सप्तगोदावरं तीर्थं तीर्थं कोणगिरिः परम् 81.
The seven Godāvarī fords are holy, and Koṇagiri is a supreme pilgrimage site.
सह्याद्रौ देवदेवेश एकवीरः सुरेश्वरी 81.
On Mount Sahya, the Lord of gods, Ekavīra, and Sureśvarī reside.
स्नात्वा कनखले तीर्थे स भवेन्न पुनर्भवे सूत उवाच 81.
One who bathes at the holy place Kanakhala does not take birth again.
श्रुत्वाऽब्रवीद्धरेर्ब्रह्मा व्यासं दक्षादिसंयुतम् गयाख्यं प्राह सर्वेषामक्षयं ब्रह्मलोकदम् ॥ 81.
Having heard this, Brahmā spoke to Vyāsa, accompanied by Dakṣa and others: he declared Gayā to be imperishable and the giver of the world of Brahman to all.
इति श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाख्ये आचारकाण्डे सर्वतीर्थ माहात्म्यं नामैकाशीतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the eighty-first chapter, named 'The Greatness of All Holy Places,' in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section of the Purva-khaṇḍa of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.
(अथ गयामाहात्म्यं प्रारभ्यते) सारात्सारतरं व्यास गयामाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् 82.
(Now begins the greatness of Gayā.) Vyāsa, the most excellent, recited the essence of the essence: the supreme greatness of Gayā.
गयासुरोऽभवत्पूर्वं वीर्य्यवान्परमः स च 82.
In ancient times, there was the mighty and most powerful demon Gayāsura.
तत्तपस्तापिता देवास्तद्वधार्थं हरिं गताः 82.
Afflicted by his austerities, the gods went to Hari for the purpose of his destruction.
पात्यतेऽस्य महादेहो तथेत्यूचुः सुरा हरिम् 82.
His great body was to be cast down; thus spoke the gods to Hari.
आनीय कीकटे देशे शयनं चाकरोद्वली 82.
Bringing him to the land of Kīkaṭa, they made him lie down there.
अतो गदाधरो विष्णुर्गयायां मुक्तिदः स्थितः 82.
Therefore, Viṣṇu, the wielder of the mace, stands at Gayā as the giver of liberation.
जनार्द्दनश्च कालेशस्तथान्यः प्रपितामहः 82.
Janārdana, Kāleśa, and also the great-grandfather (Brahmā) are present there.
यज्ञं श्राद्धं पिण्डदानं स्नानादि कुरुते नरः 82.
A man who performs sacrifice, ancestral rites, offering of rice-balls, bathing, and other rituals—
गयातीर्थं परं ज्ञात्वा यागं चक्रे पितामहः 82.
Knowing Gayā to be the supreme holy place, the great-grandfather performed a sacrifice there.
महानदीं रसवहां सृष्ट्वा वाप्यादिकं तथा 82.
He created a great river carrying sacred waters, as well as ponds and the like.
पञ्चक्रोशं गया क्षेत्रं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ प्रभुः 82.
The Lord gave the land of Gayā, measuring five krośas, to the Brāhmaṇas.
स्थिता विप्रास्तदा शप्ता गयायां ब्राह्मणास्ततः 82.
Then the Brahmins, having been cursed, remained at Gayā.
युष्माकं स्याद्वारिवहा नदी पाषाणपर्वतः 82.
For you, there shall be a river, a mountain of stone, and a stream.
लोकाः पुण्या गयायां हि श्राद्धिनो ब्रह्मलोकगाः 82.
Indeed, in Gayā, those who perform śrāddha attain worlds of merit, going to the world of Brahmā.
ब्रह्मज्ञानं गयाश्राद्धं गोगृहे मरणं तथा 82.
Knowledge of Brahman, śrāddha at Gayā, and death in a cow-pen—
समुद्राः सरितः सर्वा वापीकूपह्रदास्तथा 82.
All the oceans, rivers, ponds, wells, and lakes—
ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वंगनागमः 82.
Killing a Brahmin, drinking liquor, theft, and union with a teacher’s wife—
असंस्कृता मृता य च पशुचोरहताश्च ये 82.
Those who die without rites, and those killed by cattle or thieves—
गयायां पिण्डदानेन यत्फलं लभते नरः 82.
The fruit that a man obtains by offering piṇḍa at Gayā—
इति श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाख्ये आचारकाण्डे गयामाहात्म्यं नाम द्व्यशीतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the eighty-second chapter, called 'The Greatness of Gayā,' in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the First Section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.
कीकटेषु गया पुण्या पुण्यं राजगृहं वनम् 83.
In the Kīkaṭa region is holy Gayā, and the sacred forest of Rājagṛha.
मुण्डपृष्ठं तु पूर्वस्मिन्पश्चिमे दक्षिणोत्तरे 83.
Muṇḍapṛṣṭha is to the east, and to the west, south, and north.
पञ्चक्रोशं गयाक्षेत्रं क्रोशमेकं गयाशिरः 83.
The field of Gayā is five krośas; Gayāśira is one krośa.
नगाज्जनार्दनाच्चैव कूपाच्चोत्तरमानसात् 83.
From the mountain Janārdana and from the well of Uttaramānasa—
तत्र पिण्डप्रदानेन पितॄणा परमा गतिः 83.
There, by offering piṇḍa, the ancestors attain the highest state.