Varaha Purana — Chapter 158
VrP 158.1
अथ मथुरातीर्थप्रादुर्भावः ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। विंशतिर्योजनानां तु माथुरं मम मण्डलम् ।। यत्रतत्र नरः स्नातो मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः
atha mathurātīrthaprādurbhāvaḥ || śrīvarāha uvāca || viṃśatiryojanānāṃ tu māthuraṃ mama maṇḍalam || yatratatra naraḥ snāto mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ
Now the manifestation of the Mathurā ford. Śrī Varāha said: My Mathurā circuit is twenty yojanas; a man who has bathed anywhere therein is freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 158.2
वर्षाकाले तु स्थातव्यं यच्च स्थानं तु हर्षदम् ।। पुण्यात्पुण्यतरं चैव माथुरे मम मण्डले
varṣākāle tu sthātavyaṃ yacca sthānaṃ tu harṣadam || puṇyātpuṇyataraṃ caiva māthure mama maṇḍale
And in the rainy season one should stay (there), for that place is a giver of joy; and (it is) holier than the holy, in my Mathurā circuit.
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VrP 158.3
सप्तद्वीपेषु तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च ।। मथुरायां गमिष्यन्ति प्रसुप्ते तु सदा मयि
saptadvīpeṣu tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca || mathurāyāṃ gamiṣyanti prasupte tu sadā mayi
The sacred fords in the seven continents, and the holy sanctuaries, go to Mathurā whenever I am asleep.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 158.4
सुप्तोत्थितं तु दृष्ट्वा मां मथुरायां वसुन्धरे ।। ते नरा मां प्रपश्यन्ति सर्वकालं न संशयः
suptotthitaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā māṃ mathurāyāṃ vasundhare || te narā māṃ prapaśyanti sarvakālaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
But having seen me risen from sleep in Mathurā, O Earth, those men behold me at all times — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 158.5
सुप्तोत्थितं तु वसुधे दृष्ट्वा मे मुखपङ्कजम् ।। सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव मुञ्चति
suptotthitaṃ tu vasudhe dṛṣṭvā me mukhapaṅkajam || saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva muñcati
O Earth, having seen my lotus-face when (I have) risen from sleep, (a man) is freed that very instant from the sin committed in seven births.
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VrP 158.6
मथुरावासिनो लोकाः सर्वे ते मुक्तिभाजनाः ।। मथुरां समनुप्राप्य दृष्ट्वा देवं तु केशवम्
mathurāvāsino lokāḥ sarve te muktibhājanāḥ || mathurāṃ samanuprāpya dṛṣṭvā devaṃ tu keśavam
All those people who dwell in Mathurā are vessels of liberation; having reached Mathurā and having seen the god Keśava,
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VrP 158.7
स्नात्वा पुनस्तु कालिन्द्यां मम लोके महीयते ।। स तत्फलमवाप्नोति राजसूयाश्वमेधयोः
snātvā punastu kālindyāṃ mama loke mahīyate || sa tatphalamavāpnoti rājasūyāśvamedhayoḥ
and having bathed again in the Kālindī (Yamunā), (such a one) is honoured in my world; he obtains the fruit of the Rājasūya and the Aśvamedha.
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VrP 158.8
प्रदक्षिणीकृतो येन मथुरायां तु केशवः ।। प्रदक्षिणीकृता तेन सप्तद्वीपा वसुन्धरा
pradakṣiṇīkṛto yena mathurāyāṃ tu keśavaḥ || pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena saptadvīpā vasundharā
By whom Keśava has been circumambulated in Mathurā, by him the seven-continented earth has been circumambulated.
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VrP 158.9
घृतपूर्णेन पात्रेण समग्रेण च वाससा ।। केशवस्याग्रतो दत्त्वा दीपकं तु वसुन्धरे
ghṛtapūrṇena pātreṇa samagreṇa ca vāsasā || keśavasyāgrato dattvā dīpakaṃ tu vasundhare
Having offered before Keśava a lamp with a vessel full of ghee and with a whole garment, O Earth,
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VrP 158.11
सर्वकामसमृद्धं तदप्सरोगणसेवितम् ।। रम्यमालासमाकीर्णं भोगाढ्यं सर्वकामिकम्
sarvakāmasamṛddhaṃ tadapsarogaṇasevitam || ramyamālāsamākīrṇaṃ bhogāḍhyaṃ sarvakāmikam
(he mounts) that (chariot), abounding in all desirable things, attended by throngs of apsarases, strewn with lovely garlands, rich in enjoyments, granting every wish,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 158.12
समारोहति वै नित्यं प्रभामण्डलमण्डितम् ।। ये देवा ये च गन्धर्वाः सिद्धाश्चारणपन्नगाः
samārohati vai nityaṃ prabhāmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam || ye devā ye ca gandharvāḥ siddhāścāraṇapannagāḥ
he mounts it forever, adorned with a circle of radiance. Those who are gods, and those who are gandharvas, siddhas, cāraṇas and serpents —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 158.13
तं स्पृहन्ति सदा देवि पुण्यमस्ति कृतं भुवि ।। यदि कालान्तरे पुण्यं हीयतेऽस्य पुरा कृतम्
taṃ spṛhanti sadā devi puṇyamasti kṛtaṃ bhuvi || yadi kālāntare puṇyaṃ hīyate'sya purā kṛtam
they always long for it, O goddess: (such) merit has been earned on earth. If in the course of time the merit he formerly made is exhausted,
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VrP 158.14
सतां पुण्यगृहे देवि जायते मानवो हि सः ।। धरण्युवाच ।। क्षेत्रं हि रक्षते देव कस्त्विदं पापनाशनम्
satāṃ puṇyagṛhe devi jāyate mānavo hi saḥ || dharaṇyuvāca || kṣetraṃ hi rakṣate deva kastvidaṃ pāpanāśanam
then, O goddess, that man is born in a meritorious house of good people. Earth said: Who, O god, guards this field that destroys sin?
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VrP 158.15
पशुभूतपिशाचैश्च रक्षोभूतविनायकैः ।। एवमादिभिराकृष्टं तत्क्षेत्रं फलदं भवेत्
paśubhūtapiśācaiśca rakṣobhūtavināyakaiḥ || evamādibhirākṛṣṭaṃ tatkṣetraṃ phaladaṃ bhavet
When it is harassed by beasts, bhūtas and piśācas, by rākṣasas, bhūtas and vināyakas, and others of the sort, how could that field be fruit-giving?
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VrP 158.16
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। मत्क्षेत्रं ते न पश्यन्ति मत्प्रभावात्कदाचन ।। न विकुर्वन्ति ते दृष्ट्वा मत्पराणां हि देहिनाम्
śrīvarāha uvāca || matkṣetraṃ te na paśyanti matprabhāvātkadācana || na vikurvanti te dṛṣṭvā matparāṇāṃ hi dehinām
The Blessed Boar said: They never see my field, because of my power; and having seen (them), they do no harm to the embodied beings devoted to me.
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VrP 158.17
रक्षार्थं हि मया दत्ता दिक्पालास्तु वरानने ।। लोकपालास्तु चत्वारस्तीर्थं रक्षन्ति ये सदा
rakṣārthaṃ hi mayā dattā dikpālāstu varānane || lokapālāstu catvārastīrthaṃ rakṣanti ye sadā
For protection I have appointed the guardians of the quarters, O fair-faced one; the four world-guardians who guard the sacred place at all times.
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VrP 158.18
पूर्वां रक्षति इन्द्रस्तु यमो रक्षति दक्षिणाम् ।। पश्चिमां रक्षते नित्यं वरुणः पाशभृत्स्वयम्
pūrvāṃ rakṣati indrastu yamo rakṣati dakṣiṇām || paścimāṃ rakṣate nityaṃ varuṇaḥ pāśabhṛtsvayam
Indra guards the east, Yama guards the south; Varuṇa, the noose-bearer, himself guards the west constantly.
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VrP 158.19
उत्तरां वै कुबेरस्तु महाबलपराक्रमः ।। मध्यं तु रक्षते नित्यं शिवो देव उमापतिः
uttarāṃ vai kuberastu mahābalaparākramaḥ || madhyaṃ tu rakṣate nityaṃ śivo deva umāpatiḥ
Kubera, of great strength and valour, (guards) the north; and the god Śiva, husband of Umā, always guards the middle.
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VrP 158.21
मथुराया महाभागे कुण्डे च विमलोदके ।। गम्भीरे सर्वदा देवि तिष्ठते च चतुर्भुजः
mathurāyā mahābhāge kuṇḍe ca vimalodake || gambhīre sarvadā devi tiṣṭhate ca caturbhujaḥ
In the great region of Mathurā, in the deep pool of clear water, O goddess, the four-armed one abides at all times.
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VrP 158.22
तत्र मुञ्चेत यः प्राणान् स्नानं कृत्वा वसुन्धरे ।। वैष्णवं लोकमासाद्य क्रीडते स सुखादिव
tatra muñceta yaḥ prāṇān snānaṃ kṛtvā vasundhare || vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamāsādya krīḍate sa sukhādiva
Whoever, having bathed there, gives up his life-breaths, O Earth, reaches the Vaiṣṇava world and sports there as if in bliss.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 158.23
तत्रैव तु सदाश्चर्यं कथ्यमानं मया शृणु ।। यदुच्यते वै सुश्रोणि कुण्डे तु विमलोदके
tatraiva tu sadāścaryaṃ kathyamānaṃ mayā śṛṇu || yaducyate vai suśroṇi kuṇḍe tu vimalodake
Hear too the perpetual marvel there, as told by me — what is said, O fair-hipped one, of that pool of clear water.
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VrP 158.24
हेमन्ते तु भवेच्चोष्णं शीतलं ग्रीष्मके भवेत् ।। तेजसा मम सुश्रोणि तुषारतदृशोपमम्
hemante tu bhaveccoṣṇaṃ śītalaṃ grīṣmake bhavet || tejasā mama suśroṇi tuṣāratadṛśopamam
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 158.25
न वर्द्धते च वर्षासु ग्रीष्मे चापि न हीयते ।। एतच्च महदाश्चर्यं तस्मिन्कुण्डे परं मम
na varddhate ca varṣāsu grīṣme cāpi na hīyate || etacca mahadāścaryaṃ tasminkuṇḍe paraṃ mama
It does not increase in the rainy season, nor does it diminish in the hot season; this too is a great wonder of mine, a supreme one, in that pool.
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VrP 158.26
पदे पदे तीर्थफलं मथुरायां वसुंधरे।। तत्र तत्र नरः स्नातो मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
pade pade tīrthaphalaṃ mathurāyāṃ vasuṃdhare|| tatra tatra naraḥ snāto mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
At every step in Mathurā there is the fruit of a sacred bathing-place, O Earth; bathing there and there, a man is freed from all sins.
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VrP 158.27
वर्षासु स्थूलतीर्थेषु स्नातव्यं तु प्रयत्नतः ।। कूपे ह्रदे देवखाते गर्तेषु च नदीषु च
varṣāsu sthūlatīrtheṣu snātavyaṃ tu prayatnataḥ || kūpe hrade devakhāte garteṣu ca nadīṣu ca
But in the rainy season one should bathe diligently at the major bathing-places: in a well, in a lake, in a god-dug (pool), in pits, and in rivers,
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VrP 158.28
प्रवाहेषु च दिव्येषु नदीनां सङ्मेषु च ।। वर्षासु सर्वतः स्नायाद्यदीच्छेत्परमां गतिम्
pravāheṣu ca divyeṣu nadīnāṃ saṅmeṣu ca || varṣāsu sarvataḥ snāyādyadīcchetparamāṃ gatim
and in flowing streams and in divine (waters), and at the confluences of rivers — in the rainy season one should bathe everywhere, if one desires the highest goal.
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VrP 158.29
अस्ति क्षेत्रं परं दिव्यं मुचुकुन्दं तु नामतः ।। मुचुकुंदः स्वपित्यत्र दानवासुरपातनः
asti kṣetraṃ paraṃ divyaṃ mucukundaṃ tu nāmataḥ || mucukuṃdaḥ svapityatra dānavāsurapātanaḥ
There is a supreme, divine sacred place, Mucukunda by name; here sleeps Mucukunda, the feller of Dānavas and Asuras.
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VrP 158.31
27 इहजन्मकृतं पापमन्यजन्मकृतं च यत् ।। शीघ्रं नश्यति तत्सर्वं कीर्त्तनात्केशवस्य तु
27 ihajanmakṛtaṃ pāpamanyajanmakṛtaṃ ca yat || śīghraṃ naśyati tatsarvaṃ kīrttanātkeśavasya tu
Whatever sin has been committed in this birth and whatever has been committed in another birth — all that swiftly perishes merely by the proclaiming of Keśava's name.
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VrP 158.32
किं तस्य बहुभिर्मंत्रैर्भक्तिर्यस्य जनार्दने।। नरके पच्यमानस्य गतिर्देवि जनार्दनः
kiṃ tasya bahubhirmaṃtrairbhaktiryasya janārdane|| narake pacyamānasya gatirdevi janārdanaḥ
What need has he of many mantras, whose devotion is in Janārdana? For one being cooked in hell, O Goddess, Janārdana is the (only) recourse.
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VrP 158.33
कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणं देवि विश्रामं कुरुते तु यः ।। नारायणसमीपे तु सोऽनन्तफलमश्नुते
kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ devi viśrāmaṃ kurute tu yaḥ || nārāyaṇasamīpe tu so'nantaphalamaśnute
O Goddess, whoever, having made the circumambulation, then takes his rest near Nārāyaṇa, obtains endless fruit.
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VrP 158.34
सुप्तोत्थितं हरिं दृष्ट्वा मथुरायां वसुन्धरे ।। न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिर्जायते स चतुर्भुजः
suptotthitaṃ hariṃ dṛṣṭvā mathurāyāṃ vasundhare || na tasya punarāvṛttirjāyate sa caturbhujaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 158.35
कुमुदस्य तु मासस्य नवम्यां तु वसुन्धरे ।। प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य भुवं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
kumudasya tu māsasya navamyāṃ tu vasundhare || pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhuvaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
But on the ninth day of the month Kumuda, O Vasundharā, having circumambulated the land, (a man) is released from all sins.
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VrP 158.36
ब्रह्मघ्नश्च सुरापश्च गोघ्नो भग्नव्रतस्तथा ।। मथुरां तु परिक्रम्य पूतो भवति मानवः
brahmaghnaśca surāpaśca goghno bhagnavratastathā || mathurāṃ tu parikramya pūto bhavati mānavaḥ
A slayer of a brahmin, a drinker of liquor, a killer of a cow, and likewise one who has broken his vow — by circumambulating Mathurā a man becomes purified.
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VrP 158.37
अष्टम्यां प्राप्य मथुरां दन्तधावनपूर्वकम् ।। ब्रह्मचर्येण तां रात्रिं कृतसंकल्पमानसः
aṣṭamyāṃ prāpya mathurāṃ dantadhāvanapūrvakam || brahmacaryeṇa tāṃ rātriṃ kṛtasaṃkalpamānasaḥ
Having reached Mathurā on the eighth day (of the lunar fortnight), (and) having first cleaned his teeth, (he should pass) that night in chastity, with his mind's resolve made.
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VrP 158.38
धौतवस्त्रस्तु सुस्नातो मौनव्रतपरायणः ।। प्रदक्षिणं तु कुर्वीत सर्वपातक नाशनम्
dhautavastrastu susnāto maunavrataparāyaṇaḥ || pradakṣiṇaṃ tu kurvīta sarvapātaka nāśanam
With washed garments, well bathed, devoted to the vow of silence, he should make the circumambulation, which destroys all sins.
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VrP 158.39
प्रदक्षिणां प्रकुर्वाणमन्यो यः स्पृशते नरः ।। सर्वान् कामानवाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा
pradakṣiṇāṃ prakurvāṇamanyo yaḥ spṛśate naraḥ || sarvān kāmānavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
Whatever other man touches one who is making the circumambulation, he obtains all his desires; no doubt is to be entertained about this.
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VrP 158.41
देवस्याग्रे तु वसुधे कूपं तु विमलोदकम्।। पितरश्चाभिनन्दन्ति पानीयं पिण्डमेव च
devasyāgre tu vasudhe kūpaṃ tu vimalodakam|| pitaraścābhinandanti pānīyaṃ piṇḍameva ca
But in front of the god, O Vasudhā, (there is) a well with clear water; and the ancestors rejoice in (its) water and in the rice-ball offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 158.42
चतुःसामुद्रिकं नाम त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् ।। तत्र स्नातो नरो भद्रे देवैश्च सह मोदते
catuḥsāmudrikaṃ nāma triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam || tatra snāto naro bhadre devaiśca saha modate
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 158.43
तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
tatrātha muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati
And if a man gives up his life-breaths there, he goes to my world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 158.158
पंचयोजनविस्तारमायामं पंच विस्तरम् ।। दीपमालासमाकीर्णं विमानं लभते नरः मथुरायां गृहं यस्तु प्रासादं कुरुते नरः ।। चतुर्भुजस्तु विज्ञेयो जीवन्मुक्तो न संशयः तत्र कुण्डे नरः स्नात्वा प्राप्नोत्यभिमतं जलम् ।। अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति मथुरायां नरो गत्वा दृष्ट्वा देवं स्वयम्भुवम् ।। प्रदक्षिणायां यत्पुण्यं तत्पुण्यं लभते नरः
paṃcayojanavistāramāyāmaṃ paṃca vistaram || dīpamālāsamākīrṇaṃ vimānaṃ labhate naraḥ mathurāyāṃ gṛhaṃ yastu prāsādaṃ kurute naraḥ || caturbhujastu vijñeyo jīvanmukto na saṃśayaḥ tatra kuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā prāpnotyabhimataṃ jalam || athātra muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ sa gacchati mathurāyāṃ naro gatvā dṛṣṭvā devaṃ svayambhuvam || pradakṣiṇāyāṃ yatpuṇyaṃ tatpuṇyaṃ labhate naraḥ
— tr. refused: cyber