The Greatness of Dvadashi Tirtha

Verse 1 (skanda.5.299.1)

मार्कण्डेय उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महाराज द्वादशीतीर्थमुत्तमम् । क्षरन्ति सर्वदानानि जपहोमबलिक्रियाः ॥

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca| tato gacchenmahārāja dvādaśītīrthamuttamam | kṣaranti sarvadānāni japahomabalikriyāḥ ||

Markandeya said: O great king, from there one should go to the supreme Dvadashi Tirtha. All gifts, recitations, fire offerings, and ritual acts elsewhere gradually diminish,

Verse 2 (skanda.5.299.2)

न क्षीयते तु राजेन्द्र चक्रतीर्थे तु यत्कृतम् । यद्भूतं यद्भविष्यच्च तीर्थमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ॥

na kṣīyate tu rājendra cakratīrthe tu yatkṛtam | yadbhūtaṁ yadbhaviṣyacca tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam ||

but, O foremost of kings, whatever is done at Chakra Tirtha never diminishes. This tirtha's supreme greatness, both what has been and what shall be —

Verse 3 (skanda.5.299.3)

कथितं तन्मया सर्वं पृथग्भावेन भारत ॥

kathitaṁ tanmayā sarvaṁ pṛthagbhāvena bhārata ||

all of that, O descendant of Bharata, I have now told you in its particulars.