गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये यस्तु कन्यां प्रयच्छति आर्षेणैव विवाहेन यथाविभवसम्भवम्
He who gives a maiden in marriage between the Ganga and Yamuna, with the Vedic rite, according to his means—
न स पश्यति तं घोरं नरकं तेन कर्मणा उत्तरान्स कुरून्गत्वा मोदते कालमक्षयम् पुत्रान्दारांश्च लभते धार्मिकान्रूपसंयुतान्
He does not see that terrible hell by that act; having gone to the northern Kurus, he enjoys endless time, and obtains sons and wives who are righteous and endowed with beauty.
तत्र दानं प्रकर्तव्यं यथाविभवसम्भवम् तेन तीर्थफलं चैव वर्धते नात्र संशयः स्वर्गे तिष्ठति राजेन्द्र यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
There, one should make gifts according to his means; by that, the fruit of the pilgrimage surely increases—there is no doubt of this. O king, he dwells in heaven until the dissolution of creation.
वटमूलं समासाद्य यस्तु प्राणान्विमुञ्चति सर्वलोकानतिक्रम्य रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
He who, reaching the root of a banyan tree, gives up his life, surpasses all worlds and goes to the realm of Rudra.
तत्र ते द्वादशादित्यास् तपन्ति रुद्रसंश्रिताः निर्दहन्ति जगत्सर्वं वटमूलं न दह्यते
There, the twelve suns, resorting to Rudra, burn; they scorch the whole world, but the root of the banyan is not burned.
नष्टचन्द्रार्कभुवनं यदा चैकार्णवं जगत् स्थीयते तत्र वै विष्णुर् यजमानः पुनः पुनः
When the worlds of the moon and sun are destroyed, and the universe remains as a single ocean, there indeed Vishnu, the sacrificer, abides again and again.
देवदानवगन्धर्वा ऋषयः सिद्धचारणाः सदा सेवन्ति तत्तीर्थं गङ्गायमुनसंगमम्
The gods, the Dānavas, the Gandharvas, the seers, the Siddhas, and the Cāraṇas always serve that sacred place, the confluence of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā.
ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र प्रयागं संस्तुवंश्च यत् यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयः सिद्धचारणाः
From there, O king of kings, one should go to Prayāga, praising it, where Brahmā and the other gods, seers, Siddhas, and Cāraṇas are present.
लोकपालाश्च साध्याश्च पितरो लोकसंमताः सनत्कुमारप्रमुखास् तथैव परमर्षयः
The guardians of the worlds, the Sādhyas, the ancestors esteemed in the worlds, Sanatkumāra and the foremost sages are likewise there.
अङ्गिरःप्रमुखाश्चैव तथा ब्रह्मर्षयः परे तथा नागाः सुपर्णाश्च सिद्धाश्च खेचराश्च ये
Also present are the great sages led by Aṅgiras, the supreme Brahmarṣis, as well as the Nāgas, Suparṇas, Siddhas, and all those who move in the sky.
सागराः सरितः शैला नागा विद्याधराश्च ये हरिश्च भगवनास्ते प्रजापतिपुरःसरः
The oceans, rivers, mountains, Nāgas, Vidyādharas, and the blessed Hari himself, accompanied by the lords of creatures, are there.
गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये पृथिव्या जघनं स्मृतम् प्रयागं राजशार्दूल त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् ततः पुण्यतमं नास्ति त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत
Between the Gaṅgā and Yamunā is considered the womb of the earth; Prayāga, O tiger among kings, is renowned in the three worlds. There is nothing more holy than this in the three worlds, O Bhārata.
श्रवणात्तस्य तीर्थस्य नामसंकीर्तनादपि मृत्तिकालम्भनाद्वापि नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते
By merely hearing of that sacred place, by uttering its name, or by taking up its earth, a person is freed from sin.
तत्राभिषेकं यः कुर्यात् संगमे शंसितव्रतः तुल्यं फलमवाप्नोति राजसूयाश्वमेधयोः
Whoever, steadfast in their vows, performs ablution at that confluence attains a reward equal to that of the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha sacrifices.
न देववचनात्तात न लोकवचनात्तथा मतिर् उत्क्रमणीया ते प्रयागगमनं प्रति
Let not your resolve to go to Prayāga be shaken, O dear one, by the words of gods or men.
दश तीर्थसहस्राणि षष्टिकोट्यस्तथा पराः तेषां सांनिध्यमत्रैव ततस्तु कुरुनन्दन
Ten thousand sacred places and sixty crores more have their presence here, O descendant of Kuru.
या गतिर् योगयुक्तस्य सत्यस्थस्य मनीषिणः सा गतिस्त्यजतः प्राणान् गङ्गायमुनसंगमे
The destination attained by a wise man united with yoga and established in truth is also reached by one who gives up the breath at the confluence of Gaṅgā and Yamunā.
न ते जीवन्ति लोके ऽस्मिंस् तत्र तत्र युधिष्ठिर ये प्रयागं न सम्प्राप्तास् त्रिषु लोकेषु वञ्चिताः
Those who have not reached Prayāga, O Yudhiṣṭhira, do not truly live in this world; they are deceived in all three worlds.
एवं दृष्ट्वा तु तत्तीर्थं प्रयागं परमं पदम् मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यः शशाङ्क इव राहुणा
Thus, seeing that sacred place, Prayāga, the supreme abode, one is freed from all sins, just as the moon is freed from Rāhu.
कम्बलाश्वतरौ नागौ विपुले यमुनातटे तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
There, on the broad bank of the Yamunā, are the Nāgas Kambala and Aśvatara; by bathing and drinking there, one is freed from all sins.
तत्र गत्वा च संस्थानं महादेवस्य विश्रुतम् नरस्तारयते सर्वान् दश पूर्वान्दशापरान्
Going there to the renowned shrine of Mahādeva, a man delivers all his ten ancestors before and after.
कृत्वाभिषेकं तु नरः सो ऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत् स्वर्गलोकमवाप्नोति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
By performing ablution there, a man obtains the fruit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice and attains the world of the gods until the cosmic dissolution.
पूर्वपार्श्वे तु गङ्गायास् त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत कूपं चैव तु सामुद्रं प्रतिष्ठानं च विश्रुतम्
On the eastern bank of the Gaṅgā, O Bhārata, in all three worlds, is the famous well called Sāmudra and the renowned Pratiṣṭhāna.
ब्रह्मचारी जितक्रोधस् त्रिरात्रं यदि तिष्ठति सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा सो ऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
If a celibate who has conquered anger remains there for three nights, his soul purified from all sins, he obtains the fruit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice.
उत्तरेण प्रतिष्ठानाद् भागीरथ्यास्तु पूर्वतः हंसप्रपतनं नाम तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्
To the north of Pratiṣṭhāna and east of the Bhāgīrathī lies the tīrtha called Haṃsaprapatana, renowned throughout the three worlds.
अश्वमेधफलं तस्मिन् स्नानमात्रेण भारत यावच्चन्द्रश्च सूर्यश्च तावत्स्वर्गे महीयते
O Bhārata, merely by bathing there, one attains the fruit of an Aśvamedha sacrifice, and is honored in heaven as long as the moon and sun endure.
उर्वशीरमणे पुण्ये विपुले हंसपाण्डुरे परित्यजति यः प्राणाञ् शृणु तस्यापि यत्फलम्
Hear also the fruit for one who gives up his life at the sacred and vast Haṃsapāṇḍura, the blessed place of Urvaśī's delight.
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिवर्षशतानि च सेव्यते पितृभिः सार्धं स्वर्गलोके नराधिप
O king, for sixty thousand and six hundred years, he enjoys heaven together with his ancestors.
उर्वशीं तु सदा पश्येत् स्वर्गलोके नरोत्तम पूज्यते सततं पुत्र ऋषिगन्धर्वकिंनरैः
O best of men, he always beholds Urvaśī in heaven and is continually honored, my son, by sages, Gandharvas, and Kinnaras.
ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टः क्षीणकर्मा दिवश्च्युतः उर्वशीसदृशीनां तु कन्यानां लभते शतम्
Then, fallen from heaven when his merit is exhausted, cast down from the sky, he obtains a hundred maidens resembling Urvaśī.