Varaha Purana — Chapter 182
VrP 182.1
अथ शैलार्च्चास्थापनम् ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। यथा तिष्ठामि शैलेषु प्रतिमायामितस्ततः
atha śailārccāsthāpanam || śrīvarāha uvāca || punaranyatpravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || yathā tiṣṭhāmi śaileṣu pratimāyāmitastataḥ
Now the installation of a stone icon. Śrī Varāha said: Again I shall declare another matter; hear it, O Vasundharā—how I abide in stones, in an image, here and there.
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VrP 182.2
सुरूपां च शिलां दृष्ट्वा निःशल्यां सुपरीक्षिताम् ।। तत्र दक्षं रूपकारं शीघ्रं च विनियोजयेत्
surūpāṃ ca śilāṃ dṛṣṭvā niḥśalyāṃ suparīkṣitām || tatra dakṣaṃ rūpakāraṃ śīghraṃ ca viniyojayet
And having found a well-formed stone, free of flaws and well examined, one should there quickly engage a skilled image-maker.
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VrP 182.3
शीघ्रमालिख्य तं तत्र श्वेतवर्तिकया नरः ।। प्रदक्षिणां ततः कृत्वा पूजयेदक्षतादिभिः
śīghramālikhya taṃ tatra śvetavartikayā naraḥ || pradakṣiṇāṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pūjayedakṣatādibhiḥ
The man, having quickly sketched that (figure) there with white chalk, should then circumambulate (it) and worship (it) with unbroken grains and the rest.
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VrP 182.4
दीपकं च ततो दद्याद्बलिं दध्योदनेन च ।। नमो नारायणायेति उक्त्वा मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्
dīpakaṃ ca tato dadyādbaliṃ dadhyodanena ca || namo nārāyaṇāyeti uktvā mantramudīrayet
And then he should offer a lamp and an oblation of curd-and-rice, and having said "Homage to Nārāyaṇa," he should utter the mantra.
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VrP 182.5
मन्त्रः- योऽसौ भवान्सर्वजनप्रवीरः सोमाग्नितेजाः सुमतिप्रधानः ।। एतेन मन्त्रेण तु वासुदेव प्रतिष्ठितो वर्द्धय कीर्त्तिराशिम्
mantraḥ- yo'sau bhavānsarvajanapravīraḥ somāgnitejāḥ sumatipradhānaḥ || etena mantreṇa tu vāsudeva pratiṣṭhito varddhaya kīrttirāśim
The mantra: "You who are the foremost hero of all people, whose splendour is of moon and fire, chief among the wise — by this mantra, O Vāsudeva, being established, increase (my) store of fame."
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VrP 182.6
प्रवर अयुतवराह जय जय वर्द्धस्व ।। अनेनैव तु मन्त्रेण कर्त्तव्यं यस्य यादृशम् ।। एवंरूपं ततः कृत्वा देवं नारायणं प्रभुम्
pravara ayutavarāha jaya jaya varddhasva || anenaiva tu mantreṇa karttavyaṃ yasya yādṛśam || evaṃrūpaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
"O most excellent one, O boar of ten thousand (forms), be victorious, be victorious, increase!" — with this very mantra whatever is to be done for whomever (is done). Then, having made (the image) of such a form, (one should install) the lord, the god Nārāyaṇa.
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VrP 182.7
ततो वै स्थापयेत्तत्र पूर्वाभिमुखमेव तु ।। अहोरात्रमुषित्वैवं शुक्लवस्त्रेण भूषितः
tato vai sthāpayettatra pūrvābhimukhameva tu || ahorātramuṣitvaivaṃ śuklavastreṇa bhūṣitaḥ
Then indeed he should install (it) there, facing precisely east; having thus passed a day and a night, adorned with a white garment,
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VrP 182.8
शुक्लयज्ञोपवीती च कृत्वा वै दन्तधावनम् ।। सर्वगन्धोदकं गृह्य इमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत्
śuklayajñopavītī ca kṛtvā vai dantadhāvanam || sarvagandhodakaṃ gṛhya imaṃ mantramudāharet
and wearing a white sacred thread, having cleaned his teeth, he should take water scented with all fragrances and pronounce this mantra:
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VrP 182.9
मन्त्रः – योऽसौ भवांस्तिष्ठति सर्वरूपं मायाबलं सर्वजगत्स्वरूपम् ।। एतेन मन्त्रेण जगत्स्वरूप सम्पूजितस्तिष्ठसि लोकनाथ
mantraḥ – yo'sau bhavāṃstiṣṭhati sarvarūpaṃ māyābalaṃ sarvajagatsvarūpam || etena mantreṇa jagatsvarūpa sampūjitastiṣṭhasi lokanātha
The mantra: "You who stand as all forms, whose power is māyā, whose own form is the whole world — by this mantra, O you whose form is the world, being fully worshipped you abide, O lord of the worlds."
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VrP 182.11
यो मां संस्थापयेद्भूमे मम कर्मपरायणः ।। स याति वैष्णवं लोकं नात्र कार्या विचारणा
yo māṃ saṃsthāpayedbhūme mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || sa yāti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
"Whoever installs me, O Earth, being devoted to the rites for me, he goes to the world of Viṣṇu — there is no doubting this."
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VrP 182.12
यावकं पायसं भुक्त्वा अहोरात्रं समापयेत् ।। ततः पश्चिमसन्ध्यायां दद्याच्चत्वारि दीपकान्
yāvakaṃ pāyasaṃ bhuktvā ahorātraṃ samāpayet || tataḥ paścimasandhyāyāṃ dadyāccatvāri dīpakān
Having eaten barley-gruel and milk-rice, he should complete the day and night; then at the evening twilight he should offer four lamps.
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VrP 182.13
पंचगव्यं च गन्धं च वारिणा सह मिश्रयेत् ।। चतुरः कलशांश्चैव स्थापयेत्पादमूलतः
paṃcagavyaṃ ca gandhaṃ ca vāriṇā saha miśrayet || caturaḥ kalaśāṃścaiva sthāpayetpādamūlataḥ
He should mix the five cow-products and fragrance together with water, and should set four pots at the base of the feet.
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VrP 182.14
गीतवादित्रघोषेण उत्सवं तत्र कारयेत् ।। ब्राह्मणैः सामगैस्तत्र वेदघोषं तु कारयेत्
gītavāditraghoṣeṇa utsavaṃ tatra kārayet || brāhmaṇaiḥ sāmagaistatra vedaghoṣaṃ tu kārayet
With the sound of song and instruments he should have a festival held there; and there, with brahmins who chant the Sāman, he should have the sounding of the Veda made.
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VrP 182.15
ब्रह्माक्षरसहस्राणि पठतां ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ।। येषां पठितशब्देन शुभगीतस्वरेण च
brahmākṣarasahasrāṇi paṭhatāṃ brahmavādinām || yeṣāṃ paṭhitaśabdena śubhagītasvareṇa ca
(There are) thousands of sacred syllables of the reciting expounders of the Veda, by whose sound of recitation and by the tone of auspicious song —
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VrP 182.17
पुनरावाहनं कुर्यान्मन्त्रेणानेन सुव्रतः ।। आगच्छ हे देव सुमन्त्रयुक्तः पंचेन्द्रियैः षट्सु तथा प्रधानः
punarāvāhanaṃ kuryānmantreṇānena suvrataḥ || āgaccha he deva sumantrayuktaḥ paṃcendriyaiḥ ṣaṭsu tathā pradhānaḥ
The man of good vows should make the invocation again with this mantra: "Come, O god, joined with the good mantra, with the five senses, and thus chief among the six;
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VrP 182.18
एतेषु भूतेषु च संविधाता आवासितस्तिष्ठति लोकनाथ
eteṣu bhūteṣu ca saṃvidhātā āvāsitastiṣṭhati lokanātha
and as the ordainer within these elements you abide, made to dwell (here), O lord of the worlds."
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VrP 182.19
अनेनैव तु मन्त्रेण समित्तिलघृतेन च ।। मधुना चैव होतव्यमष्टोत्तरशताहुतीः
anenaiva tu mantreṇa samittilaghṛtena ca || madhunā caiva hotavyamaṣṭottaraśatāhutīḥ
With this very mantra one should offer one hundred and eight oblations with firewood, sesame, and ghee, and with honey.
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VrP 182.21
पंचगव्यं तत प्राश्य मन्त्रेण विधिपूर्वकम् ।। सर्वगन्धैश्च लाजैश्च पंचगव्यजलं तथा
paṃcagavyaṃ tata prāśya mantreṇa vidhipūrvakam || sarvagandhaiśca lājaiśca paṃcagavyajalaṃ tathā
Then, having sipped the five cow-products with the mantra according to rule, and likewise (offering) with all fragrances and parched grain the water of the five cow-products —
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VrP 182.22
ततः प्रासादे स्थाप्योऽहं गीतवादित्रमङ्गलैः ।। सर्वगन्धांस्ततो गृह्य इमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत्
tataḥ prāsāde sthāpyo'haṃ gītavāditramaṅgalaiḥ || sarvagandhāṃstato gṛhya imaṃ mantramudāharet
Then I am to be installed in the temple with song, instruments, and auspicious rites; then, taking all the fragrances, he should pronounce this mantra:
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VrP 182.23
मन्त्रश्च - योऽसौ भवाँल्लक्षणलक्षितश्च लक्ष्म्या च युक्तः सततं पुराणः ।। अत्र प्रासादे सुसमिद्धतेजाः प्रवेशमायाहि नमो नमस्ते
mantraśca - yo'sau bhavā~llakṣaṇalakṣitaśca lakṣmyā ca yuktaḥ satataṃ purāṇaḥ || atra prāsāde susamiddhatejāḥ praveśamāyāhi namo namaste
And the mantra: "You who are marked with the (auspicious) marks and are ever joined with Lakṣmī, ancient one, whose splendour is well kindled — come to your entry into this temple; homage, homage to you."
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VrP 182.24
तत एतेन मन्त्रेण प्रासादं संप्रवेशयेत् ।। प्रतिमा स्थापितव्या मे मध्ये न तु विपार्श्वतः
tata etena mantreṇa prāsādaṃ saṃpraveśayet || pratimā sthāpitavyā me madhye na tu vipārśvataḥ
Then with this mantra he should bring (the image) into the temple; my image is to be installed in the middle, and not off to the side.
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VrP 182.25
एवं संस्थापनं कृत्वा दद्यादुद्वर्त्तनं विभोः ।। चन्दनं कुंकुमं चैव मिश्रं कालेयकेन च
evaṃ saṃsthāpanaṃ kṛtvā dadyādudvarttanaṃ vibhoḥ || candanaṃ kuṃkumaṃ caiva miśraṃ kāleyakena ca
Having performed the installation in this way, one should apply an unguent-rubbing to the Lord: sandal and saffron, mixed also with yellow sandalwood (kāleyaka).
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VrP 182.26
एवं चोद्वर्त्तनं कृत्वा इमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत् ।। योऽसौ भवान्सर्वजगत्प्रधानः सम्पूजितो ब्रह्मबृहस्पतिभ्याम् ।। प्रवन्दितः कारणं मन्त्रयुक्तः सुस्वागतं तिष्ठ सुलोकनाथ
evaṃ codvarttanaṃ kṛtvā imaṃ mantramudāharet || yo'sau bhavānsarvajagatpradhānaḥ sampūjito brahmabṛhaspatibhyām || pravanditaḥ kāraṇaṃ mantrayuktaḥ susvāgataṃ tiṣṭha sulokanātha
And having thus performed the rubbing, one should utter this mantra: "You who are the foremost of all the worlds, worshipped by Brahmā and Bṛhaspati, saluted, (yourself) the cause, joined with the mantra — welcome! Abide here, O good lord of the world."
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VrP 182.27
एवं संस्थापनं कृत्वा गन्धमाल्यैश्च पूजयेत् ।। शुक्लवस्त्राणि मे दद्यादिमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत्
evaṃ saṃsthāpanaṃ kṛtvā gandhamālyaiśca pūjayet || śuklavastrāṇi me dadyādimaṃ mantramudāharet
Having performed the installation in this way, one should worship (me) with fragrances and garlands; he should give me white garments and utter this mantra:
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VrP 182.28
मन्त्रः- वस्त्राणि देवेश गृहाण तानि मया सुभक्त्या रचितानि यानि ।। इमानि सन्धारय विश्वमूर्त्ते प्रसीद मह्यं च नमो नमस्ते
mantraḥ- vastrāṇi deveśa gṛhāṇa tāni mayā subhaktyā racitāni yāni || imāni sandhāraya viśvamūrtte prasīda mahyaṃ ca namo namaste
The mantra: "O lord of gods, receive those garments which have been prepared by me with good devotion; wear these, O you whose form is the universe; be gracious to me, and homage, homage to you."
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VrP 182.29
एवं वस्त्राणि मे दद्याद्विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ।। धूपनं मे ततो दद्यात्कुङ्कुमागुरुमिश्रितम् ।। एवं च धूपनं दद्यादिमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्
evaṃ vastrāṇi me dadyādvidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā || dhūpanaṃ me tato dadyātkuṅkumāgurumiśritam || evaṃ ca dhūpanaṃ dadyādimaṃ mantramudīrayet
Thus he should give me garments with the rite as prescribed; then he should offer me incense mixed with saffron and aloe-wood; and having thus offered incense, he should pronounce this mantra:
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VrP 182.31
एवं पूजां ततः कृत्वा प्रापणं च निवेदयेत् ।। पूर्वोक्तेन विधानेन प्रापणं चोपकल्प्य च
evaṃ pūjāṃ tataḥ kṛtvā prāpaṇaṃ ca nivedayet || pūrvoktena vidhānena prāpaṇaṃ copakalpya ca
Having then performed the worship in this way, he should also present the food offering; having prepared the food offering by the procedure stated before,
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VrP 182.32
पूर्वोक्तेनैव मन्त्रेण दद्यात्प्रापणकं बुधः ।। प्रापणान्ते चाचमनं दद्याद्देहविशुद्धये
pūrvoktenaiva mantreṇa dadyātprāpaṇakaṃ budhaḥ || prāpaṇānte cācamanaṃ dadyāddehaviśuddhaye
the wise man should present the food offering with the very mantra stated before; and at the end of the food offering he should offer water for rinsing the mouth, for the purification of the body.
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VrP 182.33
शान्तिजापस्ततः कार्यः सर्वकार्यार्थसिद्धिदः ।। मन्त्रः- त्वं वै सुशान्तिं कुरु लोकनाथ राज्ञः सराष्ट्रस्य च ब्राह्मणानाम् ।। बालेषु वृद्धेषु गवाङ्गणेषु कन्यासु शान्तिं च पतिव्रतासु
śāntijāpastataḥ kāryaḥ sarvakāryārthasiddhidaḥ || mantraḥ- tvaṃ vai suśāntiṃ kuru lokanātha rājñaḥ sarāṣṭrasya ca brāhmaṇānām || bāleṣu vṛddheṣu gavāṅgaṇeṣu kanyāsu śāntiṃ ca pativratāsu
Then the recitation for peace is to be made, which bestows the accomplishment of all aims and undertakings. The mantra: "You indeed, O lord of the world, make good peace for the king together with his realm and for the brahmins; and peace among children, among the aged, in the cow-pens, among maidens and among wives devoted to their husbands.
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VrP 182.34
रोगा विनश्यन्तु च सर्वतश्च कृषीवलानां च कृषिः सदा स्यात्।। सुभिक्षयुक्ताश्च सदा हि लोकाः काले सुवृष्टिर्भविता च शान्तिः
rogā vinaśyantu ca sarvataśca kṛṣīvalānāṃ ca kṛṣiḥ sadā syāt|| subhikṣayuktāśca sadā hi lokāḥ kāle suvṛṣṭirbhavitā ca śāntiḥ
And let diseases perish on every side, and let the tillage of the farmers always prosper; and let the people always be provided with abundant food, and let there be good rain in season, and peace."
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VrP 182.35
आगमिष्याम्यहं देवि मन्त्रपाठो मम प्रियः ।। निःशब्दं च ततः कृत्वा स्थाप्यो भागवतैः सह एवं विधिं ततः कृत्वा विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ।। संपूज्य तत्र देवेशं ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेद्व्रती
āgamiṣyāmyahaṃ devi mantrapāṭho mama priyaḥ || niḥśabdaṃ ca tataḥ kṛtvā sthāpyo bhāgavataiḥ saha evaṃ vidhiṃ tataḥ kṛtvā vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā || saṃpūjya tatra deveśaṃ brāhmaṇānbhojayedvratī
"I shall come, O goddess; the recitation of the mantra is dear to me." Then, having made silence, (the image) is to be installed together with the Bhāgavatas. Having thus carried out the procedure with the rite as prescribed, and having worshipped the lord of gods there, the observer of the vow should feed brahmins.
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VrP 182.36
दीनानाथान्प्रतर्प्याथ यथाविभवशक्तितः ।। य एतेन विधानेन कुर्यात्संस्थापनं मम
dīnānāthānpratarpyātha yathāvibhavaśaktitaḥ || ya etena vidhānena kuryātsaṃsthāpanaṃ mama
Then, having satisfied the poor and the helpless according to his wealth and ability — whoever should perform my installation by this procedure,
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VrP 182.37
यावन्तो मम गात्रेषु जायन्ते जलबिन्दवः ।। तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि मम लोकेषु तिष्ठति
yāvanto mama gātreṣu jāyante jalabindavaḥ || tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi mama lokeṣu tiṣṭhati
as many drops of water as arise on my limbs, for that many thousands of years he abides in my worlds.
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VrP 182.38
यो मां संस्थापयेद्भूमे सर्वाहङ्कारवर्जितः ।। तारितं च कुलं तेन सप्त सप्त च सप्ततिः
yo māṃ saṃsthāpayedbhūme sarvāhaṅkāravarjitaḥ || tāritaṃ ca kulaṃ tena sapta sapta ca saptatiḥ
Whoever, free of all egoism, should install me, O Earth — by him his family is carried across, seven and seven and seventy (generations).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 182.39
एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे शैलिकास्थापनं मम ।। धर्मसन्धारणार्थाय मम भक्त सुखाय च
etatte kathitaṃ bhadre śailikāsthāpanaṃ mama || dharmasandhāraṇārthāya mama bhakta sukhāya ca
This has been told to you, good lady, the installation of me in stone, for the sake of upholding dharma and for the happiness of my devotee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 182.182
करणधारणप्रवध्यमुदाहरणमपराजितमजरामर ।। सम्पूज्य स्नापयात्मानमनेन मन्त्रेण ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय ।। एवं तु स्थापनं कृत्वा शिलायां मम सुन्दरि ।। ततो ऽधिवासनं कार्यं पूर्वप्रोष्ठपदासु च एवं कृते विधाने भवामि सन्निहितः स्वयम् ।। व्यतीतायां तु शर्वर्यां प्रभाते विमले ततः मन्त्रः – असावनादिः पुरुषः पुराणो नारायणः सर्वजगत् प्रधानः ।। गन्धं च माल्यानि च धूप दीपौ गृहाण देवेश नमो नमस्ते
karaṇadhāraṇapravadhyamudāharaṇamaparājitamajarāmara || sampūjya snāpayātmānamanena mantreṇa oṃ namo vāsudevāya || evaṃ tu sthāpanaṃ kṛtvā śilāyāṃ mama sundari || tato 'dhivāsanaṃ kāryaṃ pūrvaproṣṭhapadāsu ca evaṃ kṛte vidhāne bhavāmi sannihitaḥ svayam || vyatītāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ prabhāte vimale tataḥ mantraḥ – asāvanādiḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇo nārāyaṇaḥ sarvajagat pradhānaḥ || gandhaṃ ca mālyāni ca dhūpa dīpau gṛhāṇa deveśa namo namaste
... performing, upholding, ... utterance, unconquered, ageless and deathless ... Having worshipped, let him bathe himself with this mantra: Oṃ, homage to Vāsudeva. And having thus made the installation in stone, O beautiful one, then the consecration-by-lying-in (adhivāsana) is to be done, in the (asterisms of) Pūrva-Proṣṭhapada. When the rite is done in this way, I myself become present. And when the night has passed, then in the clear dawn — the mantra: "That primeval Person, without beginning, Nārāyaṇa, foremost of the whole world: receive the fragrance and the garlands, the incense and the lamps, O lord of gods; homage, homage to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain