त्वया निर्मलदृष्ट्या च वीक्षितोऽहं पुरा मुने
By your pure gaze, O sage, I was once beheld,
कृष्णगंगाप्रभावेण पुनर्निर्मलतां गतम्
By the power of Krishna and the Ganga, I have again attained purity,
तत्सत्यं मम सञ्जातमगम्यागमपातकम् 176.
That truth has arisen in me—the sin of forbidden approach is gone.
अनुज्ञां देहि भो स्वामिंस्तव पादौ नमाम्यहम्
Grant me permission, O lord; I bow to your feet.
प्रवेष्टुकामं तत्राग्नौ खे प्रोवाचाशरीरिणी
As he was about to enter the fire there, a bodiless voice spoke in the sky.
कस्माद्वा कस्य सन्त्रासान्मरणे कृतनिश्चयौ
Why, and out of fear of whom, do you, resolved upon death, act thus?
चक्राङ्कितपदा तेन स्थानं ब्रह्मसमं शुभम्
That place, marked by the discus-bearing foot, is as auspicious and exalted as Brahma's own realm.
तीर्थे च यत्कृतं पापं वज्रलेपो भविष्यति
Any sin committed at that holy site will become as hard as diamond to remove.
सकृदेव नरः स्नात्वा मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया
By bathing there even once, a person is freed from the sin of killing a Brahmin.
तत्पंचतीर्थस्नानेन समं नास्त्यत्र संशयः
There is nothing equal to bathing at the five sacred fords here—of this there is no doubt.
त्रयोदश्यां नैमिषे च प्रयागे च चतुर्दशीम्
On the thirteenth day at Naimisha and the fourteenth at Prayaga—
कालेष्वेषु नरः स्नात्वा सर्वपापं व्यपोहति
At these times, by bathing, a person is cleansed of all sin.
असिकुण्डे सरस्वत्यां तथा कालिञ्जरस्य च 176.
At Asikunda on the Sarasvati, and likewise at Kalinjara—
कृष्णगंगा दशगुणं लभते च दिनेदिने
The Krishna-Ganga increases tenfold in merit day by day.
सुकृतं दुष्कृतं चापि मथुरायां प्रणश्यति
Both good and evil deeds are destroyed at Mathura.
तीर्थानां गुणमाहात्म्यं महापातकनाशनम्
The virtues and greatness of the holy places destroy even the gravest sins.
अनन्तश्चाप्रमेयश्च यस्य चान्तो न विद्यते
It is endless and immeasurable, and its limit is not known.
विलीनो ज्ञायते नैव तस्य देवस्य का कथा
When it is dissolved, it cannot be perceived; what then can be said of that divine one?
निःश्वासे च विलीनोऽसौ वायुर्नष्टो न दृश्यते
When breath is dissolved, the wind is lost and cannot be seen.
दृश्यन्ते स्वेदसङ्काशा नाममात्रा यथा पुरा
Only traces, like a name or a mere semblance, are seen as before, like sweat.
नष्टा पृथ्वी न लभ्येत तस्माद्देवात्तु कोऽधिकः
When the earth is lost, it cannot be found; so who is greater than that god?
वराहः संस्थितः साक्षात्पुराणं येन सूचितम्
It is the Boar who is manifest, by whom the Purana was revealed.
तस्य सन्दर्शनादेव सर्वपापविवर्जितः 176.
By merely seeing it, one becomes free from all sins.
नवम्यां ज्येष्ठ शुक्लस्य स्नात्वा गङ्गोदके नरः
On the ninth day of the bright fortnight of Jyeshtha, if a man bathes in the waters of the Ganga,
दत्त्वा दानं यथाशक्ति सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
and gives charity according to his ability, he is released from all sins.
द्वादशादित्यसङ्काशो विमाने च समास्थितः
He, shining like the twelve suns, ascends a celestial vehicle.
वराह उवाच पांचालसंज्ञकस्तत्र सुमन्तुं पर्यपृच्छत
Varaha said: There, one named Panchala approached Sumantu and asked,
अस्मद्गुरुः पिता त्वं च ब्रूहि किं करवाणि वै
"You are our teacher and father; tell me, what should I do?"
त्रिरात्रं कृच्छ्रपाराक चान्द्रायणमथापि वा
"Should I perform the three-night penance, the Kricchra, the Paraka, or the Chandrayana vow?"
आकाशभारती यत्तु तत्सत्यं नानृतं क्वचित्
"Whatever is prescribed in the Akasha-Bharati, that is true and never false."