Varaha Purana — Chapter 112
VrP 112.1
अथोभयतोमुखीगोदानहेमकुम्भदानपुराणप्रशंसाः ।। होतोवाच ।। अतः परं महाराज शृणूभयमुखीं ततः ।। विधानं तद्वरारोहे धरण्या कथितं पुरा
athobhayatomukhīgodānahemakumbhadānapurāṇapraśaṃsāḥ || hotovāca || ataḥ paraṃ mahārāja śṛṇūbhayamukhīṃ tataḥ || vidhānaṃ tadvarārohe dharaṇyā kathitaṃ purā
Next, the praises of the gift of a cow calving with the calf's head presenting both ways, of the gift of a golden pot, and of the Purāṇa. The reciter said: After this, great king, hear then of the both-mouthed (cow), and the rule for it, O fair-hipped one, which was told long ago by Dharaṇī (Earth).
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VrP 112.2
तदहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि तव पुण्यफलं महत् ।। धरण्युवाच ।। या त्वया कपिला प्रोक्ता पूर्वमुत्पादिता प्रभो
tadahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi tava puṇyaphalaṃ mahat || dharaṇyuvāca || yā tvayā kapilā proktā pūrvamutpāditā prabho
That I shall fully declare — its great fruit of merit for you. Dharaṇī said: The tawny cow of which you spoke, O Lord, which was produced formerly,
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VrP 112.3
होमधेनुः सदा पुण्या सा ज्ञेया कतिलक्षणा ।। कियत्यः कपिलाः प्रोक्ताः स्वयमेव स्वयम्भुवा
homadhenuḥ sadā puṇyā sā jñeyā katilakṣaṇā || kiyatyaḥ kapilāḥ proktāḥ svayameva svayambhuvā
She is the ever-holy cow of oblation — by how many marks is she to be known? How many tawny cows have been declared by the Self-existent himself?
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VrP 112.4
प्रसूयमाना दानेन किं पुण्यं स्याच्च माधव ।। एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण जगद्गुरो
prasūyamānā dānena kiṃ puṇyaṃ syācca mādhava || etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ vistareṇa jagadguro
And what merit would there be from the gift of one that is calving, O Mādhava? This I wish to hear in detail, O teacher of the world.
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VrP 112.5
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणुष्व देवि तत्त्वेन पवित्रं पापनाशनम् ।। यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇuṣva devi tattvena pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam || yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
The Blessed Boar said: Listen, goddess, in truth, to what is purifying and destroys sin, on hearing which one is freed from all sins — of this there is no doubt.
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VrP 112.6
कपिला ह्यग्निहोत्रार्थे यज्ञार्थे च वरानने ।। उद्धृत्य सर्वतेजोभिर्ब्रह्मणा निर्मिता पुरा
kapilā hyagnihotrārthe yajñārthe ca varānane || uddhṛtya sarvatejobhirbrahmaṇā nirmitā purā
For the sake of the agnihotra and for the sake of sacrifice, O fair-faced one, the tawny (kapilā) cow was formerly fashioned by Brahmā, drawn out from all the radiances.
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VrP 112.7
पवित्राणां पवित्रं च मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम् ।। पुण्यानां परमं पुण्यं कपिला च वसुन्धरे
pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ ca maṅgalānāṃ ca maṅgalam || puṇyānāṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ kapilā ca vasundhare
And the tawny cow, O Earth, is the purest of pure things, the auspicious among auspicious things, the highest merit among meritorious things.
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VrP 112.8
तपसस्तप एवाग्र्यं व्रतानां व्रतमुत्तमम् ।। दानानामुत्तमं दानं निधीनां ह्येतदक्षयम्
tapasastapa evāgryaṃ vratānāṃ vratamuttamam || dānānāmuttamaṃ dānaṃ nidhīnāṃ hyetadakṣayam
(She is) the foremost austerity among austerities, the best vow among vows, the best gift among gifts; among treasures, she is the imperishable one.
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VrP 112.9
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि गुह्यान्यायतनानि च ।। पवित्राणि च पुण्यानि सर्वलोकेषु सुन्दरि त्रिः सदावर्त्तनं कृत्वा पापं वर्षकृतं च यत् ।। नश्यते तत्क्षणादेव वायुना पांसवो यथा
pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni guhyānyāyatanāni ca || pavitrāṇi ca puṇyāni sarvalokeṣu sundari triḥ sadāvarttanaṃ kṛtvā pāpaṃ varṣakṛtaṃ ca yat || naśyate tatkṣaṇādeva vāyunā pāṃsavo yathā
Whatever holy fords there are on earth, and hidden shrines, and pure and meritorious (places) in all the worlds, O beautiful one — having made three circumambulations always, the sin done in a year perishes that very instant, as dust does by the wind.
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VrP 112.11
जुह्वते ह्यग्निहोत्राणि मन्त्रैश्च विविधैः सदा ।। पूजयन्नतिथींश्चैव परां भक्तिमुपागताः
juhvate hyagnihotrāṇi mantraiśca vividhaiḥ sadā || pūjayannatithīṃścaiva parāṃ bhaktimupāgatāḥ
They constantly offer the agnihotra oblations with manifold mantras, and honour guests, having attained supreme devotion.
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VrP 112.12
ते यान्त्यादित्यवर्णैश्च विमानैर्द्विजसत्तमाः ।। सूर्य मण्डलमध्यात्तु ब्रह्मणा निर्मिता पुरा
te yāntyādityavarṇaiśca vimānairdvijasattamāḥ || sūrya maṇḍalamadhyāttu brahmaṇā nirmitā purā
Those best of twice-born go in chariots of the colour of the sun; but (she was) fashioned formerly by Brahmā from the midst of the sun's orb.
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VrP 112.13
कपिला या पिङ्गलाक्षी सूर्यसौख्यप्रदायिनी ।। सिद्धिबुद्धिप्रदा धेनुः कपिलानन्तरूपिणी
kapilā yā piṅgalākṣī sūryasaukhyapradāyinī || siddhibuddhipradā dhenuḥ kapilānantarūpiṇī
The tawny cow who is tawny-eyed, bestower of the sun's happiness, the milch-cow granting success and understanding, the tawny one of endless forms —
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VrP 112.14
पूर्वोक्ता यास्तु कपिलाः सर्वलक्षणलक्षिताः ।। सर्वा ह्येता महाभागास्तारयन्ति न संशयः
pūrvoktā yāstu kapilāḥ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitāḥ || sarvā hyetā mahābhāgāstārayanti na saṃśayaḥ
But those tawny cows spoken of before, marked with all the (auspicious) marks — all these, being greatly blessed, carry (one) across; there is no doubt.
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VrP 112.15
संगमेषु प्रशस्ताश्च सर्वपापविनाशनाः ।। अग्निपुच्छा अग्निमुखी अग्निलोमानलप्रभा
saṃgameṣu praśastāśca sarvapāpavināśanāḥ || agnipucchā agnimukhī agnilomānalaprabhā
And they are commended at confluences (of rivers), destroyers of all sin: fire-tailed, fire-faced, fire-haired, with the sheen of fire.
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VrP 112.16
तथाग्नायी तथा देवी सुवर्णाख्या प्रवर्तते ।। गृहीत्वा कपिलां शूद्रात्कामतः सदृशः पिबेत्
tathāgnāyī tathā devī suvarṇākhyā pravartate || gṛhītvā kapilāṃ śūdrātkāmataḥ sadṛśaḥ pibet
So too Agnāyī, so too Devī, and she called Suvarṇā — (thus) it goes. Having taken a tawny cow from a Śūdra, one who wilfully drinks (its milk) becomes his equal.
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VrP 112.17
पतितैः स हि विज्ञेयश्चाण्डालसदृशोऽधमः ।। तस्मान्न प्रतिगृह्णीयाच्छ्रूद्राद्विप्रः प्रतिग्रहम्
patitaiḥ sa hi vijñeyaścāṇḍālasadṛśo'dhamaḥ || tasmānna pratigṛhṇīyācchrūdrādvipraḥ pratigraham
He indeed is to be reckoned among the fallen, a lowest man like a Cāṇḍāla; therefore a Brahmin should not accept a gift from a Śūdra.
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VrP 112.18
दूरात्ते परिहर्त्तव्याः श्वभिस्तुल्या इवाध्वरे ।। पर्वकाले हि सर्वे वै वर्जिताः पितृदैवतैः
dūrātte pariharttavyāḥ śvabhistulyā ivādhvare || parvakāle hi sarve vai varjitāḥ pitṛdaivataiḥ
They are to be avoided from afar, like dogs at a sacrifice; for at the time of the (lunar) festivals all of them are shunned by the ancestors and the gods.
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VrP 112.19
असम्भाष्याः प्रतिग्राह्या शूद्रास्ते पापकर्मणः ।। पिबन्ति यावत् कपिलां तावत्तेषां पितामहः
asambhāṣyāḥ pratigrāhyā śūdrāste pāpakarmaṇaḥ || pibanti yāvat kapilāṃ tāvatteṣāṃ pitāmahaḥ
Those Śūdras of sinful deeds are not to be spoken with, nor to be accepted from; as long as they drink (the milk of) a tawny cow, so long their grandfather (suffers).
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VrP 112.21
उपजीवन्ति ये शूद्रास्तेषां गतिमतः शृणु ।। कपिलाजीविनः शूद्राः क्रूरा गच्छन्ति रौरवम्
upajīvanti ye śūdrāsteṣāṃ gatimataḥ śṛṇu || kapilājīvinaḥ śūdrāḥ krūrā gacchanti rauravam
Hear now the destiny of those Śūdras who live off (her): cruel Śūdras who live by the tawny cow go to the Raurava hell.
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VrP 112.22
रौरवे तु महारौद्रे वर्षकोटिशतं धरे ।। ततो विमुक्ताः कालेन शुनो योनिं व्रजन्ति हि
raurave tu mahāraudre varṣakoṭiśataṃ dhare || tato vimuktāḥ kālena śuno yoniṃ vrajanti hi
(They remain) in the terrible Raurava for a hundred crores of years, O Earth; released from that in time, they go to the womb of a dog.
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VrP 112.23
शुनो योन्या विमुक्तास्तु विष्ठाभुक्कृमयस्ततः ।। विष्ठास्थानेषु पापिष्ठः सुदुर्गन्धिषु नित्यशः
śuno yonyā vimuktāstu viṣṭhābhukkṛmayastataḥ || viṣṭhāsthāneṣu pāpiṣṭhaḥ sudurgandhiṣu nityaśaḥ
Released from the dog's womb, they then become dung-eating worms, most sinful, forever in places of excrement that stink foully.
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VrP 112.24
भूयोभूयो जायमानस्तथोत्तारं न विन्दति ।। ब्राह्मणश्चैव यो विद्वान्कुर्यात्तेषां प्रतिग्रहम्
bhūyobhūyo jāyamānastathottāraṃ na vindati || brāhmaṇaścaiva yo vidvānkuryātteṣāṃ pratigraham
Being born again and again, he thus finds no deliverance. And a Brahmin, even a learned one, who accepts a gift from them —
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VrP 112.25
ततः प्रभृत्यमेध्यान्तः पितरस्तस्य शेरते ।। न तं विप्रं तु सम्भाषेन्न चैवैकासनं विशेत्
tataḥ prabhṛtyamedhyāntaḥ pitarastasya śerate || na taṃ vipraṃ tu sambhāṣenna caivaikāsanaṃ viśet
from then on his ancestors lie amid what is unclean. One should not converse with that Brahmin, nor sit down on the same seat (with him).
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VrP 112.26
स नित्यं वर्जनीयो हि दूरात्तु ब्राह्मणैर्धरे ।। यस्तेन सह सम्भाषेत्तथा चैकासनं व्रजेत्
sa nityaṃ varjanīyo hi dūrāttu brāhmaṇairdhare || yastena saha sambhāṣettathā caikāsanaṃ vrajet
He is always to be shunned from afar by Brahmins, O Earth; and whoever converses with him or shares one seat (with him) —
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VrP 112.27
प्राजापत्यं चरेत्कृच्छ्रं तेन शुष्यति स द्विजः।। एकस्य गोप्रदानस्य सहस्रांशेन पूर्यते
prājāpatyaṃ caretkṛcchraṃ tena śuṣyati sa dvijaḥ|| ekasya gopradānasya sahasrāṃśena pūryate
He should perform the Prājāpatya penance; by that the twice-born one is cleansed. (Yet all that) is (only) filled up by a thousandth part of a single gift of a cow.
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VrP 112.28
किमन्यैर्बहुभिर्दानैः कोटिसंख्यानविस्तरैः ।। श्रोत्रियाय दरिद्राय सुवृत्तायाहिताग्नये
kimanyairbahubhirdānaiḥ koṭisaṃkhyānavistaraiḥ || śrotriyāya daridrāya suvṛttāyāhitāgnaye
What (worth) is there in other numerous gifts, extending to a count of crores? — To a Vedic scholar who is poor, of good conduct, and maintains the sacred fires,
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VrP 112.29
आसन्नप्रसवां धेनुं दानार्थं प्रतिपालयेत ।। कपिलार्द्धप्रसूता वै दातव्या च द्विजन्मने
āsannaprasavāṃ dhenuṃ dānārthaṃ pratipālayeta || kapilārddhaprasūtā vai dātavyā ca dvijanmane
one should keep ready, for the purpose of giving, a cow near to calving; indeed a tawny (kapilā) cow half-way through delivery is to be given to the twice-born.
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VrP 112.31
धेन्वा यावन्ति रोमाणि सवत्साया वसुन्धरे ।। तावत्यो वर्षकोट्यस्तु ब्रह्मवादिभिरर्चिताः
dhenvā yāvanti romāṇi savatsāyā vasundhare || tāvatyo varṣakoṭyastu brahmavādibhirarcitāḥ
As many hairs as there are on a cow together with her calf, O Vasundharā, so many crores of years — (so) is it declared by those who speak of Brahman —
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VrP 112.32
वसन्ति ब्रह्मलोके वै ये नित्यं कपिलाप्रदाः ।। सुवर्णशृङ्गीं यः कृत्वा रौप्ययुक्तखुरां तथा
vasanti brahmaloke vai ye nityaṃ kapilāpradāḥ || suvarṇaśṛṅgīṃ yaḥ kṛtvā raupyayuktakhurāṃ tathā
do those who always give tawny cows dwell in the world of Brahmā. He who, having made (her) gold-horned and likewise silver-shod,
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VrP 112.33
ब्राह्मणस्य करे दत्त्वा सुवर्णं रौप्यमेव च ।। कपिलायास्तदा पुच्छं ब्राह्मणस्य करे न्यसेत्
brāhmaṇasya kare dattvā suvarṇaṃ raupyameva ca || kapilāyāstadā pucchaṃ brāhmaṇasya kare nyaset
having given gold and silver into the brahmin's hand, should then place the tawny cow's tail into the brahmin's hand;
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VrP 112.34
उदकं च करे दत्त्वा वाचयेच्छुद्धया गिरा ।। ससमुद्रवना तेन सशैलवनकानना
udakaṃ ca kare dattvā vācayecchuddhayā girā || sasamudravanā tena saśailavanakānanā
and having given water into his hand, he should have (him) recite with pure speech. By that, (the earth) with its oceans and forests, with its mountains, woods and groves,
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VrP 112.35
रत्नपूर्णा भवेद्दत्ता पृथिवी नात्र संशयः ।। पृथिवीदानतुल्येन दानेनैतेन वै नरः
ratnapūrṇā bhaveddattā pṛthivī nātra saṃśayaḥ || pṛthivīdānatulyena dānenaitena vai naraḥ
filled with jewels, comes to be given — the earth; there is no doubt in this. By this gift, which equals the gift of the earth, a man,
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VrP 112.36
नन्दितो याति पितृभिर्विष्ण्वाख्यं परमं पदम् ।। ब्रह्मस्वहारी गोघ्नो वा भ्रूणहा पापदेहकः
nandito yāti pitṛbhirviṣṇvākhyaṃ paramaṃ padam || brahmasvahārī goghno vā bhrūṇahā pāpadehakaḥ
gladdened, goes together with the forefathers to the supreme station called Viṣṇu's. One who steals brahmin property, or a cow-killer, or an embryo-slayer, whose body is sin,
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VrP 112.37
महापातकयुक्तोऽपि वंचको ब्रह्मदूषकः ।। निन्दको ब्राह्मणानां च तथा कर्मावदूषकः
mahāpātakayukto'pi vaṃcako brahmadūṣakaḥ || nindako brāhmaṇānāṃ ca tathā karmāvadūṣakaḥ
even one afflicted with the great sins, a swindler, a defiler of the Veda, a reviler of brahmins, and likewise a spoiler of rites —
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VrP 112.38
महापातकयुक्तोऽपि गवां दानेन शुध्यति ।। यश्चोभयमुखीं दद्यात्प्रभूतकनकान्विताम्
mahāpātakayukto'pi gavāṃ dānena śudhyati || yaścobhayamukhīṃ dadyātprabhūtakanakānvitām
even one afflicted with the great sins is purified by the gift of cows. And he who gives a cow facing both ways (i.e. in the act of calving), furnished with abundant gold —
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VrP 112.39
तद्दिनं पायसाहारं पयसा वापि वा भवेत् ।। सुवर्णस्य सहस्रेण तदर्द्धेनापि भामिनि
taddinaṃ pāyasāhāraṃ payasā vāpi vā bhavet || suvarṇasya sahasreṇa tadarddhenāpi bhāmini
on that day his food should be milk-rice, or else milk alone; with a thousand (pieces) of gold, or even with half of that, O lovely lady.
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VrP 112.41
इमां गृह्णोभयमुखीमुभयत्र शमोऽस्तु वै ।। ददे वंशविवृद्ध्यर्थं सदा स्वस्तिकरी भव
imāṃ gṛhṇobhayamukhīmubhayatra śamo'stu vai || dade vaṃśavivṛddhyarthaṃ sadā svastikarī bhava
"Receive this cow facing both ways; may there be peace in both (worlds). I give (her) for the increase of my line; be ever a bringer of well-being."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.42
प्रतिगृह्णामि त्वां धेनो कुटुम्बार्थे विशेषतः ।। शुभं भवतु मे नित्यं देवधात्रि नमोऽस्तु ते
pratigṛhṇāmi tvāṃ dheno kuṭumbārthe viśeṣataḥ || śubhaṃ bhavatu me nityaṃ devadhātri namo'stu te
"I accept you, O cow, especially for the sake of my household. May there be good fortune for me always; O nurse of the gods, homage to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.43
मे नित्यं स्वस्ति भवतु रुद्राङ्गेति नमोनमः ।। ॐ द्योस्त्वा ददातु पृथिवी त्वा प्रति गृह्णतु
me nityaṃ svasti bhavatu rudrāṅgeti namonamaḥ || oṃ dyostvā dadātu pṛthivī tvā prati gṛhṇatu
"May there be well-being for me always — O you who are a limb of Rudra — homage, homage!" "Om, may the sky give you, may the earth receive you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.44
क इदं कस्मा अदादिति जपित्वा वै वसुन्धरे ।। विसृज्य ब्राह्मणं देवि तां धेनुं तद्गृहं नयेत्
ka idaṃ kasmā adāditi japitvā vai vasundhare || visṛjya brāhmaṇaṃ devi tāṃ dhenuṃ tadgṛhaṃ nayet
Having muttered "Who gave this, and to whom?", O Vasundharā, and having dismissed the brahmin, O goddess, he should lead that cow to his (the brahmin's) house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 112.45
एवं प्रसूयमानां यो गां ददाति वसुन्धरे ।। पृथिवी तेन दत्ता स्यात्सप्तद्वीपा न संशयः
evaṃ prasūyamānāṃ yo gāṃ dadāti vasundhare || pṛthivī tena dattā syātsaptadvīpā na saṃśayaḥ
He who thus gives a cow in the act of calving, O Vasundharā — by him the earth with its seven continents has been given; there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.46
वदन्ति तां चन्द्रसमानवक्त्रां प्रतप्तजाम्बूनदतुल्यवर्णाम् ।। महासितत्त्वां तनुवृत्तमध्यां सेवन्त्यजस्रं कुलिता हि देवाः
vadanti tāṃ candrasamānavaktrāṃ prataptajāmbūnadatulyavarṇām || mahāsitattvāṃ tanuvṛttamadhyāṃ sevantyajasraṃ kulitā hi devāḥ
They speak of her as having a face like the moon, of a hue equal to refined gold, greatly white(?), with a slender rounded waist; and the gods, gathered together, attend upon her unceasingly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 112.47
प्रातरुत्थाय यो मर्त्यः कल्पं चेदं समाहितः ।। जितेन्द्रियः शुचिर्भूत्वा पठेद्भक्त्या समन्वितः
prātarutthāya yo martyaḥ kalpaṃ cedaṃ samāhitaḥ || jitendriyaḥ śucirbhūtvā paṭhedbhaktyā samanvitaḥ
The mortal who, rising at dawn, with concentrated mind, senses subdued and having become pure, recites this Kalpa with devotion —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.49
श्राद्धकाले पठेद्यस्तु इदं पावनमुत्तमम् ।। तस्यान्नं संस्कृतं तद्धि पितरोऽश्नन्ति धीमतः
śrāddhakāle paṭhedyastu idaṃ pāvanamuttamam || tasyānnaṃ saṃskṛtaṃ taddhi pitaro'śnanti dhīmataḥ
And he who recites this supreme purifier at the time of the śrāddha — the food of that wise man becomes consecrated, and the forefathers indeed eat it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.51
यश्चैतच्छृणुयान्नित्यं तद्गतेनान्तरात्मना ।। संवत्सरकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति
yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ tadgatenāntarātmanā || saṃvatsarakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati
And whoever hears this constantly, with his inner self fixed upon it — the sin committed over a year perishes that very instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.52
होतोवाच ।। इदं रहस्यं राजेन्द्र वराहेण पुरातनम् ।। धरण्यै कथितं राजन्धेनुमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
hotovāca || idaṃ rahasyaṃ rājendra varāheṇa purātanam || dharaṇyai kathitaṃ rājandhenumāhātmyamuttamam
The priest said: This is a secret, O best of kings, (told) of old by the Boar — the excellent glorification of the cow, related to the Earth, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.53
मया ते कथितं सर्वं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ।। द्वादश्यां माघमासस्य शुक्लायां तिलधेनुदः
mayā te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam || dvādaśyāṃ māghamāsasya śuklāyāṃ tiladhenudaḥ
All this, which destroys every sin, has been told to you by me. On the twelfth of the bright fortnight of the month of Māgha, one who gives a cow (made) of sesame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.54
सर्वकामसमृद्धार्थो वैष्णवं पदमाप्नुयात्।। द्वादश्यां श्रावणे मासि शुक्लायां राजसत्तम
sarvakāmasamṛddhārtho vaiṣṇavaṃ padamāpnuyāt|| dvādaśyāṃ śrāvaṇe māsi śuklāyāṃ rājasattama
with all his desires and aims fulfilled, would attain the station of Viṣṇu. On the twelfth of the bright fortnight in the month of Śrāvaṇa, O best of kings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.57
धेनूनां फलमुद्दिश्य सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम् ।। अथवा पीड्यसेऽत्यन्तं क्षुधया पार्थिवोत्तम
dhenūnāṃ phalamuddiśya sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām || athavā pīḍyase'tyantaṃ kṣudhayā pārthivottama
aiming at the reward of the (gift of) cows, which grants men all their desires — or else, O best of rulers, you are being exceedingly tormented by hunger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 112.58
इदानीं कार्त्तिकी चेयं वर्त्तते च नराधिप ।। ब्रह्माण्डं सर्वसम्पन्नं भूतरत्नौषधैर्युतम्
idānīṃ kārttikī ceyaṃ varttate ca narādhipa || brahmāṇḍaṃ sarvasampannaṃ bhūtaratnauṣadhairyutam
Now this full-moon day of Kārttika is in progress, O lord of men: the egg of Brahmā, complete with everything, furnished with creatures, jewels and herbs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.59
देवदानवयक्षैस्तु युक्तमेतत्सदा विभो ।। एतद्धेममयं कृत्वा सर्वबीजरसान्वितम्
devadānavayakṣaistu yuktametatsadā vibho || etaddhemamayaṃ kṛtvā sarvabījarasānvitam
and always occupied by gods, dānavas and yakṣas, O mighty one — having made this (egg) of gold, filled with all seeds and juices,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.61
पुरोहिताय गुरवे दद्याद्भक्तिसमन्वितः ।। ब्रह्माण्डोदरवर्तीनि यानि भूतानि पार्थिव
purohitāya gurave dadyādbhaktisamanvitaḥ || brahmāṇḍodaravartīni yāni bhūtāni pārthiva
one should give it, filled with devotion, to the household priest, one's teacher. Whatever beings dwell within the belly of Brahmā's egg, O king,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.62
तानि दत्तानि तेन स्युः समासात्कथितं तव ।। यो यज्ञे यजते राजन् सहस्रशतदक्षिणैः
tāni dattāni tena syuḥ samāsātkathitaṃ tava || yo yajñe yajate rājan sahasraśatadakṣiṇaiḥ
they all become given by him — this has been told you in brief. He who, O king, sacrifices in a sacrifice with a hundred thousand as priestly fees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.63
सैकदेशो यजेत्तस्य ब्रह्माण्डस्य विशेषतः ।। यः पुनः सकलं चेदं ब्रह्माण्डं यजते नरः
saikadeśo yajettasya brahmāṇḍasya viśeṣataḥ || yaḥ punaḥ sakalaṃ cedaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ yajate naraḥ
he sacrifices, particularly, but one portion of that egg of Brahmā; whereas the man who sacrifices this whole egg of Brahmā —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.64
तेन चेष्टं हुतं दत्तं पठितं कीर्त्तितं भवेत् ।। एवं श्रुत्वा ततो राजा हेमकुम्भप्रकल्पितम्
tena ceṣṭaṃ hutaṃ dattaṃ paṭhitaṃ kīrttitaṃ bhavet || evaṃ śrutvā tato rājā hemakumbhaprakalpitam
by him it comes to be sacrificed, offered in fire, given, recited and proclaimed. Having heard this, the king then (gave) the egg of Brahmā fashioned of a golden pot,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.65
ब्रह्माण्डमृषये प्रादात्सविधानं च तत्क्षणात् ।। सर्वकामैः सुसंवीतो ययौ स्वर्गं नराधिपः
brahmāṇḍamṛṣaye prādātsavidhānaṃ ca tatkṣaṇāt || sarvakāmaiḥ susaṃvīto yayau svargaṃ narādhipaḥ
he gave (it), together with the ritual procedure, to the seer that very instant; and the lord of men, well provided with all he desired, went to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.66
तस्मात्त्वमपि राजेन्द्र तद्दत्त्वा तु सुखी भव ।। एवमुक्तो वसिष्ठेन सोऽप्येवमकरोन्नृपः
tasmāttvamapi rājendra taddattvā tu sukhī bhava || evamukto vasiṣṭhena so'pyevamakaronnṛpaḥ
Therefore you too, O best of kings, having given that, be happy. Thus addressed by Vasiṣṭha, that king too did just so,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.67
जगाम परमां सिद्धिं यत्र गत्वा न शोचति ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। इयं ते कथिता देवि संहिता सर्वकामिका
jagāma paramāṃ siddhiṃ yatra gatvā na śocati || śrīvarāha uvāca || iyaṃ te kathitā devi saṃhitā sarvakāmikā
and attained the highest perfection, having gone whither one does not grieve. The blessed Boar said: This collection, granting every desire, has been recounted to you, O goddess,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.68
वराहाख्या वरारोहे सर्वपातकनाशिनी ।। सर्वज्ञादुत्थिता चेयं ततो ब्रह्मा बुबोध ह
varāhākhyā varārohe sarvapātakanāśinī || sarvajñādutthitā ceyaṃ tato brahmā bubodha ha
called the Vārāha, O fair-hipped one, destroying all sins; and it arose from the All-knowing, and thereafter Brahmā came to know it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.69
ब्रह्मा स्वसूनवे प्रादात्पुलस्त्याय महात्मने।। सोऽपि रामाय च प्रादाद्भार्गवाय महात्मने
brahmā svasūnave prādātpulastyāya mahātmane|| so'pi rāmāya ca prādādbhārgavāya mahātmane
Brahmā gave it to his own son, the great-souled Pulastya; and he too gave it to Rāma, the great-souled descendant of Bhṛgu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.71
सम्बन्धः पूर्वकल्पीयो द्वितीयं शृणु साम्प्रतम् ।। सर्वज्ञाल्लब्धवानस्मि त्वं च मत्तो धराधरे
sambandhaḥ pūrvakalpīyo dvitīyaṃ śṛṇu sāmpratam || sarvajñāllabdhavānasmi tvaṃ ca matto dharādhare
That is the line of transmission belonging to the previous kalpa; hear now the second. I obtained it from the All-knowing, and you from me, O upholder of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.72
त्वत्तश्च तपसा सिद्धा वेत्स्यन्ते कपिलादयः ।। क्रमेण यावद्व्यासेन ज्ञातमेतद्भविष्यति
tvattaśca tapasā siddhā vetsyante kapilādayaḥ || krameṇa yāvadvyāsena jñātametadbhaviṣyati
And from you Kapila and the others, perfected through ascetic practice, will come to know it; in due order, until this will come to be known by Vyāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.73
तस्यापि शिष्यो भविता नाम्ना वै रोमहर्षणिः ।। असौ शुनकपुत्राय कथयिष्यति नान्यथा
tasyāpi śiṣyo bhavitā nāmnā vai romaharṣaṇiḥ || asau śunakaputrāya kathayiṣyati nānyathā
He too will have a pupil, Romaharṣaṇi by name; he will recount it to the son of Śunaka, and not otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.74
अष्टादश पुराणानि वेद द्वैपायनो गुरुः ।। ब्राह्मं पाद्मं वैष्णवं च शैवं भागवतं तथा
aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni veda dvaipāyano guruḥ || brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca śaivaṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā
The teacher Dvaipāyana knows the eighteen Purāṇas: the Brāhma, the Pādma, the Vaiṣṇava, the Śaiva, and likewise the Bhāgavata,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.75
तथान्यं नारदीयं च मार्कण्डेयं च सप्तमम् ।। आग्नेयमष्टमं प्रोक्तं भविष्यं नवमं तथा
tathānyaṃ nāradīyaṃ ca mārkaṇḍeyaṃ ca saptamam || āgneyamaṣṭamaṃ proktaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ navamaṃ tathā
And likewise another, the Nāradīya, and the Mārkaṇḍeya as the seventh; the Āgneya is declared the eighth, and the Bhaviṣya the ninth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.76
दशमं ब्रह्मवैवर्त्त लैङ्गमेकादशं स्मृतम् ।। वाराहं द्वादशं प्रोक्तं स्कान्दं चापि त्रयोदशम्
daśamaṃ brahmavaivartta laiṅgamekādaśaṃ smṛtam || vārāhaṃ dvādaśaṃ proktaṃ skāndaṃ cāpi trayodaśam
The tenth is the Brahmavaivarta, the Laiṅga is held to be the eleventh; the Vārāha is declared the twelfth, and the Skānda the thirteenth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.77
चतुर्दशं वामनकं कौर्मं पंचदशं स्मृतम् ।। मात्स्यं च गारुडं चैव ब्रह्माण्डं च ततः परम्
caturdaśaṃ vāmanakaṃ kaurmaṃ paṃcadaśaṃ smṛtam || mātsyaṃ ca gāruḍaṃ caiva brahmāṇḍaṃ ca tataḥ param
The fourteenth is the Vāmana, the Kaurma is held to be the fifteenth; and then, after that, the Mātsya, the Gāruḍa, and the Brahmāṇḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.78
य एतत्पाठयेद्भक्त्या कार्तिक्यां द्वादशीदिने ।। तस्य नूनं भवेत्पुत्रो ह्यपुत्रस्यापि धारिणि
ya etatpāṭhayedbhaktyā kārtikyāṃ dvādaśīdine || tasya nūnaṃ bhavetputro hyaputrasyāpi dhāriṇi
Whoever has this recited with devotion on the twelfth day in (the month of) Kārttika — even if he is sonless, O Dhāriṇī, a son will surely be born to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.79
यस्येदं तिष्ठते गेहे लिखितं पूज्यते सदा ।। तस्य नारायणो देवः स्वयं तिष्ठति धारिणि
yasyedaṃ tiṣṭhate gehe likhitaṃ pūjyate sadā || tasya nārāyaṇo devaḥ svayaṃ tiṣṭhati dhāriṇi
He in whose house this stands written and is always worshipped — in his (house), O Dhāriṇī, the god Nārāyaṇa himself dwells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.81
श्रुत्वा तु पूजयेच्छास्त्रं तथा विष्णुं सनातनम् ।। गन्धैः पुष्पैस्तथा वस्त्रैर्ब्राह्मणानां च तर्पणैः
śrutvā tu pūjayecchāstraṃ tathā viṣṇuṃ sanātanam || gandhaiḥ puṣpaistathā vastrairbrāhmaṇānāṃ ca tarpaṇaiḥ
Having heard (it), one should worship the scripture and likewise the eternal Viṣṇu, with fragrances, with flowers, and with garments, and by satisfying brāhmaṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.82
यथाशक्त्या नृपो ग्रामैः पूजयेद्वत्सकं धरे ।। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुसायुज्यमाप्नुयात्
yathāśaktyā nṛpo grāmaiḥ pūjayedvatsakaṃ dhare || sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇusāyujyamāpnuyāt
According to his ability a king should honor the reciter with villages, O Earth; freed from all sins, he would attain union with Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 112.95
प्रत्यक्षधेनुर्दातव्या सहिरण्या नृपोत्तम ।। सर्वदा सर्वधेनूनां प्रदानं राजसत्तम
pratyakṣadhenurdātavyā sahiraṇyā nṛpottama || sarvadā sarvadhenūnāṃ pradānaṃ rājasattama
An actual milk-cow, together with gold, is to be given, O best of kings; the gift of all (kinds of) milk-cows is always (meritorious), O most excellent of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.96
सर्वपापप्रशमनं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम् ।। एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं समासाद्बहुविस्तरम्
sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam || etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ samāsādbahuvistaram
(It is) the quelling of all sins, the bestower of enjoyment and liberation. All this has been declared to you in brief, though (the subject is) of great extent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 112.112
होतव्यान्यग्निहोत्राणि सायं प्रातर्द्विजातिभिः ।। कपिलाया घृतेनेह दध्ना क्षीरेण वा पुनः भूमेर्मलं समश्नन्ति जायन्ते विड्भुजश्चिरम् ।। तासां क्षीरं घृतं वापि नवनीतमथापि वा जायमानस्य वत्सस्य मुखं योन्यां प्रदृश्यते ।। तावत्सा पृथिवी ज्ञेया यावद्गर्भं न मुञ्चति तस्याप्यर्द्धशतेनाथ पंचाशच्च ततोऽर्द्धकम् ।। यथाशक्त्या प्रदातव्या वित्तशाठ्यं विवर्जयेत् अमायां वाथ यः कश्चिद्द्विजानामग्रतः पठेत् ।। पितरस्तस्य तृप्यन्ति वर्षाणां शतमेव च सरत्नं पुरुषः कृत्वा कार्त्तिक्यां द्वादशी दिने।। अथवा पंचदश्यां च कार्त्तिकस्य विशेषतः असावपि स्वशिष्याय प्रादादुग्राय धारिणि ।। उग्रोऽपि मनवे प्रादादेष वः कीर्तितो मया यश्चैतच्छृणुयाद्भक्त्या नैरन्तर्येण मानवः ।। श्रुत्वा तु पूजयेद्यस्तु शास्त्रं वाराहसंज्ञितम्
hotavyānyagnihotrāṇi sāyaṃ prātardvijātibhiḥ || kapilāyā ghṛteneha dadhnā kṣīreṇa vā punaḥ bhūmermalaṃ samaśnanti jāyante viḍbhujaściram || tāsāṃ kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ vāpi navanītamathāpi vā jāyamānasya vatsasya mukhaṃ yonyāṃ pradṛśyate || tāvatsā pṛthivī jñeyā yāvadgarbhaṃ na muñcati tasyāpyarddhaśatenātha paṃcāśacca tato'rddhakam || yathāśaktyā pradātavyā vittaśāṭhyaṃ vivarjayet amāyāṃ vātha yaḥ kaściddvijānāmagrataḥ paṭhet || pitarastasya tṛpyanti varṣāṇāṃ śatameva ca saratnaṃ puruṣaḥ kṛtvā kārttikyāṃ dvādaśī dine|| athavā paṃcadaśyāṃ ca kārttikasya viśeṣataḥ asāvapi svaśiṣyāya prādādugrāya dhāriṇi || ugro'pi manave prādādeṣa vaḥ kīrtito mayā yaścaitacchṛṇuyādbhaktyā nairantaryeṇa mānavaḥ || śrutvā tu pūjayedyastu śāstraṃ vārāhasaṃjñitam
The agnihotra oblations are to be offered by the twice-born evening and morning, here with the ghee of a tawny cow, or again with curds or with milk. They eat the filth of the earth (and thereby) are long born as eaters of dung. Their milk, or ghee, or else butter... When the mouth of the calf being born is seen at the vulva, so long is she to be regarded as 'earth', as long as she has not released the fetus. Then half a hundred of that, and fifty, and then half of that; (a gift) is to be made according to ability — one should avoid stinginess with wealth. Or whoever recites (this) on the new-moon day before the twice-born, his forefathers are satisfied for a hundred years. A man, having made (an offering) together with jewels on the twelfth day in Kārttika, or else on the fifteenth, especially of Kārttika... He too gave (it) to his own pupil Ugra, O Dhāriṇī; and Ugra gave it to Manu — this has been proclaimed to you by me. And that man who listens to this with devotion, without a break, and having heard it worships the scripture called the Vārāha (obtains the fruit).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain