Matsyapurana 111
English (machine translation) 111
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111.1
Yudhiṣṭhira said: / How has all this been stated concerning Prayāga, O great sage? / Explain all this to us, so that it may indeed deliver me.
111.2
Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hear, O king; all this universe is declared to be in Prayāga: / Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and likewise Īśāna, the deities, the imperishable Lord.
111.3
Brahmā creates beings, mobile and immobile; / those very supreme creatures in the world Viṣṇu sustains.
111.4
At the end of an aeon, Rudra destroys that entire world; / even then the sacred place of Prayāga never perishes.
111.5
He who sees the Lord of all beings, he truly sees; / those who abide with this effort go to the supreme state.
111.6
Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Tell me in accordance with truth how this sacred tradition stands, / or by what cause the foremost beings of the world abide [there].
111.7
Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara dwell in Prayāga; / I shall declare that reason: hear the truth, Yudhiṣṭhira.
111.8
The circuit of Prayāga extends five yojanas; / they remain there for protection, to ward off sinful acts.
111.9
To the north of Pratiṣṭhāna, Brahmā abides under a disguise; / the Lord stays there in the form of Veṇīmādhava.
111.10
The Supreme Lord stays having become the Banyan Tree of Maheśvara; / therefore the gods, with the Gandharvas, the Siddhas, and the supreme sages, / constantly protect the circuit to ward off sinful acts.
111.11
Sacrificing one's sin in it, one does not see hell; / thus Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and that Maheśvara are at Prayāga.
111.12
The seven continents, the oceans, and the mountains on the earth's surface / abide, protecting it until the cosmic deluge.
111.13
And all the many others abide, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / because the earth was fashioned by the three deities with reliance on it.
111.14
This is the sacred field of the lord of progeny, renowned as Prayāga; / this Prayāga is holy and purifying, O Yudhiṣṭhira; / rule your own kingdom, O king of kings, together with your brothers, O sinless one.
Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
Linked texts (1)
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit