Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 157
Sourceमहादेव उवाच। दुग्धेश्वरसमीपे तु तीर्थं चातीवपावनम् । रम्यं तत्पिप्पलादस्य नाम्ना वै प्रथितं भुवि १। यत्र कृत्वा तपः पूर्वं मातुर्वचनतो मुनिः । उत्पादयामास कृत्यां वडवानलसम्मिताम् २। पितुरानृण्यमन्विच्छन्दधीचस्य महात्मनः । तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति ३। साभ्रमत्यास्तटे गुप्तं पिप्पलादं सुरेश्वरम् । तत्र स्नात्वा तु भो देवि मुक्तिभागी भवेन्नरः ४। आरोपणं पिप्पलानां कर्त्तव्यं विधिपूर्वकम् । कृते सति महादेवि मुच्यते कर्मबंधनात् ५। पार्वत्युउवाच। किमर्थं सा तु कृत्या वै उत्पन्ना तां निबोधय । तया वै कृत्यया पूर्वं किं कृतं वद मे प्रभो ६। येन पुत्रेण सा नीता पितुरानृण्यकारणात् ७। महादेव उवाच। दाधीचो ऋषिवर्योऽसौ ह्यागतस्तपकारणात् । अत्र तेन महत्तप्तमृषिणा परमात्मना ८। तत्र कोलासुरो नाम विघ्नार्थं वै समागतः । तेन विघ्नं बहुतरं कृतं वै नात्र संशयः ९। तद्दृष्टं तु सुपुत्रेण कहोडेन च धीमता । कृत्या ह्युत्पादिता तत्र हननार्थं सुरेश्वरि १०। तया वै निहतो दैत्यः कोलो नाम महासुरः । तस्मात्तीर्थं महज्जातं कलौ गुप्तं तु पार्वति ११।
mahādeva uvāca| dugdheśvarasamīpe tu tīrthaṃ cātīvapāvanam | ramyaṃ tatpippalādasya nāmnā vai prathitaṃ bhuvi 1| yatra kṛtvā tapaḥ pūrvaṃ māturvacanato muniḥ | utpādayāmāsa kṛtyāṃ vaḍavānalasammitām 2| piturānṛṇyamanvicchandadhīcasya mahātmanaḥ | tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati 3| sābhramatyāstaṭe guptaṃ pippalādaṃ sureśvaram | tatra snātvā tu bho devi muktibhāgī bhavennaraḥ 4| āropaṇaṃ pippalānāṃ karttavyaṃ vidhipūrvakam | kṛte sati mahādevi mucyate karmabaṃdhanāt 5| pārvatyuuvāca| kimarthaṃ sā tu kṛtyā vai utpannā tāṃ nibodhaya | tayā vai kṛtyayā pūrvaṃ kiṃ kṛtaṃ vada me prabho 6| yena putreṇa sā nītā piturānṛṇyakāraṇāt 7| mahādeva uvāca| dādhīco ṛṣivaryo'sau hyāgatastapakāraṇāt | atra tena mahattaptamṛṣiṇā paramātmanā 8| tatra kolāsuro nāma vighnārthaṃ vai samāgataḥ | tena vighnaṃ bahutaraṃ kṛtaṃ vai nātra saṃśayaḥ 9| taddṛṣṭaṃ tu suputreṇa kahoḍena ca dhīmatā | kṛtyā hyutpāditā tatra hananārthaṃ sureśvari 10| tayā vai nihato daityaḥ kolo nāma mahāsuraḥ | tasmāttīrthaṃ mahajjātaṃ kalau guptaṃ tu pārvati 11|
English translation
Mahādeva said :
1-5. Near Dugdheśvara there is a charming, highly purifying, holy place, well-known in the world by the name of (i.e. after) Pippalāda . Formerly the sage desiring acquittal from the debt of his father, the noble Dadhīca , practised penance here, and by the words (i.e. the order) of his mother, he produced a Kṛtyā [1] (i.e. a fearful female deity) resembling the submarine fire. A man having bathed and drunk (water) here, destroys (the sin of) the murder of a brāhmaṇa . Pippalāda, the lord of gods, is concealed on the bank of Sābhramatī. O goddess, by bathing there a man would enjoy salvation. The planting of fig trees should be done properly. Having done this, O great goddess, a man is free from the bondage of his deeds.
Pārvatī said :
6-7. Explain to me why that Kṛtyā was produced. O lord, tell me what that Kṛtyā did formerly. Which son brought her for the acquittance of the debt of his father?
Mahādeva said :
8-11. That excellent sage Dādhīca (i.e. Dadhīca’s son). came (here) for (practising) penance. The great-souled sage practised a great (i.e. severe) penance here. A demon named Kolāsura came there to create an obstacle. He certainly caused many obstacles. That was noticed by his (i.e. Pippalāda’s) good son, the intelligent Kahoḍa . O chief goddess, for the destruction (of the demon) he produced the Kṛtyā there. She killed the great demon named Kola . Therefore, O Pārvatī , the holy place is concealed in Kali (-age).
[1]: [1] : Kṛtyā: A female deity to whom sacrifices are offered for destructive and magical purposes.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 14420, revision 336581 (2022-04-25T00:39:13Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365736.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.