Garudapurana 1.81

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 81
[Thus ends the examination of gems, pearls, etc.]
[Now begins the glorification of sacred sites and holy places.]
Sūta said: / I shall proclaim all the sacred sites; the Gaṅgā is the highest among the highest sacred sites; / the Gaṅgā is easily accessible everywhere, yet rare to find in three places:

at Gaṅgādvāra, at Prayāga, and at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean. / Prayāga is the supreme sacred site, granting worldly enjoyment and liberation to the deceased.

Through worshipping it and offering piṇḍas there, it conquers the sins of men and grants their desires; / Vārāṇasī is the supreme sacred site, where Keśava is Viśveśa.

Kurukṣetra is the supreme sacred site, bestowing worldly enjoyment and liberation through gifts and the like; / Prabhāsa is the supreme sacred site, for Somanātha is indeed there.

Dvārakā is a delightful city that bestows worldly enjoyment and liberation; / the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī is holy, and Saptasārasvata is supreme.

Kedāra destroys all sins; the village of Śambhala is excellent; / the sacred site of Nara-Nārāyaṇa, Badarikāśrama, is for liberation.

Śvetadvīpa, the city of Māyā, Naimiṣa, and Puṣkara are supreme; / Ayodhyā, the sacred site of Arghyatīrtha, Citrakūṭa, and the Gomatī,

the sacred site of Vaināyaka on earth, and the supreme hermitage on the Rāmagiri mountain; / the city of Kāñcī, the Tuṅgabhadrā, Śrīśaila, and Setubandha,

Rāmeśvara is the supreme sacred site, and Kārtikeya likewise is excellent; / Bhṛgutuṅga, Kāmatīrtha, and the sacred site of Amarakaṇṭaka;

Mahākāla in Ujjayinī, Śrīdhara Hari in Kubjaka, / the great sacred site of Kubjāmraka, and Kālasarpi, which grants desires;

the great Keśī, the Kāverī, Candrabhāgā with the Vipāśā, / the sacred site of Ekāmra, Brahmeśa, and Devakoṭaka;

the delightful city of Mathurā, and the great river Śoṇa, / and know also the great sacred site Jambūsaras—these are the sacred sites.

Where Sūrya, Śiva, the Gaṇa, the Goddess, and Hari dwell, / bathing, giving gifts, chanting mantras, and ascetic penance performed in these and in others,

worship, ancestral offerings, and the offering of piṇḍas all become imperishable. / Śālagrāma is an all-bestowing supreme sacred site of Paśupati;

Kokāmukha, Vārāha, Bhāṇḍīra, that named Svāmin, / Mahāviṣṇu at Mohadaṇḍa, and Madhusūdana at Mandāra;

the great sacred site of Kāmarūpa, where Kāmākhyā resides; / the sacred site of Puṇḍravardhana, and where Kārtikeya is;

Viraja is a great sacred site, and the sacred site of Śrī Puruṣottama; / Mount Mahendra is a sacred site, and the Kāverī is an excellent river;

the Godāvarī is a great sacred site, as are the rivers Payoṣṇī and Varadā; / the Vindhya is a sin-removing sacred site, and the confluence of the Narmadā is excellent;

Gokarṇa is the supreme sacred site, and the city of Māhiṣmatī is a sacred site; / Kālañjara is a sacred site on earth, and Śuklatīrtha is unsurpassed;

at Kṛtaśauca it grants liberation, and Śārṅgadhārin is near it; / Viraja is an all-bestowing sacred site, and Svarṇākṣa is an excellent sacred site;

Nanditīrtha grants liberation and yields the fruit of ten million sacred sites; / Nāsikya is a great sacred site, and beyond that is Govardhana;

the Kṛṣṇaveṇī, the Bhīmarathī, the Gaṇḍakī, and the Irāvatī; / the holy sacred site Bindusaras, and the supreme water from Viṣṇu's feet;

meditation on Brahman is the supreme sacred site, and control of the senses is a sacred site; / self-restraint is a supreme sacred site, and purity of being is likewise supreme.

Whoever bathes in the sacred pool of the mind—in the lake of knowledge, whose water is meditation, which washes away the impurities of passion and aversion—attains the highest state.

To those men who perceive differences, thinking “this is a sacred site, this is not,” / pilgrimage to sacred sites and its fruit are prescribed.

For one who knows that everything is Brahman, nothing is unholy. / In these [sacred places], bathing, giving gifts, ancestral rites, and piṇḍas become imperishable.

All rivers and all mountains are holy places frequented by the gods and others; / Śrīraṅgam is the sacred site of Hari, / and the Tāpī is a foremost great river.

Saptagodāvara is a holy site, and Mount Koṇa is a supreme sacred place, / where Goddess Mahālakṣmī resides / and the Praṇītā is a supreme river.

On the Sahya mountain is the Lord of the God of gods, Ekavīra, and the Goddess of the Gods; / at Gaṅgādvāra, Kuśāvarta, on the Vindhya range, and on Nīlaparvata.

Having bathed at the tīrtha Kanakhala, one is not born again. / Sūta said: / These and other tīrthas indeed bestow everything through bathing and other rites.

Having heard [this] from Hari, Brahmā spoke to Vyāsa, who was with Dakṣa and others. / Having stated these tīrthas, he then declared the supreme among excellent tīrthas, / named Gayā, which is imperishable for all and bestows the realm of Brahman.

Thus ends the eighty-first chapter, named "The Greatness of All Tīrthas," in the Code of Conduct, the first part of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa.