ततो दैवात्समुत्पन्नो रेवारोधसि मारुतः । तेषां प्रवाहस्पृष्टानां गात्रे जलकणप्रदः
Then, by divine will, a wind arose on the banks of the Reva, sprinkling their bodies with drops of water carried by its current.
रेवाजलकणस्पर्शात्पैशाच्यात्ते विमोचिताः । तत्क्षणाद्दिव्यवपुषः प्रशशंसुश्च नर्मदाम्
Touched by the drops of the Reva, those afflicted by demonic possession were freed; in that very moment, adorned with celestial forms, they praised the Narmada.
ततो लोमशवाक्येन ताश्च गंधर्वकन्यकाः । परिणीताः सुखं तेन विप्रेण नर्मदातटे
Then, by the words of Lomasha, those Gandharva maidens were happily wed by that Brahmin on the banks of the Narmada.
उवास सुचिरं कालं स्नानपानावगाहनैः । अर्चित्वा नर्मदामत्र विष्णुलोकं गताश्च ते
He dwelled there for a long time, bathing, drinking, and immersing himself; after worshipping the Narmada, they attained the world of Vishnu.
एवं ते कथितो राजन्नर्मदागुणसंश्रयः । इतिहासो महापुण्यः श्रवणात्पापनाशनः
Thus, O King, has been told to you the story of the virtues of the Narmada—a sacred history, greatly meritorious, which destroys sin when heard.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच-। अथान्यानि तु तीर्थानि वसिष्ठोक्तानि मे वद । श्रुत्वा यानि च पापानि विलयं यांति नारद
Yudhishthira said: Now tell me, O Nārada, of other sacred places as spoken by Vasiṣṭha, by visiting which sins are destroyed, once they are heard.
नारद उवाच-। शृणुष्वात्र हि तीर्थानि वसिष्ठोक्तानि पार्थिव । दक्षिणं सिंधुमासाद्य ब्रह्मचारी जितेंद्रियः
Nārada said: Hear now, O King, of those sacred places described by Vasiṣṭha; a celibate with controlled senses, reaching the southern Sindhu—
अग्निष्टोममवाप्नोति विमानं चाधिरोहति । चर्मण्वतीं समासाद्य नियतो नियताशनः
—obtains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice and ascends to a celestial chariot; reaching the Carmaṇvatī, disciplined and moderate in food—
रंतिदेवाभ्यनुज्ञातो अग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् । ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ हिमवत्सुतमर्बुदम्
—having received the approval of Rantideva, he attains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma; then, O knower of dharma, he should go to Arbudā, daughter of the Himalaya.
पृथिव्या यत्र वै छिद्रं पूर्वमासीद्युधिष्ठिर । तत्राश्रमो वसिष्ठस्य त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतं
There, O Yudhishthira, was formerly a fissure in the earth; there is the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha, renowned in the three worlds.
तत्रोष्य रजनीमेकां गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । पिंगातीर्थमुपस्पृश्य ब्रह्मचारी नराधिप
Dwelling there for one night, he obtains the merit of a thousand cows; having bathed at Piṅgā-tīrtha, the celibate king—
कपिलानां नरव्याघ्र शतस्य फलमाप्नुयात् । ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ प्रभासं लोकविश्रुतम्
—obtains the merit equal to a hundred Kapila cows, O tiger among men; then, O knower of dharma, he should go to Prabhāsa, famed in the world.
यत्र सन्निहितो नित्यं स्वयमेव हुताशनः । देवतानां मुखं वीर अनलोऽनिलसारथिः
There, the fire-god himself, ever present, is the mouth of the gods, O hero, the fire whose charioteer is the wind.
तस्मिंस्तीर्थवरे स्नात्वा शुचिः प्रयतमानसः । अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्यां फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः
Bathing at that supreme tīrtha, pure and with concentrated mind, a man attains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra sacrifices.
ततो गत्वा सरस्वत्याः सागरस्य च संगमम् । गोसहस्रफलं प्राप्य स्वर्गलोके महीयते
Then, going to the confluence of the Sarasvatī and the ocean, he obtains the merit of a thousand cows and is honored in the heavenly world.
