अनेनैव स्वदेहेन रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
With this very body, he goes to the world of Rudra.
तथा शृणु प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्
Now listen, I will tell you of that which destroys all sins.
श्राद्धं कृत्वा महाकालं नत्वा चेशानमीश्वरम्
Having performed śrāddha, and having bowed to Mahākāla and Īśāna, the Lord,
उपगम्य ततो देवं गणेशं पिंगलेश्वरम्
Then, approaching the god Gaṇeśa, Piṅgaleśvara,
महाकालेश्वरं प्राप्य भूयः स्नातो जितेंद्रियः
Having reached Mahākāleśvara, having bathed again, with senses controlled,
ईशाने गमयेद्रात्रिं कृत्वा वै नक्तभोजनम्
He should spend the night in the direction of Īśāna, having observed night-fasting.
द्वादश्यां पूर्ववत्सर्वं प्रातः स्नात्वा व्रजेन्नरः
On the twelfth day, as before, after bathing in the morning, a man should proceed.
त्रयोदश्यामथाप्येवं बिल्वेशं पश्चिमेऽर्चयेत् 5.1.26.
And likewise on the thirteenth day, he should worship Bilveśa in the west.
अमावास्यां शुचिः स्नातो महाकालेश्वरं यजेत्
On the new moon, pure and bathed, he should worship Mahākāleśvara.
गीतनृत्यादिकं कृत्वा प्रणिपत्य क्षमापयेत्
Having performed singing, dancing, and the like, he should bow down and ask forgiveness.
ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पञ्च शिवभक्तिपरायणान्
He should feed five Brāhmaṇas who are devoted to the worship of Śiva.
पूजयित्वा हिरण्येन सूक्ष्मवस्त्रगुणैर्नवैः
After honoring them with gold and with nine fine garments,
दत्त्वा बिल्वेश्वरे चाश्वं वृषं दत्त्वा तु चोत्तरे
and after giving a horse to Bilveśvara and a bull to Uttareśvara,
य एवं कुरुते व्यास तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
Whoever does thus, O Vyāsa, listen to the merit and reward he attains.
पितृकैर्मातृकैः सार्धं कुलैः स दिवि मोदते
With his ancestors, both paternal and maternal, and his lineage, he rejoices in heaven.
प्रदक्षिणीकृता तेन सप्तद्वीपा वसुन्धरा
By him, the earth with its seven continents is circumambulated.
यस्तु पद्मावतीं पश्येद्दर्चयेत्पंकजैर्नरः
And whoever sees Padmāvatī and worships her with lotuses,
स्वर्णशृंगाटिकां व्यास कुसुमैः स्वर्णसंनिभैः 5.1.26.
or the golden shrine, O Vyāsa, with flowers shining like gold,
अवन्तिनीं तु यः पश्येद्देवीं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुताम्
Whoever beholds Avantinī, the goddess renowned in the three worlds,
अर्चयेत्पंकजैर्भक्त्या यो देवीममरावतीम्
who worships the goddess Amarāvatī with devotion and lotuses,
देवीमुज्जयनीं भक्त्या यः पश्यति समाहितः
who, with a concentrated mind, beholds the goddess Ujjayinī with devotion,
विशालां चैव यः पश्येद्रुद्रभक्त्या समाहितः
and whoever beholds Viśālā with devotion to Rudra and a focused mind,
अकूरेश्वरमित्याख्यं यत्र सिद्धः पितामहः
where Akūreśvara is named, where the accomplished Pitāmaha (Brahmā) resides,
तत्र देवार्चनं कृत्वा कृष्णाष्टम्यामुपोषितः
there, having performed worship of the gods on Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī while fasting,
न वदेत्केनचित्सार्धं नरः प्रातर्गृहे स्थितः
a man, remaining at home in the morning, should not speak with anyone.
मुच्यते पातकाद्धोराद्ब्रह्मलोकं मृतो व्रजेत्
He is freed from terrible sin and, upon death, goes to the world of Brahmā.
पद्मासनस्थितो ब्रह्मा ध्यायमानः परं पदम्
Brahmā, seated on a lotus, contemplates the supreme state.
पितरो ये च लोकानां पूज्यंते भुवि मानवैः ।। 5.1.26.
And the ancestors of the worlds, who are honored on earth by men.
ग्रहार्कतारका यक्षा दिग्गजाश्च्यानलानिलाः
Planets, the sun, stars, yakshas, guardians of the directions, fire, and wind—
कथं ध्यायसि देवेश एतत्सर्वं ब्रवीहि नः
How do you meditate, O Lord of the gods? Tell us all this.