Narada Purana · Chapter 2.41

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge mohinīvasusaṃvāde gaṅgāmāhātmye sthalaviśeṣasnānaphalakathanaṃ nāma catvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
vasuruvāca
athāvagāhanādīnāṃ karmaṇāṃ phalamucyate /
sāvadhānā śṛṇuṣva tvaṃ brahmaputri nṛpapriye

yaiḥ puṇyavāhinī gaṅgā sakṛdbhaktyāvagāhitā /
teṣāṃ kulānāṃ lakṣaṃ tu bhavāttārayate śivā

sāmānyasthānato devi tatra saṃdhyā hyupāsitā /
puṇyaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ kartuṃ samarthā dvijapāvanī

dattāḥ pitṛbhyo yatrāpastanayaiḥ śraddhayānvitaiḥ /
akṣayāṃ tu prakurvanti tṛptiṃ mohini durlabhām

yāvantaśca tilā martyārgṛhītāḥ pitṛkarmaṇi /
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi pitaraḥ svargavāsinaḥ

pitṛlokeṣu ye kecitsarveṣāṃ pitaraḥ sthitāḥ /
tarpyamāṇāḥ parāṃ tṛptiṃ yānti gaṅgājalaiḥ śubhaiḥ

ya icchetsaphalaṃ janma saṃtatiṃ vā śubhānane /
sa pitṝṃstarpayedgaṅgāmabhigamya surāṃstathā

ye matā durgatā martyāstarpitāstatkulodbhavaiḥ /
kuśaistilairgāṅgajalaiste prayānti hareḥ padam

svargasasthāśca ye kecitpitaraḥ puṇyaśīlinaḥ /
te tarpitā gāṅgajalairmokṣe yānti vidhervacaḥ

māsaṃ tarpaṇamātreṇa piṇḍasaṃpātanena ca /
gaṅgāyāṃ pitaraḥ sarve suprītāḥ sūryavarcasaḥ

apsaro gaṇaṇasaṃyuktānhemaratnavibhūṣitān /
muktājālaparicchannānveṇuvīṇānināditān

bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgādinirghoṣānsragvibhūṣitān /
gandharvadeharucirāndivyabhogasamanvitān

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āruhya tu vimānāgryānbrahyalokaṃ prayānti hi /
gaṅgāyāṃ tu naraḥ snātvā yo nityaṃ liṅgamarcayet

ekena janmanā mokṣaṃ paramānpoti sa dhruvam /
agnihotrāṇi vedāśca yajñāśca bahudakṣiṇāḥ

gaṅgāyāṃ liṅgapūjāyāḥ koṭyaṃśenāpi no samāḥ /
pitṝnudiśya vā devāngaṅgāṃbhibhiḥ prasiṃcayet

tṛptāḥ syustasya pitaro narakasthāśca tatkṣaṇāt /
mṛtkuṃbhāttāmrakuṃbhaistu snānaṃ daśaguṇaṃ smṛtam

raupyaiḥ śataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ hemaiḥ koṭiguṇaṃ smṛtam /
evamarghe ca naivedye balipūjādiṣu kramāt

pātrāṃ taraviśeṣeṇa phalaṃ caivottarottaram /
vibhave sati yo mohānna kuryādvidhivistaram

na sa tatkarmaphalabhāgdevadrohī prakīrtyate /
devānāṃ darśanaṃ puṇyaṃ darśanātsparśanaṃ varam

sparśanādarcanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ ghṛtasnānamataḥ param /
prāhurgaṅgājalaiḥ snānaṃ ghṛtasnānasamaṃ budhāḥ

arghyaṃ dravyaviśeṣeṇa gaṅgātoyena yaḥ sakṛt /
māgadhaprasthamātreṇa tāmrapātrasthitena ca

devatābhyaḥ pradadyāttu svakīyapitṛbhiḥ saha /
putrapautraiśca saṃyuktaḥ sa ca vai svargamāpnuyāt /
āpaḥ kṣīraṃ kuśāgrāṇi ghṛtaṃ dadhi tathā madhu

raktāni karavīrāṇi tathā vai raktacandanam /
aṣṭāṅgaireṣa yuktor'gho bhānave parikīrtitaḥ

viṣṇoḥ śivasya sūryyasya durgāyā brahmaṇastathā /
gaṅgātīre pratiṣṭhāṃ tu yaḥ karoti narottamaḥ

tathaivāyatanānyeṣāṃ kārayatyapi śaktitaḥ /
anyatīrtheṣu karaṇātkoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet

gaṅgātīrasamudbhūtamṛdā ligāni śaktitaḥ /
salakṣaṇāni kṛtvā tu pratiṣṭhāpya dine dine

mantreśca patrapuṣpādyaiḥ pūjayitvā ca śaktitaḥ /
gaṅgāyāṃ nikṣipennityaṃ tasya pupayamanantakam

sarvānandapradāyinyāṃ gaṅgāyāṃ yo narottamaḥ /
aṣṭākṣaraṃ japedbhaktya muktistasya kare sthitā

namo nārāyaṇāyeti praṇavādyaṃ niyamya ca /
ṣaṇmāsaṃ japataḥ sarvā hyupatiṣṭhanti siddhayaḥ

namaḥ śivāyeti mantraṃ satāraṃ vidhinā tu yaḥ /
caturviśatilakṣaṃ vai japetsākṣātsaśaṅkaraḥ

pañcākṣarī siddhavidyā śiva eva na saṃśayaḥ /
apavitraḥ pavitro vā japanniṣpātako bhavet

pūjitāyāṃ tu gaṅgāyāṃ pūjitāḥ sarva devatāḥ /
tasmātsarvaprayatnena pūjayedamarāpagām

caturbhujāṃ trinetrāṃ ca sarvāvayavaśobhitām /
ratnakuṃbhasitāṃbhojavarābhayakaraṃ śubhām

śvetavastraparīdhānāṃ muktāmaṇivibhūṣitām /
suprasannāṃ suvadanāṃ karuṇārdrahṛdaṃbujām

sudhāplāvitabhūpṛṣṭhāṃ trailokyanamitāṃ sadā /
dhyātvā jalamayīṃ gaṅgāṃ pūjayanpuṇyabhāgbhavet

māsārddhamapi yastvevaṃ nairantaryeṇa pūjayet /
sa eva devasadṛśo bahukāle phalādhikaḥ

vaiśākhaśuklasaptamyāṃ jahnunā jāhnavī purā /
krodhātpītā punastyaktā karṇaraṅghrāttu dakṣiṇāt

tāṃ tatra pūjayeddevīṃ gaṅgāṃ gaganamekhalām /
akṣayāyāṃ tu vaiśākhe kārtike 'pi śubhānane

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā yavānnaiśca tilaistathā /
viṣṇuṃ gaṅgāṃ ca śaṃbhuṃ ca pūjayedbhakti bhāvataḥ

tathā sugandhaiḥ kusumaiḥ kuṅkumāgarumandanaiḥ /
tulasībilvapatrādyairmātuluṅgaphalādibhiḥ

dhūpairdīpaiśca naivedyairyathā vibhavavistaraiḥ /
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca

divyaṃ vimānamāsthāya viṣṇuloke mahīyate /
tato mahītalaṃ prāpya rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ

bhuktvā vividhasaukhyāni rūpaśīlaguṇānvitaḥ /
dehānte jñānavānbhūtvā śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt

yajño dānaṃ tapo japyaṃ śrāddhaṃ ca surapūjanam /
gaṅgāyāṃ tu kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet

yastvakṣayatṛtīyāyāṃ gaṅgātīre dadāti vai /
ghṛtadhenuṃ vidhānena tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca /
sahasrādityasaṃkāśaḥ sarvakāmasamanvitaḥ

hemaratna maye citre vimāne haṃsabhūṣite /
svakīyapitṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ brahmaloke mahīyate

tatastu jāyate vipro gaṅgātīre dhanānvitaḥ /
ante tu brahmavidbhūtvā mokṣamāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ

tathaiva gopradānaṃ ca vidhinā kurute tu yaḥ /
golomasaṃkhyavarṣāṇi svargaloke mahīyate

jāyate ca kule paścāddhanadhānyasamākule /
ratnakāñcanabhūpūrṇe śīlavidyāyaśonvite

sa bhuktvā vipulānbhogānputrapautrasamanvitaḥ /
mokṣabhāgī bhavennṛnaṃ nātrakāryā vicāraṇā

kapilā yadi dattā syādvidhinā vedapārage /
narakasthānpitṝnsarvānsvargaṃ nayati vai tadā

bhūmiṃ nivartanamitāṃ gaṅgātīre dadāti yaḥ /
bhūmireṇupramāṇābdaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivātigaḥ

jāyate ca punarbhūmau saptadvīpapatirbhavet /
bherīśaṅkhādinirghoṣairgītavāditraniḥsvanaiḥ

stutibhirmāgaghānāṃ ca supto 'sau pratibudhyate /
sarvasaukhyānyavāpyeha sarvadharmaparāyaṇaḥ

narakasthānpitṝnsarvānprāpayitvā divaṃ tathā /
svargasthitānmokṣayitvā svayaṃ jñānī ca mohini

ante jñānāsinā chitvā avidyāṃ pañcaparvikām /
paraṃ vairāgyamāpannaḥ paraṃ brahmādhi gacchati

saptahastena daṇḍena triṃśaddaṇḍā nivartanam /
tribhāgahīnaṃ gocarma mānamāha vidhiḥ svayam

grāmaṃ gaṅgātaṭe yo vai brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati /
brahmaviṣṇuśivaprītye durgāyā bhāskarasya ca

sarvadāneṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam /
tapovrateṣu puṇyeṣu yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam

sahasraguṇitaṃ tattu vijñeyaṃ grāmadāyinaḥ /
sūryakoṭipratīkāśe vimāne vaiṣṇave pure

krīḍate śāṅkare vāpi stuto devādibhirmudā /
bhūmireṇvabdasaṃkhyākaṃ kālaṃ sthitvā ca tatra saḥ

aṇimādiguṇairyukte yogināṃ jāyate kule /
akṣayāyāṃ tu yo devi svarṇaṃ ṣoḍaśamāsikam

dadāti dvijamukhyāya so 'pi lokeṣu pūjyate /
annadānādviṣṇulokaṃ śaivaṃ vai tiladānataḥ

brāhmaṃ ratnapradānena gohiraṇyena vāsavam /
gāndharvaṃ svarṇavāsobhiḥ kīrtiṃ kanyāpradānataḥ

vidyayā muktidaṃ jñānaṃ prāpya yāyānnirañjanam /
gaṃmātīre naro yastu nānāvṛkṣaiḥ samanvitam

ārāmaṃ kārayedbhaktyā gṛhaṃ copavanānvitam /
kadalīnārikeraiśca kapitthāśokacaṃpakaiḥ

panasairbilvavṛkṣaiśca kadaṃbāśvatthapāṭalaiḥ /
āmraistālairnāgaraṅgairvṛkṣairanyaiśca saṃyutam

jātīvijayasaṃyuktaṃ tathā pāṭalarājitam /
nicitaṃ kārayitvaivamāvāsaṃ puṣpaśobhitam

śivāya viṣṇave vāpi durgāyai bhāskarāya ca /
prayacchati tathā bhaktyā sarvārthaṃ parikalpya ca

tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vakṣye saṃkṣepānnatu vistarāt /
yāvanti teṣāṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ puṣpamūlaphalāni ca

bījāni ca vicitrāṇi teṣāṃ mūlāni vai tathā /
tāvatkalpasahasrāṇi teṣāṃ lokeṣu saṃsthitiḥ