Varaha Purana — Chapter 120
VrP 120.1
अथ त्रिसन्ध्यामन्त्रोपस्थानम् ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणुष्व परमं गुह्यं पूर्वं पृष्टं त्वया धरे ।। देवि सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि संसारतरणं महत् यजामहे दिव्यं परं पुराणमनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तरूपम् ।। भवोद्भवं विश्वकरं प्रशान्तं संसारमोक्षावहमद्वितीयम्
atha trisandhyāmantropasthānam || śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇuṣva paramaṃ guhyaṃ pūrvaṃ pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā dhare || devi sarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi saṃsārataraṇaṃ mahat yajāmahe divyaṃ paraṃ purāṇamanādimadhyāntamanantarūpam || bhavodbhavaṃ viśvakaraṃ praśāntaṃ saṃsāramokṣāvahamadvitīyam
Now the attendance upon the mantras at the three junctures of the day. The blessed Boar said: Hear the supreme secret, O Earth, which you asked about before; O goddess, I shall declare it all, the great crossing over of the round of rebirth. We worship the divine, supreme, ancient one, without beginning, middle, or end, of endless form, the origin of becoming, maker of the universe, tranquil, bringing release from the round of rebirth, without a second.
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VrP 120.2
स्नानं कृत्वा यथान्यायं मम कर्मपरायणाः।। उपसर्पन्ति ये भक्त्या कदन्नाशा जितेन्द्रियाः
snānaṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyaṃ mama karmaparāyaṇāḥ|| upasarpanti ye bhaktyā kadannāśā jitendriyāḥ
Those who, having bathed according to the rule, devoted to my rite, approach (me) with devotion, eating little food, their senses subdued —
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VrP 120.3
यश्चैवमुच्यते भद्रे मम रूपं सनातनम् ।। अहमेव वरारोहे सर्वभूतसनातनम्
yaścaivamucyate bhadre mama rūpaṃ sanātanam || ahameva varārohe sarvabhūtasanātanam
and he to whom my eternal form is thus declared, O good lady — I myself, O fair-hipped one, am the eternal (self) of all beings.
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VrP 120.4
अधश्चोर्ध्वं च तिर्यक् च अहमेव व्यवस्थितः ।। दिशां च विदिशां चैव उपर्युपरि भामिनि
adhaścordhvaṃ ca tiryak ca ahameva vyavasthitaḥ || diśāṃ ca vidiśāṃ caiva uparyupari bhāmini
Below and above and across, I alone am established; and (in) the directions and the intermediate directions, and higher and higher still, O radiant lady.
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VrP 120.5
सर्वथा वन्दनीयास्ते मम भक्तेन सर्वदा ।। क्रियासमूह युक्तेन यदीच्छेत्परमां गतिम्
sarvathā vandanīyāste mama bhaktena sarvadā || kriyāsamūha yuktena yadīcchetparamāṃ gatim
In every way these (rites) are always to be worshipped by my devotee, who is joined to the collection of ritual acts, if he should desire the highest goal.
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VrP 120.6
अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि गुह्यं लोके महद्यशः ।। यथा वै वन्दनीयास्ते मम मार्गानुसारिणः
anyacca te pravakṣyāmi guhyaṃ loke mahadyaśaḥ || yathā vai vandanīyāste mama mārgānusāriṇaḥ
And I shall declare to you another secret, a great glory in the world: how indeed those who follow my path are to be revered.
