Narasimha Purana — Chapter 66
NsP 66.1
उक्तः पुण्यः स्तवो ब्रह्मन् हरेर् एभिस् च नामभिः पुनर् अन्यानि नामानि यानि तानि निबोध मे
uktaḥ puṇyaḥ stavo brahman harer ebhis ca nāmabhiḥ punar anyāni nāmāni yāni tāni nibodha me
The meritorious hymn of Hari has been declared, O Brahman, with these names; now learn from me what the other names are.
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NsP 66.2
गङ्गा तु प्रथमं पुण्या यमुना गोमती पुनः सरयूः सरस्वती च चन्द्रभागा चर्मण्वती
gaṅgā tu prathamaṃ puṇyā yamunā gomatī punaḥ sarayūḥ sarasvatī ca candrabhāgā carmaṇvatī
First the holy Gaṅgā, then the Yamunā, the Gomatī, the Sarayū, the Sarasvatī, the Candrabhāgā, the Carmaṇvatī,
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NsP 66.3
कुरुक्षेत्रं गया चैव पुष्कराणि तथार्बुदम् नर्मदा च महापुण्या तीर्थान्य् एतानि चोत्तरे
kurukṣetraṃ gayā caiva puṣkarāṇi tathārbudam narmadā ca mahāpuṇyā tīrthāny etāni cottare
Kurukṣetra and Gayā, the Puṣkara (lakes) and Arbuda, and the greatly holy Narmadā — these are the sacred fords in the north.
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NsP 66.4
तापी पयोष्णी पुण्ये द्वे तत्सङ्गात् तीर्थम् उत्तमम् तथा ब्रह्मगिरेश् चापि मेखलाभिः समन्विताः
tāpī payoṣṇī puṇye dve tatsaṅgāt tīrtham uttamam tathā brahmagireś cāpi mekhalābhiḥ samanvitāḥ
The Tāpī and the Payoṣṇī are two holy (rivers); from their confluence (arises) an excellent ford; and likewise (the fords) of Brahmagiri, together with the Mekhalās.
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NsP 66.5
विरजं च तथा तीर्थं सर्वपापक्षयंकरम् गोदावरी महापुण्या सर्वत्र चतुरानन
virajaṃ ca tathā tīrthaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram godāvarī mahāpuṇyā sarvatra caturānana
And likewise the ford Viraja, which destroys all sins; and the greatly holy Godāvarī, (holy) everywhere, O four-faced one.
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NsP 66.6
तुङ्गभद्रा महापुण्या यत्राहं कमलोद्भव हरेण सार्धं प्रीत्या तु वसामि मुनिपूजितः
tuṅgabhadrā mahāpuṇyā yatrāhaṃ kamalodbhava hareṇa sārdhaṃ prītyā tu vasāmi munipūjitaḥ
The Tuṅgabhadrā is greatly holy, where, O lotus-born, I dwell gladly together with Hara, worshipped by the sages.
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NsP 66.7
दक्षिणगङ्गा कृष्णा तु कावेरी च विशेषतः सह्ये त्व् आमलकग्रामे स्थितो ऽहं कमलोद्भव
dakṣiṇagaṅgā kṛṣṇā tu kāverī ca viśeṣataḥ sahye tv āmalakagrāme sthito 'haṃ kamalodbhava
The Kṛṣṇā, the southern Gaṅgā, and especially the Kāverī; and in the Sahya (mountains), in the village of Āmalaka, I abide, O lotus-born.
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NsP 66.8
देवदेवस्य नाम्ना तु त्वया ब्रह्मन् सदार्चितः तत्र तीर्थान्य् अनेकानि सर्वपापहराणि वै येषु स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च पापान् मुच्यति मानवः
devadevasya nāmnā tu tvayā brahman sadārcitaḥ tatra tīrthāny anekāni sarvapāpaharāṇi vai yeṣu snātvā ca pītvā ca pāpān mucyati mānavaḥ
There, O Brahman, I have always been worshipped by you under the name of the God of gods; there are many fords that remove all sins, in which, by bathing and drinking, a man is freed from sins.
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NsP 66.9
इत्य् एवं कथयित्वा तु तीर्थानि मधुसूदनः ब्रह्मणे गतवान् ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मापि स्वपुरं गतः
ity evaṃ kathayitvā tu tīrthāni madhusūdanaḥ brahmaṇe gatavān brahman brahmāpi svapuraṃ gataḥ
Having thus recounted the sacred fords to Brahmā, Madhusūdana departed, O Brahman, and Brahmā too went to his own city.
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NsP 66.10
तस्मिन्न् आमलकग्रामे पुण्यतीर्थानि यानि वै तानि मे वद धर्मज्ञ विस्तरेण यथार्थतः
tasminn āmalakagrāme puṇyatīrthāni yāni vai tāni me vada dharmajña vistareṇa yathārthataḥ
Tell me, O knower of dharma, at length and truly, which holy fords are in that village of Āmalaka,
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NsP 66.11
क्षेत्रोत्पत्तिं च माहात्म्यं यात्रापर्वं च यत्र तत् तत्रासौ देवदेवेशः पूज्यते ब्रह्मणा स्वयम्
kṣetrotpattiṃ ca māhātmyaṃ yātrāparvaṃ ca yatra tat tatrāsau devadeveśaḥ pūjyate brahmaṇā svayam
and the origin of the sacred field, its greatness, and the pilgrimage festival there — where that Lord of the gods of gods is worshipped by Brahmā himself.
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NsP 66.12
शृणु विप्र प्रवक्ष्यामि पुण्यं पापप्रणाशनम् सह्यामलकतीर्थस्य उत्पत्त्यादि महामुने
śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi puṇyaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam sahyāmalakatīrthasya utpattyādi mahāmune
Listen, brahmin, I shall declare the meritorious (account), destroyer of sin — the origin and the rest of the Sahya-Āmalaka ford, O great sage.
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NsP 66.13
पुरा सह्यवनोद्देशे तरुर् आमलको महान् आसीद् ब्रह्मन् महोग्रो ऽयं नाम्नायं चोच्यते बुधैः
purā sahyavanoddeśe tarur āmalako mahān āsīd brahman mahogro 'yaṃ nāmnāyaṃ cocyate budhaiḥ
Long ago, in a region of the Sahya forest, there was a great āmalaka tree, O brahman; and the wise call it by the name "Mahogra" (the very fierce one).
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NsP 66.14
फलानि तस्य वृक्षस्य महान्ति सुरसानि च दर्शनीयानि दिव्यानि दुर्लभानि महामुने
phalāni tasya vṛkṣasya mahānti surasāni ca darśanīyāni divyāni durlabhāni mahāmune
The fruits of that tree were large and very tasty, fair to see, divine, hard to obtain, O great sage.
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NsP 66.15
परेषां ब्राह्मणानां तु परेण ब्रह्मणा पुरा स दृष्टस् तु महावृक्षो महाफलसमन्वितः
pareṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tu pareṇa brahmaṇā purā sa dṛṣṭas tu mahāvṛkṣo mahāphalasamanvitaḥ
Long ago that great tree, endowed with great fruit, was seen by the supreme Brahmā, (the lord) of the other brahmins.
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NsP 66.16
किम् एतद् इति विप्रेन्द्र ध्यानदृष्टिपरो ऽभवत् ध्यानेन दृष्टवांस् तत्र पुनर् आमलकं तरुम्
kim etad iti viprendra dhyānadṛṣṭiparo 'bhavat dhyānena dṛṣṭavāṃs tatra punar āmalakaṃ tarum
"What is this?"—so (thinking), O chief of brahmins, he became intent on the vision of meditation; and by meditation he saw there once more the āmalaka tree.
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NsP 66.17
तस्योपरि तु देवेशं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् उत्थाय च पुनः पश्येत् प्रतिमाम् एव केवलाम्
tasyopari tu deveśaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam utthāya ca punaḥ paśyet pratimām eva kevalām
And above it (he saw) the lord of gods, bearing conch, discus and mace; and rising up he would again see only an image.
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NsP 66.18
तत्पादं भूतले देवः प्रविवेश महातरुः ततस् त्व् आराधयाम्_अस देवदेवेशम् अव्ययम्
tatpādaṃ bhūtale devaḥ praviveśa mahātaruḥ tatas tv ārādhayām_asa devadeveśam avyayam
The god's foot entered the ground—(as did) the great tree; thereupon he worshipped the imperishable lord of the gods of gods.
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NsP 66.19
गन्धपुष्पादिभिर् नित्यं ब्रह्मा लोकपितमहः द्वादशभिः सप्तभिस् तु संख्याभिः पुजितो हरिः
gandhapuṣpādibhir nityaṃ brahmā lokapitamahaḥ dvādaśabhiḥ saptabhis tu saṃkhyābhiḥ pujito hariḥ
Continually with perfumes, flowers and the rest, Brahmā the great-grandfather of the worlds (worshipped him); and Hari was worshipped by the numbers twelve and seven.
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NsP 66.20
तस्मिन् क्षेत्रे मुनिश्रेष्ठ माहात्म्यं तस्य को वदेत् श्रीसह्यामलकग्रामे देवदेवेशम् अव्ययम्
tasmin kṣetre muniśreṣṭha māhātmyaṃ tasya ko vadet śrīsahyāmalakagrāme devadeveśam avyayam
In that sacred field, O best of sages, who could tell its greatness?—the imperishable lord of the gods of gods in the village of Śrī-Sahyāmalaka.
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NsP 66.21
आराध्य तीर्थे संप्राप्ता द्वादश प्रति चतुर्मुखम् तस्य पादतले तीर्थं निःसृतं पश्चिमामुखम्
ārādhya tīrthe saṃprāptā dvādaśa prati caturmukham tasya pādatale tīrthaṃ niḥsṛtaṃ paścimāmukham
Having worshipped, twelve (waters?) arrived at the sacred pool before the four-faced one; from the sole of his foot a sacred stream issued forth, facing west.
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NsP 66.22
तच् चक्रतीर्थम् अभवत् पुण्यं पापप्रणाशनम् चक्रतिर्थे नरः स्नात्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
tac cakratīrtham abhavat puṇyaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam cakratirthe naraḥ snātvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
That became the Cakratīrtha, holy and destroying sin; a man who has bathed in the Cakratīrtha is released from all sins.
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NsP 66.23
बहुवर्षसहस्राणि ब्रह्मलोके महीयते शङ्खतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा वाजपेयफलं लभेत्
bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi brahmaloke mahīyate śaṅkhatīrthe naraḥ snātvā vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet
For many thousands of years he is honoured in Brahmā's world; a man who has bathed in the Śaṅkhatīrtha would obtain the fruit of the vājapeya sacrifice.
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NsP 66.24
पौषे मासे तु पुष्यार्के तद्यात्रादिवसं मुने ब्रह्मणः कुण्डिका पूर्वं गङ्गातोयप्रपूरिता
pauṣe māse tu puṣyārke tadyātrādivasaṃ mune brahmaṇaḥ kuṇḍikā pūrvaṃ gaṅgātoyaprapūritā
In the month of Pauṣa, when the sun is in Puṣya—that is the day of the pilgrimage to it, O sage. Formerly Brahmā's water-pot, filled with the water of the Gaṅgā,
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NsP 66.25
तस्याद्रौ पतिता ब्रह्मंस् तत्र तीर्थे ऽशुभं हरेत् नाम्ना तत्कुण्डिकातीर्थं शिलागृहसमन्वितम्
tasyādrau patitā brahmaṃs tatra tīrthe 'śubhaṃ haret nāmnā tatkuṇḍikātīrthaṃ śilāgṛhasamanvitam
fell upon its mountain, O brahman; there in that pool it would carry away evil. By name it is that Kuṇḍikātīrtha, provided with a stone house.
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NsP 66.26
तत्तीर्थे मनुजः स्नात्वा तदानीं सिद्धिम् आप्नुयात् त्रिरात्रोपोषितो भूत्वा यस् तत्र स्नाति मानवः
tattīrthe manujaḥ snātvā tadānīṃ siddhim āpnuyāt trirātropoṣito bhūtvā yas tatra snāti mānavaḥ
A man who has bathed in that pool would attain success there and then; the man who, having fasted three nights, bathes there,
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NsP 66.27
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मलोके महीयते कुण्डिकातीर्थाद् उत्तरे पिण्डस्थानाच् च दक्षिणे
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate kuṇḍikātīrthād uttare piṇḍasthānāc ca dakṣiṇe
freed from all sins, is honoured in Brahmā's world. North of the Kuṇḍikātīrtha and south of the Piṇḍa-place
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NsP 66.28
ऋणमोचनतीर्थं हि तीर्थानां गुह्यम् उत्तमम् त्रिरात्रम् उषितो यस् तु तत्र स्नानं समाचरेत्
ṛṇamocanatīrthaṃ hi tīrthānāṃ guhyam uttamam trirātram uṣito yas tu tatra snānaṃ samācaret
is the Ṛṇamocana pool, the secret and highest of sacred pools; whoever, having stayed three nights, performs bathing there
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NsP 66.29
ऋणैस् त्रिभिर् असौ ब्रह्मन् मुच्यते नात्र संशयः श्राद्धं कृत्वा पितृभ्यश् च पिण्डस्थानेषु यो नरह्
ṛṇais tribhir asau brahman mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā pitṛbhyaś ca piṇḍasthāneṣu yo narah
is freed from the three debts, O brahman—there is no doubt of it. And the man who, having performed the śrāddha for the fathers at the Piṇḍa-places,
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NsP 66.30
पितॄन् उद्दिश्य विधिवत् पिण्डान् निर्वापयिष्यति सुतृप्ताः पितरो यान्ति पितृलोकं न संशयः
pitṝn uddiśya vidhivat piṇḍān nirvāpayiṣyati sutṛptāḥ pitaro yānti pitṛlokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
will duly offer the rice-balls with reference to the fathers—the fathers, well satisfied, go to the world of the fathers; there is no doubt.
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NsP 66.31
पञ्चरात्रोषितस्नायी तीर्थे वै पापमोचने सर्वपापक्षयं प्राप्य विष्णुलोके स मोदते
pañcarātroṣitasnāyī tīrthe vai pāpamocane sarvapāpakṣayaṃ prāpya viṣṇuloke sa modate
He who fasts five nights and bathes in the pool called Pāpamocana, having attained the destruction of all sins, rejoices in Viṣṇu's world.
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NsP 66.32
तत्रैव महतीं धारां शिरसा यस् तु धारयेत् सर्वक्रतुफलं प्राप्य नाकपृष्ठे महीयते
tatraiva mahatīṃ dhārāṃ śirasā yas tu dhārayet sarvakratuphalaṃ prāpya nākapṛṣṭhe mahīyate
And whoever, in that very place, holds the great stream (of water) upon his head, having obtained the fruit of all sacrifices, is honoured on the vault of heaven.
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NsP 66.33
धनुःपाते महातीर्थे भक्त्या यः स्नानम् आचरेत् आयुर्भोगफलं प्राप्य स्वर्गलोके महीयते
dhanuḥpāte mahātīrthe bhaktyā yaḥ snānam ācaret āyurbhogaphalaṃ prāpya svargaloke mahīyate
Whoever devoutly bathes at the great sacred ford Dhanuḥpāta obtains the reward of long life and enjoyment and is honoured in the world of heaven.
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NsP 66.34
शरबिन्दौ नरः स्नात्वा शतक्रतुपुरं व्रजेत् वाराहतीर्थे विप्रेन्द्र सह्ये यः स्नानम् आचरेत्
śarabindau naraḥ snātvā śatakratupuraṃ vrajet vārāhatīrthe viprendra sahye yaḥ snānam ācaret
A man who has bathed at Śarabindu goes to the city of him of the hundred sacrifices (Indra); and, best of brahmins, whoever bathes in the Vārāha ford on the Sahya (mountain)—
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NsP 66.35
अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा विष्णुलोके महीयते आकाशगङ्गानाम्ना च सह्याग्रे तीर्थम् उत्तमम्
ahorātroṣito bhūtvā viṣṇuloke mahīyate ākāśagaṅgānāmnā ca sahyāgre tīrtham uttamam
having fasted for a day and a night, is honoured in the world of Viṣṇu. And on the summit of the Sahya there is an excellent ford by the name of Ākāśagaṅgā.
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NsP 66.36
शिलातलात् ततो ब्रह्मन् निर्गता श्वेतमृत्तिका तस्यां भक्त्या तु यः स्नाति नरो द्विजवरोत्तमम्
śilātalāt tato brahman nirgatā śvetamṛttikā tasyāṃ bhaktyā tu yaḥ snāti naro dvijavarottamam
From the surface of the rock there, O brahmin, white clay has come forth; and the man who devoutly bathes in it, O most excellent of the best of brahmins,
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NsP 66.37
सर्वक्रतुफलं प्राप्य विष्णुलोके महीयते ब्रह्मन्न् अमलसह्याद्रेर् यद्यद्तोयविनिर्गमः
sarvakratuphalaṃ prāpya viṣṇuloke mahīyate brahmann amalasahyādrer yadyadtoyavinirgamaḥ
obtains the reward of all sacrifices and is honoured in the world of Viṣṇu. O brahmin, wherever there is an outflow of water from the pure Sahya mountain,
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NsP 66.38
तत्र तीर्थं विजानीहि स्नात्वा पापात् प्रमुच्यते सह्याद्रिं गतवान् नित्यं स्नात्वा पापात् प्रमुच्यते
tatra tīrthaṃ vijānīhi snātvā pāpāt pramucyate sahyādriṃ gatavān nityaṃ snātvā pāpāt pramucyate
know that there is a sacred ford; by bathing (there) one is released from sin. One who has gone to the Sahya mountain is always released from sin by bathing.
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NsP 66.39
एतेषु तीर्थेषु नरो द्विजेन्द्र पुण्येषु सह्याद्रिसमुद्भवेषु दत्त्वा सुपुष्पाणि हरिं स भक्त्या विहाय पापं प्रविशेत् स विष्णुम्
eteṣu tīrtheṣu naro dvijendra puṇyeṣu sahyādrisamudbhaveṣu dattvā supuṣpāṇi hariṃ sa bhaktyā vihāya pāpaṃ praviśet sa viṣṇum
O best of brahmins, a man who in these meritorious fords arisen from the Sahya mountain offers fine flowers to Hari with devotion, abandoning sin, will enter into Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 66.40
सकृत् तीर्थाद्रितोयेषु गङ्गायां तु पुनह् पुनः सर्वतीर्थमयी गङ्गा सर्वदेवमयो हरिः
sakṛt tīrthādritoyeṣu gaṅgāyāṃ tu punah punaḥ sarvatīrthamayī gaṅgā sarvadevamayo hariḥ
(One should bathe) once in the waters of the fords and the mountain, but again and again in the Gaṅgā; for the Gaṅgā consists of all fords, and Hari consists of all the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 66.41
सर्वशास्त्रमयी गीता सर्वधर्मो दयापरः एवं ते कथितं विप्र क्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम् उत्तमम्
sarvaśāstramayī gītā sarvadharmo dayāparaḥ evaṃ te kathitaṃ vipra kṣetramāhātmyam uttamam
The Gītā consists of all scriptures; all dharma is that which is devoted to compassion. Thus, O brahmin, the excellent greatness of the sacred field has been told to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 66.42
श्रीसह्यामलकग्रामे तीर्थे स्नात्वा फलानि च तीर्थानाम् अपि यत् तीर्थं तत् तीर्थं द्विजसत्तम देवदेवस्य पादस्य तलाद् भुवि निनिःसृतम्
śrīsahyāmalakagrāme tīrthe snātvā phalāni ca tīrthānām api yat tīrthaṃ tat tīrthaṃ dvijasattama devadevasya pādasya talād bhuvi niniḥsṛtam
And (I have told) the fruits of bathing at the ford in the village of Śrī-Sahyāmalaka. That which is the ford even of fords, O best of brahmins, that ford issued forth upon the earth from the sole of the foot of the God of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 66.43
अम्भोयुगं तुरगमेधसहस्रतुल्यं तच् चक्रतीर्थम् इति वेदविदो वदन्ति स्नानाच् च तत्र मनुजा न पुनर् भवन्ति पादौ प्रणम्य शिरसा मधुसूदनस्य
ambhoyugaṃ turagamedhasahasratulyaṃ tac cakratīrtham iti vedavido vadanti snānāc ca tatra manujā na punar bhavanti pādau praṇamya śirasā madhusūdanasya
That pair of waters is equal to a thousand horse-sacrifices; the knowers of the Veda call it the Cakra-tīrtha. And by bathing there men are not born again, once they have bowed with their head to the two feet of Madhusūdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 66.44
गङ्गाप्रयागगमनैमिषपुष्कराणि पुण्यायुतानि कुरुजाङ्गलयामुनानि कालेन तीर्थसलिलानि पुनन्ति पापात् पादोदकं भगवतस् तु पुनाति सद्यः
gaṅgāprayāgagamanaimiṣapuṣkarāṇi puṇyāyutāni kurujāṅgalayāmunāni kālena tīrthasalilāni punanti pāpāt pādodakaṃ bhagavatas tu punāti sadyaḥ
The Gaṅgā, Prayāga, Gayā, Naimiṣa and Puṣkara, the myriad holy places, those of the Kuru-jāṅgala and the Yamunā—the waters of the fords purify from sin (only) in time, but the water from the Lord's feet purifies at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition