Varaha Purana — Chapter 191
VrP 191.1
अथ मधुपर्कोत्पत्तिदानसंकरणप्रकरणम् ।। सूत उवाच ।। एवं श्रुत्वा बहून्धर्मान् धर्मशास्त्रविनिश्चयात्।। वराहरूपिणं देवं पुनः पप्रच्छ मेदिनी
atha madhuparkotpattidānasaṃkaraṇaprakaraṇam || sūta uvāca || evaṃ śrutvā bahūndharmān dharmaśāstraviniścayāt|| varāharūpiṇaṃ devaṃ punaḥ papraccha medinī
Now the section on the origin of the madhuparka, its giving, and its mixing. Sūta said: Having thus heard many duties, as determined from the law-books, Earth again questioned the god who had the form of a boar.
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VrP 191.2
धरण्युवाच।। एवं शास्त्रं मया देव तव वक्त्राद्विनिःसृतम् ।। श्रुतं सुबहुशश्चैव तृप्तिर्मम न विद्यते
dharaṇyuvāca|| evaṃ śāstraṃ mayā deva tava vaktrādviniḥsṛtam || śrutaṃ subahuśaścaiva tṛptirmama na vidyate
Earth said: Thus, O god, the teaching has issued from your mouth, and I have heard it very much indeed; yet no satisfaction is found in me.
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VrP 191.3
ममैवानुग्रहार्थाय रहस्यं वक्तुमर्हसि ।। कीदृशो मधुपर्क्कश्च किं पुण्यं का च देवता
mamaivānugrahārthāya rahasyaṃ vaktumarhasi || kīdṛśo madhuparkkaśca kiṃ puṇyaṃ kā ca devatā
For the sake of favour to me alone, you should tell the secret: of what sort is the madhuparka, what merit (does it bring), and which is its deity?
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VrP 191.4
कानि द्रव्याणि कस्मै च देयानीति वदस्व मे ।। इति भूम्या वचः श्रुत्वा देवदेवो जनार्दनः
kāni dravyāṇi kasmai ca deyānīti vadasva me || iti bhūmyā vacaḥ śrutvā devadevo janārdanaḥ
What substances (are used), and to whom are they to be given — tell me this. Hearing these words of Earth, Janārdana, the god of gods,
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VrP 191.5
वराहरूपी भगवान्प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम्
varāharūpī bhagavānpratyuvāca vasundharām
the Lord in boar-form replied to Vasundharā.
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VrP 191.6
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणु भूमे प्रयत्नेन मधुपर्को यथा कृतः ।। उत्पत्तिश्चैव दानं च सर्वो यस्य च हीयते
śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu bhūme prayatnena madhuparko yathā kṛtaḥ || utpattiścaiva dānaṃ ca sarvo yasya ca hīyate
Śrī Varāha said: Hear attentively, O Earth, how the madhuparka was made, its origin and its giving, and (that) all of whomsoever it is diminished (i.e. whose sin is removed).
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VrP 191.7
अहं ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च कृत्वा लोकस्य संक्षयम् ।। अव्यक्तानि च भूतानि यानि कानि च सर्वथा
ahaṃ brahmā ca rudraśca kṛtvā lokasya saṃkṣayam || avyaktāni ca bhūtāni yāni kāni ca sarvathā
I and Brahmā and Rudra, having brought about the dissolution of the world — and the unmanifest beings, whatever they may be, in every way —
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VrP 191.8
ततो भूमे दक्षिणाङ्गात्पुरुषो मे विनिःसृतः ।। रूपवान्द्युतिमांश्चैव श्रीमान्ह्रीकीर्तिमान्नरः
tato bhūme dakṣiṇāṅgātpuruṣo me viniḥsṛtaḥ || rūpavāndyutimāṃścaiva śrīmānhrīkīrtimānnaraḥ
then, O Earth, from my right side a man issued forth: handsome, radiant, glorious, a man endowed with modesty and renown.
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VrP 191.9
तत्र पप्रच्छ मां ब्रह्मा मम गात्राद्विनिःसृतः ।। य एव तिष्ठते विष्णो त्रयाणां च चतुर्थकः
tatra papraccha māṃ brahmā mama gātrādviniḥsṛtaḥ || ya eva tiṣṭhate viṣṇo trayāṇāṃ ca caturthakaḥ
Thereupon Brahmā, who had issued from my body, asked me: "He who stands there, O Viṣṇu, as a fourth to the three (of us) —"
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VrP 191.11
एवं च मे समुत्पन्नः सर्वकर्मसु निष्ठितः ।। मधुपर्क्केति विख्यातो भक्तानां भवमोक्षणः
evaṃ ca me samutpannaḥ sarvakarmasu niṣṭhitaḥ || madhuparkketi vikhyāto bhaktānāṃ bhavamokṣaṇaḥ
"And thus he has arisen from me, established in all rites; he is known as Madhuparka, the releaser of devotees from worldly existence."
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VrP 191.12
मयात्र संशितं ब्रह्मन् रुद्रे चापि समासतः ।। साधु विष्णो भागतस्ते एष चापि विनिःसृतः
mayātra saṃśitaṃ brahman rudre cāpi samāsataḥ || sādhu viṣṇo bhāgataste eṣa cāpi viniḥsṛtaḥ
"By me here it has been declared, O brahmin, and to Rudra also, in brief." "Good, O Viṣṇu; he too has issued forth as a portion of you" —
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VrP 191.13
उद्भवं मधुपर्क्कस्य आत्मसम्भवनिश्चयम् ।। ततस्तु माऽब्रवीद्ब्रह्मा कारणं मधुरं वचः
udbhavaṃ madhuparkkasya ātmasambhavaniścayam || tatastu mā'bravīdbrahmā kāraṇaṃ madhuraṃ vacaḥ
the arising of the madhuparka, the settled fact of its birth from (my) own self. Then Brahmā spoke to me sweet words as to the purpose:
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VrP 191.14
मधुपर्केण किं कार्यमेतदाचक्ष्व निष्कलम् ।। पितामहवचः श्रुत्वा मयाऽसौ प्रतिभाषितः
madhuparkeṇa kiṃ kāryametadācakṣva niṣkalam || pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā mayā'sau pratibhāṣitaḥ
"What is to be done with the madhuparka? Declare this to me without omission." Having heard the Grandfather's words, I replied to him.
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VrP 191.15
कारणं मधुपर्कस्य दानं सङ्करणं तथा ।। ममार्चनविधिं कृत्वा मधुपर्कं प्रयच्छति
kāraṇaṃ madhuparkasya dānaṃ saṅkaraṇaṃ tathā || mamārcanavidhiṃ kṛtvā madhuparkaṃ prayacchati
The purpose of the madhuparka, its giving, and likewise its mixing: having performed the rite of worshipping me, he presents the madhuparka.
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VrP 191.16
ब्रह्मन् यात्युत्तरं स्थानं यत्र गत्वा न शोचति।। तस्य क्रियां प्रवक्ष्यामि मम दानप्रतिग्रहात्
brahman yātyuttaraṃ sthānaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati|| tasya kriyāṃ pravakṣyāmi mama dānapratigrahāt
O brahmin, he goes to the highest place, going where one does not grieve. I shall declare his rite, arising from the giving and the accepting of my (offering).
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VrP 191.17
यस्य दानविधिं प्राप्य यान्ति दिव्यां गतिं मम ।। वृत्तेष्वेवोपचारेषु ये च ब्रह्मन्मम प्रियाः
yasya dānavidhiṃ prāpya yānti divyāṃ gatiṃ mama || vṛtteṣvevopacāreṣu ye ca brahmanmama priyāḥ
Having obtained the rule for the giving of which, they go to my divine state; and those who, O brahmin, are dear to me in the observances and the attendances that are performed —
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VrP 191.18
संगृह्य मधुपर्कं वै इमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत्
saṃgṛhya madhuparkaṃ vai imaṃ mantramudāharet
having taken up the madhuparka, he should recite this mantra.
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VrP 191.19
मन्त्रः--- ॐ एष हि देव भगवंस्तव गात्रसूतिः संसारमोक्षणकरो मधुपर्कनामा ।। भक्त्या मयाऽयं प्रतिपादितोऽद्य गृहाण देवेश नमो नमस्ते
mantraḥ--- oṃ eṣa hi deva bhagavaṃstava gātrasūtiḥ saṃsāramokṣaṇakaro madhuparkanāmā || bhaktyā mayā'yaṃ pratipādito'dya gṛhāṇa deveśa namo namaste
The mantra: Oṃ! This indeed, O divine Lord, is the offspring of your body, the maker of release from saṃsāra, named Madhuparka. With devotion this has been presented by me today — receive it, O lord of gods; homage, homage to you.
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VrP 191.21
मध्वेवं दधि सर्पिश्च कुर्याच्चैव समं तथा ।। विधिना मन्त्रपूतेन यदीच्छेत्सिद्धिमुत्तमाम्
madhvevaṃ dadhi sarpiśca kuryāccaiva samaṃ tathā || vidhinā mantrapūtena yadīcchetsiddhimuttamām
Honey thus, and curd, and ghee — one should make (them) equal (in measure), purified according to rule with mantra, if one should desire the highest attainment.
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VrP 191.22
सामासाद्य ततः कृत्वा मम कर्मपरायणः ।। उचितेनोपचारेण यत्त्वया परिपृच्छितम्
sāmāsādya tataḥ kṛtvā mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || ucitenopacāreṇa yattvayā paripṛcchitam
Having then obtained (these) and performed (the rite), (he,) intent upon my worship, with the fitting service — (this is) what was asked by you.
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VrP 191.191
सरहश्च लघुर्देव एतत्तव न युज्यते ।। ब्रह्मणो वचनं श्रुत्वा मयाप्येवं प्रभाषितम् पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। यादृशो मधुपर्क्को वै या च तस्य महान् क्रिया
sarahaśca laghurdeva etattava na yujyate || brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā mayāpyevaṃ prabhāṣitam punaranyatpravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || yādṛśo madhuparkko vai yā ca tasya mahān kriyā
"And (it is) secret, and slight, O god; this is not fitting for you." Having heard Brahmā's words, by me too it was spoken thus. Again I shall declare something else — hear it, O Vasundharā: of what kind the madhuparka is, and what its great rite is.
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