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VrP 120.7
कृत्वापि परमं कर्म बुद्धिमादाय तद्विधाम् ।। ततः पूर्वमुखो भूत्वा पुनर्गृह्य जलाञ्जलिम्
kṛtvāpi paramaṃ karma buddhimādāya tadvidhām || tataḥ pūrvamukho bhūtvā punargṛhya jalāñjalim
Having performed even the supreme rite, taking up the understanding of its manner, then, facing east, taking up again a handful of water,
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VrP 120.8
ओं नमो नारायणेत्युक्त्वा इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्
oṃ namo nārāyaṇetyuktvā imaṃ mantramudīrayet
having said "Oṃ, homage to Nārāyaṇa," he should utter this mantra:
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VrP 120.9
यजामहे धर्मपरायणोद्भवं नारायणं सर्वलोकप्रधानम् ।। ईशानमाद्यं पुरुषं पुराणं संसारमोक्षाय कृपाकरं तम्
yajāmahe dharmaparāyaṇodbhavaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ sarvalokapradhānam || īśānamādyaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ saṃsāramokṣāya kṛpākaraṃ tam
We worship Nārāyaṇa, arisen as the one devoted to dharma, the foremost of all worlds, the ruler, the first, the ancient Person, him who is a maker of compassion for release from the round of rebirth.
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VrP 120.11
मन्त्रा ऊचुः ।। यथा तु देवः प्रथमादिकर्त्ता पुराण कल्पश्च यथा विभूतिः ।। तथा स्थितं चादिमनन्तरूपममोघसंकल्पमनन्तमीडे
mantrā ūcuḥ || yathā tu devaḥ prathamādikarttā purāṇa kalpaśca yathā vibhūtiḥ || tathā sthitaṃ cādimanantarūpamamoghasaṃkalpamanantamīḍe
The mantras said: As the god is the first maker of the beginning, and as the ancient aeon is (his) manifestation, so I praise him who abides, the first, of endless form, whose resolve is unfailing, the endless one.
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VrP 120.12
ततस्तेनैव कालेन पुनर्गृह्य जलांजलिम् ।। तेनैव चास्य योगेन भूत्वा चैवोत्तरामुखः ।। नमो नारायणेत्युक्त्वा इमं मंत्रमुदीरयेत्
tatastenaiva kālena punargṛhya jalāṃjalim || tenaiva cāsya yogena bhūtvā caivottarāmukhaḥ || namo nārāyaṇetyuktvā imaṃ maṃtramudīrayet
Then, at that same time, taking up again a handful of water, and by that same practice of his, and facing north, having said "Homage to Nārāyaṇa," he should utter this mantra:
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VrP 120.14
३।। ततस्तेनैव कालेन भूत्वा वै दक्षिणामुखः ।। नमः पुरुषोत्तमायेत्युक्त्वा इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्
3|| tatastenaiva kālena bhūtvā vai dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ || namaḥ puruṣottamāyetyuktvā imaṃ mantramudīrayet
3. Then, at that same time, facing south, having said "Homage to Puruṣottama," he should utter this mantra:
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VrP 120.15
यजामहे यज्ञमहो रूपं तु सत्यं ऋतं च कालादिमरूपमाद्यम्।। अनन्यरूपं च महानुभावं संसारमाक्षोय कृतावतारम्
yajāmahe yajñamaho rūpaṃ tu satyaṃ ṛtaṃ ca kālādimarūpamādyam|| ananyarūpaṃ ca mahānubhāvaṃ saṃsāramākṣoya kṛtāvatāram
We worship — O greatness of sacrifice! — the form that is truth and right order, whose form is time and the rest, the first one, whose form is like no other's, of great might, who has made his descent for the sake of (release from) the round of rebirth.
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VrP 120.16
काष्ठकृत्यस्ततो भूत्वा कृत्वा चेन्द्रियनिग्रहम्।। अच्युते तु मनः कृत्वा इमं मंत्रमुदाहरेत्
kāṣṭhakṛtyastato bhūtvā kṛtvā cendriyanigraham|| acyute tu manaḥ kṛtvā imaṃ maṃtramudāharet
Then, becoming like a piece of wood and restraining his senses, and fixing his mind on Acyuta, he should recite this mantra:
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VrP 120.17
यजामहे सोमपं भवन्तं ते सोमार्कनेत्रं शतपत्रनेत्रम्।। जगत्प्रधानं ननु लोकनाथं मृत्युत्रिसंसारविमोक्षणं च
yajāmahe somapaṃ bhavantaṃ te somārkanetraṃ śatapatranetram|| jagatpradhānaṃ nanu lokanāthaṃ mṛtyutrisaṃsāravimokṣaṇaṃ ca
We worship you, the drinker of soma, whose eyes are moon and sun, whose eyes are hundred-petalled (lotuses), the foremost of the world, the lord of the worlds indeed, and the deliverer from death and from the threefold round of rebirth.
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VrP 120.18
त्रिषु सन्ध्यास्वनेनैव विधिना कुर्यान्मम च कर्म तत्।। बुद्ध्या युक्त्या च मत्या च यदीच्छेत्परमां गतिम्
triṣu sandhyāsvanenaiva vidhinā kuryānmama ca karma tat|| buddhyā yuktyā ca matyā ca yadīcchetparamāṃ gatim
At the three junctures of the day he should perform that rite of mine by just this ordinance, with understanding, with proper application, and with thought, if he should desire the highest goal.
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VrP 120.19
गुह्यानां परमं गुह्यं योगानां परमो निधिः ।। सांख्यानां परमं सांख्यं कर्मणां कर्म चोत्तमम्
guhyānāṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ yogānāṃ paramo nidhiḥ || sāṃkhyānāṃ paramaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ karmaṇāṃ karma cottamam
It is the supreme secret of secrets, the highest treasure of the yogas, the supreme reckoning of the reckonings (Sāṃkhya of the Sāṃkhyas), and the best of rites among rites.
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VrP 120.21
एतन्मरणकालेऽपि गुह्यं विष्णुप्रभाषितम् ।। बुद्ध्या धारयितव्यं न विस्मर्त्तव्यं कदाचन
etanmaraṇakāle'pi guhyaṃ viṣṇuprabhāṣitam || buddhyā dhārayitavyaṃ na vismarttavyaṃ kadācana
This secret spoken by Viṣṇu is to be held in mind even at the hour of death; it should never be forgotten.
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VrP 120.22
य एतत्पठते नित्यं कल्पोच्छ्रायी दृढव्रतः ।। ममापि हृदये नित्यं स तिष्ठति न संशयः
ya etatpaṭhate nityaṃ kalpocchrāyī dṛḍhavrataḥ || mamāpi hṛdaye nityaṃ sa tiṣṭhati na saṃśayaḥ
Whoever recites this constantly, firm in his vow, endures for an aeon; and he too dwells forever in my heart — of this there is no doubt.
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VrP 120.23
य एतेन विधानेन त्रिसन्ध्यं कर्म कारयेत् ।। तिर्यग्योनिविनिर्मुक्तो मम लोकं स गच्छति
ya etena vidhānena trisandhyaṃ karma kārayet || tiryagyonivinirmukto mama lokaṃ sa gacchati
Whoever has this rite performed by this procedure at the three junctures of the day is released from birth in an animal womb and goes to my world.
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VrP 120.120
ततः पश्चान्मुखो भूत्वा पुनर्गृह्य जलांजलिम् ।। द्वादशाक्षरमुच्चार्य इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् एतन्न दद्यान्मूर्खाय पिशुनाय शठाय च ।। दीक्षितायैव दातव्यं सुशिष्याय दृढाय च
tataḥ paścānmukho bhūtvā punargṛhya jalāṃjalim || dvādaśākṣaramuccārya imaṃ mantramudīrayet etanna dadyānmūrkhāya piśunāya śaṭhāya ca || dīkṣitāyaiva dātavyaṃ suśiṣyāya dṛḍhāya ca
Then, facing west, taking up again a handful of water, he should pronounce the twelve-syllable (mantra) and utter this mantra. One should not give this to a fool, to a slanderer, or to a deceitful man; it is to be given only to one who has been initiated, to a good and steadfast pupil.
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