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.
प्रमाणं देवताः सन्तु लोकपालाश्च साक्षिणः 83.
Let the gods and the guardians of the worlds be witnesses to this truth.
रामतीर्थे नराः स्नात्वा श्राद्धं कृत्वा प्रभासके 83.
Bathing at Rāma Tīrtha and performing śrāddha at Prabhāsa—
श्राद्धकृच्छ स्वपुष्टायां त्रिः सफ्तकुंलमुद्धरेत् 83.
One who performs śrāddha at his own flourishing place uplifts three times seven generations.
गयायां न हि तत्स्थानं यत्र तीर्थं न विद्यते 83.
In Gayā, there is no place where a tīrtha is not found.
अक्षयं फलमाप्नोति ब्रह्मलोकं नयेत्पितॄन् 83.
One obtains imperishable fruit and leads his ancestors to the world of Brahmā.
एष पिण्डे मया दत्तस्तव हस्ते जनार्दन ! 83.
This offering of the piṇḍa has been given by me into your hand, O Janārdana!
ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नोति पितृभिः सह निश्चितम् 83.
He certainly attains the world of Brahmā together with his ancestors.
गयाशीर्षेऽक्षयवटे पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम् 83.
At the head of Gayā, at the imperishable fig tree, what is given to the ancestors is imperishable.
दृष्ट्वैतानि पितॄंश्चार्यवंश्यान्विंशतिमुद्धरेत् 83.
Having seen these, one uplifts twenty generations of ancestors and noble lineage.
पूर्वो ब्रह्मसदो भागो नागाद्रिर्भरताश्रमः 83.
The eastern part is the seat of Brahmā, the mountain of serpents, and the hermitage of Bharata.
गयाशीर्षाद्दक्षिणतो महानद्याश्च पश्चिमे 83.
To the south of Gayāśīrṣa and to the west of the great river,
श्राद्धी तत्र तृतीयायां निश्चिरायाश्च मण्डले 83.
There, in the region of Niścirā on the third day, one should perform the śrāddha rite.
वैतरण्या श्चोत्तरतस्तृतीयाख्यो जलाशयः 83.
To the north of the Vaitaraṇī river is a water reservoir known as Tṛtīyā.
क्रौञ्चपादादुत्तरतो निश्चिराख्यो जलाशयः 83.
To the north of Krauñcapāda is a water reservoir called Niścirā.
दुर्लभं किं पुनर्नित्यमस्मिन्नेव व्यवस्थितः 83.
What, then, is difficult to obtain for one who is always established here?
अक्षयान्प्राप्नुयाल्लोकान्कुलं चापि समुद्धरेत् 83.
He attains imperishable worlds and also uplifts his lineage.
शुक्लकृष्णावुभौ पक्षौ गयायां यो वसेन्नरः पुनात्यासप्तमं चैव कुलं नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥ 83.
Whoever dwells at Gayā during both the bright and dark fortnights purifies up to the seventh generation of his family—of this there is no doubt.
गयायां मुण्डपृष्ठं च अरविन्दं च पर्वतम् 83.
At Gayā are Muṇḍapṛṣṭha and the mountain called Aravinda.
मकरे वर्त्तमाने च ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्य्ययोः 83.
When the lunar or solar eclipse occurs in the sign of Makara,
महाह्रदे च कौशिक्यां मूलक्षेत्रे विशेषतः 83.
Especially at the great lake in Kauśikī and at the root sanctuary,