Varaha Purana — Chapter 164

VrP 164.1

अथाऽन्नकूटपरिक्रमप्रभावः ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। अस्ति गोवर्द्धनं नाम क्षेत्रं परमदुर्लभम् ।। मथुरापश्चिमे भागे अदूराद्योजनद्वयम्

athā'nnakūṭaparikramaprabhāvaḥ || śrīvarāha uvāca || asti govarddhanaṃ nāma kṣetraṃ paramadurlabham || mathurāpaścime bhāge adūrādyojanadvayam

Now the power of the circumambulation of Annakūṭa. Śrī Varāha said: There is a sacred field named Govardhana, exceedingly hard to obtain, in the western region of Mathurā, not far off, two yojanas (away).

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VrP 164.2

ह्रदं तत्र महाभागे द्रुमगुल्मलतायुतम् ।। चत्वारि तत्र तीर्थानि पुण्यानि च शुभानि च

hradaṃ tatra mahābhāge drumagulmalatāyutam || catvāri tatra tīrthāni puṇyāni ca śubhāni ca

There is a lake there, O greatly fortunate one, surrounded by trees, thickets and creepers; and there are four tīrthas there, meritorious and auspicious.

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VrP 164.3

ऐन्द्रं पूर्वेण पार्श्वेन यमतीर्थं तु दक्षिणे।। पश्चिमे वारुणं तीर्थं कौबेरं चोत्तरेण तु

aindraṃ pūrveṇa pārśvena yamatīrthaṃ tu dakṣiṇe|| paścime vāruṇaṃ tīrthaṃ kauberaṃ cottareṇa tu

Indra's on the eastern side, Yama's tīrtha on the south, Varuṇa's tīrtha on the west, and Kubera's on the north.

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VrP 164.4

तेषां मध्ये स्थितो भद्रे क्रीडयिष्ये यदृच्छया ।। तत्र वै शक्रतीर्थे तु स्नानं कुर्याद्दृढ व्रतः

teṣāṃ madhye sthito bhadre krīḍayiṣye yadṛcchayā || tatra vai śakratīrthe tu snānaṃ kuryāddṛḍha vrataḥ

Stationed in the midst of them, O good lady, I shall sport at will. There, in Śakra's tīrtha, one of firm vows should perform the bath;

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VrP 164.5

मोदते शक्रलोके तु सर्वद्वन्द्वविवर्जितः।। दक्षिणे यमतीर्थे तु स्नानं कुर्याद्यथाविधि

modate śakraloke tu sarvadvandvavivarjitaḥ|| dakṣiṇe yamatīrthe tu snānaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi

he rejoices in Śakra's world, freed from all pairs of opposites. In the southern tīrtha of Yama one should bathe according to rule;

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VrP 164.7

यमस्य भवनं गत्वा मोदते कृतनिश्चयः।। तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान् लोभमोहविवर्जितः।।।। यमलोकं परित्यज्य मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। तत्रैव वारुणं तीर्थमासाद्य स्नानमाचरेत्

yamasya bhavanaṃ gatvā modate kṛtaniścayaḥ|| tatrātha muñcate prāṇān lobhamohavivarjitaḥ|||| yamalokaṃ parityajya mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || tatraiva vāruṇaṃ tīrthamāsādya snānamācaret

Having gone to Yama's abode he rejoices, his resolve accomplished. And there, if he gives up his breath free of greed and delusion, he leaves the world of Yama behind and goes to my world. In that same place, having reached the Vāruṇa ford, he should perform his bath.

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VrP 164.8

वारुणं भवनं गत्वा मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषात् ।। तथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्कामक्रोधविवर्जितः

vāruṇaṃ bhavanaṃ gatvā mucyate sarvakilbiṣāt || tathātra muñcate prāṇānkāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ

Having gone to Varuṇa's abode, he is freed from every sin; and so too, (if) there he gives up his breath free of desire and anger,

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VrP 164.9

वारुणं लोकमुत्सृज्य मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। तत्र मध्ये च यः स्नाति क्रीडते स मया सह

vāruṇaṃ lokamutsṛjya mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || tatra madhye ca yaḥ snāti krīḍate sa mayā saha

leaving the world of Varuṇa behind, he goes to my world. And whoever bathes there in the middle sports together with me.

