Varaha Purana — Chapter 186
VrP 186.1
श्रीवराह उवाच।। राजतीं प्रतिमां कृत्वा सुरूपां निर्मलां शुचिम् ।। अश्लिष्टां चैव निर्दोषां सर्वतः परिनिष्ठिताम्
śrīvarāha uvāca|| rājatīṃ pratimāṃ kṛtvā surūpāṃ nirmalāṃ śucim || aśliṣṭāṃ caiva nirdoṣāṃ sarvataḥ pariniṣṭhitām
The glorious Boar said: Having made a silver image, well-formed, spotless, pure, not stuck together, faultless, finished on all sides,
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VrP 186.2
चन्द्रपाण्डुरसङ्काशां सुश्लक्ष्णां निर्व्रणां शुभाम् ।। श्रियायुक्तां मनोज्ञां च दीप्यमानां दिशो दश
candrapāṇḍurasaṅkāśāṃ suślakṣṇāṃ nirvraṇāṃ śubhām || śriyāyuktāṃ manojñāṃ ca dīpyamānāṃ diśo daśa
resembling the pale moon, very smooth, without flaw, auspicious, endowed with beauty, pleasing to the mind, and shining in the ten directions —
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VrP 186.3
ईदृशीं प्रतिमां कृत्वा मम कर्मपरायणः ।। गीतवादित्रशब्देन शंखदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनैः
īdṛśīṃ pratimāṃ kṛtvā mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || gītavāditraśabdena śaṃkhadundubhiniḥsvanaiḥ
having made such an image, (the man) intent on my rites, with the sound of song and instruments, with the noise of conches and drums,
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VrP 186.4
स्तुतिभिर्मङ्गलैश्चैव मम वेश्मन्युपानयेत् ।। अर्घ्यपाद्यादिकं गृह्य इमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत्
stutibhirmaṅgalaiścaiva mama veśmanyupānayet || arghyapādyādikaṃ gṛhya imaṃ mantramudāharet
and with hymns of praise and auspicious songs, should bring (it) into my house; taking the offering-water, the foot-water and the rest, he should utter this mantra:
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VrP 186.5
मन्त्रः- ॐ यः सर्वलोकेष्वपि सर्वमर्घ्यं पूज्यश्च मान्यश्च दिवौकसामपि।। उपागतो गृह्य इदं ममार्घ्यं प्रसीद मां तिष्ठतु लोकनाथ ।। यो राजते यज्ञपतिश्च यज्ञे सूर्योदये मम कर्माग्निहोत्रम्
mantraḥ- oṃ yaḥ sarvalokeṣvapi sarvamarghyaṃ pūjyaśca mānyaśca divaukasāmapi|| upāgato gṛhya idaṃ mamārghyaṃ prasīda māṃ tiṣṭhatu lokanātha || yo rājate yajñapatiśca yajñe sūryodaye mama karmāgnihotram
The mantra: "Om, you who in all worlds are all that is worthy of offering, and are to be worshipped and honoured even by the dwellers in heaven — you have come near; take this offering of mine, be gracious to me, may (you) abide, O Lord of the world. You who shine forth, and are the lord of the sacrifice in the sacrifice, at sunrise (you are) my rite, the Agnihotra."
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VrP 186.6
मन्दश्चेति आदिमध्यस्वरूपायेति ।। तत एतेन मन्त्रेण अर्घ्यं दत्त्वा यथाविधि ।। सुस्नातोऽलंकृतश्चैव स्थापयेत्तामुदड्मुखः
mandaśceti ādimadhyasvarūpāyeti || tata etena mantreṇa arghyaṃ dattvā yathāvidhi || susnāto'laṃkṛtaścaiva sthāpayettāmudaḍmukhaḥ
"And slow...", "to him whose form is beginning and middle..." — then, having given the offering-water with this mantra according to the rule, well bathed and adorned, facing north, he should install her (the image).
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VrP 186.7
आश्लेषासु च नक्षत्रे राशौ कर्कटके स्थिते ।। अस्तङ्गते दिनकरे स्वजने यजति स्थिरे
āśleṣāsu ca nakṣatre rāśau karkaṭake sthite || astaṅgate dinakare svajane yajati sthire
and when the lunar mansion is Āśleṣā, the zodiacal sign standing in Cancer, when the sun has set, and (his) own people are worshipping, (all being) steady,
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VrP 186.8
तत्राधिवासनं कुर्याद्विधिवन्मन्त्रपूर्वकम् ।। चत्वारः कलशास्तत्र चन्दनोदकमिश्रिताः
tatrādhivāsanaṃ kuryādvidhivanmantrapūrvakam || catvāraḥ kalaśāstatra candanodakamiśritāḥ
There he should perform the preliminary consecration (adhivāsana) according to the rule, preceded by mantras. There (should be) four jars mixed with sandal-water,
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VrP 186.9
सर्वौषधीसमायुक्ताः सहकारविभूषिताः ।। ततस्ते कर्मिणः सर्वे मम शास्त्रानुसारिणः
sarvauṣadhīsamāyuktāḥ sahakāravibhūṣitāḥ || tataste karmiṇaḥ sarve mama śāstrānusāriṇaḥ
furnished with all the herbs, adorned with mango sprigs; then all those performers of the rite, following my scripture (should say):
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VrP 186.11
मन्त्रः - योऽसौ भवान् सर्वलोकैककर्त्ता सर्वाध्यक्षः सर्वरूपैकरूपः ।। आयातु मूर्त्तौ सहितो मया च ध्रुवादिभिर्लोकपालैस्तु पूज्यः
mantraḥ - yo'sau bhavān sarvalokaikakarttā sarvādhyakṣaḥ sarvarūpaikarūpaḥ || āyātu mūrttau sahito mayā ca dhruvādibhirlokapālaistu pūjyaḥ
The mantra: "You who are the sole maker of all worlds, the overseer of all, the one form of all forms — may (he) come into this image, together with me too, and be worshipped by Dhruva and the other guardians of the worlds."
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VrP 186.12
नमोऽनन्तायेति ।। व्यतीतायां तु शर्वर्यामुदिते सूर्यमण्डले ।। दिशासु च प्रसन्नासु द्वारमूलमुपानयेत्
namo'nantāyeti || vyatītāyāṃ tu śarvaryāmudite sūryamaṇḍale || diśāsu ca prasannāsu dvāramūlamupānayet
"Homage to the Endless One" — and when the night has passed and the disk of the sun has risen, and the directions are clear, he should bring (the image) to the base of the door.
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VrP 186.13
एवं संस्थापनं कृत्वा मम कर्मानुसारिणः ।। घटैः पूर्णैर्यथान्यायं कुर्यात्तत्राभिषेचनम्
evaṃ saṃsthāpanaṃ kṛtvā mama karmānusāriṇaḥ || ghaṭaiḥ pūrṇairyathānyāyaṃ kuryāttatrābhiṣecanam
Having thus performed the installation, (the man) who follows my rites should there perform the sprinkling with full pots as is prescribed.
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VrP 186.14
अभिषिच्य ततः पश्चात्स्थापयेत विधानतः।। नमो नारायणायेति उक्त्वा मन्त्रमुदाहरेत्
abhiṣicya tataḥ paścātsthāpayeta vidhānataḥ|| namo nārāyaṇāyeti uktvā mantramudāharet
Then afterwards, having consecrated (it) with the sprinkling, he should install (it) according to the rule; having said "Homage to Nārāyaṇa," he should utter the mantra:
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VrP 186.15
मन्त्रः - गङ्गादिभ्यो नदीभ्यश्च सागरेभ्यो मया हृतम् ।। स्नानाय ते सुरश्रेष्ठ कर्पूरावासितं जलम्
mantraḥ - gaṅgādibhyo nadībhyaśca sāgarebhyo mayā hṛtam || snānāya te suraśreṣṭha karpūrāvāsitaṃ jalam
The mantra: "From the Ganges and the other rivers and from the oceans this water, perfumed with camphor, has been brought by me for your bathing, O best of gods."
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VrP 186.16
एवं स्नाप्य विधानेन गृहस्याभ्यन्तरं नयेत् ।। स्थापना तत्र मे कार्या मन्त्रेणानेन सुन्दरि
evaṃ snāpya vidhānena gṛhasyābhyantaraṃ nayet || sthāpanā tatra me kāryā mantreṇānena sundari
Having thus bathed (the image) according to the rule, he should bring (it) into the interior of the house; there my installation is to be performed with this mantra, O beautiful one:
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VrP 186.17
मन्त्रः – वेदैर्वेद्यो वेदविद्भिश्च पूज्यो यज्ञात्मको यज्ञफलप्रदाता ।। यज्ञार्थं त्वामाह्वये देवदेव मूर्त्तावस्यां तिष्ठ सुलोकनाथ
mantraḥ – vedairvedyo vedavidbhiśca pūjyo yajñātmako yajñaphalapradātā || yajñārthaṃ tvāmāhvaye devadeva mūrttāvasyāṃ tiṣṭha sulokanātha
The mantra: "You who are to be known through the Vedas and worshipped by the knowers of the Veda, whose self is the sacrifice, the giver of the sacrifice's fruit — for the sake of the sacrifice I invoke you, O God of gods; abide in this image, O good Lord of the world."
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VrP 186.18
धनजन रूप्यस्वर्ण अनन्ताय नम इति ।। एवं संस्थापनं कृत्वा प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना ।। अर्चयित्वा यथान्यायं पूर्वोक्तविधिना नरः
dhanajana rūpyasvarṇa anantāya nama iti || evaṃ saṃsthāpanaṃ kṛtvā prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā || arcayitvā yathānyāyaṃ pūrvoktavidhinā naraḥ
“Wealth, people, silver, gold — homage to the Endless One!” Having thus performed the installation, with an inwardly gladdened heart, and having worshipped duly by the rule stated before, a man (should say):
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VrP 186.19
नील वस्त्राणि मे दद्यात्प्रियाणि मम भूषणम्।। ततो वस्त्राण्युपादाय जानुभ्यां पतितो भुवि
nīla vastrāṇi me dadyātpriyāṇi mama bhūṣaṇam|| tato vastrāṇyupādāya jānubhyāṃ patito bhuvi
“Let (him) give me dark-blue garments, dear (to me), (and) my ornament.” Then, taking up the garments, fallen to the ground on both knees (he recites):
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VrP 186.21
मन्त्रः - योऽसौ भवांश्चन्द्ररश्मिप्रकाशः शंखेन कुन्देन समानवर्णः ।। क्षीरोज्ज्वलः कौमुदवर्ण देव वस्त्राणि गृह्णीष्व मम प्रियाय
mantraḥ - yo'sau bhavāṃścandraraśmiprakāśaḥ śaṃkhena kundena samānavarṇaḥ || kṣīrojjvalaḥ kaumudavarṇa deva vastrāṇi gṛhṇīṣva mama priyāya
The mantra: “You there, who shine with the radiance of the moon, of a colour equal to the conch and the jasmine, gleaming like milk, of the hue of the white water-lily — O god, accept the garments, for my delight.”
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VrP 186.22
वेषः सुवेषः अनन्तः अमरः मारणः कारणः सुलभः दुर्ल्लभः श्रेष्ठः सुवर्चा इति ।। अनैनेव तु मन्त्रेण दत्त्वा वस्त्राणि मे शुचिः ।। ततो मे प्रापणं दद्याद्भक्तियुक्तेन चेतसा
veṣaḥ suveṣaḥ anantaḥ amaraḥ māraṇaḥ kāraṇaḥ sulabhaḥ durllabhaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ suvarcā iti || anaineva tu mantreṇa dattvā vastrāṇi me śuciḥ || tato me prāpaṇaṃ dadyādbhaktiyuktena cetasā
“Adornment, well-adorned, endless, immortal, destroyer, cause, easily attained, hard to attain, best, of fair splendour” — with just this mantra, being pure, having given the garments to me, he should then, with a mind possessed of devotion, present to me the food-offering.
