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Chapter 146

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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 146

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महादेव उवाच । ततो गच्छेत देवेशि तीर्थं रुद्र महालयम् । केदारानुपमं साक्षाद्रुद्रेण परिनिर्मितम् १। श्राद्धं तत्रैव कर्तव्यं पितॄणां तृप्तिकारणम् । तत्र श्राद्धप्रदानेन पितरः सपितामहाः २। तृप्ताः समभिगच्छंति रुद्रस्य परमं पदम् । वृषमुत्सृजते यस्तु तत्र रुद्र महालये ३। कार्तिक्यामथ वैशाख्यां रुद्रेण सह मोदते । केदारे उदकं पीत्वा पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते ४। अत्र तु स्नानमात्रेण मुक्तिभागी न संशयः । एकस्मिन्समये देवि त्यक्त्वा कैलासमागतः ५। साभ्रमतीं महागंगां ज्ञात्वा लोकहिताय वै । तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च कृत्वा तीर्थमनुत्तमम् ६। ततोहं च स्वकं स्थानं कैलासं प्रति भामिनि । तदनंतरं महापुण्यं तीर्थं जातं महालयम् ७। रुद्र महालयमिति लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यति । कार्तिक्यामथ वैशाख्यां ये गच्छंति सुरोत्तमे । न तेषां विद्यते दुःखं सर्वसंसारजं पुनः ८।

mahādeva uvāca | tato gaccheta deveśi tīrthaṃ rudra mahālayam | kedārānupamaṃ sākṣādrudreṇa parinirmitam 1| śrāddhaṃ tatraiva kartavyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptikāraṇam | tatra śrāddhapradānena pitaraḥ sapitāmahāḥ 2| tṛptāḥ samabhigacchaṃti rudrasya paramaṃ padam | vṛṣamutsṛjate yastu tatra rudra mahālaye 3| kārtikyāmatha vaiśākhyāṃ rudreṇa saha modate | kedāre udakaṃ pītvā punarjanma na vidyate 4| atra tu snānamātreṇa muktibhāgī na saṃśayaḥ | ekasminsamaye devi tyaktvā kailāsamāgataḥ 5| sābhramatīṃ mahāgaṃgāṃ jñātvā lokahitāya vai | tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca kṛtvā tīrthamanuttamam 6| tatohaṃ ca svakaṃ sthānaṃ kailāsaṃ prati bhāmini | tadanaṃtaraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ tīrthaṃ jātaṃ mahālayam 7| rudra mahālayamiti loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati | kārtikyāmatha vaiśākhyāṃ ye gacchaṃti surottame | na teṣāṃ vidyate duḥkhaṃ sarvasaṃsārajaṃ punaḥ 8|

English translation

Mahādeva said :

1-8. O chief goddess, then a man should go to the holy place Rudramahālaya resembling Kedāra , and actually fashioned by Rudra . There he should offer a śrāddha causing delight to the dead ancestors. By offering a śrāddha there, the dead ancestors, along with the grandsires are gratified and go to the highest position of Rudra. He who lets loose a bull there in the great abode of Rudra on the full-moon day of Kārtika or Vaiśākha rejoices with Rudra. On drinking water at Kedāra, there is no rebirth. Having bathed here, a man undoubtedly enjoys liberation. O goddess, on one occasion, having left Kailāsa , I came to Sābhramatī, knowing her to be Gaṅgā for the well-being of the world. Having bathed there, and drunk (her water) and having made (the place) an excellent holy place, I then went to Kailāsa, my abode, O beautiful lady. Then the Mahālaya (the great abode) became a great holy place, and will be known in the world as Rudra-Mahālaya. Those who go to (i.e. visit) it on the full-moon day of Kārtika or Vaiśākha, do not have the misery due to the entire mundane existence.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 25378, revision 336570 (2022-04-24T15:57:25Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365725.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.