Tirthakanda 17.p102

17.p102

tatrā'bhiṣekaṃ yaḥ kuryāt pitṛdevārcane rataḥ | aśvamedhaṃ daśaguṇaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ || apyekaṃ bhojayeddvijaṃ puṣkarāraṇyamāśritaḥ | tenā'sau karmaṇā'bhīkṣṇaṃ pretya ceha ca modate || ¹śākairmūlaphalairvā'pi yena vartayate svayam | taddhi dadyādbrāhmaṇāya śraddhāvānanasūyakaḥ || tenaiva prāpnuyāt prājño hyamedhaphalaṃ naraḥ | brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdro vā rājasattama || ²na viyoniṃ vrajet pretya snātvā tīrthe mahātmanaḥ | kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa yo'bhigaccheta puṣkaram || prāpnuyāt sa naro lokān brahmaṇaḥ sadane'kṣayān³ | sāyaṃ prātaḥ smaredyastu puṣkarāṇi kṛtāñjaliḥ || upaspṛṣṭaṃ bhavettena sarvatīrtheṣu bhārata | janmaprabhṛti yat pāpaṃ striyo vā puruṣasya vā || puṣkare snātamātrasya sarvameva praṇaśyati | yathā surāṇāṃ sarveṣāmādistu madhusūdanaḥ || ⁴tathaiva puṣkaraṃ rājaṃstīrthānāmādirucyate | uṣitvā daśa varṣāṇi puṣkare niyataḥ śuciḥ || kratūn sarvānavāpnoti brahmalokaṃ ca gacchati | yastu varṣaśataṃ pūrṇamagnihotramupācaret