Varaha Purana — Chapter 148
VrP 148.1
अथ स्तुतस्वामिमाहात्म्यम् ।। सूत उवाच ।। गोनिष्क्रमणमाहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा गुह्यमनुत्तमम् ।। विस्मयं परमं गत्वा सर्वरत्नविभूषिता
atha stutasvāmimāhātmyam || sūta uvāca || goniṣkramaṇamāhātmyaṃ śrutvā guhyamanuttamam || vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā sarvaratnavibhūṣitā
Now the greatness of Stutasvāmin. Sūta said: Having heard the unsurpassed secret greatness of the going-forth of the cows, she, adorned with all jewels, having come to the utmost astonishment (said):
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VrP 148.2
धरण्युवाच ।। अहो गवां हि माहात्म्यं तव चैवं श्रुतं मया ।। यच्छ्रुत्वाऽहं जगन्नाथ जातास्मि परिनिर्वृता
dharaṇyuvāca || aho gavāṃ hi māhātmyaṃ tava caivaṃ śrutaṃ mayā || yacchrutvā'haṃ jagannātha jātāsmi parinirvṛtā
Dharaṇī said: Ah, the greatness of cows, and yours too, has thus been heard by me; hearing which, O Lord of the world, I have become wholly at peace.
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VrP 148.3
एवमेव परं गुह्यं ब्रूहि नारायण प्रभो ।। अस्मात्क्षेत्रात्परं देव यदि क्षेत्रं विशिष्यते
evameva paraṃ guhyaṃ brūhi nārāyaṇa prabho || asmātkṣetrātparaṃ deva yadi kṣetraṃ viśiṣyate
Just so, tell (me) the supreme secret, O Nārāyaṇa, O lord: whether, O god, any sacred field is more excellent than this field.
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VrP 148.4
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। अहं नारायणो देवः सर्वधर्मव्यपाश्रयः ।। मात्सर्यं चैव मे नास्ति तेनाहं परमः प्रभुः
śrīvarāha uvāca || ahaṃ nārāyaṇo devaḥ sarvadharmavyapāśrayaḥ || mātsaryaṃ caiva me nāsti tenāhaṃ paramaḥ prabhuḥ
Śrī Varāha said: I am the god Nārāyaṇa, the refuge of all dharmas; and there is no envy in me—therefore I am the supreme lord.
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VrP 148.5
एतच्छास्त्रं महाभागे प्रयुक्तं लीलया मया ।। वराहरूपमादाय सर्वभागवतप्रियम्
etacchāstraṃ mahābhāge prayuktaṃ līlayā mayā || varāharūpamādāya sarvabhāgavatapriyam
This teaching, O greatly blessed one, has been set forth by me in play, having taken the form of a boar—(a teaching) dear to all the devotees of the Lord.
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VrP 148.6
धरण्युवाच ।। यथा यथा भाषसि धर्मकारणमिदं वचो धर्मविनिश्चयं महत् ।। तथा तथा देव वराऽप्रमेयं हृद्यं मनो भावयसे जनार्दन
dharaṇyuvāca || yathā yathā bhāṣasi dharmakāraṇamidaṃ vaco dharmaviniścayaṃ mahat || tathā tathā deva varā'prameyaṃ hṛdyaṃ mano bhāvayase janārdana
Dharaṇī said: The more you speak this speech, the ground of dharma, this great determination of dharma, so much the more, O god, do you make my heart, O Janārdana, feel the immeasurable and delightful.
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VrP 148.7
ततो महीवचः श्रुत्वा धर्मश्रेष्ठी महामनाः ।। वराहरूपी भगवान्प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम्
tato mahīvacaḥ śrutvā dharmaśreṣṭhī mahāmanāḥ || varāharūpī bhagavānpratyuvāca vasundharām
Then, having heard the Earth's words, the great-minded best of dharma, the Lord in boar form, replied to Vasundharā.
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VrP 148.8
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। साधु भूमे महाभागे मम कर्मव्यवस्थिते ।। कथयिष्याम्यहं ह्येवं गुह्यं लोकसुखावहम्
śrīvarāha uvāca || sādhu bhūme mahābhāge mama karmavyavasthite || kathayiṣyāmyahaṃ hyevaṃ guhyaṃ lokasukhāvaham
Śrī Varāha said: Well (said), O Earth, greatly blessed one, established in my work; I shall indeed thus relate the secret that brings ease to the world.
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VrP 148.9
स्तुतस्वामीति विख्यातं गुह्यं क्षेत्रं परं मम ।। ह्यपरं युगमासाद्य तत्र स्थास्यामि सुन्दरि
stutasvāmīti vikhyātaṃ guhyaṃ kṣetraṃ paraṃ mama || hyaparaṃ yugamāsādya tatra sthāsyāmi sundari
There is my supreme secret sacred field, renowned as Stutasvāmin; when the next age arrives, I shall dwell there, O beautiful one.
