In that most sacred place where ninety million tīrthas converge, every act of bathing, giving, sacrifice, recitation, and worship performed becomes inexhaustible in merit, O revered brāhmaṇas. The fruits of pious deeds there never diminish. After this, O best of brāhmaṇas, one is advised to journey to the holy site born from the limbs of sacrifice, known as Indradyumna Lake, where the waters themselves are holy and auspicious. When a pure-hearted and wise seeker arrives at this sacred lake, having sipped water and fixed his mind in meditation upon Hari, he should approach the waters and recite this prayer: “O sacred place, born from the limbs of the horse sacrifice, destroyer of all sins, today I bathe in you. Remove my sin. Salutations to you.” Having recited this mantra as prescribed, the pilgrim bathes according to the proper ritual, and with sesame water, satisfies the gods, sages, ancestors, and others. He then sips water again and remains self-controlled. After offering balls of food to the ancestors and worshipping the Supreme Person, the human attains the full fruit—equal to performing ten horse sacrifices. He uplifts seven generations before and after in his lineage. Like the gods themselves, he ascends to Vishnu’s realm in a celestial vehicle shaped by his own desires. There, he enjoys delightful pleasures as long as the moon, sun, and stars endure. When the time comes to depart from that heavenly abode and return to earth, he surely attains liberation. One who completes the fivefold pilgrimage and observes a fast on the eleventh day, and then beholds the Supreme Person on the fifteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Jyeshtha, attains this same fruit. After enjoying himself in the abode of the Unchanging One, he reaches the supreme state from which there is no return. A question is then asked: “O great-grandfather, leaving aside other months such as Magha, you praise Jyeshtha above all. Tell me, master, what is the reason for this?” The reply comes: “Hear, O foremost among sages, I will briefly explain why I repeatedly praise the month of Jyeshtha above all others. During this time, all the sacred places on earth—rivers, lakes, lotus ponds, tanks, wells, and pools—along with various rivers and oceans, become manifest for seven days within the Supreme Person, starting from the tenth day of the bright fortnight in Jyeshtha.” Therefore, O twice-born, any act of bathing, giving, or beholding the deities performed at that time becomes inexhaustible in merit. The tenth day of the bright fortnight in Jyeshtha is celebrated as the remover of ten sins, for it destroys tenfold evil. Whoever, with self-restraint, sees the black plough and the auspicious one on that day is freed from all sins and attains Vishnu’s realm. During either the northern or southern solstice, any brāhmaṇa who beholds Purushottama, Rama, and Subhadra ascends to Vishnu’s abode. One who sees Govinda, the Supreme Person, seated on a swing during the month of Phalguni, enters the city of Govinda. On the day of the equinox, if a person performs the fivefold pilgrimage as prescribed and beholds Sankarshana, Krishna, and the auspicious one, he attains the rare fruit of all sacrifices, is freed from all sins, and goes to Vishnu’s realm. Whoever sees Krishna anointed with sandalwood on the third day of the dark fortnight in Vaishakha attains the abode of the Unchanging One. Whoever beholds the Supreme Person during Jyeshtha, when the moon is joined with the Jyeshtha star, uplifts twenty-one generations of his lineage and attains the world of Vishnu. When the great Jyeshtha occurs, with the conjunction of the zodiac sign and star, mortals should strive with all effort to go and see the Supreme Person. O twice-born, seeing Krishna during the great Jyeshtha, or Rama, or Bhadrā, a person gains the fruit of twelve pilgrimages and even more. The merit gained at the holiest places—Prayaga, Kurukshetra, Naimisha, Pushkara, Gaya, Gangadvara, Kushavarta, and the confluence of the Ganga and the ocean; Kokamukha, Shukara, Mathura, the desert, Shalagrama, Vayutirtha, Mandara, the Sindhu sea; Pindaraka, Chitrakuta, Prabhasa, Kanakhala, Shankhoddhara, Dwaraka, Badarikashrama; Lohakunda, Ashvatirtha, Kamalaya, Kotitirtha, Amarakantaka; Lohargala, Jambumarga, Somatirtha, Prithudaka, Utpalavartaka, Prithutunga, Sukubjaka; Ekamraka, Kedara, Kashi, Viraja, Kalanjara, Gokarna, Shrishaila, Gandhamadana; Mahendra, Malaya, Vindhya, Pariyatra, Himalaya, Sahya, Shuktimanta, Gomanta, Arbuda—on the Ganga at all her sacred places, on the Yamuna, Sarasvati, Gomati, the seven Brahmaputra rivers, Godavari, Bhimarathi, Tungabhadra, Narmada, Tapi, Payoshni, Kaveri, Shipra, Charmṇvati, Vitasta, Chandrabhaga, Shatadru, Bahuda, Rishikulyā, Kumari, Vipasha, Drishadvati, Sharayu, Nakaganga, Gandaki, Mahanadi, Kaushiki, Karatoya, Trisrota, Madhuvahini, Mahanadi, Vaitarani, and countless others not named, at all shrines, in seas, on mountains, in rivers, and in lakes—the fruit gained by bathing and giving during a solar eclipse is equaled by the merit of beholding Krishna during the great Jyeshtha. Therefore, O best of sages, those who desire the fruit of all wishes should strive with all their heart to go and see the Supreme Person during this most auspicious time of great Jyeshtha.