Matsya Purana — Chapter 88

MtP 88.1

अथातः सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि कार्पासाचलमुत्तमम् यत्प्रदानान्नरो नित्यम् आप्नोति परमं पदम्

athātaḥ sampravakṣyāmi kārpāsācalamuttamam yatpradānānnaro nityam āpnoti paramaṃ padam

Now, next, I shall declare the excellent mountain of cotton, by the giving of which a man ever attains the highest state.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 88.2

कार्पासपर्वतस् तद्वद् विंशद्भारैर् इहोत्तमः दशभिर्मध्यमः प्रोक्तः पञ्चभिस्त्वधमः स्मृतः भारेणाल्पधनो दद्याद् वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः

kārpāsaparvatas tadvad viṃśadbhārair ihottamaḥ daśabhirmadhyamaḥ proktaḥ pañcabhistvadhamaḥ smṛtaḥ bhāreṇālpadhano dadyād vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

MtP 88.3

धान्यपर्वतवत्सर्वम् आसाद्य मुनिपुंगव प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यां दद्यादिदमुदीरयेत्

dhānyaparvatavatsarvam āsādya munipuṃgava prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ dadyādidamudīrayet

— tr. refused: cyber

MtP 88.4

त्वमेवावरणं यस्माल् लोकानामिह सर्वदा कार्पासाद्रे नमस्तुभ्यम् अघौघध्वंसनो भव

tvamevāvaraṇaṃ yasmāl lokānāmiha sarvadā kārpāsādre namastubhyam aghaughadhvaṃsano bhava

Since you alone are always the covering of the worlds here, homage to you, O mountain of cotton; be the destroyer of the mass of (our) sins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 88.5

इति कार्पासशैलेन्द्रं यो दद्याच्छर्वसंनिधौ रुद्रलोके वसेत्कल्पं ततो राजा भवेदिह

iti kārpāsaśailendraṃ yo dadyāccharvasaṃnidhau rudraloke vasetkalpaṃ tato rājā bhavediha

He who, having thus (spoken), gives the great mountain of cotton in the presence of Śarva dwells for a kalpa in Rudra's world, and thereafter becomes a king here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition