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SĀRĀVALĪ PRAKĪRṆAKA: 19
The result that a person, greedy of food, can gain by a ten million days' fasting can be gained by him at the Satrunjaya hill by only a daylong fast.
The result that can be gained by giving cows, gold and land in charity, can be gained by merely worshiping at the Śatrunjaya hill.
One who establishes a Jina-idol in the temple located in the front portion of Śtruñjaya hill, enjoys remorseless existence in the heavens after ruling the kingdom of the Bharata region.
The result one can gain by practising severe physical torments such as standing with one's hands held high over one's head and by standing on one foot, can be gained by merely climbing the Satrunjaya or Pundrika hill. Such a climber gains the status of the ruler of the humans or that of the gods.
One who worships in all the temples on the Satruñjaya hill, with due ritual, becomes venerated by the humans, gods and demons.
One who thinks to go to and bow to Śatruñjaya tīrtha three times a day, gains the fruit of its pilgrimage due to his volitional purity.
One who increases one's merit by remembering to bow to the Satruñjaya tīrtha three times a day, even from one's own place, gains the fruit of its pilgrimage due to his volitional purity.
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