Matsya Purana — Chapter 89

MtP 89.1

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि घृताचलमनुत्तमम् तेजो ऽमृतमयं दिव्यं महापातकनाशनम्

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi ghṛtācalamanuttamam tejo 'mṛtamayaṃ divyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam

Next I shall proclaim the unsurpassed mountain of ghee, radiant, made of nectar, divine, destroyer of the great sins.

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MtP 89.2

विंशत्या घृतकुम्भानाम् उत्तमः स्याद्घृताचलः दशभिर्मध्यमः प्रोक्तः पञ्चभिस्त्वधमः स्मृतः

viṃśatyā ghṛtakumbhānām uttamaḥ syādghṛtācalaḥ daśabhirmadhyamaḥ proktaḥ pañcabhistvadhamaḥ smṛtaḥ

With twenty jars of ghee the ghee-mountain would be of the highest (grade); with ten it is called middling; with five, however, it is regarded as the lowest.

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MtP 89.3

अल्पवित्तो ऽपि यः कुर्याद् द्वाभ्यामिह विधानतः विष्कम्भपर्वतांस्तद्वच् चतुर्भागेण कल्पयेत्

alpavitto 'pi yaḥ kuryād dvābhyāmiha vidhānataḥ viṣkambhaparvatāṃstadvac caturbhāgeṇa kalpayet

Even one of small means may make (the ghee-mountain) here with two (jars), according to the prescription; and likewise he should fashion the buttressing mountains with a fourth part (of that quantity).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MtP 89.4

शालितण्डुलपात्राणि कुम्भोपरि निवेशयेत् कारयेत्संहतानुच्चान् यथाशोभं विधानतः

śālitaṇḍulapātrāṇi kumbhopari niveśayet kārayetsaṃhatānuccān yathāśobhaṃ vidhānataḥ

He should set vessels of rice-grains on top of the jars; he should have them made close-packed and high, as is pleasing to look at, according to the prescription.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MtP 89.5

वेष्टयेच्छुक्लवासोभिर् इक्षुदण्डफलादिकैः धान्यपर्वतवच्छेषं विधानमिह पठ्यते

veṣṭayecchuklavāsobhir ikṣudaṇḍaphalādikaiḥ dhānyaparvatavaccheṣaṃ vidhānamiha paṭhyate

He should wrap (it) round with white cloths, with sugarcane stalks, fruits and the like; the remaining procedure is recited here as (it was) for the mountain of grain.

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MtP 89.6

अधिवासनपूर्वं च तद्वद्धोमसुरार्चनम् प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यां गुरवे तं निवेदयेत् विष्कम्भपर्वतांस्तद्वद् ऋत्विग्भ्यः शान्तमानसः

adhivāsanapūrvaṃ ca tadvaddhomasurārcanam prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ gurave taṃ nivedayet viṣkambhaparvatāṃstadvad ṛtvigbhyaḥ śāntamānasaḥ

And the consecration (adhivāsana) beforehand, and likewise the fire-oblation and the worship of the gods; and when the night has turned to dawn he should present it to the teacher, and in the same way the viṣkambha mountains to the officiating priests, with a calmed mind.

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MtP 89.7

संयोगाद्घृतमुत्पन्नं यस्मादमृततेजसोः तस्माद्धृतार्चिर्विश्वात्मा प्रीयतामत्र शंकरः

saṃyogādghṛtamutpannaṃ yasmādamṛtatejasoḥ tasmāddhṛtārcirviśvātmā prīyatāmatra śaṃkaraḥ

Since ghee has arisen from the union of nectar and radiance, therefore may Śaṃkara, the Self of all, whose flame is ghee, be pleased here.

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MtP 89.8

यस्मात्तेजोमयं ब्रह्म घृते तद्विद्ध्यवस्थितम् घृतपर्वतरूपेण तस्मात्त्वं पाहि नो ऽनिशम्

yasmāttejomayaṃ brahma ghṛte tadviddhyavasthitam ghṛtaparvatarūpeṇa tasmāttvaṃ pāhi no 'niśam

Since the brahman that consists of radiance — know it — abides in ghee, therefore do you, in the form of a mountain of ghee, protect us unceasingly.

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MtP 89.9

अनेन विधिना दद्याद् घृताचलमनुत्तमम् महापातकयुक्तो ऽपि लोकमाप्नोति शांकरम्

anena vidhinā dadyād ghṛtācalamanuttamam mahāpātakayukto 'pi lokamāpnoti śāṃkaram

He who gives the most excellent mountain of ghee by this rule, even if he is guilty of the great sins, attains the world of Śaṃkara.

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MtP 89.10

हंससारसयुक्तेन किङ्किणीजालमालिना विमानेनाप्सरोभिश्च सिद्धविद्याधरैर् वृतः विहरेत्पितृभिः सार्धं यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

haṃsasārasayuktena kiṅkiṇījālamālinā vimānenāpsarobhiśca siddhavidyādharair vṛtaḥ viharetpitṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Surrounded by apsarases, siddhas and vidyādharas, in a flying chariot yoked with geese and cranes and garlanded with nets of little bells, he would roam together with the ancestors until the dissolution of beings.

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