Varaha Purana — Chapter 152
VrP 152.1
अथ मथुरातीर्थ प्रशंसा ।। सूत उवाच ।। श्रुत्वा देवस्य माहात्म्यं लोहार्गलनिवासिनः ।। त्रैलोक्यनाथाधिपतेर्विस्मयं परमं गता
atha mathurātīrtha praśaṃsā || sūta uvāca || śrutvā devasya māhātmyaṃ lohārgalanivāsinaḥ || trailokyanāthādhipatervismayaṃ paramaṃ gatā
Now, the praise of the Mathurā tīrtha. Sūta said: Having heard the greatness of the god who dwells at Lohārgala, the sovereign lord of the three worlds, she reached the utmost astonishment.
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VrP 152.2
धरण्युवाच ।। पद्मपत्र विशालाक्ष लोकनाथ जगत्पते ।। त्वत्प्रसादाच्च देवेश श्रुतं शास्त्रं महौजसम्
dharaṇyuvāca || padmapatra viśālākṣa lokanātha jagatpate || tvatprasādācca deveśa śrutaṃ śāstraṃ mahaujasam
The Earth said: O wide-eyed one with eyes like lotus petals, lord of the world, master of the universe, by your favour, O lord of gods, I have heard this mighty teaching.
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VrP 152.3
तव शिष्या च दासी च त्वामहं शरणङ्गता ।। जगद्धाता जगज्ज्योतिर्जगत्प्रभुरतन्द्रितः
tava śiṣyā ca dāsī ca tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṅgatā || jagaddhātā jagajjyotirjagatprabhuratandritaḥ
I am your pupil and your servant; I have come to you for refuge. (You are) the world's supporter, the world's light, the world's lord, ever unwearied.
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VrP 152.4
तव सम्भावनाद्देव जातास्मि कनकोज्ज्वला ।। अलंकृता च शस्ता च सर्वशास्त्रेण मानद
tava sambhāvanāddeva jātāsmi kanakojjvalā || alaṃkṛtā ca śastā ca sarvaśāstreṇa mānada
Through your regard, O god, I have become bright as gold, adorned and praised by every teaching, O giver of honour.
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VrP 152.5
जगद्धातुर्जगच्छास्त्रकृते न हि परिश्रमः ।। त्वय्यायत्तं जगत्सर्वं यच्च किंचित्प्रवर्त्तते
jagaddhāturjagacchāstrakṛte na hi pariśramaḥ || tvayyāyattaṃ jagatsarvaṃ yacca kiṃcitpravarttate
For the world's supporter there is no toil in composing a teaching for the world. All this world depends on you, and whatever at all goes on (in it).
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VrP 152.6
इति कृत्वा च मे देव त्वाह्लादो हृदि वर्त्तते ।। लोहार्गलात् परं श्रेष्ठं गुह्यं परमदुर्लभम्
iti kṛtvā ca me deva tvāhlādo hṛdi varttate || lohārgalāt paraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ guhyaṃ paramadurlabham
Since this is so, O god, delight in you abides in my heart. (Tell me) what is higher and better than Lohārgala, secret and most hard to obtain —
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VrP 152.7
तीर्थं तद्वद कल्याणं तीर्थानामुत्तमोत्तमम् ।। यदस्ति दुर्लभं तीर्थं तत्त्वं कथय मे प्रभो
tīrthaṃ tadvada kalyāṇaṃ tīrthānāmuttamottamam || yadasti durlabhaṃ tīrthaṃ tattvaṃ kathaya me prabho
tell (me) that auspicious tīrtha, the very best of tīrthas; whatever tīrtha there is that is hard to attain, tell me that truly, O lord.
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VrP 152.8
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। न विद्यते च पाताले नान्तरिक्षे न मानुषे ।। समानं मथुराया हि प्रियं मम वसुन्धरे
śrīvarāha uvāca || na vidyate ca pātāle nāntarikṣe na mānuṣe || samānaṃ mathurāyā hi priyaṃ mama vasundhare
The blessed Varāha said: There is not in the netherworld, nor in the sky, nor among men, anything equal to Mathurā, dear to me, O Vasundharā.
