Padma Purana [sanskrit]

462,305 words | ISBN-13: 9789385005305

The Padma-purana Book 6 Chapter 222 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Padmapurana is a one of the largest of the eighteen Major Puranas containing roughly 50,000 metrical verses. Although popular for its inclusion of the Ramayana and large sections on pilgrimage guides this is also known for its dedication to both Shiva and Vishnu.

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nārada uvāca |
ākarṇaya śibe rājanvarṇayāmi tavāgrataḥ |
puṇyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ kāśyā māhātmyamuttamam || 1 ||
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iṃdraprasthataṭasthāyāṃ kāśyāmekastu pādapaḥ |
śiṃśapākhyobhavedrājan purā puṇyayuge kṛte || 2 ||
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tatraiko vāyaso hyāsītkṛtanīḍo vanaspatau |
tasyādhastānmahāsarpaṃ koṭareva sati sma ha || 3 ||
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ekadā tasya kākasya bhāryāṃḍadvayamālaye |
pratimucya gatā kvāpi na nīḍe sve samāgatā || 4 ||
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svayameva sa kākastu pālayannaṃḍakadvayam |
tāmeva śiṃśapāmuccairadhyatiṣṭhanmahīpate || 5 ||
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athaikadā niśīdhe tu mahāvātyā samāgatā |
abhanakśiṃśapāṃ rājanmūlādapi dṛḍhādapi || 6 ||
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vātyayā pātyamānāyā śiṃśapāyāstadā tale |
cūrṇitau kākasarpau tau gataprāṇau babhūvatuḥ || 7 ||
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divyāṃgāste trayo bhūtvā śiṃśapā vāyasādayaḥ |
vimānatrayamārūḍhā jagmuḥ śrīpatiketanam || 8 ||
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śibiruvāca |
devarṣe kena puṇyena prāptā tairmuktidā purī |
āsaṃste ke trayaḥ pūrvaṃ sarvaṃ kathaya nārada || 9 ||
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nārada uvāca |
kurujāṃgaladeśīyo brāhmaṇaḥ śravaṇābhidhaḥ |
tasya bhāryā kuḍā nāma bhrātābhūcca kuraṃṭakaḥ || 10 ||
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asnātabhoktā nityaṃ sa kavalo miṣṭabhugrahaḥ |
śravaṇastena doṣeṇa babhūva grāmavāyasaḥ || 11 ||
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kuraṃṭakastu tadbhrātā nāstiko'bhavadulbaṇaḥ |
śrutismṛtipathocchettā devatānāṃ ca niṃdakaḥ || 12 ||
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tena doṣeṇa sa mṛto hyabhavatkālakuṃḍalī |
sā kuṃḍā śravaṇasya strī babhūvobhayadoṣabhāk || 13 ||
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ataḥ sā sthāvaratvaṃ hi labdhvāsīdubhayāśrayā |
etatte kathitaṃ bhūpa tadvṛttaṃ pūrvajanmani || 14 ||
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ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi teṣāṃ puṇyaṃ yatastrayaḥ |
prāpustena purīṃ ramyāṃ kāśīṃ vaiśveśvarīṃ nṛpa || 15 ||
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grāmāṃtarādekadā tau pratyāyātau nijālayam |
kasyacitpathikasyātha kūpamagnāṃ payasvinīm || 16 ||
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avalokya taduddhāraṃ cakratustena noditau |
tābhyāṃgaditamākarṇya kuṃḍā sādhvityabhāṣata || 17 ||
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te trayastenapuṇyena maraṇaṃ prāpya durlabham |
iṃdraprasthataṭasthāyāṃ kāśyāṃ vaikuṃṭhamāruhan || 18 ||
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iyaṃ kāśī maheśasya purī yadyapi bhūpate |
tathāpyasyāṃ mṛtaṃ jaṃturvaikuṃṭhe syātsukhī hareḥ || 19 ||
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etatte kathitaṃ rājankāśyā māhātmyamuttamam |
kimanyacchrotumicchā te vidyate tadvadasva me || 20 ||
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śibiruvāca |
mune tvayā maheśasya kṣetratrayamudīritam |
kāśī ca śivakāṃcī ca gokarṇaṃ ca tathāparam || 21 ||
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ekasya mahimā prokto tvayā kāśyā mahāmune |
gokarṇaśivakāṃcyośca kathyatāṃ yadi vidyate || 22 ||
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nārada uvāca |
gokarṇaṃ kevalaṃ śaivaṃ kṣetraṃ paramapāvanam |
tasminmṛto naro rājanśivaḥ syānnātra saṃśayaḥ || 23 ||
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sthale jaleṃtarikṣe ca jaṃtustatra mṛyeta cet |
tadā kailāsaśikharo śivaḥ saṃbhūya dīvyati || 24 ||
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atra gokarṇatīrthe syānmṛtasya na punarbhavaḥ |
śivena sa samaṃ rājanmuktiṃ yāsyati karhicit || 25 ||
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asyāpi tava māhātmyaṃ gokarṇasya mahāmate |
varṇayāmi yadākarṇi mayā brahmamukhātprabho || 26 ||
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prayāgādekagavyūtau gurutīrthasamīpagaḥ |
maryādāparvato yo'yaṃ dṛśyate puṇyadarśanaḥ || 27 ||
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tatraikaḥ karkaṭo nāma bhilla āsītsudāruṇaḥ |
tasya bhāryā jarā nāma sā jaghne patipaṃcakam || 28 ||
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sā jarā viṣasaṃyuktaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ karkaṭakaṃ tadā |
akaronmodakaṃ haṃtuṃ tadā tena svasuḥ śrutam || 29 ||
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nijāyā mukhato rājanbhillena ca mahātmanā |
bālāṃ tāṃ haṃtumārebhe karkaṭo bhṛśadāruṇaḥ || 30 ||
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khaṅgapāṇiryadā yāti tadvadhāya sa bhillapaḥ |
yāvattāvattu sā yāyājjñātvā nijavadhodyamam || 31 ||
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vanamabhyadravadbhītā nijaprāṇaparīpsayā |
tāmanudravatā tena karkaṭena mahīpate || 32 ||
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atra gokarṇatīrthe tu gṛhītā khaṅgapāṇinā |
śiraśchitvā tu khaṅgena pātayitvā jale vapuḥ || 33 ||
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tasya gokarṇatīrthasya nijasthānamagācca saḥ |
sā jarā tatra gokarṇe pāpāpi nidhanaṃ gatā || 34 ||
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kailāsaśikhare rājanpārvatyā abhavatsakhī |
ahaṃ kathitavānetattava gokarṇavaibhavam || 35 ||
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śivakāṃcyāśca māhātmyaṃ pavitraṃ varṇayāmi te |
iṃdraprasthataṭasthāyāṃ śivakāṃcyāmapi prabho || 36 ||
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gatiḥ sā paramā puṃsāṃ gokarṇe yā mayoditā |
atra śrīmanmahādevo viṣṇuṃ sarvasureśvaram || 37 ||
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ārādhya bhaktarājatvaṃ lebhe jñānaṃ ca tātvikam |
ataḥ sarve vayaṃ putrā brahmaṇastaṃ maheśvaram || 38 ||
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ārādhayāmaḥ satataṃ sadbhaktijñānalipsayā |
atra bāṇāsuro rājannārarādha maheśvaram || 39 ||
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nirāhāro varṣaśataṃ tadguṇatvabubhūṣayā |
tasmai prasanno bhagavāngaṇatvaṃ dattavānnijam || 40 ||
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svayaṃ ca sarvadā tasya purapālo babhūvaha |
iyaṃ purī purā rājannāsīdviṣṇormahātmanaḥ || 41 ||
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dattā śivāya tuṣṭena tapasā tasya viṣṇunā |
asyāmekaṃ purāvṛttaṃ mahadāścaryakārakam || 42 ||
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viprasya śivabhaktasya vaikuṃṭhāptiryathābhavat |
ekastu brāhmaṇo rājan heraṃbo nāma dhārmikaḥ || 43 ||
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kāyena manasā vācā śivapūjārataḥ sadā |
ekadā sa mahābhāgaḥ śivatīrthāni paryaṭan || 44 ||
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śivabhaktaḥ śive rājanśivakāṃcyāmihāgataḥ |
enāṃ manoharāṃ caiva na tatyāja sa buddhimān || 45 ||
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paścāttatraiva tatyāja prāṇānasyā jalāṃtare |
tatraiva śrīmahādevagaṇāstaṃ brāhmaṇottamam || 46 ||
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nītvā kailāsamacalaṃ celustadanuśāsanāt |
atha madhye samāyātā gaṇā vaikuṃṭhato hareḥ || 47 ||
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tebhyo balātsamādātuṃ taṃ dvijaśreṣṭhamudyatāḥ |
āsītteṣāṃ mahayuddhaṃ gaṇānāṃ hariśarvayoḥ || 48 ||
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tatra yuddhena vaikeṣāṃ vijayo na parājayaḥ |
tatra vaikuṃṭhato viṣṇurāgato garuḍāsanaḥ || 49 ||
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kailāsādvṛṣabhārūḍho maheśaśca trilokadhṛk |
tāvanyonyaṃ mukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā vihasya jagadīśvarau || 50 ||
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paśyatasma mahadyuddhaṃ nabhasyeva gaṇaiḥ kṛtam |
atha svīyāngaṇānviṣṇuḥ śaivāṃśca divi yuddhataḥ || 51 ||
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nivārya taṃ dvijaṃ tārkṣyamāropyāgācchivālayam |
śivena tadgaṇaiścāpi svakīyairapi mādhavaḥ || 52 ||
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vṛto gachanpathi śrīmānstutastridaśavaṃditaḥ |
gatvā viveśa taṃ cāgaṃ mahādevapuraḥsaraḥ || 53 ||
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tasmai dvijāya vai tasya darśayanramaṇīyatām |
atha tasmāttu kailāsānmahādevena vaṃditaḥ || 54 ||
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mādhavaḥ parayā bhaktyā vaikuṃṭhamagamattadā |
dvijaḥ so'pi mahābhāgastīrthasyāsya prasādataḥ || 55 ||
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goviṃdadarśanaṃ prāpya mumude harasannidhau |
etatte kathitaṃ rājanśivakāṃcyāstu vaibhavam || 56 ||
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tīrthasaptakanāmnastu śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ |
tīrthametanmahārāja caturvargaphalapradam || 57 ||
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darśanātsparśanāddhyānātsmaraṇādapi bhūpate |
vasiṣṭhādibhiretasminmaharṣibhiranuṣṭhitam || 58 ||
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mahattapastu sṛṣṭyarthaṃ tatrāsaṃstu kṣamā nṛpa |
marīcirapi dharmātmā putrārthaṃ snānamācaran || 59 ||
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atra lebhe mahābhāgaḥ kaśyapaṃ sutamuttamam |
atriratrāpi tapasā toṣayaddevapuṃgavān || 60 ||
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somaṃ durvāsasaṃ dattaṃ tebhyo lebhe sutatrayam |
aṃgirā api dharmātmā tīrthasyāsya prasādataḥ || 61 ||
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lebhe sutāṃstutadvaṃśyā jātā āṃgirasā dvijāḥ |
pulaho'pi sutaṃ lebhe daṃbholi guṇavattaram || 62 ||
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yo'gastyobhūtpurā rājaṃstīrthe'traiva nimajjanāt |
pulastyasyātra tīrthe vai putro labdho tapasyataḥ || 63 ||
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kuberobhūnmahābhāgo yaḥ sakhāsīdumāpateḥ |
kratorapi sutā jātā vālakhilyāḥ sahasraśaḥ || 64 ||
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tīrthasyāsya prasādena te sarve hyūrdhvaretasaḥ |
rajaādīnsutāṃ lebhe vasiṣṭho'pi mahātapāḥ || 65 ||
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saptaiva rājaśārdūla mahimā tasya varṇitaḥ |
anyānyapi ca tīrthāni saṃtyanekāni bhūpate || 66 ||
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kapilāśramakedāraprabhāsādīni vai prabhau |
niyutairapi varṣāṇāṃ teṣāṃ ca mahimā nṛpa |
anaṃtenāpi no vaktuṃ śakyate kimu mādṛśaiḥ || 67 ||
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saubhariruvāca |
evamuktvā muniśreṣṭho nārado munipuṃgavaḥ |
śivaṃ jagāma nabhaso nārāyaṇaguṇāngṛṇan || 68 ||
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śibirauśīnaro rājā śakraprasthasya vaibhavam |
śrutvā munimukhādrājankṛtārthaṃ svamamanyata || 69 ||
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tatra snātvā hi vidhivadiṃdraprasthe sa bhūpatiḥ |
vidhāya satkriyāḥ sarvā jagāma nijapattanam || 70 ||
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iṃdraprasthasya māhātmyametattava mayā vibho |
yamunātīratīrthasya varṇitaṃ janapāvanam || 71 ||
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nāsyādaraṃ kariṣyaṃti kalau śraddhāvivarjitāḥ |
iṃdraprasthasya rājeṃdra sarvatīrthaśiromaṇeḥ || 72 ||
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aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ śravaṇādbhāratasya ca |
yatphalaṃ tanmahimnasya śakraprasthasya jāyate || 73 ||
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aruṇodayavelāyāṃ māghalakṣaikamajjanāt |
yatphalaṃ tanmahimnosya śravaṇācchraddhayā bhavet || 74 ||
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śraddhayāsya tu māhātmyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti mahīpate |
tarpitāstena pitaro devāśca munayastathā || 75 ||
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kṛcchrātikṛcchrapārāka cāṃdrāyaṇa vratādibhiḥ |
yatphalaṃ tanmahimno'sya śraddhayā śravaṇādbhavet || 76 ||
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aśvamedhādiyajñānāṃ samastānāṃ mahīpate |
yatphalaṃ tanmahimno'sya śraddhayā śravaṇādbhavet || 77 ||
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sūta uvāca |
evaṃ yudhiṣṭhiro rājā śrutvā śaunaka saubhareḥ |
iṃdraprasthasya māhātmyaṃ sa yayau hastinaṃ puram || 78 ||
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tato vinīya sadbhrātṝnduryodhanapuraḥsarān |
iṃdraprasthamagātpuṇyaṃ rājasūyacikīrṣayā || 79 ||
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dvārakāyāḥ samāgamya goviṃdaṃ kuladaivatam |
rājasūyena yajñena sa iyāja mahīpatiḥ || 80 ||
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muktidaṃ tīrthametattu śapatosyāpyajāyata |
iti matvā haristatra śiśupālaṃ jaghāna ha || 81 ||
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śiśupālo'pi tasyaiva tīrthasya maraṇādbhuvi |
sāyujyamagamatkṛṣṇe nikhilārthapradāyake || 82 ||
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śiśupālo hato yatra vihito yatra cakratuḥ |
gadayā tatra bhīmena kṛtaṃ kuṃḍaṃ suvistaram || 83 ||
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bhīmakuṃḍaṃ tu vijñātaṃ jātaṃ tadbhuvipāvanam |
kāliṃdyā dakṣiṇe bhāge gavyūtyardhaṃ mahītale || 84 ||
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iṃdraprasthagatāyā yatkāliṃdyāḥ snānataḥ phalam |
tatphalaṃ tatra kuṃḍe tu jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 85 ||
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sūta uvāca |
yasminkṣetre sthito jaṃtustaṃ kṣetramanuvatsaram |
pradakṣiṇādibhirdharmaiḥ svāparādhānkṣamāpayatet || 86 ||
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pratisaṃvatsaraṃ caiva parikrāmati yo naraḥ |
kṣetrāparādhadoṣaiśca na sa lipyettu pātakaiḥ || 87 ||
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pradakṣiṇamakurvāṇaḥ kṣetrasiddhiṃ na viṃdati |
tasmātpradakṣiṇā tīrthe dātavyā ca phalārthibhiḥ || 88 ||
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harernāma nisaṃjalpanprakaroti pradakṣiṇām |
padepade sa labhate kapilādānajaṃ phalam || 89 ||
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caitrakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ śakraprasthapradakṣiṇām |
yaḥ karoti naro dhanyaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 90 ||
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iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe kāliṃdī |
māhātmye iṃdraprasthagata kāśīgokarṇaśivakāṃcītīrthasaptaka bhīmakuṃḍavarṇanonāma dvā |
viṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 222 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Chapter 222

Cover of edition (2016)

Sri Padma Purana (Sanskrit Text and Hindi Translation)
by Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan (2016)

Sanskrit Text and Hindi Translation with Sloka Index (Set of 7 Volumes)

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Cover of edition (2007)

Padma Purana (In Six Volumes)
by Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office (2007)

Sanskrit Text Only

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Cover of Bengali edition

Padma Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

Set of 7 Volumes

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Cover of edition (2015)

Sri Padma Purana (Tamil)
by Azhwargal Aaivu Maiyam, Chennai (2015)

Translated by S. Jagatrakshgan

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Padma Purana in Gujarati
by Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat (0)

[પદમ પુરણ:]

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Cover of edition (2013)

Padma Mahapurana (Kannada)
by Vijeth Prakashan Gadag, Bangalore (2013)

[ಪದ್ಮ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣಂ]

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