समागता महाभागा यमुना यत्र निम्नगा
The blessed ones have gathered where the Yamunā river flows.
योजनानां सहस्त्रेषु कीर्तनात् पापनाशनी
Merely mentioning it, even from a thousand yojanas away, destroys sin.
प्राणांस्त्यजति यस्तत्र स याति परमां गतिम्
Whoever gives up their life there attains the highest state.
तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्ते ऽपुनर्भवाः
Those who die after bathing there ascend to heaven and are not reborn.
धर्मराजं महापापैर्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
One is freed from great sins before the Lord of Dharma; there is no doubt.
प्रयागे संस्थितानि स्युरेवमाहुर्मनीषिणः
The sages declare that these places are established at Prayāga.
दिवि भूम्यन्तरिक्षे च तत्सर्वं जाह्नवी स्मृता
In heaven, on earth, and in the sky, all these are known as Jāhnavī.
सिद्धिक्षेत्रं तु तज्ज्ञेयं गङ्गातीरसमाश्रितम्
Know this as the field of accomplishment, situated along the banks of the Gaṅgā.
आस्ते वटेश्वरो नित्यं तत् तीर्थं तत् तपोवनम्
The Lord of the Banyan tree always resides there; that is the sacred place, that is the forest of austerity.
सुहृदां च जपेत् कर्णे शिष्यस्यानुगतस्य तु
One should recite it in the ear of a friend or a devoted disciple.
इदं पुण्यमिदं रम्यं पावनं धर्म्यमुत्तमम्
This is holy, delightful, purifying, and supremely righteous.
अत्राधीत्य द्विजो ऽध्यायं निर्मलत्वमवाप्नुयात्
A twice-born who studies a chapter here attains purity.
जातिस्मरित्वं लभते नाकपृष्ठे च मोदते
He gains remembrance of his birth and rejoices in the highest heaven.
स्नाहि तीर्थेषु कौरव्य न च वक्रमतिर्भव
Bathe at the sacred places, O Kauravya, and let your mind not be crooked.
तीर्तानि कथयामास पृथिव्यां यानि कानिचित्
He described the sacred places that exist on earth.
पृष्टः प्रोवाच सकलमुक्त्वाथ प्रययो मुनिः
Having been questioned, the sage spoke everything and then departed.
मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
He is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Rudra.
पप्रच्छुरुत्तरं सूतं पृथिव्यादिविनिर्णयम्
They questioned Sūta Uttara about the determination of the earth and so on.
इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामस्त्रिलोकस्यास्य मण्डलम्
Now we wish to hear about the sphere of these three worlds.
वनानि सरितः सूर्यग्रहाणां स्थितिरेव च
The forests, the rivers, and the positions of the sun and planets as well.
नृपाणां तत्समासेन सूत वक्तुमिहार्हसि
O Sūta, you ought to speak here concisely about the kings.
नमस्कृत्वाप्रमेयाय यदुक्तं तेन धीमता
Having bowed to the immeasurable one, what was spoken by that wise one—
पुत्रस्तस्याभवन् पुत्राः प्रजापतिसमा दश
He had sons, ten sons equal to Prajāpati.
मेधा मेधातिथिर्हव्यः सवनः पुत्र एव च
Medhā, Medhātithi, Havya, Savana were also his sons.
धार्मिको दाननिरतः सर्वभूतानुकम्पकः
Righteous, devoted to giving, compassionate to all beings.
जातिस्मरा महाभागा न राज्ये दधिरे मतिम्
Blessed with great fortune and remembering their past births, they did not set their minds on the kingdom.
जम्बुद्वीपेश्वरं पुत्रमग्नीध्रमकरोन्नृपः
The king appointed his son Agnīdhra as lord of Jambūdvīpa.
शाल्मलेशं वपुष्मन्तं नरेन्द्रमभिषिक्तवान्
He anointed Vapuṣmat, lord of Śālmaladvīpa, as king.
द्युतिमन्तं च राजानं क्रौञ्चद्वीपे समादिशत्
And he assigned Dyutimat as king in Krauñcadvīpa.
पुष्कराधिपतिं चक्रे सवनं च प्रजापतिः
He made Savana the lord of Puṣkara, the lord of creatures.