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Chapter 158

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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 158

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महादेव उवाच। पिप्पलादात्ततस्तीर्थे पिचुमंदार्कमुत्तमम् । तीर्थं साभ्रमती तीरे व्याधिदौर्गंध्यनाशनम् १। पुरा कोलाहले युद्धे दानवैर्निर्जिताः सुराः । वृक्षेषु विविशुस्तत्र सूक्ष्माः प्राणपरीप्सया २। तत्र बिल्वे स्थितः शंभुरश्वत्थे हरिरव्ययः । शिरीषेऽभूत्सहस्राक्षो निंबे देवः प्रभाकरः ३। एवमादि यथायोग्यं वृक्षेषु विबुधास्तथा । यावत्कोलाहलो दैत्यो विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना ४। हतो महाहवे तावत्स्थितास्ते वृक्षमाश्रिताः । येनयेन हि यो वृक्षो विबुधेन समाश्रितः ५। स तु तन्मयतां यातस्तस्मात्तं न विनाशयेत् । इति सूर्य्यस्य विश्रामात्पिचुमंदार्कमुत्तमम् ६। तीर्थंरोगहरं स्नानात्साभ्रमत्यास्तटेऽभवत् । अत्र गत्वा विशेषेण तं रविं यदि पूजयेत् ७। पूजयित्वा सुरश्रेष्ठे लभते वांछितं फलम् । अत्र द्वादशनामानि गत्वा ये वै पठंति च ८। ते नराः पुण्यकर्माणो यावज्जीवं न संशयः । आदित्यं भास्करं भानुं रविं विश्वप्रकाशकम् ९। तीक्ष्णांशुं चैव मार्तंडं सूर्यं चैव प्रभाकरम् । विभावसुं सहस्राक्षं तथा पूषणमेव च १०। एवं द्वादशनामानि यः पठेत्प्रयतः सुधीः । धनं वै पुत्रपौत्रांश्च लभते नगनंदिनि ११। एकैकं नाम आश्रित्य योऽर्चयेत नरो भुवि । सप्तजन्मभवेद्विप्रो धनाढ्यो वेदपरागः १२। क्षत्रियो लभते राज्यं वैश्यो धनमवाप्नुयात् । शूद्रो वै लभते भक्तिं तस्मात्सूक्तं परं जपेत् १३। निंबार्कतः परं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति । अत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च मुक्तिभागी भवेद्ध्रुवम् १४। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायां उत्तरखंडे उमामहेश्वरसंवादे निंबार्कदेवतीर्थंनामाष्टपंचाशदधिक शततमोऽध्यायः १५८।

mahādeva uvāca| pippalādāttatastīrthe picumaṃdārkamuttamam | tīrthaṃ sābhramatī tīre vyādhidaurgaṃdhyanāśanam 1| purā kolāhale yuddhe dānavairnirjitāḥ surāḥ | vṛkṣeṣu viviśustatra sūkṣmāḥ prāṇaparīpsayā 2| tatra bilve sthitaḥ śaṃbhuraśvatthe hariravyayaḥ | śirīṣe'bhūtsahasrākṣo niṃbe devaḥ prabhākaraḥ 3| evamādi yathāyogyaṃ vṛkṣeṣu vibudhāstathā | yāvatkolāhalo daityo viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā 4| hato mahāhave tāvatsthitāste vṛkṣamāśritāḥ | yenayena hi yo vṛkṣo vibudhena samāśritaḥ 5| sa tu tanmayatāṃ yātastasmāttaṃ na vināśayet | iti sūryyasya viśrāmātpicumaṃdārkamuttamam 6| tīrthaṃrogaharaṃ snānātsābhramatyāstaṭe'bhavat | atra gatvā viśeṣeṇa taṃ raviṃ yadi pūjayet 7| pūjayitvā suraśreṣṭhe labhate vāṃchitaṃ phalam | atra dvādaśanāmāni gatvā ye vai paṭhaṃti ca 8| te narāḥ puṇyakarmāṇo yāvajjīvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | ādityaṃ bhāskaraṃ bhānuṃ raviṃ viśvaprakāśakam 9| tīkṣṇāṃśuṃ caiva mārtaṃḍaṃ sūryaṃ caiva prabhākaram | vibhāvasuṃ sahasrākṣaṃ tathā pūṣaṇameva ca 10| evaṃ dvādaśanāmāni yaḥ paṭhetprayataḥ sudhīḥ | dhanaṃ vai putrapautrāṃśca labhate naganaṃdini 11| ekaikaṃ nāma āśritya yo'rcayeta naro bhuvi | saptajanmabhavedvipro dhanāḍhyo vedaparāgaḥ 12| kṣatriyo labhate rājyaṃ vaiśyo dhanamavāpnuyāt | śūdro vai labhate bhaktiṃ tasmātsūktaṃ paraṃ japet 13| niṃbārkataḥ paraṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati | atra snātvā ca pītvā ca muktibhāgī bhaveddhruvam 14| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ uttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde niṃbārkadevatīrthaṃnāmāṣṭapaṃcāśadadhika śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 158|

English translation

Mahādeva said :

1-11. Next to Pippalāda is an excellent holy place called Picumandārka on the bank of Sābhramatī, destroying disease and bad odour. Formerly in the war with (the demon) Kolāhala , the demons vanquished gods. (Being) subtle, they entered trees with a desire for (saving) their life. There Śambhu remained in the bilva (tree), the immutable Viṣṇu in aśvattha , Indra in śirīṣa , and god Sun in nimba (tree). Thus the gods properly remained like that in the trees. Till the powerful Viṣṇu killed the demon Kolāhala, they remained resorting to the trees. The god that resorted to a particular tree, became one with it. Therefore, one should not destroy it. Thus due to the Sun’s taking rest (here), Picumandārka is an excellent holy place which removes a disease after a man takes bath in it, and which is on the bank of Sābhramatī. After going there, if a man would especially worship the Sun, he gets the desired fruit by worshipping (him). Those men who after having gone there, recite the twelve names, are meritorious till they live. There is no doubt about this. An intelligent man who would recite these twelve names, viz. Āditya , Bhāskara , Bhānu , Ravi , Viśvaprakāśaka, Tīkṣṇāṃśu, Mārtaṇḍa , Sūrya and Prabhākara , so also Vibhāvasu , Sahasrākṣa and Pūṣan , obtains, O daughter of the ( Himālaya ) Mountain, wealth, sons and grandsons.

12-14. A brāhmaṇa who, resorting to (i.e. reciting) each name would worship (the Sun) on the earth, would be endowed with wealth and mastery of the Vedas for seven existences. A kṣatriya obtains a kingdom. A vaiśya would get wealth. A śūdra secures devotion. Therefore, a man should recite (this) great hymn. There never was, nor there will be, a holy place superior to Nimbārka [viz., nimbārkadeva- tīrtha ]; having bathed and drunk (water) here a man would certainly enjoy salvation.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44891, revision 336582 (2022-04-25T00:40:01Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365737.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.