तत्राऽपि निर्झरे कूपे तडागे वा सरस्यपि 5.1.69.
There also, whether in a waterfall, well, pond, or lake.
तेषु यः स्नाति वै नित्यं तस्य पापक्षयो भवेत्
Whoever bathes daily in these, his sins are destroyed.
तस्मान्नद्यधिका पुण्या समाख्याता सुरासुरैः
Therefore, rivers are declared more sacred by gods and demons.
चातुर्मास्ये तु यः स्नाति पुण्यसंख्या ततोऽधिका रेवायां भास्करे क्षेत्रे प्राच्यां सागरसंगमे
During the four months, whoever bathes gains greater merit; at the confluence of the Reva and the eastern ocean, in the field of the Sun.
एकाहमपि यः स्नाति चातुर्मास्ये न दुःखभाक्
Even if one bathes for a single day during the four months, he does not become subject to suffering.
सुप्ते देवे जगन्नाथे पापं याति सहस्रधा
When the Lord of the universe sleeps, sin increases a thousandfold.
स भित्त्वा कर्मजं देहं याति विष्णोः सलोकताम् क्षणमेकं क्षणार्धं वा चातुर्मास्ये ऽतिलंघयेत्
Having broken through the body born of karma, he attains the same world as Vishnu; if he neglects even a moment or half a moment during the four months.
तिलोदकेनामलसंयुतेन बिल्वोदकेनापि च मज्जयेद्यः
Whoever immerses himself with water mixed with sesame or with water from the bilva tree.
गंगां स्मरति यो नित्यमुदपानसमीपतः
Whoever remembers the Ganga daily near a water source.
गंगाऽपि देवदेवस्य चरणांऽगुष्ठवाहिनी 5.1.69.
The Ganga too flows from the toe of the Lord of gods.
चातुर्मास्ये जलगतो देवो नारायणो भवेत्
During the four months, the god Narayana resides in water.
स्नानं दशविधं कार्यं विष्णुनाम्ना महाफलम्
Bathing should be performed in ten ways, and with the name of Vishnu, it yields great fruit.
विना स्नानं तु यत्कर्म पुण्यकार्यमयं शुभ म्
Without bathing, any auspicious act performed, even if full of merit,
स्नानेन सत्यमाप्नोति सत्ये धर्मः सनातनः
Through bathing, one attains truth; in truth abides eternal dharma.
ये चाध्यात्मविदः पुण्या ये च वेदांतपारगाः
Those who are holy and know the Self, and those who have mastered the end of the Vedas,
कृतस्नानस्य हि हरिर्देहमाश्रित्य तिष्ठ ति
For one who has bathed, Hari dwells, having assumed his body.
सर्वपापविनाशाय देवतातोषणाय च
For the destruction of all sins and for the satisfaction of the deities.
निशायां चैव न स्नायात्संध्यायां ग्रहणं विना
One should not bathe at night, nor at twilight except during an eclipse.
भानुसंदर्शनाच्छुद्धिर्विहिता सर्वकर्मसु
Purification for all rites is prescribed by beholding the sun.
अशक्त्यां तु शरीरस्य भस्मस्नानेन शुध्यति 5.1.69.
But when the body is incapable, one becomes purified by bathing with ashes.
नारायणाऽग्रतः स्नानं क्षेत्रे तीर्थे नदीषु च
Bathing before Nārāyaṇa, in a sacred field, at a holy place, or in rivers—
यश्च स्नाति नरो नित्यं स याति वैष्णवं पदम्
And the person who bathes daily attains the abode of Viṣṇu.
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च
All the holy places and sanctuaries upon the earth—
कर्कस्थे च दिवानाथे स्नानं कुर्वंति ये नरा
Those men who bathe at Karkastha and Divānātha—
चातुर्मास्यं समासाद्य तत्रैव निवसाम्य हम्
When the Cāturmāsya arrives, I dwell there itself.
महेशान्नाऽपरो देवो मुक्तिदो न जनार्दनात्
There is no other god, O Maheśānna, who grants liberation besides Janārdana.
कर्कराजसमं तीर्थं नास्ति वत्स महीतले
There is no holy place on earth, dear one, equal to Karkarāja.
एवं व्यास समाख्यातं ब्रह्मणा भार्ग वाय च
Thus, Vyāsa, it has been declared by Brahmā and Bhārgava.
अस्माकं चाऽपि तत्रैव स्थानं परमशोभनम्
And our own most splendid abode is also there.
तावत्कालं हि तत्रैव मुक्तिरेव न संशयः 5.1.69.
For as long as one remains there, liberation is certain—there is no doubt.