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.
कर्त्तव्यं मम तद्भक्त्या शालग्रामशिलार्च्चनम् । शालग्रामशिलारूपी यत्र तिष्ठति केशवः
Therefore, with devotion to me, worship of the śālagrāma stone must be performed; for in the form of the śālagrāma stone, Keśava himself abides.
तत्र देवासुरा यक्षा भुवनानि चतुर्दश
There, the gods, asuras, yakṣas, and all the fourteen worlds are present.
सुराणां कीर्तनैः सर्वैः कोटिभिश्च फलं लभेत् । तत्फलं कीर्त्तनादेव केशवे सुकृतं कलौ
By the praises of all the gods, one attains the fruit of millions; in this age of Kali, that merit is gained simply by singing the praises of Keśava.
शालग्रामशिलाग्रे तु सकृत्पिंडेन तर्पिताः । वसंति पितरस्तस्य न संख्या तत्र विद्यते
When ancestors are satisfied with a single offering before the śālagrāma stone, they dwell there without number.
ये पिबंति नरा भक्त्या शालग्रामशिलाजलम् । पंचगव्यसहस्रैस्तु प्राशितैः किं प्रयोजनम्
What is the use of consuming thousands of fivefold cow products for those who, with devotion, drink the water of the śālagrāma stone?
प्रायश्चित्ते समुत्पन्ने किं दानैः किमुपोषणैः । चांद्रायणैः सुचीर्णैश्च पीत्वा पादोदकं हरेः
When atonement arises, what need is there for gifts or fasts? Having drunk the water from the feet of Hari, even well-performed lunar penances are surpassed.
यः करोति तडागे तु प्रतिमां जलशायिनीम् । कोटिभिश्चापि किं कार्यमन्यदेवैश्च पूजितैः
Whoever establishes an image of the Lord reclining on water in a pond—what need is there for millions of other acts or for worshiping other gods?
विष्णुमुख्यास्तु वै देवास्तत्र जल्पंति वै सह । प्रमाणमस्ति सर्वस्य सुकृतस्य हि पुत्रक
There, the principal gods led by Viṣṇu converse together; for all merit, my son, there is indeed a standard.
फलप्रमाणं नैवास्तिशालग्रामशिलार्चन । यो ददाति शिलां विष्णोः शालग्रामसमुद्भवाम्
There is truly no measure of the merit gained by worshipping the Śālagrāma stone; whoever gives a stone that has arisen from Śālagrāma to Viṣṇu—
विप्राय विष्णुभक्ताय तेनेष्टं क्रतुभिः शतैः । गृहेऽपि वसतस्तस्य गंगास्नानं दिनेदिने
—to a brāhmaṇa devoted to Viṣṇu, that person has performed the equivalent of hundreds of sacrifices; even while living at home, he gains the merit of bathing in the Gaṅgā every day.