Matsya Purana — Chapter 102
MtP 102.1
नैर्मल्यं भावशुद्धिश्च विना स्नानं न विद्यते तस्मान्मनोविशुद्ध्यर्थं स्नानमादौ विधीयते
nairmalyaṃ bhāvaśuddhiśca vinā snānaṃ na vidyate tasmānmanoviśuddhyarthaṃ snānamādau vidhīyate
Cleanliness and purity of disposition do not exist without bathing; therefore, for the purification of the mind, bathing is enjoined first of all.
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MtP 102.2
अनुद्धृतैरुद्धृतैर्वा जलैः स्नानं समाचरेत् तीर्थं च कल्पयेद्विद्वान् मूलमन्त्रेण मन्त्रवित् नमो नारायणायेति मूलमन्त्र उदाहृतः
anuddhṛtairuddhṛtairvā jalaiḥ snānaṃ samācaret tīrthaṃ ca kalpayedvidvān mūlamantreṇa mantravit namo nārāyaṇāyeti mūlamantra udāhṛtaḥ
One should perform the bath with waters not drawn up or with waters drawn up; and the learned man, knowing the mantras, should constitute (the water as) a sacred ford by means of the root-mantra. "Homage to Nārāyaṇa" — this is declared to be the root-mantra.
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MtP 102.3
दर्भपाणिस्तु विधिना आचान्तः प्रयतः शुचिः चतुर्हस्तसमायुक्तं चतुरस्रं समन्ततः प्रकल्प्यावाहयेद् गङ्गाम् एभिर्मन्त्रैर्विचक्षणः
darbhapāṇistu vidhinā ācāntaḥ prayataḥ śuciḥ caturhastasamāyuktaṃ caturasraṃ samantataḥ prakalpyāvāhayed gaṅgām ebhirmantrairvicakṣaṇaḥ
With darbha grass in hand, according to rule, having sipped water, restrained and pure, having marked out a square of four cubits on every side, the discerning man should invoke the Gaṅgā with these mantras.
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MtP 102.4
विष्णोः पादप्रसूतासि वैष्णवी विष्णुदेवता पाहि नस् त्वेनसस् तस्माद् आजन्ममरणान्तिकात्
viṣṇoḥ pādaprasūtāsi vaiṣṇavī viṣṇudevatā pāhi nas tvenasas tasmād ājanmamaraṇāntikāt
"You are born from Viṣṇu's foot, belonging to Viṣṇu, having Viṣṇu as your deity; protect us from that sin (which extends) from birth to the end of death."
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MtP 102.5
तिस्रः कोट्यो ऽर्धकोटी च तीर्थानां वायुरब्रवीत् दिवि भुव्यन्तरिक्षे च तानि ते सन्ति जाह्नवि
tisraḥ koṭyo 'rdhakoṭī ca tīrthānāṃ vāyurabravīt divi bhuvyantarikṣe ca tāni te santi jāhnavi
"Three crores and a half crore of sacred fords, Vāyu has declared — in heaven, on earth and in the mid-air: those are yours, O Jāhnavī."
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MtP 102.6
नन्दिनीत्येव ते नाम देवेषु नलिनीति च दक्षा पृथ्वी च विहगा विश्वकायामृता शिवा
nandinītyeva te nāma deveṣu nalinīti ca dakṣā pṛthvī ca vihagā viśvakāyāmṛtā śivā
"Your name among the gods is indeed Nandinī, and Nalinī, and Dakṣā, Pṛthvī, Vihagā, Viśvakāyā, Amṛtā, Śivā;"
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MtP 102.7
विद्याधरी सुप्रशान्ता तथा विश्वप्रसादिनी क्षेमा च जाह्नवी चैव शान्ता शान्तिप्रदायिनी
vidyādharī supraśāntā tathā viśvaprasādinī kṣemā ca jāhnavī caiva śāntā śāntipradāyinī
"Vidyādharī, Supraśāntā, and likewise Viśvaprasādinī, and Kṣemā, and Jāhnavī, Śāntā, Śāntipradāyinī."
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MtP 102.8
एतानि पुण्यनामानि स्नानकाले प्रकीर्तयेत् भवेत्संनिहिता तत्र गङ्गा त्रिपथगामिनी
etāni puṇyanāmāni snānakāle prakīrtayet bhavetsaṃnihitā tatra gaṅgā tripathagāminī
These holy names one should proclaim at the time of bathing; then the Gaṅgā who flows by three paths becomes present there.
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MtP 102.9
सप्तवाराभिजप्तेन करसम्पुटयोजितः मूर्ध्नि कुर्याज्जलं भूयस् त्रिचतुष्पञ्चसप्तकम् स्नानं कुर्यान्मृदा तद्वद् आमन्त्र्य तु विधानतः
saptavārābhijaptena karasampuṭayojitaḥ mūrdhni kuryājjalaṃ bhūyas tricatuṣpañcasaptakam snānaṃ kuryānmṛdā tadvad āmantrya tu vidhānataḥ
With (water) charmed seven times, held in his cupped hands, he should place the water on his head; again (he should do so) three, four, five, or seven times. Likewise he should bathe with earth, having addressed it (with a mantra) according to the prescription.
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MtP 102.10
अश्वक्रान्ते रथक्रान्ते विष्णुक्रान्ते वसुंधरे मृत्तिके हर मे पापं यन्मया दुष्कृतं कृतम्
aśvakrānte rathakrānte viṣṇukrānte vasuṃdhare mṛttike hara me pāpaṃ yanmayā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam
"O you traversed by horses, traversed by chariots, traversed by Viṣṇu, O earth-bearer, O clay, take away my sin, whatever ill deed has been done by me."
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MtP 102.11
उद्धृतासि वराहेण कृष्णेन शतबाहुना मृत्तिके ब्रह्मदत्तासि काश्यपेनाभिमन्त्रिता आरुह्य मम गात्राणि सर्वं पापं प्रचोदय
uddhṛtāsi varāheṇa kṛṣṇena śatabāhunā mṛttike brahmadattāsi kāśyapenābhimantritā āruhya mama gātrāṇi sarvaṃ pāpaṃ pracodaya
"You have been raised up by the Boar, by the black one with a hundred arms; O clay, you were given by Brahmā and consecrated by Kāśyapa; mounting upon my limbs, drive away every sin."
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MtP 102.12
मृत्तिके देहि नः पुष्टिं त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् नमस्ते सर्वलोकानां प्रभवारणि सुव्रते
mṛttike dehi naḥ puṣṭiṃ tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam namaste sarvalokānāṃ prabhavāraṇi suvrate
"O clay, grant us thriving; in you everything is established. Homage to you, O kindling-wood of the origin of all the worlds, O you of good observance."
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MtP 102.13
एवं स्नात्वा ततः पश्चाद् आचम्य च विधानतः उत्थाय वाससी शुक्ले शुद्धे तु परिधाय वै ततस्तु तर्पणं कुर्यात् त्रैलोक्याप्यायनाय वै
evaṃ snātvā tataḥ paścād ācamya ca vidhānataḥ utthāya vāsasī śukle śuddhe tu paridhāya vai tatastu tarpaṇaṃ kuryāt trailokyāpyāyanāya vai
Having bathed thus, then afterwards, having sipped water according to rule, and having risen and put on two white, clean garments, he should then make the water-offering for the refreshment of the three worlds.
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MtP 102.14
देवा यक्षास्तथा नागा गन्धर्वाप्सरसो ऽसुराः क्रूराः सर्पाः सुपर्णाश्च तरवो जम्बुकाः खगाः
devā yakṣāstathā nāgā gandharvāpsaraso 'surāḥ krūrāḥ sarpāḥ suparṇāśca taravo jambukāḥ khagāḥ
Gods, yakṣas, and nāgas, gandharvas, apsarases, asuras, cruel serpents and suparṇas, trees, jackals, birds;
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MtP 102.15
वाय्वाधारा जलाधारास् तथैवाकाशगामिनः निराधाराश्च ये जीवा ये तु धर्मरतास्तथा
vāyvādhārā jalādhārās tathaivākāśagāminaḥ nirādhārāśca ye jīvā ye tu dharmaratāstathā
Those supported by air, those supported by water, and likewise those that move in the sky, and those living beings that are without support, and those devoted to dharma;
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MtP 102.16
तेषामाप्यायनायैतद् दीयते सलिलं मया कृतोपवीती देवेभ्यो निवीती च भवेत्ततः
teṣāmāpyāyanāyaitad dīyate salilaṃ mayā kṛtopavītī devebhyo nivītī ca bhavettataḥ
"For the refreshment of these, this water is given by me." Having worn the sacred thread over the left shoulder for the gods, he should then become one wearing it around the neck.
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MtP 102.17
मनुष्यांस्तर्पयेद्भक्त्या ब्रह्मपुत्रानृषींस्तथा सनकश्च सनन्दश्च तृतीयश्च सनातनः
manuṣyāṃstarpayedbhaktyā brahmaputrānṛṣīṃstathā sanakaśca sanandaśca tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ
He should satisfy men with devotion, and likewise the sons of Brahmā, the sages: Sanaka, Sananda, and third Sanātana,
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MtP 102.18
कपिलश्चासुरिश्चैव वोढुः पञ्चशिखस्तथा सर्वे ते तृप्तिमायान्तु मद्दत्तेनाम्बुना सदा
kapilaścāsuriścaiva voḍhuḥ pañcaśikhastathā sarve te tṛptimāyāntu maddattenāmbunā sadā
and Kapila, Āsuri, Voḍhu, and Pañcaśikha — may they all ever come to satisfaction by the water given by me.
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MtP 102.19
मरीचिमत्र्यङ्गिरसं पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम् प्रचेतसं वसिष्ठं च भृगुं नारदमेव च देवब्रह्मऋषीन् सर्वांस् तर्पयेद् अक्षतौदकैः
marīcimatryaṅgirasaṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum pracetasaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca bhṛguṃ nāradameva ca devabrahmaṛṣīn sarvāṃs tarpayed akṣataudakaiḥ
Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Pracetas, Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, and Nārada — all the divine and brahman seers he should satisfy with waters (mixed) with unbroken grains.
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MtP 102.20
अपसव्यं ततः कृत्वा सव्यं जान्वाच्य भूतले अग्निष्वात्तास्तथा सौम्या हविष्मन्तस्तथोष्मपाः
apasavyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā savyaṃ jānvācya bhūtale agniṣvāttāstathā saumyā haviṣmantastathoṣmapāḥ
Then, having made (the sacred thread) turned to the right, bending the right knee to the ground: the Agniṣvāttas, the Saumyas, the Haviṣmants, and the Ūṣmapas,
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MtP 102.21
सुकालिनो बर्हिषदस् तथान्ये वाज्यपाः पुनः संतर्प्याः पितरो भक्त्या सतिलोदकचन्दनैः
sukālino barhiṣadas tathānye vājyapāḥ punaḥ saṃtarpyāḥ pitaro bhaktyā satilodakacandanaiḥ
the Sukālins, the Barhiṣads, and also the others, the Ājyapas — the fathers are again to be satisfied with devotion, with water containing sesame and sandal.
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MtP 102.22
यमाय धर्मराजाय मृत्यवे चान्तकाय च वैवस्वताय कालाय सर्वभृतक्षयाय च
yamāya dharmarājāya mṛtyave cāntakāya ca vaivasvatāya kālāya sarvabhṛtakṣayāya ca
To Yama, to Dharmarāja, to Mṛtyu and to Antaka, to Vaivasvata, to Kāla, and to the destroyer of all beings,
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MtP 102.23
औदुम्बराय दध्नाय नीलाय परमेष्ठिने वृकोदराय चित्राय चित्रगुप्ताय वै नमः दर्भपाणिस्तु विधिना पितॄन्संतर्पयेद्बुधः
audumbarāya dadhnāya nīlāya parameṣṭhine vṛkodarāya citrāya citraguptāya vai namaḥ darbhapāṇistu vidhinā pitṝnsaṃtarpayedbudhaḥ
to Audumbara, to Dadhna, to Nīla, to Parameṣṭhin, to Vṛkodara, to Citra, to Citragupta — homage indeed. And with darbha grass in hand the wise man should satisfy the fathers according to the rule.
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MtP 102.24
पित्रादीन्नामगोत्रेण तथा मातामहानपि संतर्प्य विधिना भक्त्या इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्
pitrādīnnāmagotreṇa tathā mātāmahānapi saṃtarpya vidhinā bhaktyā imaṃ mantramudīrayet
Having satisfied, by name and lineage, the father and the rest, and likewise the maternal grandfathers, according to the rule and with devotion, he should utter this formula:
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MtP 102.25
ये ऽबान्धवा बान्धवा वा ये ऽन्यजन्मनि बान्धवाः ते तृप्तिमखिलां यान्तु यश् चास्मत्तो ऽभिवाञ्छति
ye 'bāndhavā bāndhavā vā ye 'nyajanmani bāndhavāḥ te tṛptimakhilāṃ yāntu yaś cāsmatto 'bhivāñchati
"Those who are not kinsmen, or who are kinsmen, and those who were kinsmen in another birth — may they attain complete satisfaction, and whoever desires (water) from us."
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MtP 102.26
ततश्चाचम्य विधिवद् आलिखेत्पद्ममग्रतः अक्षताभिः सपुष्पाभिः सजलारुणचन्दनम् अर्घ्यं दद्यात्प्रयत्नेन सूर्यनामानि कीर्तयेत्
tataścācamya vidhivad ālikhetpadmamagrataḥ akṣatābhiḥ sapuṣpābhiḥ sajalāruṇacandanam arghyaṃ dadyātprayatnena sūryanāmāni kīrtayet
Then, having sipped water according to the rule, he should draw a lotus in front (of him); with unbroken grains together with flowers, he should carefully offer the arghya (water) with water and red sandal, and recite the names of the Sun.
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MtP 102.27
नमस्ते विष्णुरूपाय नमो विष्णुमुखाय वै सहस्ररश्मये नित्यं नमस्ते सर्वतेजसे
namaste viṣṇurūpāya namo viṣṇumukhāya vai sahasraraśmaye nityaṃ namaste sarvatejase
"Homage to you, whose form is Viṣṇu; homage indeed to you, whose face is Viṣṇu; homage to you always, thousand-rayed one, the whole of radiance.
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MtP 102.28
नमस्ते शिव सर्वेश नमस्ते सर्ववत्सल जगत्स्वामिन्नमस्ते ऽस्तु दिव्यचन्दनभूषित
namaste śiva sarveśa namaste sarvavatsala jagatsvāminnamaste 'stu divyacandanabhūṣita
Homage to you, auspicious one, lord of all; homage to you, affectionate to all; lord of the world, homage be to you, adorned with divine sandal-paste.
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MtP 102.29
पद्मासन नमस्ते ऽस्तु कुण्डलाङ्गदभूषित नमस्ते सर्वलोकेश जगत्सर्वं विबोधसे
padmāsana namaste 'stu kuṇḍalāṅgadabhūṣita namaste sarvalokeśa jagatsarvaṃ vibodhase
Homage be to you, lotus-seated one, adorned with earrings and armlets; homage to you, lord of all worlds — you awaken the whole world.
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MtP 102.30
सुकृतं दुष्कृतं चैव सर्वं पश्यसि सर्वग सत्यदेव नमस्ते ऽस्तु प्रसीद मम भास्कर
sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ caiva sarvaṃ paśyasi sarvaga satyadeva namaste 'stu prasīda mama bhāskara
You see everything, the well-done and the ill-done, O all-pervading one; homage be to you, god of truth; be gracious to me, O maker of light.
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MtP 102.31
दिवाकर नमस्ते ऽस्तु प्रभाकर नमो ऽस्तु ते एवं सूर्यं नमस्कृत्य त्रिः कृत्वाथ प्रदक्षिणम् द्विजं गां काञ्चनं स्पृष्ट्वा ततो विष्णुगृहं व्रजेत्
divākara namaste 'stu prabhākara namo 'stu te evaṃ sūryaṃ namaskṛtya triḥ kṛtvātha pradakṣiṇam dvijaṃ gāṃ kāñcanaṃ spṛṣṭvā tato viṣṇugṛhaṃ vrajet
Homage be to you, day-maker; homage be to you, light-bringer." Having thus saluted the Sun and then circumambulated him three times, having touched a brahmin, a cow, and gold, he should then go to Viṣṇu's temple.
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