The Fords of Kurukshetra

Verse 1 (3.81.1)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र कुरुक्षेत्रमभिष्टुतम् । पापेभ्यो विप्रमुच्यन्ते तद्गताः सर्वजन्तवः ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra kurukṣetramabhiṣṭutam | pāpebhyo vipramucyante tadgatāḥ sarvajantavaḥ

Then, O king of kings, one should go to Kurukshetra, which all men praise. Every creature that goes there is freed from its sins.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (पापेभ्योविप्रमुच्यन्ते → पापेभ्यो विप्रमुच्यन्ते).

Verse 2 (3.81.2)

कुरुक्षेत्रं गमिष्यामि कुरुक्षेत्रे वसाम्यहम् । य एवं सततं ब्रूयात्सोऽपि पापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

kurukṣetraṃ gamiṣyāmi kurukṣetre vasāmyaham | ya evaṃ satataṃ brūyātso'pi pāpaiḥ pramucyate

Whoever says again and again, "I will go to Kurukshetra; I live in Kurukshetra," he too is released from his sins.

Verse 3 (3.81.3)

पांसवोऽपि कुरुक्षेत्रे वायुना समुदीरिताः । अपि दुष्कृतकर्माणं नयन्ति परमां गतिम् ॥

pāṃsavo'pi kurukṣetre vāyunā samudīritāḥ | api duṣkṛtakarmāṇaṃ nayanti paramāṃ gatim

Even the dust of Kurukshetra, lifted by the wind, carries a man of evil deeds to the highest state.

Note on the text: Restored missing word spaces (पांसवोऽपिकुरुक्षेत्रे → पांसवोऽपि कुरुक्षेत्रे; अपिदुष्कृतकर्माणं → अपि दुष्कृतकर्माणं). Not in the critical edition's constituted text at this point; its apparatus has this verse here as 3.81.2d*0389, lines 1–2. The same verse recurs near the end of the adhyaya, where the critical edition has it as 3.81.174.

Verse 4 (3.81.4)

दक्षिणेन सरस्वत्या दृषद्वत्युत्तरेण च । ये वसन्ति कुरुक्षेत्रे ते वसन्ति त्रिविष्टपे ॥

dakṣiṇena sarasvatyā dṛṣadvatyuttareṇa ca | ye vasanti kurukṣetre te vasanti triviṣṭape

Those who live in Kurukshetra, south of the Sarasvati and north of the Drishadvati, live in heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text at this point; its apparatus has this verse here as 3.81.2d*0389, lines 3–4. A version of it recurs near the end of the adhyaya (critical edition 3.81.175).

Verse 5 (3.81.5)

तत्र मासं वसेद्धीरः सरस्वत्यां युधांवर । यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयः सिद्धचारणाः ॥

tatra māsaṃ vaseddhīraḥ sarasvatyāṃ yudhāṃvara | yatra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ

There, O best of warriors, a steadfast man should stay for a month on the Sarasvati, where the gods led by Brahma, the seers, the Siddhas and the Charanas,

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (यत्रब्रह्मादयो → यत्र ब्रह्मादयो).

Verse 6 (3.81.6)

गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यक्षाः पन्नगाश्च महीपते । ब्रह्मक्षेत्रं महापुण्यमभिगच्छन्ति भारत ॥

gandharvāpsaraso yakṣāḥ pannagāśca mahīpate | brahmakṣetraṃ mahāpuṇyamabhigacchanti bhārata

the Gandharvas, the Apsarases, the Yakshas and the serpents, O lord of the earth, come to this most holy field of Brahma, O Bharata.

Verse 7 (3.81.7)

मनसाऽप्यभिकामस्य कुरुक्षेत्रं युधांवर । पापानि विप्रणश्यन्ति ब्रह्मलोकं च गच्छति ॥

manasā'pyabhikāmasya kurukṣetraṃ yudhāṃvara | pāpāni vipraṇaśyanti brahmalokaṃ ca gacchati

Even for one who longs for Kurukshetra only in his mind, O best of warriors, sins perish, and he goes to the world of Brahma.

Verse 8 (3.81.8)

गत्वा हि श्रद्धया युक्तः कुरुक्षेत्रं कुरूद्वह । राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्यां फलमाप्नोति मानवः ॥

gatvā hi śraddhayā yuktaḥ kurukṣetraṃ kurūdvaha | rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ

For a man who goes to Kurukshetra with faith, O joy of the Kurus, wins the reward of the Rajasuya and the Ashvamedha sacrifices.

Note on the text: Corrected करुक्षेत्रं → कुरुक्षेत्रं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign; the critical edition has kurukṣetraṃ).

Verse 9 (3.81.9)

ततश्च मन्तुकं राजन्द्वारपालं महाबलम् । यक्षं समभिवाद्यैव गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

tataśca mantukaṃ rājandvārapālaṃ mahābalam | yakṣaṃ samabhivādyaiva gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

Then, O king, by saluting the mighty yaksha Mantuka, the gatekeeper, one gains the reward of a gift of a thousand cows.

Note on the text: मन्तुकं is kept as printed; the critical edition names this gatekeeper yaksha Macakruka, and Wikisource itself calls him मचक्रुक near the end of the adhyaya.

Verse 10 (3.81.10)

ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ विष्णोः स्थानमनुत्तमम् । सततं नाम राजेन्द्र यत्र सन्निहितो हरिः ॥

tato gaccheta dharmajña viṣṇoḥ sthānamanuttamam | satataṃ nāma rājendra yatra sannihito hariḥ

Then, O knower of dharma, one should go to the supreme abode of Vishnu called Satata, O king of kings, where Hari is always present.

Note on the text: Corrected विष्णो → विष्णोः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped visarga turns the genitive into a vocative; the critical edition has viṣṇoḥ). Restored a missing word space (यत्रसन्निहितो → यत्र सन्निहितो).

Verse 11 (3.81.11)

तत्र स्नात्वाऽर्चयित्वा च त्रिलोकप्रभवं हरिम् । अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति विष्णुलोकं च गच्छति ॥

tatra snātvā'rcayitvā ca trilokaprabhavaṃ harim | aśvamedhamavāpnoti viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati

Bathing there and worshipping Hari, the source of the three worlds, one gains the Ashvamedha and goes to the world of Vishnu.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रस्नात्वाऽर्चयित्वा → तत्र स्नात्वाऽर्चयित्वा).

Verse 12 (3.81.12)

ततः परिप्लवं गच्छेत्तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्यां फलं प्राप्नोति भारत ॥

tataḥ pariplavaṃ gacchettīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam | agniṣṭomātirātrābhyāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti bhārata

Then one should go to Pariplava, a ford famed in the three worlds; there, O Bharata, one gains the reward of the Agnishtoma and Atiratra sacrifices.

Verse 13 (3.81.13)

पृथिवीतीर्थमासाद्य गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । ततः शालूकिनीं गत्वा तीर्थसेवी नराधिप ॥

pṛthivītīrthamāsādya gosahasraphalaṃ labhet | tataḥ śālūkinīṃ gatvā tīrthasevī narādhipa

Reaching the ford of Prithivi, one gains the reward of a thousand cows. Then, O lord of men, the pilgrim who goes to Shalukini

Note on the text: Corrected शालूकिनी → शालूकिनीं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped anusvara; गत्वा needs the accusative, and the critical edition has śālūkinīṃ). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.11a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 14 (3.81.14)

दशाश्वमेधे स्नात्वा च तदेव फलमाप्नुयात् । सर्पदर्वीं समासाद्य नागानां तीर्थमुत्तमम् ॥

daśāśvamedhe snātvā ca tadeva phalamāpnuyāt | sarpadarvīṃ samāsādya nāgānāṃ tīrthamuttamam

and bathes at Dashashvamedha gains that same reward. Reaching Sarpadarvi, the finest ford of the serpents,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.11e and 3.81.12a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 15 (3.81.15)

अग्निष्टोममवाप्नोति नागलोकं च विन्दति । ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ द्वारपालमरुन्तुकम् ॥

agniṣṭomamavāpnoti nāgalokaṃ ca vindati | tato gaccheta dharmajña dvārapālamaruntukam

one gains the Agnishtoma and reaches the world of the serpents. Then, O knower of dharma, one should go to Aruntuka, the gatekeeper;

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.12c and 3.81.13a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently). The critical edition names this gatekeeper Tarantuka; Wikisource's अरुन्तुक (which it repeats below) is kept.

Verse 16 (3.81.16)

तत्रोष्य रजनीमेकां गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । ततः पञ्चनदं गत्वा नियतो नियताशनः ॥

tatroṣya rajanīmekāṃ gosahasraphalaṃ labhet | tataḥ pañcanadaṃ gatvā niyato niyatāśanaḥ

spending one night there, one gains the reward of a thousand cows. Then, going to Panchanada, restrained and sparing in food,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.13c and 3.81.14a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 17 (3.81.17)

कोटितीर्थमुपस्पृश्य हयमेधफलं लभेत् । अश्विनोस्तीर्थमासाद्य रूपवानभिजायते ॥

koṭitīrthamupaspṛśya hayamedhaphalaṃ labhet | aśvinostīrthamāsādya rūpavānabhijāyate

and touching the water at Kotitirtha, one gains the reward of a horse sacrifice. Reaching the ford of the Ashvins, one is born handsome.

Note on the text: Corrected हयमेधफंल → हयमेधफलं and रूपवानमिजायते → रूपवानभिजायते (misprints in Wikisource; a misplaced anusvara, and म for भ; the critical edition has hayamedhaphalaṃ and rūpavān abhijāyate). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.14c–f (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 18 (3.81.18)

ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ वाराहं तीर्थमुत्तमम् । विष्णुर्वाराहरूपेण पूर्वं यत्र स्थितो विभुः ॥

tato gaccheta dharmajña vārāhaṃ tīrthamuttamam | viṣṇurvārāharūpeṇa pūrvaṃ yatra sthito vibhuḥ

Then, O knower of dharma, one should go to Varaha, the finest of fords, where the all-pervading Vishnu once stood in the form of a boar.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.15a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 19 (3.81.19)

तत्र स्नात्वा नरश्रेष्ठ अग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् । ततो जयन्त्यां राजेन्द्र सोमतीर्थं समाविशेत् ॥

tatra snātvā naraśreṣṭha agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet | tato jayantyāṃ rājendra somatīrthaṃ samāviśet

Bathing there, O best of men, one gains the reward of the Agnishtoma. Then, O king of kings, at Jayanti one should enter Somatirtha;

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रस्नात्वा → तत्र स्नात्वा). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.15e and 3.81.16a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 20 (3.81.20)

स्नात्वा फलमवाप्नोति राजसूयस्य मानवः । एकहंसे नरः स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

snātvā phalamavāpnoti rājasūyasya mānavaḥ | ekahaṃse naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

bathing there, a man gains the reward of the Rajasuya. A man who bathes at Ekahamsa gains the reward of a thousand cows.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.16c and 3.81.17a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 21 (3.81.21)

शतशौचं समासाद्य तीर्थसेवी नराधिप । पौण्डरीकमवाप्नोति कृतशौचो भवेच्च सः ॥

śataśaucaṃ samāsādya tīrthasevī narādhipa | pauṇḍarīkamavāpnoti kṛtaśauco bhavecca saḥ

Reaching Shatashaucha, O lord of men, the pilgrim gains the reward of the Paundarika sacrifice and is made pure.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.17c–f (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently). Wikisource names the ford Shatashaucha where the critical edition has Kritashaucha.

Verse 22 (3.81.22)

ततो मुञ्जवटं नाम स्थाणोः स्थानं महात्मनः । उपोष्य रजनीमेकां गाणपत्यमवाप्नुयात् ॥

tato muñjavaṭaṃ nāma sthāṇoḥ sthānaṃ mahātmanaḥ | upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ gāṇapatyamavāpnuyāt

Next is Munjavata, the seat of the great-souled Sthanu (Shiva); fasting there for one night, one wins lordship over Shiva's hosts.

Verse 23 (3.81.23)

तत्रैव च महाराज यक्षिणी लोकविश्रुता । तां चाभिगम्य राजेन्द्र सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात् ॥

tatraiva ca mahārāja yakṣiṇī lokaviśrutā | tāṃ cābhigamya rājendra sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt

There too, O great king, is a yakshini famed in the world; going to her, O king of kings, one obtains all one's desires.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (चाभिगम्यराजेन्द्र → चाभिगम्य राजेन्द्र).

Verse 24 (3.81.24)

कुरुक्षेत्रस्य तद्द्वारं विश्रुतं भरतर्षभ । प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य तीर्थसेवी समाहितः ॥

kurukṣetrasya taddvāraṃ viśrutaṃ bharatarṣabha | pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya tīrthasevī samāhitaḥ

That is the famous gateway of Kurukshetra, O bull of the Bharatas. The pilgrim, collected in mind, should walk around it, keeping it on his right,

Note on the text: Corrected कुरुक्षेत्रस् → कुरुक्षेत्रस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; the critical edition has kurukṣetrasya).

