Varaha Purana — Chapter 174
VrP 174.1
श्रीवराह उवाच।। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि महापातकनाशनम् ।। संगमस्य प्रभावं हि पापिनामपि मुक्तिदम्
śrīvarāha uvāca|| punaranyatpravakṣyāmi mahāpātakanāśanam || saṃgamasya prabhāvaṃ hi pāpināmapi muktidam
The Blessed Varāha said: Again I shall declare another (thing), the destroyer of the great sins: namely the power of the confluence, which grants release even to sinners.
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VrP 174.2
अत्रैव श्रूयते पूर्वं ब्राह्मणः संशितव्रतः ।। महानामेति विख्यातः स्थितोऽसौ वनमाश्रितः
atraiva śrūyate pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ || mahānāmeti vikhyātaḥ sthito'sau vanamāśritaḥ
Here itself, it is heard, there was formerly a brahmin of strict vows, well known by the name Mahānāman; he dwelt there, having resorted to the forest.
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VrP 174.3
स्वाध्याययुक्तो होमे च नित्ययुक्तः सः योगवित् ।। जपहोमपरो नित्यं स्वकालं क्षपते च सः
svādhyāyayukto home ca nityayuktaḥ saḥ yogavit || japahomaparo nityaṃ svakālaṃ kṣapate ca saḥ
Devoted to Vedic recitation and constantly engaged in the fire-offering, he was a knower of yoga; ever intent on muttering (prayers) and on oblation, he passed his allotted time.
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VrP 174.4
एवं कर्माणि कुर्वन्स ब्रह्मलोकजिगीषया।। बहून्यब्दान्यतीतानि ब्राह्मणस्य वने तदा
evaṃ karmāṇi kurvansa brahmalokajigīṣayā|| bahūnyabdānyatītāni brāhmaṇasya vane tadā
Thus performing his rites in the desire to win the world of Brahmā, many years then passed for the brahmin in the forest.
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VrP 174.5
तस्य बुद्धिरियं जाता तीर्थाभिगमनं प्रति।। पुनस्तीर्थजलैरेतत्क्षालयामि कलेवरम्
tasya buddhiriyaṃ jātā tīrthābhigamanaṃ prati|| punastīrthajalairetatkṣālayāmi kalevaram
This thought arose in him concerning the visiting of sacred fords: "Once more I shall wash this body with the waters of the tīrthas."
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VrP 174.6
प्रयातो विधिवत्साक्षात् सूर्यस्योदयनं प्रति ।। असिकुण्डादितः कृत्वा दक्षिणां कोटिकां ततः
prayāto vidhivatsākṣāt sūryasyodayanaṃ prati || asikuṇḍāditaḥ kṛtvā dakṣiṇāṃ koṭikāṃ tataḥ
He set out, in due form, straight toward the rising of the sun; beginning from Asikuṇḍa, (he visited) then the southern Koṭi,
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VrP 174.7
तथा चोत्तरकोट्यां तु तथा मन्माथुरं च यत् ।। क्रमेण सर्वतीर्थानि स्नात्वा मामपि पुष्करम्
tathā cottarakoṭyāṃ tu tathā manmāthuraṃ ca yat || krameṇa sarvatīrthāni snātvā māmapi puṣkaram
and likewise at the northern Koṭi, and likewise that Māthura (tīrtha) of mine — bathing in all the tīrthas in order, and (visiting) me also, and Puṣkara,
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VrP 174.8
गत्वा सर्वाणि तीर्थानि स्नात्वा पूतो भवाम्यहम् ।। इति कृत्वा मथुराया निर्जगामाथ स द्विजः
gatvā sarvāṇi tīrthāni snātvā pūto bhavāmyaham || iti kṛtvā mathurāyā nirjagāmātha sa dvijaḥ
"having gone to all the tīrthas and bathed, I shall become pure" — having so resolved, that twice-born then went out from Mathurā.
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VrP 174.9
कृतपूजानमस्कारः अध्वानं प्रत्यपद्यत ।। अध्वप्रपन्नो ह्यदृशत्पंचप्रेतान्सुभीषणान्
kṛtapūjānamaskāraḥ adhvānaṃ pratyapadyata || adhvaprapanno hyadṛśatpaṃcapretānsubhīṣaṇān
Having performed worship and salutation, he set upon the road; and once upon the road he saw five most terrifying pretas.
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VrP 174.11
ईषदुत्त्रस्तहृदयस्तिष्ठदुन्मील्य चक्षुषी ।। आलम्ब्य स ततो धैर्यं त्रासमुत्सृज्य दूरतः
īṣaduttrastahṛdayastiṣṭhadunmīlya cakṣuṣī || ālambya sa tato dhairyaṃ trāsamutsṛjya dūrataḥ
With his heart somewhat frightened he stood, his eyes wide open; then, taking hold of firmness and casting off fear far away,
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VrP 174.12
पप्रच्छ मधुरालापः के यूयं रौद्रमूर्त्तयः ।। भवन्तः कर्मणा केन दुष्कृतेन भयावहाः
papraccha madhurālāpaḥ ke yūyaṃ raudramūrttayaḥ || bhavantaḥ karmaṇā kena duṣkṛtena bhayāvahāḥ
he asked, speaking sweetly: "Who are you, of terrible form? By what evil deed have you become bringers of fear?
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VrP 174.13
एकस्थानात्सदा यूयं प्रस्थिताः कुत्र वा सदा ।। प्रेता ऊचुः ।। क्षुत्पिपासातुरा नित्यं बहुदुःखसमन्विताः
ekasthānātsadā yūyaṃ prasthitāḥ kutra vā sadā || pretā ūcuḥ || kṣutpipāsāturā nityaṃ bahuduḥkhasamanvitāḥ
From one place you are always setting out — where do you always (go)?" The pretas said: "Always tormented by hunger and thirst, beset with much suffering,
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VrP 174.14
दुर्बुद्ध्या च वृताः सर्वे हीनज्ञाना विचेतसः ।। न जानीमो दिशं काचिद्विदिशं चापि चाध्वनि
durbuddhyā ca vṛtāḥ sarve hīnajñānā vicetasaḥ || na jānīmo diśaṃ kācidvidiśaṃ cāpi cādhvani
and all of us enveloped in bad understanding, poor in knowledge, out of our senses, we know no direction nor intermediate direction on the road,
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VrP 174.15
नान्तरिक्षं महीं चापि जानीमो दिवसं तथा ।। यदेतद्दुःखमापन्नं सुखोदर्कफलं भवेत्
nāntarikṣaṃ mahīṃ cāpi jānīmo divasaṃ tathā || yadetadduḥkhamāpannaṃ sukhodarkaphalaṃ bhavet
nor do we know the sky or the earth, nor the day. May this suffering that has befallen (us) have happiness as its later fruit!
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VrP 174.16
अप्रकाममिदं भाति भास्करोदयनं प्रति ।। अहं पर्युषितो नाम परः सूचीमुखस्ततः
aprakāmamidaṃ bhāti bhāskarodayanaṃ prati || ahaṃ paryuṣito nāma paraḥ sūcīmukhastataḥ
This (place) shines/appears joylessly at the rising of the sun. My name is Paryuṣita ("Stale"); the next after that is Sūcīmukha ("Needle-mouth").
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VrP 174.17
शीघ्रगो रोधकश्चैव पंचमो लेखकस्तथा ।। ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। प्रेतानां कर्मजातानां नाम्नां वै सम्भवः कुतः
śīghrago rodhakaścaiva paṃcamo lekhakastathā || brāhmaṇa uvāca || pretānāṃ karmajātānāṃ nāmnāṃ vai sambhavaḥ kutaḥ
And Śīghraga ("Swift-goer") and Rodhaka ("Obstructor"), and the fifth is Lekhaka ("Scratcher"). The brahmin said: Whence do the names of the pretas, born of (their) deeds, arise?
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VrP 174.18
किं तत्कारणमेतद्धि यूयं सर्वे सनामकाः ।। प्रेत उवाच ।। अहं स्वादु सदाश्नामि दद्मि पर्युषितं द्विजे
kiṃ tatkāraṇametaddhi yūyaṃ sarve sanāmakāḥ || preta uvāca || ahaṃ svādu sadāśnāmi dadmi paryuṣitaṃ dvije
What is the cause of this, that you are all possessed of names? The preta said: I always eat what is tasty myself, and give what is stale to a brahmin.
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VrP 174.19
एतत्कारणमुद्दिश्य नाम पर्युषितं द्विज ।। सूचीता बहवोऽनेन विप्राश्चान्नादिकांक्षिणः
etatkāraṇamuddiśya nāma paryuṣitaṃ dvija || sūcītā bahavo'nena viprāścānnādikāṃkṣiṇaḥ
With reference to that cause, (my) name is Paryuṣita, O brahmin. By this one many brahmins desiring food and the like were needled (pricked, taunted).
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VrP 174.21
एतत्कारणमुद्दिश्य शीघ्रगस्तेन सोच्यते ।। एको गृहस्य मध्ये तु भुङ्क्ते द्विजभयेन हि
etatkāraṇamuddiśya śīghragastena socyate || eko gṛhasya madhye tu bhuṅkte dvijabhayena hi
With reference to that cause he is called Śīghraga. And (another) ate alone in the middle of the house, out of fear of brahmins.
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VrP 174.22
समारुह्योद्विग्नमना रोधकस्तेन चोच्यते ।। मौनेनापि स्थितो नित्यं याचितोऽपि लिखेन्महीम्
samāruhyodvignamanā rodhakastena cocyate || maunenāpi sthito nityaṃ yācito'pi likhenmahīm
Having climbed up, with agitated mind — for that reason he is called Rodhaka. And (another), though asked, always stayed silent and would scratch the ground.
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VrP 174.23
अस्माकमपि पापिष्ठो लेखकस्तेन नाम वै ।। मदेन लेखको याति रोधकस्तु ह्यवाक्छिराः
asmākamapi pāpiṣṭho lekhakastena nāma vai || madena lekhako yāti rodhakastu hyavākchirāḥ
He is the most sinful even among us; hence his name is Lekhaka. Lekhaka goes about in intoxication, while Rodhaka goes head downward.
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VrP 174.24
शीघ्रगः पङ्गुतां प्राप्तः परं सूचीमुखस्ततः ।। उषितः केवलग्रीवो लम्बौष्ठो वै महोदरः
śīghragaḥ paṅgutāṃ prāptaḥ paraṃ sūcīmukhastataḥ || uṣitaḥ kevalagrīvo lambauṣṭho vai mahodaraḥ
Śīghraga has become lame, and the next is Sūcīmukha; Uṣita (the Stale one) is all neck, with hanging lips and a great belly.
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VrP 174.25
बृहद्वृषणशुष्काङ्गः पापादेव प्रजायते ।। एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातमात्मवृत्तान्त सम्भवम्
bṛhadvṛṣaṇaśuṣkāṅgaḥ pāpādeva prajāyate || etatte sarvamākhyātamātmavṛttānta sambhavam
With huge testicles and withered limbs — (such a one) is born precisely out of sin. All this, the arising of my own life-story, has been told to you.
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VrP 174.26
यदि ते श्रवणे श्रद्धा पृच्छ चान्यद्यदिच्छसि ।। ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। ये जीवा भुवि तिष्ठन्ति सर्व आहारजीविनः
yadi te śravaṇe śraddhā pṛccha cānyadyadicchasi || brāhmaṇa uvāca || ye jīvā bhuvi tiṣṭhanti sarva āhārajīvinaḥ
If you have faith in hearing, ask also whatever else you wish. The brahmin said: All the living beings that exist on earth live by food.
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VrP 174.27
युष्माकमपि चाहारं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ।। प्रेता ऊचुः ।। शृणु चाहारमस्माकं सर्वभूतदयापर
yuṣmākamapi cāhāraṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ || pretā ūcuḥ || śṛṇu cāhāramasmākaṃ sarvabhūtadayāpara
I wish to know truly what your food is too. The pretas said: Hear our food, O you who are devoted to compassion for all beings —
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VrP 174.28
यच्छ्रुत्वा निन्दसे नित्यं भूयो भूयश्च नित्यशः ।। श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषेण योषितां च समन्ततः
yacchrutvā nindase nityaṃ bhūyo bhūyaśca nityaśaḥ || śleṣmamūtrapurīṣeṇa yoṣitāṃ ca samantataḥ
— on hearing which you will constantly, again and again, always revile (it): with the phlegm, urine and excrement of women, all around,
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VrP 174.29
गृहाणि त्यक्तशौचानि प्रेता भुञ्जन्ति तत्र वै ।। बलिमन्त्रविहीनानि दानहीनानि यानि च
gṛhāṇi tyaktaśaucāni pretā bhuñjanti tatra vai || balimantravihīnāni dānahīnāni yāni ca
houses in which purity has been abandoned — there indeed the pretas eat; and those (offerings) that lack oblation and mantra, that lack the gift (of donation),
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VrP 174.31
नित्यं च कलहो यत्र प्रेता भुञ्जन्ति तत्र वै ।। अपात्रे प्रतिदत्तानि विधिहीनानि यानि च ।। निन्दितानां द्विजातीनां जुगुप्सितकुलोद्भवे
nityaṃ ca kalaho yatra pretā bhuñjanti tatra vai || apātre pratidattāni vidhihīnāni yāni ca || ninditānāṃ dvijātīnāṃ jugupsitakulodbhave
and where there is constant quarrelling — there indeed the pretas eat; and (offerings) given to an unworthy recipient, and those made without the rule; of censured twice-born men, born in a loathsome family,
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VrP 174.32
जातानां विहितानां च दुष्कृतं कर्म कुर्वताम् ।। तेभ्यो दत्तं तदस्माकमुपतिष्ठति भोजने
jātānāṃ vihitānāṃ ca duṣkṛtaṃ karma kurvatām || tebhyo dattaṃ tadasmākamupatiṣṭhati bhojane
of those (so) born and (so) appointed, who do evil deeds — what is given to them comes to us as food.
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VrP 174.33
एतत्पापतरं चान्यद्भोजनं दुष्टकर्मिणाम् ।। निर्विण्णाः प्रेतभावेन पृच्छामः सुदृढव्रत
etatpāpataraṃ cānyadbhojanaṃ duṣṭakarmiṇām || nirviṇṇāḥ pretabhāvena pṛcchāmaḥ sudṛḍhavrata
And more sinful than this is another food, that of doers of evil deeds. Disgusted with the state of a preta, we ask you, O firm in vows:
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VrP 174.34
प्रेतो यथा न भवति तथा ब्रूहि तपोधन ।। ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। एकरात्रत्रिरात्रेण कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणादिभिः
preto yathā na bhavati tathā brūhi tapodhana || brāhmaṇa uvāca || ekarātratrirātreṇa kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādibhiḥ
tell (us) how one does not become a preta, O you rich in austerity. The brahmin said: By the one-night and three-night (fasts), by the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa (penances) and the rest,
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VrP 174.35
व्रतैरभ्युद्यतः पूतो न प्रेतो जायते नरः ।। मिष्टान्नपानदाता च सततं श्रद्धयान्वितः
vratairabhyudyataḥ pūto na preto jāyate naraḥ || miṣṭānnapānadātā ca satataṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ
a man purified and exerting himself with vows is not born a preta; and one who gives sweet food and drink, always endowed with faith,
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VrP 174.36
यतीनां पूजको नित्यं न प्रेतो जायते नरः ।। त्रीनद्भिः पंच चैकं वा प्रतिनित्यं तु पोषयेत्
yatīnāṃ pūjako nityaṃ na preto jāyate naraḥ || trīnadbhiḥ paṃca caikaṃ vā pratinityaṃ tu poṣayet
and who constantly honours ascetics — such a man is not born a preta. One should daily support three, or five, or one with food (or: with water).
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VrP 174.37
सर्वभूतदयालुश्च न प्रेतो जायते नरः ।। देवातिथिषु पूजासु गुरुपूजासु नित्यशः
sarvabhūtadayāluśca na preto jāyate naraḥ || devātithiṣu pūjāsu gurupūjāsu nityaśaḥ
And one compassionate to all beings is not born a preta. Always at the honouring of gods and guests, at the honourings of the guru,
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VrP 174.38
रतो वै पितृपूजायां न प्रेतो जायते नरः ।। जितक्रोधो ह्यमात्सर्यस्तृष्णासङ्गविवर्जितः
rato vai pitṛpūjāyāṃ na preto jāyate naraḥ || jitakrodho hyamātsaryastṛṣṇāsaṅgavivarjitaḥ
(and one) devoted to the worship of the ancestors — such a man is not born as a preta. He who has conquered anger, is free from envy, and is rid of craving and attachment,
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VrP 174.39
क्षमायुक्तो दानशीलो न प्रेतो जायते नरः ।। एकादशीं सितां कृष्णां सप्तमीं वा चतुर्दशीम्
kṣamāyukto dānaśīlo na preto jāyate naraḥ || ekādaśīṃ sitāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ saptamīṃ vā caturdaśīm
who is endowed with patience and given to giving — such a man is not born as a preta. (He who observes) the eleventh (day) of the bright or dark (fortnight), or the seventh, or the fourteenth,
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VrP 174.41
देवांश्च वन्दते नित्यं न प्रेतो जायते हि सः ।। प्रेता ऊचुः ।। त्वत्तस्तच्छ्रुतमस्माभिर्यो न प्रेतोऽभिजायते
devāṃśca vandate nityaṃ na preto jāyate hi saḥ || pretā ūcuḥ || tvattastacchrutamasmābhiryo na preto'bhijāyate
and constantly reveres the gods — he indeed is not born as a preta. The pretas said: From you we have heard that (concerning him) who is not born as a preta;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.42
प्रेतस्तु जायते केन तद्वद त्वं महामुने ।। विप्र उवाच ।। शूद्रान्नेन तु भुक्तेन ब्राह्मणो म्रियते यदि
pretastu jāyate kena tadvada tvaṃ mahāmune || vipra uvāca || śūdrānnena tu bhuktena brāhmaṇo mriyate yadi
but by what (deed) does one become a preta? Tell that, great sage. The brahmin said: If a brahmin dies after having eaten the food of a śūdra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.43
तेनैव चोदरस्थेन स प्रेतो जायते ध्रुवम् ।। नग्नकापालिपाषण्डसङ्गतासनभोजनैः
tenaiva codarasthena sa preto jāyate dhruvam || nagnakāpālipāṣaṇḍasaṅgatāsanabhojanaiḥ
by that very (food) remaining in his belly he is surely born as a preta. By association with naked (ascetics), Kāpālikas and heretics, (by sharing) a seat and food with them,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.44
मनुष्यः प्रेततां याति स्पर्शेन सुतरां तथा ।। पूर्वपुण्यं विनश्येत्तु प्रेतो भवति नित्यशः
manuṣyaḥ pretatāṃ yāti sparśena sutarāṃ tathā || pūrvapuṇyaṃ vinaśyettu preto bhavati nityaśaḥ
a man attains the state of a preta, and even more so by touching (them). His former merit is destroyed, and he constantly becomes a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.45
पाषण्डाश्रमसंस्थश्च मद्यपः पारदारिकः ।। वृथामांसरतो नित्यं स च प्रेतोऽभिजायते
pāṣaṇḍāśramasaṃsthaśca madyapaḥ pāradārikaḥ || vṛthāmāṃsarato nityaṃ sa ca preto'bhijāyate
And one who abides in the heretics' order, a drinker of liquor, an adulterer, one constantly given to (eating) meat in vain — he too is born as a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.46
देवस्वं ब्राह्मणस्वं च गुरोर्द्रव्यं हरेत्तु यः ।। कन्यां ददाति शुल्केन स च प्रेतोऽभिजायते
devasvaṃ brāhmaṇasvaṃ ca gurordravyaṃ harettu yaḥ || kanyāṃ dadāti śulkena sa ca preto'bhijāyate
And whoever steals what belongs to the gods, what belongs to a brahmin, or the property of his teacher, (and) who gives a daughter (in marriage) for a bride-price — he too is born as a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.47
मातरं पितरं भ्रातृभगिन्यौ च स्त्रियं सुतम् ।। अदुष्टान्यस्त्यजेत्सोऽपि प्रेतो भवति च ध्रुवम्
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ bhrātṛbhaginyau ca striyaṃ sutam || aduṣṭānyastyajetso'pi preto bhavati ca dhruvam
He who abandons mother, father, brother and sister, wife and son, when they have done no wrong — he too surely becomes a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.48
अयाज्ययाजनाच्चैव याज्यानां परिवर्जनात् ।। रतो वा शूद्रसेवायां स प्रेतो जायते नरः
ayājyayājanāccaiva yājyānāṃ parivarjanāt || rato vā śūdrasevāyāṃ sa preto jāyate naraḥ
And from officiating (as priest) for those unfit to be officiated for, from shunning those for whom one ought to officiate, or by being devoted to the service of śūdras — such a man is born as a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.49
ब्रह्महा च कृतघ्नश्च गोघ्नो वै पञ्चपातकी ।। भूमिकन्यापहर्ता च स प्रेतो जायते नरः
brahmahā ca kṛtaghnaśca goghno vai pañcapātakī || bhūmikanyāpahartā ca sa preto jāyate naraḥ
And the killer of a brahmin, the ungrateful man, the killer of a cow, indeed the doer of the five great sins, and one who steals land or a maiden — such a man is born as a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.51
असद्भ्यः प्रतिगृह्णाति नास्तिकेभ्यो विशेषतः ।। स पापो जायते प्रेत आहारादिविवर्जितः
asadbhyaḥ pratigṛhṇāti nāstikebhyo viśeṣataḥ || sa pāpo jāyate preta āhārādivivarjitaḥ
(He who) accepts gifts from the wicked, especially from unbelievers — that sinner is born a preta, deprived of food and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.52
प्रेता ऊचुः ।। य एतत्कर्म कुर्वन्ति मूढाऽधर्मपरायणाः ।। विरुद्धकारिणः पापास्तेषां कांचिद्गतिं वद
pretā ūcuḥ || ya etatkarma kurvanti mūḍhā'dharmaparāyaṇāḥ || viruddhakāriṇaḥ pāpāsteṣāṃ kāṃcidgatiṃ vada
The pretas said: Those deluded ones, devoted to unrighteousness, who do these deeds, sinners acting contrary (to dharma) — tell (us) of some course for them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.53
ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। ये धर्मविमुखा मूढा दयादानविवर्जिताः ।। तेषां गतिर्भवेदेका मथुरायान्तु सङ्गमे
brāhmaṇa uvāca || ye dharmavimukhā mūḍhā dayādānavivarjitāḥ || teṣāṃ gatirbhavedekā mathurāyāntu saṅgame
The brahmin said: For those deluded ones who turn away from dharma and are devoid of compassion and giving, there would be one single course: at the confluence in Mathurā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.54
श्रवणद्वादशीयोगे मासि भाद्रपदे तथा ।। वामनं तत्र देवं तु पूजयेज्जुहुयात्तथा
śravaṇadvādaśīyoge māsi bhādrapade tathā || vāmanaṃ tatra devaṃ tu pūjayejjuhuyāttathā
at the conjunction of the twelfth (day) with (the asterism) Śravaṇa, in the month of Bhādrapada, one should there worship the god Vāmana and likewise make an oblation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.55
सुवर्णमन्नं वस्त्रं च च्छत्रोपानत्सुसंयुतम् ।। तत्र स्नातो पितॄंस्तर्प्य दत्त्वा करकमेव च
suvarṇamannaṃ vastraṃ ca cchatropānatsusaṃyutam || tatra snāto pitṝṃstarpya dattvā karakameva ca
(and give) gold, food and a garment, together with an umbrella and sandals; having bathed there, having satisfied the ancestors (with water), and having given a water-pot as well —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.56
न ते प्रेता भविष्यन्ति मार्गस्थो यो नमस्यते ।। विमानवरमारुह्य विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
na te pretā bhaviṣyanti mārgastho yo namasyate || vimānavaramāruhya viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
they will not become pretas; and he who, standing on the road, pays homage (there), mounting an excellent celestial car, goes to the world of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.57
तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नातो हृष्टपुष्टो यथाश्रुतः ।। ध्यातश्च कीर्त्तितो वापि तेन गङ्गावगाहिता
tatra tīrthe naraḥ snāto hṛṣṭapuṣṭo yathāśrutaḥ || dhyātaśca kīrttito vāpi tena gaṅgāvagāhitā
A man who has bathed at that sacred ford becomes glad and well-nourished, as I have heard; and if it is merely meditated upon or celebrated, by him the Ganges has been bathed in.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 174.58
तीर्थस्यैव तु माहात्म्यं प्रेतो भूत्वा शृणोति यः ।। तस्याक्षयपदं विष्णोर्भवतीति मया श्रुतम्
tīrthasyaiva tu māhātmyaṃ preto bhūtvā śṛṇoti yaḥ || tasyākṣayapadaṃ viṣṇorbhavatīti mayā śrutam
And he who, having become a preta, hears the greatness of this very sacred ford — for him there comes about the imperishable station of Viṣṇu: so I have heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.59
प्रेता ऊचुः ।। अस्माकं वद कल्याण व्रतस्यास्य विधिं परम् ।। येन वै क्रियमाणेन प्रेतत्वात्तु विमुच्यते
pretā ūcuḥ || asmākaṃ vada kalyāṇa vratasyāsya vidhiṃ param || yena vai kriyamāṇena pretatvāttu vimucyate
The pretas said: Tell us, auspicious one, the highest rule of this observance, by the performing of which one is released from the state of a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.61
वसिष्ठेन महाभागाः शृणुध्वं कथयाम्यहम् ।। प्रेतानां मोक्षणं पुण्यं गतिप्रवरदायकम्
vasiṣṭhena mahābhāgāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ kathayāmyaham || pretānāṃ mokṣaṇaṃ puṇyaṃ gatipravaradāyakam
"(It was taught) by Vasiṣṭha; hear it, greatly fortunate ones, I shall tell it — the meritorious release of the pretas, which grants the most excellent destiny."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.62
मासि भाद्रपदे शुद्धा द्वादशी श्रवणान्विता ।। तस्यां दत्तं हुतं स्नानं सर्वं लक्षगुणं भवेत्
māsi bhādrapade śuddhā dvādaśī śravaṇānvitā || tasyāṃ dattaṃ hutaṃ snānaṃ sarvaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ bhavet
In the month of Bhādrapada, the bright twelfth conjoined with (the asterism) Śravaṇa: on that (day) whatever is given, offered in fire, or (whatever) bathing (is done) — all becomes a hundred thousand times (as great).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.63
सङ्गमे च पुनः स्नात्वा पूजयित्वा तु वामनम् ।। कलशं विधिना दत्त्वा तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
saṅgame ca punaḥ snātvā pūjayitvā tu vāmanam || kalaśaṃ vidhinā dattvā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu
And having bathed again at the confluence and worshipped Vāmana, and having given a water-jar according to the rule — hear the fruit of merit of that (act).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.64
कपिलानां शतं दत्त्वा हिरण्योपस्कराञ्चितम् ।। तेन यत्फलमाप्नोति तद्द्वादश्यामखण्डितम्
kapilānāṃ śataṃ dattvā hiraṇyopaskarāñcitam || tena yatphalamāpnoti taddvādaśyāmakhaṇḍitam
Having given a hundred tawny cows adorned with gold and equipment — the fruit one obtains by that, that (same fruit is obtained) undiminished on this twelfth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.66
ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः ।। जातिस्मरो महायोगी मोक्षमार्गपरायणः
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo brāhmaṇo vedapāragaḥ || jātismaro mahāyogī mokṣamārgaparāyaṇaḥ
Then, (though) fallen from heaven, (he becomes) a brahmin who has gone to the far shore of the Vedas, remembering his (former) births, a great yogin, devoted to the path of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.67
ध्यानयुक्तेन भावेन मुक्तो यात्यपुनर्भवम् ।। कनकं च सुसंपीतं सान्नं रत्नसमन्वितम्
dhyānayuktena bhāvena mukto yātyapunarbhavam || kanakaṃ ca susaṃpītaṃ sānnaṃ ratnasamanvitam
By a disposition joined with meditation he is released and goes to non-rebirth. And gold, well-yellowed, together with food and with jewels —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.68
यथालाभोपपन्नेन सौवर्णो वामनः कृतः ।। उपानच्छत्रसंयुक्तो विधिमन्त्रपुरःसरः
yathālābhopapannena sauvarṇo vāmanaḥ kṛtaḥ || upānacchatrasaṃyukto vidhimantrapuraḥsaraḥ
with (materials) obtained according to one's means a golden Vāmana is made, furnished with sandals and a parasol, preceded by the (prescribed) rite and mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.69
