Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 166
Sourceमहादेव उवाच। वैद्यनाथात्परं तीर्थं सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम् । तीर्थानामुत्तमं तीर्थं देवतीर्थमनुश्रुतम् १। विभीषणाद्राक्षसेंद्राद्गृहीत्वा करमोजसा । प्रारब्धो धर्मपुत्रेण राजसूयो महाक्रतुः २। दिग्जये दक्षिणे जाते नकुलेन हि पांडुना । साभ्रमत्यास्तटे देवि पांडुरार्येति विश्रुता ३। स्थापिता परया भक्त्या भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिनी । स्नातः साभ्रमतीतोये पांडुरार्यां नमस्य च ४। अणिमाद्या सिद्धयोऽष्टौ तथा मेधां महीयसीम् । नरः प्राप्नोति वै नूनं नात्र कार्या विचारणा ५। पांडुरार्यां नमस्कृत्य शुद्धभावेन मानवः । संवत्सरकृता पूजा दातव्या तत्त्वबुद्धिभिः ६। तत्र तीर्थे तनुं त्यक्त्वा पांडुरार्यासमीपतः । कैलासशिखरं प्राप्य चंडेश्वरगणो भवेत् ७। पुरा हनूमता तत्र तपस्तप्तं सुदुष्करम् । समुद्रप्लवने शक्तिर्जाता तीर्थप्रभावतः ८। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे पांडुरार्यातीर्थंनाम षट्षष्ट्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः १६६।
mahādeva uvāca| vaidyanāthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakam | tīrthānāmuttamaṃ tīrthaṃ devatīrthamanuśrutam 1| vibhīṣaṇādrākṣaseṃdrādgṛhītvā karamojasā | prārabdho dharmaputreṇa rājasūyo mahākratuḥ 2| digjaye dakṣiṇe jāte nakulena hi pāṃḍunā | sābhramatyāstaṭe devi pāṃḍurāryeti viśrutā 3| sthāpitā parayā bhaktyā bhuktimuktipradāyinī | snātaḥ sābhramatītoye pāṃḍurāryāṃ namasya ca 4| aṇimādyā siddhayo'ṣṭau tathā medhāṃ mahīyasīm | naraḥ prāpnoti vai nūnaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā 5| pāṃḍurāryāṃ namaskṛtya śuddhabhāvena mānavaḥ | saṃvatsarakṛtā pūjā dātavyā tattvabuddhibhiḥ 6| tatra tīrthe tanuṃ tyaktvā pāṃḍurāryāsamīpataḥ | kailāsaśikharaṃ prāpya caṃḍeśvaragaṇo bhavet 7| purā hanūmatā tatra tapastaptaṃ suduṣkaram | samudraplavane śaktirjātā tīrthaprabhāvataḥ 8| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe pāṃḍurāryātīrthaṃnāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 166|
English translation
Mahādeva said :
1-8. A greater holy place than Vaidyanātha , giving all kinds of supernormal powers and best of all holy places, is said to be excellent. Dharma ’s son, having powerfully taken a tax from Bibhīṣaṇa , the lord of demons, commenced the great sacrifice Rājasūya . When the southern quarter was conquered (i.e. regions of the south were conquered), Nakula , Pāṇḍu ’s son installed with great devotion Pāṇḍurāryā, giving enjoyment and salvation. A man, having bathed in the water of the Sābhramatī and having saluted Pāṇḍurāryā, obtains the eight superhuman (yogic) powers like the one of becoming as small as an atom [1] and great intelligence. No doubt should be raised in this case. If a man with a pure mind salutes Pāṇḍurāryā, it should be regarded by those who know the truth, to be a worship offered for a year. A man, having cast his body near Pāṇḍurāryā at that holy place, reaches the peak of Kailāsa and would be an attendant of Caṇḍeśvara . Formerly, Hanūmat practised there a very difficult penance. Due to the prowess of the holy place, the power to jump over the ocean was produced (in Hanūmat).
[1]: [1] : Aṇimā—One of the eight superhuman powers or siddhis. The eight powers are: (1) Aṇimā—The power of becoming as small as an atom. (2) Laghimā—The power of assuming excessive lightness at will. (3) Prāpti—The power of reaching anything e.g. touching the moon with a finger-tip. (4) Prākāmya—Irresistible will. (5) Mahiman—The power of increasing the size at will. (6) Īśitva—Superiority, greatness. (7) Vaśitva—The power of subduing passions. (8) Kāmāvasāyitva—Suppression of desires.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44892, revision 334297 (2022-03-31T02:11:36Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365745.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.