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lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu;  prayāgaḥ —Allahabad, at the confluence of the two sacred rivers Ganges and Yamunā;  pulaha-āśramaḥ —the residence of Pulaha Muni;  naimiṣam —the place known as Naimiṣāraṇya (near Lucknow);  phālgunam —the place where the Phālgu River flows;  setuḥ —Setubandha, where Lord Rāmacandra constructed a bridge between India and Lankā;  prabhāsaḥ —Prabhāsakṣetra;  atha —as well as;  kuśa-sthalī —Dvāravatī, or Dvārakā;  vārāṇasī —Benares;  madhupurī —Mathurā;  pampā —a place where there is a lake called Pampā;  bindu-saraḥ —the place where Bindu-sarovara is situated;  tathā —there;  nārāyaṇa-āśramaḥ —known as Badarikāśrama;  nandā —the place where the Nandā River flows;  sūtā-rāma —of Lord Rāmacandra and mother Sītā;  āśrama-ādayaḥ —places of shelter like Citrakūṭa;  sarve —all (such places);  kulācalāḥ —hilly tracts of land;  rājan —O King;  mahendra —known as Mahendra;  malaya-ādayaḥ —and others, like Malayācala;  ete —all of them;  puṇya-tamāḥ —extremely sacred;  deśāḥ —places;  hareḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  arca-āśritāḥ —places where the Deity of Rādhā-Krṣṇa 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 Krṣṇa consciousness);  ca —as well as;  ye —those which;  etān deśān —all these countries;  niṣeveta —should worship or visit;  śreyaḥ-kāmaḥ —one who desires auspiciousness;  hi —indeed;  abhīkṣṇaśaḥ —again and again;  dharmaḥ —religious activities;  hi —from which;  atra —in these places;  īhitaḥ —performed;  puṃsām —of the persons;  sahasra-adhi —more than a thousand times;  phala-udayaḥ —effective.
TRANSLATION
The sacred lakes like Puṣkara and places where saintly persons live, like Kurukṣetra, Gayā, Prayāga, Pulahāśrama, Naimiṣāraṇya, the banks of the Phālgu River, Setubandha, Prabhāsa, Dvārakā, Vārāṇasī, Mathurā, Pampā, Bindu-sarovara, Badarikāśrama [Nārāyaṇāśrama], the places where the Nandā River flows, the places where Lord Rāmacandra and mother Sītā took shelter, such as Citrakūṭa, 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 Krṣṇa consciousness movement and where Rādhā-Krṣṇa