गयायां पितृरूपेण देवदेवो जनार्द्दनः 83.
At Gayā, the god of gods, Janārdana, is present in the form of the ancestors.
रथमार्गं गयतीर्थे दृष्ट्वा रुद्रपदादिके 83.
Having seen the chariot path at the Gayā tīrtha, beginning with the Rudra shrine—
दृष्ट्वा पितामहं देवं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते 83.
Having seen the god Pitāmaha, one is freed from all sins.
तथा गदाधरं देवं माधवं पुरुषोत्तमम् 83.
Likewise, having seen the god Gadādhara, Mādhava, the Supreme Person—
मौनादित्यं महात्मानं कनकार्कं विशेषतः 83.
By observing silence, one attains the great-souled Sun, especially the golden Sun.
ब्रह्माणं पूजयित्वा च ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नुयात् 83.
Having worshipped Brahmā, one attains the world of Brahmā.
सन्ध्यां कृत्वा प्रयत्नेन सर्ववेदफलं लभेत् 83.
By diligently performing the twilight worship, one obtains the fruit of all the Vedas.
सरस्वतीं च सायाह्ने दृष्ट्वा दानफलं लभेत् 83.
By beholding Sarasvatī in the evening, one obtains the fruit of giving gifts.
धर्मारण्यं धर्ममीशं दृष्ट्वा स्यादृणनाशनम् 83.
By seeing the forest of Dharma and the Lord of Dharma, one’s debts are destroyed.
धेनुं दृष्ट्वा धेनुवने ब्रह्मलोकं नयेत्पितॄन् 83.
By seeing the cow in the Cow Forest, one leads one’s ancestors to the world of Brahmā.
कोटीश्वरं चाश्वमेधं दृष्ट्वा स्यादृणनाशनम् 83.
By seeing Koṭīśvara and the Aśvamedha, one’s debts are destroyed.
रामेश्वरं गदालोलं दृष्ट्वा स्वर्गमवाप्नुयात् 83.
By seeing Rāmeśvara, where the mace swings, one attains heaven.
मुण्डपृष्ठे महाचण्डीं दृष्ट्वा कामानवाप्नुयात् 83.
By seeing the great Caṇḍī on Muṇḍapṛṣṭha, one attains one’s desires.
गोमकं गोपतिं देवं पितॄणामनृणो भवेत् 83.
By seeing Gomaka, the lord of cows, the god, one becomes free of debts to the ancestors.
मार्कण्डेयेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा पितॄणामनृणो भवेत् 83.
By seeing Mārkaṇḍeyeśvara, one becomes free of debts to the ancestors.
एतेन किं न पर्य्याप्तं नॄणां सुकृतकारिणाम् 83.
Is this not sufficient for those who perform good deeds?
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि ये समुद्राः सरांसि च 83.
Whatever sacred fords, oceans, and lakes there are on earth—
पृथिव्यां च गया पुण्या गयायां च गयाशिरः 83.
On earth is the holy Gayā, and in Gayā is Gayāśira.
उदीचि कनकानद्यो नाभितीर्थं तु मध्यतः 83.
In the north, among the golden rivers, is Nābhitīrtha in the middle.
कूपे पिण्डादिकं कृत्वा पितॄणामनृणो भवेत् 83.
By performing offerings such as piṇḍa at a well, one becomes free of debts to the ancestors.
हंसतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते 83.
By bathing at the Haṃsa ford, a person is released from all sins.
ब्रह्मलोकं नयेच्छ्राद्धी पुरुषानेकविंशतिम् 83.
By performing śrāddha for twenty-one men, one leads them to the world of Brahmā.
श्राद्धी रामह्रदे ब्रह्मलोकं पितृकुलं नयेत् 83.
One who performs the śrāddha at Rāma Lake leads his ancestors' lineage to the world of Brahmā.
दक्षिणे मानसे श्राद्धी ब्रह्मलोकं पितॄन्नयेत् भीष्मतर्पणकृत्तस्य कूटे तारयते पितॄन् 83.
One who performs the śrāddha at the southern Mānasa Lake leads his ancestors to the world of Brahmā; at the Kūṭa where Bhīṣma is propitiated, he delivers his ancestors.
श्राद्धी च धेनुकारण्ये ब्रह्मलोकं पितॄन्नयेत् 83.
One who performs the śrāddha in the Dhenuka forest leads his ancestors to the world of Brahmā.
ऐन्द्रे वा नरतीर्थे च वासवे वैष्णवे तथा 83.
Whether at the Indra, Nara, Vāsava, or Vaiṣṇava tīrthas—
गायत्त्रे चैव सावित्रे तीर्थे सारस्वते तथा 83.
Or at the Gāyatra, Sāvitra, or Sārasvata tīrthas—
पितॄणां तु कुलं ब्रह्मलोकं नयति मानवः 83.
A person leads his ancestors' lineage to the world of Brahmā.
तर्पयित्वा पितॄन्देवान्न विशेद्योनिसङ्कटे 83.
Having satisfied the ancestors and the gods, one does not enter a difficult rebirth.
धर्मारण्ये मतङ्गस्य वाप्यां श्राद्धाद्दिवं व्रजेत् 83.
By performing śrāddha at the Dharmāraṇya of Mataṅga or at the pond, one attains heaven.