Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 172
Sourceमहादेव उवाच। तस्मात्तीर्थात्परं तीर्थं नीलकंठेति विश्रुतम् । तस्य वै दर्शनं कार्यं मुक्तिं चैवेच्छता सदा १। बिल्वपत्रैस्तथा धूपैर्दीपैर्वाथ सुरेश्वरि । वांछितं लभते मर्त्यो नीलकंठस्य दर्शनात् २। उपवासपरो देवि निर्जनेसौ स्थितः सदा । यद्यद्वांच्छंति ये लोकास्तेषां तत्तद्ददाति च ३। कलौ सा तु महादेवि विख्याता काश्यपीति वै ४। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तर। खंडे नीलकंठमाहात्म्यंनाम द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः १७२।
mahādeva uvāca| tasmāttīrthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ nīlakaṃṭheti viśrutam | tasya vai darśanaṃ kāryaṃ muktiṃ caivecchatā sadā 1| bilvapatraistathā dhūpairdīpairvātha sureśvari | vāṃchitaṃ labhate martyo nīlakaṃṭhasya darśanāt 2| upavāsaparo devi nirjanesau sthitaḥ sadā | yadyadvāṃcchaṃti ye lokāsteṣāṃ tattaddadāti ca 3| kalau sā tu mahādevi vikhyātā kāśyapīti vai 4| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttara| khaṃḍe nīlakaṃṭhamāhātmyaṃnāma dvisaptatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 172|
English translation
Mahādeva said :
1-4. A holy place superior to that holy place is well known as Nīlakaṇṭha . One desiring salvation should always visit it. By (offering) bilva -leaves, incense, lamps and on seeing Nīlakaṇṭha a man gets the desired object. In a secluded place he (i.e. the deity) highly devoted to fasting, always dwells. He gives to people whatever they long for. O great goddess, that Kāśyapī is well-known in Kali (age).
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44896, revision 334291 (2022-03-31T02:03:54Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365751.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.