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Chapter 133

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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 133

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पार्वत्युवाच। द्वीपेऽस्मिन्यानि तीर्थानि तानि मे वद सुव्रत । द्वीपानां द्वीपराजोऽयं सर्वदा भुवि निर्मितः । संख्यया त्वं वद स्वामिन्कृपां कृत्वा ममोपरि १। महादेव उवाच। सर्वगः सर्वभूतेषु द्रष्टव्यः सर्वतो भुवि । सप्तलोकेषु यत्किंचिद्दृश्यते सचराचरम् २। तत्वं तेन विना देवि न दृष्टं न श्रुतं मया । अतो विष्णुर्महादेवः केशवः क्लेशनाशनः । तीर्थरूपेण वर्तेत द्वीपे ह्यस्मिन्सुरेश्वरि ३। तानि तीर्थानि वक्ष्यामि सांप्रतं नात्र संशयः । प्रथमं पुष्करं क्षेत्रं तीर्थानां प्रवरं शुभम् । वाराणसी द्वितीयं तु क्षेत्रं मुक्तिप्रदायकम् ४। तृतीयं नैमिषं क्षेत्रमृषीणां पावनं स्मृतम् । प्रयागं वै चतुर्थं तु तीर्थानामुत्तमं स्मृतम् ५। कार्मुकं पंचमं प्रोक्तं उत्पन्नं गंधमादने । एकादशं कान्यकुब्जं यत्र तिष्ठति वामनः ६। सप्तमं विश्वकायं तु अवरे पर्वते शुभे । अष्टमं गौतमाख्यं च मंदरे निर्मितं पुरा ७। मदोत्कटं तु नवमं दशमं रथचैत्रकम् । एकादशं कान्यकुब्जं यत्र तिष्ठति वामनः ८। द्वादशं मलयं चैव कुब्जाम्रकमतः परम् । विश्वेश्वरं गिरिकर्णं केदारं गतिदायकम् ९। बाह्यं हिमवतः पृष्ठे गोकर्णे गोपकं तथा । स्थानेश्वरं हिमाद्रौ च बिल्वके बिल्वपत्रिकम् १०। श्रीशैले माधवं तीर्थं भद्रं भद्रेश्वरे तथा । वाराहे विजयं प्रोक्तं वैष्णवं वैष्णवे गिरौ ११। रौद्रं तु रुद्रकोटे तु पैत्र्यं कालिजरे गिरौ । कंपिले कापिलं तीर्थं मुकुटे कर्कोटकं तथा १२। शालग्रामोद्भवं तीर्थं गल्लिकायां सुरेश्वरि । नर्मदायां शिवाख्यं तु मायायां विश्वरूपकम् १३। उत्पलाक्षं सहस्राक्षं जातं वै रैवते गिरौ । गंगायां पितृतीर्थं च विष्णुपादोद्भवं तथा १४। विपाशायां विपापा च पाटले पुंड्रवर्द्धनम् । नारायणं सुपार्श्वे तु त्रिकूटे विष्णुमंदिरम् १५। विपुले विपुलं नाम कल्याणं मलयाचले । कौरवं कोटितीर्थे च सुगंधं गंधमादने १६। कुब्जाम्रके त्रिसंध्यं तु गंगांद्वारे हरिप्रियम् । शैलं विंध्यप्रदेशे तु बदर्यां सारस्वतं स्मृतम् १७। कालिद्यां कालरूपं च सह्ये वै सायकं स्मृतम् । चांद्रं चंद्रप्रदेशे तु रमणं तीर्थनायकम् १८। यमुनायां मृगाख्यं तु करवीरे कुरूद्भवम् । विनायके पर्वते वै उमाख्यं तीर्थमेव च १९। आरोग्यं भास्करे देशे महाकाले महेश्वरम् । तीर्थं अभयदं नामामृताख्यं विंध्यकंधरे २०। मंडपे विश्वरूपं च स्वाहाख्यं ईश्वरे पुरे । वैगलेयं प्रचंडायां चांडिकंमरकंटके २१। सोमेश्वरं तथा तीर्थे प्रभासे पुष्करं तथा । देवमात्रं सरस्वत्यां पारावततटे स्थितम् २२। महालयं महापद्मे पयोष्ण्यां पिंगलेश्वरम् । सिंहिकायां तथा तीर्थं सौरवेरविसंज्ञकम् २३। कार्तिकं कृत्तिकाक्षेत्रे शांकरं शंकरे गिरौ । उत्पलाख्यं ततो दिव्यं सुभद्रा सिंधुसंगमे २४। गाणपत्यं ततश्चैव पर्वतो विष्णुसंज्ञके । जालंधरे ततः प्रोक्तं तीर्थं विष्णुमुखं च यत् २५। तारे वै तारकं प्रोक्तं पर्वते विष्णुसंज्ञके । देवदारुवने पौंड्रं पौष्कं काश्मीरमंडले २६। भौमं हिमं हिमाद्रौ च तुष्टिकं पौष्टिकं पुनः । कपालमोचनं तीर्थं जातं मायापुरे तथा २७। शंखोद्धारं ततश्चैव देवं वै शंखधारकम् । पिंडे वै पिंडनामानं सिद्धे वैखानसं भवेत् २८। अच्छोदे विष्णुकामं तु धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदम् । औषध्यं चोत्तरेकूले कुशद्वीपे कुशोदकम् २९। मन्मथं हेमकूटे तु कुमुदे सत्यवादनम् । वदंत्यावाश्वकं तीर्थं विंध्ये वै मातृकं स्मृतम् ३०। चित्ते ब्रह्ममयं तीर्थं तीर्थानां पावनं स्मृतम् । एतेषां सर्वतीर्थानामुत्तमं शृणु सुंदरि ३१। विष्णोर्नाममयं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति । ब्रह्महा हेमहारी वा बालहा गोघ्न एव च ३२। मुच्यते नाममात्रेण प्रसादात्केशवस्य तु । कलौ द्वारवती रम्या धन्यो देवो जनार्दनः ३३। ये पश्यंति नरा देवं मुक्तिस्तेषां सुनिश्चला । एवं धन्यतमं देवं विष्णुं सर्वेश्वरं प्रभुम् ३४। चिंतयामि महादेवि विद्वत्संस्थो जनार्दनम् । अष्टोत्तरं तु तीर्थानां शतमेतदुदाहृतम् ३५। यो जपेच्छृणुयाद्वापि सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । एषु तीर्थेषु यः स्नात्वा पश्येन्नारायणं हरिम् ३६। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो याति विष्णोः सनातनम् । जगन्नाथं महातीर्थं लोकानां पावनं स्मृतम् ३७। ये गच्छंति नरश्रेष्ठास्तेपि यांति परां गतिम् । शताष्टकं महापुण्यं श्रावयेत्पितृकर्मणि ३८। इहलोके सुखं भुक्त्वा याति विष्णोः सनातनम् । गोदाने श्राद्धदाने वा अहन्यहनि वा पुनः ३९। देवार्चनविधौ विद्वान्परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति ४०। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायां उत्तरखंडे जंबूद्वीपतीर्थवर्णनंनाम त्रयस्त्रिंशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः १३३।

pārvatyuvāca| dvīpe'sminyāni tīrthāni tāni me vada suvrata | dvīpānāṃ dvīparājo'yaṃ sarvadā bhuvi nirmitaḥ | saṃkhyayā tvaṃ vada svāminkṛpāṃ kṛtvā mamopari 1| mahādeva uvāca| sarvagaḥ sarvabhūteṣu draṣṭavyaḥ sarvato bhuvi | saptalokeṣu yatkiṃciddṛśyate sacarācaram 2| tatvaṃ tena vinā devi na dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ mayā | ato viṣṇurmahādevaḥ keśavaḥ kleśanāśanaḥ | tīrtharūpeṇa varteta dvīpe hyasminsureśvari 3| tāni tīrthāni vakṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | prathamaṃ puṣkaraṃ kṣetraṃ tīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ śubham | vārāṇasī dvitīyaṃ tu kṣetraṃ muktipradāyakam 4| tṛtīyaṃ naimiṣaṃ kṣetramṛṣīṇāṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam | prayāgaṃ vai caturthaṃ tu tīrthānāmuttamaṃ smṛtam 5| kārmukaṃ paṃcamaṃ proktaṃ utpannaṃ gaṃdhamādane | ekādaśaṃ kānyakubjaṃ yatra tiṣṭhati vāmanaḥ 6| saptamaṃ viśvakāyaṃ tu avare parvate śubhe | aṣṭamaṃ gautamākhyaṃ ca maṃdare nirmitaṃ purā 7| madotkaṭaṃ tu navamaṃ daśamaṃ rathacaitrakam | ekādaśaṃ kānyakubjaṃ yatra tiṣṭhati vāmanaḥ 8| dvādaśaṃ malayaṃ caiva kubjāmrakamataḥ param | viśveśvaraṃ girikarṇaṃ kedāraṃ gatidāyakam 9| bāhyaṃ himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe gokarṇe gopakaṃ tathā | sthāneśvaraṃ himādrau ca bilvake bilvapatrikam 10| śrīśaile mādhavaṃ tīrthaṃ bhadraṃ bhadreśvare tathā | vārāhe vijayaṃ proktaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ vaiṣṇave girau 11| raudraṃ tu rudrakoṭe tu paitryaṃ kālijare girau | kaṃpile kāpilaṃ tīrthaṃ mukuṭe karkoṭakaṃ tathā 12| śālagrāmodbhavaṃ tīrthaṃ gallikāyāṃ sureśvari | narmadāyāṃ śivākhyaṃ tu māyāyāṃ viśvarūpakam 13| utpalākṣaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ jātaṃ vai raivate girau | gaṃgāyāṃ pitṛtīrthaṃ ca viṣṇupādodbhavaṃ tathā 14| vipāśāyāṃ vipāpā ca pāṭale puṃḍravarddhanam | nārāyaṇaṃ supārśve tu trikūṭe viṣṇumaṃdiram 15| vipule vipulaṃ nāma kalyāṇaṃ malayācale | kauravaṃ koṭitīrthe ca sugaṃdhaṃ gaṃdhamādane 16| kubjāmrake trisaṃdhyaṃ tu gaṃgāṃdvāre haripriyam | śailaṃ viṃdhyapradeśe tu badaryāṃ sārasvataṃ smṛtam 17| kālidyāṃ kālarūpaṃ ca sahye vai sāyakaṃ smṛtam | cāṃdraṃ caṃdrapradeśe tu ramaṇaṃ tīrthanāyakam 18| yamunāyāṃ mṛgākhyaṃ tu karavīre kurūdbhavam | vināyake parvate vai umākhyaṃ tīrthameva ca 19| ārogyaṃ bhāskare deśe mahākāle maheśvaram | tīrthaṃ abhayadaṃ nāmāmṛtākhyaṃ viṃdhyakaṃdhare 20| maṃḍape viśvarūpaṃ ca svāhākhyaṃ īśvare pure | vaigaleyaṃ pracaṃḍāyāṃ cāṃḍikaṃmarakaṃṭake 21| someśvaraṃ tathā tīrthe prabhāse puṣkaraṃ tathā | devamātraṃ sarasvatyāṃ pārāvatataṭe sthitam 22| mahālayaṃ mahāpadme payoṣṇyāṃ piṃgaleśvaram | siṃhikāyāṃ tathā tīrthaṃ sauraveravisaṃjñakam 23| kārtikaṃ kṛttikākṣetre śāṃkaraṃ śaṃkare girau | utpalākhyaṃ tato divyaṃ subhadrā siṃdhusaṃgame 24| gāṇapatyaṃ tataścaiva parvato viṣṇusaṃjñake | jālaṃdhare tataḥ proktaṃ tīrthaṃ viṣṇumukhaṃ ca yat 25| tāre vai tārakaṃ proktaṃ parvate viṣṇusaṃjñake | devadāruvane pauṃḍraṃ pauṣkaṃ kāśmīramaṃḍale 26| bhaumaṃ himaṃ himādrau ca tuṣṭikaṃ pauṣṭikaṃ punaḥ | kapālamocanaṃ tīrthaṃ jātaṃ māyāpure tathā 27| śaṃkhoddhāraṃ tataścaiva devaṃ vai śaṃkhadhārakam | piṃḍe vai piṃḍanāmānaṃ siddhe vaikhānasaṃ bhavet 28| acchode viṣṇukāmaṃ tu dharmakāmārthamokṣadam | auṣadhyaṃ cottarekūle kuśadvīpe kuśodakam 29| manmathaṃ hemakūṭe tu kumude satyavādanam | vadaṃtyāvāśvakaṃ tīrthaṃ viṃdhye vai mātṛkaṃ smṛtam 30| citte brahmamayaṃ tīrthaṃ tīrthānāṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam | eteṣāṃ sarvatīrthānāmuttamaṃ śṛṇu suṃdari 31| viṣṇornāmamayaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati | brahmahā hemahārī vā bālahā goghna eva ca 32| mucyate nāmamātreṇa prasādātkeśavasya tu | kalau dvāravatī ramyā dhanyo devo janārdanaḥ 33| ye paśyaṃti narā devaṃ muktisteṣāṃ suniścalā | evaṃ dhanyatamaṃ devaṃ viṣṇuṃ sarveśvaraṃ prabhum 34| ciṃtayāmi mahādevi vidvatsaṃstho janārdanam | aṣṭottaraṃ tu tīrthānāṃ śatametadudāhṛtam 35| yo japecchṛṇuyādvāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | eṣu tīrtheṣu yaḥ snātvā paśyennārāyaṇaṃ harim 36| sarvapāpavinirmukto yāti viṣṇoḥ sanātanam | jagannāthaṃ mahātīrthaṃ lokānāṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam 37| ye gacchaṃti naraśreṣṭhāstepi yāṃti parāṃ gatim | śatāṣṭakaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ śrāvayetpitṛkarmaṇi 38| ihaloke sukhaṃ bhuktvā yāti viṣṇoḥ sanātanam | godāne śrāddhadāne vā ahanyahani vā punaḥ 39| devārcanavidhau vidvānparaṃ brahmādhigacchati 40| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ uttarakhaṃḍe jaṃbūdvīpatīrthavarṇanaṃnāma trayastriṃśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 133|

