गङ्गायां स्नाति यो मर्त्यो नैरन्तर्येण नित्यदा
A mortal who bathes in the Ganga constantly, without interruption,
प्रातःस्नानाद्दशगुणं पुण्यं मध्यन्दिने स्मृतम्
The merit from bathing in the morning is said to be ten times greater than at midday.
कपिलाकोटिदानाद्धि गङ्गास्नानं विशिष्यते
Indeed, bathing in the Ganga surpasses the merit of giving ten million Kapila cows.
हरिद्वारे प्रयागे च सिंधुसंगे फलाधिका
At Haridwar, at Prayag, and at the confluence of rivers, the fruits are greater.
ते भित्वा मण्डलं यान्ति मोक्षं चेति रवेर्वचः
Having broken through the circle, they attain liberation; so says the Sun.
सो ऽपि यास्यति नाकं वै इत्याह वरुणश्च ताम्
Varuna also says to her: 'He too will go to heaven.'
कीर्तयिष्यामि वामोरु सावधाना निशामय
I shall proclaim, O slender-thighed one; listen attentively.
सशक्रलोके सुचिरं कालं तिष्ठेत्सगोत्रजः
He remains for a long time in the world of Indra, along with his kin.
नैरन्तर्येण विधिवद्गङ्गायां स्नाति यो नरः
A man who bathes in the Ganga continuously, according to the prescribed method,
सो ऽपि विष्णुपदं याति कुलानां शतमुद्धरन्
He too attains the abode of Vishnu, uplifting a hundred of his lineage.
विमानेनार्कवर्णेन स व्रजेद्विष्णुमन्दिरम्
He goes to Vishnu's mansion in a chariot shining like the sun.
तपःसमं कार्तिके ऽपि गङ्गास्नाने फलं विदुः
Even in Kartika, the fruit of bathing in the Ganga is known to be equal to austerity.
माघस्नानाधिकं प्राहुः कमलासनपूर्वकाः
The ancient sages, beginning with Brahma, have declared the bath in Magha to be supreme.
कार्तिके वापि वैशाखे इति प्राह पिता तव
Your father has said the same regarding Kartika and also Vaishakha.
स्नानैन याज्यवनिते त्रिमास्यापि च तत्फलम्
The fruit of bathing during these three months is equal to that of a yajna performed by a virtuous woman.
आर्द्रायां च चतुर्दश्यां गङ्गास्नानं सुदुर्लभम्
On the Ardra Nakshatra or the fourteenth day, bathing in the Ganga is extremely rare.
अमावस्यास्तथैतेषां गङ्गास्नाने सुदुर्लभाः
On Amavasya too, among these, bathing in the Ganga is exceedingly difficult.
अमायां च तथाष्टम्यां माघासितदले सति
On Amavasya and Ashtami, when Magha falls on the bright fortnight, the same applies.
महोदये शतगुणं लक्षमर्द्धोदये स्मृतम्
On Mahodaya, the merit is said to be a hundredfold; on Lakshmarddhodaya, it is remembered as even greater.
मासत्रयस्नानफलं फाल्गुनाषाढ मासयोः
The fruit of bathing for three months is obtained in the months of Phalguna and Ashadha.
जन्मप्रभृति पापं वै संचितं हि विनश्यति
From birth, all accumulated sin is destroyed thereby.
कृष्णाष्टम्यां विशेषेण वैधृतिर्जाह्नवीजले
Especially on Krishna Ashtami, bathing in the waters of the Jahnavi during Vaidhriti is praised.
अरुणोदयके स्नायी स तु जातिस्मरो भवेत्
One who bathes at the time of sunrise becomes one who remembers his past births.
संक्रान्त्यां पक्षयोरन्ते ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्ययोः
At the time of Sankranti, at the end of the fortnight, and during the eclipses of the moon and sun—
इन्दोर्लक्षगुणं प्रोक्तं रवेर्दशगुणं ततः
The merit for the moon is said to be a hundred thousand times, and for the sun, ten times that.
गङ्गायां यदि लभ्येत सूर्यग्रहशतैः समा
If one attains the Ganga during a solar eclipse, it is equal to a hundred such eclipses.
पापान्यस्यां हरति हि तिथौ सा दशैषाद्यगङ्गा पुण्यं दद्यादपि शतगुणं वाजिमेधक्रतोश्च
On that tithi, the Ganga removes sins and bestows merit a hundred times greater than the Ashvamedha sacrifice.
गोविन्दद्वादशीं प्राप्य तानि मे हन जाह्नवि
O Jahnavi, having attained Govinda Dvadashi, destroy those (sins) for me.
गुरुणा याति संयोगं तन्महत्वं तिथेः स्मृतम्
When it coincides with the Guru (Jupiter), that is remembered as the greatness of the tithi.
अथ देशविशेषेण स्नानस्य फलमुच्यते
Now, the fruit of bathing is described according to the special place.