Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 6

NarP 1 6.1

सूत उवाच भगवद्भक्तिमाहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा प्रीतस्तु नारदः । पुनः पप्रच्छ सनकं ज्ञानविज्ञानपारगम्

sūta uvāca bhagavadbhaktimāhātmyaṃ śrutvā prītastu nāradaḥ / punaḥ papraccha sanakaṃ jñānavijñānapāragam

Sūta said: Having heard the greatness of devotion to the Lord, Nārada was pleased, and again asked Sanaka, who had mastered knowledge and discernment.

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NarP 1 6.2

नारद उवाच क्षेत्राणामुत्तमं क्षेत्रं तीर्थानां च तथोत्तमम् । परया दयया तथवं ब्रूहिं शास्त्रार्थपारग

nārada uvāca kṣetrāṇāmuttamaṃ kṣetraṃ tīrthānāṃ ca tathottamam / parayā dayayā tathavaṃ brūhiṃ śāstrārthapāraga

Nārada said: Which is the best of holy places, and likewise the best of fords? Out of your supreme kindness tell me that, O you who have mastered the meaning of the scriptures.

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NarP 1 6.3

सनक उवाच शुणु ब्रह्मन्तरं गुह्यं सर्वसंपत्करं परम् । दुःस्वन्पनाशनं पुण्यं धर्म्यं पापहरं शुभम्

sanaka uvāca śuṇu brahmantaraṃ guhyaṃ sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ param / duḥsvanpanāśanaṃ puṇyaṃ dharmyaṃ pāpaharaṃ śubham

Sanaka said: Hear, O brahmin, the supreme secret that brings all prosperity, that destroys bad dreams, meritorious, righteous, removing sin, auspicious;

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NarP 1 6.4

श्रोतव्यं मुनिभिर्नित्यं दुष्टग्रहनिवारणम् । सर्वरोगप्रशमनमायुर्वर्ध्दनकारणम्

śrotavyaṃ munibhirnityaṃ duṣṭagrahanivāraṇam / sarvarogapraśamanamāyurvardhdanakāraṇam

to be heard constantly by sages, warding off malignant planets, quieting all diseases, a cause of increase of life.

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NarP 1 6.5

क्षेत्राणामुत्तमं क्षेत्रं तीर्थानां च तथोत्तमम् । गङ्गायमुनयोर्योगं वदन्ति परमर्षयः

kṣetrāṇāmuttamaṃ kṣetraṃ tīrthānāṃ ca tathottamam / gaṅgāyamunayoryogaṃ vadanti paramarṣayaḥ

The best of holy places, and likewise the best of fords — the supreme seers call it the joining of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā.

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NarP 1 6.6

सितासितोदकं तीर्थं ब्रह्माद्याः सर्वदेवताः । मुनयो मनवश्चैव सेवन्ते पुण्यकाङ्क्षिणः

sitāsitodakaṃ tīrthaṃ brahmādyāḥ sarvadevatāḥ / munayo manavaścaiva sevante puṇyakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

Brahmā and all the other gods, and the sages and the Manus, desiring merit, frequent that ford of white and dark water.

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NarP 1 6.7

गङ्गा पुण्यनदी ज्ञेया यतो विष्णुपदोद्भवा । रविजा यमुना ब्रह्मंस्तयोर्योगः शुभावहः

gaṅgā puṇyanadī jñeyā yato viṣṇupadodbhavā / ravijā yamunā brahmaṃstayoryogaḥ śubhāvahaḥ

The Gaṅgā is to be known as a holy river, since she arose from Viṣṇu's foot; the Yamunā, O brahmin, is the Sun's daughter — their joining brings good fortune.

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NarP 1 6.8

स्मृतार्तिनाशिनी गङ्गा नदीनां प्रवरा मुने । सर्वपापक्षयकरी सर्वोपद्र वनाशिनी

smṛtārtināśinī gaṅgā nadīnāṃ pravarā mune / sarvapāpakṣayakarī sarvopadra vanāśinī

The Gaṅgā destroys distress when merely remembered, O sage; she is the foremost of rivers, destroying all sins, dispelling all calamities.

