Modhapurana 25

Moḍhapurāṇa 25

vyāpta uvāca-govatsānnaiṛte bhāgedṛśyate lohayaṣṭikā
svayambhūliṅgarūpeṇa rudrastatrasthitaḥsvayam

mārkaṃḍeya u0-mokṣatīrthesarasvatyāḥ nabhasīcandrasaṃkṣaya
viprānsampūjyavidhivattebhyodatvācadakṣiṇām

ekaviṃśativārāṃstu bhaktyāpiṇḍasyayatphalam
gayāyāṃprāpyatepuṃsāṃ dhruvaṃtadiha tarpaṇaiḥ

lohapaṣṭyāṃkṛte śrāddhe nabhasye caṃdrasaṃkṣaye
pretayoni vinirmuktāḥ krīḍantī pitaro divī

apinaḥ sukule bhūyāt yonauddadyāttilodakaṃ
piṃḍaṃca lohayaṣṭyāṃ vai pretapakṣe vidhūkṣaye

lohayaṣṭyāmamāvāsyāṃ kāryābhādrapadejanaiḥ
viśuddhaṃ munayaḥprāhu pitaroyadivallabhāḥ

kṣīreṇa sutilaiḥśvetaiḥ snātvāsārasvatejale
pitṛtṛptiḥsu sampūrṇā ṛṣīṇāṃ vacanaṃ yathā

tatraśrāddhānikurvīta saktubhiḥpayasāsah
amāvāsyā dinaṃprāpya pitṝṇāṃmokṣamicchakaiḥ

rudratīrthe tatodhenuṃ dadyādvastrādibhiryutāṃ
viṣṇutīrthe hiraṇyaṃca pradadyānmokṣamicchukaḥ

gayāyāṃ pitṛrūpeṇa svayamevajanārdanaḥ
taṃghyātvā puṃḍarīkākṣaṃ mucyateca ṛṇatrayāt

āgatosmigayāṃdeva pitṛkāryeṃgadādhara
tvaṃ hisākṣibhavasmākaṃ anṛṇo'haṃṛṇatrayāt

eṣapiṇḍomayādattaḥ tavahastejanārdana
paralokegatemahyaṃ tvaṃhisākṣībhaviṣyasi

anenaivatumaṃtreṇa mamāgre surasattamāḥ
candrakṣīṇecaturdaśyāṃ nabhasipiṇḍamāharet

pitṛṇāmakṣayātṛpti rbhaviṣyatinasaṃśayaḥ
bhaktyātuptimavāpnoti lohayaṣṭyāṃhitarpaṇe

vāridastṛptimāpnoti sukhamakṣayamannadaḥ
ghṛtapradaḥ sutānbhaktān ārogyamabhayapradaḥ

vittaṃnyāyārjitaṃ dattaṃ svalpaṃtatramahatphalam
snānenāpihitattīrthe rudrasyānucarobhavet

itiśrīskaṃdapurāṇe pātālakhaṇḍedharmāraṇyopākhyāne-saṃkṣepa tīrthamahātmyanāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 25

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