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ऋषय ऊचुः । देशादीन्क्रमशो ब्रूहि सूत सर्वार्थवित्तम् । सूत उवाच । शुद्धं गृहं समफलं देवयज्ञादिकर्मसु १ ।
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.
english translation
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.
english translation
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.
english translation
सप्तगंगानदीतीरं तस्या दशगुणं भवेत् । गंगा गोदावरी चैव कावेरी ताम्रपर्णिका ४ ।
The seven holy Gaṅgās are Gaṅgā, Godāvarī, Kāverī, Tāmraparṇikā, Sindhu, Sarayū and Revā.
english translation
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.
english translation