[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Padmapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) › 3.38 # Padmapurana 3.38: aṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ Padmapurāṇa 3.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.38.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.73) — 1 part ### aṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ### [3.38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.1) nāradauvācavārāṇasyāścamāhātmyaṃtasyāṃtīrthānicaprabho kathitānisamāsenatīrthānyanyānisaṃśṛṇu ### [3.38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.2) tatogayāṃsamāsādyabrahmacārīsamāhitaḥ aśvamedhamavāpnotigamanādevabhārata ### [3.38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.3) yatrākṣayyavaṭonāmatriṣulokeṣuviśrutaḥ pitṝṇāṃtatravaidattamakṣayaṃbhavatiprabho ### [3.38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.4) mahānadyāmupaspṛśyatarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ akṣayānprāpnuyāllokānkulaṃcaivasamuddharet ### [3.38.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.5) tatobrahmasarogachedbrahmāraṇyopasevitam puṃḍarīkamavāpnotiprabhātamivaśarvarī ### [3.38.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.6) sarasibrahmaṇātatrayūpaśreṣṭhaḥsamucchritaḥ yūpaṃpradakṣiṇaṃkṛtvāvājapeyaphalaṃlabhet ### [3.38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.7) tatogacchetarājeṃdradhenukaṃlokaviśrutam ekārātroṣitorājanprayacchettiladhenukām ### [3.38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.8) sarvapāpaviśuddhātmāsomalokaṃvrajeddhruvam tatracihnaṃmahārājaadyāpihinasaṃśayaḥ ### [3.38.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.9) kapilāsahavatsāvaiparvatevicaratyutaḥ savatsāyāḥpadānyasyādṛśyaṃte'dyāpibhārata ### [3.38.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.10) teṣūpaspṛśyarājeṃdrapadeṣunṛpasattama yatkiṃcidaśubhaṃpāpaṃtatpraṇaśyatibhārata ### [3.38.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.11) tatogṛdhravaṭaṃgacchetsthānaṃdevasyaśūlinaḥ snāyāttubhasmanātatrasaṃgamyavṛṣabhadhvajam ### [3.38.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.12) brāhmaṇenabhaveccīrṇaṃvrataṃdvādaśavārṣikam itareṣāṃtuvarṇānāṃsarvapāpaṃpraṇaśyati ### [3.38.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.13) gacchetatataudyaṃtaṃparvataṃgītanāditam sāvitraṃtupadaṃtatradṛśyatebharatarṣabha ### [3.38.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.14) tatrasaṃdhyāmupāsītabrāhmaṇaḥsaṃśitavrataḥ upāstāhibhavetsaṃdhyātenadvādaśavārṣikī ### [3.38.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.15) yonidvāraṃcatatraivaviśrutaṃbharatarṣabha tatrābhigamyamucyetapuruṣoyonisaṃkaṭāt ### [3.38.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.16) śuklakṛṣṇāvubhaupakṣaugayāyāṃyovasennaraḥ punātyāsaptamaṃrājankulaṃnāstyatrasaṃśayaḥ ### [3.38.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.17) eṣṭavyābahavaḥputrāyadyapyekogayāṃvrajet yajetavāśvamedhenanīlaṃvāvṛṣamutsṛjet ### [3.38.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.18) tataḥphalguṃvrajedrājaṃstīrthasevīnarādhipa aśvamedhamavāpnotisiddhiṃcaparamāṃvrajet ### [3.38.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.19) tatogacchetarājeṃdradharmapṛṣṭhaṃsamāhitaḥ yatradharmomahārājanityamāsteyudhiṣṭhira ### [3.38.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.20) dharmmaṃtatrābhisaṃgamyavājimedhaphalaṃlabhet tatogacchetarājeṃdrabrahmaṇastīrthamuttamam ### [3.38.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.21) tatrābhigamyabrahmāṇamarcayenniyatavrataḥ rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃphalaṃprāpnotibhārata ### [3.38.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.22) tatorājagṛhaṃgacchettīrthasevīnarādhipa upaspṛśyatatastatrakakṣīvānivamodate ### [3.38.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.23) yakṣiṇyānaityakaṃtatraprāgagnipuruṣaḥśuciḥ yakṣiṇyāstuprasādenamucyatebrahmahatyayā ### [3.38.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.24) maṇināgaṃtatogacchedgosahasraphalaṃlabhet naityakaṃbhuṃjateyastumaṇināgasyamānavaḥ ### [3.38.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.25) daṣṭasyāśīviṣeṇāsyanaviṣaṃkramatenṛpa tatroṣyarajanīmekāṃsarvapāpaiḥpramucyate ### [3.38.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.26) tatogacchetabrahmarṣergautamasyavanaṃnṛpa ahalyāyāhradesnātvāvrajetaparamāṃgatim ### [3.38.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.27) abhigamyaśriyaṃrājanviṃdateśriyamuttamām tatrodapānodharmmajñatriṣulokeṣuviśrutaḥ ### [3.38.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.28) tatrābhiṣekaṃkurvītavājimedhamavāpnuyāt janakasyaturājarṣeḥkūpastridaśapūjitaḥ ### [3.38.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.29) tatrābhiṣekaṃkṛtvācaviṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt tato'vināśanaṃgacchetsarvapāpapramocanam ### [3.38.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.30) vājimedhamavāpnotisomalokaṃcagacchati gaṃḍakīṃcasamāsādyasarvatīrthajalodbhavām ### [3.38.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.31) vājapeyamavāpnotisūryalokaṃcagacchati tatodhruvasyadharmajñasamāviśyatapovanam ### [3.38.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.32) guhyakeṣumahābhāgamodatenātrasaṃśayaḥ karmadāṃtusamāsādyanadīṃsiddhaniṣevitām ### [3.38.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.33) puṃḍarīkamavāpnotisomalokaṃcagacchati tatoviśālāmāsādyanadīṃtrailokyaviśrutām ### [3.38.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.34) agniṣṭomamavāpnotisvargalokaṃcagacchati athamāheśvarīṃdhārāṃsamāsādyanarādhipa ### [3.38.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.35) aśvamedhamavāpnotikulaṃcaivasamuddharet divaukasāṃpuṣkariṇīṃsamāsādyanaraḥśuciḥ ### [3.38.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.36) nadurgatimavāpnotivājapeyaṃcaviṃdati athamāheśapadaṃgacchedbrahmacārīsamāhitaḥ ### [3.38.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.37) māheśvarapadesnātvāvājimedhaphalaṃlabhet tatrakoṭistutīrthānāṃviśrutābharatarṣabha ### [3.38.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.38) kūrmarūpeṇarājeṃdraasureṇadurātmanā hriyamāṇāhṛtārājanviṣṇunāprabhaviṣṇunā ### [3.38.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.39) tatrābhiṣekaṃkurvītatīrthakoṭyāṃnarādhipa puṃḍarīkamavāpnotiviṣṇulokaṃcagacchati ### [3.38.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.40) tatogacchennaraśreṣṭhasthānaṃnārāyaṇasyaca sadāsannihitoyatraharirvasatibhārata ### [3.38.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.41) yatrabrahmādayodevāṛṣayaścatapodhanāḥ ādityāvasavorudrājanārdanamupāsate ### [3.38.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.42) śālagrāmaitikhyātoviṣṇoradbhutakarmaṇaḥ abhigamyatrilokeśaṃvaradaṃviṣṇumacyutam ### [3.38.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.43) aśvamedhamavāpnotiviṣṇulokaṃcagacchati tatrodapānodharmajñasarvapāpapramocanaḥ ### [3.38.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.44) samudrāstatracatvāraḥkūpesannihitāḥsadā tatropaspṛśyarājeṃdranadurgatimavāpnuyāt ### [3.38.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.45) abhigamyamahādevaṃvaradaṃviṣṇumavyayam virājateyathāsomaṛṇairmuktoyudhiṣṭhira ### [3.38.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.46) jātismaraupaspṛśyaśuciḥprayatamānasaḥ jātismaratvaṃprāpnotisnātvātatranasaṃśayaḥ ### [3.38.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.47) vaṭeśvarapuraṃgatvāarcayitvācakeśavam īpsitām̐llabhatelokānupavāsānnasaṃśayaḥ ### [3.38.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.48) tatastuvāmanaṃgatvāsarvapāpapraṇāśanam abhivādyahariṃdevaṃnadurgatimavāpnuyāt ### [3.38.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.49) bharatasyāśramaṃgatvāsarvapāpapramocanam kauśikīṃtatrasevetamahāpātakanāśinīm ### [3.38.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.50) rājasūyasyayajñasyaphalaṃprāpnotimānavaḥ tatogacchetadharmajñacaṃpakāraṇyamuttamam ### [3.38.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.51) tatroṣyarajanīmekāṃgosahasraphalaṃlabhet athagoviṃdamāsādyatīrthaṃparamasammatam ### [3.38.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.52) upoṣyarajanīmekāmagniṣṭomaphalaṃlabhet tatraviśveśvaraṃdṛṣṭvādevyāsahamahādyutim ### [3.38.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.53) mitrāvaruṇayorlokānprāpnuyādbharatarṣabha trirātropoṣitastatraagniṣṭomaphalaṃlabhet ### [3.38.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.54) kanyāvasathamāsādyaniyatoniyatāśanaḥ manoḥprajāpaterlokānāpnotibharatarṣabha ### [3.38.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.55) kanyāyāṃyeprayacchaṃtidānamaṇvapibhārata tadakṣayamitiprāhurṛṣayaḥsaṃśitavratāḥ ### [3.38.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.56) niṣṭhāvāsaṃsamāsādyatriṣulokeṣuviśrutam aśvamedhamavāpnotiviṣṇulokaṃcagacchati ### [3.38.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.57) yetudānaṃprayacchaṃtiniṣṭhāyāḥsaṃgamenarāḥ teyāṃtinaraśārdūlabrahmalokamanāmayam ### [3.38.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.58) tatrāśramovasiṣṭhasyatriṣulokeṣuviśrutaḥ tatrābhiṣekaṃkurvāṇovājapeyamavāpnuyāt ### [3.38.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.59) devakūṭaṃsamāsādyadevarṣigaṇasevitam aśvamedhamavāpnotikulaṃcaivasamuddharet ### [3.38.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.60) tatogacchetarājeṃdrakauśikasyamunerhradam tatrasiddhiṃparāṃprāpaviśvāmitro'thakauśikaḥ ### [3.38.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.61) yatramāsaṃvaseddhīraḥkauśikyāṃbharatarṣabha aśvamedhasyayatpuṇyaṃtanmāsenādhigacchati ### [3.38.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.62) sarvatīrthavaraṃcaivayovasetamahāhradam nadurgatimavāpnotiviṃdyādbahusuvarṇakam ### [3.38.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.63) kumāramabhigamyāthavīrāśramanivāsinam aśvamedhamavāpnotiśakralokaṃsagacchati ### [3.38.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.64) naṃdinyāṃcasamāsādyakūpaṃtridaśasevitam naramedhasyayatpuṇyaṃtatprāpnotikurūdvaha ### [3.38.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.65) kālikāsaṃgamesnātvākauśikyāruṇayoryataḥ trirātropoṣitovidvānsarvapāpaiḥpramucyate ### [3.38.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.66) urvaśītīrthamāsādyatathāsomāśramaṃbudhaḥ kuṃbhakarṇāśramesnātvāpūjyatebhuvimānavaḥ ### [3.38.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.67) tathākokāmukhesnātvābrahmacārīsamāhitaḥ jātismaratvaṃprāpnotidṛṣṭametatpurātanaiḥ ### [3.38.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.68) sakṛnnadīṃsamāsādyakṛtārthobhavatidvijaḥ sarvapāpaviśuddhātmāsvargalokaṃcagacchati ### [3.38.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.69) ṛṣabhadvīpamāsādyasevyakrauṃcaniṣūdanam sarasvatyāmupaspṛśyavimānasthovirājate ### [3.38.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.70) audyānakaṃmahārājatīrthaṃmuniniṣevitam tatrābhiṣekaṃkurvītasarvapāpaiḥpramucyate ### [3.38.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.71) brahmatīrthaṃsamāsādyapuṇyaṃbrahmarṣisevitam vājapeyamavāpnotinaronāstyatrasaṃśayaḥ ### [3.38.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.72) tataścaṃpāṃsamāsādyabhāgīrathyāṃkṛtodakaḥ daṃḍārpaṇaṃsamāsādyagosahasraphalaṃlabhet ### [3.38.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.73) lāviḍhikāṃtatogacchetpuṇyāṃpuṇyaniṣevitām vājapeyamavāpnotivimānasthaścapūjyate ### [3.38.73.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38.73.p1) iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇesvargakhaṃḍegayāditīrthamāhātmyakathanaṃ nāmaaṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ## Linked texts (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.82.82) — Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.9.p39) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.38) · Pramāṇa