Padma Purana · Chapter 7.18

jaiminiruvāca-
tīrthaśreṣṭhamiti proktaṃ yattvayā puruṣottamam /
tanmāhātmyaṃ guro brūhi yadi te mayyanugrahaḥ

vyāsa uvāca-
puruṣottamasya māhātmyaṃ samāsena śṛṇu dvija /
samyagvaktuṃ jagatyasminkaḥ śakto viṣṇunā vinā

lavaṇāṃbhonidhestīraṃ puruṣottamasaṃjñitam /
puraṃ tadbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭha svargādapi ca durllabham

svayamasti pure tasminyataḥ śrīpuruṣottamaḥ /
puruṣottamamityuktaṃ tasmāttannāmakovidaiḥ

kṣetraṃ taddurllabhaṃ vipra samaṃtāddaśayojanam /
tatrasthadehino devairdṛśyaṃte ca caturbhujāḥ

praviśanvai tu tatkṣetraṃ sarve syurviṣṇumūrtayaḥ /
tasmādvicāraṇā tatra na karttavyā vicakṣaṇaiḥ

cāṇḍālenāpi saṃspṛṣṭaṃ grāhyaṃ tatrānnamagrajaiḥ /
sākṣādviṣṇuryatastatra cāṇḍālo dvijasattama

tatrānnapācikā lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ bhoktā janārddanaḥ /
tasmāttatraudanaṃ vipra daivatairapi durllabham

haribhuktāvaśiṣṭaṃ yatpavitraṃ bhuvi durllabham /
annaṃ ye bhuñjate lokāsteṣāṃ muktirna durllabhā

brahmādyāstridaśāḥ sarve tadannamatidurllabham /
bhuñjate nityamāgatya mānuṣāṇāṃ ca kā kathā

na yasya ramate cittaṃ tasminnanne sudurllabhe /
tameva viṣṇudveṣṭāraṃ prāhuḥ sarvamaharṣayaḥ

pavitraṃ bhuvi sarvatra yathā gaṅgājalaṃ dvija /
tathā pavitraṃ sarvatra tadannaṃ pāpanāśanam

tadannaṃ komalaṃ divyaṃ yadyapi dvijasattama /
kṛkacasyodaraprāyaṃ tathāpyaghavidāraṇe

pūrvārjitāni pāpāni kṣayaṃ yāsyaṃti yasya vai /
bhaktiḥ pravartate yasya tasminnanne sudurllabhe

bahujanmārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ yasya yāsyati saṃkṣayam /
tasminnanne dvijaśreṣṭha tasya bhaktirna jāyate

indradyumnasya sarasi mārkaṃḍeyahrade tathā /
rohiṇyāṃ ca samudre ca śvetagaṅgājaleṣu ca

snānaṃ ye kurvate martyā bhaktibhāvasamanvitāḥ /
teṣāṃ na vidyate janma punarasminmahītale

lavaṇāṃbhonidhestoyaiḥ pitarastarpitā dvija /
sarvaduḥkhavinirmuktā vrajaṃti harimaṃdiram

tīrtharājaḥ samudro 'sau kīrtitastatvadarśibhiḥ /
tasmāttatra kṛtaṃ karma sarvamevākṣayaṃ bhavet

pitrarcanaṃ tathā dānaṃ bhagavaccaraṇārcanam /
japa yajñaṃ tathānyacca tasminkṣetre manorame

yatkarma kurute martyo viṣṇuprīṇanahetave /
sarvamevākṣayaṃ tacca bhavennāstyatra saṃśayaḥ

balabhadraṃ subhadrāṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ca kamalekṣaṇam /
ye mānavāḥ prapaśyaṃti teṣāṃ kiṃcinna durllabham

adṛṣṭvā śrījagannāthaṃ subhadrāṃ ca balaṃ tathā /
mokṣaṃ na labhate martyaḥ kurvanpuṇyaśatānyapi

tatra vetraprahāreṇa śarīraṃ yasya lohitam /
taṃ vaṃdaṃte dvijaśreṣṭha devāḥ śakrādayo'khilāḥ

sthitvāṃtarikṣe śakrādyāḥ sarvadevagaṇā dvija /
vimānacāriṇo'nyonyaṃ pravadaṃtīti harṣitāḥ २५aṃ/
kadā mānuṣyamasmabhyaṃ dāsyate kamalāpatiḥ /
manuṣya iva gacchāmastadā draṣṭuṃ hariṃ prabhum

kadā vetraprahāreṇa kṣetre śrīpuruṣottame /
bhaviṣyaṃtyasmadīyāni lohitāni vapūṃṣi ca

vāsavādyāḥ surāḥ sarve tasminkṣetre varaprade /
sadā vetraprahārāṃśca vāṃchaṃti dvijasattama

tatrākṣayavaṭaṃ ye tu bhaktyā paśyaṃti mānavāḥ /
koṭijanmārjitaiḥ pāpairmuktā yāṃti parāṃ gatim

subhadrāṃ balabhadraṃ ca jagannāthamanāmayam /
śvetaṃ mādhavadeveśaṃ mārkaṃḍeyahradaṃ tathā

jyāmeśvaraṃ hanūmaṃtaṃ tatrākṣayyaṃ vaṭaṃ dvija /
paśyaṃti bhaktyā ye martyāsteṣāṃ muktirhi śāśvatī

dolāyamānaṃ govindaṃ phālgunemāsi tatra ye /
paśyaṃti mānavā bhaktyā teṣāṃ puṇyaṃ niśāmaya

vimuktāḥ sakalaiḥ pāpairaṃte yāṃti harergṛham /
jñānaṃ saṃprāpya tatraiva mokṣaṃ yāṃti sudurllabham

cetrake māsi vāruṇyāṃ yo jagannāthamīkṣate /
sa mṛtaḥ praviśeddehaṃ jagannāthasya jaimine

vaiśākhe caiva śuklāyāmekādaśyāṃ jagatpatim /
tṛtīyāyāṃ ca yaḥ paśyenmukta eva sa mānavaḥ

praviśedyastu manujo mahāsnānaṃ jagatpateḥ /
tasya siddhyaṃti viprarṣe sarva eva manorathāḥ

brahmādyāstridaśāḥ sarve sthitvākāśe jagatpateḥ /
mahāsnānaṃ prapaśyaṃti bhaktibhāvasamanvitāḥ

mahājyeṣṭhyāṃ ca viprarṣe jagannāthamanāmayam /
ālokya labhate martyo viṣṇostatparamaṃ padam

guṃḍikāmaṇḍapaṃ yāṃtamāṣāḍhe kamalāpatim /
balabhadraṃ ca yaḥ paśyetsa mukto nātra saṃśayaḥ

yaḥ paśyati jagannāthaṃ rathasthaṃ kamalekṣaṇam /
tasya nāsti punarjanma saṃsāre sarvaduḥkhade

rathārūḍhāṃ subhadrāṃ ca bhaktyā paśyaṃti mānavāḥ /
chinatti bhagavāṃstasya duḥkhadaṃ bhavabaṃdhanam

aputrā mṛtaputrā ca yā subhadrāṃ prapaśyati /
bahvapatyā jīvavatsā sā nārī bhavati dvija

durbhagā kākavaṃdhyā vā subhadrāṃ yā prapaśyati /
sā svāmisubhagā nārī bahvapatyā bhavetkhalu

guṃḍikāmaṃḍapasthaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ paśyati yaḥ pumān /
balabhadraṃ subhadrāṃ ca sa yāti paramaṃ padam

rogī duḥkhī ca yaḥ paśyedguṇḍikāmaṃḍape harim /
rogācchokācca sahasā jaimine sa pramucyate

yastvaputro jagannāthaṃ guṃḍikāmaṇḍape sthitam /
paśyetsa ca dvijaśreṣṭha putraṃ prāpnoti vaiṣṇavam

vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam /
dārārthī labhate dārānmokṣārthī mokṣamāpnuyāt

bhraṣṭarājyo nṛpo yastu hariṃ paśyati bhaktitaḥ /
guṃḍikāmaṃḍape vipra nijarājyaṃ labheta saḥ

śatrubhirvarjito yastu guṃḍikāmaṃḍape harim /
bhaktyā paśyati viprarṣe tasya naśyaṃti śatravaḥ

guṃḍikāmaṃḍape paśyedyo rājapīḍito bhṛśam /
sa sadya eva rājānaṃ svakīyaṃ vaśamānayet ५०

sarvāsāmeva yātrāṇāṃ guṃḍikā pravarā matā /
tasmātsa mānavaiḥ kāryā tyaktvā kāryaśatānyapi

śayane ca tathotthāne tasminkṣetre manorame /
hariṃ paśyati yo martyaḥ sa devairapi pūjyate

puruṣottamamāhātmyaṃ vaktuṃ śaknoti kaḥ kṣitau /
yasya praveśamātreṇa naro nārāyaṇo bhavet

bahunātra kimuktena saṃkṣepāducyate mayā /
sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam

saṃsārasindhumatinimnamimaṃ titīrṣuḥ kleśapradaṃ viṣamapāpagaṇāśrayaṃ yaḥ /
kṣetre samastasukhade puruṣottamākhye paśyedamuṃ suravaraṃ puruṣottamaṃ ca

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre puruṣottamamāhatmyaṃnāma aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