दशापराणि तीर्थानि तत्र सर्वार्थदानि च तत्र स्नानं च दानं च सहस्रफलदायकम्
There are ten other holy places there, all bestowing every desired result; bathing and giving gifts there yield a thousandfold reward.
यत्र श्रीगौतमीतीरे वसिष्ठादिमुनीश्वरैः सर्वापत्तारकं होमम् अकारयद् अघान्तकम्
On the bank of the sacred Gautamī, the great sages beginning with Vasiṣṭha performed a sacrifice that destroys all sin and rescues from every calamity.
सहस्रसंख्यायुक्तेषु कुण्डेषु वसुधारया सर्वान् अपेक्षितान् कामान् अवापासौ महातपाः
In the thousand-numbered pools, by the grace of the earth, that great ascetic obtained all the desires he wished for.
गौतम्याः सरिदम्बायाः प्रसादाद् राक्षसान्तकः सहस्रकुण्डाभिधं तद् अभूत् तीर्थं महाफलम्
By the favor of the river Gautamī, the destroyer of Rākṣasas, that holy place known as Sahasrakuṇḍa became of great merit.
कपिलतीर्थम् आख्यातं तद् एवाङ्गिरसं स्मृतम् तद् एवादित्यम् आख्यातं सैंहिकेयं तद् उच्यते
That is called the Kapila Tīrtha, also remembered as Aṅgirasa; it is also called Āditya, and is said to be Saiṃhikeyam.
गौतम्या दक्षिणे पारे आदित्यान् मुनिसत्तम अयाजयन्न् अङ्गिरसो दक्षिणां ते भुवं ददुः
On the southern bank of the Gautamī, O best of sages, Aṅgiras performed sacrifices to the Ādityas, and they gave him the southern land as a gift.
अङ्गिरोभ्यस् तदादित्यास् तपसे ऽङ्गिरसो ययुः सा भूमिः सैंहिकी भूत्वा जनान् सर्वान् अभक्षयत्
Then the Ādityas departed for austerity from the Aṅgiras; that land, becoming Saiṃhikī, devoured all people.
तत्रसुस् ते जनाः सर्वे अङ्गिरोभ्यो न्यवेदयन् विभीता ज्ञानतो ज्ञात्वा भुवं तां सैंहिकीम् इति
All the people who dwelled there reported this to the Aṅgiras, frightened, having learned by knowledge that the land was Saiṃhikī.
आदित्यान् अनुगत्वाथ वाचम् अङ्गिरसो ऽब्रुवन् भुवं गृह्णन्तु या दत्ता नेत्य् आदित्यास् तदाब्रुवन्
Then, following the Adityas, the Angirases spoke these words: 'Let them take back the land that was given.' But the Adityas replied, 'No.'
निवृत्तां दक्षिणां नैव प्रतिगृह्णन्ति सूरयः स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा यो हरेत वसुंधराम्
The wise do not accept as a gift land that has been taken back, whether it was given by oneself or by another; whoever seizes land, whether self-given or given by another—
षष्टिर् वर्षसहस्राणि विष्ठायां जायते कृमिः भूमेः स्वपरदत्ताया हरणान् नाधिकं क्वचित्
For sixty thousand years, he is born as a worm in excrement, because of taking land that was given by oneself or by another; there is no greater sin than this anywhere.
पापम् अस्ति महारौद्रं न स्वीकुर्मः पुनस् तु ताम् एवं यदा स्वदत्ताया हरणे किं तदा भवेत्
There is a great and terrible sin in this; therefore, we do not accept it again. If this is so for land given by oneself, what then when taking land given by another?
तथापि क्रयरूपेण गृह्णीमो दक्षिणां भुवम् तथेत्य् उक्ते तु ते देवाः कपिलां शुभलक्षणाम्
Even so, we accept the gift of land in the form of a purchase. When this was agreed, the gods gave a Kapila cow of auspicious marks—
गङ्गाया दक्षिणे पारे भुवः स्थाने तु तां ददुः भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदः साक्षाद् विष्णुस् तिष्ठति मूर्तिमान्
On the southern bank of the Ganga, at the place of the land, they gave her. There, Vishnu himself, in embodied form, stands, granting both enjoyment and liberation.
कपिलासंगमं तच् च सर्वाघौघविनाशनम् तत्राभवद् दानतोयाद् आपगा कपिलाभिधा
That confluence with the Kapila cow destroys all heaps of sin. There, from the water of the gift, a river arose, called Kapila.
सस्यवत्या अपि भुवो दानाद् गोदानम् उत्तमम् लोकरक्षां चकारासौ कृत्वा विनिमयं मुनिः
By the gift of land, even from fertile earth, the gift of a cow is considered supreme. The sage, having made the exchange, accomplished the protection of the world.
यत्र तीर्थे च तद् वृत्तं गोतीर्थं तद् उदाहृतम् पुण्यदं तत्र तीर्थानां शतम् उक्तं मनीषिभिः
Where this event took place at the holy site, it is called Gotirtha. There, a hundred holy places, bestowing merit, are said to exist by the wise.
तत्र स्नानेन दानेन भूमिदानफलं लभेत् संगता गङ्गया तच् च कपिलासंगमं विदुः
By bathing and giving gifts there, one attains the fruit of giving land. That confluence with the Ganga is known as the Kapila confluence.
शङ्खह्रदं नाम तीर्थं यत्र शङ्खगदाधरः तत्र स्नात्वा च तं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यते भवबन्धनात्
There is a holy place called Shankhahraḍa, where the bearer of the conch and mace resides. Bathing there and beholding him, one is freed from the bonds of worldly existence.
तत्रेदं वृत्तम् आख्यास्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम् पुरा कृतयुगस्यादौ ब्रह्मणः सामगायिनः
There, I will recount an event that bestows both enjoyment and liberation: In the beginning of the Krita Yuga, the singers of Sama for Brahma—
ब्रह्माण्डागारसंभूता राक्षसा बहुरूपिणः ब्रह्माणं खादितुं प्राप्ता बलोन्मत्ता धृतायुधाः
Rakshasas of many forms, born from the storehouse of the cosmic egg, came, intoxicated with power and armed, to devour Brahma.
तदाहम् अब्रवं विष्णुं रक्षणाय जगद्गुरुम् स विष्णुस् तानि रक्षांसि हन्तुं चक्रेण चोद्यतः
Then I spoke to Vishnu, the teacher of the world, for protection. That Vishnu, to destroy those Rakshasas, became ready with his discus.
छित्त्वा चक्रेण रक्षांसि शङ्खम् आपूरयत् तदा निष्कण्टकं तलं कृत्वा स्वर्गं निर्वैरम् एव च
Having cut down the Rakshasas with his discus, he filled the conch. Then, making the earth free of thorns and heaven free of enmity—
ततो हर्षप्रकर्षेण शङ्खम् आपूरयद् धरिः ततो रक्षांसि सर्वाणि ह्य् अनीनशुर् अशेषतः
Then, in great joy, Hari filled the conch. After that, all the Rakshasas were completely destroyed.
यत्रैतद् वृत्तम् अखिलं विष्णुशङ्खप्रभावतः शङ्खतीर्थं तु तत् प्रोक्तं सर्वक्षेमकरं नृणाम्
Where all this took place, by the power of Vishnu's conch, that is called Shankhatirtha, which brings all welfare to people.
सर्वाभीष्टप्रदं पुण्यं स्मरणान् मङ्गलप्रदम् आयुरारोग्यजननं लक्ष्मीपुत्रप्रवर्धनम्
It grants all desired things, is meritorious, auspicious when remembered, bestows long life and health, and increases wealth and sons.
स्मरणात् पठनाद् वापि सर्वकामान् अवाप्नुयात् तीर्थानाम् अयुतं तत्र सर्वपापनुदं मुने
By remembering or reciting it, one attains all desires; there, O sage, it is equal to ten thousand sacred places and removes all sins.
तीर्थान्य् अयुतसंख्यानि सर्वपापहराणि च येषां प्रभावं जानाति वक्तुं देवो महेश्वरः
The sacred places, numbering ten thousand, are destroyers of all sins; their power is known and spoken of by the god Maheśvara.
पापक्षयप्रतिनिधिर् नैतेभ्यो ऽस्त्य् अपरः क्वचित्
There is truly no other representative of the destruction of sin equal to these anywhere.
किष्किन्धातीर्थम् आख्यातं सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम् सर्वपापप्रशमनं यत्र संनिहितो भवः
The holy place called Kiṣkindhā is said to grant all desires to people; it brings about the pacification of all sins, for there Bhava is present.