दीप्यमानोऽग्निवन्नित्यं प्रभया भरतर्षभ । तीर्थे सलिलराजस्य स्नात्वा प्रयतमानसः
Ever shining like fire with his radiance, O best of the Bharatas, bathing at the tīrtha of the king of waters, with a concentrated mind—
त्रिरात्रमुषितस्तत्र तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः । विराजति यथा सोमो वाजिमेधं च विंदति
—having stayed there for three nights, he should offer oblations to the ancestors and gods; he shines like the moon and attains the fruit of a Vājimedha sacrifice.
वरदानं ततो गच्छेत्तीर्थं भरतसत्तम । विष्णोर्दुर्वाससा यत्र वरो दत्तो युधिष्ठिर
Then he should go to the tīrtha called Varadāna, O best of the Bharatas, where Vishnu granted a boon to Durvāsas, O Yudhishthira.
वरदाने नरः स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । ततो द्वारवतीं गच्छेन्नियतो नियताशनः
By bathing at Varadāna, a man obtains the merit equal to giving a thousand cows; then, with self-control and regulated diet, he should proceed to Dvāravatī.
पिंडारके नरः स्नात्वा लभेद्बहुसुवर्णकम्
By bathing at Piṇḍāraka, a man gains abundant gold.
तस्मिंस्तीर्थे महाराज पद्मलक्षणलक्षिताः । अद्यापि मुद्रा दृश्यंते तदद्भुतमरिंदम
At that holy place, O great king, marks bearing the sign of the lotus are still seen even today; that is truly wondrous, O subduer of enemies.
त्रिशूलांकानि पद्मानि दृश्यंते कुरुनंदन । महादेवस्य सान्निध्यं तत्रैव भरतर्षभ
Trident marks and lotuses are seen there, O delight of the Kurus; there is the presence of Mahādeva himself, O best of the Bharatas.
सागरस्य च सिंधोश्च संगमं प्राप्य भारत । तीर्थे सलिलराजस्य स्नात्वा प्रयतमानसः
Having reached the confluence of the ocean and the river Sindhu, O Bhārata, and bathing with a pure mind at the holy place of the lord of waters,
तर्पयित्वा पितॄन्देवानृषींश्च भरतर्षभ । प्राप्नोति वारुणं लोकं दीप्यमानः स्वतेजसा
Having satisfied the ancestors, the gods, and the sages, O best of the Bharatas, one attains the world of Varuṇa, shining with one's own brilliance.
शंकुकर्णेश्वरं देवमर्चयित्वा युधिष्ठिर । अश्वमेधं दशगुणं प्रवदंति मनीषिणः
Having worshipped the god Śaṃkukarṇeśvara, O Yudhiṣṭhira, the wise declare that one obtains merit ten times that of an Aśvamedha sacrifice.
प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य गच्छेत भरतर्षभ । तीर्थं कुरुवरश्रेष्ठ त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम्
Having circumambulated, one should go, O best of the Bharatas, to the holy place renowned in the three worlds, O foremost of the Kurus.
तिमीति नाम्ना विख्यातं सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् । यत्र शक्रादयो देवा उपासंते महेश्वरम्
Known by the name Timī, it is famed as the remover of all sins; there, Indra and the other gods worship Maheśvara.
तत्र स्नात्वार्चयित्वा च रुद्रं देवगणैर्वृतम् । जन्मप्रभृति पापानि कृतानि नुदते नरः
There, by bathing and worshipping Rudra, surrounded by hosts of gods, a man casts off all sins committed since birth.
तिमिरत्र नरश्रेष्ठ सर्वदेवैरभिष्टुतः । तत्र स्नात्वा नरश्रेष्ठ हयमेधमवाप्नुयात्
There, O best of men, Timī is praised by all the gods; by bathing there, O best of men, one attains the fruit of the horse sacrifice.
जित्वा तत्र महाप्राज्ञ विष्णुना दितिनंदनम् । पुरा शौचं कृतं राजन्हत्वा दैवतकंटकान्
There, O wise one, Viṣṇu once defeated the son of Diti; in ancient times, having slain the tormentors of the gods, he established purity, O king.