Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 148
Sourceमहादेव उवाच। साभ्रमत्यास्तटे तीर्थं गयातीर्थमनुत्तमम् । चित्रांगवदनं नाम मालार्काधिष्ठितं शुभम् १। कल्पपादपसंतानैर्मंदारैश्चोपशोभितम् । चूतनिंबकदंबैश्च काश्मर्यश्वत्थतिंदुकैः २। तस्मादपहरेत्कुष्ठं योजनस्मृतिविभ्रमात् । यस्य संजायते कुष्ठं तस्य मालार्कको हरेत् ३। या तु वेदोक्तविधिना नारी तत्राभिषिंचति । मृतवत्साऽथवा वंध्या पुत्रं प्राप्नोति साचिरात् ४। संध्यास्नानं जपो होमः स्वाध्यायो देवतार्चनम् । कृतं भास्करभक्तेन मालार्के ह्यक्षयं भवेत् ५। अत्र गत्वा तु देवेशि श्रीरवेर्व्रतमाचरेत् । इहलोके सुखं भुक्त्वा रवेर्लोकं हि याति वै ६। मृतवत्सो हि राजर्षिस्तत्र गत्वाऽकरोत्तपः । स राजा प्राप्तवान्पुत्रं श्रीमालार्कप्रसादतः ७। अत्र गत्वा विशेषण उपवासी जितेंद्रियः । मालार्कं पूजयेद्यो वै मुक्तिभागी भवेद्ध्रुवम् ८। वसिष्ठप्रमुखाविप्रा देवा इंद्रादयः सदा । निवसंति सुरश्रेष्ठे मालार्के रविसन्निधौ ९।
mahādeva uvāca| sābhramatyāstaṭe tīrthaṃ gayātīrthamanuttamam | citrāṃgavadanaṃ nāma mālārkādhiṣṭhitaṃ śubham 1| kalpapādapasaṃtānairmaṃdāraiścopaśobhitam | cūtaniṃbakadaṃbaiśca kāśmaryaśvatthatiṃdukaiḥ 2| tasmādapaharetkuṣṭhaṃ yojanasmṛtivibhramāt | yasya saṃjāyate kuṣṭhaṃ tasya mālārkako haret 3| yā tu vedoktavidhinā nārī tatrābhiṣiṃcati | mṛtavatsā'thavā vaṃdhyā putraṃ prāpnoti sācirāt 4| saṃdhyāsnānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam | kṛtaṃ bhāskarabhaktena mālārke hyakṣayaṃ bhavet 5| atra gatvā tu deveśi śrīravervratamācaret | ihaloke sukhaṃ bhuktvā raverlokaṃ hi yāti vai 6| mṛtavatso hi rājarṣistatra gatvā'karottapaḥ | sa rājā prāptavānputraṃ śrīmālārkaprasādataḥ 7| atra gatvā viśeṣaṇa upavāsī jiteṃdriyaḥ | mālārkaṃ pūjayedyo vai muktibhāgī bhaveddhruvam 8| vasiṣṭhapramukhāviprā devā iṃdrādayaḥ sadā | nivasaṃti suraśreṣṭhe mālārke ravisannidhau 9|
English translation
Mahādeva said :
1-9. On the bank of Sābhramatī is the excellent Gayā-tīrtha , called Citrāṅgavadana, auspicious and occupied by Mālārka. It is adorned with kalpa trees, santāna trees, and mandāra trees, and with mango, nimba , kadamba , kāśmarī , aśvattha and tinduka trees. Even by remembering it from a yojana leprosy would be cured. Mālārka would remove the leprosy of him who suffers from it. That woman whose child is dead, or who is barren, who bathes there according to the Vedic precept, soon obtains a son. The muttering (of a hymn), a sacrifice, self-study, worship of a deity done (there) by the Sun’s devotee would be inexhaustible. O chief goddess, having gone to this place a man should observe the vow of Śrī Ravi . Having enjoyed pleasures here, he goes to the Sun’s world. A royal sage whose child was dead, went there and practised penance. The king obtained a son due to the grace of Śrī Mālārka. He who, particularly observing a fast, and with his senses controlled, would worship Mālārka, would certainly enjoy salvation. O best goddess, brāhmaṇas led by Vasiṣṭha and gods like Indra always stay at Mālārka near the Sun.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 25380, revision 336572 (2022-04-24T15:59:09Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365727.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.