Padma Purana · Chapter 7.9

jaiminiruvāca-
bhūya eva guro brūhi gaṅgāmāhātmyamuttamam /
gaṅgākathāmṛtaṃ pātuṃ mādhuryātpunariṣyate

vyāsa uvāca-
tadapyahaṃ bravīmi tvāṃ gaṅgābhakto yato bhavān /
tau pādau saphalau nṝṇāṃ jāhnavītaṭagāminau

gaṅgākallolaninadaśrāviṇau śravaṇau ca tau /
sā jihvā yā ca jānāti svādubhedaṃ tadaṃbhasaḥ

te netre jāhnavī cārutaraṃgadarśane ca te /
tallalāṭamiti proktaṃ gaṅgāmṛtpuṇḍradhāri yat

tau hastau jāhnavī tīre hari pūjāparāyaṇau /
śarīraṃ saphalaṃ tacca vimale jāhnavī jale

patitaṃ taddvijaśreṣṭha caturvargaphalapradam /
svargasthāḥ pitaraḥ sarve gacchaṃto jāhnavītaṭe

saṃdṛśya hṛṣṭāḥ śaṃsaṃti vadaṃta iti jaimine /
tatpuṇyaṃ kṛtamasmābhiḥ sadgatiprāptaye purā

bhaviṣyatyakṣayaṃ tacca yataḥ putro'yamīdṛśaḥ /
anena gāṅgaiḥ salilairvayaṃ saṃprati tarpitāḥ

yāsyāmaḥ paramaṃ dhāma durllabhaṃ yatsurairapi /
gaṅgāyāṃ yāni dravyāṇi dāsyatyasmākamātmajaḥ

asmabhyaṃ tāni sarvāṇi bhaviṣyaṃtyakṣayāṇi vai /
narakasthāśca pitaraḥ sarvaduḥkhasamanvitāḥ

vadaṃtīti sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā gacchaṃtaṃ jāhnavītaṭam /
kṛtāni yāni pāpāni narakakleśadāni vai

yāsyaṃti saṃkṣayaṃ tāni putrasyāpi prasādataḥ /
vimuktā narakakleśairvayaṃ sarve suduḥsahaiḥ

atha putraprasādena yāsyāmaḥ paramāṃ gatim /
yātrāṃ vidhāya yo martyo gṛhaṃ mohānnivartate

nirāśāḥ pitarastasya yāṃti sarve yathā gatāḥ /
āmiṣaṃ maithunaṃ caiva dolāmaśvaṃ gajaṃ tathā

upānahaṃ cātapatraṃ gaṃgāyātrāsu varjayet /
adhvaśramodbhavaṃ duḥkhaṃ duṣkaraṃ na hi manyate

gṛhe padmasukhaṃ tatra gaṅgāsnāne smarenna ca /
asatyabhāṣaṇaṃ caiva pākhaṃḍasaṃgameva ca

dvirbhojanaṃ ca kalahaṃ gaṃgāyātrāsu varjayet /
paraniṃdāṃ ca lobhaṃ ca garvaṃ ca krodhamatsarau

atyaṃtahāsyaśokaṃ ca gaṃgāyātrāsu varjayet /
maṃcasuptamivātmānaṃ ciṃtayedbhūmiśāyinam

gaṃgānāma sunāmāni vadedgacchañjanaḥ pathi /
māhātmyaṃ jāhnavī devyāḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ caiva kathayanpathi gacchati /
gaṅge devi jaganmātardehi saṃdarśanaṃ mama

vacobhiḥ komalairebhiḥ kuryācchramanivāraṇam /
hā kathaṃ sadanaṃ tyaktamāgataṃ vā kathaṃ mayā

śramairiti vadedyastu saṃpūrṇaṃ tatphalaṃ nahi /
kva paryaṃṅkaḥ kva me patnī kva ca me ca suhṛdgṛham

svapāmi prāṃtare bhūmau kathaṃ vāhaṃ samāgataḥ /
dhanadhānyādivastūnāṃ kā gatirvā gṛhe mama

kiyadbhirdivasairbhūyo gamiṣyāmyahamālayam /
iti ciṃtākulā ye ca pathi gacchaṃti mānavāḥ

gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ teṣāṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ na bhaveddvija /
gaṅge gaṃtuṃ pratītīre yātreyaṃ vihitā tava

nirvighnāṃ siddhimāpnomi tvatprasādātsaridvare /
imaṃ maṃtraṃ samuccārya yātrākāle viśeṣataḥ

harṣito nilayādgacchedvaiṣṇavaiḥ saha jaimine /
nātivegena gaṃtavyaṃ na tathā ca śanaiḥ śanaiḥ

gaṅgāyātrāsu karttavyaṃ nānyatkarma vicakṣaṇaiḥ /
gaṃgātīre prayāge tu vāṇijyapramukhāni ca

kāryāṇi kurute yastu tatpuṇyārddhaṃ vinaśyati /
janmajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu

gaṃgādevīprasādena sarvaṃ me yāsyati kṣayam /
ityuktvā paramaprītaḥ prājño gaṅgātaṭaṃ vrajet

dṛṣṭvā ca mātaraṃ gaṅgāmimaṃ maṃtramudīrayet /
adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam

sākṣādbrahmasvarūpāṃ tvāmapaśyamiti cakṣuṣā /
devi tvaddarśanādeva mahāpātakino mama

vinaṣṭamabhavatpāpaṃ janmakoṭisamudbhavam /
ityuktvā sakalaṃ dehaṃ nipātya pṛthivītale

praṇamejjāhnavīṃ devīṃ bhaktibhāvasamanvitaḥ /
tataḥ srotaḥsamīpe ca baddhāñjalirimaṃ punaḥ

paṭhenmaṃtraṃ bhaktibhāvaiḥ suprīto dvijasattama /
gaṃge devi jagaddhātri pādābhyāṃ salilaṃ tava

spṛśāmītyaparādhaṃ me prasannā kṣaṃtumarhasi /
svargārohaṇasopānaṃ tvadīyamudakaṃ śubhe

ataḥ spṛśāmi pādābhyāṃ gaṃge devi namo namaḥ /
tatastu mastake dhṛtvā gāṃgeyaṃ vāri bhaktitaḥ

snānārthaṃ praviśetsrotaḥ prājño gaṃgeti kīrtayan /
tvatkardamairatisnigdhaiḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaiḥ

mayā saṃlipyate gātraṃ mātarme hara pātakam /
gaṅgākardamaliptāṅgo gaṅgāgaṅgeti kīrtayan

sarvakalmaṣanāśinyāṃ gaṅgāyāṃ snānamācaret /
bhūyaḥ pūrvoktamantreṇa gṛhītvā mṛttikāṃ tataḥ

vakṣyamāṇena mantreṇa gṛhītvā mṛttikāṃ punaḥ /
vakṣyamāṇena maṃtreṇa bhaktitaḥ snānamācaret

brahmasvarūpe he gaṅge snānamācaryate mayā /
tvadīye nirmale toye yathoktaphaladā bhava

tato nijecchayā vipra gaṅgāyāṃ lokamātari /
snānaṃ samācaretprājño gaṅgānārāyaṇaṃ smaran

evaṃ snātvā tu gaṅgāyāṃ gātraṃ vastreṇa mārjayet /
paridheyāṃbarāṃbūni gaṅgāsrotasi na tyajet

na daṃtadhāvanaṃ kuryādgaṅgāgarbhe vicakṣaṇaḥ /
kuryāccenmohataḥ puṇyaṃ na gaṅgāsnānajaṃ labhet

prabhāte'nyatra tāṃ kṛtvā daṃtakāṣṭhādikakriyām /
rātrivāsaṃ parityajya gaṅgāyāṃ snānamācaret

bāhyabhūmimagatvā yo gaṅgāyāṃ snānamācaret /
gaṅgāsnānaphalaṃ so'pi saṃpūrṇaṃ ca labhennahi

snātvā ca gaṅgāmṛtpuṃḍraṃ sthāne sthāne nayedbudhaḥ /
tataḥ sthiramanāḥ kuryādvidhinā tarpaṇādikam

gāṅgeyairudakairyastu kurute pitṛtarpaṇam /
pitarastasya tṛpyaṃti varṣakoṭiśatāvadhi

gaṅgāyāṃ kurute yastu pitṛśrāddhaṃ dvijottama /
pitarastasya tiṣṭhaṃti saṃtuṣṭāstridaśālayam ५०

samāpya snānakarmāṇi gaṅgāyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ /
dānaṃ devārcanaṃ caiva jayo'nyāśca kriyāstathā /
kṛtāstu yāstu gaṅgāyāṃ kṣayastāsāṃ na vidyate

samāpya snānakarmāṇi gaṃgāyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ /
kṛtapaṃcamahāyajño gaṃgāpūjāṃ samācaret

gaṃgāyāḥ pratimāṃ devyāḥ śrīviṣṇoḥ pratimāṃ tathā /
nālikerodakairdivyaiḥ snāpayedbhaktito budhaḥ

jāhnavīpratimābhāvānnālikerodakāni vai /
nikṣipejjāhnavītoye jāhnavīṃ hṛdi saṃsmaran

divyairgaṃdhaiśca dīpaiśca ghṛtapūrṇasamujjvalaiḥ /
dhūpaiḥ suvāsitaiścaiva nānāpuṣpamanoharaiḥ

nānāphalaiḥ supakvaiśca naivedyairuttamāstathā /
pādyārghācamanīyaiśca tāṃbūlaiḥ khādirānvitaiḥ

anyairapyupahāraiśca viśiṣṭairnijabhaktitaḥ /
stavairnānā ca naivedyairgaṅgāṃ viṣṇuṃ ca pūjayet

tataḥ saṃpūjitāṃ devīṃ viṣṇuṃ ca parameśvaram /
aṃgapradakṣiṇāṃ kuryādbhaktyā vāratrayaṃ budhaḥ

atha sthitvā nirāhāro'parehani saridvare /
bhokṣyāmi jahnutanaye śaraṇaṃ me bhavānaghe

evaṃ saṃkalpya matimānkarmaṇā manasā girā /
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryājjitanidro 'tiharṣitaḥ

aśaktyā ca dvijaśreṣṭha phalāhāro bhavedadhaḥ /
annamātraṃ na bhuṃjīta na ca kuryāddhi bhojanam

prātargaṅgāṃ ca viṣṇuṃ ca punarabhyarcya jaimine /
viprāya dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādvibhavasyānurūpataḥ

arcanaṃ jāgaraṃ caiva yatkṛtaṃ puratastava /
acchidramastu tatsarvaṃ tvatprasādātsaridvare

ityuktvā tāṃ namaskṛtya kṛtanityakriyo dvijaḥ /
tataḥ sabaṃdhubhiḥ sārddhaṃ pāraṇaṃ svayamācaret

tīrthopavāsamevaṃ yaḥ kurute jāhnavītaṭe /
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vatsa vadato me niśāmaya

janmāṃtarārjitaiḥ pāpairvimukto viṣṇurūpadhṛk /
viṣṇoḥ puraṃ samāsādya viṣṇunā saha modate

kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca /
sthitvā viṣṇupuraṃ sarvaṃ sukhaṃ bhuṃkte sudurllabham

tato nārāyaṇādeśādbrahmalokaṃ sa gacchati /
brahmaloke sukhaṃ bhuṃkte durllabhaṃ yatsurairapi

tāvatkālaṃ brahmaloke sthitvā brahmakṣayāttataḥ /
mahādevaṃ tato gacchedrathamāruhya śobhanam

sukhaṃ nānāvidhaṃ tatra bhuṅkte'tyantasudurllabham /
gāṇapatyamavāpnoti kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ

tāvatkālaṃ śivapure sthitvā vai puṇyavānnaraḥ /
indralokaṃ tato gaccheddvitīya iva vāsavaḥ

tena puṇyātmanā sārddhaṃ vasedekāsane tataḥ /
tatra bhuktvākhilānkāmānkalpakoṭiśatāvadhi

sūryalokaṃ tato gaccheddvitīya iva candramāḥ /
tatrāmṛtāni bhuktvā vai ciraṃ candrasya sannidhau

punarāgatya pṛthivīṃ cakravartī nṛpo bhavet /
pālayitvā ciraṃ pṛthvīṃ jitvā vai sakalānripūn

āyuṣoṃ'te ca gaṅgāyāṃ sukhaṃ mṛtyumavāpnuyāt /
bhūyaḥ sa evamāruhya vimānaṃ sumahāyaśāḥ

puraṃ bhagavato yāti daivatairapi durllabham /
tatra bhuktvākhilānbhogānmanvaṃtaracatuṣṭayam

paramaṃ jñānamāsādya durllabhaṃ mokṣamāpnuyāt /
jāhnavītīrayātrāyāṃ daivādyasya bhavetpathi

paṃcatā so'pi paramaṃ dhāma gacchenna saṃśayaḥ /
satyadharmo nāma rājā dhārmikaśca priyaṃvadaḥ

tretādvāparasaṃdhau ca babhūva kṣitimaṇḍale /
vijayā nāma mahiṣī tasya bhūmipaterabhūt

suṃdarī śīlayuktā sā patisevāparāyaṇā /
saptavarṣasahasrāṇi bhuktvā vasumatīmimām

kadācitprāptakālo'sau sadāraḥ paṃcatāṃ gataḥ /
tato yamabhaṭairbaddhau daṃpatī tau bhayaṃkarau

duḥkhapradena mārgeṇa jagmaturyamamaṃdiram /
tau dṛṣṭvā dharmarājo'pi citraguptamuvāca ha

etayoḥ sarvakarmāṇi citragupta vicāraya /
tenājñaptaścitraguptastayoḥ karmāṇi jaimine

mūlādvicārayāmāsa prāha ceti kṛtāñjali /
citragupta uvāca-
etayoḥ sakalaṃ karma śṛṇu rājanvadāmyaham

śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ karma yadetābhyāṃ kṛtaṃ bhuvi /
kiṃcidasyā nayopāyaṃ vadāmi tadahaṃ śṛṇu

ekādā trāsito vyāghraiḥ kaścideko mṛgaḥ prabho /
vanājjīvanarakṣārthamāgato'sya sabhāṃ prati

tamāyāṃtaṃ samālokya bhūyo'yaṃ prāptakautukaḥ /
jaghane svayamutthāya khaḍgena tarasā mṛgam

jaghāna ha mṛgaṃ rājā śaraṇāgatamapyamum /
tasmātsadārobhūpo'yaṃ daṃḍanīyastvayā prabho

yāvaṃti tasya romāṇi saṃsthitāni kalevare /
manvaṃtarasahasrāṇi manvaṃtaraśatāni ca

koṭikoṭikulairyuktā nārakī syānna saṃśayaḥ /
śaraṇāgatarakṣāṃ yaḥ prāṇairapi dhanairapi

kurute yo naro jñānī tasya puṇyaṃ niśāmaya /
sarvapāpairvinirmukto brahmahatyāmukhairapi

āyuṣo'nte vrajenmokṣaṃ yogināmapi durllabham /
yamājñayā tato dūtaiḥ sadāro'sau mahīpatiḥ

asipatravane ghore sthāpito'tyaṃtaduḥkhade /
asitulyāni patrāṇi yatasteṣāṃ ca śākhinām

asipatravanaṃ prāhuratastadvai manīṣiṇaḥ /
sthitvāsipatravipine yugakoṭiśatāni ca

sadāro narakaṃ bheje vyāghrabhakṣyāhvayaṃ tataḥ /
nirayaṃ taṃ praviśati sarvopadravasaṃyutam

bhavecca bhakṣyo vyāghreṇa vyāghrabhakṣyastataḥ smṛtaḥ /
yugakoṭisahasrāṇi sthitvā tatra sa bhūpatiḥ

sadāro'jani pāpāṃte bhekayoniṃ gataḥ kṣitau /
jātismarau tatastau tu bhekībhekau suduḥkhitau

tīre tasthaturekasminsatataṃ kīṭabhojinau /
athaikadā tena pathā puṇyāhaṃ prāpya mānavāḥ

gacchaṃti jāhnavītīraṃ tāṃstau dadṛśaturdvija /
bheka uvāca-
varṣābhvi mohādyatsarvaṃ pāpaṃ karma kṛtaṃ mayā

adyāpi karmaṇā tena duḥkhamāvāṃ na muṃcati /
tyaktvā śarīraṃ gaṃgāyāṃ muktāḥ syuḥ pāpino'pi ca १००

tathāpyevaṃ vidhaṃ duḥkhamanubhūyāvahe katham /
gaṃgāyāṃ tyaktumicchāmi saṃpratyetatkalevaram

kā yuktirbrūhi tāṃ kāṃte titīrṣurduḥkhasāgaram /
varṣābhvī tadvacaḥ śrutvā prāheti vinayānvitā

varṣābhvyuvāca-
duḥkhaṃ na śakyate soḍhuṃ svāminnetad drutaṃ kuru /
tatastau daṃpatī vipra smṛtvā gaṃgāṃ śubhapradām

sahasā cakraturyātrāṃ maraṇāyopaharṣitau /
athaitau pathi gacchaṃtau cirakālaṃ bubhukṣitau

apaśyatpāpakṛtkṣveḍaḥ kālasarpo bhayaṃkaraḥ /
kālasarppa uvāca-
dardurau pāpinau yethāḥ prāptakālau yuvāṃ tataḥ

atha nūnaṃ bhakṣitavyau kṣudhitena mayā yuvām /
tatastāvatisaṃtrastau daṃpatī duḥkhabhāginau

ityūcaturvaco bhaktyā kālasarpaṃ purogatam /
nāsti mṛtyubhayaṃ sarpa svalpamapyāvayorhṛdi

ahamāsaṃ purā rājā satyadharmāhvayaḥ kṣitau /
iyaṃ ca vijayā nāma mahiṣī saṃsthitā mama

mayā durātmanā mohānnitaḥ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ ?/
tenaiva karmaṇā bhuktaṃ ciraṃ duḥkhaṃ yamālaye

bhoktuṃ svakarmaṇaḥ śeṣaṃ bhekayonau striyā saha /
so'haṃ yāto'smi pāpena kṛtaṃ karma na muṃcati

satyamāvāṃ jigamiṣū paramaṃ dhāma pannaga /
vrajāvo jāhnavītīraṃ śarīratyāgahetave

tyajāvivekatāṃ sarpa narakakleśadāyinīm /
āvāṃ saṃkhādya bhavato bhaviṣyati sukhaṃ kiyat

āvayorhṛdaye viṣṇustavāpi hṛdaye hariḥ /
ataeva tvayā sārddhaṃ śatrutā kā bhujaṃgama

prāṇihiṃsā na kartavyā kadāpi ca vicakṣaṇaiḥ /
kriyate'pi ca taddhiṃsāṃ vidadhāti svayaṃ vidhiḥ

āyuḥ putrāśca dārāśca saṃpadaśca yaśāṃsi ca /
hiṃsāṃ datvā manuṣyāṇāṃ haredduṣṭo vidhiḥ svayam

kiṃ japaiḥ kiṃ tapobhirvā kiṃ dānaiḥ kimu cādhvaraiḥ /
hiṃseti varṇadvitayaṃ yasyāsti hṛdaye sadā

yaḥ prāṇihiṃsako martyaḥ sa eva harihiṃsakaḥ /
sarvaprāṇiśarīrastho bhagavānkamalāpatiḥ

ātmānaṃ bahudhā sṛṣṭvā bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ /
saṃsārakautukāgāre krīḍecchiśuriva svayam

śarīriṇaḥ śarīraṃ hi nilayaḥ paramātmanaḥ /
paramātmā svayaṃ viṣṇurato hiṃsāṃ vivarjayet

paraprāṇavināśena cātmatuṣṭirvidhīyate

kṣaṇaṃ syādātmanastuṣṭiranyasya prāṇasaṃkṣayaḥ /
caritrametallokānāmatyadbhutamiva kṣitau

ātmatṛptiṃ prakurvaṃti paraṃ hatvātiyatnataḥ /
dhīmānnātmaparijñānaṃ kadācitkurute nahi

ahaṃ viṣṇurasauviṣṇuriti cetasi bhāvayet /
paraduḥkhena yo duḥkhī sukhī yaśca paraśriyā

saṃsāre'sminsa vijñeyaḥ sākṣādeva hariḥ svayam /
dhigastu tatsukhaṃ nṝṇāṃ mohavaṃcitacetasām

parahiṃsāvidhānena sukhaṃ yatsyādbhujaṃgama /
sukhāni vāpi duḥkhāni dīyaṃte yāni jaṃtave

acireṇaiva tāni sma labhaṃte bhuvi mānavāḥ /
tasmāddhiṃsāṃ parityajya bhujaṃgama sukhī bhava

tvayi prasanne gacchāvaḥ pāraṃ duḥkhamahodadheḥ /
sarpa uvāca-
yadā syātparahiṃsāyāṃ nūnaṃ me nātipātakam

tadā kathamaho sṛṣṭai vedhasā bhakṣyabhakṣakau /
parahiṃsā na kartavyā satyametattvayoditam

kiṃtu sarveṣu bhakṣyeṣu hiṃsā saṃbhāvyate nahi /
nārāyaṇo viśvarūpaḥ satyametanna saṃśayaḥ

bhakṣyabhakṣakasaṃyuktaṃ svayameva sasarja ha /
sṛjati svayamātmānamātmānaṃ rakṣati svayam

ātmānaṃ svayamevātti sṛṣṭirevaṃvidhā hareḥ /
śakto'haṃ kiṃ yuvāṃ haṃtuṃ kālarūpī svayaṃ vidhiḥ

saṃprati preṣayāmāsa kāryesminmāṃ svayaṃ hariḥ /
yuvāṃ sasarja yo devo yaśca rakṣati vāṃ sadā

kālarūpī sa evādya haṃti hetuṃ vidhāya mām /
vyāsa uvāca-/
tatastena bhujaṃgena bhakṣitau tau ca daṃpatī

gaṅgā gaṃgeti jalpaṃtau mahatyā kṣudhayā pathi /
jāhnavītīrayātrāyāṃ pādepāde janāvimau

aśvamedhākhya yajñānāṃ prāptavaṃtau mahāphalam /
tasmādenau mahātmānau bahvaśvamedhadhāriṇau

etayoḥ sadṛśo nāsti śatakraturahaṃ yataḥ /
nijādhikāreṇaivānyamavalaṃbya puraṃdaraḥ

arghyahastaḥ pādacārī vṛto devaiḥ samāyayau /
atha rambhorvaśī caiva suṃdaryo'nyāśca harṣitāḥ

anyonyaṃ kathayāmāsurnijayauvanagarvitāḥ /
ayaṃ puṇyātmanāṃ śreṣṭho rasajño'tyaṃtasundaraḥ

āyāto'muṃ kariṣyāmi svavaśaṃ sevitaiḥ svakaiḥ /
kācitkāṃcidvadatyetajjānāmi sakalāṃ kalām

ataeva bhaviṣyāmi kāṃtāhamasya bhūpateḥ /
kācitkāṃciditi brūyātte śakropi vaśo mama

kimatra citraṃ vaśago bhūpālo'yaṃ bhaviṣyati

bharttā mamāyaṃ ca patirmamāyaṃ svāmī mamāyaṃ mama nātha eṣaḥ /
itīva sarvāḥ paramapramodairvadaṃti nāryokhilasadguṇajñāḥ

uccāvacaṃ vipra niśamya tāsāṃ jagāda kācidguṇinī rasajñā /
saudāsyakāṃtāṃ nṛpatiḥ svayaṃ yāṃ bhajatyayaṃ kiṃ kalahena nāryaḥ

sundaryyastāstataḥ sarvāḥ saṃtyajya kalahaṃ dvija /
ājagmurhṛdayotsāhaiḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ

atha taṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭha sadāraṃ gatakalmaṣam /
pādyādyaiḥ pūjayāmāsuḥ prāheti ca puraṃdaraḥ

rathe niveśayāmāsa puṣpake strīsamanvitam /
bherīmṛdaṃgamadhurī ḍiṃḍimānakaniḥsvanaiḥ

karakaṃ kaṇanādaiśca karatālasvanaistathā /
jayaśabdaiśca devānāṃ nākaḥ śabdamayo'bhavat

devāṅganā cāruhasta śvetacāmaramārutaiḥ /
vījitaḥ sarathārūḍhaḥ sadārastridivaṃ yayau

tataḥ śakraḥ svayaṃ tasmai satyadharmāya bhūbhuje /
dattavānnijāsanārddhaṃ śubho vai kṣayaśaṃkayā

śakreṇa saha bhūpo'sau vasannekāsane sadā /
śakratvamakarotsvarge keśavasyānukaṃpayā १५०

yugakoṭisahasrāṇi divi bhuktvākhilaṃ sukham /
rathamāruhyavaikuṃṭhaṃ yayau bhagavadājñayā

tatra manvaṃtaraṃ bhuktvā sarvabhogamanoramam /
paramaṃ jñānamāsādyā sadāro mokṣamāptavān

jāhnavītīrayātrāyāṃ śarīraṃ tyajataḥ pathi /
phalamevaṃvidhaṃ vipra mayā sarvaṃ prakīrtitam

jāhnavītīragamane munibhistatvadarśibhiḥ /
na kālaniyamaḥ prokto nāradādyairmaharṣibhiḥ

yadāyadā dvijaśreṣṭha gaṅgāyāṃ snānamācaret /
tadātadā'kṣayaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate mānavo dhruvam

gaṃgā sarvāṇi pāpāni nāśayaṃtīti niścayaḥ /
kuryātpunaḥpunaḥ pāpaṃ na ca gaṃgā punāti tam

pāpabuddhiṃ parityajya gaṃgāyāṃ lokamātari /
snānaṃ kuruta he lokā yadi sadgatimicchatha

yatpuṇyaṃ gaṃgāsnānāttu mānavānāṃ bhaveddivaja /
tatpuṇyaṃ prāpyate vipra karmabhiḥ kaiḥ sudustaraiḥ

āsārāṇāṃ bhūmireṇoḥ saṃkhyāṃ kartuṃ tu śakyate /
bhāgīrathīguṇāste na śakyā vaktuṃ na ca dvija

vicārya sarvaśāstrāṇi tvadīyāni mayocyate /
gaṃgāṃbhasi sakṛtsnātvā mokṣamāpnoti mānavaḥ

snānaṃ kūpajale'pi yastu kurute gaṃgāṃ viciṃtya prabhuṃ devānāṃ sakalārttaśokaduritatrāsaughavidhvaṃsinīm /
muktaḥ so'pi samastapātakacayairgoviprahatyādibhirgacchedviṣṇupuraṃ samastasukhadaṃ gaṃgāprasādāddivaja

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre gaṃgāmāhātmye navamo'dhyāyaḥ