English translation

Pārvatī said :

1. O you of a good vow, tell me about the holy places that exist on this island. This island is fashioned by the lord as the king of all islands. O lord, favouring me, tell me about them with (i.e. counting) their number.

Mahādeva said :

2-12. The Omnipresent (lord) should be seen in all beings on the earth. Whatever primary substance, with the mobile and the immobile, is seen in the seven worlds, is not seen or heard by me to be without him. Therefore, the great god Viṣṇu , Keśava , who removes affliction, would live in the form of a holy place on this island, O chief goddess. I shall certainly tell you about all the holy places. First is the holy place (called) Puṣkara , auspicious and best among the holy places. Second holy place is Vārāṇasī , giving salvation. Third sacred spot is Naimiṣa , said to be purifying by the sages. Fourth is Prayāga , said to be the best among the holy places. Fifth is said to be Kārmuka that has sprung up on Gandhamādana . Sixth is the holy place called Mānasa , pleasing to the gods. Seventh is Viśvakāya on the auspicious Avara mountain. Eighth is called Gautama , formerly fashioned on Mandara . Ninth is Madotkata ; tenth is Caitrarathaka. Eleventh is Kānyakubja where Vāmana (i.e. Viṣṇu) dwells. Twelfth is Malaya ; then there is Kubjāmraka . (Then there are) Viśveśvara , Girikarṇa, Kedāra , giving a good position (i.e. leading to salvation). Bāhya is on the surface of Himālaya ; similariy there is Gopaka on Gokarṇa . On the Himālaya is Sthāneśvara ; and Bilvapatrika on Bilvaka . The holy place Mādhava is on Śrīśaila ; and Bhadra is on Bhadreśvara . Vijaya is said to be on Vārāha , and Vaiṣṇava on Vaiṣṇava mountain. On Rudrakoṭa is Raudra ; and on the Kāliñjara mountain is Paitrya. The holy place Kampila is on Kampila. and Karkoṭaka on Mukuṭa .

13-30. O Chief goddess, the place holy due to Śālagrāma is on the bank of the Gallikā. On (the bank of) Narmadā is one called Śiva , and on (the bank of) Māyā is Viśvarūpaka. On the Raivata mountain have come up (the holy places, namely) Utpalākṣa, Sahasrākṣa . On (the bank of) Gaṅgā is Pitṛtīrtha , so also is Viṣṇupādodbhava. On (the bank of) Vipāśā is Vipāpā , and Puṇḍravardhana is at Pāṭala . Nārāyaṇa is on Supārśva , and Viṣṇu temple on Trikūṭa . On Vipula is one named Vipula, and Kalyāṇa is on Malaya mountain. At Koṭitīrtha is Kaurava , and Sugandha is on Gandhamādana. Trisandhyā is at Kubjāmraka, and Haripriya at Gaṅgādvāra . In the region of Vindhya is Śaila , and Sārasvata is said to be on Badari . On (the bank of) the Kālindī is Kalparūpa, and Sāyaka is said to be on Sahya . Cāndra is in Candra region, and Ramaṇa is the chief among the holy places. On (the bank of) Yamunā is (the one) called Mṛga ; and Kurūdbhava is on Karavīra . The holy place called Umā is on the Vināyaka mountain. Ārogya is in the Bhāskara country. Maheśvara is at Mahākāla . A holy place is named Abhayada . On Vindhya is one called Amṛta . Viśvarūpa is in Maṇḍapa . In Īśvara city is one called Svāhā . On (the bank of) Pracaṇḍā is Vaigaleya, and Cāṇḍika in Amarakaṇṭaka . At the holy place of Prabhāsa is Someśvara , and there is also Puṣkara. Devamātra is situated on the bank of Pārāvata on Sarasvatī . At Mahāpadma is Mahālaya , and Piṅgaleśvara on (the bank of) Payoṣṇī . So also is a holy place on (the bank of) Siṃhikā , and at Saurava one called Ravi . In the Kṛttikā -region is the holy place Kārtika ; and Śaṅkara on mountain Śaṅkara. Similarly at the confluence of Subhadrā and Sindhu is a divine holy place called Utpala . Then there is Gāṇapatya on the mountain called Viṣṇu. Then on Jālandhara is the holy place which is called Viṣṇumukha. At Tāra is one called Tāraka on the mountain called Viṣṇu. Pauṇḍra is in the Devadāruvana , and Pauśka [Pauṣka?] in the Kāśmīra region. The snowy Bhauma is on Himālaya, so also are Catuṣṭika and Pauṣṭika . Similarly the holy place Kapālamocana has come up at Māyāpura. Then is the holy place Śaṅkhoddhāra (of) the god holding the conch. At Piṇḍa is one named Piṇḍa, and Vaikhānasa at Siddha . On (the bank of) Acchoda is Viṣṇukāma, giving religious merit, sensuous enjoyment, worldly prosperity and salvation. On the northern bank is Auṣadhya, and Kuśodaka is at Kuśadvīpa . Manmatha is on Hemakūṭa , and Satyavādana on Kumuda . At the bank of Vadantī is the holy place called Āśvaka, and Mātṛka is said to exist on Vindhya.

31-40. On Citta is the holy place (called) Brahmamaya which is said to be (the most) purifying of all holy places. O beautiful lady, listen to the description of the holy place best of all these. A holy place (like) Viṣṇumaya never existed (before) nor will be there. Merely by uttering (its) name, one who has killed a brāhmaṇa , or snatched gold, or has killed a child or a cow, is freed (from the sin) due to Viṣṇu’s grace. In the Kali age Dvāravatī is charming, and god Viṣṇu is excellent. The salvation of those men who see (the image of) the lord, is certain. O great goddess, I, remaining among the wise, thus think of that blessed lord Viṣṇu, the master of all. These hundred and eight holy places are told here. He who mutters their names or hears them is free from all sins. He who, after bathing in these holy places, sees (the image of) Nārāyaṇa Hari (i.e. Viṣṇu), is freed from all sins and goes to the ancient Viṣṇu, the lord of the world, said to be the holy place purifying the worlds. Those best men who go to (these holy places) go to the highest position (i.e. salvation). One should get this to be heard (i.e. recited) at (the time of) a rite in honour of the dead ancestors. Enjoying pleasures in this world, one goes to the eternal (position) of Viṣṇu. (By reciting these names) at the time of the gift of a cow, or the gift at the time of a śrāddha , or (by reciting it) everyday, or at the rite of worshipping a deity, one attains the highest Brahman .

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 16234, revision 334388 (2022-04-02T23:39:02Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365712.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.