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VrP 164.11

न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिर्देवि सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते ।। स्नात्वा मानसगङ्गायां दृष्ट्वा गोवर्द्धने हरिम्

na tasya punarāvṛttirdevi satyaṃ bravīmi te || snātvā mānasagaṅgāyāṃ dṛṣṭvā govarddhane harim

For him there is no return, O Goddess — I tell you the truth. Having bathed in the Mānasa-gaṅgā and seen Hari on Govardhana,

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VrP 164.12

अन्नकूटं परिक्रम्य किं पुनः परिशोचति ।। सोमवारे त्वमायां वै प्राप्य गोवर्द्धनं गिरिम्

annakūṭaṃ parikramya kiṃ punaḥ pariśocati || somavāre tvamāyāṃ vai prāpya govarddhanaṃ girim

having circumambulated Annakūṭa, why should one grieve any more? On a Monday, on the new-moon day, having reached the mountain Govardhana,

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VrP 164.13

दत्त्वा पिण्डं पितृभ्यश्च राजसूयफलं भवेत् ।। गयायां पिण्डदानेन यत्फलं प्राप्यते नरैः

dattvā piṇḍaṃ pitṛbhyaśca rājasūyaphalaṃ bhavet || gayāyāṃ piṇḍadānena yatphalaṃ prāpyate naraiḥ

and having given the rice-ball to the ancestors, there comes about the fruit of a Rājasūya (sacrifice). Whatever fruit men obtain by the giving of rice-balls at Gayā,

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VrP 164.14

तत्फलं प्राप्यते तत्र नात्र कार्या विचारणा ।। गोवर्द्धनं परिक्रम्य दृष्ट्वा देवं परं हरिम्

tatphalaṃ prāpyate tatra nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || govarddhanaṃ parikramya dṛṣṭvā devaṃ paraṃ harim

that fruit is obtained there — no doubt is to be entertained about this. Having circumambulated Govardhana and seen the god, the supreme Hari,

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VrP 164.15

राजसूयाश्वमेधानां फलं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्

rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam

he obtains, without doubt, the fruit of Rājasūya and Aśvamedha sacrifices.

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VrP 164.16

पृथिव्युवाच ।। परिक्रमोऽन्नकूटस्य विधिना क्रियते कथम् ।। प्रभावगुणमाहात्म्यं तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति

pṛthivyuvāca || parikramo'nnakūṭasya vidhinā kriyate katham || prabhāvaguṇamāhātmyaṃ tadbhavānvaktumarhati

The Earth said: How is the circumambulation of Annakūṭa performed according to rule? Its power, its qualities and its greatness — that you should tell.

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VrP 164.17

श्रीवराह उवाच ।। मासि भाद्रपदे या तु शुक्ला चैकादशी शुभा ।। गोवर्द्धने सोपवासः कुर्यात्तत्र प्रदक्षिणाम्

śrīvarāha uvāca || māsi bhādrapade yā tu śuklā caikādaśī śubhā || govarddhane sopavāsaḥ kuryāttatra pradakṣiṇām

Śrī Varāha said: The auspicious eleventh (day) of the bright fortnight in the month of Bhādrapada — on it, fasting, at Govardhana, one should make the circuit there.

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VrP 164.18

स्नात्वा मानसगङ्गायां प्रभाते उदिते रवौ ।। गोवर्द्धनं प्रसाद्यैवं हरिं चाचलमूर्द्धनि

snātvā mānasagaṅgāyāṃ prabhāte udite ravau || govarddhanaṃ prasādyaivaṃ hariṃ cācalamūrddhani

Having bathed in the Mānasa-gaṅgā at dawn when the sun has risen, having thus propitiated Govardhana and Hari on the summit of the mountain,

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VrP 164.19

पुण्डरीकं ततो गच्छेत्कुण्डे स्नात्वा विधानतः ।। देवान्पितॄन्समभ्यर्च्य पुण्डरीकमथार्च्य च

puṇḍarīkaṃ tato gacchetkuṇḍe snātvā vidhānataḥ || devānpitṝnsamabhyarcya puṇḍarīkamathārcya ca

he should then go to Puṇḍarīka, having bathed in the pool as prescribed; having worshipped the gods and the ancestors, and then having worshipped Puṇḍarīka —

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VrP 164.21

तत्र स्नानं तर्पणं च कृत्वा फलमवाप्नुयात् ।। राजसूयाश्वमेधानां धूतपाप्मा न संशयः

tatra snānaṃ tarpaṇaṃ ca kṛtvā phalamavāpnuyāt || rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ dhūtapāpmā na saṃśayaḥ

having performed bathing and libation there, he would obtain the fruit of Rājasūya and Aśvamedha sacrifices, his sin shaken off; there is no doubt.

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VrP 164.22

तीर्थं संकर्षणं नाम्ना बलभद्रेण रक्षितम् ।। गोहत्या पूर्वसंलग्ना उत्तीर्णा तत्र दूरतः

tīrthaṃ saṃkarṣaṇaṃ nāmnā balabhadreṇa rakṣitam || gohatyā pūrvasaṃlagnā uttīrṇā tatra dūrataḥ

(There is) a ford called Saṃkarṣaṇa by name, guarded by Balabhadra. The killing of a cow, clinging (to one) from before, is there carried far across;

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VrP 164.23

स्नानाद्गच्छति सा क्षिप्रं नाऽत्र कार्या विचारणा ।। अन्नकूटस्य सान्निध्ये तीर्थं शक्रविनिर्मितम्

snānādgacchati sā kṣipraṃ nā'tra kāryā vicāraṇā || annakūṭasya sānnidhye tīrthaṃ śakravinirmitam

by bathing it quickly departs — no doubt is to be entertained about this. In the vicinity of Annakūṭa (there is) a ford made by Śakra.

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VrP 164.24

तत्र कृष्णेन पूजार्थमिन्द्रस्य विहतो मखः ।। महदिन्द्रस्य चोत्थानं भक्ष्यभोज्यसमन्वितम्

tatra kṛṣṇena pūjārthamindrasya vihato makhaḥ || mahadindrasya cotthānaṃ bhakṣyabhojyasamanvitam

There, for the sake of (his own) worship, Indra's sacrifice was thwarted by Kṛṣṇa; and (there was) a great offering-up for Indra, furnished with foods to chew and foods to eat,

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VrP 164.25

कृत्वा तुष्टिकरान्साक्षादिन्द्रेण सह संकथा ।। इन्द्रस्य वर्षतोऽत्यन्तं तासां पीडाकरं जलम्

kṛtvā tuṣṭikarānsākṣādindreṇa saha saṃkathā || indrasya varṣato'tyantaṃ tāsāṃ pīḍākaraṃ jalam

having made (them) pleasing; (and there was) conversation with Indra himself in person. When Indra rained excessively, the water was a cause of pain to those (cows).

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VrP 164.26

तासां गवां रक्षणाय धृतो गिरिवरस्तदा ।। सोऽन्नकूट इति ख्यातः सर्वतः शक्रपूजितः

tāsāṃ gavāṃ rakṣaṇāya dhṛto girivarastadā || so'nnakūṭa iti khyātaḥ sarvataḥ śakrapūjitaḥ

Then the best of mountains was held up for the protection of those cows; it is known as "Annakūṭa," honoured on all sides by Śakra.

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VrP 164.27

देवा देव्यस्तथा गावो ऋषिभिश्च समन्विताः ।। पूजितास्तर्पिताः श्रेष्ठाः श्रमतो विष्णुना पुरा

devā devyastathā gāvo ṛṣibhiśca samanvitāḥ || pūjitāstarpitāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ śramato viṣṇunā purā

The gods, the goddesses, and likewise the cows, together with the sages — those excellent ones were worshipped and gratified, out of weariness, by Viṣṇu formerly.

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VrP 164.28

तस्मिन्स्थाने तर्पणेन शतक्रतुफलं लभेत् ।। ततः कदम्बखण्डाख्यं कुण्डं तु विमलोदकम्

tasminsthāne tarpaṇena śatakratuphalaṃ labhet || tataḥ kadambakhaṇḍākhyaṃ kuṇḍaṃ tu vimalodakam

In that place, by a libation, one would gain the fruit of a hundred sacrifices. Then (there is) the pool called Kadambakhaṇḍa, with clear water;

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VrP 164.29

स्नात्वा पितॄन्समभ्यर्च्य ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नुयात् ।। ततो गच्छेद्देवगिरिं शतबाहुसमुच्छ्रितम्

snātvā pitṝnsamabhyarcya brahmalokamavāpnuyāt || tato gaccheddevagiriṃ śatabāhusamucchritam

Having bathed (there) and duly worshipped the ancestors, one would attain the world of Brahmā. Then one should go to Devagiri, which rises up a hundred arm-lengths (high).

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VrP 164.31

कुण्डे स्नात्वा पितॄँस्तर्प्य कृतकृत्यो दिवं व्रजेत् ।। गङ्गायाश्चोत्तरं यावद्देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः

kuṇḍe snātvā pitṝ~starpya kṛtakṛtyo divaṃ vrajet || gaṅgāyāścottaraṃ yāvaddevadevasya cakriṇaḥ

Having bathed in the pool and offered water to the ancestors, having accomplished his duty, he goes to heaven. As far as the region north of the Gaṅgā, belonging to the god of gods, the wielder of the discus—

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VrP 164.32

अरिष्टेन समं यत्र महद्युद्धं प्रवर्त्तितम् ।। घातयित्वा ततश्चेममरिष्टं वृषरूपिणम्

ariṣṭena samaṃ yatra mahadyuddhaṃ pravarttitam || ghātayitvā tataścemamariṣṭaṃ vṛṣarūpiṇam

—where the great battle with Ariṣṭa was fought. Then, having slain this Ariṣṭa, who had the form of a bull,

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VrP 164.33

कोपेन पार्ष्णिघातेन मह्यां तीर्थं प्रवर्तितम् ।। वृषभस्य वधाज्ज्ञेयं तीर्थं सुमहदद्भुतम्

kopena pārṣṇighātena mahyāṃ tīrthaṃ pravartitam || vṛṣabhasya vadhājjñeyaṃ tīrthaṃ sumahadadbhutam

by a blow of his heel in anger a sacred place was brought into being on the earth; from the killing of the bull it is to be known as a very great and marvellous holy place.

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VrP 164.35

वृषो हतो मया चायमरिष्टः पापपूरुषः ।। तत्र राधा समाश्लिष्य कृष्णमक्लिष्टकारिणम्

vṛṣo hato mayā cāyamariṣṭaḥ pāpapūruṣaḥ || tatra rādhā samāśliṣya kṛṣṇamakliṣṭakāriṇam

"And this bull Ariṣṭa, an evil creature, has been slain by me." There Rādhā, embracing Kṛṣṇa the tireless doer (of deeds),

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VrP 164.36

स्वनाम्ना विदितं कुण्डं कृतं तीर्थमदूरतः ।। राधाकुण्डमिति ख्यातं सर्वपापहरं शुभम्

svanāmnā viditaṃ kuṇḍaṃ kṛtaṃ tīrthamadūrataḥ || rādhākuṇḍamiti khyātaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham

made not far off a pool known by her own name, (as) a holy place—renowned as Rādhākuṇḍa, auspicious, removing all sins.

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VrP 164.37

अरिष्टराधाकुण्डाभ्यां स्नानात्फलमवाप्नुयात् ।। राजसूयाश्वमेधानां नात्र कार्या विचरणा

ariṣṭarādhākuṇḍābhyāṃ snānātphalamavāpnuyāt || rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ nātra kāryā vicaraṇā

By bathing in the two pools, Ariṣṭa's and Rādhā's, one obtains the fruit of Rājasūya and Aśvamedha sacrifices; no doubt is to be entertained about this.

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VrP 164.38

गोनरब्रह्महत्यायाः पापं क्षिप्रं विनश्यति ।। तीर्थं हि मोक्षराजाख्यं नृणां मुक्तिप्रदायकम्

gonarabrahmahatyāyāḥ pāpaṃ kṣipraṃ vinaśyati || tīrthaṃ hi mokṣarājākhyaṃ nṛṇāṃ muktipradāyakam

The sin of killing a cow, a man, or a brahmin is quickly destroyed. For (there is) the holy place called Mokṣarāja, which bestows liberation on men,

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VrP 164.39

यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ।। इन्द्रध्वजोच्छ्रयं यत्र पूर्वस्यां दिशि वै कृतम्

yasya darśanamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || indradhvajocchrayaṃ yatra pūrvasyāṃ diśi vai kṛtam

by the mere sight of which one is freed from all sins. Where the raising of Indra's banner was performed, in the eastern direction,

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VrP 164.41

ततो हरो निवेद्याशु यात्राफलमनुत्तमम् ।। चक्रतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा पञ्चतीर्थाख्यकुण्डके

tato haro nivedyāśu yātrāphalamanuttamam || cakratīrthe naraḥ snātvā pañcatīrthākhyakuṇḍake

then, having promptly made offering to Hara, (one gains) the unsurpassed fruit of the pilgrimage. A man, having bathed at Cakratīrtha, in the pool called Pañcatīrtha,

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VrP 164.42

समाप्य तीर्थयात्रां च रात्रौ जागरणं तथा ।। गोवर्द्धने च कर्त्तव्यं महापातकनाशनम्

samāpya tīrthayātrāṃ ca rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ tathā || govarddhane ca karttavyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam

and having completed the pilgrimage to the holy places, should also keep a vigil at night at Govardhana, which destroys the great sins.

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VrP 164.43

एकादश्यां तदा रात्रौ कृत्वा जागरणं शुभम् ।। द्वादश्यामुषसि स्नात्वा पिण्डं निर्वाप्य शक्तितः

ekādaśyāṃ tadā rātrau kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ śubham || dvādaśyāmuṣasi snātvā piṇḍaṃ nirvāpya śaktitaḥ

Then, having kept the auspicious vigil on the eleventh night, having bathed at dawn on the twelfth and offered a rice-ball according to his ability,

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VrP 164.44

पितॄणां मुक्तिदं तेषां य एवं कुरुते नरः ।। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति

pitṝṇāṃ muktidaṃ teṣāṃ ya evaṃ kurute naraḥ || sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati

—(a rite) which gives liberation to those ancestors—the man who acts thus, freed from all sins, attains the supreme Brahman.

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VrP 164.46

य एतच्छृणुयाद्भक्त्या तीर्थानुकमणं हरेः ।। गोवर्द्धनस्य माहात्म्यं गङ्गास्नानफलं भवेत्

ya etacchṛṇuyādbhaktyā tīrthānukamaṇaṃ hareḥ || govarddhanasya māhātmyaṃ gaṅgāsnānaphalaṃ bhavet

Whoever listens with devotion to this enumeration of Hari's holy places, the greatness of Govardhana, for him there would be the fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā.

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VrP 164.49

एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे अन्नकूटपरिक्रमम् ।। यथानुक्रमयोगेन तथाषाढेपि चोच्यते

etatte kathitaṃ bhadre annakūṭaparikramam || yathānukramayogena tathāṣāḍhepi cocyate

This circumambulation of Annakūṭa has been told to you, good lady, in due order; and so it is also declared for the month of Āṣāḍha.

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VrP 164.84

स्नातस्तत्र तदा कृष्णो वृषं हत्वा महासुरम् ।। वृषहत्यासमायुक्तः कृष्णश्चिन्तान्वितोऽभवत् ।

snātastatra tadā kṛṣṇo vṛṣaṃ hatvā mahāsuram || vṛṣahatyāsamāyuktaḥ kṛṣṇaścintānvito'bhavat |

Kṛṣṇa bathed there at that time, having slain the great demon (in the form of) a bull; involved in the killing of a bull, Kṛṣṇa became filled with worry.

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VrP 164.164

अथाऽत्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोके स गच्छति ।। अन्नकूटं ततः प्राप्य तस्य कुर्यात्प्रदक्षिणम् सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः प्रयाति भवनं हरेः ।। कुण्डं चाप्सरसं नाम प्रसन्नसलिलाशयम् यत्र स्नानाद्दर्शनाच्च वाजपेयफलं लभेत् ।। महादेवं ततो दृष्ट्वा गत्वा ध्यात्वा फलं लभेत् इन्द्रध्वजमिति ख्यातं तीर्थ चैवातिमुक्तिदम् ।। तत्र स्नाता दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्तेऽपुनर्भवाः

athā'tra muñcate prāṇānmama loke sa gacchati || annakūṭaṃ tataḥ prāpya tasya kuryātpradakṣiṇam sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ prayāti bhavanaṃ hareḥ || kuṇḍaṃ cāpsarasaṃ nāma prasannasalilāśayam yatra snānāddarśanācca vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet || mahādevaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā gatvā dhyātvā phalaṃ labhet indradhvajamiti khyātaṃ tīrtha caivātimuktidam || tatra snātā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtāste'punarbhavāḥ

And if one gives up his life here, he goes to my world. Then, having reached Annakūṭa, one should circumambulate it; freed from all sins he goes to the abode of Hari. And (there is) the pool named Apsarasa, a reservoir of clear water, where by bathing and by seeing (it) one obtains the fruit of the Vājapeya sacrifice. Then, having seen Mahādeva, having gone (there) and meditated, one obtains the fruit. And (there is) the holy place known as Indradhvaja, which grants the highest liberation; those who bathe there go to heaven, and those who die (there) are not born again.

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