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VrP 186.23
नमो नारायणायेति इमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत् ।। शाल्यन्नं पायसैर्युक्तं सितया च घृतेन च
namo nārāyaṇāyeti imaṃ mantramudāharet || śālyannaṃ pāyasairyuktaṃ sitayā ca ghṛtena ca
He should utter this mantra, “Homage to Nārāyaṇa,” (offering) rice of fine grain together with milk-puddings, with sugar and with ghee:
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VrP 186.24
प्रापणं गृह्यतां देव अनन्त पुरुषोत्तम ।। दत्त्वा तु मम नैवेद्यं दद्यादाचमनं बुधः
prāpaṇaṃ gṛhyatāṃ deva ananta puruṣottama || dattvā tu mama naivedyaṃ dadyādācamanaṃ budhaḥ
“Let the offering be accepted, O god, O Endless One, O Supreme Person.” And having given the food-offering to me, the wise man should present water for rinsing the mouth.
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VrP 186.25
सर्वलोकहितार्थाय शान्तिपाठमुदाहरेत् ।। ॐ शान्तिं करोति ब्रह्मा च रुद्रो विष्णुर्हि भास्करः
sarvalokahitārthāya śāntipāṭhamudāharet || oṃ śāntiṃ karoti brahmā ca rudro viṣṇurhi bhāskaraḥ
For the welfare of all the worlds he should recite the peace-text: “Oṃ! May Brahmā make peace, and Rudra, and Viṣṇu, and the Sun,
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VrP 186.26
रात्रिश्चैव तु सन्ध्ये द्वे नक्षत्राणि ग्रहा दिशः
rātriścaiva tu sandhye dve nakṣatrāṇi grahā diśaḥ
and Night, and the two twilights, the lunar mansions, the planets, the directions;
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VrP 186.27
अचल चंचल सचल खेचल प्रचल अरविन्दप्रभ उद्भव चेति नमः संस्थापितानां वासुदेव इति ।। कृत्वा वै शान्तिकं तत्र सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ।। पूज्य भागवतांस्तत्र यथाविभवशक्तितः
acala caṃcala sacala khecala pracala aravindaprabha udbhava ceti namaḥ saṃsthāpitānāṃ vāsudeva iti || kṛtvā vai śāntikaṃ tatra sarvapāpapraṇāśanam || pūjya bhāgavatāṃstatra yathāvibhavaśaktitaḥ
O Unmoving, Moving, Accompanying-motion, Sky-moving, Advancing, O you whose splendour is the lotus, O Arising One — homage!” Thus (is the peace-rite) of those installed, “Vāsudeva.” Having there performed the peace-rite that destroys all sins, and having there honoured the Bhāgavatas according to his wealth and capacity,
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VrP 186.28
ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्तत्र गुरुं मन्त्रेण पूजयेत् ।। तेभ्यः शान्त्युदकं गृह्य कुर्यादभ्युक्षणं ततः
brāhmaṇānbhojayettatra guruṃ mantreṇa pūjayet || tebhyaḥ śāntyudakaṃ gṛhya kuryādabhyukṣaṇaṃ tataḥ
he should there feed brahmins and honour the teacher with a mantra; taking the peace-water from them, he should then perform the sprinkling.
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VrP 186.29
ब्राह्मणान्स्वजनं चैव अभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः ।। शीघ्रं विसर्जयेत्तांश्च ये तत्र समुपागताः
brāhmaṇānsvajanaṃ caiva abhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ || śīghraṃ visarjayettāṃśca ye tatra samupāgatāḥ
Having saluted the brahmins and his own kin with joined palms, he should promptly dismiss those who had assembled there.
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VrP 186.31
जलस्य बिन्दवो येऽन्नभोजनान्ते पतन्ति हि ।। तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि विष्णुलोके स मोदते
jalasya bindavo ye'nnabhojanānte patanti hi || tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṇuloke sa modate
As many as are the drops of water that fall at the end of the meal of food, for that many thousands of years he rejoices in the world of Viṣṇu.
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VrP 186.32
य एतेन विधानेन पूजयेन्मतिमान्नरः ।। उद्धृतं च कुलं तेन पितृजं मातृजं तथा
ya etena vidhānena pūjayenmatimānnaraḥ || uddhṛtaṃ ca kulaṃ tena pitṛjaṃ mātṛjaṃ tathā
The intelligent man who worships by this ordinance — by him his family is raised up, both on the father's side and on the mother's.
