Shiva Purana — Vidyeshvara Samhita — Chapter 12
SiP 1 12.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे विद्येश्वरसंहितायांएकदशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् १२ सूत उवाच शृणुध्वमृषयः प्राज्ञाः शिवक्षेत्रं विमुक्तिदम् तदागमांस्ततो वक्ष्ये लोकरक्षार्थमेव हि
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃekadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 12 sūta uvāca śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ prājñāḥ śivakṣetraṃ vimuktidam tadāgamāṃstato vakṣye lokarakṣārthameva hi
Thus the eleventh chapter in the Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā of the glorious Śiva-mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 12. Sūta said: Hear, O wise sages, of Śiva's holy place, the giver of liberation; then I shall declare its traditions, for the very protection of the world.
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SiP 1 12.2
पञ्चाशत्कोटिविस्तीर्णा सशैलवनकानना शिवाज्ञया हि पृथिवी लोकं धृत्वा च तिष्ठति
pañcāśatkoṭivistīrṇā saśailavanakānanā śivājñayā hi pṛthivī lokaṃ dhṛtvā ca tiṣṭhati
Extending fifty crores (of yojanas), with its mountains, woods and forests, the earth stands bearing the world by Śiva's command.
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SiP 1 12.3
तत्र तत्र शिवक्षेत्रं तत्र तत्र निवासिनाम् मोक्षार्थं कृपया देवः क्षेत्रं कल्पितवान्प्रभुः
tatra tatra śivakṣetraṃ tatra tatra nivāsinām mokṣārthaṃ kṛpayā devaḥ kṣetraṃ kalpitavānprabhuḥ
In this place and that there is a holy place of Śiva; for the liberation of those dwelling in this place and that the lord God out of compassion fashioned the holy places.
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SiP 1 12.4
परिग्रहादृषीणां च देवानां परिग्रहात् स्वयंभूतान्यथान्यानि लोकरक्षार्थमेव हि
parigrahādṛṣīṇāṃ ca devānāṃ parigrahāt svayaṃbhūtānyathānyāni lokarakṣārthameva hi
Some (arose) from the acceptance of the sages, and (some) from the acceptance of the gods; others again are self-arisen, for the very protection of the world.
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SiP 1 12.5
तीर्थे क्षेत्रे सदाकार्यं स्नानदानजपादिकम् अन्यथा रोगदारिद्र्यमूकत्वाद्याप्नुयान्नरः
tīrthe kṣetre sadākāryaṃ snānadānajapādikam anyathā rogadāridryamūkatvādyāpnuyānnaraḥ
At a sacred ford and in a holy place bathing, giving, recitation and the rest should always be done; otherwise a man would incur disease, poverty, dumbness and so on.
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SiP 1 12.6
अथास्मिन्भारते वर्षे प्राप्नोति मरणं नरः स्वयंभूस्थानवासेन पुनर्मानुष्यमाप्नुयात्
athāsminbhārate varṣe prāpnoti maraṇaṃ naraḥ svayaṃbhūsthānavāsena punarmānuṣyamāpnuyāt
Now, a man who obtains death in this Bhārata continent, by dwelling in a self-arisen (holy) place, would attain human birth again.
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SiP 1 12.7
क्षेत्रे पापस्य करणं दृढं भवति भूसुराः पुण्यक्षेत्रे निवासे हि पापमण्वपि नाचरेत्
kṣetre pāpasya karaṇaṃ dṛḍhaṃ bhavati bhūsurāḥ puṇyakṣetre nivāse hi pāpamaṇvapi nācaret
In a holy place the doing of sin becomes firm (in its effect), O brahmins; while dwelling in a meritorious holy place one should not commit sin even of an atom's size.
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SiP 1 12.8
येन केनाप्युपायेन पुण्यक्षेत्रे वसेन्नरः सिंधोः शतनदीतीरे संति क्षेत्राण्यनेकशः
yena kenāpyupāyena puṇyakṣetre vasennaraḥ siṃdhoḥ śatanadītīre saṃti kṣetrāṇyanekaśaḥ
By whatever means, a man should dwell in a meritorious holy place; on the banks of the hundred rivers of the Indus there are holy places in many numbers.
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SiP 1 12.9
सरस्वती नदी पुण्या प्रोक्ता षष्टिमुखा तथा तत्तत्तीरे वसेत्प्राज्ञः क्रमाद्ब्रह्मपदं लभेत्
sarasvatī nadī puṇyā proktā ṣaṣṭimukhā tathā tattattīre vasetprājñaḥ kramādbrahmapadaṃ labhet
The Sarasvatī is declared a holy river with sixty mouths; the wise man should dwell on this or that bank of it, and in due course attain the state of Brahmā.
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SiP 1 12.10
हिमवद्गिरिजा गंगा पुण्या शतमुखा नदी तत्तीरे चैव काश्यादिपुण्यक्षेत्राण्यनेकशः
himavadgirijā gaṃgā puṇyā śatamukhā nadī tattīre caiva kāśyādipuṇyakṣetrāṇyanekaśaḥ
The Gaṅgā, born of the Himālaya mountain, is a holy river with a hundred mouths; and on its bank are many holy places such as Kāśī.
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SiP 1 12.11
तत्र तीरं प्रशस्तं हि मृगबृहस्पतौ शोणभद्रो दशमुखः पुण्योभीष्टफलप्रदः
tatra tīraṃ praśastaṃ hi mṛgabṛhaspatau śoṇabhadro daśamukhaḥ puṇyobhīṣṭaphalapradaḥ
There indeed the bank is praised when Jupiter is in Capricorn (mṛga); the Śoṇabhadra, with ten mouths, is holy and grants the desired fruit.
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SiP 1 12.12
तत्र स्नानोपवासेन पदं वैनायकं लभेत् चतुर्वींशमुखा पुण्या नर्मदा च महानदी
tatra snānopavāsena padaṃ vaināyakaṃ labhet caturvīṃśamukhā puṇyā narmadā ca mahānadī
There, by bathing and fasting, one may attain the state of Vināyaka; and the Narmadā, the great river, is holy, with twenty-four mouths.
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SiP 1 12.13
तस्यां स्नानेन वासेन पदं वैष्णवमाप्नुयात् तमसा द्वादशमुखा रेवा दशमुखा नदी
tasyāṃ snānena vāsena padaṃ vaiṣṇavamāpnuyāt tamasā dvādaśamukhā revā daśamukhā nadī
By bathing and dwelling in it one may attain the state of Viṣṇu; the Tamasā has twelve mouths, the Revā is a river of ten mouths.
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SiP 1 12.14
गोदावरी महापुण्या ब्रह्मगोवधनाशिनी एकविंशमुखा प्रोक्ता रुद्रलोकप्रदायिनी
godāvarī mahāpuṇyā brahmagovadhanāśinī ekaviṃśamukhā proktā rudralokapradāyinī
The Godāvarī is greatly holy, destroying (the sin of) killing a brahmin or a cow; it is said to have twenty-one mouths and to bestow the world of Rudra.
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SiP 1 12.15
कृष्णवेणी पुण्यनदी सर्वपापक्षयावहा साष्टादशमुखाप्रोक्ता विष्णुलोकप्रदायिनी
kṛṣṇaveṇī puṇyanadī sarvapāpakṣayāvahā sāṣṭādaśamukhāproktā viṣṇulokapradāyinī
The Kṛṣṇaveṇī is a holy river that brings about the destruction of all sins; it is said to have eighteen mouths and to bestow the world of Viṣṇu.
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SiP 1 12.16
तुंगभद्रा दशमुखा ब्रह्मलोकप्रदायिनी सुवर्णमुखरी पुण्या प्रोक्ता नवमुखा तथा
tuṃgabhadrā daśamukhā brahmalokapradāyinī suvarṇamukharī puṇyā proktā navamukhā tathā
The Tuṅgabhadrā has ten mouths and bestows the world of Brahmā; the Suvarṇamukharī likewise is said to be holy, with nine mouths.
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SiP 1 12.17
तत्रैव सुप्रजायंते ब्रह्मलोकच्युतास्तथा सरस्वती च पंपा च कन्याश्वेतनदी शुभा
tatraiva suprajāyaṃte brahmalokacyutāstathā sarasvatī ca paṃpā ca kanyāśvetanadī śubhā
There indeed are well born those who have fallen from the world of Brahmā; and (there are) the Sarasvatī, the Pampā, and the auspicious river Kanyāśvetā.
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SiP 1 12.18
एतासां तीरवासेन इंद्रलोकमवाप्नुयात् सह्याद्रिजा महापुण्या कावेरीति महानदी
etāsāṃ tīravāsena iṃdralokamavāpnuyāt sahyādrijā mahāpuṇyā kāverīti mahānadī
By dwelling on the banks of these one may attain the world of Indra; born of the Sahya mountain is the greatly holy great river called Kāverī.
