Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 39
NarP 2 39.1
वसुरुवाच शृणु मोहिनि वक्ष्यामि गङ्गाया दर्शने फलम् । यदुक्तं हि पुराणेषु मुनिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः
vasuruvāca śṛṇu mohini vakṣyāmi gaṅgāyā darśane phalam / yaduktaṃ hi purāṇeṣu munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ
Vasu said: Listen, Mohinī, I shall declare the fruit of beholding Gaṅgā, that which has indeed been told in the Purāṇas by the sages who see the truth.
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NarP 2 39.2
भवन्ति निर्विषाः सर्पा यथा तार्क्ष्यस्य दश नात् । गङ्गासंदर्शनात्तद्वत्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
bhavanti nirviṣāḥ sarpā yathā tārkṣyasya daśa nāt / gaṅgāsaṃdarśanāttadvatsarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Just as snakes become free of venom from the bite of Tārkṣya (Garuḍa), so from the sight of Gaṅgā one is released from all sins.
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NarP 2 39.3
सप्तावरान् सप्तपरान् पितृंस्तेभ्यश्च ये परे । पुमांस्तारयते गङ्गां वीक्ष्य स्पृष्ट्वावगाह्य च
saptāvarān saptaparān pitṛṃstebhyaśca ye pare / pumāṃstārayate gaṅgāṃ vīkṣya spṛṣṭvāvagāhya ca
Seven (generations) below and seven above, the forefathers, and those who are beyond them — a man carries (them) across by looking upon Gaṅgā, by touching her and by plunging in.
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NarP 2 39.4
दर्शनात्स्पर्शनात्पानात्तथा गङ्गेति कीर्तनात् । पुमान्पुनाति पुरुषाञ्छतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
darśanātsparśanātpānāttathā gaṅgeti kīrtanāt / pumānpunāti puruṣāñchataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
By seeing, by touching, by drinking, and likewise by uttering "Gaṅgā," a man purifies men by hundreds and by thousands.
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NarP 2 39.5
ज्ञानमैश्वर्यमतुलं प्रतिष्ठायुर्यशस्तथा । शुभानामाश्रमाणां च गङ्गादर्शनजं फलम्
jñānamaiśvaryamatulaṃ pratiṣṭhāyuryaśastathā / śubhānāmāśramāṇāṃ ca gaṅgādarśanajaṃ phalam
Knowledge, incomparable lordship, standing, long life and fame, and (the merit) of the auspicious stages of life — such is the fruit born of beholding Gaṅgā.
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NarP 2 39.6
सर्वेन्द्रियाणां चाञ्चल्यं व्यसनानि च पातकम् । निर्घृणत्वं च नश्यन्ति गङ्गादर्शन मात्रतः
sarvendriyāṇāṃ cāñcalyaṃ vyasanāni ca pātakam / nirghṛṇatvaṃ ca naśyanti gaṅgādarśana mātrataḥ
The fickleness of all the senses, addictions, sin, and pitilessness perish by the mere sight of Gaṅgā.
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NarP 2 39.7
परहिंसा च कौटिल्यं परदोषाद्यवेक्षणम् । दांभिकत्वं नृणां गङ्गादर्शनादेव नश्यति
parahiṃsā ca kauṭilyaṃ paradoṣādyavekṣaṇam / dāṃbhikatvaṃ nṛṇāṃ gaṅgādarśanādeva naśyati
Injuring others, crookedness, looking out for others' faults and the like, and hypocrisy in men perish from the sight of Gaṅgā alone.
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NarP 2 39.8
मुहुर्मुहुस्तथा पश्येत्स्पृशेद्वापि मुहुर्मुहुः । भक्त्या यदिच्छति नरः शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्
muhurmuhustathā paśyetspṛśedvāpi muhurmuhuḥ / bhaktyā yadicchati naraḥ śāśvataṃ padamavyayam
If a man desires the eternal, imperishable state, then let him look again and again, or touch again and again, with devotion.
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NarP 2 39.9
वापीकूपतडागादिप्रपासत्रादिभिस्तथा । अन्यत्र यद्भवेत्पुण्यं तद्गङ्गादर्शनाद्भवेत्
vāpīkūpataḍāgādiprapāsatrādibhistathā / anyatra yadbhavetpuṇyaṃ tadgaṅgādarśanādbhavet
Whatever merit would arise elsewhere from step-wells, wells, tanks and the like, from water-booths and alms-houses and so on, that would arise from beholding Gaṅgā.
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NarP 2 39.10
यत्फलं जायते पुंसां दर्शने परमात्मनः । तद्भवेदेव गङ्गाया दर्शनाद्भक्तिभावतः
yatphalaṃ jāyate puṃsāṃ darśane paramātmanaḥ / tadbhavedeva gaṅgāyā darśanādbhaktibhāvataḥ
Whatever fruit arises for men in beholding the Supreme Self, that very (fruit) would arise from beholding Gaṅgā with an attitude of devotion.
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NarP 2 39.11
नैमिषे च कुरुक्षेत्रे नर्मदायां च पुष्करे । स्नानात्संस्पर्शना सेव्य यत्फलं लभते नरः
naimiṣe ca kurukṣetre narmadāyāṃ ca puṣkare / snānātsaṃsparśanā sevya yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ
Whatever fruit a man obtains at Naimiṣa, at Kurukṣetra, on the Narmadā and at Puṣkara by bathing, by touching and by serving (them) —
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NarP 2 39.12
तद्गङ्गादर्शनादेव कलौ प्राहुर्महर्षयः । अथ ते स्मरणस्यापि गङ्गाया भूपभामिनि
tadgaṅgādarśanādeva kalau prāhurmaharṣayaḥ / atha te smaraṇasyāpi gaṅgāyā bhūpabhāmini
— that (comes) in the Kali age from beholding Gaṅgā alone, so the great seers have said. And now, O lady of the king, (I shall tell) you the fruit even of remembering Gaṅgā,
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NarP 2 39.13
प्रवक्ष्यामि फलं यत्तु पुराणेषु प्रकीर्तितम् । अशुभैः कर्मभिर्युक्तान्मज्जमानान्भवार्णवे
pravakṣyāmi phalaṃ yattu purāṇeṣu prakīrtitam / aśubhaiḥ karmabhiryuktānmajjamānānbhavārṇave
I shall declare the fruit that is proclaimed in the Purāṇas. Those bound by inauspicious deeds, sinking in the ocean of existence,
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NarP 2 39.14
पततो नरके गङ्गा स्मृता दूरात्समुद्धरेत् । योजनानां सहस्रेषु गङ्गां स्मरति यो नरः
patato narake gaṅgā smṛtā dūrātsamuddharet / yojanānāṃ sahasreṣu gaṅgāṃ smarati yo naraḥ
falling into hell — Gaṅgā, when remembered, would lift (them) up from afar. The man who remembers Gaṅgā (even) at a thousand yojanas' distance,
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NarP 2 39.15
अपि दुष्कृतकर्मा हि लभते परमां गतिम् । स्मरणादेव गङ्गायाः पापसंघातपञ्जरम्
api duṣkṛtakarmā hi labhate paramāṃ gatim / smaraṇādeva gaṅgāyāḥ pāpasaṃghātapañjaram
even one of evil deeds, indeed attains the highest goal. By the mere remembrance of Gaṅgā the cage that is the mass of (one's) sins
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NarP 2 39.16
भेदं सहस्रधा याति गिरिर्वज्रहतो यथा । गच्छंस्तिष्ठन्स्वपन्ध्यायञ्जाग्रद्भुञ्जन् हसन् रुदन्
bhedaṃ sahasradhā yāti girirvajrahato yathā / gacchaṃstiṣṭhansvapandhyāyañjāgradbhuñjan hasan rudan
is broken into a thousand pieces, as a mountain struck by the thunderbolt. Walking, standing, sleeping, meditating, waking, eating, laughing, weeping —
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NarP 2 39.17
यः स्मरेत्सततं गङ्गां स च मुच्येत बन्धनात् । सहस्रयोजनस्थाश्च गङ्गां भक्त्या स्मरन्ति ये
yaḥ smaretsatataṃ gaṅgāṃ sa ca mucyeta bandhanāt / sahasrayojanasthāśca gaṅgāṃ bhaktyā smaranti ye
he who remembers Gaṅgā constantly, he too is freed from bondage. And those who, dwelling a thousand yojanas away, remember Gaṅgā with devotion,
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NarP 2 39.18
गङ्गागङ्गेति चाक्रुश्य मुच्यन्ते ते ऽपि पातकात् । ये च स्मरन्ति वै गङ्गां गङ्गाभक्तिपराश्च ये
gaṅgāgaṅgeti cākruśya mucyante te 'pi pātakāt / ye ca smaranti vai gaṅgāṃ gaṅgābhaktiparāśca ye
and cry out "Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā!" — they too are freed from sin. And those who do remember Gaṅgā, and those who are devoted to Gaṅgā,
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NarP 2 39.19
ते ऽप्यशेषैर्महापापैर्मुच्यन्ते नात्र संशयः । भवनानि विचित्राणि विचित्राभरणाः स्त्रियः
te 'pyaśeṣairmahāpāpairmucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ / bhavanāni vicitrāṇi vicitrābharaṇāḥ striyaḥ
they too are freed from all great sins — there is no doubt here. Wonderful mansions, women with wonderful ornaments,
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NarP 2 39.20
आरोग्यं वित्त्रसंपत्तिर्गङ्गास्मरणञ्ज फलम् । मनसा संस्मरेद्यस्तु गङ्गां दूरस्थितो नरः
ārogyaṃ vittrasaṃpattirgaṅgāsmaraṇañja phalam / manasā saṃsmaredyastu gaṅgāṃ dūrasthito naraḥ
Health and abundance of wealth are the fruit of remembering the Gaṅgā. And a man who, though standing far off, calls the Gaṅgā to mind with his thought —
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NarP 2 39.21
चान्द्रायणसहस्रस्य स फलं लभते ध्रुवम् । गङ्गा गङ्गा जपन्नाम योजनानां शते स्थितः
cāndrāyaṇasahasrasya sa phalaṃ labhate dhruvam / gaṅgā gaṅgā japannāma yojanānāṃ śate sthitaḥ
— he surely obtains the fruit of a thousand cāndrāyaṇa fasts. One who, standing a hundred leagues away, mutters the name "Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā,"
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NarP 2 39.22
मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं च गच्छति । कीर्तनान्मुच्यते पापाद्दर्शनान्मङ्गलं लभेत्
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati / kīrtanānmucyate pāpāddarśanānmaṅgalaṃ labhet
is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Viṣṇu. By proclaiming (her name) one is freed from sin; by seeing (her) one obtains good fortune.
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NarP 2 39.23
अवगाह्य तथा पीत्वा पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम् । सप्तावपरान्परान्सप्त सप्ताथ परतः परान्
avagāhya tathā pītvā punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam / saptāvaparānparānsapta saptātha parataḥ parān
And by plunging in and by drinking (her water), one purifies one's family to the seventh (degree): seven descendants, seven ancestors, and then seven beyond those.
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NarP 2 39.24
गङ्गा तारयते पुंसां प्रसंगेनापि कीर्तिता । अश्रद्धयापि गङ्गाया यत्तु नामानुकीर्तनम्
gaṅgā tārayate puṃsāṃ prasaṃgenāpi kīrtitā / aśraddhayāpi gaṅgāyā yattu nāmānukīrtanam
The Gaṅgā, even when named in passing, carries men across. And that recitation of the Gaṅgā's name which is done even without faith —
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NarP 2 39.25
करोति पुण्यवाहिन्याः सो ऽपि स्वर्गस्य भाजनम् । सर्वावस्थां गतो वापि सर्वधर्मविवर्जितः
karoti puṇyavāhinyāḥ so 'pi svargasya bhājanam / sarvāvasthāṃ gato vāpi sarvadharmavivarjitaḥ
— even that makes one a vessel of the heaven (that belongs) to the merit-bearing river. Even one who has fallen into any condition whatsoever and is devoid of all religious duty
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NarP 2 39.26
गङ्गायाः कीर्तनेनैव शुभां गतिमवाप्नुयात् । ब्रह्महा गुरुहागोघ्नः स्पृष्टो वा सर्वपातकैः
gaṅgāyāḥ kīrtanenaiva śubhāṃ gatimavāpnuyāt / brahmahā guruhāgoghnaḥ spṛṣṭo vā sarvapātakaiḥ
would attain a good destiny merely by proclaiming the Gaṅgā. A slayer of a brahmin, a slayer of his teacher, a killer of cows, or one touched by all the great sins —
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NarP 2 39.27
गङ्गातोयं नरः स्पृष्ट्वा मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः । कदा द्रक्ष्यामि तां गङ्गां कदा स्नानं लभे ह्यहम्
gaṅgātoyaṃ naraḥ spṛṣṭvā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ / kadā drakṣyāmi tāṃ gaṅgāṃ kadā snānaṃ labhe hyaham
a man, having touched the Gaṅgā's water, is freed from all the great sins. "When shall I see that Gaṅgā? When shall I obtain a bath (in her)?" —
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NarP 2 39.28
इति पुंसाभिलषिता कुलानां तारयेच्छतम् । अथ स्नानफलं देवि गङ्गायाः प्रवदामि ते
iti puṃsābhilaṣitā kulānāṃ tārayecchatam / atha snānaphalaṃ devi gaṅgāyāḥ pravadāmi te
thus longed for by a man, she would carry across a hundred families. Now, O goddess, I shall declare to you the fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā,
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NarP 2 39.29
यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । स्नातस्य गङ्गासलिले सद्यः पापं प्रणश्यति
yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ / snātasya gaṅgāsalile sadyaḥ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati
hearing which one is freed from all sins — there is no doubt here. For one who has bathed in the Gaṅgā's water, sin perishes at once,
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NarP 2 39.30
अपूर्वपुण्यप्राप्तिश्च सद्यो मोहिनि जायते । स्नातानां शुचिभिस्तोयैर्गाङ्गेयैः प्रयतात्मनाम्
apūrvapuṇyaprāptiśca sadyo mohini jāyate / snātānāṃ śucibhistoyairgāṅgeyaiḥ prayatātmanām
and, O Mohinī, an attainment of merit not had before arises immediately. For those of restrained self who have bathed in the pure waters of the Gaṅgā,
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NarP 2 39.31
व्युष्टिर्भवति या पुंसां न सा क्रतुशतैरपि । अपहत्य तमस्तीव्रं यथा भात्युदये रविः
vyuṣṭirbhavati yā puṃsāṃ na sā kratuśatairapi / apahatya tamastīvraṃ yathā bhātyudaye raviḥ
the reward that comes to such men does not come even by a hundred sacrifices. As the sun, having dispelled the thick darkness, shines at its rising,
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NarP 2 39.32
तथापहत्य पाप्मानं भाति गङ्गाजलोक्षितः । एकेनैवापि विधिना स्नानेन नृपसुन्दरि
tathāpahatya pāpmānaṃ bhāti gaṅgājalokṣitaḥ / ekenaivāpi vidhinā snānena nṛpasundari
so, having dispelled his evil, one sprinkled with the Gaṅgā's water shines. Even by a single bath performed according to the rule, O beauty among kings' (women),
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NarP 2 39.33
अश्वमेधफलं मर्त्यो गङ्गायां लभते ध्रुवम् । अनेकजन्मसंभूतं पुंसः पापं प्रणश्यति
aśvamedhaphalaṃ martyo gaṅgāyāṃ labhate dhruvam / anekajanmasaṃbhūtaṃ puṃsaḥ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati
a mortal surely obtains in the Gaṅgā the fruit of a horse sacrifice; a man's sin accumulated over many births perishes.
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NarP 2 39.34
स्नानमात्रेण गङ्गायाः सद्यः स्यात्पुण्यभाजनम् । अन्यस्थानकृतं पापं गङ्गातीरे विनश्यति
snānamātreṇa gaṅgāyāḥ sadyaḥ syātpuṇyabhājanam / anyasthānakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ gaṅgātīre vinaśyati
Merely by bathing in the Gaṅgā one becomes at once a vessel of merit. Sin committed in another place perishes on the Gaṅgā's bank;
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NarP 2 39.35
गङ्गातीरे कृतं पापं गङ्गास्नानेन नश्यति । रात्रौ दिवा च संध्यायां गङ्गायां तु प्रयत्नतः
gaṅgātīre kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ gaṅgāsnānena naśyati / rātrau divā ca saṃdhyāyāṃ gaṅgāyāṃ tu prayatnataḥ
sin committed on the Gaṅgā's bank perishes by bathing in the Gaṅgā. By night, by day, and at twilight, (bathing) in the Gaṅgā with effort —
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NarP 2 39.36
स्नात्वाश्वमेधजं पुण्यं गृहे ऽप्युद्धृतततज्जलैः । सर्वतीर्थेषु यत्पुण्यं सर्वेष्टायतनेषु च
snātvāśvamedhajaṃ puṇyaṃ gṛhe 'pyuddhṛtatatajjalaiḥ / sarvatīrtheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarveṣṭāyataneṣu ca
having bathed, (one gains) the merit born of a horse sacrifice, even at home with her waters drawn up (and carried there). Whatever merit there is in all the sacred fords and in all desired sanctuaries,
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NarP 2 39.37
तत्फलं लभते मर्त्यो गङ्गास्नानान्न संशयः । महापातकसंयुक्तो युक्तो वा सर्वपातकैः
tatphalaṃ labhate martyo gaṅgāsnānānna saṃśayaḥ / mahāpātakasaṃyukto yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ
that fruit a mortal obtains from bathing in the Gaṅgā — there is no doubt. One joined to a great sin, or joined to all the sins,
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NarP 2 39.38
गङ्गास्नानेन विधिवन्मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः । गङ्गा स्नानात्परं स्नानं न भूतं न भविष्यति
gaṅgāsnānena vidhivanmucyate sarvapātakaiḥ / gaṅgā snānātparaṃ snānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati
is freed from all the great sins by bathing in the Gaṅgā according to the rule. Than bathing in the Gaṅgā there has been and will be no higher bath.
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NarP 2 39.39
विशेषतः कलियुगे पापं हरति जाह्नवी । निहत्य कामजान्दोषान्कायवाक्चित्तसंभवान्
viśeṣataḥ kaliyuge pāpaṃ harati jāhnavī / nihatya kāmajāndoṣānkāyavākcittasaṃbhavān
Especially in the Kali age does the Jāhnavī carry off sin. Having destroyed the faults born of desire, which arise in body, speech, and mind,
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NarP 2 39.40
गङ्गास्नानेन भक्त्या तु मोदते दिवि देववत् । वर्षं स्नाति च गङ्गायां यो नरो भक्तिसंयुतः
gaṅgāsnānena bhaktyā tu modate divi devavat / varṣaṃ snāti ca gaṅgāyāṃ yo naro bhaktisaṃyutaḥ
By bathing in the Ganges with devotion (one) rejoices in heaven like a god. And the man who, endowed with devotion, bathes in the Ganges for a year —
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NarP 2 39.41
तस्य स्याद्वैष्णवे लोके स्थितिः कल्पं न संशयः । आमृत्युं स्नाति गङ्गायां यो नरो नित्यमेव च
tasya syādvaiṣṇave loke sthitiḥ kalpaṃ na saṃśayaḥ / āmṛtyuṃ snāti gaṅgāyāṃ yo naro nityameva ca
his abode in Viṣṇu's world lasts a kalpa, there is no doubt. And the man who bathes in the Ganges daily until death,
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NarP 2 39.42
समस्तपापनिमुक्तः समस्तकुलसंयुतः । समस्तभोगसंयुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते
samastapāpanimuktaḥ samastakulasaṃyutaḥ / samastabhogasaṃyukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate
freed from all sins, together with his whole family, provided with every enjoyment, is honoured in Viṣṇu's world
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NarP 2 39.43
परार्द्धद्वितयं यावन्नात्र कार्या विचारणा । गङ्गायां स्नाति यो मर्त्यो नैरन्तर्येण नित्यदा
parārddhadvitayaṃ yāvannātra kāryā vicāraṇā / gaṅgāyāṃ snāti yo martyo nairantaryeṇa nityadā
for two parārdhas — no doubt is to be entertained here. The mortal who bathes in the Ganges continuously, every day,
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NarP 2 39.44
जीवन्मुक्तः स चात्रैव मृतो विष्णुपदं व्रजेत् । प्रातःस्नानाद्दशगुणं पुण्यं मध्यन्दिने स्मृतम्
jīvanmuktaḥ sa cātraiva mṛto viṣṇupadaṃ vrajet / prātaḥsnānāddaśaguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ madhyandine smṛtam
is liberated while living here itself, and when dead he goes to Viṣṇu's abode. Ten times the merit of the morning bath is declared (for a bath) at midday;
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NarP 2 39.45
सायङ्काले शतगुणमनन्तं शिवसन्निधौ । कपिलाकोटिदानाद्धि गङ्गास्नानं विशिष्यते
sāyaṅkāle śataguṇamanantaṃ śivasannidhau / kapilākoṭidānāddhi gaṅgāsnānaṃ viśiṣyate
a hundredfold in the evening, and endless in the presence of Śiva. Indeed, bathing in the Ganges surpasses the gift of ten million tawny cows.
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NarP 2 39.46
कुरुक्षेत्रसमा गङ्गा यत्र तत्रावगाहिता । हरिद्वारे प्रयागे च सिंधुसंगे फलाधिका
kurukṣetrasamā gaṅgā yatra tatrāvagāhitā / haridvāre prayāge ca siṃdhusaṃge phalādhikā
The Ganges, bathed in anywhere at all, equals Kurukṣetra; at Haridvāra, at Prayāga, and at the confluence with the ocean the fruit is greater.
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NarP 2 39.47
ये मदीयांशुसंतप्ते जले ते स्नान्ति जाह्नवि । ते भित्वा मण्डलं यान्ति मोक्षं चेति रवेर्वचः
ye madīyāṃśusaṃtapte jale te snānti jāhnavi / te bhitvā maṇḍalaṃ yānti mokṣaṃ ceti ravervacaḥ
"Those who bathe in your water heated by my rays, O Jāhnavī, they break through the (solar) orb and attain liberation" — such was the sun's word.
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NarP 2 39.48
यो गृहे स्वे स्थितो ऽपि त्वां स्नाने संकीर्तयिष्यति । सो ऽपि यास्यति नाकं वै इत्याह वरुणश्च ताम्
yo gṛhe sve sthito 'pi tvāṃ snāne saṃkīrtayiṣyati / so 'pi yāsyati nākaṃ vai ityāha varuṇaśca tām
"Even one who, staying in his own house, will invoke your name at his bath, he too will surely go to heaven" — thus Varuṇa too said to her.
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