Bṛhaspati Said:: The unchanging and undying Pitṛs become pleased even if they are worshipped only once. They are noble-souled ones of Yogic selves. They have great strength and they are free from sins and evils.

Bṛhaspati Said:: O gentle one, I shall tell you those lakes and rivers, sacred holy spots (tīrtha) and countries, mountains and hermitages where they bless the devotees with most of their attachment (desires) on the earth, with the heavenly world after death, and with the attainment of salvation in due course.

Bṛhaspati Said:: O gentle one, I shall tell you those lakes and rivers, sacred holy spots (tīrtha) and countries, mountains and hermitages where they bless the devotees with most of their attachment (desires) on the earth, with the heavenly world after death, and with the attainment of salvation in due course.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The mount Amarakaṇṭaka is always sacred. It is the most excellent mountain in the three worlds. It is holy and frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The mount Amarakaṇṭaka is always sacred. It is the most excellent mountain in the three worlds. It is holy and frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Mṛtyu (god of death) has no access to that place nor do the Asuras and Rākṣasas have it. As long as the earth exists there is no fear and no Alakṣmī (loss of splendour and prosperity) there.

Bṛhaspati Said:: On account of his power of penance and brilliant splendour that excellent mountain always shines like the Saṃvartaka (i.e. the all-destroying fire at the time of annihilation of the universe) on the peak of Mālyavān.

Bṛhaspati Said:: To the south of the Narmadā, the Kuśa grasses are well reputed all around. They are soft, fragrant and very pleasing to behold. They have a tranquil golden lustre.

Bṛhaspati Said:: While performing the Agnihotra, the highly resplendent holy lord Aṅgiras used those excellent Kuśa grasses for the sake of spreading round the altar formerly. He then saw the steps leading to the heaven.

Bṛhaspati Said:: I shall recount the benefit attained by that intelligent man who offers Piṇḍas on those Darbha grasses even on a single occasion on the mountain Amarakaṇṭaka.

Bṛhaspati Said:: That Śrāddha becomes one of everlasting benefit. It increases the pleasures of the Pitṛs. On reaching that holy centre, they always vanish.

Bṛhaspati Said:: During the Parvan days, a holy lake of brilliant flames is seen there. The river there, is Viśalyakaraṇī (one that removes pain due to the pricking of darts) of animals with bony spikes (like porcupine).

Bṛhaspati Said:: On the peak of the lordly mountain Mālyavān, in the hinder half of the country of Kaliṅga, there is a pool on that very excellent mountain. It has an eddy stretching towards the south-east.

Bṛhaspati Said:: O excellent sages, it is mentioned as the greatest Siddhikṣetra (the holy spot [tīrtha] for accomplishment of super normal power) on the earth. It is equally approved of and honoured by the Devas and the Daityas. Uśaṇas has sung this verse in this connection.

Bṛhaspati Said:: “Blessed are those persons in the world who are devotedly attached to the Pitṛs and who will propitiate the Pitṛs by means of Śrāddha after reaching the Amarakaṇṭaka.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Those who worship even once in the Amarakaṇṭaka go to heaven. There is no doubt that they attain spiritual achievement with a very little penance.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The mountain Mahendra is holy and beautiful. It is resorted to by Śakra. One becomes sanctified often climbing it. The Śrāddha performed there yields great fruit.

Bṛhaspati Said:: After performing the yogic exercises on the summit of Vailāṭa the divine vision begins to function (in the performer). The devotee becomes unassailable and invincible to all living beings. He walks over the earth lika a Deva.

Bṛhaspati Said:: By taking a holy dip in the Saptagodāvarī and the penance grove of Gokarṇa by giving charitable gifts, one obtains the benefit of a horse sacrifice.

Bṛhaspati Said:: After reaching the holy spot “Dhūtapāpa”, if a man takes a holy dip, he becomes sanctified. Rudra, the great Īśvara, the lord of the Devas, had performed a penance there.

Bṛhaspati Said:: A proof has been placed in the Gokarṇa by the Devas, in order to convince atheists (that they are wrong). If a non-Brāhmaṇa recites Sāvitrī Mantra there, he perishes (while reciting?)

Bṛhaspati Said:: If a person climbs the peak Devarṣibhavana (Abode of the celestial sage), frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas and regularly continues the observances of holy rites, he goes to the heaven.

Bṛhaspati Said:: (There is a garden) beautified by celestial sandal trees and other heavenly trees. Water mixed with sandal powder continuously flows from it.

Bṛhaspati Said:: A river named Tāmraparṇī flows from that water collection. From the great forest of sandal trees, it flows towards the southern ocean.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Oyster shells from where pearls are produced are the conchs washed down to the great sea, carried by the river Tāmrā (Tāmraparṇī).

Bṛhaspati Said:: If devotees bring water containing conchs and pearls, they become free from mental agonies and physical ailments. They go to the celestial city Amarāvatī.

Bṛhaspati Said:: (The charitable gifts) of pearls and conchs produced from sandalwood cause the redemption of Pitṛs even though they be perpetrators of sinful activities as mentioned in the Vedas.

Bṛhaspati Said:: In all these holy places viz—Candratīrtha Kumārī (i.e. Cape Comorin or Kanyākumārī) the source of the Kāverī river, the holy spots (tīrtha) on the mountain Śrīparvata and the mountain Vaikṛta, it appears as though the trees Palāśa Khadira, Bilva, Plakṣa, Aśvattha and Vikaṅkata stand in one place, viz. the Auśīra mountain. This place should be known as Dvimaṇḍalāviddha (pierced through two zones), O excellent Brāhmaṇas, a person who casts off his body in this place goes to the celestial city Amarāvatī immediately.

Bṛhaspati Said:: In all these holy places viz—Candratīrtha Kumārī (i.e. Cape Comorin or Kanyākumārī) the source of the Kāverī river, the holy spots (tīrtha) on the mountain Śrīparvata and the mountain Vaikṛta, it appears as though the trees Palāśa Khadira, Bilva, Plakṣa, Aśvattha and Vikaṅkata stand in one place, viz. the Auśīra mountain. This place should be known as Dvimaṇḍalāviddha (pierced through two zones), O excellent Brāhmaṇas, a person who casts off his body in this place goes to the celestial city Amarāvatī immediately.

Bṛhaspati Said:: In all these holy places viz—Candratīrtha Kumārī (i.e. Cape Comorin or Kanyākumārī) the source of the Kāverī river, the holy spots (tīrtha) on the mountain Śrīparvata and the mountain Vaikṛta, it appears as though the trees Palāśa Khadira, Bilva, Plakṣa, Aśvattha and Vikaṅkata stand in one place, viz. the Auśīra mountain. This place should be known as Dvimaṇḍalāviddha (pierced through two zones), O excellent Brāhmaṇas, a person who casts off his body in this place goes to the celestial city Amarāvatī immediately.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The holy rites performed in the holy centres of the Śrīparvata and the mountain Vaikṛta fructify from the beginning to the end.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The rites of Pitṛs performed there, even if they are defective, yield the same benefit as do the defectless well performed rites.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The rites of Pitṛs performed there, even if they are defective, yield the same benefit as do the defectless well performed rites.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The rites of Pitṛs performed there, even if they are defective, yield the same benefit as do the defectless well performed rites.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The rites of Pitṛs performed there, even if they are defective, yield the same benefit as do the defectless well performed rites.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Birds that could move as they wish, go to heaven after taking bath in that sin-destroying tank of Mātaṅga on the Kailāsa mountain.

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Bṛhaspati Said:: The Śrāddha performed at Puṣkara yields everlasting benefit. The penance performed there yields great fruit. One shall point out the same thing in the same manner on the shore of the great ocean and at Prabhāsa.

Bṛhaspati Said:: There is a well named Vṛṣa in the Devikā. It is resorted to by the Siddhas. Water comes out from it always with the sound of cows and bulls.

Bṛhaspati Said:: That (holy centre) is always resorted to by masters of yogic cult. It is always free from sins. I shall mention the benefit attained by the person who offers Śrāddha there.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The Śrāddha gives infinite bliss. It yields all desires. It pleases and propitiates the Pitṛs. There is a rock “Jātavedaḥ-Śilā” there directly named after the eternal fìre-god. Śrāddhas and all holy rites which one performs there yield infinite bliss. He who enters fire there, rejoices in the heaven.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The Śrāddha gives infinite bliss. It yields all desires. It pleases and propitiates the Pitṛs. There is a rock “Jātavedaḥ-Śilā” there directly named after the eternal fìre-god. Śrāddhas and all holy rites which one performs there yield infinite bliss. He who enters fire there, rejoices in the heaven.

