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.
मासान् अन्यान् परित्यज्य माघादीन् प्रपितामह प्रशंससि कथं ज्येष्ठं ब्रूहि तत्कारणं प्रभो
O great-grandfather, having set aside other months such as Magha, you praise Jyeshtha; tell me, master, what is the reason for this?
शृणुध्वं मुनिशार्दूलाः प्रवक्ष्यामि समासतः ज्येष्ठं मासं यथा तेभ्यः प्रशंसामि पुनः पुनः
Hear, O foremost among sages, I will briefly explain why I repeatedly praise the month of Jyeshtha above all others.
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि सरितश् च सरांसि च पुष्करिण्यस् तडागानि वाप्यः कूपास् तथा ह्रदाः
All the sacred places on earth, the rivers, lakes, lotus ponds, tanks, wells, and pools—
नानानद्यः समुद्राश् च सप्ताहं पुरुषोत्तमे ज्येष्ठशुक्लदशम्यादि प्रत्यक्षं यान्ति सर्वदा
Various rivers and oceans, during seven days in the Supreme Person, always become manifest beginning from the tenth day of the bright fortnight in Jyeshtha.
स्नानदानादिकं तस्माद् देवताप्रेक्षणं द्विजाः यत् किंचित् क्रियते तत्र तस्मिन् काले ऽक्षयं भवेत्
Therefore, O twice-borns, whatever acts of bathing, giving, and viewing the deities are performed at that time, all become inexhaustible.
शुक्लपक्षस्य दशमी ज्येष्ठे मासि द्विजोत्तमाः हरते दश पापानि तस्माद् दशहरा स्मृता
O best of twice-borns, the tenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Jyeshtha removes ten sins; hence it is remembered as the remover of ten.
यस् तस्यां हलिनं कृष्णं पश्येद् भद्रां सुसंयतः सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोकं व्रजेन् नरः
Whoever, well-restrained, sees the black plough and the auspicious one on that day is freed from all sins and goes to Vishnu's realm.
उत्तरे दक्षिणे विप्रास् त्व् अयने पुरुषोत्तमम् दृष्ट्वा रामं सुभद्रां च विष्णुलोकं व्रजेन् नरः
During the northern or southern solstice, O Brahmins, whoever beholds Purushottama, Rama, and Subhadra, goes to Vishnu's realm.
नरो दोलागतं दृष्ट्वा गोविन्दं पुरुषोत्तमम् फाल्गुन्यां प्रयतो भूत्वा गोविन्दस्य पुरं व्रजेत्
A man who sees Govinda, the Supreme Person, seated on a swing, having become devoted during Phalguni, enters the city of Govinda.
विषुवद्दिवसे प्राप्ते पञ्चतीर्थीं विधानतः कृत्वा संकर्षणं कृष्णं दृष्ट्वा भद्रां च भो द्विजाः
On the day of the equinox, having performed the fivefold pilgrimage according to the ritual, and seeing Sankarshana, Krishna, and the auspicious one, O twice-borns—
नरः समस्तयज्ञानां फलं प्राप्नोति दुर्लभम् विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं च गच्छति
A man attains the rare fruit of all sacrifices, is freed from all sins, and goes to Vishnu's realm.
यः पश्यति तृतीयायां कृष्णं चन्दनरूषितम् वैशाखस्यासिते पक्षे स यात्य् अच्युतमन्दिरम्
Whoever sees Krishna anointed with sandalwood on the third day of the dark fortnight in Vaishakha goes to the abode of the Unchanging One.
ज्यैष्ठ्यां ज्येष्ठर्क्षयुक्तायां यः पश्येत् पुरुषोत्तमम् कुलैकविंशम् उद्धृत्य विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
Whoever beholds the Supreme Person during Jyeshtha, when the moon is joined with the Jyeshtha star, having uplifted twenty-one generations of his lineage, attains the world of Vishnu.
यदा भवेन् महाज्यैष्ठी राशिनक्षत्रयोगतः प्रयत्नेन तदा मर्त्यैर् गन्तव्यं पुरुषोत्तमम्
When the great Jyeshtha occurs, with the conjunction of the zodiac sign and star, then, with effort, mortals should go to see the Supreme Person.
कृष्णं दृष्ट्वा महाज्यैष्ठ्यां रामं भद्रां च भो द्विजाः नरो द्वादशयात्रायाः फलं प्राप्नोति चाधिकम्
O twice-born, seeing Krishna during the great Jyeshtha, or Rama, or Bhadrā, a man obtains the fruit of the twelve pilgrimages, and even more.
प्रयागे च कुरुक्षेत्रे नैमिषे पुष्करे गये गङ्गाद्वारे कुशावर्ते गङ्गासागरसंगमे
At Prayaga, Kurukshetra, Naimisha, Pushkara, Gaya, Gangadvara, Kushavarta, and at the confluence of Ganga and the ocean,
कोकामुखे शूकरे च मथुरायां मरुस्थले शालग्रामे वायुतीर्थे मन्दरे सिन्धुसागरे
At Kokamukha, Shukara, Mathura, the desert, Shalagrama, Vayutirtha, Mandara, and the Sindhu sea,
पिण्डारके चित्रकूटे प्रभासे कनखले द्विजाः शङ्खोद्धारे द्वारकायां तथा बदरिकाश्रमे
At Pindaraka, Chitrakuta, Prabhasa, Kanakhala, O twice-born, Shankhoddhara, Dwaraka, and also Badarikashrama,
लोहकुण्डे चाश्वतीर्थे सर्वपापप्रमोचने कामालये कोटितीर्थे तथा चामरकण्टके
At Lohakunda, Ashvatirtha, the place that releases all sins, Kamalaya, Kotitirtha, and also at Amarakaṇṭaka,
लोहार्गले जम्बुमार्गे सोमतीर्थे पृथूदके उत्पलावर्तके चैव पृथुतुङ्गे सुकुब्जके
At Lohargala, Jambumarga, Somatirtha, Prithudaka, Utpalavartaka, Prithutunga, and Sukubjaka,