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VrP 186.33
अनेन विधिना देवि रौप्यार्च्चास्थापनं मम ।। सुवर्णस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि स्थापनं मम सुप्रियम्
anena vidhinā devi raupyārccāsthāpanaṃ mama || suvarṇasya pravakṣyāmi sthāpanaṃ mama supriyam
By this rule, O goddess, (is) the installation of a silver image of me; (now) I shall declare the installation of a golden one, which is very dear to me.
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VrP 186.34
यथैव राजती कुर्यात्तथैव च सुवर्णिकाम् ।। तेनैव विधिना सर्वं कुर्यादावाहनादिकम्
yathaiva rājatī kuryāttathaiva ca suvarṇikām || tenaiva vidhinā sarvaṃ kuryādāvāhanādikam
Just as he would make a silver image, so too a golden one; by that very rule he should do everything, the invocation and the rest.
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VrP 186.35
यत्फलं दारुशैलादिनाम्ना कांस्यादिराजते ।। तत्फलं कोटिगुणितं सौवर्णस्य प्रपूजने
yatphalaṃ dāruśailādināmnā kāṃsyādirājate || tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ sauvarṇasya prapūjane
Whatever fruit (there is) under the name of wood, stone and the like, (or) in bronze and the like and in silver, that fruit is multiplied ten-millionfold in the worship of a golden (image).
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VrP 186.36
कुलानि तारयेत्सुभ्रु अयुतान्येकविंशतिम् ।। याति मल्लयतां भूमे पुनरावृत्तिवर्जितः
kulāni tārayetsubhru ayutānyekaviṃśatim || yāti mallayatāṃ bhūme punarāvṛttivarjitaḥ
He would ferry across twenty-one myriads of families, O fair-browed one; he goes, O Earth, to (absorption in me?), freed from returning again.
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VrP 186.37
एतत्ते कथितं भूमे यत्त्वया परिपृच्छितम् ।। रहस्यं विपुलश्रोणि किमन्यत्कथयामि ते
etatte kathitaṃ bhūme yattvayā paripṛcchitam || rahasyaṃ vipulaśroṇi kimanyatkathayāmi te
This has been told to you, O Earth, what was asked by you — the secret, O broad-hipped one. What else shall I tell you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.38
भूमिरुवाच ।। उक्ता याः प्रतिमाः सर्वाः सुवर्णादि विनिर्मिताः ।। तासु तिष्ठसि सर्वासु शालग्रामे च सर्वदा
bhūmiruvāca || uktā yāḥ pratimāḥ sarvāḥ suvarṇādi vinirmitāḥ || tāsu tiṣṭhasi sarvāsu śālagrāme ca sarvadā
The Earth said: All those images that have been spoken of, made of gold and the rest — in all of them you abide, and always in the Śālagrāma stone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.39
कति पूज्या गृहादौ च अविशेषस्तु पूजने ।। विशेषो वा भवेत्तन्मे रहस्यं वद माधव
kati pūjyā gṛhādau ca aviśeṣastu pūjane || viśeṣo vā bhavettanme rahasyaṃ vada mādhava
How many are to be worshipped in a house and so forth? Is there no distinction in the worship, or would there be a distinction? Tell me that secret, O Mādhava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.41
द्वे चक्रे द्वारकायास्तु नार्च्यं सूर्यद्वयं तथा ।। गणेशत्रितयं नार्च्यं शक्तित्रितयमेव च
dve cakre dvārakāyāstu nārcyaṃ sūryadvayaṃ tathā || gaṇeśatritayaṃ nārcyaṃ śaktitritayameva ca
Two Dvārakā discs (are) not to be worshipped, nor likewise a pair of Suns; a triad of Gaṇeśas is not to be worshipped, and neither a triad of Śaktis.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.42
शालग्रामयुगं पूज्यं युग्मेषु द्वितयं न हि ।। विषमा नैव पूज्याः स्युर्विषमे एक एव हि
śālagrāmayugaṃ pūjyaṃ yugmeṣu dvitayaṃ na hi || viṣamā naiva pūjyāḥ syurviṣame eka eva hi
A pair of śālagrāma (stones) is to be worshipped, but among (things worshipped) in pairs a twofold (set) is not (proper elsewhere); odd numbers should not be worshipped at all — where an odd number occurs, only one (is to be worshipped).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 186.43
गृहेऽग्निदग्धा भग्ना वा नैव पूज्या वसुन्धरे ।। आसां तु पूजनाद्गेहे उद्वेगं प्राप्नुयाद्गृही
gṛhe'gnidagdhā bhagnā vā naiva pūjyā vasundhare || āsāṃ tu pūjanādgehe udvegaṃ prāpnuyādgṛhī
(Stones) burnt by fire in the house, or broken, are by no means to be worshipped, O Vasundharā; for by worshipping these the householder would meet with distress in his home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.44
शालग्राम शिला भग्ना पूजनीया सचक्रका ।ऽ। खण्डिता स्फुटिता वापि शालग्रामशिला शुभा
śālagrāma śilā bhagnā pūjanīyā sacakrakā |'| khaṇḍitā sphuṭitā vāpi śālagrāmaśilā śubhā
A śālagrāma stone, even broken, is to be worshipped, if it bears the discus-mark; even if chipped or cracked, a śālagrāma stone is auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.45
शिला द्वादश वै देवि शालग्रामसमुद्भवाः ।। विधिवत्पूजिता येन तस्य पुण्यं वदामि ते
śilā dvādaśa vai devi śālagrāmasamudbhavāḥ || vidhivatpūjitā yena tasya puṇyaṃ vadāmi te
Twelve stones, O Goddess, arisen at Śālagrāma — by whomever they are worshipped according to the rule, I shall tell you his merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.46
कोटिद्वादशलिङ्गैस्तु पूजितैः स्वर्णपङ्कजैः ।। यत्स्याद्द्वादशकल्पैस्तु दिनेनैकेन तद्भवेत्
koṭidvādaśaliṅgaistu pūjitaiḥ svarṇapaṅkajaiḥ || yatsyāddvādaśakalpaistu dinenaikena tadbhavet
Whatever (merit) would arise in twelve kalpas from twelve crore liṅgas worshipped with golden lotuses, that would come about in a single day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.47
यः पुनः पूजयेद्भक्त्या शालग्रामशिलाशतम् ।। तत्फलं नैव शक्तोऽहं वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि
yaḥ punaḥ pūjayedbhaktyā śālagrāmaśilāśatam || tatphalaṃ naiva śakto'haṃ vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi
But he who worships with devotion a hundred śālagrāma stones — that fruit I am not able to tell even in a hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.48
सर्वैर्वर्णैस्तु सम्पूज्याः प्रतिमाः सर्वदेवताः ।। लिङ्गान्यपि तु पूज्यानि मणिभिः कल्पितास्तथा
sarvairvarṇaistu sampūjyāḥ pratimāḥ sarvadevatāḥ || liṅgānyapi tu pūjyāni maṇibhiḥ kalpitāstathā
Images of all the deities may be worshipped by (people of) all classes, and liṅgas too are to be worshipped, and likewise (those) fashioned out of gems.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.49
शालग्रामो न स्पृष्टव्यो हीनवर्णैर्वसुन्धरे ।। स्त्रीशूद्रकरसंस्पर्शो वज्रस्पर्शाधिको मतः
śālagrāmo na spṛṣṭavyo hīnavarṇairvasundhare || strīśūdrakarasaṃsparśo vajrasparśādhiko mataḥ
The śālagrāma stone is not to be touched by those of low class, O Vasundharā; the touch of the hand of a woman or a śūdra is held to be worse than the touch of a thunderbolt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.51
यदि भक्तिर्भवेत्तस्य स्त्रीणां वापि वसुन्धरे ।। दूरादेवास्पृशन्पूजां कारयेत्सुसमाहितः
yadi bhaktirbhavettasya strīṇāṃ vāpi vasundhare || dūrādevāspṛśanpūjāṃ kārayetsusamāhitaḥ
If devotion should arise in him, or even in women, O Earth, then, without touching (it), from a distance, well-composed, one should have the worship performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.52
चरणामृतपानेन सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत् ।। अभक्ष्यं शिवनिर्माल्यं पत्रं पुष्पं फलं जलम्
caraṇāmṛtapānena sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet || abhakṣyaṃ śivanirmālyaṃ patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ jalam
By drinking the nectar of (his) feet all sins would be destroyed. Śiva's offering-remnant — leaf, flower, fruit, water — is not to be eaten;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.53
शालग्रामशिलायोगात्पावनं तद्भवेत्सदा ।। दद्याद्भक्ताय यो देवि शालग्रामशिलां नरः
śālagrāmaśilāyogātpāvanaṃ tadbhavetsadā || dadyādbhaktāya yo devi śālagrāmaśilāṃ naraḥ
By contact with a śālagrāma stone, that (rejected offering) becomes always purifying. O Goddess, the man who gives a śālagrāma stone to a devotee —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.54
सुवर्णसहितां तस्य यत्पुण्यं तच्छृणुष्व मे ।। सुवर्णसहिता भूमिः सपर्वतवनाकरा
suvarṇasahitāṃ tasya yatpuṇyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva me || suvarṇasahitā bhūmiḥ saparvatavanākarā
Hear from me what merit belongs to him (who gives) it together with gold. Land together with gold, with its mountains, forests and mines,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.56
ससमुद्रा भवेद्दत्ता सत्पात्राय वसुन्धरे ।। शालग्रामशिलायास्तु मूल्यमुद्घाटयेत्क्वचित् ।। ।। विक्रेता क्रयकर्त्ता च नरके नीयते ध्रुवम् ।। पूजाफलं न शक्नोति वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि
sasamudrā bhaveddattā satpātrāya vasundhare || śālagrāmaśilāyāstu mūlyamudghāṭayetkvacit || || vikretā krayakarttā ca narake nīyate dhruvam || pūjāphalaṃ na śaknoti vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 186.57
एतत्ते कथितं गुह्यं प्रतिमा स्थापनं प्रति ।। शालग्रामे विशेषश्च लिङ्गादीनां च यो भवेत्
etatte kathitaṃ guhyaṃ pratimā sthāpanaṃ prati || śālagrāme viśeṣaśca liṅgādīnāṃ ca yo bhavet
This secret has been told to you concerning the installation of images, and the particular (rule) regarding the śālagrāma, and whatever (rule) there may be for liṅgas and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.58
पूजनादौ विधिश्चापि किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
pūjanādau vidhiścāpi kimanyacchrotumicchasi
and also the procedure in worship and the rest. What else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 186.186
गुरोस्तु वचनाद्देवि मनोज्ञान्सुखशीतलान् ।। नमो नारायणायेति उक्त्वा मन्त्रमुदाहरेत् नमो नारायणायेति उक्त्वा काममुदाहरेत् ततो गुरुं च संपूज्य दानमानादिभिर्विभुम् ।। गुरौ सम्पूजिते तत्र मम पूजा कृता भवेत् शिवादिपूजने के वा संख्यातास्तच्च मे वद ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। गृहे लिङ्गद्वयं नार्च्यं शालग्रामत्रयं तथा मोहाद्यः संस्पृशेच्छूद्रो योषिद्वापि कदाचन ।। पच्यते नरके घोरे यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
gurostu vacanāddevi manojñānsukhaśītalān || namo nārāyaṇāyeti uktvā mantramudāharet namo nārāyaṇāyeti uktvā kāmamudāharet tato guruṃ ca saṃpūjya dānamānādibhirvibhum || gurau sampūjite tatra mama pūjā kṛtā bhavet śivādipūjane ke vā saṃkhyātāstacca me vada || śrīvarāha uvāca || gṛhe liṅgadvayaṃ nārcyaṃ śālagrāmatrayaṃ tathā mohādyaḥ saṃspṛśecchūdro yoṣidvāpi kadācana || pacyate narake ghore yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
But from the guru's word, O Goddess, (there come words) pleasing to the mind, cool and comforting. Having said "Homage to Nārāyaṇa," one should recite the mantra; having said "Homage to Nārāyaṇa," one should utter (one's) desire. Then, having honoured the guru, the mighty one, with gifts and marks of respect—when the guru is honoured there, worship of me has been performed. "And which (persons) are reckoned in the worship of Śiva and the rest? Tell me that." Śrī Varāha said: In a house two liṅgas should not be worshipped, nor likewise three śālagrāmas. Should a śūdra, or a woman, ever out of delusion touch (them), (such a one) is cooked in a dreadful hell until the dissolution of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain