The Glory of Narayana-griha (the House of Narayana)

Verse 1 (skanda.7.337.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि नारायणगृहं परम्। गोष्पदाद्दक्षिणे भागे सागरस्य तटे शुभे

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi nārāyaṇagṛhaṁ param| goṣpadāddakṣiṇe bhāge sāgarasya taṭe śubhe

Ishvara said: Then, O great Goddess, one should go to the supreme Narayana-griha (House of Narayana), to the south of Goshpada, on the auspicious shore of the ocean.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.337.2)

न्यंकुमत्याः समीपे तु सर्वपातकनाशने। तत्रकल्पांतरस्थायी स्वयं तिष्ठति केशवः

nyaṁkumatyāḥ samīpe tu sarvapātakanāśane| tatrakalpāṁtarasthāyī svayaṁ tiṣṭhati keśavaḥ

Near the Nyankumati, the destroyer of all sins, Keshava himself abides there always, remaining through the aeons.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.337.3)

पितॄणामुद्धरणार्थाय ह्यस्मिन्रौद्रे कलौ युगे। यदा दैत्यविनाशं स कुरुते भगवान्हरिः

pitṝṇāmuddharaṇārthāya hyasminraudre kalau yuge| yadā daityavināśaṁ sa kurute bhagavānhariḥ

For the sake of delivering the ancestors in this terrible Kali age, when the Lord Hari brings about the destruction of the daityas,

Verse 4 (skanda.7.337.4)

विश्रामार्थं तदा तत्र गृहे तिष्ठति नित्यशः। नारायणगृहं तेन विख्यातं जगतीतले

viśrāmārthaṁ tadā tatra gṛhe tiṣṭhati nityaśaḥ| nārāyaṇagṛhaṁ tena vikhyātaṁ jagatītale

then, for the sake of rest, he abides there in that house continually; by that it is renowned on earth as Narayana-griha.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.337.5)

कृते जनार्दनोनाम त्रेतायां मधुसूदनः। द्वापरे पुण्डरीकाक्षः कलौ नारायणः स्मृतः

kṛte janārdanonāma tretāyāṁ madhusūdanaḥ| dvāpare puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ kalau nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ

In the Krita age he is named Janardana, in the Treta Madhusudana, in the Dvapara Pundarikaksha, and in the Kali age he is remembered as Narayana.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.337.6)

एवं चतुर्युगे प्राप्ते पुनःपुनररिन्दम। कृत्वा धर्मव्यवस्थानं तत्स्थानं प्रतिपद्यते

evaṁ caturyuge prāpte punaḥpunararindama| kṛtvā dharmavyavasthānaṁ tatsthānaṁ pratipadyate

Thus, O subduer of foes, age after age, having established dharma, he returns again and again to that very place.

Verse 7 (skanda.7.337.7)

एकादश्यां निराहारो यस्तं देवं प्रपश्यति। स पश्यति ध्रुवं स्थाने प्रत्यानन्तं हरेः पदम्

ekādaśyāṁ nirāhāro yastaṁ devaṁ prapaśyati| sa paśyati dhruvaṁ sthāne pratyānantaṁ hareḥ padam

Whoever, fasting, beholds that god on the eleventh lunar day, surely beholds, in that very place, the eternal feet of Hari.

Verse 8 (skanda.7.337.8)

तेन पीतानि वस्त्राणि देयानि द्विजपुंगवे। स्नानं श्राद्धं च कर्तव्यं सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुभिः

tena pītāni vastrāṇi deyāni dvijapuṁgave| snānaṁ śrāddhaṁ ca kartavyaṁ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ

Yellow garments should be given by him to an excellent brahmin; bathing and shraddha should be performed by those who desire the full fruit of the pilgrimage.

Verse 9 (skanda.7.337.9)

इति ते कथितं महाप्रभावं हरिसंकेतनिकेतनोद्भवम्। शृणुते वा प्रयतस्तु यः सुधीः पठते वा लभते स सद्गतिम्

iti te kathitaṁ mahāprabhāvaṁ harisaṁketaniketanodbhavam| śṛṇute vā prayatastu yaḥ sudhīḥ paṭhate vā labhate sa sadgatim

Thus has this great power, arising from Hari's own marked abode, been told to you; whoever, self-controlled and wise, hears or recites it, attains the highest goal.