Matsya Purana · Chapter 105

śṛṇu rājanprayāgasya māhātmyaṃ punareva tu
yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ //

ārtānāṃ hi daridrāṇāṃ niścitavyavasāyinām
sthānamuktaṃ prayāgaṃ tu nākhyeyaṃ tu kadācana //

vyādhito yadi vā dīno vṛddho vāpi bhavennaraḥ
gaṅgāyamunayormadhye yastu prāṇānparityajet //

dīptakāñcanavarṇābhair vimānaiḥ sūryasaṃnibhaiḥ
gandharvāpsarasāṃ madhye svarge krīḍati mānavaḥ //

īpsitāṃllabhate kāmān vadanti ṛṣipuṃgavāḥ
sarvaratnamayairdivyair nānādhvajasamākulaiḥ
varāṅganāsamākīrṇair modate śubhalakṣaṇaiḥ //

gītavādyavinirghoṣaiḥ prasuptaḥ pratibudhyate
yāvanna smarate janma tāvatsvarge mahīyate //

tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭaḥ kṣīṇakarmā divaścyutaḥ
hiraṇyaratnasampūrṇe samṛddhe jāyate kule
tadeva smarate tīrthaṃ smaraṇāttatra gacchati //

deśastho yadi vāraṇye videśastho 'thavā gṛhe
prayāgaṃ smaramāṇo 'pi yastu prāṇānparityajet
brahmalokamavāpnoti vadanti ṛṣipuṃgavāḥ //

sarvakāmaphalā vṛkṣā mahī yatra hiraṇmayī
ṛṣayo munayaḥ siddhās tatra loke sa gacchati //

strīsahasrāvṛte ramye mandākinyāstaṭe śubhe
modate ṛṣibhiḥ sārdhaṃ sukṛteneha karmaṇā //

siddhacāraṇagandharvaiḥ pūjyate divi daivataiḥ
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jambūdvīpapatirbhavet //

tataḥ śubhāni karmāṇi cintayānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
guṇavānvittasampanno bhavatīha na saṃśayaḥ //

karmaṇā manasā vācā dharmasatyapratiṣṭhitaḥ
gaṅgāyamunayormadhye yastu gāṃ samprayacchati //

suvarṇamaṇimuktāśca yadi vānyatparigraham
svakārye pitṛkārye vā devatābhyarcane 'pi vā
saphalaṃ tasya tattīrthaṃ yathāvatpuṇyamāpnuyāt //

evaṃ tīrthe na gṛhṇīyāt puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca
nimitteṣu ca sarveṣu hy apramatto bhaveddvijaḥ //

kapilāṃ pāṭalāvarṇāṃ yastu dhenuṃ prayacchati
svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ raupyakhurāṃ kāṃsyadohāṃ payasvinīm //

prayāge śrotriyaṃ santaṃ grāhayitvā yathāvidhi
śuklāmbaradharaṃ śāntaṃ dharmajñaṃ vedapāragam //

sā gaustasmai pradātavyā gaṅgāyamunasaṃgame
vāsāṃsi ca mahārhāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca //

yāvadromāṇi tasyā goḥ santi gātreṣu sattama
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate //

yatrāsau labhate janma sā gaustasyābhijāyate
na ca paśyati taṃ ghoraṃ narakaṃ tena karmaṇā
uttarānsa kurūnprāpya modate kālamakṣayam //

gavāṃ śatasahasrebhyo dadyādekāṃ payasvinīm
putrāndārāṃstathā bhṛtyān gaurekā prati tārayet //

tasmātsarveṣu dāneṣu godānaṃ tu viśiṣyate
durgame viṣame ghore mahāpātakasambhave
gaureva rakṣāṃ kurute tasmāddeyā dvijottame //