Matsya Purana — Chapter 86

MtP 86.1

अथ पापहरं वक्ष्ये सुवर्णाचलमुत्तमम् यस्य प्रदानाद्भवनं वैरिञ्चं याति मानवः

atha pāpaharaṃ vakṣye suvarṇācalamuttamam yasya pradānādbhavanaṃ vairiñcaṃ yāti mānavaḥ

Now I shall declare the excellent mountain of gold, which removes sin, by the giving of which a man goes to the abode of Brahmā.

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MtP 86.2

उत्तमः पलसाहस्रो मध्यमः पञ्चभिः शतैः तदर्धेनाधमस्तद्वद् अल्पवित्तो ऽपि शक्तितः दद्यादेकपलादूर्ध्वं यथाशक्त्या विमत्सरः

uttamaḥ palasāhasro madhyamaḥ pañcabhiḥ śataiḥ tadardhenādhamastadvad alpavitto 'pi śaktitaḥ dadyādekapalādūrdhvaṃ yathāśaktyā vimatsaraḥ

The best is of a thousand palas, the middling of five hundred, and likewise the lowest of half of that; even a man of little wealth should give, according to his ability, upwards of one pala, as he is able and without grudging.

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MtP 86.3

धान्यपर्वतवत्सर्वं विदध्यान्मुनिपुंगव विष्कम्भशैलास्तद्वच्च ऋत्विग्भ्यः प्रतिपादयेत्

dhānyaparvatavatsarvaṃ vidadhyānmunipuṃgava viṣkambhaśailāstadvacca ṛtvigbhyaḥ pratipādayet

He should arrange everything as with the grain-mountain, O foremost of sages, and likewise the supporting-mountains, and he should bestow (them) upon the officiating priests.

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MtP 86.4

नमस्ते ब्रह्मबीजाय ब्रह्मगर्भाय ते नमः यस्मादनन्तफलदस् तस्मात्पाहि शिलोच्चय

namaste brahmabījāya brahmagarbhāya te namaḥ yasmādanantaphaladas tasmātpāhi śiloccaya

Homage to you, the seed of Brahmā; homage to you, having Brahmā as (your) womb; since you are the giver of endless fruit, therefore protect (me), O heap of rock.

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MtP 86.5

यस्मादग्नेरपत्यं त्वं यस्मात्पुण्यं जगत्पते हेमपर्वतरूपेण तस्मात्पाहि नगोत्तम

yasmādagnerapatyaṃ tvaṃ yasmātpuṇyaṃ jagatpate hemaparvatarūpeṇa tasmātpāhi nagottama

Since you are the offspring of Fire, and since you are holy, O lord of the world, therefore, in the form of a mountain of gold, protect (me), O best of mountains.

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MtP 86.6

अनेन विधिना यस्तु दद्यात्कनकपर्वतम् स याति परमं ब्रह्मलोकमानन्दकारकम् तत्र कल्पशतं तिष्ठेत् ततो याति परां गतिम्

anena vidhinā yastu dadyātkanakaparvatam sa yāti paramaṃ brahmalokamānandakārakam tatra kalpaśataṃ tiṣṭhet tato yāti parāṃ gatim

Whoever, by this rule, gives a mountain of gold, he goes to the supreme world of Brahmā, the giver of bliss; there he abides a hundred aeons, and thereafter goes to the highest goal.

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