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Brhan-Naradiya Purana On Jyestha Month in Puri
Brhan-Naradiya Purana On Jyestha Month in Puri
Uttara-khaa
aitamo dhyya
vasur uvca
tato gacched vidhisute / trtha yajga-sambhavam
indradyumna-saro nma / yatrste pvana ubham 1
Therefore O daughter of Brahm, one should go to that bathing
place born of the body of Lord Viu, named Indradyumna-sara.
It is very sanctified and causes auspiciousness.
tatra gatv ucir vidvn / camya manas harim
dhytvopasthya ca vibhu / mantram enam udrayet 2
Then after bathing and sipping water, meditating within his mind
upon Lord Hari and worshipping that all-pervading Lord one should
utter this mantra:
avamedhga-sabhta / trtha sarvgha-nana
snna tvayi karomy adya / ppa hara / namo stu te 3
O holy place, born of the avamedha-yaja, who destroy all sin.
Now I bathe in your waters Please remove my sins. I bow unto
you.
evam uccrya vidhivat / snatv devn n pitn
tilodakena vny ca / santarpycampya vgyata 4
After thus uttering clearly this mantra in accord with precept, and
having satisfied with a tiny portion of that water the devas, sages,
forefathers and any others.
dattv pit pi ca / sapjya puruottamam
davamedhika samyak / phala prpnoti mnava 5
After offering pia to the forefathers, and worshipping the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, a man achieves the full benefit
of performing ten avamedha sacrifices.
O girl with beautiful eyes, on the day of the equinox, that man
who follows the practice of paca-trtha, and sees akaraa,
Ka and Subhadr obtains the rarely attained fruit of
performing all sacrifices, and freed from all sins he enters the
planet of Lord Viu.
ya payati ttyy / ka candana-rpinam
vaikhasya site pake / sa yty acyuta-mandiram 18
He who sees r Ka in the dress of sandalwood on the third
day of the dark fortnight in the month of Vaikha enters Lord
Acyutas house.
yad bhaven mah-jyaih / r-nakatra yogata
prayatnena tad martyair / gantavya puruottamam 19
ka dv mah-jyaihy / rma bhadra ca mohini
naro dvdaa-ytr / phala prpnoti cdhikam 20
When by the conjunction of the full moon and the stars the mahjyaih (in the month of Jyeha), is formed, mortal men should
endeavor to go to Puruottama Ketra (Pur). O Mohini, by seeing
Ka, Rma and Bhadr on the Mah-jyaih, a man obtains
more benefit than from attending twelve rathaytrs.