Book 13 Chapter 26 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | tīrthānāṃ darśanaṃ śreyaḥ snānaṃ ca bharatarṣabha
śravaṇaṃ ca mahāprājña śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ |
2 | pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni puṇyāni bharatarṣabha
vaktum arhasi me tāni śrotāsmi niyataḥ prabho |
3 | bhīṣma uvāca |
3 | imam aṅgirasā proktaṃ tīrthavaṃśaṃ mahādyute
śrotum arhasi bhadraṃ te prāpsyase dharmam uttamam |
4 | tapovanagataṃ vipram abhigamya mahāmunim
papracchāṅgirasaṃ vīra gautamaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ |
5 | asti me bhagavan kaś cit tīrthebhyo dharmasaṃśayaḥ
tat sarvaṃ śrotum icchāmi tan me śaṃsa mahāmune |
6 | upaspṛśya phalaṃ kiṃ syāt teṣu tīrtheṣu vai mune
pretyabhāve mahāprājña tad yathāsti tathā vada |
7 | aṅgirā uvāca |
7 | saptāhaṃ candrabhāgāṃ vai vitastām ūrmimālinīm
vigāhya vai nirāhāro nirmamo munivad bhavet |
8 | kāśmīramaṇḍale nadyo yāḥ patanti mahānadam
tā nadīḥ sindhum āsādya śīlavān svargam āpnuyāt |
9 | puṣkaraṃ ca prabhāsaṃ ca naimiṣaṃ sāgarodakam
devikām indramārgaṃ ca svarṇabinduṃ vigāhya ca vibodhyate vimānasthaḥ so 'psarobhir abhiṣṭutaḥ |
10 | hiraṇyabinduṃ vikṣobhya prayataś cābhivādya tam
kuśeśayaṃ ca devatvaṃ pūyate tasya kilbiṣam |
11 | indratoyāṃ samāsādya gandhamādanasaṃnidhau
karatoyāṃ kuraṅgeṣu trirātropoṣito naraḥ aśvamedham avāpnoti vigāhya niyataḥ śuciḥ |
12 | gaṅgādvāre kuśāvarte bilvake nemiparvate
tathā kanakhale snātvā dhūtapāpmā divaṃ vrajet |
13 | apāṃ hrada upaspṛśya vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet
brahmacārī jitakrodhaḥ satyasaṃdhas tv ahiṃsakaḥ |
14 | yatra bhāgīrathī gaṅgā bhajate diśam uttarām
maheśvarasya niṣṭhāne yo naras tv abhiṣicyate ekamāsaṃ nirāhāraḥ svayaṃ paśyati devatāḥ |
15 | saptagaṅge trigaṅge ca indramārge ca tarpayan
sudhāṃ vai labhate bhoktuṃ yo naro jāyate punaḥ |
16 | mahāśrama upaspṛśya yo 'gnihotraparaḥ śuciḥ
ekamāsaṃ nirāhāraḥ siddhiṃ māsena sa vrajet |
17 | mahāhrada upaspṛśya bhṛgutuṅge tv alolupaḥ
trirātropoṣito bhūtvā mucyate brahmahatyayā |
18 | kanyākūpa upaspṛśya balākāyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ
deveṣu kīrtiṃ labhate yaśasā ca virājate |
19 | deśakāla upaspṛśya tathā sundarikāhrade
aśvibhyāṃ rūpavarcasyaṃ pretya vai labhate naraḥ |
20 | mahāgaṅgām upaspṛśya kṛttikāṅgārake tathā
pakṣam ekaṃ nirāhāraḥ svargam āpnoti nirmalaḥ |
21 | vaimānika upaspṛśya kiṅkiṇīkāśrame tathā
nivāse 'psarasāṃ divye kāmacārī mahīyate |
22 | kālikāśramam āsādya vipāśāyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ
brahmacārī jitakrodhas trirātrān mucyate bhavāt |
23 | āśrame kṛttikānāṃ tu snātvā yas tarpayet pitṝn
toṣayitvā mahādevaṃ nirmalaḥ svargam āpnuyāt |
24 | mahāpura upaspṛśya trirātropoṣito naraḥ
trasānāṃ sthāvarāṇāṃ ca dvipadānāṃ bhayaṃ tyajet |
25 | devadāruvane snātvā dhūtapāpmā kṛtodakaḥ
devalokam avāpnoti saptarātroṣitaḥ śuciḥ |
26 | kauśante ca kuśastambe droṇaśarmapade tathā
āpaḥprapatane snātaḥ sevyate so 'psarogaṇaiḥ |
27 | citrakūṭe janasthāne tathā mandākinījale
vigāhya vai nirāhāro rājalakṣmīṃ nigacchati |
28 | śyāmāyās tv āśramaṃ gatvā uṣya caivābhiṣicya ca
trīṃs trirātrān sa saṃdhāya gandharvanagare vaset |
29 | ramaṇyāṃ ca upaspṛśya tathā vai gandhatārike
ekamāsaṃ nirāhāras tv antardhānaphalaṃ labhet |
30 | kauśikīdvāram āsādya vāyubhakṣas tv alolupaḥ
ekaviṃśatirātreṇa svargam ārohate naraḥ |
31 | mataṅgavāpyāṃ yaḥ snāyād ekarātreṇa sidhyati
vigāhati hy anālambam andhakaṃ vai sanātanam |
32 | naimiṣe svargatīrthe ca upaspṛśya jitendriyaḥ
phalaṃ puruṣamedhasya labhen māsaṃ kṛtodakaḥ |
