Narada Purana · Chapter 1.15

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde dharmaśāntinirdeśo nāma caturdaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
dharmarāja uvāca
pāpa bhedānpravakṣyāmi yathā sthūlāśca yātanāḥ /
śṛṇuṣva dhairyamāsthāya raudrā ye narakā yataḥ

pāpino ye durātmāno narakāgniṣu santatam /
pacyante yeṣu tānvakṣye bhayaṅkaraphalapradān

tapanovālukākumbhaumahārauravarauravau /
kumbhaghīpāko nirucchvāsaḥ kālasūtraḥ pramardanaḥ

asipatravanaṃ ghoraṃ lālābhakṣohimotkaṭaḥ /
mūṣāvasthā vasākūpastathā vaitaraṇī nadī

bhakṣyante mūtrapānaṃ ca purīṣahlada eva ca /
tatpaśūlaṃ tatpaśilā śālmalīdruma eva ca

tathā śoṇitakūpaśca ghoraḥ śoṇitabhojanaḥ /
svamāṃsabhojanaṃ caiva vahnijvālāniveśanam

śilāvṛṣṭiḥ śastravṛṣṭirvahnivṛṣṭistathaiva ca /
kṣārodakaṃ coṣṇatoyaṃ tatpāyaḥ piṇḍabhabhaṇam

atha śiraḥśoṣaṇaṃ ca marutprapatanaṃ tathā /
tathā pāśāṇavarṇaṃ ca kṛmibhojanameva ca

kṣāro dapānaṃ bhramaṇaṃ tathā krakacadāraṇam /
purīṣalepanaṃ caiva purīṣasya ca bhojanam

retaḥ pānaṃ mahāghoraṃ sarvasandhiṣudāhanam /
dhūmapānaṃ pāśabandhaṃ nānāśūlānulepanam

aṅgāraśayanaṃ caiva tathā musalamarddanam /
bahūni kāṣṭhayantrāṇi kaṣaṇaṃ chedanaṃ tathā

patanotpatanaṃ caiva gadādaṇḍādipīhanam /
gajadantapraharaṇaṃ nānāsarpaiśca daṃśanam

śītāmbusecanaṃ caiva nāsāyāṃ ca mukhe tathā /
ghorakṣārāmbupānaṃ ca tathā lavaṇabhakṣaṇam

strāyucchedaṃ snāyubandhamasthicchedaṃ tathaiva ca /
kṣārāmbupūrṇarandhrāṇāṃ praveśaṃ māṃsabhojanam

pittapānaṃ mahāghoraṃ tathaivaḥśleṣmabhojanam /
vṛkṣāgrātpātanañcaiva jalāntarmajjanaṃ tathā

pāṣāṇadhāraṇaṃ caiva śayanaṃ kaṇṭakopari /
pipīlikādaṃśanaṃ ca vṛścikaiścāpi pīḍanam

vyāghrapīḍā śivāpīḍā tathā mahiṣamīḍanam /
karddame śayanaṃ caiva durgandhaparipūraṇam

bahuśaścārdhaśayanaṃ mahātiktaniṣevaṇam /
atyuṣṇatailapānaṃ ca mahākaṭuniṣevaṇam

kaṣāyodakapānaṃ ca tatpapāṣāṇatakṣaṇam /
atyuṣṇaśītasnānaṃ ca tathā daśanaśīrṇanam

tatpāyaḥ śayanaṃ caiva hyayobhārasya bandhanam /
evamādyāmahābhāga yātanāḥ koṭikoṭiśaḥ

api varṣasahasreṇa nāhaṃ nigadituṃ kṣamaḥ /
eteṣu yasya yatprātpaṃ pāpinaḥ kṣitirakṣaka

tatsarvaṃ saṃprapakṣyāmi tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu /
brahmahā ca surāpī ca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ

mahāpātakinastvete tatsaṃsargī ca pañcamaḥ /
pantibhedīvṛthāpākī nityaṃ brahmaṇadūṣakaḥ

ādeśī vedavikretā pañcaite brahmadhātakāḥ /
brahmaṇaṃ yaḥ samāhūya dāsyāmīti dhanādikam /
eścānnāstīti yo bruyāttamāhurbrahmaghātinam

snānārthaṃ pūjanārthaṃ vā gacchato brāhmaṇasya yaḥ /
samāyātyantarāyatvaṃ tamāhurbrahmadhātinam

pasnindāsu nirataścātmotkarṣarataśva yaḥ /
asatyanirataśvacaiva brahmahā parikīrtitaḥ

adharmasyānumantā ca brahmahā parikīrtitaḥ /
anyodvegarataścaiva anyeṣāṃ doṣasūvakaḥ

dambhācārarataśvaiva brahmahetyabhidhīyate /
nityaṃ pratigraharatastathā prāṇivadhe rataḥ

adharmasyānumamantā ca brahmahā parikīrtitaḥ /
brahmahatyā samaṃ pāpameva bahuvidhaṃ nṛpa

surāpānasamaṃ pāpaṃ pravakṣyāmi samāsataḥ /
gaṇānnabhojanaṃ caiva gaṇikānāṃ niṣevaṇam

patitānnādanaṃ caiva surāpānasamaṃ smṛtam /
upāsamāparityāgo devalānāṃ ca bhojanam

surāpayoṣitsaṃyogaḥ surāpānasamaḥ smṛtaḥ /
yaḥ śūdreṇa samāhato bhojanaṃ kurute dvijaḥ

surāpī sa hi vijñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ /
yaḥ śūdreṇābhyanujñātaḥ preṣyakarma kariti ca

surāpāna samaṃ pāpaṃ labhate sa narādhamaḥ /
evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ pāpaṃ surāpānasamaṃ smṛtam

hemasteyasamaṃ pāpaṃ pravakṣyāmi niśāmaya /
kandamūlaphalānāṃ ca kastūrī paṭavāsasām

sadā steyaṃ ca ratnānāṃ svarṇasteyasamaṃ smṛtam /
tāmrāyastrapukāṃsyānāmājyasya madhunastathā

steyaṃ sugandhadravyāṇṇāṃ svarṇasteyasamaṃ smṛtam /
kramukasyāpiharaṇamambhasāṃ candanasya ca

parṇarasāpaharaṇaṃ svarṇasteyasamaṃ smṛtam /
pitṛyajñaparityāgo dharmakāryavilopanam

yatīrnāṃ nindataṃ caiva svarṇasteyasamaṃ smṛtam /
bhakṣyāṇāṃ cāpaharaṇaṃ dhānyānāṃ haraṇaṃ tathā

rudrākṣaharaṇaṃ caiva svarṇasteyasamaṃ smṛtam /
bhāgīnīgamanaṃ caiva putrastrīgamanaṃ tathā

rajasvalādigamanaṃ gurutalpasamaṃ smṛtam /
hīnajātyābhigamanaṃ madyapastrīniṣevaṇam

parastrīgamanaṃ caiva gurutalpasamaṃ smṛtam /
bhrātṛstrīgamanaṃ caiva vayasyastrīniṣevaṇam

viśvastāgamanaṃ caiva gurutalpasamaṃ smṛtam /
akāle karmakaraṇaṃ putrīgamana meva ca

dharmalopaḥ śāstranindā gurutalpasamaṃ smṛtam /
ityevamādayo rājanmahāpātakasaṃjñitāḥ

eteṣvekatamenāpi saṅgakṛttatsamo bhavet /
yathākathañcitpāpānāmeteṣāṃ paramarṣibhiḥ

śāntaistu niṣkṛtirdṛṣṭā prāyaścitādikalpanaiḥ /
prāyaścittavihīnāni pāpāni śṛṇu bhūpate

samastapāpatulyāni mahānarakadāni ca /
brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ kathañcinniṣkṛtirbhavet

brahmaṇaṃ dveṣṭi yastasya niṣkṛtirnāsti kutracit /
viśvastaghātinaṃ caiva kṛtanghānāṃ nareśvara

śūdrastrīsaṅgināṃ caiva niṣkṛtirnāsti kutracit /
śūdrānnapuṣṭadehānāṃ vedanindāratātmanām

satkathānindakānāñca nehāmutracaniṣkṛtiḥ

bauddhālayaṃ viśedyastu mahāpadyapi vaidvijaḥ /
natasyaniṣkṛtirdṛṣṭāprāyaścitaśatairapi

bauddhāḥ pāṣaṃṇḍinaḥ proktā yato vedavinindakāḥ /
tasmādvijastānnekṣeta yato dharmabahiṣkṛtāḥ

jñānato 'jñānato vāpi dvijo boddhālayaṃ viśet /
jñātvā cenniṣkṛtirnāsti śāstrāṇāmiti niśvayaḥ

eteṣāṃ pāpabāhulyānnarakaṃ koṭikalpakam /
prāyaścittavihīnāni proktānyanyāni ca prabho

pāpāni teṣāṃ narakāngadato me niśāmaya

mahāpātakinasteṣu pratyekaṃ yugavāsinaḥ /
tadante pṛthivīmetya satpajanmasu gardabhāḥ

tataḥ śvāno viddhadehā bhaveyurdaśajanmasu /
āśatābdaṃ viṭkṛmayaḥ sarpā dvādaśajanmasu

tataḥ sahasrajanmāni mṛgādyāḥ paśavo nṛpa /
śatābdaṃ sthāvarāścaiva tato godhāśarīriṇaḥ

tatastu satpajanmāni caṇḍālāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ /
tataḥ ṣoḍaśa janmāni śūdrādyā hīnajātayaḥ

tatastu janmadvitaye daridrāvyādhipīḍitāḥ /
pratigrahaparā nityaṃ tato nirayagāḥ punaḥ

asūyāviṣṭamanaso raurave narake smṛtam /
tatra kalpadvayaṃ sthitvā cāṇḍālāḥ śatajanmasu

mā dadasveti yo brūyādgavāngibrāhmaṇeṣu ca /
śunāṃ yoniśataṃ gatvā cāṇḍāleṣūpajāyate

tato viṣṭhākṛtimiścaiva tato vyāghrastrijanmasu /
tadante narakaṃ yāti yugānāmekaviṃśatim

paranindāparā ye ca ye ca niṣṭhurabhāṣiṇaḥ /
dānānāṃ vinghakarttārasteṣāṃ pāpaphalaṃ śṛṇu

muśalolū khalābhyāṃ tu cūrṇyante taskarā bhṛśam /
tadante tatpapāṣāṇagrahaṇaṃ vatsaratraghayam

tataśca kālasūtreṇa bhidyante satpa vatsarān /
śocantaḥ svṛnikarmāṇi paradravyāpahārakāḥ

karmaṇā tatra pacyante narakāngiṣu santatam

parasvasūcakānāṃ ca narakaṃ śṛṇu dāruṇam /
yāvadyugasahasraṃ tu tatpāyaḥ piṇḍabhakṣaṇam

saṃpīḍyate ca rasanā saṃdaṃśairbhṛśadāruṇaiḥ /
nirucchvāsaṃ mahāghore kalpārddhaṃ nivasanti te

parastrīlolupānāṃ ca narakaṃ kathayāmi te /
tatpatāmrastriyastena surupābharaṇairyutāḥ

yādṛśīstādṛśīstāśca ramante prasabhaṃ bahu /
vidvavantaṃ bhayenāsāṃ gṛhṇanti prasabhaṃ ca tam

kathayantaśca tatkarma nayante narakānkramāt /
anyaṃ bhajante bhūpāla patiṃ tyaktvā ca yāḥ striyaḥ

tatpāyaḥpuruśāstāstu tatpāyaḥśayanebalāt /
pātayitvā ramante ca bahukālaṃ balānvitāḥ

tatastairyoṣito muktā hutāśanasamojjvalam /
a yaḥ stambhaṃ samāśsiṣya tiṣṭhantyabdasahasrakam

tataḥ kṣārodakasnānaṃ kṣārodakaniṣevaṇam /
tadante narakān sarvān bhuñjate 'bdaśataṃ śatam

yo hanti brāhmaṇaṃ gāṃ ca kṣatriyaṃ ca nṛpottamam /
sa cāpi yātanāḥ sarvā bhuṅkte kalpeṣu pañcasu

yaḥ śṛṇoti mahannindāṃ sādaraṃ tatphalaṃ śṛṇu /
teṣāṃ karṇeṣu dāpyante tatpāyaḥ kīlasaṃcayāḥ

tataśca teṣu chidreṣu tailamatyuṣṇamulbaṇam /
pūryate ca tataścāpiṃ kumbhīpākaṃ prapadyate

nāstikānāṃ pravakṣyāmi vimukhānāṃ hare harau /
abdānāṃ koṭiparyantaṃ lavaṇaṃ bhuñjate hi te

tataśca kalpaparyantaṃ raurave tatpasaikate /
bhajyante pāpakarmaṇo 'nyepyevaṃ narādhipa

brāhmaṇanye nirīkṣante kopadṛṣṭyā narādhamāḥ /
tatpasūcīsahasreṇa cakṣusteṣāṃ prasūryate

tataḥ kṣārāmbudhārābhiḥ secyante nṛpasattama /
tataśca krakarcerghorairbhidyante pāpakarṃmaṇaḥ

viśvāsaghātināṃ caiva maryādābhedināṃ tathā /
parānnalollupānāṃ ca narakaṃ śṛṇu dāruṇam

svamāṃsabhojino nityaṃ bhakṣamāṇāḥ śvabhistu te /
narakeṣu samasteṣu pratyekaṃ hyabdavāsinaḥ

pratigraharatā ye ca ye vai nakṣatrapāṭhakāḥ /
ye ca devalakānnānāṃ bhojinastāñśṛṇuṣva me

rājannākalpaparyantaṃ yātanāsvāsu duḥkhitāḥ /
pacyante satataṃ pāpāviṣṭā bhogaratāḥ sadā

tatastailena pūryante kālasūtraprapīḍitāḥ /
tataḥ kṣārodakasnānaṃ mūtraviṣṭāniṣevaṇam

tadante bhuvamāsādya bhavanti mlecchajātayaḥ /
anyodvegaratā ye tu yānti vaitaraṇīṃ nadīm

tyaktapañcamahāyajñā lālābhakṣaṃ vrajanti hi /
upāsanāparityāgī rauravaṃ narakaṃ vrajet

vipragrāmakarādānaṃ kurvatāṃ śṛṇu bhūpate /
yātanāsvāsu pacyante vāvadācandratārakam

grāmeṣu bhūpālavaro yaḥ kuryādadhikaṃ karam /
sa sahasrakulo bhuṅktenarakaṃ kalpapañcasu

vipragrāmakarādāne yo 'numantātu pāpakṛt /
sa eva kṛtavān rājanbrahmahatyāsahasrakam

kālasūtre mahāghore sa vaseddicaturyugam /
ayonau ca viyonau ca paśuyonau ca yo naraḥ

tyajedreto mahāpāpī saretobhojanaṃ labhet /
vasākūpaṃ tataḥ prāpya sthitvā divyābdasatpakam

retobhojī bhavenmartyaḥ sarvalokeṣu ninditaḥ /
upavāsadine rājandantadhāvanakṛnnaraḥ

sa ghoraṃ narakaṃ yātivyāghrapakṣaṃ caturyugam /
yaḥ svakarmaparityāgī pāṣaṇḍītyucyate budhaiḥ

tatsaṃgakṛtamoghaḥ syāttāvubhāvatipāpinau /
kalpakoṭisahasreṣu prānputo narakānkramāt

devadravyāpaharttāro gurudravyāpahārakāḥ /
brahmahatyāvratasamaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ bhuñjate nṛpa

anāthadhanaharttāro hyanāthaṃ ye dviṣanti ca /
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi narake te vasanti ca

strīśūdrāṇāṃ samīpe tu ye vedādhyayane ratāḥ /
teṣāṃ pāpaphalaṃ vakṣye śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ

adhaḥśīrṣordhvapādāśca kīlitāḥ stambhaghakadvaye /
dhrūmrapānaratā nityaṃ tiṣṭhantyābrahmavatsaram

jale devālaye vāpi yastyajeddehajaṃ malam /
bhrūṇahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ saṃprānpotyatidāruṇam

dantāsthikeśanakharānye tyajyantyamarālaye /
jale vā bhuktaśeṣaṃ ca teṣāṃ pāpaphalaṃ śṛṇu

prāsaprotā halairbhinnā ārttarāvavirāviṇaḥ /
atyuṣṇatailapāke 'titapyante bhṛśadāruṇe

kurvanti duḥkhasaṃtatpāstato 'nyeṣu vrajanti ca /
brahmasaṃharate yastu gandhakāṣṭaṃ tathaiva ca

sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvadācandratārakam /
brahmasvaharaṇaṃ rājannihāmātra ca duḥkhadam

ihasaṃpadvināśāyaparatranarakāya ca /
kūṭasākṣyaṃvadedyastu tasya pāpaphalaṃśṛṇu

sa yāti yātanāḥ sarvā yāvadindrāścaturdaśa /
ihaputrāśca vinaśyanti paraghatra ca

rauravaṃ narakaṃ bhuṅkte tato 'nyānapi ca kramāt /
ye cātikāmino martyā ye ca mithyāpravādinaḥ

teṣāṃ sukhe jalaukā stu pūryyante pannagopamāḥ /
evaṃ ṣaṣṭisahasrābde tataḥ kṣārāmbagusecanam

ye vṛthāmāṃsaniratatāste yānti kṣārakardamam /
tato gajairnipātatyante marutprapatanaṃ yathā

tadante bhavamāsādya hīnāṅgāḥ prabhavanti ca /
yastvṛtau nābhigaccheta svastriṃya manujeśvara

sa yāti rauravaṃ ghoraṃ brahmahakatyāṃ ca vindati /
anyācārarataṃ dṛṣṭvā yaḥ śakto na nivārayet

tatpāpaṃ samavānpoti narakaṃ tāvubhāvapi /
pāpināṃ pāpagaṇanāṃ kṛtvānyebhyo diśanti vindati

astitve tulyapāpāste mithyātve dviguṇā nṛpa /
apāpe pātakaṃ yastu samaropya vinindati

sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvañcardrārkatārakam /
pāpināṃ nindyamānānāṃ pāpārddhaṃ kṣayameti ca

yastu vratāni saṃgṛhya asamāpya parityajyet /
so 'sipatre 'nubhūyārtiṃ hīnāṅgojāyate bhuvi

anyaiḥ saṃgṛhyamāṇānāṃvratānāṃ vinghakṛnnaraḥ /
atīva duḥkhadaṃraudraṃ sa yāti śloṣmabhojanam

nyāye ca dharmaśikṣāyāṃ pakṣapātaṃ karoti yaḥ /
na tasya niṣkṛtirbhūyaḥ prāyaścittāyutairapi

abhojyabhojī saṃprāpyaṃ viṅbhojyaṃ tu samāyutam /
tataścaṇḍālayonau tu gomāṃsāśī sadā bhavet

avamānya dvijānvāgbhirbrahmahatyāṃ ca vindati /
sarvāścayātanā bhuktvā cāṇḍālo daśajanmasu

vigrāya dīyamāne tu yastu vinghaṃ samācaret /
brahmahatyāsamaṃ tena karttavyaṃ vratameva ca

apahṛtya paḥsyārthaṃ yaḥ parebhyaḥ prayacchati /
apaharttā tu nirayī yasyārthastasya tatphalam

pratiśrutyāpradānena lālābhakṣaṃ vrajennaraḥ /
yatinindāparo rājan śilānamātre prayāti hi

ārāmacchedino yānti yugānāmekaviṃśatim /
śvabhojanaṃ tataḥ sarvā bhuñjate yātanāḥ kramāt

devatāgṛhabhettārastaḍāgānāṃ ca bhūpate /
puṣpārāmabhidaścaiva yāṃ gatiṃ yānti tacchṛṇu

yātanāsvāsu sarvāsu pacyante vai pṛthak pṛthak /
tataśca viṣṭākṛmayaḥ kalpānāmekaviṃśatim

tataścāṇḍālayonau tu śatajanmāni bhūpate /
grāmavidhvaṃ sakānāṃ tu dāhakānāṃ ca lumpatām

mahatpāpaṃ tadādeṣṭuṃ na kṣamo 'haṃ nijāyuṣā /
ucchiṣṭabhojino ye ca mitradrohaparāśva ye

eteṣāṃ yātanāstīvrā bhavantyācandratārakam /
ucchinnapitṝdevejyā vendamārgabahiḥsthitāḥ

pāpānāṃ yātānānāṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ cāpi bhūpate /
evaṃ bahuvidhā bhūpa yātanāḥ pāpakāriṇaṇām

teṣāṃ tāsāṃ ca saṃkhyānaṃ karttuṃ nāsamahaṃ prabho /
pāpānāṃ yātanānāṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ cāpi bhūpate

saṃkhyāṃ nigadituṃ loke kaḥ kṣamo viṣṇunā vinā /
eteṣāṃ sarvapāpānāṃ dharmaśāstravidhānataḥ

prāyaścitteṣu cīrṇeṣu pāparāśiḥ praṇaśyati /
prāyaścittāni kāryāṇi samīpe kamalāpateḥ

nyūnātiriktakṛtyānāṃ saṃpūrtikaraṇāya ca /
gaṅgā catulasī caiva satsaṅgo harikīrttanam

anasūyā hyahiṃsā ca sarvepyete hi pāpahāḥ /
viṣṇvarpitāni karmāṇi saphalāni bhavanti hi

anarppitāni karmāṇi bhasmavinyastadravyavat /
nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ yaccānyanmokṣamādhanam

viṣṇau samārpitaṃ sarvaṃ sāttvikaṃ saphalaṃ bhavet /
haribhaktiḥ parā nṛṇāṃ sarvaṃ pāpaprāṇāśinī

sā bhaktidraśadhā jñeyā pāpāraṇyadavopamā /
tāmasai rājasaiśvaiva sāttvikaiśca nṛpottama

yaccānyasya vināśārthaṃ bhajanaṃ śrīpaternṛpa /
sā tāmasyadhamā bhaktiḥ khalabhāvadharā yataḥ

yor'cayetkaitavadhiyā svairiṇī svapatiṃ yathā /
nārāyaṇaṃ jagannāthaṃ tāmasī madhyamā tu sā

devāpūjāparāndṛṣṭvā mātsaryādyor'cayeddhīram /
sā bhaktiḥ pṛthivīpāla tāmasī cottamā smṛtā

dhanadhānyādikaṃ yastu prārthayannarcayedvarim /
śraddhayā parayā yuktaḥ sā rājasyadhamā smṛtā

yaḥ sarvalokavikhyātakīrtimuddiśya mādhavam /
arcayetparayā bhaktyā sā madhyā rājasī matā

sālokyādi padaṃ yastu samuddiśyārcayeddharim /
sā rājasyuttamā bhaktiḥ kīrtitā pṛthivīpate

yastu svakṛtapāpānāṃ kṣayārthaṃ prārcayedvarim /
śraddhayā parayopetaḥ sā sāttvikyadhamā smṛtā

hareridaṃ priyamiti śuśrūṣāṃ kurute tu yaḥ /
śraddhayā saṃyuto bhūyaḥ sāttvikī madhyamā tu sā

vidhibuddhyārcayedyastu dāsavacchrīpatiṃ nṛpa /
bhaktīnāṃ pravarā sā tu uttamā sāttvikī smṛtā

mahīmānaṃ hareryastu kiñcitkṛtvā priyo naraḥ /
tanmayatvena saṃtuṣṭaḥ sā bhaktiruttamottamā

ahameva paro viṣṇurmayisarvamidaṃ jagat /
iti yaḥ satataṃ paśyettaṃ vidyāduttamottamam

evaṃ daśavidhā bhaktiḥ saṃsāracchedakāriṇī /
tatrāpi sāttvikī bhaktiḥ sarvakāmaphala pradā

tasmācchṛṇuṣva bhūpāla saṃsāravijigīṣathuṇā /
svakarmaṇo virodhena bhaktiḥ kāryā janārdane

yaḥ svadharmaṃ parityajya bhaktimātreṇa jīvati /
na tasya tuṣyate viṣṇurācāreṇaiva tuṣyate

sarvāgamānāmācāraḥ prathamaṃ parikalpate /
ācāraprabhavo dharmo dharmasya prabhuracyutaḥ

tasmātkāryā harerbhaktiḥ svardhamasyāvirodhinī /
sadācāravihīnānāṃ dharmā apyasukhapradāḥ

svadharmahīnā bhaktiśvāpyakṛtaiva prakīrtitā /
yattu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā bhūyastatsarvaṃ gaditaṃ mayā

tasmāddharmaparo bhūtvā pūjayasva janārdanam /
nārāyaṇamaṇīyāṃsaṃ sukhameṣyasi śāśvakatam

śiva eva hariḥ sākṣāddharireva śivaḥ svayam /
dvayorantaradṛgyāti narakārankoṭiśaḥ khalaḥ

tasmādviṣṇuṃ śivaṃ vāpi samaṃ buddhā samarcaya /
bhedakṛdduḥkhamāpnoti iha loke paratragha ca

yadarthamahamāyātastvatsamīpaṃ janādhipa /
tatte vakṣyāmi sumate sāvadhānaṃ niśāmaya

ātmaghātakapāpmāno dagdhāḥ kapilakopataḥ /
vasanti narake te tu rājaṃstava pitāmahāḥ

tānuddhara mahābhāga gaṅgānayanakarmaṇā /
gaṅgā sarvāṇi pāpāni nāśayatyeva bhūpate

keśāsthinakhadandāśca bhasmāpira nṛpasattama /
nayati viṣṇusadanaṃ spṛṣṭā gāṅgenara vāriṇā

yasyāsthi bhasma vā rājan gaṅgāyāṃ kṣipyate naraiḥ /
sa sarvapāpanirmuktaḥ prayāti bhavanaṃ hareḥ

yāni kāni ca pāpāni proktāni tava bhūpate /
tāni karmāṇira naśyanti gaṅgābindvabhiṣecanāt

sanaka uvāca
ityuktvā muniśārdūla mahārājaṃ bhagīratham /
dharmātmānaṃ dharmarājaḥ sadyaśvāntardadhetadā

sa tu rājā mahāprājñaḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragāḥ /
nikṣipya pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ saciveṣu yayau vanam

tuhinādrau tato gatvā naranārāyaṇāśramāt /
paścime tuhinākrānte śṛṅgeṣoḍaśayojane

tapastaptvānayāmāsa gaṅgāṃ trailokyapāvanīm