यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण नरा यान्ति परां गतिम्
By merely seeing him, people attain the highest state.
पुनाति स्त्रानपानाद्यैर्नयन्तीन्द्रपुरं जगत्
He purifies the world through acts such as bathing and drinking, leading it to Indra's city.
लिङ्गरुपीं कथं तस्या महिमा परिकीर्त्यते
How can the greatness of his form as the liṅga be fully described?
ईषदप्यन्तरं नास्ति भेदकृच्चानयोः कुधीः
There is not even the slightest difference between the two; only those of misguided intellect create division.
अज्ञानसागरे मग्ना भेदं कुर्वन्ति पापिनः
Those immersed in the ocean of ignorance, sinful ones, make distinctions.
युगान्ते निगदन्त्येतद्रुद्ररुपधरो हरिः
At the end of the age, Hari is said to assume the form of Rudra.
ब्रह्मरुपेण सृजति प्रान्तेः हयेतत्रयं हरः
He creates with the form of Brahma; at the end, Hara dissolves these three.
भेदं करोति सो ऽभ्येति नरकं भृशदारुणम्
One who creates division comes to a most terrible hell.
स याति परंमानन्दं शास्त्राणामेष विष्वयः
He attains supreme bliss; this is the essence of the scriptures.
नित्यं संनिहितस्तत्र लिङ्गरुपी जनार्दनः
Janardana is always present there in the form of the liṅga.
तं दृष्ट्वा परमं ज्योतिराप्रोति मनुजोत्तमः
Having seen him, the best of men attains the supreme light.
सत्पद्वीपासाब्धिशैला भूः परिक्रमितामुना
By him, the earth, with its holy islands, oceans, and mountains, has been circled.
शिवस्य वाच्युतस्यापि तासु संनिहितो हरिः
In those places, Hari is present, whether as Shiva or as Achyuta.
पुराणपठनं यत्र यत्र संनिहितो हरिः
Wherever the Purāṇa is recited, Hari is present there.
तद्भक्तिं कुर्वतां नॄणां गङ्गास्त्रानां दिने दिने
For those who practice devotion to him, the Ganges is a means of protection day by day.
तद्वक्तरि च या भक्तिः सा प्रयागोपमा स्मृता
The devotion shown to the speaker of those texts is regarded as equal to Prayāga.
संसारसागरे मग्नं स हरिः परिकीर्तितः
Hari is praised as the one who rescues those immersed in the ocean of worldly existence.
नास्ति विष्णुसमं दैवं नास्ति तत्त्वं गुरोः परम्
There is no deity equal to Vishnu, nor any truth higher than the guru.
यथा पयोधिः सिन्धूनां तथा गङ्गा परा स्मृता
Just as the ocean is supreme among rivers, so too is the Ganga regarded as the highest.
नास्ति मोक्षात्परो लाभो नास्ति गङ्गासमा नदी
There is no gain greater than liberation, and there is no river equal to the Ganga.
भवव्याधिहरा गङ्गा तस्मात्सेव्या प्रयन्ततः
The Ganga removes the disease of worldly existence; therefore, she should always be served diligently.
एतयोर्भक्तिहीनो यस्तं विद्यात्पतितं द्विज
Know that one who lacks devotion to these two, O twice-born, is fallen.
उभे ते सर्वपापानां नाशकारणतां गते
Both of these have attained the power to destroy all sins.
विष्णुशक्तियुते ते द्वे समकामप्रसिद्धेदे
Endowed with the energy of Vishnu, these two are equally renowned for fulfilling desires.
सर्वलोकानुग्रहार्थं प्रवर्तेते महोत्तमे
They are set in motion, most excellent, for the welfare of all the worlds.
तथैव तुलसीभक्तिर्हरिभक्तिश्च सात्त्विकी
In the same way, devotion to Tulasi and devotion to Hari are pure and virtuous.
यत्र स्त्राता नरा यान्ति विष्णोः पदमनुत्तमम्
Where the protector is, men go to the supreme abode of Vishnu.
गङ्गास्त्रानपराणां तु वाञ्छितार्थफलप्रदः
For those protected by the Ganga, she grants the desired fruits of their wishes.
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः प्रयाति परमं पदम्
Freed from all sins, one attains the supreme state.
विसृज्यराक्षसं भावं संप्रात्पः परमं पदम्
Abandoning demonic disposition, one attains the highest state.