Brahma Purana — Chapter 77
BrP 77.1
त्र्यम्बकश् च इति प्राह गौतमं मुनिभिर् वृतम् ॥
tryambakaś ca iti prāha gautamaṃ munibhir vṛtam //
And Tryambaka spoke thus to Gautama, who was surrounded by sages:
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BrP 77.2
द्विहस्तमात्रे तीर्थानि संभविष्यन्ति गौतम सर्वत्राहं संनिहितः सर्वकामप्रदस् तथा ॥
dvihastamātre tīrthāni saṃbhaviṣyanti gautama sarvatrāhaṃ saṃnihitaḥ sarvakāmapradas tathā //
"Within a mere two cubits sacred fords will come into being, Gautama; and I am present everywhere, granting all desires.
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BrP 77.4
नर्मदा तु सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा पर्वते ऽमरकण्टके यमुना संगता तत्र प्रभासे तु सरस्वती ॥
narmadā tu saricchreṣṭhā parvate 'marakaṇṭake yamunā saṃgatā tatra prabhāse tu sarasvatī //
Narmadā, best of rivers, (is) on Mount Amarakaṇṭaka; there the Yamunā has joined (her); but at Prabhāsa (there is) the Sarasvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 77.5
कृष्णा भीमरथी चैव तुङ्गभद्रा तु नारद तिसृणां संगमो यत्र तत् तीर्थं मुक्तिदं नृणाम् ॥
kṛṣṇā bhīmarathī caiva tuṅgabhadrā tu nārada tisṛṇāṃ saṃgamo yatra tat tīrthaṃ muktidaṃ nṛṇām //
Kṛṣṇā, and Bhīmarathī, and Tuṅgabhadrā, O Nārada — where the confluence of the three is, that sacred ford gives liberation to men.
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BrP 77.6
पयोउष्णी संगता यत्र तत्रत्या तच् च मुक्तिदम् इयं तु गौतमी वत्स यत्र क्वापि ममाज्ञया ॥
payouṣṇī saṃgatā yatra tatratyā tac ca muktidam iyaṃ tu gautamī vatsa yatra kvāpi mamājñayā //
Where the Payoṣṇī has joined, that place too gives liberation; but this Gautamī, my child, wherever (she be), by my command
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BrP 77.7
सर्वेषां सर्वदा नॄणां स्नानान् मुक्तिं प्रदास्यति किंचित्काले पुण्यतमं किंचित्तीर्थं सुरागमे ॥
sarveṣāṃ sarvadā nṝṇāṃ snānān muktiṃ pradāsyati kiṃcitkāle puṇyatamaṃ kiṃcittīrthaṃ surāgame //
will give liberation to all men at all times through bathing. Some place is most holy at a (particular) time, some sacred ford (only) at the coming of the gods;
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BrP 77.8
सर्वेषां सर्वदा तीर्थं गौतमी नात्र संशयः तिस्रः कोट्यो ऽर्धकोटी च योजनानां शतद्वये ॥
sarveṣāṃ sarvadā tīrthaṃ gautamī nātra saṃśayaḥ tisraḥ koṭyo 'rdhakoṭī ca yojanānāṃ śatadvaye //
but the Gautamī is a sacred ford for all, at all times — there is no doubt here. Three and a half crores of sacred fords within two hundred leagues
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BrP 77.9
तीर्थानि मुनिशार्दूल संभविष्यन्ति गौतम इयं माहेश्वरी गङ्गा गौतमी वैष्णवीति च ॥
tīrthāni muniśārdūla saṃbhaviṣyanti gautama iyaṃ māheśvarī gaṅgā gautamī vaiṣṇavīti ca //
"O tiger among sages, sacred fords will come to be, O Gautama; and this Ganges (shall be called) Māheśvarī, Gautamī, and Vaiṣṇavī,
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BrP 77.10
ब्राह्मी गोदावरी नन्दा सुनन्दा कामदायिनी ब्रह्मतेजःसमानीता सर्वपापप्रणाशनी ॥
brāhmī godāvarī nandā sunandā kāmadāyinī brahmatejaḥsamānītā sarvapāpapraṇāśanī //
Brāhmī, Godāvarī, Nandā, Sunandā, the granter of desires, brought here by the power of Brahmā, destroyer of all sins,
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BrP 77.11
स्मरणाद् एव पापौघहन्त्री मम सदा प्रिया पञ्चानाम् अपि भूतानाम् आपः श्रेष्ठत्वम् आगताः ॥
smaraṇād eva pāpaughahantrī mama sadā priyā pañcānām api bhūtānām āpaḥ śreṣṭhatvam āgatāḥ //
slayer of the flood of sins by the mere remembering (of her), ever dear to me. Among the five elements too, the waters have attained pre-eminence.
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BrP 77.12
तत्रापि तीर्थभूतास् तु तस्माद् आपः पराः स्मृताः तासां भागीरथी श्रेष्ठा ताभ्यो ऽपि गौतमी तथा ॥
tatrāpi tīrthabhūtās tu tasmād āpaḥ parāḥ smṛtāḥ tāsāṃ bhāgīrathī śreṣṭhā tābhyo 'pi gautamī tathā //
And among those (waters), those that have become sacred fords are for that reason held to be higher; among them the Bhāgīrathī is the best, and higher than these (all) is the Gautamī likewise.
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BrP 77.13
आनीता सजटा गङ्गा अस्या नान्यच् छुभावहम् स्वर्गे भुवि तले वापि तीर्थं सर्वार्थदं मुने ॥
ānītā sajaṭā gaṅgā asyā nānyac chubhāvaham svarge bhuvi tale vāpi tīrthaṃ sarvārthadaṃ mune //
The Ganges was brought (down) together with the matted locks; there is nothing else more auspicious than her. In heaven or on the earth's surface there is (no) sacred ford that grants all objects, O sage."
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BrP 77.14
इत्य् एतत् कथितं पुत्र गौतमाय महात्मने साक्षाद् धरेण तुष्टेन मया तव निवेदितम् ॥
ity etat kathitaṃ putra gautamāya mahātmane sākṣād dhareṇa tuṣṭena mayā tava niveditam //
"Thus this was told, O son, to the great-souled Gautama by Hara himself, well pleased; (and) it has been reported by me to you.
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BrP 77.15
एवं सा गौतमी गङ्गा सर्वेभ्यो ऽप्य् अधिका मता तत्स्वरूपं च कथितं कुतो ऽन्या श्रवणस्पृहा ॥
evaṃ sā gautamī gaṅgā sarvebhyo 'py adhikā matā tatsvarūpaṃ ca kathitaṃ kuto 'nyā śravaṇaspṛhā //
Thus that Gautamī Ganges is held to be superior to all, and her own nature has been described—how could there be a desire to hear of another?"
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