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Narada Purana · Chapter 2.38

2.38.1

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge mohinīcarite saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
vasiṣṭaṃ uvāca
sa vasurnṛpaśārdūla mohinīṃ yājyakāminīm /
uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā sarvalokahite rataḥ

2.38.2

vasuruvāca
śṛṇu mohinī vakṣyāmi tīrthānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ pṛthak /
yena vijñātamātreṇa pāpināṃ gatiruttamā

2.38.3

sarveṣāmapi tīrthānāṃ śreṣṭhā gaṃmā dharātale /
na tasyā sadṛśaṃ kiñcidvidyate pāpanāśanam

2.38.4

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya vasoḥ svasya purodhasaḥ /
praṇatā mohinī prāha gaṅgāsnānakṛtādarā

2.38.5

mohinyuvāca
bhagavanvāḍavaśreṣṭha gaṅgāmāhātmyamuttamam /
sarveṣāṃ ca purāṇānāṃ saṃmataṃ vada sāṃpratam

2.38.6

śrutvā māhātmyamatulaṃ gaṅgāyāḥ pāpanāśanam /
paścātpāpavināśinyāṃ snātuṃ yāsye tvayā saha

2.38.7

tacchrutvā mohinīvākyaṃ vasuḥ sarvapurāṇavit /
māhātmyaṃ kathayāmāsa gaṅgāyāḥ pāpanāśanam

2.38.8

vasuruvāca
te deśāste janapadāste śailā ste 'pi cāśramāḥ /
yeṣāṃ bhāgīrathī puṇyā samīpe vartate sadā

2.38.9

tapasā brahmacaryeṇa yajñaistyāgena vā punaḥ /
tāṃ gatiṃ na labhejjanturgaṅgāṃ saṃsevya yāṃ labhet

2.38.40

pūrve vayasi pāpāni kṛtvā karmāṇi ye narāḥ /
śeṣe gaṅgāṃ niṣevante te 'pi yānti parāṃ gatim

2.38.11

tiṣṭhedyugasahasraṃ tu pādenaikena yaḥ pumān /
māsamekaṃ tu gaṅgāyāṃ snātastulyaphalāvubhau

2.38.12

tiṣṭhetārvākchirā yastu yugānāmayutaṃ pumān /
tiṣṭhedyatheṣṭaṃ yaścāpi gaṅgāyāṃ sa viśiṣyate

2.38.13

bhūtānāmiha sarveṣāṃ duḥkhopahatacetasām /
gatimanveṣamāṇānāṃ na gaṅgāsadṛśī gatiḥ

2.38.14

prakṛṣṭaiḥ pātakair ghoraiḥ pāpinaḥ puruṣādhamān /
prasahya tārayedguṅgā gacchato niraye 'śucau

2.38.15

te samānāstu munibhirnūnaṃ devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ /
ye 'bhigacchanti satataṃ gaṅgāmabhimatāṃ suraiḥ

2.38.16

andhāñjaḍāndravyahīnāṃśca gaṅgā saṃpāvayedbṛhatī viśvarūpā /
devaiḥ seṃdrairmunibhirmānavaiśca niṣevitā sarvakālaṃ samṛddhye

2.38.17

pakṣādau kṛṣṇapakṣe tu bhūmau saṃnihitā bhavet /
yāvatpuṇyā hyamāvāsyā dināni daśa mohini

2.38.18

śuklapratipadādeśca dināni daśa saṃkhyayā /
pātāle sannidhānaṃ tu kurute svayameva hi

2.38.19

ārabhya śuklaikādaśyā dināni daśa yāni tu /
pañcamyaṃ tāni sā svarge bhavetsannihitā sadā

2.38.20

kṛte tu sarvatīrthāni tretāyāṃ puṣkaraṃ param /
dvāpare tu kurukṣetraṃ kalau gaṅgā viśiṣyate

2.38.21

kalau tu sarvatīrthāni svaṃ svaṃ vīryaṃ svabhāvataḥ /
gaṅgāyāṃ pratimuñcanti sā tu devī na kutracit

2.38.22

gaṅgāṃbhaḥ kaṇadigdhasya vāyoḥ saṃsparśanādapi /
pāpaśīlā api narāḥ parāṃ gatimavāpnuyuḥ

2.38.23

yo 'sau sarvagato viṣṇuścitsvarūpī janārdanaḥ /
sa eva dravarūpeṇa gaṅgāṃbho nātra saṃśayaḥ

2.38.24

brahmahā guruḍā goghnaḥ steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ /
gaṅgāṃbhasā ca pūyante nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

2.38.25

kṣetrasthamṛddhṛtaṃ vāpi śītamuṣṇamathāpi vā /
gāṅgeyaṃ tu harettoyaṃ pāpamāmaraṇāntikam

2.38.26

varjyaṃ paryuṣitaṃ toyaṃ varjyaṃ puryuṣitaṃ dalam /
na varjyaṃ jāhnavītoyaṃ na varjyaṃ tulasīdalam

2.38.27

meroḥ suvarṇasya ca sarvaratnaiḥ saṃkhyopalānāmudakasya vāpi /
gaṅgājalānāṃ na tu śaktirasti vaktuṃ guṇākhyāparimāṇamatra

2.38.28

tīrthayātrāvidhiṃ kṛtsnamakurvāṇo 'pi yo naraḥ /
gaṅgātoyasya māhātmyātso 'pyatra phalabhāgbhavet

2.38.29

cintāmaṇiguṇāccāpi gaṅgāyāstoyabindavaḥ /
viśiṣṭā yatprayacchanti bhaktebhyo vāñchitaṃ phalam

2.38.30

gaṇḍūṣamātrato bhaktyā sakūdgaṅgāṃbhasā naraḥ /
kāmadhenu stanodbhūtānbhuṅkte divyarasāndivi

2.38.31

śālagrāmaśilāyāṃ yastu gaṅgājalaṃ kṣipet /
apahatya tamastīvraṃ bhāti sūryo yathodaye

2.38.32

manovākkāyajairgrastaḥ pāpairbahuvidhairapi /
vīkṣya gaṅgāṃ bhavetpūtaḥ puruṣo nātra saṃśayaḥ

2.38.33

gaṅgātoyābhiṣiktāṃ tu bhikṣāmaśnāti yaḥ sadā /
sarpavatkañcukaṃ muktvā pāpahīno bhavetsa vai

2.38.34

himavadvindhyasadṛśā rāśayaḥ pāpakarmaṇām /
gaṅgāṃbhasā vinaśyanti viṣṇubhaktyā yathāpadaḥ

2.38.35

praveśamātre gaṅgāyāṃ snānārthaṃ bhaktito nṛṇām /
brahmahatyādipāpāni hāhetyuktvā prayāntyalam

2.38.36

gaṅgātīre vasennityaṃ gaṅgātoyaṃ pibetsadā /
yaḥ pumānsa vimucyeta pātakaiḥ pūrvasaṃcitaiḥ

2.38.37

yo vai gaṅgāṃ samāśritya nityaṃ tiṣṭhati nirbhayaḥ /
sa eva devairmartyaiśca pūjanīyo maharṣibhiḥ

2.38.38

kimaṣṭāṅgena yogena kiṃ tapobhiḥ kimadhvaraiḥ /
vāsa eva hi gaṅgāyāṃ sarvato 'pi viśiṣyate

2.38.39

kiṃ yajñairbahubhirjāpyaiḥ kiṃ tapobhirdhanārpaṇaiḥ /
svargamokṣapradā gaṅgā sukhasevyā yataḥ sthitā

2.38.40

yajñairyamaiśca niyamairdānaiḥ saṃnyāsato 'pi vā /
na tatphalamavāproti gaṅgāṃ sevya yadāpnuyāt

2.38.41

prabhāse gosahastreṇa rāhugraste divākare /
yatphalaṃ labhate martyo gaṅgāyāṃ taddinena vai

2.38.42

anyopāyāṃśca yastyaktvā mīkṣakāmaḥ suniścitaḥ /
gaṅgātīre sukhaṃ tiṣṭhetsa vai mokṣasya bhājanam

2.38.43

vārāṇasyāṃ viśeṣaṇa gaṅgā sadyastu mokṣadā /
pratimāsaṃ caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ caiva sarvadā

2.38.44

gaṅgātīre nivāsaśca yāvajjīvaṃ ca siddhidaḥ /
kṛcchrāṇi sarvadā kṛtvā yatphalaṃ sukhamaśnute

2.38.45

sadā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caiva tallabhejjāhnavītaṭe /
gaṅgāsevāparasyeha divasārddhena yatphalam

2.38.46

na tacchakyaṃ brahmasute prāptuṃ kratuśatairapi /
sarvayajñatapodānayogasvādhyāyakarmabhiḥ

2.38.47

yatphalaṃ tallabhedbhaktyā gaṅgātīranivāsataḥ /
yatpuṇyaṃ satyavacanairnaiṣṭhikabrahmacāriṇām

2.38.48

yadagnihotriṇāṃ puṇyaṃ tattu gaṅgānivāsataḥ /
samātṛpitṛdārāṇāṃ kulakoṭimanantakam

2.38.49

gaṅgābhaktistārayate saṃsārārṇavato dhruvam /
saṃtoṣaḥ paramaiśvaryaṃ tattvajñānaṃ sukhātmanām

2.38.50

vinayācārasaṃpattirgaṅgābhaktasya jāyate /
kṛtakṛtyo bhavenmartyo gaṅgāṃ prāpyaiva kevalam

2.38.51

tadbhaktastatparaśca syānmṛto vāpi na saṃśayaḥ /
bhaktyā tajjalasaṃsparśī tajjalaṃ pibate ca yaḥ

2.38.52

anāyāsena hi naro mokṣo pāyaṃ sa vindati /
dīkṣitaḥ sarvayajñeṣu somapānaṃ dine dine

2.38.53

sarvāṇi yaṃṣāṃ gaṅgāyāstoyaiḥ kṛtyāni sarvadā /
dehaṃ tyaktvā narāste tu modante śivasannidhau

2.38.54

devāḥ somārkasaṃsthāni yathā śakrādayo mukhaiḥ /
amṛtānyupabhuñjanti tathā gaṅgājalaṃ narāḥ

2.38.55

kanyādānaiśca vidhivadbhūmidānaiśca bhaktitaḥ /
annadānaiśca godānaiḥ svarṇadānādibhistathā

2.38.56

rathāśvagajadānaiśca yatpuṇyaṃ parikīrtitam /
tataḥ śataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ gaṅgāṃbhaśculukāśanāt

2.38.57

cāndrāyaṇasahasrāṇāṃ yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam /
tato 'dhikaphalaṃ gaṅgātoyapānādavāpyate

2.38.58

gaṇḍūṣamātrapāne tu aśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet /
svacchandaṃ yaḥ pibedaṃbhastasya muktiḥ kare sthitā

2.38.59

tribhiḥ sārasvataṃ toyaṃ saptabhistvatha yāmunam /
nārmadaṃ daśabhirmāsairgāṅgaṃ varṣeṇa jīryati

2.38.60

śāstreṇākṛtatoyānāṃ mṛtānāṃ kvāpi dehanām /
taduttaraphalāvāptirgaṅgāyāmasthiyogataḥ

2.38.61

cāndrāyaṇasahasraṃ tu yaścaretkāyaśodhanam /
yaḥ pibettu yatheṣṭhaṃ hi gaṅgāmbhaḥ sa viśiṣyate

2.38.62

gaṅgāṃ paśyati yaḥ stauti snāti bhaktyā pibejjalam /
sa svargaṃ jñānamamalaṃ yogaṃ mokṣaṃ ca vindati

2.38.63

yastu sūryyāṃśuniṣṭaptaṃ gāṅgeyaṃ pibate jalam /
gomūtrayāvakāhārādgāṅgapānaṃ viśiṣyate

Original text: Nāradapurāṇa (or Nāradīyapurāṇa) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0