Skandapurana 4.83.75.5

4.83.75.5

tvaṃ tu rājyaṃ paraṃ prāpya sarvabhūpāladurlabham.. 58 ..
bhuktvā bhogāṃśca vipulānaṃte siddhimavāpsyasi ..
purī vārāṇasī ramyā sarvasmiñjagatītale ..59..
puṇyastatrāpi saṃbhedaḥ saritorasi gaṃgayoḥ ..
tato'pi ca hayagrīvaṃ tīrthaṃ caivāti puṇyadam .. 4.2.83.60 ..
yatra viṣṇurhayagrīvo bhaktaciṃtitamarpayet ..
hayagrīvācca vai tīrthādgajatīrthaṃ viśiṣyate .. 61 ..
yatra vai snānamātreṇa gajadānaphalaṃ labhet ..
kokāvarāhatīrthaṃ ca puṇyadaṃ gajatīrthataḥ .. 62 ..
kokāvarāhamabhyarcya tatra no janmabhāgjanaḥ ..
api kokāvarāhācca dilīpeśvarasannidhau .. 63 ..
dilīpatīrthaṃ suśreṣṭhaṃ sadyaḥ pāpaharaṃ param ..
tataḥ sagaratīrthaṃ ca sagareśa samīpataḥ .. 64 ..
yatra majjannaro majjenna bhūyo duḥkhasāgare ..
saptasāgaratīrthaṃ ca śubhaṃ sagaratīrthataḥ .. 65 ..
saptābdhisnānajaṃ puṇyaṃ yatra snātvā naro labhet ..
mahodadhīti vikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ saptābdhitīrthataḥ .. 66 ..
sakṛdyatrāpluto dhīmāndahedaghamahodadhim ..
cauratīrthaṃ tataḥ puṇyaṃ kapileśvara sannidhau .. 67 ..
pāpaṃ suvarṇacauryādi yatra snātvā kṣayaṃ vrajet ..
haṃsatīrtha tatopīḍyaṃ kedāreśvara sannidhau .. 68 ..
haṃsa svarūpī yatrāhaṃ nayāmi brahmadehinaḥ .. 69 ..
tatastribhuvanākhyasya keśavasyāti puṇyadam ..
tīrthaṃ yatrāplutā martyā martyalokaṃ viśaṃti na .. 4.2.83.70 ..
govyāghre śvara tīrthaṃ ca tatopyadhikameva hi ..
svabhāvavairamutsṛjya yatrobhau siddhimāpatuḥ .. 71 ..
tatopi hi varaṃ vīra tīrthaṃ māṃdhātusaṃjñitam ..
cakravartipadaṃ yatra prāptaṃ tena mahībhujā .. 72 ..

Having obtained a supreme kingdom difficult for all kings to attain, / and having enjoyed vast pleasures, in the end you will attain perfection. / The charming city of Vārāṇasī is [famed] throughout the entire earth. / Even there, the confluence of the rivers [Asi and Gaṅgā] on the chest of Gaṅgā is meritorious. / Even beyond that, the sacred ford Hayagrīva is exceedingly merit-bestowing, / where Viṣṇu Hayagrīva grants whatever the devotee contemplates. / Far superior even to the Hayagrīva sacred ford is Gajatīrtha, / where by mere ablution one obtains the fruit of donating an elephant. / And more merit-bestowing than Gajatīrtha is Kokāvarāhatīrtha; / having worshipped Kokāvarāha there, a person incurs no rebirth. / Even beyond Kokāvarāha, near Dilīpeśvara, / is the most excellent Dilīpatīrtha, supreme and immediately removing sins. / Beyond that is Sagaratīrtha, near Sagareśa, / bathing where a person will not sink again into the ocean of sorrow. / And better than Sagaratīrtha is Saptasāgaratīrtha, / bathing where a person attains the merit arising from ablutions in the seven oceans. / Renowned beyond Saptābdhitīrtha is the sacred ford called Mahodadhi, / immersed in which once, a wise man burns up the great ocean of sins. / Beyond that is the meritorious Cauratīrtha, near Kapileśvara, / bathing where the sin of stealing gold and the like goes to destruction. / Beyond that, near Kedāreśvara, is the praiseworthy Haṃsatīrtha, / where, taking the form of a swan, I lead embodied souls to Brahmā. / Beyond that is the exceedingly merit-bestowing sacred ford of Keśava named Tribhuvana, / immersed in which mortals do not enter the mortal realm [again]. / And even greater than that is the Govyāghreśvara sacred ford, / where both attained perfection, abandoning their natural enmity. / Even better than that, O hero, is the sacred ford named Māndhātṛ, / where that king obtained the rank of universal emperor.