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.
कुरुक्षेत्राच्छतगुणा यत्र विन्ध्येन संयुता
There, where the Ganga joins with the Vindhya, she is a hundred times more meritorious than at Kurukshetra.
सर्वत्र दुर्लभा गङ्गा त्रिषु स्थानेषु चाधिका
The Ganga, rare everywhere, is especially superior in these three places.
एषु स्नाता दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्ते ऽपुनर्भवाः
Those who bathe here ascend to heaven; those who die here do not return to rebirth.
सप्तानां राजसूयानां फलं स्यादश्वमेधयोः
One attains the fruit of seven Rājasūya sacrifices and ten Aśvamedha sacrifices.
दशायुतानां तु गवां दानपुण्यं विदुर्बुधाः
The wise know that the merit of giving ten thousand cows is gained.
स्नात्वा वाप्येषु गङ्गायां पुण्यमक्षयमाप्नुयात्
By bathing in the pools of the Ganga, one obtains inexhaustible merit.
यस्मिन्नाविरभूत्पूर्वं वाराहाकृतिरच्युतः
In that place where, in former times, Acyuta appeared in the form of a boar,
अग्निष्टोमसहस्रस्य फलमाप्नोति मानवः
A person attains the fruit of a thousand Agniṣṭoma sacrifices.
अश्वमेधत्रयस्यापि स्नातः पुण्यं लभेन्नरः
By bathing there, a man obtains the merit of three Aśvamedha sacrifices.
नश्यन्ति सर्वजन्मोत्थं पातकं चापि मोहिनि
All sins arising from every birth are destroyed there, O Mohinī.