Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 160
Sourceमहादेव उवाच। अस्मात्तीर्थात्परं तीर्थं तीर्थराजेति विश्रुतम् । सप्तनद्यो वहंत्यत्र चंदनोदकमिश्रितम् १। अन्यतीर्थाच्छतगुणं स्नानं चात्र विशिष्यते । देवानां प्रवरो देवो यत्रास्ते वामनः स्वयम् २। द्वादश्यां माघमासस्य दद्याद्यस्तिलधेनुकम् । विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यः कुलानां तारयेच्छतम् ३। पानीयमप्यत्र तिलैर्विमिश्रं दद्यात्पितृभ्यः प्रयतो मनुष्यः । श्राद्धं कृतं तेन समाः सहस्रं रहस्यमेतत्पितरो वदंति ४। तीर्थेऽस्मिन्भोजयेद्यो वै ब्राह्मणान्गुडपायसैः । एकस्मिन्भोजिते विप्रे सहस्रं भोजितं भवेत् ५।
mahādeva uvāca| asmāttīrthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ tīrtharājeti viśrutam | saptanadyo vahaṃtyatra caṃdanodakamiśritam 1| anyatīrthācchataguṇaṃ snānaṃ cātra viśiṣyate | devānāṃ pravaro devo yatrāste vāmanaḥ svayam 2| dvādaśyāṃ māghamāsasya dadyādyastiladhenukam | vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ kulānāṃ tārayecchatam 3| pānīyamapyatra tilairvimiśraṃ dadyātpitṛbhyaḥ prayato manuṣyaḥ | śrāddhaṃ kṛtaṃ tena samāḥ sahasraṃ rahasyametatpitaro vadaṃti 4| tīrthe'sminbhojayedyo vai brāhmaṇānguḍapāyasaiḥ | ekasminbhojite vipre sahasraṃ bhojitaṃ bhavet 5|
English translation
Mahādeva said :
1-5. A holy place superior to this holy place is well-known as Tīrtharāja . Here seven rivers with their water mixed with sandal flow. A bath here is especially a hundred times superior (i.e. more meritorious) to one at any other holy place. Here, Vāmana (i.e. Viṣṇu ), the greatest among gods, himself dwells. He who, on the Dvādaśī of the month of Māgha would give a cow made of sesamum, is free from all sins, and would emancipate a hundred (members) of his family. A devout man, who would give here even water mixed with sesamum-seeds to the dead ancestors, has (indeed) offered śrāddha for thousand years. The dead ancestors say this. If a man feeds brāhmaṇas at this holy place with jaggery (and) sweetened milk, then, when one brāhmaṇa is fed, a thousand would be fed (by him).
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 31425, revision 336584 (2022-04-25T00:41:38Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365739.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.