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NarP 1 6.9

यानि क्षेत्राणि पुण्यानि समुद्रान्ते महीतले । तेषां पुण्यतमं ज्ञेयं प्रयागाख्यं महामुने

yāni kṣetrāṇi puṇyāni samudrānte mahītale / teṣāṃ puṇyatamaṃ jñeyaṃ prayāgākhyaṃ mahāmune

Of the holy places that are on the earth's surface up to the ocean's edge, the one called Prayāga is to be known as the most holy, great sage.

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NarP 1 6.10

इयाज वेधा यज्ञेन यत्र देवं रमापतिम् । तथैव मुनयः सर्वे चक्रश्च विविधान्मखान्

iyāja vedhā yajñena yatra devaṃ ramāpatim / tathaiva munayaḥ sarve cakraśca vividhānmakhān

There the Creator worshipped with sacrifice the god, the husband of Ramā, and likewise all the sages performed various sacrifices.

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NarP 1 6.11

सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकाणि यानि पुण्यानि तानि वै । गङ्गाबिन्द्वभिषेकस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्

sarvatīrthābhiṣekāṇi yāni puṇyāni tāni vai / gaṅgābindvabhiṣekasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm

Those meritorious bathings at all the fords are not worth a sixteenth part of a bathing in a drop of the Gaṅgā.

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NarP 1 6.12

गङ्गा गङ्गेति यो ब्रूयाद्योजनानां शते स्थितः । सो ऽपि मुच्येत पापेभ्यः किमु गङ्गाभिषेकवान्

gaṅgā gaṅgeti yo brūyādyojanānāṃ śate sthitaḥ / so 'pi mucyeta pāpebhyaḥ kimu gaṅgābhiṣekavān

One who, standing a hundred leagues away, should say "Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā" — even he would be freed from his sins; how much more one who has bathed in the Gaṅgā!

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NarP 1 6.13

विष्णुपादोद्भवा देवी विश्वेश्वरशिरः स्थिता । संसेव्या मुनिभिर्देवः किं पुनः पामरैर्जनै

viṣṇupādodbhavā devī viśveśvaraśiraḥ sthitā / saṃsevyā munibhirdevaḥ kiṃ punaḥ pāmarairjanai

The goddess sprung from Viṣṇu's foot, resting on the head of the Lord of the universe, is to be served by sages and gods — how much more by common folk!

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NarP 1 6.14

यत्सैकतं ललाटे तु ध्रियते मनुजोत्तमैः । तत्रैव नेत्रं विज्ञेयं विध्यर्द्धाधः समुज्ज्वलत्

yatsaikataṃ lalāṭe tu dhriyate manujottamaiḥ / tatraiva netraṃ vijñeyaṃ vidhyarddhādhaḥ samujjvalat

The sand of that (river) which is borne upon the forehead by the best of men — right there an eye is to be known, blazing below (the mark).

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NarP 1 6.15

यन्मज्जन महापुण्यं दुर्लभं त्रिदिवौकसाम् । सारुप्यदायकं विष्णोः किमस्मात्कथ्यते परम

yanmajjana mahāpuṇyaṃ durlabhaṃ tridivaukasām / sārupyadāyakaṃ viṣṇoḥ kimasmātkathyate parama

Bathing in which is of great merit, hard to obtain even for the dwellers in heaven, and bestows the same form as Viṣṇu — what higher than this can be told?

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NarP 1 6.16

यत्र स्त्राताः पापिनो ऽपि सर्वपापविवर्जिताः । महद्विमानमारुढाः प्रयान्ति परमं पदम्

yatra strātāḥ pāpino 'pi sarvapāpavivarjitāḥ / mahadvimānamāruḍhāḥ prayānti paramaṃ padam

Bathed in which, even sinners, freed from all sins, mounted on a great celestial chariot, go to the supreme abode.

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NarP 1 6.17

यत्र स्नाता महात्मानः पितृमातृकुलानि वै । सहस्राणि समुद्धृत्य विष्णुलोके व्रजन्ति वै

yatra snātā mahātmānaḥ pitṛmātṛkulāni vai / sahasrāṇi samuddhṛtya viṣṇuloke vrajanti vai

Bathed in which, great souls, having delivered thousands of the families of their fathers and mothers, go indeed to the world of Viṣṇu.

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NarP 1 6.18

स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु यो गङ्गां स्मरति द्विच । पुण्यक्षेत्रेषु सर्वेषौ स्थितवान्नात्र संशयः

sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu yo gaṅgāṃ smarati dvica / puṇyakṣetreṣu sarveṣau sthitavānnātra saṃśayaḥ

He has bathed in all sacred fords, the twice-born who remembers the Gaṅgā; he has dwelt in all holy places — there is no doubt of this.