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VrP 148.11
पञ्च तस्य सुशिष्याश्च भविष्यन्ति विचक्षणाः ।। ऋषयो धर्मसंयुक्ता मत्प्रसादाद्बलाश्रिताः
pañca tasya suśiṣyāśca bhaviṣyanti vicakṣaṇāḥ || ṛṣayo dharmasaṃyuktā matprasādādbalāśritāḥ
And he will have five discerning good pupils, seers joined to dharma, relying on strength through my grace.
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VrP 148.12
ते मां संस्थापयिष्पन्ति धर्ममूर्त्तिं महीं गतम् ।। शाण्डिल्यो जाजलिश्चैव कपिलश्चोपसायकः
te māṃ saṃsthāpayiṣpanti dharmamūrttiṃ mahīṃ gatam || śāṇḍilyo jājaliścaiva kapilaścopasāyakaḥ
They will establish me, the embodiment of dharma, when I have come to the earth: Śāṇḍilya, and Jājali, and Kapila, and Upasāyaka,
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VrP 148.13
भृगुश्चैव महाभागे मम मागार्नुसारिणः ।। ते च प्रसन्नमनस आत्मदृष्टान्तदर्शिनः
bhṛguścaiva mahābhāge mama māgārnusāriṇaḥ || te ca prasannamanasa ātmadṛṣṭāntadarśinaḥ
and Bhṛgu, O greatly fortunate one — these followers of my path; and they, with serene minds, seeing (the truth) by the example of the self,
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VrP 148.14
स्वयं ज्ञानप्रभावेण भासयिष्यन्ति मां सदा।। सङ्कर्षणो वासुदेवो प्रद्युम्नो ह्यनिरुद्धकः
svayaṃ jñānaprabhāveṇa bhāsayiṣyanti māṃ sadā|| saṅkarṣaṇo vāsudevo pradyumno hyaniruddhakaḥ
by the power of their own knowledge, will always make me manifest — Saṅkarṣaṇa, Vāsudeva, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha.
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VrP 148.15
गच्छता बहुकालेन मम कर्मपरायणः ।। ततो दीर्घेण कालेन इज्यापूर्वस्थितेन च
gacchatā bahukālena mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || tato dīrgheṇa kālena ijyāpūrvasthitena ca
As much time passes, (each becomes) devoted to my rites; then, after a long time, established in the practice of sacrifice,
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VrP 148.16
वरं तेषां प्रदास्यामि यो यस्य हृदि संस्थितः ।। ते प्रवक्ष्यन्ति मां देवि आत्मशास्त्रव्यवस्थिताः
varaṃ teṣāṃ pradāsyāmi yo yasya hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ || te pravakṣyanti māṃ devi ātmaśāstravyavasthitāḥ
I will grant them a boon, whatever is set in each one's heart; and they, O goddess, established in the teaching of the self, will proclaim me.
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VrP 148.17
आत्मशास्त्रं प्रतिष्ठेत यत्र धर्मः सुनिष्ठितः ।। भवत्वेतन्निश्चयेन न तु मिथ्या कदाचन
ātmaśāstraṃ pratiṣṭheta yatra dharmaḥ suniṣṭhitaḥ || bhavatvetanniścayena na tu mithyā kadācana
Let the teaching of the self stand firm, wherein dharma is well established; let this be so with certainty, and never otherwise.
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VrP 148.18
तव देव प्रसादेन इहलोकः प्रवर्तताम् ।। तानप्येवं वदिष्यामि शिष्याय भवतां प्रियम्
tava deva prasādena ihalokaḥ pravartatām || tānapyevaṃ vadiṣyāmi śiṣyāya bhavatāṃ priyam
By your favour, O god, let this world go on. To them too I shall speak thus: 'What is dear to you (I grant) for a disciple.'
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VrP 148.19
भविष्यति न संदेहो यतो यूयं मम प्रियाः ।। सुशिष्या बाढमित्येवं भविष्यन्ति न संशयः
bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho yato yūyaṃ mama priyāḥ || suśiṣyā bāḍhamityevaṃ bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ
It will come to pass, there is no doubt, since you are dear to me; 'Very well' — thus they will become good disciples, there is no doubt.
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VrP 148.21
एवं सर्वेषु शास्त्रेषु वाराहं घृतसम्मितम् ।। वाराहं ज्ञानमुत्सृज्य महाभागं महौजसम्
evaṃ sarveṣu śāstreṣu vārāhaṃ ghṛtasammitam || vārāhaṃ jñānamutsṛjya mahābhāgaṃ mahaujasam
Thus among all the teachings the Vārāha is measured out as (rich as) ghee; having sent forth the Vārāha knowledge, greatly blessed and of great vigour,
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VrP 148.22
एवं समं मया चैव ह्यात्मना परिभाषितम् ।। ते प्रणामं करिष्यन्ति सिद्धिं प्राप्स्यन्ति वै पराम्
evaṃ samaṃ mayā caiva hyātmanā paribhāṣitam || te praṇāmaṃ kariṣyanti siddhiṃ prāpsyanti vai parām
— thus it is proclaimed by me myself as equal (to me). They will make obeisance and will indeed attain the highest perfection.
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VrP 148.23
महाज्ञानमिदं सूक्ष्मं भूमे भक्तेषु दृश्यते ।। शास्त्राणां परमं शास्त्रं सर्वसंसारमोक्षणम्
mahājñānamidaṃ sūkṣmaṃ bhūme bhakteṣu dṛśyate || śāstrāṇāṃ paramaṃ śāstraṃ sarvasaṃsāramokṣaṇam
This great subtle knowledge, O Earth, is seen among the devotees; it is the supreme teaching of teachings, releasing (one) from all transmigration.
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VrP 148.24
किञ्चिदन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। शास्त्रमेतन्महाभागे स्धूलकर्म महौजसम्
kiñcidanyatpravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || śāstrametanmahābhāge sdhūlakarma mahaujasam
I shall declare something else; hear it, O Vasundharā: this teaching, O greatly fortunate one, is the gross (i.e. outward) rite, of great vigour.
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VrP 148.25
केचित्तरन्ति ज्ञानेन केचित्कर्मणि निष्ठिताः ।। केचिद्यथेष्टं सुश्रोणि केचिद्दानेन कर्मणा
kecittaranti jñānena kecitkarmaṇi niṣṭhitāḥ || kecidyatheṣṭaṃ suśroṇi keciddānena karmaṇā
Some cross over by knowledge, some are fixed in ritual action, some as they please, O fair-hipped one, and some by the act of giving.
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VrP 148.26
केचिद्योगबलं भुक्ता पश्यन्ति मम संस्थितम् ।। विधिपूर्वं तु मे किञ्चिन्नराः पश्यन्ति निष्ठिताः
kecidyogabalaṃ bhuktā paśyanti mama saṃsthitam || vidhipūrvaṃ tu me kiñcinnarāḥ paśyanti niṣṭhitāḥ
Some, having enjoyed the power of yoga, see (me) abiding in myself; but some men, established (in discipline), see something of me according to the rule.
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VrP 148.27
सर्वधर्मकराः केचित्सर्वाशाः सर्वविक्रयाः ।। ते मां पश्यन्ति वै भूमे एकचित्त व्यवस्थिताः
sarvadharmakarāḥ kecitsarvāśāḥ sarvavikrayāḥ || te māṃ paśyanti vai bhūme ekacitta vyavasthitāḥ
Some perform all the dharmas, (renouncing) all desires and all trafficking; they see me, O Earth, being settled with a single mind.
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VrP 148.28
एवमेतन्महाशास्त्रं देवि संसारमोक्षणम् ।। मम भक्तव्यवस्थायै प्रयुक्तं परमं प्रियम्
evametanmahāśāstraṃ devi saṃsāramokṣaṇam || mama bhaktavyavasthāyai prayuktaṃ paramaṃ priyam
Such is this great teaching, O goddess, which releases from transmigration; it is set forth, most dear (to me), for the ordering of my devotees.
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VrP 148.29
ते तथा च प्रवक्ष्यन्ति यच्च यस्याभिरोचते ।। अन्यथान्यस्य दृष्टानामृषिभिर्यत्प्रयोजितम्
te tathā ca pravakṣyanti yacca yasyābhirocate || anyathānyasya dṛṣṭānāmṛṣibhiryatprayojitam
And they will proclaim it accordingly, whatever pleases each; and otherwise for another, according to what has been employed by the seers who have seen (the truth).
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VrP 148.31
मत्प्रसादेन ते सर्वे सिद्धिं यास्यन्ति मत्पराम् ।। मम शिष्येषु येषां च मात्सर्योपहतात्मनाम्
matprasādena te sarve siddhiṃ yāsyanti matparām || mama śiṣyeṣu yeṣāṃ ca mātsaryopahatātmanām
By my favour all of them will attain the perfection that has me as its goal; but among my disciples, those whose selves are afflicted by envy —
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VrP 148.32
मच्छास्त्रे च भवेद्दोषस्तेषामत्र पुनर्भवः ।। मात्सर्यं ये च कुर्वन्ति मद्धर्मपरमे जने
macchāstre ca bhaveddoṣasteṣāmatra punarbhavaḥ || mātsaryaṃ ye ca kurvanti maddharmaparame jane
and should there be a fault (of theirs) against my teaching — for them there is rebirth here; and those who show envy toward a person devoted to my dharma,
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VrP 148.33
तेषां नायं परो लोको मात्सर्योपहतात्मनाम् ।। अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे
teṣāṃ nāyaṃ paro loko mātsaryopahatātmanām || anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare
for them, their selves afflicted by envy, there is no world beyond. And I shall tell you something else; hear it, O Vasundharā.
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VrP 148.34
मम मार्गानुसारेण परं गुह्यं मम प्रिये ।। शास्त्रवन्तो विनीताश्च बहुदोषविवर्विताः
mama mārgānusāreṇa paraṃ guhyaṃ mama priye || śāstravanto vinītāśca bahudoṣavivarvitāḥ
By following my path (there is) the highest secret, my dear: (there are men) possessed of the scriptures, well-disciplined, and free of many faults —
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VrP 148.36
यस्तु मात्सर्यसंयुक्तो न स पश्यति मां क्वचित् ।। बहुकर्मसमायुक्ता दानाध्ययननिष्ठिताः
yastu mātsaryasaṃyukto na sa paśyati māṃ kvacit || bahukarmasamāyuktā dānādhyayananiṣṭhitāḥ
But he who is joined with envy does not see me anywhere. (Some are) engaged in many rites, devoted to giving and to (Vedic) study,
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VrP 148.37
तपसा ज्ञानयुक्ता वा नित्यं कर्मसु चोद्यताः ।। अनेन हि स्वभावेन मात्सर्यं चैव कुर्वते
tapasā jñānayuktā vā nityaṃ karmasu codyatāḥ || anena hi svabhāvena mātsaryaṃ caiva kurvate
or joined with knowledge through austerity, ever zealous in rites; yet by this very disposition (of theirs) they practise envy.
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VrP 148.38
न ते पश्यन्ति मां भूमे मायया परिदूषिताः ।। न कर्त्तव्यं ततः सर्वैर्मात्सर्यं धर्मघातकम् ।। मम शास्त्रपरेणेह यदीच्छेत्परमां गतिम्
na te paśyanti māṃ bhūme māyayā paridūṣitāḥ || na karttavyaṃ tataḥ sarvairmātsaryaṃ dharmaghātakam || mama śāstrapareṇeha yadīcchetparamāṃ gatim
They do not see me, O Earth, being wholly corrupted by delusion. Therefore envy, the destroyer of dharma, should not be practised by anyone here who, devoted to my teaching, desires the highest goal.
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VrP 148.39
ते तु मात्सर्यर्दोषेण नष्टाचाराः पतन्त्यधः ।। मात्सर्यं सर्वनाशाय मात्सर्यं धर्मनाशकम् एतद्गुह्यं महाभागे न जानन्ति मनीषिणः ।। मात्सर्यस्य तु दोषेण बहवो निधनं गताः
te tu mātsaryardoṣeṇa naṣṭācārāḥ patantyadhaḥ || mātsaryaṃ sarvanāśāya mātsaryaṃ dharmanāśakam etadguhyaṃ mahābhāge na jānanti manīṣiṇaḥ || mātsaryasya tu doṣeṇa bahavo nidhanaṃ gatāḥ
But they, their conduct ruined by the fault of envy, fall downward. Envy leads to the destruction of everything; envy destroys dharma. This secret, O greatly blessed one, the wise do not know; and by the fault of envy many have gone to their destruction.
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VrP 148.41
तत्राश्चर्यं महाभागे शृणु भूतगिरौ मम ।। आयसी प्रतिमा तत्र ह्यभेद्या चैव दृश्यते
tatrāścaryaṃ mahābhāge śṛṇu bhūtagirau mama || āyasī pratimā tatra hyabhedyā caiva dṛśyate
Hear, O greatly blessed one, of a marvel of mine there on Bhūtagiri: for an iron image is seen there, and it is unbreakable.
