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Padma Purana · Chapter 6.152

6.152.1

mahādeva uvāca/
tīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ tīrthaṃ sābhramatyāstaṭe sthitam /
bālāpa iti vikhyātaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam

6.152.2

tapasvidhāritaṃ tīrthaṃ vibudhānāṃ samāśrayam /
tatra kanyā tapastepe paramaṃ sudṛḍhavratā

6.152.3

kanyā kaṇvamuneḥ sādhvī rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi /
bālā bālāvatī nāma kumārī brahmacāriṇī

6.152.4

vrataṃ cacāra sāvitryā niyamairbahubhiryutā /
bhartā me bhāskaro bhūyāditi niścitya bhāmini

6.152.5

samāstasya samākrāṃtā daśa sābhramatītaṭe /
caraṃtyā niyamāṃstāṃstānbhaktyā paramaduścarān

6.152.6

tasyāstu tena vratena tapasā vratacaryayā /
bhaktyā ca bhagavānprītaḥ parayā bhaktisaṃpadā

6.152.7

ājagāmāśramapadaṃ devadevo divākaraḥ /
āsthāya rūpaṃ viprarṣeḥ praviṣṭastu mahāmanāḥ

6.152.8

sā taṃ dṛṣṭvogratapasā variṣṭhaṃ brahmavittamam /
vānaprasthavidhānena pūjayāmāsa taṃ dvijam

6.152.9

uvāca ravibhaktā sā kalyāṇī taṃ tapodhanam /
bhagavanmuniśārdūla kimājñāpayasi prabho

6.152.10

sarvaṃ tubhyaṃ yathāśakti dāsyāmi svatanuṃ vinā /
sūryabhaktāsmi te pāṇiṃ dāsyāmi na kathaṃcana

6.152.11

vrataiśca niyamaiścāpi tapobhiśca tapodhana /
sūryastoṣayitavyo me devastribhuvaneśvaraḥ

6.152.12

ityuktavatyāṃ tasyāṃ tu smayanniva nirīkṣya tām /
uvāca niyamasthāṃ tāṃ sāṃtvayanniva bhāskaraḥ

6.152.13

ugraṃ carasi kalyāṇi tapaḥ paramaduṣkaram /
yadarthaṃ ca samāraṃbhastava bāle tathaiva tat

6.152.14

tapasā labhyate sarvaṃ sarvaṃ tapasi tiṣṭhati /
devatvaṃ prāpyate bhadre tapasā mokṣa eva ca

6.152.15

imāni paṃca subhage badarāṇi pratīccha me /
dattvā sa badarāṇyasyai pacetyuktvā raviryayau

6.152.16

apṛṣṭvā tāṃ tu kalyāṇīṃ brahmarūpī vihāya tām /
sthito'sau nātidūreṇa iṃdragrāme mahāyaśāḥ

6.152.17

sthitvā jijñāsayā bhāvaṃ tasyāśca brāhmaṇo raviḥ /
badarāṇāmupavanaṃ kārayāmāsa bhāskaraḥ

6.152.18

tataḥ sā prayatā bālā prāṃjalirvigataśramā /
pākāya badarāṇāṃ sā pāvakaṃ samadhiśrayat

6.152.19

apacatparamā devi badarāṇi mahāprabhā /
tasyāḥ pacaṃtyāḥ sumahānkālo'gācca sureśvari

6.152.20

bhasmapuṃjo mahānjāto dinaṃ ca kṣayamanvagāt /
hutāśanena dagdhastu mahānvai kāṣṭhasaṃcayaḥ

6.152.21

pādau prakṣālya sā paścātpāvake cārudarśane /
dadāha badarārthaṃ ca brāhmaṇapriyakāmyayā

6.152.22

dagdhvā dagdhvā punaḥ pādau uparyā dhāryate'naghe /
athāsyāḥ karma taddṛṣṭvā prīto devo divākaraḥ

6.152.23

tataḥ saṃdarśayāmāsa kanyāyai rūpamātmanaḥ /
uvāca paramaprītastāṃ kanyāṃ sudṛḍhavratām

6.152.24

sūrya uvāca/
prīto'smi bāle bhaktyā te tapasā vratacaryayā /
yasmādabhimataḥ kāmo bāle saṃpadyatāṃ tava

6.152.25

asmiṃstīrthe tapoyuktā madgṛhe tvaṃ nivatsyasi /
idaṃ ca tīrthapravaraṃ tava nāmnā ca lakṣitam

6.152.26

bālāpa iti vikhyātaṃ sābhramatyāstaṭe sthitam /
vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu brahmarṣibhistu stutaṃ purā

6.152.27

bālātīrthe naraḥ snātvā trirātramuṣitaḥ śuciḥ /
raktādityamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryasyodayanaṃ prati

6.152.28

sūryalokamavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /
sūryavāre'tha saṃkrāṃtau saptamyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ

6.152.29

viṣuvatyayane cāpi caṃdrasūryagrahe'pi ca /
snātvā saṃtarpayeddevānpitṝnatha pitāmahān

6.152.30

guḍadhenuṃ tato dadyādbrāhmaṇebhyo guḍodanam /
karavīrairjapāpuṣpai raktādityaprapūjanam

6.152.31

ye kurvaṃti narāste vai sūryaloke vasaṃti vai /
raktāṃ dhenuṃ naro dadyādekaṃ caiva dhuraṃdharam

6.152.32

sa yajñaphalamāpnoti na naro nirayaṃ vrajet/
vyādhito mucyate rogātbaddho mucyeta baṃdhanāt /
tīrthe'sminpiṃḍadānena tṛptiṃ yāṃti pitāmahāḥ

6.152.33

mahādeva uvāca/
tathānyadapi māhātmyaṃ tīrthasyāsya tapodhane /
śrūyatāṃ yatpurāvṛttaṃ vyāsena kathitaṃ mahat

6.152.34

purātra mahiṣo vṛddho jarayā jarjarīkṛtaḥ /
aśakto bhāramudvoḍhuṃ sārthavāhastamatyajat

6.152.35

sa nidāghe jalaṃ pātuṃ jagāma ca mahānadīm /
daivātpaṃke nimagno'sau tato mṛtyuvaśaṃ gataḥ

6.152.36

plavitāsthirjale puṇye tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ /
kānyakubjeśvarasuto rājā jātismaro'bhavat

6.152.37

saṃsmṛtya ca svavṛttāṃtaṃ prabhāvaṃ tīrthajaṃ mahat /
āgatya tajjale snātvā dadau dānānyanekaśaḥ

6.152.38

sa tatra sthāpayāmāsa devadevaṃ maheśvaram /
atra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā saṃpūjya mahiṣeśvaram

6.152.39

raktādityamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /
sābhramatyudakaṃ yatra pūrvataḥ paścimaṃ vrajet

6.152.40

prayāgādapi tatpuṇyaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ mahat /
dattaṃ dvijeṃdreṣu hutaṃ yadagnau śrāddhaṃ kṛtaṃ jāpyamihākṣayaṃ syāt

6.152.41

gobhūtilāḥ kāṃcanavastradhānyaṃ śayyāsanaṃ vāhanachatradānam /
yaṃ yaṃ vāṃchayate kāmaṃ taṃ taṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

6.152.42

śrīmaheśaprasādācca tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ /
bālāpeṃdraṃ idaṃ tīrthaṃ puṇyapāpaharaṃ sadā

6.152.43

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ sarve vītarāgāḥ sadaiva tu /
yatra māhiṣanāmeti śvetākhyaṃ puṇyadaṃ mahat

6.152.44

yatra snātvā tu deveśi punarjanma na vidyate /
godāvaryāṃ kṛte snāne yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ

6.152.45

tatphalaṃ labhate devi atra tīrthe na saṃśayaḥ

6.152.152

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe bālāpeṃdraṃ tīrthaṃnāmadvipaṃcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

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