Matsya Purana — Chapter 84

MtP 84.1

अथातः सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि लवणाचलमुत्तमम् यत्प्रदानान्नरो लोकान् आप्नोति शिवसंयुतान्

athātaḥ sampravakṣyāmi lavaṇācalamuttamam yatpradānānnaro lokān āpnoti śivasaṃyutān

Now next I shall proclaim the excellent salt-mountain, by the giving of which a man attains the worlds that are joined with Śiva.

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MtP 84.2

उत्तमः षोडशद्रोणैः कर्तव्यो लवणाचलः मध्यमः स्यात्तदर्धेन चतुर्भिरधमः स्मृतः

uttamaḥ ṣoḍaśadroṇaiḥ kartavyo lavaṇācalaḥ madhyamaḥ syāttadardhena caturbhiradhamaḥ smṛtaḥ

The salt-mountain of the highest kind is to be made with sixteen droṇas; the middling would be with half of that, and the lowest is held to be of four.

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MtP 84.3

वित्तहीनो यथाशक्त्या द्रोणादूर्ध्वं तु कारयेत् चतुर्थांशेन विष्कम्भपर्वतान्कारयेत्पृथक्

vittahīno yathāśaktyā droṇādūrdhvaṃ tu kārayet caturthāṃśena viṣkambhaparvatānkārayetpṛthak

One lacking wealth should have it made according to his means, but above one droṇa; with a fourth part (of the measure) he should have the buttress-mountains made separately.

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MtP 84.4

विधानं पूर्ववत्कुर्याद् ब्रह्मादीनां च सर्वदा तद्वद्धेममयान्सर्वांल् लोकपालान्निवेशयेत्

vidhānaṃ pūrvavatkuryād brahmādīnāṃ ca sarvadā tadvaddhemamayānsarvāṃl lokapālānniveśayet

He should perform the procedure as before, and always (that) of Brahmā and the rest; likewise he should set in place all the world-guardians made of gold.

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MtP 84.5

सरांसि कामदेवादींस् तद्वदत्रापि कारयेत् कुर्याज्जागरणं चापि दानमन्त्रान्निबोधत

sarāṃsi kāmadevādīṃs tadvadatrāpi kārayet kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ cāpi dānamantrānnibodhata

He should here too have the lakes and Kāmadeva and the rest made in the same way; he should also keep the night vigil. Learn the mantras for the gift.

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MtP 84.6

सौभाग्यसरः सम्भूतो यतो ऽयं लवणो रसः तद्दानकर्तृकत्वेन त्वं मां पाहि नगोत्तम

saubhāgyasaraḥ sambhūto yato 'yaṃ lavaṇo rasaḥ taddānakartṛkatvena tvaṃ māṃ pāhi nagottama

“Since this salt-savour arose from the lake of good fortune, by (my) being the giver of it, do you protect me, O best of mountains.

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MtP 84.7

यस्मादन्नरसाः सर्वे नोत्कटा लवणं विना प्रियं च शिवयोर्नित्यं तस्माच्छान्तिं प्रयच्छ मे

yasmādannarasāḥ sarve notkaṭā lavaṇaṃ vinā priyaṃ ca śivayornityaṃ tasmācchāntiṃ prayaccha me

“Since all the savours of food are not pungent without salt, and since it is ever dear to Śiva and Umā, therefore grant me peace.

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MtP 84.8

विष्णुदेहसमुद्भूतं यस्मादारोग्यवर्धनम् तस्मात्पर्वतरूपेण पाहि संसारसागरात्

viṣṇudehasamudbhūtaṃ yasmādārogyavardhanam tasmātparvatarūpeṇa pāhi saṃsārasāgarāt

“Since (salt), arisen from the body of Viṣṇu, increases health, therefore in the form of a mountain protect (me) from the ocean of transmigration.

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MtP 84.9

अनेन विधिना यस्तु दद्याल्लवणपर्वतम् उमालोके वसेत्कल्पं ततो याति परां गतिम्

anena vidhinā yastu dadyāllavaṇaparvatam umāloke vasetkalpaṃ tato yāti parāṃ gatim

But whoever gives a mountain of salt by this rule dwells in Umā's world for an aeon, and thereafter goes to the supreme goal.

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