प्रतिग्रहादुपावृत्तः संतुष्टो नियतः शुचिः । अहंकारनिवृत्तश्च स तीर्थफलमश्नुते
He who has turned away from accepting gifts, is content, disciplined, pure, and free from pride—he attains the fruit of visiting a sacred place.
अकल्किको निराहारोऽलब्धाहारो जितेंद्रियः । विमुक्तः सर्वदोषैर्यः स तीर्थफलमश्नुते
He who is without deceit, who fasts or has not obtained food, who has mastered his senses, and is free from all faults—he attains the fruit of visiting a sacred place.
अक्रोधनश्च राजेंद्र सत्यशीलो दृढव्रतः । आत्मोपमश्च भूतेषु स तीर्थफलमश्नुते
He who is free from anger, O King, who is truthful in conduct, firm in his vows, and regards all beings as himself—he attains the fruit of visiting a sacred place.
ऋषिभिः क्रतवः प्रोक्ता देवेष्वपि यथाक्रमम् । फलं चैव यथातत्त्वं प्रेत्य चेह च सर्वशः
The sages have prescribed sacrifices for the gods in due order, and the results, both in truth and in their entirety, are obtained after death and here as well.
न ते शक्या दरिद्रेण यज्ञाः प्राप्तुं महीपते । बहूपकरणा यज्ञा नानासंभारविस्तराः
O King, such sacrifices cannot be performed by the poor; sacrifices require many implements and a great variety of materials.
प्राप्यंते पार्थिवैरेते समृद्धैर्वा नरैः क्वचित् । न निर्धनैर्नरगणैरेकात्मभिरसाधनैः
These are attained by kings or sometimes by wealthy men, but not by the poor or by those who are alone and without means.
यो दरिद्रैरपि विधिः शक्यः प्राप्तुं जनेश्वर । तुल्यो यज्ञफलैः पुण्यैस्तं निबोध महीपते
O lord of men, listen: there is a rite that even the poor can accomplish, which yields merit equal to the fruit of sacrifices.
ऋषीणां परमं गुह्यमिदं धर्म्मभृतां वर । तीर्थाभिगमनं पुण्यं यज्ञैरपि विशिष्यते
This is the supreme secret of the sages, O best of the righteous: the meritorious act of visiting sacred places surpasses even sacrifices.
अनुपोष्य त्रिरात्राणि तीर्थाभिगमनेन च । अदत्वा कांचनं गाश्च दरिद्रो नाम जायते
Without fasting for three nights or giving gold and cows, a poor man is still called such by visiting a sacred place.
अग्निष्टोमादिभिर्यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा विपुलदक्षिणैः । न तत्फलमवाप्नोति तीर्थाभिगमनेन यत्
Even by performing sacrifices like Agniṣṭoma with abundant gifts, one does not obtain the result that comes from visiting a sacred place.
नृलोके देवलोकस्य तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । पुष्करं तीर्थमासाद्य देवदेवसमो भवेत्
In the world of men, the sacred place of Puṣkara is renowned throughout the three worlds; by reaching Puṣkara, one becomes equal to the lord of gods.
दशकोटिसहस्राणि तीर्थानां वै महीपते । सान्निध्यं पुष्करे येषां त्रिसंध्यं सूर्यवंशज
O descendant of the solar dynasty, O king, at Puṣkara, the presence of ten billion sacred places is found at the three junctions of the day.
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा साध्याश्च समरुद्गणाः । गंधर्वाप्सरसश्चैव तत्र सन्निहिताः प्रभो
There, O lord, the Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Sādhyas with the Maruts, and also the Gandharvas and Apsarases are present.
यत्र देवास्तपस्तप्त्वा दैत्या ब्रह्मर्षयस्तथा । दिव्ययोगा महाराज पुण्येन महता द्विजाः
There, O great king, the gods, the demons, and the Brahmarṣis performed austerities, with divine concentration and great merit, O twice-born ones.
मनसाप्यभिकामस्य पुष्कराणि मनीषिणः । पूयंते सर्वपापानि नाकपृष्ठे च पूज्यते
For the wise who even desire Puṣkara in their minds, all sins are purified, and they are honored in the highest heaven.
