pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: गुर्वर्थमभयार्थे वा वर्जयित्वा युधिष्ठिर। येऽनृतं कथयन्ति स्म ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They, O Yudhishthira, that speak an untruth on occasions other than those when such untruth is necessary for serving the purpose of the preceptor or for giving the assurance of safety to a person in fear of his life, sink in hell.
Sanskrit: परदाराभिहर्तारः परदाराभिमर्शिनः। परदारप्रयोक्तारस्ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who ravish other people's wives or have sexual intercourse with them, or assist at such sinful acts, sink in hell.
Sanskrit: ये परस्वापहर्तारः परस्वानां च नाशकाः। सूचकाश्च परेषां ये ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who rob others of their riches or destroy the riches and properties of other people, or trumpet the shortcomings of other people, sink in hell.
Sanskrit: प्रपाणां च सभानां च संक्रमाणां च भारत। अगाराणां च भेत्तारो नरा निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who spoil tanks used by cattle for satisfying thirst, who injure buildings used for public meetings, who break down bridges and causeways, and who pull down dwelling houses, have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: अनाथां प्रमदां बालां वृद्धां भीता तपस्विनीम्। वञ्चन्ति नरा ये च ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who lead astray and cheat helpless women, or girls or aged dames, or such women as have been frightened, have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: वृत्तिच्छेदं गृहच्छेदं दारच्छेदं च भारत। मित्रच्छेदं तथाऽऽशायास्ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who destroy the means of other people's subsistence, they who root out the habitations of other people, they who rob others of their wives, they who sow dissensions among friends, and they who destroy the hopes of other people, sink in hell.
Sanskrit: सूचकाः सेतुभेत्तारः परवृत्त्युपजीवकाः। अकृतज्ञाश्च मित्राणां ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who trumpet forth the faults of others, they who break down bridges or causeways, they who live by following other people's calling and they who are ungrateful to friends for services received, have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: पाषण्डा दूषकाश्चैव समयानां च दूषकाः। ये प्रत्यवसिताश्चैव ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who have no faith in the Vedas and show no respect for them, they who break the vows made by themselves or make others to break them, and they who fall away from their status through sin, sink in hell.
Sanskrit: विषमव्यवहाराश्च विषमाश्चैव वृद्धिषु। लाभेषु विषमाश्चैव ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who follow improper conduct they who take exorbitant rates of interest, and they who make unduly large profits on sales, have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: दूतसंव्यवहाराश्च निष्परीक्षाश्च मानवाः। प्राणिहिंसाप्रवृत्ताश्च ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who are given to gambling, they who unhesitatingly perform wicked acts, and they who are given to killing living creatures, have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: कृताशं कृतनिर्देशं कृतभक्तं कृतश्रमम्। भेदैर्ये व्यपकर्षन्ति ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who make the masters dismiss the servants that are hoping for rewards or are in the enjoyment of wages or salaries or waiting for returns in respect of valuable services already done, have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: पर्यश्नन्ति च ये दारानग्निभृत्यातिथींस्तथा। उत्सन्नपितृदेवेज्यास्ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who themselves eat without offering portions thereof to their wives or their sacred fires or their servants or their guests, and they who do not perform the rites laid down in the scriptures for honouring the departed manes and deities, have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: वेदविक्रयिणश्चैव वेदानां चैव दूषकाः। वेदानां लेखकाश्चैव ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who sell the Vedas, they who find fault with the Vedas, and they who reduce the Vedas into writing, have all to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: चातुराश्रम्यबाह्याश्च क्षुतिबाह्याश्च ये नराः। विकर्मभिश्च जीवन्ति ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who are out of the limit of the four wellknown modes of life, they who follow to practices interdicted by the Shrutis and the Scriptures, and they who perform wicked or sinful deeds or who do not belong to their order of birth have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: केशविक्रयिका राजन् विषविक्रयिकाश्च ये। क्षीरविक्रयिकाश्चैव ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who live by selling hair, they who live by selling poisons, and they who live by selling milk have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणानां गवां चैव कन्यानां च युधिष्ठिर। येऽन्तरं यान्ति कार्येषु ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who put impediments in the path of Brahmanas and kine and maidens, Yudhishthira, have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: शस्त्रविक्रयिकाश्चैव कर्तारश्च युधिष्ठिर। शल्यानां धनुषां चैव ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who sell weapons, they who forge weapons, they who make arrows, and they who make bows, have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: शिलाभिः शङ्कभिर्वापि शुभैर्वा भरतर्षभ। ये मार्गमनुरुन्धन्ति ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who obstruct paths and roads with stones and thorns and holes have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: उपाध्यायांश्च भृत्यांश्च भक्तांश्च भरतर्षभ। ये त्यजन्त्यविकारांस्त्रीस्ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who renounce preceptors and servants and loyal followers without any offence, o foremost of Bharata's race, have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: अप्राप्तदमकाश्चैव नासानां वेधकाश्च ये। बन्धकाश्च पशूनां ये ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who set bullocks to work when the animals have not come of age, they who bore the noses of bullocks and other animals for controlling them the better while engaged in work, and they who keep animals always tethered, have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: अगोप्तारश्च राजानो बलिषड्भागतस्कराः। समर्थाश्चाप्यदातारस्ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: Those kings who do not protect their subjects while forcibly collect from them a sixth share of the produce of their fields, and they who though able and possessed of resources abstain from making gifts have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: क्षान्तान् दान्तांस्तथा प्राज्ञान् दीर्घकालं सहोषितान्। त्यजन्ति कृतकृत्या ये ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: They who renounce persons gifted with forgiveness, selfcontrol and wisdom, or those with whom they have associated for many years when these are no longer of service to them have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: बालानामथ वृद्धानां दासानां चैव ये नराः। अदत्त्वा भक्षयन्त्यग्रे ते वै निरयगामिनः॥
English: Those men who themselves eat without giving parts of the food to children, aged men and servants, have to sink in hell.
Sanskrit: एते पूर्वं विनिर्दिष्टाः प्रोक्ता निरयगामिनः। भागिनः स्वर्गलोकस्य वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ॥
English: All these men numbered above have to go to hell. Listen now to me, O foremost of Bharata's race, as I tell you who those men are who ascend to heaven.
Sanskrit: सर्वेष्वेव तु कार्येषु दैवपूर्वेषु भारत। हन्ति पुत्रान् पशून् कृत्स्नान् ब्राह्मणातिक्रमः कृतः।।८४
English: The man who transgresses against a Brahmana by obstructing the adoration of gods, suffer from the loss of all his children and animals.
Sanskrit: दानेन तपसा चैव सत्येन च युधिष्ठि। ये धर्ममनुवर्तन्ते ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men, O Yudhishthira, who perform the duties laid down in the scriptures for them, practising the virtues of charity self control and truthfulness, go to the celestial region.
Sanskrit: शुश्रूषाभिस्तपोभिश्च विद्यामादाय भारत। ये प्रतिग्रहनि:स्नेहास्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who having acquired knowledge by making obedient services to their preceptors and performing austere penances, are unwilling to accept gifts, succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: भयात्पापात्तथा बाधाद् दारियाद् व्याधिधर्षणात्। यत्कृते प्रतिमुच्यन्ते ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who save people from fear and sin and who remove the obstacles lying in the way of what they wish to accomplish and poverty and the sufferings of disease, succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: क्षमावन्तश्च धीराश्च धर्मकार्येषु चोत्थिताः। मङ्गलाचारसम्पन्नाः पुरुषाः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who are gifted with a forgiving disposition, who are endued with patience, who are ready to perform all righteous rites, and who are of pure conduct, succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: निवृत्ता मधुमांसेभ्यः परदारेभ्य एव च। निवृत्ताश्चैव मद्येभ्यस्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who abstain from honey and meat, who abstain from sexual intercourse with the wives of other people, and who abstain from wines and spirituous liquors succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: आश्रमाणां च कर्तारः कुलानां चैव भारत। देशानां नगराणां च ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who help in the establishment of asylums for ascetics, who be come founders of families, O Bharata, who open up new countries for purposes of dwelling and implant towns and cities, succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: वस्त्राभरणदातारो भक्तपानान्नदास्तथा। कुटुम्बानां च दातारः पुरुषाः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who distribute cloths and ornaments, as also food and drink, and who help in marrying others succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: सर्वहिंसानिवृत्ताश्च नराः सर्वसहाश्च ये। सर्वस्याश्रयभूताश्च ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who have abstained from all sorts of injury or harm to all creatures, who can endure everything, and who have made themselves the refuge of all creatures succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: मातरं पितरं चैव शुश्रूषन्ति जितेन्द्रियाः। भ्रातृणां चैव सस्नेहास्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who wait humbly upon their parents, who have controlled their senses, and who are affectionate towards their brothers, succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: आढ्याश्च बलवन्तश्च यौवनस्थाश्च भारत। ये वै जितेन्द्रिया धीरास्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who master their senses though they are rich in worldly possessions, endued with robust constitution and gifted with youthful vigour, succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: अपराधिषु सस्नेहा मृदवो मृदुवत्सलाः। आराधनसुखाश्चापि पुरुषाः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who are kind even towards the offenders who are of mild disposition, who have an affection for all who are of mild behaviour, and who contribute to the happiness of others by rendering them every kind of service in humility, succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: सहस्रपरिवेष्टारस्तथैव च सहस्रदाः। त्रातारश्च सहस्राणां ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who protect thousands of people, who make gifts to thousands of people, and who rescue thousands of people from distress, succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: सुवर्णस्य च दातारो गवां च भरतर्षभ। यानानां वाहनानां च नराः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who make gifts of gold and of kine, O foremost of Bharata's race, as also of conveyances and animals, succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: ते वैवाहिकानां द्रव्याणां प्रेष्याणां च युधिष्ठिर। दातारो वाससां चैव ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who give away such articles as are necessary in marriages, as also servants and maids, and cloths and robes succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: विहारावसथोद्यानकूपारामसभाप्रपाः। वप्राणां चैव कर्तारस्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who make public pleasure houses, gardens, well, resting houses, and buildings for public meetings, and tanks for enabling cattle and men to satisfy their thirst and fields for cultivation, O Bharata succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: निवेशनानां क्षेत्राणां वसतीनां च भारत। दातारः प्रार्थितानां च ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः।।१००।
English: Those men who give houses and fields and populated villages to persons that want them, succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: रसानां चाथ बीजानां धान्यानां च युधिष्ठिर। स्वयमुत्पाद्य दातारः पुरुषाः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those who having themselves manufactured drinks of sweet taste and seeds and paddy or rice, give them to others, succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: यस्मिंस्तस्मिन् कुले जाता बहुपुत्राः शतायुषः। सानुक्रोशा जितक्रोधाः पुरुषाः स्वर्गगामिनः॥
English: Those men who having been born in families high or low beget hundreds of children and live long lives, practising mercy and keeping anger under complete control, succeed in ascending to heaven.
Sanskrit: एतदुक्तममुत्रार्थं दैवं पित्र्यं च भारत। दानधर्मं च दानस्य यत् पूर्वमृषिभिः कृतम्॥
English: I have thus explained to you, O Bharata, what the rites are in honour of the deities and the departed manes which are performed by people for the sake of the other world, what the ordinances are about making gifts, and what the views are of the Rishis of former times about both the articles of gift and the manner of giving them. inen
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच इदं मे तत्त्वतो राजन् वक्तुमर्हसि भारत। अहिंसयित्वापि कथं ब्रह्महत्या विधीयते॥
English: Yudhishthira said O descendant of Bharata's race, you should answer this question of mine truly and in detail. What are those circumstances under which a person may become guilty of Brahmanicide without actually killing a Brahmana.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच व्यासमामन्त्र्य राजेन्द्र पुरा यत् पृष्टवानहम्। तत्तेऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि तदिहैकमनाः शृणु॥
English: Bhishma said Formerly, O king, I had one day requested Vyasa to explain to me this very subject. I shall now describe to you what Vyasa told me on that occasion. Do you listen to it with rapt attention.
Sanskrit: चतुर्थस्त्वं वसिष्ठस्य तत्त्वमाख्याहि मे मुने। अहिंसयित्वा केनेह ब्रह्महत्या विधीयते॥
English: Going to Vyasa, I addressed him saying You, O great ascetic, are the fourth in descent from Vaishishtha! Do you explain to me this. What are those circumstances under which one becomes guilty of Brahmanicide without actually killing a Brahmana?
Sanskrit: इति पृष्टो मया राजन् पराशरशरीरजः। अब्रवीन्निपुणो धर्मे नि:संशयमनुत्तमम्॥
English: Thus addressed by me, the own begotten son of Parashara, o king an adept in the science of morality gave me the following answer at once excellent and fraught with certainly.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणं स्वयमाहूय भिक्षार्थे कृशवृत्तिनम्। बयानास्तीति यः पश्चात्तं विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्॥
English: You should know that man as guilty of Brahmanicide who having of his own accord invited a Brahmana of pious conduct to his house for giving him alms then refuses too give anything on the pretence of there being nothing in the house.
Sanskrit: मध्यस्थस्येह विप्रस्य योऽनूचानस्य भारत। वृत्तिं हरति दुर्बुद्धिस्तं विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्॥
English: You should, O Bharata, know that man as guilty of Brahmanicide who destroys the means of living of a Brahmana well-read in the Vedas, and all their branches and who is shorn of attachments to worldly creatures and goods.
Sanskrit: गोकुलस्य तृषार्तस्य जलार्थे वसुधाधिप। उत्पादयति यो विघ्नं तं विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्॥
English: You should o king, know that man to be guilty of Brahmanicide who puts impediments in the way of thirsty kine while engaged in satisfying that thirst.
Sanskrit: यः प्रवृत्तां श्रुति सम्यक् शास्त्रं वा मुनिभिः कृतम्। दूषयत्यनभिज्ञाय तं विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्॥
English: You should take that man as guilty of Brahmanicide who, without studying them, finds fault with the Shrutis that have come down: from preceptor to pupil for ages and ages together, or with those scriptures that have been composed by the Rishis.
Sanskrit: आत्मजां रूपसम्पन्नां महतीं सदृशे वरे। न प्रयच्छति यः कन्यां तं विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्॥
English: You should know that man as guilty of Brahmanicide who does not confer upon a suitable bridegroom his daughter endued with beauty and other excellent qualities.
Sanskrit: अधर्मनिरतो मूढो मिथ्या यो वै द्विजातिषु। दद्यान्मर्मातिगं शोकं तं विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्॥
English: You should know that foolish and sinful wightought to be guilty of Brahmanicide who pains the Brahmanas to the very core of their hearts.
Sanskrit: चक्षुषा विप्रहीणस्य पंगुलस्य जडस्य वा। हरेत यो वै सर्वस्वं तं विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्॥
English: You should know that man to be guilty of Brahmanicide who robs the blind, the lame, and idiots.
Sanskrit: आश्रमे वा वने वापि ग्रामे वा यदि वा पुरे। अग्निं समुत्सृजेन्मोहात्तं विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्॥
English: You should know that man to be guilty of Brahmanicide who sets fire to the hermitage of ascetics or to forests or to a village or a town.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच तीर्थाना दर्शनं श्रेयः स्नानं च भरतर्षभ। श्रवणं च महाप्राज्ञ श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः॥
English: Yudhishthira said It has been said that sojourns to sacred waters is full of merit; that ablutions in such waters is meritorious; and that listening to the excellence of such waters is also meritorious. I wish to hear you expatiate on this subject, O grandfather.
Sanskrit: पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यानि भरतर्षभ। वक्तुमर्हसि मे तानि श्रोतास्मि नियतं प्रभो॥
English: You should, O chief of Bharata's race, mention to me the sacred waters existing on this Earth. I wish you of great power to hear you describe to me this subject.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच इममङ्गिरसा प्रोक्तं तीर्थवंशं महाद्युते। श्रोतुमर्हसि भद्रं ते प्राप्स्यसे धर्ममुत्तमम्॥
English: Bhishma said O you of great splendour, Angiras thus enumerated the sacred waters on the Earth. Blessed be you, you should listen to it, for you will then acquire great merit.
Sanskrit: तपोवनगतं विप्रमभिगम्य महामुनिम्। पप्रच्छाङ्गिरसं धीरं गौतमः संशितव्रतः॥ अस्ति मे भगवन् कश्चित्तीर्थेभ्यो धर्मसंशयः। तत् सर्वे श्रोतुमिच्छामि तन्मे शंस महामुने॥
English: Once on a time approaching the great and learned Rishi Angiras gifted with tranquillity of soul, while he was living in a forest, Gautama of rigid vows questioned him, saying O illustrious one, I have some doubts regarding the merits of sacred waters and shrines. I wish to hear you describe that subject. Do you therefore, O ascetic describe it to me.
Sanskrit: उपस्पृश्य फलं किं स्योत्तेषु तीर्थेषु वै मुने। प्रेत्यभावे महाप्राज्ञ तद् यथास्ति तथा वद॥
English: What merits are acquired by a person regarding the next world, by bathing in the sacred waters on the Earth, O you of great wisdom? Do you explain to me this truly and according to the ordinance.
Sanskrit: अंगीरस उवाच सप्ताहं चन्द्रभागां वै वितस्तामूर्मिमालिनीम्। विगाह्य वै निराहारो निर्मलो मुनिवद् भवेत्॥
English: Angiras said A person by bathing for seven days successively in the Chandrabhaga or the Vitasta whose waters are always seen to dance in waves, fasting all the while, is sure to become purged of all his sins and endued with the merit of an ascetic.
Sanskrit: काश्मीरमण्डले नद्यो याः पतन्ति महानदम्। ता नदीः सिन्धुमासाद्य शीलवान् स्वर्गमाप्नुयात्॥
English: There ere many rivers in the country called Kashmira. All these fall into the great river called Sindhu (Indus). By bathing in these rivers one is sure to become gifted with good character and to ascend to heaven after leaving this world.
Sanskrit: पुष्करं च प्रभासं च नैमिषं सागरोदकम्। देविकामिन्द्रमार्गं च स्वर्णबिन्दुं विगाह्य च॥ विबोध्यते विमानस्थः सोऽप्सरोभिरभिष्टुतः।
English: By bathing in Pushkara, Prabhasa and Naimisha, and the ocean and Devika, and Indramarga and Svarnabindu, one is sure to ascend where, seated on a celestial car, one is sure be filled with joy on being worshipped by the Apsaras
Sanskrit: हिरण्यबिन्दुं विक्षोभ्य प्रयतश्चाभिवाद्य च॥ कुशेशयं च देव तं धूयते तस्य किल्बिषम्।
English: By bathing in the waters of Hiranyabindu with a concentrated mind and respecting that sacred river, and bathing next at Kusheshaya and Devanta, one becomes purged of all one's sins.
Sanskrit: इन्द्रतोयां समासाद्य गन्धमादनसंनिधौ॥ करतोयां कुरङ्गे च त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः। अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति विगाह्य प्रयतः शुचिः॥
English: Going to Indratoya near the Mountains of Gandhamadana and next to Karatoyas in the country called Kuranga, one should fast for three days and then bathe in those sacred waters with a concentrated heart and pure body. By doing this, one is sure to acquire the merit of a Horse-sacrifice.
Sanskrit: गङ्गाद्वारे कुशावर्ते बिल्वके नीलपर्वते। तथा कनखले स्नात्वा धूतपाप्मा दिवं व्रजेत्॥
English: Bathing in Gangadvara and Kushavarta and Vilvaka in the Blue mountains, as also in Kanakhala, one is sure to become purged of all one's sins and then ascend to heaven.
Sanskrit: अपां ह्रद उपस्पृश्य वाजिमेधफलं लभेत्। ब्रह्मचारी जितक्रोधः सत्यसंधस्त्वहिंसकः॥
English: If one becomes a Brahmacharin and control his anger, devotes oneself to truth and practises mercy towards all creatures, and then bathes in the Lake of Waters, one is sure to acquire the merit of a Horse-sacrifice.
Sanskrit: यत्र भागीरथी गङ्गा पतते दिशमुत्तराम्। महेश्वरस्य त्रिस्थाने यो नरस्त्वभिषिच्यते॥ एकमासं निराहारः स पश्यति हि देवताः।
English: That part where Bhagirathi-Ganga flows northwards is known as the union of heaven, Earth, and the nether regions. Fasting for one month and bathing in that sacred Tirtha which is acceptable to Maheshvara, one can see the deities.
Sanskrit: सप्तगङ्गे त्रिगङ्गे च इन्द्रमार्गे च तर्पयन्॥ सुधां वै लभते भोक्तुं यो नरो जायते पुनः।
English: One who gives oblations of water to his departed manes at Saptaganga and Triganga and Indramarga, obtains ambrosia for food if one has still to go through rebirth.
Sanskrit: महाश्रम उपस्पृश्य योऽग्निहोत्रपरः शुचिः॥ एकमासं निराहारः सिद्धिं मासेन स व्रजेत्।
English: The man who in a pure state of body and mind performs his daily Agnihotra and fasts for one month and then bathes in Mahashrama, is sure to acquire success in one month.
Sanskrit: महाह्रद उपस्पृश्य भृगुतुङ्गे त्वलोलुपः॥ त्रिरात्रोपोषितो भूत्वा मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया।
English: By bathing after a fast of three days and purifying the mind of all evil propensities, in the large lake situate in Bhrigutunga, one becomes purged of even the sin of Brahmanicide.
Sanskrit: कन्याकूप उपस्पृश्य बलाकायां कृतोदकः॥ देवेषु लभते कीर्ति यशसा च विराजते॥
English: By bathing in Kanyakupa and performing one's ablutions in Valaka, one wins great fame among even the celestials and shines in glory.
Sanskrit: देविकायामुपस्पृश्य तथा सुन्दरिकाह्रदे। अश्विन्यां रूपवर्चस्कं प्रेत्य वै लभते नरः॥
English: Bathing in Devika and the lake known by the name of Sundarika as also in the Tirtha called Aslivini, one acquires, in next life, great personal beauty.
Sanskrit: महागङ्गामुपस्पृश्य कृत्तिकाङ्गारके तथा। पक्षमेकं निराहारः स्वर्गमाप्नोति निर्मलः॥
English: By fasting for a fortnight and bathing in Mahaganga and Krittikangaraka, one becomes purged of all his sins and ascends to heaven.
Sanskrit: वैमानिक उपस्पृश्य किङ्किणीकाश्रमे तथा। निवासेऽप्सरसां दिव्ये कामचारी महीयते॥
English: Bathing in Vaimanika and Kinkinika, one acquires the power of going everywhere at will and becomes an object of great respect in the celestial region of the Apsaras.
Sanskrit: कालिकाश्रममासाद्य विपाशायां कृतोदकः। ब्रह्मचारी जितक्रोधस्त्रिरात्रं मुच्यते भवात्॥
English: If a person, controlling his anger, and observing the vow of Brahmacharya for three days, bathes in the river Vipasa at the hermitage called Kalika, he is sure to get over rebirth.
Sanskrit: आश्रमे कृत्तिकानां तु स्नात्वा यस्तर्पयेत् पितॄन्। तोषयित्वा महादेवं निर्मला: स्वर्गमाप्नुयात्॥
English: Bathing in the asylum that is sacred to the Krittikas and offering oblations of water to the departed manes, and then pleasing Mahadeva, one becomes pure in body and mind and ascends to heaven.
Sanskrit: महापुर उपस्पृश्य त्रिरात्रोपोषितः शुचिः। त्रसानां स्थावराणां च द्विपदानां भयं त्यजेत्॥
English: If one, fasting for three days with a purified body and mind, bathes in Mahapura, one becomes freed from the fear of all mobile and immobile animals as also of all two feeted animals.
Sanskrit: देवदारुवने स्नात्वा धूतपाप्मा कृतोदकः। देवलोकमवाप्नोति सप्तरात्रोषितः शुचिः॥
English: By bathing in the Devadaru forest and offering oblations of water to the departed manes and living there for seven nights with a pure body and mind, one acquires the region of the celestials on departing from this world.
Sanskrit: शरस्तम्बे कुशस्तम्बे द्रोणशर्मपदे तथा। अपां प्रपतनासेवी सेव्यते सोऽप्सरोगणैः॥
English: Bathing in the waterfalls at Sharastamva and Kushustamva and Dronasharmapada, one is sure to acquire the region of the Apsaras where one is dutifully served by those superhuman beings.
Sanskrit: चित्रकूटे जनस्थाने तथा मन्दाकिनीजले। विगाह्य वै निराहारो राजलक्ष्म्या निषेव्यते॥
English: If one, fasting bathes at Chitrakuta and Janasthana and the waters of Mandakini, one is sure to be gifted with real prosperity.
Sanskrit: श्यामायास्त्वाश्रमं गत्वा उषित्वा चाभिषिच्य च। एकपक्षं निराहारस्त्वन्तर्धानफलं लभेत्॥
English: By going to the retreat of Shyama and living there for a fortnight and bathing in the sacred water that lies there, one acquires the power of disappearing at will.
Sanskrit: कौशिकी तु समासाद्य वायुभक्षस्त्वलोलुपः। एकविंशतिरात्रेण स्वर्गमारोहते नरः॥
English: Going to the tirtha Kaushiki and living there with a pure heart and abstaining from all food and drink for three days, one acquires the power of living in the happy region of the Gandharvas.