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VrP 152.9
सूत उवाच ।। तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य प्रियं च वसुधा तदा ।। प्रणम्य शिरसा देवी वराहं पुनरब्रवीत्
sūta uvāca || tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya priyaṃ ca vasudhā tadā || praṇamya śirasā devī varāhaṃ punarabravīt
Sūta said: Hearing that pleasing speech of his, the goddess Earth then bowed with her head and spoke again to Varāha.
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VrP 152.11
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणु कार्त्स्न्येन वसुधे कथ्यमानं मयानघे ।। मथुरेति च विख्यातं तस्मान्नास्ति परं मम
śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu kārtsnyena vasudhe kathyamānaṃ mayānaghe || mathureti ca vikhyātaṃ tasmānnāsti paraṃ mama
The blessed Varāha said: Hear in full, O Earth, as it is told by me, O sinless one: that which is famed as Mathurā — there is nothing higher than it for me.
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VrP 152.12
सा रम्या च सुशस्ता च जन्मभूमिस्तथा मम ।। शृणु देवि यथा स्तौमि मथुरां पापहारिणीम्
sā ramyā ca suśastā ca janmabhūmistathā mama || śṛṇu devi yathā staumi mathurāṃ pāpahāriṇīm
It is delightful and much praised, and it is my birthplace as well. Hear, goddess, how I praise Mathurā, the remover of sins.
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VrP 152.13
तत्र वासी नरो याति मोक्षं नास्त्यत्र संशयः ।। महामाघ्यां प्रयागे तु यत्फलं लभते नरः
tatra vāsī naro yāti mokṣaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ || mahāmāghyāṃ prayāge tu yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ
A man dwelling there attains liberation; there is no doubt here. Whatever fruit a man obtains at Prayāga on the great Māgha (day),
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VrP 152.14
तत्फलं लभते देवि मथुरायां दिने दिने ।। पूर्णे वर्ष सहस्रं तु वाराणस्यां तु यत्फलम्
tatphalaṃ labhate devi mathurāyāṃ dine dine || pūrṇe varṣa sahasraṃ tu vārāṇasyāṃ tu yatphalam
that fruit he obtains at Mathurā day after day, O goddess. And whatever fruit (is gained) at Vārāṇasī in a full thousand years,
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VrP 152.15
तत्फलं लभते देवि मथुरायां क्षणेन हि ।। कार्त्तिक्यां चैव यत्पुण्यं पुष्करे तु वसुन्धरे
tatphalaṃ labhate devi mathurāyāṃ kṣaṇena hi || kārttikyāṃ caiva yatpuṇyaṃ puṣkare tu vasundhare
that fruit he obtains at Mathurā in a moment, O goddess. And whatever merit (is gained) at Puṣkara on the full-moon of Kārttika, O Vasundharā,
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VrP 152.16
तत्फलं लभते देवि मथुरायां जितेन्द्रियः ।। मथुरां तु परित्यज्य योऽन्यत्र कुरुते रतिम्
tatphalaṃ labhate devi mathurāyāṃ jitendriyaḥ || mathurāṃ tu parityajya yo'nyatra kurute ratim
that fruit one whose senses are subdued obtains at Mathurā, O goddess. But he who abandons Mathurā and takes his pleasure elsewhere —
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VrP 152.17
मूढो भ्रमति संसारे मोहितो मम मायया ।। यः शृणोति वरारोहे माथुरं मम मण्डलम्
mūḍho bhramati saṃsāre mohito mama māyayā || yaḥ śṛṇoti varārohe māthuraṃ mama maṇḍalam
The deluded man wanders in the round of rebirth, bewildered by my power of illusion. Whoever, O fair-hipped one, hears of my Mathurā region—
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VrP 152.18
अन्येनोच्चारितं शश्वत्सोऽपि पापैः प्रमुच्यते ।। पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि आसमुद्रं सरांसि च
anyenoccāritaṃ śaśvatso'pi pāpaiḥ pramucyate || pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni āsamudraṃ sarāṃsi ca
—when it has been uttered by another, again and again, he too is released from his sins. Whatever holy fords there are on earth, and the lakes as far as the ocean,
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VrP 152.19
मथुरायां प्रयान्त्यत्र सुप्ते चैव जनार्दने ।। मथुरामण्डलं प्राप्य श्राद्धं कृत्वा यथाविधि
mathurāyāṃ prayāntyatra supte caiva janārdane || mathurāmaṇḍalaṃ prāpya śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi
they come here to Mathurā when Janārdana is asleep. Having reached the Mathurā region and performed the śrāddha rite according to the prescription,
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VrP 152.21
तेऽपि यान्ति परां सिद्धिं मत्प्रसादान्न संशयः ।। कुब्जाम्रके सौकरवे मथुरायां विशेषतः
te'pi yānti parāṃ siddhiṃ matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ || kubjāmrake saukarave mathurāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ
they too go to the highest attainment, by my grace—there is no doubt. At Kubjāmraka, at Saukarava, and at Mathurā especially,
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VrP 152.22
विना सांख्येन योगेन मत्प्रसादान्न संशयः ।। मथुरायां महापुर्यां ये वसंति शुचिव्रताः
vinā sāṃkhyena yogena matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ || mathurāyāṃ mahāpuryāṃ ye vasaṃti śucivratāḥ
(they attain it) without Sāṃkhya and without yoga, by my grace—there is no doubt. Those who dwell in the great city of Mathurā, under vows of purity,
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VrP 152.23
बलिभिक्षाप्रदातारो देवास्ते नरविग्रहाः ।। भविष्यामि वरारोहे द्वापरे युगसंस्थिते
balibhikṣāpradātāro devāste naravigrahāḥ || bhaviṣyāmi varārohe dvāpare yugasaṃsthite
givers of offerings and of alms—they are gods in human form. I shall come to be, O fair-hipped one, when the Dvāpara age is established,
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VrP 152.24
ययातिभूपवंशाच्च क्षत्रियः कुलवर्द्धनः ।। भविष्यामि वरारोहे मथुरायां न संशयः
yayātibhūpavaṃśācca kṣatriyaḥ kulavarddhanaḥ || bhaviṣyāmi varārohe mathurāyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ
and from the lineage of King Yayāti, a kṣatriya, an increaser of the family, I shall come to be, O fair-hipped one, at Mathurā—there is no doubt.
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VrP 152.25
मूर्तिं चतुर्विधां कृत्वा स्थास्यामि ऋषिभिः स्तुतः ।। वत्सराणां शतं तत्र युद्धेषु कृतनिश्चयः
mūrtiṃ caturvidhāṃ kṛtvā sthāsyāmi ṛṣibhiḥ stutaḥ || vatsarāṇāṃ śataṃ tatra yuddheṣu kṛtaniścayaḥ
Making my form fourfold I shall abide there, praised by the sages, for a hundred years, resolved upon battles.
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VrP 152.26
एका चन्दनसङ्काशा द्वितीया कनकप्रभा ।। अशोकसदृशा चान्या अन्या चोत्पलसन्निभा
ekā candanasaṅkāśā dvitīyā kanakaprabhā || aśokasadṛśā cānyā anyā cotpalasannibhā
One (form) is like sandalwood, the second has the sheen of gold, another resembles the aśoka (blossom), and another is like the blue lotus.
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VrP 152.27
तत्र गुह्यानि नामानि भविष्यन्ति मम प्रिये ।। पुण्यानि च पवित्राणि संसारच्छेदनानि च
tatra guhyāni nāmāni bhaviṣyanti mama priye || puṇyāni ca pavitrāṇi saṃsāracchedanāni ca
There, my beloved, my secret names will come to be, meritorious and purifying and cutting off the round of rebirth,
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VrP 152.28
यत्राहं पातयिष्यामि द्वात्रिंशत्तु वसुन्धरे ।। दैत्यान्घोरान्महाभागे कंसादीन्धर्मदूषकान्
yatrāhaṃ pātayiṣyāmi dvātriṃśattu vasundhare || daityānghorānmahābhāge kaṃsādīndharmadūṣakān
where I shall bring down thirty-two, O Earth—dreadful demons, O greatly fortunate one, Kaṃsa and the rest, defilers of dharma—
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VrP 152.29
यमुना यत्र सुवहा नित्यं सन्निहिता ध्रुवम् ।। वैवस्वतसुता रम्या यमुना यत्र विश्रुता
yamunā yatra suvahā nityaṃ sannihitā dhruvam || vaivasvatasutā ramyā yamunā yatra viśrutā
where the Yamunā, flowing fair, is ever and assuredly present; where the delightful daughter of Vaivasvata, the Yamunā, is renowned—
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VrP 152.31
यमुना विश्रुता देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा ।। तत्र तीर्थानि गुह्यानि भविष्यन्ति ममानघे
yamunā viśrutā devi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || tatra tīrthāni guhyāni bhaviṣyanti mamānaghe
the Yamunā is renowned (there), O goddess; no deliberation is to be made about this. There my secret holy fords will come to be, O sinless one,
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VrP 152.32
येषु स्नाने नरो देवि मम लोके महीयते ।। अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम कर्मपरायणः
yeṣu snāne naro devi mama loke mahīyate || athātra muñcate prāṇānmama karmaparāyaṇaḥ
by bathing in which a man, O goddess, is honoured in my world. And if one intent upon rites for me gives up his life-breaths here,
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VrP 152.33
न जायत स मर्त्त्येषु जायते च चतुर्भुजः ।। अविमुक्ते नरः स्नातो मुक्तिं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्
na jāyata sa marttyeṣu jāyate ca caturbhujaḥ || avimukte naraḥ snāto muktiṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam
he is not born among mortals, and is born four-armed. A man who has bathed at Avimukta obtains liberation without doubt;
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VrP 152.34
तथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। विश्रान्तिसंज्ञकं नाम तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्
tathātra muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati || viśrāntisaṃjñakaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam
likewise, if he gives up his life-breaths there, he goes to my world. There is a holy ford named Viśrānti, renowned in the three worlds,
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VrP 152.35
यस्मिन्स्नातो नरो देवि मम लोकं प्रपद्यते ।। सर्वतीर्थेषु यत्स्नानं सर्वतीर्थेषु यत्फलम्
yasminsnāto naro devi mama lokaṃ prapadyate || sarvatīrtheṣu yatsnānaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu yatphalam
bathing in which a man, O goddess, attains my world. Whatever bathing there is at all the holy fords, whatever fruit there is at all the holy fords,
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VrP 152.36
तत्फलं लभते देवि दृष्ट्वा देवं गतश्रमः ।। न च यज्ञैर्न तपसा न ध्यानैर्न च संयमैः
tatphalaṃ labhate devi dṛṣṭvā devaṃ gataśramaḥ || na ca yajñairna tapasā na dhyānairna ca saṃyamaiḥ
that fruit he obtains, O goddess, when, his weariness gone, he has beheld the god. Not by sacrifices, nor by austerity, nor by meditations, nor by restraints
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VrP 152.37
तत्फलं लभते स्नातो यथा विश्रान्तिसंज्ञके ।। कालत्रयं तु वसुधे यः पश्यति गतश्रमः
tatphalaṃ labhate snāto yathā viśrāntisaṃjñake || kālatrayaṃ tu vasudhe yaḥ paśyati gataśramaḥ
does one obtain that fruit which the bather obtains at (the ford) named Viśrānti. And whoever, O Earth, his weariness gone, looks upon (it) at the three times (of day),
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VrP 152.38
कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणे द्वे तु विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ।। अस्ति चान्यत्परं गुह्यं सर्वसंसारमोक्षणम्
kṛtvā pradakṣiṇe dve tu viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || asti cānyatparaṃ guhyaṃ sarvasaṃsāramokṣaṇam
and makes two circumambulations, he goes to the world of Viṣṇu. And there is another, higher secret, releasing (one) from the whole round of rebirth,
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VrP 152.39
यस्मिन्स्नातो नरो देवि मम लोकं प्रपद्यते ।। प्रयागं नाम तीर्थं तु देवानामपि दुर्ल्लभम्
yasminsnāto naro devi mama lokaṃ prapadyate || prayāgaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ tu devānāmapi durllabham
Bathed in which, O Goddess, a man attains my world; and (there is) the sacred ford named Prayāga, hard for even the gods to obtain.
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VrP 152.41
अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोके स गच्छति ।। तथा कनखलं नाम तीर्थं गुह्यं परं मम
athātra muṃcate prāṇānmama loke sa gacchati || tathā kanakhalaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ guhyaṃ paraṃ mama
And if he gives up his life-breaths there, he goes to my world; so too the ford named Kanakhala, a supreme secret of mine.
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VrP 152.42
स्नानमात्रेण तत्रापि नाकपृष्ठे स मोदते ।। अस्ति क्षेत्रं परं गुह्यं तिंदुकं नाम नामतः
snānamātreṇa tatrāpi nākapṛṣṭhe sa modate || asti kṣetraṃ paraṃ guhyaṃ tiṃdukaṃ nāma nāmataḥ
There too, merely by bathing, he rejoices on the vault of heaven. There is a supremely secret sacred field, Tiṃduka by name.
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VrP 152.43
तस्मिन्स्नातो नरो देवि मम लोके महीयते ।। अस्मिंस्तीर्थे पुरा वृत्तं तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे
tasminsnāto naro devi mama loke mahīyate || asmiṃstīrthe purā vṛttaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare
A man who has bathed in it, O Goddess, is honoured in my world. At this ford something happened long ago — hear it, O Earth-bearer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.44
पांचालविषये देवि काम्पिल्यं च पुरोत्तमम्।। धनधान्यसमायुक्तं ब्रह्मदत्तेन पालितम्
pāṃcālaviṣaye devi kāmpilyaṃ ca purottamam|| dhanadhānyasamāyuktaṃ brahmadattena pālitam
In the Pāñcāla country, O Goddess, (there was) Kāmpilya, best of cities, well supplied with wealth and grain, protected by Brahmadatta.
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VrP 152.45
तस्मिंस्तु वसते देवि तिंदुको नाम नापितः।। तस्मिंस्तु वसतस्तस्य नापितस्य पुरोत्तमे
tasmiṃstu vasate devi tiṃduko nāma nāpitaḥ|| tasmiṃstu vasatastasya nāpitasya purottame
In it, O Goddess, there lived a barber named Tiṃduka; and while that barber was living there in that best of cities —
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VrP 152.46
कालेन महता तस्य कुटुम्बं च क्षयं गतम् ।। क्षीणे कुटुम्बे तु तदा सुभृशं दुःखपीडितः
kālena mahatā tasya kuṭumbaṃ ca kṣayaṃ gatam || kṣīṇe kuṭumbe tu tadā subhṛśaṃ duḥkhapīḍitaḥ
in the course of a long time his household came to ruin; and when the household was ruined he was then exceedingly afflicted with grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.47
सर्वसंगं परित्यज्य सोऽगच्छन्मथुरां तदा ।। ब्राह्मणावसथे सोऽपि वसमानो वसुन्धरे
sarvasaṃgaṃ parityajya so'gacchanmathurāṃ tadā || brāhmaṇāvasathe so'pi vasamāno vasundhare
Abandoning all attachment, he then went to Mathurā; and dwelling in a brahmins' lodging-house, O Earth-bearer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.48
तस्य कर्मशतं कृत्वा स्नात्वैव यमुनां नदीम् ।। नित्यं स यमुनां स्नाति चिरकालं दृढव्रतः
tasya karmaśataṃ kṛtvā snātvaiva yamunāṃ nadīm || nityaṃ sa yamunāṃ snāti cirakālaṃ dṛḍhavrataḥ
having done a hundred tasks for him(?), he would bathe in the river Yamunā; daily he bathes in the Yamunā for a long time, firm in his vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 152.49
ततः कालेन महता पंचत्वं समुपागतः ।। स च तीर्थप्रभावेण जातोऽसौ ब्राह्मणोत्तमः
tataḥ kālena mahatā paṃcatvaṃ samupāgataḥ || sa ca tīrthaprabhāveṇa jāto'sau brāhmaṇottamaḥ
Then after a long time he came to death; and by the power of the ford he was born as a most excellent brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.51
तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावेण जाता मुक्तिः सुदुर्ल्लभा ।। ततः परं सूर्यतीर्थं सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्
tattīrthasya prabhāveṇa jātā muktiḥ sudurllabhā || tataḥ paraṃ sūryatīrthaṃ sarvapāpapramocanam
By the power of that ford, liberation, so very hard to gain, came about. Beyond that is the Sun-ford, which releases from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.52
वैरोचनेन बलिना सूर्यस्त्वाराधितः पुरा ।। भ्रष्टराज्येन हि तथा धनकामेन सुन्दरि
vairocanena balinā sūryastvārādhitaḥ purā || bhraṣṭarājyena hi tathā dhanakāmena sundari
By Bali, son of Virocana, the Sun was propitiated of old — by him who had lost his kingdom and desired wealth, O beautiful one.
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VrP 152.53
ऊर्द्ध्वबाहुर्निराहारस्तताप परमं तपः ।। साग्रं संवत्सरं देवि ततः काममवाप्तवान्
ūrddhvabāhurnirāhārastatāpa paramaṃ tapaḥ || sāgraṃ saṃvatsaraṃ devi tataḥ kāmamavāptavān
With arms raised, taking no food, he performed the highest austerity for a full year and more, O Goddess; then he obtained his desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.54
तस्य प्रसन्नो भगवान् द्युमणिः प्रत्यभाषत।। किं कारणं बले ब्रूहि तपस्यसि महत्तपः
tasya prasanno bhagavān dyumaṇiḥ pratyabhāṣata|| kiṃ kāraṇaṃ bale brūhi tapasyasi mahattapaḥ
The Lord, the jewel of the sky (the Sun), pleased with him, replied: "Tell (me), Bali, for what reason do you practise this great austerity?"
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VrP 152.55
बलिरुवाच।। भ्रष्टराज्योऽस्मि देवेश पाताले निवसाम्यहम् ।। वित्तेनापि विहीनस्य कुटुम्बभरणं कृतः
baliruvāca|| bhraṣṭarājyo'smi deveśa pātāle nivasāmyaham || vittenāpi vihīnasya kuṭumbabharaṇaṃ kṛtaḥ
Bali said: "I have lost my kingdom, lord of gods; I dwell in the underworld. How is the support of a family to be made by one deprived even of wealth?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.56
मुकुटात्तस्य वै सूर्यो ददौ चिन्तामणिं ततः ।। चिन्तामणिं समासाद्य पातालमगमद्बलिः
mukuṭāttasya vai sūryo dadau cintāmaṇiṃ tataḥ || cintāmaṇiṃ samāsādya pātālamagamadbaliḥ
Then the Sun gave him the wish-granting gem from his crown; and having obtained the cintāmaṇi, Bali went to the underworld.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.57
तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नातः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ।। तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || tatrātha muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati
A man who has bathed at that ford is freed from all sins; and if he gives up his life-breaths there, he goes to my world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.58
आदित्याहनि संक्रान्तौ ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्ययोः ।। तस्मिन्स्नातो नरो देवि राजसूयफलं लभेत्
ādityāhani saṃkrāntau grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ || tasminsnāto naro devi rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet
On a Sunday, at a solstitial passage, at an eclipse of the moon or the sun — a man who has bathed there, O Goddess, would gain the fruit of a Rājasūya sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.59
ध्रुवेण यत्र सन्तप्तं स्वेच्छया परमं तपः ।। तत्र वै स्नानमात्रेण ध्रुवलोके महीयते
dhruveṇa yatra santaptaṃ svecchayā paramaṃ tapaḥ || tatra vai snānamātreṇa dhruvaloke mahīyate
Where Dhruva of his own will performed the highest austerity — there, merely by bathing, one is honoured in Dhruva's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.61
पितॄंस्तारयते सर्वं पितृपक्षे विशेषतः ।। दक्षिणे ध्रुवतीर्थस्य तीर्थराजं प्रकीर्तितम्
pitṝṃstārayate sarvaṃ pitṛpakṣe viśeṣataḥ || dakṣiṇe dhruvatīrthasya tīrtharājaṃ prakīrtitam
He rescues all his forefathers, especially in the fortnight of the ancestors. To the south of Dhruva's ford, the King of Fords is proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.62
तस्मिन् स्नाते नरो देवि मम लोकं प्रपद्यते ।। तद्दक्षिणे महादेवि ऋषितीर्थं परं मम
tasmin snāte naro devi mama lokaṃ prapadyate || taddakṣiṇe mahādevi ṛṣitīrthaṃ paraṃ mama
Bathed in it, O goddess, a man attains my world. To the south of that, O great goddess, is the Rishis' tirtha, supreme, (and) mine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.63
तत्र स्नातो नरो देवि ऋषिलोकं प्रपद्यते ।। अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोके महीयते
tatra snāto naro devi ṛṣilokaṃ prapadyate || athātra muñcate prāṇānmama loke mahīyate
Bathed there, O goddess, a man attains the world of the rishis; and if he gives up his life-breaths there, he is honoured in my world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.64
दक्षिणे ऋषितीर्थस्य मोक्षतीर्थं परं मम ।। तत्र वै स्नानमात्रेण मोक्षमेव प्रपद्यते
dakṣiṇe ṛṣitīrthasya mokṣatīrthaṃ paraṃ mama || tatra vai snānamātreṇa mokṣameva prapadyate
To the south of the Rishis' tirtha is my supreme tirtha of liberation; there, by bathing alone, one attains liberation itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.65
तत्र वै कोटितीर्थं हि देवानामपि दुर्ल्लभम्।। तत्र स्नानेन दानेन मम लोके महीयते
tatra vai koṭitīrthaṃ hi devānāmapi durllabham|| tatra snānena dānena mama loke mahīyate
There indeed is the Koti-tirtha, hard to obtain even for the gods; there, by bathing and by giving, one is honoured in my world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.66
कोटितीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा सन्तर्प्य पितृदेवताः ।। तारिताः पितरस्तेन तथैव प्रपितामहाः
koṭitīrthe naraḥ snātvā santarpya pitṛdevatāḥ || tāritāḥ pitarastena tathaiva prapitāmahāḥ
A man, having bathed at the Koti-tirtha and satisfied the fathers and the deities — by that his fathers are carried across, and likewise his great-grandfathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.67
कोटितीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा ब्रह्मलोके महीयते ।। तत्रैव वायुतीर्थं तु पितॄणामपि दुर्ल्लभम्
koṭitīrthe naraḥ snātvā brahmaloke mahīyate || tatraiva vāyutīrthaṃ tu pitṝṇāmapi durllabham
Having bathed at the Koti-tirtha, a man is honoured in the world of Brahmā. There itself is the Vāyu-tirtha, hard to obtain even for the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.68
पिण्डदानात्तु तत्रैव पितृलोके स गच्छति ।। गया पिण्डप्रदानेन यत्फलं लभते नरः ।। तत्फलं लभते देवि ज्येष्ठे दानान्न संशयः
piṇḍadānāttu tatraiva pitṛloke sa gacchati || gayā piṇḍapradānena yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ || tatphalaṃ labhate devi jyeṣṭhe dānānna saṃśayaḥ
By the offering of rice-balls there itself he goes to the world of the fathers. Whatever fruit a man obtains by giving rice-balls at Gayā, that fruit, O goddess, he obtains by giving in the month of Jyeṣṭha — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.69
द्वादशैतानि तीर्थानि देवानां दुर्ल्लभानि च ।। स्नानं दानं जपं होमं सहस्रगुणितं भवेत्
dvādaśaitāni tīrthāni devānāṃ durllabhāni ca || snānaṃ dānaṃ japaṃ homaṃ sahasraguṇitaṃ bhavet
These twelve tirthas are hard to obtain even for the gods; (there) bathing, giving, muttered prayer, and oblation become a thousandfold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 152.152
पृथिव्युवाच।। पुष्करं नैमिषं चैव पुरीं वाराणसीं तथा ।। एतान्हित्वा महाभाग मथुरां किं प्रशंसति तृप्तिं प्रयान्ति पितरो यावत्स्थित्यग्रजन्मनः ।। ये वसंति महाभागे मथुरामितरे जनाः गङ्गां प्राप्य प्रयागे या वेणीति प्रथिता भुवि ।। गङ्गाशतगुणा पुण्या माथुरे मम मण्डले यस्मिन्स्नातो नरो देवि अग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् ।। इन्द्रलोकं समासाद्य नरोऽसौ देवि मोदते तस्मिन् वरगृहे देवि ब्राह्मणो योगिनां वरः।। जातिस्मरो महाप्राज्ञो विष्णुभक्तो वसुन्धरे तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोके महीयते ।। ध्रुवतीर्थे तु वसुधे यः श्राद्धं कुरुते नरः येषां स्मरणमात्रेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते।। तीर्थानां चैव माहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा कामानवाप्नुयात्
pṛthivyuvāca|| puṣkaraṃ naimiṣaṃ caiva purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ tathā || etānhitvā mahābhāga mathurāṃ kiṃ praśaṃsati tṛptiṃ prayānti pitaro yāvatsthityagrajanmanaḥ || ye vasaṃti mahābhāge mathurāmitare janāḥ gaṅgāṃ prāpya prayāge yā veṇīti prathitā bhuvi || gaṅgāśataguṇā puṇyā māthure mama maṇḍale yasminsnāto naro devi agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet || indralokaṃ samāsādya naro'sau devi modate tasmin varagṛhe devi brāhmaṇo yogināṃ varaḥ|| jātismaro mahāprājño viṣṇubhakto vasundhare tatrātha muñcate prāṇānmama loke mahīyate || dhruvatīrthe tu vasudhe yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ yeṣāṃ smaraṇamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate|| tīrthānāṃ caiva māhātmyaṃ śrutvā kāmānavāpnuyāt
The Earth said: Puṣkara, and Naimiṣa, and likewise the city Vārāṇasī — leaving these aside, O greatly fortunate one, why does (one) praise Mathurā? The fathers attain satisfaction as long as the twice-born (?) remains in place — those other people who dwell, O greatly fortunate one, in Mathurā. Having reached the Gaṅgā at Prayāga, which on earth is renowned as Veṇī — a hundred times more meritorious than the Gaṅgā is (the tirtha) in my Mathurā region, bathing in which a man, O goddess, would obtain the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma; reaching Indra's world that man, O goddess, rejoices. In that excellent house, O goddess, a brahmin, best of yogins, remembering his (past) births, of great wisdom, devoted to Viṣṇu, O Vasundharā — and if he gives up his life-breaths there, he is honoured in my world. And, O Vasudhā, the man who performs the śrāddha at the Dhruva-tirtha — by the mere remembrance of these (tirthas) one is freed from all sins; and, having heard the greatness of the tirthas, one would obtain one's desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain