The Glory of Chandesha and Ganapatya Tirtha

Verse 1 (padma.6.167.1)

अत्र तीर्थात्परं तीर्थं चंडेश इति विश्रुतम् । यत्र चंडेश्वरो देवो नित्यं तिष्ठति भूतिदः

atra tīrthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ caṃḍeśa iti viśrutam yatra caṃḍeśvaro devo nityaṃ tiṣṭhati bhūtidaḥ

Beyond this tirtha is another, known as Chandesha, where the god Chandeshvara, the bestower of prosperity, ever abides.

Verse 2 (padma.6.167.2)

यं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यते पापादज्ञानादथवा कृतात् । सर्वाभिर्देवताभिश्च मिलित्वा नगरं कृतम् । चंडेश इति विख्यातं नाम्ना चैव महेश्वरि

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate pāpādajñānādathavā kṛtāt sarvābhirdevatābhiśca militvā nagaraṃ kṛtam caṃḍeśa iti vikhyātaṃ nāmnā caiva maheśvari

Beholding him, one is released from sin, whether committed in ignorance or knowingly. All the gods together made a city here, renowned by the very name Chandesha, O great goddess.

Verse 3 (padma.6.167.3)

इति चंडेशतीर्थम् । अत्र तीर्थात्परं तीर्थं गाणपत्यं ततो भुवि । साभ्रमत्यां समीपे तु विख्यातं देवि निर्मितम्

iti caṃḍeśatīrtham atra tīrthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ gāṇapatyaṃ tato bhuvi sābhramatyāṃ samīpe tu vikhyātaṃ devi nirmitam

Thus the tirtha of Chandesha. Beyond this tirtha, on earth, is another called Ganapatya, made renowned near the Sabarmati, O goddess.

Verse 4 (padma.6.167.4)

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो देवि मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । मन्ये साभ्रमती तीरे जनानां हितकाम्यया

tatra snātvā naro devi mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ manye sābhramatī tīre janānāṃ hitakāmyayā

A man who bathes there, O goddess, is released -- there is no doubt of this. I consider that, on the bank of the Sabarmati, out of desire for the welfare of the people,

Verse 5 (padma.6.167.5)

पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि सागरांतानि यानि च । तानि सर्वाणि संत्यज्य तीर्थे वै परमाद्भुते

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni sāgarāṃtāni yāni ca tāni sarvāṇi saṃtyajya tīrthe vai paramādbhute

all the tirthas that exist upon the earth, even as far as the ocean's edge, having set them all aside, at this most wondrous tirtha --

Verse 6 (padma.6.167.6)

श्राद्धं करोति यस्तत्र रुद्रभक्त्या जितेंद्रियः । फलं प्राप्नोति शुद्धात्मा सर्वयज्ञसमुद्भवम्

śrāddhaṃ karoti yastatra rudrabhaktyā jiteṃdriyaḥ phalaṃ prāpnoti śuddhātmā sarvayajñasamudbhavam

whoever performs shraddha there, with devotion to Rudra, with senses subdued, that pure-souled man obtains the fruit born of every sacrifice.

Verse 7 (padma.6.167.7)

पितॄनुदिश्य यत्किंचिद्गणतीर्थे प्रदीयते । तत्सर्वं जायते क्षिप्रं गणनाथप्रसादतः

pitṝnudiśya yatkiṃcidgaṇatīrthe pradīyate tatsarvaṃ jāyate kṣipraṃ gaṇanāthaprasādataḥ

Whatever, however small, is offered to the ancestors at this tirtha of the Ganas, all of it bears fruit swiftly, through the grace of the Lord of the Ganas.

Verse 8 (padma.6.167.8)

तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा वृषं विप्राय दापयेत् । सर्वलोकानतिक्रम्य स गच्छेत्परमां गतिम्

tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā vṛṣaṃ viprāya dāpayet sarvalokānatikramya sa gacchetparamāṃ gatim

A man who bathes at that tirtha and gives a bull to a brahmin, having passed beyond all other worlds, attains the supreme state.