Glory of the holy Rnamocana Markandeya continued : - Verse 12
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 38 · Verse 12
Sanskrit Original
ज्योतिष्मन्तं कुशद्वीपे राजानं कृतवान प्रभुः। द्युतिमन्तं च राजानं क्रौञ्चद्वीपे समादिशत।।
jyotiṣmantaṃ kuśadvīpe rājānaṃ kṛtavān prabhuḥ| dyutimantaṃ ca rājānaṃ krauñcadvīpe samādiśat||
Listen to the benefit attained by one who severs his limbs and offers pieces to birds and who is devoured by the birds. He is honoured in the Soma-loka for a hundred thou¬ sand years. 13-14a. Falling off from that place, he becomes a pious king. He will be endowed with all good qualities and handsome¬ ness. He will be a great scholar and of pleasing words. After making charitable gifts and enjoying pleasures, he resorts to that Tirtha once again. 14b-16. On the northern bank of Yamuna and to the South of Prayaga, there is the greatest Tirtha as known Rnapramocana. If he spends a night there and takes a bath, he becomes relieved of the burden of debts. He attains heavenly world. He becomes free from debts permanently.^