Chapter Twenty Dvitīya-durge Indra-tīrtha-brahma-tīrtha-sūrya-kuṇḍa-naila-lohita-sāpta-samudra-māhātmya In the Description of the Second Fort, the Glories of Indra-tīrtha, Brahma-tīrtha, Sūrya-kuṇḍa, Nailalohita-tīrtha, and Sapta-sāmudra-tīrtha

O king, a person who bathes there goes to Indraloka. There he becomes glorious like the moon.

At the southern gate is Sūrya-kuṇḍa, where Satrājit worshiped the Syamantaka jewel.

A person who bathes there and gives a ruby in charity flies to the sun planet in an airplane effulgent like the sun.

yo dadāti mahā-buddhis tasya puṇya-phalaṁ śṛṇu brahma-hā pitṛ-hā go-ghno mātṛ-hācārya-hāghavān indraloke padaṁ dhṛtvā bibhrad brahmamayaṁ vapuḥ candrābhena vimānena yāti brahma-padaṁ sa ca tathā—so; vai—indeed; paścime—in the western; dvāre—gate; brahma-tīrtham—Brahma-tīrtha; viśiśyate—is distinguished; tatra—there; snātvā—bathing; naraḥ—a person; rājan—O king; svarṇa—golden; pātre—in a cup; ca—and; pāyāsam—pāyasa; yaḥ—one who; dadāti—gives; mahā-buddhiḥ—very intelligent; tasya—of him; puṇya-phalam—the pious result; śṛṇu—please hear; brahma-hā—the sin of killing a ;brāhmaṇ pitṛ-hā—the sin of killing one;s father; go-ghnaḥ—the sin of killing a cow; mātṛ-hā—the sin of killing one's mother; ācārya-hā—the sin of killing one's guru; aghavān—sinful; indraloke—in Indraloka; padam—the state; dhṛtvā—holding; bibhrat—hoilding; brahmamayam—like Lord Brahmā; vapuḥ—form; candrābhena—splendid as the moon; vimānena—with an airplane; yāti—goes; brahma-padam—to Brahmaloka; sa—he; ca—and. At the western gate is Brahma-tīrtha. Please here the pious result attained by one who bathes there and gives charity of pāyasa in a golden cup. Such a person is very wise. Even if he has killed his father, his mother, his guru, a brāhmaṇa, or a cow, or even if he has committed many very terrible sins, he attains a form like that of Lord Brahmā and, riding in an airplane effulgent as the moon, goes to Brahmaloka.

yo dadāti mahā-buddhis tasya puṇya-phalaṁ śṛṇu brahma-hā pitṛ-hā go-ghno mātṛ-hācārya-hāghavān indraloke padaṁ dhṛtvā bibhrad brahmamayaṁ vapuḥ candrābhena vimānena yāti brahma-padaṁ sa ca tathā—so; vai—indeed; paścime—in the western; dvāre—gate; brahma-tīrtham—Brahma-tīrtha; viśiśyate—is distinguished; tatra—there; snātvā—bathing; naraḥ—a person; rājan—O king; svarṇa—golden; pātre—in a cup; ca—and; pāyāsam—pāyasa; yaḥ—one who; dadāti—gives; mahā-buddhiḥ—very intelligent; tasya—of him; puṇya-phalam—the pious result; śṛṇu—please hear; brahma-hā—the sin of killing a ;brāhmaṇ pitṛ-hā—the sin of killing one;s father; go-ghnaḥ—the sin of killing a cow; mātṛ-hā—the sin of killing one's mother; ācārya-hā—the sin of killing one's guru; aghavān—sinful; indraloke—in Indraloka; padam—the state; dhṛtvā—holding; bibhrat—hoilding; brahmamayam—like Lord Brahmā; vapuḥ—form; candrābhena—splendid as the moon; vimānena—with an airplane; yāti—goes; brahma-padam—to Brahmaloka; sa—he; ca—and. At the western gate is Brahma-tīrtha. Please here the pious result attained by one who bathes there and gives charity of pāyasa in a golden cup. Such a person is very wise. Even if he has killed his father, his mother, his guru, a brāhmaṇa, or a cow, or even if he has committed many very terrible sins, he attains a form like that of Lord Brahmā and, riding in an airplane effulgent as the moon, goes to Brahmaloka.

yo dadāti mahā-buddhis tasya puṇya-phalaṁ śṛṇu brahma-hā pitṛ-hā go-ghno mātṛ-hācārya-hāghavān indraloke padaṁ dhṛtvā bibhrad brahmamayaṁ vapuḥ candrābhena vimānena yāti brahma-padaṁ sa ca tathā—so; vai—indeed; paścime—in the western; dvāre—gate; brahma-tīrtham—Brahma-tīrtha; viśiśyate—is distinguished; tatra—there; snātvā—bathing; naraḥ—a person; rājan—O king; svarṇa—golden; pātre—in a cup; ca—and; pāyāsam—pāyasa; yaḥ—one who; dadāti—gives; mahā-buddhiḥ—very intelligent; tasya—of him; puṇya-phalam—the pious result; śṛṇu—please hear; brahma-hā—the sin of killing a ;brāhmaṇ pitṛ-hā—the sin of killing one;s father; go-ghnaḥ—the sin of killing a cow; mātṛ-hā—the sin of killing one's mother; ācārya-hā—the sin of killing one's guru; aghavān—sinful; indraloke—in Indraloka; padam—the state; dhṛtvā—holding; bibhrat—hoilding; brahmamayam—like Lord Brahmā; vapuḥ—form; candrābhena—splendid as the moon; vimānena—with an airplane; yāti—goes; brahma-padam—to Brahmaloka; sa—he; ca—and. At the western gate is Brahma-tīrtha. Please here the pious result attained by one who bathes there and gives charity of pāyasa in a golden cup. Such a person is very wise. Even if he has killed his father, his mother, his guru, a brāhmaṇa, or a cow, or even if he has committed many very terrible sins, he attains a form like that of Lord Brahmā and, riding in an airplane effulgent as the moon, goes to Brahmaloka.

At the northern gate is Nailalohita-tīrtha, where Lord Śiva is splendidly manifested in his form of Nīlalohita.

All the demigods and sages, the seven ṛśis, all the Maruts, and many others all reside in that place.

At this place the demon Rāvaṇa, who made the entire world scream with grief, worshiped the liṇga of Lord Śiva and attained incomparable power and opulence.

O king, by seeing the liṇga of Lord Śiva there one attains a pious result a hundred times greater than the result attained by going on pilgrimage to Mount Kailāsa.

A person who visits for three days and bathes in Nīlalohita-kuṇḍa goes to Śivaloka, even though he may have committed many millions of sins.

There also is Sapta-sāmudraka-tīrtha. A sinner who bathes there is freed from a great host of sins.

parjanyo dhanadaḥ somaḥ kśitir agnir apāṁ patiḥ tat-pārśveśu sadā hy ete tiśṭhanti manujeśvara saptānām—of the seven; ca—and; samudrāṇām—seas; snāna-puṇyam—the pious result of bathing; labhet—attains; tvaram—at once; viśṇuḥ—Lord Viśṇu; viriṣcaḥ—Brahmā; giriśa—Śiva; indraḥ—Indra; vāyuḥ—Vāyu; yamaḥ—Yama; raviḥ—Sūrya; parjanyaḥ—Indra; dhanadaḥ—Kuvera; somaḥ—Candra; kśitiḥ—Kśiti; agniḥ—Agni; apāṁ patiḥ—Varuṇa; tat-pārśveśu—in its sides; sadā—always; hy—indeed; ete—they; tiśṭhanti—stay; manujeśvara—O king. He attains the pious result of bathing in the seven oceans. O king, Lord Viśṇu, Brahmā, Śiva, Indra, Vāyu, Yama, Sūrya, Indra, Kuvera, Candra, Kśiti, Agni, and Varuṇa always stay on the shores of Sapta-sāmudraka-tīrtha.

parjanyo dhanadaḥ somaḥ kśitir agnir apāṁ patiḥ tat-pārśveśu sadā hy ete tiśṭhanti manujeśvara saptānām—of the seven; ca—and; samudrāṇām—seas; snāna-puṇyam—the pious result of bathing; labhet—attains; tvaram—at once; viśṇuḥ—Lord Viśṇu; viriṣcaḥ—Brahmā; giriśa—Śiva; indraḥ—Indra; vāyuḥ—Vāyu; yamaḥ—Yama; raviḥ—Sūrya; parjanyaḥ—Indra; dhanadaḥ—Kuvera; somaḥ—Candra; kśitiḥ—Kśiti; agniḥ—Agni; apāṁ patiḥ—Varuṇa; tat-pārśveśu—in its sides; sadā—always; hy—indeed; ete—they; tiśṭhanti—stay; manujeśvara—O king. He attains the pious result of bathing in the seven oceans. O king, Lord Viśṇu, Brahmā, Śiva, Indra, Vāyu, Yama, Sūrya, Indra, Kuvera, Candra, Kśiti, Agni, and Varuṇa always stay on the shores of Sapta-sāmudraka-tīrtha.

O king, all the seventy million holy places of the universe are present at Sapta-sāmudraka-tīrtha.

A person who bathes there and circumambulates that holy place attains all the pious results of going on a pilgrimage to Dvārakā.

Without visiting Sapta-sāmudraka-tīrtha, a pilgrimage to Dvārakā will not bring any results. The demigods know that Sapta-sāmudraka-tīrtha is an incarnation of Lord Viśṇu.