Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 149
Sourceमहादेव उवाच। तीर्थादस्मात्परं तीर्थं मालार्कांतरतः स्थितम् । चंदनेश्वरमागच्छेदामोदस्थानमुत्तमम् १। दुःशासनस्य रुधिरं पीत्वा भीमो महाबलः । प्रतिज्ञामात्मनः सर्वां पूरयित्वा सुदारुणाम् २। कराभ्यां रुधिराक्ताभ्यां द्रौपद्याः केशबंधनम् । कृत्वा दत्त्वा द्विजातिभ्यो तीर्थयात्रां ततोऽगमत् ३। साभ्रमत्यास्तटे रम्ये गतो वै भ्रातृभिः सह । आनीतः साभ्रमत्यां यः स्वर्गाच्चंदनपादपः ४। स तु लिंगतया जातः पुण्यतीर्थप्रभावतः । तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च कृत्वा वै पितृतर्पणम् ५। न नरो निरयं गच्छेद्रुद्रलोकमवाप्नुयात् । चंदनेशं ततो दृष्ट्वा विश्वेशं लोकशंकरम् ६। पूजयेच्च यथाशक्त्या यत्र गत्वा न शोचति । यत्र कैवर्तको राजा पूजां कृत्वा ह्यनेकशः ७। स गतः शिवलोकं तं यत्र गत्वा न शोचति । मज्जंति ऋषयो यत्र यत्र देवः सनातनः ८। साक्षाद्विष्णुः परमात्मा नित्यं तिष्ठति भूतिदः । इयं साभ्रमती धन्या धन्यो विश्वेश्वरः प्रभुः ९। यत्र तीर्थान्यनेकानि जातानि भुवि पार्वति । अत्र चामर्दकीपुण्यैः फलैर्नानाविधैः शुभैः १०। कर्त्तव्यमर्घदानं च विधिना तत्र सुंदरि ११।
mahādeva uvāca| tīrthādasmātparaṃ tīrthaṃ mālārkāṃtarataḥ sthitam | caṃdaneśvaramāgacchedāmodasthānamuttamam 1| duḥśāsanasya rudhiraṃ pītvā bhīmo mahābalaḥ | pratijñāmātmanaḥ sarvāṃ pūrayitvā sudāruṇām 2| karābhyāṃ rudhirāktābhyāṃ draupadyāḥ keśabaṃdhanam | kṛtvā dattvā dvijātibhyo tīrthayātrāṃ tato'gamat 3| sābhramatyāstaṭe ramye gato vai bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | ānītaḥ sābhramatyāṃ yaḥ svargāccaṃdanapādapaḥ 4| sa tu liṃgatayā jātaḥ puṇyatīrthaprabhāvataḥ | tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca kṛtvā vai pitṛtarpaṇam 5| na naro nirayaṃ gacchedrudralokamavāpnuyāt | caṃdaneśaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā viśveśaṃ lokaśaṃkaram 6| pūjayecca yathāśaktyā yatra gatvā na śocati | yatra kaivartako rājā pūjāṃ kṛtvā hyanekaśaḥ 7| sa gataḥ śivalokaṃ taṃ yatra gatvā na śocati | majjaṃti ṛṣayo yatra yatra devaḥ sanātanaḥ 8| sākṣādviṣṇuḥ paramātmā nityaṃ tiṣṭhati bhūtidaḥ | iyaṃ sābhramatī dhanyā dhanyo viśveśvaraḥ prabhuḥ 9| yatra tīrthānyanekāni jātāni bhuvi pārvati | atra cāmardakīpuṇyaiḥ phalairnānāvidhaiḥ śubhaiḥ 10| karttavyamarghadānaṃ ca vidhinā tatra suṃdari 11|
English translation
Mahādeva said :
1-11. From this holy place Mālārka a man should come to Candaneśvara, an excellent place of joy near Mālārka. Having drunk the blood of Duśśasana, the very mighty Bhīma , fulfilled his very fierce pledge fully, and he tied Draupadī ’s hair with his hands smeared with blood, and having given (gifts to) brāhmaṇas , he went on a pilgrimage. With his brothers he went to the charming bank of Sābhramatī. That candana tree which was brought to Sābhramatī from heaven, had become a Phallus due to the power of the auspicious holy place. A man, by bathing there and drinking (water there) and gratifying his dead ancestors would not go to hell (but) would obtain Rudra ’s heaven. Then having seen Candaneśa, the lord of the universe and the cause of the well-being of the worlds, he should worship him according to his capacity; having gone there he does not repent. King Kaivartaka, having many times worshipped (the lord) here, went to that Śiva ’s world having gone where one does not regret. The sages bathe here; the ancient god, the highest soul Viṣṇu , causing welfare, always actually stays here. This Sābhramatī is blessed. Blessed is the lord, the ruler of the universe. O Pārvatī , here many holy places have come up on the earth. Here is. Āmardakī with auspicious fruits of many kinds. O beautiful lady, respectful offering should be made there.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 25381, revision 336573 (2022-04-24T16:00:03Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365728.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.