जीर्णोद्धारादिकरणमक्षय्यफलहेतुकम्
Restoration of what is worn out brings inexhaustible rewards.
भुक्त्वा भोगांश्च विपुलानंते सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि
After enjoying abundant pleasures, you will ultimately attain perfection.
पुण्यस्तत्रापि संभेदः सरितोरसि गंगयोः 4.2.83.
Even there, the merit is multiplied at the confluence 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 reward of giving an elephant.
कोकावराहमभ्यर्च्य तत्र नो जन्मभाग्जनः
Having worshipped Kokavara, no one born there is deprived of birth.
दिलीपतीर्थं सुश्रेष्ठं सद्यः पापहरं परम्
Dilipa's sacred place is most excellent, instantly removing sin to the highest degree.
यत्र मज्जन्नरो मज्जेन्न भूयो दुःखसागरे
Where a person who immerses himself does not again sink into the ocean of suffering.
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, the wise man burns up the great ocean of sin.
पापं सुवर्णचौर्यादि यत्र स्नात्वा क्षयं व्रजेत्
Where, by bathing, sins such as gold theft are destroyed.
हंस स्वरूपी यत्राहं नयामि ब्रह्मदेहिनः
Where, in the form of a swan, I lead those embodied as Brahma.
ततस्त्रिभुवनाख्यस्य केशवस्याति पुण्यदम् 4.2.83.
Then comes the sacred place of Kesava, known as Tribhuvana, which bestows great merit.
गोव्याघ्रे श्वर तीर्थं च ततोप्यधिकमेव हि
The sacred place of Govyaghreshvara is even superior to that.
ततोपि हि वरं वीर तीर्थं मांधातुसंज्ञितम्
Even more excellent is the sacred place called Mandhata, O hero.
ततोपि मुचुकुंदाख्यं तीर्थं चातीव पुण्यदम्
Still greater is the sacred place named Mucukunda, which bestows abundant merit.
पृथु तीर्थं ततोप्युच्चैः श्रेयसां साधनं परम्
Prithu's sacred place is yet higher, the supreme means of attaining the best.
ततः परशुरामस्य तीर्थं चातीव सिद्धिदम् ।। यत्र क्षत्रवधात्पापाज्जामदग्न्यो विमुक्तवान्
Then comes the sacred place of Parashurama, which greatly grants perfection, where Jamadagni's son was freed from the sin of killing Kshatriyas.
अद्यापि क्षत्रवधजं पापं तत्र प्रणश्यति
Even today, the sin of the slaughter of warriors is destroyed there.
ततोपि श्रेयसां कर्तृ तीर्थं कृष्णाग्रजस्य हि
Beyond that is the holy place of Krishna's elder brother, the best among the virtuous.
दिवोदासस्य वै तीर्थं तत्र राज्ञोऽतिमेधसः
There is also the sacred site of King Divodāsa, who was endowed with great wisdom.
ततोपि हि महातीर्थं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
Beyond that is indeed a great pilgrimage place, the destroyer of all sins.
स्नात्वा भागीरथी तीर्थे कृत्वा श्राद्धं विधानवित् 4.2.83.
One who bathes at the Bhāgīrathī ford and performs the ancestral rite according to rule—
हरपापं च भो वीर तीर्थं भागीरथीतटे
O hero, the holy place called Harapāpa is also on the bank of the Bhāgīrathī.
यो निष्पापेश्वरं लिंगं तत्र पश्यति मानवः
A person who beholds the sinless Lord's liṅga there—
दशाश्वमेधतीर्थं च ततोपि प्रवरं मतम् ।। दशानामश्वमेधानां यत्र स्नात्वा फलं लभेत्
There is also the Daśāśvamedha ford, considered the foremost; where, by bathing, one obtains the fruit of ten Aśvamedha sacrifices.
ततोपि शुभदं वीर बंदीतीर्थं प्रचक्षते
Beyond that, O hero, is the auspicious Baṃdī ford, as it is called.
हिरण्याक्षेण दैत्येन बहुशो देवताः पुरा
Long ago, the gods were repeatedly bound by the demon Hiraṇyākṣa.
ततो विशृंखलीभूतैर्वंदिता यज्जगज्जनिः
Then, when they were set free, the mother of the world was praised.
बंदीतीर्थस्तु तत्रैव महानिगडखंडनम्
There, at the Baṃdī ford, the great shattering of fetters took place.