स्नात्वैवं सागरे सम्यक् तस्मिन् क्षेत्रवरे द्विजाः तीरे चाभ्यर्च्य विधिवन् नारायणम् अनामयम्
Having bathed properly in the ocean at that excellent holy place, O twice-born, and having worshipped Nārāyaṇa, the flawless, on the shore according to rule,
रामं कृष्णं सुभद्रां च प्रणिपत्य च सागरम् शतानाम् अश्वमेधानां फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः
By bowing to Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, and Subhadrā, and to the ocean, a man obtains the fruit of hundreds of horse sacrifices.
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सर्वदुःखविवर्जितः वृन्दारक इव श्रीमान् रूपयौवनगर्वितः
Freed from all sins and devoid of all suffering, he becomes radiant like a Vṛndāraka, proud in beauty and youth.
विमानेनार्कवर्णेन दिव्यगन्धर्वनादिना कुलैकविंशम् उद्धृत्य विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
Ascending a celestial chariot shining like the sun, accompanied by divine Gandharvas and others, he lifts up twenty-one generations of his lineage and goes to the world of Viṣṇu.
भुक्त्वा तत्र वरान् भोगान् क्रीडित्वा चाप्सरैः सह मन्वन्तरशतं साग्रं जरामृत्युविवर्जितः
Having enjoyed excellent pleasures there and sported with Apsarases for more than a hundred manvantaras, he is free from old age and death.
पुण्यक्षयाद् इहायातः कुले सर्वगुणान्विते रूपवान् सुभगः श्रीमान् सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः
When his merit is exhausted, he is born here in a family endowed with all virtues, handsome, fortunate, illustrious, truthful, and self-controlled.
वेदशास्त्रार्थविद् विप्रो भवेद् यज्वा तु वैष्णवः योगं च वैष्णवं प्राप्य ततो मोक्षम् अवाप्नुयात्
A brāhmaṇa who knows the meaning of the Vedas and scriptures becomes a sacrificer, indeed a devotee of Viṣṇu; attaining Vaiṣṇava yoga, he then obtains liberation.
ग्रहोपरागे संक्रान्त्याम् अयने विषुवे तथा युगादिषु षडशीत्यां व्यतीपाते दिनक्षये
During a lunar or solar eclipse, at solstices, equinoxes, and likewise at the beginning of a yuga, on the sixth day, at planetary conjunctions, and at the end of the day—
आषाढ्यां चैव कार्त्तिक्यां माघ्यां वान्ये शुभे तिथौ ये तत्र दानं विप्रेभ्यः प्रयच्छन्ति सुमेधसः
On the days of Āṣāḍhā, Kārttikā, Māgha, or any auspicious tithi, those wise ones who give gifts to brāhmaṇas there—
फलं सहस्रगुणितम् अन्यतीर्थाल् लभन्ति ते पितॄणां ये प्रयच्छन्ति पिण्डं तत्र विधानतः
They obtain a thousandfold greater result than at other sacred places, those who offer the piṇḍa to their ancestors there according to the prescribed method.
अक्षयां पितरस् तेषां तृप्तिं संप्राप्नुवन्ति वै एवं स्नानफलं सम्यक् सागरस्य मयोदितम्
Their ancestors attain inexhaustible satisfaction; thus, the result of bathing in the ocean has been properly declared by me.
दानस्य च फलं विप्राः पिण्डदानस्य चैव हि धर्मार्थमोक्षफलदम् आयुष्कीर्तियशस्करम्
O brāhmaṇas, the fruit of giving, and of offering piṇḍa, indeed, bestows the results of dharma, artha, and mokṣa, as well as long life, fame, and glory.
भुक्तिमुक्तिफलं नॄणां धन्यं दुःस्वप्ननाशनम् सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं सर्वकामफलप्रदम्
It grants enjoyment and liberation to people, brings prosperity, destroys evil dreams, removes all sins, bestows merit, and fulfills all desires.
नास्तिकाय न वक्तव्यं पुराणं च द्विजोत्तमाः तावद् गर्जन्ति तीर्थानि माहात्म्यैः स्वैः पृथक् पृथक्
O best of twice-born, the Purāṇa should not be spoken to an atheist; until then, the sacred places proclaim their own greatness separately.
यावन् न तीर्थराजस्य माहात्म्यं वर्ण्यते द्विजाः पुष्करादीनि तीर्थानि प्रयच्छन्ति स्वकं फलम्
O brāhmaṇas, until the greatness of the king of sacred places is described, Puṣkara and other tīrthas grant their own respective fruits.
तीर्थराजस् तु स पुनः सर्वतीर्थफलप्रदः भूतले यानि तीर्थानि सरितश् च सरांसि च
But the king of sacred places again bestows the fruits of all tīrthas; all the tīrthas, rivers, and lakes on earth—
विशन्ति सागरे तानि तेनासौ श्रेष्ठतां गतः राजा समस्ततीर्थानां सागरः सरितां पतिः
Enter into the ocean; thus, it has attained supremacy. The ocean is the king of all sacred places, the lord of rivers.
तस्मात् समस्ततीर्थेभ्यः श्रेष्ठो ऽसौ सर्वकामदः तमो नाशं यथाभ्येति भास्करे ऽभ्युदिते द्विजाः
Therefore, it is superior to all sacred places, granting all desires; just as darkness vanishes when the sun rises, O brāhmaṇas—
स्नानेन तीर्थराजस्य तथा पापस्य संक्षयः तीर्थराजसमं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति
By bathing in the king of sacred places, sin is likewise destroyed; there has never been, nor will there be, a tīrtha equal to the king of tīrthas.
अधिष्ठानं यदा यत्र प्रभोर् नारायणस्य वै कः शक्नोति गुणान् वक्तुं तीर्थराजस्य भो द्विजाः
Wherever the abode of Lord Nārāyaṇa is, who can describe the virtues of the king of sacred places, O brāhmaṇas?
कोट्यो नवनवत्यस् तु यत्र तीर्थानि सन्ति वै तस्मात् स्नानं च दानं च होमं जप्यं सुरार्चनम् यत् किंचित् क्रियते तत्र चाक्षयं क्रियते द्विजाः
Where ninety million tīrthas exist, therefore, bathing, giving, sacrifice, recitation, worship of the gods—whatever is performed there, O brāhmaṇas, becomes inexhaustible.
ततो गच्छेद् द्विजश्रेष्ठास् तीर्थं यज्ञाङ्गसंभवम् इन्द्रद्युम्नसरो नाम यत्रास्ते पावनं शुभम्
Then, O best of brāhmaṇas, one should go to the sacred place arising from the limbs of sacrifice, named Indradyumna Lake, where the holy and auspicious waters reside.
गत्वा तत्र शुचिर् धीमान् आचम्य मनसा हरिम् ध्यात्वोपस्थाय च जलम् इमं मन्त्रम् उदीरयेत्
Having gone there, pure and wise, after sipping water and mentally meditating on Hari, and approaching the water, one should recite this mantra:
अश्वमेधाङ्गसंभूत तीर्थ सर्वाघनाशन स्नानं त्वयि करोम्य् अद्य पापं हर नमो ऽस्तु ते
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.
एवम् उच्चार्य विधिवत् स्नात्वा देवान् ऋषीन् पितॄन् तिलोदकेन चान्यांश् च संतर्प्याचम्य वाग्यतः
Having thus recited as prescribed, having bathed according to the ritual, and having satisfied the gods, sages, ancestors, and others with sesame water, one should sip water and remain self-controlled.
दत्त्वा पितॄणां पिण्डांश् च संपूज्य पुरुषोत्तमम् दशाश्वमेधिकं सम्यक् फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः
After offering balls of food to the ancestors and worshipping the Supreme Person, a human attains the full fruit equivalent to ten horse sacrifices.
सप्तावरान् सप्त परान् वंशान् उद्धृत्य देववत् कामगेन विमानेन विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
Having uplifted seven generations before and after in his lineage, like the gods, he goes to Vishnu's realm in a celestial vehicle born of desire.
भुक्त्वा तत्र सुखान् भोगान् यावच् चन्द्रार्कतारकम् च्युतस् तस्माद् इहायातो मोक्षं च लभते ध्रुवम्
There, enjoying delightful pleasures as long as the moon, sun, and stars endure, when he departs from that place and returns here, he surely attains liberation.
एवं कृत्वा पञ्चतीर्थीम् एकादश्याम् उपोषितः ज्येष्ठशुक्लपञ्चदश्यां यः पश्येत् पुरुषोत्तमम्
Having performed the fivefold pilgrimage, having fasted on the eleventh day, whoever beholds the Supreme Person on the fifteenth day of the bright fortnight in Jyeshtha—
स पूर्वोक्तं फलं प्राप्य क्रीडित्वा वाच्युतालये प्रयाति परमं स्थानं यस्मान् नावर्तते पुनः
He attains the previously mentioned fruit, and after enjoying himself in the abode of the Unchanging One, he reaches the supreme state from which there is no return.