Narada Purana · Chapter 2.43

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge mohinīvasusaṃvāde gaṅgāmāhātmye guḍadhenuvidhikathanaṃ nāma dvicatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
vasiṣṭha uvāca
vasorvacanamākarṇya gaṅgāmāhātmyasūcakam /
punaḥ papraccha rājendraṃ taṃ vipraṃ svapurohitam

mohinyuvāca
śrutaṃ vipra mayā sarvaṃ godānādi śubhāvaham /
adhunā śrotumicchāmi gaṅgāvratamanuttamam

gaṅgādīnāṃ pūjanaṃ ca sthāpanaṃ tatra vā dvija /
kiṃ phalaṃ vada sarvajña tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā

adhunā gatidātā tvaṃ varjitāyāśca bandhubhiḥ /
patyā virahitā cāhaṃ putrahīnā vidāṃvara

tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ prāptā piturvacanagauravāt /
tadbhavānpraṇatāyā me gaṅgāmāhātmyaṃsaṃyutam /
devatārādhanaṃ brūhi yacchrutvā mucyate hyaghāt

vasiṣṭha uvāca
tacchrutvā mohinīvākyaṃ vasurvipraḥ pratāpavān /
sabhājya mohinīṃ bhūpa prāha vedavidāṃ varaḥ

vasuruvāca
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā devi lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

gaṅgāmāhātmyamakhilaṃ mahāpāpapraṇāśanam /
vṛṣadhvajena kathitaṃ śivena dayayā purā

prītyā devyābhi pṛṣṭena gaṅgātīranivāsinā /
devaistu bhuktaṃ pūrvāhṇe madhyāhne ṛṣibhistathā

aparāhṇe ca pitṛbhiḥ śarvarṃyāṃ guhyakādibhaiḥ /
sarvā velā atikramya naktabhojanamuttamam

upavāsādvāraṃ bhaikṣyaṃ bhaikṣyādvaramayācitam /
ayācitādvāraṃ naktaṃ tasmānnaktaṃ samācaret

haviṣyabhojanaṃ snānaṃ satyamāhāralāghavam /
agnikāryyamadhaḥśayyāṃ naktāśī ṣaṭ samācaret

gaṅgātīre māghamāse yaḥ kuryānnaktabhojanam /
śivāyatanapārśve tu kṛśaraṃ ghṛtasaṃyutam

naivedyaṃ ca nivedyaiva kṛśarānnaṃ śivasya tu /
kāṣṭhamaunena bhuñjāno jihvālaulyaṃ vivarjayet

palāśapatre bhuñjānaḥ śivaṃ smṛtvā jitendriyaḥ /
dharmarājasya devyāśca pṛthakpiṇḍaṃ prakalpayet

sopavāsaścaturddaśyāṃ bhavedubhayapakṣayoḥ /
paurṇamāsyāṃ tu gandhaiśca gaṅgāyāḥ salilaistathā

śivaṃ saṃsnāpya payasā madhvājyadadhibhiḥ pṛthak /
tathaiva hemapuṣpaṃ ca liṅgamūrdhni vinikṣipet

tato dadyāttu śaktyaivāpūpañca ghṛtapācitam /
tilāḍhakaṃ pragṛhyātha śivaliṅgopari kṣipet

nīlotpalaiśca sarveśaṃ pūjayetpaṅkajairapi /
tadalābhe tu sauvarṇaiḥ paṅkajaiḥ pūjayeddharam

pāyasaṃ cātra madhvaktaṃ ghṛtayuktaṃ ca guggulam /
ghṛtadīpaṃ tathā caiva candanādyairvilepanam

dadyādbhaktyā maheśāya tathā patraphalāni ca /
kṛṣṇagomithunaṃ caiva sarūpaṃ ca nivedayet

bhojayedbrāhmaṇānaṣṭau māsāṃte tu sadakṣiṇān /
varjayenmadhu māṃsaṃ ca taṃ māsaṃ brahmacaryavān

evaṃ kṛtvā yathoddiṣṭamekavāramidaṃ vratam /
yamaiśca niyamairyuktaḥ śraddhābhaktiparāyaṇaḥ

iha bhogānavāpnoti pretya cānuttamāṃ gatim /
indranīlapratīkāśairvimānaiḥ śikhisaṃyuktaiḥ

divyaratnamayaiścaiva divyabhogasamanvitaiḥ /
gatvā śivapuraṃ ramyaṃ sarvasvakulasaṃyutaḥ

suhṛdbhirvividhaiścaiva vividhānapyabhīpsitān /
bhuktvā bhogānaśeṣāṃśca yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

tato bhavati dharmātmā jaṃbūdvīpapatistathā /
tatra bhuṅkte samastāṃśca bhogānvigatakalmaṣaḥ

surūpaḥ subhagaścaiva tathā vihitaśāsanaḥ /
sarvarogavinirmuktaḥ so 'pyetatphalabhāgbhavet

vaiśākhe śuklapakṣe vā caturdaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ /
śālyannaṃ kṣīrasaṃyuktaṃ yaḥ kuryānnaktabhojanam

śivaṃ saṃpūjya puṣpādyairbhojyaṃ tu saṃnivedya ca /
kāṣṭhamaunena bhuñjāno vaṭakāṣṭena vai tathā

maunena prayato bhūtvā kuryādvai dantadhāvanam /
śivaliṅgasamīpe tu gaṅgātīre niśi svapet

paurṇamāsyāṃ prabhāte tu gaṅgāyāṃ vidhinā tathā /
snātvopavāsaṃ saṃkalpya kuryyājjāgaraṇaṃ niśi

liṅgaṃ ghṛtena saṃsnāpya puṣpagandhādibhistathā /
naivedyadhūpadīpaiśca saṃpūjya vṛṣabhaṃ śubham

suśvetapuṣpavastrādyairhāridraiścandanaistathā /
alaṅkṛtya vidhānena śivāya vinivedayet

brāhmaṇāṃśca yathāśakti pāyasena tu bhojayet /
evaṃ sakṛcca yo bhaktyā karoti śraddhayānvitaḥ

labhate daivapādonayugānāṃ dvisahasrakam /
tapaḥ kṛtvā tu niyamādyatpuṇyaṃ tadasaṃśayam

haṃsakundaprabhāyuktairvimānaiścandrasannibhaiḥ /
suśvetavṛṣayuktaiśca muktājālavibhūṣitaiḥ

svakīyapitṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ prayātīśvaramandiram /
nīlotpalasuṃgandhābhiḥ surūpābhiḥ samantataḥ

kāntābhirdivyarūpābhirbhuktvā bhogānanekaśaḥ /
anantakālamaiśvaryayukto bhūtvā tato bhuvi

jāyate sa mahīpālaḥ kīrtyaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ /
ekacchatreṇa sa mahīṃ pālayatyājñayā saha

ante vairāgyasaṃpanno gaṅgāṃ sa labhate punaḥ /
sa tayā śraddhayā yukto gaṅgāyāṃ maraṇaṃ labhet

tathā tatra smṛtiṃ labdhvā mokṣamāpnoti sa dhruvam /
jyeṣṭhe māsi site pakṣe daśamyāṃ hastasaṃyute

gaṅgātīre tu puruṣo nārī vā bhaktibhāvataḥ /
niśāyāṃ jāgaraṃ kṛtvā gaṅgāṃ daśavidhaistataḥ

puṣpairgandhaiśca naivedyaiḥ phalaiśca daśasaṃkhyāyā /
tathaiva dīpaistāṃbūlaiḥ pūjayecchraddhayānvitaḥ

snātvā bhaktyā tu jāhnavyāṃ daśakṛtvo vidhānataḥ /
daśaprasṛti kṛṣṇaṃśca tilānsarpiśca vai jale

saktupiṇḍānguḍapiṇḍāndadyācca daśasaṃkhyayā /
tato gaṅgātaṭe ramye hemnā rūpyeṇa vā tathā

gaṅgāyāḥ pratimāṃ kṛtvā vakṣyamāṇasvarūpiṇīm /
padmasvastikacihnasya saṃsthitasya tathopari

vastrasragdāmakaṇṭhasya pūrṇakuṃbhasya copari /
saṃsthāpya pūjayeddevīṃ tadalābhe mṛdādi vā

atha tatrāpyaśaktaścellikhetpiṣṭena vai bhuvi /
caturbhujāṃ sunetrāṃ ca candrāyutasamaprabhām

cāmarairvījyamānāṃ ca śvetacchatropaśibhitām /
suprasannāṃ ca varadāṃ karuṇārdranijāntarām

sudhāplāvitabhūpṛṣṭhāṃ devādibhirabhiṣṭutām /
divyaratnaparītāṃ ca diṃvyamālyānulepanām

dhyātvā jale yathāproktāṃ tatrārcāyāṃ tu pūjayet /
vakṣyamāṇena mantreṇa kuryātpūjāṃ viśeṣataḥ

pañcāmṛtena ca snānamarcāyāṃ tu viśiṣyate /
pratimāgre sthaṇḍile tu gomayenopalepayet

nārāyaṇaṃ maheśaṃ ca brahmāṇaṃ bhāskaraṃ tathā /
bhagīrathaṃ ca nṛpatiṃ himavantaṃ nageśvaram

gandhapuṣpādibhiścaiva yathāśakti prapūjayet /
daśaprasthāṃ stilāndadyāddaśa viprebhya eva ca

daśaprasthānyavāndadyāddaśa gavyairyathāhitān /
matsyakacchapamaṇḍūkamarādijalecarān

kāritānvai yathāśakti svarṇena rajatena vā /
tadalābhe piṣṭamayānabhyarcya kusumādibhiḥ /
gaṅgāyāṃ prakṣipetpūrvvaṃ mantreṇaiva tu mantravit

rathayātrādine tasminvibhave sati kārayet /
rathārūḍhapratikṛtiṃ gaṅgāyāstūttarāmukhām

bhramantyā darśanaṃ loke durlabhaṃ pāpakarmaṇām /
durgāyā rathayātrāsti tathaivātrāpi kārayet

evaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ /
daśapāpairvakṣyamāṇaiḥ sadya eva vimucyate

adattānāmupādānaṃ hiṃsā caivāvidhānataḥ /
paradāropasevā ca kāyikaṃ tribidhaṃ smṛtam

pāṃruṣyamanṛtaṃ vāpi paiśunyaṃ cāpi sarvaśaḥ /
asaṃbaddhapralāpaśca vācikaṃ syāccaturvidham

paradravyeṣvabhidhyānaṃ manasāniṣṭacintanam /
vitathābhiniveśaśca mānasaṃ trividhaṃ smṛtam

etairdaśavidhaiḥ pāpaiḥ koṭijanmasamudbhavaiḥ /
mucyate nātra saṃdeho brahmaṇo vacanaṃ yathā

daśa triṃśacca tānpūrvānpitṝneva tathāparān /
uddharatyeva saṃsārānmantreṇānena pūjitā

oṃ namo daśaharāyai nārāyaṇyai gaṅgāyai namaḥ /
iti mantreṇa yo martyo dine tasmindivāniśam

japetpacasahasrāṇi daśadharmaphalaṃ labhet /
uddareddaśa pūrvāṇi parāṇi ca bhavārṇavāt

vakṣyamāṇamidaṃ stotraṃ vidhinā pratigṛhya ca /
gaṅgāgre taddine japyaṃ viṣṇupūjāṃ pravartayet

oṃ namaḥ śivāyai gaṅgāyai śivadāyai namo 'stu te /
namo 'stu viṣṇurūpiṇyai gaṅgāyai te namo namaḥ

sarvadevasvarūpiṇyai namo bheṣajamūrtaye /
sarvasya sarvavyādhīnāṃ bhiṣakśreṣṭhe namo 'stu te

sthāṇujaṅgamasaṃbhūtaviṣahantri namo 'stu te /
saṃsāraviṣanāśinyai jīvanāyai namonamaḥ

tāpatritayahantryai ca prāṇeśvaryai namonamaḥ /
śāntyai saṃtāpahāriṇyai namaste sarvamūrtaye

sarvasaṃśuddhikāriṇyai namaḥ pāpavimuktaye /
bhuktimuktipradāyinyai bhogavatyai namonamaḥ

mandākinyai namaste 'stu svargadāyai namonamaḥ /
namastrailokyamūrtāyai tridaśāyai namonamaḥ

namaste śuklasaṃsthāyai kṣemavatyai namonamaḥ /
tridaśāsanasaṃsthāyai tejovatyai namo 'stu te

mandāyai liṅgadhāriṇyai nārāyaṇyai namonamaḥ /
namaste viśvamitrāyai revatyai te namonamaḥ

bṛhatyai te namo nityaṃ lokadhātryai namonamaḥ /
namaste viśvamukhyāyai nandinyai te namonamaḥ

pṛthvyai śivāmṛtāyai ca virajāyai namonamaḥ /
parāvaragatādyaiyai tārāyai te namonamaḥ

namaste svargasaṃsthāyai abhinnāyai namonamaḥ /
śāntāyai te pratiṣṭhāyai varadāyai namonamaḥ

ugrāyai nukhajalpāyai saṃjīvinyai namonamaḥ /
brahmagāyai brahmadāyai duritaghnyai namonamaḥ

praṇatārtiprabhañjinyai jaganmātre namonamaḥ /
viluṣāyai durgahantryai dakṣāyai te namonamaḥ

sarvāpatpratipakṣāyai maṅgalāyai namonamaḥ /
parāpare pare tubhya namo mokṣaprade sadā /
gaṅgā mamāgrato bhūyādgaṅgā me pārśvayostathā

gaṅgā me sarvato bhūyāttvayi gaṅge 'stu me sthitiḥ /
ādau tvamante madhye ca sarvā tvaṃ gāṅgate śive

tvameva mūlaprakṛtistvaṃ hi nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ /
gaṅge tvaṃ paramātmā ca śivastubhyaṃ namonamaḥ

itīdaṃ paṭhati stotraṃ nityaṃ bhaktiparastu yaḥ /
śṛṇoti śraddhayā vāpi kāyavācikasaṃbhavaiḥ

daśadhā saṃsthitairdeṣaiḥ sarvaireva pramucyate /
rogī pramucyate rogānmucyetāpanna āpadaḥ

dviṣabhdyo bandhanāccāpi bhayebhyaśca vimucyate /
sarvānkāmānavāpnoti pretya brahmaṇi līyate

idaṃ stotraṃ gṛhe yasya likhitaṃ paripūjyate /
nāgnicaurabhayaṃ tatra pāpebhyo 'pi bhayaṃ nahi

tasyāṃ daśamyāmetacca stotraṃ gaṅgājale sthitaḥ /
japaṃstu daśakṛtvaśca daridro vāpi cākṣamaḥ

so 'pi tatphalamāpnoti gaṅgāṃ saṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ /
pūrvoktena vidhānena phalaṃ yatparikīrtitam

yathā gaurī tathā gaṅgā tasmādgauryāstu pūjane /
vidhiryo vihitaḥ samyakso 'pi gaṅgāprapūjane

yathā śivastathā viṣṇuryathā viṣṇustathā hyumā /
umā yathā tathā gaṅgā cātra bhedo na vidyate

viṣṇurudrāntaraṃ yaśca gagāgauryantaraṃ tathā /
lakṣmīgauryataraṃ yaśca prabrūte mūḍhadhīstu saḥ

śuklapakṣe divā bhūmau gaṅgāyāmuttarāyaṇe /
dhanyā dehaṃ vimuñcanti hṛdayasthe janārdane

ye muñcanti narā-prāṇān gaṅgāyāṃ vidhinaṃ dini /
te viṣṇulokaṃ gacchanti stūyamānā divisthitaiḥ

arddhodakena jāhnavyāṃ mniyate 'naśanena yaḥ /
sa yāti na punarjanma brahmasāyujyameti ca

yā gatiryogayuktasya sātvikasya manīṣiṇaḥ /
sā getistyajataḥ prāṇān gaṅgāyāṃ tu śarīriṇaḥ

anaśanaṃ gṛhītvā yo gaṅgātīre mṛto naraḥ /
satyameva paraṃ lokamāpnoti pitṛbhiḥ saha

gaṅgāyāṃ maraṇātprāṇānyoḥ prājñastyaktumicchati /
gatāni bahujanmāni yatra yatra mṛtāni ca

mahāṃścāpi gataḥ kālo yatra tatrāpi gacchataḥ /
atradūre samīpe ca sadṛśaṃ yojanadvayam

gaṅgāyāṃ maraṇeneha nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /
jñānato 'jñānato vāpi kāmato 'pi vā

gaṅgāyāṃ tu mṛto martyaḥ svargaṃ mokṣaṃ ca vindati /
prāṇeṣūtsṛjyamāneṣu yo gaṅgāṃ saṃsmarennaraḥ

spṛśedvā pāpaśīlo 'pi sa vai yāti parāṃ gatim

gaṅgāṃ gatvā yaiḥ śarīraṃ visṛṣṭaṃ prāptā dhīrāste tu devaiḥ samatvam /
tasmātsurvānprohya muktipradānvai sevedgaṅgāmā śarīrasya pātam

antarikṣe kṣitau toye pāpīyānapi yo mṛtaḥ /
brahmaviṣṇuśivaiḥ pūjyaṃ padamakṣayyamaśnute

yo dharmiśṭaśca saprāṇaḥ prayataḥ śiṣṭasaṃmataḥ /
cintayenmanasā gaṅgāṃ sa gatiṃ paramāṃ labhet

yatra tatra mṛto vāpi maraṇe samupasthite /
bhaktyā gaṅgāṃ smaranyāti śaivaṃ vā vaiṣṇavaṃ puram

śaṃbhorjaṭākalāpāttu viniṣkrāntātikarkaśāt /
plāvayitvā divaṃ ninye yā pāpānyagarātmajān

yāvantyasthīni gaṅgāyāṃ tiṣṭhanti puruṣasya vai /
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate

gagātoye tu yasyāsthi nītvā prakṣipyate naraiḥ /
tatkālamāditaḥ kṛtvā svargaloke bhavetsthitiḥ

gaṅgātoye tu yasyāsthi prāpyate śubhakarmaṇaḥ /
na tasya punarāvṛttirbrahmalokātkathañcana

daśāhābhyantare yasya gaṅgātoye 'sthi saṃgatam /
gaṅgāyāṃ maraṇe yādṛktādṛkphalamavāpnuyāt

snātvā tataḥ pañcagavyena siktvā hiraṇyamadhvājyatilairniyojya /
tadasthipiṇḍaṃ puṭake nidhāya paśyan diśaṃ pretagaṇopagūḍhām

namo 'stu dharmāya vadanpraviśya jalaṃ sa me prīta iti kṣipecca /
snātvā tatastīrthavaṭākṣayaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā pradadyādatha dakṣiṇāṃ tu

evaṃ kṛtvā pretapure sthitasya svarge gatiḥ syātta mahendratulyā

pravāhamavadhiṃ kṛtvā yāvaddhastacatuṣṭayam /
tatra nārāyaṇaḥ svāmī nānyaḥ svāmī kadācana

na tatra pratigṛhṇīyātprāṇaiḥ kaṇṭhagatairapi /
bhādraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ yāvadākramate jalam

tāvadgabhaṃ vijānīyāttaddūraṃ tīramucyate /
sārddhahastaśataṃ yāvadgarbhastīraṃ tataḥ param

iti keṣāṃ mataṃ devi śrutismṛtiṣu saṃmatam /
tīrādgavyūtimātraṃ tu paritaḥ kṣetramucyate

tīraṃ tyaktvā vasetkṣetre tīre vāso na ceṣyate /
ekayojanavistīrṇā kṣetrasīmā taṭadvayāt

gaṅgāsīmāṃ na laghanti pāpānyapyakhilānyapi /
tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā palāyante yathā siṃhaṃ vanaukasaḥ

yatra gaṅgā mahābhāge rāmaśaṃbhutapovanam /
siddhakṣetraṃ tu tajjñeyaṃ samantāttu triyojanam

tīrthe na pratigṛhṇīyātpuṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca /
nimitteṣu ca sarveṣu tannivṛtto bhavennaraḥ

tīrthe yaḥ pratigṛhṇāti puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca /
niṣphalaṃ tasya tattīrthaṃ yāvattaddhanamucyate

gaṅgāvikrayāṇāddevi viṣṇorvikrayaṇaṃ bhavet /
janārdane tu vikrīte vikrītaṃ bhuvanatrayam

gaṅgā tīrasamudbhūtāṃ ma-daṃ mūrghnā bibharti yaḥ /
bibharti rūpaṃ sor'kasya tamonāśāya kevalam

gaṅgāpulinajāṃ dhūlimāstīryātha nijān pitṝn /
prīṇayanyo naraḥ piṇḍāndadyāttān svarnayedapi

idaṃ te 'bhihitaṃ bhadre gaṅgāmāhātmyamuttamam /
paṭhan śṛṇvannaro hyeti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam

nityaṃ japyamidaṃ bhaktyā prayataiḥ śraddhayānvitaiḥ /
vaiṣṇavīṃ gatimicchadbhiḥ śaivīṃ vā vidhinandini