Matsya Purana · Chapter 109

śrutaṃ me brahmaṇā proktaṃ purāṇe brahmasambhave
tīrthānāṃ tu sahasrāṇi śatāni niyutāni ca
sarve puṇyāḥ pavitrāśca gatiśca paramā smṛtā //

somatīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam
snānamātreṇa rājendra puruṣāṃstārayecchatam
tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra snānaṃ samācaret //

pṛthivyāṃ naimiṣaṃ puṇyam antarikṣe ca puṣkaram
trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ kurukṣetraṃ viśiṣyate //

sarvāṇi tāni saṃtyajya kathamekaṃ praśaṃsasi
apramāṇaṃ tu tatroktam aśraddheyamanuttamam //

gatiṃ ca paramāṃ divyāṃ bhogāṃścaiva yathepsitān
kimarthamalpayogena bahu dharmaṃ praśaṃsasi
etanme saṃśayaṃ brūhi yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam //

aśraddheyaṃ na vaktavyaṃ pratyakṣamapi yadbhavet
narasyāśraddadhānasya pāpopahatacetasaḥ //

aśraddadhāno hyaśucir durmatistyaktamaṅgalaḥ
ete pātakinaḥ sarve tenedaṃ bhāṣitaṃ tvayā //

śṛṇu prayāgamāhātmyaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam
pratyakṣaṃ ca parokṣaṃ ca yathānyastaṃ bhaviṣyati //

yathaivānyadadṛṣṭaṃ ca yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam
śāstraṃ pramāṇaṃ kṛtvā ca yujyate yogamātmanaḥ //

kliśyate cāparastatra naiva yogamavāpnuyāt
janmāntarasahasrebhyo yogo labhyeta mānavaiḥ //

yathā yogasahasreṇa yogo labhyeta mānavaiḥ
yastu sarvāṇi ratnāni brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati //

tena dānena dattena yogaṃ nābhyeti mānavaḥ
prayāge tu mṛtasyedaṃ sarvaṃ bhavati nānyathā //

pradhānahetuṃ vakṣyāmi śraddadhatsva ca bhārata
yathā sarveṣu bhūteṣu brahma sarvatra dṛśyate //

brāhmaṇe vāsti yatkiṃcid abrāhmam iti vocyate
evaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu brahma sarvatra pūjyate //

tathā sarveṣu lokeṣu prayāgaṃ pūjayedbudhaḥ
pūjyate tīrtharājastu satyameva yudhiṣṭhira //

brahmāpi smarate nityaṃ prayāgaṃ tīrthamuttamam
tīrtharājam anuprāpya na cānyatkiṃcidarhati //

ko hi devatvamāsādya manuṣyatvaṃ cikīrṣati
anenaivopamānena tvaṃ jñāsyasi yudhiṣṭhira
yathā puṇyatamaṃ cāsti tathaiva kathitaṃ mayā //

śrutaṃ cedaṃ tvayā proktaṃ vismito 'haṃ punaḥ punaḥ
kathaṃ yogena tatprāptiḥ svargavāsastu karmaṇā //

dātā vai labhate bhogān gāṃ ca yatkarmaṇaḥ phalam
tāni karmāṇi pṛcchāmi punastaiḥ prāpyate mahī //

śṛṇu rājanmahābāho yathoktakaraṇaṃ mahīm
gāmagniṃ brāhmaṇaṃ śāstraṃ kāñcanaṃ salilaṃ striyaḥ //

mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva ye nindanti narādhamāḥ
na teṣāmūrdhvagamanam idamāha prajāpatiḥ //

evaṃ yogasya samprāpti sthānaṃ paramadurlabham
gacchanti narakaṃ ghoraṃ ye narāḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ //

hastyaśvaṃ gām anaḍvāhaṃ maṇimuktādikāñcanam
parokṣaṃ harate yastu paścāddānaṃ prayacchati //

na te gacchanti vai svargaṃ dātāro yatra bhoginaḥ
anenakarmaṇā yuktāḥ pacyante narake punaḥ //

evaṃ yogaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca dātāraṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira
yathā satyamasatyaṃ vā asti nāstīti yatphalam
niruktaṃ tu pravakṣyāmi yathāha svayamaṃśumān //