The Glory of Sangama Tirtha

Verse 1 (padma.6.170.1)

महादेव उवाच। अत्र तीर्थात्परं तीर्थं सङ्गमाख्यमिति श्रुतम् । अत्र साभ्रमती गंगा मिलिता सागरेण तु

mahādeva uvāca atra tīrthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ saṅgamākhyamiti śrutam atra sābhramatī gaṃgā militā sāgareṇa tu

Mahadeva said: Beyond this tirtha is another, known by tradition as Sangama; here the Sabarmati, that Ganga, meets with the ocean.

Verse 2 (padma.6.170.2)

तत्र स्नानं च दानं च कर्तव्यं विधिपूर्वकम् । यत्र स्नात्वा तु मुच्यंते महापातकिनोऽपि ये

tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca kartavyaṃ vidhipūrvakam yatra snātvā tu mucyaṃte mahāpātakino'pi ye

There bathing and gift-giving should be performed according to due rite; bathing there, even those guilty of great sins are released.

Verse 3 (padma.6.170.3)

तत्र श्राद्धं प्रकर्तव्यं स्वानां च हितमिच्छता । यत्र वै तु कृते श्राद्धे पितृलोके वसेद्ध्रुवम्

tatra śrāddhaṃ prakartavyaṃ svānāṃ ca hitamicchatā yatra vai tu kṛte śrāddhe pitṛloke vaseddhruvam

One who desires the welfare of his own kin should perform shraddha there; when shraddha is performed there, one certainly comes to dwell in the world of the ancestors.

Verse 4 (padma.6.170.4)

यत्र वै सागरो देवो नित्यं मिलति गंगया । ब्रह्महा तत्र मुच्येत किमन्यैरितरैरघैः

yatra vai sāgaro devo nityaṃ milati gaṃgayā brahmahā tatra mucyeta kimanyairitarairaghaiḥ

Where the divine ocean ever meets with the Ganga, even the slayer of a brahmin is released there -- what then of other, lesser sins?

Verse 5 (padma.6.170.5)

यत्र तीर्थं न जानंति लोका वै मंदबुद्धयः । तदा वै मम नाम्ना च कर्तव्यं तीर्थमुत्तमम्

yatra tīrthaṃ na jānaṃti lokā vai maṃdabuddhayaḥ tadā vai mama nāmnā ca kartavyaṃ tīrthamuttamam

Where people, of dull understanding, do not know of this tirtha, there this excellent tirtha should still be honored, even under my own name.