Skanda Purana · Chapter 1.46

//nārada uvāca//
bahūdakasya kuṃḍasya tīrasthaṃ liṃgamuttamam//
kapileśvaramabhyarcya naṃdabhadrastataḥ sudhī

praṇamya cāgratastasthau prabaddhakarasaṃpuṭaḥ//
saṃsāracaritaiḥ kiṃcidduḥkhī gāthāṃ vyagāyata

sraṣṭāramasya jagataścetpaśyāmi sadāśivam//
nānāpṛcchābhiratha taṃ kuryāṃ nāthaṃ vilajjitam

apūryamāṇaṃ tava kiṃ jagatsaṃsṛjanaṃ vinā//
nirīha bahudhā yatte sṛṣṭaṃ bhārgavavajjagat

sacetanena śuddhena rāgādirahitena ca//
atha kasmādātmasadṛśaṃ na sṛṣṭaṃ nirmitaṃ jaḍam

nirvaireṇa samenātha sukhaduḥkhabhavābhavaiḥ//
brahmādikīṭaparyantaṃ kimeva kliśyate jagat

kāṃścitsvargetha narake pātayaṃstvaṃ sadāśiva//
kiṃ phalaṃ samavāpnoṣi kimevaṃ kuruṣe vada

iṣṭaiḥ putrādibhirnātha viyuktā mānavā hyamī//
kraṃdaṃti karuṇāsāra kiṃ ghṛṇāpi bhavenna te

atīva nocitaṃ sarvametadīśvara sarvathā//
yatte bhaktāḥ samaṃ pāpairmajjaṃte duḥkhasāgare

evaṃvidhena saṃsāracāritreṇa vimohitāḥ//
sthānāṃ taraṃ na yāsyāmi bhokṣye pāsyāmi nodakam

maraṇāṃtameva yāsyāmi sthāsye saṃciṃtayannadaḥ//
sa evaṃ vimṛśanneva naṃdabhadraḥ svayaṃ sthitaḥ

tataścaturthe divase bahūkataṭe śubhe//
kaścidbālaḥ saptavarṣaḥ pīḍāpīḍita āyayau

kṛśotīva galatkuṣṭhī pramuhyaṃśca padepeda//
naṃdabhadramuvācedaṃ kṛcchrātsaṃstabhya bālakaḥ

aho surūpasarvāṃga kasmādduḥkhī bhavānapi//
tatosya kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ vyācaṣṭa naṃdabhadrakaḥ

śrutvā tatkāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ bālo dīnamanā bravīt//
aho hā kaṣṭamatyugraṃ budhānāṃ yadabuddhitā

saṃpūrṇeṃdriyagātrā yanmartumicchaṃti vai vṛthā//
muhūrtāddhyatra khaṭvāṃgo mokṣamārgamupāgataḥ

tadaho bhārataṃ khaṃḍaṃ satyāyuṣi tyajeddhi kaḥ//
ahameva dṛḍho manye pitṛbhyāṃ yo vivarjitaḥ

aśaktaścalituṃ vāpi martumicchāmi nāpi ca//
sarve lābhāḥ sātimānā iti satyā bata śrutiḥ

saṃtoṣo'pyucitastubhyaṃ dehaṃ yasya dṛḍhaṃ tvidam//
śarīraṃ nīrujaṃ cenme bhavedapi kathaṃcana

kṣaṇekṣaṇe ca tatkuryāṃ bhujyate yadyugeyuge//
iṃdriyāṇi vaśe yasya śarīraṃ ca dṛḍhaṃ bhavet

so'pyanyadicchate cecca ko'nyastasmādacetanaḥ//
śokasthānasahasrāṇi harṣasthānaśatāni ca

divase divase mūḍhamāvaśaṃti na paṃḍitam//
na hi jñānaviruddheṣu bahvapāyeṣu karmasu

mūlaghātiṣu sajjaṃte buddhimaṃto bhavadvidhāḥ//
aṣṭāṃgāṃ buddhimāhuryāṃ sarvāśreyovighātinīma

śrutismṛtyaviruddhā sā buddhistvayyasti nirmalā//
atha kṛcchreṣu durgeṣu vyāpatsu svajanasya ca

śārīramānasairduḥkhairna sīdaṃti bhavadvidhāḥ//
nāprāpyamabhivāṃchaṃti naṣṭaṃ necchaṃti śocitum

āpatsu ca na muhyaṃti narāḥ paṃḍitabuddhayaḥ//
manodehasamutthābhyāṃ duḥkhābhyāmarpitaṃ jagat

tayorvyāsasamāsābhyāṃ śamopāyamimaṃ śrṛṇu//
vyādheraniṣṭasaṃsparśācchramādiṣṭavisarjanāt

caturbhiḥ kāraṇairduḥkhaṃ śīrīraṃ mānasaṃ ca yat//
mānasaṃ cāpyapriyasya saṃyogaḥ priyavarjanam

dviprakāraṃ mahākaṣṭaṃ dvayoretadudāhṛtam//
mānasena hi duḥkhena śarīramupatapyate

ayaḥpiṃḍena taptena kuṃbhasaṃsthamivodakam//
tadāśu prati kārācca satataṃ ca vivarjanāt

vyādherādheśca praśamaḥ kriyāyogadvayena tu//
mānasaṃ śamayettasmājjñānenāgnimivāṃbunā

praśāṃte mānase hyasya śārīramupaśāmti//
manaso duḥkhamūlaṃ tu sneha ityupalabhyate

snehācca sajjano nityaṃ janturduḥkhamupaiti ca//
snehamūlāni duḥkhāni snehajāni bhāyāni ca

śokaharṣau tathāyāsaḥ sarvaṃ snehātpravartate

snehātkaraṇarāgaśca prajajñe vaiṣayastathā//
aśreyaskāvubhāvatau pūrvastatra guruḥ smṛtaḥ

tyāgī tasmānna duḥkhī syānnarvairo niravagrahaḥ//
atyāgī janmamaraṇe prāpnotīha punaḥpunaḥ

tasmātsnehaṃ na lipsena mitrebhyo dhanasaṃcayāt//
svaśarīrasamutthaṃ ca jñānena vinirvatayet

jñānānviteṣu siddheṣu śāstrūjñeṣu kṛtātmasu//
na teṣu sajjate snehaḥ padmapatreṣvivodakam

rāgābhibhūtaḥ puruṣaḥ kāmena parikṛṣyate//
icchā saṃjāyate cāsya tatastṛṣṇā pravardhate

tṛṣṇā hi sarvapāpiṣṭhā nityodvegakarī matā//
adharmabahulā caiva ghorarūpānubaṃdhinī

yā dustyajā durmatibhiryā na jīryataḥ//
yāsau prāṇāṃtiko rogastāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tyajataḥ sukham

anādyaṃtā tu sā tṛṣṇā hyaṃtardehagatā nṛṇām//
vināśayati saṃbhūtā lohaṃ lohamalo yathā

yathaivaidhaḥ samutthena vahninā nāśamṛcchati//
tathā'kṛtātmā lobena svotpannena vinaśyati

tasmāllobho na kartavyaḥ śarīre cātmabaṃdhuṣu//
prāpteṣu va na hṛṣyeta nāśo vāpi na śocayet

//naṃdabhadra uvāca//
aho bāla na bālastvaṃ mato me tvāṃ namāmyaham//
tvadvākyairatitṛpto'haṃ tvāṃ tu prakṣyāmi kiṃcana

kāmakrodhāvahaṃkāramiṃdriyāṇi ca mānavāḥ//
niṃdaṃti tatra me nityaṃ vivakṣeyaṃ prajāyate

ahameṣa mamedaṃ ca kāryamīdṛśakastvaham//
ityādi cātmavijñānamahaṃkāra iti smṛtaḥ

parihāryaḥ ya cettaṃ ca vinonmattaḥ prakīryate//
kāmo'bhilāṣa ityuktaḥ saṃ cetpuṃsā vivarjyate

kathaṃ svargo mumukṣā vā sādhyate dṛṣadā yathā//
krodho vā yadi saṃtyājyastataḥ śatrukṣayaḥ katham

bāhyānāmāṃtarāṇāṃ vā vinā taṃ tṛṇavadviduḥ//
iṃdriyāṇi nigṛhyaiva duṣṭānīti nipīḍayet

kathaṃ syāddharmaśravaṇaṃ kathaṃ vā jīvanaṃ bhavet//
etasminme mano viddhaṃkhidyate'jñānasaṃkaṭe

tathā kasmādidaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ jaḍaṃ viśvaṃ cidātmanā//
evaṃ yadbahudhā kleśaḥ pīḍyate hā kutastvidam

//bāla uvāca//
samyagetadyathā pṛṣṭaṃ yatra muhyaṃti jaṃtavaḥ//
śrṛṇvekāgramanā bhūtvā jñātaṃ dvaipāyanānmayā

prakṛtiḥ puruṣaścaiva anādī śrṛṇumaḥ purā//
sādharmyeṇāvatiṣṭhete sṛṣṭeḥ prāgajarāmarau

tataḥ kālasvabāvābhyāṃ preritā prakṛtiḥ purā//
puṃsaḥ saṃyogamaicchatsā tadabhāvātprakupyata

tatastamomayī sā ca līlayā devavīkṣitā//
rājasī samabhūddūṣṭā sāttvikī samajāyata

evaṃ triguṇatāṃ yātā prakṛtirdevadarśanāt//
tāṃ samāsthāya paramastrimūrtiḥ samajāyata

tasyāḥ proccāraṇārthaṃ ca pravṛttaḥ svāṃśatastataḥ//
asūyata mahattattvaṃ triguṇaṃ tadvidurbudhāḥ

ahaṃkāra stato jātaḥ sattvarājasatāmasaḥ//
tamo rajastvamāpadya rajaḥ satt‌vaguṇaṃ nayet

śuddhasattve tato mokṣaṃ pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ//
tamaso rajasasta smātsaṃśuddhyarthaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

jīvātmasaṃjñānsvīyāṃśānvyabhajatparameśvaraḥ//
tāvaṃtaste ca kṣetrjñā dehā yāvaṃta eva hi

niḥsaraṃti yathā lohāttaptalliṃgātsphuliṃgakāḥ//
tanmātrabhūtasargoyamahaṃkārāttu tāmasāt

iṃdriyāṇāṃ sāttvikācca triguṇāni ca tānyapi//
etaiḥ saṃsiddhayaṃtreṇa saccidānandavīkṣaṇāt

rajastamaśca śodhyaṃte sattvenaiva mumukṣubhiḥ//
tasmātkāmaṃ ca krodhaṃ ca iṃdriyāṇāṃ pravartanam

ahaṃkāraṃ ca saṃsevya sāttvikīṃ siddhimaśnute//
rājasāstāmasāścaiva tyājyāḥ kāmādayastvamī

sāttvikāḥ sarvadā sevyāḥ saṃsāravijigīṣubhiḥ//
guṇatrayasya vakṣyāmi saṃkṣepāllakṣaṇaṃ tava

sāstrābhyāsastato jñānaṃ śaucamiṃdriyanigrahaḥ//
dharmakriyātmaciṃtā ca sāttvikaṃ guṇa lakṣaṇam

anyāyena dhanādānaṃ taṃdrī nāstikyameva ca//
krauryaṃ ca yācakādyaṃ ca tāmasaṃ guṇalakṣaṇam

tasmādbuddhimukaistvataiḥ sāttvikairdevatāṃ bhajet//
rājasairmānavatvaṃ ca tāmasaiḥ sthāṇuyonitā

buddhyādyaireva muktiḥ syādetaireva ca yātanā

amīṣāṃ cāpya bhāve vai na kiṃcidupapadyate//
kalādo hi kalādīnāṃ suvarṇaṃ śodhayedyathā

tathā rajastamaścaiva saṃśodhye sāttvikairguṇaiḥ//
asmādeva guṇānāṃ ca samavāyādanādijāt

sukhino duḥkhinaścaiva prāṇinaḥ śāstradarśinaḥ//
aṣṭāviṃśatilakṣaiśca guṇamekaikamīśvaraḥ

vyabhajaccaturā śītilakṣāstā jīvayonayaḥ//
sakāśānmanasastadvadātmanaḥ prabhavaṃti hi

īśvarāṃśāśca te sarve mohitāḥ prākṛtairguṇaiḥ//
kleśānāsādayaṃtyeva yathaivādhikṛtā vibhoḥ

annānāṃ payasāṃ cāpi jīvānāṃ cātha śreyase//
mānuṣyamāhustattvajñāḥ śivabhāvena bhāvitam

//naṃdabhadra uvāca//
evametatkiṃ tu bhūyaḥ prakṣyāmyetanmahāmate//
īśvarāḥ sarvadātāraḥ pūjyaṃte yaiśca devatāḥ

svabhaktāṃstānna duḥkhebhyaḥ kasmādrakṣaṃti mānavān//
viśeṣātkepi dṛśyaṃte duḥkhamagnāḥ surānratāḥ

iti me muhyate buddhistvaṃ vā kiṃ bāla manyase

//bāla uvāca//
aśuciśca śuciścāpi devabhakto dvidhā smṛtaḥ//
karmaṇā manasā vācā tadrato bhakta ucyate

aśucirdevatāścaiva yadā pūjayate naraḥ//
tadā bhūtānyā viśaṃti sa ca muhyati tatkṣaṇāt

vimūḍhaścāpṭayakāryāṇi tāni tāni niṣevate//
tato vinaśyati kṣipraṃ nāśuciḥ pūjayettataḥ//
śucirvābhyarcayedyaśca tasya cedaśubhaṃ bhavet

tasya pūrvakṛtaṃ vyaktaṃ karmaṇāṃ koṭi mucyate//
maheśvaro brahmahatyābhayādyatra tatastataḥ

sasnau tīrtheṣu kasmācca itaro mucyate katham//
ambarīṣasutāṃ hṛtvā parvatānnāradāttathā

sītāpahāramāpede rāmo'nyo mucyate katham//
brahmāpi śirasaśchedaṃ kāmayitvā sutāmagāt

iṃdracaṃdraraviviṣṇupramukhāḥ prāpnuyuḥ kṛtam//
tasmādavaśyaṃ ca kṛtaṃ bhojyameva naraiḥ sadā

mucyate ko'pi svakṛtānnaiveti śrutinirṇayaḥ//
kiṃ tu devaprasādena labhyamekaṃ suravrataiḥ

bahubhirjanmabhirbhojyaṃ bhujyetaikena janmanā//
tacca bhuktvāta tastvartho bhavediti viniścayaḥ

ye tapyaṃte gataiḥ pāpaiḥ śucayo devatāvratāḥ//
iha te putrapautraiśca modaṃte'mutra ceha ca

tasmāddevāḥ sadā pūjyāḥ śucibhiḥ śraddhayānvitaiḥ//
prakṛtiḥ śodhanīyā ca svavarṇoditakarmabhiḥ

svanuṣṭhito'pi dharmaḥ syātkleśāyaiva vināśivam//
durācārasya devopi prāheti bhagavānharaḥ

bhoktavyaṃ svakṛtaṃ tasmātpūjanīyaḥ sadāśivaḥ//
svācāreṇa parityājyau rāgadveṣāvidaṃ param

//nandabhadra uvāca//
śuddhaprajña kimetacca pāpino'pi narā yadā//
modamānāḥ pradṛśyante dārairapi dhanairapi

//bāla uvāca//
vyaktaṃ taistamasā dattaṃ dānaṃ pūrveṣu janmasu//
rajasā pūjitaḥ śaṃbhustatprāptaṃ svakṛtaṃ ca taiḥ

kiṃ tu yattamasā karma kṛtaṃ tasya prabhāvataḥ//
dharmāya na ratirbhūyāttatasteṣāṃ vidāṃvara

bhuktvā puṇyaphalaṃ yāti narakaṃ saṃśayaḥ//
asmiṃśca saṃśaye proktaṃ mārkaṃḍeyena śrūyate

ihaivaikasya nāmutra amutraikasya no iha//
iha cāmutra caikasya nāmutraikasya no iha

pūrvopāttaṃ bhavetpuṇyaṃ bhuktirnaivārjayantyapi//
iha bhogaḥ sa vai prokto durbhagasyālpamedhasaḥ

pūrvopāttaṃ yasya nāsti tapobhiścārjayatyapi//
paraloke tasya bhogo dhīmataḥ sa kriyātsphuṭam

pūrvopāttaṃ yasya nāsti puṇyaṃ cehāpi nārjayet//
tataścohāmutra vāpi bho dhiktaṃ ca narādhamam

iti jñātvā mahābhāgatyaktvā śalyāni kṛtsnaśaḥ//
bhaja rudraṃ varṇadharmaṃ pālayāsmātparaṃ na hi

yohi naṣṭeṣvabhīṣṭeṣu prāpteṣvapi ca śocati//
tṛpyeta vā bhavedbandho niścitaṃ so'nyajanmanaḥ

//nandabhadra uvāca//
namastubhyamabālāya bālarūpāya dhīmate//
ko bhavāṃstattvato vettumicchāmi tvāṃ śucismitam

bahavo'pi mayā vṛddhā dṛṣṭāścopāsitāḥ sadā//
teṣāmīdṛśakā buddhirna dṛṣṭā na śrutāmayā

yena me janmasaṃdehā nāśitā līlayaiva ca//
tasmātsāmānyarūpastvaṃ niścitaṃ na mataṃ mama

//bāla uvāca//
mahadetatsamākhyeyamekāgraḥ śrṛṇu tattvataḥ//
itaḥ saptādhike cāpi saptame janmani tvaham

vaidiśe nagare vipro nāmnā'saṃ dharmajālikaḥ//
vedavedāṃgatattvatraḥ smṛtiśāstrārthavidvaraḥ

vyākhyātā dharmaśāstrāṇāṃ yathā sākṣādbṛhaspatiḥ//
kiṃ tvahaṃ vividhāndharmālloṃkānāṃ varṇaye bhṛśam

svayaṃ cātidurācāraḥ pāpināmapi pāparāṭ//
maṃsāśī madyasevī ca paradārarataḥ sadā

asatyabhāṣī dambhīca sadā dharmadhvajī khalaḥ//
lobhī durātmā kathako na kartā karhicitkvacit

yasmājjālikavajjālaṃ lokebhyo'haṃ kṣipāmi ca//
tattvajñā māṃ tataḥ prāhurdharmajālika ityuta

so'haṃ tairbahubhiścīrṇaiḥ pātakairaṃta āgate//
mṛto gato yamasthānaṃ pātitaḥ kūṭaśālmalīm

yamadutaistataḥ kṛṣṭaḥ smāryamāmaḥ svaceṣṭitam//
khaḍgaiśca kṛtyamāno'haṃ jīvāmi pramiyāmi ca

ātmānaṃ bahudhā niṃdañchāśvatīrnyavasaṃ samāḥ//
narake yā matirbhūyāddharmaṃ prati prapīḍataḥ

sā cenmuhūrtamātraṃ syādapi dhanyastataḥ pumān//
namonamaḥ karmabhūmyai sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ ca vā

yasyāṃ muhūrtamātreṇa yugairapi na naśyati//
tato vipaścijjanako mokṣayāmāsa nārakāt

taiḥ sahāhaṃ pramuktaśca kathaṃcidavapīḍitaḥ//
sthāṇutvamanubhūyātha kleśānāsādya bhūriśaḥ

kīṭohamabhavaṃ paścāttīre sārasvate śubhe//
tatra mārge sukhamiva saṃsuptohaṃ yadṛcchayā

āgacchato rathasyāsya śabdamaśrauṣamunnatam//
taṃ meghaninadaṃ śrutvā bhītohaṃ sahasā javāt

mārgamutsṛjya dūreṇa prapalāyanamācaram//
etasminnaṃtare vyāsastatra prāpto yadṛcchayā

sa māmapaśyattrastaṃ ca kṛpayā saṃyuto muniḥ//
yanmayā sarvalokānāṃ nānādharmāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

viprajanmani tasyaiva prabhāvādvyāsasaṃgamaḥ//
tataḥ sarvarutajño māṃ prāhārcyaḥ kīṭabhāṣayā

kimevaṃ naśyase kīṭa kasmānmṛtyorbibheṣi ca//
aho samucitā bhītirmanuṣyasya kutastava

ityukto matimānpūrvapuṇyādvyāsaṃ tadocivān//
na me bhayaṃ jagadvaṃdya mṛtyorasmātkathaṃcana

etadeva bhayaṃ mānya gaccheyamadhamāṃ gatim//
asyā api kuyoneśca saṃtyanyāḥ koṭiśo'dhamāḥ

tāsu garbhādikakleśabhītastrasto'smi nānyathā

//vyāsa uvāca//
mā bhayaṃ kuru sarvābhyo yonibhyaśca cirādiva//
mokṣayiṣyāmi brāhmaṇyaṃ prāpayiṣyāmi niścitam

ityuktohaṃ kāliyena taṃ praṇamya jagadgurum//
mārgamāgatya cakreṇa pīḍito mṛtyumāgamam

tataḥ kākaśrṛgālādiyoniṣvasmi yadā'bhavam//
tadātadā samāgamya vyāso māṃ smārayacca tat

tato bahuvidhā yonīḥ parikramyāsmi karṣitaḥ//
brāhmaṇasya ca gehesyāṃ yonau jāto'tiduḥkhitaḥ

tato janmaprabhṛtyasmi pitṛbhyāṃ parivarjitaḥ//
galatkuṣṭhī mahāpīḍāmetāṃ yo'nubhavāmi ca

tato māṃ paṃcame varṣe vyāsa āgatya japtavān//
karṇe sārasvataṃ maṃtraṃ tenāhaṃ saṃsmarāmi ca

anadhītāni śāstrāṇi vedāndharmāṃśca kṛtsnaśaḥ//
uktaṃ vyāsena cedaṃ me gaccha kṣetraṃ guhasya ca//
tatra tvaṃ naṃdabhadraṃ ca āśvāsayamahāmatim

tyatkvā bahūdake prāṇānasthikṣepaṃ mahījale//
kārāyya tvaṃ tato bhāvī maitreya iti sanmuniḥ

gamiṣyasi tato mokṣamiti māṃ vyāsa uktavān//
āgataśca tataścātra vāhīkebhyo'yo'tikleśataḥ

iti te kathitaṃ sarvamātmanaścaritaṃ mayā//
pāpamevaṃvidhaṃ kaṣṭaṃ naṃdabhadra sadā tyaja

//naṃdabhadra uvāca//
aho mahādbhutaṃ tubhyaṃ caritaṃ yena me hṛdi//
bhūyaḥ śataguṇaṃ jātaṃ dharmāyadṛḍhamānasam

kiṃ tu tvayoktadharmasya kartukāmos‌mi niṣkṛtim//
dharmaṃ smara bhavāṃstasmātkiṃcidādiśa niścitam

//bāla uvāca//
atra tīrthe ca saptāhaṃ nirāhārastvahaṃ sthitaḥ//
sūryamaṃtrāñjamiṣyāmi tyakṣyāmi ca tatastvasūn

tato barkarikātīrthe dagdhavyohaṃ tvayā taṭe//
asthīni sāgare cāpi mama kṣepyāṇi cātra hi

yadi sāpahnavaṃ cittaṃ mayyatīva tavāsti cet//
tatastvāṃ gurukāryārthamādekṣyāmi śrṛṇuṣva tat

asminbahūdake tīrthe yatra prāṇāṃstyajāmyaham//
tatra mannāmacihnaste saṃsthāpyo bhāskaro vibhuḥ

ārogyaṃ dhanadhānyaṃ ca putradārādisaṃpadaḥ//
bhāskaro bhagavāṃstuṣṭo dadyādetacchrutervacaḥ

savitā paramo devaḥ sarvasvaṃ vā dvijanmanām//
vedavedāṃgagītaśca tvamapyenaṃ sadā bhaja

bahūdakamidaṃ kuṃḍaṃ saṃsevyaṃ ca sadā tvayā//
māhātmyamasya vakṣyāmi saṃkṣepādvyāsa sūcitam

bahūdake kuṃḍavare snāti yo vidhivannaraḥ//
ārogyaṃ dhanadhānyādyaṃ tasya syātsarvajanmasu

bahūdake ca yaḥ snātvā saptamyāṃ māghamāsake//
dadyātpiṃḍaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca te'kṣyāṃ tṛptimāpnuyuḥ

bahūdakasya tīre yaḥ śuciryajati vai kratum//
śatakratuphalaṃ tasya nāsti kācidvicāraṇā

atra yastyajati prāṇānbahūdakataṭe naraḥ//
modate sūryaloke'sau dharmiṇāṃ ca suto bhavet

bahūdakasya tīre ca yaḥ kuryyājjapasādhanam//
sarvaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ proktaṃ japo homaśca pūjanam

bahūdakasya tīre ca dvijamekaṃ ca bhojayet//
yo miṣṭānnena tasya syādviprakoṭiśca bhojitā

bahūdakasya tīre yā nārī gauriṇikāḥ śubhāḥ//
saṃbhojayati tasyāśca kuryātsusvāgataṃ hyumā

bahūdakasya tīre ca yaḥ kuryādyogasādhanam//
ṣaṇmāsābhyantare siddhirbhavettasya na saṃśayaḥ

bahūdakasya tīre ca pretānuddiśya dīyate//
yatkiṃcidakṣayaṃ teṣāmupatiṣṭhenna cānyathā

snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyaḥ pitṛtarpaṇam//
kṛtaṃ bahūdakataṭe sarvaṃ syātsumahātphalam

tvayaitaddhṛdi saṃdhārya phalaṃ vyāsena sūcitam//
bahūdakasya kuṃḍasya naṃdabhadra mahāmate

ityuktvā so'bhavanmaunī snātvā kuṃḍe tataḥ śuciḥ//
tīre prastaramāśritya svayaṃ maṃtrāñjāpa ha

//śrīnārada uvāca//
tataḥ sa saptarātrāṃte jahau bālo nijānasūn//
saṃskārito yathoktaṃ ca naṃdabhadreṇa brāhmaṇaiḥ

yatra bālaḥ sa ca prāṇāñjahau japaparāyaṇaḥ//
bālādityamiti khyātaṃ tatrāsthāpayata prabhum

bahūdake ca yaḥ snātvā bālādityaṃ prapūjayet//
tasya syādbhāskarastuṣṭo mokṣopāyaṃ ca viṃdati

naṃdabhadro 'pyathānyasyāṃ bhāryāyāmaparānsutān//
utpādyātmasamandhīmāñchivasūryaparāyaṇaḥ

rudradehaṃ yayau pārtha punarāvṛttidurlabham//
evametanmahākuṃḍaṃ bahūdakamiti smṛtam

asya tīre svamaṃśaṃ ca vallīnāthaḥ pramekṣyati//
dattātreyasya yo yogī hyavatāro bhaviṣyati

arcayitvā ca taṃ devaṃ yogasiddhimavāpnuyāt//
paśūnāmṛddhimāpnoti gośaraṇyo hyasau prabhuḥ

paścimāyāṃ budhasutastathā kṣetraṃ sa bhārata//
purūravādityamiti sthāpayāmāsa pārthivaḥ

sarvakāmapradaścāsau bhaṭṭadityasamo rivaḥ//
bahūdakakṣetrasamaṃ tasya kṣetraṃ ca bhārata

asya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ japtavyaṃ karṇamūlake//
putrasya vāpi śiṣyasya na kathaṃcana nāstikaḥ

śrṛṇotīdaṃ śraddhayā yastasya tuṣyeśca bhāskaraḥ//
dhārayanhṛdaye mokṣaṃmucyate bhavasāgarāt

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe bahūdakamāhātmya bālādityavṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