राक्षसत्वं न गच्छेत्तु श्रवणद्वादशीव्रतात् ।। स्वर्गे च वसते तावद्यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश कृत्वा च विधिवत्तस्य स्नानपूजादिकं नरः ।। मन्त्रैस्तथाविधैर्होमैर्ब्राह्मणं चोपपादयेत्
rākṣasatvaṃ na gacchettu śravaṇadvādaśīvratāt || svarge ca vasate tāvadyāvadindrāścaturdaśa kṛtvā ca vidhivattasya snānapūjādikaṃ naraḥ || mantraistathāvidhairhomairbrāhmaṇaṃ copapādayet
One does not come to the state of a rākṣasa, by reason of the Śravaṇa-twelfth vow; and he dwells in heaven as long as fourteen Indras (endure). And a man, having duly performed for it (the image) the bathing, worship and the rest, should, with such mantras and with fire-oblations, also provide for a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.71
(आवाहनम्) यत्त्वं नक्षत्ररूपेण दवादश्यां नभसि स्थितः ।। तन्नक्षत्रमहं वन्दे मनोवाञ्छितसिद्धये
(āvāhanam) yattvaṃ nakṣatrarūpeṇa davādaśyāṃ nabhasi sthitaḥ || tannakṣatramahaṃ vande manovāñchitasiddhaye
(Invocation:) Since you stand in the sky on the twelfth in the form of the asterism, I revere that asterism for the accomplishment of what my mind desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.72
( नक्षत्रम्) नमः कमलनाभाय कमलालय केशव ।। ( स्नानम् ) अमूर्त्ते सर्वतोव्यापिन्नारायण नमोऽस्तु ते
( nakṣatram) namaḥ kamalanābhāya kamalālaya keśava || ( snānam ) amūrtte sarvatovyāpinnārāyaṇa namo'stu te
(Asterism:) Homage to the lotus-naveled one; O Keśava, whose abode is the lotus. (Bathing:) O formless one, pervading all, Nārāyaṇa, homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.73
सर्वव्यापिन्जगद्योने नमः सर्वमयाच्युत ।। ( पूजा) श्रवणद्वादशीयोगे पूजां गृह्णीष्व केशव
sarvavyāpinjagadyone namaḥ sarvamayācyuta || ( pūjā) śravaṇadvādaśīyoge pūjāṃ gṛhṇīṣva keśava
O all-pervading one, womb of the world, homage; O imperishable one consisting of all. (Worship:) At the conjunction of the Śravaṇa-twelfth, receive (my) worship, Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.74
धूपोऽयं देवदेवेश शंखचक्रगदाधर ।। (धूपं) अच्युतानन्त गोविन्द वासुदेव नमोऽस्तु ते
dhūpo'yaṃ devadeveśa śaṃkhacakragadādhara || (dhūpaṃ) acyutānanta govinda vāsudeva namo'stu te
This is incense, O lord of the gods of gods, bearer of conch, discus and mace. (Incense:) O Acyuta, Ananta, Govinda, Vāsudeva, homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.75
तेजसा सर्वलोकाश्च विवृताः सन्तु तेऽव्ययाः ।। ( दीपम्) त्वं हि सर्वगतं तेजो जनार्दन नमोऽस्तु ते
tejasā sarvalokāśca vivṛtāḥ santu te'vyayāḥ || ( dīpam) tvaṃ hi sarvagataṃ tejo janārdana namo'stu te
And may all the worlds be lit up by (your) radiance, and be imperishable, yours. (Lamp:) For you are the all-pervading radiance, Janārdana; homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 174.76
अदितेर्गर्भमाधाय वैरोचनिशमाय च ।। त्रिभिः क्रमैर्जिता लोका वामनाय नमोऽस्तु ते
aditergarbhamādhāya vairocaniśamāya ca || tribhiḥ kramairjitā lokā vāmanāya namo'stu te
To (you) who took up (dwelling in) the womb of Aditi and for the subduing of Virocana's son, by whom the worlds were won with three strides — homage be to Vāmana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.77
(नैवेद्यम्) देवानां सम्मतश्चापि योगिनां परमां गतिः ।। जलशायी जगद्योने अर्घ्यं मे प्रति गृह्यताम्
(naivedyam) devānāṃ sammataścāpi yogināṃ paramāṃ gatiḥ || jalaśāyī jagadyone arghyaṃ me prati gṛhyatām
(Food offering:) (You who are) approved of by the gods and the highest goal of yogins, lying upon the water, womb of the world — let my oblation-water be received.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.78
( अर्घ्यम्) हव्यभुग्घव्यकर्त्ता त्वं होता हव्यं त्वमेव च ।। सर्वमूर्त्ते जगद्योने नमस्ते केशवाय च
( arghyam) havyabhugghavyakarttā tvaṃ hotā havyaṃ tvameva ca || sarvamūrtte jagadyone namaste keśavāya ca
(Oblation-water:) You are the eater of the oblation and the maker of the oblation; you are the offerer and you yourself are the oblation. O you of all forms, womb of the world, homage to you, and to Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.79
(इति स्वाहा होमः) हिरण्यमन्नं त्वं देव जलवस्त्रमयो भवान् ।। ( दक्षिणाम्) उपानच्छत्रदानेन प्रीतो भव जनार्दन
(iti svāhā homaḥ) hiraṇyamannaṃ tvaṃ deva jalavastramayo bhavān || ( dakṣiṇām) upānacchatradānena prīto bhava janārdana
(Thus the fire-offering with "svāhā":) You, O god, are gold and food; you consist of water and cloth. (Fee:) By the gift of sandals and a parasol, be pleased, Janārdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.81
( वामनस्तुतिम्) अन्नं प्रजापतिर्विष्णुरुद्रचन्द्रेन्द्रभास्कराः ।। अन्नं त्वष्टा यमोऽग्निश्च पापं हरतु मेऽव्ययः
( vāmanastutim) annaṃ prajāpatirviṣṇurudracandrendrabhāskarāḥ || annaṃ tvaṣṭā yamo'gniśca pāpaṃ haratu me'vyayaḥ
(Praise of Vāmana:) Food is Prajāpati, Viṣṇu, Rudra, the moon, Indra and the sun; food is Tvaṣṭṛ, Yama and Agni — may the imperishable one take away my sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 174.82
( करकदानं) वामनो बुद्धिदाता च द्रवस्थो वामनः स्वयम् ।। वामनस्तारकोभाभ्यां वामनाय नमोऽस्तु ये
( karakadānaṃ) vāmano buddhidātā ca dravastho vāmanaḥ svayam || vāmanastārakobhābhyāṃ vāmanāya namo'stu ye
(The giving of the water-pot:) Vāmana is the giver of understanding, and Vāmana himself abides in the liquid; Vāmana (shines) with the two (lights?) of the star — homage be to Vāmana.
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VrP 174.83
( यजमानः) वामनं प्रतिगृह्णामि वामनो मे प्रयच्छति ।। वामनस्तारकोभाभ्यां वामनाय नमो नमः
( yajamānaḥ) vāmanaṃ pratigṛhṇāmi vāmano me prayacchati || vāmanastārakobhābhyāṃ vāmanāya namo namaḥ
(The sacrificer:) I accept Vāmana; Vāmana bestows (him) on me. Vāmana (…) with the two of the star — homage, homage to Vāmana.
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VrP 174.84
( द्विजः प्रतिग्रहीता) कपिलाङ्गेषु तिष्ठन्ति भुवनानि चतुर्दश ।। दत्त्वा कामदुघां लोका भवन्ति सफला नृणाम्
( dvijaḥ pratigrahītā) kapilāṅgeṣu tiṣṭhanti bhuvanāni caturdaśa || dattvā kāmadughāṃ lokā bhavanti saphalā nṛṇām
In the limbs of the tawny cow the fourteen worlds abide; by giving the wish-fulfilling (milk-yielding) cow, men's worlds become fruitful.
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VrP 174.85
( गोदानं) मम पापच्छिदे तुभ्यं देवगर्भ सुपूजित ।। मया विसर्जितो देव स्थानमन्यदलङ्कुरु
( godānaṃ) mama pāpacchide tubhyaṃ devagarbha supūjita || mayā visarjito deva sthānamanyadalaṅkuru
To you, destroyer of my sin, O well-worshipped one born of the gods (devagarbha); dismissed by me, O god, grace another place (with your presence).
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VrP 174.86
(विसर्जनम्) एवं विद्वांस्तु द्वादश्यां यो नरः श्रद्धयान्वितः ।। यत्र तत्र नभस्ये तु कृत्वा फलमवाप्नुयात्
(visarjanam) evaṃ vidvāṃstu dvādaśyāṃ yo naraḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ || yatra tatra nabhasye tu kṛtvā phalamavāpnuyāt
The man who, thus knowing, filled with faith, performs (this) on the twelfth day, in the month Nabhasya, wherever (he may be), would obtain the fruit.
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VrP 174.87
ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। यस्तु सारस्वते तीर्थे यमुनायाश्च सङ्गमे ।। करोति विधिनानेन तस्य पुण्यं शतोत्तरम्
brāhmaṇa uvāca || yastu sārasvate tīrthe yamunāyāśca saṅgame || karoti vidhinānena tasya puṇyaṃ śatottaram
The brahmin said: But he who at the Sārasvata sacred ford and at the confluence of the Yamunā performs (it) by this rule, his merit is a hundredfold.
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VrP 174.88
मयापि श्रद्धया चैतत्कालं तीर्थस्य सेवनम् ।। क्षेत्रसंन्यासरूपेण कृतभक्तिसमन्वितम्
mayāpi śraddhayā caitatkālaṃ tīrthasya sevanam || kṣetrasaṃnyāsarūpeṇa kṛtabhaktisamanvitam
By me too, with faith, was this attendance upon the sacred ford (performed) for that period, in the form of a retreat at the holy site, joined with devotion rendered.
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VrP 174.89
येन यूयं न शक्ता मां बाधितुं पापकर्मिणः ।। श्रवणद्वादशीयोगे व्रतं तिथिसमन्वितम्
yena yūyaṃ na śaktā māṃ bādhituṃ pāpakarmiṇaḥ || śravaṇadvādaśīyoge vrataṃ tithisamanvitam
By which you evil-doers are unable to afflict me — (namely) the vow, joined with the proper lunar day, at the conjunction of the Śravaṇa-dvādaśī.
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VrP 174.91
श्रवणाद्वो गतिः साक्षात्साधु लक्ष्यामि चाऽधुना ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। एवं ब्रुवति विप्रे तु आकाशे दुन्दुभिस्वनः ।। पुष्पवृष्टिर्भुव्यपतद्देवैर्मुक्ता सहस्रशः
śravaṇādvo gatiḥ sākṣātsādhu lakṣyāmi cā'dhunā || śrīvarāha uvāca || evaṃ bruvati vipre tu ākāśe dundubhisvanaḥ || puṣpavṛṣṭirbhuvyapataddevairmuktā sahasraśaḥ
From (your) hearing (of it) there is release for you directly, and I now see (it) plainly. Śrī Varāha said: As the brahmin was speaking thus, there was the sound of drums in the sky, and a rain of flowers released by the gods by the thousands fell to the earth.
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VrP 174.92
प्रेतानां तु विमानानि आगतानि समन्ततः ।। देवदूत उवाचेदं प्रेतानां शृण्वतां तदा
pretānāṃ tu vimānāni āgatāni samantataḥ || devadūta uvācedaṃ pretānāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ tadā
And celestial cars for the pretas arrived from every side; the messenger of the gods then said this, while the pretas listened.
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VrP 174.93
अस्य विप्रस्य सम्भाषात्पुण्यसत्कीर्त्तितेन च ।। प्रेतभावविमुक्ताः स्थ तीर्थस्य श्रवणादपि
asya viprasya sambhāṣātpuṇyasatkīrttitena ca || pretabhāvavimuktāḥ stha tīrthasya śravaṇādapi
By conversation with this brahmin, and by the good recitation of what is meritorious, you are freed from the state of pretas — even by hearing of the sacred ford.
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VrP 174.94
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन सता सम्भाषणं वरम् ।। कर्त्तव्यस्तीर्थभावश्च व्रतभावश्च मानसे
tasmātsarvaprayatnena satā sambhāṣaṇaṃ varam || karttavyastīrthabhāvaśca vratabhāvaśca mānase
Therefore, with every effort, conversation with the good is best; and the disposition toward sacred fords and toward vows should be made in the mind.
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VrP 174.95
तीर्थाभिषेकिपुरुषाद्यथा तेषां दुरात्मनाम् ।। प्रेतानामक्षयः स्वर्गः सरस्वत्याश्च सङ्गमात्
tīrthābhiṣekipuruṣādyathā teṣāṃ durātmanām || pretānāmakṣayaḥ svargaḥ sarasvatyāśca saṅgamāt
As, from a man who bathes at the sacred ford, for those evil-souled pretas there was unending heaven — and from the confluence with the Sarasvatī.
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VrP 174.96
प्राप्तं तीर्थप्रभावस्य श्रवणान्मुक्तिदं फलम् ।। तिलकं सर्वधर्माणां पंचप्रेतत्वमुक्तिदम्
prāptaṃ tīrthaprabhāvasya śravaṇānmuktidaṃ phalam || tilakaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ paṃcapretatvamuktidam
The liberation-giving fruit of hearing the power of the sacred ford has been obtained — the crowning mark of all religious duties, granting release from the pretahood of the five.
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VrP 174.97
यः पठेत्परया भक्त्या शृणुयाद्भक्तितत्परः ।। करोति श्रद्धया युक्तो न प्रेतो जायते नरः
yaḥ paṭhetparayā bhaktyā śṛṇuyādbhaktitatparaḥ || karoti śraddhayā yukto na preto jāyate naraḥ
The man who recites (this) with the highest devotion, who, intent on devotion, hears it, who performs it endowed with faith, is not born a preta.
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VrP 174.98
पिशाचसंज्ञकं नाम तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् ।। यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण न प्रेतो जायते नरः
piśācasaṃjñakaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam || yasya śravaṇamātreṇa na preto jāyate naraḥ
There is a sacred ford named Piśāca, renowned in the three worlds, merely from hearing of which a man is not born a preta.
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VrP 174.174
अरण्ये कण्टकवृते निर्जने शब्दवर्जिते ।। तान्दृष्ट्वा विकृताकारानतितीव्रभयङ्करान् एतत्कारणमुद्दिश्य परः सूचीमुखस्ततः ।। समर्थितो द्विजेनैव शीघ्रं याति यतो हि सः गुरवो नैव पूज्यन्ते स्त्रीजितानि गृहाणि च ।। यानि प्रकीर्णभाण्डानि प्रकीर्णोच्छेषणानि च उपवासपरो नित्यं न स प्रेतोऽभिजायते ।। गां ब्राह्मणं च तीर्थानि पर्वतांश्च नदीस्तथा गुरोर्धर्म्मोपदेष्टुश्च नित्यं हितमभीप्सतः ।। न करोति वचस्तस्य स प्रेतो जायते नरः ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। एवमेव व्रतस्यास्य विधानं कर्मसंहितम् ।। पुराणं कथितं राज्ञे मान्धात्रे पृच्छते पुरा आगच्छ वरदानन्त श्रीपते मदनुग्रहात् ।। सर्वगोपि निजांशेन स्थानमेतदलङ्कुरु ( छत्रादिदानम्) पर्जन्यो वरुणः सूर्यः सलिलं केशवः शिवः ।। अग्निर्वैश्रवणो देवः पापं हरतु मेऽव्ययः तावद्व्रतं तु कर्त्तव्यं यावदेकं क्षयं व्रजेत् ।। तीर्थस्यैव प्रभावो हि प्रत्यक्षमिह दृश्यते
araṇye kaṇṭakavṛte nirjane śabdavarjite || tāndṛṣṭvā vikṛtākārānatitīvrabhayaṅkarān etatkāraṇamuddiśya paraḥ sūcīmukhastataḥ || samarthito dvijenaiva śīghraṃ yāti yato hi saḥ guravo naiva pūjyante strījitāni gṛhāṇi ca || yāni prakīrṇabhāṇḍāni prakīrṇoccheṣaṇāni ca upavāsaparo nityaṃ na sa preto'bhijāyate || gāṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ca tīrthāni parvatāṃśca nadīstathā gurordharmmopadeṣṭuśca nityaṃ hitamabhīpsataḥ || na karoti vacastasya sa preto jāyate naraḥ brāhmaṇa uvāca || evameva vratasyāsya vidhānaṃ karmasaṃhitam || purāṇaṃ kathitaṃ rājñe māndhātre pṛcchate purā āgaccha varadānanta śrīpate madanugrahāt || sarvagopi nijāṃśena sthānametadalaṅkuru ( chatrādidānam) parjanyo varuṇaḥ sūryaḥ salilaṃ keśavaḥ śivaḥ || agnirvaiśravaṇo devaḥ pāpaṃ haratu me'vyayaḥ tāvadvrataṃ tu karttavyaṃ yāvadekaṃ kṣayaṃ vrajet || tīrthasyaiva prabhāvo hi pratyakṣamiha dṛśyate
In a forest covered with thorns, deserted, devoid of any sound, having seen those (beings) of distorted shape, exceedingly terrifying — pointing to this as the reason, then the other one, Sūcīmukha, being urged on by the brahmin himself, goes swiftly to where he (must go). Where elders are not honoured, and houses are ruled by women, those where vessels lie scattered and leavings lie scattered about — he who is ever devoted to fasting is not born a preta. (He who reviles) the cow, the brahmin, the sacred fords, the mountains and the rivers, and who does not do the word of his teacher and instructor in dharma, who ever desires his welfare — that man is born a preta. The brahmin said: Just so was the ordinance of this vow, together with its rites, the ancient (account), told formerly to King Māndhātṛ when he asked. Come, O giver of boons, O endless one, O lord of Śrī, out of favour to me; though you pervade all, grace this place with a portion of yourself. (Gift of a parasol and the rest:) May Parjanya, Varuṇa, Sūrya, the waters, Keśava, Śiva, Agni, the god Vaiśravaṇa, the imperishable one, take away my sin. The vow is to be performed for just so long, until (sin) comes to a single (i.e. complete) destruction; for the power of the sacred ford itself is seen here with one's own eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain