Matsya Purana — Chapter 111

MtP 111.1

कथं सर्वमिदं प्रोक्तं प्रयागस्य महामुने एतन्नः सर्वमाख्याहि यथा हि मम तारयेत्

kathaṃ sarvamidaṃ proktaṃ prayāgasya mahāmune etannaḥ sarvamākhyāhi yathā hi mama tārayet

How is all this said (to be) of Prayāga, O great sage? Tell us all this, in such a way that it may carry me across.

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MtP 111.2

शृणु राजन्प्रयागे तु प्रोक्तं सर्वमिदं जगत् ब्रह्मा विष्णुस्तथेशानो देवताः प्रभुरव्ययः

śṛṇu rājanprayāge tu proktaṃ sarvamidaṃ jagat brahmā viṣṇustatheśāno devatāḥ prabhuravyayaḥ

Listen, O king: at Prayāga all this world is said (to abide)—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and likewise Īśāna, the gods, and the imperishable Lord.

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MtP 111.3

ब्रह्मा सृजति भूतानि स्थावरं जङ्गमं च यत् तान्येतानि परं लोके विष्णुः संवर्धते प्रजाः

brahmā sṛjati bhūtāni sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ ca yat tānyetāni paraṃ loke viṣṇuḥ saṃvardhate prajāḥ

Brahmā creates beings, whatever is unmoving and moving; and Viṣṇu, supreme in the world, makes these creatures grow.

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MtP 111.4

कल्पान्ते तत्समग्रं हि रुद्रः संहरते जगत् तदा प्रयागतीर्थं च न कदाचिद्विनश्यति

kalpānte tatsamagraṃ hi rudraḥ saṃharate jagat tadā prayāgatīrthaṃ ca na kadācidvinaśyati

At the end of the kalpa Rudra withdraws that whole world; but then too the sacred place Prayāga is never destroyed.

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MtP 111.5

ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां यः पश्यति स पश्यति यत्नेनानेन तिष्ठन्ति ते यान्ति परमां गतिम्

īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati yatnenānena tiṣṭhanti te yānti paramāṃ gatim

He who sees the Lord of all beings, he (truly) sees; by this effort they abide (there and) go to the highest goal.

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MtP 111.6

आख्याहि मे यथातथ्यं यथैषा तिष्ठति श्रुतिः केन वा कारणेनैव तिष्ठन्ते लोकसत्तमाः

ākhyāhi me yathātathyaṃ yathaiṣā tiṣṭhati śrutiḥ kena vā kāraṇenaiva tiṣṭhante lokasattamāḥ

Tell me in accordance with the truth how this sacred tradition stands, and for what reason these best ones of the world abide (there).

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MtP 111.7

प्रयागे निवसन्त्येते ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः कारणं तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु तत्त्वं युधिष्ठिर

prayāge nivasantyete brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ kāraṇaṃ tatpravakṣyāmi śṛṇu tattvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira

These—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara—dwell at Prayāga; I shall declare the reason for that; hear the truth, Yudhiṣṭhira.

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MtP 111.8

पञ्चयोजनविस्तीर्णं प्रयागस्य तु मण्डलम् तिष्ठन्ति रक्षणायात्र पापकर्मनिवारणात्

pañcayojanavistīrṇaṃ prayāgasya tu maṇḍalam tiṣṭhanti rakṣaṇāyātra pāpakarmanivāraṇāt

The circuit of Prayāga extends five yojanas; they abide there for its protection, to ward off evil deeds.

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MtP 111.9

उत्तरेण प्रतिष्ठानाच् छद्मना ब्रह्म तिष्ठति वेणीमाधवरूपी तु भगवांस्तत्र तिष्ठति

uttareṇa pratiṣṭhānāc chadmanā brahma tiṣṭhati veṇīmādhavarūpī tu bhagavāṃstatra tiṣṭhati

To the north of Pratiṣṭhāna Brahmā abides in disguise, and there the Lord abides in the form of Veṇīmādhava.

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MtP 111.10

माहेश्वरो वटो भूत्वा तिष्ठते परमेश्वरः ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः रक्षन्ति मण्डलं नित्यं पापकर्मनिवारणात्

māheśvaro vaṭo bhūtvā tiṣṭhate parameśvaraḥ tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ rakṣanti maṇḍalaṃ nityaṃ pāpakarmanivāraṇāt

The supreme Lord, belonging to Maheśvara('s nature), abides having become the banyan tree; then the gods with the gandharvas, the siddhas and the great seers constantly guard the circuit, to ward off evil deeds.

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MtP 111.11

यस्मिञ्जुह्वन्स्वकं पापं नरकं च न पश्यति एवं ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च प्रयागे स महेश्वरः

yasmiñjuhvansvakaṃ pāpaṃ narakaṃ ca na paśyati evaṃ brahmā ca viṣṇuśca prayāge sa maheśvaraḥ

Offering up his own sin therein, one does not see hell. Thus (abide) Brahmā and Viṣṇu and Maheśvara at Prayāga.

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MtP 111.12

सप्तद्वीपाः समुद्राश्च पर्वताश्च महीतले रक्षमाणाश्च तिष्ठन्ति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

saptadvīpāḥ samudrāśca parvatāśca mahītale rakṣamāṇāśca tiṣṭhanti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

The seven continents, the oceans, and the mountains on the earth's surface abide guarding (it) until the dissolution of beings.

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MtP 111.13

ये चान्ये बहवः सर्वे तिष्ठन्ति च युधिष्ठिर यत् पृथिवी तत्समाश्रित्य निर्मिता दैवतैस् त्रिभिः

ye cānye bahavaḥ sarve tiṣṭhanti ca yudhiṣṭhira yat pṛthivī tatsamāśritya nirmitā daivatais tribhiḥ

And many others, all (of them), abide (there) too, Yudhiṣṭhira; for the earth was fashioned by the three deities resting upon that.

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MtP 111.14

प्रजापतेरिदं क्षेत्रं प्रयागमिति विश्रुतम् एतत्पुण्यं पवित्रं वै प्रयागं च युधिष्ठिर स्वराज्यं कुरु राजेन्द्र भ्रातृभिः सहितो ऽनघ

prajāpateridaṃ kṣetraṃ prayāgamiti viśrutam etatpuṇyaṃ pavitraṃ vai prayāgaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira svarājyaṃ kuru rājendra bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito 'nagha

This field of Prajāpati is renowned as Prayāga; this Prayāga is indeed meritorious and purifying, Yudhiṣṭhira. Rule your own kingdom, best of kings, together with your brothers, O sinless one.

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