Matsya Purana · Chapter 110

śṛṇu rājanprayāgasya māhātmyaṃ punareva tu
naimiṣaṃ puṣkaraṃ caiva gotīrthaṃ sindhusāgaram //

gayā ca caitrakaṃ caiva gaṅgāsāgarameva ca
ete cānye ca bahavo ye ca puṇyāḥ śiloccayāḥ //

daśa tīrthasahasrāṇi triṃśatkoṭyastathā parāḥ
prayāge saṃsthitā nityam evamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ //

trīṇi cāpyagnikuṇḍāni yeṣāṃ madhye tu jāhnavī
prayāgādabhiniṣkrāntā sarvatīrthanamaskṛtā //

tapanasya sutā devī triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā
yamunā gaṅgayā sārdhaṃ saṃgatā lokabhāvinī //

gaṅgāyamunayormadhye pṛthivyā jaghanaṃ smṛtam
prayāgaṃ rājaśārdūla kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm //

tisraḥ koṭyo 'rdhakoṭiśca tīrthānāṃ vāyurabravīt
divi bhuvyantarikṣe ca tatsarvaṃ jāhnavī smṛtā //

prayāgaṃ samadhiṣṭhānaṃ kambalāśvatarāvubhau
bhogavatyatha yā caiṣā vedireṣā prajāpateḥ //

tatra vedāśca yajñāśca mūrtimanto yudhiṣṭhira
prajāpatim upāsante ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ //

yajante kratubhir devās tathā cakradharā nṛpāḥ
tataḥ puṇyatamaṃ nāsti triṣu lokeṣu bhārata //

prabhāvātsarvatīrthebhyaḥ prabhavatyadhikaṃ vibho
daśa tīrthasahasrāṇi tisraḥ koṭyastathā parāḥ //

yatra gaṅgā mahābhāgā sa deśastattapodhanam
siddhakṣetraṃ ca vijñeyaṃ gaṅgātīrasamanvitam //

idaṃ satyaṃ vijānīyāt sādhūnāmātmanaśca vai
suhṛdaśca japetkarṇe śiṣyasyānugatasya ca //

idaṃ dhanyamidaṃ svargyam idaṃ satyamidaṃ sukham
idaṃ puṇyamidaṃ dharmyaṃ pāvanaṃ dharmamuttamam //

maharṣīṇāmidaṃ guhyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
adhītya ca dvijo 'pyetan nirmalaḥ svargamāpnuyāt //

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ tīrthaṃ puṇyaṃ sadā śuciḥ
jātismaratvaṃ labhate nākapṛṣṭhe ca modate //

prāpyante tāni tīrthāni sadbhiḥ śiṣṭānudarśibhiḥ
snāhi tīrtheṣu kauravya na ca vakramatirbhava //

tvayā ca samyakpṛṣṭena kathitaṃ vai mayā vibho
pitarastāritāḥ sarve tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ //

vrataṃ dānaṃ tapastīrthaṃ yāgāḥ sarve sadakṣiṇāḥ
yogāḥ sāṃkhyaṃ sadācāro ye cānye jñānahetavaḥ
prayāgasya tu sarve te kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm //

evaṃ jñānaṃ ca yogaśca tīrthaṃ caiva yudhiṣṭhira
bahukleśena yujyante tena yānti parāṃ gatim
trikālaṃ jāyate jñānaṃ svargalokaṃ gamiṣyati //