Varaha Purana — Chapter 173
VrP 173.1
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। तत्र स्थित्वा यथान्यायं गोकर्णः सर्वमंगलम् ।। शुकं च मातापितरौ साधुभार्याचतुष्टयम्
śrīvarāha uvāca || tatra sthitvā yathānyāyaṃ gokarṇaḥ sarvamaṃgalam || śukaṃ ca mātāpitarau sādhubhāryācatuṣṭayam
Śrī Varāha said: Remaining there as was proper, Gokarṇa (honoured), with all auspiciousness, the parrot and his mother and father and the good wife — the four of them —
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VrP 173.2
संमान्य पूजयामास यथाविभवशक्तितः ।। मथुरावासिभिर्लोकैरुद्यानं कारयंस्तदा
saṃmānya pūjayāmāsa yathāvibhavaśaktitaḥ || mathurāvāsibhirlokairudyānaṃ kārayaṃstadā
having shown them respect, he worshipped them according to his wealth and ability, having the pleasure-garden made at that time by the people dwelling in Mathurā.
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VrP 173.3
स्वयं च कृतवांस्तत्र अविघ्नस्य महामखम् ।। भक्ष्यभोज्ये ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ दानानि नित्यशः
svayaṃ ca kṛtavāṃstatra avighnasya mahāmakham || bhakṣyabhojye brāhmaṇebhyo dadau dānāni nityaśaḥ
And he himself performed there a great sacrifice to the Remover of Obstacles, and constantly gave gifts of food and drink to brahmins.
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VrP 173.4
गीतवादित्रमंगल्यं पुत्रवृद्धौ यथोचितम् ।। तत्सर्वं कृतवाँल्लोको गोकर्णस्य महात्मनः
gītavāditramaṃgalyaṃ putravṛddhau yathocitam || tatsarvaṃ kṛtavā~lloko gokarṇasya mahātmanaḥ
Song and instrumental music, auspicious as is fitting at the increase of a son — all that the people did for great-souled Gokarṇa.
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VrP 173.5
एकैकं च परिष्वज्य प्रणिपत्य यथाक्रमम् ।। मातापित्रोः प्रणम्याथ शिरसा पादपंकजे
ekaikaṃ ca pariṣvajya praṇipatya yathākramam || mātāpitroḥ praṇamyātha śirasā pādapaṃkaje
And having embraced each one and bowed down in due order, then having bowed with his head to the lotus-feet of his mother and father,
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VrP 173.6
शुकं हृदि समालोक्य प्ररुरोद स वै वणिक् ।। यस्य प्रसादाज्जीवश्च धर्मश्चानुत्तमा गतिः
śukaṃ hṛdi samālokya praruroda sa vai vaṇik || yasya prasādājjīvaśca dharmaścānuttamā gatiḥ
gazing at the parrot at his breast, that merchant wept — by whose favour (he had) life, and dharma, and the highest goal.
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VrP 173.7
विशिष्टेन मया प्राप्तो राज्ञो लाभः सुपुष्कलः ।। शुक पुत्रान्मया प्राप्तमिह लोके परत्र च
viśiṣṭena mayā prāpto rājño lābhaḥ supuṣkalaḥ || śuka putrānmayā prāptamiha loke paratra ca
"Through the excellent one, the king's abundant gain was obtained by me. O parrot, my son, by me it has been won, in this world and in the next."
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VrP 173.8
एवं वसन्सुखं तत्र गोकर्णः सह बन्धुभिः ।। शुक नाम्ना कृतं तेन शिवस्यायतनं महत्
evaṃ vasansukhaṃ tatra gokarṇaḥ saha bandhubhiḥ || śuka nāmnā kṛtaṃ tena śivasyāyatanaṃ mahat
Living thus happily there with his kinsmen, Gokarṇa built a great temple of Śiva under the name Śuka.
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VrP 173.9
शुकेश्वरं प्रतिष्ठाप्य दिव्यं सत्रं चकार ह ।। ब्राह्मणानां शते द्वे च मिष्टान्नवरभोजने
śukeśvaraṃ pratiṣṭhāpya divyaṃ satraṃ cakāra ha || brāhmaṇānāṃ śate dve ca miṣṭānnavarabhojane
Having installed (the liṅga) Śukeśvara, he performed a divine satra (offering-rite), with a feast of choice sweet food for two hundred brahmins.
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VrP 173.11
शुकप्रदाने गोकर्णः फलं स्नानस्य संगमात्।। श्राद्धं सुवर्णैर्गोदानं कृत्वा तस्मै ददौ च सः
śukapradāne gokarṇaḥ phalaṃ snānasya saṃgamāt|| śrāddhaṃ suvarṇairgodānaṃ kṛtvā tasmai dadau ca saḥ
For the gift (made) to Śuka, Gokarṇa (obtained) the fruit of bathing at the confluence; and having performed the śrāddha with gold and the gift of a cow, he gave it to him.
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VrP 173.12
शबराय सभार्याय तेन स्वर्गं गतश्च ह ।। शुकोदरेण सहितो विमानवरमास्थितः
śabarāya sabhāryāya tena svargaṃ gataśca ha || śukodareṇa sahito vimānavaramāsthitaḥ
To the Śabara together with his wife; by that he went to heaven, and, together with Śukodara, he mounted an excellent celestial car.
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VrP 173.13
एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं मथुरायां महत्फलम् ।। सरस्वतीसंगमस्य गोकर्णस्य शिवस्य च
etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ mathurāyāṃ mahatphalam || sarasvatīsaṃgamasya gokarṇasya śivasya ca
All this has been told to you: the great fruit, in Mathurā, of the confluence of the Sarasvatī, and of Gokarṇa, and of Śiva.
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VrP 173.14
गोकर्णस्य तु सन्तानमक्षयं धर्मतोऽव्ययम् ।। सम्भूतं स सुखं भुक्त्वा ततो मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
gokarṇasya tu santānamakṣayaṃ dharmato'vyayam || sambhūtaṃ sa sukhaṃ bhuktvā tato mokṣamavāpnuyāt
But Gokarṇa's line of descendants (became) imperishable and, by virtue of dharma, undiminishing; having enjoyed that happiness that came about, he would then attain release.
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VrP 173.173
शुकसत्रमिति ख्यातं मृतो मुक्तिमवाप सः ।। विमानवरमारुह्य स्वर्गलोकं गतः शुकः
śukasatramiti khyātaṃ mṛto muktimavāpa saḥ || vimānavaramāruhya svargalokaṃ gataḥ śukaḥ
It became known as "Śuka's satra"; he, when he died, attained liberation; mounting an excellent celestial car, Śuka went to the world of heaven.
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