O King, from your very childhood you had engaged in sinful ways. Yet, when you were consecrated and visited all the sacred waters, performing the prescribed rites at the holy places such as Prabhāsa and others upon the earth, a remarkable transformation began. Even more significant than physically journeying to these difficult-to-reach tīrthas was your ability, O best of kings, to go to them in your mind, offering the highest charity—gifts that surpass the merit earned by mere bathing at sacred sites. You became deeply devoted to pilgrimage, wandering across the land with a disciplined mind and moderation in food. Wherever you went, you gave abundant gifts to those in need. After some time, your yearning for purification led you to undertake a great pilgrimage to the holy places. There, your heart filled with faith, you bathed in the sacred waters, and your mind was cleansed. As a result of these acts, your ancestors, who had long suffered in fierce hell, were freed from their torment and became exceedingly joyful. All those whom you rescued approached you, saying, “Son, now we have been saved by you.” And you yourself, O foremost of kings, through your bathing and the offering of water, attained great merit. It was then declared that this holy place would be known as Kulasaṃtāraṇa, the deliverer of the lineage. By the power of this sacred site, you would come here in your very body. Then, ascending a celestial vehicle, you journeyed to heaven together with your liberated ancestors. Such is the wondrous power, O royal sage, of Kulasaṃtāraṇa tīrtha! That you went to heaven in your own body fills me with great amazement. The very place where you bathed has become one of the highest and most supreme merit. Thus concludes the chapter describing the glory of Kulasaṃtāraṇa Tīrtha. At this sacred spot, when a mortal bathes, the destruction of sin is assured. The ancestors, too, enjoy supreme satisfaction—an enduring joy that lasts until the very dissolution of all beings. Before all this, you had performed severe austerities, desiring to overcome your enemies. After three hundred years of such penance, the great god, pleased with your devotion, bestowed upon you the supreme weapon known as Pāśupata. The Bull-bannered Lord, smiling, said to you, “With this weapon, you shall be unconquerable among all embodied beings. This sacred water-reservoir is holy in all three worlds, among all that moves and does not move. Those who, with concentrated mind, perform śrāddha here on the full moon day will reap the complete fruit of the ancestral rite.” Even Rāma, afflicted by sorrow for his father’s death, destroyed the kṣatriyas and then, at this very place, joyfully satisfied his ancestors twenty-one times. Upon seeing the wounds on his mother’s body, he resolved to perform the rites twenty-one times, saying, “Because my father, though an ascetic and twice-born, was killed by kṣatriyas, I shall offer water to him, having made the earth devoid of kṣatriyas.” Therefore, it is taught that one should diligently perform śrāddha here in every way. Thus ends the chapter on the glory of Rāmatīrtha. At this sacred region, due to the negligence of a king, a crore of holy fords came into being. When the dreadful age of Kali arises on earth, O King, there will be thirty million and a half million sacred places inhabited by beings. In Puṣkara and Kurukṣetra as well, there is a crore of tīrthas, all protected by the gods together with Indra. Whenever distress or fear arises, especially from the encroachment of mlecchas on all sides, then three crore tīrthas will manifest on earth to offer refuge and merit. Thus, the glory and sanctity of these tīrthas endure, offering salvation and protection to all who approach them with faith and devotion.