Matsya Purana — Chapter 98
MtP 98.1
अथान्यदपि वक्ष्यामि संक्रान्त्युद्यापने फलम् यदक्षयं परे लोके सर्वकामफलप्रदम्
athānyadapi vakṣyāmi saṃkrāntyudyāpane phalam yadakṣayaṃ pare loke sarvakāmaphalapradam
Now I shall tell of yet another thing, the fruit in the concluding rite of the saṃkrānti, which is imperishable in the world beyond and grants the fruit of all desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 98.2
अयने विषुवे वापि संक्रान्तिव्रतमाचरेत् पूर्वेद्युरेकभक्तेन दन्तधावनपूर्वकम् संक्रान्तिवासरे प्रातस् तिलैः स्नानं विधीयते
ayane viṣuve vāpi saṃkrāntivratamācaret pūrvedyurekabhaktena dantadhāvanapūrvakam saṃkrāntivāsare prātas tilaiḥ snānaṃ vidhīyate
At a solstice or at an equinox one should perform the saṃkrānti observance: on the preceding day, with a single meal, preceded by the cleaning of the teeth; on the day of the saṃkrānti, in the morning, bathing with sesame is prescribed.
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MtP 98.3
रविसंक्रमणे भूमौ चन्दनेनाष्टपत्त्रकम् पद्मं सकर्णिकं कुर्यात् तस्मिन्नावाहयेद्रविम्
ravisaṃkramaṇe bhūmau candanenāṣṭapattrakam padmaṃ sakarṇikaṃ kuryāt tasminnāvāhayedravim
At the sun's transit he should make on the ground, with sandal paste, an eight-petalled lotus with a pericarp, and should invoke the sun into it.
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MtP 98.4
कर्णिकायां न्यसेत्सूर्यम् आदित्यं पूर्वतस्ततः नम उष्णार्चिषे याम्ये नमो ऋङ्मण्डलाय च
karṇikāyāṃ nyasetsūryam ādityaṃ pūrvatastataḥ nama uṣṇārciṣe yāmye namo ṛṅmaṇḍalāya ca
On the pericarp he should place Sūrya; then Āditya on the east; "Homage to him of hot rays" on the south, and "Homage to the orb of the Rc verses";
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MtP 98.5
नमः सवित्रे नैरृत्ये वारुणे तपनं पुनः वायव्ये तु भगं न्यस्य पुनः पुनरथार्चयेत्
namaḥ savitre nairṛtye vāruṇe tapanaṃ punaḥ vāyavye tu bhagaṃ nyasya punaḥ punarathārcayet
"Homage to Savitṛ" in the southwest, and again Tapana in the west; and in the northwest, having placed Bhaga, he should then worship again and again.
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MtP 98.6
मार्तण्डमुत्तरे विष्णुम् ईशाने विन्यसेत्सदा गन्धमाल्यफलैर्भक्ष्यैः स्थण्डिले पूजयेत्ततः
mārtaṇḍamuttare viṣṇum īśāne vinyasetsadā gandhamālyaphalairbhakṣyaiḥ sthaṇḍile pūjayettataḥ
He should always place Mārtaṇḍa in the north and Viṣṇu in the northeast; then he should worship on the altar-ground with perfumes, garlands, fruits and foods.
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MtP 98.7
द्विजाय सोदकुम्भं च घृतपात्रं हिरण्मयम् कमलं च यथाशक्त्या कारयित्वा निवेदयेत्
dvijāya sodakumbhaṃ ca ghṛtapātraṃ hiraṇmayam kamalaṃ ca yathāśaktyā kārayitvā nivedayet
And having had made, according to his means, a water-jar together with (?) a golden vessel of ghee and a lotus, he should present them to a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 98.8
चन्दनोदकपुष्पैश्च देवायार्घ्यं न्यसेद्भुवि विश्वाय विश्वरूपाय विश्वधाम्ने स्वयम्भुवे नमो ऽनन्त नमो धात्रे ऋक्सामयजुषां पते
candanodakapuṣpaiśca devāyārghyaṃ nyasedbhuvi viśvāya viśvarūpāya viśvadhāmne svayambhuve namo 'nanta namo dhātre ṛksāmayajuṣāṃ pate
And with sandal, water and flowers he should set down the offering-water on the ground for the god: "To the All, to him whose form is all, to the abode of all, to the self-existent, homage; homage, O endless one; homage to the ordainer, to the lord of the Rc, Sāman and Yajus."
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MtP 98.9
अनेन विधिना सर्वं मासि मासि समाचरेत् वत्सरान्ते ऽथवा कुर्यात् सर्वं द्वादशधा नरः
anena vidhinā sarvaṃ māsi māsi samācaret vatsarānte 'thavā kuryāt sarvaṃ dvādaśadhā naraḥ
By this rule one should perform the whole (rite) month after month; or else at the end of the year a man may do the whole of it twelvefold.
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MtP 98.10
संवत्सरान्ते घृतपायसेन संतर्प्य वह्निं द्विजपुंगवांश्च कुम्भान्पुनर्द्वादश धेनुयुक्तान् सरत्नहैरण्मयपद्मयुक्तान्
saṃvatsarānte ghṛtapāyasena saṃtarpya vahniṃ dvijapuṃgavāṃśca kumbhānpunardvādaśa dhenuyuktān saratnahairaṇmayapadmayuktān
At the end of the year, having satisfied the fire and the foremost of brahmins with ghee and milk-rice, (he should give) again twelve jars accompanied by milch cows, together with jewels and golden lotuses;
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MtP 98.11
पयस्विनीः शीलवतीश्च दद्याद् धर्मैः शृङ्गैः रौप्यखुरैश्च युक्ताः गावो ऽष्ट वा सप्त सकांस्यदोहा माल्याम्बरा वा चतुरो ऽप्यशक्तः दौर्गत्ययुक्तः कपिलामथैकां निवेदयेद्ब्राह्मणपुंगवाय
payasvinīḥ śīlavatīśca dadyād dharmaiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ raupyakhuraiśca yuktāḥ gāvo 'ṣṭa vā sapta sakāṃsyadohā mālyāmbarā vā caturo 'pyaśaktaḥ daurgatyayuktaḥ kapilāmathaikāṃ nivedayedbrāhmaṇapuṃgavāya
and he should give cows rich in milk and of good disposition, fitted with horns (of gold) and silver hooves — eight cows, or seven, with bronze milk-pails, or garlanded and draped, or, if unable, even four; and one afflicted by poverty should present a single tawny cow to a foremost brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 98.12
हैमीं च दद्यात्पृथिवीं सशेषाम् आकार्य रूप्यामथ वा च ताम्रीम् पैष्टीमशक्तः प्रतिमां विधाय सौवर्णसूर्येण समं प्रदद्यात् न वित्तशाठ्यं पुरुषो ऽत्र कुर्यात् कुर्वन्नधो याति न संशयो ऽत्र
haimīṃ ca dadyātpṛthivīṃ saśeṣām ākārya rūpyāmatha vā ca tāmrīm paiṣṭīmaśaktaḥ pratimāṃ vidhāya sauvarṇasūryeṇa samaṃ pradadyāt na vittaśāṭhyaṃ puruṣo 'tra kuryāt kurvannadho yāti na saṃśayo 'tra
And he should give a golden earth together with Śeṣa, having had it made — or one of silver, or of copper; if unable, having fashioned an image of flour, he should give it along with a golden sun. In this a man should not practise stinginess with his wealth; doing so he goes downward — there is no doubt here.
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MtP 98.13
यावन्महेन्द्रप्रमुखैर्नगेन्द्रैः पृथ्वा च सप्ताब्धियुतेह तिष्ठेत् तावत्स गन्धर्वगणैर् अशेषैः सम्पूज्यते नारद नाकपृष्ठे
yāvanmahendrapramukhairnagendraiḥ pṛthvā ca saptābdhiyuteha tiṣṭhet tāvatsa gandharvagaṇair aśeṣaiḥ sampūjyate nārada nākapṛṣṭhe
As long as the earth, with the great mountains headed by Mahendra and with the seven oceans, endures here, so long is he, Nārada, honoured by all the hosts of gandharvas on the vault of heaven.
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MtP 98.14
ततस्तु कर्मक्षयमाप्य सप्तद्वीपाधिपः स्यात्कुलशीलयुक्तः सृष्टेर्मुखे ऽव्यङ्गवपुः सभार्यः प्रभूतपुत्रान्वयवन्दिताङ्घ्रिः
tatastu karmakṣayamāpya saptadvīpādhipaḥ syātkulaśīlayuktaḥ sṛṣṭermukhe 'vyaṅgavapuḥ sabhāryaḥ prabhūtaputrānvayavanditāṅghriḥ
Then, when that karma is exhausted, he becomes lord of the seven continents, endowed with good family and character, at the beginning of a (new) creation, with an unblemished body, together with a wife, his feet honoured by a lineage of many sons.
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MtP 98.15
इति पठति शृणोति वाथ भक्त्या विधिमखिलं रविसंक्रमस्य पुण्यम् मतिमपि च ददाति सो ऽपि देवैर् अमरपतेर्भवने प्रपूज्यते च
iti paṭhati śṛṇoti vātha bhaktyā vidhimakhilaṃ ravisaṃkramasya puṇyam matimapi ca dadāti so 'pi devair amarapaterbhavane prapūjyate ca
Whoever thus recites, or listens with devotion, to this whole meritorious rite of the sun's passage (into a new sign), and whoever imparts understanding of it — he too is honoured by the gods in the house of the lord of the immortals.
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