Varaha Purana — Chapter 179
VrP 179.1
धरण्युवाच ।। तवापराधाद्देवेश वर्ज्योऽयं वैष्णवेन च ।। विनापराधो मनुजः सापराधश्च जायते
dharaṇyuvāca || tavāparādhāddeveśa varjyo'yaṃ vaiṣṇavena ca || vināparādho manujaḥ sāparādhaśca jāyate
Earth said: Through an offence against you, O lord of gods, this (man) is to be shunned even by a Vaiṣṇava; yet a man who is without offence is (also) born as one with offence.
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VrP 179.2
कर्मणाचरणेनैव करणेन जुगुप्सितः ।। तच्च पूजाफलं सर्वं ज्ञायते तद्वदस्व मे
karmaṇācaraṇenaiva karaṇena jugupsitaḥ || tacca pūjāphalaṃ sarvaṃ jñāyate tadvadasva me
By act, by conduct, and by the doing (of it) he becomes despicable; and all that fruit of worship is (thereby) known—tell me that.
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VrP 179.3
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ये पापरुचयो जनाः ।। भक्षणं दन्तकाष्ठस्य राजान्नस्य तु भोजनम्
śrīvarāha uvāca || karmaṇā manasā vācā ye pāparucayo janāḥ || bhakṣaṇaṃ dantakāṣṭhasya rājānnasya tu bhojanam
Śrī Varāha said: Those people who take pleasure in sin by act, by mind, by speech—(theirs are:) chewing the tooth-stick, eating the food of a king,
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VrP 179.4
मैथुनं शवसंस्पर्शं पुरीषोत्सर्गमेव च ।। सूतक्युदक्याप्रेक्षा च स्पर्शनं मेहनं तथा
maithunaṃ śavasaṃsparśaṃ purīṣotsargameva ca || sūtakyudakyāprekṣā ca sparśanaṃ mehanaṃ tathā
sexual intercourse, touching a corpse, and voiding excrement, looking at a woman in childbirth-impurity or in her menses, and touching (her), likewise urinating,
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VrP 179.5
अभाष्य भाषणं चैव पिण्याकस्य च भक्षणम् ।। रक्तपारक्यमलिनवस्त्रधारित्वनीलिजम्
abhāṣya bhāṣaṇaṃ caiva piṇyākasya ca bhakṣaṇam || raktapārakyamalinavastradhāritvanīlijam
and speaking what should not be spoken, and eating oil-cake, wearing red, another's, or soiled cloth, and (cloth) dyed with indigo,
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VrP 179.6
गुरोश्चालीकनिर्बन्धः पतितान्नस्य भक्षणम् ।। अभक्ष्य भक्षणं चैव तण्डुलीयविभीतकम्
guroścālīkanirbandhaḥ patitānnasya bhakṣaṇam || abhakṣya bhakṣaṇaṃ caiva taṇḍulīyavibhītakam
and insisting on a falsehood to one's teacher, eating the food of an outcaste, and eating what should not be eaten—amaranth and vibhītaka,
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VrP 179.7
अदानं तुवरान्नस्य जालपादवराकयोः ।। भक्षणं देवतागारे सोपानत्कोपसर्पणम्
adānaṃ tuvarānnasya jālapādavarākayoḥ || bhakṣaṇaṃ devatāgāre sopānatkopasarpaṇam
not giving food of tuvara (pulse), (nor) of the web-footed (birds) and the varāka (grain), eating in a temple of the deity, approaching (it) with sandals on,
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VrP 179.8
तथैव देव पूजायां निषिद्धकुसुमार्च्चनम् ।। अनुत्तार्य च निर्माल्यं पूजा क्षीणान्धकारयोः
tathaiva deva pūjāyāṃ niṣiddhakusumārccanam || anuttārya ca nirmālyaṃ pūjā kṣīṇāndhakārayoḥ
likewise in the worship of the god, worshipping with forbidden flowers, and worship without first removing the faded offerings, and (worship) of (images) worn away, and (worship) in darkness,
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VrP 179.9
पानं सुराया देवस्य अन्धकारे प्रबोधनम् ।। तावत्कर्मार्च्चने विष्णोरनमस्करणं तथा
pānaṃ surāyā devasya andhakāre prabodhanam || tāvatkarmārccane viṣṇoranamaskaraṇaṃ tathā
drinking liquor, rousing the god in the dark, and likewise not making obeisance to Viṣṇu while performing so much of the rite of worship,
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VrP 179.12
दूरस्थो न नमस्कारं कुर्यात्पूजा तु राक्षसी।। एकरात्रं द्विरात्रं वा त्रिरात्रं स्नानमेव च ।। सवासाः पंचगव्याशी मलसंवस्त्रकं क्रमात् ।।।।।। नीलीरक्षापनोदार्थं गोमयेन प्रघर्षणम् ।। प्राजापत्येन शुद्धिः स्यान्नीलीवस्त्रस्य धारणात्
dūrastho na namaskāraṃ kuryātpūjā tu rākṣasī|| ekarātraṃ dvirātraṃ vā trirātraṃ snānameva ca || savāsāḥ paṃcagavyāśī malasaṃvastrakaṃ kramāt |||||| nīlīrakṣāpanodārthaṃ gomayena pragharṣaṇam || prājāpatyena śuddhiḥ syānnīlīvastrasya dhāraṇāt
(if) one standing far off should not make obeisance, that worship is demonic. (There follows) bathing for one night, or two nights, or three nights, clothed, eating the five products of the cow, (for wearing) soiled cloth, in order. For the removal of indigo-dye, rubbing with cow-dung; purification from wearing indigo cloth would be by the Prājāpatya (penance).
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VrP 179.13
चान्द्रायणद्वयं कुर्याद्गुरोः क्षयितमुत्तमम् ।। चान्द्रायणं पराकं च पतितान्नस्य भक्षणात्
cāndrāyaṇadvayaṃ kuryādguroḥ kṣayitamuttamam || cāndrāyaṇaṃ parākaṃ ca patitānnasya bhakṣaṇāt
For (falsehood) causing loss to one's teacher he should perform a double Cāndrāyaṇa—that is best; for eating the food of an outcaste, a Cāndrāyaṇa and a Parāka.
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VrP 179.14
चान्द्रायणं पराकं च प्राजापत्यं तथैव च ।। गोप्रदानं च भोज्यं च अभक्षस्य च भक्षणे
cāndrāyaṇaṃ parākaṃ ca prājāpatyaṃ tathaiva ca || gopradānaṃ ca bhojyaṃ ca abhakṣasya ca bhakṣaṇe
A Cāndrāyaṇa, a Parāka, and likewise a Prājāpatya, and the gift of a cow and a feeding, in the case of eating what should not be eaten.
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VrP 179.15
उपवासस्तु पंचाहं पंचगव्येन शुद्ध्यति।। सोपानत्कश्चरेत्पाद कृच्छ्रस्य द्विरभोजनम्
upavāsastu paṃcāhaṃ paṃcagavyena śuddhyati|| sopānatkaścaretpāda kṛcchrasya dvirabhojanam
But (with) a fast of five days one is purified by the five products of the cow. One who (entered) with sandals on should perform the pāda-kṛcchra (penance), (namely) abstaining from food twice.
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VrP 179.16
पुष्पाभावेऽर्च्चनं स्नानं देवस्पर्शं च कारयन् ।। अनिर्माल्यनमस्कारं स्नानं पंचामृतेन तु
puṣpābhāve'rccanaṃ snānaṃ devasparśaṃ ca kārayan || anirmālyanamaskāraṃ snānaṃ paṃcāmṛtena tu
In the absence of flowers, (performing) worship, bathing, and causing (others) to touch the deity; salutation without (offering) nirmālya — (for these the expiation is) bathing (the image) with the five nectars.
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VrP 179.17
सुरापाने द्विजातीनां चान्द्रायणचतुष्टयम् ।। तथैव द्वादशाब्दं तु प्राजापत्यत्रयं चरेत्
surāpāne dvijātīnāṃ cāndrāyaṇacatuṣṭayam || tathaiva dvādaśābdaṃ tu prājāpatyatrayaṃ caret
For the twice-born, in the case of drinking liquor, four cāndrāyaṇa (penances); and likewise for twelve years he should perform three prājāpatya (penances).
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VrP 179.18
ब्रह्मकूर्च्चेन शुद्धिः स्याद्गोप्रदानत्रयेण च ।। त्रयाणामेकरात्रेण पंचामृतनिषेवणात्
brahmakūrccena śuddhiḥ syādgopradānatrayeṇa ca || trayāṇāmekarātreṇa paṃcāmṛtaniṣevaṇāt
Purification may also come about through the brahmakūrca and through the gift of three cows; for the three (classes?), in a single night, from partaking of the five nectars,
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VrP 179.19
मुच्यते त्वपराधैस्तु तथा विष्णोः स्तवं पठन् ।। एतत्ते कथितं गुह्यं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
mucyate tvaparādhaistu tathā viṣṇoḥ stavaṃ paṭhan || etatte kathitaṃ guhyaṃ kimanyacchrotumicchasi
one is freed from offences, and likewise by reciting the praise of Viṣṇu. This secret has been told to you; what else do you wish to hear?
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VrP 179.21
मुहुर्त्तमात्रे सा देवी संज्ञां प्राप्येदमब्रवीत् ।। अपराधे कृते देव सूतकी हि प्रजायते
muhurttamātre sā devī saṃjñāṃ prāpyedamabravīt || aparādhe kṛte deva sūtakī hi prajāyate
After only a moment that goddess, having regained consciousness, said this: "When an offence has been committed, O god, one becomes impure as at a birth."
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VrP 179.22
प्रायश्चित्तानि भूरीणि कृतानि तु नरैः सदा ।। तेन मे मनसो मोहः दुःखदो यः समभ्ययात्
prāyaścittāni bhūrīṇi kṛtāni tu naraiḥ sadā || tena me manaso mohaḥ duḥkhado yaḥ samabhyayāt
Many expiations are always performed by men; by that (thought) a delusion of mind, which brings sorrow, came over me.
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VrP 179.23
अस्ति कश्चिदुपायोऽत्र येन त्वं नृषु तुष्यसि ।। पूजितः सफलश्चासि अपराधविशोधनम्
asti kaścidupāyo'tra yena tvaṃ nṛṣu tuṣyasi || pūjitaḥ saphalaścāsi aparādhaviśodhanam
Is there any means here by which you are pleased with men, and by which, being worshipped, you are fruitful — (a means) that cleanses offence?
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VrP 179.24
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। संवत्सरस्य मध्ये तु तीर्थे सौकरवे मम ।। कृतोपवासः स्नानेन गंगायां शुद्धिमाप्नुयात्
śrīvarāha uvāca || saṃvatsarasya madhye tu tīrthe saukarave mama || kṛtopavāsaḥ snānena gaṃgāyāṃ śuddhimāpnuyāt
Śrī Varāha said: But within a year, at my Saukara tīrtha, one who has kept a fast would attain purity by bathing in the Gaṅgā.
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VrP 179.25
मथुरायां तथाप्येवं सापराधः शुचिर्भवेत् ।। अनयोस्तीर्थयोरेवं यः सेवेत सकृन्नरः
mathurāyāṃ tathāpyevaṃ sāparādhaḥ śucirbhavet || anayostīrthayorevaṃ yaḥ seveta sakṛnnaraḥ
And likewise at Mathurā, in this way one burdened with offence becomes pure. Whoever, a man, resorts even once to these two tīrthas,
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VrP 179.26
सहस्रजन्मसु कृतानपराधाञ्जहाति सः ।। स्नानात्पानात्तथा ध्यानात्कीर्त्तनाद्धारणात्तथा
sahasrajanmasu kṛtānaparādhāñjahāti saḥ || snānātpānāttathā dhyānātkīrttanāddhāraṇāttathā
he casts off the offences committed in a thousand births — by bathing, by drinking (the water), by meditating, by praising, and by carrying (it).
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VrP 179.27
श्रवणान्मननाच्चैव दर्शनाद्याति पातकम् ।। पृथिव्युवाच ।। मथुरा सूकरं चैव द्वावेतौ तव वल्लभौ
śravaṇānmananāccaiva darśanādyāti pātakam || pṛthivyuvāca || mathurā sūkaraṃ caiva dvāvetau tava vallabhau
By hearing, by pondering, and by seeing, sin departs. The Earth said: Mathurā and Sūkara — these two are dear to you.
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VrP 179.28
विशिष्टमनयोः किं च सत्यं ब्रूहि सुरेश्वर ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि आसमुद्रसरांसि च
viśiṣṭamanayoḥ kiṃ ca satyaṃ brūhi sureśvara || śrīvarāha uvāca || pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni āsamudrasarāṃsi ca
And which of these two is the superior? Tell the truth, O lord of the gods. Śrī Varāha said: Whatever tīrthas there are on earth, and the lakes as far as the ocean —
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VrP 179.29
कुब्जाम्रकं प्रशंसन्ति सदा मद्भावभाविताः ।। तस्मात्कोटिगुणं गुह्यं सौकरतीर्थमुत्तमम्
kubjāmrakaṃ praśaṃsanti sadā madbhāvabhāvitāḥ || tasmātkoṭiguṇaṃ guhyaṃ saukaratīrthamuttamam
those whose thoughts are always fixed on me praise Kubjāmraka; a crore times greater than that is the secret, most excellent Saukara tīrtha.
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VrP 179.31
गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं पुण्यं माथुरं मम मण्डलम् ।। फलं परार्द्धगुणितं सिततीर्थान्न संशयः
guhyādguhyataraṃ puṇyaṃ māthuraṃ mama maṇḍalam || phalaṃ parārddhaguṇitaṃ sitatīrthānna saṃśayaḥ
More secret than the secret, holy, is my Māthura circle; its fruit is multiplied a parārdha-fold over that of the Sita tīrtha — of this there is no doubt.
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VrP 179.32
अटित्वा सर्वतीर्थानि कुब्जाम्रादीनि नित्यशः ।। अघं विनश्यते क्षिप्रं मथुरामागतस्य च
aṭitvā sarvatīrthāni kubjāmrādīni nityaśaḥ || aghaṃ vinaśyate kṣipraṃ mathurāmāgatasya ca
Even after constantly wandering to all the tīrthas beginning with Kubjāmra — (yet) sin is swiftly destroyed for one who has come to Mathurā.
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VrP 179.33
विश्रमणाच्च विश्रान्तिस्तेन संज्ञा वरा मम ।। सारात्सारतरं स्नानं गुह्यानां गुह्यमुत्तमम्
viśramaṇācca viśrāntistena saṃjñā varā mama || sārātsārataraṃ snānaṃ guhyānāṃ guhyamuttamam
And from (my) resting comes "Viśrānti"; hence that excellent name of mine. Bathing (there) is more essential than the essential, the highest secret of secrets.
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VrP 179.34
गतिरन्वेषणीयानां मथुरा परमा गतिः ।। कुब्जाम्रके सौकरे च मथुरायां विशेषतः
gatiranveṣaṇīyānāṃ mathurā paramā gatiḥ || kubjāmrake saukare ca mathurāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ
For those who must seek a goal, Mathurā is the supreme goal. At Kubjāmraka and at Saukara, and especially at Mathurā,
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VrP 179.35
विना सांख्येन योगेन मुच्यते नात्र संशयः ।। या गतिर्योगयुक्तस्य ब्राह्मणस्य मनीषिणः
vinā sāṃkhyena yogena mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || yā gatiryogayuktasya brāhmaṇasya manīṣiṇaḥ
one is liberated without Sāṃkhya and without yoga — there is no doubt here. The goal that belongs to a thoughtful brahmin joined to yoga,
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VrP 179.36
सा गतिस्त्यजतः प्राणान्मथुरायां न संशयः ।। एतत्ते कथितं सारं मया सत्येन सुव्रते ।। न तीर्थं मथुराया हि न देवः केशवात्परः
sā gatistyajataḥ prāṇānmathurāyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ || etatte kathitaṃ sāraṃ mayā satyena suvrate || na tīrthaṃ mathurāyā hi na devaḥ keśavātparaḥ
that same goal belongs to one who gives up his life-breaths at Mathurā — no doubt of it. This essence has been told to you by me in truth, O woman of good vows: there is no tīrtha (greater) than Mathurā, and no god higher than Keśava.
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VrP 179.179
अपराधास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्समाख्याता मया धरे ।। एभिर्युक्तस्तु पुरुषो विष्णुं नैव प्रपश्यति पुनः पुनरुवाचेदं देवदेवो जनार्दनः ।। मोहङ्गता तु शृणुते नष्टसंज्ञेव लक्ष्यते एकाहं मार्गशीर्ष्यां च द्वादश्यां सितवैष्णवम् ।। गंगासागरिकं नाम पुराणेषु च पठ्यते
aparādhāstrayastriṃśatsamākhyātā mayā dhare || ebhiryuktastu puruṣo viṣṇuṃ naiva prapaśyati punaḥ punaruvācedaṃ devadevo janārdanaḥ || mohaṅgatā tu śṛṇute naṣṭasaṃjñeva lakṣyate ekāhaṃ mārgaśīrṣyāṃ ca dvādaśyāṃ sitavaiṣṇavam || gaṃgāsāgarikaṃ nāma purāṇeṣu ca paṭhyate
Thirty-three offences have been declared by me, O Earth; a man attended by these does not see Viṣṇu at all. Again and again the god of gods, Janārdana, said this; but she, having fallen into a swoon, (only) hears, and appears as though her senses were lost. For one day, in Mārgaśīrṣa, on the bright twelfth, the Vaiṣṇava (observance) named Gaṅgāsāgarika, which is recited of in the Purāṇas.
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