Tirthakanda 17.p21
Tīrthakāṇḍa 17.p21
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17.p21
¹mārkaṇḍeya uvāca— ²kathayiṣyāmi te vatsa³ tīrthayātrāvidhikramam | ārṣeṇaiva vidhānena yathāhaṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam || prayāgatīrthayātrārthī yaḥ prayāti naraḥ kacit | balīvardasamārūḍhaḥ śṛṇu tasyā'pi yatphalam || narake vasate ghore gavāṃ krodho hi dāruṇaḥ | salilaṃ na ca gṛhṇanti pitaraścā'sya dehinaḥ || yastu putrāṃstathā bālān pāyayet snāpayettathā | yathātmānaṃ tathā sarvaṃ dānaṃ vipreṣu dāpayet || aiśvaryalobhamohādvā gacchedyānena yo naraḥ | niṣphalaṃ tasya tattīrthaṃ tasmādyānaṃ vivarjayet || gaṅgāyamunayormadhye yastu kanyāṃ prayacchati | ārṣeṇaiva vidhānena yathā vibhavasaṃbhavam⁴ || na sa paśyati taṃ ghoraṃ narakaṃ tena karmaṇā | uttarān sa kurūn gatvā modate kālamakṣayam
Linked texts (3)
- Padmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Kūrmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Kūrmapurāṇa (Ananta Gokhale) — Ananta Gokhale, Sanskrit