Verse 25 (3.81.25)

संमिते पुष्कराणां च स्नात्वाऽर्च्य पितृदेवताः । जामदग्न्येन रामेण कृतं तत्सुमहात्मना ॥

saṃmite puṣkarāṇāṃ ca snātvā'rcya pitṛdevatāḥ | jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa kṛtaṃ tatsumahātmanā

and at Sammita of the Pushkaras he should bathe and worship the ancestors and the gods. That ford was made by the great-souled Rama, son of Jamadagni.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.21a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 26 (3.81.26)

कृतकृत्यो भवेद्राजन्नश्वमेधं च विन्दति । ततो रामह्रदानार्च्छेत्तीर्थसेवी समाहितः ॥

kṛtakṛtyo bhavedrājannaśvamedhaṃ ca vindati | tato rāmahradānārcchettīrthasevī samāhitaḥ

Doing this, O king, one has fulfilled one's purpose and gains the Ashvamedha. Then the pilgrim, collected in mind, should go on to the Lakes of Rama.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.21e and 3.81.22a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 27 (3.81.27)

तत्र रामेण राजेन्द्र तरसा दीप्ततेजसा । क्षत्रमुत्साद्य वीरेण ह्रदाः पञ्च निवेशिताः ॥

tatra rāmeṇa rājendra tarasā dīptatejasā | kṣatramutsādya vīreṇa hradāḥ pañca niveśitāḥ

There, O king of kings, the heroic Rama, blazing with energy, swiftly wiped out the Kshatriyas and set up five lakes,

Note on the text: Corrected राजेनद्‌रतरसा → राजेन्द्र तरसा and क्षत्रमुत्साद् → क्षत्रमुत्साद्य (misprints in Wikisource; a broken conjunct run into the next word, and a dropped akshara; the critical edition has rājendra tarasā and utsādya). Restored a missing word space (तत्ररामेण → तत्र रामेण). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.22c–f (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 28 (3.81.28)

पूरयित्वा नरव्याघ्र रुधिरेणेति नः श्रुतम् । पितरस्तर्पिताः सर्वे तथैव प्रपितामहाः ॥

pūrayitvā naravyāghra rudhireṇeti naḥ śrutam | pitarastarpitāḥ sarve tathaiva prapitāmahāḥ

filling them with blood, O tiger among men, as we have heard; and with it he satisfied all his ancestors, and his great-grandfathers too.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रपितागहाः → प्रपितामहाः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for म; the critical edition has tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ, of which प्रपितामहाः is a variant). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.23a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 29 (3.81.29)

ततस्ते पितरः प्रीता राममूचुर्नराधिप । राम राम महाभाग प्रीताः स्म तव भार्गव ॥

tataste pitaraḥ prītā rāmamūcurnarādhipa | rāma rāma mahābhāga prītāḥ sma tava bhārgava

Then the ancestors, well pleased, said to Rama, O lord of men: "Rama, Rama, fortunate one, we are pleased with you, O Bhargava.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (रामराम → राम राम). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.23e and 3.81.24a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 30 (3.81.30)

अनया पितृभक्त्या च विक्रमेण च ते विभो । वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते किमिच्छसि महाद्युते ॥

anayā pitṛbhaktyā ca vikrameṇa ca te vibho | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te kimicchasi mahādyute

For this devotion to your ancestors and for your valour, O mighty one, choose a boon, and may good fortune be yours. What do you wish, O radiant one?"

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.24c–f (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 31 (3.81.31)

एवमुक्तः स राजेन्द्र रामः प्रहरतांवरः । अब्रवीत्प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यं पितॄन्स गगने स्थितान् ॥

evamuktaḥ sa rājendra rāmaḥ praharatāṃvaraḥ | abravītprāñjalirvākyaṃ pitṝnsa gagane sthitān

So addressed, O king of kings, Rama, the best of warriors, joined his palms and spoke to his ancestors as they stood in the sky:

Note on the text: Corrected राम → रामः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped visarga; the word is the subject, and the critical edition has rāmaḥ).

Verse 32 (3.81.32)

भवन्तो यदि मे प्रीता यद्यनुग्राह्यता मयि । पितृप्रसादादिच्छेयं तपःस्वाध्ययनं पुनः ॥

bhavanto yadi me prītā yadyanugrāhyatā mayi | pitṛprasādādiccheyaṃ tapaḥsvādhyayanaṃ punaḥ

"If you are pleased with me, if you hold me worthy of your favour, then by the grace of my ancestors I wish to take up austerity and Vedic study once more.

Verse 33 (3.81.33)

यच्च रोषाभिभूतेन क्षत्रमुत्सादितं मया । ततश्च पापान्मुच्येयं युष्माकं तेजसाऽप्यहम् ॥

yacca roṣābhibhūtena kṣatramutsāditaṃ mayā | tataśca pāpānmucyeyaṃ yuṣmākaṃ tejasā'pyaham

And for the Kshatriyas I destroyed when rage overcame me, may I be freed from that sin through your power.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.27a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 34 (3.81.34)

ह्रदाश्च तीर्थभूता मे भवेयुर्भुवि विश्रुताः । एतच्छ्रुत्वा शुभं वाक्यं रामस्य पितरस्तदा ॥

hradāśca tīrthabhūtā me bhaveyurbhuvi viśrutāḥ | etacchrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ rāmasya pitarastadā

And may my lakes become holy fords, famed on earth." Hearing these good words of Rama, his ancestors then

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.27e and 3.81.28a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 35 (3.81.35)

प्रत्यूचुः परमप्रीता रामं हर्षसमन्विताः । तपस्ते वर्धतां भूयः पितृभक्त्या विशेषतः ॥

pratyūcuḥ paramaprītā rāmaṃ harṣasamanvitāḥ | tapaste vardhatāṃ bhūyaḥ pitṛbhaktyā viśeṣataḥ

answered Rama, supremely pleased and full of joy: "May your austerity grow ever greater, above all through your devotion to your ancestors.

Note on the text: Corrected हर्पसमन्विताः → हर्षसमन्विताः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition has harṣasamanvitāḥ). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.28c and 3.81.29a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 36 (3.81.36)

यच्च रोषाभिभूतेन क्षत्रमुत्सादितं त्वया । ततश्च पापान्मुक्तस्त्वं पातितास्ते स्वकर्मभिः ॥

yacca roṣābhibhūtena kṣatramutsāditaṃ tvayā | tataśca pāpānmuktastvaṃ pātitāste svakarmabhiḥ

As for the Kshatriyas you destroyed when rage overcame you, you are freed from that sin; they fell by their own deeds.

Note on the text: Corrected रोपाभिभूतेन → रोषाभिभूतेन (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition has roṣābhibhūtena). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.29c and 3.81.30a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 37 (3.81.37)

ह्रदाश्च तव तीर्थत्वं गमिष्यन्ति न संशयः । ह्रदेषु तेषु यः स्नात्वा पितॄन्संतर्पयिष्यति ॥

hradāśca tava tīrthatvaṃ gamiṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ | hradeṣu teṣu yaḥ snātvā pitṝnsaṃtarpayiṣyati

Your lakes will without doubt become holy fords. Whoever bathes in those lakes and offers libations to his ancestors,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.30c and 3.81.31a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 38 (3.81.38)

पितरस्तस्य वै प्रीता दास्यन्ति भुवि दुर्लभम् । ईप्सितं च मनःकामं स्वर्गलोकं च शाश्वतम् ॥

pitarastasya vai prītā dāsyanti bhuvi durlabham | īpsitaṃ ca manaḥkāmaṃ svargalokaṃ ca śāśvatam

his ancestors, pleased, will give him what is rare on earth: the wish his heart desires, and the everlasting world of heaven."

Note on the text: Corrected पितरस्तस् → पितरस्तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; the critical edition has pitaras tasya). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.31c–f (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 39 (3.81.39)

एवं दत्त्वा वरान्राजन्रामस्य पितरस्तदा । आमन्त्र्य भार्गवं प्रीत्या तत्रैवान्तर्हितास्ततः ॥

evaṃ dattvā varānrājanrāmasya pitarastadā | āmantrya bhārgavaṃ prītyā tatraivāntarhitāstataḥ

Having given Rama these boons, O king, his ancestors took a loving leave of the Bhargava and vanished then and there.

Note on the text: Corrected भारग्वं → भार्गवं (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct; the critical edition has bhārgavaṃ).

Verse 40 (3.81.40)

एवं रामह्रदाः पुण्या भार्गवस्य महात्मनः । स्नात्वा ह्रदेषु रामस्य ब्रह्मचारी शुचिव्रतः ॥

evaṃ rāmahradāḥ puṇyā bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ | snātvā hradeṣu rāmasya brahmacārī śucivrataḥ

Such are the holy Lakes of Rama, the great-souled Bhargava. Bathing in Rama's lakes, chaste and pure in his vows,

Note on the text: Corrected ह्रहेषु → ह्रदेषु (misprint in Wikisource; ह for द; the critical edition has hradeṣu). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.33a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 41 (3.81.41)

राममभ्यर्च्य राजेन्द्र लभेद्बहु सुवर्णकम् । वंशमूलकमासाद्य तीर्थसेवी कुरूद्वह ॥

rāmamabhyarcya rājendra labhedbahu suvarṇakam | vaṃśamūlakamāsādya tīrthasevī kurūdvaha

and worshipping Rama, O king of kings, one obtains much gold. Reaching Vamshamulaka, O joy of the Kurus, the pilgrim

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.33e and 3.81.34a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 42 (3.81.42)

स्ववंशमुद्धरेद्राजन्स्नात्वा वै वंशमूलके । कायशोधनमासाद्य तीर्थं भरतसत्तम ॥

svavaṃśamuddharedrājansnātvā vai vaṃśamūlake | kāyaśodhanamāsādya tīrthaṃ bharatasattama

bathes at Vamshamulaka, O king, uplifts his own lineage. Reaching the ford of Kayashodhana, O best of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Dropped a third line (शरीरशुद्धिः स्नातस्य तस्मिंस्तीर्थे न संशयः), which Wikisource prints twice: here, after the verse's closing double danda, and again as the first line of the next verse, where it is kept. Matches the critical edition's 3.81.34c and 3.81.35a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 43 (3.81.43)

शरीरशुद्धिः स्नातस्य तस्मिंस्तीर्थे न संशयः । शुद्धदेहश्च संयाति शुभाँल्लोकाननुत्तमान् ॥

śarīraśuddhiḥ snātasya tasmiṃstīrthe na saṃśayaḥ | śuddhadehaśca saṃyāti śubhām̐llokānanuttamān

one who bathes in that ford is without doubt cleansed in body, and with a purified body he goes to the auspicious, unsurpassed worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected युभाँल्लोकान् → शुभाँल्लोकान् (misprint in Wikisource; य for श; the critical edition has śubhāṃl lokān). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.35c–f (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 44 (3.81.44)

ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । लोका यत्रोद्धृताः पूर्वं विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना ॥

tato gaccheta dharmajña tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam | lokā yatroddhṛtāḥ pūrvaṃ viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā

Then, O knower of dharma, one should go to the ford famed in the three worlds where long ago the mighty Vishnu lifted up the worlds.

Verse 45 (3.81.45)

लोकोद्धारं समासाद्य तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यपूजितम् । स्नात्वा तीर्थवरे राजँल्लोकानुद्धरते स्वकान् ॥

lokoddhāraṃ samāsādya tīrthaṃ trailokyapūjitam | snātvā tīrthavare rājam̐llokānuddharate svakān

Reaching Lokoddhara, the ford honoured in the three worlds, and bathing in that finest of fords, O king, one uplifts one's own people.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.37a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 46 (3.81.46)

श्रीतीर्थं च समासाद्य स्नात्वा नियतमानसः । अर्चयित्वा पितॄन्देवान्विन्दते श्रियमुत्तमाम् ॥

śrītīrthaṃ ca samāsādya snātvā niyatamānasaḥ | arcayitvā pitṝndevānvindate śriyamuttamām

Reaching Shritirtha, bathing there with a controlled mind and worshipping the ancestors and the gods, one wins the highest prosperity.

Note on the text: The first and last quarters match the critical edition's 3.81.37e–f; the middle quarters are in its apparatus as 3.81.37e*0390.

Verse 47 (3.81.47)

कपिलातीर्थमासाद्य ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः । तत्र स्नात्वाऽर्चयित्वा च पितॄन्स्वान्दैवतान्यपि ॥

kapilātīrthamāsādya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ | tatra snātvā'rcayitvā ca pitṝnsvāndaivatānyapi

Reaching Kapilatirtha, chaste and collected, bathing there and worshipping one's ancestors and the gods as well,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.38a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 48 (3.81.48)

कपिलानां सहस्रस्य फलं विन्दति मानवः । सूर्यतीर्थं समासाद्य स्नात्वा नियतमानसः ॥

kapilānāṃ sahasrasya phalaṃ vindati mānavaḥ | sūryatīrthaṃ samāsādya snātvā niyatamānasaḥ

a man gains the reward of a gift of a thousand tawny cows. Reaching Suryatirtha and bathing with a controlled mind,

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (फलंविन्दति → फलं विन्दति). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.38e and 3.81.39a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 49 (3.81.49)

अर्चयित्वा पितॄन्देवानुपवासपरायणः । अग्निष्टोममवाप्नोति सूर्यलोकं च गच्छति ॥

arcayitvā pitṝndevānupavāsaparāyaṇaḥ | agniṣṭomamavāpnoti sūryalokaṃ ca gacchati

worshipping the ancestors and the gods and keeping a fast, one gains the Agnishtoma and goes to the world of the Sun.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.39c–f (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 50 (3.81.50)

गवां भवनमासाद्य तीर्थसेवी यथाक्रमम् । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वाणो गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

gavāṃ bhavanamāsādya tīrthasevī yathākramam | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvāṇo gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

Reaching Gavam Bhavana, the dwelling of the cows, in due order, the pilgrim who bathes there gains the reward of a thousand cows.

Note on the text: Corrected गवां भगवनासाद्य → गवां भवनमासाद्य (misprint in Wikisource; भगवनासाद्य is not a word, the letters of भवनम् being garbled; the critical edition has gavāṃbhavanam āsādya).

Verse 51 (3.81.51)

शङ्खिनीतीर्थमासाद्य तीर्थसेवी कुरूद्वह । देव्यास्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा लभते रूपमुत्तमम् ॥

śaṅkhinītīrthamāsādya tīrthasevī kurūdvaha | devyāstīrthe naraḥ snātvā labhate rūpamuttamam

Reaching Shankhinitirtha, O joy of the Kurus, a man who bathes at the ford of the Goddess obtains surpassing beauty.

Verse 52 (3.81.52)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र द्वारपालमरुन्तुकम् । तच्च तीर्थं सरस्वत्यां यक्षेन्द्रस्य महात्मनः ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra dvārapālamaruntukam | tacca tīrthaṃ sarasvatyāṃ yakṣendrasya mahātmanaḥ

Then, O king of kings, one should go to Aruntuka, the gatekeeper. That ford of the great-souled lord of the yakshas lies on the Sarasvati.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (राजेन्द्रद्वारपालमरुन्तुकम् → राजेन्द्र द्वारपालमरुन्तुकम्). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.42a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently). The critical edition names the gatekeeper Arantuka.

Verse 53 (3.81.53)

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्नग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् । ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र ब्रह्मावर्तं नरोत्तमः ॥

tatra snātvā naro rājannagniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet | tato gaccheta rājendra brahmāvartaṃ narottamaḥ

Bathing there, O king, a man gains the reward of the Agnishtoma. Then, O king of kings, the best of men should go to Brahmavarta.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रस्नात्वा → तत्र स्नात्वा). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.42e and 3.81.43a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 54 (3.81.54)

ब्रह्मावर्ते नरः स्नात्वा ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नुयात् । ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र सुतीर्थकमनुत्तमम् ॥

brahmāvarte naraḥ snātvā brahmalokamavāpnuyāt | tato gaccheta rājendra sutīrthakamanuttamam

A man who bathes at Brahmavarta attains the world of Brahma. Then, O king of kings, one should go to the incomparable Sutirthaka,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.43c and 3.81.44a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 55 (3.81.55)

तत्र सन्निहिता नित्यं पितरो दैवतैः सह । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत पितृदेवार्चने रतः ॥

tatra sannihitā nityaṃ pitaro daivataiḥ saha | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta pitṛdevārcane rataḥ

where the ancestors are always present together with the gods. There one should bathe, intent on worshipping the ancestors and the gods,

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रसन्निहिता → तत्र सन्निहिता). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.44c and 3.81.45a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 56 (3.81.56)

अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति पितृलोकं च गच्छति । ततोऽम्बुमत्यां धर्मज्ञ सुतीर्थकमनुत्तमम् ॥

aśvamedhamavāpnoti pitṛlokaṃ ca gacchati | tato'mbumatyāṃ dharmajña sutīrthakamanuttamam

and he gains the Ashvamedha and goes to the world of the ancestors. Then, O knower of dharma, at Ambumati, at that incomparable fine ford,

Note on the text: Corrected अश्वमेधमावाप्नोति → अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति (misprint in Wikisource; आवाप्नोति is not a word; the critical edition has aśvamedham avāpnoti). Added the missing avagraha in ततोम्बुमत्यां → ततोऽम्बुमत्यां (the critical edition has tato 'mbu-). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.45c and 3.81.46a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently). Wikisource names the place Ambumati where the critical edition has Ambuvashya.

Verse 57 (3.81.57)

कोशेश्वरस्य तीर्थेषु स्नात्वा भरतसत्तम । सर्वव्याधिविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मलोके महीयते ॥

kośeśvarasya tīrtheṣu snātvā bharatasattama | sarvavyādhivinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate

bathing in the fords of Koshesvara, O best of the Bharatas, one is freed from every disease and honoured in the world of Brahma.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.46c–f (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 58 (3.81.58)

मातृतीर्थं च तत्रैव यत्र स्नातस्य भारत । प्रजा विवर्धते राजन्न तन्वीं श्रियमश्नुते ॥

mātṛtīrthaṃ ca tatraiva yatra snātasya bhārata | prajā vivardhate rājanna tanvīṃ śriyamaśnute

There too is Matritirtha, O Bharata. For one who bathes there, O king, offspring increase, and he enjoys no meagre fortune.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (यत्रस्नातस्य → यत्र स्नातस्य).

Verse 59 (3.81.59)

ततः शीतवनं गच्छेन्नियतो नियताशनः । तीर्थं तत्र महाराज महदन्यत्र दुर्लभम् ॥

tataḥ śītavanaṃ gacchenniyato niyatāśanaḥ | tīrthaṃ tatra mahārāja mahadanyatra durlabham

Then one should go to Shitavana, restrained and sparing in food. There, O great king, is a great ford whose like is hard to find elsewhere.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रमहाराज → तत्र महाराज).

Verse 60 (3.81.60)

पुनाति गमनादेव कुलमेकं नराधिप । केशानभ्युक्ष्य वै तस्मिन्पूतो भवति भारत ॥

punāti gamanādeva kulamekaṃ narādhipa | keśānabhyukṣya vai tasminpūto bhavati bhārata

Merely going there purifies one's family, O lord of men; and by sprinkling one's hair with its water one becomes pure, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected केशानभ्युक्ष् → केशानभ्युक्ष्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; the critical edition has abhyukṣya).

Verse 61 (3.81.61)

तीर्थं तत्र महाराज श्वानलोमापहं स्मृतम् । यत्र विप्रा नरव्याघ्र विद्वांसस्तीर्थतत्पराः ॥

tīrthaṃ tatra mahārāja śvānalomāpahaṃ smṛtam | yatra viprā naravyāghra vidvāṃsastīrthatatparāḥ

There, O great king, is a ford known as Shvanalomapaha, "the remover of dog's hair", where learned brahmins devoted to the fords, O tiger among men,

Verse 62 (3.81.62)

गतिं गच्छन्ति परमां स्नात्वा भरतसत्तम । श्वानलोमापनयने तीर्थे भरतसत्तम ॥

gatiṃ gacchanti paramāṃ snātvā bharatasattama | śvānalomāpanayane tīrthe bharatasattama

reach the highest state by bathing there, O best of the Bharatas. At the ford of Shvanalomapanayana, O best of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its apparatus has it as 3.81.50d*0391. The second line is the critical edition's 3.81.51a.

Verse 63 (3.81.63)

प्राणायामैर्निर्हरन्ति स्वलोमानि द्विजोत्तमाः । पूतात्मानश्च राजेन्द्र प्रयान्ति परमां गतिम् ॥

prāṇāyāmairnirharanti svalomāni dvijottamāḥ | pūtātmānaśca rājendra prayānti paramāṃ gatim

the best of the twice-born remove their own body-hair through breath control, and, purified in spirit, O king of kings, they go to the highest state.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (राजेन्द्रप्रयान्ति → राजेन्द्र प्रयान्ति). स्वलोमानि is kept as printed (the critical edition has śvalomāni, "dog's hair"). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.51c and 3.81.52a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 64 (3.81.64)

दशाश्वमेधिकं चैव तस्मिंस्तीर्थे महीपते । तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र गच्छेत परमां गतिम् ॥

daśāśvamedhikaṃ caiva tasmiṃstīrthe mahīpate | tatra snātvā naravyāghra gaccheta paramāṃ gatim

At that same ford, O lord of the earth, is Dashashvamedhika; bathing there, O tiger among men, one goes to the highest state.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.52c–f (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 65 (3.81.65)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र मानुषं लोकविश्रुतम् । यत्र कृष्णमृगा राजन्व्याधेन परिपीडिताः ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra mānuṣaṃ lokaviśrutam | yatra kṛṣṇamṛgā rājanvyādhena paripīḍitāḥ

Then, O king of kings, one should go to Manusha, famed in the world, where black antelopes, O king, hard pressed by a hunter,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.53a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 66 (3.81.66)

विगाह्य तस्मिन्सरसि मानुषत्वमुपागताः । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः ॥

vigāhya tasminsarasi mānuṣatvamupāgatāḥ | tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā brahmacārī samāhitaḥ

plunged into the lake and became human. A man who bathes at that ford, chaste and collected,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.53e and 3.81.54a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 67 (3.81.67)

सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा स्वर्गलोके महीयते । मानुषस्य तु पूर्वेण क्रोशमात्रे महीपते ॥

sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā svargaloke mahīyate | mānuṣasya tu pūrveṇa krośamātre mahīpate

is cleansed of every sin and honoured in the world of heaven. One krosha east of Manusha, O lord of the earth,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.54c and 3.81.55a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 68 (3.81.68)

आपगा नाम विख्याता नदी सिद्धनिषेविता । श्यामाकभोजनं तत्र यः प्रयच्छति मानवः ॥

āpagā nāma vikhyātā nadī siddhaniṣevitā | śyāmākabhojanaṃ tatra yaḥ prayacchati mānavaḥ

is the famous river called Apaga, frequented by the Siddhas. The man who there gives a meal of shyamaka millet

Note on the text: Restored missing word spaces (नदीसिद्धनिषेविता → नदी सिद्धनिषेविता; तत्रयः → तत्र यः). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.55c and 3.81.56a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 69 (3.81.69)

देवान्पितॄन्समुद्दिश्य तस्य धर्मफलं महत् । एकस्मिन्भोजिते विप्रे कोटिर्भवति भोजिता ॥

devānpitṝnsamuddiśya tasya dharmaphalaṃ mahat | ekasminbhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā

in honour of the gods and the ancestors earns great merit: when one brahmin is fed there, it is as if ten million had been fed.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.56c–f (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 70 (3.81.70)

तत्र स्नात्वाऽर्चयित्वा च पितॄन्वै दैवतानि च । उषित्वा रजनीमेकामग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् ॥

tatra snātvā'rcayitvā ca pitṝnvai daivatāni ca | uṣitvā rajanīmekāmagniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

Bathing there, worshipping the ancestors and the gods, and staying one night, one gains the reward of the Agnishtoma.

Note on the text: Corrected पितृन् → पितॄन् (misprint in Wikisource; short ृ for long ॄ in the accusative plural). Restored a missing word space (तत्रस्नात्वाऽर्चयित्वा → तत्र स्नात्वाऽर्चयित्वा).

Verse 71 (3.81.71)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र ब्रह्मणः स्थानमुत्तमम् । ब्रह्मोदुम्बरमित्येव प्रकाशं भुवि भारत ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra brahmaṇaḥ sthānamuttamam | brahmodumbaramityeva prakāśaṃ bhuvi bhārata

Then, O king of kings, one should go to the supreme seat of Brahma, known on earth as Brahmodumbara, O Bharata.

Verse 72 (3.81.72)

तत्र सप्तर्षिकुण्डेषु स्नातस्य नरपुङ्गव । केदारे चैव राजेन्द्र कपिञ्जलमहामुनेः ॥

tatra saptarṣikuṇḍeṣu snātasya narapuṅgava | kedāre caiva rājendra kapiñjalamahāmuneḥ

For one who bathes there in the pools of the Seven Seers, O bull among men, and at the Kedara of the great sage Kapinjala, O king of kings,

Note on the text: Corrected स्नातस् यनरपुङ्गव → स्नातस्य नरपुङ्गव (misprint in Wikisource; the word break falls inside स्नातस्य; the critical edition has snātasya). Restored missing word spaces (तत्रसप्तर्षिकुण्डेषु → तत्र सप्तर्षिकुण्डेषु; चैवराजेन्द्रकपिञ्जलमहामुनेः → चैव राजेन्द्र कपिञ्जलमहामुनेः). Wikisource names the sage Kapinjala where the critical edition has Kapishthala.

Verse 73 (3.81.73)

ब्रह्माणमधिगत्वा च शुचिः प्रयतमानसः । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा ब्रह्मलोकं प्रपद्यते ॥

brahmāṇamadhigatvā ca śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā brahmalokaṃ prapadyate

and who approaches Brahma, pure and with a controlled mind, he is cleansed of every sin and reaches the world of Brahma.

Verse 74 (3.81.74)

कपिञ्जलस्य केदारं समासाद्य सुदुर्लभम् । अन्तर्धानमवाप्नोति तपसा दग्धकिल्विषः ॥

kapiñjalasya kedāraṃ samāsādya sudurlabham | antardhānamavāpnoti tapasā dagdhakilviṣaḥ

Reaching Kapinjala's Kedara, so hard to attain, one whose sins are burnt away by austerity gains the power to vanish from sight.

Verse 75 (3.81.75)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र शङ्करं लोकविश्रुतम् । कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यामभिगम्य वृषध्वजम् ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra śaṅkaraṃ lokaviśrutam | kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāmabhigamya vṛṣadhvajam

Then, O king of kings, one should go to the world-famous Shankara. Approaching the bull-bannered god there on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.62a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently). Wikisource names the place Shankara (here and below) where the critical edition has Saraka.

Verse 76 (3.81.76)

लभेत सर्वकामान्हि स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति । तिस्रः कोट्यस्तु तीर्थानां शङ्करे कुरुनन्दन ॥

labheta sarvakāmānhi svargalokaṃ ca gacchati | tisraḥ koṭyastu tīrthānāṃ śaṅkare kurunandana

one obtains all one's desires and goes to the world of heaven. At Shankara, O joy of the Kurus, there are three crores of fords:

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.62e and 3.81.63a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 77 (3.81.77)

रुद्रकोट्यां तथा कूपे ह्रदेषु च महीपते । शुद्धास्पदं च तत्रैव तीर्थं भरतसत्तम ॥

rudrakoṭyāṃ tathā kūpe hradeṣu ca mahīpate | śuddhāspadaṃ ca tatraiva tīrthaṃ bharatasattama

at Rudrakoti, in the well and in the lakes, O lord of the earth. There too is the ford of Shuddhaspada, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.63c–f (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently). Wikisource names the ford Shuddhaspada where the critical edition has Ilaspada.

Verse 78 (3.81.78)

तत्र स्नात्वाऽर्चयित्वा च दैवतानि पितॄनथ । न दुर्गतिमवाप्नोति वाजपेयं च विन्दति ॥

tatra snātvā'rcayitvā ca daivatāni pitṝnatha | na durgatimavāpnoti vājapeyaṃ ca vindati

Bathing there and worshipping the gods and the ancestors, one does not meet an evil fate, and one gains the Vajapeya.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रस्नात्वाऽर्चयित्वा → तत्र स्नात्वाऽर्चयित्वा).

Verse 79 (3.81.79)

किंदाने च नरः स्नात्वा किंजप्ये च महीपते । अप्रमेयमवाप्नोति दानं जप्यं च भारत ॥

kiṃdāne ca naraḥ snātvā kiṃjapye ca mahīpate | aprameyamavāpnoti dānaṃ japyaṃ ca bhārata

A man who bathes at Kimdana and at Kimjapya, O lord of the earth, wins boundless merit from his giving and his prayer, O Bharata.

Verse 80 (3.81.80)

कलश्यां वार्युपस्पृश्य श्रद्दधानो जितेन्द्रियः । अग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ॥

kalaśyāṃ vāryupaspṛśya śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ | agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

Touching the water at Kalashi, full of faith and master of his senses, a man gains the reward of the Agnishtoma sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected अग्निष्टोमस् → अग्निष्टोमस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; the critical edition has agniṣṭomasya).

Verse 81 (3.81.81)

शंकरस्य तु पूर्वेण नारदस्य महात्मनः । तीर्थं कुरुकुलश्रेष्ठ अजानन्तेति विश्रुतम् ॥

śaṃkarasya tu pūrveṇa nāradasya mahātmanaḥ | tīrthaṃ kurukulaśreṣṭha ajānanteti viśrutam

East of Shankara, O best of the Kuru line, is the ford of the great-souled Narada, famed as Ajananta.

Note on the text: अजानन्तेति is kept as printed; the critical edition names the ford Anajanma, and has Saraka for Wikisource's Shankara.

Verse 82 (3.81.82)

तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा प्राणानुत्सृज्य भारत । नारदेनाभ्यनुज्ञातो लोकान्प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमान् ॥

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā prāṇānutsṛjya bhārata | nāradenābhyanujñāto lokānprāpnotyanuttamān

A man who bathes at that ford and gives up his life there, O Bharata, goes with Narada's leave to the highest worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected अनुत्तमानन् → अनुत्तमान् (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled syllable). Restored a missing word space (तत्रतीर्थे → तत्र तीर्थे).

Verse 83 (3.81.83)

शुक्लपक्षे दशम्यां च पुण्डरीकं समाविशेत् । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्पौण्डरीकफलं लभेत् ॥

śuklapakṣe daśamyāṃ ca puṇḍarīkaṃ samāviśet | tatra snātvā naro rājanpauṇḍarīkaphalaṃ labhet

On the tenth day of the bright fortnight one should enter Pundarika; bathing there, O king, a man gains the reward of the Paundarika sacrifice.

Verse 84 (3.81.84)

ततस्त्रिविष्टपं गच्छेत्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । तत्र वैतरणी पुण्या नदी पापप्रणाशिनी ॥

tatastriviṣṭapaṃ gacchettriṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | tatra vaitaraṇī puṇyā nadī pāpapraṇāśinī

Then one should go to Trivishtapa, famed in the three worlds. There flows the holy river Vaitarani, destroyer of sin.

Note on the text: Corrected गच्छेत्रिषु → गच्छेत्त्रिषु (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त् in the sandhi of gacchet triṣu, which the critical edition has).

Verse 85 (3.81.85)

तत्र स्नात्वाऽर्चयित्वा च शूलपाणिं वृषध्वजम् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा गच्छेत परमां गतिम् ॥

tatra snātvā'rcayitvā ca śūlapāṇiṃ vṛṣadhvajam | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā gaccheta paramāṃ gatim

Bathing there and worshipping the bull-bannered god who holds the trident, one is cleansed of every sin and goes to the highest state.

Verse 86 (3.81.86)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र फलकीवनमुत्तमम् । तत्र देवाः सदा राजन्फलकीवनमाश्रिताः ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra phalakīvanamuttamam | tatra devāḥ sadā rājanphalakīvanamāśritāḥ

Then, O king of kings, one should go to the excellent Phalakivana. There, O king, the gods have always dwelt, in Phalakivana,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.72a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 87 (3.81.87)

तपश्चरन्ति विपुलं बहुवर्षसहस्रकम् । दृषद्वत्यां नरः स्नात्वा तर्पयित्वा च देवताः ॥

tapaścaranti vipulaṃ bahuvarṣasahasrakam | dṛṣadvatyāṃ naraḥ snātvā tarpayitvā ca devatāḥ

practising great austerities for many thousands of years. A man who bathes in the Drishadvati and offers libations to the gods

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.72e and 3.81.73a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 88 (3.81.88)

अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्यां फलं विन्दति भारत । तीर्थे च सर्वदेवानां स्नात्वा भरतसत्तम ॥

agniṣṭomātirātrābhyāṃ phalaṃ vindati bhārata | tīrthe ca sarvadevānāṃ snātvā bharatasattama

gains the reward of the Agnishtoma and the Atiratra, O Bharata. Bathing at the ford of All the Gods, O best of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Corrected तीर्ते → तीर्थे (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; the critical edition has tīrthe). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.73c and 3.81.74a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 89 (3.81.89)

गोसहस्रस्य राजेन्द्र फलं विन्दति मानवः । पाणिखाते नरः स्नात्वा तर्पयित्वा च देवताः ॥

gosahasrasya rājendra phalaṃ vindati mānavaḥ | pāṇikhāte naraḥ snātvā tarpayitvā ca devatāḥ

a man gains the reward of a thousand cows, O king of kings. A man who bathes at Panikhata and offers libations to the gods

Note on the text: Corrected पाणिस्वाते → पाणिखाते and स्नात्त्वा → स्नात्वा (misprints in Wikisource; ख misread as स्व, and a doubled त; the critical edition has pāṇikhāte naraḥ snātvā). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.74c and 3.81.75a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 90 (3.81.90)

अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्यां फलं विन्दति भारत । राजसूयमवाप्नोति ऋषिलोकं च विन्दति ॥

agniṣṭomātirātrābhyāṃ phalaṃ vindati bhārata | rājasūyamavāpnoti ṛṣilokaṃ ca vindati

gains the reward of the Agnishtoma and the Atiratra, O Bharata; he gains the Rajasuya and reaches the world of the seers.

Note on the text: Corrected राजसूयमावाप्नोति → राजसूयमवाप्नोति (misprint in Wikisource; आवाप्नोति is not a word; the critical edition has rājasūyam avāpnoti). The first line, which repeats the reward named two verses earlier, is not in the critical edition here (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is the critical edition's 3.81.75c.

Verse 91 (3.81.91)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र मिश्रकं तीर्थमुत्तमम् । तत्र तीर्थानि राजेन्द्र मिश्रितानि महात्मना ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra miśrakaṃ tīrthamuttamam | tatra tīrthāni rājendra miśritāni mahātmanā

Then, O king of kings, one should go to Mishraka, the finest of fords. There, O king of kings, the fords were mingled together by the great-souled

Verse 92 (3.81.92)

व्यासेन नृपशार्दूल द्विजार्थमिति नः श्रुतम् । सर्वतीर्थेषु स स्नाति मिश्रके स्नाति यो नरः ॥

vyāsena nṛpaśārdūla dvijārthamiti naḥ śrutam | sarvatīrtheṣu sa snāti miśrake snāti yo naraḥ

Vyasa, O tiger among kings, for the sake of the brahmins, so we have heard. Whoever bathes at Mishraka bathes in all the fords.

Verse 93 (3.81.93)

ततो व्यासवनं गच्छेन्नियतो नियताशनः । मनोजवे नरः स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

tato vyāsavanaṃ gacchenniyato niyatāśanaḥ | manojave naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

Then one should go to Vyasavana, restrained and sparing in food. A man who bathes at Manojava gains the reward of a thousand cows.

Verse 94 (3.81.94)

गत्वा मधुवटीं चैव देव्याः स्थानं नरः शुचिः । तत्र स्नात्वाऽर्चयित्वा च पितॄन्देवांश्च पूरुषः ॥

gatvā madhuvaṭīṃ caiva devyāḥ sthānaṃ naraḥ śuciḥ | tatra snātvā'rcayitvā ca pitṝndevāṃśca pūruṣaḥ

Going to Madhuvati, the seat of the Goddess, a man who is pure, bathing there and worshipping the ancestors and the gods,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.79a–d (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 95 (3.81.95)

स देव्या समनुज्ञातो गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । कौशिक्याः संगमे यस्तु दृषद्वत्याश्च भारत ॥

sa devyā samanujñāto gosahasraphalaṃ labhet | kauśikyāḥ saṃgame yastu dṛṣadvatyāśca bhārata

gains, with the Goddess's leave, the reward of a thousand cows. Whoever, at the confluence of the Kaushiki and the Drishadvati, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.79e and 3.81.80a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 96 (3.81.96)

स्नाति वै नियताहारः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । ततो व्यासस्थली नाम यत्र व्यासेन धीमता ॥

snāti vai niyatāhāraḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | tato vyāsasthalī nāma yatra vyāsena dhīmatā

bathes while keeping to a measured diet is released from all sins. Then comes the place called Vyasasthali, where the wise Vyasa,

Note on the text: Corrected नियताहार → नियताहारः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped visarga; the critical edition has niyatāhāraḥ). Restored a missing word space (यत्रव्यासेन → यत्र व्यासेन). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.80c and 3.81.81a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 97 (3.81.97)

पुत्रशोकाभितप्तेन देहत्यागे कृता मतिः । ततो देवैस्तु राजेन्द्र पुनरुत्थापितस्तदा ॥

putraśokābhitaptena dehatyāge kṛtā matiḥ | tato devaistu rājendra punarutthāpitastadā

burning with grief for his son, resolved to give up his body; and then, O king of kings, the gods raised him up again.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.81c and 3.81.82a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 98 (3.81.98)

अभिगत्वा स्थलीं तस्य गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । किंदत्तं कूपमासाद्य तिलप्रस्थं प्रदाय च ॥

abhigatvā sthalīṃ tasya gosahasraphalaṃ labhet | kiṃdattaṃ kūpamāsādya tilaprasthaṃ pradāya ca

Visiting his Sthali, one gains the reward of a thousand cows. Reaching the well called Kimdatta and giving away a prastha of sesame,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.82c and 3.81.83a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 99 (3.81.99)

गच्छेत परमां सिद्धिमृणैर्मुक्तः कुरूद्वह । वेदीतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

gaccheta paramāṃ siddhimṛṇairmuktaḥ kurūdvaha | vedītīrthe naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

one reaches the highest perfection, freed of one's debts, O joy of the Kurus. A man who bathes at Veditirtha gains the reward of a thousand cows.

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 3.81.83c; the second is not in its constituted text (found in the vulgate recension) but is in its apparatus as 3.81.83d*0394.

Verse 100 (3.81.100)

अहश्च सुदिनं चैव द्वे तीर्थे लोकविश्रुते । तयोः स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र सूर्यलोकमवाप्नुयात् ॥

ahaśca sudinaṃ caiva dve tīrthe lokaviśrute | tayoḥ snātvā naravyāghra sūryalokamavāpnuyāt

Ahan and Sudina are two fords famed in the world; bathing in them, O tiger among men, one reaches the world of the Sun.

Note on the text: Corrected अहस्छ → अहश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled conjunct; the critical edition has ahaś ca).

Verse 101 (3.81.101)

मृगधूमं ततो गच्छेत्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत गङ्गायां नृपसत्तम ॥

mṛgadhūmaṃ tato gacchettriṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta gaṅgāyāṃ nṛpasattama

Then one should go to Mrigadhuma, famed in the three worlds, and bathe there in the Ganga, O best of kings;

Note on the text: Corrected गच्छेत्रिषु → गच्छेत्त्रिषु (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त् in the sandhi of gacchet triṣu, which the critical edition has). The first line is the critical edition's 3.81.85a; the second line is a recension variant of its 85c.

Verse 102 (3.81.102)

अर्चयित्वा महादेवमश्वमेधफलं लभेत् । देव्यास्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

arcayitvā mahādevamaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet | devyāstīrthe naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

worshipping Mahadeva, one gains the reward of the Ashvamedha. A man who bathes at the ford of the Goddess gains the reward of a thousand cows.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 3.81.85e and 3.81.86a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently). Wikisource has देव्यास्तीर्थे ("the Goddess's ford") where the critical edition has devatīrthe.

Verse 103 (3.81.103)

ततो वामनकं गच्छेत्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । तत्र विष्णुपदे स्नात्वा अर्चयित्वा च वामनम् ॥

tato vāmanakaṃ gacchettriṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | tatra viṣṇupade snātvā arcayitvā ca vāmanam

Then one should go to Vamanaka, famed in the three worlds. Bathing there at Vishnupada and worshipping Vamana,

Note on the text: Corrected गच्छेत्रिषु → गच्छेत्त्रिषु (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त् in the sandhi of gacchet triṣu, which the critical edition has). Restored a missing word space (तत्रविष्णुपदे → तत्र विष्णुपदे). Matches the critical edition's 3.81.86c and 3.81.87a (the critical edition divides this stretch of the text differently).

Verse 104 (3.81.104)

सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति । कुलंपुने नरः स्नात्वा पुनाति स्वकुलं ततः ॥

sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati | kulaṃpune naraḥ snātvā punāti svakulaṃ tataḥ

Purified of all sin, he goes to the world of Vishnu. A man who bathes at Kulampuna purifies his own family.

Note on the text: Corrected कुलपुने → कुलंपुने (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara in the name Kulampuna, the critical edition reads kulaṃpune). This verse is CE 3.81.87cd + 3.81.88ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 105 (3.81.105)

पवनस्य ह्रदे स्नात्वा मरुतां तीर्थमुत्तमम् । तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र विष्णुलोके महीयते ॥

pavanasya hrade snātvā marutāṃ tīrthamuttamam | tatra snātvā naravyāghra viṣṇuloke mahīyate

Bathing in the lake of Pavana, the Wind, the foremost tirtha of the Maruts — bathing there, O tiger among men, one is honoured in the world of Vishnu.

Note on the text: Corrected नख्याघ्र → नरव्याघ्र (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads naravyāghra) and restored a missing word space (तत्रस्नात्वा → तत्र स्नात्वा). This verse is CE 3.81.88cd–ef (Wikisource divides the lines differently). Its विष्णुलोके for vāyuloke is a recension variant and is kept.

Verse 106 (3.81.106)

अमराणां ह्रदे स्नात्वा समभ्यर्च्यामराधिपम् । अमराणां प्रभावेन स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥

amarāṇāṃ hrade snātvā samabhyarcyāmarādhipam | amarāṇāṃ prabhāvena svargaloke mahīyate

Bathing in the lake of the Immortals and worshipping the lord of the Immortals, Indra, one is honoured in the world of heaven through the power of the Immortals.

Verse 107 (3.81.107)

शालिहोत्रस्य तीर्थे च शालिशूर्पे यथाविधि । स्नात्वा नरवरश्रेष्ठ गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

śālihotrasya tīrthe ca śāliśūrpe yathāvidhi | snātvā naravaraśreṣṭha gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

At the tirtha of Shalihotra, at Shalishurpa, bathing according to the rule, O best of men, one gains the fruit of giving a thousand cows.

Verse 108 (3.81.108)

श्रीकुञ्जं च सरस्वत्यास्तीर्थं भरतसत्तम । तत्र स्नात्वा नरश्रेष्ठ अग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् ॥

śrīkuñjaṃ ca sarasvatyāstīrthaṃ bharatasattama | tatra snātvā naraśreṣṭha agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

Shrikunja too is a tirtha of the Sarasvati, O best of the Bharatas; bathing there, O best of men, one gains the fruit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice.

Verse 109 (3.81.109)

ततो नैमिषकुञ्जं च समासाद्य कुरूद्वह । ऋषयः किल राजेन्द्र नैमिषेयास्तपस्विनः ॥

tato naimiṣakuñjaṃ ca samāsādya kurūdvaha | ṛṣayaḥ kila rājendra naimiṣeyāstapasvinaḥ

Then one should reach Naimishakunja, O scion of Kuru. The ascetics of the Naimisha forest, O king of kings, so it is said,

Note on the text: Corrected नैमिपकुञ्जं → नैमिषकुञ्जं (misprint in Wikisource, प for ष; the critical edition reads naimiṣakuñjaṃ).

Verse 110 (3.81.110)

तीर्थयात्रां पुरस्कृत्य कुरुक्षेत्रं गताः पुरा । तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा वाजिमेधफलं लभेत् । ततः कुञ्जः सरस्वत्याः कृतो भरतसत्तम ॥

tīrthayātrāṃ puraskṛtya kurukṣetraṃ gatāḥ purā | tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet | tataḥ kuñjaḥ sarasvatyāḥ kṛto bharatasattama

once set out on a pilgrimage to the tirthas and came to Kurukshetra. A man who bathes at that tirtha gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. Then, O best of the Bharatas, a grove was made on the Sarasvati

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the middle line. That line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.81.92f*0396_01); the first line is CE 3.81.92ef and the last is CE 3.81.93ab.

Verse 111 (3.81.111)

ऋषीणामवकाशः स्याद्यथा तुष्टिकरो महान् । कन्यातीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

ṛṣīṇāmavakāśaḥ syādyathā tuṣṭikaro mahān | kanyātīrthe naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

so that the sages might have room to stay, a great source of contentment for them. A man who bathes at Kanyatirtha gains the fruit of a thousand cows.

Note on the text: Corrected ऋपीणाम् → ऋषीणाम् (misprint in Wikisource, प for ष; the critical edition reads ṛṣīṇām) and restored a missing word space (स्नात्वागोसहस्र… → स्नात्वा गोसहस्र…). This verse is CE 3.81.93cd + 3.81.94ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently). The critical edition reads tasmin kuñje ("in that grove") where Wikisource has कन्यातीर्थे; the base reading is kept.

Verse 112 (3.81.112)

ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ कन्यातीर्थमनुत्तमम् । कन्यातीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा अग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् ॥

tato gaccheta dharmajña kanyātīrthamanuttamam | kanyātīrthe naraḥ snātvā agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

Then, O knower of dharma, one should go to the peerless Kanyatirtha; a man who bathes at Kanyatirtha gains the fruit of the Agnishtoma.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.81.94b*0397_01); the second matches CE 3.81.94cd.

Verse 113 (3.81.113)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र ब्रह्मणस्तीर्थमुत्तमम् । तत्र वर्णावरः स्नात्वा ब्राह्मण्यं लभते नरः ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra brahmaṇastīrthamuttamam | tatra varṇāvaraḥ snātvā brāhmaṇyaṃ labhate naraḥ

Then, O king of kings, one should go to the excellent tirtha of Brahma. A man of lower caste who bathes there attains brahminhood,

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रवर्णावरः → तत्र वर्णावरः).

Verse 114 (3.81.114)

ब्राह्मणश्च विशुद्धात्मा गच्छेत परमां गतिम् । ततो गच्छेन्नरश्रेष्ठ सोमतीर्थमनुत्तमम् ॥

brāhmaṇaśca viśuddhātmā gaccheta paramāṃ gatim | tato gacchennaraśreṣṭha somatīrthamanuttamam

and a brahmin, purified in himself, goes to the supreme state. Then, O best of men, one should go to the peerless Somatirtha.

Note on the text: Corrected सोमतीर्थमनत्तमम् → सोमतीर्थमनुत्तमम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, the critical edition reads somatīrtham anuttamam). This verse is CE 3.81.95ef + 3.81.96ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 115 (3.81.115)

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्सोमलोकमवाप्नुयात् । सप्तसारस्वतं तीर्थं ततो गच्छेन्नराधिप ॥

tatra snātvā naro rājansomalokamavāpnuyāt | saptasārasvataṃ tīrthaṃ tato gacchennarādhipa

A man who bathes there, O king, attains the world of Soma. Then, O lord of men, one should go to the tirtha of Saptasarasvata,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.96cd + 3.81.97ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 116 (3.81.116)

यत्र मङ्कणकः सिद्धो महर्षिर्लोकविश्रुतः । पुरा मङ्कणको राजन्कुशाग्रेणेति नः श्रुतम् ॥

yatra maṅkaṇakaḥ siddho maharṣirlokaviśrutaḥ | purā maṅkaṇako rājankuśāgreṇeti naḥ śrutam

where Mankanaka, the perfected great sage renowned in the world, attained success. Long ago, O king, so we have heard, Mankanaka

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (नःश्रुतम् → नः श्रुतम्). This verse is CE 3.81.97cd + 3.81.98ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 117 (3.81.117)

क्षतः किल करे राजंस्तस्य शाकरसोऽस्रवत् । स वै शाकरसं दृष्ट्वा हर्षाविष्टः प्रनृत्तवान् ॥

kṣataḥ kila kare rājaṃstasya śākaraso'sravat | sa vai śākarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣāviṣṭaḥ pranṛttavān

cut his hand, it is said, on the tip of a blade of kusha grass, O king, and vegetable sap flowed from the wound. Seeing the vegetable sap, he was filled with joy and began to dance.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.98cd + 3.81.99ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 118 (3.81.118)

ततस्तस्मिन्प्रनृत्ते तु स्थावरं जङ्गमं च यत् । प्रनृत्तमुभयं वीर तेजसा तस्य मोहितम् ॥

tatastasminpranṛtte tu sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ ca yat | pranṛttamubhayaṃ vīra tejasā tasya mohitam

And as he danced, everything that stands still and everything that moves — both alike, O hero — danced too, bewildered by his power.

Verse 119 (3.81.119)

ब्रह्मादिभिः सुरै राजन्नृषिभिश्च तपोधनैः । विज्ञप्तो वै महादेव ऋषेरर्थे नराधिप ॥

brahmādibhiḥ surai rājannṛṣibhiśca tapodhanaiḥ | vijñapto vai mahādeva ṛṣerarthe narādhipa

Brahma and the other gods, O king, and the sages rich in austerity petitioned Mahadeva on the sage's account, O lord of men:

Note on the text: Corrected राजनृषिभिश्च → राजन्नृषिभिश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped न of the sandhi राजन् + ऋषिभिः) and क्षिप्तो → विज्ञप्तो (misprint in Wikisource; the line is a syllable short and "thrown" makes no sense, the critical edition reads vijñapto "petitioned").

Verse 120 (3.81.120)

नायं नृत्येद्यथा देव तथा त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि । तं प्रनृत्तं समासाद्य हर्षाविष्टेन चेतसा । सुराणां हितकामार्थमृषिं देवोऽभ्यभाषत ॥

nāyaṃ nṛtyedyathā deva tathā tvaṃ kartumarhasi | taṃ pranṛttaṃ samāsādya harṣāviṣṭena cetasā | surāṇāṃ hitakāmārthamṛṣiṃ devo'bhyabhāṣata

"O god, you should act so that he stops dancing." Then, approaching the dancing sage, whose mind was overcome with joy, the god spoke to him for the good of the gods:

Note on the text: Corrected न्वं → त्वं (misprint in Wikisource, न for त; the critical edition reads tathā tvaṃ). The first line is CE 3.81.101ef; the other two match CE 3.81.102.

Verse 121 (3.81.121)

भोभो महर्षे धर्मज्ञ किमर्थं नृत्यते भवान् । हर्षस्थानं किमर्थं वा तवाद्य मुनिपुङ्गव ॥

bhobho maharṣe dharmajña kimarthaṃ nṛtyate bhavān | harṣasthānaṃ kimarthaṃ vā tavādya munipuṅgava

"Ho there, great sage, knower of dharma, why are you dancing? What cause for joy do you have today, O bull among sages?"

Verse 122 (3.81.122)

तपस्विनो धर्मपथे स्थितस्य द्विजसत्तम । किं न पश्यसि मे ब्रह्मन्कराच्छाकरसं स्रुतम् ॥

tapasvino dharmapathe sthitasya dvijasattama | kiṃ na paśyasi me brahmankarācchākarasaṃ srutam

"O best of the twice-born, I am an ascetic who stands on the path of dharma. Do you not see, brahmin, the vegetable sap that has flowed from my hand,

Note on the text: Speaker from the printed heading ऋषिरुवाच (the sage Mankanaka). The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.81.104*0398_01); the second matches CE 3.81.104ab.

Verse 123 (3.81.123)

यं दृष्ट्वाऽहं प्रनृत्तोऽहं हर्षेण महताऽन्वितः ॥

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā'haṃ pranṛtto'haṃ harṣeṇa mahatā'nvitaḥ

at the sight of which I have been dancing, filled with great joy?"

Note on the text: Split from Wikisource verse 123 at the change of speaker: this first line ends the sage's reply (CE 3.81.104cd); the second line returns to Pulastya's narration, where the critical edition prints pulastya uvāca (3.81.105).

Verse 124 (3.81.124)

तं प्रहस्याब्रवीद्देव ऋषिं रागेण मोहितम् ॥

taṃ prahasyābravīddeva ṛṣiṃ rāgeṇa mohitam

Laughing, the god said to the sage, who was carried away by passion:

Note on the text: Second line of Wikisource verse 123, split off at the change of speaker: Pulastya's narration resumes here (the critical edition prints pulastya uvāca before this line, CE 3.81.105ab).

Verse 125 (3.81.125)

अहं तु विस्मयं विप्र न गच्छामीति पश्य माम् । एवमुक्त्वा नरश्रेष्ठ महादेवेन धीमता ॥

ahaṃ tu vismayaṃ vipra na gacchāmīti paśya mām | evamuktvā naraśreṣṭha mahādevena dhīmatā

"I, brahmin, feel no wonder at this — look at me!" Having said this, O best of men, the wise Mahadeva

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.105cd + 3.81.106ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 126 (3.81.126)

अङ्गुल्यग्रेण राजेन्द्र स्वाङ्गुष्ठस्ताडितोऽनघ । ततो भस्म क्षताद्राजन्निर्गतं हिमसन्निभम् ॥

aṅgulyagreṇa rājendra svāṅguṣṭhastāḍito'nagha | tato bhasma kṣatādrājannirgataṃ himasannibham

struck his own thumb with the tip of his finger, O sinless king of kings; and from the wound, O king, there came forth ash as white as snow.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (राजेन्द्रस्वाङ्गुष्ठस्ताडितो → राजेन्द्र स्वाङ्गुष्ठस्ताडितो). This verse is CE 3.81.106cd + 3.81.107ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 127 (3.81.127)

तद्दृष्ट्वा व्रीडितो राजन्स मुनिः पादयोर्गतः । नान्यद्देवात्परं मेने रुद्रात्परतरं महत् ॥

taddṛṣṭvā vrīḍito rājansa muniḥ pādayorgataḥ | nānyaddevātparaṃ mene rudrātparataraṃ mahat

Seeing it, O king, the sage was ashamed and fell at his feet. He held no god higher than Rudra, none greater or more exalted.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.107cd + 3.81.108ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 128 (3.81.128)

सुरासुरस्य जगतो गतिस्त्वमसि शूलधृत् । त्वया सर्वमिदं सृष्टं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ॥

surāsurasya jagato gatistvamasi śūladhṛt | tvayā sarvamidaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram

"You, bearer of the trident, are the refuge of the world of gods and asuras. By you this whole threefold world was created, with all that moves and all that does not move.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.108cd + 3.81.109ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 129 (3.81.129)

त्वमेव सर्वान्ग्रससि पुनरेव युगक्षये । देवैरपि न शक्यस्त्वं परिज्ञातुं कुतो मया ॥

tvameva sarvāngrasasi punareva yugakṣaye | devairapi na śakyastvaṃ parijñātuṃ kuto mayā

"You alone devour all beings again at the end of the age. Even the gods cannot know you fully — how then could I?

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.109cd + 3.81.110ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 130 (3.81.130)

त्वयि सर्वे प्रदृश्यन्ते सुरा ब्रह्मादयोऽनघ । सर्वस्त्वमसि लोकानां कर्ता कारयिता च ह ॥

tvayi sarve pradṛśyante surā brahmādayo'nagha | sarvastvamasi lokānāṃ kartā kārayitā ca ha

"In you, sinless one, all the gods, Brahma and the rest, are seen. You are everything; you are the maker of the worlds and the one who causes them to be made.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (कर्ताकारयिता → कर्ता कारयिता). This verse is CE 3.81.110cd + 3.81.111ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 131 (3.81.131)

त्वत्प्रसादात्सुराः सर्वे निवसन्त्यकुतोभयाः । एवं स्तुत्वा महादेवमृषिर्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tvatprasādātsurāḥ sarve nivasantyakutobhayāḥ | evaṃ stutvā mahādevamṛṣirvacanamabravīt

"By your grace all the gods dwell free from fear." Having praised Mahadeva thus, the sage spoke these words:

Verse 132 (3.81.132)

त्वत्प्रसादान्महादेव तपो मे न क्षरेत वै । ततो देवः प्रहृष्टात्मा ब्रह्मर्षिमिदमब्रवीत् ॥

tvatprasādānmahādeva tapo me na kṣareta vai | tato devaḥ prahṛṣṭātmā brahmarṣimidamabravīt

"By your grace, Mahadeva, may my austerity never waste away." Then the god, glad at heart, said this to the brahmin sage:

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.112a + 3.81.113ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 133 (3.81.133)

तपस्ते वर्धतां विप्र मत्प्रसादात्सहस्रशः । आश्रमे चेह वत्स्यामि त्वया सह महामुने ॥

tapaste vardhatāṃ vipra matprasādātsahasraśaḥ | āśrame ceha vatsyāmi tvayā saha mahāmune

"May your austerity grow a thousandfold by my grace, brahmin. And I shall dwell here in this hermitage with you, great sage.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.113cd + 3.81.114ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 134 (3.81.134)

सप्तसारस्वते स्नात्वा अर्चयिष्यन्ति ये तु माम् । न तेषां दुर्लभं किंचिदिह लोके परत्र च ॥

saptasārasvate snātvā arcayiṣyanti ye tu mām | na teṣāṃ durlabhaṃ kiṃcidiha loke paratra ca

"Those who bathe at Saptasarasvata and worship me will find nothing hard to obtain, in this world or the next,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.114cd + 3.81.115ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 135 (3.81.135)

सारस्वतं च ते लोकं गमिष्यन्ति न संशयः । एवमुक्त्वा महादेवस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

sārasvataṃ ca te lokaṃ gamiṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ | evamuktvā mahādevastatraivāntaradhīyata

and they will go to the world of Sarasvati, without doubt." Having said this, Mahadeva vanished on that very spot.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.81.115cd; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.81.115d*0399_01).

Verse 136 (3.81.136)

ततस्त्वौशनसं गच्छेत्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः ॥

tatastvauśanasaṃ gacchettriṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | yatra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ

Then one should go to Aushanasa, famed in the three worlds, where Brahma and the other gods, the sages rich in austerity,

Note on the text: Speaker from the printed heading पुलस्त्य उवाच. Corrected गच्छेत्रिषु → गच्छेत्त्रिषु (misprint in Wikisource; one त dropped from the sandhi गच्छेत् + त्रिषु, the critical edition reads gacchet triṣu) and restored a missing word space (यत्रब्रह्मादयो → यत्र ब्रह्मादयो).

Verse 137 (3.81.137)

कार्तिकेयश्च भगवांस्त्रिसंध्यं किल भारत । सान्निध्यमकरोन्नित्यं भार्गवप्रियकाम्यया ॥

kārtikeyaśca bhagavāṃstrisaṃdhyaṃ kila bhārata | sānnidhyamakaronnityaṃ bhārgavapriyakāmyayā

and the blessed Karttikeya, it is said, O Bharata, were ever present at the three junctions of the day, out of a wish to please Bhargava (Shukra).

Verse 138 (3.81.138)

कपालमोचनं तीर्थं सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् । तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

kapālamocanaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpapramocanam | tatra snātvā naravyāghra sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Kapalamochana is a tirtha that releases one from every sin; bathing there, O tiger among men, one is freed from all sins.

Verse 139 (3.81.139)

अग्नितीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्तत्र स्नात्वा नरर्षभ । अग्निलोकमवाप्नोति कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् ॥

agnitīrthaṃ tato gacchettatra snātvā nararṣabha | agnilokamavāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet

Then one should go to Agnitirtha; bathing there, O bull among men, one attains the world of Agni and uplifts one's family as well.

Note on the text: Corrected सुमुद्धरेत् → समुद्धरेत् (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign, the critical edition reads samuddharet).

Verse 140 (3.81.140)

विश्वामित्रस्य तत्रैव तीर्थं भरतसत्तम । तत्र स्नात्वा नरश्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण्यमधिगच्छति ॥

viśvāmitrasya tatraiva tīrthaṃ bharatasattama | tatra snātvā naraśreṣṭha brāhmaṇyamadhigacchati

In that same place, O best of the Bharatas, is the tirtha of Vishvamitra; bathing there, O best of men, one attains brahminhood.

Verse 141 (3.81.141)

ब्रह्मयोनिं समासाद्य शुचिः प्रयतमानसः । तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र ब्रह्मलोकं प्रपद्यते ॥

brahmayoniṃ samāsādya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ | tatra snātvā naravyāghra brahmalokaṃ prapadyate

Reaching Brahmayoni, pure and with a controlled mind, and bathing there, O tiger among men, one reaches the world of Brahma

Verse 142 (3.81.142)

पुनात्यासप्तमं चैव कुलं नास्त्यत्र संशयः । ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् ॥

punātyāsaptamaṃ caiva kulaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ | tato gaccheta rājendra tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam

and purifies his family to the seventh generation; there is no doubt of this. Then, O king of kings, one should go to the tirtha famed in the three worlds

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (नास्त्यत्रसंशयः → नास्त्यत्र संशयः). This verse is CE 3.81.121ef + 3.81.122ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 143 (3.81.143)

पृथूदकमिति ख्यातं कार्तिकेयस्य वै नृप । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत पितृदेवार्चने रतः ॥

pṛthūdakamiti khyātaṃ kārtikeyasya vai nṛpa | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta pitṛdevārcane rataḥ

known as Prithudaka, which belongs to Karttikeya, O king. There one should bathe, devoted to the worship of the ancestors and the gods.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.122cd–ef (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 144 (3.81.144)

अज्ञानाज्ज्ञानतो वाऽपि स्त्रिया वा पुरुषेण वा । यत्किंचिदशुभं कर्म कृतं मानुषबुद्धिना ॥

ajñānājjñānato vā'pi striyā vā puruṣeṇa vā | yatkiṃcidaśubhaṃ karma kṛtaṃ mānuṣabuddhinā

Whatever wrong deed has been done with human understanding, unknowingly or knowingly, by a woman or by a man —

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (वाऽपिस्त्रिया → वाऽपि स्त्रिया).

Verse 145 (3.81.145)

तत्सर्वं नश्यते तत्र स्नातमात्रस्य भारत । अश्वमेधफलं चास्य स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति ॥

tatsarvaṃ naśyate tatra snātamātrasya bhārata | aśvamedhaphalaṃ cāsya svargalokaṃ ca gacchati

all of it perishes there, O Bharata, for one who merely bathes; he gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice and goes to the world of heaven.

Verse 146 (3.81.146)

पुण्यमाहुः कुरुक्षेत्रं कुरुक्षेत्रात्सरस्वती । सरस्वत्याश्च तीर्थानि तीर्थेभ्यश्च पृथूदकम् ॥

puṇyamāhuḥ kurukṣetraṃ kurukṣetrātsarasvatī | sarasvatyāśca tīrthāni tīrthebhyaśca pṛthūdakam

Kurukshetra, they say, is holy; the Sarasvati is holier than Kurukshetra; the tirthas of the Sarasvati holier than the river; and Prithudaka holier than those tirthas.

Note on the text: Corrected तीर्थेभ्यश् → तीर्थेभ्यश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped च, the critical edition reads tīrthebhyaś ca).

Verse 147 (3.81.147)

उत्तमे सर्वतीर्थानां यस्त्यजेदात्मनस्तनुम् । पृथूदके जप्यपरो नैव श्वो मरणं तपेत् ॥

uttame sarvatīrthānāṃ yastyajedātmanastanum | pṛthūdake japyaparo naiva śvo maraṇaṃ tapet

He who, intent on prayer, gives up his body at Prithudaka, the best of all tirthas, will never again be tormented by death.

Verse 148 (3.81.148)

गीतं सनत्कुमारेण व्यासेन च महात्मना । वेदे च नियतं राजन्नभिगच्छेत्पृथूदकम् ॥

gītaṃ sanatkumāreṇa vyāsena ca mahātmanā | vede ca niyataṃ rājannabhigacchetpṛthūdakam

This was sung by Sanatkumara and by the great-souled Vyasa, and it is laid down in the Veda, O king: one should go to Prithudaka.

Verse 149 (3.81.149)

पृथूदकात्तीर्थतमं नान्यत्तीर्थं कुरूद्वह । तन्मेध्यं तत्पवित्रं च पावनं च न संशयः ॥

pṛthūdakāttīrthatamaṃ nānyattīrthaṃ kurūdvaha | tanmedhyaṃ tatpavitraṃ ca pāvanaṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ

There is no tirtha holier than Prithudaka, O scion of Kuru; it is pure, it is sacred, and it purifies, without doubt.

Verse 150 (3.81.150)

तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति येऽपि पापकृतो नराः । पृथूदके नरश्रेष्ठ एवमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥

tatra snātvā divaṃ yānti ye'pi pāpakṛto narāḥ | pṛthūdake naraśreṣṭha evamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

Bathing there, even men who have done evil go to heaven. So the wise declare of Prithudaka, O best of men.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रस्नात्वा → तत्र स्नात्वा).

Verse 151 (3.81.151)

मधुस्रवं च तत्रैव तीर्थं भरतसत्तम । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

madhusravaṃ ca tatraiva tīrthaṃ bharatasattama | tatra snātvā naro rājangosahasraphalaṃ labhet

In that same place, O best of the Bharatas, is the tirtha Madhusrava; a man who bathes there, O king, gains the fruit of a thousand cows.

Verse 152 (3.81.152)

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र तीर्थं देव्या यथाक्रमम् । सरस्वत्यारुणायाश्च संगमे लोकविश्रुते ॥

tato gaccheta rājendra tīrthaṃ devyā yathākramam | sarasvatyāruṇāyāśca saṃgame lokaviśrute

Then, O king of kings, one should go in due order to the tirtha of the goddess, at the world-famous confluence of the Sarasvati and the Aruna.

Verse 153 (3.81.153)

त्रिरात्रोपोषितः स्नात्वा मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया । अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्यां फलं विन्दति मानवः ॥

trirātropoṣitaḥ snātvā mucyate brahmahatyayā | agniṣṭomātirātrābhyāṃ phalaṃ vindati mānavaḥ

Fasting for three nights and bathing there, one is freed from the sin of killing a brahmin and gains the fruit of the Agnishtoma and Atiratra sacrifices,

Verse 154 (3.81.154)

आसप्तमं कुलं चैव पुनाति भरतर्षभ । अवतीर्णं च तत्रैव तीर्थं कुरुकुलोद्वह ॥

āsaptamaṃ kulaṃ caiva punāti bharatarṣabha | avatīrṇaṃ ca tatraiva tīrthaṃ kurukulodvaha

and purifies his family to the seventh generation, O bull of the Bharatas. In that same place, O upholder of the Kuru line, is the tirtha Avatirna,

Verse 155 (3.81.155)

विप्राणामनुकम्पार्थं शार्ङ्गिणा निर्मितं पुरा । व्रतोपनयनाभ्यां चाप्युपवासेन वाऽप्युत ॥

viprāṇāmanukampārthaṃ śārṅgiṇā nirmitaṃ purā | vratopanayanābhyāṃ cāpyupavāsena vā'pyuta

made long ago by Sharngin, Vishnu, out of compassion for the brahmins. Through vows and the sacred-thread rite, or through fasting,

Note on the text: Corrected निर्मिनं → निर्मितं (misprint in Wikisource, न for त; the critical edition reads nirmitaṃ). This verse is CE 3.81.133ef + 3.81.134ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently). Its शार्ङ्गिणा ("by the bearer of the Sharnga bow") for darbhiṇā is a recension variant and is kept.

Verse 156 (3.81.156)

क्रियामन्त्रैश्च संयुक्तो ब्राह्मणः स्यान्न संशयः । क्रियामन्त्रविहीनोऽपि तत्र स्नात्वा नरर्षभ । चीर्णव्रतो भवेद्विद्वान्दृष्टमेतत्पुरातनैः ॥

kriyāmantraiśca saṃyukto brāhmaṇaḥ syānna saṃśayaḥ | kriyāmantravihīno'pi tatra snātvā nararṣabha | cīrṇavrato bhavedvidvāndṛṣṭametatpurātanaiḥ

one becomes a brahmin endowed with rites and mantras, without doubt. Even one who lacks rites and mantras, O bull among men, if he bathes there, becomes a learned man who has fulfilled his vows; this the ancients have witnessed.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.81.134cd; the other two match CE 3.81.135.

Verse 157 (3.81.157)

समुद्राश्चापि चत्वारः समानीताश्च दर्भिणा । तेषु स्नातो नरश्रेष्ठ न दुर्गतिमवाप्नुयात् ॥

samudrāścāpi catvāraḥ samānītāśca darbhiṇā | teṣu snāto naraśreṣṭha na durgatimavāpnuyāt

The four oceans too were brought there by Darbhin; a man who bathes in them, O best of men, does not come to an evil end,

Note on the text: Corrected समानीताश् → समानीताश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped च, the critical edition reads samānītāś ca).

Verse 158 (3.81.158)

फलानि गोसहस्राणां चतुर्णां विन्दते च सः । ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ तीर्थं शतसहस्रकम् ॥

phalāni gosahasrāṇāṃ caturṇāṃ vindate ca saḥ | tato gaccheta dharmajña tīrthaṃ śatasahasrakam

and he gains the fruit of four thousand cows. Then, O knower of dharma, one should go to the tirtha Shatasahasraka

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.136ef + 3.81.137ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 159 (3.81.159)

साहस्रकं च तत्रैव द्वे तीर्थे लोकविश्रुते । उभयोर्हि नरः स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

sāhasrakaṃ ca tatraiva dve tīrthe lokaviśrute | ubhayorhi naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

and, in the same place, Sahasraka — two world-famous tirthas. A man who bathes in both gains the fruit of a thousand cows.

Note on the text: Corrected गोसरस्रफंल → गोसहस्रफलं (misprints in Wikisource; र for ह and a misplaced anusvara, the critical edition reads gosahasraphalaṃ). This verse is CE 3.81.137cd + 3.81.138ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 160 (3.81.160)

दानं वाऽप्युपवासो वा सहस्रगुणितं भवेत् । ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र रेणुकातीर्थमुत्तमम् ॥

dānaṃ vā'pyupavāso vā sahasraguṇitaṃ bhavet | tato gaccheta rājendra reṇukātīrthamuttamam

A gift or a fast made there is multiplied a thousandfold. Then, O king of kings, one should go to the excellent Renukatirtha.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.138cd + 3.81.139ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 161 (3.81.161)

तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत पितृदेवार्चने रतः । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा अग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् ॥

tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta pitṛdevārcane rataḥ | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

There one should bathe, devoted to the worship of the ancestors and the gods; purified of all sin, one gains the fruit of the Agnishtoma.

Note on the text: Corrected तीर्ताभिषेकं → तत्राभिषेकं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads tatrābhiṣekaṃ, as Wikisource itself has in the same line at verse 142). This verse is CE 3.81.139cd–ef (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 162 (3.81.162)

विमोचनमुपस्पृश्य जितमन्युर्जितेन्द्रियः । प्रतिग्रहकृतैर्दोषैः सर्वैः स परिमुच्यते ॥

vimocanamupaspṛśya jitamanyurjitendriyaḥ | pratigrahakṛtairdoṣaiḥ sarvaiḥ sa parimucyate

Touching the water at Vimochana, with anger and senses mastered, one is freed from all the faults incurred by accepting gifts.

Verse 163 (3.81.163)

ततः पञ्चवटीं गत्वा ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रियः । पुण्येन महता युक्तः सतां लोके महीयते ॥

tataḥ pañcavaṭīṃ gatvā brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ | puṇyena mahatā yuktaḥ satāṃ loke mahīyate

Then, going to Panchavati, chaste and with senses mastered, one is endowed with great merit and honoured in the world of the virtuous,

Verse 164 (3.81.164)

यत्र योगेश्वरः स्थाणुः स्वयमेव वृषध्वजः । तमर्चयित्वा देवेशं गमनादेव सिद्ध्यति ॥

yatra yogeśvaraḥ sthāṇuḥ svayameva vṛṣadhvajaḥ | tamarcayitvā deveśaṃ gamanādeva siddhyati

for there Sthanu, the lord of yoga, whose banner bears the bull, dwells in person. By worshipping that lord of the gods one attains success merely by going there.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (यत्रयोगेश्वरः → यत्र योगेश्वरः).

Verse 165 (3.81.165)

तैजसं वारुणं तीर्थं दीप्यमानं स्वतेजसा । यत्र ब्रह्मादिभिर्देवैर्ऋषिभिश्च तपोधनैः ॥

taijasaṃ vāruṇaṃ tīrthaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā | yatra brahmādibhirdevairṛṣibhiśca tapodhanaiḥ

The tirtha Taijasa of Varuna blazes with its own splendour. There Brahma and the other gods and the sages rich in austerity

Note on the text: Corrected रब्रह्मादिभिर्दैर्वैर् → ब्रह्मादिभिर्देवैर् (misprints in Wikisource; a stray र and a garbled देवैः, the critical edition reads brahmādibhir devair). Its तैजसं for aujasaṃ is a recension variant and is kept.

Verse 166 (3.81.166)

सैनापत्येन देवानामभिषिक्तो गुहस्तदा । तैजसस्य तु पूर्वेण कुरुतीर्थं कुरूद्वह ॥

saināpatyena devānāmabhiṣikto guhastadā | taijasasya tu pūrveṇa kurutīrthaṃ kurūdvaha

consecrated Guha (Skanda) as commander of the gods' army. To the east of Taijasa, O scion of Kuru, lies Kurutirtha.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.143ef + 3.81.144ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 167 (3.81.167)

कुरुतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रियः । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा ब्रह्मलोकं प्रपद्यते ॥

kurutīrthe naraḥ snātvā brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā brahmalokaṃ prapadyate

A man who bathes at Kurutirtha, chaste and with senses mastered, is purified of all sin and reaches the world of Brahma.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment matched this verse to CE 3.81.54 (a similar line elsewhere); it is CE 3.81.144cd–ef, whose kurulokaṃ for ब्रह्मलोकं is a recension variant.

Verse 168 (3.81.168)

स्वर्गद्वारं ततो गच्छेन्नियतो नियताशनः । स्वर्गलोकमवाप्नोति ब्रह्मलोकं च गच्छति ॥

svargadvāraṃ tato gacchenniyato niyatāśanaḥ | svargalokamavāpnoti brahmalokaṃ ca gacchati

Then one should go to Svargadvara, restrained and moderate in food; one attains the world of heaven and goes to the world of Brahma.

Verse 169 (3.81.169)

ततो गच्छेदनरकं तीर्थसेवी नराधिप । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्न दुर्गतिमवाप्नुयात् ॥

tato gacchedanarakaṃ tīrthasevī narādhipa | tatra snātvā naro rājanna durgatimavāpnuyāt

Then, O lord of men, the pilgrim should go to Anaraka; a man who bathes there, O king, does not come to an evil end.

Verse 170 (3.81.170)

तत्र ब्रह्मा स्वयं नित्यं देवैः सह महीपते । अन्वास्यते नरश्रेष्ठ नारायणपुरोगमैः ॥

tatra brahmā svayaṃ nityaṃ devaiḥ saha mahīpate | anvāsyate naraśreṣṭha nārāyaṇapurogamaiḥ

There Brahma himself is ever present with the gods, O lord of the earth, attended, O best of men, by the gods led by Narayana.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (3.81.147cd): Wikisource prints only the first line of its verse 169 (unnumbered, followed by a blank line), and the input had merged that line into verse 170; the missing second line is supplied from the critical edition. Also restored a missing word space (तत्रब्रह्मा → तत्र ब्रह्मा).

Verse 171 (3.81.171)

सान्निध्यं तत्र राजेन्द्र रुद्रपत्न्याः कुरूद्वह । अभिगम्य च तां देवीं न दुर्गतिमवाप्नुयात् ॥

sānnidhyaṃ tatra rājendra rudrapatnyāḥ kurūdvaha | abhigamya ca tāṃ devīṃ na durgatimavāpnuyāt

There too, O king of kings, O scion of Kuru, is the presence of Rudra's consort; whoever approaches that goddess does not come to an evil end.

Note on the text: Separated from the stray first line of verse 169 that the input had merged into it; restored a missing word space (तत्रराजेन्द्र → तत्र राजेन्द्र).

Verse 172 (3.81.172)

तत्रैव च महाराज विश्वेश्वरमुमापतिम् । अभिगम्य महादेवं मुच्यते सर्वकिल्विषैः ॥

tatraiva ca mahārāja viśveśvaramumāpatim | abhigamya mahādevaṃ mucyate sarvakilviṣaiḥ

In that same place, great king, by approaching Mahadeva, lord of the universe and consort of Uma, one is freed from all sins.

Verse 173 (3.81.173)

नारायणं चाभिगम्य पद्मनाभमरिंदम । राजमानो महाराज विष्णुलोकं च गच्छति ॥

nārāyaṇaṃ cābhigamya padmanābhamariṃdama | rājamāno mahārāja viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati

And by approaching Narayana, the lotus-naveled, O subduer of foes, one shines forth, great king, and goes to the world of Vishnu.

Verse 174 (3.81.174)

तीर्थेषु सर्वदेवानां स्नातः स पुरुषर्षभ । सर्वदुःखैः परित्यक्तो द्योतते शशिवन्नरः ॥

tīrtheṣu sarvadevānāṃ snātaḥ sa puruṣarṣabha | sarvaduḥkhaiḥ parityakto dyotate śaśivannaraḥ

Bathing at the tirtha of all the gods, O bull among men, a man is freed from all sorrows and shines like the moon.

Verse 175 (3.81.175)

ततः स्वस्तिपुरं गच्छेत्तीर्थसेवी नराधिप । प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥

tataḥ svastipuraṃ gacchettīrthasevī narādhipa | pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

Then, O lord of men, the pilgrim should go to Svastipura; walking around it with it on his right, he gains the fruit of a thousand cows.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.81.152ab; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.81.152b*0401_01).

Verse 176 (3.81.176)

पावनं तीर्थमासाद्य तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः । अग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति भारत ॥

pāvanaṃ tīrthamāsādya tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ | agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti bhārata

Reaching the tirtha Pavana, one should offer libations to the ancestors and the gods; one gains, O Bharata, the fruit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected यत्रस्य → यज्ञस्य (misprint in Wikisource, त्र for ज्ञ; the critical edition reads yajñasya). This verse is CE 3.81.152cd–ef.

Verse 177 (3.81.177)

गङ्गाह्रदश्च तत्रैव कूपश्च भरतर्षभ । तिस्रः कोट्यस्तु तीर्थानां तस्मिन्कूपे महीपते ॥

gaṅgāhradaśca tatraiva kūpaśca bharatarṣabha | tisraḥ koṭyastu tīrthānāṃ tasminkūpe mahīpate

In that same place, O bull of the Bharatas, are Gangahrada and a well; in that well, O lord of the earth, are thirty million tirthas.

Verse 178 (3.81.178)

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्स्वर्गलोकं प्रपद्यते । आपगायां नरः स्नात्वा अर्चयित्वा महेश्वरम् ॥

tatra snātvā naro rājansvargalokaṃ prapadyate | āpagāyāṃ naraḥ snātvā arcayitvā maheśvaram

A man who bathes there, O king, reaches the world of heaven. A man who bathes in the Apaga and worships Maheshvara

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.153ef + 3.81.154ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 179 (3.81.179)

गाणपत्यमवाप्नोति कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् । ततः स्थाणुवटं गच्छेत्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् ॥

gāṇapatyamavāpnoti kulaṃ caiva samuddharet | tataḥ sthāṇuvaṭaṃ gacchettriṣu lokeṣu viśrutam

attains the rank of a leader of Shiva's hosts and uplifts his family as well. Then one should go to Sthanuvata, famed in the three worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected गच्छेत्रिषु → गच्छेत्त्रिषु (misprint in Wikisource; one त dropped from the sandhi गच्छेत् + त्रिषु, the critical edition reads gacchet triṣu). This verse is CE 3.81.154cd + 3.81.155ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 180 (3.81.180)

तत्र स्नात्वा स्थितो रात्रिं रुद्रलोकमवाप्नुयात् । बदरीकाननं गच्छेद्वसिष्ठस्याश्रमं गतः ॥

tatra snātvā sthito rātriṃ rudralokamavāpnuyāt | badarīkānanaṃ gacchedvasiṣṭhasyāśramaṃ gataḥ

Bathing there and staying the night, one attains the world of Rudra. One should go to the Badari forest, reaching the hermitage of Vasishtha.

Note on the text: Corrected रुद्रलोकमवाप्नयात् → रुद्रलोकमवाप्नुयात् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, the critical edition reads avāpnuyāt). This verse is CE 3.81.155cd + 3.81.156ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently). Its बदरीकाननं for badarīpācanaṃ is a recension variant and is kept.

Verse 181 (3.81.181)

बदरीं भक्षयेत्तत्र त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः । सम्यग्द्वादशवर्षाणि बदरीं भक्षयेत्तु यः ॥

badarīṃ bhakṣayettatra trirātropoṣito naraḥ | samyagdvādaśavarṣāṇi badarīṃ bhakṣayettu yaḥ

There a man should eat jujube fruit after fasting for three nights. One who duly lives on jujube fruit for twelve years

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.156cd + 3.81.157ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 182 (3.81.182)

त्रिरात्रोपोषितस्तेन भवेत्तुल्यो नराधिप । इन्द्रमार्गं समासाद्य तीर्थसेवी नराधिप ॥

trirātropoṣitastena bhavettulyo narādhipa | indramārgaṃ samāsādya tīrthasevī narādhipa

only equals, O lord of men, one who has fasted three nights there. Reaching Indramarga, O lord of men, the pilgrim

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.157cd + 3.81.158ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 183 (3.81.183)

अहोरात्रोपवासेन शक्रलोके महीयते । एकरात्रं समासाद्य एकरात्रोषितो नरः ॥

ahorātropavāsena śakraloke mahīyate | ekarātraṃ samāsādya ekarātroṣito naraḥ

is honoured in the world of Shakra by fasting for a day and a night. Reaching Ekaratra, a man who stays one night there,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.158cd + 3.81.159ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 184 (3.81.184)

नियतः सत्यवादी च ब्रह्मलोके महीयते । ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् ॥

niyataḥ satyavādī ca brahmaloke mahīyate | tato gaccheta rājendra tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam

restrained and truthful, is honoured in the world of Brahma. Then, O king of kings, one should go to the tirtha famed in the three worlds

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.159cd + 3.81.160ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 185 (3.81.185)

आदित्यस्याश्रमो यत्र तेजोराशेर्महात्मनः । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा पूजयित्वा विभावसुम् ॥

ādityasyāśramo yatra tejorāśermahātmanaḥ | tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayitvā vibhāvasum

where stands the hermitage of the great-souled Aditya, the Sun, that mass of splendour. A man who bathes at that tirtha and worships Vibhavasu, the Sun,

Note on the text: Corrected विभावसुं → विभावसुम् (anusvara printed for final म् at the end of the verse; the critical edition reads vibhāvasum). This verse is CE 3.81.160cd + 3.81.161ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 186 (3.81.186)

आदित्यलोकं व्रजति कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् । सोमतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा तीर्थसेवी नराधिप ॥

ādityalokaṃ vrajati kulaṃ caiva samuddharet | somatīrthe naraḥ snātvā tīrthasevī narādhipa

goes to the world of Aditya and uplifts his family as well. A pilgrim who bathes at Somatirtha, O lord of men,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.161cd + 3.81.162ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 187 (3.81.187)

सोमलोकमवाप्नोति नरो नास्त्यत्र संशयः । ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ दधीचस्य महात्मनः ॥

somalokamavāpnoti naro nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ | tato gaccheta dharmajña dadhīcasya mahātmanaḥ

attains the world of Soma; there is no doubt of this. Then, O knower of dharma, one should go to the tirtha of the great-souled Dadhicha,

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (नास्त्यत्रसंशयः → नास्त्यत्र संशयः). This verse is CE 3.81.162cd + 3.81.163ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 188 (3.81.188)

तीर्थं पुण्यतमं राजन्पावनं लोकविश्रुतम् । यत्र सारस्वतो यातः सोऽङ्गिरास्तपसो निधिः ॥

tīrthaṃ puṇyatamaṃ rājanpāvanaṃ lokaviśrutam | yatra sārasvato yātaḥ so'ṅgirāstapaso nidhiḥ

most holy, O king, purifying and famed in the world, where Sarasvata, of the line of Angiras, a treasure of austerity, came forth.

Note on the text: Corrected सोङ्गिरास् → सोऽङ्गिरास् (missing avagraha; the critical edition reads so 'ṅgirās). This verse is CE 3.81.163cd + 3.81.164ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 189 (3.81.189)

तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा वाजिमेधफलं लभेत् । सारस्वतीं गतिं चैव लभते नात्र संशयः ॥

tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet | sārasvatīṃ gatiṃ caiva labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

A man who bathes at that tirtha gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice, and attains the state of Sarasvati, without doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्मिस्तीर्थे → तस्मिंस्तीर्थे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, the critical edition reads tasmiṃs tīrthe). Its वाजिमेध for vājapeya is a recension variant and is kept.

Verse 190 (3.81.190)

ततः कन्याश्रमं गच्छेन्नियतो ब्रह्मचर्यवान् । त्रिरात्रोपोषितो राजन्नियतो नियताशनः ॥

tataḥ kanyāśramaṃ gacchenniyato brahmacaryavān | trirātropoṣito rājanniyato niyatāśanaḥ

Then one should go to Kanyashrama, restrained and chaste; fasting for three nights there, O king, restrained and moderate in food,

Verse 191 (3.81.191)

लभेत्कन्याशतं दिव्यं स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति । ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ तीर्थं सन्निहतीमपि ॥

labhetkanyāśataṃ divyaṃ svargalokaṃ ca gacchati | tato gaccheta dharmajña tīrthaṃ sannihatīmapi

one gains a hundred heavenly maidens and goes to the world of heaven. Then, O knower of dharma, one should go to the tirtha Sannihati as well,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.165ef + 3.81.166ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 192 (3.81.192)

तत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः । मासि मासि समायान्ति पुण्येन महताऽन्विताः ॥

tatra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ | māsi māsi samāyānti puṇyena mahatā'nvitāḥ

where Brahma and the other gods and the sages rich in austerity gather month after month, endowed with great merit.

Note on the text: Corrected महाताऽन्विताः → महताऽन्विताः (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign, the critical edition reads mahatānvitāḥ) and restored missing word spaces (तत्रब्रह्मादयो → तत्र ब्रह्मादयो, मासिमासि → मासि मासि). This verse is CE 3.81.166cd–ef (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 193 (3.81.193)

सन्निहत्यामुपस्पृश्य राहुग्रस्ते दिवाकरे । अश्वमेधशतं तेन तत्रेष्टं शाश्वतं भवेत् ॥

sannihatyāmupaspṛśya rāhugraste divākare | aśvamedhaśataṃ tena tatreṣṭaṃ śāśvataṃ bhavet

Whoever touches the water of Sannihati when the sun is seized by Rahu, in a solar eclipse, has thereby performed a hundred horse sacrifices there, with lasting effect.

Verse 194 (3.81.194)

पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि अन्तरिक्षचराणि च । नद्यो ह्रदास्तडागाश्च सर्वप्रस्रवणानि च ॥

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni antarikṣacarāṇi ca | nadyo hradāstaḍāgāśca sarvaprasravaṇāni ca

All the tirthas on earth and those that move in the sky, the rivers, lakes and ponds, and all the springs,

Verse 195 (3.81.195)

उदपानानि वाप्यश्च तीर्थान्यायतनानि च । निःसंशयममावास्यां समेष्यन्ति नराधिप ॥

udapānāni vāpyaśca tīrthānyāyatanāni ca | niḥsaṃśayamamāvāsyāṃ sameṣyanti narādhipa

the wells and step-wells, the tirthas and the shrines, without doubt gather there on the new-moon day, O lord of men —

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.81.169ab; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.81.169b*0403_01).

Verse 196 (3.81.196)

मासि मासि नरव्याघ्र सन्निहत्यां न संशयः । तीर्थसन्निहनादेव सन्निहत्येति विश्रुता ॥

māsi māsi naravyāghra sannihatyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ | tīrthasannihanādeva sannihatyeti viśrutā

month after month, O tiger among men, at Sannihati, without doubt. Because the tirthas come together there, it is known as Sannihati.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (मासिमासि → मासि मासि). The first line corresponds to CE 3.81.169cd (where samāyānti stands for नरव्याघ्र); the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.81.169b*0404_01, reading tīrthasaṃnayanād evaṃ saṃnītā).

Verse 197 (3.81.197)

तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च स्वर्गलोके महीयते । अमावास्यां तु तत्रैव राहुग्रस्ते दिवाकरे ॥

tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca svargaloke mahīyate | amāvāsyāṃ tu tatraiva rāhugraste divākare

Bathing there and drinking its water, one is honoured in the world of heaven. On the new-moon day, when the sun is seized by Rahu, in that very place,

Note on the text: Corrected रदिवाकरे → दिवाकरे (stray र in Wikisource; the critical edition's apparatus reads divākare, as in verse 192). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.81.169b*0404, lines 2–3.

Verse 198 (3.81.198)

यः श्राद्धं कुरुते मर्त्यस्तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु । अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य सम्यगिष्टस्य यत्फलम् ॥

yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute martyastasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu | aśvamedhasahasrasya samyagiṣṭasya yatphalam

the mortal who performs a shraddha — hear the fruit of his merit: whatever fruit comes from a thousand horse sacrifices duly performed,

Note on the text: Corrected पुण्यफंल → पुण्यफलं (misplaced anusvara in Wikisource; the critical edition's apparatus reads puṇyaphalaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.81.169b*0404, lines 4–5.

Verse 199 (3.81.199)

स्नात एव समाप्नोति कृत्वा श्राद्धं च मानवः । यत्किंचिद्दुष्कृतं कर्म स्त्रिया वा पुरुषेण वा ॥

snāta eva samāpnoti kṛtvā śrāddhaṃ ca mānavaḥ | yatkiṃcidduṣkṛtaṃ karma striyā vā puruṣeṇa vā

that a man obtains just by bathing there and performing the shraddha. Whatever evil deed has been done, by a woman or by a man,

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (दुष्कृतंकर्म → दुष्कृतं कर्म). The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 3.81.169b*0404_06); the second matches CE 3.81.170ab.

Verse 200 (3.81.200)

स्नातमात्रस्य तत्सर्वं नश्यते नात्र संशयः । पद्मवर्णेन यानेन ब्रह्मलोकं प्रपद्यते ॥

snātamātrasya tatsarvaṃ naśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | padmavarṇena yānena brahmalokaṃ prapadyate

all of it perishes for one who merely bathes there; there is no doubt of this. In a lotus-hued chariot he reaches the world of Brahma.

Note on the text: Corrected याने → यानेन (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the line a syllable short, the critical edition reads yānena). This verse is CE 3.81.170cd–ef.

Verse 201 (3.81.201)

अभिवाद्य ततो यक्षं द्वारपालं मचक्रुकम् । कोटितीर्थमुपस्पृश्य लभेद्बहुसुवर्णकम् ॥

abhivādya tato yakṣaṃ dvārapālaṃ macakrukam | koṭitīrthamupaspṛśya labhedbahusuvarṇakam

Then, saluting the yaksha Machakruka, the gatekeeper, and touching the water at Kotitirtha, one gains much gold.

Note on the text: Its द्वारपालं मचक्रुकम् and कोटितीर्थम् for dvārapālam arantukam and koṭirūpam are recension variants and are kept.

Verse 202 (3.81.202)

गङ्गाह्रदश्च तत्रैव तीर्थं भरतसत्तम । तत्र स्नायीत धर्मज्ञ ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः ॥

gaṅgāhradaśca tatraiva tīrthaṃ bharatasattama | tatra snāyīta dharmajña brahmacārī samāhitaḥ

In that same place, O best of the Bharatas, is the tirtha Gangahrada. One should bathe there, O knower of dharma, chaste and composed;

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तत्रस्नायीत → तत्र स्नायीत).

Verse 203 (3.81.203)

राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्यां फलं विन्दति मानवः । पृथिव्यां नैमिषं तीर्थमन्तरिक्षे च पुष्करम् ॥

rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ phalaṃ vindati mānavaḥ | pṛthivyāṃ naimiṣaṃ tīrthamantarikṣe ca puṣkaram

such a man gains the fruit of the Rajasuya and the horse sacrifice. On earth the tirtha is Naimisha, and in the sky Pushkara;

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.172ef + 3.81.173ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 204 (3.81.204)

त्रयाणामपि लोकानां कुरुक्षेत्रं विशिष्यते । पांसवोऽपि कुरुक्षेत्राद्वायुना समुदीरिताः ॥

trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ kurukṣetraṃ viśiṣyate | pāṃsavo'pi kurukṣetrādvāyunā samudīritāḥ

but of all three worlds Kurukshetra is the most distinguished. Even the dust of Kurukshetra, borne up by the wind,

Note on the text: Corrected पांसवोपि → पांसवोऽपि (missing avagraha; the critical edition reads pāṃsavo 'pi). This verse is CE 3.81.173cd + 3.81.174ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 205 (3.81.205)

अपि दुष्कृतकर्माणं नयन्ति परमां गतिम् । दक्षिणेन सरस्वत्या उत्तरेण दृषद्वतीम् ॥

api duṣkṛtakarmāṇaṃ nayanti paramāṃ gatim | dakṣiṇena sarasvatyā uttareṇa dṛṣadvatīm

leads even a doer of evil deeds to the supreme state. South of the Sarasvati and north of the Drishadvati,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.81.174cd + 3.81.175ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 206 (3.81.206)

ये वसन्ति कुरुक्षेत्रे ते वसन्ति त्रिविष्टपे । कुरुक्षेत्रं गमिष्यामि कुरुक्षेत्रे वसाम्यहम् । अप्येकां वाचमुत्सृज्य सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

ye vasanti kurukṣetre te vasanti triviṣṭape | kurukṣetraṃ gamiṣyāmi kurukṣetre vasāmyaham | apyekāṃ vācamutsṛjya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

those who live in Kurukshetra live in heaven. "I will go to Kurukshetra; I will dwell in Kurukshetra" — even by uttering these words alone one is freed from all sins.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तेवसन्ति → ते वसन्ति). The first line is CE 3.81.175cd; the other two match CE 3.81.176.

Verse 207 (3.81.207)

ब्रह्मवेदी कुरुक्षेत्रं पुण्यं ब्रह्मर्षिसेवितम् । तस्मिन्वसन्ति ये मर्त्या न ते शोच्याः कथंचन ॥

brahmavedī kurukṣetraṃ puṇyaṃ brahmarṣisevitam | tasminvasanti ye martyā na te śocyāḥ kathaṃcana

Kurukshetra is the altar of Brahma, holy and frequented by the brahmin sages; the mortals who dwell there are never to be grieved for.

Verse 208 (3.81.208)

तरन्तुकारन्तुकयोर्यदन्तरं । रामह्रदानां च मचक्रुकस्य च । एतत्कुरुक्षेत्रसमन्तपञ्चकं । पितामहस्योत्तरवेदिरुच्यते ॥

tarantukārantukayoryadantaraṃ | rāmahradānāṃ ca macakrukasya ca | etatkurukṣetrasamantapañcakaṃ | pitāmahasyottaravedirucyate

The land between Tarantuka and Arantuka, and between the lakes of Rama and Machakruka — this is Kurukshetra, the Samantapanchaka, and it is called the northern altar of the Grandsire, Brahma.