Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 40
NarP 2 40.1
वसुरुवाच अथ कालविशेषे तु गङ्गास्नानस्य ते फलम् । कीर्तयिष्यामि वामोरु सावधाना निशामय
vasuruvāca atha kālaviśeṣe tu gaṅgāsnānasya te phalam / kīrtayiṣyāmi vāmoru sāvadhānā niśāmaya
Vasu said: Now I shall proclaim to you the fruit of bathing in the Ganges at particular times, O fair-thighed one; listen attentively.
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NarP 2 40.2
नैरन्तर्येण गङ्गाया माघे स्नाति च यो नरः । सशक्रलोके सुचिरं कालं तिष्ठेत्सगोत्रजः
nairantaryeṇa gaṅgāyā māghe snāti ca yo naraḥ / saśakraloke suciraṃ kālaṃ tiṣṭhetsagotrajaḥ
And the man who bathes continuously in the Ganges in the month of Māgha dwells, together with those of his lineage, for a very long time in Indra's world;
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NarP 2 40.3
ततो ब्रह्मपुरं याति कल्पकोटिशतायुतैः । नैरन्तर्येण विधिवद्गङ्गायां स्नाति यो नरः
tato brahmapuraṃ yāti kalpakoṭiśatāyutaiḥ / nairantaryeṇa vidhivadgaṅgāyāṃ snāti yo naraḥ
then he goes to Brahmā's city for ten thousand times a hundred million kalpas. The man who bathes in the Ganges continuously and according to rule,
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NarP 2 40.4
षण्मास मेककालाशी सकृदेवोत्तरायणे । सो ऽपि विष्णुपदं याति कुलानां शतमुद्धरन्
ṣaṇmāsa mekakālāśī sakṛdevottarāyaṇe / so 'pi viṣṇupadaṃ yāti kulānāṃ śatamuddharan
eating at one time of day for six months, or even once during the northern course of the sun — he too goes to Viṣṇu's abode, rescuing a hundred (generations of his) family.
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NarP 2 40.5
संक्रान्तिषु तु सर्वासु स्नात्वा गङ्गाजले नरः । विमानेनार्कवर्णेन स व्रजेद्विष्णुमन्दिरम्
saṃkrāntiṣu tu sarvāsu snātvā gaṅgājale naraḥ / vimānenārkavarṇena sa vrajedviṣṇumandiram
But a man who bathes in the water of the Ganges at all the saṃkrāntis goes to Viṣṇu's mansion in a chariot of the colour of the sun.
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NarP 2 40.6
विषुवे ऽयनसंक्रान्तौ विशेषात्फलमीरितम् । तपःसमं कार्तिके ऽपि गङ्गास्नाने फलं विदुः
viṣuve 'yanasaṃkrāntau viśeṣātphalamīritam / tapaḥsamaṃ kārtike 'pi gaṅgāsnāne phalaṃ viduḥ
At the equinox and at the solstice-saṃkrānti the fruit is declared to be special; and in Kārtika too they know the fruit of bathing in the Ganges to equal ascetic practice.
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NarP 2 40.7
मेषप्रवेशार्ककाले कार्तिक्यां वापि मोहिनि । माघस्नानाधिकं प्राहुः कमलासनपूर्वकाः
meṣapraveśārkakāle kārtikyāṃ vāpi mohini / māghasnānādhikaṃ prāhuḥ kamalāsanapūrvakāḥ
At the time of the sun's entry into Aries, or on the full-moon of Kārtika, O Mohinī, (the fruit) is greater than the Māgha bath, so say Brahmā and the rest.
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NarP 2 40.8
संवत्सरस्नानजन्यं फलमक्षयके तिथौ । कार्तिके वापि वैशाखे इति प्राह पिता तव
saṃvatsarasnānajanyaṃ phalamakṣayake tithau / kārtike vāpi vaiśākhe iti prāha pitā tava
The fruit produced by a year's bathing (is obtained) on the Akṣaya tithi, or in Kārtika, or in Vaiśākha — so said your father.
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NarP 2 40.9
मन्वादौ च युगादौ यत्प्रोक्तं गङ्गाजले फलम् । स्नानैन याज्यवनिते त्रिमास्यापि च तत्फलम्
manvādau ca yugādau yatproktaṃ gaṅgājale phalam / snānaina yājyavanite trimāsyāpi ca tatphalam
The fruit that is declared for (bathing in) the Ganges water at the beginning of a manvantara and at the beginning of a yuga — that same fruit (comes) from bathing, O wife of the sacrificer, even for a three-month period.
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NarP 2 40.10
द्वादश्यां श्रवणर्क्षे च अष्टभ्यां पुष्ययोगतः । आर्द्रायां च चतुर्दश्यां गङ्गास्नानं सुदुर्लभम्
dvādaśyāṃ śravaṇarkṣe ca aṣṭabhyāṃ puṣyayogataḥ / ārdrāyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ gaṅgāsnānaṃ sudurlabham
On the twelfth with the Śravaṇa lunar mansion, on the eighth with the Puṣya conjunction, on (the day of) Ārdrā and on the fourteenth, bathing in the Ganges is most rare (i.e. most precious).
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NarP 2 40.11
पूर्णिमा माधवे पुण्या तथा कार्तिकमाघयोः । अमावस्यास्तथैतेषां गङ्गास्नाने सुदुर्लभाः
pūrṇimā mādhave puṇyā tathā kārtikamāghayoḥ / amāvasyāstathaiteṣāṃ gaṅgāsnāne sudurlabhāḥ
The full moon in Mādhava (Vaiśākha) is meritorious, and likewise those of Kārtika and Māgha; the new-moon days of these too are most rare for bathing in the Ganges.
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NarP 2 40.12
कृष्णाष्टम्यां सहस्रं तु शतं स्यात्सर्वपर्वसु । अमायां च तथाष्टम्यां माघासितदले सति
kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ sahasraṃ tu śataṃ syātsarvaparvasu / amāyāṃ ca tathāṣṭamyāṃ māghāsitadale sati
But on the dark eighth (a bath yields) a thousandfold, and a hundredfold on all the parvan days; and when there is a new-moon day and likewise an eighth in the dark fortnight of Māgha —
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NarP 2 40.13
अर्धोदयं तदा पर्वकिञ्चिन्न्यूनं महोदयः । महोदये शतगुणं लक्षमर्द्धोदये स्मृतम्
ardhodayaṃ tadā parvakiñcinnyūnaṃ mahodayaḥ / mahodaye śataguṇaṃ lakṣamarddhodaye smṛtam
then that conjunction is the Ardhodaya; when it falls a little short (of the full conditions) it is the Mahodaya. At the Mahodaya (the merit is) a hundredfold, at the Ardhodaya it is held to be a hundred thousandfold.
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NarP 2 40.14
स्नानं गङ्गाजले देवि ग्रहणाच्चन्द्रसूर्ययोः । मासत्रयस्नानफलं फाल्गुनाषाढ मासयोः
snānaṃ gaṅgājale devi grahaṇāccandrasūryayoḥ / māsatrayasnānaphalaṃ phālgunāṣāḍha māsayoḥ
A bath in the water of the Ganges, O goddess, at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, (yields) the fruit of three months' bathing in the months of Phālguna and Āṣāḍha.
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NarP 2 40.15
जन्मर्क्षे तु कृते स्नाने गङ्गायां भक्तिभावतः । जन्मप्रभृति पापं वै संचितं हि विनश्यति
janmarkṣe tu kṛte snāne gaṅgāyāṃ bhaktibhāvataḥ / janmaprabhṛti pāpaṃ vai saṃcitaṃ hi vinaśyati
When a bath is taken in the Ganges with a devout disposition under one's birth-star, the sin accumulated from birth onward is indeed destroyed.
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NarP 2 40.16
चतुर्दश्यां माघकृष्णे व्यतीपातश्च दुर्लभः । कृष्णाष्टम्यां विशेषेण वैधृतिर्जाह्नवीजले
caturdaśyāṃ māghakṛṣṇe vyatīpātaśca durlabhaḥ / kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣeṇa vaidhṛtirjāhnavījale
Also hard to obtain is a Vyatīpāta on the fourteenth of the dark fortnight of Māgha, and especially a Vaidhṛti on the dark eighth, in the water of the Jāhnavī.
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NarP 2 40.17
माघं सकलमेवापि नरो यो विधिपूर्वकम् । अरुणोदयके स्नायी स तु जातिस्मरो भवेत्
māghaṃ sakalamevāpi naro yo vidhipūrvakam / aruṇodayake snāyī sa tu jātismaro bhavet
The man who, according to the rule, bathes at daybreak throughout the whole of Māgha becomes one who remembers his (past) births.
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NarP 2 40.18
सर्वशास्त्रार्थविज्ज्ञानी नीरोगश्च भवेद्भ्रुवम् । संक्रान्त्यां पक्षयोरन्ते ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्ययोः
sarvaśāstrārthavijjñānī nīrogaśca bhavedbhruvam / saṃkrāntyāṃ pakṣayorante grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ
He becomes a knower of the meaning of all the scriptures and free of disease, certainly. At a saṃkrānti, at the end of the fortnights, at an eclipse of the moon or the sun,
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NarP 2 40.19
गङ्गास्नातो नरः कामाद्ब्रह्मणः सदनं लभेत् । इन्दोर्लक्षगुणं प्रोक्तं रवेर्दशगुणं ततः
gaṅgāsnāto naraḥ kāmādbrahmaṇaḥ sadanaṃ labhet / indorlakṣaguṇaṃ proktaṃ raverdaśaguṇaṃ tataḥ
a man who has bathed in the Ganges obtains at will the abode of Brahmā. For the moon (eclipse) it is declared a hundred-thousandfold, and for the sun ten times that.
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NarP 2 40.20
गङ्गातीरे तु संप्राप्ता इन्दोः कोटी रवेर्दश । वारुणेन समायुक्ता मधौ कृष्णा त्रयोदशी । गङ्गायां यदि लभ्येत सूर्यग्रहशतैः समा
gaṅgātīre tu saṃprāptā indoḥ koṭī raverdaśa / vāruṇena samāyuktā madhau kṛṣṇā trayodaśī / gaṅgāyāṃ yadi labhyeta sūryagrahaśataiḥ samā
But when obtained on the bank of the Ganges, (the merit is) ten million for the moon and ten (times that) for the sun. If the dark thirteenth in Madhu (Caitra) joined with the Vāruṇa asterism is obtained on the Ganges, it equals a hundred solar eclipses.
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NarP 2 40.21
ज्येष्ठे मासि क्षितिसुतदिने शुक्लपक्षे दशम्यां हस्ते शैलादवतरदसौ जाह्नवी मर्त्यलोकम् । पापान्यस्यां हरति हि तिथौ सा दशैषाद्यगङ्गा पुण्यं दद्यादपि शतगुणं वाजिमेधक्रतोश्च
jyeṣṭhe māsi kṣitisutadine śuklapakṣe daśamyāṃ haste śailādavataradasau jāhnavī martyalokam / pāpānyasyāṃ harati hi tithau sā daśaiṣādyagaṅgā puṇyaṃ dadyādapi śataguṇaṃ vājimedhakratośca
In the month of Jyeṣṭha, on the day of the earth's son (Tuesday), in the bright fortnight, on the tenth, under Hasta, this Jāhnavī descended from the mountain to the world of mortals. On that lunar day she carries off sins; that tenth is the primal Ganges, and it would give merit a hundred times that of a horse-sacrifice.
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NarP 2 40.22
महापातकसंघानि यानि पापानि संति मे । गोविन्दद्वादशीं प्राप्य तानि मे हन जाह्नवि
mahāpātakasaṃghāni yāni pāpāni saṃti me / govindadvādaśīṃ prāpya tāni me hana jāhnavi
Whatever sins there are of mine, the masses of great sins — having reached the Govinda-dvādaśī, destroy them for me, O Jāhnavī!
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NarP 2 40.23
मघासंज्ञेन ऋक्षेण चन्द्रः संपूर्णमण्डलः । गुरुणा याति संयोगं तन्महत्वं तिथेः स्मृतम्
maghāsaṃjñena ṛkṣeṇa candraḥ saṃpūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ / guruṇā yāti saṃyogaṃ tanmahatvaṃ titheḥ smṛtam
When the moon with its full disc is with the asterism named Maghā and enters into conjunction with Jupiter — that is held to be the greatness of that lunar day.
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NarP 2 40.24
गङ्गायां यदि लभ्येत सूर्यग्रहशतैः समा । अथ देशविशेषेण स्नानस्य फलमुच्यते
gaṅgāyāṃ yadi labhyeta sūryagrahaśataiḥ samā / atha deśaviśeṣeṇa snānasya phalamucyate
If it is obtained on the Ganges, it equals a hundred solar eclipses. Now the fruit of bathing is told according to the particular place.
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NarP 2 40.25
कुरुक्षेत्राद्दशगुणा यत्र तत्रावगाहिता । कुरुक्षेत्राच्छतगुणा यत्र विन्ध्येन संयुता
kurukṣetrāddaśaguṇā yatra tatrāvagāhitā / kurukṣetrācchataguṇā yatra vindhyena saṃyutā
Bathing anywhere (in the Ganges) is tenfold (the merit) of Kurukṣetra; where she is joined with the Vindhya it is a hundredfold that of Kurukṣetra.
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NarP 2 40.26
विन्ध्याच्छतगुणा प्रोक्ता काशीपुर्यां तु जाह्नवी । सर्वत्र दुर्लभा गङ्गा त्रिषु स्थानेषु चाधिका
vindhyācchataguṇā proktā kāśīpuryāṃ tu jāhnavī / sarvatra durlabhā gaṅgā triṣu sthāneṣu cādhikā
The Jāhnavī in the city of Kāśī is said to be a hundredfold (the merit) of the Vindhya (region). Everywhere the Ganges is hard to attain, and in three places she is superior:
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NarP 2 40.27
गङ्गाद्वारे प्रयागे च गङ्गासागरसंगमे । एषु स्नाता दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्ते ऽपुनर्भवाः
gaṅgādvāre prayāge ca gaṅgāsāgarasaṃgame / eṣu snātā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtāste 'punarbhavāḥ
at Gaṅgādvāra, at Prayāga, and at the confluence of the Ganges with the ocean. Those who bathe at these go to heaven; those who die (there) are not born again.
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NarP 2 40.28
गङ्गाद्वारे कुशावर्ते स्नाने पुण्यफलं शृणु । सप्तानां राजसूयानां फलं स्यादश्वमेधयोः
gaṅgādvāre kuśāvarte snāne puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu / saptānāṃ rājasūyānāṃ phalaṃ syādaśvamedhayoḥ
Hear the fruit of merit for bathing at Gaṅgādvāra, at Kuśāvarta: it would be the fruit of seven rājasūyas and of two horse-sacrifices.
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NarP 2 40.29
उषित्वा तत्र मासार्द्धं षण्णां विश्वजितां फलम् । दशायुतानां तु गवां दानपुण्यं विदुर्बुधाः
uṣitvā tatra māsārddhaṃ ṣaṇṇāṃ viśvajitāṃ phalam / daśāyutānāṃ tu gavāṃ dānapuṇyaṃ vidurbudhāḥ
Having dwelt there half a month, (one gains) the fruit of six viśvajit sacrifices; and the wise know it to be the merit of the gift of a hundred thousand cows.
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NarP 2 40.30
सरोत्तमे ऽथ गोविन्दं रुद्रं कनखले स्थितम् । स्नात्वा वाप्येषु गङ्गायां पुण्यमक्षयमाप्नुयात्
sarottame 'tha govindaṃ rudraṃ kanakhale sthitam / snātvā vāpyeṣu gaṅgāyāṃ puṇyamakṣayamāpnuyāt
Then (worshipping) Govinda at Sarottama and Rudra who stands at Kanakhala, and having bathed in the tanks and in the Ganges, one would obtain imperishable merit.
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NarP 2 40.31
तीर्थं च सौकरं नाम महापुण्यं शुभे शृणु । यस्मिन्नाविरभूत्पूर्वं वाराहाकृतिरच्युतः
tīrthaṃ ca saukaraṃ nāma mahāpuṇyaṃ śubhe śṛṇu / yasminnāvirabhūtpūrvaṃ vārāhākṛtiracyutaḥ
And hear, O auspicious one, of the greatly meritorious holy place named Saukara, in which of old Acyuta appeared in the form of a boar.
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NarP 2 40.32
शतस्याग्निचितां पुण्यं ज्योतिष्टोमद्वयस्य च । अग्निष्टोमसहस्रस्य फलमाप्नोति मानवः
śatasyāgnicitāṃ puṇyaṃ jyotiṣṭomadvayasya ca / agniṣṭomasahasrasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ
A man obtains (there) the merit of a hundred fire-piling rites and of two Jyotiṣṭomas, and the fruit of a thousand Agniṣṭomas.
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NarP 2 40.33
तत्रैव ब्रह्मणस्तीर्थे ज्योतिष्टोमायुतस्य च । अश्वमेधत्रयस्यापि स्नातः पुण्यं लभेन्नरः
tatraiva brahmaṇastīrthe jyotiṣṭomāyutasya ca / aśvamedhatrayasyāpi snātaḥ puṇyaṃ labhennaraḥ
At that very place, at Brahmā's ford, a man who has bathed would obtain the merit of ten thousand Jyotiṣṭomas and also of three horse-sacrifices.
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NarP 2 40.34
कुब्जाख्यं तीर्थमनघं यत्र च व्याधयो ऽखिलाः । नश्यन्ति सर्वजन्मोत्थं पातकं चापि मोहिनि
kubjākhyaṃ tīrthamanaghaṃ yatra ca vyādhayo 'khilāḥ / naśyanti sarvajanmotthaṃ pātakaṃ cāpi mohini
(There is) the sinless ford named Kubjā, where all diseases perish, and also the sin arising from all (one's) births, O Mohinī.
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NarP 2 40.35
अत्रान्यत्कापिलं तीर्थं यत्र स्नातो नरः शुभे । कपिलाष्टायुतस्यापि दानतुल्यफलं लभेत्
atrānyatkāpilaṃ tīrthaṃ yatra snāto naraḥ śubhe / kapilāṣṭāyutasyāpi dānatulyaphalaṃ labhet
Here there is another ford, the Kāpila, where a man who has bathed, O fair one, would obtain a fruit equal to the gift of even eighty thousand tawny cows.
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NarP 2 40.36
गङ्गाद्वारे कुशावर्ते बिल्वके नीलपर्वते । तीर्थे कनखले स्नात्वा धूतपापो व्रजेद्दिवम्
gaṅgādvāre kuśāvarte bilvake nīlaparvate / tīrthe kanakhale snātvā dhūtapāpo vrajeddivam
Having bathed at Gaṅgādvāra, at Kuśāvarta, at Bilvaka, at the Blue Mountain, and at the ford Kanakhala, one whose sin is washed away would go to heaven.
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NarP 2 40.37
पवित्रार्थं ततस्तीर्थं सर्वतीर्थोत्तमोत्तमम् । द्वयोर्विश्वजितोस्तत्र स्नानात्पुण्यं लभेन्नरः
pavitrārthaṃ tatastīrthaṃ sarvatīrthottamottamam / dvayorviśvajitostatra snānātpuṇyaṃ labhennaraḥ
Then (there is) the ford Pavitrārtha, best of the best of all fords; there a man obtains by bathing the merit of two Viśvajit sacrifices.
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NarP 2 40.38
वेणीराज्यं ततस्तीर्थं सरयूर्यत्र गङ्गया । सुपुण्यया महापुण्या स्वसा स्वस्रेव संगता
veṇīrājyaṃ tatastīrthaṃ sarayūryatra gaṅgayā / supuṇyayā mahāpuṇyā svasā svasreva saṃgatā
Then (there is) the ford Veṇīrājya, where the greatly meritorious Sarayū has joined with the very meritorious Gaṅgā, sister with sister, as it were.
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NarP 2 40.39
हरेर्दक्षिणपादाब्जक्षालनादमरापगा । वामपादोद्भवा वापि सरयूर्मानसप्रसूः
harerdakṣiṇapādābjakṣālanādamarāpagā / vāmapādodbhavā vāpi sarayūrmānasaprasūḥ
The river of the gods (Gaṅgā arose) from the washing of the lotus of Hari's right foot; the Sarayū, too, is born from the left foot — or (rather) is sprung from Lake Mānasa.
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NarP 2 40.40
तीर्थे तत्रार्चयन् रुद्रं विष्णुं विष्णुत्वमाप्नुयात् । पञ्चाश्वमेधफलदं स्नानं तत्र प्रकीर्तितम्
tīrthe tatrārcayan rudraṃ viṣṇuṃ viṣṇutvamāpnuyāt / pañcāśvamedhaphaladaṃ snānaṃ tatra prakīrtitam
Worshipping Rudra and Viṣṇu at that ford, one would attain the state of Viṣṇu; bathing there is declared to give the fruit of five horse-sacrifices.
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NarP 2 40.41
ततस्तु गाण्डवं तीर्थं गण्डकी यत्र संगता । गोसहस्रस्य दानं च तत्र स्नानं समं द्वयम्
tatastu gāṇḍavaṃ tīrthaṃ gaṇḍakī yatra saṃgatā / gosahasrasya dānaṃ ca tatra snānaṃ samaṃ dvayam
Then (there is) the ford Gāṇḍava, where the Gaṇḍakī has joined; and the gift of a thousand cows and a bath there — these two are equal.
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NarP 2 40.42
रामतीर्थं ततः पुण्यं वैकुण्ठं यत्र सन्निधौ । सोमतीर्थं ततः पुण्यं यत्रासौ नकुलो मुनिः
rāmatīrthaṃ tataḥ puṇyaṃ vaikuṇṭhaṃ yatra sannidhau / somatīrthaṃ tataḥ puṇyaṃ yatrāsau nakulo muniḥ
Then (there is) the meritorious Rāma-tīrtha, where Vaikuṇṭha is present nearby; then the meritorious Soma-tīrtha, where that sage Nakula,
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NarP 2 40.43
समभ्यर्च्य शिवं ध्यायन्गणतां तु समाययौ । चंपकाख्यं पुण्यतीर्थं यद्गङ्गोत्तरवाहिनी
samabhyarcya śivaṃ dhyāyangaṇatāṃ tu samāyayau / caṃpakākhyaṃ puṇyatīrthaṃ yadgaṅgottaravāhinī
having worshipped Śiva and meditating (on him), attained the state of being one of (Śiva's) attendants. (Then) the meritorious ford named Campaka, where the Gaṅgā flows northward,
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NarP 2 40.44
मणिकर्णिकया तुल्यं महापातकनाशनम् । कलशाख्यं ततस्तीर्थं कलशादुत्थितो मुनिः
maṇikarṇikayā tulyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam / kalaśākhyaṃ tatastīrthaṃ kalaśādutthito muniḥ
equal to Maṇikarṇikā, destroying great sins. Then (there is) the ford named Kalaśa; the sage who arose from a pot,
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NarP 2 40.45
अगस्त्यः पूजयन्यत्र रुद्रं मुनिवरो ऽभवत् । सोमद्वीपं महापुण्यं तीर्थं वाराणसीसमम्
agastyaḥ pūjayanyatra rudraṃ munivaro 'bhavat / somadvīpaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ tīrthaṃ vārāṇasīsamam
Agastya, worshipping Rudra there, became the foremost of sages. (Then) Somadvīpa, a greatly meritorious ford, equal to Vārāṇasī,
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NarP 2 40.46
सोमो यत्रार्चयन्नीशं रुद्रेण शिरसा धृतः । विश्वामित्रस्य भगिनी गङ्गया यत्र संगता
somo yatrārcayannīśaṃ rudreṇa śirasā dhṛtaḥ / viśvāmitrasya bhaginī gaṅgayā yatra saṃgatā
where Soma, worshipping the Lord, was borne by Rudra upon (his) head; where Viśvāmitra's sister has joined with the Gaṅgā.
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NarP 2 40.47
तत्राप्लुतो नरो भूयाद्वासवस्य प्रियो ऽतिथिः । जह्नुह्रदे महातीर्थे स्नातो मर्त्यो हि मोहिनि
tatrāpluto naro bhūyādvāsavasya priyo 'tithiḥ / jahnuhrade mahātīrthe snāto martyo hi mohini
Bathed there, a man would become a welcome guest of Vāsava; and a mortal who has bathed in the great ford, the Jahnu pool, O Mohinī,
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NarP 2 40.48
एकविंशतिकुल्यानां तारको भवति ध्रुवम् । तस्माददितितीर्थं च यत्रावापादितिर्हरिम्
ekaviṃśatikulyānāṃ tārako bhavati dhruvam / tasmādadititīrthaṃ ca yatrāvāpāditirharim
surely becomes a rescuer of twenty-one generations of his family. Then (there is) the Aditi-tīrtha, where Aditi obtained Hari
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NarP 2 40.49
कश्यपात्तत्र सुभगे स्नानमाहुर्महोदयम् । शिलोच्चयं महातीर्थं यत्र तप्त्वा तपः प्रजाः
kaśyapāttatra subhage snānamāhurmahodayam / śiloccayaṃ mahātīrthaṃ yatra taptvā tapaḥ prajāḥ
from Kaśyapa; bathing there, O lovely one, they call of great result. (Then) the great ford Śiloccaya, where creatures, having performed austerity,
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NarP 2 40.50
तृणादिभिः सह स्वर्गं यान्ति तीर्थगणाश्रयात् । इन्द्राणीनामतीर्थं स्याद्यत्रेन्द्राणी तु वासवम्
tṛṇādibhiḥ saha svargaṃ yānti tīrthagaṇāśrayāt / indrāṇīnāmatīrthaṃ syādyatrendrāṇī tu vāsavam
go to heaven together with the grasses and the rest, by resorting to the host of fords. (Then) there would be the ford named Indrāṇī, where Indrāṇī, (having performed) austerity (for) Vāsava,
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NarP 2 40.51
तपस्तप्त्वा पतिं लेभे सेव्यमेतत्प्रयागवत् । पुण्यदं स्नातकं तीर्थं विश्वामित्रस्तपश्चरन्
tapastaptvā patiṃ lebhe sevyametatprayāgavat / puṇyadaṃ snātakaṃ tīrthaṃ viśvāmitrastapaścaran
having performed austerity, obtained (him as her) husband; this is to be frequented like Prayāga. (Then) the merit-giving ford Snātaka, where Viśvāmitra, practising austerity,
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NarP 2 40.52
यत्र ब्रह्मर्षितां लेभे क्षत्त्रियस्तीर्था सेवया । प्रद्युम्नतीर्थं तपसा ख्यातं यत्र स्मरो हरेः
yatra brahmarṣitāṃ lebhe kṣattriyastīrthā sevayā / pradyumnatīrthaṃ tapasā khyātaṃ yatra smaro hareḥ
Where a kṣatriya obtained the status of a brahmin-seer by serving the sacred ford; and the Pradyumna ford, famed through austerity, where the Love-god (Smara) of Hari (performed penance).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain