Tirthakanda 17.p47

17.p47

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ | rakṣanti maṇḍalaṃ sarvaṃ pāpakarmanivāraṇāt || yuñjan yuñjan svakaṃ pāpaṃ narakaṃ na ca paśyati | evaṃ brahmā ca viṣṇuśca prayāge nityamīśvaraḥ || tathā— ¹sitāsiteṣu yat snānaṃ māghamāse yudhiṣṭhira | na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi || daśātīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyastathā'parāḥ | māghamāse prayāge tu gaṅgāyamunasaṅgame || prayāgamāhātmye, mahābhārate— tataḥ puṇyatamaṃ nāsti triṣu lokeṣu bhārata | prayāgaṃ sarvatīrthebhyo prabhavatyadhikaṃ vibho | śravaṇāttasya tīrthasya nāmasaṃkīrtanādapi || ²[smṛttikālambhanādvā'pi naraḥ pāpāt pramucyate | tatrā'bhiṣekaṃ yaḥ kuryāt saṅgame saṃśitavrataḥ || tulyaṃ phalamavāpnoti rājasūyāśvamedhayoḥ | eṣā yajanabhūmirhi devānāmapi satkṛtā || yatra dattaṃ sūkṣmamapi mahānbhavati bhārata | na vedavacanādvā'pi na lokavacanādapi ||] matirutkramaṇīyā te prayāgamaraṇaṃ prati | daśātīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyastathā'parāḥ