /
kāmakrodhādirahitaṃ mano bibhranmahāyaśāḥ

tadā duṃdubhayo bherya ānakāḥ paṇavāstathā /
śaṃkhavīṇādikāścaivādhmātāstadvādakairmuhuḥ

jaya deveśa duḥkhaghna puruṣottamasaṃjñita /
darśayasva tanuṃ mahyaṃ vadaṃto niryayurjanāḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe ratnagrīvasya tīrthaprayāṇaṃnāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