one who has bathed in all sacred fords, and one who has practiced all tapas. (24) Esoteric aspect of setu
To whatever person one might say, 'Go to the bridge,' O twice-born,

3.1.1.55

he too obtains that fruit; what need of many words on other matters? (25)

3.1.1.56

A mortal who performs ritual ablution at the bridge, accompanied by seventy million families,

3.1.1.57

Reaching the abode of Viṣṇu, he is liberated right there. // 26

3.1.1.58

The Setu, the Rāmeśvara liṅga, and Mount Gandhamādana—

3.1.1.59

a person contemplating [these], truly, is released from all sins. // 27

3.1.1.60

Accompanied by a hundred thousand crores of families on his mother's and father's sides,

3.1.1.61

reaching the abode of Viṣṇu, he is liberated right there;

3.1.1.62

or having dwelled in the realm of Śambhu for three kalpas, he is liberated right there. // 28

3.1.1.63

The condition of [confinement in] a crucible, the well of marrow, likewise the river Vaitaraṇī,

3.1.1.64

being eaten by dogs, and drinking urine—one who bathes at the Setu does not see. // 29

3.1.1.65

The heated pike, the heated rock, and the lake of excrement,

3.1.1.66

and likewise the well of blood—one who bathes at the Setu does not see. // 3.1.1.30

3.1.1.67

Climbing the thorny silk-cotton tree, eating blood, eating worms,

3.1.1.68

eating one's own flesh, and entering flames of fire, // 31

3.1.1.69

a rain of stones, a rain of fire, the hell Kālasūtra,

3.1.1.70

caustic water and boiling water—a beholder of the Setu will not go to. // 32

3.1.1.71

A person who bathes at the Setu, O brahmins, even if guilty of the five mortal sins,

3.1.1.72

accompanied by a hundred crore families on his mother's and father's sides, // 33

3.1.1.73

dwells in the realm of Viṣṇu for three kalpas and is liberated right there.

3.1.1.74

Being hung upside down to wither, the hell of immersion in caustic fluid, // 34

3.1.1.75

torment in a stone press, and falling from the wind,

3.1.1.76

being smeared with feces, and being sawn through with a saw, // 35

3.1.1.77

eating feces, drinking semen, burning at the joints,

3.1.1.78

rolling upon a bed of hot coals, and pounding with a pestle— // 36

3.1.1.79

these hells, indeed, one who bathes at the Setu does not see.

3.1.1.80

Thinking with the resolved thought, 'I will perform a bath at the Setu,' // 37

3.1.1.81

whoever walks a hundred paces, even though a great sinner,

3.1.1.82

being dragged through many wooden machines, piercing with weapons, // 38

3.1.1.83

falling and being thrown up, torment with maces and clubs,

3.1.1.84

being struck by elephant tusks, biting by various serpents, // 39

3.1.1.85

inhaling smoke, bound with nooses, torment on various pikes,

3.1.1.86

pouring of caustic water into the mouth and nose, // 3.1.1.40

3.1.1.87

drinking caustic water, the hell of eating heated iron needles—

3.1.1.88

to these hells, indeed, he does not go, his sins departed. // 41

3.1.1.89

Entering cavities filled with caustic water, eating filth,

3.1.1.90

cutting of sinews, burning of sinews, and fracturing of bones, // 42

3.1.1.91

eating phlegm, drinking bile, consuming intensely bitter substances,

3.1.1.92

drinking boiling oil, and drinking caustic water, // 43

3.1.1.93

drinking astringent water, eating heated stones,

3.1.1.94

bathing in boiling sand, and grinding of teeth, // 44

3.1.1.95

lying on heated iron, pouring of heated water,

3.1.1.96

piercing with needles into the eyes and joints of the mouth, // 45

3.1.1.97

binding a weight of iron to the penis and testicles,

3.1.1.98

falling from tree tops into [pits] filled with foul stench, // 46

3.1.1.99

a bed of weapons with sharp blades, drinking semen and the like—

3.1.1.100

such dreadful hells one who bathes at the Setu does not see. // 47

3.1.1.101

He who lies upon the sands of the Setu, covered with its dust—

3.1.1.102

as many particles of dust cling to his body, O best of brahmins, // 48

3.1.1.103

so many murders of brahmins are destroyed; there is no doubt here.

3.1.1.104

He whose entire body is touched by the wind from the middle of the Setu, // 49

3.1.1.105

ten thousand [sins of] drinking liquor of his are destroyed that very moment.

3.1.1.106

Whose hair remains in the middle of the Setu after tonsure, // 3.1.1.50

3.1.1.107

ten thousand [sins of] defiling a guru's bed of his are destroyed that very moment.

3.1.1.108

Whose bone is deposited in the middle of the Setu by sons and grandsons,

3.1.1.109

ten thousand [sins of] stealing gold of his are destroyed that very moment. // 51

3.1.1.110

Remembering whom one should bathe in the middle of the Setu, O best of brahmins,

3.1.1.111

that person's guilt from association with mortal sinners is dissolved. // 52

3.1.1.112

A breaker of paths, one who cooks only for himself, a reviler of ascetics and brahmins,

3.1.1.113

a glutton, and a seller of the Veda—these five are killers of brahmins. // 53

3.1.1.114

He who, having summoned brahmins, promising 'I shall give wealth' and the like,

3.1.1.115

afterward says 'There is nothing'—he too is called a killer of a brahmin. // 54

3.1.1.116

He who, having learned righteousness from someone, bears malice toward him—

3.1.1.117

or despises brahmins, he too is declared a killer of a brahmin. // 55

3.1.1.118

A herd of cattle arrived at a reservoir of water to drink water—

3.1.1.119

whoever turns them away, O brahmins, he too is declared a killer of a brahmin. // 56

3.1.1.120

Yet having approached the Setu, all of them are released from the multitudes of sins.

3.1.1.121

Those who are equal to brahmin-killers, and whichever other [sinners exist], O best of the twice-born, // 57

3.1.1.122

all of them, having come to the Setu, are released; there is no doubt in this.

3.1.1.123

One who abandons the daily domestic fire-sacrifice, one who eats the food of an idol, // 58

3.1.1.124

one who has intercourse with a woman who drinks liquor, likewise an eater of a courtesan's food,

3.1.1.125

and also an eater of food belonging to a multitude, and one who delights in the food of an outcaste: // 59

3.1.1.126

these are declared equal to liquor-drinkers, excluded from all ritual acts.

3.1.1.127

By ritual ablution at the Setu, all of them are released, their defilements destroyed. // 3.1.1.60

3.1.1.128

And whichever others are equal to liquor-drinkers are released through bathing at the Setu.

3.1.1.129

And [thieves] of tubers, roots, and fruits, of musk and silk garments, // 61

3.1.1.130

likewise of milk, sandalwood, camphor, and betel nuts,

3.1.1.131

of honey, clarified butter, copper, bell-metal, and likewise of rudrākṣa beads— // 62

3.1.1.132

thieves [of these] should be recognized as equal to gold-stealers.

3.1.1.133

Having come to the sacred field of the Setu, they are released; there is no doubt in this. // 63

3.1.1.134

And all other thieves, indeed, O twice-born, by ritual ablution at the Setu

3.1.1.135

are released from all sins; no hesitation should be entertained here. // 64

3.1.1.136

A sister, a daughter-in-law, and likewise a menstruating woman,

3.1.1.137

a brother's wife, a friend's wife, a woman who drinks intoxicating drink, another's wife, // 65

3.1.1.138

a woman of low caste, or a trusting woman—he who approaches [any of these] out of passion

3.1.1.139

is to be known as a violator of the guru's bed, excluded from all ritual acts. // 66

3.1.1.140

These and whatever others are equal to violators of the guru's bed,

3.1.1.141

all of them are completely released by ritual ablution at the Setu, O twice-born. // 67

3.1.1.142

Those who associate with them, O brahmins, and whatever other sinners exist,

3.1.1.143

they too would attain liberation by the great ritual ablution at the Setu. // 68

First 200 of 19,309 passages. Read on

Linked texts (1)

Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit