यावकैश्चैव होतव्या गव्यसर्पिः समन्वितैः
Offerings should also be made with barley combined with cow’s ghee.
सूर्यो मे प्रीयतां देवो विष्णुमूर्तिर्निरञ्जनः
May the sun, the spotless god in the form of Viṣṇu, be pleased with me.
त्रिंशच्च मोदका देयास्तिलान्नाः शर्करामयाः
Thirty sweet cakes made of sesame and sugar should be given.
तांबूलादीनि भोग्यानि भक्त्यादकद्याद्विधानवित्
Betel and other enjoyable things should be offered with devotion, by one who knows the proper method.
स्नायादावाह्य तीर्थानि गङ्गादीन्य कर्मण्डलात्
One should invoke the sacred waters, such as the Ganges, from the water vessel before bathing.
त्वत्तेजसा हतं चास्तु तत्तु पापं सहस्रधा
By your radiance, may that sin be destroyed a thousandfold.
परिपूर्णं कुरुष्वेदं माघस्नानं ममाच्युत
O Acyuta, make this Māgha bath of mine complete.
तीर्थस्नानादियात्स्वर्गं माघस्नानात्परं पदम्
By bathing at a sacred place, one attains heaven; by bathing in Māgha, the supreme state is reached.
रविवारेण संयुक्ता महापातकनाशिनी
Joined with Sunday, it destroys great sins.
विनिर्दहति पापानि कुनृपो विषयं यथा
It burns away sins, just as a wicked king devastates his realm.
अधर्मस्तु यथा धर्मं कुमन्त्री नृपतिं यथा
Just as unrighteousness overcomes righteousness, as a bad counselor overcomes a king.
यथा हन्त्यनृतं सत्यं वादस्संवादमेव च
Just as falsehood destroys truth, and a quarrel destroys agreement.
यथा रसा महारोगाञ्छ्राद्धं संकेत एव च
Just as poisons destroy great diseases, and a śrāddha performed at a set time.
ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वङ्गनागमः
Killing a Brahmin, drinking liquor, theft, and union with a teacher’s wife—
समवेतानि चैतानि न शामयति पुष्करम्
Even when all these are present together, Puṣkara does not remove them.
प्रभासो न गया देवि न रेवा न सरस्वती
Neither Prabhāsa nor Gayā, O goddess, nor Revā nor Sarasvatī—
न सरांसि नदाश्चान्ये होमदानतपांसि च
Nor other lakes and rivers, nor offerings, gifts, or austerities—
पापसंघविनाशाय मुक्त्वैकं हरिवासरम्
Can destroy the mass of sins, except for the single day of Hari.
एकतः पृथिवीदानमेकतो हरिवासरम्
On one side, the gift of the earth; on the other, the day of Hari.
तस्मिन्वराहवपुषं कृत्वा देवं तु हाटकम्
On that day, one should fashion the god in the form of a boar, made of gold.
सर्वबीजान्विते चैव सितवस्त्रावगुण्ठिते
Endowed with all seeds, and veiled in white cloth—
विधिना पूजयित्वा चकुर्याज्जागरणं व्रती
Having worshipped according to the rite, the votary should keep vigil.
तत्कुंभक्रोडसंयुक्तं सनैवेद्यपरिच्छदम्
With a pot placed on his lap, together with the offerings and utensils.
एवं कृते वरारोहे न भूयो जायते क्वचित्
O fair one, when this is done, one is never born again anywhere.
तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति तमः सूर्योदये यथा
All that is destroyed, just as darkness is by sunrise.
या सा कृता त्वया पूर्वमासीद्देव्यन्यजन्मनि
That which was performed by you before, O goddess, in another birth—
भर्त्तुस्तव च पुत्रस्य सर्वदा सुखदायिनी
Always bringing happiness to your husband and your son,
तदा प्रीता गमिष्यामि तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
Then, pleased, I shall go to that supreme abode of Vishnu.
तस्य पावनहेतुं च तुरीयांशं प्रयच्छ मे
Grant me that fourth portion, which is the cause of his purification.
कृमियोनिशतं गत्वा पुल्कसी जायते तु सा
Having passed through a hundred births as a worm, she is born as a pulkasi.