Varaha Purana — Chapter 175
VrP 175.1
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणु चान्यद्वरारोहे कृष्णगङ्गासमुद्भवम् ।। यमुनास्रोतसि स्नात्वा कृष्णद्वैपायनो मुनिः
śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu cānyadvarārohe kṛṣṇagaṅgāsamudbhavam || yamunāsrotasi snātvā kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ
Śrī Varāha said: Hear also another (account), O fair one, of the origin of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā: having bathed in the current of the Yamunā, the sage Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana —
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VrP 175.2
ध्यात्वा मनसि गङ्गां तां कालिन्दीं पापहारिणीम् ।। नित्यं च कर्म कुरुते तत्र तीर्थजलाप्लुतिम्
dhyātvā manasi gaṅgāṃ tāṃ kālindīṃ pāpahāriṇīm || nityaṃ ca karma kurute tatra tīrthajalāplutim
— having meditated in his mind on that Gaṅgā, on the Kālindī who takes away sin, and he performs his daily rite there, the immersion in the water of the sacred ford.
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VrP 175.3
सोमवैकुण्ठयोर्मध्ये कृष्णङ्गेति कथ्यते ।। यत्रातप्यत स व्यासो मथुरायां स्थितोऽमलः
somavaikuṇṭhayormadhye kṛṣṇaṅgeti kathyate || yatrātapyata sa vyāso mathurāyāṃ sthito'malaḥ
Between Soma and Vaikuṇṭha it is called Kṛṣṇāṅga, where that spotless Vyāsa, dwelling in Mathurā, practised austerity.
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VrP 175.4
तत्राश्रमपदं दिव्यं मुनिप्रवरसेवितम् ।। आगच्छन्ति सदा तत्र चातुर्मास्यमुपासितुम्
tatrāśramapadaṃ divyaṃ munipravarasevitam || āgacchanti sadā tatra cāturmāsyamupāsitum
There is a divine hermitage-site there, frequented by the foremost of sages; they always come there to observe the four-month (vow).
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VrP 175.5
मुनयो वेदतत्त्वज्ञा ज्ञानिनः संशितव्रताः ।। श्रौतस्मार्त्तपुराणेषु सन्देहो यस्य कस्यचित्
munayo vedatattvajñā jñāninaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ || śrautasmārttapurāṇeṣu sandeho yasya kasyacit
Sages who know the truth of the Vedas, possessed of knowledge, of strict vows — whoever has a doubt concerning matters of Śruti, of Smṛti, or of the Purāṇas,
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VrP 175.6
व्यासोऽपनोदयामास नानावाक्यैः सताङ्गतिः
vyāso'panodayāmāsa nānāvākyaiḥ satāṅgatiḥ
Vyāsa, the resort of the good, dispelled (it) with manifold utterances.
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VrP 175.7
कालञ्जरे महादेवं तत्र तीर्थपतिं शिवम्।। यस्य सन्दर्शनादेव कृष्णगंगाफलं भवेत्
kālañjare mahādevaṃ tatra tīrthapatiṃ śivam|| yasya sandarśanādeva kṛṣṇagaṃgāphalaṃ bhavet
At Kālañjara (there is) the Great God, there the lord of the sacred ford, Śiva, by the mere sight of whom the fruit of (bathing in) the Kṛṣṇā and the Gaṅgā is obtained.
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VrP 175.8
तत्र स्थितो द्वादशाब्दव्रती संगविवर्जितः।। पक्षाहारी च फलभुग्दर्शे वै पौर्णमासिके
tatra sthito dvādaśābdavratī saṃgavivarjitaḥ|| pakṣāhārī ca phalabhugdarśe vai paurṇamāsike
Staying there under a twelve-year vow, shunning company, eating (only) once a fortnight and living on fruit, on the new-moon and on the full-moon day,
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VrP 175.9
गत्वा हिमालयं चासौ बदरीमभितो गतः।। व्यासश्चर्यापरस्तत्र ध्यानयोगपरायणः
gatvā himālayaṃ cāsau badarīmabhito gataḥ|| vyāsaścaryāparastatra dhyānayogaparāyaṇaḥ
and having gone to the Himālaya, he went into the region of Badarī; there Vyāsa, devoted to right observance, was wholly given over to the yoga of meditation.
