Brahma Purana — Chapter 148
BrP 148.1
कोटितीर्थम् इति ख्यातं गङ्गाया दक्षिणे तटे यस्यानुस्मरणाद् एव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥
koṭitīrtham iti khyātaṃ gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe yasyānusmaraṇād eva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate //
On the southern bank of the Gaṅgā there is (a place) known as Koṭitīrtha, by the mere remembrance of which one is released from all sins.
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BrP 148.2
यत्र कोटीश्वरो देवः सर्वं कोटिगुणं भवेत् कोटिद्वयं तत्र पूर्णं तीर्थानां शुभदायिनाम् ॥
yatra koṭīśvaro devaḥ sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet koṭidvayaṃ tatra pūrṇaṃ tīrthānāṃ śubhadāyinām //
Where the god Koṭīśvara (dwells), everything becomes a crore-fold; there two crores of tīrthas that bestow good fortune are complete.
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BrP 148.3
तत्र व्युष्टिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु नारद तन्मनाः कण्वस्य तु सुतो ज्येष्ठो बाह्लीक इति विश्रुतः ॥
tatra vyuṣṭiṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu nārada tanmanāḥ kaṇvasya tu suto jyeṣṭho bāhlīka iti viśrutaḥ //
I shall declare the reward (gained) there; listen, Nārada, with mind fixed on it. Kaṇva's eldest son was well known as Bāhlīka.
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BrP 148.4
काण्वश् चेति जनैः ख्यातो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः इष्टीः पार्वायणानीर् याः सभार्यो वेदपारगः ॥
kāṇvaś ceti janaiḥ khyāto vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ iṣṭīḥ pārvāyaṇānīr yāḥ sabhāryo vedapāragaḥ //
And he was known among the people as Kāṇva, one who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas; the iṣṭi-sacrifices and the pārvāyaṇa rites which, together with his wife, that master of the Veda (performed) —
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BrP 148.5
कुर्वन्न् आस्ते स गौतम्यास् तीरस्थो लोकपूजितः प्रातःकाले सभार्यो ऽसौ जुह्वद् अग्नौ समाहितः ॥
kurvann āste sa gautamyās tīrastho lokapūjitaḥ prātaḥkāle sabhāryo 'sau juhvad agnau samāhitaḥ //
— performing (these), he dwelt on the bank of the Gautamī, honoured by the people; at daybreak, together with his wife, he would pour oblations into the fire, concentrated.
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BrP 148.6
सर्वदास्ते कदाचित् तु हवनाय समुद्यतः एकाहुतिं स हुत्वा तु समिद्धे हव्यवाहने ॥
sarvadāste kadācit tu havanāya samudyataḥ ekāhutiṃ sa hutvā tu samiddhe havyavāhane //
So he remained always; but once, when he had set about the oblation, having offered a single libation into the kindled fire-bearer,
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BrP 148.7
आहुत्यन्तरदानाय हविर् द्रव्यं करे ऽग्रहीत् एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे वह्निर् उपशान्तो ऽभवत् तदा ॥
āhutyantaradānāya havir dravyaṃ kare 'grahīt etasminn antare vahnir upaśānto 'bhavat tadā //
he took the oblation-substance in his hand in order to give the next libation; in that very interval the fire then died down.
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BrP 148.8
ततश् चिन्तापरः काण्वः कर्तव्यं किं भवेद् इति अन्तर् विचारयाम् आस विषादं परमं गतः ॥
tataś cintāparaḥ kāṇvaḥ kartavyaṃ kiṃ bhaved iti antar vicārayām āsa viṣādaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ //
Then Kāṇva, absorbed in worry as to what should be done, deliberated inwardly, having fallen into the utmost dejection:
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BrP 148.9
आहुत्योश् च द्वयोर् मध्य उपशान्तो हुताशनः अग्न्यन्तरम् उपादेयं वैदिकं लौकिकं तथा ॥
āhutyoś ca dvayor madhya upaśānto hutāśanaḥ agnyantaram upādeyaṃ vaidikaṃ laukikaṃ tathā //
"In the middle of the two libations the fire-eater has gone out; another fire must be taken up, either Vedic or worldly.