Bṛhaspati Said:: There is a place where the fire becomes tranquil (and extinguished) and is produced once again. What is offered there becomes everlasting.

Bṛhaspati Said:: There is a place where the fire becomes tranquil (and extinguished) and is produced once again. What is offered there becomes everlasting.

Bṛhaspati Said:: There is a place where the fire becomes tranquil (and extinguished) and is produced once again. What is offered there becomes everlasting.

Bṛhaspati Said:: There is a place where the fire becomes tranquil (and extinguished) and is produced once again. What is offered there becomes everlasting.

Bṛhaspati Said:: There is a place where the fire becomes tranquil (and extinguished) and is produced once again. What is offered there becomes everlasting.

Bṛhaspati Said:: There is a place where the fire becomes tranquil (and extinguished) and is produced once again. What is offered there becomes everlasting.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The Pitṛs become directly worshipped by him. In this world he will be one with perfect self-control. After death he becomes honoured in the heaven.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Most of the Madravas are holy. So also is the eddy named Śiva. There the lake named Vyāsa Saras is holy. So also is the divine Brahmahrada.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The mountain Ūrjanta is holy. It is the place where there is a shrine of the master of Yogic cult. Here itself is the sacred hermitage of the noble-souled Vasiṣṭha.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The following have been created by the self-born lord—the Tīrthas (named after) the Ṛk, Yajus and Sāman, the Kapotas (doves) and Puṣpasāhvayas (having the same name as flower) the fifth veda (characterised by) narratives i.e. the Purāṇas.

Bṛhaspati Said:: A Brāhmaṇa who visits these places and resorts to fire becomes rid of his sins. The Śrāddha performed in these holy centres yields infinite bliss. So also do the Japas, Homas and the penance (practised here).

Bṛhaspati Said:: In the great holy centre Puṇḍarīka the benefit is on a par with the white lotus (?). O highly intelligent one, the benefit in the Brahmatīrtha is on a par with the performance of all Yajñas.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The benefit is everlasting (for the holy rites performed) in the place where the river Sindhu meets the ocean, so also in the Pañcanada. It is holy in the Virajā and Madravā on the mountain.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Śrāddha must be offered in the Saptanada or particularly in the Mānasa. So also on the Mahākūṭa, the mountains Ananta and Trikakuda.

Bṛhaspati Said:: At dusk, a great miracle is seen in the Mahānadī. It does not approach one who has no faith. It does appear to a person who maintains holy observances and rites.

Bṛhaspati Said:: After resorting to them one by one in the evenings day by day, Śrāddha should always be offered to the Pitṛs who seek everlasting benefit.

Bṛhaspati Said:: There is a holy centre named Svargamārgaprada (Bestower of guide to the path to the heaven) which yields instant boons. It is the place where a man is found out to be self-possessed or not.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The seven sages had gone to the heaven after casting off their bark garments here. Even today those bark garments are seen in the waters.

Bṛhaspati Said:: By taking the holy dip in that excellent holy river a man attains heaven. There is a well known shrine of Nandin which is resorted to by the Siddhas.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The idol of Nandīśvara is not seen by persons devoid of good conduct. At the time when, the sun rises, golden flames resembling sacrificial posts are seen there.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Devotees who circumambulate them become delighted and go to the heaven. The land all over Kurukṣetra is especially a very good holy centre.

Bṛhaspati Said:: It is the sacred holy centre of Sanatkumāra the noble-souled lord of the Yogic cult. It is glorified as yielding everlasting benefit if the pitṛs are offered gingelly seeds.

Bṛhaspati Said:: It has already been mentioned that the Śrāddha performed by Dharmarāja was of everlasting benefit. If Śrāddha is offered on the new moon day in accordance with the injunction and in the respective order by a man (in the Sarasvatī river) that is near-by, it yields everlasting benefit. If the son worships the Pitṛs particularly in Kurukṣetra or in the Sarasvatī near-by, he becomes free for indebtedness.

Bṛhaspati Said:: It has already been mentioned that the Śrāddha performed by Dharmarāja was of everlasting benefit. If Śrāddha is offered on the new moon day in accordance with the injunction and in the respective order by a man (in the Sarasvatī river) that is near-by, it yields everlasting benefit. If the son worships the Pitṛs particularly in Kurukṣetra or in the Sarasvatī near-by, he becomes free for indebtedness.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Śrāddha must be offered by a person who wishes for everlasting benefit in these holy centres viz—Sarasvatī, Vinaśana, Plakṣaprasravaṇa, Vyāsatīrtha on the Dṛṣadvatī, Triplakṣa in particular, Omkārapavana, Śakrāvatāra in the Gaṅgā, the excellent mountain Maināka and at the source of the Yamunā. The devotee is rid of all his sins. There are very hot and very cool water springs.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Śrāddha must be offered by a person who wishes for everlasting benefit in these holy centres viz—Sarasvatī, Vinaśana, Plakṣaprasravaṇa, Vyāsatīrtha on the Dṛṣadvatī, Triplakṣa in particular, Omkārapavana, Śakrāvatāra in the Gaṅgā, the excellent mountain Maināka and at the source of the Yamunā. The devotee is rid of all his sins. There are very hot and very cool water springs.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Śrāddha must be offered by a person who wishes for everlasting benefit in these holy centres viz—Sarasvatī, Vinaśana, Plakṣaprasravaṇa, Vyāsatīrtha on the Dṛṣadvatī, Triplakṣa in particular, Omkārapavana, Śakrāvatāra in the Gaṅgā, the excellent mountain Maināka and at the source of the Yamunā. The devotee is rid of all his sins. There are very hot and very cool water springs.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The holy sister of Yama and the splendid daughter of the sun (i.e. the Yamunā) is a sacred river. The Śrāddha there is always of every lasting benefit. This has been glorified formerly by the Pitṛs.

Bṛhaspati Said:: By taking a holy dip in the eddy of Brahmakuṇḍa one becomes a Brāhmaṇa instantly. The Śrāddha (performed) there gives infinite bliss. So also are the Japa, Homo, and penance.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Vasiṣṭha of great penance performed his austerities there standing still like a stump. Even today trees with jewels for their leaves are seen there.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The balance that indicated virtue and evil is also seen there. By means of that, the excellent benefit of the holy centres was weighed by the Brāhmaṇas.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The daughter of the Pitṛs, a Yoginī well known by the name Gandhakālī was born there. She would give birth to Vyāsa the noble-souled sage of great Yogic power. He would be born of the family of Pārāśara. He was the fourth part of Brahmā. That intelligent great sage will divide the veda into four parts.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The daughter of the Pitṛs, a Yoginī well known by the name Gandhakālī was born there. She would give birth to Vyāsa the noble-souled sage of great Yogic power. He would be born of the family of Pārāśara. He was the fourth part of Brahmā. That intelligent great sage will divide the veda into four parts.

Bṛhaspati Said:: There is a lake named Acchodaka. The river Acchodā takes its origin there. (Gandhakālī) was born again in the womb (species) of a fish on account of a direction (? behest) and for a purpose.

Bṛhaspati Said:: There is a lake named Acchodaka. The river Acchodā takes its origin there. (Gandhakālī) was born again in the womb (species) of a fish on account of a direction (? behest) and for a purpose.

Bṛhaspati Said:: What is offered in the river will bestow simultaneously Yogic power and mental concentration (?). What is offered in Kuberatuṅga and Vyāsatīrtha is destructive of sins.

Bṛhaspati Said:: It is laid down that the Śrāddha offered at the Brahmavedī (the altar of Brahmā) yields infinite bliss. It is always resorted to by the Siddhas. It is perceived by persons of self control.

Bṛhaspati Said:: (The Śrāddha) in the Nandā which is on the Northeastern quarter of the Vedī, yields the benefit of Anivartana (nonreturn to saṃsāra). It is the spot of spiritual achievement, resorted to by the gods after reaching which one never returns (i.e. attains liberation from saṃsāra).

Bṛhaspati Said:: Mahādeva, the intelligent deity, imprinted his foot in the shrine Mahālaya for the purpose of merciful blessing of all living beings and as a proof of its efficacy for atheists (to convince them that they are wrong).

Bṛhaspati Said:: The Śrāddha offered at Virajā is of everlasting benefit. So also, the one at Mahālaya (which has been mentioned) already.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The Śrāddha offered at Virajā is of everlasting benefit. So also, the one at Mahālaya (which has been mentioned) already.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The holy lake Kaumāra is protected by the body of serpents. By taking a holy dip in the Kumāratīrtha, a man goes to heaven.

Bṛhaspati Said:: (Partially defective text). By performing a difficult and severe penance in the holy shrine of the goddess at Umātuṅga, standing on a single foot and abstaining from food, one attains divine brilliance lasting for a Yuga. Śrāddha should always be offered at Umātuṅga, Bhṛgutuṅga, Brahmatuṅga and Mahālaya by a person who wishes for everlasting benefit.

Bṛhaspati Said:: (Partially defective text). By performing a difficult and severe penance in the holy shrine of the goddess at Umātuṅga, standing on a single foot and abstaining from food, one attains divine brilliance lasting for a Yuga. Śrāddha should always be offered at Umātuṅga, Bhṛgutuṅga, Brahmatuṅga and Mahālaya by a person who wishes for everlasting benefit.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The Śrāddha offered at Śālagrāma is always of everlasting benefit. The sin of those persons who have no self control is directly perceived there all round.

Bṛhaspati Said:: That is a divine warning to the evil-doers and especially so to good persons. There the Devahrada (the eddy of the Devas) is very holy. The pure serpent king of Brahmā accepts the Piṇḍas (rice-balls) offered by good people. For the highly refulgent serpents (?) it is impossible to eat the cooked rice.

Bṛhaspati Said:: That is a divine warning to the evil-doers and especially so to good persons. There the Devahrada (the eddy of the Devas) is very holy. The pure serpent king of Brahmā accepts the Piṇḍas (rice-balls) offered by good people. For the highly refulgent serpents (?) it is impossible to eat the cooked rice.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Dharma (Virtue) is directly perceived in these two holy centres. By going into the cave (?) of Śāṇḍilya and that of Vāmana one becomes purified (and sinless) and the Śrāddha performed there is of inexhaustible merit. Whatever one does, Japa, Homa, penance or meditation, becomes well done. He who maintains the vow of celibacy and devotion to the preceptor lives for a hundred years. These and others are the excellent rivers by taking bath in which one can get rid of sins.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Dharma (Virtue) is directly perceived in these two holy centres. By going into the cave (?) of Śāṇḍilya and that of Vāmana one becomes purified (and sinless) and the Śrāddha performed there is of inexhaustible merit. Whatever one does, Japa, Homa, penance or meditation, becomes well done. He who maintains the vow of celibacy and devotion to the preceptor lives for a hundred years. These and others are the excellent rivers by taking bath in which one can get rid of sins.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Dharma (Virtue) is directly perceived in these two holy centres. By going into the cave (?) of Śāṇḍilya and that of Vāmana one becomes purified (and sinless) and the Śrāddha performed there is of inexhaustible merit. Whatever one does, Japa, Homa, penance or meditation, becomes well done. He who maintains the vow of celibacy and devotion to the preceptor lives for a hundred years. These and others are the excellent rivers by taking bath in which one can get rid of sins.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Even today the seat of meditation of Vyāsa is seen there itself. The mountain is situated in the north eastern quarter near the city of Kāntipura. There is a holy lotus pond there. It is protected by groups of Kirātas. By taking a holy dip in it even once a Brāhmaṇa attains desires eternally. Becoming invisible to all living beings, he walks over the earth like a god.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Even today the seat of meditation of Vyāsa is seen there itself. The mountain is situated in the north eastern quarter near the city of Kāntipura. There is a holy lotus pond there. It is protected by groups of Kirātas. By taking a holy dip in it even once a Brāhmaṇa attains desires eternally. Becoming invisible to all living beings, he walks over the earth like a god.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Even today the seat of meditation of Vyāsa is seen there itself. The mountain is situated in the north eastern quarter near the city of Kāntipura. There is a holy lotus pond there. It is protected by groups of Kirātas. By taking a holy dip in it even once a Brāhmaṇa attains desires eternally. Becoming invisible to all living beings, he walks over the earth like a god.

Bṛhaspati Said:: There is a great holy centre of Kāśyapa well known as Kālasarpis. Śrāddhas should always be offered there by one who desires everlasting benefit.

Bṛhaspati Said:: In the forest called Devadāruvana, there is a waterfall which is a proof of the removal of sins. The original sins of noble souls of good meritorious deeds are seen as they are, being washed away.

Bṛhaspati Said:: On the river Bhāgīrathī it is said (that the Śrāddha) is always of everlasting benefit if performed at Prayāga, Kālañjara, Daśārṇa, Naimiṣa and Kurujāṅgala.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Śrāddha should be scrupulously offered (with effort) in the city of Vārāṇasī. The lord of the Yogic cult is always present there. What is offered there is of everlasting benefit.

Bṛhaspati Said:: By going to these holy centres one shall become endowed with the merit of pious liberality and gets sanctified. The Śrāddha is of everlasting benefit. Whatever is performed, whether Japa, Homa or meditation shall become well done and meritorious.

Bṛhaspati Said:: In the holy centres of Lauhitya Vaitaraṇī, and Svargavedī near the seashore that goddess (?) is seen through names (? by the Japa repetition of the names of the goddess).

Bṛhaspati Said:: The Śrāddha offered at Dharmapṛṣṭha the lake of Brahmā and Gṛdhravaṭa is of great benefit.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Snow falls there five Yojanas all around. The forest of the holy hermitage of Bharata is remembered as extremely meritorious.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The forest of Mataṅga is seen there by all men. Everything connected with virtue had been established by him as a model evidence for this world (for all the people).

Bṛhaspati Said:: The Daṇḍaka forest there is very holy. It is frequented by persons of meritorious deeds. They say that the holy centre named Viśalyā is in it. It offers proof instantaeously through various Śāstras and Tulāmānas (the weighing balance and the beams). The persons who commit sins on coming into contact with it emerge.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The Daṇḍaka forest there is very holy. It is frequented by persons of meritorious deeds. They say that the holy centre named Viśalyā is in it. It offers proof instantaeously through various Śāstras and Tulāmānas (the weighing balance and the beams). The persons who commit sins on coming into contact with it emerge.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The Śrāddha offered on the Tṛtīya (third) day of the lunar fortnight at the foot or in the circular zone of Nirādhā(?) or in the great eddy of the Kauśikī is of great benefit.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The intelligent deity Mahādeva set foot on Muṇḍapṛṣṭha. For many divine Yugas, he performed a very severe penance very difficult to be performed by others.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Here, a righteously inclined man casts of his sins within a short while, just like the serpent that quickly casts off its old slough.

Bṛhaspati Said:: It causes delight to the Siddhas. It is terrible to the sinners. It is protected by very terrible great serpents with their tongues moving up and down for licking.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The holy centre by name Kanakanandī (near Gayā) is well known in the world. It is on the north of the Muṇḍapṛṣṭha. It is frequently resorted to by the Brāhmaṇa sages.

Bṛhaspati Said:: By taking their holy dip there, men go to heaven along with their physical bodies. It is cited that the Śrāddha offered there is always of everlasting benefit.

Bṛhaspati Said:: By taking a holy dip there, a man redeems his body from its threefold indebtedness. One should perform Śrāddha after taking bath in the Mānasa lake.

Bṛhaspati Said:: On the bank of that lake, there is a great shrine. After getting on to it and performing Japa, one shall get spiritual attainment and go to heaven thereafter.

Bṛhaspati Said:: After going to the Uttara Mānasa, one attains very excellent Siddhi (spiritual enlightenment). After taking the holy bath in that excellent lake, one sees a great miracle.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Falling off from heaven, the holy river of great splendour and majesty shines in the atmosphere. It is the divine river Gaṅgā flowing in the three worlds after slipping down from the foot of Viṣṇu.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Falling off from heaven, the holy river of great splendour and majesty shines in the atmosphere. It is the divine river Gaṅgā flowing in the three worlds after slipping down from the foot of Viṣṇu.

Bṛhaspati Said:: Falling off from heaven, the holy river of great splendour and majesty shines in the atmosphere. It is the divine river Gaṅgā flowing in the three worlds after slipping down from the foot of Viṣṇu.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The Candrabhāgā (the Chinab) and the Sindhu are two splendid rivers originating from the Mānasa (lake). They flow into the western ocean. The divine Sindhu river is a big river.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The mountain named Himavān is embellished with different kinds of minerals. It is many thousand Yojanas in length.

Bṛhaspati Said:: There is a charming lotus lake there named Suṣumnā. It is full of Siddhas and Cāraṇas. It is frequently resorted to by groups of celestial sages.

Bṛhaspati Said:: One who takes bath there, lives for ten thousand years. The Śrāddha offered there is of limitless benefit and great rise (prosperity).

Bṛhaspati Said:: The Śrāddha always redeems ten generations of predecessors and ten generations of successors.

Bṛhaspati Said:: All the oceans and the rivers flowing into the oceans are sacred all round. A learned man should perform Śrāddha in the holy centres like these and others.

Bṛhaspati Said:: One should perform Śrāddha always in accordance with the injunctions. The devotee becomes sanctified by taking bath, by performing Homas and offering charitable gifts.

Bṛhaspati Said:: One should perform Śrāddha always in accordance with the injunctions. The devotee becomes sanctified by taking bath, by performing Homas and offering charitable gifts.

Bṛhaspati Said:: One should perform Śrāddha always in accordance with the injunctions. The devotee becomes sanctified by taking bath, by performing Homas and offering charitable gifts.

Bṛhaspati Said:: One should perform Śrāddha always in accordance with the injunctions. The devotee becomes sanctified by taking bath, by performing Homas and offering charitable gifts.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The alert devotee should perform Śrāddha thus in all these places after going to the south-east quarter, with the desire for doing everything desirable.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The intelligent (devotee performing Śrāddha) in all these places shall attain the Brāhmī Siddhī (the state of being the Brahman and the attainment of spiritual enlightenment). The opportunity of worshipping the Pitṛs is attainable to those people engaged in the activities ordaṃed for the people belonging to the three high castes and the different stages of life. They must discard (the occasions of) anger. Even a person who has committed many sins becomes sanctified if he boldly undertakes the pilgrimages with great faith, concentration and mental purity. What then in the case of a person performing splendid holy rites? He is never born in the lower species of animals nor in despicable country.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The intelligent (devotee performing Śrāddha) in all these places shall attain the Brāhmī Siddhī (the state of being the Brahman and the attainment of spiritual enlightenment). The opportunity of worshipping the Pitṛs is attainable to those people engaged in the activities ordaṃed for the people belonging to the three high castes and the different stages of life. They must discard (the occasions of) anger. Even a person who has committed many sins becomes sanctified if he boldly undertakes the pilgrimages with great faith, concentration and mental purity. What then in the case of a person performing splendid holy rites? He is never born in the lower species of animals nor in despicable country.

Bṛhaspati Said:: The intelligent (devotee performing Śrāddha) in all these places shall attain the Brāhmī Siddhī (the state of being the Brahman and the attainment of spiritual enlightenment). The opportunity of worshipping the Pitṛs is attainable to those people engaged in the activities ordaṃed for the people belonging to the three high castes and the different stages of life. They must discard (the occasions of) anger. Even a person who has committed many sins becomes sanctified if he boldly undertakes the pilgrimages with great faith, concentration and mental purity. What then in the case of a person performing splendid holy rites? He is never born in the lower species of animals nor in despicable country.

Bṛhaspati Said:: A Brāhmaṇa becomes a citizen of heaven. He obtains means of absolution (Mokṣa).

Bṛhaspati Said:: A Brāhmaṇa becomes a citizen of heaven. He obtains means of absolution (Mokṣa).

Bṛhaspati Said:: A Brāhmaṇa becomes a citizen of heaven. He obtains means of absolution (Mokṣa).

Bṛhaspati Said:: One shall bring Prāṇa and Apāna under control by keeping the vital airs inter-connected with fasting. Thereafter, all the sense-organs must be brought under control. The intellect should be restrained within the mind and all (the sense-organs) should be withdrawn. If this Pratyāhāra (withdrawal of the sense-organs) is carried out, know that it is undoubtedly the means of Liberation (mokṣa). Among the sense-organs, the mind is terrible. The transformation of the intellect etc. can be achieved through abstinence from food. A person who undertakes fast attains everlasting benefit. It should be known that fasting is a form of penance. When the intellect and the mind are restrained the knowledge of other things does not arise. When all the defects are destroyed, when the sense-organs are suppressed, the pure soul attains the bliss of Liberation like the fire devoid of fuel. The person conversant with the Yogic practice engages the Kṣetrajña (individual soul) by means of the Yogic exercise, remaining away from all causes and casting off Guṇas, entirely, whether manifest or unmanifest.

Bṛhaspati Said:: One shall bring Prāṇa and Apāna under control by keeping the vital airs inter-connected with fasting. Thereafter, all the sense-organs must be brought under control. The intellect should be restrained within the mind and all (the sense-organs) should be withdrawn. If this Pratyāhāra (withdrawal of the sense-organs) is carried out, know that it is undoubtedly the means of Liberation (mokṣa). Among the sense-organs, the mind is terrible. The transformation of the intellect etc. can be achieved through abstinence from food. A person who undertakes fast attains everlasting benefit. It should be known that fasting is a form of penance. When the intellect and the mind are restrained the knowledge of other things does not arise. When all the defects are destroyed, when the sense-organs are suppressed, the pure soul attains the bliss of Liberation like the fire devoid of fuel. The person conversant with the Yogic practice engages the Kṣetrajña (individual soul) by means of the Yogic exercise, remaining away from all causes and casting off Guṇas, entirely, whether manifest or unmanifest.

Bṛhaspati Said:: One shall bring Prāṇa and Apāna under control by keeping the vital airs inter-connected with fasting. Thereafter, all the sense-organs must be brought under control. The intellect should be restrained within the mind and all (the sense-organs) should be withdrawn. If this Pratyāhāra (withdrawal of the sense-organs) is carried out, know that it is undoubtedly the means of Liberation (mokṣa). Among the sense-organs, the mind is terrible. The transformation of the intellect etc. can be achieved through abstinence from food. A person who undertakes fast attains everlasting benefit. It should be known that fasting is a form of penance. When the intellect and the mind are restrained the knowledge of other things does not arise. When all the defects are destroyed, when the sense-organs are suppressed, the pure soul attains the bliss of Liberation like the fire devoid of fuel. The person conversant with the Yogic practice engages the Kṣetrajña (individual soul) by means of the Yogic exercise, remaining away from all causes and casting off Guṇas, entirely, whether manifest or unmanifest.

Bṛhaspati Said:: One shall bring Prāṇa and Apāna under control by keeping the vital airs inter-connected with fasting. Thereafter, all the sense-organs must be brought under control. The intellect should be restrained within the mind and all (the sense-organs) should be withdrawn. If this Pratyāhāra (withdrawal of the sense-organs) is carried out, know that it is undoubtedly the means of Liberation (mokṣa). Among the sense-organs, the mind is terrible. The transformation of the intellect etc. can be achieved through abstinence from food. A person who undertakes fast attains everlasting benefit. It should be known that fasting is a form of penance. When the intellect and the mind are restrained the knowledge of other things does not arise. When all the defects are destroyed, when the sense-organs are suppressed, the pure soul attains the bliss of Liberation like the fire devoid of fuel. The person conversant with the Yogic practice engages the Kṣetrajña (individual soul) by means of the Yogic exercise, remaining away from all causes and casting off Guṇas, entirely, whether manifest or unmanifest.

Bṛhaspati Said:: One shall bring Prāṇa and Apāna under control by keeping the vital airs inter-connected with fasting. Thereafter, all the sense-organs must be brought under control. The intellect should be restrained within the mind and all (the sense-organs) should be withdrawn. If this Pratyāhāra (withdrawal of the sense-organs) is carried out, know that it is undoubtedly the means of Liberation (mokṣa). Among the sense-organs, the mind is terrible. The transformation of the intellect etc. can be achieved through abstinence from food. A person who undertakes fast attains everlasting benefit. It should be known that fasting is a form of penance. When the intellect and the mind are restrained the knowledge of other things does not arise. When all the defects are destroyed, when the sense-organs are suppressed, the pure soul attains the bliss of Liberation like the fire devoid of fuel. The person conversant with the Yogic practice engages the Kṣetrajña (individual soul) by means of the Yogic exercise, remaining away from all causes and casting off Guṇas, entirely, whether manifest or unmanifest.

Bṛhaspati Said:: One shall bring Prāṇa and Apāna under control by keeping the vital airs inter-connected with fasting. Thereafter, all the sense-organs must be brought under control. The intellect should be restrained within the mind and all (the sense-organs) should be withdrawn. If this Pratyāhāra (withdrawal of the sense-organs) is carried out, know that it is undoubtedly the means of Liberation (mokṣa). Among the sense-organs, the mind is terrible. The transformation of the intellect etc. can be achieved through abstinence from food. A person who undertakes fast attains everlasting benefit. It should be known that fasting is a form of penance. When the intellect and the mind are restrained the knowledge of other things does not arise. When all the defects are destroyed, when the sense-organs are suppressed, the pure soul attains the bliss of Liberation like the fire devoid of fuel. The person conversant with the Yogic practice engages the Kṣetrajña (individual soul) by means of the Yogic exercise, remaining away from all causes and casting off Guṇas, entirely, whether manifest or unmanifest.