The Glory of Dhanada Tirtha

Verse 1 (skanda.5.223.1)

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच। धनदस्य तु तत्तीर्थं ततो गच्छेद्युधिष्ठिर। नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्॥

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca| dhanadasya tu tattīrthaṁ tato gacchedyudhiṣṭhira| narmadādakṣiṇe kūle sarvapāpakṣayaṁkaram||

Shri Markandeya said: "O Yudhishthira, thereafter one should go to the tirtha of Dhanada, on the southern bank of the Narmada, destroyer of all sin.

Verse 2 (skanda.5.223.2)

सर्वतीर्थफलं तत्र प्राप्यते नात्र संशयः। चैत्रमासत्रयोदश्यां शुक्लपक्षे जितेन्द्रियः॥

sarvatīrthaphalaṁ tatra prāpyate nātra saṁśayaḥ| caitramāsatrayodaśyāṁ śuklapakṣe jitendriyaḥ||

There, the fruit of all tirthas is obtained — there is no doubt of it. On the thirteenth of the month of Chaitra, in the bright fortnight, self-controlled,

Verse 3 (skanda.5.223.3)

उपोष्य परया भक्त्या रात्रौ कुर्वीत जागरम्। पञ्चामृतेन राजेन्द्र स्नापयेद्धनदं बुधः॥

upoṣya parayā bhaktyā rātrau kurvīta jāgaram| pañcāmṛtena rājendra snāpayeddhanadaṁ budhaḥ||

having fasted with the highest devotion, one should keep vigil at night; O lord of kings, the wise man should bathe Dhanada with the five nectars.

Verse 4 (skanda.5.223.4)

दीपं घृतेन दातव्यं गीतं वाद्यं च कारयेत्। प्रभाते पूजयेद्विप्रानात्मनः श्रेय इच्छति॥

dīpaṁ ghṛtena dātavyaṁ gītaṁ vādyaṁ ca kārayet| prabhāte pūjayedviprānātmanaḥ śreya icchati||

A lamp fed with ghee should be offered, and singing and music performed; in the morning, one desiring one's own welfare should worship brahmins —

Verse 5 (skanda.5.223.5)

प्रतिग्रहसमर्थांश्च विद्यासिद्धान्तवादिनः। श्रौतस्मार्तक्रियायुक्तान् परदारपराङ्मुखान्॥

pratigrahasamarthāṁśca vidyāsiddhāntavādinaḥ| śrautasmārtakriyāyuktān paradāraparāṅmukhān||

those fit to accept gifts, expounders of the doctrines of learning, devoted to the rites of shruti and smriti, and averse to another's wife.

Verse 6 (skanda.5.223.6)

पूजयेद्गोहिरण्येन वस्त्रोपानहभोजनैः। छत्रशय्याप्रदानेन सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्॥

pūjayedgohiraṇyena vastropānahabhojanaiḥ| chatraśayyāpradānena sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet||

One should honour them with cows and gold, with clothing, sandals, and food; by the gift of an umbrella and a bed, the destruction of all sin comes about.

Verse 7 (skanda.5.223.7)

त्रिजन्मजनितं पापं वरदस्य प्रभावतः। स्वर्गदं दुर्विनीतानां विनीतानां च मोक्षदम्॥

trijanmajanitaṁ pāpaṁ varadasya prabhāvataḥ| svargadaṁ durvinītānāṁ vinītānāṁ ca mokṣadam||

By the power of the boon-giver Dhanada, sin accumulated over three births is destroyed; it grants heaven to the ill-disciplined, and grants liberation to the disciplined.

Verse 8 (skanda.5.223.8)

अन्नदं च दरिद्राणां भवेज्जन्मनिजन्मनि। कुलीनत्वं दुःखहानिः स्वभावाजायते नरे॥

annadaṁ ca daridrāṇāṁ bhavejjanmanijanmani| kulīnatvaṁ duḥkhahāniḥ svabhāvājāyate nare||

It becomes a giver of food to the poor, birth after birth; nobility of birth and the removal of sorrow arise naturally in a man.

Verse 9 (skanda.5.223.9)

व्याधिध्वंसो भवेत्तेषां नर्मदोदकसेवनात्। धनदस्य तु यस्तीर्थे विद्यादानं प्रयच्छति॥

vyādhidhvaṁso bhavetteṣāṁ narmadodakasevanāt| dhanadasya tu yastīrthe vidyādānaṁ prayacchati||

The destruction of disease comes to them from partaking of the water of the Narmada. Whoever gives the gift of learning at the tirtha of Dhanada,

Verse 10 (skanda.5.223.10)

स याति भास्करे लोके सर्वव्याधिविवर्जिते। देवद्रोणीं च तत्रैव स्वशक्त्या पाण्डुनन्दन॥

sa yāti bhāskare loke sarvavyādhivivarjite| devadroṇīṁ ca tatraiva svaśaktyā pāṇḍunandana||

goes to the world of the Sun, free from every disease. O joy of Pandu, and whoever, according to his ability, has a devadroni built there itself,

Verse 11 (skanda.5.223.11)

ये प्रकुर्वन्ति भूयिष्ठां रेवाया दक्षिणे तटे। ते यान्ति शांकरे लोके सर्वदुःखविवर्जिते॥

ye prakurvanti bhūyiṣṭhāṁ revāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe| te yānti śāṁkare loke sarvaduḥkhavivarjite||

and whoever performs abundant works of merit on the southern bank of the Reva — they go to the world of Shankara, free from all sorrow."