Adhyaya 114

Verse 1

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेत्तु राजेन्द्र तीर्थं परमशोभनम् । अयोनिजं महापुण्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Then, O best of kings, one should go to the supremely beautiful tīrtha called Ayonija, of great merit, the destroyer of all sins.”

Verse 2

अयोनिजे नरः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम् । पितृदेवार्चनं कृत्वा मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः

At Ayonija, one should bathe and worship Parameśvara. Having performed worship of the ancestors and the gods, one is freed from all stains of wrongdoing.

Verse 3

तत्र तीर्थे तु विधिना प्राणत्यागं करोति यः । स कदाचिन्महाराज योनिद्वारं न पश्यति

At that tīrtha, whoever, according to proper rule, gives up life—O great king—never again beholds the “door of the womb,” that is, is not reborn.

Verse 114

। अध्याय

End of the adhyāya: “Chapter”.