Varaha Purana — Chapter 154
VrP 154.1
अथ यमुनातीर्थप्रभावः ।। वराह उवाच ।। एवंविधां च मथुरां दृष्ट्वा तौ मुदमापतुः ।। एवं तु वसतस्तस्य राज्ञस्तत्र वसुन्धरे
atha yamunātīrthaprabhāvaḥ || varāha uvāca || evaṃvidhāṃ ca mathurāṃ dṛṣṭvā tau mudamāpatuḥ || evaṃ tu vasatastasya rājñastatra vasundhare
Now, the power of the Yamunā's sacred ford. The Boar said: Seeing Mathurā of such a kind, the two attained delight. And as that king was dwelling there thus, O Earth,
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VrP 154.2
पप्रच्छ च तदा भार्या यद्गुह्यं पूर्वभाषितम् ।। पुरस्थेन तदा राज्ञा वक्ष्यामि मथुरां प्रति
papraccha ca tadā bhāryā yadguhyaṃ pūrvabhāṣitam || purasthena tadā rājñā vakṣyāmi mathurāṃ prati
his wife then asked about the secret that had been spoken of earlier: "(You said) 'while standing in the city I shall speak concerning Mathurā.'"
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VrP 154.3
तन्मे वद महाराज यद्गोप्यं पूर्वभाषितम् ।। राजाप्युवाच तां राज्ञीं त्वयाप्युक्तं पुरा मम
tanme vada mahārāja yadgopyaṃ pūrvabhāṣitam || rājāpyuvāca tāṃ rājñīṃ tvayāpyuktaṃ purā mama
"Tell me that, great king, the secret spoken of earlier." The king too said to that queen: "By you too it was formerly said to me,
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VrP 154.4
तद्वदस्व स्वकं गुह्यं पश्चाद्वक्ष्याम्यहं तव ।। इत्युक्त्वा पीवरी ज्ञात्वा प्रहस्य तु गुणालया
tadvadasva svakaṃ guhyaṃ paścādvakṣyāmyahaṃ tava || ityuktvā pīvarī jñātvā prahasya tu guṇālayā
so tell your own secret; afterwards I shall tell you mine." Being so addressed, Pīvarī, understanding, laughing, she who was the abode of virtues,
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VrP 154.5
प्रोवाच चैव राजानं मनसः प्रीतिकारणम् ।। अहं तु पीवरी नाम गंगातीरनिवासिनी
provāca caiva rājānaṃ manasaḥ prītikāraṇam || ahaṃ tu pīvarī nāma gaṃgātīranivāsinī
spoke to the king what gave delight to his mind: "I am named Pīvarī, a dweller on the bank of the Gaṅgā.
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VrP 154.6
आगतेमां पुरीं द्रष्टुं कुमुदस्य तु द्वादशीम् ।। नावमारुह्य यान्तीह पतिता यमुनाजले
āgatemāṃ purīṃ draṣṭuṃ kumudasya tu dvādaśīm || nāvamāruhya yāntīha patitā yamunājale
(I) had come to see this city of Kumuda on the twelfth day; and as I was travelling here after boarding a boat, I fell into the water of the Yamunā.
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VrP 154.7
सद्यः प्राणैर्वियुक्ता च तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावतः ।। काशीराजपतेः कन्या यातास्मि वसुधाधिप
sadyaḥ prāṇairviyuktā ca tattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ || kāśīrājapateḥ kanyā yātāsmi vasudhādhipa
At once I was parted from my life-breaths, and by the power of that ford I have become the daughter of the king of Kāśī, O lord of the earth.
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VrP 154.8
त्वया विवाहिता राजन्न च मां विजहात्स्मृतिः ।। एतत्तीर्थप्रभावेण धर्मयुक्ता तथाऽनघ
tvayā vivāhitā rājanna ca māṃ vijahātsmṛtiḥ || etattīrthaprabhāveṇa dharmayuktā tathā'nagha
(I was) married by you, O king, and memory did not leave me; by the power of this ford (I am) also endowed with dharma, O sinless one.
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VrP 154.9
धारापतनके तीर्थे त्यक्त्वा जीवितमात्मनः।। एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो राजा कथां प्राग्जन्मसम्भवाम्
dhārāpatanake tīrthe tyaktvā jīvitamātmanaḥ|| etacchrutvā tato rājā kathāṃ prāgjanmasambhavām
At the ford Dhārāpatanaka, having given up her own life — hearing this account of (her) former birth, the king then...
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VrP 154.11
मां पश्यन्तौ नियमतस्तत्रैव निधनं गतौ ।। मृतौ सर्वपरित्यक्तौ गतौ मम सलोकताम्
māṃ paśyantau niyamatastatraiva nidhanaṃ gatau || mṛtau sarvaparityaktau gatau mama salokatām
The two, looking upon me, under a vow met their death right there; dead and abandoned by all, they attained the same world as mine.
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VrP 154.12
एतत्ते कथितं देवि आश्चर्यं यदभून्महत् ।। त्यक्त्वा चात्मतनुं तीर्थे धारापतनसंज्ञके
etatte kathitaṃ devi āścaryaṃ yadabhūnmahat || tyaktvā cātmatanuṃ tīrthe dhārāpatanasaṃjñake
This great marvel that took place has been told to you, O Goddess; and having given up his own body at the ford named Dhārāpatana,
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VrP 154.13
नाकलोकमवाप्नोति त्यक्तपापो न संशयः ।। यमुनेश्वरमासाद्य त्यक्त्वा जीवितमात्मनः
nākalokamavāpnoti tyaktapāpo na saṃśayaḥ || yamuneśvaramāsādya tyaktvā jīvitamātmanaḥ
(a man) attains heaven, his sins cast off — there is no doubt. And having reached Yamuneśvara and given up his own life,
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VrP 154.14
विष्णुलोकमवाप्नोति दिव्यमूर्तिश्चतुर्भुजः ।। धारापतनके स्नात्वा नाकलोके स मोदते
viṣṇulokamavāpnoti divyamūrtiścaturbhujaḥ || dhārāpatanake snātvā nākaloke sa modate
he attains Viṣṇu's world, with a divine form and four arms. Having bathed at Dhārāpatanaka, he rejoices in the world of heaven.
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VrP 154.15
अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। अतः परं नागतीर्थं तीर्थानामुत्तमोत्तमम्
athātra muṃcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati || ataḥ paraṃ nāgatīrthaṃ tīrthānāmuttamottamam
And if he releases his life-breaths here, he goes to my world. Beyond this is the Nāga ford, the very best of fords,
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VrP 154.16
यत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्तेऽपुनर्भवाः ।। घण्टाभरणकं तीर्थं सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्
yatra snātvā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtāste'punarbhavāḥ || ghaṇṭābharaṇakaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpapramocanam
where, having bathed, (people) go to heaven, and those who die (there) are not born again. Ghaṇṭābharaṇaka is a ford that releases from all sins,
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VrP 154.17
यस्मिन्स्नातो नरो याति सूर्यलोकं न संशयः ।। अथाऽत्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
yasminsnāto naro yāti sūryalokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || athā'tra muṃcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati
bathed in which a man goes to the world of the sun — no doubt of it; and if he releases his life-breaths here, he goes to my world.
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VrP 154.18
पुनरन्यत् प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। तीर्थानामुत्तमं तीर्थं ब्रह्मलोकेषु विश्रुतम्
punaranyat pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || tīrthānāmuttamaṃ tīrthaṃ brahmalokeṣu viśrutam
Again I shall declare another; listen to it, O Earth: a ford that is the best of fords, renowned in the worlds of Brahmā.
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VrP 154.19
तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च नियतो नियताशनः ।। ब्रह्मणा समनुज्ञातो मम लोकं स गच्छति
tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca niyato niyatāśanaḥ || brahmaṇā samanujñāto mama lokaṃ sa gacchati
Having bathed and drunk there, restrained and of restrained diet, permitted by Brahmā, he goes to my world.
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VrP 154.21
तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत स्वकर्मपरिनिष्ठितः ।। मोदते सोमलोके तु एवमेव न संशयः
tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta svakarmapariniṣṭhitaḥ || modate somaloke tu evameva na saṃśayaḥ
There one should perform ablution, being firmly established in one's own duty; he rejoices in the world of the moon — just so, without doubt.
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VrP 154.22
अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। सरस्वत्याश्च पतनं सर्वपापहरं शुभम्
athātra muṃcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati || sarasvatyāśca patanaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham
And if he releases his life-breaths here, he goes to my world. And Sarasvatī's Falling(-place) is auspicious, remover of all sins;
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VrP 154.23
तत्र स्नातो नरो देवि अवर्णोऽपि यतिर्भवेत् ।। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि माथुरे मम मण्डले
tatra snāto naro devi avarṇo'pi yatirbhavet || punaranyatpravakṣyāmi māthure mama maṇḍale
a man bathed there, O Goddess, even if without caste, becomes an ascetic. Again I shall declare another, in my Mathurā circuit:
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VrP 154.24
यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः।। स्नानमात्रेण मनुजो मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया
yastatra kurute snānaṃ trirātropoṣito naraḥ|| snānamātreṇa manujo mucyate brahmahatyayā
the man who bathes there, having fasted for three nights — by the mere bath a man is freed from the killing of a brahmin.
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VrP 154.25
अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। दशाश्वमेधमृषिभिः पूजितं सर्वदा मुदा
athātra muṃcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati || daśāśvamedhamṛṣibhiḥ pūjitaṃ sarvadā mudā
And if he releases his life-breaths here, he goes to my world. (Next is) Daśāśvamedha, always worshipped with joy by the sages,
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VrP 154.26
तत्र ये स्नान्ति नियतास्तेषां स्वर्गो न दुर्लभः ।। मथुरापश्चिमे पार्श्वे सततं त्वृषिपूजितम्
tatra ye snānti niyatāsteṣāṃ svargo na durlabhaḥ || mathurāpaścime pārśve satataṃ tvṛṣipūjitam
those who bathe there with restraint — for them heaven is not hard to get. On the western side of Mathurā (there is one) constantly worshipped by the sages,
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VrP 154.27
ब्रह्मणा सृष्टिकाले तु मनसा निर्मितं पुरा ।। मानसं नाम तीर्थं तु ऋषिभिः पूजितं पुरा
brahmaṇā sṛṣṭikāle tu manasā nirmitaṃ purā || mānasaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ tu ṛṣibhiḥ pūjitaṃ purā
formed of old by Brahmā with his mind at the time of creation — the ford called Mānasa, worshipped by the sages of old.
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VrP 154.28
तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्तेऽपुनर्भवाः ।। तीर्थं तु विघ्नराजस्य पुण्यं पापहरं शुभम्
tatra snātvā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtāste'punarbhavāḥ || tīrthaṃ tu vighnarājasya puṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ śubham
Having bathed there, (people) go to heaven; those who die (there) are not born again. And (there is) the tīrtha of Vighnarāja (the lord of obstacles), meritorious, removing sin, auspicious.
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VrP 154.29
यत्र स्नातान्मनुष्यांश्च विघ्नराजो न पीडयेत् ।। अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां चतुर्थ्यां तु विशेषतः
yatra snātānmanuṣyāṃśca vighnarājo na pīḍayet || aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ caturthyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ
Vighnarāja does not afflict those men who have bathed there — on the eighth and on the fourteenth (days), and especially on the fourth.
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VrP 154.31
अविघ्नं कुरुते तस्य सततं पार्वतीसुतः ।। तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
avighnaṃ kurute tasya satataṃ pārvatīsutaḥ || tatrātha muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati
The son of Pārvatī makes (everything) free of obstacles for him always; and if he gives up his life-breaths there, he goes to my world.
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VrP 154.32
ततः परे कोटितीर्थे पवित्रं परमं स्मृतम् ।। तत्र वै स्नानमात्रेण गवां कोटिफलं लभेत्
tataḥ pare koṭitīrthe pavitraṃ paramaṃ smṛtam || tatra vai snānamātreṇa gavāṃ koṭiphalaṃ labhet
Beyond that, at Koṭitīrtha, (the water) is held to be supremely purifying; there, merely by bathing, one obtains the fruit of (giving) ten million cows.
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VrP 154.33
तथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणाँल्लोभमोहविवर्जितः ।। सोमलोकमतिक्रम्य मम लोकं च गच्छति
tathātra muñcate prāṇā~llobhamohavivarjitaḥ || somalokamatikramya mama lokaṃ ca gacchati
Likewise, (if) one who is free of greed and delusion gives up his life-breaths there, he passes beyond the world of Soma and goes to my world.
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VrP 154.34
अतः परं शिवक्षेत्रमर्द्धक्रोशं तु दुष्करम् ।। तत्र स्थितो हरो देवो मथुरां रक्षते सदा
ataḥ paraṃ śivakṣetramarddhakrośaṃ tu duṣkaram || tatra sthito haro devo mathurāṃ rakṣate sadā
Beyond that is the field of Śiva, half a krośa (in extent), hard to attain; stationed there the god Hara guards Mathurā always.
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VrP 154.35
तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च माथुरं लभते फलम् ।। अथाऽत्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca māthuraṃ labhate phalam || athā'tra muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati
Having bathed and drunk there, one obtains the fruit belonging to Mathurā; and if one gives up his life-breaths there, he goes to my world.
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VrP 154.154
स्वां चाप्यकथयत्तस्यै यथा संयमने मृतः ।। एवं तौ मथुरां प्राप्य स्नात्वा यामुनतीर्थके सोमतीर्थे तु वसुधे पवित्रे यमुनाम्भसि ।। यत्र पश्यति मां सोमो द्वापरे युगसंस्थिते तस्मिंस्तीर्थवरे स्नातं न पीडयति विघ्नराट् ।। विद्यारम्भेषु सर्वेषु यज्ञदानक्रियासु च
svāṃ cāpyakathayattasyai yathā saṃyamane mṛtaḥ || evaṃ tau mathurāṃ prāpya snātvā yāmunatīrthake somatīrthe tu vasudhe pavitre yamunāmbhasi || yatra paśyati māṃ somo dvāpare yugasaṃsthite tasmiṃstīrthavare snātaṃ na pīḍayati vighnarāṭ || vidyārambheṣu sarveṣu yajñadānakriyāsu ca
And he told her his own (story), how he had died in Saṃyamana. Thus the two, having reached Mathurā and bathed at the Yamunā tīrtha — at Somatīrtha, O Earth, in the pure water of the Yamunā, where Soma beholds me, when the Dvāpara age is established — Vighnarāja does not afflict one who has bathed in that best of tīrthas, in all undertakings of learning and in the acts of sacrifice and giving.
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