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.
कपिलाष्टायुतस्यापि दानतुल्यफलं लभेत्
One obtains the equivalent fruit of donating eighty thousand tawny cows.
तीर्थे कनखले स्नात्वा धूतपापो व्रजेद्दिवम्
By bathing at the Kanakhala ford, one purified of sin goes to heaven.
द्वयोर्विश्वजितोस्तत्र स्नानात्पुण्यं लभेन्नरः
There, by bathing at the two Viśvajit fords, a man obtains merit.
सुपुण्यया महापुण्या स्वसा स्वस्रेव संगता
Highly meritorious, supremely holy, sister joined with sister there.
वामपादोद्भवा वापि सरयूर्मानसप्रसूः
Whether born from the left foot or produced from the mind, the Sarayu is so.
पञ्चाश्वमेधफलदं स्नानं तत्र प्रकीर्तितम्
Bathing there is said to yield the fruit of fifty Aśvamedha sacrifices.
गोसहस्रस्य दानं च तत्र स्नानं समं द्वयम्
Giving a thousand cows and bathing there are considered equal in merit.
सोमतीर्थं ततः पुण्यं यत्रासौ नकुलो मुनिः
After that is the holy Soma ford, where the sage Nakula is found.
चंपकाख्यं पुण्यतीर्थं यद्गङ्गोत्तरवाहिनी
There is the sacred tirtha called Campaka, where the Ganges flows northward.
कलशाख्यं ततस्तीर्थं कलशादुत्थितो मुनिः
Then comes the tirtha named Kalasha, where the sage arose from the vessel.
सोमद्वीपं महापुण्यं तीर्थं वाराणसीसमम्
Somadvipa is a most holy tirtha, equal in sanctity to Varanasi.
विश्वामित्रस्य भगिनी गङ्गया यत्र संगता
There, the sister of Vishvamitra met with the Ganges.
जह्नुह्रदे महातीर्थे स्नातो मर्त्यो हि मोहिनि
In the great tirtha of Jahnu Lake, a mortal who bathes is indeed enchanted, O Mohini.
तस्माददितितीर्थं च यत्रावापादितिर्हरिम्
Next is the tirtha of Aditi, where Aditi obtained Hari.
शिलोच्चयं महातीर्थं यत्र तप्त्वा तपः प्रजाः
There is the great tirtha of the stone heap, where the people performed austerities.
इन्द्राणीनामतीर्थं स्याद्यत्रेन्द्राणी तु वासवम्
There is the tirtha named after Indrani, where Indrani attained Vasava.
पुण्यदं स्नातकं तीर्थं विश्वामित्रस्तपश्चरन्
The tirtha bestowing merit, where Vishvamitra practiced austerity after bathing.
प्रद्युम्नतीर्थं तपसा ख्यातं यत्र स्मरो हरेः
Pradyumna tirtha, renowned for asceticism, where Kama was destroyed by Hari.
ततो दक्षप्रयागं तु गङ्गातो यमुनागत
Then comes Daksha Prayaga, where the Yamuna joins the Ganges.
स्नात्वा तत्राक्षयं पुण्यं प्रयाग इव लभ्यते
By bathing there, inexhaustible merit is gained, just as at Prayaga.