Chapter 122

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
kṛtaṃ brahmayugaṃ proktaṃ tretā tu kṣatriyaṃ yugam |
vaiśyaṃ dvāparamityāhuḥ śūdraṃ kaliyugaṃ smṛtam || 1 ||
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kalau rājanmanuṣyāṇāṃ śaithilyaṃ snānakarmaṇi |
tathāpi māghavyājena kathayiṣyāmi te śṛṇu || 2 ||
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yasya hastau ca pādau ca vāṅmanastu susaṃyatam |
vidyā tapaśca kīrtiśca sa tīrthaphalamaśnute || 3 ||
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aśraddadhānaḥ pāpātmā nāstiko'cchinnasaṃśayaḥ |
hetuniṣṭhāśca pañcaite na tīrthaphalabhāginaḥ || 4 ||
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prayāgaṃ puṣkaraṃ prāpya kurukṣetramathāpi vā |
yatra vā tatra vā snāyānmāghe nityamiti śrutiḥ || 5 ||
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trirātraphaladā nadyo yāḥ kāścidasamudragāḥ |
samudragāstu pakṣasya māsasya saritāṃ patiḥ || 6 ||
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uṣaḥsamīpe yaḥ snānaṃ saṃdhyāyāmudite ravau |
prājāpatyena tattulyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam || 7 ||
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prātarutthāya yo vipraḥ prātaḥsnāyī sadā bhavet |
sa sarvapāpanirmuktaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati || 8 ||
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vṛthā coṣṇodakasnānaṃ vṛthā jāpyamavaidikam |
aśrotriye vṛthā śrāddhaṃ vṛthā bhuktamasākṣikam || 9 ||
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snānaṃ caturvidhaṃ proktaṃ snānavidbhiryudhiṣṭhira |
vāyavyaṃ vāruṇaṃ brāhmaṃ divyaṃ ceti pṛthakśṛṇu || 10 ||
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vāyavyaṃ gorajaḥ snānaṃ vāruṇaṃ sāgarādiṣu |
brāhmaṃ brāhmaṇamaṃtroktaṃ divyaṃ meghāṃbubhāskaram |
sarveṣāmeva snānāṃ viśiṣṭaṃ tatra vāruṇam || 11 ||
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brahmacārī gṛhasthaśca vānaprastho'tha bhikṣukaḥ |
ete sarve praśaṃsaṃti sarvadā māghamajjanam || 12 ||
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bālāstaruṇakā vṛddhā naranārīnapuṃsakāḥ |
snātvā māghe śubhe tīrthe prāpnuvaṃtīpsitaṃ phalam || 13 ||
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brahmakṣatraviśāṃ caiva mantravatsnānamiṣyate |
tūṣṇīmeva hi śūdrasya strīṇāṃ ca kurunaṃdana || 14 ||
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māghamāse raṭaṃtyāpaḥ kiñcidabhyudite ravau |
brahmaghraṃ vā surāpaṃ vā kaṃpaṃ taṃtaṃ punīmahe || 15 ||
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prāsādā yatra sauvarṇāḥ striyaścāpsarasopamāḥ |
dadhikulyavahā yatra nadyaḥ pāyasakardamāḥ |
tatra te yāṃti majjaṃti ye māghe bhāskarodaye || 16 ||
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yativatpathi gaccheta maunī paiśunyavarjitaḥ |
yadīcchedvipulānbhogāṃścandrasūryopamāngṛhān || 17 ||
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pauṣaphālgunayormadhye prātaḥsnāyī bhavennaraḥ |
paurṇamāsyā hyamāvāsyāḥ prārabhya snānamācaret || 18 ||
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triṃśaddināni puṇyāṇi makarasthe divākare |
tatra utthāya niyamaṃ gṛhṇīyādvidhipūrvakam || 19 ||
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māghamāsamimaṃ pūrṇaṃ sthāpyehaṃ devamādhavam |
tīrthaṃ śītajale nityamiti saṃkalpya cetasā || 20 ||
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aprāvṛtaśarīrastu yaḥ kaṣṭaṃ snānamācaret |
padepade'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāptoti mā navaḥ || 21 ||
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tatra snātvā śubhe tīrthe dattvā śirasi vai mṛdam |
vedoktavidhinā rājansūryasyārghaṃ nivedayet || 22 ||
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pitṝnsaṃtarpya tatrastho hyavatīrya tato jalāt |
iṣṭadevaṃ namaskṛtya pūjayetpuruṣottamam || 23 ||
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śaṅkhacakradharaṃ devaṃ mādhavaṃ nāma pūjayet |
vahniṃ hutvā vidhānena tatastvekāśano bhavet || 24 ||
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bhūśayyābrahmacaryeṇa śaktaḥ snānaṃ samācaret |
aśaktasya dhanāḍhyasya svecchā sā tatra kathyate || 25 ||
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avaśyamapi kartavyaṃ māghe snānamiti śrutiḥ |
īśvareṇa yathākāmaṃ balaṃ dharmo'nuvartate || 26 ||
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tilasnāyī tilodvartī tilabhoktā tilodakī |
tilahotā ca dātā ca ṣaṭtilo nāvasīdati || 27 ||
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tailasyāmalakānāṃ ca tīrthe deyāni nityaśaḥ |
tathā prajvālayedvahniṃ nivātārthaṃ dvijanmanām || 28 ||
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evaṃ snānāvasāne tu bhojyaṃ deyamavāritam |
bhojayeddvijadāṃpatyaṃ bhūṣayedvastrabhūṣaṇaiḥ || 29 ||
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kaṃbalājinaratnāni vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca |
colakāni ca divyāni pracchādanapaṭīstathā || 30 ||
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upānahau tathā guptaṃ modakaiḥ pāpamocakaiḥ |
anena vidhinā dadyānmādhavaḥ prīyatāmiti || 31 ||
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agamyāgamanasteyapāpebhyaśca parigrahāt |
rahasyācaritādvāpi mucyate snānamācaret || 32 ||
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pitṛbhiḥ pitāmahaiḥ sārddhaṃ tathaiva prapitāmahaiḥ |
mātāmātāmahaiḥ sārddhaṃ vṛddhamātāmahaistathā || 33 ||
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ekaviṃśakulaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhogānbhuktvā yathepsitān |
māghamāsyuṣasi snātvā viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 34 ||
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yo māghamāsyuṣasi sūryyakarābhitāmre snānaṃ samācarati cārunadīpravāhe |
uddhṛtya saptapuruṣānpitṛmātṛtaśca svargaṃ prayātyamaladehadharo naro'sau || 35 ||
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