Vayu Purana · Chapter 15

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sakṛdabhyarcitāḥ prītā bhavanti pitaro'nyayāḥ/
yogātmāno mahātmāno vipāpmāno mahaujasaḥ

pretya ca svargalābhāya kāmaiśvaryaṃ suvistaram /
yeṣāṃ cāpyanugṛhṇanti mokṣaprāptikrameṇa tu

tāni vakṣyāmyahaṃ saumyāḥ sarāṃsi saritastathā/
tīrthāni caiva puṇyāni deśāñjailāṃstathāśramān

puṇyo yastriṣu lokeṣvamarakaṇṭakaparvataḥ/
parvataḥ pravaraḥ puṇyaḥ siddhacāraṇasevitaḥ

yatra varṣasahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca/
tapaḥ suduścaraṃ tepe bhagavānaṅgirāḥ purā

yatra mṛtyorgatirnāsti tathaivāsurarakṣasām/
na bhayaṃ caiva vā'lakṣmīryāvadbhūmirdhariṣyati

tejasā yaśasā caiva bhrājate sa nagottamaḥ/
śrṛṅgamālyavato nityaṃ vahniḥ saṃvartako yathā

mṛdavaśca sugandhāśca hemābhāḥ priyadarśanāḥ /
śāntāḥ kuśā iti khyātāḥ pibandakṣiṇanarmadām

dṛṣṭavān svargasopānaṃ bhagavānaṅgirāḥ purā/
agnihotre mahātejāḥ prastarārthakuśottamān

teṣu darbheṣu yaḥ piṇḍānamarakaṇṭakaparvate/
dadyātsakṛdapi prājñastasya vakṣyāmi yatphalam

tadbhavatyakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ prītivarddhanam /
antarddhānaṃ ca gacchanti kṣetramāsādya tatsadā

tatra jvālārasaḥ puṇyo dṛśyate'dyāpi sarvaśaḥ/
saśalyānāṃ ca sattvānāṃ viśalyakaraṇī nadī

prāgdakṣiṇā tu sāvarttā vāpī sā parvatottame/
kaliṅgadeśapārśvārddhe pitṝṇāṃ prītivarddhanam

siddhakṣetramṛṣiśreṣṭā yaduktaṃ paramaṃ bhuvi/
sammato devadaityānāṃ ślokamapyuśanā jagau

dhanyāste puruṣā loke ye prāpyāmarakaṇṭakam/
pitṝnsantarpayiṣyanti śrāddhe pitṛparāyaṇāḥ

alpena tapasā siddhiṃ gamiṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ/
sakṛdevārcitāstatra svargamamarakaṇṭake

mahendraparvate ramye puṇyaṃ śakraniṣevitam/
tatrāruhya bhavet prītiḥ śrāddhaṃ caiva mahatphalam

bilvādhaḥśikhare yuktā divyaṃ cakṣuḥ pravarttate/
adṛśyaṃ caiva bhūtānāṃ devavaccarate mahīm

saptagodāvare caiva gokarṇe ca tapovane/
aśvamedhaphalaṃ tatra snātvā ca labhatenaraḥ

dhūtapāpasthalaṃ prāpya pūtaḥ snātvā bhavennaraḥ/
rudrastatra tapastepe devadevo maheśvaraḥ

gokarṇe varṇitaṃ viprairnastikānāṃ nidarśanam/
abrāhmaṇasya sāvitrī paṭhataḥ sampraṇaśyati

devarṣibhavane śrṛṅge siddhacāraṇasevite/
āruhya taṃ tu niyamāttato yānti triviṣṭapam

divyaiśvandanavṛkṣaiśca pādapairupaśobhitam/
āpaḥ svādanasampṛktā vahanti satataṃyataḥ

nadī pravarttate tābhyastāmraparṇīti nāmataḥ/
yoṣeva samahākhedā dakṣiṇaṃ yāti sāgaram

nadyāstasyāstu yā āpo mūrcchamānā mahodadhau/
śaṅkhā bhavanti muktāśca jāyante śaṅkhamuktikāḥ

udakānayanaṃ kṛtvā śaṅkhamauktikasaṃyutam/
ādhibhirvyādhibhiścaiva muktā yāntyamarāvatīm

candanebhyaḥ prayuktānāṃ śaṅkhānāṃ mauktikasya ca/
pāpa kartṝnapi pitṝṃśtārayanti yathā śrutiḥ

candratīrthe kumāryyāntu kāveryyāṃ prabhave'kṣaye/
śrīparvatasya tīrtheṣu vaikṛte ca tathā girau

ekasthā yatra dṛśyante vṛkṣā hyośiraparvate/
pālāśāḥ khādirā bilvā plakṣāśvatthavikaṅkatāḥ

etaddhi maṇḍalaṃ siddhaṃ yajñīyaṃ dvijasattamāḥ/
asmin muktvā jano'ṅgāni kṣipraṃ yātyamarāvatīm

karmāṇi svaprayuktāni sidhyanti prabhavātyaye /
duṣprasaktāni pitṛṣu prayuktāni bhavantyuta

pitṝṇāṃ duhitā puṇyā narmadā saritāṃ varā/
tatra śrāddhāni dattāni akṣayāṇi bhavantyuta

māṭharasya vane puṇye siddhacāraṇasevite/
antarddhānaṃ na gacchanti sattāstasminmahāgirau

vindhye caiva girau puṇye dharmādharmanidarśanam/
pāpadhārāṃ na paśyanti dhārāṃ paśyanti sādhavaḥ

tasyāṃ na dṛśyate pāpaṃ keṣāñcit pāpakarmaṇām/
spaṣṭā bhavati sā dhārā prāyaśaḥ śubhakarmaṇām

kauśalāyāṃ mataṅgasya vāpī pāpaniṣūdanī/
snātāstasyāṃ divaṃ yānti kāmacāravihaṅgamāḥ

kumārakośalātīrthe parvate pālapañjare/
pāṇḍu kūle samudrānte paṇḍārakavane tathā

vimale ca vipāpe ca satkṛtya prabhave'bhaye/
bhīvṛkṣe gṛdhrakūṭe ca jambūmārge ca nityaśaḥ

asitasya guroḥ puṇye yogācāryasya dhīmataḥ/
tatrāpi śrāddhamānantyamasitāyāñca nityaśaḥ

puṣkareṣvakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ tapaścaiva mahāphalam/
mahodadhau prabhāse ca tasmādevaṃ vinirddiśet

devikāyāṃ vṛṣo nāma kūpaḥ siddhaniṣevitaḥ/
samutpatanti tasyāpo gavāṃ śabdena nityaśaḥ

yogeśvaraiḥ sadā juṣṭaḥ sarvapāpabahiṣkṛtaiḥ/
dadyācchrāddhantu yastasmiṃstasya vakṣyāmi yatphalam

akṣayaṃ sārvakāmīyaṃ śrāddhaṃ prīṇāti vai pitṝn/
jātavedaḥ śilā tatra sākṣādagneḥ sanātanī

yastvāgniṃ praviśettatra nākapṛṣṭhe sa modate/
agniḥ śāntaḥ punarjātastasmindattaṃ tadakṣayam

daśāśvamadike tīrthe tīrthe pañcāśvamedhike/
yathoddiṣṭaṃ phalaṃ teṣāṃ kratūnāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

khyātaṃ hayaśiro nāma tīrthaṃ sadyo varapradam/
śrāddhaṃ tatra tadākṣayyaṃ dattvā svarge ca modate

śrāddhaṃ kumbhe vimucyanti jñeyaṃ pāpaniṣūdanam/
śrāddhaṃ tatrākṣayaṃ proktaṃ japyahomatapāṃsi ca

ajhatuṅge śubhe tīrthe tarpayetsatataṃ pitṝn/
dṛśyate parvasu cchāyā yatra nityaṃ divaukasām/
pṛthivyāmakṣayaṃ dattaṃ nirujā yatra pāṇḍavāḥ

yogeśvaraiḥ sadā juṣṭaṃ sarvapāpabahiṣkṛtaiḥ/
dadyācchrāddhantu yastasmistasya vakṣyāmi yatphalam

arcitāstena vai sākṣādbhavanti pitaraḥ sadā/
asmim̐lloke vaśī yaḥ syātpretya svarge sa modate

prāyaśaḥ pravaraḥ puṇyaḥ śivo nāma hradastathā/
tatra vyāsasaraḥ puṇyaṃ divyaṃ brahmasarastathā

ujjantaḥ parvataḥ puṇyo vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ/
ṛgyajuḥsāmaśirasaḥ kāpotaḥ puṣpasāhvayaḥ/
ākhyātaḥ pañcamo vedaḥ sṛṣṭvā hyeteṣu brahmaṇā

gatvaitān mucyate pāpāddvijo vahniḥ sanātanaḥ //
śrāddhañcānantyameteṣu japya homatapāṃsi ca

puṇḍarīke mahātīrthe puṇḍarīkasamaṃ phalam/
brahmatīrthe mahātīrthe aśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

sindhusāgarasambhede tadā pañcanade'kṣayam /
kīrakātmā tataḥ puṇyo maṇḍavāyāṃ ca parvate

deyaṃ saptahrade śrāddhaṃ mānase ca viśeṣataḥ/
mahākūṭe ca vande ca girau trirau trikakude tathā

sandhyāyāṃ ca mahāvedyāṃ dṛśyate mahadadbhutam/
aśraddadhānānnābhyeti sābhyeti ca dhṛtavratān

jātavedaḥ śilā tatra sākṣādagneḥ sanātanī/
śrāddhāni cāgnikāryaṃ ca tatra kuryāt sadākṣayam

saṃśrayitvaikamekena sāyāhnaṃ prati nityaśaḥ/
tasmindeyaṃ sadā śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāmakṣayārthinā

kṛtātmā vā'kṛtātmā vā yatra vijñāyate naraḥ/
svargyamārgapradaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ sadyo varapradam/
vairāṇyutsṛjya tasmistu divaṃ saptarṣayo gatāḥ

adyāpi tāni dṛśyante vairāṇyeva gatāni tu/
snātvā svargamavāpnoti tasmistīrthottame naraḥ

khyātamāyatanaṃ tatra nandisiddha niṣevitam/
nandīśvarasya yā mūrttirdurājārairna dṛśyate

dṛśyante kāñcanā yūpāḥ sañciṣye bhāskarodaye/
kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ te tu gacchantyantarhitā divam

sarvataśca kurukṣetraṃ sutīrthañca viśeṣataḥ/
puṇyaṃ sanatkumārasya yogeśasya mahātmanaḥ/
kīrttyate ca tilāndattvā pitṝṇāṃ vai sadā'kṣayam

ojase cākṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ dharmarājaniveśane/
śrāddhaṃ dattamamāvasyāṃ vidhinā ca yathākramam

punaḥ sannihitānāṃ vai kurukṣetre viśeṣataḥ/
arcayedvā pitṝṃstatra satputrastvanṛṇo bhavet

vinaśane sarasvatyāṃ plakṣapraśravaṇe tathā/
vyāsatīrthe sarasvatyāṃ brahmakṣetre viśeṣataḥ

deyamoṅkārapaṭhanaiḥ śrāddhamakṣayamicchatā/
sarvataścaiva gaṅgyāṃ maināke ca nagottame

yamunāprabhave caiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /
atyuṣṇāścātiśītāśca āpastatra nidarśanam

yamasya bhaginī puṇyā mārttaṇḍaduhitā tathā/
tatrākṣayaṃ tadā śrāddhaṃ pitṛbhiḥ pūrvakīrttitam

brahmānugahrade snātvā sadyo bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ/
tasmin hi śrāddhamānantyaṃ japahomatapāṃsi ca

sthāṇubhūtaścaraṃstatra vasiṣṭho vai mahātapāḥ/
adyāpi yatra dṛśyante pādapā maṇicarccitāḥ

tulā tu dṛśyate yatra dharmādharmapradarśinī/
yayā vai tulitaṃ vipraistīrthānāṃ phalamuttamam

pitṝṇāṃ duhitā yogā gandhakālīti viśrutā/
caturtho brahmaṇaścāṃśaḥ parāśarakulodvahaḥ

vyasya tvekaṃ caturddhā tu vedaṃ dhīmān mahāmuniḥ/
mahāyogaṃ mahātmānaṃ yo vyāsaṃ janayiṣyati

acchodakaṃ nāma saro yatrācchodā samucchritā /
matsyayonau punarjātā niyogādvāraṇena tu

tasyā yatrāśramaḥ puṇyaḥ puṇyakṛdbhirniṣevitaḥ/
sakṛddattaṃ tu vai śrāddhamakṣayaṃ samudāhṛtam/
tasyāṃ yoga samādhāne dattaṃ yugapadudbhavet

kuberatuṅge vyāmocce vyāsatīrthe tathaiva ca/
puṇyaḥ sa brāhmaṇo dadyāchrāddhamānantyamakṣayam

siddhaistu sevitā nityaṃ dṛśyate nākṛtātmabhiḥ/
anivarttanaṃ tu nandāyāṃ vedyāṃ prāguttare diśi

siddhakṣetraṃ tu vai juṣṭaṃ yatprāpya na nivarttate/
mahālaye padaṃ nyastaṃ mahādevena dhīmatā

devyālaye tapastaptvā ekapādena īśvaraḥ/
nīhāraśca yugaṃ divyamumātuṅge sthitaṃ jalam

umā tuṅge bhṛgostuṅge brahmatuṅge mahālaye/
kādravatyāṃ ca śāṇḍilyāṃ guhāyāṃ vāmanasya ca

gatvā caitāni pūtaḥ syācchrāddhamakṣayameva ca/
japo homastathā dhyānaṃ yatkicitsukṛtaṃ bhavet

brahmacaryaṃ yajante vai gurubhaktāḥ śataṃ samāḥ /
evamādīni sadyastāṃ snātvā prāpnoti satphalm

kumāradhārā tatraiva dṛṣṭā pāpapraṇāśanī/
yānāsanaṃ ca tatraiva sadyaḥ syādyat pradṛśyate

śailakīrttipurābhyāśe kāmānāpnoti puṣkalān/
adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ devavaccarate mahīm

kāśyapasya mahātīrthaṃ kālasarpiriti śrutam/
tatra śrāddhāni deyāni nityamakṣayamicchatā

kāśyapasya mahātīrthaṃ kālasarpiriti śrutam/
tatra śrāddhāni deyāni nityamakṣayamicchatā

akṣayaṃ tu bhavecchrāddhaṃ śālagrāmasamantataḥ/
dṛṣṭyā na dṛśyate tatra pratyakṣamakṛtātmanā

pratyādeśo hyaśiṣṭānāṃ śiṣṭānāṃ ca niveśanam /
tatra caiva hrade puṇye divyo vai nāgarāḍ yataḥ

piṇḍaṃ gṛhṇāti hisatāṃ na gṛhṇātyasatāṃ hi saḥ/
atipradīptairbhujagairbhoktumannaṃ na śakyate

pratyakṣaṃ dṛśyate dharmastīrthayoranayordvayoḥ/
devadāruvane cāpi cārayestaṃ nidarśanam

vidhūtāni tu pāpāni dṛśyante sukṛtātmanā /
bhāgīrathyāṃ prayāge ca nityamakṣayyamucyate

kālañjare daśārṇāyāṃ naimiṣe kurujāṅgale/
vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ tu deyaṃ śrāddhaṃ tu yatnataḥ

tasyāṃ yogeśvaro nityaṃ tattasyāṃ dattamakṣayam/
dattvā caiteṣu pūtaḥ syācchrāddhamānantyameva ca

tapo homastathā dhyānaṃ yat kiñcitsukṛtaṃ bhavet/
lauhitye vaitaraṇyāṃ vai svarṇavedyāṃ tathaiva ca

sakṛdeva samudrānte dṛśyate puṇyakarmabhiḥ/
gayāyāṃ dharmapṛṣṭhe ca sarasi brahmaṇastathā

gayāyāṃ gṛdhrakūṭe ca śrāddhaṃ dattaṃ mahāphalam/
himañca patate tatra samantāt pañcayojanam

bharatasyāśrame puṇye'raṇyaṃ puṇyatamaṃ smṛtam /
mataṅgasya padaṃ tatra dṛśyate māṃsa cakṣuṣā

khyāpitaṃ dharmmasarvvasvaṃ lokasyāsya nidarśanam/
evaṃ pañcavanaṃ puṇyaṃ puṇyakṛdbhirniṣevitam/
yasminpāṇḍuviśāleti tīrthaṃ sadyo nidarśanam

tulāmānaistathā cāpaiḥ śāstraiśca vividhaistathā/
unmajjanti tathā lagne ye vai pāpakṛto janāḥ

tṛtīyāyāṃ tathā pāde niḥsvare pāvamaṇḍale/
mahāhrade vai kauśikyāṃ dattaṃ śrāddhaṃ mahāphalam

muṇḍapṛṣṭhe padaṃ nyastaṃ mahādevena dhīmatā/
bahūndaveyugāṃstaptvā tapastīvraṃ suduścaram

alpenāpyatra kālena naro dharmmaparāyaṇaḥ/
pāpmānamutsṛjatyāśu jīrṇatvacamivoragaḥ

siddhānāṃ prītijananaiḥ pāpā nāñca bhayaṅkaraiḥ/
lelihānairmahābhogai rakṣitantu divāniśam

nāmnā kanakanandīti tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam/
udīcyāṃ muṇḍapṛṣṭhasya devarṣi gaṇasevitam/
tatra srātvā divaṃ yānti kāmacārā vihaṅgamāḥ

dattaṃ cāpi tathā śrāddhamakṣayaṃ samudāhṛtam/
ṛṇaistribhistadā snātvā nikṣiṇoti narottamaḥ

tīre tu sarasastatra devasyāyatanaṃ mahat/
āruhya tajjapaṃstatra siddho yāti divaṃ tataḥ

uttaraṃ mānasaṃ gatvā siddhiṃ prāpnotyanuttamām /
tatra gatvā puraśreṣṭhaṃ dṛśyate mahadadbhutam

tasminnirvarttayecchrāddhaṃ yathāśakti yathābalam/
kāmān sa labhate divyān mokṣopāyaṃ ca nityaśaḥ

mānase sarasi śreṣṭhe dṛśyate mahadadbhutam/
divaścyutā mahābhāgā hyantarikṣe virājate

gaṅgā tripathagā devī somapādāccyutā bhuvi/
ākāśe dṛśyate tatra toraṇaṃ sūryyasannibham

jāmbūnadamayaṃ divyaṃ svargadvāramivāyatam/
yataḥ pravarttate bhūyaḥ pūrvvasāgaramantimam

pāvanī sarvvabhūtānāṃ dharmajñānāṃ viśeṣataḥ/
candrabhāgā ca sindhuśca ubhau mānasasannibhau/
sāgaraṃ paścimaṃ yāti divyasindhurnadīvaraḥ

parvvato himavānnāma nānādhātuvibhūṣitaḥ/
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi āyato'śītirucyate

siddhacāraṇasaṅkīrṇaḥ siddhacāraṇasevitaḥ/
tatra puṣkariṇī ramyā suṣumnā nāma viśrutā

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tatra jātastu jīvati/
śrāddhaṃ bhavati cānantyaṃ tasyāṃ dattaṃ mahodayam/
tārayecca yadā śrāddhaṃ daśapūrvvāndaśāparān

sarvvaṃ puṇyaṃ himavato gaṅgā puṇyā ca sarvvataḥ/
samudragāḥ samudrāśca sarvve puṇyāḥ samantataḥ

evamādiṣu sarvveṣu śrāddhaṃ nirvarttayedbudhaḥ /
pūto bhavati snātvā nu dattvā dattvā tathaiva ca

śailasānuṣu tuṅgeṣu kandareṣu guhāsu ca/
upahvaranitambeṣu tathā prasravaṇeṣu ca

pulineṣvāpagānāṃ ca tathaiva prabhave yuge/
mahodadhau gavāṃ goṣṭhe saṅgameṣu vaneṣu ca

asaṃsṛṣṭopaliptāsu hṛdyāsu surabhīṣu ca/
gomayenopalipteṣu vivikteṣu gṛheṣu ca

kuryyācchrāddhamathaiteṣu nityameva yathāvidhi/
pradakṣiṇaṃ diśaṃ gatvā sarvvakāmacikīrṣavaḥ

evameteṣu sarvveṣu śrāddhaṃ kuryyādatandritaḥ/
evameva tu medhāvī brāhmīṃ siddhimavāpnuyāt

traivarṇye vihite sthāne dharmmavarṇāśrame tathā/
kopasthānasya saṃtyāgātprāpyate pitṛpūjanam

tīrthānyanusaran dhīraḥ śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ/
kṛtapāpaśca śuddhyeta kiṃ punaḥ śubhakarmmakṛt

tiryagyoniṃ na gacchecca kudeśe na ca jāyate/
svargī bhavati vai vipro mokṣopāyaṃ ca vindati

aśraddadhānāḥ pāpmāno nāstikāḥ sthitasaṃśayāḥ/
hetudraṣṭā ca pañcaite na tīrthaphalamaśrnute

gurutīrthe parā siddhistīrthānāṃ paramaṃ padam /
dhyānaṃ tīrthaparaṃ tasmādbrahmatīrthaṃ sanātanam

upavāsātparaṃ dhyānamindriyāṇāṃ nivarttanam/
upavāsanibaddhā hi prāṇairiha punaḥ punaḥ

prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā viṣayāṇīndriyāṇi ca /
buddhiṃ manasi saṃyamya sarvveṣāṃ tu nivarttanam

pratyāhāraṃ punarviddhi mokṣopāyamasaṃśayam/
indriyāṇāṃ mano ghoraṃ buddhyādīnāṃ pravarttanam

anāhārātkṣayaṃ yāti vidyādanaśanaṃ tapaḥ/
nigrahādbuddhimanaso ramyā buddhistu jāyate

kṣīṇeṣu sarvvapāpeṣu kṣīṇeṣvevendriyeṣu ca/
parinirvāti śuddhātmā yathā vahnirnirindhanaḥ

kāraṇebhyo guṇebhyo'tha vyaktāvyaktasya kṛtsnaśaḥ/
viyojayati kṣetrajñaṃ tebhyo yogena yogavit

tasya nāsti gatisthānaṃ vyaktāvyaktaṃ na saṃśayaḥ/
āsannaḥ sadasannaiva naiva kiñcit sthita iti

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte śrāddhakalpe tīrthayātrā nāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