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VrP 175.11
प्रत्यक्षं कृष्णतीर्थे तु पांचाल्यकुलतन्तुना। पांचाल्योऽथ द्विजः कश्चिन्नाम्ना वसुरिति श्रुतः
pratyakṣaṃ kṛṣṇatīrthe tu pāṃcālyakulatantunā| pāṃcālyo'tha dvijaḥ kaścinnāmnā vasuriti śrutaḥ
But directly, at Kṛṣṇatīrtha, by the family-line of a Pāñcāla woman— Now (there was) a certain twice-born of Pāñcāla, known by the name of Vasu.
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VrP 175.12
दुर्भिक्षपीडितोऽत्यन्तं सभार्यो दक्षिणां गतः।। शिवनद्या दक्षिणे तु कूले स वरपत्तने
durbhikṣapīḍito'tyantaṃ sabhāryo dakṣiṇāṃ gataḥ|| śivanadyā dakṣiṇe tu kūle sa varapattane
Sorely oppressed by famine, he went south together with his wife, and on the southern bank of the Śiva river, in Varapattana,
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VrP 175.13
निवासमकरोत्तत्र ब्राह्मणीं वृत्तिमाश्रितः।। तत्रस्थस्य तदा पंच पुत्राः कन्याभवंस्तदा
nivāsamakarottatra brāhmaṇīṃ vṛttimāśritaḥ|| tatrasthasya tadā paṃca putrāḥ kanyābhavaṃstadā
he made his dwelling there, taking up the brahmin's livelihood. To him, dwelling there, five sons were then born, and a daughter.
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VrP 175.14
ब्राह्मणाय च दत्ता सा धनधान्यसमन्विता ।। स द्विजः कालसम्पन्नः सभार्यस्तत्र संस्थितः
brāhmaṇāya ca dattā sā dhanadhānyasamanvitā || sa dvijaḥ kālasampannaḥ sabhāryastatra saṃsthitaḥ
And she was given (in marriage) to a brahmin, together with wealth and grain. That twice-born, his time being fulfilled, remained there with his wife.
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VrP 175.15
कन्याऽस्थीनि तु संगृह्य मथुरामाजगाम ह ।। श्रुत्वा पुराणे पतितमर्द्धचन्द्रेऽस्थिपातनम्
kanyā'sthīni tu saṃgṛhya mathurāmājagāma ha || śrutvā purāṇe patitamarddhacandre'sthipātanam
But having collected the girl's bones, (he) came to Mathurā, having heard in the Purāṇa of the casting of bones at Ardhacandra.
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VrP 175.16
नित्यं स्वर्गे वसति स यस्यास्थि ह्यर्द्धचन्द्रके।। तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन लोकैः प्रचलिता बहिः
nityaṃ svarge vasati sa yasyāsthi hyarddhacandrake|| tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena lokaiḥ pracalitā bahiḥ
He whose bone is (cast) at Ardhacandraka dwells forever in heaven. On the occasion of a pilgrimage to the sacred fords, (a party) set out abroad with the people.
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VrP 175.17
तेन सार्थेन सा कन्या मथुरायां जगाम च ।। कनिष्ठा भगिनी तेषां बालरण्डा बभूव ह
tena sārthena sā kanyā mathurāyāṃ jagāma ca || kaniṣṭhā bhaginī teṣāṃ bālaraṇḍā babhūva ha
With that caravan that girl went to Mathurā; she, the youngest sister of those (brothers), had become a widow while still a child.
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VrP 175.18
सुरूपा सुकुमाराङ्गी नीलकुंचितमूर्द्धजा ।। कदलीकाण्डसंकाशे तस्या ऊरू सुमांसले
surūpā sukumārāṅgī nīlakuṃcitamūrddhajā || kadalīkāṇḍasaṃkāśe tasyā ūrū sumāṃsale
Beautiful, with very tender limbs, her hair dark and curling; her thighs well-fleshed, like the stalks of a plantain;
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VrP 175.19
सुश्लिष्टाङ्गुलिपादा तु नखास्ताम्रोज्ज्वलाः शुभाः ।। गम्भीरा दक्षिणावर्त्ता नाभिस्त्रिवलि .शोभिता
suśliṣṭāṅgulipādā tu nakhāstāmrojjvalāḥ śubhāḥ || gambhīrā dakṣiṇāvarttā nābhistrivali .śobhitā
her feet with closely-set toes, her nails auspicious and glowing coppery; her navel deep and turning to the right, adorned with three folds (of the belly).
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VrP 175.21
सुनखी स्वक्षिणी सुभ्रूः सुप्रमाणा सुभाषिणी ।। तेन तेनैव सम्पूर्णरूपेण च तिलोत्तमा
sunakhī svakṣiṇī subhrūḥ supramāṇā subhāṣiṇī || tena tenaiva sampūrṇarūpeṇa ca tilottamā
With fine nails, fine eyes, fine brows, of fine proportions, sweet of speech; by that very completeness of form in every part, a Tilottamā (she was).
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VrP 175.22
यं यं पश्यति चार्वङ्गी यस्तां चैव प्रपश्यति ।। स स चित्र इव न्यस्तो विचेता जायते नरः
yaṃ yaṃ paśyati cārvaṅgī yastāṃ caiva prapaśyati || sa sa citra iva nyasto vicetā jāyate naraḥ
Whomever the fair-limbed one looks at, and whoever looks at her—each such man becomes bereft of his senses, as though fixed in a painting.
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VrP 175.23
एवंविधा तत्र तत्र तीर्थस्नानपरायणा ।। दृष्टा वेश्यासमूहेन प्रागल्भ्येन तदा क्वचित्
evaṃvidhā tatra tatra tīrthasnānaparāyaṇā || dṛṣṭā veśyāsamūhena prāgalbhyena tadā kvacit
Being of such a kind, and intent on bathing at the sacred fords here and there, she was then seen somewhere, boldly, by a troop of courtesans.
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VrP 175.24
कान्यकुब्जाधिपो राजा क्षत्रधर्मे व्यवस्थितः ।। तस्य सत्रं सर्वकालं देवगर्त्तेश्वरे शिवे
kānyakubjādhipo rājā kṣatradharme vyavasthitaḥ || tasya satraṃ sarvakālaṃ devagartteśvare śive
The king, the lord of Kānyakubja, was established in the duty of a kṣatriya; his sacrificial assembly (was held) at all times at Śiva Devagarteśvara,
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VrP 175.25
प्रवर्त्तते सुवित्ताढ्य प्रेक्षणीयं मनोरमम् ।। वादित्राणि च गीतानि शक्रस्य भवने यथा
pravarttate suvittāḍhya prekṣaṇīyaṃ manoramam || vāditrāṇi ca gītāni śakrasya bhavane yathā
it proceeds, abounding in wealth, worth beholding, delightful; and (there are) instruments and songs, as in the house of Śakra.
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VrP 175.26
तस्य देवस्य या वेश्यास्ताभिः सा प्रतिलोभिता
tasya devasya yā veśyāstābhiḥ sā pratilobhitā
The courtesans who belonged to that god—by them she was enticed.
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VrP 175.27
गीतनृत्यादिषु रता तासां धर्ममुपागता ।। अल्पैस्तु दिवसैः साध्वी असाध्वीभिः परीवृता
gītanṛtyādiṣu ratā tāsāṃ dharmamupāgatā || alpaistu divasaiḥ sādhvī asādhvībhiḥ parīvṛtā
Taking delight in singing, dancing and the rest, she came to their way of life; in a few days the virtuous woman (was) surrounded by unvirtuous women.
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VrP 175.28
एवं वसति सा बाला देवस्यास्य परिग्रहा ।। यथासुखं समेताभिर्विहरन्ती दिनेदिने
evaṃ vasati sā bālā devasyāsya parigrahā || yathāsukhaṃ sametābhirviharantī dinedine
Thus that young woman dwells as this god's consort, roaming as she pleases day after day together with (her companions).
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VrP 175.175
त्रिकालदर्शी शुद्धात्मा सिद्धत्वं प्राप्नुयात्प्रभुः।। तस्याश्रमपदस्थस्य यद्दृष्टं ज्ञानचक्षुषा क्षामोदरी समकुक्षिः पीनोन्नतपयोधरा ।। कम्बुग्रीवा संवृतास्या सुदती स्वधराहनुः
trikāladarśī śuddhātmā siddhatvaṃ prāpnuyātprabhuḥ|| tasyāśramapadasthasya yaddṛṣṭaṃ jñānacakṣuṣā kṣāmodarī samakukṣiḥ pīnonnatapayodharā || kambugrīvā saṃvṛtāsyā sudatī svadharāhanuḥ
Seeing the three times, pure of self, the lord may attain perfection. What was seen by the eye of knowledge by him who abode in his hermitage (was a woman) slender-bellied, level-waisted, with full high breasts, conch-shell-necked, with a well-formed mouth, fine teeth, and comely lip and chin.
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