[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) › 3.40 # Padmapurana 3.40: catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ Padmapurāṇa 3.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.40.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.40) — 1 part ### catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ### [3.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.1) sūtauvācaevamuktānitīrthāniviṣṇudehānisuvratāḥ eṣāmanyatamāsaṃgānmuktobhavatimānavaḥ ### [3.40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.2) tīrthānuśravaṇaṃdhanyaṃdhanyaṃtīrthaniṣevaṇam pāparāśinipātāyanānyopāyaḥkalauyuge ### [3.40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.3) vāsaṃkuryāmahaṃtīrthetīrthasparśamahaṃtathā evaṃyo'nudinaṃbrūtesayātiparamaṃmahat ### [3.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.4) pāpānitasyanaśyaṃtitīrthālāpanamātrataḥ tīrthānikhaludhanyānidhanyasevyānisuvratāḥ ### [3.40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.5) tīrthānāṃsevanādevasevitobhavatiprabhuḥ nārāyaṇojagatkartānāstitīrthātparaṃpadam ### [3.40.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.6) brāhmaṇastulasīcaivaaśvatthastīrthasaṃcayaḥ viṣṇuścaparameśānaḥsevyaevasadānṛbhiḥ ### [3.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.7) brāhmaṇānāṃviśeṣeṇasevanaṃmunipuṃgavāḥ sarvatīrthāvagāhāderadhikaṃviduragrajāḥ ### [3.40.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.8) tasmāddvijapadaṃsākṣātsarvatīrthamayaṃśubham bhajetānudinaṃvidvāṃstatratīrthādhikaṃbhavet ### [3.40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.9) aśvatthasyatulasyāścagavāṃkuryātpradakṣiṇam sarvatīrthaphalaṃprāpyaviṣṇulokemahīyate ### [3.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.10) tasmādduṣkṛtakarmāṇināśayettīrthasevanāt anyathānarakaṃyātikarmmabhogāddhiśāmyati ### [3.40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.11) pāpināṃnarakevāsaḥsukṛtīsvargamaśnute tasmātpuṇyaṃniṣevetatīrthaṃkhaluvicakṣaṇaḥ ### [3.40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.12) ṛṣayaūcuḥśrutānikilatīrthānisamāhātmyānisuvrata idānīṃśrotumicchāmaḥprayāgasyaviśeṣakam ### [3.40.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.13) prayāgaṃtupurāproktaṃsaṃkṣepātsūtayattvayā viśeṣācchrotumicchāmaḥsūtanaḥkathyatāmiti ### [3.40.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.14) sūtauvācasādhupṛṣṭaṃmahābhāgāḥprayāgaṃpratisuvratāḥ haṃtāhaṃtatpravakṣyāmiprayāgasyopavarṇanam ### [3.40.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.15) mārkaṃḍeyenakathitaṃyatpurāpāṃḍusūnave bhāratetuyadāvṛtteprāptarājyepṛthāsute ### [3.40.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.16) etasminnaṃtarerājākuṃtīputroyudhiṣṭhiraḥ bhrātṛśokenasaṃtaptaḥciṃtayaṃstupunaḥpunaḥ ### [3.40.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.17) āsīdduryodhanorājāekādaśacamūpatiḥ asmānsaṃtapyabahuśaḥsarvetenidhanaṃgatāḥ ### [3.40.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.18) vāsudevaṃsamāśrityapaṃcaśeṣāstupāṃḍavāḥ kathaṃdroṇaṃcabhīṣmaṃcakarṇaṃcaivamahābalam ### [3.40.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.19) duryodhanaṃcarājānaṃbhrātṛputrasamanvitam rājānonihatāḥsarveyecānyeśūramāninaḥ ### [3.40.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.20) vinārājyenakartavyaṃkiṃbhogairjīvitenavā dhikkaṣṭamitisaṃciṃtyarājāvihvalatāṃgataḥ ### [3.40.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.21) niśceṣṭo'thanirutsāhaḥkiṃcittiṣṭhatyadhomukhaḥ labdhasaṃjñoyadārājāciṃtayānaḥpunaḥpunaḥ ### [3.40.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.22) kaṃcarevidhināyogaṃniyamaṃtīrthamevavā yenāhaṃśīghramāmucyemahāpātakakilbiṣāt ### [3.40.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.23) yatrasnātvānaroyātiviṣṇulokamanuttamam kathaṃpṛcchāmivaikṛṣṇaṃyenedaṃkāritaṃmahat ### [3.40.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.24) dhṛtarāṣṭraṃkathaṃpṛccheyasyaputraśataṃhatam vyāsaṃkathamahaṃpṛccheyasyagotrakṣayaḥkṛtaḥ ### [3.40.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.25) evaṃvaiklavyamāpannodharmaputroyudhiṣṭhiraḥ rudaṃtaḥpāṃḍavāḥsarvebhrātṛśokapariplutāḥ ### [3.40.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.26) yecatatramahātmānaḥsametāḥpāṃḍavāśritāḥ kuṃtīcadraupadīcaivayecatatrasamāgatāḥ ### [3.40.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.27) bhūmaunipatitāḥsarverodamānāḥsamaṃtataḥ vārāṇasyāṃtumārkaṃḍastenajñātoyudhiṣṭharaḥ ### [3.40.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.28) yathāviklavamāpannorodamānaḥsuduḥkhitaḥ acireṇaivakālenamārkaṃḍastumahātapāḥ ### [3.40.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.29) hastināpurasaṃprāptorājadvāresatiṣṭhati dvārapālo'pitaṃdṛṣṭvārājñaḥkathitavāndrutam ### [3.40.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.30) tvāṃdraṣṭukāmomārkaṃḍodvāretiṣṭhatyasaumuniḥ tvaritodharmaputrastudvārametyāhatatparaḥ ### [3.40.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.31) yudhiṣṭhirauvācasvāgataṃtemahāprājñasvāgataṃtemahāmune adyamesaphalaṃjanmaadyamepāvitaṃkulam ### [3.40.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.32) adyamepitarastṛptāstvayidṛṣṭemahāmune siṃhāsanaupasthāpyapādaśaucārcanādibhiḥ ### [3.40.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.33) yudhiṣṭhiromahātmāvaipūjayāmāsataṃmunim tatastamūcemārkaṇḍaḥpūjito'hatvayāvibho ### [3.40.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.34) ākhyāhitvaritorājankimarthaṃtvaritaṃtvayā kenavāviklavībhūtaḥkathayasvamamāgrataḥ ### [3.40.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.35) yudhiṣṭhirauvācaasmākaṃcaivayadvṛttaṃrājyasyārthemahāmune etatsarvaṃviditvātubhagavānihacāgataḥ ### [3.40.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.36) mārkaṃḍeyauvācaśṛṇurājanmahābāhoyatradharmovyavasthitaḥ naivadṛṣṭaṃraṇepāpaṃyudhyamānasyadhīmataḥ ### [3.40.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.37) kiṃpunārājadharmeṇakṣatriyasyaviśeṣataḥ tadevaṃhṛdayekṛtvātasmātpāpaṃnaciṃtayet ### [3.40.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.38) tatoyudhiṣṭhirorājāpraṇamyaśirasāmunim pṛcchāmitvāṃmuniśreṣṭhasadātraikālyadarśanam kathayasvasamāsenamucye'hayenakilbiṣāt ### [3.40.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.39) mārkaṃḍeyauvācaśṛṇurājanmahābhāgayanmāṃpṛcchasibhārata evaṃsāṃkhyaṃcayogaṃcatīrthaṃcaivayudhiṣṭhira ### [3.40.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.40) kiṃpunarbrāhmaṇaiḥpuṇyaiḥkīrtitaṃvaipurāvibho prayāgagamanaṃśreṣṭhaṃnarāṇāṃpuṇyakarmaṇām ### [3.40.40.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.40.40.p1) iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇesvargakhaṃḍecatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ## Linked texts (2) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.34.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mudgalapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.5.26.28) — Sanskrit --- Source: 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