यथा पुष्पगृहे कश्चित्प्रविशत्यंग फाल्गुन १३.
Just as someone enters a house of flowers, O Phālguna,
संवर्तस्तान्पुनः प्राह मार्कंडेयमुखानिति भिक्षार्थं पर्यटिष्यामि प्रश्रं प्रब्रूत चैव मे॥ १३.
Saṃvarta then spoke to Mārkaṇḍeya and the others: 'I will wander for alms; please tell me the way.'
शापभ्रष्टा वयं मोक्षं प्राप्स्यामस्तवदनुग्रहात् १३.
Fallen from grace by a curse, we shall attain liberation by your favor.
यत्र तीर्थे सर्वतीर्थफलं प्राप्नोति मानवः १३.
At that sacred place where a man obtains the fruit of all holy places,
नमस्कृत्य कुमाराय दुर्गाभ्यश्च नरोत्तमाः १३.
Having bowed to Kumāra and to Durgā, O best of men,
अमुना राजसिंहेन इंद्रद्युम्नेन धीमता १३.
By this lion among kings, the wise Indradyumna,
तदा संताप्यमानाया भुवः काष्ठस्य वै यथा १३.
Then, as the earth was tormented, just as by firewood,
महीनाम नदी च पृथिव्यां यानिकानिचित् १३.
All the rivers of the earth, whatever they may be,
महीनाम समुत्पन्ना देशे मालवकाभिधे १३.
Originating in the land called Mālava, the rivers of the earth,
सर्वतीर्थमयी पूर्वं महीनाम महानदी १३.
Formerly, the great river Mahī, composed of all sacred waters,
वाराणसी कुरुक्षेत्रं गंगा रेवा सरस्वती॥ १३.
Vārāṇasī, Kurukṣetra, Gaṅgā, Revā, Sarasvatī,
तापी पयोष्णी निर्विध्या चन्द्रभागा इरावती १३.
Tāpī, Payoṣṇī, Nirvidhā, Candrabhāgā, Irāvatī,
गया गोदावरी चैव अरुणा वरुणा तथा १३.
Gayā, Godāvarī, as well as Aruṇā and Varuṇā,
सहस्रविंशतिश्चैव षट्शतानि तथैव च १३.
And twenty thousand, and also six hundred likewise.
पृथिव्यां सर्वतीर्थेषु स्नात्वा यत्फलमाप्यते १३.
The merit obtained by bathing at all the sacred places on earth—
एकत्र सर्वतीर्थानां यदि संयोगमिच्छथ १३.
If you wish for the union of all the sacred places in one spot—
अहं चापि च तत्रैव बहून्वर्षगणान्पुरा १३.
I too, in that very place, long ago, for many years—
स हि तत्र समीपस्थः पिशुनश्च विशेषतः १३.
For he, being nearby there, is especially slanderous.
अत्र दिग्वाससां मध्ये बहूनां तत्समस्त्वहम् १३.
Among the many ascetics clad in the directions, I am the same as all of them.
पुनरत्रापि मां नूनं कथयिष्यति नारदः १३.
Again, even here, Nārada will surely speak of me.
भवद्भिश्च न चाप्यत्र वक्तानां कस्यचित्क्वचित् १३.
And by you, too, here, none among the speakers, anywhere—
देवाचार्येण संत्यक्तो भ्रात्रा मे कारणां तरे १३.
Abandoned by the divine teacher, by my brother, for a certain reason—
अविद्यांतर्गतैर्यज्ञकर्मभिर्न प्रयोजनम् १३.
There is no purpose in sacrificial acts performed by those enveloped in ignorance.
समित्पुष्पकुशप्रायैः साधनैर्यद्यचेतनैः १३.
With offerings of kindling, flowers, and sacred grass, with such insentient means—
तद्यूयं तत्र गच्छध्वं शीघ्रमेव नृपानुगाः १३.
Therefore, you followers of the king, go there quickly.
स हि पूर्वं मिथेः पुर्यां वसन्नाश्रममुत्तमम् १३.
For he, formerly residing in the city of Mithilā, had an excellent hermitage.
गार्गि रक्ष पयो भद्रे नकुलोऽयमुपेति च १३.
Gārgī, guard the milk, O auspicious one, for the mongoose is approaching.
इत्युक्तो नकुलः क्रुद्धः स हि क्रुद्धः पुराऽभवत् १३.
Thus addressed, the mongoose became angry, for he had been angry before.
अहो वा धिग्धिगित्येव भूयो धिगिति चैव हि १३.
Alas, fie, fie! Again, indeed, fie!
कथं ते नाम पापानि प्रकुर्वंति नराधमाः १३.
How do these wicked men commit sinful acts?