Varaha Purana — Chapter 156

VrP 156.1

अथ मथुराप्रादुर्भावः ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। वत्सक्रीडनकं नाम तीर्थं वक्ष्ये परं मम ।। तत्र रक्तशिलाबद्धं रक्तचन्दनभूषितम्

atha mathurāprādurbhāvaḥ || śrīvarāha uvāca || vatsakrīḍanakaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ vakṣye paraṃ mama || tatra raktaśilābaddhaṃ raktacandanabhūṣitam

Now the manifestation at Mathurā. Śrī Varāha said: I shall declare a supreme ford of mine named Vatsakrīḍanaka; there, (a place) faced with red stone and adorned with red sandal—

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VrP 156.2

स्नानमात्रेण तत्रैव वायुलोकं व्रजेन्नरः ।। तत्राऽथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोके महीयते

snānamātreṇa tatraiva vāyulokaṃ vrajennaraḥ || tatrā'tha muñcate prāṇānmama loke mahīyate

merely by bathing there a man goes to the world of Wind; and if he gives up his breath there, he is honoured in my world.

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VrP 156.3

पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। अस्ति भाण्डीरकं नाम यत्तीर्थं परमुत्तमम्

punaranyatpravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || asti bhāṇḍīrakaṃ nāma yattīrthaṃ paramuttamam

Again I shall declare another; hear it, O Vasundharā. There is a ford named Bhāṇḍīraka, supremely excellent,

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VrP 156.4

सालैस्तालैश्च तरुभिस्तमालैरर्ज्जुनैस्तथा ।। इङ्गुदैः पीलुकैश्चैव करीरैरक्तपुष्पकैः

sālaistālaiśca tarubhistamālairarjjunaistathā || iṅgudaiḥ pīlukaiścaiva karīrairaktapuṣpakaiḥ

(It is surrounded) by sāl trees and palms, and by trees such as tamāla and arjuna, by iṅgudī and pīlu trees, and by karīra bushes with red blossoms.

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VrP 156.5

तस्मिन्भाण्डीरके स्नातो नियतो नियताशनः ।। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तश्चेन्द्रलोकं स गच्छति

tasminbhāṇḍīrake snāto niyato niyatāśanaḥ || sarvapāpavinirmuktaścendralokaṃ sa gacchati

Having bathed there in the Bhāṇḍīraka (pool), restrained and eating restrainedly, he is freed from all sins and goes to Indra's world.

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VrP 156.6

तत्राऽथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं च गच्छति ।। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि क्षेत्रं वृन्दावनं मम

tatrā'tha muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ ca gacchati || punaranyatpravakṣyāmi kṣetraṃ vṛndāvanaṃ mama

If he then gives up his life-breaths there, he goes to my world. Now I shall declare another of my sacred places: Vṛndāvana.

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VrP 156.7

तत्राहं क्रीडयिष्यामि गोभिर् गोपालकैः सह ।। रम्यं च सुप्रतीतं च देवदानवदुर्लभम्

tatrāhaṃ krīḍayiṣyāmi gobhir gopālakaiḥ saha || ramyaṃ ca supratītaṃ ca devadānavadurlabham

There I shall play together with the cows and the cowherd boys — (a place) delightful and well renowned, hard for gods and demons to attain.

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VrP 156.8

तत्र कुण्डे महाभागे बहुगुल्मलतावृते ।। तत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत चैकरात्रोषितो नरः

tatra kuṇḍe mahābhāge bahugulmalatāvṛte || tatra snānaṃ prakurvīta caikarātroṣito naraḥ

There, in that pool, greatly blessed and covered over with many bushes and creepers — there let a man bathe, having stayed (fasting) for one night.

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VrP 156.9

गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च क्रीडमानः स मोदते ।। तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं च गच्छति

gandharvairapsarobhiśca krīḍamānaḥ sa modate || tatrātha muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ ca gacchati

— tr. refused: cyber

VrP 156.11

तीर्थं शतगुणं पुण्यं यत्र केशी निपातितः ।। केश्यः शतगुणं पुण्यं यत्र विश्रमते हरिः

tīrthaṃ śataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ yatra keśī nipātitaḥ || keśyaḥ śataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ yatra viśramate hariḥ

A hundred times more meritorious is the sacred ford where Keśin was struck down; and a hundred times more meritorious than the Keśi (ford) is (the place) where Hari takes his rest.

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VrP 156.12

तस्माच्छतगुणं पुण्यं नात्र कार्या विचारणा ।। तत्रापि च विशेषोऽस्ति केशीतीर्थे वसुन्धरे

tasmācchataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || tatrāpi ca viśeṣo'sti keśītīrthe vasundhare

Than that, (the merit) is a hundredfold merit — no doubt is to be entertained about this. And even there, at Keśī-tīrtha, there is a special (distinction), O Earth.

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VrP 156.13

तस्मिन्पिण्डप्रदानेन गयातुल्य फलं भवेत्।। स्नाने दाने तथा होमे अग्निष्टोमफलं भवेत्

tasminpiṇḍapradānena gayātulya phalaṃ bhavet|| snāne dāne tathā home agniṣṭomaphalaṃ bhavet

By the giving of a piṇḍa offering there, the fruit becomes equal to (that of) Gayā; in bathing, in giving, and likewise in the fire-oblation, the fruit is that of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice.

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VrP 156.14

सूर्यतीर्थेषु वसुधे द्वादशादित्यसंज्ञिके ।। कालियो रमते तत्र कालिंद्याः सलिले शुभे

sūryatīrtheṣu vasudhe dvādaśādityasaṃjñike || kāliyo ramate tatra kāliṃdyāḥ salile śubhe

At the sun-shrines, O Earth, (at the one) called the Twelve Ādityas — there Kāliya takes his pleasure, in the auspicious water of the Kālindī.

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VrP 156.16

आदित्या ऊचुः ।। वरं ददासि नो देव वरार्हा यदि वा वयम् ।। अस्मिंस्तीर्थवरे स्नानमस्माकं संप्रदीयताम्

ādityā ūcuḥ || varaṃ dadāsi no deva varārhā yadi vā vayam || asmiṃstīrthavare snānamasmākaṃ saṃpradīyatām

The Ādityas said: "If you grant us a boon, O God, or if we are worthy of a boon, let bathing in this best of sacred fords be granted to us."

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VrP 156.17

आदित्यानां वचः श्रुत्वा क्रीडां कृत्वा वसुन्धरे ।। स्नानमात्रेण तत्रैव मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः

ādityānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā krīḍāṃ kṛtvā vasundhare || snānamātreṇa tatraiva mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ

Having heard the words of the Ādityas, (and) having made (his) sport, O Earth — by the mere act of bathing there one is freed from all sins.

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VrP 156.18

अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। उत्तरे हरिदेवस्य दक्षिणे कालियस्य तु

athātra muṃcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati || uttare haridevasya dakṣiṇe kāliyasya tu

And if (a person) gives up his life-breaths here, he goes to my world — (in the place) to the north of Haridēva and to the south of Kāliya.

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VrP 156.19

कालियो दमितस्तत्र आदित्याः स्थापिता मया ।। वरं वृणुध्वं भद्रं वो यद्वो मनसि वर्त्तते अनयोर्देवयोर्मध्ये ये मृतास्तेऽपुनर्भवाः

kāliyo damitastatra ādityāḥ sthāpitā mayā || varaṃ vṛṇudhvaṃ bhadraṃ vo yadvo manasi varttate anayordevayormadhye ye mṛtāste'punarbhavāḥ

"There Kāliya was subdued, and the Ādityas were installed by me. Choose a boon — good fortune to you — whatever is in your mind: those who die between these two deities are not born again."

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VrP 156.156

पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि महापातकनाशनम् ।। तत्र वृन्दावने तीर्थे यत्र केशी निपातितः

punaranyatpravakṣyāmi mahāpātakanāśanam || tatra vṛndāvane tīrthe yatra keśī nipātitaḥ

Again I shall declare another (place) that destroys great sins: there, at the sacred spot in Vṛndāvana, where Keśin was struck down.

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