The sages said: O Sūta, foremost among those who know everything, please expound to us the place etc. Sūta said: The pure house accords normal benefit in the rites of Devayajña etc.
ततो दशगुणं गोष्ठं जलतीरं ततो दश । ततो दशगुणं बिल्वतुलस्यश्वत्थमूलकम् २ ।
The cowshed is of ten times more benefit than that. The bank of a tank is of ten times more benefit than that and the root of Tulasi plant or of Bilva or Aśvattha trees is again of ten times more benefit than that.
ततो देवालयं विद्यात्तीर्थतीरं ततो दश । ततो दशगुणं नद्यास्तीर्थनद्यास्ततो दश ३ ।
Then the temple of knowledge is the most sacred. After that, the pilgrimage at the banks of sacred rivers is next. Following that, the river itself is ten times more powerful than these sacred places.
सिंधुश्च सरयू रेवा सप्तगंगाः प्रकीर्तिताः । ततोऽब्धितीरं दश च पर्वताग्रे ततो दश ५ ।
The shores of the sea are of ten times more benefit than the previous. The summit of a mountain is of ten times more benefit than the shores of the sea.