Brahma Purana — Chapter 94

BrP 94.1

श्वेततीर्थम् इति ख्यातं त्रैलोक्ये विश्रुतं शुभम् तस्य श्रवणमात्रेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

śvetatīrtham iti khyātaṃ trailokye viśrutaṃ śubham tasya śravaṇamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate //

It is known as Śvetatīrtha, renowned in the three worlds, auspicious; merely by hearing of it one is released from all sins.

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BrP 94.2

श्वेतो नाम पुरा विप्रो गौतमस्य प्रियः सखा आतिथ्यपूजानिरतो गौतमीतीरम् आश्रितः ॥

śveto nāma purā vipro gautamasya priyaḥ sakhā ātithyapūjānirato gautamītīram āśritaḥ //

Formerly there was a brahmin named Śveta, a dear friend of Gautama, devoted to the honouring of guests, dwelling on the bank of the Gautamī.

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BrP 94.3

मनसा कर्मणा वाचा शिवभक्तिपरायणः ध्यायन्तं तं द्विजश्रेष्ठं पूजयन्तं सदा शिवम् ॥

manasā karmaṇā vācā śivabhaktiparāyaṇaḥ dhyāyantaṃ taṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ pūjayantaṃ sadā śivam //

In thought, deed, and speech he was wholly given over to devotion to Śiva; (and) that best of twice-born ones, as he meditated and constantly worshipped Śiva —

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BrP 94.4

पूर्णायुषं द्विजवरं शिवभक्तिपरायणम् नेतुं दूताः समाजग्मुर् दक्षिणाशापतेस् तदा ॥

pūrṇāyuṣaṃ dvijavaraṃ śivabhaktiparāyaṇam netuṃ dūtāḥ samājagmur dakṣiṇāśāpates tadā //

— that best of the twice-born, whose lifespan was complete and who was wholly devoted to Śiva, the messengers of the lord of the southern quarter then came to fetch.

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BrP 94.5

नाशक्नुवन् गृहं तस्य प्रवेष्टुम् अपि नारद तदा काले व्यतिक्रान्ते चित्रको मृत्युम् अब्रवीत् ॥

nāśaknuvan gṛhaṃ tasya praveṣṭum api nārada tadā kāle vyatikrānte citrako mṛtyum abravīt //

They were not able even to enter his house, Nārada. Then, when the time had passed, Citraka spoke to Mṛtyu:

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BrP 94.6

किं नायाति क्षीणजीवो मृत्यो श्वेतः कथं त्व् इति नाद्याप्य् आयान्ति दूतास् ते मृत्योर् नैवोचितं तु ते ॥

kiṃ nāyāti kṣīṇajīvo mṛtyo śvetaḥ kathaṃ tv iti nādyāpy āyānti dūtās te mṛtyor naivocitaṃ tu te //

"Why does Śveta, whose life is spent, not come, O Mṛtyu — how is this? Even now those messengers of yours do not come; this is not at all fitting for you, O Mṛtyu."

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BrP 94.7

ततश् च कुपितो मृत्युः प्रायाच् छ्वेतगृहं स्वयम् बहिःस्थितांस् तदा पश्यन् मृत्युर् दूतान् भयार्दितान् प्रोवाच किम् इदं दूता मृत्युम् ऊचुश् च दूतकाः ॥

tataś ca kupito mṛtyuḥ prāyāc chvetagṛhaṃ svayam bahiḥsthitāṃs tadā paśyan mṛtyur dūtān bhayārditān provāca kim idaṃ dūtā mṛtyum ūcuś ca dūtakāḥ //

Then Mṛtyu, angered, went himself to Śveta's house; and seeing then the messengers standing outside, afflicted with fear, Mṛtyu said, "What is this, messengers?" And the messengers said to Mṛtyu:

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BrP 94.8

शिवेन रक्षितं श्वेतं वयं नो वीक्षितुं क्षमाः येषां प्रसन्नो गिरिशस् तेषां का नाम भीतयः ॥

śivena rakṣitaṃ śvetaṃ vayaṃ no vīkṣituṃ kṣamāḥ yeṣāṃ prasanno giriśas teṣāṃ kā nāma bhītayaḥ //

"Śveta is protected by Śiva; we are not able to look at him. For those with whom Giriśa is pleased, what fears can there be at all?"

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BrP 94.9

पाशपाणिस् तदा मृत्युः प्राविशद् यत्र स द्विजः नासौ विप्रो विजानाति मृत्युं वा यमकिंकरान् ॥

pāśapāṇis tadā mṛtyuḥ prāviśad yatra sa dvijaḥ nāsau vipro vijānāti mṛtyuṃ vā yamakiṃkarān //

Then Mṛtyu, noose in hand, entered where that brahmin was; that brahmin did not notice Mṛtyu or Yama's servants.

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BrP 94.10

शिवं पूजयते भक्त्या श्वेतस्य तु समीपतः मृत्युं पाशधरं दृष्ट्वा दण्डी प्रोवाच विस्मितः ॥

śivaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā śvetasya tu samīpataḥ mṛtyuṃ pāśadharaṃ dṛṣṭvā daṇḍī provāca vismitaḥ //

He worships Śiva with devotion; but near Śveta, Daṇḍī, seeing Mṛtyu bearing the noose, said in astonishment:

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BrP 94.11

किम् अत्र वीक्षसे मृत्यो दण्डिनं मृत्युर् अब्रवीत् ॥

kim atra vīkṣase mṛtyo daṇḍinaṃ mṛtyur abravīt //

"What are you looking at here, Mṛtyu?" Mṛtyu said to Daṇḍī:

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BrP 94.12

श्वेतं नेतुम् इहायातस् तस्माद् वीक्षे द्विजोत्तमम् ॥

śvetaṃ netum ihāyātas tasmād vīkṣe dvijottamam //

"I have come here to take Śveta away; therefore I am looking at that best of the twice-born."

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BrP 94.13

त्वं गच्छेत्य् अब्रवीद् दण्डी मृत्युः पाशान् अथाक्षिपत् श्वेताय मुनिशार्दूल ततो दण्डी चुकोप ह ॥

tvaṃ gacchety abravīd daṇḍī mṛtyuḥ pāśān athākṣipat śvetāya muniśārdūla tato daṇḍī cukopa ha //

"You go!" said Daṇḍī; but Mṛtyu then cast his nooses at Śveta, O tiger among sages, and then Daṇḍī grew angry.

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BrP 94.14

शिवदत्तेन दण्डेन दण्डी मृत्युम् अताडयत् ततः पाशधरो मृत्युः पपात धरणीतले ॥

śivadattena daṇḍena daṇḍī mṛtyum atāḍayat tataḥ pāśadharo mṛtyuḥ papāta dharaṇītale //

With the staff given by Śiva, Daṇḍī struck Mṛtyu; then Mṛtyu, the noose-bearer, fell to the surface of the earth.

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BrP 94.15

ततस् ते सत्वरं दूता हतं मृत्युम् अवेक्ष्य च यमाय सर्वम् अवदन् वधं मृत्योस् तु दण्डिना ॥

tatas te satvaraṃ dūtā hataṃ mṛtyum avekṣya ca yamāya sarvam avadan vadhaṃ mṛtyos tu daṇḍinā //

Then those messengers, quickly seeing Mṛtyu struck down, told Yama everything — the slaying of Mṛtyu by Daṇḍī.

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BrP 94.16

ततश् च कुपितो धर्मो यमो महिषवाहनः चित्रगुप्तं बहुबलं यमदण्डं च रक्षकम् ॥

tataś ca kupito dharmo yamo mahiṣavāhanaḥ citraguptaṃ bahubalaṃ yamadaṇḍaṃ ca rakṣakam //

Then Dharma—Yama, whose mount is the buffalo—grew angry, (and summoned) Citragupta, Bahubala, and Yamadaṇḍa the guard,

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BrP 94.17

महिषं भूतवेतालान् आधिव्याधींस् तथैव च अक्षिरोगान् कुक्षिरोगान् कर्णशूलं तथैव च ॥

mahiṣaṃ bhūtavetālān ādhivyādhīṃs tathaiva ca akṣirogān kukṣirogān karṇaśūlaṃ tathaiva ca //

the buffalo, the ghosts and vetālas, and likewise the mental and bodily ailments, the eye-diseases, the belly-diseases, and earache too,

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BrP 94.18

ज्वरं च त्रिविधं पापं नरकाणि पृथक् पृथक् त्वरन्ताम् इति तान् उक्त्वा जगाम त्वरितो यमः ॥

jvaraṃ ca trividhaṃ pāpaṃ narakāṇi pṛthak pṛthak tvarantām iti tān uktvā jagāma tvarito yamaḥ //

and fever, and threefold sin, and the hells one by one—having said to them, "Make haste!", Yama went in haste.

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BrP 94.19

एतैर् अन्यैः परिवृतो यत्र श्वेतो द्विजोत्तमः तम् आयान्तं यमं दृष्ट्वा नन्दी प्रोवाच सायुधः ॥

etair anyaiḥ parivṛto yatra śveto dvijottamaḥ tam āyāntaṃ yamaṃ dṛṣṭvā nandī provāca sāyudhaḥ //

Surrounded by these and by others, (he went) to where Śveta, the best of twice-born, was. Seeing that Yama approaching, Nandin, weapon in hand, addressed

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BrP 94.20

विनायकं तथा स्कन्दं भूतनाथं तु दण्डिनम् तत्र तद् युद्धम् अभवत् सर्वलोकभयावहम् ॥

vināyakaṃ tathā skandaṃ bhūtanāthaṃ tu daṇḍinam tatra tad yuddham abhavat sarvalokabhayāvaham //

Vināyaka, and Skanda, and Bhūtanātha the staff-bearer; there that battle took place, bringing terror to all the worlds.

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BrP 94.21

कार्त्तिकेयः स्वयं शक्त्या बिभेद यमकिंकरान् दक्षिणाशापतिं चापि निजघान बलान्वितम् ॥

kārttikeyaḥ svayaṃ śaktyā bibheda yamakiṃkarān dakṣiṇāśāpatiṃ cāpi nijaghāna balānvitam //

Kārttikeya himself pierced Yama's servants with his spear, and struck down the lord of the southern quarter together with his force.

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BrP 94.22

हतावशिष्टा याम्यास् ते आदित्याय न्यवेदयन् आदित्यो ऽपि सुरैः सार्धं श्रुत्वा तन् महद् अद्भुतम् ॥

hatāvaśiṣṭā yāmyās te ādityāya nyavedayan ādityo 'pi suraiḥ sārdhaṃ śrutvā tan mahad adbhutam //

Those of Yama's party who survived the slaughter reported it to Āditya; and Āditya too, together with the gods, having heard that great marvel,

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BrP 94.23

लोकपालैर् अनुवृतो ममान्तिकम् उपागमत् अहं विष्णुश् च भगवान् इन्द्रो ऽग्निर् वरुणस् तथा ॥

lokapālair anuvṛto mamāntikam upāgamat ahaṃ viṣṇuś ca bhagavān indro 'gnir varuṇas tathā //

attended by the guardians of the worlds, came into my presence: I, and Lord Viṣṇu, Indra, Agni, and Varuṇa,

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BrP 94.24

चन्द्रादित्याव् अश्विनौ च लोकपाला मरुद्गणाः एते चान्ये च बहवो वयं याता यमान्तिकम् ॥

candrādityāv aśvinau ca lokapālā marudgaṇāḥ ete cānye ca bahavo vayaṃ yātā yamāntikam //

the Moon and the Sun, the two Aśvins, the world-guardians, the hosts of Maruts—these and many others, we went into Yama's presence.

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BrP 94.25

मृत आस्ते दक्षिणेशो गङ्गातीरे बलान्वितः समुद्राश् च नदा नागा नानाभूतान्य् अनेकशः ॥

mṛta āste dakṣiṇeśo gaṅgātīre balānvitaḥ samudrāś ca nadā nāgā nānābhūtāny anekaśaḥ //

The lord of the south lies dead on the bank of the Gaṅgā with his army; and the oceans, the rivers, the nāgas, and manifold beings of many kinds

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BrP 94.26

तत्राजग्मुः सुरेशानं द्रष्टुं वैवस्वतं यमम् तं दृष्ट्वा हतसैन्यं च यमं देवा भयार्दिताः कृताञ्जलिपुटाः शंभुम् ऊचुः सर्वे पुनः पुनः ॥

tatrājagmuḥ sureśānaṃ draṣṭuṃ vaivasvataṃ yamam taṃ dṛṣṭvā hatasainyaṃ ca yamaṃ devā bhayārditāḥ kṛtāñjalipuṭāḥ śaṃbhum ūcuḥ sarve punaḥ punaḥ //

came there to see Vaivasvata Yama, the ruler of the gods('s foe?)—and seeing that Yama with his army slain, the gods, tormented by fear, with palms joined, all spoke to Śambhu again and again:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 94.27

भक्तिप्रियत्वं ते नित्यं दुष्टहन्तृत्वम् एव च आदिकर्तर् नमस् तुभ्यं नीलकण्ठ नमो ऽस्तु ते ब्रह्मप्रिय नमस् ते ऽस्तु देवप्रिय नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥

bhaktipriyatvaṃ te nityaṃ duṣṭahantṛtvam eva ca ādikartar namas tubhyaṃ nīlakaṇṭha namo 'stu te brahmapriya namas te 'stu devapriya namo 'stu te //

Yours is the constant love of devotion and the destroying of the wicked. O first maker, homage to you; Nīlakaṇṭha, homage be to you; O you dear to brahmins, homage be to you; O you dear to the gods, homage be to you.

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BrP 94.28

श्वेतं द्विजं भक्तम् अनायुषं ते नेतुं यमादिः सकलो ऽसमर्थः संतोषम् आप्ताः परमं समीक्ष्य भक्तप्रियत्वं त्वयि नाथ सत्यम्

śvetaṃ dvijaṃ bhaktam anāyuṣaṃ te netuṃ yamādiḥ sakalo 'samarthaḥ saṃtoṣam āptāḥ paramaṃ samīkṣya bhaktapriyatvaṃ tvayi nātha satyam

Yama and all the rest were unable to lead away Śveta, the twice-born, your devotee, whose lifespan was spent. We have attained the highest satisfaction, seeing that your love for your devotees is true, O lord.

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BrP 94.29

ये त्वां प्रपन्नाः शरणं कृपालुं नालं कृतान्तो ऽप्य् अनुवीक्षितुं तान् एवं विदित्वा शिव एव सर्वे त्वाम् एव भक्त्या परया भजन्ते

ye tvāṃ prapannāḥ śaraṇaṃ kṛpāluṃ nālaṃ kṛtānto 'py anuvīkṣituṃ tān evaṃ viditvā śiva eva sarve tvām eva bhaktyā parayā bhajante

Those who have gone for refuge to you, the compassionate one—not even Death is able to look upon them. Knowing this, (that) Śiva alone (is all), all worship you alone with supreme devotion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 94.30

त्वम् एव जगतां नाथ किं न स्मरसि शंकर त्वां विना कः समर्थो ऽत्र व्यवस्थां कर्तुम् ईश्वरः ॥

tvam eva jagatāṃ nātha kiṃ na smarasi śaṃkara tvāṃ vinā kaḥ samartho 'tra vyavasthāṃ kartum īśvaraḥ //

You alone are the lord of the worlds—why do you not remember, O Śaṃkara? Without you, what lord is able here to establish order?

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BrP 94.31

एवं तु स्तुवतां तेषां पुरस्ताद् अभवच् छिवः किं ददामीति तान् आह इदम् ऊचुः सुरा अपि ॥

evaṃ tu stuvatāṃ teṣāṃ purastād abhavac chivaḥ kiṃ dadāmīti tān āha idam ūcuḥ surā api //

As they were praising him thus, Śiva appeared before them. He said to them, "What shall I give?" And the gods said this:

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BrP 94.32

अयं वैवस्वतो धर्मो नियन्ता सर्वदेहिनाम् धर्माधर्मव्यवस्थायां स्थापितो लोकपालकः ॥

ayaṃ vaivasvato dharmo niyantā sarvadehinām dharmādharmavyavasthāyāṃ sthāpito lokapālakaḥ //

"This Vaivasvata is Dharma, the restrainer of all embodied beings, appointed as guardian of the world for the regulation of right and wrong.

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BrP 94.33

नायं वधम् अवाप्नोति नापराधी न पापकृत् विना तेन जगद्धातुर् नैव किंचिद् भविष्यति ॥

nāyaṃ vadham avāpnoti nāparādhī na pāpakṛt vinā tena jagaddhātur naiva kiṃcid bhaviṣyati //

He does not deserve death; he is not an offender, nor a doer of evil. Without him, nothing at all of the world's ordainer will come to be.

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BrP 94.34

तस्माज् जीवय देवेश यमं सबलवाहनम् प्रार्थना सफला नाथ महत्सु न वृथा भवेत् ॥

tasmāj jīvaya deveśa yamaṃ sabalavāhanam prārthanā saphalā nātha mahatsu na vṛthā bhavet //

Therefore, O lord of the gods, bring Yama to life along with his army and mount. O lord, a request made to the great should bear fruit, not be in vain."

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BrP 94.35

ततः प्रोवाच भगवाञ् जीवयेयम् असंशयम् यमं यदि वचो मे ऽद्य अनुमन्यन्ति देवताः ॥

tataḥ provāca bhagavāñ jīvayeyam asaṃśayam yamaṃ yadi vaco me 'dya anumanyanti devatāḥ //

Then the Lord said: "I would revive Yama, without doubt, if the gods today consent to my word."

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BrP 94.36

ततः प्रोचुः सुराः सर्वे कुर्मो वाक्यं त्वयोदितम् हरिब्रह्मादिसहितं वशे यस्याखिलं जगत् ॥

tataḥ procuḥ surāḥ sarve kurmo vākyaṃ tvayoditam haribrahmādisahitaṃ vaśe yasyākhilaṃ jagat //

Then all the gods said: "We will do as you have said — you, in whose power lies the entire world together with Hari, Brahmā and the rest."

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BrP 94.37

ततः प्रोवाच भगवान् अमरान् समुपागतान् मद्भक्तो न मृतिं यातु नेत्य् ऊचुर् अमराः पुनः ॥

tataḥ provāca bhagavān amarān samupāgatān madbhakto na mṛtiṃ yātu nety ūcur amarāḥ punaḥ //

Then the Lord spoke to the immortals who had come near: "Let one devoted to me not go to death." "No," said the immortals again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 94.38

अमराः स्युस् ततो देव सर्वलोकाश् चराचराः अमर्त्यमर्त्यभेदो ऽयं न स्याद् देव जगन्मय ॥

amarāḥ syus tato deva sarvalokāś carācarāḥ amartyamartyabhedo 'yaṃ na syād deva jaganmaya //

"Then, O god, all the worlds, moving and unmoving, would become immortal; this distinction between immortal and mortal would not exist, O god who art the universe."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 94.39

पुनर् अप्य् आह ताञ् शंभुः शृण्वन्तु मम भाषितम् मद्भक्तानां वैष्णवानां गौतमीम् अनुसेवताम् ॥

punar apy āha tāñ śaṃbhuḥ śṛṇvantu mama bhāṣitam madbhaktānāṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ gautamīm anusevatām //

Again Śaṃbhu said to them: "Let (them) hear my speech: as for my devotees, and the Vaiṣṇavas, and those who constantly resort to the Gautamī —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 94.40

वयं तु स्वामिनो नित्यं न मृत्युः स्वाम्यम् अर्हति वार्त्ताप्य् एषां न कर्तव्या यमेन तु कदाचन ॥

vayaṃ tu svāmino nityaṃ na mṛtyuḥ svāmyam arhati vārttāpy eṣāṃ na kartavyā yamena tu kadācana //

"we indeed are their masters always; death has no lordship (over them). No talk of them is ever to be made by Yama.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 94.41

आधिव्याध्यादिभिर् जातु कार्यो नाभिभवः क्वचित् ये शिवं शरणं यातास् ते मुक्तास् तत्क्षणाद् अपि ॥

ādhivyādhyādibhir jātu kāryo nābhibhavaḥ kvacit ye śivaṃ śaraṇaṃ yātās te muktās tatkṣaṇād api //

"Never anywhere is oppression to be inflicted (on them) by mental and bodily afflictions and the rest; those who have gone to Śiva for refuge are freed from that very moment."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 94.42

सानुगस्य यमस्यातो नमस्याः सर्व एव ते तथेत्य् ऊचुः सुरगणा देवदेवं शिवं प्रति ॥

sānugasya yamasyāto namasyāḥ sarva eva te tathety ūcuḥ suragaṇā devadevaṃ śivaṃ prati //

"Therefore all these are to be saluted by Yama together with his attendants." "So be it," said the hosts of gods to Śiva, the god of gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 94.43

ततश् च भगवान् नाथो नन्दिनं प्राह वाहनम् ॥

tataś ca bhagavān nātho nandinaṃ prāha vāhanam //

And then the Lord, the master, said to Nandin, his mount:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 94.44

गौतम्या उदकेन त्वम् अभिषिञ्च मृतं यमम् ॥

gautamyā udakena tvam abhiṣiñca mṛtaṃ yamam //

"Sprinkle the dead Yama with the water of the Gautamī."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 94.45

ततो यमादयः सर्वे अभिषिक्तास् तु नन्दिना उत्थिताश् च सजीवास् ते दक्षिणाशां ततो गताः ॥

tato yamādayaḥ sarve abhiṣiktās tu nandinā utthitāś ca sajīvās te dakṣiṇāśāṃ tato gatāḥ //

Then Yama and all the others, sprinkled by Nandin, rose up alive, and thereupon went to the southern quarter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 94.46

उत्तरे गौतमीतीरे विष्ण्वाद्याः सर्वदैवताः स्थिता आसन् पूजयन्तो देवदेवं महेश्वरम् ॥

uttare gautamītīre viṣṇvādyāḥ sarvadaivatāḥ sthitā āsan pūjayanto devadevaṃ maheśvaram //

On the northern bank of the Gautamī, Viṣṇu and all the other deities remained, worshipping Maheśvara, the god of gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 94.47

तत्रासन्न् अयुतान्य् अष्ट सहस्राणि चतुर्दश तथा षट् च सहस्राणि पुनः षट् च तथैव च ॥

tatrāsann ayutāny aṣṭa sahasrāṇi caturdaśa tathā ṣaṭ ca sahasrāṇi punaḥ ṣaṭ ca tathaiva ca //

There were eighty thousand, and fourteen thousand, and six thousand, and again six more.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 94.48

षड् दक्षिणे तथा तीरे तीर्थानाम् अयुतत्रयम् पुण्यम् आख्यानम् एतद् धि श्वेततीर्थस्य नारद ॥

ṣaḍ dakṣiṇe tathā tīre tīrthānām ayutatrayam puṇyam ākhyānam etad dhi śvetatīrthasya nārada //

And six on the southern bank, (making) thirty thousand tīrthas. This indeed is the meritorious account of the Śvetatīrtha, O Nārada.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 94.49

यत्रासौ पतितो मृत्युर् मृत्युतीर्थं तद् उच्यते तस्य श्रवणमात्रेण सहस्रं जीवते समाः ॥

yatrāsau patito mṛtyur mṛtyutīrthaṃ tad ucyate tasya śravaṇamātreṇa sahasraṃ jīvate samāḥ //

Where that Death fell, that is called Mṛtyutīrtha; merely by hearing of it one lives a thousand years.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 94.50

तत्र स्नानं च दानं च सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् श्रवणं पठनं चापि स्मरणं च मलक्षयम् करोति सर्वलोकानां भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम् ॥

tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca sarvapāpapraṇāśanam śravaṇaṃ paṭhanaṃ cāpi smaraṇaṃ ca malakṣayam karoti sarvalokānāṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam //

Bathing there and giving there destroys all sins; and hearing, reciting, and remembering (it) brings about the removal of impurity for all people, granting enjoyment and liberation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition