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Narada Purana · Chapter 2.39

2.39.1

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge mohinīvasusaṃvāde gaṅgāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭatriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
vasuruvāca
śṛṇu mohini vakṣyāmi gaṅgāyā darśane phalam /
yaduktaṃ hi purāṇeṣu munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ

2.39.2

bhavanti nirviṣāḥ sarpā yathā tārkṣyasya daśa nāt /
gaṅgāsaṃdarśanāttadvatsarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

2.39.3

saptāvarān saptaparān pitṛṃstebhyaśca ye pare /
pumāṃstārayate gaṅgāṃ vīkṣya spṛṣṭvāvagāhya ca

2.39.4

darśanātsparśanātpānāttathā gaṅgeti kīrtanāt /
pumānpunāti puruṣāñchataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ

2.39.5

jñānamaiśvaryamatulaṃ pratiṣṭhāyuryaśastathā /
śubhānāmāśramāṇāṃ ca gaṅgādarśanajaṃ phalam

2.39.6

sarvendriyāṇāṃ cāñcalyaṃ vyasanāni ca pātakam /
nirghṛṇatvaṃ ca naśyanti gaṅgādarśana mātrataḥ

2.39.7

parahiṃsā ca kauṭilyaṃ paradoṣādyavekṣaṇam /
dāṃbhikatvaṃ nṛṇāṃ gaṅgādarśanādeva naśyati

2.39.8

muhurmuhustathā paśyetspṛśedvāpi muhurmuhuḥ /
bhaktyā yadicchati naraḥ śāśvataṃ padamavyayam

2.39.9

vāpīkūpataḍāgādiprapāsatrādibhistathā /
anyatra yadbhavetpuṇyaṃ tadgaṅgādarśanādbhavet

2.39.10

yatphalaṃ jāyate puṃsāṃ darśane paramātmanaḥ /
tadbhavedeva gaṅgāyā darśanādbhaktibhāvataḥ

2.39.11

naimiṣe ca kurukṣetre narmadāyāṃ ca puṣkare /
snānātsaṃsparśanā sevya yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ

2.39.12

tadgaṅgādarśanādeva kalau prāhurmaharṣayaḥ /
atha te smaraṇasyāpi gaṅgāyā bhūpabhāmini

2.39.13

pravakṣyāmi phalaṃ yattu purāṇeṣu prakīrtitam /
aśubhaiḥ karmabhiryuktānmajjamānānbhavārṇave

2.39.14

patato narake gaṅgā smṛtā dūrātsamuddharet /
yojanānāṃ sahasreṣu gaṅgāṃ smarati yo naraḥ

2.39.15

api duṣkṛtakarmā hi labhate paramāṃ gatim /
smaraṇādeva gaṅgāyāḥ pāpasaṃghātapañjaram

2.39.16

bhedaṃ sahasradhā yāti girirvajrahato yathā /
gacchaṃstiṣṭhansvapandhyāyañjāgradbhuñjan hasan rudan

2.39.17

yaḥ smaretsatataṃ gaṅgāṃ sa ca mucyeta bandhanāt /
sahasrayojanasthāśca gaṅgāṃ bhaktyā smaranti ye

2.39.18

gaṅgāgaṅgeti cākruśya mucyante te 'pi pātakāt /
ye ca smaranti vai gaṅgāṃ gaṅgābhaktiparāśca ye

2.39.19

te 'pyaśeṣairmahāpāpairmucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ /
bhavanāni vicitrāṇi vicitrābharaṇāḥ striyaḥ

2.39.20

ārogyaṃ vittrasaṃpattirgaṅgāsmaraṇañja phalam /
manasā saṃsmaredyastu gaṅgāṃ dūrasthito naraḥ

2.39.21

cāndrāyaṇasahasrasya sa phalaṃ labhate dhruvam /
gaṅgā gaṅgā japannāma yojanānāṃ śate sthitaḥ

2.39.22

mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati /
kīrtanānmucyate pāpāddarśanānmaṅgalaṃ labhet

2.39.23

avagāhya tathā pītvā punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam /
saptāvaparānparānsapta saptātha parataḥ parān

2.39.24

gaṅgā tārayate puṃsāṃ prasaṃgenāpi kīrtitā /
aśraddhayāpi gaṅgāyā yattu nāmānukīrtanam

2.39.25

karoti puṇyavāhinyāḥ so 'pi svargasya bhājanam /
sarvāvasthāṃ gato vāpi sarvadharmavivarjitaḥ

2.39.26

gaṅgāyāḥ kīrtanenaiva śubhāṃ gatimavāpnuyāt /
brahmahā guruhāgoghnaḥ spṛṣṭo vā sarvapātakaiḥ

2.39.27

gaṅgātoyaṃ naraḥ spṛṣṭvā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ /
kadā drakṣyāmi tāṃ gaṅgāṃ kadā snānaṃ labhe hyaham

2.39.28

iti puṃsābhilaṣitā kulānāṃ tārayecchatam /
atha snānaphalaṃ devi gaṅgāyāḥ pravadāmi te

2.39.29

yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ /
snātasya gaṅgāsalile sadyaḥ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati

2.39.30

apūrvapuṇyaprāptiśca sadyo mohini jāyate /
snātānāṃ śucibhistoyairgāṅgeyaiḥ prayatātmanām

2.39.31

vyuṣṭirbhavati yā puṃsāṃ na sā kratuśatairapi /
apahatya tamastīvraṃ yathā bhātyudaye raviḥ

2.39.32

tathāpahatya pāpmānaṃ bhāti gaṅgājalokṣitaḥ /
ekenaivāpi vidhinā snānena nṛpasundari

2.39.33

aśvamedhaphalaṃ martyo gaṅgāyāṃ labhate dhruvam /
anekajanmasaṃbhūtaṃ puṃsaḥ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati

2.39.34

snānamātreṇa gaṅgāyāḥ sadyaḥ syātpuṇyabhājanam /
anyasthānakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ gaṅgātīre vinaśyati

2.39.35

gaṅgātīre kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ gaṅgāsnānena naśyati /
rātrau divā ca saṃdhyāyāṃ gaṅgāyāṃ tu prayatnataḥ

2.39.36

snātvāśvamedhajaṃ puṇyaṃ gṛhe 'pyuddhṛtatatajjalaiḥ /
sarvatīrtheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarveṣṭāyataneṣu ca

2.39.37

tatphalaṃ labhate martyo gaṅgāsnānānna saṃśayaḥ /
mahāpātakasaṃyukto yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ

2.39.38

gaṅgāsnānena vidhivanmucyate sarvapātakaiḥ /
gaṅgā snānātparaṃ snānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati

2.39.39

viśeṣataḥ kaliyuge pāpaṃ harati jāhnavī /
nihatya kāmajāndoṣānkāyavākcittasaṃbhavān

2.39.40

gaṅgāsnānena bhaktyā tu modate divi devavat /
varṣaṃ snāti ca gaṅgāyāṃ yo naro bhaktisaṃyutaḥ

2.39.41

tasya syādvaiṣṇave loke sthitiḥ kalpaṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
āmṛtyuṃ snāti gaṅgāyāṃ yo naro nityameva ca

2.39.42

samastapāpanimuktaḥ samastakulasaṃyutaḥ /
samastabhogasaṃyukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate

2.39.43

parārddhadvitayaṃ yāvannātra kāryā vicāraṇā /
gaṅgāyāṃ snāti yo martyo nairantaryeṇa nityadā

2.39.44

jīvanmuktaḥ sa cātraiva mṛto viṣṇupadaṃ vrajet /
prātaḥsnānāddaśaguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ madhyandine smṛtam

2.39.45

sāyaṅkāle śataguṇamanantaṃ śivasannidhau /
kapilākoṭidānāddhi gaṅgāsnānaṃ viśiṣyate

2.39.46

kurukṣetrasamā gaṅgā yatra tatrāvagāhitā /
haridvāre prayāge ca siṃdhusaṃge phalādhikā

2.39.47

ye madīyāṃśusaṃtapte jale te snānti jāhnavi /
te bhitvā maṇḍalaṃ yānti mokṣaṃ ceti ravervacaḥ

2.39.48

yo gṛhe sve sthito 'pi tvāṃ snāne saṃkīrtayiṣyati /
so 'pi yāsyati nākaṃ vai ityāha varuṇaśca tām

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