Matsya Purana — Chapter 91

MtP 91.1

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि रौप्याचलमनुत्तमम् यत्प्रदानान्नरो याति सोमलोकमनुत्तमम्

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi raupyācalamanuttamam yatpradānānnaro yāti somalokamanuttamam

Next after this I shall declare the most excellent silver mountain, by the giving of which a man goes to the supreme world of the moon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 91.2

दशभिः पलसाहस्रैर् उत्तमो रजताचलः पञ्चभिर्मध्यमः प्रोक्तस् तदर्धेनाधमः स्मृतः

daśabhiḥ palasāhasrair uttamo rajatācalaḥ pañcabhirmadhyamaḥ proktas tadardhenādhamaḥ smṛtaḥ

With ten thousand palas the silver mountain is of the best kind; with five thousand it is said to be middling; with half of that it is reckoned lowest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 91.3

अशक्तो विंशतेरूर्ध्वं कारयेच्छक्तितस्तदा विष्कम्भपर्वतांस्तद्वत् तुरीयांशेन कल्पयेत्

aśakto viṃśaterūrdhvaṃ kārayecchaktitastadā viṣkambhaparvatāṃstadvat turīyāṃśena kalpayet

One unable (to do so) should have it made, according to his ability, of more than twenty (palas); likewise he should fashion the flanking mountains with a quarter part.

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

MtP 91.4

पूर्ववद्राजतान्कुर्वन् मन्दरादीन्विधानतः कलधौतमयांस्तद्वल् लोकेशानर्चयेद्बुधः

pūrvavadrājatānkurvan mandarādīnvidhānataḥ kaladhautamayāṃstadval lokeśānarcayedbudhaḥ

Making Mandara and the rest of silver, according to the rule as before, the wise man should likewise worship the guardians of the worlds, made of silver.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 91.5

ब्रह्मविष्ण्वर्कवान्कार्यो नितम्बो ऽत्र हिरण्मयः राजतं स्याद्यदन्येषां सर्वं तदिह काञ्चनम्

brahmaviṣṇvarkavānkāryo nitambo 'tra hiraṇmayaḥ rājataṃ syādyadanyeṣāṃ sarvaṃ tadiha kāñcanam

The base here is to be made of gold, bearing Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the Sun; whatever would be of silver in the others, all that is here of gold.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 91.6

शेषं तु पूर्ववत्कुर्याद् धोमजागरणादिकम् दद्यात्ततः प्रभाते तु गुरवे रौप्यपर्वतम्

śeṣaṃ tu pūrvavatkuryād dhomajāgaraṇādikam dadyāttataḥ prabhāte tu gurave raupyaparvatam

The rest he should perform as before — the oblation, the night-vigil and so on; then at dawn he should give the silver mountain to the teacher.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 91.7

विष्कम्भशैलानृत्विग्भ्यः पूज्यवस्त्रविभूषणैः इमं मन्त्रं पठन्दद्याद् दर्भपाणिर्विमत्सरः

viṣkambhaśailānṛtvigbhyaḥ pūjyavastravibhūṣaṇaiḥ imaṃ mantraṃ paṭhandadyād darbhapāṇirvimatsaraḥ

The flanking mountains (he should give) to the officiating priests, with garments and ornaments worthy of honour; reciting this mantra he should give (them), darbha grass in hand, free of envy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 91.8

पितॄणां वल्लभो यस्माद् धरीन्द्राणां शिवस्य च पाहि राजत तस्मात्त्वं शोकसंसारसागरात्

pitṝṇāṃ vallabho yasmād dharīndrāṇāṃ śivasya ca pāhi rājata tasmāttvaṃ śokasaṃsārasāgarāt

Since you are dear to the fathers, to the lords of serpents, and to Śiva, therefore, O silver (mountain), protect us from the ocean of sorrow and transmigration.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 91.9

इत्थं निवेद्य यो दद्याद् रजताचलमुत्तमम् गवामयुतदानस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः

itthaṃ nivedya yo dadyād rajatācalamuttamam gavāmayutadānasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

The man who, having thus addressed (it), gives the excellent silver mountain obtains the fruit of the gift of ten thousand cows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 91.10

सोमलोके स गन्धर्वैः किंनराप्सरसां गणैः पूज्यमानो वसेद्विद्वान् यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

somaloke sa gandharvaiḥ kiṃnarāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ pūjyamāno vasedvidvān yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

That learned man dwells in the world of the moon, honoured by gandharvas and by the throngs of kinnaras and apsarases, until the dissolution of beings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition