दृष्टं प्रणमितं येन स्नापितं पूजितं तथा । यज्ञकोटिगुणं पुण्यं गवां कोटिफलं लभेत्
Whoever sees, bows to, bathes, or worships it, obtains merit a crore times that of sacrifices, and the fruit of giving a crore cows.
छिन्नस्तेन तथा वत्स गर्भवासः सुदारुणः । पीतं येन सदा विष्णोः शालग्रामशिलाजलम्
O child, for one who neglects this, the womb-existence is very dreadful; but whoever always drinks the water from the Śālagrāma stone of Viṣṇu—
कामासक्तोऽपि यो नित्यं भक्तिभावविवर्जितः । शालग्रामशिला पुत्र पूजयित्वाच्युतो भवेत्
Even one who is always attached to desires, but devoid of devotion, O son, by worshipping the Śālagrāma stone, attains to the Imperishable.
शालग्रामशिला बिंबं हत्वा कोटिविनाशनम् । स्मृतं संकीर्तितं ध्यातं पूजितं च नमस्कृतम्
Destroying the image of the Śālagrāma stone brings ruin by the crore; but remembering, reciting, meditating upon, worshipping, or bowing to it—
शालग्रामशिलां दृष्ट्वा यांति पापान्यनेकशः । सिंहं दृष्ट्वा यथा यांति वने मृगगणा भयात्
By seeing the Śālagrāma stone, many sins depart, just as herds of deer flee in fear upon seeing a lion in the forest.
नमस्कारं तु मनुजः शालग्रामशिलार्चने । भक्त्या वा यदि वाऽभक्त्या कृत्वा मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात्
If a person bows in worship to the Śālagrāma stone, whether with devotion or without devotion, he attains liberation.
वैवस्वतभयं नास्ति तथा मरणजन्मनोः । यः करोति नरो नित्यं शालग्रामशिलार्चनम्
There is no fear of Yama, nor of death and birth, for the man who always worships the Śālagrāma stone.
गंधपाद्यार्घनैवेद्यैर्दीपैर्धूपैर्विलेपनैः । गीतैर्वाद्यैस्तथा स्तोत्रैः शालग्रामशिलार्चनम्
With fragrances, water for the feet, offerings, lamps, incense, ointments, songs, instruments, and hymns—thus is the worship of the Śālagrāma stone performed.
कुरुते मानवो यस्तु कलौ भक्तिपरायणः । कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि रमते विष्णुसद्मनि
Whoever, devoted to devotion, worships the Śālagrāma stone in the Kali age, dwells in Viṣṇu’s abode for thousands of millions of aeons.
शालग्रामनमस्कारो भावेनापि नरैः कृतः । मानुषत्वं कथं तेषां मद्भक्ता ये नरा भुवि
Even if performed with mere feeling, the bowing to the Śālagrāma stone by men—how can those men, my devotees on earth, remain in human birth?
मद्भक्तास्तीव्रपापिष्ठा मत्प्रभुं न नमंति ये । वासुदेवं न ते ज्ञेया मद्भक्ताः पापमोहिताः
Those who are my devotees but, being most sinful, do not bow to my Lord Vāsudeva—they are not to be known as my devotees, but are deluded by sin.
मद्भक्तोऽपि च यो भूत्वा भुंक्ते त्वेकादशीदिने । स याति ह्यंधतामिस्रे निरयं मम घातकः
Even my devotee, if he eats on the eleventh day, becomes a killer of mine and surely goes to the dreadful darkness of hell.
मल्लिंगस्पर्शनं कार्यं नान्या शुद्धिर्विधीयते । या तिथिर्दयिता विष्णोः सा तिथिर्मम वल्लभा
Touching the śāla-liṅga must be done; no other purification is prescribed. The date dear to Viṣṇu is also dear to me.
यस्तां नोपवसेन्मर्त्यः स पापी श्वपचाधिकः । शालग्रामशिलायां तु सदा पुत्र वसाम्यहम्
Whoever does not fast on that day, O mortal, is more sinful than an outcaste; but in the Śālagrāma stone, O son, I always dwell.
दत्तं देवेन तुष्टेन स्वस्थानं मम भक्तितः । पद्मकोटिसहस्रैस्तु पूजिते मयि यत्फलम्
The place given to me by the pleased god, through devotion, is my own abode; and the fruit obtained by worshipping me with thousands of millions of lotuses—
तत्फलं कोटिगुणितं शालग्रामशिलार्चनात् । पूजितोऽहं न तैर्मर्त्यैर्नमितोऽहं न तैर्नरैः
That fruit is multiplied a crore times by worship of the Śālagrāma stone. I am not worshipped by those mortals, nor am I bowed to by those men.
न कृतं मर्त्यलोके यैः शालग्रामशिलार्चनम् । शालग्रामशिलाग्रे तु यः करोति ममार्चनम्
Those who have not performed the worship of the Śālagrāma stone in the world of mortals—yet whoever performs my worship before the Śālagrāma stone—
तेनार्चितोऽहं सेनानीर्युगानामेकविंशतिम् । किमर्चितैर्लिंगशतैर्विष्णुभक्तिविवर्जितैः
By him I am worshipped, O commander, for twenty-one yugas. What is the use of worshipping hundreds of liṅgas devoid of devotion to Viṣṇu?
शालग्रामशिलाबिंबं नार्चितं यदि पुत्रक । अनर्हं मम नैवेद्यं पत्रं पुष्पं फलं जलम्
If, O son, the image of the Śālagrāma stone is not worshipped, then my offering—leaf, flower, fruit, or water—is unfit.
शालग्रामशिलाग्रे तु सर्वं याति पवित्रताम् । भुक्त्वान्यदेवनैवेद्यं द्विजश्चांद्रायणं चरेत्
Indeed, before the Śālagrāma stone, everything becomes purified. If a twice-born eats offerings meant for other gods, he should perform the Cāndrāyaṇa expiation.
भुक्त्वा केशवनैवेद्यं यज्ञकोटिफलं लभेत् । पादोदकेन देवस्य हत्याकोटिसमन्विताः
One who partakes of the food offered to Keśava attains the fruit of performing countless sacrifices; with the water that has washed the Lord's feet, even the gravest sins are washed away.
शुद्ध्यंति नात्र संदेहस्तथा शंखोदकेन हि । यो हि माहेश्वरो भूत्वा वैष्णवं च न पूजयेत्
There is no doubt that purification occurs likewise with water from the conch; but one who, being devoted to Śiva, does not worship Viṣṇu—
द्वेष्टा च याति नरकं यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश । ज्येष्ठाश्रमी गृहे यस्य मुहूर्त्तमपि विश्रमेत्
—and one who harbors hatred, goes to hell for as many ages as there are fourteen Indras; if a person in the house allows a senior ascetic to rest even for a moment—
पितामहा युगान्यष्टौ भवत्यमृतभोजिनः । संसारे दुःखकांतारे निमज्ज्यंते नराधमाः
—then for eight generations of ancestors, they become eaters of nectar; but the lowest of men, immersed in the ocean of worldly suffering, sink down.
वर्षकोटिसहस्राणि कृष्णाराधनवर्जिताः । स्नेहादभ्यर्चितैर्लिंगैः शालग्रामसमुद्भवैः
Those who neglect the worship of Kṛṣṇa for millions of thousands of years, even if they lovingly worship liṅgas made from śālagrāma stones—
मुक्तिं प्रयांति मनुजा योगसांख्येन वर्जिताः । मल्लिंगकोटिभिर्दृष्टैर्यत्फलं पूजितैः स्तुतैः
—do not attain liberation by Sāṃkhya or Yoga; the fruit gained by seeing, worshiping, or praising millions of liṅgas—
शालग्रामशिलायां तु एकस्यामिह तद्भवेत् । द्वादशैव शिला यो वै शालग्रामसमुद्भवाः
—is obtained here from a single śālagrāma stone; but one who worships twelve śālagrāma stones—
अर्चयेद्वैष्णवो नित्यं तस्य पुण्यं न बोध मे । कोटिलिंगसहस्रैस्तु पूजितैर्जाह्नवी तटे
—as a Vaiṣṇava daily, his merit cannot be measured by me; even if one worships thousands of millions of liṅgas on the banks of the Gaṅgā—
काशीवासे युगान्यष्टौ दिनेनैकेन तद्भवेत् । किं पुनर्बहुना यस्तु पूजयेद्वैष्णवो नरः
—or resides in Kāśī for eight generations, that fruit is gained in a single day; what more need be said of the man who worships as a Vaiṣṇava?
नाहं ब्रह्मादयो देवाः संख्यां कर्तुं समीहते । तस्माद्भक्त्या च मद्भक्तैः प्रीत्यर्थं मम पुत्रक
Neither I nor Brahmā nor the other gods are able to calculate that merit; therefore, my son, my devotees should worship the śālagrāma stone with devotion, to please me.