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SiP 1 12.19
सप्तविंशमुखा प्रोक्ता सर्वाभीष्टं प्रदायिनी तत्तीराः स्वर्गदाश्चैव ब्रह्मविष्णुपदप्रदाः
saptaviṃśamukhā proktā sarvābhīṣṭaṃ pradāyinī tattīrāḥ svargadāścaiva brahmaviṣṇupadapradāḥ
It is said to have twenty-seven mouths and to grant every wish; its banks give heaven and bestow the state of Brahmā and Viṣṇu.
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SiP 1 12.20
शिवलोकप्रदा शैवास् तथा ऽभीष्टफलप्रदाः नैमिषे बदरे स्नायान्मेषगे च गुरौ रवौ
śivalokapradā śaivās tathā 'bhīṣṭaphalapradāḥ naimiṣe badare snāyānmeṣage ca gurau ravau
The Śaiva (banks) bestow the world of Śiva and likewise grant the desired fruit; one should bathe at Naimiṣa and at Badarī when Jupiter and the sun are in Aries.
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SiP 1 12.21
ब्रह्मलोकप्रदं विद्यात्ततः पूजादिकं तथा सिंधुनद्यां तथा स्नानं सिंहे कर्कटगे रवौ
brahmalokapradaṃ vidyāttataḥ pūjādikaṃ tathā siṃdhunadyāṃ tathā snānaṃ siṃhe karkaṭage ravau
One should know it as bestowing the world of Brahmā, and likewise the worship and the rest that follows; so too bathing in the river Sindhu when the sun is in Leo or Cancer.
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SiP 1 12.22
केदारोदकपानं च स्नानं च ज्ञानदं विदुः गोदावर्यां सिंहमासे स्नायात्सिंहबृहस्पतौ
kedārodakapānaṃ ca snānaṃ ca jñānadaṃ viduḥ godāvaryāṃ siṃhamāse snāyātsiṃhabṛhaspatau
And they know the drinking of the water of Kedāra and bathing (there) to be giver of knowledge; one should bathe in the Godāvarī in the month of Siṃha when Jupiter is in Leo.
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SiP 1 12.23
शिवलोकप्रदमिति शिवेनोक्तं तथा पुरा यमुनाशोणयोः स्नायाद्गुरौ कन्यागते रवौ
śivalokapradamiti śivenoktaṃ tathā purā yamunāśoṇayoḥ snāyādgurau kanyāgate ravau
That it bestows the world of Śiva was thus declared of old by Śiva; one should bathe in the Yamunā and the Śoṇa when Jupiter (is so placed) and the sun is in Virgo.
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SiP 1 12.24
धर्मलोके दंतिलोके महाभोगप्रदं विदुः कावेर्यां च तथास्नायात्तुलागे तु रवौ गुरौ
dharmaloke daṃtiloke mahābhogapradaṃ viduḥ kāveryāṃ ca tathāsnāyāttulāge tu ravau gurau
At Dharmaloka and at Dantiloka they know (bathing) to give great enjoyment; and likewise one should bathe in the Kāverī when the sun and Jupiter are in Libra.
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SiP 1 12.25
विष्णोर्वचनमहात्म्यात्सर्वाभीष्टप्रदं विदुः वृश्चिके मासि संप्राप्ते तथार्के गुरुवृश्चिके
viṣṇorvacanamahātmyātsarvābhīṣṭapradaṃ viduḥ vṛścike māsi saṃprāpte tathārke guruvṛścike
By the greatness of Viṣṇu's word they know it to grant every wish; when the month of Scorpio has come and likewise the sun (is there), Jupiter being in Scorpio—
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SiP 1 12.26
नर्मदायां नदीस्नानाद्विष्णुलोकम्वाप्नुयात् सुवर्णमुखरीस्नानं चापगे च गुरौ रवौ
narmadāyāṃ nadīsnānādviṣṇulokamvāpnuyāt suvarṇamukharīsnānaṃ cāpage ca gurau ravau
—by bathing in the river Narmadā one may attain the world of Viṣṇu; and bathing in the Suvarṇamukharī when Jupiter and the sun are in Sagittarius,
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SiP 1 12.27
शिवलोकप्रदमिति ब्राह्मणो वचनं यथा मृगमासि तथा स्नायाज्जाह्नव्यां मृगगे गुरौ
śivalokapradamiti brāhmaṇo vacanaṃ yathā mṛgamāsi tathā snāyājjāhnavyāṃ mṛgage gurau
the brahmin's word is that it bestows the world of Śiva; likewise in the month of Mṛga one should bathe in the Jāhnavī when Jupiter is in Capricorn.
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SiP 1 12.28
शिवलोकप्रदमिति ब्रह्मणो वचनं यथा ब्रह्मविष्ण्वोः पदे भुक्त्वा तदंते ज्ञानमाप्नुयात्
śivalokapradamiti brahmaṇo vacanaṃ yathā brahmaviṣṇvoḥ pade bhuktvā tadaṃte jñānamāpnuyāt
That it bestows the world of Śiva is Brahmā's word; having enjoyed the state of Brahmā and Viṣṇu, at the end of that one may attain knowledge.
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SiP 1 12.29
गंगायां माघमासे तु तथाकुंभगते रवौ श्राद्धं वा पिंडदानं वा तिलोदकमथापिवा
gaṃgāyāṃ māghamāse tu tathākuṃbhagate ravau śrāddhaṃ vā piṃḍadānaṃ vā tilodakamathāpivā
But in the Gaṅgā in the month of Māgha, and likewise when the sun stands in Aquarius, (whether one performs) a śrāddha, or an offering of rice-balls, or even (an offering of) sesame and water —
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SiP 1 12.30
वंशद्वयपित्ःणां च कुलकोट्युद्धरं विदुः कृष्णवेण्यां प्रशंसंति मीनगे च गुरौ रवौ
vaṃśadvayapitḥṇāṃ ca kulakoṭyuddharaṃ viduḥ kṛṣṇaveṇyāṃ praśaṃsaṃti mīnage ca gurau ravau
— they know it to be a raising up of ten million families of the ancestors of both lines; and in the Kṛṣṇaveṇī they commend (it) when Jupiter and the sun are in Pisces.
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SiP 1 12.31
तत्तत्तीर्थे च तन्मासि स्नानमिंद्रपदप्रदम् गंगां वा सह्यजां वापि समाश्रित्य वसेद्बुधः
tattattīrthe ca tanmāsi snānamiṃdrapadapradam gaṃgāṃ vā sahyajāṃ vāpi samāśritya vasedbudhaḥ
And bathing in each such sacred ford in the corresponding month bestows the station of Indra; the wise man should dwell resorting to the Gaṅgā or else to the Sahya-born (river, i.e. the Kṛṣṇā).
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SiP 1 12.32
तत्कालकृतपापस्य क्षयो भवति निश्चितम् रुद्रलोकप्रदान्येव संति क्षेत्राण्यनेकशः
tatkālakṛtapāpasya kṣayo bhavati niścitam rudralokapradānyeva saṃti kṣetrāṇyanekaśaḥ
The destruction of sin committed at that time surely occurs; and there are many holy places that bestow the world of Rudra.
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SiP 1 12.33
ताम्रपर्णी वेगवती ब्रह्मलोकफलप्रदे तयोस्तीरे हि संत्येव क्षेत्राणि स्वर्गदानि च
tāmraparṇī vegavatī brahmalokaphalaprade tayostīre hi saṃtyeva kṣetrāṇi svargadāni ca
The Tāmraparṇī and the Vegavatī bestow the fruit of the world of Brahmā; and on the banks of those two there are indeed holy places that grant heaven.
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SiP 1 12.34
संति क्षेत्राणि तन्मध्ये पुण्यदानि च भूरिशः तत्र तत्र वसन्प्राज्ञस्तादृशं च फलं लभेत्
saṃti kṣetrāṇi tanmadhye puṇyadāni ca bhūriśaḥ tatra tatra vasanprājñastādṛśaṃ ca phalaṃ labhet
Among them there are very many holy places that bestow merit; the wise man dwelling in each of them obtains a fruit of that kind.
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SiP 1 12.35
सदाचारेण सद्वृत्त्या सदा भावनयापि च वसेद्दयालुः प्राज्ञो वै नान्यथा तत्फलं लभेत्
sadācāreṇa sadvṛttyā sadā bhāvanayāpi ca vaseddayāluḥ prājño vai nānyathā tatphalaṃ labhet
The wise and compassionate man should dwell (there) with good conduct, right livelihood, and constant meditation; otherwise he does not obtain that fruit.
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SiP 1 12.36
पुण्यक्षेत्रे कृतं पुण्यं बहुधा ऋद्धिमृच्छति पुण्यक्षेत्रे कृतं पापं महदण्वपि जायते
puṇyakṣetre kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ bahudhā ṛddhimṛcchati puṇyakṣetre kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ mahadaṇvapi jāyate
Merit done in a holy place attains increase many times over; sin done in a holy place, though minute, becomes great.
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SiP 1 12.37
तत्कालं जीवनार्थश्चेत्पुण्येन क्षयमेष्यति पुण्यमैश्वर्यदं प्राहुः कायिकं वाचिकं तथा
tatkālaṃ jīvanārthaścetpuṇyena kṣayameṣyati puṇyamaiśvaryadaṃ prāhuḥ kāyikaṃ vācikaṃ tathā
If (the sin was) for the sake of livelihood at that time, it will come to destruction through merit. They call merit a bestower of lordship — bodily and verbal (merit) likewise.
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SiP 1 12.38
मानसं च तथा पापं तादृशं नाशयेद्द्विजाः मानसं वज्रलेपं तु कल्पकल्पानुगं तथा
mānasaṃ ca tathā pāpaṃ tādṛśaṃ nāśayeddvijāḥ mānasaṃ vajralepaṃ tu kalpakalpānugaṃ tathā
And likewise mental (sin) — one should destroy sin of that kind, O twice-born; but mental (sin) is like an adamant coating, following on through aeon after aeon.
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SiP 1 12.39
ध्यानादेव हि तन्नश्येन्नान्यथा नाशमृच्छति वाचिकं जपजालेन कायिकं कायशोषणात्
dhyānādeva hi tannaśyennānyathā nāśamṛcchati vācikaṃ japajālena kāyikaṃ kāyaśoṣaṇāt
That perishes by meditation alone; otherwise it does not come to destruction. Verbal (sin perishes) by a multitude of muttered prayers, bodily (sin) by mortification of the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 12.40
दानाद्धनकृतं नश्येन्ना ऽन्यथाकल्पकोटिभिः क्वचित्पापेन पुण्यं च वृद्धिपूर्वेण नश्यति
dānāddhanakṛtaṃ naśyennā 'nyathākalpakoṭibhiḥ kvacitpāpena puṇyaṃ ca vṛddhipūrveṇa naśyati
(Sin) committed with wealth perishes by giving, not otherwise even in ten million aeons; and sometimes merit too perishes through sin, together with its increase.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 12.41
बीजांशश्चैव वृद्ध्यंशो भोगांशः पुण्यपापयोः ज्ञाननाश्यो हि बीजांशो वृद्धिरुक्तप्रकारतः
bījāṃśaścaiva vṛddhyaṃśo bhogāṃśaḥ puṇyapāpayoḥ jñānanāśyo hi bījāṃśo vṛddhiruktaprakārataḥ
Merit and sin each have a seed-portion, a growth-portion, and an enjoyment-portion; the seed-portion is destructible by knowledge, the growth by the manner stated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 12.42
भोजांशो भोगनाश्यस्तु नान्यथा पुण्यकोटिभिः बीजप्ररोहे नष्टे तु शेषो भोगाय कल्पते
bhojāṃśo bhoganāśyastu nānyathā puṇyakoṭibhiḥ bījaprarohe naṣṭe tu śeṣo bhogāya kalpate
But the enjoyment-portion is destructible only by being enjoyed, not otherwise, not by ten million merits; yet when the sprouting of the seed is destroyed, the remainder is fit for enjoyment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 12.43
देवानां पूजया चैव ब्रह्मणानां च दानतः तपोधिक्याच्च कालेन भोगः सह्यो भवेन्नृणाम् तस्मात्पापमकृत्वैव वस्तव्यंस्सुखमिच्छता
devānāṃ pūjayā caiva brahmaṇānāṃ ca dānataḥ tapodhikyācca kālena bhogaḥ sahyo bhavennṛṇām tasmātpāpamakṛtvaiva vastavyaṃssukhamicchatā
By worship of the gods, by giving to brahmins, and by an excess of austerity, in time the enjoyment (of the fruit) becomes bearable for men; therefore one who desires happiness should dwell (there) without committing sin at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition