किमर्थं हि परित्यक्तः कोऽपराधः कृतो मया
For what reason have I been abandoned? What offense have I committed?
रामं ततोऽब्रवीत्सीता किमर्थं लक्ष्मणस्त्वया
Then Sita said to Rama: 'For what reason, by you, Lakshmana...?'
राघवस्त्वब्रवीत्सीतां नाहं त्यक्ष्यामि लक्ष्मणम्
Raghava then said to Sita: 'I will not abandon Lakshmana.'
श्रुतपूर्वं तु सुश्रोणि क्षेत्रस्यास्य विचेष्टितम्
O lovely-hipped one, it has been heard before that this field has been disturbed.
परस्परं न मन्यंते स्वार्थनिष्ठैकहेतवः
They do not regard each other, being motivated solely by their own interests.
न च शिष्यो गुरोर्वाक्यं गुरुर्वा शिष्यकर्म च
Nor does the disciple heed the teacher's word, nor the teacher the disciple's action.
एवमुक्त्वा ययौ रामो लक्ष्मणो जानकी तथा
Having spoken thus, Rama, Lakshmana, and Janaki departed.
रामतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा रामेश्वरं शिवम्
After bathing at Rama's sacred ford and seeing Rameshvara Shiva...
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सौभाग्यं परमं लभेत् ।। 5.1.31.
Freed from all sins, one attains supreme good fortune.
घृततीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा घृतेन स्नापयेच्छिवम्
Having bathed at the sacred place of clarified butter, a man should bathe Śiva with ghee.
देवीं योगीश्वरीं पूज्य सुरासुरनमस्कृताम्
He should worship the goddess, the mistress of yoga, who is revered by gods and demons.
शंखावर्ते नरः स्नात्वा सर्वपापविवर्जितः
A man who bathes at Śaṅkhāvarta becomes free from all sins.
सुधोदके चतुर्दश्यां मुक्त्यर्थं स्नापयेन्नरः
On the fourteenth day, a man should bathe for the sake of liberation in pure water.
तथान्य त्संप्रवक्ष्यामि तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्
Now I shall further describe another sacred place, renowned throughout the three worlds.
पूर्वं त्रेतायुगे व्यास सुनेत्रो नाम वै द्विजः
Formerly, in the Tretā Yuga, there was a brahmin named Sunetra, O Vyāsa.
यवक्रीतस्य शापेन स्वपिता तेन घातितः
By the curse of Yavakrīta, his own father was slain by him.
तीर्थे किंपुनके स्नात्वा धारातीर्थे गतो द्विजः
Having bathed at the sacred place Kiṃpunaka, the brahmin went to the holy Dhārā.
कथं मे पतिता धारा अनृता वा श्रुतिस्तथा
"How has my stream become fallen, or how has my recitation become false?"
अत्र तीर्थे पुनः स्नाति यावद्वाणीं ततोऽशृणोत् 5.1.31.
There, bathing again at that sacred place, he heard a voice.
न तेऽस्ति ब्रह्महत्या वै तीर्थस्नानेन नाशिता
"You are not afflicted by brahminicide; it has been destroyed by bathing at the sacred place."
तत्र स्थित्वा महेशेन पुनः पत्तनमीक्षितम्
There, having remained, the great lord again beheld the city.
पत्तनेश्वर इत्याख्यो देवदेवो महेश्वरः
The god of gods, Maheśvara, is known there as Pattaneśvara.
भावयुक्तो नरो व्यास पूजयेद्विधिवत्सदा
A man endowed with devotion, O Vyāsa, should always worship him properly.
हंसयुक्तेन यानेन शिवलोकं स गच्छति
He goes to the world of Śiva in a vehicle drawn by swans.
दुर्धर्षमिति विख्यातं ब्रह्महत्याविमोचनम्
It is famed as Durdharṣa, the liberator from the sin of brahminicide.
तीर्थमासीन्नदीतीरे विख्यातं सूर्यसंस्कृतम्
That sacred place, situated on the riverbank, is renowned as purified by the Sun.
सप्तम्यामथवाष्टम्यां संक्रातौ रविवासरे
On the seventh or eighth day, or at the time of the solar transition, on a Sunday,
दृष्ट्वा महेश्वरं तत्र शिप्राकूले व्यवस्थितम्
having seen Maheshvara there, established on the bank of the Shipra,
पितृमातृकुलं सर्वं समुद्धृत्य शिवं व्रजेत् 5.1.31.
having uplifted his entire lineage of ancestors and mothers, he should approach Shiva.
तावत्तदक्षयं लोके यावच्चंद्रदिवाकरौ
That merit remains imperishable in the world as long as the moon and sun endure.