तदीय यातु मंजर्या पूजनं च करोति यः । नानापुष्पैः कृता पूजा यावच्चंद्रदिवाकरौ
Whoever performs worship with its inflorescence, that worship made with various flowers endures as long as the moon and sun.
यस्मिन्गृहेऽवतिष्ठेत तुलसी वृक्षवाटिका । दर्शनात्स्पर्शनाच्चैव ब्रह्महत्यादिपातकम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति दर्शनेनैव नारद
In whatever house there is a Tulasī grove, by seeing or touching it, all sins such as Brahmin-murder are destroyed, O Nārada, merely by seeing it.
महादेव उवाच- अथान्यत्ते प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वैकाग्रमानसः । न कस्यापि च कथितं शृणु देवर्षिसत्तम
Mahādeva said: Now I will tell you something else; listen with focused mind. This has not been told to anyone—hear it, O best of divine sages.
यत्र यत्र गृहे ग्रामे वने वा तुलसी भवेत् । तत्र तत्र जगत्स्वामी प्रीतात्मा च वसेद्धरिः
Wherever there is Tulasī—in a house, village, or forest—there the Lord of the universe, Hari, dwells with a pleased heart.
गृहे तस्मिन्न दारिद्र्यं नायोगो बंधुसंभवः । न दुःखं न भयं रोगस्तुलसी यत्र तिष्ठति
In that house where Tulasi is present, there is no poverty, no misfortune arising from relatives, no sorrow, no fear, and no disease.
सर्वत्र तुलसी पुण्या पुण्यक्षेत्रे विशेषतः । संनिधौ तस्य देवस्य रोपणात्पृथिवीतले
Tulasi is sacred everywhere, but especially so in holy places; when she is planted in the presence of that deity upon the earth—
तेषां विष्णुपदं नित्यं तुलस्यारोपणे कृते । उत्पादान्दारुणान्रोगान्दुर्निमित्तान्यनेकशः । तुलस्याभ्यर्चिते भक्त्या हंत शांतिकरो हरिः
For those who plant Tulasi, the abode of Vishnu is ever attained; severe diseases and countless inauspicious omens arise, but when Tulasi is worshipped with devotion, Hari brings peace.
तुलसीगंधमाघ्राय यत्र गच्छति मारुतः । दिशो दश च ताः पूता भूतग्रामश्चतुर्विधः
Wherever the wind carries the fragrance of Tulasi, all ten directions are purified, along with the four kinds of beings.
यस्मिन्गृहे मुनिश्रेष्ठ तुलसीमूलमृत्तिका । सर्वदा तत्र तिष्ठंति देवताश्च शिवो हरिः
O best of sages, in whatever house there is earth from the root of Tulasi, there always dwell the deities, Shiva, and Hari.
तुलसीवनजा छाया यत्र यत्र भवेद्दिवज । तर्पणं कुरुते तत्र पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम्
Wherever there is the shade of a Tulasi grove, there the offering made to the ancestors becomes inexhaustible.
तस्य मूले स्थितो ब्रह्मा मध्ये देवो जनार्दनः । मंजर्यां वसते रुद्रः तुलसी तेन पावनी
At her root resides Brahma, in the middle dwells the god Janardana, and in the flower Rudra abides; thus Tulasi is purifying.
विना यस्तुलसीं कुर्यात्संध्याकाले तु मार्जनम् । तत्सर्वं राक्षसहृतं नरकं च प्रयच्छति
Whoever, at twilight, performs purification without Tulasi, all that is taken by demons and leads to hell.
तुलसीपत्रगलितं तोयं यः शिरसावहेत् । गंगाफलमवाप्नोति शतधेनुफलं लभेत्
Whoever carries on his head water in which Tulasi leaves have fallen attains the merit of bathing in the Ganga and receives the fruit of giving a hundred cows.
शिवालये विशेषेण रोपयेत्तुलसीं यदि । बीजसंख्या वसेत्स्वर्गे प्रत्येकं युगसंख्यया
If one especially plants Tulasi in a shrine of Shiva, for each seed sown, one dwells in heaven for as many ages.
उमया तु पुरा देवि शंकरार्थं हिमालये । रोपिताः शतवृक्षास्तु तुलस्याः प्रणतोऽस्म्यहम्
Long ago, O goddess, Uma planted a hundred Tulasi trees in the Himalayas for the sake of Shankara; I bow to her.
पर्वण्यवसरे यस्तु श्रावणे चाथ रोपयेत् । संक्रांतिदिवसे चैव तुलसी चातिपुण्यदा
Whoever plants Tulasi on festival occasions, or in the month of Shravana, or on the day of the sun's transit, receives great merit from Tulasi.
तुलसीं पूजयेन्नित्यं दरिद्र ईश्वरो भवेत् । सर्वसिद्धिकरामूर्तिः कृष्णः कीर्तिं ददाति च
One who worships Tulasi daily, even if poor, becomes lordly; Krishna, the giver of all attainments, grants him fame.
शालग्रामशिला यत्र तत्र संनिहितो हरिः । तत्र स्नानं च दानं च वाराणस्यां शताधिकम्
Wherever there is a Shalagrama stone, Hari is present there; bathing and giving gifts at that place yields a hundred times the merit of Varanasi.
कुरुक्षेत्रं प्रयागं च नैमिषारण्यमेव च । तस्य कोटिगुणं पुण्यं शालग्रामशिलार्चनात्
Kurukshetra, Prayaga, and Naimisharanya—worship of the Shalagrama stone gives merit a crore times greater than these holy places.
शालग्राममयी मुद्रा संस्थिता यत्र हि क्वचित् । वाराणस्यां च यत्पुण्यं सर्वं तत्रैव तद्भवेत्
Wherever a ring made of Shalagrama is kept, all the merit found in Varanasi is present there.
ब्रह्महत्यादिकं पापं यत्किंचित्कुरुते नरः । तत्सर्वं नाशयेदाशु शालग्रामशिलार्चनात्
Whatever sin a person commits, even as grave as killing a Brahmin, all that is quickly destroyed by worship of the Shalagrama stone.
महादेवउवाच- प्रयागतीर्थमाहात्म्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा श्रुतम् । महादानपराः पुण्यकर्माणो यत्र संति हि
Mahadeva said: I will now declare, as I have heard, the greatness of the holy place Prayaga, where those devoted to great gifts and virtuous deeds are found.
यत्र गंगा च यमुना यत्र चैव सरस्वती । तं देवतीर्थप्रवरं देवानामपि दुर्लभम्
Where the Ganga, Yamuna, and Sarasvati meet—that foremost of sacred fords, rare even for the gods—
ईदृशं त्रिषु लोकेषु भूतं न च भविष्यति । ग्रहाणां च यथा सूर्यो नक्षत्राणां यथा शशी
Such a place has never existed in the three worlds, nor will it ever be; as the sun is among planets, as the moon among stars—
तीर्थानामुत्तमं तीर्थं प्रयागाख्यमनुत्तमम् । प्रातःकाले तु भो विद्वन्प्रयागे स्नानमाचरेत्
Among all sacred fords, Prayaga is the supreme, unrivaled ford; O wise one, one should bathe at Prayaga in the morning.
महापापाद्विनिर्मुक्तः स याति परमं पदम् । देयं किंचिद्यथाशक्ति दारिद्र्याभावमिच्छता
Freed from great sins, he attains the highest state; one who desires freedom from poverty should give something according to his ability.
यो नरस्तत्र गत्वा वै प्रयागे स्नानमाचरेत् । धनिको दीर्घजीवी च जायते नात्र संशयः
The man who, having gone there, bathes at Prayaga, becomes wealthy and long-lived—of this there is no doubt.
यत्र वटस्याक्षयस्य दर्शनं कुरुते नरः । तेन दर्शनमात्रेण ब्रह्महत्या विनश्यति
Where a man beholds the imperishable banyan tree, by that very sight, the sin of killing a Brahmin is destroyed.
स चाक्षयवटः ख्यातः कल्पांतेपि च दृश्यते । शेते विष्णुर्यस्य पत्रे अतोयमव्ययः स्मृतः
That imperishable banyan is renowned, and is seen even at the end of an age; Vishnu, imperishable and waterless, is said to rest upon its leaf.
तत्र पूजां प्रकुर्वंति मानवा विष्णुवल्लभाः । सूत्रेणाच्छादितं कृत्वा पूजां चैव तु कारयेत्
There, devotees of Vishnu perform worship; covering it with a thread, they should indeed conduct the worship.