यः पूजयेच्च गोविंदं शालग्रामे मुदा नरः । आभूतसंप्लवं यावन्न स प्रच्यवते दिवः
A man who joyfully worships Govinda in the Śālagrāma does not fall from heaven until the end of the cosmic dissolution.
विना तीर्थैर्विना दानैर्विना यज्ञैर्विना मतिम् । मुक्तिं यांति नरा वैश्य शालग्रामशिलार्चनात्
Without pilgrimages, without gifts, without sacrifices, and without special resolve, men attain liberation by worship of the Śālagrāma stone.
नरकं गर्भवासं च तिर्यक्त्वं कृमियोनिताम् । न याति वैश्य पापोऽपि शालग्रामशिलार्चकः
Even a sinful Vaiśya who worships the Śālagrāma stone does not go to hell, the womb, the state of animals, or the birth of worms.
दीक्षाविधान मंत्रज्ञो यश्चक्रे बलिमाहरेत् । गंगा गोदावरी रेवा नद्यो मुक्तिप्रदाश्च याः
He who knows the rite of initiation, the mantras, and who offers the prescribed oblation—Ganga, Godavari, Reva, and all the rivers that grant liberation—
निवसंति हिताः सर्वाः शालग्रामशिला जले । नैवेद्यैर्विविधैः पुष्पैर्धूपदीपैर्विलेपनैः
All these sacred rivers dwell beneficially in the water of the Śālagrāma stone, along with various offerings, flowers, incense, lamps, and ointments.
गीतवादित्रस्तोत्राद्यैः शालग्रामशिलार्चनम् । कुरुते मानवो यस्तु कलौ भक्तिपरायणः
He who, devoted to worship in the Kali age, worships the Śālagrāma stone with songs, musical instruments, hymns, and the like—
कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि रमते सन्निधौ हरेः । लिंगैस्तु कोटिभिर्दृष्टैर्यत्फलं पूजितैस्तु तैः
For thousands of crores of aeons, one delights in the presence of Hari; the fruit obtained by seeing and worshipping crores of liṅgas—
शालग्रामशिलायास्तु ह्येकेनाह्ना हि तत्फलम् । सकृदभ्यर्चिते लिंगे शालग्रामशिलोद्भवे
That very fruit is obtained in a single day by worshipping the Śālagrāma stone, even by worshipping the liṅga arising from the Śālagrāma stone just once.
मुक्तिं प्रयांति मनुजा नूनं सांख्येन वर्जिताः । शालग्रामशिलारूपी यत्र तिष्ठति केशवः
Indeed, men who are devoid of Sāṅkhya knowledge attain liberation where Keśava abides in the form of the Śālagrāma stone.
तत्र देवाः सुरा यक्षा भुवनानि चतुर्दश । शालग्रामशिलायां तु यः श्राद्धं कुरुते नरः
There, all the gods, the deities, the Yakṣas, and the fourteen worlds are present where a man performs śrāddha for ancestors at the Śālagrāma stone.
पितरस्तस्य तिष्ठंति तृप्ताः कल्पशतं दिवि । ये पिबंति नरा नित्यं शालग्रामशिलाजलम्
The ancestors of those who daily drink water from the Śālagrāma stone remain satisfied in heaven for a hundred aeons.
पंचगव्यसहस्रैस्तु सेवितैः किं प्रयोजनम् । कोटितीर्थसहस्रैस्तु सेवितैः किं प्रयोजनम्
What is the use of performing service with a thousand offerings of pañcagavya, or with a thousand crores of holy pilgrimages?
तोयं यदि पिबेत्पुण्यं शालग्रामशिलांगजम् । शालग्राम शिला यत्र तत्तीर्थं योजनत्रयम्
If one drinks the sacred water that has touched the Śālagrāma stone, wherever the Śālagrāma stone is present, that place is a holy site for three yojanas around.
तत्र दानं च होमं च सर्वं कोटिगुणं भवेत् । शालग्रामशिला तोयं यः पिबेद्बिंदुना समम्
There, any gift or oblation becomes a crore times more fruitful; whoever drinks even a drop of water from the Śālagrāma stone attains this.
मातृस्तन्यं पुनर्नैव स पिबेद्विष्णुभाङ्नरः । शालग्राम समीपे तु क्रोशमात्रं समंततः
A person who partakes of Viṣṇu's share near the Śālagrāma stone, within a krośa in all directions, never drinks mother's milk again.
कीटकोपि मृतो याति वैकुंठं भवनं परम् । शालग्रामशिलाचक्रं यो दद्याद्दानमुत्तमम्
Even an insect that dies there attains the supreme abode of Vaikuṇṭha; whoever gives the disc of the Śālagrāma stone as a supreme gift—
भूचक्रं तेन दत्तं स्यात्सशैलवनकाननम् । शालग्रामशिलाया यो मूल्यमुत्पादयेन्नरः
By that, the earth's disc, along with its mountains, forests, and groves, is given; whoever assigns a price to the Śālagrāma stone—
विक्रेता चानुमंता यः परीक्षासु च मोदते । ते सर्वे नरकं यांति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
The seller, the approver, and whoever delights in examining it—all of them go to hell until the end of creation.
ततः संवर्जयेद्वैश्य चक्रस्य क्रयविक्रयम् । बहुनोक्तेन किं वैश्य कर्तव्यं पापभीरुणा
Therefore, a merchant should avoid buying and selling the disc; what is the use of many words? The merchant should act with fear of sin.
स्मरणं वासुदेवस्य सर्वपापहरं हरेः । तपस्तप्त्वा नरो घोरमरण्ये नियतेंद्रियः
The remembrance of Vāsudeva, Hari, destroys all sins; a man who performs austerity in a dreadful forest with controlled senses—
यत्फलं समवाप्नोति तन्नत्वा गरुडध्वजम् । कृत्वापि बहुशः पापं नरो मोहसमन्वितः
The fruit he attains by bowing to the Garuḍa-emblemed Lord is the same; even if a man, deluded, commits much sin—
न याति नरकं गत्वा सर्वपापहरं हरिम् । पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च
He does not go to hell if, after going to Hari, the destroyer of all sins; all the holy places and sacred shrines on earth—
तानि सर्वाण्यवाप्नोति विष्णोर्नामानुकीर्तनात् । देवं शार्ङ्गधरं विष्णुं ये प्रपन्नाः परायणाः
All these are attained by the repeated chanting of Viṣṇu's names; those who take refuge in Viṣṇu, the bearer of the Śārṅga bow—
न तेषां यमसालोक्यं न ते स्युर्नरकौकसः । वैष्णवः पुरुषो वैश्य शिवनिंदां करोति यः
They do not see Yama's realm, nor do they dwell in hell; but a Vaiṣṇava who slanders Śiva—
न विंदेद्वैष्णवं लोकं स याति नरकं महत् । उपोष्यैकादशीमेकां प्रसंगेनापि मानवः
He does not attain the Vaiṣṇava world; he goes to great hell. Even by observing a single Ekādaśī fast, even incidentally—
न याति यातनां यामीमिति लोमशतः श्रुतम् । नेदृशं पावनं किंचित्त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते
A man does not undergo the torments of Yama—thus it is heard from the hundred-haired one. Nothing so purifying exists in the three worlds.
उभयं पद्मनाभस्य दिनं पातकनाशनम् । तावत्पापानि देहेऽस्मिन्वसंतीह विशांवर
Both days of Padmanābha destroy sins; O Viśāṃvara, sins remain in this body only until one observes the auspicious day of Padmanābha.
यावन्नोपवसेज्जंतुः पद्मनाभदिनं शुभम् । अश्वमेधसहस्राणि राजसूयशतानि च
A thousand Aśvamedha sacrifices and a hundred Rājasūya sacrifices—
एकादश्युपवासस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम् । एकादशेंद्रियैः पापं यत्कृतं वैश्य मानवैः
Not even sixteen parts can compare to the merit of fasting on Ekadashi; all the sins committed by men and merchants with their eleven senses are destroyed.
एकादश्युपवासेन तत्सर्वं विलयं व्रजेत् । एकादशीसमं किंचित्पुण्यं लोके न विद्यते
By fasting on Ekadashi, all those sins are dissolved; there is nothing in this world equal in merit to Ekadashi.