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BrP 148.10
क्व होष्यं स्याद् द्वितीयं तु आहुत्यन्तरम् एव च एवं मीमांसमाने तु दैवी वाग् अब्रवीत् तदा ॥
kva hoṣyaṃ syād dvitīyaṃ tu āhutyantaram eva ca evaṃ mīmāṃsamāne tu daivī vāg abravīt tadā //
Where then should the second (offering) be poured, and the next libation as well?" While he was thus reflecting, a divine voice then spoke:
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BrP 148.11
अग्न्यन्तरं नैव ते ऽत्र उपादेयं भविष्यति यानि तत्र भविष्यन्ति शकलानि समीपतः ॥
agnyantaraṃ naiva te 'tra upādeyaṃ bhaviṣyati yāni tatra bhaviṣyanti śakalāni samīpataḥ //
"No other fire shall be taken up by you here; those splinters that will be there close at hand —
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BrP 148.12
अर्धदग्धेषु काष्ठेषु विप्रराज प्रहूयताम् नेत्य् उवाच तदा काण्वः सैव वाग् अब्रवीत् पुनः ॥
ardhadagdheṣu kāṣṭheṣu viprarāja prahūyatām nety uvāca tadā kāṇvaḥ saiva vāg abravīt punaḥ //
— O king of brahmins, let the offering be made in the half-burnt pieces of wood." Then Kāṇva said "No"; that same voice spoke again:
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BrP 148.13
अग्नेः पुत्रो हिरण्यस् तु पिता पुत्रः स एव तु पुत्रे दत्तं प्रियायैव पितुः प्रीत्यै भविष्यति ॥
agneḥ putro hiraṇyas tu pitā putraḥ sa eva tu putre dattaṃ priyāyaiva pituḥ prītyai bhaviṣyati //
"Hiraṇya is the son of Agni, and the father is that very son; what is given to the son will be for the satisfaction of the beloved father.
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BrP 148.14
पित्रे देयं सुते दद्यात् कोटिप्रीतिगुणं भवेत् दैवी वाग् अब्रवीद् एवं ततः सर्वे महर्षयः ॥
pitre deyaṃ sute dadyāt koṭiprītiguṇaṃ bhavet daivī vāg abravīd evaṃ tataḥ sarve maharṣayaḥ //
What is to be given to the father, one may give to the son: the satisfaction will be a crore-fold." Thus the divine voice spoke; then all the great sages,
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BrP 148.15
निश्चित्य धर्मसर्वस्वं तथा चक्रुर् यथोदितम् एतज् ज्ञात्वा जगत्य् अत्र पुत्रे दत्तं पितुर् भवेत् ॥
niścitya dharmasarvasvaṃ tathā cakrur yathoditam etaj jñātvā jagaty atra putre dattaṃ pitur bhavet //
having settled the whole essence of dharma, did just as had been said. Knowing this, here in the world, what is given to the son accrues to the father.
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BrP 148.16
अपत्याद्युपकारेण पित्रोः प्रीतिर् यथा भवेत् तथा नान्येन केनापि जगत्य् एतद् धि विश्रुतम् ॥
apatyādyupakāreṇa pitroḥ prītir yathā bhavet tathā nānyena kenāpi jagaty etad dhi viśrutam //
Just as the parents' pleasure comes about through service done to offspring and the like, so it does not by any other means at all; for this is well known in the world.
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BrP 148.17
सुप्रसिद्धं जगत्य् एतत् सर्वलोकेषु पूजितम् तस्मिन् दत्ते भवेत् पुण्यं सर्वं कोटिगुणं सुत ॥
suprasiddhaṃ jagaty etat sarvalokeṣu pūjitam tasmin datte bhavet puṇyaṃ sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ suta //
This is very well established in the world and honoured in all realms: when a gift is made to him, all the merit becomes a crore-fold, O son.
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BrP 148.18
मनोग्लानिनिवृत्तिश् च जायते च महत् सुखम् पुनर् अप्य् आह सा वाणी काण्वे ऽस्मिंस् तीर्थ उत्तमे ॥
manoglāninivṛttiś ca jāyate ca mahat sukham punar apy āha sā vāṇī kāṇve 'smiṃs tīrtha uttame //
And the removal of mental weariness comes about, and great happiness. That voice spoke once more to Kāṇva at this excellent tīrtha.
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BrP 148.19
अभवत् तन् महत् तीर्थं काण्व पुण्यप्रभावतः लोकत्रयाश्रयाशेषतीर्थेभ्यो ऽपि महाफलम् ॥
abhavat tan mahat tīrthaṃ kāṇva puṇyaprabhāvataḥ lokatrayāśrayāśeṣatīrthebhyo 'pi mahāphalam //
That great tīrtha came to be, O Kāṇva, through the power of (this) merit, of greater fruit even than all the tīrthas that are the resort of the three worlds.
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BrP 148.20
स्नानदानादिकं किंचिद् भक्त्या कुर्वन् समाहितः फलं प्राप्स्यस्य् अशेषेण सर्वं कोटिगुणं मुने ॥
snānadānādikaṃ kiṃcid bhaktyā kurvan samāhitaḥ phalaṃ prāpsyasy aśeṣeṇa sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ mune //
Doing anything—bathing, giving and the like—with devotion and concentration, you will obtain the fruit in full, all of it a crore-fold, O sage.
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BrP 148.21
यत् किंचित् क्रियते चात्र स्नानदानादिकं नरैः सर्वं कोटिगुणं विद्यात् कोटितीर्थं ततो विदुः ॥
yat kiṃcit kriyate cātra snānadānādikaṃ naraiḥ sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ vidyāt koṭitīrthaṃ tato viduḥ //
Whatever bathing, giving and the like is done here by men, one should know it all to be a crore-fold; hence they know it as Koṭitīrtha.
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BrP 148.22
यत्रैतद् वृत्तम् आग्नेयं काण्वं पौत्रं हिरण्यकम् वाणीसंज्ञं कोटितीर्थं कोटितीर्थफलं यतः ॥
yatraitad vṛttam āgneyaṃ kāṇvaṃ pautraṃ hiraṇyakam vāṇīsaṃjñaṃ koṭitīrthaṃ koṭitīrthaphalaṃ yataḥ //
Where this took place — the Āgneya, the Kāṇva, the Pautra, the Hiraṇyaka, and the one named Vāṇī — (that is) Koṭitīrtha, since (it yields) the fruit of ten million holy places.
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BrP 148.23
कोटितीर्थस्य माहात्म्यम् अत्र वक्तुं न शक्यते वाचस्पतिप्रभृतिभिर् अथवान्यैः सुरैर् अपि ॥
koṭitīrthasya māhātmyam atra vaktuṃ na śakyate vācaspatiprabhṛtibhir athavānyaiḥ surair api //
The greatness of Koṭitīrtha cannot be told here, not by Vācaspati and the rest, nor even by the other gods.
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BrP 148.24
यत्रानुष्ठीयमानं हि सर्वं कर्म यथा तथा गोदावर्याः प्रसादेन सर्वं कोटिगुणं भवेत् ॥
yatrānuṣṭhīyamānaṃ hi sarvaṃ karma yathā tathā godāvaryāḥ prasādena sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet //
For whatever rite is performed there, of whatever sort, all of it becomes ten million times (as great) by the grace of the Godāvarī.
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BrP 148.25
कोटितीर्थे द्विजाग्र्याय गाम् एकां यः प्रयच्छति तस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्याद् गोकोटिफलम् अश्नुते ॥
koṭitīrthe dvijāgryāya gām ekāṃ yaḥ prayacchati tasya tīrthasya māhātmyād gokoṭiphalam aśnute //
He who at Koṭitīrtha bestows a single cow upon a foremost brahmin obtains, through the greatness of that holy place, the fruit of ten million cows.
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BrP 148.26
तस्मिंस् तीर्थे शुचिर् भूत्वा भूमिदानं करोति यः श्रद्धायुक्तेन मनसा स्यात् तत्कोटिगुणोत्तरम् ॥
tasmiṃs tīrthe śucir bhūtvā bhūmidānaṃ karoti yaḥ śraddhāyuktena manasā syāt tatkoṭiguṇottaram //
He who, having become pure, makes a gift of land at that holy place with a mind full of faith — that (gift) is higher by ten million times.
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BrP 148.27
सर्वत्र गौतमीतीरे पितॄणां दानम् उत्तमम् विशेषतः कोटितीर्थे तद् अनन्तफलप्रदम् अत्रैकन्यूनपञ्चाशत् तीर्थानि मुनयो विदुः ॥
sarvatra gautamītīre pitṝṇāṃ dānam uttamam viśeṣataḥ koṭitīrthe tad anantaphalapradam atraikanyūnapañcāśat tīrthāni munayo viduḥ //
Everywhere on the bank of the Gautamī a gift to the ancestors is excellent; especially at Koṭitīrtha it bestows endless fruit. Here the sages know forty-nine holy places.
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