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Chapter 44

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मार्कंडेय उवाच- शृणु राजन्प्रयागस्य माहात्म्यं पुनरेव तु । यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः १। मानसं नाम तत्तीर्थं गंगायामुत्तरे तटे । त्रिरात्रोपोषितो भूत्वा सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात् २। गोभूहिरण्यदानेन यत्फलं प्राप्नुयान्नरः । एतत्फलमवाप्नोति तत्तीर्थं स्मरते पुनः ३। अकामो वा सकामो वा गंगायां यो विपद्यते । मृतस्तु भवति स्वर्गे नरकं न च पश्यति ४। अप्सरोगणसंगीतैः सुप्तोऽसौ प्रतिबुध्यते । हंससारसयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति ५। बहुवर्षाणि राजेन्द्र षट्सहस्राणि भुंजते । ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टः क्षीणकर्मा दिवश्च्युतः ६। सुवर्णमणिमुक्ताढ्ये जायते स महाकुले । षष्टितीर्थसहस्राणि षष्टितीर्थशतानि च ७। माघेमासि गमिष्यंति गंगायमुनसंगमे । गवां शतसहस्रस्य सम्यग्दत्तस्य यत्फलम् ८। प्रयागे माघमासे तु त्र्यहंस्नानस्य तत्फलम् । गंगायमुनयोर्मध्ये पंचाग्निं यस्तु साधयेत् ९। अहीनांगो ह्यरोगश्च पंचेन्द्रियसमन्वितः । यावंति रोमकूपाणि तस्य गात्रस्य देहिनः १०। तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते । ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो जंबूद्वीपपतिर्भवेत् ११। स भुक्त्वा विपुलान्भोगांस्तत्तीर्थं भजते नरः । जलप्रवेशं यः कुर्यात्संगमे लोकविश्रुते १२। राहुग्रस्तो यथा सोमो विमुक्तः सर्वपातकैः । सोमलोकमवाप्नोति सोमेन सह मोदते १३। षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिवर्षशतानि च । स्वर्गलोकमवाप्नोति ऋषिगंधर्वसेवितः १४। परिभ्रष्टस्तु राजेंद्र समृद्धे जायते कुले । अधःशिरास्तु यो ज्वालामूर्ध्वपादः पिबेन्नरः १५। शतं वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते । परिभ्रष्टस्तु राजेंद्र अग्निहोत्री भवेन्नरः १६। भुक्त्वा तु विपुलान्भोगांस्तत्तीर्थं भजते नरः । यस्तु देहं विकर्तित्वा शकुनिभ्यः प्रयच्छति १७। विहंगैरुपभुक्तस्य शृणु तस्यापि यत्फलम् । शतं वर्षसहस्राणां सोमलोके महीयते १८। ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो राजा भवति धार्मिकः । गुणवान्रूपसंपन्नो विद्वान्सुप्रियदेहवान् १९। भुक्त्वा तु विपुलान्भोगांस्तत्तीर्थं भजते पुनः । यामुने चोत्तरे कूले प्रयागस्य तु दक्षिणे २०। ऋणप्रमोचनं नाम तीर्थं तत्परमं स्मृतम् । एकरात्रोषितो भूत्वा ऋणैः सर्वैः प्रमुच्यते २१। सूर्यलोकमवाप्नोति अनृणी च सदा भवेत् २२। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे स्वर्गखंडे प्रयागमाहात्म्ये चतुश्चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ४४।

