Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 147
Sourceमहादेव उवाच। देवि वै श्रूयतां तीर्थं देवानामपि दुर्ल्लभम् । खड्गतीर्थमिति ख्यातं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् १। खड्गतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा खङ्गेश्वरं शिवम् । न नरो दुर्गतिं गच्छेत्स्वर्गलोकं प्रगच्छति २। खड्गधारेश्वरं देवं यः पश्यति सुरोत्तमे । कार्तिक्यां तु विशेषेण पूजनं तत्र कारयेत् ३। अयं विश्वेश्वरो देवः सर्वदा भुवि वल्लभे । सर्वं ददाति सर्वेशो वांच्छितार्थप्रदायकः ४। वैशाखे राज्यकामार्थी यः पश्यति तमीश्वरम् । तमर्थं लभते क्षिप्रं विश्वनाथप्रसादतः ५। पुष्पैर्धूपैश्च नैवेद्यैर्दीपैर्वा नगनंदिनि । फलप्रदानैर्बिल्वैश्च विश्वेशं पूजयेत्ततः ६। धनधान्यप्रदं चाशु पुत्रपौत्रादिसंपदः । प्राप्यंते नात्र संदेहः श्रीविश्वेश्वरपूजनात् ७।
mahādeva uvāca| devi vai śrūyatāṃ tīrthaṃ devānāmapi durllabham | khaḍgatīrthamiti khyātaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam 1| khaḍgatīrthe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā khaṅgeśvaraṃ śivam | na naro durgatiṃ gacchetsvargalokaṃ pragacchati 2| khaḍgadhāreśvaraṃ devaṃ yaḥ paśyati surottame | kārtikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa pūjanaṃ tatra kārayet 3| ayaṃ viśveśvaro devaḥ sarvadā bhuvi vallabhe | sarvaṃ dadāti sarveśo vāṃcchitārthapradāyakaḥ 4| vaiśākhe rājyakāmārthī yaḥ paśyati tamīśvaram | tamarthaṃ labhate kṣipraṃ viśvanāthaprasādataḥ 5| puṣpairdhūpaiśca naivedyairdīpairvā naganaṃdini | phalapradānairbilvaiśca viśveśaṃ pūjayettataḥ 6| dhanadhānyapradaṃ cāśu putrapautrādisaṃpadaḥ | prāpyaṃte nātra saṃdehaḥ śrīviśveśvarapūjanāt 7|
English translation
Mahādeva said :
1-7. O goddess, listen to (the description) of the holy place, difficult to be reached even by gods. It is called Khaḍgatīrtha, and it desrtoys all sins. A man, having bathed at Khaḍgatīrtha, and having seen Khaḍgeśvara Śiva , would not meet with misery, (but) goes to heaven; (so also he) who sees the god Khaḍgdhāreśvara [Khaḍgadhāreśvara?]. One should especially worship (the god) there on the full-moon day of Kārtika . O dear one, this god, the lord of the universe, the lord of all, always gives everything in the world. He gives the desired objects. A man who, desiring a kingdom, sees the lord in Vaiśākha , gets that object quickly due to the grace of Viśvanātha . He should especially worship him with flowers, incense, eatables, or lamps, O daughter of the ( Himālaya ) Mountain. So also with the offerings of fruits and bilva (-leaves). There is no doubt that wealth, grains, sons, grandsons, riches are obtained due to the worship of Śrī Viśveśvara .
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 25379, revision 336571 (2022-04-24T15:58:17Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365726.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.