कुरुक्षेत्राच्चद्विगुणं तस्मिन्स्नानादिकं भवेत्। शुक्लतीर्थं तु विख्यातं तीर्थं सोमेश्वरं परम्
Bathing and other rites there yield twice the merit of Kurukṣetra; the tīrtha called Śukla is renowned, as is the supreme Someśvara tīrtha.
सर्वव्याधिहरंपुण्यंफलंकोटिगुणाधिकम्। श्राद्धेदानेतथाहोमेस्वाध्यायेचापिसन्निधौ
It destroys all diseases, is meritorious, and its reward is a crore-fold greater; so too at śrāddha offerings, sacrifices, and in the presence of recitation.
कायावारोहणं नाम देवदेवस्य शूलिनः। अवतारं रोचमानं ब्राह्मणावसथे शुभे
There is a place called Kāyāvārohaṇa, the descent of the god of gods, Śūlin; a radiant manifestation in the auspicious abode of the Brāhmaṇas.
जातं तत्सुमहापुण्यं तथा चर्मण्वती नदी। शूलतापी पयोष्णी च पयोष्णीसंगमस्तथा
That, too, is supremely meritorious, as is the river Carmaṇvatī; Śūlatāpī and Payoṣṇī, and also the confluence of Payoṣṇī.
महौषधी चारणा च नागतीर्थप्रवर्त्तिनी। महावेणा नदी पुण्या महाशालस्तथैव च
Mahauṣadhī, Āraṇā, and Nāgatīrtha-pravartinī; the holy river Mahāveṇā, and likewise the great Śāla forest.
गोमती वरुणा तद्वत्तीर्थं हौताशनं परम्। भैरवं भृगुतुंगं च गौरीतीर्थमनुत्तमम्
Gomatī, Varuṇā, and the supreme Hautāśana tīrtha; Bhairava, Bhṛgutuṅga, and the unrivaled Gaurī tīrtha.
तीर्थं वैनायकं नाम वस्त्रेश्वरमनुत्तमम्। तथा पापहरं नाम पुण्या वेत्रवती नदी
The tīrtha called Vaināyaka, the unrivaled Vastreśvara; likewise the tīrtha called Pāpahara, and the holy river Vetravatī.
महारुद्रं महालिंगं दशार्णा च महानदी। शतरुद्रा शताह्वा च तथा पितृपदं पुरम्
Mahārudra, the great liṅga, and the great river Daśārṇā; Śatarudrā, Śatāhvā, and likewise the city called Pitṛpada.
अंगारवाहिका तद्वन्नदौ द्वौ शोणघर्घरौ। कालिका च नदी पुण्या पितरा च नदी शुभा
Likewise, Aṅgāravāhikā, and two rivers called Nadau, both resounding with red waters; Kālikā, a sacred river, and Pitara, an auspicious river.
एतानि पितृतीर्थानि शस्यंते स्नानदानयोः। श्राद्धमेतेषु यद्दत्तं तदनंतफलं स्मृतम्
These are the ancestral holy places, praised for bathing and giving; whatever offering is made here for ancestors is regarded as yielding infinite fruit.
शतावटा नदी ज्वाला शरद्वी च नदी तथा। द्वारका कृष्णतीर्थं च तथा ह्युदक्सरस्वती
Śatāvaṭā, the river Jvālā, and likewise the river Śaradvī; Dvārakā, the Kṛṣṇa holy place, and also the northern Sarasvatī.
नदी मालवती नाम तथा च गिरिकर्णिका। धूतपापं तथा तीर्थं समुद्रे दक्षिणे तथा
The river named Mālavatī, and likewise Girikarṇikā; Dhūtapāpa, a holy place, and also the southern ocean.
गोकर्णो गजकर्णश्च तथा चक्रनदी शुभा। श्रीशैलं शाकतीर्थं च नारसिंहमतः परम्
Gokarṇa, Gajakarṇa, and likewise the auspicious river Cakra; Śrīśaila, Śākatīrtha, and then Nārasiṃha.
महेंद्रं च तथा पुण्या पुण्या चापि महानदी। एतेष्वपि सदा श्राद्धमनंतफलदं स्मृतम्
Mahendra, which is sacred, and also the great holy river; at all these places, offerings for ancestors are always remembered as yielding endless reward.
दर्शनादपि पुण्यानि सद्यः पापहराणि वै। तुंगभद्रा नदी पुण्या तथा चक्ररथीति च
Even by seeing these holy places, sins are instantly removed; the sacred river Tuṅgabhadrā, and likewise Cakrarathī.
भीमेश्वरं कृष्णवेणा कावेरी चांजना नदी। नदी गोदावरी पुण्या त्रिसंध्या पूर्णमुत्तमम्
Bhīmeśvara, Kṛṣṇaveṇā, Kāverī, and the river Āṃjanā; the sacred river Godāvarī, and the excellent Trisaṃdhyā.
तीर्थं त्रैयंबकं नाम सर्वतीर्थनमस्कृतम्। यत्रास्ते भगवान्भीमः स्वयमेव त्रिलोचनः
The holy place named Traiyaṃbaka, revered by all holy places; where the blessed Bhīma himself, the three-eyed Lord, resides.
श्राद्धमेतेषु सर्वेषु दत्तं कोटिगुणं भवेत्। स्मरणादपि पापानि व्रजंति शतधा नृप
Whatever offering is given for ancestors at all these places becomes multiplied a crore-fold; even by remembering them, sins depart a hundredfold, O king.
श्रीपर्णा च नदी पुण्या व्यासतीर्थमनुत्तमम्। तथा मत्स्यनदी कारा शिवधारा तथैव च
Śrīparṇā, a sacred river, and the unrivaled Vyāsa holy place; likewise Matsyanadī, Kārā, and also Śivadhārā.
भवतीर्थं च विख्यातं पुण्यतीर्थं च शाश्वतम्। पुण्यं रामेश्वरं तद्वद्वेणापुरमलंपुरम्
Bhavatīrtha, renowned as a holy place, and the eternal sacred tīrtha; Rāmeśvara, which is holy, and likewise Veṇāpura and Alaṃpura.
अंगारकं च विख्यातमात्मदर्शमलंबुषम्। वत्सव्रातेश्वरं तद्वत्तथागोकामुखं परम्
Aṅgāraka, renowned, Ātmadarśa, Alaṃbuṣa; Vatsavrāteśvara, and likewise Gokāmukha, the supreme.
गोवर्द्धनं हरिश्चंद्रं पुरश्चन्द्रं पृथूदकम्। सहस्राक्षं हिरण्याक्षं तथा च कदलीनदी
Govardhana, Hariśchandra, Purachandra, Pṛthūdaka; Sahasrākṣa, Hiraṇyākṣa, and likewise the Kadalī river.
नामधेयानि च तथा तथा सौमित्रिसंगतम्। इंद्रनीलं महानादं तथा च प्रियमेलकम्
Names such as Saumitrisaṃgata, Indranīla, Mahānāda, and also Priyamelaka.
एतान्यपि सदा श्राद्धे प्रशस्तान्यधिकानि च। एतेषु सर्वदेवानां सांनिध्यं पठ्यते यतः
These too are always praised for ancestral offerings, and are especially esteemed; for it is said that all the gods are present at these places.
दानमेतेषु सर्वेषु भवेत्कोटिशताधिकम्। बाहुदा च नदी पुण्या तथा सिद्धवटं शुभम्
Giving at all these places yields a hundred crore-fold reward; Bāhudā, a sacred river, and likewise the auspicious Siddhavaṭa.
तीर्थं पाशुपतं चैव नदी पर्यटिका तथा। श्राद्धमेतेषु सर्वेषु दत्तं कोटिशतोत्तरम्
The holy place Pāśupata, and likewise the river Paryaṭikā; whatever offering is given for ancestors at all these places yields a hundred crore-fold reward.
तथैव पंचतीर्थं च यत्र गोदावरी नदी। युता लिंगसहस्रेण सव्येतर जलावहा
In the same way, there is the sacred place of the Five Fords, where the Godavari river, joined with a thousand lingas, flows with both right and left streams.
जामदग्न्यस्य तत्तीर्थं मोदायतनमुत्तमम्। प्रतीकस्य भयात्सिद्धा यत्र गोदावरी नदी
That is the holy place of Jamadagni, the supreme abode of joy, where the Godavari river, out of fear of the demon Pratika, became accomplished.
तीर्थं तद्धव्यकव्यानामप्सरोगणसंयुतम्। श्राद्धाग्नि दानकार्यं च तत्र कोटिशताधिकम्
That is the sacred place for offerings to gods and ancestors, accompanied by hosts of Apsaras; there, the performance of śrāddha and acts of charity yield results a hundred million times greater.
तथा सहस्रलिंगं च राघवेश्वरमुत्तमम्। सेन्द्रकाला नदी पुण्या तत्र शक्रो गतः पुरा५० 1.11.
Likewise, there is the place of a thousand lingas, the supreme Raghaveśvara; there flows the holy river Sendrakala, where Indra once went.