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Chapter 142

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श्रीमहादेव उवाच। कंबुतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा कृत्वा वा पितृतर्पणम् । अर्चयेद्देवदेवेशं नारायणमनामयम् १। दत्त्वा दानानि विधिवद् ब्रह्मणेभ्यो विधानतः । विष्णुलोकमवाप्नोति तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः २। अत्र राजर्षिणा पूर्वं विश्वामित्रेण धीमता । तपस्तप्तं विशेषेण प्रजाकामेन सुंदरि ३। वायुभक्षो निराहारो यत्रासीदनिलाशनः । विष्णुपूजापरो नित्यं विष्णुध्यानपरायणः ४। तपसानेन संजातः प्रजाकाममवाप्तवान् । प्रजाकामो नरो यश्च कंबुतीर्थं हि गच्छति ५। स प्रजां लभते नित्यं सत्यं सत्यं वरानने ६। इति कंबुतीर्थमाहात्म्यम् । ततो गच्छेत्सुरश्रेष्ठे तीर्थं नाम कपीश्वरम् । संनिधौ रक्तसिंहस्य महापातकनाशनम् ७। बध्यमाने पुरा सेतौ रामरावणविग्रहे । गृहीत्वा पर्वतश्रेष्ठं विशेषात्कपिभिः कृतम् ८। नाम्ना कपीश्वरादित्यं चक्रुस्तीर्थमनुत्तमम् । यत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा कृत्वा वा पितृतर्पणम् ९। दृष्ट्वा कपीश्वरादित्यं मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया । तत्र स्नानं प्रकर्तव्यं चैत्राष्टम्यां विशेषतः १०। हनुमत्प्रमुखैस्तत्र स्नातं यत्र दिनत्रयम् । कपितीर्थप्रभावोऽयं भवत्यै समुदीरितः ११। अस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा पूजयित्वा कपीश्वरम् । रूपवान्बहुभोगश्च जायते नात्र संशयः १२। बलं वांछति यो लोको धर्मं वा पुत्रमेव च । सर्वं स तु लभेन्नित्यं कपितीर्थप्रभावतः १३। इति श्रीपाद्मेमहापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे उमामहेश्वर। संवादे कपितीर्थमाहात्म्यं नाम द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः १४२।

śrīmahādeva uvāca| kaṃbutīrthe naraḥ snātvā kṛtvā vā pitṛtarpaṇam | arcayeddevadeveśaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam 1| dattvā dānāni vidhivad brahmaṇebhyo vidhānataḥ | viṣṇulokamavāpnoti tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ 2| atra rājarṣiṇā pūrvaṃ viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā | tapastaptaṃ viśeṣeṇa prajākāmena suṃdari 3| vāyubhakṣo nirāhāro yatrāsīdanilāśanaḥ | viṣṇupūjāparo nityaṃ viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇaḥ 4| tapasānena saṃjātaḥ prajākāmamavāptavān | prajākāmo naro yaśca kaṃbutīrthaṃ hi gacchati 5| sa prajāṃ labhate nityaṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ varānane 6| iti kaṃbutīrthamāhātmyam | tato gacchetsuraśreṣṭhe tīrthaṃ nāma kapīśvaram | saṃnidhau raktasiṃhasya mahāpātakanāśanam 7| badhyamāne purā setau rāmarāvaṇavigrahe | gṛhītvā parvataśreṣṭhaṃ viśeṣātkapibhiḥ kṛtam 8| nāmnā kapīśvarādityaṃ cakrustīrthamanuttamam | yatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā kṛtvā vā pitṛtarpaṇam 9| dṛṣṭvā kapīśvarādityaṃ mucyate brahmahatyayā | tatra snānaṃ prakartavyaṃ caitrāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣataḥ 10| hanumatpramukhaistatra snātaṃ yatra dinatrayam | kapitīrthaprabhāvo'yaṃ bhavatyai samudīritaḥ 11| asmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayitvā kapīśvaram | rūpavānbahubhogaśca jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ 12| balaṃ vāṃchati yo loko dharmaṃ vā putrameva ca | sarvaṃ sa tu labhennityaṃ kapitīrthaprabhāvataḥ 13| iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvara| saṃvāde kapitīrthamāhātmyaṃ nāma dvicatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 142|

English translation

Śrī Mahādeva said :

1-6. A man having bathed at Kambu- tīrtha , and having offered oblations to his dead ancestors, should worship Anāmaya Viṣṇu . By giving various gifts to brāhmaṇas according to the precepts he obtains Viṣṇu’s heaven due to the efficacy of this holy place. O beautiful lady, formerly the intelligent royal sage Viśvāmitra , desiring progeny, especially practised penance here. He ate (i.e. subsisted on) air, fasted, and had air as his food. He was always intent on Viṣṇu’s worship and engrossed in meditation on Viṣṇu. Due to this penance he obtained progeny. A man who desiring progeny, goes to Kambutīrtha, always obtains progeny, O you of a beautiful face. This is the truth and the (only) truth.

This is the greatness of Kambutīrtha.

7-13. Then, O best goddess, a man should go to the holy place Kapīśvara by name, which, the destroyer of great sins, is near Raktasiṃha. Formerly, during the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa , when the bridge was being built, the monkeys took the best mountain and particularly fashioned the excellent holy place, Kapīśvarāditya by name. Here a man, after bathing and offering oblations to his dead ancestors and seeing Kapīśvarāditya is freed from (the sin of) killing a brāhmaṇa . Especially on Aṣṭamī a man should bathe there. Hanūmat and others bathed there on three days. I have told you this efficacy of Kapitīrtha. There is no doubt that a man, having bathed here and having worshipped Kapīśvara, becomes handsome and very fortunate. A man who desires strength or piety or a son in the world, would obtain all (that) due to the efficacy of Kapitīrtha.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 16175, revision 336566 (2022-04-24T15:53:25Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365721.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.