Matsyapurana 107
English (machine translation) 107
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107.1
Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hear once again, O king, the greatness of Prayāga, / by hearing which one is freed from all sins, without any doubt.
107.2
There is a holy place named Mānasa on the northern bank of the Gaṅgā; / having fasted for three nights, one will obtain all desires.
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The fruit that a man obtains through the gift of cattle, land, and gold, / he obtains that fruit, and he remembers that holy place again.
107.4
Whether without desire or filled with desire, whoever meets his death in the Gaṅgā / obtains heaven when dead and never sees hell.
107.5
Sleeping, he is awakened by the songs of groups of Apsarases; / he travels in an aerial chariot drawn by geese and cranes; / he enjoys heaven for many thousands of years, O lord of kings.
107.6
Then, descending from heaven when his karma is exhausted and he has fallen from the sky, / he is born into an expansive family rich in gold, jewels, and pearls.
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Sixty thousand holy places and six hundred million rivers / will go in the month of Māgha to the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā.
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Whatever fruit is attained by duly giving a hundred thousand cows, / that fruit is attained by bathing for three days at Prayāga in the month of Māgha.
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He who, having unblemished limbs, free from disease, and possessing all five senses, / enters a fire of cow dung cakes between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā—
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as many hair pores as exist on the body of that embodied soul, / for that many thousands of years is he honored in the heavenly realm.
107.11
Then, descending from heaven, he becomes the ruler of Jambūdvīpa; / having enjoyed vast pleasures, he remembers that holy place again.
107.12
He who enters the waters at the world-renowned confluence / when the moon is seized by Rāhu is freed from all sins.
107.13
He attains the world of Soma and rejoices with Soma; / he is honored in the heavenly world for sixty thousand years.
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And in that heaven, in the realm of Śakra frequented by ṛṣis and Gandharvas, / when he falls from it, O lord of kings, he is born into a prosperous family.
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A man who drinks the flame hanging head downward with feet held upward / is honored in the heavenly realm for a hundred thousand years.
107.16
And having fallen [from heaven], O king of kings, that man becomes one who maintains the sacred fire; / having enjoyed vast pleasures, he resorts to that holy place again.
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Hear also what fruit belongs to him who cuts his own flesh / and gives it to birds, once it has been consumed by birds:
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He is honored in the world of Soma for a hundred thousand years; / and falling from that world, he becomes a righteous king,
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virtuous, endowed with beauty, learned, and speaking kindly; / and after enjoying vast pleasures, he resorts to that holy place again.
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On the northern bank of the Yamunā and to the south of Prayāga, / the holy place named Ṛṇapramocana is known as supreme.
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Having fasted for one night and bathed there, he is released from all debts; / he attains the heavenly realm and remains free from debt forever.
Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
Linked texts (1)
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit