Matsya Purana · Chapter 111

kathaṃ sarvamidaṃ proktaṃ prayāgasya mahāmune
etannaḥ sarvamākhyāhi yathā hi mama tārayet //

śṛṇu rājanprayāge tu proktaṃ sarvamidaṃ jagat
brahmā viṣṇustatheśāno devatāḥ prabhuravyayaḥ //

brahmā sṛjati bhūtāni sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ ca yat
tānyetāni paraṃ loke viṣṇuḥ saṃvardhate prajāḥ //

kalpānte tatsamagraṃ hi rudraḥ saṃharate jagat
tadā prayāgatīrthaṃ ca na kadācidvinaśyati //

īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati
yatnenānena tiṣṭhanti te yānti paramāṃ gatim //

ākhyāhi me yathātathyaṃ yathaiṣā tiṣṭhati śrutiḥ
kena vā kāraṇenaiva tiṣṭhante lokasattamāḥ //

prayāge nivasantyete brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ
kāraṇaṃ tatpravakṣyāmi śṛṇu tattvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira //

pañcayojanavistīrṇaṃ prayāgasya tu maṇḍalam
tiṣṭhanti rakṣaṇāyātra pāpakarmanivāraṇāt //

uttareṇa pratiṣṭhānāc chadmanā brahma tiṣṭhati
veṇīmādhavarūpī tu bhagavāṃstatra tiṣṭhati //

māheśvaro vaṭo bhūtvā tiṣṭhate parameśvaraḥ
tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ
rakṣanti maṇḍalaṃ nityaṃ pāpakarmanivāraṇāt //

yasmiñjuhvansvakaṃ pāpaṃ narakaṃ ca na paśyati
evaṃ brahmā ca viṣṇuśca prayāge sa maheśvaraḥ //

saptadvīpāḥ samudrāśca parvatāśca mahītale
rakṣamāṇāśca tiṣṭhanti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam //

ye cānye bahavaḥ sarve tiṣṭhanti ca yudhiṣṭhira
yat pṛthivī tatsamāśritya nirmitā daivatais tribhiḥ //

prajāpateridaṃ kṣetraṃ prayāgamiti viśrutam
etatpuṇyaṃ pavitraṃ vai prayāgaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira
svarājyaṃ kuru rājendra bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito 'nagha //