Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.36
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge pañcatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
ṣaṣṭistīrthasahastrāṇi ṣaṣṭistīrthaśatāni ca /
māghamāse gamiṣyanti gaṅgāyamunasaṃgamam
gavāṃ śatasahastrasya samyag dattasya yat phalam /
prayāge māghamāse tu tryahaṃ snātasya tat phalam
gaṅgāyamunayormadhye kārṣāgniṃ yastu sādhayet /
ahīnāṅgo 'pyarogaśca pañcendriyasamanvitaḥ
yāvanti romakūpāṇi tasya gātreṣu mānada /
tāvad varṣasahastrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate
tataḥ svargāt paribhraṣṭo jambūdvīpapatirbhavet /
sa bhuktvā vipulān bhogāṃstat tīrthaṃ bhajate punaḥ
jalapraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryāt saṃgame lokaviśrute /
rāhugrasto yathā somo vimuktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ
somalokamavāpnoti somena saha modate /
ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahastrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣaśatāni ca
svargataḥ śakraloke 'sau munigandharvasevitaḥ /
tato bhraṣṭastu rājendra samṛddhe jāyate kule
adhaḥ śirāstvayodhārāmurdhvapādaḥ pibennaraḥ /
śataṃ varṣasahastrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate
tasmād bhraṣṭastu rājendra agnihotrī bhavennaraḥ /
bhuktvā tu vipulān bhogāṃstat tīrthaṃ bhajate punaḥ
yaḥ svadehaṃ vikarted vā śakunibhyaḥ prayacchati /
vihagairupabhuktasya śṛṇu tasyāpi yatphalam
śataṃ varṣasahastrāṇi somaloke mahīyate /
tatastasmāt paribhraṣṭo rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ
guṇavān rūpasaṃpanno vidvān supriyavākyavān /
bhuktvā tu vipulān bhogāṃstatatīrthaṃ bhajate punaḥ
uttare yamunātīre prayāgasya tu dakṣiṇe /
ṛṇapramocanaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ tu paramaṃ smṛtam
ekarātroṣitaḥ snātvā ṛṇaistatra pramucyate /
sūryalokamavāpnoti anṛṇaśca sadā bhavet
Original text: Kūrmapurāṇa · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0