अस्मिंस्तीर्थे महाभाग नित्यमेव पितामहः । उवास परमप्रीतो देवदानवसंमतः
In this sacred place, O highly fortunate one, the Grandfather (Brahmā), ever delighted and esteemed by gods and demons, resided.
पुष्करेषु महाभाग देवाः सर्षिपुरोगमाः । सिद्धिं परमिकां प्राप्ताः पुण्येन महतान्विताः
O highly fortunate one, at Puṣkara, the gods led by the sages attained the highest accomplishment, endowed with great merit.
तत्राभिषेकं यः कुर्यात्पितृदेवार्चने रतः । अश्वमेधाद्दशगुणं प्रवदंति मनीषिणः
There, whoever performs ablution and is devoted to worshipping ancestors and gods, the wise declare that he obtains ten times the fruit of an Aśvamedha sacrifice.
अप्येकं भोजयेद्विप्रं पुष्करारण्यमाश्रितः । तेनैति पूजिताँल्लोकान्ब्रह्मणः सदने स्थितान्
Even if one feeds a single Brahmin while residing in Puṣkara forest, by that act he attains the worlds honored in the abode of Brahmā.
सायंप्रातः स्मरेद्यस्तु पुष्कराणि कृतांजलि । उपस्पृष्टं भवेत्तेन सर्वतीर्थेषु पार्थिव
Whoever, with joined palms, remembers Puṣkara in the evening and morning, O King, becomes as if purified at all sacred waters.
जन्मप्रभृति यत्पापं स्त्रियो वा पुरुषस्य वा । पुष्करे गतमात्रस्य सर्वमेव प्रणश्यति
Whatever sin has been committed by a woman or a man from birth onwards, all of it is destroyed upon merely arriving at Puṣkara.
यथा सुराणां सर्वेषामादिस्तु मधुसूदनः । तथैव पुष्करो राजन्तीर्थानामादिरुच्यते
Just as Madhusūdana is the foremost among all the gods, so too, O King, is Puṣkara said to be the foremost among sacred places.
उष्ट्वा द्वादशवर्षाणि पुष्करे नियतः शुचिः । क्रतून्सर्वानवाप्नोति ब्रह्मलोकं च गच्छति
Having dwelt for twelve years at Puṣkara with discipline and purity, one attains the fruit of all sacrifices and goes to the world of Brahmā.
यस्तु वर्षशतं पूर्णमग्निहोत्रमुपाश्नुते । कार्तिकीं वा वसेदेकां पुष्करे सममेव तत्
Whoever performs the Agnihotra for a full hundred years, or dwells for a single Kārtikā month at Puṣkara, gains the same result.
दुष्करं पुष्करे गंतुं दुष्करं पुष्करे तपः । दुष्करं पुष्करे दानं वस्तुं चैव सुदुष्करम्
It is difficult to go to Puṣkara, difficult to perform austerity at Puṣkara, difficult to give gifts at Puṣkara, and most difficult to dwell there.
त्रीणि शृंगाणि शुभ्राणि त्रीणि प्रस्रवणानि च । पुष्कराण्यादि तीर्थानि न विद्मस्तत्र कारणम्
Three shining peaks and three springs—these are the original sacred places of Puṣkara; we do not know the reason for this.
उष्ट्वा द्वादशवर्षाणि नियतो नियताशनः । स मुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो सर्वक्रतुफलं लभेत्
Having dwelt for twelve years with discipline and regulated food at Puṣkara, one is freed from all sins and attains the fruit of all sacrifices.
वसिष्ठ उवाच- प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्तो जंबूमार्गे समाविशेत् । जंबूमार्गं समाविश्य पितृदेवर्षिपूजितम्
Vasiṣṭha said: Having completed the circumambulation, one should enter the Jambū path; entering the Jambū path, honored by ancestors and sages.
अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति विष्णुलोकं च गच्छति । तत्रोष्य रजनीः पंच षष्ठकालेश्नुवन्नरः
He attains the fruit of an Aśvamedha sacrifice and goes to the world of Viṣṇu; staying there for five nights, observing the sixth period, O King.
न दुर्गतिमवाप्नोति सिद्धिं चाप्नोत्यनुत्तमाम् । जंबुमार्गादुपावृत्तो गच्छेत्तु दुलिकाश्रमम्
He does not meet with misfortune and attains supreme success; departing from the Jambū path, he should go to the Dulikā hermitage.