तारिताः पितरस्तेन तृप्यन्त्याचन्द्रतारकम्
By that act, the ancestors are delivered and satisfied as long as the moon and stars endure.
तत्र स्नात्वा तु राजेन्द्र प्राप्नुयात् तपसः फलम्
O king, by bathing there, one obtains the fruit of austerity.
नास्ति तेन सम तीर्थं नर्मदायां युधिष्ठिर
There is no holy place on the Narmadā equal to this, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
होमाच्चैवोपवासाच्च शुक्लतीर्थे महत् फलम्
By performing oblations and fasting at Śuklatīrtha, one attains great merit.
शुक्लतीर्थमिति ख्यातं सर्वपापविनाशनम्
Śuklatīrtha is renowned as the destroyer of all sins.
देव्या सह सदा भर्गस्तत्र तिष्ठति शङ्करः
There, Bharga always abides with the goddess, O Śaṅkara.
कैलासाच्चाभिनिष्क्रम्य तत्र सन्निहितो हरः
Having come forth from Kailāsa, Hara is present there.
गणाश्चाप्सरसां नागास्तत्र तिष्ठन्ति पुङ्गव
There, O best of men, hosts of divine beings, celestial nymphs, and serpents reside.
स्नानं दानं तपः श्राद्धमनन्तं तत्र दृश्यते
There, bathing, giving, austerity, and ancestral rites are seen in endless measure.
अहोरात्रोपवासेन शुक्लतीर्थे व्यपोहति
By fasting day and night at Śuklatīrtha, one is purified.
एकविंशत्कुलोपेतो न च्यवेदैश्वरात् पदात्
Accompanied by twenty-one generations, he does not fall from the divine state.
न तां गतिमवाप्नोति शुक्लतीर्थे तु यां लभेत्
No other path grants the state that is attained at Śuklatīrtha.
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन् पुनर्जन्म न विन्दति
Having bathed there, O king, a man does not take birth again.
स्नात्वा तु सोपवासः सन् विजितात्मा समाहितः
Bathing with fasting, self-control, and concentration—
एतत् तीर्थप्रभावेण सर्वं भवति चाक्षयम्
By the power of this holy place, all becomes imperishable.
उद्वादयति यस्तीर्थे तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
Hear the merit gained by one who marries at this holy place.
तावद् वर्षसहस्राणि रुद्रलोके महीयते
He is honored in Rudra's world for thousands of years.
स्नानं कृत्वा नक्तभीजी न पश्येद् योनिसङ्कटम्
Having bathed, one who eats only at night does not see the distress of the womb.
ब्राह्मणं भोजयेदेकं कोटिर्भवति भोजिताः
Feeding a single brāhmaṇa is as if feeding a crore.
नर्मदोदकसंमिश्रं मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः
One who uses water mixed with Narmadā water is freed from all sins.
गङ्गावतरते तत्र दिने पुण्ये न संशयः
On that auspicious day, the descent of the Ganges takes place there, without doubt.
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
Freed from all sins, one is honored in the world of Brahma.
प्रीयते तस्य नन्दीशः सोमलोके महीयते
Nandīśa is pleased with him, and he is honored in the realm of Soma.
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन् नरकं नैव पश्यति
Having bathed there, O King, a man does not see hell at all.
रूपवान् जायते लोके धनभोगसमन्वितः
He is born in the world with beauty and endowed with wealth and enjoyments.
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन् गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
Having bathed there, O King, a man obtains the fruit of a thousand cows.
तत्रोपोष्य नरो भक्त्या दद्याद् दीपं घृतेन तु
There, having fasted with devotion, one should offer a lamp with ghee.
घण्टाभरणसंयुक्तां कपिलां वै प्रदापयेत्
He should give a tawny cow adorned with a bell as a gift.
शिवतुल्यबलो भूत्वा शिववत् क्रीडते चिरम्
Becoming equal in strength to Shiva, he enjoys for a long time like Shiva.
स्नापयित्वा शिवं दद्याद् ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तु भोजनम्
After bathing Shiva, he should give food to the Brahmins.