गत्वा शक्रस्य भवनं शक्रेण सह मोदते
Having gone to the abode of Shakra, he delights together with Shakra.
स्नापयेत् तत्र यत्नेन रूपवान् सुभगो भवेत्
One who bathes there with effort becomes handsome and fortunate.
श्रावणे मासी संप्राप्ते कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशी
When the month of Shrāvaṇa arrives, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight,
पितॄणां तर्पणं कृत्वा मुच्यते ऽसावॄणत्रयात्
Having performed the offering to the ancestors, he is freed from the three debts.
आजन्मजनितैः पापैर्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
He is freed from sins committed since birth; there is no doubt about this.
दशाश्वमेधिकं तीर्थं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम्
The holy place, famed in the three worlds, is equal to ten Ashvamedha sacrifices.
अमावस्यां नरः स्नात्वा पूजयेद् वृषभध्वजम्
On the new moon day, a man, having bathed, should worship the Lord with the bull banner.
गत्वा रुद्रपुरं रम्यं रुद्रेण सह मोदते
Having gone to the delightful city of Rudra, he rejoices together with Rudra.
पितॄणां तर्पणं कुर्यादश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
One who performs the offering to the ancestors obtains the fruit of an Ashvamedha sacrifice.
तत्र देवो भृगुः पुर्वं रुद्रमाराधयत् पुरा
There, the god Bhrigu formerly worshipped Rudra in ancient times.
एतत् क्षेत्रं सुविपुलं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
This field is vast and destroys all sins.
भोजनं च यथाशक्ति तदस्याक्षयमुच्यते
Food given here according to one's ability is said to be inexhaustible.
अक्षयं तत् तपस्तप्तं भृगुतीर्थे युधिष्ठिर
Austerity performed at the Bhrigu Tirtha, O Yudhishthira, is inexhaustible.
सान्निध्यं तत्र कथितं भृगुतीर्थे युधिष्ठिर
The presence there at the Bhrigu Tirtha, O Yudhishthira, has been described.
यत्राराध्य त्रिशूलाङ्कं गौतमः सिद्धिमाप्नुयात्
Where Gautama, worshipping the one marked with the trident, attains perfection.
काञ्चनेन विमानेन ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
He is honored in Brahma's world with a golden palace.
न जानन्ति नरा मूढा विष्णोर्मायाविमोहिताः
Deluded by Vishnu's maya, ignorant men do not know.
तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति
There, at that tirtha, a man bathing removes the sin of killing a Brahmin.
चतुर्भुजस्त्रिनेत्रश्च हरतुल्यबलो भवेत्
He becomes four-armed, three-eyed, and equal in strength to Hara.
कालेन महता जातः पृथिव्यामेकराड् भवेत्
Born after a long time, he becomes the sole ruler on earth.
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन् ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
There, having bathed, O king, a man is honored in Brahma's world.
वराहतीर्थ माख्यातं विष्णुलोकगतिप्रदम्
The Varaha Tirtha is proclaimed, granting the path to Vishnu's world.
स्नातमात्रो नरस्तत्र चन्द्रलोके महीयते
There, merely by bathing, a man is honored in the world of the moon.
स्नातमात्रो नरस्तत्र पृथिव्यामेकराड् भवेत्
There, merely by bathing, a man becomes the sole ruler on earth.
तत्र स्नात्वा च राजेन्द्र दैवतैः सह मोदते
There, having bathed, O king of kings, he rejoices together with the gods.
यत् तत्र दीयते दानं सर्वं कोटिगुणं भवेत्
Whatever gift is given there becomes multiplied a hundred million times.
यत्तत्र क्रियते श्राद्धं सर्वं तदक्षयं भवेत्
Whatever śrāddha is performed there, all of it becomes imperishable.
विधूय सर्वपापानि ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
Having cast off all sins, one is honored in the world of Brahma.
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन् दैवतैः सह मोदते
Having bathed there, O King, a man rejoices together with the gods.
स्नात्वा तत्र नरो राजन् रुद्रलोके महीयते
Having bathed there, O King, a man is honored in the realm of Rudra.