Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 36

KuP 1 36.1

मार्कण्डेय उवाच षष्टिस्तीर्थसहस्त्राणि षष्टिस्तीर्थशतानि च । माघमासे गमिष्यन्ति गङ्गायमुनसंगमम्

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ṣaṣṭistīrthasahastrāṇi ṣaṣṭistīrthaśatāni ca / māghamāse gamiṣyanti gaṅgāyamunasaṃgamam

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Sixty thousand holy fords and sixty hundred holy fords will come, in the month of Māgha, to the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā.

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KuP 1 36.2

गवां शतसहस्त्रस्य सम्यग् दत्तस्य यत् फलम् । प्रयागे माघमासे तु त्र्यहं स्नातस्य तत् फलम्

gavāṃ śatasahastrasya samyag dattasya yat phalam / prayāge māghamāse tu tryahaṃ snātasya tat phalam

Whatever fruit belongs to a hundred thousand cows properly given, that fruit belongs to one who has bathed for three days at Prayāga in the month of Māgha.

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KuP 1 36.3

गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये कार्षाग्निं यस्तु साधयेत् । अहीनाङ्गो ऽप्यरोगश्च पञ्चेन्द्रियसमन्वितः

gaṅgāyamunayormadhye kārṣāgniṃ yastu sādhayet / ahīnāṅgo 'pyarogaśca pañcendriyasamanvitaḥ

Whoever, between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, kindles the kārṣāgni (the fire of dried cow-dung), being not deficient in any limb, free of disease, and endowed with the five senses—

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KuP 1 36.4

जलप्रवेशं यः कुर्यात् संगमे लोकविश्रुते । राहुग्रस्तो यथा सोमो विमुक्तः सर्वपातकैः

jalapraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryāt saṃgame lokaviśrute / rāhugrasto yathā somo vimuktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ

—who enters the water at that confluence renowned in the world, he is freed from all sins, like the moon released after being seized by Rāhu.

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KuP 1 36.5

ततः स्वर्गात् परिभ्रष्टो जम्बूद्वीपपतिर्भवेत् । स भुक्त्वा विपुलान् भोगांस्तत् तीर्थं भजते पुनः

tataḥ svargāt paribhraṣṭo jambūdvīpapatirbhavet / sa bhuktvā vipulān bhogāṃstat tīrthaṃ bhajate punaḥ

Then, fallen from heaven, he becomes lord of Jambūdvīpa; and having enjoyed abundant pleasures, he resorts to that sacred ford again.

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KuP 1 36.7

सोमलोकमवाप्नोति सोमेन सह मोदते । षष्टिं वर्षसहस्त्राणि षष्टिं वर्षशतानि च

somalokamavāpnoti somena saha modate / ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahastrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣaśatāni ca

He attains the world of the moon and rejoices together with Soma for sixty thousand years and sixty hundred years.

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KuP 1 36.8

स्वर्गतः शक्रलोके ऽसौ मुनिगन्धर्वसेवितः । ततो भ्रष्टस्तु राजेन्द्र समृद्धे जायते कुले

svargataḥ śakraloke 'sau munigandharvasevitaḥ / tato bhraṣṭastu rājendra samṛddhe jāyate kule

Having gone to heaven, he dwells in Śakra's world, attended by sages and gandharvas; and fallen from there, O best of kings, he is born in a prosperous family.

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KuP 1 36.9

अधः शिरास्त्वयोधारामुर्ध्वपादः पिबेन्नरः । शतं वर्षसहस्त्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते

adhaḥ śirāstvayodhārāmurdhvapādaḥ pibennaraḥ / śataṃ varṣasahastrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate

A man who, head downward and feet upward, should drink at Ayodhārā, is honoured in the world of heaven for a hundred thousand years.

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KuP 1 36.10

तस्माद् भ्रष्टस्तु राजेन्द्र अग्निहोत्री भवेन्नरः । भुक्त्वा तु विपुलान् भोगांस्तत् तीर्थं भजते पुनः

tasmād bhraṣṭastu rājendra agnihotrī bhavennaraḥ / bhuktvā tu vipulān bhogāṃstat tīrthaṃ bhajate punaḥ

And fallen from there, O best of kings, the man becomes an agnihotrin; and having enjoyed abundant pleasures, he resorts to that sacred ford again.

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KuP 1 36.11

यः स्वदेहं विकर्तेद् वा शकुनिभ्यः प्रयच्छति । विहगैरुपभुक्तस्य शृणु तस्यापि यत्फलम्

yaḥ svadehaṃ vikarted vā śakunibhyaḥ prayacchati / vihagairupabhuktasya śṛṇu tasyāpi yatphalam

He who cuts up his own body, or gives it over to birds—hear what fruit belongs even to him whose (body) is devoured by birds.

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KuP 1 36.12

शतं वर्षसहस्त्राणि सोमलोके महीयते । ततस्तस्मात् परिभ्रष्टो राजा भवति धार्मिकः

śataṃ varṣasahastrāṇi somaloke mahīyate / tatastasmāt paribhraṣṭo rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ

He is honored in the world of Soma for a hundred thousand years; then, having fallen from there, he becomes a righteous king.

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KuP 1 36.13

गुणवान् रूपसंपन्नो विद्वान् सुप्रियवाक्यवान् । भुक्त्वा तु विपुलान् भोगांस्तततीर्थं भजते पुनः

guṇavān rūpasaṃpanno vidvān supriyavākyavān / bhuktvā tu vipulān bhogāṃstatatīrthaṃ bhajate punaḥ

Endowed with virtues, possessed of beauty, learned, and speaking very pleasant words; and having enjoyed abundant pleasures, he resorts to that holy place again.

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KuP 1 36.14

उत्तरे यमुनातीरे प्रयागस्य तु दक्षिणे । ऋणप्रमोचनं नाम तीर्थं तु परमं स्मृतम्

uttare yamunātīre prayāgasya tu dakṣiṇe / ṛṇapramocanaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ tu paramaṃ smṛtam

On the northern bank of the Yamunā, but to the south of Prayāga, there is a supreme holy place known as Ṛṇapramocana ("Release from Debts").

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KuP 1 36.15

एकरात्रोषितः स्नात्वा ऋणैस्तत्र प्रमुच्यते । सूर्यलोकमवाप्नोति अनृणश्च सदा भवेत्

ekarātroṣitaḥ snātvā ṛṇaistatra pramucyate / sūryalokamavāpnoti anṛṇaśca sadā bhavet

Having stayed one night and bathed there, one is freed from debts; he attains the world of the Sun and would always be free of debt.

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