Matsya Purana — Chapter 107
MtP 107.1
शृणु राजन्प्रयागस्य माहात्म्यं पुनरेव तु यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
śṛṇu rājanprayāgasya māhātmyaṃ punareva tu yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Hear again, O king, the greatness of Prayāga, on hearing which one is released from all sins — of this there is no doubt.
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MtP 107.2
मानसं नाम तत्तीर्थं गङ्गाया उत्तरे तटे त्रिरात्रोपोषितो भूत्वा सर्वकामानवाप्नुयात्
mānasaṃ nāma tattīrthaṃ gaṅgāyā uttare taṭe trirātropoṣito bhūtvā sarvakāmānavāpnuyāt
On the northern bank of the Gaṅgā is that holy place named Mānasa; having fasted there for three nights, one would obtain all one's desires.
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MtP 107.3
गोभूहिरण्यदानेन यत्फलं प्राप्नुयान्नरः स तत्फलमवाप्नोति तत्तीर्थं स्मरते पुनः
gobhūhiraṇyadānena yatphalaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ sa tatphalamavāpnoti tattīrthaṃ smarate punaḥ
Whatever reward a man would gain by the gift of cows, land, and gold, that same reward he obtains (if) he but recalls that holy place again.
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MtP 107.4
अकामो वा सकामो वा गङ्गायां यो ऽभिपद्यते मृतस्तु लभते स्वर्गं नरकं च न पश्यति
akāmo vā sakāmo vā gaṅgāyāṃ yo 'bhipadyate mṛtastu labhate svargaṃ narakaṃ ca na paśyati
Whoever, whether without desire or with desire, resorts to the Gaṅgā and dies (there) gains heaven and does not see hell.
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MtP 107.5
अप्सरोगणसंगीतैः सुप्तो ऽसौ प्रतिबुध्यते हंससारसयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति बहुवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गं राजेन्द्र भुञ्जति
apsarogaṇasaṃgītaiḥ supto 'sau pratibudhyate haṃsasārasayuktena vimānena sa gacchati bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaṃ rājendra bhuñjati
Asleep, he is awakened by the singing of the throngs of apsarases; he travels in a celestial car yoked with geese and cranes, and for many thousands of years, O lord of kings, he enjoys heaven.
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MtP 107.6
ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टः क्षीणकर्मा दिवश्च्युतः सुवर्णमणिमुक्ताढ्ये जायते विपुले कुले
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭaḥ kṣīṇakarmā divaścyutaḥ suvarṇamaṇimuktāḍhye jāyate vipule kule
Then, fallen from heaven, his merit exhausted, dropped from the sky, he is born in a great family rich in gold, gems, and pearls.
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MtP 107.7
षष्टितीर्थसहस्राणि षष्टिकोट्यस्तथापगाः माघमासे गमिष्यन्ति गङ्गायमुनसंगमम्
ṣaṣṭitīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyastathāpagāḥ māghamāse gamiṣyanti gaṅgāyamunasaṃgamam
Sixty thousand holy places and likewise sixty crores of rivers will go, in the month of Māgha, to the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā.
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MtP 107.8
गवां शतसहस्रस्य सम्यग्दत्तस्य यत्फलम् प्रयागे माघमासे तु त्र्यहस्नानात्तु तत्फलम्
gavāṃ śatasahasrasya samyagdattasya yatphalam prayāge māghamāse tu tryahasnānāttu tatphalam
Whatever reward there is from a hundred thousand cows properly given, that reward comes from bathing three days at Prayāga in the month of Māgha.
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MtP 107.9
गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये कर्षाग्निं यस्तु साधयेत् अहीनाङ्गो ह्यरोगश्च पञ्चेन्द्रियसमन्वितः
gaṅgāyamunayormadhye karṣāgniṃ yastu sādhayet ahīnāṅgo hyarogaśca pañcendriyasamanvitaḥ
Whoever, between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, undertakes the karṣa-fire (rite), being not deficient in any limb, free of disease, and possessed of the five senses —
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MtP 107.10
यावन्ति रोमकूपाणि तस्य गात्रेषु देहिनः तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते
yāvanti romakūpāṇi tasya gātreṣu dehinaḥ tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate
as many hair-pores as there are on the limbs of that embodied one, for that many thousands of years he is honoured in the world of heaven.
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MtP 107.11
ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो जम्बूद्वीपपतिर्भवेत् स भुक्त्वा विपुलान्भोगांस् तत्तीर्थं स्मरते पुनः
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jambūdvīpapatirbhavet sa bhuktvā vipulānbhogāṃs tattīrthaṃ smarate punaḥ
Then, fallen from heaven, he becomes lord of Jambūdvīpa; having enjoyed abundant pleasures, he again recalls that holy place.
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MtP 107.12
जलप्रवेशं यः कुर्यात् संगमे लोकविश्रुते राहुग्रस्ते तथा सोमे विमुक्तः सर्वकिल्बिषैः
jalapraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryāt saṃgame lokaviśrute rāhugraste tathā some vimuktaḥ sarvakilbiṣaiḥ
Whoever enters the water at the world-renowned confluence when the moon is seized by Rāhu is freed from all defilements.
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MtP 107.13
सोमलोकमवाप्नोति सोमेन सह मोदते षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते
somalokamavāpnoti somena saha modate ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate
He attains the world of Soma and rejoices together with Soma; for sixty thousand years he is honoured in the world of heaven.
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MtP 107.14
स्वर्गे च शक्रलोके ऽस्मिन् नृषिगन्धर्वसेविते परिभ्रष्टस्तु राजेन्द्र समृद्धे जायते कुले
svarge ca śakraloke 'smin nṛṣigandharvasevite paribhraṣṭastu rājendra samṛddhe jāyate kule
And when he has fallen from this heaven, the world of Śakra, frequented by men, sages, and gandharvas, O lord of kings, he is born in a prosperous family.
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MtP 107.15
अधःशिरास्तु यो ज्वालाम् ऊर्ध्वपादः पिबेन्नरः शतवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते
adhaḥśirāstu yo jvālām ūrdhvapādaḥ pibennaraḥ śatavarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate
But the man who, head downward and feet upward, drinks in the flame is honoured in the world of heaven for a hundred thousand years.
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MtP 107.16
परिभ्रष्टस्तु राजेन्द्र सो ऽग्निहोत्री भवेन्नरः भुक्त्वा तु विपुलान्भोगांस् तत्तीर्थं भजते पुनः
paribhraṣṭastu rājendra so 'gnihotrī bhavennaraḥ bhuktvā tu vipulānbhogāṃs tattīrthaṃ bhajate punaḥ
And when he has fallen (from there), O lord of kings, that man becomes a maintainer of the sacred fire; and having enjoyed abundant pleasures, he resorts again to that holy place.
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MtP 107.17
यः स्वदेहं तु कर्तित्वा शकुनिभ्यः प्रयच्छति विहगैरुपभुक्तस्य शृणु तस्यापि यत्फलम्
yaḥ svadehaṃ tu kartitvā śakunibhyaḥ prayacchati vihagairupabhuktasya śṛṇu tasyāpi yatphalam
And he who, cutting up his own body, offers it to the birds — hear what reward is his too, whose (body) has been eaten by the birds.
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MtP 107.18
शतं वर्षसहस्राणां सोमलोके महीयते तस्मादपि परिभ्रष्टो राजा भवति धार्मिकः
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ somaloke mahīyate tasmādapi paribhraṣṭo rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ
He is honoured in the world of Soma for a hundred thousand years; and fallen from there too, he becomes a righteous king,
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MtP 107.19
गुणवान् रूपसम्पन्नो विद्वांश्च प्रियवाचकः भुक्त्वा तु विपुलान्भोगांस् तत्तीर्थं भजते पुनः
guṇavān rūpasampanno vidvāṃśca priyavācakaḥ bhuktvā tu vipulānbhogāṃs tattīrthaṃ bhajate punaḥ
endowed with virtues, possessed of beauty, learned, and pleasant of speech; and having enjoyed abundant pleasures, he resorts again to that holy place.
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MtP 107.20
यामुने चोत्तरे कूले प्रयागस्य तु दक्षिणे ऋणप्रमोचनं नाम तत्तीर्थं परमं स्मृतम्
yāmune cottare kūle prayāgasya tu dakṣiṇe ṛṇapramocanaṃ nāma tattīrthaṃ paramaṃ smṛtam
On the northern bank of the Yamunā, to the south of Prayāga, that supreme holy place named Ṛṇapramocana ('release from debts') is remembered.
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MtP 107.21
एकरात्रोषितः स्नात्वा ऋणैः सर्वैः प्रमुच्यते स्वर्गलोकमवाप्नोति अनृणश्च सदा भवेत्
ekarātroṣitaḥ snātvā ṛṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ pramucyate svargalokamavāpnoti anṛṇaśca sadā bhavet
One who has stayed a single night (there) and bathed is freed from all debts; he attains the world of heaven and would be forever free of debt.
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