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VrP 148.42
ब्रुवन्ति केचित्कांस्येति आयसीत्यपरेऽब्रुवन् ।। पाषाणीत्यपरे केचिदन्ये वज्रमयीति च
bruvanti kecitkāṃsyeti āyasītyapare'bruvan || pāṣāṇītyapare kecidanye vajramayīti ca
Some say it is of bell-metal, others said it is of iron; some others (say) it is of stone, and still others that it is made of adamant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.43
ऊर्द्ध्वं वा यदि वाऽधो वा ये कुर्वन्ति ममार्चनम् ।। तथापि मां संस्पृशन्ति शिरोमध्ये तु सुन्दरि
ūrddhvaṃ vā yadi vā'dho vā ye kurvanti mamārcanam || tathāpi māṃ saṃspṛśanti śiromadhye tu sundari
Whether above or below, those who perform worship of me — even so they touch me upon the middle of my head, O beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.44
ये तु पश्यन्ति मां भूमे मणिपूरगिरौ स्थितम् ।। स्तुवन्त्याचार्यवन्तश्च मत्प्रसादत्सु संयताः
ye tu paśyanti māṃ bhūme maṇipūragirau sthitam || stuvantyācāryavantaśca matprasādatsu saṃyatāḥ
But those who see me, O Earth, standing on Mount Maṇipūra, and who, having a teacher, praise (me), restrained through my grace,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 148.45
आचार्याणां गुणान्भुक्त्वा मम कर्मपथे स्थिताः ।। सर्वकिल्बिषमुक्ताश्च यान्ति ते परमां गतिम्
ācāryāṇāṃ guṇānbhuktvā mama karmapathe sthitāḥ || sarvakilbiṣamuktāśca yānti te paramāṃ gatim
having enjoyed the virtues of the teachers, standing on the path of works (that leads) to me, and freed of all sin, they go to the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 148.46
तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे महाभागे अस्ति गुह्यं परं मम ।। पंचारुमेति विख्यातमुत्तरां दिशमाश्रितम्
tasminkṣetre mahābhāge asti guhyaṃ paraṃ mama || paṃcārumeti vikhyātamuttarāṃ diśamāśritam
In that field, O greatly blessed one, there is a supreme secret place of mine, well known as Pañcāru, situated in the northern direction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.47
तत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत पंचकालोषितो नरः ।। मोदते नन्दने दिव्ये ह्यप्सरोभिः समाकुले
tatra snānaṃ prakurvīta paṃcakāloṣito naraḥ || modate nandane divye hyapsarobhiḥ samākule
There a man who has stayed five kālas should perform his bath; he rejoices in divine Nandana, thronged with apsarases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.48
अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्कृतकृत्यो भवेन्नरः ।। नन्दनं वनमुत्सृत्य मम लोकं च गच्छति
athātra muṃcate prāṇānkṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ || nandanaṃ vanamutsṛtya mama lokaṃ ca gacchati
And if a man gives up his life-breaths there, he becomes one whose duty is accomplished; leaving behind the Nandana grove, he goes also to my world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.49
भृगुकुण्डेति विख्यातमत्र गुह्यं परं मम ।। मम दक्षिणपार्श्वे तु अदूरादर्धयोजनात्
bhṛgukuṇḍeti vikhyātamatra guhyaṃ paraṃ mama || mama dakṣiṇapārśve tu adūrādardhayojanāt
Here (there is) a supreme secret place of mine known as Bhṛgukuṇḍa, on my southern side, not far off, at half a yojana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.51
ध्रुवो यत्र तु तिष्ठेत मेरुशृंगे शिलोच्चये ।। तत्र मोदति सुश्रोणि अप्सरोभिर्यथासुखम्
dhruvo yatra tu tiṣṭheta meruśṛṃge śiloccaye || tatra modati suśroṇi apsarobhiryathāsukham
Where Dhruva stands, on Meru's peak, that heap of rock — there he rejoices, O fair-hipped one, with the apsarases as he pleases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.52
अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान् मम कर्मपथे स्थितः ।। ध्रुवलोकं परित्यज्य मम लोके महीयते
athātra muṃcate prāṇān mama karmapathe sthitaḥ || dhruvalokaṃ parityajya mama loke mahīyate
And if one, standing on my path of works, gives up his life-breaths here, then abandoning Dhruva's world he is magnified in my world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.53
मणिकुण्डेति विख्यातं तत्र गुह्यं परं मम ।। मणयो यत्र दृश्यन्ते अनेकालयसंस्थिताः
maṇikuṇḍeti vikhyātaṃ tatra guhyaṃ paraṃ mama || maṇayo yatra dṛśyante anekālayasaṃsthitāḥ
There is a supreme secret place of mine there known as Maṇikuṇḍa, where gems are seen set in many abodes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.54
अगाधं तं हृदं भद्रे देवानामपि दुर्लभम् ।। विस्मयं किं पुनस्तत्र मलयश्चंचलः स्थितः
agādhaṃ taṃ hṛdaṃ bhadre devānāmapi durlabham || vismayaṃ kiṃ punastatra malayaścaṃcalaḥ sthitaḥ
That pool is bottomless, O good lady, hard for even the gods to reach. What further wonder (is there) there? Malaya stands (there), unsteady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 148.55
तत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत पंचकालोषितो नरः ।। रत्नभागी भवेद्वीरो राजलक्षणसंयुतः
tatra snānaṃ prakurvīta paṃcakāloṣito naraḥ || ratnabhāgī bhavedvīro rājalakṣaṇasaṃyutaḥ
There a man who has stayed five kālas should perform his bath; the hero would become a partaker of jewels, endowed with the marks of a king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.56
अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम कर्मपथे स्थितः ।। छित्त्वा वै सर्वसंसारं मम लोकं प्रपद्यते
athātra muṃcate prāṇānmama karmapathe sthitaḥ || chittvā vai sarvasaṃsāraṃ mama lokaṃ prapadyate
And if one who stands on my path of works gives up his life-breaths here, then having cut through all transmigration he attains my world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.57
सुगुह्यं पूर्वपार्श्वेन मम क्षेत्रस्य सुन्दरि ।। अदूरतस्त्रिकोशेन परिमाणं विधीयते
suguhyaṃ pūrvapārśvena mama kṣetrasya sundari || adūratastrikośena parimāṇaṃ vidhīyate
On the eastern side of my sacred field, O lovely one, there is a most secret (place); its extent is laid down as being not far off, within three kośas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.58
तत्र स्नानं तु कुर्वीत मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। धूतपापेति विख्यातं तत्र गुह्यं परं मम
tatra snānaṃ tu kurvīta mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || dhūtapāpeti vikhyātaṃ tatra guhyaṃ paraṃ mama
One should bathe there, and he goes to my world; it is known as Dhūtapāpā ('sin-shaken-off'), and there is a supreme secret (place) of mine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.59
पंचक्रोशाददूराद्वै मम क्षेत्रस्य पश्चिमे ।। तत्र कुण्डं महाभागे मम तद्रोचते जलम्
paṃcakrośādadūrādvai mama kṣetrasya paścime || tatra kuṇḍaṃ mahābhāge mama tadrocate jalam
Not far, within five kośas, to the west of my sacred field — there is a pool there, O greatly fortunate one, and that water is pleasing to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.61
धुन्वानो दुष्करं कर्म पंचभूतात्मनिष्ठितम् ।। कृतोदकस्तत्र भद्रे धूतपापो यशस्विनि
dhunvāno duṣkaraṃ karma paṃcabhūtātmaniṣṭhitam || kṛtodakastatra bhadre dhūtapāpo yaśasvini
Shaking off the hard-done deed that rests in the self made of the five elements, one who has made his water-offering there, O gracious, glorious one, becomes one whose sins are shaken off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 148.62
गत्वेन्द्रलोकं सुश्रोणि देवैः सह स मोदते ।। अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम कर्मपरायणः
gatvendralokaṃ suśroṇi devaiḥ saha sa modate || athātra muṃcate prāṇānmama karmaparāyaṇaḥ
Having gone to Indra's world, O fair-hipped one, he rejoices together with the gods; and if, devoted to my rites, he gives up his breaths here,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.63
इन्द्रलोकं परित्यज्य मम लोकं प्रपद्यते ।। तत्राश्चर्यं महाभागे धूतपापे शृणुष्व मे
indralokaṃ parityajya mama lokaṃ prapadyate || tatrāścaryaṃ mahābhāge dhūtapāpe śṛṇuṣva me
he leaves Indra's world behind and attains my world. Hear from me, O greatly fortunate one, the wonder there at Dhūtapāpā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.64
वर्त्तते च विशालाक्षि मणिपूरे गिरौ मम ।। तावन्न पतते धारा यावत्पापं न धूयते
varttate ca viśālākṣi maṇipūre girau mama || tāvanna patate dhārā yāvatpāpaṃ na dhūyate
And it exists, O wide-eyed one, on my mountain Maṇipūra: the stream does not fall so long as the sin is not shaken off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.65
धूते पापे च सुश्रोणि धारा च पतति क्षितौ ।। एवं तत्र विशालाक्षि वृक्षमश्वत्थमिश्रितम्
dhūte pāpe ca suśroṇi dhārā ca patati kṣitau || evaṃ tatra viśālākṣi vṛkṣamaśvatthamiśritam
But when the sin has been shaken off, O fair-hipped one, the stream falls to the ground. So too there, O wide-eyed one, is a tree mixed with an aśvattha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 148.66
धूतपापं न प्रविशेत्प्रविशत्यमले नरे ।। तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे वरारोहे समन्तात्पंचयोजने
dhūtapāpaṃ na praviśetpraviśatyamale nare || tasminkṣetre varārohe samantātpaṃcayojane
The Dhūtapāpā would not enter (a sinful man); it enters into a man who is stainless. In that sacred field, O fair-hipped one, all around for five yojanas —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 148.67
यत्र तिष्ठाम्यहं देवि पश्चिमां दिशमाश्रितः ।। तत्र चामलकं भद्रे अदूरादर्द्धयोजनात्
yatra tiṣṭhāmyahaṃ devi paścimāṃ diśamāśritaḥ || tatra cāmalakaṃ bhadre adūrādarddhayojanāt
where I abide, O goddess, facing the western direction — there, O gracious one, is an āmalaka tree, not far, half a yojana away,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.68
मम चैव प्रभावेण सर्वकालफलोदयम् ।। तत्र कश्चिन्न जानाति पापकर्मा नराधमः
mama caiva prabhāveṇa sarvakālaphalodayam || tatra kaścinna jānāti pāpakarmā narādhamaḥ
and by my power its fruit appears at all seasons. No one there knows (of it), (no) evil-doing, lowest of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.69
भक्तं भागवतं शुद्धं मम कर्मव्यवस्थितम् ।। उपोष्य च त्रिरात्राणि श्रद्दधानो जितेन्द्रियः
bhaktaṃ bhāgavataṃ śuddhaṃ mama karmavyavasthitam || upoṣya ca trirātrāṇi śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ
(But) a devotee, a Bhāgavata, pure, established in my rites, having fasted for three nights, full of faith, his senses subdued,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.71
एकचित्तेन गन्तव्यं धृतिं कृत्वा सुपुष्कलाम् ।। यत्तत्र लभते भद्रे फलमामलकं शुभम्
ekacittena gantavyaṃ dhṛtiṃ kṛtvā supuṣkalām || yattatra labhate bhadre phalamāmalakaṃ śubham
he is to go with single-minded attention, having made his resolve abundant. The auspicious āmalaka fruit that he obtains there, O gracious one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.72
पंचरात्रेण लभते तस्मिन्भूतगिरौ मम ।। ततो हरिवचः श्रुत्वा सा मही संशितव्रता
paṃcarātreṇa labhate tasminbhūtagirau mama || tato harivacaḥ śrutvā sā mahī saṃśitavratā
he obtains in five nights on that mountain of beings of mine. Then, having heard Hari's speech, that Earth, of strict vows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.73
पुनर्नारायणं तत्र प्रोवाच विनयान्विता ।। स्तुतस्वामी श्रुतोऽसि त्वं तत्त्र स्थानानि यानि च
punarnārāyaṇaṃ tatra provāca vinayānvitā || stutasvāmī śruto'si tvaṃ tattra sthānāni yāni ca
spoke again to Nārāyaṇa there, filled with humility: "You have been heard of as Stutasvāmin, and (so too) the places that are there;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 148.74
एतन्नामनिरुक्तिं त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि साम्प्रतम्
etannāmaniruktiṃ tvaṃ vaktumarhasi sāmpratam
you ought now to tell the derivation of this name."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.75
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। भूमे हित्वा तु संसारान्ये चान्ये देवकण्टकाः ।। द्वापरे युगमासाद्य यत्र स्थास्यामि सुन्दरि
śrīvarāha uvāca || bhūme hitvā tu saṃsārānye cānye devakaṇṭakāḥ || dvāpare yugamāsādya yatra sthāsyāmi sundari
Śrī Varāha said: O Earth, having destroyed the worldly ones and the others too, the thorns of the gods, when the Dvāpara age arrives, where I shall abide, O lovely one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 148.76
ततोऽमरैश्च ब्रह्माद्यैर्बहुभिर्मन्त्रवादिभिः ।। स्तुतिं कर्त्तुं समारब्धं मणिपूराश्रितस्य मे
tato'maraiśca brahmādyairbahubhirmantravādibhiḥ || stutiṃ karttuṃ samārabdhaṃ maṇipūrāśritasya me
then by the immortals, by Brahmā and the rest, by many reciters of mantras, praise was begun to be made of me who dwell at Maṇipūra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.77
ततो मां नारदो देवि असितो देवलस्तथा ।। पर्वतश्च महाभागे मम भक्त्या व्यवस्थितः
tato māṃ nārado devi asito devalastathā || parvataśca mahābhāge mama bhaktyā vyavasthitaḥ
Then Nārada, O goddess, and Asita and Devala, and Parvata, O greatly fortunate one, stood fast in devotion to me;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.78
नाम कुर्वन्ति मे तत्र मणिपूरगिरौ ततः ।। स्तुतस्वामीति विख्यातं मम कर्मव्यपाश्रितम्
nāma kurvanti me tatra maṇipūragirau tataḥ || stutasvāmīti vikhyātaṃ mama karmavyapāśritam
they make a name for me there on the Maṇipūra mountain; thence it is known as "Stutasvāmin," resting upon my deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.79
एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे निरुक्तिकरणं मया ।। त्वया पृष्टं हि यद्भद्रे सर्वभागवतप्रियम्
etatte kathitaṃ bhadre niruktikaraṇaṃ mayā || tvayā pṛṣṭaṃ hi yadbhadre sarvabhāgavatapriyam
This, good lady, I have told you—the making of the etymology—since it was asked by you, good lady, and is dear to all Bhāgavatas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.81
एतानि भूमे गुह्यानि तत्र भूतगिरौ मम ।। श्रद्धधानेन मर्त्त्येन श्रोतव्यं नात्र संशयः
etāni bhūme guhyāni tatra bhūtagirau mama || śraddhadhānena marttyena śrotavyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
These, O Earth, are my secrets there on Bhūtagiri; they are to be heard by a mortal who has faith—there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.82
एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे सर्वधर्मव्यपाश्रयम् ।। श्रीस्तुतस्वामिमाहात्म्यं किमन्यत्परिपृच्छसि
etatte kathitaṃ bhadre sarvadharmavyapāśrayam || śrīstutasvāmimāhātmyaṃ kimanyatparipṛcchasi
This I have told you, good lady—the greatness of the holy Stutasvāmin, which is the support of all dharmas. What else do you ask?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 148.148
पुत्रोऽहं वसुदेवस्य देवक्या गर्भसम्भवः।। वासुदेव इति ख्यातः सर्वदानवसूदनः तदेते प्रवदिष्यन्ति सर्वभागवतप्रियम् ।। यथा च मथ्यमानाद्वै दध्नश्चोद्ध्रियते घृतम् तद्युगस्य प्रभावेण भूमे कुर्वन्ति मानवाः ।। तैः स्वशिष्यैः समं देवि ये शास्त्रविनियोजिताः एतच्छास्त्रं महाभागे प्रयुक्तं विधिना मया ।। वराहरूपमादाय सर्वभागवतप्रियम् तत्र स्नानं तु कुर्वीत मम मार्गानुसारकः ।। भूपृष्ठे न तु जायेत कालेन विजितेन्द्रियः सुवर्णाभं मारकतमगाधं निर्मितं मया ।। तत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत पंचभक्तोषितो नरः तत्र गत्वा वरारोहे उदिते च दिवाकरे ।। अथ मध्याह्नवेलायां यदि वाऽस्तंगतेऽपि वा एतत्स्तुतगिरेर्देवि माहात्म्यं कथितं मया ।। द्वापरं युगमासाद्य यत्र स्थास्यामि सुन्दरि
putro'haṃ vasudevasya devakyā garbhasambhavaḥ|| vāsudeva iti khyātaḥ sarvadānavasūdanaḥ tadete pravadiṣyanti sarvabhāgavatapriyam || yathā ca mathyamānādvai dadhnaścoddhriyate ghṛtam tadyugasya prabhāveṇa bhūme kurvanti mānavāḥ || taiḥ svaśiṣyaiḥ samaṃ devi ye śāstraviniyojitāḥ etacchāstraṃ mahābhāge prayuktaṃ vidhinā mayā || varāharūpamādāya sarvabhāgavatapriyam tatra snānaṃ tu kurvīta mama mārgānusārakaḥ || bhūpṛṣṭhe na tu jāyeta kālena vijitendriyaḥ suvarṇābhaṃ mārakatamagādhaṃ nirmitaṃ mayā || tatra snānaṃ prakurvīta paṃcabhaktoṣito naraḥ tatra gatvā varārohe udite ca divākare || atha madhyāhnavelāyāṃ yadi vā'staṃgate'pi vā etatstutagirerdevi māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ mayā || dvāparaṃ yugamāsādya yatra sthāsyāmi sundari
I shall be the son of Vasudeva, arisen from Devakī's womb, known as Vāsudeva, the destroyer of all Dānavas; then these men will proclaim what is dear to all Bhāgavatas. And just as ghee is drawn up from curds that are being churned, so, by the power of that age, O Earth, men will act—together with their own disciples, O goddess, those who are appointed to (this) teaching. This teaching, O greatly blessed one, has been set forth by me according to rule, having taken the boar's form—(a teaching) dear to all Bhāgavatas. There one should bathe, following my way; he will not be born (again) on the surface of the earth in the course of time, having subdued his senses. Gold-gleaming, emerald(-hued), fathomless, it was fashioned by me; there a man should bathe, having fasted for five meals. Having gone there, O fair-hipped one, when the sun has risen, or at the midday hour, or even when it has set—this greatness of Stutagiri, O goddess, has been told by me, where I shall abide when the Dvāpara age arrives, O beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain