Padma Purana · Chapter 6.200

śrībhagavānuvāca-
naitaccitraṃ surādhīśa munayo jñānavattarāḥ /
madīyāṃ padavīṃ bhaktiṃ gurvīṃ kurvaṃti satkṛtām

ete jñānopadeṣṭārastrilokatalavāsinām /
pravartayaṃtyamī naṣṭaṃ vedamārgaṃ yataḥ sadā

bhaktyā bhavānapi svargabhogāsakto'pi māṃ yataḥ /
prapanno'si kimāścaryaṃ yatastava gururguruḥ

yajasva suraśārdūla makhairmāṃ bahudakṣiṇaiḥ /
niṣkrāmastvaṃ samīpasthaṃ tūrṇaṃ prāpsyasi matpadam

pratiyāgaṃ prayaccha tvaṃ ratnaprasthānyanekaśaḥ /
ākhyayāsthānametatte iṃdraprasthaṃ bhaviṣyati

vidhe tvamatra racaya prayāgaṃ tīrthapuṃgavam /
sarasvatīṃ samānīya gaṃgāṃ ca janapāvinīm

kāśīṃ ca śivakāṃcīṃ ca tvamatra sthāpayeśvara /
gokarṇaṃ ca samaṃ gauryā nivāsaṃ kuru sarvadā

bho bho brahmasutā yūyaṃ jñānavijñānakovidāḥ /
nijayogabalenātra kurudhvaṃ tīrthasaptakam

nigamodbodhakaṃ tīrthaṃ tvaṃ guro pratipādaya /
vinādhyayanamapyatra snānādbodhostu chaṃdasām

smṛtiśca jāyatāṃ pūrvajanmanastu parātmanoḥ /
ahamāropayāmyatra dvārakāṃ sumanoharām

samudreṇasamaṃ yatra gomatyāsaṃgamo'bhavat /
kośalāṃ ca karomyatra madhvaraṇyaṃ ca vāsava

yayoravatariṣyāmi vapurbhyāṃ rāmakṛṣṇayoḥ /
badaryāśramamapyatra naranārāyaṇāspadam

vidadhāmi sadā yatra vasāmi suranāyaka /
haridvāraṃ puṣkaraṃ ca tīrthadvayamanuttamam

tadapi sthāpayāmyatra tavaiva hitakāmyayā /
naimiṣeyāni tīrthāni yāni kālaṃjare girau

sarasvatītaṭe yāni sthāpayāmyahamatra vai /
nārada uvāca-
śive śivataraṃ vākyaṃ hareḥ śrutvā kṛtaṃ ca tat

dṛṣṭvā taduktamapi te cakrurbrahmaśivādayaḥ /
sarvatīrthamaye'muṣminsthāne sa tridaśādhipaḥ

svarṇayūpairbahumakhairīje bhūyo ramāpatim /
ratnaprasthāni viprebhyaḥ kṛṣṇasya purato dadau

nārāyaṇaḥ samastātmā mamāyamiti tuṣyatu /
iṃdraprasthamidaṃ tīrthaṃ tataḥprabhṛti kathyate

sarvatīrthamaye yatra mṛto bhūyo na jāyate /
iṃdradattāni te labdhvā ratnaprasthāni bhūsurāḥ

tasmai daduravitathāmāśiṣaṃ tatra saṃsadi /
iṃdrāya tava goviṃdo dānenānena tuṣyatu

tāvakī bhaktirapyasminbhūyādavyabhicāriṇī /
karmabhūmāviha vibho purā yajñaśataṃ kṛtam

tena puṇyena labdhaṃ te sakāmena surāspadam /
adhunā pūjito viṣṇurniḥkāmena tvayā makhaiḥ

svapadādvicyuto bhūmau bhaviṣyati dvijāgraṇīḥ /
tatrāpi nijadharmeṇa viṣṇumārādhayanbhavān

smariṣyati nijaṃ karma kṛtamatra makhādikam /
tatsmṛtegṛrhamutsṛjya bhavāntīrthāni paryaṭan

janakena samaṃ śakra tīrthe'sminsaṃprapatsyate /
caturthāśramamādāya tyakṣatyatra kalevaram

tato vimānamāruhya gaṇā nītaṃ raviprabham /
bhavāndivyāṃgavānbhūtvā prāpsyati śrīhareḥ padam

nārada uvāca-
evamākarṇya viprāṇāmāśiṣaṃ tridaśādhipaḥ /
bhaviṣyapiśunāṃ coktiṃ śive mudamagāttarām

samāpya vidhivadyajñānnātra sauvarṇayaṣṭikān /
mādhavapramukhāndevānpūjitānsa vyasarjayat

ṛtvijo brahmaṇaḥ putrānabhyarcya ca dhanādibhiḥ /
bṛhaspatiṃ puraskṛtya yayau śakrastriviṣṭapam

tatra rājyaṃ vidhāyeṃdro haribhaktiyutaḥ śive /
avātaradbhuvi kṣīṇapuṇye hāstinapattane

śivaśarmā dvijaḥ kaścidvedavedāṃgapāragaḥ /
tasya bhāryā guṇavatī nāmnānvarthavatī bhṛśam

tasyāṃ jātaḥ suvelāyāmiṃdraḥ śrīpatisevakaḥ /
jyotirvidaḥ samāhūtā lagnaṃ dṛṣṭvā babhāṣire

jyotirvida ūcuḥ-
śivaśarmannayaṃ bālaḥ tava bhāvī haripriyaḥ /
uddhariṣyati te vaṃśaṃ brūmaḥ satyaṃ na vai mṛṣā

trayodaśābdadeho yaḥ sāṃgaṃ vedacatuṣṭayam /
adhītajñānasaṃpanno vivāhaṃ tu kariṣyati

punarutpādya satputraṃ vānaprastho bhaviṣyati /
tīrtheṣu paryaṭandhīraḥ saṃnyāsaṃ dhārayiṣyati

iṃdrasya khāṃḍavavane yamunāsti saridvarā /
tattīresti hariprasthaṃ maraṇaṃ tatra yāsyati

nārada uvāca-
gaṇakoditamākarṇya śivaśarmā śivaṃ vacaḥ /
cakāra viṣṇuśarmāṇaṃ nāmnā nijasutaṃ tadā

tānvisṛjya ca vittena ciṃtayāmāsa buddhimān /
dhanyo'haṃ yasya me putro viṣṇubhakto bhaviṣyati

sādhayiṣyati putro'yamāśramāṃścaturo mama /
mariṣyati ca sattīrthe madanyaḥ ko'sti bhāgyavān

evaṃ viciṃtya manasā jātakarmādyakārayat /
śiśordvijātipravaraiḥ śivaśarmā śubhe'hani

atha saptasvatīteṣu varṣeṣu dvijasattamaḥ /
sutopanayanaṃ cakre caitramāsyaṣṭame'bdake

ādvādaśābdādadhyāpya vedānanvagataḥ sutam /
śivaśarmā śive rājanyuyoja saha bhāryayā

viṣṇuśarmā svabhāryāyāṃ putramutpādya buddhimān /
cakāra tīrthayātrāyāṃ mano nirviṣayaṃ svakam

abhyetya pitaraṃ prāha natvā taccaraṇadvayam /
viṣṇuśarmā mahāprājño munivākyamanusmaran

viṣṇuśarmovāca -
anujānīhi māṃ tāta viṣṇumārādhayāmyaham /
tṛtīyāśramamāsādya satsaṃgatividhāyakam

dārāgāradhanāpatyasuhṛdaḥ kṣaṇabhaṃgurāḥ /
budbudā iva toyeṣu sudhīsteṣu na sajjate

svādhyāyena ca saṃtatyā mayā tīrṇamṛṇadvayam /
tīrtheṣu kāmarahito yaṣṭumicchāmi keśavam

sanyastaguṇarāgo'haṃ paścāttīrthottame kvacit /
sthātumicchāmyahaṃ tāvadyāvatprārabdhamasti me

ityuktastena putreṇa sa pitā buddhimattaraḥ /
smṛtvā jyotirvidāṃ vākyamāha saṃsāranispṛhaḥ

śivaśarmovāca-
caturthāśramakālo'yaṃ mamāpi nirahaṃkṛteḥ /
viṣayānviṣavattyaktvā seviṣye keśavāmṛtam

gṛhe mama manaḥ putra ramate nādya vārddhake /
ānītasya vanādbaddhvā gajasyeva nṛpālaye

tavānujaṃ suśarmāyaṃ kuṭuṃbaṃ dhārayiṣyati /
āvābhyāmujjhitaṃ vidyāśrīkulābhyāṃ yathā naram

pravrajaṃtaṃ tu māmeva tava mātā pativratā /
anuyāsyati mārtaṃḍaṃ yathā kāṃtirdinātyaye

tasmādāvāmavijñāto tayā tāta tavāṃbayā /
gacchāvaściṃtayaṃtau śrīhareḥ pādasaroruham

nārada uvāca-
ityālocya mumukṣū tau niśīthe tamasāvṛte /
suptaṃ kuṭuṃbamutsṛjya gṛhānniryāya jagmatuḥ

sahaiva paryaṭaṃtau tau sutīrthe nirahaṃkṛtī /
śive'traśivade tīrthe śakraprasthe samīyatuḥ

atrāgataḥ svavihitānpūrvajanmani yūpakān /
viṣṇuśarmā śamālokya sasmāra harisaṃgamam

ūce ca pitaraṃ dhīmānśakra āsamahaṃ purā /
mayātra vihitā yajñā mādhavaprīṇanecchayā

atraiva me prasanno'bhūtkeśavo bhaktavatsalaḥ /
saṃtoṣitā maṇiprasthaiḥ dvijāḥ saptarṣayaśca me

taireva vaiṣṇavī bhaktirdattā mokṣobhave'tra ca /
viṣṇvādibhiḥ samastaistu tīrthānyatra kṛtāni vai

sarvatīrthamayaṃ tīrthamindraprasthamidaṃ kṛtam /
atraiva me mṛtiścoktā taireva munipuṃgavaiḥ

tato haripadaprāptiretatsarvaṃ smarāmyaham /
ime gaṃgāsarasvatyau nijalokādviriṃcinā

samānīte yayoryoge prayāgo'yaṃ nigadyate /
eṣā kāśī śivapurī prayāgātpūrvadeśake

dvipaṃcāśaddhanurmātre mṛto yasyāṃ na jāyate /
kāśyāḥ paścimake bhāge dhanuṣāmekaviṃśatiḥ

śivakāṃcī śivenaiṣā sthāpitā mṛtamuktidā /
gokarṇākhyamidaṃ kṣetraṃ śaṃbhoḥ paramavallabham

dhanurdvayapramāṇe tu bhūmibhāge vyavasthitam /
iyaṃ dvāravatī puṇyā tīrtharājasya paścime

dhanuṣāṃ saptatiryatra mṛto bhāvī caturbhujaḥ /
ato'sau pūrvadigbhāge kośalājanavatsalā

aṣṭādaśadhanurmātre dṛśyate puṇyadarśanā /
etanmadhuvanaṃ tāta sthāpitaṃ viṣṇunā svayam

kośalā paścime bhāge daśacāpapramāṇataḥ /
ata uttaratastāta naranārāyaṇāspadam

etadekādaśadhanurbhūmideśe ca tiṣṭhati /
etattīrthaṃ haridvāramato dakṣiṇataḥ sthitam

triṃśaddhanurmahīdeśe dṛśyate devadurllabham /
etattu puṣkaraṃ nāma tīrthaṃ tīrthaśiromaṇim

dvādaśeṣvāsamātre bhūbhāge bho tāta tiṣṭhati /
prayāgādika gavyūtiḥ saptarṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām

pūrvasyāṃ diśi tīrthāni saptatattīrthasaptakam /
tīrthasaptakakāśostu saṃti tīrthānyanekaśaḥ

padepade yeṣu mṛto jāyate sa caturbhujaḥ /
prayāgādekagavyūtimātre paścimabhūtale

nigamodbodhakaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ gurukṛtaṃ purā /
tīrthasaptakanigamodbodhayoraṃtaraṃ mahat

iṃdraprasthamidaṃ kṣetraṃ sthāpitaṃ daivataiḥ purā /
pūrvapaścimayostāta ekayojanavistṛtam

kāliṃdyāvadakṣiṇevayāvadyojanānāṃvacatuṣṭayam /
iṃdraprasthasyamaryādā kathitaiṣā maharṣibhiḥ

devatrayyāṃ ca yohyatra tyajatyaṃgaṃ bhavatyajaḥ /
nārada uvāca-
putrasyaitadvacaḥ śrutvā śivaśarmā śive dvijaḥ

pratyāhalasaṃdihānastaṃ svaputraṃ satyavādinam /
śivaśarmovāca-
kathametadvijānīyāṃ tvaṃ purāsīḥ sureśvaraḥ

tvamatra kṛtavānyajñānmaṇibhistoṣitā dvijāḥ /
tvaduktajñānavānputra yathā'haṃ syāṃ tathā kuru

iṃdraprasthasya maryādā kuta eṣā tvayā śrutā /
yataḥ prabhṛti te jātā matistvaṃ nātyajo gṛham

matta eva tvayādhītaṃ sāṃgaṃ vedacatuṣṭayam /
pūrvajanmakṛte kṛtye jñānamāsītkutastava

viṣṇuśarmovāca -
ṛṣibhirme varo dattaḥ pūrvajanmasmṛtipradaḥ /
tebhya evāsya tīrthasya śrutā hyeṣā smṛtirmayā

nigamodbodhake tīrthe snānamatra pitaḥ kuru /
durlabhaṃ prāpsyase jñānaṃ pūrvajanmasmṛtipradam

mamāpi pūrvajanuṣaḥ pravṛttiṃ tvaṃ smariṣyasi /
etattīrthajalasparśāttāta satyaṃ vadāmi te

nārada uvāca-
śivaśarmaṇi vipreṃdre śrutvaitatsnātumudyate /
nigamodbodhake tīrthe smṛtaye pūrvajanmanaḥ

siṃhenānugataḥ kaścidbhillo dhāvansamāgataḥ /
atitrāsaparītāṃgo niḥśvasanśramavihvalaḥ

hiṃsātmako vartmaghātī vaṇijāṃ luṃṭhakaḥ sadā /
kṛṣṇāṃgaḥ piṃgakeśaśca kharvo mārjāralocanaḥ

kuṃtahasto bhīmamūrti dehī pāpmeva bhūyate /
sataḥ paścātkiyaddūre siṃhamālokya tāvubhau

pitṛputrau samīpasthe drumamāruhya tasthatuḥ /
vadaṃtāviti hā kṛṣṇa mocayāto'pamṛtyutaḥ

sa kirātastu rājeṃdra gṛhītuṃ vegavattaram /
vīkṣya siṃhaṃ drumaṃ bhītaḥ samāroḍhuṃ pracakrame

ārohaṇaṃ prakurvaṃtaṃ siṃho jagrāha vegavān /
pādayoratha bhūpṛṣṭhe pātayitvā ruroha tam

adhaḥsthito kirāto'pi kuṃtenodaramasya vai /
dadāra rudhiraughākta nisṛtāṃtrakadaṃbakam

jātavyatho vidhāyātha nādaṃ paramadāruṇam /
siṃhaḥ pipeṣa bhillasya śiraḥ sadyo mamāra ca

tayoḥ paṃcatvamāpanne bhūtasaṃghe'tra bhūpate /
vimānadvayamuttīrṇaṃ gaṇābhyāṃ saha satpadāt

navīnaghanavarṇābhyāṃ sphaṭikopalanirmitam /
cārukuṃḍalakarṇābhyāṃ maṇiprakaramaṃḍitam

śaṃkhacakragadāpadmahastābhyāṃ cārucitrabhṛt /
dadhadbhyāṃ pītavastrāṇi hemabhittivibhūṣitam

praphullāṃbujanetrābhyāṃ padmarāgagavākṣabhṛt /
dhīranihrādamaṃjīrapadbhyāṃ raṇitakiṃkiṇī

prakoṣṭhevalayaśreṇīṃ bibhradbhyāṃ cāruvedikam /
muktāhārairmanohāri vakṣobhyāṃ savitānavat

kuṭilālakavaktrābhyāṃ munnatadhvajirājitam /
bhrūyugākṣiptapaṃceṣu dhanurbhyāmuccatoraṇam

nāsālajjitakīrābhyāṃ nirvyūhaśataśobhitam /
navavidrumasacchāyatalābhyāṃ darpaṇāmalam

divyāṃgau bhillapaṃcāsyau tyaktvāṃgaṃ prākṛtaṃ sthitau /
puraiva prāṇaniryāṇe tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ

tayoḥ samīpamānīya vimānau tau harergaṇau /
ūcatustāvathārūpaveṣākṛtidharau tataḥ

bho kirāta naraśreṣṭha bho paṃcāsya mṛgādhipa /
āvāṃ jānītamāyātau vaikuṃṭhāt śrīharergaṇau

neṣyāmastatpadaṃ satyaṃ yuvāṃ tatra na cormayaḥ /
svaṃsvaṃ vimānamāruhya gamyatāmāśu mā ciram

svaṃsvaṃ vimānamārūḍhau tau kirātamṛgādhipau /
ūcaturvismayāviṣṭau lakṣmīpatigaṇau prati

bhobho tridaśaśārdūlau śrūyatāṃ vākyamāvayoḥ /
yuvayordarśanājjātaṃ jñānaṃ tau pāramārthikam

atra janmani nāvābhyāṃ kṛtaṃ sukṛtamalpakam /
smṛtirno jāyate pūrvakarmaṇāṃ vāṃ prasādataḥ

māṃsāhārau prāṇihiṃsāratau krūrāṃtareṃdriyau /
pāpācārakule jātau darśanena bhayapradau

āvāmetādṛśe loke hyabhūtāmiti pāpinau /
kena puṇyena yuvayorjātaṃ darśanamāvayoḥ

sārūpyaṃ ca kutaḥ puṇyādyāyāvaḥ śrīhareḥ padam /
gaṇāvūcatuḥ /
tīrthetra maraṇānnūnaṃ surācāryakṛte purā

yuvayordarśanaṃ jātaṃ nau ca sārūpyamadbhutam /
lakṣmīpatipadapāptirbhaviṣyati ca vāṃ ciram

tāvatpāpāni garjaṃti brahmahatyādikāni vai /
jātaṃ na darśanaṃ yāvattīrthasyāsya bṛhaspateḥ

yathā tamāṃsi naśyaṃti bhāskarasyodayādiha /
tathā pāpāni nigamodbodhakasyāvilokanāt

iṃdraprasthākhyametadvai kṣetramiṃdrasya pāvanam /
tenātra pūjito viṣṇuḥ kratubhirbahudakṣiṇaiḥ

tuṣṭena viṣṇunā tasmai varo datto niśamyatām /
bho śakra tāvake kṣetre sarvatīrthamaye janāḥ

tanuṃ tyakṣaṃti ye te vai mattulyā hiṃsakā api

nārada uvāca-
ityuktvā tau gaṇaḥśreṣṭhau nītvā tau jagmatuḥ padam /
hareryatragatobhūyo viśvābdhau na nimajjati

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe kāliṃdī/
māhātmye bhillasiṃhavaikuṃṭhārohaṇaṃ nāma dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