सरांसि पुष्करादीनि क्षेत्राण्यर्हाश्रितान्युत । कुरुक्षेत्रं गयशिर: प्रयाग: पुलहाश्रम: ॥ ३० ॥ नैमिषं फाल्गुनं सेतु: प्रभासोऽथ कुशस्थली । वाराणसी मधुपुरी पम्पा बिन्दुसरस्तथा ॥ ३१ ॥ नारायणाश्रमो नन्दा सीतारामाश्रमादय: । सर्वे कुलाचला राजन्महेन्द्रमलयादय: ॥ ३२ ॥ एते पुण्यतमा देशा हरेरर्चाश्रिताश्च ये । एतान्देशान्निषेवेत श्रेयस्कामो ह्यभीक्ष्णश: । धर्मो ह्यत्रेहित: पुंसां सहस्राधिफलोदय: ॥ ३३ ॥
saramsi puskaradini ksetrany arhasritany uta kuruksetram gaya-sirah prayagah pulahasramah naimisam phalgunam setuh prabhaso ’tha kusa-sthali varanasi madhu-puri pampa bindu-saras tatha narayanasramo nanda sita-ramasramadayah sarve kulacala rajan mahendra-malayadayah ete punyatama desa harer arcasritas ca ye etan desan niseveta sreyas-kamo hy abhiksnasah dharmo hy atrehitah pumsam sahasradhi-phalodayah
- saramsi
- lakes
- puskara-adini
- such as Puskara
- ksetrani
- sacred places (like Kuruksetra, Gayaksetra and Jagannatha Puri)
- arha
- for worshipable, saintly persons
- asritani
- places of shelter
- uta
- celebrated
- kuruksetram
- a particular sacred place (dharma-ksetra)
- gaya-sirah
- the place known as Gaya, where Gayasura took shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Visnu
- prayagah
- Allahabad, at the confluence of the two sacred rivers Ganges and Yamuna
- pulaha-asramah
- the residence of Pulaha Muni
- naimisam
- the place known as Naimisaranya (near Lucknow)
- phalgunam
- the place where the Phalgu River flows
- setuh
- Setubandha, where Lord Ramacandra constructed a bridge between India and Lanka
- prabhasah
- Prabhasaksetra
- atha
- as well as
- kusa-sthali
- Dvaravati, or Dvaraka
- varanasi
- Benares
- madhu-puri
- Mathura
- pampa
- a place where there is a lake called Pampa
- bindu-sarah
- the place where Bindu-sarovara is situated
- tatha
- there
- narayana-asramah
- known as Badarikasrama
- nanda
- the place where the Nanda River flows
- sita-rama
- of Lord Ramacandra and mother Sita
- asrama-adayah
- places of shelter like Citrakuta
- sarve
- all (such places)
- kulacalah
- hilly tracts of land
- rajan
- O King
- mahendra
- known as Mahendra
- malaya-adayah
- and others, like Malayacala
- ete
- all of them
- punya-tamah
- extremely sacred
- desah
- places
- hareh
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- arca-asritah
- places where the Deity of Radha-Krsna is worshiped (such as big American cities like New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and European cities like London and Paris, or wherever there are centers of Krsna consciousness)
- ca
- as well as
- ye
- those which
- etan desan
- all these countries
- niseveta
- should worship or visit
- sreyah-kamah
- one who desires auspiciousness
- hi
- indeed
- abhiksnasah
- again and again
- dharmah
- religious activities
- hi
- from which
- atra
- in these places
- ihitah
- performed
- pumsam
- of the persons
- sahasra-adhi
- more than a thousand times
- phala-udayah
- effective
The sacred lakes like Puskara and places where saintly persons live, like Kuruksetra, Gaya, Prayaga, Pulahasrama, Naimisaranya, the banks of the Phalgu River, Setubandha, Prabhasa, Dvaraka, Varanasi, Mathura, Pampa, Bindu-sarovara, Badarikasrama [Narayanasrama], the places where the Nanda River flows, the places where Lord Ramacandra and mother Sita took shelter, such as Citrakuta, and also the hilly tracts of land known as Mahendra and Malaya — all of these are to be considered most pious and sacred. Similarly, places outside India where there are centers of the Krsna consciousness movement and where Radha-Krsna Deities are worshiped must all be visited and worshiped by those who want to be spiritually advanced. One who intends to advance in spiritual life may visit all these places and perform ritualistic ceremonies to get results a thousand times better than the results of the same activities performed in any other place.