Tirthaprakasha 4.p197.4

4.p197.4

gaṅgādvāre prayāge ca gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame || snātvaiva brahmaṇo viṣṇoḥ śivasya ca puraṃ vrajet | bhārate, sitāsite tu yatsnānaṃ māghamāse yudhiṣṭhira ! | na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi || pādme, svarṇabhārasahasreṇa kurukṣetre ravigrahe | yatphalaṃ labhate māghe veṇyāṃ tacca dine dine || tathā, dhanurviṃśativistīrṇe sitanīlāmbusaṅgame | māghādapunarāvṛttī rājasūyī punarbhāvet || māghamāsīyavāto'pi sitāsitajalaṃ spṛśan | adhanyānna spṛśennūnaṃ mahāpātakahā hi saḥ || bhaviṣye, sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ sarvāśramavatāmapi | māghasnānaṃ tu dharmasya dhārābhiḥ khalu varṣati || iti | atha muṇḍanam | tatra yadyapi kalpatarukāreṇa muṇḍanaṃ nābhihitaṃ, tathāpi śiṣṭaparigrahāt pramāṇavacanamābhilikhyate | tathā hi, prayāge vapanaṃ kuryādgayāyāṃ piṇḍapātanam | dānaṃ dadyātkurukṣetre vārāṇasyāṃ tanuṃ tyajet || kiṃ gayāpiṇḍadānena kāśyāṃ vā maraṇena kim | kiṃ kurukṣetradānena prayāge vapanaṃ yadi || iti | atra “prayāge vapanaṃ kuryāt” iti vidhiḥ | tatra phalākāṅkṣāyāṃ rātrisatravadarthavādikameva phalaṃ tatrānveti | tacca “kiṃ gayāpiṇḍadānena” ityādiśravaṇādgayāpiṇḍadānādijanyaphalasamaphalam| nanvastu rātrisatre pratiṣṭhā phalam, arthavādena pratiṣṭhāyā upasthiteḥ | iha tu “kiṃ gayāpiṇḍadānena” ityādinā na kiñcit phalamupasthāpitamiti cet, na | gayāpiṇḍadānena kiṃ phalamityanenārthāt tatphalakatvāvagateḥ | nanvevaṃ gayāpiṇḍadānasya nānāphalaṃ śrutamasti tadapyatra syāt iti cet, tarhi gayāśrāddhasyāpi nānāphalakatvaṃ tyajyatām| gauravāt |