Malarka-tirtha

Verse 1 (padma.6.148.1)

महादेव उवाच। साभ्रमत्यास्तटे तीर्थं गयातीर्थमनुत्तमम् । चित्रांगवदनं नाम मालार्काधिष्ठितं शुभम्

mahādeva uvāca sābhramatyāstaṭe tīrthaṁ gayātīrthamanuttamam citrāṁgavadanaṁ nāma mālārkādhiṣṭhitaṁ śubham

Mahadeva said: 'On the bank of the Sabarmati is a ford unsurpassed, equal to Gaya-tirtha, named Chitrangavadana, auspicious, presided over by Malarka, the garlanded sun.'

Verse 2 (padma.6.148.2)

कल्पपादपसंतानैर्मंदारैश्चोपशोभितम् । चूतनिंबकदंबैश्च काश्मर्यश्वत्थतिंदुकैः

kalpapādapasaṁtānairmaṁdāraiścopaśobhitam cūtaniṁbakadaṁbaiśca kāśmaryaśvatthatiṁdukaiḥ

'It is adorned with the offshoots of wishing-trees and with mandara trees, and also beautified with mango, neem, kadamba, kashmarya, peepal, and tinduka trees.'

Verse 3 (padma.6.148.3)

तस्मादपहरेत्कुष्ठं योजनस्मृतिविभ्रमात् । यस्य संजायते कुष्ठं तस्य मालार्कको हरेत्

tasmādapaharetkuṣṭhaṁ yojanasmṛtivibhramāt yasya saṁjāyate kuṣṭhaṁ tasya mālārkako haret

'By the mere recollection of it, even from a distance of a yojana, it removes leprosy. Whoever contracts leprosy, Malarka takes it away from him.'

Verse 4 (padma.6.148.4)

या तु वेदोक्तविधिना नारी तत्राभिषिंचति । मृतवत्साऽथवा वंध्या पुत्रं प्राप्नोति साचिरात्

yā tu vedoktavidhinā nārī tatrābhiṣiṁcati mṛtavatsā'thavā vaṁdhyā putraṁ prāpnoti sācirāt

'Whatever woman performs the anointing rite there according to the vedic ordinance — whether her children have died or she is barren — she soon obtains a son.'

Verse 5 (padma.6.148.5)

संध्यास्नानं जपो होमः स्वाध्यायो देवतार्चनम् । कृतं भास्करभक्तेन मालार्के ह्यक्षयं भवेत्

saṁdhyāsnānaṁ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam kṛtaṁ bhāskarabhaktena mālārke hyakṣayaṁ bhavet

'The evening bath, japa, fire-offering, personal recitation, and worship of the deity — performed by a devotee of the sun at Malarka, all become imperishable in their fruit.'

Verse 6 (padma.6.148.6)

अत्र गत्वा तु देवेशि श्रीरवेर्व्रतमाचरेत् । इहलोके सुखं भुक्त्वा रवेर्लोकं हि याति वै

atra gatvā tu deveśi śrīravervratamācaret ihaloke sukhaṁ bhuktvā raverlokaṁ hi yāti vai

'O queen of gods, going there, one should observe the vow of Shri Ravi. Having enjoyed happiness in this world, one indeed goes to the realm of the sun.'

Verse 7 (padma.6.148.7)

मृतवत्सो हि राजर्षिस्तत्र गत्वाऽकरोत्तपः । स राजा प्राप्तवान्पुत्रं श्रीमालार्कप्रसादतः

mṛtavatso hi rājarṣistatra gatvā'karottapaḥ sa rājā prāptavānputraṁ śrīmālārkaprasādataḥ

'A royal sage whose children had died went there and performed austerity. By the grace of Shri Malarka, that king obtained a son.'

Verse 8 (padma.6.148.8)

अत्र गत्वा विशेषण उपवासी जितेंद्रियः । मालार्कं पूजयेद्यो वै मुक्तिभागी भवेद्ध्रुवम्

atra gatvā viśeṣaṇa upavāsī jiteṁdriyaḥ mālārkaṁ pūjayedyo vai muktibhāgī bhaveddhruvam

'Whoever, going there, fasting in particular, having mastered his senses, worships Malarka, certainly becomes a sharer in liberation.'

Verse 9 (padma.6.148.9)

वसिष्ठप्रमुखाविप्रा देवा इंद्रादयः सदा । निवसंति सुरश्रेष्ठे मालार्के रविसन्निधौ

vasiṣṭhapramukhāviprā devā iṁdrādayaḥ sadā nivasaṁti suraśreṣṭhe mālārke ravisannidhau

'Brahmins headed by Vasishtha, and gods headed by Indra, O foremost of gods, ever dwell at Malarka, in the very presence of the sun.'