जीर्णोद्धारादिकरणमक्षय्यफलहेतुकम्
Restoration of what is old brings inexhaustible rewards as its cause.
भुक्त्वा भोगांश्च विपुलानंते सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि
After enjoying abundant pleasures, you will ultimately attain perfection.
पुण्यस्तत्रापि संभेदः सरितोरसि गंगयोः 4.2.83.
There, too, is the sacred confluence in the bosom of the rivers Ganga.
यत्र विष्णुर्हयग्रीवो भक्तचिंतितमर्पयेत्
Where Vishnu as Hayagriva offers what is desired by the devotee.
यत्र वै स्नानमात्रेण गजदानफलं लभेत्
Where, merely by bathing, one obtains the merit of giving an elephant.
कोकावराहमभ्यर्च्य तत्र नो जन्मभाग्जनः
Having worshipped Kokavara, there, a person is not born again.
दिलीपतीर्थं सुश्रेष्ठं सद्यः पापहरं परम्
Dilipa's holy place is most excellent, instantly removing sin to the highest degree.
यत्र मज्जन्नरो मज्जेन्न भूयो दुःखसागरे
Where a man who immerses himself does not again sink into the ocean of sorrow.
सप्ताब्धिस्नानजं पुण्यं यत्र स्नात्वा नरो लभेत्
Where, by bathing, a person obtains the merit of bathing in the seven seas.
सकृद्यत्राप्लुतो धीमान्दहेदघमहोदधिम्
Where, by plunging just once, a wise man burns up the great ocean of sin.
पापं सुवर्णचौर्यादि यत्र स्नात्वा क्षयं व्रजेत्
Where, by bathing, sin such as gold theft and others is destroyed.
हंस स्वरूपी यत्राहं नयामि ब्रह्मदेहिनः
Where, in the form of a swan, I lead those with bodies of Brahma.
ततस्त्रिभुवनाख्यस्य केशवस्याति पुण्यदम् 4.2.83.
Then comes the holy place of Kesava, called Tribhuvana, which bestows great merit.
गोव्याघ्रे श्वर तीर्थं च ततोप्यधिकमेव हि
The holy place of Govyaghreshvara is even greater than that.
ततोपि हि वरं वीर तीर्थं मांधातुसंज्ञितम्
Greater still, O hero, is the holy place called Mandhata.
ततोपि मुचुकुंदाख्यं तीर्थं चातीव पुण्यदम्
Greater yet is the holy place named Mucukunda, which is exceedingly meritorious.
पृथु तीर्थं ततोप्युच्चैः श्रेयसां साधनं परम्
The Pṛthu Tīrtha is, beyond that, the supreme means for attaining the highest good.
ततः परशुरामस्य तीर्थं चातीव सिद्धिदम् ।। यत्र क्षत्रवधात्पापाज्जामदग्न्यो विमुक्तवान्
Then comes the tīrtha of Paraśurāma, which greatly bestows success; there, Jāmadagnya was freed from the sin of killing kṣatriyas.
अद्यापि क्षत्रवधजं पापं तत्र प्रणश्यति
Even today, at that place, the sin arising from the slaying of kṣatriyas is destroyed.
ततोपि श्रेयसां कर्तृ तीर्थं कृष्णाग्रजस्य हि
Beyond that is the tīrtha of Kṛṣṇa’s elder brother, the foremost among those who perform virtuous deeds.
दिवोदासस्य वै तीर्थं तत्र राज्ञोऽतिमेधसः
There is also the tīrtha of King Divodāsa, who was exceedingly wise.
ततोपि हि महातीर्थं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
Beyond that is indeed a great tīrtha, the destroyer of all sins.
स्नात्वा भागीरथी तीर्थे कृत्वा श्राद्धं विधानवित् 4.2.83.
By bathing at the Bhāgīrathī tīrtha and performing śrāddha according to the proper rites—
हरपापं च भो वीर तीर्थं भागीरथीतटे
O hero, there is also the Harapāpa tīrtha on the bank of the Bhāgīrathī.
यो निष्पापेश्वरं लिंगं तत्र पश्यति मानवः
Whoever sees the sinless Lord’s liṅga there, that person—
दशाश्वमेधतीर्थं च ततोपि प्रवरं मतम् ।। दशानामश्वमेधानां यत्र स्नात्वा फलं लभेत्
Then comes the Daśāśvamedha tīrtha, considered the best; by bathing there, one obtains the fruit of ten Aśvamedha sacrifices.
ततोपि शुभदं वीर बंदीतीर्थं प्रचक्षते
Beyond that, O hero, is the Bandī tīrtha, said to be auspicious.
हिरण्याक्षेण दैत्येन बहुशो देवताः पुरा
Long ago, the deities were repeatedly bound by the demon Hiraṇyākṣa.
ततो विशृंखलीभूतैर्वंदिता यज्जगज्जनिः
Then, when they were set free, the origin of the world was praised.
बंदीतीर्थस्तु तत्रैव महानिगडखंडनम्
There itself is the Bandī tīrtha, the great place where the shackles were broken.