अराजके युगांशे तु संक्षये समुपस्थिते प्रजास्ता वै तदा सर्वाः परस्परभयार्दिताः॥ ६७ ॥
arājake yugāṃśe tu saṃkṣaye samupasthite prajāstā vai tadā sarvāḥ parasparabhayārditāḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
कह रहा हूँ। कनखलमें गङ्गा और कुरुक्षेत्रमें सरस्वती नदी पुण्यप्रदा कही गयी हैं, किंतु चाहे गाँव हो या वन, नर्मदा तो सभी जगह पुण्यप्रदायिनी है। सरस्वतीका जल तीन दिनोंतक सेवन करनेसे, यमुनाका जल सात दिनोंमें और गङ्गाका जल (स्नान-पानादिसे) उसी समय पवित्र कर देता है, परंतु नर्मदाका जल तो दर्शनमात्रसे ही पवित्र कर देता है। कलिङ्ग देशकी पश्चिमी सीमापर स्थित अमरकण्टक पर्वतसे त्रिलोकीमें विख्यात, रमणीय,
English
The attendants of iva, some having faces like those of infuriated lions and wolves, have their abode there between BliisrnachandikA. and Parvatetivara. Some of them have hunch-backs, some are dwarfs, and some crooked. On the same spot Mahakala, Chandaghanta, Dandachandeivara, Ghantilkarna, and others, having huge stomaclis, gigantic forms, armed with clubs, tridents, &c., stand and guard the Avimukta-tapovana. Many of the attendants armed with tridents, clubs &c., stand at the gate. — 03*67. 0 Pdravati! one who gives away a cow, that gives good quantity of milk, in charity, with its horns mounted with gold, its hoofs covered with silver, having three colours, to a Bnihmana well-'*ersed in Vedas, on the banks of Varanasi, undoubtedly liberates seven gonoratior'.s of hi- ancestors from bondage. So also one who gives away in charity to a Brahmana, gold, silver, cloths, and grain, Ac., in that Aviinukta-t irtha acquires everlasting merits. People become free from diseases ])y bathing at that tirtha and get the benefit of ten asivamedha sacrifices. Any virtuous man who gives some sort of charity to the Braliinauas after his ablulion attains felicity and shines like fire. One wlio givas away grain in (diarity at the conQiienc' of the VaruiiA. and Asi with the Ganges, according to the prescribed rites, is not re-born. Devi! I have narrated to you the glory of this sacred place. One who fasts ami then feeds tl»e Br/dnuanas in this tirtha attains the benefit of Sautrainani saerifiee. J)ear IViravati, one who lives on only one meal a day for a month washes olY all his lifelong sins. One wlio enters llu'' lire ae('urdjng K; the prescriixal rFlts undoubteilly enters My mouth. Ibio wlio givms away uni gnld ('oins in charity gets the benefits of Agnihotra saciiiirc, and om* who gives avay incenso, Ac, derives the benefit of liaving given auay land in ('harity. One who gives awa} a broom gets tin) benefit of liaving given away 560 gold coins. The giver of sandal gets tlio beneiit of having given away 1,000 gold coins, — f8-S0.