33 | gaṅgāhrada upaspṛśya tathā caivotpalāvane
aśvamedham avāpnoti tatra māsaṃ kṛtodakaḥ |
34 | gaṅgāyamunayos tīrthe tathā kālaṃjare girau
ṣaṣṭihrada upaspṛśya dānaṃ nānyad viśiṣyate |
35 | daśa tīrthasahasrāṇi tisraḥ koṭyas tathāparāḥ
samāgacchanti māghyāṃ tu prayāge bharatarṣabha |
36 | māghamāsaṃ prayāge tu niyataḥ saṃśitavrataḥ
snātvā tu bharataśreṣṭha nirmalaḥ svargam āpnuyāt |
37 | marudgaṇa upaspṛśya pitṝṇām āśrame śuciḥ
vaivasvatasya tīrthe ca tīrthabhūto bhaven naraḥ |
38 | tathā brahmaśiro gatvā bhāgīrathyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ
ekamāsaṃ nirāhāraḥ somalokam avāpnuyāt |
39 | kapotake naraḥ snātvā aṣṭāvakre kṛtodakaḥ
dvādaśāhaṃ nirāhāro naramedhaphalaṃ labhet |
40 | muñjapṛṣṭhaṃ gayāṃ caiva nirṛtiṃ devaparvatam
tṛtīyāṃ krauñcapādīṃ ca brahmahatyā viśudhyati |
41 | kalaśyāṃ vāpy upaspṛśya vedyāṃ ca bahuśojalām
agneḥ pure naraḥ snātvā viśālāyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ devahrada upaspṛśya brahmabhūto virājate |
42 | purāpavartanaṃ nandāṃ mahānandāṃ ca sevya vai
nandane sevyate dāntas tv apsarobhir ahiṃsakaḥ |
43 | urvaśīkṛttikāyoge gatvā yaḥ susamāhitaḥ
lauhitye vidhivat snātvā puṇḍarīkaphalaṃ labhet |
44 | rāmahrada upaspṛśya viśālāyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ
dvādaśāhaṃ nirāhāraḥ kalmaṣād vipramucyate |
45 | mahāhrada upaspṛśya śuddhena manasā naraḥ
ekamāsaṃ nirāhāro jamadagnigatiṃ labhet |
46 | vindhye saṃtāpya cātmānaṃ satyasaṃdhas tv ahiṃsakaḥ
ṣaṇmāsaṃ padam āsthāya māsenaikena śudhyati |
47 | narmadāyām upaspṛśya tathā sūrpārakodake
ekapakṣaṃ nirāhāro rājaputro vidhīyate |
48 | jambūmārge tribhir māsaiḥ saṃyataḥ susamāhitaḥ
ahorātreṇa caikena siddhiṃ samadhigacchati |
49 | kokāmukhe vigāhyāpo gatvā caṇḍālikāśramam
śākabhakṣaś cīravāsāḥ kumārīr vindate daśa |
50 | vaivasvatasya sadanaṃ na sa gacchet kadā cana
yasya kanyāhrade vāso devalokaṃ sa gacchati |
51 | prabhāse tv ekarātreṇa amāvāsyāṃ samāhitaḥ
sidhyate 'tra mahābāho yo naro jāyate punaḥ |
52 | ujjānaka upaspṛśya ārṣṭiṣeṇasya cāśrame
piṅgāyāś cāśrame snātvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate |
53 | kulyāyāṃ samupaspṛśya japtvā caivāghamarṣaṇam
aśvamedham avāpnoti trirātropoṣitaḥ śuciḥ |
54 | piṇḍāraka upaspṛśya ekarātroṣito naraḥ
agniṣṭomam avāpnoti prabhātāṃ śarvarīṃ śuciḥ |
55 | tathā brahmasaro gatvā dharmāraṇyopaśobhitam
puṇḍarīkam avāpnoti prabhātāṃ śarvarīṃ śuciḥ |
56 | maināke parvate snātvā tathā saṃdhyām upāsya ca
kāmaṃ jitvā ca vai māsaṃ sarvamedhaphalaṃ labhet |
57 | vikhyāto himavān puṇyaḥ śaṃkaraśvaśuro giriḥ
ākaraḥ sarvaratnānāṃ siddhacāraṇasevitaḥ |
58 | śarīram utsṛjet tatra vidhipūrvam anāśake
adhruvaṃ jīvitaṃ jñātvā yo vai vedāntago dvijaḥ |
59 | abhyarcya devatās tatra namaskṛtya munīṃs tathā
tataḥ siddho divaṃ gacched brahmalokaṃ sanātanam |
60 | kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca lobhaṃ ca yo jitvā tīrtham āvaset
na tena kiṃ cin na prāptaṃ tīrthābhigamanād bhavet |
61 | yāny agamyāni tīrthāni durgāṇi viṣamāṇi ca
manasā tāni gamyāni sarvatīrthasamāsataḥ |
62 | idaṃ medhyam idaṃ dhanyam idaṃ svargyam idaṃ sukham
idaṃ rahasyaṃ devānām āplāvyānāṃ ca pāvanam |
63 | idaṃ dadyād dvijātīnāṃ sādhūnām ātmajasya vā
suhṛdāṃ ca japet karṇe śiṣyasyānugatasya vā |
64 | dattavān gautamasyedam aṅgirā vai mahātapāḥ
gurubhiḥ samanujñātaḥ kāśyapena ca dhīmatā |
65 | maharṣīṇām idaṃ japyaṃ pāvanānāṃ tathottamam
japaṃś cābhyutthitaḥ śaśvan nirmalaḥ svargam āpnuyāt |
66 | idaṃ yaś cāpi śṛṇuyād rahasyaṃ tv aṅgiromatam
uttame ca kule janma labhej jātiṃ ca saṃsmaret |