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NarP 1 6.19

यत्र स्नातं नरं दृष्ट्वा पापो ऽपि स्वर्गभूमिभाक् । मदङ्गस्पर्शेमात्रेण देवानामाधपो भवेत्

yatra snātaṃ naraṃ dṛṣṭvā pāpo 'pi svargabhūmibhāk / madaṅgasparśemātreṇa devānāmādhapo bhavet

On seeing a man bathed in which, even a sinner obtains the ground of heaven; by the mere touch of my body he would become the foremost among the gods.

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NarP 1 6.20

तुलसीमूलसंभूता द्विजपादोद्भावा तथा । गङ्गोद्भवा तु मृल्लोकान्नयत्यच्युतरुपताम्

tulasīmūlasaṃbhūtā dvijapādodbhāvā tathā / gaṅgodbhavā tu mṛllokānnayatyacyutarupatām

Earth arisen from the root of the tulasī, and likewise arisen from the feet of a brahmin, and arisen from the Gaṅgā, leads (one) from the world of mortals to the form of Acyuta.

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NarP 1 6.21

गङ्गा च तुलसी चैव हरिभक्तिरचञ्चला । अत्यन्तदुर्ल्लभा नॄणां भक्तिर्द्धर्मप्रवक्तरि

gaṅgā ca tulasī caiva haribhaktiracañcalā / atyantadurllabhā nṝṇāṃ bhaktirddharmapravaktari

The Gaṅgā, and the tulasī, and unwavering devotion to Hari, and devotion toward the expounder of dharma — these are exceedingly hard for men to obtain.

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NarP 1 6.22

सद्धर्मवक्तुः पदसंभवां मृदं गङ्गोद्भवां चैव तथा तुलस्याः । मूलोद्भवां भक्तियुतो मनुष्यो धृत्वा शिरस्येति पदं च विष्णोः

saddharmavaktuḥ padasaṃbhavāṃ mṛdaṃ gaṅgodbhavāṃ caiva tathā tulasyāḥ / mūlodbhavāṃ bhaktiyuto manuṣyo dhṛtvā śirasyeti padaṃ ca viṣṇoḥ

A man endowed with devotion who, having borne on his head the earth arisen from the feet of the expounder of the true dharma, and that arisen from the Gaṅgā, and that arisen from the root of the tulasī, attains the abode of Viṣṇu.

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NarP 1 6.23

कदा यास्याम्यहं गङ्गां कदा पश्यामि तामहम् । वाञ्च्छत्यपि च यो ह्येवं सो ऽपि विष्णुपदं व्रजेत्

kadā yāsyāmyahaṃ gaṅgāṃ kadā paśyāmi tāmaham / vāñcchatyapi ca yo hyevaṃ so 'pi viṣṇupadaṃ vrajet

"When shall I go to the Gaṅgā? When shall I behold her?" — even one who merely longs thus goes to the abode of Viṣṇu.

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NarP 1 6.24

गङ्गाया महिमा ब्रह्मन्वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि । न शक्यते विष्णुनापि किमन्यैर्बहुभाषितैः

gaṅgāyā mahimā brahmanvaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi / na śakyate viṣṇunāpi kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ

The greatness of the Gaṅgā, O brahmin, cannot be told even in a hundred years, not even by Viṣṇu — what then of much talk by others?

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NarP 1 6.25

अहो माया जगत्सर्वं मोहयत्येतदद्भुतम् । यतो वै नरकं यान्ति गङ्गानात्रि स्थिते ऽपि हि

aho māyā jagatsarvaṃ mohayatyetadadbhutam / yato vai narakaṃ yānti gaṅgānātri sthite 'pi hi

Ah, this māyā is astonishing: it deludes the whole world, since indeed (men) go to hell even though the Gaṅgā stands (near) them.

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NarP 1 6.26

संसारदुःख विच्छेदि गङ्गानाम प्रकीर्तितम् । तथा तुलस्या भक्तिश्च हरिकीर्तिप्रवक्तरि

saṃsāraduḥkha vicchedi gaṅgānāma prakīrtitam / tathā tulasyā bhaktiśca harikīrtipravaktari

The name of Gaṅgā is proclaimed as cutting off the suffering of transmigration; so too the tulasī, and devotion toward one who proclaims the glory of Hari.

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NarP 1 6.27

सकृदप्युच्चरेद्यस्तु गङ्गेत्येवाक्षरद्वयम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति

sakṛdapyuccaredyastu gaṅgetyevākṣaradvayam / sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

Whoever utters even once just the two syllables "Gaṅgā" is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Viṣṇu.

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NarP 1 6.28

योजनत्रितयं यस्तु गङ्गायामधिगच्छति । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सूर्यलोकं समेति हि

yojanatritayaṃ yastu gaṅgāyāmadhigacchati / sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sūryalokaṃ sameti hi

Whoever comes within three yojanas of the Gaṅgā is freed from all sins and reaches the world of the sun.

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NarP 1 6.29

सेयं गङ्गा महापुण्या नदी भक्त्या निषेविता । मेषतौलिमृगाकर्षु पावयत्यखिलं जगत्

seyaṃ gaṅgā mahāpuṇyā nadī bhaktyā niṣevitā / meṣataulimṛgākarṣu pāvayatyakhilaṃ jagat

This very Gaṅgā, a river of great merit, served with devotion, purifies the whole world when (the sun is) in Aries, Libra, and Capricorn.

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NarP 1 6.30

गोदावरी भीमरथी कृष्णा रेवा सरस्वती । तुङ्गभद्रा च कावेरी कालिंन्दी बाहुदा तथा

godāvarī bhīmarathī kṛṣṇā revā sarasvatī / tuṅgabhadrā ca kāverī kāliṃndī bāhudā tathā

Godāvarī, Bhīmarathī, Kṛṣṇā, Revā, Sarasvatī, and Tuṅgabhadrā, Kāverī, Kālindī, and Bāhudā,

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NarP 1 6.31

वेत्रवती ताम्रपर्णी सरयूश्च द्विजोत्तम । एवमादिषु तीर्थेषु गङ्गा मुख्यतमा स्मृता

vetravatī tāmraparṇī sarayūśca dvijottama / evamādiṣu tīrtheṣu gaṅgā mukhyatamā smṛtā

Vetravatī, Tāmraparṇī, and Sarayū, O best of the twice-born — among sacred fords such as these, the Gaṅgā is held to be the foremost.

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NarP 1 6.32

यथा सर्वगतो विष्णुर्जगव्द्याप्य प्रतिष्टितः । तथेयं व्यापिनी गङ्गा सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी

yathā sarvagato viṣṇurjagavdyāpya pratiṣṭitaḥ / tatheyaṃ vyāpinī gaṅgā sarvapāpapraṇāśinī

As Viṣṇu, who goes everywhere, is established pervading the world, so is this Gaṅgā all-pervading, destroying all sins.

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NarP 1 6.33

अहो गङ्गा जगद्धात्री स्नानपानादिभिर्जगत् । पुनाति पावनीत्येषा न कथं सेव्यते नृभिः

aho gaṅgā jagaddhātrī snānapānādibhirjagat / punāti pāvanītyeṣā na kathaṃ sevyate nṛbhiḥ

Ah, the Gaṅgā, sustainer of the world, purifies the world by bathing, drinking and the rest — she is purifying; why then is she not served by men?

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NarP 1 6.34

तीर्थानामुत्तमं तीर्थं क्षेत्राणां क्षेत्रमुत्तमम् । वाराणसीति विख्यातं सर्वदेवनिषेवितम्

tīrthānāmuttamaṃ tīrthaṃ kṣetrāṇāṃ kṣetramuttamam / vārāṇasīti vikhyātaṃ sarvadevaniṣevitam

The best of holy fords among fords, the best of sacred fields among fields, is that renowned as Vārāṇasī, frequented by all the gods.

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NarP 1 6.35

ते एव श्रवणे धन्ये संविदाते बहुश्रुतम् । इह श्रुतिमतां पुंसां काशी याभ्यां श्रुतासकृत्

te eva śravaṇe dhanye saṃvidāte bahuśrutam / iha śrutimatāṃ puṃsāṃ kāśī yābhyāṃ śrutāsakṛt

Blessed indeed are those two ears which have heard much: by which, among men here possessing hearing, Kāśī has been heard even once.

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NarP 1 6.36

ये यं स्मरन्ति संस्थानमविमुक्तं द्विजोत्तमम् । निर्धूतसर्वपापास्ते शिवलोकं व्रजन्ति वै

ye yaṃ smaranti saṃsthānamavimuktaṃ dvijottamam / nirdhūtasarvapāpāste śivalokaṃ vrajanti vai

Those who call to mind this abode, Avimukta, best of the twice-born, have all their sins shaken off and go to the world of Śiva.

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NarP 1 6.37

योजनानां शतस्थो ऽपि अविमुक्तं स्मरेद्यदि । बहुपातकपूर्णो ऽपि पदं गच्छत्यनामयम्

yojanānāṃ śatastho 'pi avimuktaṃ smaredyadi / bahupātakapūrṇo 'pi padaṃ gacchatyanāmayam

Even one standing a hundred leagues away, if he remembers Avimukta, even though full of many grave sins, goes to the state free of affliction.

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NarP 1 6.38

प्राणप्रयाणसमये यो ऽविमुक्तं स्मरेद्वूज । सो ऽपि पापविनिर्मुक्तः शैवं पदमवान्पुयात्

prāṇaprayāṇasamaye yo 'vimuktaṃ smaredvūja / so 'pi pāpavinirmuktaḥ śaivaṃ padamavānpuyāt

O twice-born, whoever at the time of the breath's departure remembers Avimukta — he too, wholly released from sin, would attain the state of Śiva.

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NarP 1 6.39

काशीस्मरणजं पुण्यं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गे तदन्ततः । पृथिव्यामेकराडू भूत्वा काशीं प्राप्य च मुक्तिभाक्

kāśīsmaraṇajaṃ puṇyaṃ bhuktvā svarge tadantataḥ / pṛthivyāmekarāḍū bhūtvā kāśīṃ prāpya ca muktibhāk

Having enjoyed in heaven the merit born of remembering Kāśī, then, becoming sole king on earth and reaching Kāśī, he has a share in liberation.

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NarP 1 6.40

बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन वाराणस्या गुणान्प्रति । नामापि गृह्णातां काश्याश्चतुर्वर्गो न दूरतः

bahunātra kimuktena vārāṇasyā guṇānprati / nāmāpi gṛhṇātāṃ kāśyāścaturvargo na dūrataḥ

What is the use of saying much here about the virtues of Vārāṇasī? For those who utter even the name of Kāśī, the fourfold aim (of life) is not far off.

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NarP 1 6.41

गङ्गायमुनयोर्योगो ऽधिकः काश्या अपि द्विजा । यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण नरा यान्ति परां गतिम्

gaṅgāyamunayoryogo 'dhikaḥ kāśyā api dvijā / yasya darśanamātreṇa narā yānti parāṃ gatim

O twice-born, the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā is greater even than Kāśī — by the mere sight of which men go to the highest goal.

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NarP 1 6.42

मकरस्थे रवौ गङ्गा यत्र कुत्रावगाहिता । पुनाति स्त्रानपानाद्यैर्नयन्तीन्द्रपुरं जगत्

makarasthe ravau gaṅgā yatra kutrāvagāhitā / punāti strānapānādyairnayantīndrapuraṃ jagat

When the sun stands in Capricorn, the Gaṅgā, bathed in wherever (one may be), purifies and by bathing, drinking and the rest leads the world to Indra's city.

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NarP 1 6.43

यो गङ्गां भजते नित्यं शङ्करो लोकशङ्करः । लिङ्गरुपीं कथं तस्या महिमा परिकीर्त्यते

yo gaṅgāṃ bhajate nityaṃ śaṅkaro lokaśaṅkaraḥ / liṅgarupīṃ kathaṃ tasyā mahimā parikīrtyate

He who constantly resorts to the Gaṅgā is Śaṅkara, the benefactor of the world; how can the greatness of her, who has the form of the liṅga, be fully proclaimed?

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

NarP 1 6.44

हरिरुपधरं लिङ्गं लिङ्गरुपधरो हरिः । ईषदप्यन्तरं नास्ति भेदकृच्चानयोः कुधीः

harirupadharaṃ liṅgaṃ liṅgarupadharo hariḥ / īṣadapyantaraṃ nāsti bhedakṛccānayoḥ kudhīḥ

The liṅga bears the form of Hari, and Hari bears the form of the liṅga; there is not the slightest difference (between them), and he who makes a distinction between these two is dull-witted.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 6.45

अनादिनिधने देवे हरिशङ्करसंज्ञिते । अज्ञानसागरे मग्ना भेदं कुर्वन्ति पापिनः

anādinidhane deve hariśaṅkarasaṃjñite / ajñānasāgare magnā bhedaṃ kurvanti pāpinaḥ

Sinners, sunk in the ocean of ignorance, make a distinction in the god without beginning or end who is named Hari-Śaṅkara.

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NarP 1 6.46

यो देवो जगतामशः कारणानां च कारणम् । युगान्ते निगदन्त्येतद्रुद्ररुपधरो हरिः

yo devo jagatāmaśaḥ kāraṇānāṃ ca kāraṇam / yugānte nigadantyetadrudrarupadharo hariḥ

The god who is lord of the worlds and the cause of causes — at the end of the yuga they declare this: Hari is he who bears the form of Rudra.

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NarP 1 6.47

रुद्रो वै विष्णुरुपेण पालयत्यखिलञ्जगत् । ब्रह्मरुपेण सृजति प्रान्तेः हयेतत्रयं हरः

rudro vai viṣṇurupeṇa pālayatyakhilañjagat / brahmarupeṇa sṛjati prānteḥ hayetatrayaṃ haraḥ

Rudra indeed, in the form of Viṣṇu, protects the whole world; in the form of Brahmā he creates; and at the end Hara destroys these three(?).

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NarP 1 6.48

हरिशङ्करयोर्मध्ये ब्रह्मणश्चापि यो नरः । भेदं करोति सो ऽभ्येति नरकं भृशदारुणम्

hariśaṅkarayormadhye brahmaṇaścāpi yo naraḥ / bhedaṃ karoti so 'bhyeti narakaṃ bhṛśadāruṇam

The man who makes a distinction between Hari and Śaṅkara, and Brahmā too, goes to a most terrible hell.

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NarP 1 6.49

हरं हरिं विधातारं यः पश्यत्येकरुपिणम् । स याति परंमानन्दं शास्त्राणामेष विष्वयः

haraṃ hariṃ vidhātāraṃ yaḥ paśyatyekarupiṇam / sa yāti paraṃmānandaṃ śāstrāṇāmeṣa viṣvayaḥ

He who sees Hara, Hari and the Creator as having a single form goes to the supreme bliss; this is the settled conclusion of the scriptures.

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NarP 1 6.50

यो ऽसावनादिः सर्वज्ञो जगतामादिकृद्विभुः । नित्यं संनिहितस्तत्र लिङ्गरुपी जनार्दनः

yo 'sāvanādiḥ sarvajño jagatāmādikṛdvibhuḥ / nityaṃ saṃnihitastatra liṅgarupī janārdanaḥ

That one who is beginningless, all-knowing, the first maker of the worlds, the pervading lord — Janārdana, in the form of the liṅga, is ever present there.

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NarP 1 6.51

काशीविश्वेश्वरं लिङ्गज्योतिर्लिङ्गं तदुच्यते । तं दृष्ट्वा परमं ज्योतिराप्रोति मनुजोत्तमः

kāśīviśveśvaraṃ liṅgajyotirliṅgaṃ taducyate / taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaṃ jyotirāproti manujottamaḥ

That liṅga, Viśveśvara of Kāśī, is called the jyotirliṅga; seeing it, the best of men attains the supreme light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 6.52

काशीप्रदक्षिणा येन कृता त्रैलोक्यपावनी । सत्पद्वीपासाब्धिशैला भूः परिक्रमितामुना

kāśīpradakṣiṇā yena kṛtā trailokyapāvanī / satpadvīpāsābdhiśailā bhūḥ parikramitāmunā

By whom the circumambulation of Kāśī, purifier of the three worlds, has been performed — by him the earth with its seven continents, oceans and mountains has been circumambulated.

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NarP 1 6.53

धातुमृद्दारपाषाणलेख्याद्या मूर्तयो ऽमलाः । शिवस्य वाच्युतस्यापि तासु संनिहितो हरिः

dhātumṛddārapāṣāṇalekhyādyā mūrtayo 'malāḥ / śivasya vācyutasyāpi tāsu saṃnihito hariḥ

The spotless images of Śiva and of Acyuta too, made of metal, clay, wood, stone, painting and the rest — in them Hari is present.

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NarP 1 6.54

तुलसीकाननं यत्र यत्र पह्मवनं द्विजा । पुराणपठनं यत्र यत्र संनिहितो हरिः

tulasīkānanaṃ yatra yatra pahmavanaṃ dvijā / purāṇapaṭhanaṃ yatra yatra saṃnihito hariḥ

Where there is a grove of tulasī, where a lotus-grove, O brahmins, where there is recitation of the Purāṇa — there Hari is present.

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NarP 1 6.55

पुराणसंहितावक्ता हरिरित्यभिधीयते । तद्भक्तिं कुर्वतां नॄणां गङ्गास्त्रानां दिने दिने

purāṇasaṃhitāvaktā harirityabhidhīyate / tadbhaktiṃ kurvatāṃ nṝṇāṃ gaṅgāstrānāṃ dine dine

The speaker of the Purāṇa-collection is called Hari; for men who practise devotion to him there is, day after day, (the merit of) bathing in the Gaṅgā.

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NarP 1 6.56

पुराणश्रवणे भक्तिर्गङ्गास्त्रानसमा द्विज । तद्वक्तरि च या भक्तिः सा प्रयागोपमा स्मृता

purāṇaśravaṇe bhaktirgaṅgāstrānasamā dvija / tadvaktari ca yā bhaktiḥ sā prayāgopamā smṛtā

Devotion in the hearing of the Purāṇa is equal to a bath in the Gaṅgā, O twice-born; and the devotion (directed) to its speaker is reckoned as comparable to Prayāga.

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NarP 1 6.57

पुराणधर्मकथनैर्यः समुद्धरते जगत् । संसारसागरे मग्नं स हरिः परिकीर्तितः

purāṇadharmakathanairyaḥ samuddharate jagat / saṃsārasāgare magnaṃ sa hariḥ parikīrtitaḥ

He who, by the telling of the dharma of the Purāṇas, lifts up the world that is sunk in the ocean of saṃsāra — he is proclaimed to be Hari.

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NarP 1 6.58

नास्ति गङ्गासमं तीर्थं नास्ति मातृसमो गुरुः । नास्ति विष्णुसमं दैवं नास्ति तत्त्वं गुरोः परम्

nāsti gaṅgāsamaṃ tīrthaṃ nāsti mātṛsamo guruḥ / nāsti viṣṇusamaṃ daivaṃ nāsti tattvaṃ guroḥ param

There is no sacred ford equal to the Gaṅgā; there is no teacher equal to one's mother; there is no deity equal to Viṣṇu; there is no reality higher than the teacher.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 6.59

वर्णानां ब्राह्मणः श्रेष्ठस्तारकाणां यथा शशी । यथा पयोधिः सिन्धूनां तथा गङ्गा परा स्मृता

varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhastārakāṇāṃ yathā śaśī / yathā payodhiḥ sindhūnāṃ tathā gaṅgā parā smṛtā

As the brahmin is the best of the classes, as the moon is (the best) of the stars, as the ocean is (the best) of rivers, so the Gaṅgā is held to be supreme.

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NarP 1 6.60

नास्ति शान्तिसमो बन्धुर्नास्ति सत्यात्परं तपः । नास्ति मोक्षात्परो लाभो नास्ति गङ्गासमा नदी

nāsti śāntisamo bandhurnāsti satyātparaṃ tapaḥ / nāsti mokṣātparo lābho nāsti gaṅgāsamā nadī

There is no kinsman equal to peace, no austerity higher than truth, no gain higher than liberation, no river equal to the Gaṅgā.

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NarP 1 6.61

गङ्गायाः परमं नाम पापारण्यदवानलः । भवव्याधिहरा गङ्गा तस्मात्सेव्या प्रयन्ततः

gaṅgāyāḥ paramaṃ nāma pāpāraṇyadavānalaḥ / bhavavyādhiharā gaṅgā tasmātsevyā prayantataḥ

The supreme name of the Gaṅgā is 'the wildfire to the forest of sins.' The Gaṅgā takes away the disease of worldly existence; therefore she is to be served with effort.

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NarP 1 6.62

गायत्री जाह्नवी चोभे सर्वपापहरे स्मृते । एतयोर्भक्तिहीनो यस्तं विद्यात्पतितं द्विज

gāyatrī jāhnavī cobhe sarvapāpahare smṛte / etayorbhaktihīno yastaṃ vidyātpatitaṃ dvija

Gāyatrī and the Jāhnavī — both are remembered as removers of all sin. Whoever is devoid of devotion to these two, know him to be fallen, O twice-born.

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NarP 1 6.63

गायत्री छन्दसां माता माता लोकस्य जाह्नवी । उभे ते सर्वपापानां नाशकारणतां गते

gāyatrī chandasāṃ mātā mātā lokasya jāhnavī / ubhe te sarvapāpānāṃ nāśakāraṇatāṃ gate

Gāyatrī is the mother of the metres, the Jāhnavī is the mother of the world; both of them have become the cause of the destruction of all sins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 6.64

यस्य प्रसन्ना गायत्री तस्य गङ्गा प्रसीदति । विष्णुशक्तियुते ते द्वे समकामप्रसिद्धेदे

yasya prasannā gāyatrī tasya gaṅgā prasīdati / viṣṇuśaktiyute te dve samakāmaprasiddhede

To whomever Gāyatrī is favourable, to him the Gaṅgā is gracious. Those two, endowed with the power of Viṣṇu, alike bring desires to fulfilment.

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NarP 1 6.65

धर्मार्थकामरुपाणां फलरुपे निरञ्जने । सर्वलोकानुग्रहार्थं प्रवर्तेते महोत्तमे

dharmārthakāmarupāṇāṃ phalarupe nirañjane / sarvalokānugrahārthaṃ pravartete mahottame

(They are) the very form of the fruit of dharma, wealth and desire, spotless; those two most exalted ones operate for the sake of favouring all the worlds.

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NarP 1 6.66

अतीव दुर्ल्लभा नॄणां गायत्री जाह्नवी तथा । तथैव तुलसीभक्तिर्हरिभक्तिश्च सात्त्विकी

atīva durllabhā nṝṇāṃ gāyatrī jāhnavī tathā / tathaiva tulasībhaktirharibhaktiśca sāttvikī

Exceedingly hard for men to obtain are Gāyatrī and likewise the Jāhnavī, and so too devotion to the tulasī and sāttvika devotion to Hari.

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NarP 1 6.67

अहो गङ्गा महाभागा स्मृता पापप्रणाशिनी । हरिलोकप्रदा दृष्टा पीता सारुप्यदायिनी । यत्र स्त्राता नरा यान्ति विष्णोः पदमनुत्तमम्

aho gaṅgā mahābhāgā smṛtā pāpapraṇāśinī / harilokapradā dṛṣṭā pītā sārupyadāyinī / yatra strātā narā yānti viṣṇoḥ padamanuttamam

Ah, the Gaṅgā, greatly blessed! Remembered, she destroys sin; seen, she grants the world of Hari; drunk, she bestows a form like (his). Men who bathe there go to the unsurpassed station of Viṣṇu.

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NarP 1 6.68

नारायणो जगद्धाता वासुदेवः सनातनः । गङ्गास्त्रानपराणां तु वाञ्छितार्थफलप्रदः

nārāyaṇo jagaddhātā vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ / gaṅgāstrānaparāṇāṃ tu vāñchitārthaphalapradaḥ

Nārāyaṇa, the sustainer of the world, Vāsudeva the eternal, bestows the fruit of their wished-for aims upon those intent on bathing in the Gaṅgā.

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NarP 1 6.69

गङ्गाजलकरणेनापि यः सिक्तो मनुजोत्तमः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः प्रयाति परमं पदम्

gaṅgājalakaraṇenāpi yaḥ sikto manujottamaḥ / sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ prayāti paramaṃ padam

That best of men who is sprinkled even with (a little) water of the Gaṅgā, freed from all sins, goes to the supreme station.

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

NarP 1 6.70

यद्विन्दुसेवनादेव सगरान्वयसम्भवः । विसृज्यराक्षसं भावं संप्रात्पः परमं पदम्

yadvindusevanādeva sagarānvayasambhavaḥ / visṛjyarākṣasaṃ bhāvaṃ saṃprātpaḥ paramaṃ padam

By merely resorting to a drop of which, one born in the lineage of Sagara cast off his demonic condition and attained the supreme station.

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