Varaha Purana — Chapter 157
VrP 157.1
अथ मलयार्जुनतीर्थादिस्नानादिप्रशंसा ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। यमुनापारमुल्लङ्घ्य तत्रैव च महामुने ।। मलयार्जुनकं तीर्थं कुण्डं तत्र च विद्यते
atha malayārjunatīrthādisnānādipraśaṃsā || śrīvarāha uvāca || yamunāpāramullaṅghya tatraiva ca mahāmune || malayārjunakaṃ tīrthaṃ kuṇḍaṃ tatra ca vidyate
Now, the praise of bathing and so forth at the Malayarjuna sacred site and the rest. || The blessed Varaha said: || Having crossed over to the far bank of the Yamuna, right there, O great sage, is the sacred site called Malayarjuna, and there is a pool there.
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VrP 157.2
पर्यस्तं तत्र शकटं भिन्नभाण्डकुटीघटम् ।। तत्र स्नानोपवासाभ्यामनन्तं फलमश्रुते
paryastaṃ tatra śakaṭaṃ bhinnabhāṇḍakuṭīghaṭam || tatra snānopavāsābhyāmanantaṃ phalamaśrute
There an overturned cart (is seen), with its pots, vessel-covers and jars broken. There, by bathing and fasting, one obtains endless fruit.
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VrP 157.3
द्वादश्यां शुक्लपक्षस्य ज्येष्ठमासे वसुन्धरे ।। तत्र स्नानेन दानेन महापातकनाशनम्
dvādaśyāṃ śuklapakṣasya jyeṣṭhamāse vasundhare || tatra snānena dānena mahāpātakanāśanam
On the twelfth (day) of the bright fortnight in the month of Jyeṣṭha, O Earth — there, by bathing and by giving, (there is) destruction of the great sins.
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VrP 157.4
ज्येष्ठस्य शुक्लद्वादश्यां स्नात्वा सुनियतेन्द्रियः ।। मथुरायां हरिं दृष्ट्वा प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम्
jyeṣṭhasya śukladvādaśyāṃ snātvā suniyatendriyaḥ || mathurāyāṃ hariṃ dṛṣṭvā prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim
Having bathed on the twelfth of the bright fortnight of Jyeṣṭha, with senses well restrained, and having beheld Hari at Mathurā, one attains the highest goal.
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VrP 157.5
यमुनासलिले स्नातः शुचिर्भूत्वा जितेन्द्रियः ।। समभ्यर्च्याच्युतं सम्यक्प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम्
yamunāsalile snātaḥ śucirbhūtvā jitendriyaḥ || samabhyarcyācyutaṃ samyakprāpnoti paramāṃ gatim
Having bathed in the water of the Yamunā, becoming pure, with senses subdued, and having duly worshipped Acyuta, (a man) attains the highest state.
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VrP 157.6
अपि चास्मत्कुले जातः कालिन्दीसलिले प्लुतः ।। अर्चयिष्यति गोविन्दं मथुरायामुपोषितः
api cāsmatkule jātaḥ kālindīsalile plutaḥ || arcayiṣyati govindaṃ mathurāyāmupoṣitaḥ
"And moreover, one born in our family, having plunged into the water of the Kālindī, will worship Govinda at Mathurā, keeping the fast" —
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VrP 157.7
इति गायन्ति पितरः परलोकगताः सदा ।। द्वादश्यां ज्येष्ठमासे तु समभ्यर्च्य जनार्दनम्
iti gāyanti pitaraḥ paralokagatāḥ sadā || dvādaśyāṃ jyeṣṭhamāse tu samabhyarcya janārdanam
thus do the fathers, gone to the other world, sing always. And on the twelfth day in the month of Jyeṣṭha, having duly worshipped Janārdana,
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VrP 157.8
धन्योऽसौ पिण्डनिर्वापं यमुनायां करिष्यति ।। तत्रैव तु महातीर्थे वने बहुलसंज्ञके
dhanyo'sau piṇḍanirvāpaṃ yamunāyāṃ kariṣyati || tatraiva tu mahātīrthe vane bahulasaṃjñake
"blessed is he who will perform the offering of the funeral rice-ball in the Yamunā, there in that very great tīrtha, in the forest called Bahula" —
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VrP 157.9
तत्र स्नातो नरो देवि रुद्रलोके महीयते ।। द्वादश्यां चैत्रमासे तु शुक्लपक्षे वसुन्धरे
tatra snāto naro devi rudraloke mahīyate || dvādaśyāṃ caitramāse tu śuklapakṣe vasundhare
A man who has bathed there, O Goddess, is honoured in the world of Rudra. And on the twelfth day in the month of Caitra, in the bright fortnight, O Vasundharā,
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VrP 157.11
दृश्यन्तेऽहरहस्तत्र आदित्याः शुभकारिणः ।। तत्र चार्कस्थले कुण्डे स्नानं यः कुरुते नरः
dṛśyante'harahastatra ādityāḥ śubhakāriṇaḥ || tatra cārkasthale kuṇḍe snānaṃ yaḥ kurute naraḥ
there the Ādityas, workers of good, are seen day after day. And the man who performs his bathing there in the pool at Arkasthala,
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VrP 157.12
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सूर्यलोकं व्रजेन्नरः ।। तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sūryalokaṃ vrajennaraḥ || tatrātha muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati
that man, released from all sins, goes to the world of the Sun; and if he then gives up his life-breaths there, he goes to my world.
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VrP 157.13
अर्कस्थलसमीपे तु कूपं तु विमलोदकम् ।। सप्तसामुद्रिकं नाम देवानामपि दुर्ल्लभम्
arkasthalasamīpe tu kūpaṃ tu vimalodakam || saptasāmudrikaṃ nāma devānāmapi durllabham
And near Arkasthala there is a well of pure water, named Saptasāmudrika ("of the seven seas"), hard to obtain even for the gods.
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VrP 157.14
तत्र स्नानेन वसुधे स्वच्छन्दगमनालयः ।। अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
tatra snānena vasudhe svacchandagamanālayaḥ || athātra muṃcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati
By bathing there, O Earth, (a man becomes one) whose going and dwelling are at his own will; and if he then gives up his life-breaths here, he goes to my world.
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VrP 157.16
यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानमेकरात्रोषितो नरः ।। स मत्प्रसादात्सुश्रोणि वीरलोके महीयते
yastatra kurute snānamekarātroṣito naraḥ || sa matprasādātsuśroṇi vīraloke mahīyate
The man who, having fasted for one night, performs his bathing there, he, by my grace, O fair-hipped one, is honoured in the world of heroes.
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VrP 157.17
अथाऽत्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्ममलोकं स गच्छति ।। कुशस्थलं च तत्रैव पुण्यं पापहरं शुभम्
athā'tra muñcate prāṇānmamalokaṃ sa gacchati || kuśasthalaṃ ca tatraiva puṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ śubham
And if he then gives up his life-breaths here, he goes to my world. And in that same place is Kuśasthala, meritorious, auspicious, remover of sin.
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VrP 157.18
तत्र स्नातो नरो देवि ब्रह्मलोके महीयते।। अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
tatra snāto naro devi brahmaloke mahīyate|| athātra muṃcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati
A man who has bathed there, O Goddess, is honoured in the world of Brahmā; and if he then gives up his life-breaths there, he goes to my world.
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VrP 157.19
तत्र वीरस्थलं नाम क्षेत्रं गुह्यं परं मम ।। आसन्नसलिलं चैव पद्मोत्पलविभूषितम् तत्र पुष्पस्थलं नाम शिवक्षेत्रमनुत्तमम् ।। तत्र स्नानेन मनुजः शिवलोके महीयते
tatra vīrasthalaṃ nāma kṣetraṃ guhyaṃ paraṃ mama || āsannasalilaṃ caiva padmotpalavibhūṣitam tatra puṣpasthalaṃ nāma śivakṣetramanuttamam || tatra snānena manujaḥ śivaloke mahīyate
There is the field named Vīrasthala, my supreme secret (place), with water close by, adorned with lotuses and water-lilies. There is (a place) named Puṣpasthala, an unsurpassed field of Śiva; by bathing there a man is honoured in the world of Śiva.
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VrP 157.21
तत्र गोपीश्वरो नाम महापातकनाशनः ।। कृष्णस्य रमणार्थं हि सहस्राणि च षोडश
tatra gopīśvaro nāma mahāpātakanāśanaḥ || kṛṣṇasya ramaṇārthaṃ hi sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa
There is (the god) named Gopīśvara, destroyer of the great sins; and for Kṛṣṇa's pleasure sixteen thousand
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VrP 157.22
गोप्यो रूपाणि चक्रे च तत्र क्रीडनके हरिः ।। यदा बालेन कृष्णेन भग्नार्जुनयुगं तथा
gopyo rūpāṇi cakre ca tatra krīḍanake hariḥ || yadā bālena kṛṣṇena bhagnārjunayugaṃ tathā
gopī forms Hari made there in his play — at the time when by the boy Kṛṣṇa the pair of arjuna trees was broken,
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VrP 157.23
शकटं च तदा भिन्नं घटभाण्डकुटीरकम् ।। ताभिस्तत्रैव गोविन्दं क्रीडन्तं च यदृच्छया
śakaṭaṃ ca tadā bhinnaṃ ghaṭabhāṇḍakuṭīrakam || tābhistatraiva govindaṃ krīḍantaṃ ca yadṛcchayā
and when the cart was smashed, along with the pots, vessels and the little hut; and by them (the gopīs) Govinda, playing there at his own pleasure,
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VrP 157.24
परिष्वज्य हि धर्मेण व्याजेन च सुगोपितम् ।। मातलिस्तत्र चागत्य देवैरुक्तं यथोदितम्
pariṣvajya hi dharmeṇa vyājena ca sugopitam || mātalistatra cāgatya devairuktaṃ yathoditam
was embraced indeed in accordance with dharma, and well hidden by a pretext. And Mātali, coming there, (did) as was told, as was declared by the gods:
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VrP 157.26
गोपीमण्डलपातेन स्नापितो हेमकुण्डलः ।। गोप्यो गायन्ति नृत्यन्ति कृष्ण कृष्ण इति ब्रुवन्
gopīmaṇḍalapātena snāpito hemakuṇḍalaḥ || gopyo gāyanti nṛtyanti kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa iti bruvan
He of the golden earrings was bathed by the descent of the circle of gopīs; the gopīs sing and dance, saying "Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa!"
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VrP 157.27
तत्र गोपीश्वरं देवं मातलिः स्थाप्य पूजितम् ।। कूपं च स्थापयामास मांगल्यैः कलशैः शुभैः
tatra gopīśvaraṃ devaṃ mātaliḥ sthāpya pūjitam || kūpaṃ ca sthāpayāmāsa māṃgalyaiḥ kalaśaiḥ śubhaiḥ
There Mātali, having installed the god Gopīśvara, who was worshipped (by him), also established a well with auspicious, propitious jars —
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VrP 157.28
सप्तसामुद्रिकं नाम कूपं तु विमलोदकम् ।। देवस्याग्रे तु वसुधे गोपा यस्य महात्मनः
saptasāmudrikaṃ nāma kūpaṃ tu vimalodakam || devasyāgre tu vasudhe gopā yasya mahātmanaḥ
the well named Saptasāmudrika, of pure water, in front of the god, O Earth — (the god) that great one whose cowherds
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VrP 157.29
गोपवेषधरं देवमभिषेकं चकार ह ।। आनीय सप्त कलशान्रत्नौषधिपरिप्लुतान् पितरश्चापि नन्दन्ति पानीयं पिण्डमेव च ।। सप्तसामुद्रिके कूपे यः श्राद्धं संप्रदास्यति
gopaveṣadharaṃ devamabhiṣekaṃ cakāra ha || ānīya sapta kalaśānratnauṣadhipariplutān pitaraścāpi nandanti pānīyaṃ piṇḍameva ca || saptasāmudrike kūpe yaḥ śrāddhaṃ saṃpradāsyati
performed the consecration of the god who wore cowherd's dress, having brought seven jars filled with jewels and herbs. The fathers too rejoice in the water and in the rice-ball. Whoever will present the śrāddha offering at the Saptasāmudrika well —
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VrP 157.31
पितरस्तस्य तृप्यन्ति कोटिवर्षशतान्यलम् ।। गोविन्दस्य च देवस्य तथा गोपीश्वरस्य च
pitarastasya tṛpyanti koṭivarṣaśatānyalam || govindasya ca devasya tathā gopīśvarasya ca
His forefathers are satisfied for a full ten billion years — and (so too at the shrines) of the god Govinda and of Gopīśvara.
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VrP 157.32
मध्ये तु मरणं यस्य शक्रस्यैति सलोकताम् ।। तथा बहुलरुद्रस्य गोविन्दस्यैव मध्यतः
madhye tu maraṇaṃ yasya śakrasyaiti salokatām || tathā bahularudrasya govindasyaiva madhyataḥ
But one whose death occurs between (them) attains to the same world as Śakra; likewise (for one who dies) between Bahularudra and Govinda,
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VrP 157.33
तद्वद्ब्रह्माणमाशास्य गोपीशस्यैव मध्यतः ।। एतेषु स्नानदानेन पिण्डपातेन भामिनि
tadvadbrahmāṇamāśāsya gopīśasyaiva madhyataḥ || eteṣu snānadānena piṇḍapātena bhāmini
so too, having pleased Brahmā, (one who dies) between (that place) and Gopīśa. By bathing, giving and offering piṇḍa at these (places), O radiant lady,
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VrP 157.34
नरस्तारयते पुंसां दश पूर्वान्दशापरान् ।। एषु स्नातो नरो देवि देवैश्च सह मोदते
narastārayate puṃsāṃ daśa pūrvāndaśāparān || eṣu snāto naro devi devaiśca saha modate
a man rescues ten of his forefathers and ten of his descendants among men; a man who has bathed at these (places), O goddess, rejoices together with the gods.
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VrP 157.35
तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति।। वसुपत्रं महातीर्थं पुण्यं परममुत्तमम्
tatrātha muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati|| vasupatraṃ mahātīrthaṃ puṇyaṃ paramamuttamam
And if he then gives up his life-breaths there, he goes to my world. Vasupatra is a great sacred ford, holy, supreme, most excellent.
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VrP 157.36
मथुरादक्षिणे पार्श्वे क्षेत्रं फाल्गुनकं तथा ।। तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च परलोके महीयते
mathurādakṣiṇe pārśve kṣetraṃ phālgunakaṃ tathā || tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca paraloke mahīyate
On the southern side of Mathurā is likewise the field called Phālgunaka; having bathed and drunk there, one is honoured in the next world.
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VrP 157.37
तत्र फाल्गुनके चैव तीर्थे परमदुर्ल्लभे ।। वृषभाञ्जनकं नाम क्षेत्रं मे दुर्ल्लभं महत्
tatra phālgunake caiva tīrthe paramadurllabhe || vṛṣabhāñjanakaṃ nāma kṣetraṃ me durllabhaṃ mahat
There at that most hard-to-attain ford Phālgunaka is the field named Vṛṣabhāñjanaka, mine, hard to attain, great.
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VrP 157.38
तत्राभिषेकं यः कुर्यात्स देवैः सह मोदते ।। तत्र यो मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
tatrābhiṣekaṃ yaḥ kuryātsa devaiḥ saha modate || tatra yo muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati
Whoever performs the bathing-rite there rejoices together with the gods; and whoever gives up his life-breaths there goes to my world.
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VrP 157.39
अस्ति तालवनं नाम धेनुकासुररक्षितम् ।। मथुरापश्चिमे भागे अदूरादर्द्धयोजनम्
asti tālavanaṃ nāma dhenukāsurarakṣitam || mathurāpaścime bhāge adūrādarddhayojanam
There is (a place) named Tālavana, guarded by the demon Dhenuka, on the western side of Mathurā, not far off — half a yojana.
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VrP 157.41
अस्ति संपीठकं नाम अस्मिन् क्षेत्रे परं मम ।। तत्र कुण्डं विशालाक्षि प्रसन्नसलिलं शुभम्
asti saṃpīṭhakaṃ nāma asmin kṣetre paraṃ mama || tatra kuṇḍaṃ viśālākṣi prasannasalilaṃ śubham
In this field of mine there is a supreme (place) named Saṃpīṭhaka; there, wide-eyed one, is a pool with clear water, auspicious.
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VrP 157.42
तत्र स्नानं च ये कुर्युरेकरात्रोषिता नराः।। अग्निष्टोम फलं चैव लभन्ते नात्र संशयः
tatra snānaṃ ca ye kuryurekarātroṣitā narāḥ|| agniṣṭoma phalaṃ caiva labhante nātra saṃśayaḥ
Those men who, having fasted there one night, bathe there obtain the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice — there is no doubt in this.
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VrP 157.43
अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। देवकीगर्भसंभूतो वसुदेवगृहे शुभे
athātra muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati || devakīgarbhasaṃbhūto vasudevagṛhe śubhe
And if he gives up his life-breaths there, he goes to my world. (I was) born from Devakī's womb in the auspicious house of Vasudeva.
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VrP 157.44
तत्र पुण्येन हि मया रविराराधितः शुभः ।। लब्धः प्राज्ञो मया पुत्रो रूपवांश्च गुणान्वितः
tatra puṇyena hi mayā ravirārādhitaḥ śubhaḥ || labdhaḥ prājño mayā putro rūpavāṃśca guṇānvitaḥ
For there, through merit, the auspicious Sun was worshipped by me, and by me a wise son was obtained, handsome and endowed with virtues.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 157.45
तत्रैवं तु ततो दृष्टः पद्महस्तो दिवाकरः ।। मासि भाद्रपदे देवी तिग्मतेजा विभावसुः
tatraivaṃ tu tato dṛṣṭaḥ padmahasto divākaraḥ || māsi bhādrapade devī tigmatejā vibhāvasuḥ
There, in that way, the lotus-handed Sun was then seen — in the month of Bhādrapada, O goddess, the fierce-rayed, light-possessing one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 157.46
सप्तम्यां कृष्णपक्षस्य रविस्तिष्ठति सर्वदा ।। तस्मिन्नहनि यः स्नानं कुर्यात्कुण्डे समाहितः
saptamyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣasya ravistiṣṭhati sarvadā || tasminnahani yaḥ snānaṃ kuryātkuṇḍe samāhitaḥ
On the seventh of the dark fortnight the Sun always abides (there); whoever, concentrated, bathes in the pool on that day —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 157.47
न तस्य दुर्ल्लभं लोके सर्वदाता दिवाकरः ।। आदित्येऽहनि सम्प्राप्ते सप्तम्यां तु वसुन्धरे
na tasya durllabhaṃ loke sarvadātā divākaraḥ || āditye'hani samprāpte saptamyāṃ tu vasundhare
for him nothing in the world is hard to obtain, the Sun being the giver of all. When Sunday falls (together) with the seventh, O Earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 157.48
नरो वाप्यथवा नारी प्राप्नोत्यविकलं फलम् ।। तत्रैव तु तपस्तप्तं राज्ञा शन्तनुना पुरा
naro vāpyathavā nārī prāpnotyavikalaṃ phalam || tatraiva tu tapastaptaṃ rājñā śantanunā purā
whether a man or a woman, one obtains the fruit undiminished. And in that very place austerity was practised formerly by King Śantanu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 157.49
आदित्यं तु पुरः स्थाप्य प्राप्तो भीष्मो महाबलः ।। शन्तनुः प्राप्य तं पुत्रं गतो ऽसौ हस्तिनापुरम्
ādityaṃ tu puraḥ sthāpya prāpto bhīṣmo mahābalaḥ || śantanuḥ prāpya taṃ putraṃ gato 'sau hastināpuram
Setting the Sun before him, he obtained Bhīṣma of great strength; and Śantanu, having got that son, went to Hastināpura.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 157.157
तत्र स्नातो नरो याति मम लोकं न संशयः ।। अस्ति भाण्डह्रदं नाम परपारेषु दुर्ल्लभम् ख्याता एते पञ्च देशा महापापविनाशनाः ।। तेषु स्नानेषु वसुधे ब्रह्मणा सह मोदते पितरस्तारितास्तेन कुलानां सप्तसप्ततिः ।। सोमवारे त्वमायां वै पिण्डदानं करोति यः तत्र कुण्डं स्वच्छजलं नीलोत्पलविभूषितम् ।। तत्र स्नानेन दानेन वाञ्छितं फलमाप्नुयात् तत्र स्नानेन दानेन वाञ्छितं फलमाप्नुयात्
tatra snāto naro yāti mama lokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || asti bhāṇḍahradaṃ nāma parapāreṣu durllabham khyātā ete pañca deśā mahāpāpavināśanāḥ || teṣu snāneṣu vasudhe brahmaṇā saha modate pitarastāritāstena kulānāṃ saptasaptatiḥ || somavāre tvamāyāṃ vai piṇḍadānaṃ karoti yaḥ tatra kuṇḍaṃ svacchajalaṃ nīlotpalavibhūṣitam || tatra snānena dānena vāñchitaṃ phalamāpnuyāt tatra snānena dānena vāñchitaṃ phalamāpnuyāt
A man who has bathed there goes to my world — no doubt of it. There is (a place) named Bhāṇḍahrada, hard to reach on the far shores. These five regions are renowned as destroyers of great sins; by bathings at them, O Earth, one rejoices together with Brahmā. By him seventy-seven generations of forefathers are carried across. Whoever makes the piṇḍa-offering on a Monday that is also the new-moon day — there is a pool there with clear water adorned with blue lotuses; there, by bathing and giving, one would obtain the fruit one wishes; there, by bathing and giving, one would obtain the fruit one wishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain