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ऋषिरुवाच- पृच्छंति ते महात्मानो नारदं हि महाजनाः युधिष्ठिरपराः सर्वे ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः १ आख्याहि भगवंस्तथ्यं कावेरीसंगमे महत् लोकानां च हितार्थाय अस्माकं च विवृद्धये २ सदा पापरता ये तु नरा दुष्कृतिकारिणः मुच्यंते सर्वपापेभ्यो गच्छंति परमं पदम् एतदिच्छामि विज्ञातुं भगवन्वक्तुमर्हसि ३ नारद उवाच- शृणुध्वं सहिताः सर्वे युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः अत्र कृत्वा महायज्ञं कुबेरः सत्यविक्रमः इदं तीर्थमनुप्राप्य साम्राज्यादधिकोऽभवत् ४ सिद्धिं प्राप्तो महाराज तन्मे निगदतः शृणु कावेरी नर्मदां यत्र संगता लोकविश्रुताम् ५ तत्र स्नात्वा शुचिर्भूत्वा कुबेरः सत्यविक्रमः तपस्तप्यति यक्षेंद्रो दिव्यं वर्षशतं महत् ६ तस्य तुष्टो महादेवः प्रदद्याद्वरमुत्तमम् भो भो यक्ष महासत्व वरं ब्रूहि यथेप्सितम् ब्रूहि कार्यं यथेष्टं तु यद्वा मनसि वर्त्तते ७ कुबेर उवाच- यदि तुष्टोसि देवेश यदि देयो वरो मम आदिकृच्चैव सर्वेषां यक्षाणामधिपो भवेत् ८ कुबेरस्य वचः श्रुत्वा तुष्टो देवो महेश्वरः एवमस्तु ततश्चोक्त्वा तत्रैवांतरधीयत ९ सोऽपि लब्धवरो यक्षः शीघ्रं यक्षकुलं गतः पूजितः सर्वयक्षेंद्रैरभिषिक्तस्तु पार्थिवः १० कावेरीसंगमं तत्र सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ये नरा नाभिजानंति वंचितास्ते न संशयः ११ तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत्र स्नायीत मानवः कावेरी च महापुण्या नर्मदा च महानदी १२ तत्र स्नात्वा तु राजेंद्र अर्चयेद्वृषभध्वजम् अश्वमेधफलं प्राप्य रुद्रलोके महीयते १३ अग्निप्रवेशं यः कुर्याद्यश्च कुर्य्यादनाशनम् अनिवर्तिका गतिस्तस्य यथा मे शंकरोऽब्रवीत् १४ सेव्यमानो वरस्त्रीभिर्मोदते दिवि रुद्रवत् षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिकोट्यस्तथापरे १५ मोदते रुद्रलोकस्थो यत्र यत्रैव गच्छति पुण्यक्षयात्परिभ्रष्टो राजा भवति धार्मिकः १६ भोगवान्धर्मशीलश्च महांश्चैव कुलोद्भवः तत्र पीत्वा जलं सम्यक्चांद्रायणफलं लभेत् १७ स्वर्गं गच्छंति ते मर्त्या ये पिबंति जलं शुभम् गंगायमुनयोर्मध्ये यत्फलं यांति मानवाः १८ कावेरीसंगमे स्नात्वा तत्फलं तस्य जायते एवं तु तस्य राजेंद्र कावेरीसंगमं महत् पत्रेश्वरेति विख्यातं सर्वपापहरं परम् १९ इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे स्वर्गखंडे षोडशोऽध्यायः १६

ṛṣiruvāca- pṛcchaṃti te mahātmāno nāradaṃ hi mahājanāḥ yudhiṣṭhiraparāḥ sarve ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ 1 ākhyāhi bhagavaṃstathyaṃ kāverīsaṃgame mahat lokānāṃ ca hitārthāya asmākaṃ ca vivṛddhaye 2 sadā pāparatā ye tu narā duṣkṛtikāriṇaḥ mucyaṃte sarvapāpebhyo gacchaṃti paramaṃ padam etadicchāmi vijñātuṃ bhagavanvaktumarhasi 3 nārada uvāca- śṛṇudhvaṃ sahitāḥ sarve yudhiṣṭhirapurogamāḥ atra kṛtvā mahāyajñaṃ kuberaḥ satyavikramaḥ idaṃ tīrthamanuprāpya sāmrājyādadhiko'bhavat 4 siddhiṃ prāpto mahārāja tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu kāverī narmadāṃ yatra saṃgatā lokaviśrutām 5 tatra snātvā śucirbhūtvā kuberaḥ satyavikramaḥ tapastapyati yakṣeṃdro divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ mahat 6 tasya tuṣṭo mahādevaḥ pradadyādvaramuttamam bho bho yakṣa mahāsatva varaṃ brūhi yathepsitam brūhi kāryaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ tu yadvā manasi varttate 7 kubera uvāca- yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa yadi deyo varo mama ādikṛccaiva sarveṣāṃ yakṣāṇāmadhipo bhavet 8 kuberasya vacaḥ śrutvā tuṣṭo devo maheśvaraḥ evamastu tataścoktvā tatraivāṃtaradhīyata 9 so'pi labdhavaro yakṣaḥ śīghraṃ yakṣakulaṃ gataḥ pūjitaḥ sarvayakṣeṃdrairabhiṣiktastu pārthivaḥ 10 kāverīsaṃgamaṃ tatra sarvapāpapraṇāśanam ye narā nābhijānaṃti vaṃcitāste na saṃśayaḥ 11 tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra snāyīta mānavaḥ kāverī ca mahāpuṇyā narmadā ca mahānadī 12 tatra snātvā tu rājeṃdra arcayedvṛṣabhadhvajam aśvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya rudraloke mahīyate 13 agnipraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryādyaśca kuryyādanāśanam anivartikā gatistasya yathā me śaṃkaro'bravīt 14 sevyamāno varastrībhirmodate divi rudravat ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyastathāpare 15 modate rudralokastho yatra yatraiva gacchati puṇyakṣayātparibhraṣṭo rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ 16 bhogavāndharmaśīlaśca mahāṃścaiva kulodbhavaḥ tatra pītvā jalaṃ samyakcāṃdrāyaṇaphalaṃ labhet 17 svargaṃ gacchaṃti te martyā ye pibaṃti jalaṃ śubham gaṃgāyamunayormadhye yatphalaṃ yāṃti mānavāḥ 18 kāverīsaṃgame snātvā tatphalaṃ tasya jāyate evaṃ tu tasya rājeṃdra kāverīsaṃgamaṃ mahat patreśvareti vikhyātaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ param 19 iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ 16

English translation

The sage said :

1-3. All those magnanimous multitudes of people with Yudhiṣṭhira as the chief, and the sages, the abodes of penance, asked Nārada : “O revered one, tell us for the good of the people and for our prosperity, the great truth about the confluence of Kāverī , that wicked men who are always engaged in sinful activities, become free from all sins and go to the highest place (on bathing there). We desire to know this. O revered one, please tell it.”

Nārada said :

4-7. O you all led by Yudhiṣṭhira, listen together: Having performed a great sacrifice here, Kubera of truthful valour, became more than a sovereign emperor after reaching this place. O great king, he attained perfection. Listen to me who am telling it. Kubera, the lord of yakṣas and of truthful valour, having bathed at the place where Kāverī joins Narmadā well-known in the world, practised penance for a hundred divine years. Mahādeva , pleased with him, granted him an excellent boon: “O yakṣa , O you of a great energy, speak about the boon that you desire. Tell me freely about your wish, or whatever is in your mind.”

Kubera said :

8. O lord of gods, if you are pleased with me, grant me the boon (by which) I would be the first lord of the yakṣas.

9. Hearing the words of Kubera, god Maheśvara was pleased. Saying, ‘Let it be so’, he disappeared there only.

10. That yakṣa too, who had obtained the boon, quickly went to the abode of yakṣas. He was honoured by all the lordly yakṣas, and was consecrated as the king.

11. Those men, who do not know that the confluence of Kāverī (with Narmada ) destroys all sins, are undoubtedly deceived.

12-17a. Therefore a man should make every effort to bathe there. Kāverī is very holy, and Narmada is a great river. O best king, one should bathe there and worship Śiva . Having received the fruit of a horse sacrifice he is honoured in the world of Rudra . As Śaṅkara has told me, he who enters fire or observes a fast (at the confluence of Kāverī and Narmadā) is not reborn. Being waited upon by excellent women, he enjoys in heaven like Rudra for sixty thousand and sixty crore years. Remaining in Rudra’s heaven he enjoys wherever he goes. Fallen due to the exhaustion of his religious merit, he becomes a righteous, prosperous, religious, great king, born in a (noble) family.

17b-19. Having properly drunk water there, a man would obtain the fruit of the (vow called) Cāndrāyaṇa . Those men who drink the holy water (at the confluence), go to heaven. Men get the same fruit as they obtain (by bathing) in Gaṅgā and Yamunā by bathing at the confluence of Kāverī (with Narmadā). O lord of kings, the place of the confluence of Kāverī (with Narmadā) is holy, gives great fruit and destroys all sins.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43167, revision 100938 (2017-01-17T09:58:11Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365235.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.