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- śṛṇu rājanprayāgasya māhātmyaṃ punareva tu | yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ 1| mānasaṃ nāma tattīrthaṃ gaṃgāyāmuttare taṭe | trirātropoṣito bhūtvā sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt 2| gobhūhiraṇyadānena yatphalaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ | etatphalamavāpnoti tattīrthaṃ smarate punaḥ 3| akāmo vā sakāmo vā gaṃgāyāṃ yo vipadyate | mṛtastu bhavati svarge narakaṃ na ca paśyati 4| apsarogaṇasaṃgītaiḥ supto'sau pratibudhyate | haṃsasārasayuktena vimānena sa gacchati 5| bahuvarṣāṇi rājendra ṣaṭsahasrāṇi bhuṃjate | tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭaḥ kṣīṇakarmā divaścyutaḥ 6| suvarṇamaṇimuktāḍhye jāyate sa mahākule | ṣaṣṭitīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭitīrthaśatāni ca 7| māghemāsi gamiṣyaṃti gaṃgāyamunasaṃgame | gavāṃ śatasahasrasya samyagdattasya yatphalam 8| prayāge māghamāse tu tryahaṃsnānasya tatphalam | gaṃgāyamunayormadhye paṃcāgniṃ yastu sādhayet 9| ahīnāṃgo hyarogaśca paṃcendriyasamanvitaḥ | yāvaṃti romakūpāṇi tasya gātrasya dehinaḥ 10| tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate | tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jaṃbūdvīpapatirbhavet 11| sa bhuktvā vipulānbhogāṃstattīrthaṃ bhajate naraḥ | jalapraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryātsaṃgame lokaviśrute 12| rāhugrasto yathā somo vimuktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ | somalokamavāpnoti somena saha modate 13| ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭivarṣaśatāni ca | svargalokamavāpnoti ṛṣigaṃdharvasevitaḥ 14| paribhraṣṭastu rājeṃdra samṛddhe jāyate kule | adhaḥśirāstu yo jvālāmūrdhvapādaḥ pibennaraḥ 15| śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate | paribhraṣṭastu rājeṃdra agnihotrī bhavennaraḥ 16| bhuktvā tu vipulānbhogāṃstattīrthaṃ bhajate naraḥ | yastu dehaṃ vikartitvā śakunibhyaḥ prayacchati 17| vihaṃgairupabhuktasya śṛṇu tasyāpi yatphalam | śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ somaloke mahīyate 18| tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ | guṇavānrūpasaṃpanno vidvānsupriyadehavān 19| bhuktvā tu vipulānbhogāṃstattīrthaṃ bhajate punaḥ | yāmune cottare kūle prayāgasya tu dakṣiṇe 20| ṛṇapramocanaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ tatparamaṃ smṛtam | ekarātroṣito bhūtvā ṛṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ pramucyate 21| sūryalokamavāpnoti anṛṇī ca sadā bhavet 22| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe prayāgamāhātmye catuścatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ 44|

English translation

Mārkaṇdeya said :

1-20a. O king, hear again the greatness of Prayāga , having heard which a man is freed from all sins. There is no doubt about it. That (famous) Mānasa lake is on the left bank of Gaṅgā . Having fasted (there) for three nights a man would obtain all his desired objects. A man obtains that fruit when he remembers the holy place, which he would obtain by giving a cow, land, or gold. A man who, with or without a desire, dies in Gaṅgā, lives in heaven after death, and does not see (i.e. go to) hell. He is awakened by the music of that host of celestial nymphs from his sleep. He goes in an aeroplane to which swans and cranes are yoked. O lord of kings, he enjoys for many years—six thousand years. Then being deprived of heaven and having fallen from there due to (the fruit of) his acts being exhausted, he is born in a family rich with gold, jewels and pearls. There are sixty thousand sixty hundred holy places. They go to the confluence of Gaṅgā and Yamunā in the month of Māgha . That fruit which one gets by properly giving away a thousand cows is had by bathing for three days at Prayāga in the month of Māgha. He who would practise the vow of the five fires between (i.e. at the confluence of) Gaṅgā and Yamunā, is defectless in limbs, is free from diseases and has the five senses (intact). For as many thousand years as the number of pores of hair are there on his body, he is honoured in heaven. Then having fallen from heaven he would be the lord of Jambudvīpa . The man enjoying many pleasures resorts to that holy place. He who would enter water at the confluence well-known in the world, is freed from all sins as the Moon eclipsed by Rāhu (becomes free). He obtains (i.e. goes to) the world of Soma and rejoices with Soma. Being served by sages and gandharvas he obtains (i.e. lives in) heaven for sixty thousand sixty hundred years. Fallen (from there) he is born in an affluent family. The man who with his head down and feet up would drink (i.e. take in) the flame, is honoured for a hundred thousand years in heaven. Having fallen from there, O lord of kings, he becomes a performer of agnihotra . Having enjoyed many pleasures, the man resorts to that holy place. He who cuts off his body and offers (the pieces of) it to the birds (is honoured in heaven). Hear the fruit of him (i.e. which he gets), who (i.e. whose body) is enjoyed by birds. For a hundred thousand years he is honoured in the world of Soma. Then having fallen from heaven he becomes (i.e. is born as) a pious, virtuous, handsome, learned king, having a very lovable body. Having enjoyed many pleasures, he again resorts to that holy place.

20b-22. On the left bank of Yamunā, and to the south of Prayāga, there is said to be a very holy place (called) Ṛṇapramo-cana. Staying there for a night, he is free from all debts. He obtains (i.e. goes to) the world of the Sun, and would always be free from debt.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43206, revision 335710 (2022-04-13T10:11:13Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365263.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.