Varaha Purana — Chapter 211
VrP 211.1
पुनः पापनाशोपायवर्णनम् ।। ऋषिपुत्र उवाच।। एतच्छ्रुत्वा शुभं वाक्यं धर्मराजस्य नारदः ।। इदं भावेन भक्त्या च पुनर्वचनमब्रवीत्
punaḥ pāpanāśopāyavarṇanam || ṛṣiputra uvāca|| etacchrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ dharmarājasya nāradaḥ || idaṃ bhāvena bhaktyā ca punarvacanamabravīt
Further description of the means of destroying sin. The sage's son said: Having heard this auspicious speech of the King of Dharma, Nārada, with feeling and with devotion, spoke this word again.
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VrP 211.2
नारद उवाच ।। समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु स्थावरेषु चरेषु च ।। धर्मराज महाबाहो पितृतुल्यपराक्रम
nārada uvāca || samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu sthāvareṣu careṣu ca || dharmarāja mahābāho pitṛtulyaparākrama
Nārada said: You are impartial toward all beings, the unmoving and the moving, O King of Dharma, mighty-armed one, whose valour equals your father's.
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VrP 211.3
ब्राह्मणानां हितार्थाय यदुक्तं मे प्रदक्षिणम् ।। इदं श्रेयतमाख्यानं श्रुतं श्रुतपरं पदम्
brāhmaṇānāṃ hitārthāya yaduktaṃ me pradakṣiṇam || idaṃ śreyatamākhyānaṃ śrutaṃ śrutaparaṃ padam
What circumambulation has been told me for the benefit of the brahmins—this most excellent narrative has been heard, a station beyond what is heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 211.4
त्रयो वर्णा महाभाग यज्ञसामान्यभागिनः ।। शूद्रा वेदपवित्रेभ्यो ब्राह्मणैस्तु बहिष्कृताः
trayo varṇā mahābhāga yajñasāmānyabhāginaḥ || śūdrā vedapavitrebhyo brāhmaṇaistu bahiṣkṛtāḥ
Three classes, O greatly fortunate one, share in common in the sacrifice; but the śūdras have been excluded by the brahmins from the purifying rites of the Veda.
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VrP 211.5
यथैव सर्वसमता तव भूतेषु मानद ।। तथैव तेषामपि हि श्रेयो वाच्यं महामते
yathaiva sarvasamatā tava bhūteṣu mānada || tathaiva teṣāmapi hi śreyo vācyaṃ mahāmate
Just as you have equal regard for all beings, O giver of honour, so too the good must be declared for them as well, O greatly wise one.
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VrP 211.6
यथा कर्म हितं वाक्यं शूद्राणामपि कथ्यताम् ।। यम उवाच ।। अहं ते कथयिष्यामि चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य नित्यशः
yathā karma hitaṃ vākyaṃ śūdrāṇāmapi kathyatām || yama uvāca || ahaṃ te kathayiṣyāmi cāturvarṇyasya nityaśaḥ
Let the words be spoken as to what conduct is beneficial for śūdras also. Yama said: I shall tell you what is constant for all four classes.
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VrP 211.7
यद्धितं धर्मयुक्तं च नित्यं भवति सुव्रत ।। केवलं श्रुतिसंयोगाच्छ्रद्धया नियमेन च
yaddhitaṃ dharmayuktaṃ ca nityaṃ bhavati suvrata || kevalaṃ śrutisaṃyogācchraddhayā niyamena ca
That which is beneficial and joined with dharma, and is constant, O you of good vows — solely through connection with the Veda, with faith and with self-restraint.
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VrP 211.8
करोति पापनाशार्थमिदं वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु ।। गावः पवित्रा मङ्गल्या देवानामपि देवताः
karoti pāpanāśārthamidaṃ vakṣyāmi tacchṛṇu || gāvaḥ pavitrā maṅgalyā devānāmapi devatāḥ
(One) performs (it) for the destruction of sin; this I shall declare — hear it. Cows are purifying, auspicious, the deities even of the gods.
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VrP 211.9
यस्ताः शुश्रूषते भक्त्या स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते ।। सौम्ये मुहुर्ते संयुक्ते पंचगव्यं तु यः पिबेत्
yastāḥ śuśrūṣate bhaktyā sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate || saumye muhurte saṃyukte paṃcagavyaṃ tu yaḥ pibet
He who serves them with devotion is released from sins. And whoever drinks the five products of the cow at a conjoined auspicious moment,
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VrP 211.11
सर्वतीर्थफलं प्राप्य स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते ।। प्रस्रवेण च यः स्नायाद्रोहिण्यां मानवे द्विज
sarvatīrthaphalaṃ prāpya sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate || prasraveṇa ca yaḥ snāyādrohiṇyāṃ mānave dvija
having obtained the fruit of all sacred fords, he is released from sins. And he who bathes in the flowing (urine of the cow) on the Rohiṇī (day), in the month Mānava, O twice-born —
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VrP 211.12
सर्वपापकृतान्दोषान्दहत्याशु न संशयः ।। धेनुस्तनाद्विनिष्क्रान्तां धारां क्षीरस्य यो नरः
sarvapāpakṛtāndoṣāndahatyāśu na saṃśayaḥ || dhenustanādviniṣkrāntāṃ dhārāṃ kṣīrasya yo naraḥ
he swiftly burns away the faults produced by all sins — there is no doubt. The man who (receives) the stream of milk that has issued from the cow's udder
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VrP 211.13
शिरसा प्रतिगृह्णाति स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते ।। ब्राह्मणस्तु सदा स्नातो भक्त्या परमया युतः
śirasā pratigṛhṇāti sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate || brāhmaṇastu sadā snāto bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ
upon his head, he is released from sins. And a brahmin, always bathed, endowed with the highest devotion,
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VrP 211.14
नमस्येत्प्रयतो भूत्वा स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते ।। उदयान्निःसृतं सूर्यं भक्त्या परमया युतः
namasyetprayato bhūtvā sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate || udayānniḥsṛtaṃ sūryaṃ bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ
should make obeisance, having become self-controlled: he is released from sins. (And he who,) endowed with the highest devotion, (worships) the sun as it comes forth at its rising,
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VrP 211.15
नमस्येत्प्रयतो भूत्वा स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते ।। दध्यक्षताञ्जलीभिस्तु त्रिभिः पूजयते शुचिः
namasyetprayato bhūtvā sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate || dadhyakṣatāñjalībhistu tribhiḥ pūjayate śuciḥ
should make obeisance, having become self-controlled: he is released from sins. And the pure man who worships (the sun) with three handfuls of curds and unbroken grains —
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VrP 211.16
तस्य भानुः प्रसन्नश्च ह्यशुभं यत्समर्जितम् ।। तस्य भानुः स संदह्य दूरीकुर्यात्सदा द्विज
tasya bhānuḥ prasannaśca hyaśubhaṃ yatsamarjitam || tasya bhānuḥ sa saṃdahya dūrīkuryātsadā dvija
the Sun is gracious to him; and whatever inauspicious (deed) he has accumulated, that the Sun, burning it up, will always put far away, O twice-born.
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VrP 211.17
तावकं दधिमिश्रं तु पात्रे औदुम्बरे स्थितम् ।। सोमाय पौर्णमास्यां हि दत्वा पापैः प्रमुच्यते
tāvakaṃ dadhimiśraṃ tu pātre audumbare sthitam || somāya paurṇamāsyāṃ hi datvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate
Having given to Soma on the full-moon day the tāvaka mixed with curds, placed in a vessel of udumbara wood, one is released from sins.
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VrP 211.18
अरुन्धतीं बुधं चैव तथा सर्वान्महामुनीन् ।। अभ्यर्च्य वेदविधिना तेभ्यो दत्त्वा च तावकम्
arundhatīṃ budhaṃ caiva tathā sarvānmahāmunīn || abhyarcya vedavidhinā tebhyo dattvā ca tāvakam
And having worshipped Arundhatī and Budha and likewise all the great sages according to the Vedic rule, and having given them the tāvaka,
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VrP 211.19
एकाग्रमानसो भूत्वा यो नमस्येत्कृताञ्जलिः ।। किल्बिषं तस्य वै सर्वं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति
ekāgramānaso bhūtvā yo namasyetkṛtāñjaliḥ || kilbiṣaṃ tasya vai sarvaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati
he who, with mind one-pointed, makes obeisance with joined palms — indeed all his guilt perishes that very instant.
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VrP 211.21
विषुवेषु च योगेषु शुचिर्दत्त्वा पयो नरः ।। तस्य जन्मकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति
viṣuveṣu ca yogeṣu śucirdattvā payo naraḥ || tasya janmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati
And a man who, being pure, gives milk at the equinoxes and at (astrological) conjunctions — the sin committed in (this) birth perishes for him that very instant.
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VrP 211.22
प्राचीनीग्रान्कुशान् कृत्वा स्थापयित्वा वृषं नरः ।। द्विजैः सह नमस्कृत्य सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
prācīnīgrānkuśān kṛtvā sthāpayitvā vṛṣaṃ naraḥ || dvijaiḥ saha namaskṛtya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
A man who, having laid out kuśa grass with the tips eastward and having stationed a bull (there), makes obeisance together with the twice-born, is released from all sins.
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VrP 211.23
दक्षिणावर्त्तसव्येन कृत्वा प्राक्स्रोतसं नदीम् ।। कृत्वाऽभिषेकं विधिवत्ततः पापात्प्रमुच्यते
dakṣiṇāvarttasavyena kṛtvā prāksrotasaṃ nadīm || kṛtvā'bhiṣekaṃ vidhivattataḥ pāpātpramucyate
Having kept an east-flowing river on his right in a clockwise circuit, and having performed the ablution according to rule, he is thereafter released from sin.
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VrP 211.24
दक्षिणावर्त्तशङ्खेन कृत्वा चैव करे जलम् ।। शिरसा तद्गृहीत्वा तु विप्रो हृष्टमनाः शुचिः
dakṣiṇāvarttaśaṅkhena kṛtvā caiva kare jalam || śirasā tadgṛhītvā tu vipro hṛṣṭamanāḥ śuciḥ
And a brahmin, pure and glad of mind, having taken water into his hand with a right-spiralled conch and received it upon his head —
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VrP 211.25
तस्य जन्मकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति ।। प्राक्स्रोतसं नदीं गत्वा नाभिमात्रजले स्थितः
tasya janmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati || prāksrotasaṃ nadīṃ gatvā nābhimātrajale sthitaḥ
the sin committed in (his) birth perishes that very instant. Having gone to an east-flowing river and standing in water up to the navel,
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VrP 211.26
स्नात्वा कृष्णतिलैर्मिश्रा दद्यात्सप्ताञ्जलीर्नरः ।। प्राणायामत्रयं कृत्वा ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रियः
snātvā kṛṣṇatilairmiśrā dadyātsaptāñjalīrnaraḥ || prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ
Having bathed, a man should offer seven handfuls (of water) mixed with black sesame; having performed three breath-controls, chaste and with senses subdued,
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VrP 211.27
यावज्जीवकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति ।। अच्छिद्रपद्मपत्रेण सर्वरत्नोदकेन तु
yāvajjīvakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati || acchidrapadmapatreṇa sarvaratnodakena tu
the sin committed in (his) whole lifetime perishes that very instant. And with an unpierced lotus-leaf, with water (containing) all gems,
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VrP 211.28
त्रिधा यस्तु नरः स्नायात्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ।। अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मुने
tridhā yastu naraḥ snāyātsarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || anyacca te pravakṣyāmi guhyādguhyataraṃ mune
the man who bathes three times is freed from all sins. And I shall tell you something else, more secret than the secret, O sage.
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VrP 211.29
कार्त्तिकेऽमलपक्षे तु स्मृता ह्येकादशी तिथिः ।। भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदा या तु नाम्ना ख्याता प्रबोधिनी
kārttike'malapakṣe tu smṛtā hyekādaśī tithiḥ || bhuktimuktipradā yā tu nāmnā khyātā prabodhinī
In (the month of) Kārttika, in the bright fortnight, the eleventh lunar day is declared (holy); it bestows enjoyment and liberation, and is known by the name Prabodhinī.
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VrP 211.31
ये उपोष्यन्ति विधिवन्नारायणपरायणाः ।। न तेषामशुभं किञ्चिज्जन्मकोटिकृतं मुने
ye upoṣyanti vidhivannārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ || na teṣāmaśubhaṃ kiñcijjanmakoṭikṛtaṃ mune
Those devoted to Nārāyaṇa who fast (on it) according to rule — for them there is no evil at all, (even that) done in ten million births, O sage.
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VrP 211.32
एकादशीं समाश्रित्य पुरा पृष्टो महेश्वरः ।। वाराहरूपी धरया सर्वलोकहिताय वै
ekādaśīṃ samāśritya purā pṛṣṭo maheśvaraḥ || vārāharūpī dharayā sarvalokahitāya vai
Long ago, Maheśvara, in the form of the Boar, was asked by Earth about the eleventh day, for the welfare of all the worlds.
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VrP 211.33
धरण्युवाच ।। अस्मिन्कलियुगे घोरे नराः पापरताः प्रभो ।। ब्रह्मस्वहरणे युक्ता तथा ब्राह्मणघातकाः
dharaṇyuvāca || asminkaliyuge ghore narāḥ pāparatāḥ prabho || brahmasvaharaṇe yuktā tathā brāhmaṇaghātakāḥ
Earth said: In this terrible Kali age, O Lord, men take pleasure in sin; they are bent on seizing the property of brahmins, and likewise are killers of brahmins,
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VrP 211.34
गुरुद्रोहरता देव मित्रद्रोहरतास्तथा ।। स्वामिद्रोहरताश्चैव परदाराभिमर्शकाः
gurudroharatā deva mitradroharatāstathā || svāmidroharatāścaiva paradārābhimarśakāḥ
given to injuring their teachers, O god, and likewise given to injuring their friends, and given to injuring their masters, and violators of others' wives,
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VrP 211.35
परद्रव्यापहरणे संसक्ताश्च सुरेश्वर ।। अभक्ष्यभक्षणरता वेदब्राह्मणनिन्दकाः
paradravyāpaharaṇe saṃsaktāśca sureśvara || abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaratā vedabrāhmaṇanindakāḥ
and attached to carrying off others' property, O lord of the gods; delighting in eating what should not be eaten, revilers of the Vedas and of brahmins,
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VrP 211.36
दाम्भिका भिन्नमर्यादा नायमस्तीति वादिनः ।। असत्प्रतिग्रहे सक्ता अगम्यागमने रताः
dāmbhikā bhinnamaryādā nāyamastīti vādinaḥ || asatpratigrahe saktā agamyāgamane ratāḥ
hypocritical, breakers of the bounds (of conduct), saying "There is no such thing (as this)"; addicted to accepting gifts from the unworthy, given to intercourse with (women who are) forbidden,
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VrP 211.37
एतैश्चान्यैश्च पापैश्च संसक्ता ये नरा विभो ।। किमासाद्य गतिर्देव तेषां वद सुरेश्वर
etaiścānyaiśca pāpaiśca saṃsaktā ye narā vibho || kimāsādya gatirdeva teṣāṃ vada sureśvara
Those men who are entangled in these and in other sins, O mighty one — by resorting to what (do they attain) a good course? Tell (me) of them, O lord of the gods.
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VrP 211.38
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। साधु देवि महाभागे यत्पृष्टोऽहं वरानने ।। रहस्यं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि लोकानां हितकाम्यया
śrīvarāha uvāca || sādhu devi mahābhāge yatpṛṣṭo'haṃ varānane || rahasyaṃ te pravakṣyāmi lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
The blessed Boar said: Good, O goddess, greatly fortunate one, that I have been asked (this), O fair-faced one. I shall declare the secret to you out of desire for the welfare of the worlds.
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VrP 211.39
महापातकयुक्ता ये नराः सुकृतवर्जिताः ।। तेषां मया हितार्थाय निर्मितं तच्छृणुष्व मे
mahāpātakayuktā ye narāḥ sukṛtavarjitāḥ || teṣāṃ mayā hitārthāya nirmitaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva me
Those men who are joined to the great sins and devoid of good deeds — for their benefit (a means) has been made by me; hear that from me.
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VrP 211.41
तामुपोष्य नरा भद्रे महापापरताश्च ये ।। पुण्यपापविनिर्मुक्ता गच्छन्ति पदमव्ययम्
tāmupoṣya narā bhadre mahāpāparatāśca ye || puṇyapāpavinirmuktā gacchanti padamavyayam
By fasting on that (day), O good lady, even those men who are given to great sins, released from both merit and sin, go to the imperishable abode.
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VrP 211.42
उपायोऽतःपरो नान्यो विद्यते हि वसुन्धरे ।। एकादशीं विना येन सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्
upāyo'taḥparo nānyo vidyate hi vasundhare || ekādaśīṃ vinā yena sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet
There exists no other means higher than this, O Earth, apart from the eleventh day, by which the destruction of all sin might come about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.43
यथा शुक्ला तथा कृष्णा ह्युपोष्या सा प्रयत्नतः ।। शुक्ला भक्तिप्रदा नित्यं कृष्णा मुक्तिं प्रयच्छति
yathā śuklā tathā kṛṣṇā hyupoṣyā sā prayatnataḥ || śuklā bhaktipradā nityaṃ kṛṣṇā muktiṃ prayacchati
As the bright (eleventh) is, so too the dark: it is to be observed with effort. The bright always grants devotion; the dark bestows liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.44
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन कर्त्तव्या द्वादशी सदा।। यदीच्छेद्वैष्णवं लोकं गन्तुं वै भूतधारिणि
tasmātsarvaprayatnena karttavyā dvādaśī sadā|| yadīcchedvaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ gantuṃ vai bhūtadhāriṇi
Therefore with every effort the twelfth should always be observed, if one wishes to go to the world of Viṣṇu, O bearer of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.45
मनसा वचसा चैव कर्मणा समुपार्जितम् ।। पापं मासकृतं पुंसां दहत्येकादशी कृता
manasā vacasā caiva karmaṇā samupārjitam || pāpaṃ māsakṛtaṃ puṃsāṃ dahatyekādaśī kṛtā
The sin of men accumulated by mind, by speech and by act, done in a month, the observed eleventh day burns up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.46
दहन्तीह पुराणानि भूयोभूयो वरानने ।। न भोक्तव्यं न भोक्तव्यं सम्प्राप्ते हरिवासरे
dahantīha purāṇāni bhūyobhūyo varānane || na bhoktavyaṃ na bhoktavyaṃ samprāpte harivāsare
The Purāṇas here proclaim it again and again, O fair-faced one: one must not eat, one must not eat, when Hari's day has arrived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.47
यदीच्छथ नरा गन्तुं तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् ।। न भोक्तव्यं न भोक्तव्यं तदा केशववासरे
yadīcchatha narā gantuṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam || na bhoktavyaṃ na bhoktavyaṃ tadā keśavavāsare
If you men wish to go to that highest abode of Viṣṇu, then one must not eat, one must not eat on Keśava's day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.48
ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्विरौम्येष प्रलापं मे शृणुष्व तम् ।। आराधयस्व विश्वेशमेकादश्यामतन्द्रितः
ūrdhvabāhurviraumyeṣa pralāpaṃ me śṛṇuṣva tam || ārādhayasva viśveśamekādaśyāmatandritaḥ
With arms raised aloft I cry out this: listen to that declaration of mine — worship the Lord of the universe on the eleventh day, without slackness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.49
न शंखेन पिबेत्तोयं न हन्यान्मत्स्यसूकरौ ।। एकादश्यां न भुञ्जीत पक्षयोरुभयोरपि
na śaṃkhena pibettoyaṃ na hanyānmatsyasūkarau || ekādaśyāṃ na bhuñjīta pakṣayorubhayorapi
One should not drink water from a conch, nor kill fish or boar; on the eleventh day one should not eat, in either fortnight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.51
किं तेन न कृतं पापं दुर्वृत्तेनात्मघातिना ।। एकादश्यां विशालाक्षि भुक्तं येन विजानता
kiṃ tena na kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ durvṛttenātmaghātinā || ekādaśyāṃ viśālākṣi bhuktaṃ yena vijānatā
What sin has not been committed by that ill-conducted self-slayer, O wide-eyed one, who has eaten on the eleventh day knowing (better)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.52
एकादशीं च यः शुक्लामसमर्थं उपोषितुम् ।। तदा नक्तं प्रकर्त्तव्यं तथाऽयाचितमेव वा
ekādaśīṃ ca yaḥ śuklāmasamarthaṃ upoṣitum || tadā naktaṃ prakarttavyaṃ tathā'yācitameva vā
And he who is unable to fast on the bright-fortnight eleventh — then a night-meal should be taken, or else (food) unasked-for.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.53
एकभक्तेन दानेन कर्त्तव्यं द्वादशीव्रतम् ।। न करोति यदा भूमे व्रतं वा दानमेव वा
ekabhaktena dānena karttavyaṃ dvādaśīvratam || na karoti yadā bhūme vrataṃ vā dānameva vā
The twelfth-day observance is to be performed with a single meal (and) with a gift; when one does not do it, O Earth, neither the vow nor the gift —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.55
एका सा द्वादशी पुण्या उपोष्या सा प्रबोधिनी ।। तस्यामाराध्य विश्वेषं जगतामीश्वरेश्वरम्
ekā sā dvādaśī puṇyā upoṣyā sā prabodhinī || tasyāmārādhya viśveṣaṃ jagatāmīśvareśvaram
That one twelfth is meritorious, that Prabodhinī is to be fasted on; having worshipped on it the Lord of all, the overlord of the lords of the worlds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.56
प्राप्नोति सकलं चैतद्द्वादशद्वादशीफलम् ।। पूर्वाभाद्रपदायोगे सैव या द्वादशी भवेत
prāpnoti sakalaṃ caitaddvādaśadvādaśīphalam || pūrvābhādrapadāyoge saiva yā dvādaśī bhaveta
one obtains all this, the fruit of the twelve twelfth-days. And that same one which is a twelfth in conjunction with Pūrva Bhādrapadā —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.57
अतीव महती तस्यां सर्वं कृतमिहाक्षयम् ।। उत्तराभाद्रसहिता यदि सैकादशी भवेत्
atīva mahatī tasyāṃ sarvaṃ kṛtamihākṣayam || uttarābhādrasahitā yadi saikādaśī bhavet
it is exceedingly great; on it everything done here is imperishable. If that eleventh comes together with Uttara Bhādrapadā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.58
तदा कोटिगुणं पुण्यं केशवाल्लभते फलम् ।। सकृद्देवेऽर्च्चिते तस्यां लभते भूतधारिणि
tadā koṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ keśavāllabhate phalam || sakṛddeve'rccite tasyāṃ labhate bhūtadhāriṇi
then one gains merit a crore-fold, (and) the fruit from Keśava; when the god is worshipped even once on that (day) one obtains (it), O bearer of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.59
यथा प्रबोधिनी पुण्या तथा यस्यां स्वपेद्धरिः ।। उपोष्या हि महाभागे त्वनन्तफलदा हि सा
yathā prabodhinī puṇyā tathā yasyāṃ svapeddhariḥ || upoṣyā hi mahābhāge tvanantaphaladā hi sā
As Prabodhinī is meritorious, so is that (day) on which Hari sleeps; it should indeed be fasted on, O greatly fortunate one, for it bestows endless fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.61
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन द्वादशीं समुपोषयेत् ।। यदीच्छेत्तु विशालाक्षि शाश्वतीं गतिमात्मनः
tasmātsarvaprayatnena dvādaśīṃ samupoṣayet || yadīcchettu viśālākṣi śāśvatīṃ gatimātmanaḥ
Therefore with every effort one should fast on the twelfth, if, O wide-eyed one, one desires the eternal course for oneself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.62
एकादशी सोमयुता कार्त्तिके मासि भामिनि ।। उत्तराभाद्रसंयोगे अनन्तफलदा हि सा
ekādaśī somayutā kārttike māsi bhāmini || uttarābhādrasaṃyoge anantaphaladā hi sā
An eleventh joined with Monday in the month of Kārttika, O lovely lady, in conjunction with Uttara Bhādrapadā — that indeed bestows endless fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.63
तस्यां यत्क्रियते भद्रे तदनन्तगुणं स्मृतम् ।। एकादशी भौमयुता यदा स्याद्भूतधारिणि
tasyāṃ yatkriyate bhadre tadanantaguṇaṃ smṛtam || ekādaśī bhaumayutā yadā syādbhūtadhāriṇi
Whatever is done on it, O auspicious one, is declared to be endlessly multiplied. When the eleventh falls joined with Tuesday, O bearer of beings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.64
स्नात्वा देवे समभ्यर्च्य प्राप्नोति परमं फलम् ।। प्राप्नोति सकलं चैव द्वादशद्वादशीफलम्
snātvā deve samabhyarcya prāpnoti paramaṃ phalam || prāpnoti sakalaṃ caiva dvādaśadvādaśīphalam
having bathed and duly worshipped the god, one obtains the highest fruit; and one obtains entire the fruit of the twelve twelfth-days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.65
जलपूर्णं तथा कुंभं स्थापयित्वा विचक्षणः ।। पञ्चरत्नसमोपेतं घृतपात्रयुतं तथा
jalapūrṇaṃ tathā kuṃbhaṃ sthāpayitvā vicakṣaṇaḥ || pañcaratnasamopetaṃ ghṛtapātrayutaṃ tathā
And the wise man, having set down a pot filled with water, furnished with the five gems and accompanied by a vessel of ghee,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.66
तस्योपरि न्यसेन्मत्स्यस्वरूपं तु जनार्दनम् ।। निष्कमात्रसुवर्णेन घटितं तु वरानने
tasyopari nyasenmatsyasvarūpaṃ tu janārdanam || niṣkamātrasuvarṇena ghaṭitaṃ tu varānane
should place upon it Janārdana in the form of a fish, fashioned of gold of a niṣka's weight, O fair-faced one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.67
पंचामृतेन संस्नाप्य कुंकुमेन विलेपितम् ।। पीतवस्त्रयुगच्छन्नं छत्रोपानद्युगान्वितम्
paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya kuṃkumena vilepitam || pītavastrayugacchannaṃ chatropānadyugānvitam
having bathed (it) with the five nectars, anointed with saffron, covered with a pair of yellow garments, provided with a parasol and a pair of sandals —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.68
पूजयेत् कमलैर्देवि मद्भक्तः संयतेन्द्रियः ।। मत्स्यं कूर्मं वराहं च नरसिंहं च वामनम्
pūjayet kamalairdevi madbhaktaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ || matsyaṃ kūrmaṃ varāhaṃ ca narasiṃhaṃ ca vāmanam
my devotee, with senses restrained, should worship (it) with lotuses, O goddess: the Fish, the Tortoise, the Boar, the Man-lion, and the Dwarf,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.69
रामं रामं च कृष्णं च बुद्धं चैव च कल्किनम् ।। एवं दशावतारांश्च पूजयेद्भक्तिसंयुतः
rāmaṃ rāmaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ca buddhaṃ caiva ca kalkinam || evaṃ daśāvatārāṃśca pūjayedbhaktisaṃyutaḥ
Rāma, Rāma, and Kṛṣṇa, and the Buddha, and Kalkin — thus he should worship the ten incarnations, filled with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.71
रात्रौ चोत्थापनं कार्यं देवदेवस्य सुव्रते।। प्रभाते विमले स्नात्वा भक्त्या संपूज्य केशवम् अनेनैव विधानेन कुर्यादेकादशीव्रतम् ।। तस्य पुण्यं भवेद्यत्तु तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे
rātrau cotthāpanaṃ kāryaṃ devadevasya suvrate|| prabhāte vimale snātvā bhaktyā saṃpūjya keśavam anenaiva vidhānena kuryādekādaśīvratam || tasya puṇyaṃ bhavedyattu tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare
And at night the raising-up of the God of gods is to be performed, O you of good vows; at clear dawn, having bathed and worshipped Keśava with devotion — by this very procedure one should perform the eleventh-day vow. And what merit accrues to him, hear that, O Earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.72
पुष्पधूपादिनैवेद्यैः फलैर्नानाविधैः शुभैः।। ततस्तु पूजयेद्विद्वानाचार्यं भक्तिसंयुतः
puṣpadhūpādinaivedyaiḥ phalairnānāvidhaiḥ śubhaiḥ|| tatastu pūjayedvidvānācāryaṃ bhaktisaṃyutaḥ
With flowers, incense and the rest, food-offerings, and various auspicious fruits (let him worship); then let the learned man, filled with devotion, honour the officiating teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.73
अलङ्कारोपहारैश्च वस्त्राद्यैश्च स्वशक्तितः ।। पूजयित्वा विधानेन तं देवं प्रतिपादयेत्
alaṅkāropahāraiśca vastrādyaiśca svaśaktitaḥ || pūjayitvā vidhānena taṃ devaṃ pratipādayet
And with ornaments and gifts, and with garments and the like, according to his own means — having worshipped (him) according to the prescribed rite, he should present that god (to him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.74
जगदादिर्जगद्रूपो जगदादिरनादिमान् ।। जगदादिर्जगद्योनिः प्रीयतां मे जनार्दनः
jagadādirjagadrūpo jagadādiranādimān || jagadādirjagadyoniḥ prīyatāṃ me janārdanaḥ
The beginning of the world, whose form is the world, the world's origin who himself has no beginning, the beginning of the world, the womb of the world — may Janārdana be pleased with me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.76
यदि वक्त्रसहस्राणां सहस्राणि भवन्ति तैः ।। संख्यातुं नैव शक्यन्ते प्रबोधिन्यास्तथा गुणाः
yadi vaktrasahasrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi bhavanti taiḥ || saṃkhyātuṃ naiva śakyante prabodhinyāstathā guṇāḥ
Even if there were thousands of thousands of mouths, by them the virtues of the Prabodhinī (eleventh) could not be counted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.77
तथाप्युद्देशमात्रेण शक्त्या वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु ।। चन्द्रतारार्कसङ्काशमधिष्ठायानुजीविभिः
tathāpyuddeśamātreṇa śaktyā vakṣyāmi tacchṛṇu || candratārārkasaṅkāśamadhiṣṭhāyānujīvibhiḥ
Still, by way of mere indication, I shall tell it as best I can; hear it. Mounting a vehicle resembling the moon, the stars and the sun, together with his attendants,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.78
सहैव यानमागच्छेन्मम लोकं वसुन्धरे ।। ततः कल्पसहस्रांते सप्तद्वीपेश्वरो भवेत्
sahaiva yānamāgacchenmama lokaṃ vasundhare || tataḥ kalpasahasrāṃte saptadvīpeśvaro bhavet
he comes to my world, O Vasundharā; then, at the end of a thousand kalpas, he becomes lord of the seven continents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.79
आयुरारोग्यसंपन्नो जन्मातीतो भवेत्ततः ।। ब्रह्मघ्नश्च सुरापश्च स्तेयी च गुरुतल्पगः
āyurārogyasaṃpanno janmātīto bhavettataḥ || brahmaghnaśca surāpaśca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ
Endowed with long life and health, he then passes beyond (further) birth. And the slayer of a brahmin, the drinker of liquor, the thief, and he who violates his teacher's bed —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.81
पश्ये च धीमानधनोऽपि भक्त्या स्पृशेन्मनुष्यं इह चिन्त्यमानः।। शृणोति भक्तस्य मतिं ददाति विकल्मषः सोऽपि दिवं प्रयाति
paśye ca dhīmānadhano'pi bhaktyā spṛśenmanuṣyaṃ iha cintyamānaḥ|| śṛṇoti bhaktasya matiṃ dadāti vikalmaṣaḥ so'pi divaṃ prayāti
And a wise man, though poor, may with devotion touch a man (?)... being meditated upon here (Viṣṇu) hears and grants understanding to the devotee; he too, freed of stain, goes to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 211.82
दुःस्वप्नः प्रशममुपैति पठ्यमाने माहात्म्ये भवभयहारके नरस्य ।। यः कुर्याद्व्रतवरमेतदव्ययाया बोधिन्याः किमुत फलं तु तस्य वाच्यम्
duḥsvapnaḥ praśamamupaiti paṭhyamāne māhātmye bhavabhayahārake narasya || yaḥ kuryādvratavarametadavyayāyā bodhinyāḥ kimuta phalaṃ tu tasya vācyam
A man's bad dream is quieted when this glorification, which removes the fear of existence, is recited; how then should the fruit be described of one who performs this best of vows of the imperishable Bodhinī?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.83
ते धन्यास्ते कृतार्थाश्च तैरेव सुकृतं कृतम्।। तैरात्मजन्म सफलं कृतं ये व्रतकारकाः
te dhanyāste kṛtārthāśca taireva sukṛtaṃ kṛtam|| tairātmajanma saphalaṃ kṛtaṃ ye vratakārakāḥ
Blessed are they, they have attained their aim, by them alone has good been done; by them their own birth has been made fruitful — those who perform the vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.84
नारायणाच्युतानन्त वासुदेवेति यो नरः ।। सततं कीर्त्तयेद्भूमे याति मल्लयतां प्रिये
nārāyaṇācyutānanta vāsudeveti yo naraḥ || satataṃ kīrttayedbhūme yāti mallayatāṃ priye
The man who constantly praises, saying "Nārāyaṇa, Acyuta, Ananta, Vāsudeva," O Earth, goes to absorption in me, my dear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.85
किं पुनः श्रद्धया युक्तः पूजयेन्मामनन्यधीः ।। गुरूपदिष्टमार्गेण याति मल्लयतां नरः
kiṃ punaḥ śraddhayā yuktaḥ pūjayenmāmananyadhīḥ || gurūpadiṣṭamārgeṇa yāti mallayatāṃ naraḥ
How much more (so) one who, possessed of faith and with mind fixed on nothing else, worships me: by the path taught by the teacher such a man goes to absorption in me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.86
तस्य यज्ञवराहस्य विष्णोरमिततेजसः ।। प्रयाणं ये च कुर्वति ते पूज्याः सततं सुरैः
tasya yajñavarāhasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ || prayāṇaṃ ye ca kurvati te pūjyāḥ satataṃ suraiḥ
And those who make a procession for that sacrificial Boar, Viṣṇu of measureless splendour, are forever to be honoured by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.87
तस्मात् सुनियतैर्भाव्यं वैष्णवं मार्गमास्पदम्।। दुर्ल्लभं वैष्णवत्वं हि त्रिषु लोकेषु सुन्दरि
tasmāt suniyatairbhāvyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ mārgamāspadam|| durllabhaṃ vaiṣṇavatvaṃ hi triṣu lokeṣu sundari
Therefore, by those who are well restrained, the Vaiṣṇava path is to be made (their) abode; for Vaiṣṇava-hood is hard to obtain in the three worlds, O beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.88
जन्मान्तरसहस्रेषु समाराध्य वृषध्वजम् ।। वैष्णवत्वं लभेत् कश्चित्सर्वपापक्षये सति
janmāntarasahasreṣu samārādhya vṛṣadhvajam || vaiṣṇavatvaṃ labhet kaścitsarvapāpakṣaye sati
Having propitiated the Bull-bannered one (Śiva) through thousands of successive births, someone may attain Vaiṣṇava-hood, once all his sins are destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.89
पापक्षयमवाप्नोति चेश्वराराधने कृते ।। ज्ञानमन्विच्छता रुद्रं पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम्
pāpakṣayamavāpnoti ceśvarārādhane kṛte || jñānamanvicchatā rudraṃ pūjayetparameśvaram
And one obtains the destruction of sin when worship of the Lord has been performed; by one who seeks knowledge, Rudra, the supreme Lord, should be worshipped.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.91
संस्मृतः कीर्तितो वापि दृष्टः स्पृष्टोऽपि वा प्रिये ।। पुनाति भगवद्भक्तश्चाण्डालोऽपि यदृच्छया
saṃsmṛtaḥ kīrtito vāpi dṛṣṭaḥ spṛṣṭo'pi vā priye || punāti bhagavadbhaktaścāṇḍālo'pi yadṛcchayā
Remembered, or praised, or seen, or even touched, O dear one, a devotee of the Lord purifies — even a Cāṇḍāla, (if it happens) by chance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.92
एतज्ज्ञात्वा तु विद्वद्भिः पूजनीयो जनार्दनः।। वेदोक्तविधिना भद्रे आगमोक्तेन वा सुधीः
etajjñātvā tu vidvadbhiḥ pūjanīyo janārdanaḥ|| vedoktavidhinā bhadre āgamoktena vā sudhīḥ
Knowing this, Janārdana is to be worshipped by the learned; by the rite stated in the Veda, O good lady, or by that stated in the Āgama, (so does) the wise man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.93
यम उवाच ।। एतच्छ्रुत्वा महाभागा धरणी संशितव्रता ।। समाराध्य जगन्नाथं विधिना तल्लयङ्गता
yama uvāca || etacchrutvā mahābhāgā dharaṇī saṃśitavratā || samārādhya jagannāthaṃ vidhinā tallayaṅgatā
Yama said: Hearing this, the greatly fortunate Earth, of strict vow, having propitiated the Lord of the world according to the rite, went to absorption in him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.94
महापातकभागी स्यात्सुगतिं नाप्नुयात्क्वचित् ।। उपवासासमर्थानां तथैव पृथुलोचने अतो यत्नेन वै साध्यं वैष्णवत्वं विपश्चिता ।। ये वैष्णवा महात्मानो विष्णुपूजनतत्पराः
mahāpātakabhāgī syātsugatiṃ nāpnuyātkvacit || upavāsāsamarthānāṃ tathaiva pṛthulocane ato yatnena vai sādhyaṃ vaiṣṇavatvaṃ vipaścitā || ye vaiṣṇavā mahātmāno viṣṇupūjanatatparāḥ
He would share in the great sins and would nowhere attain a good course; likewise for those unable to fast, O wide-eyed one. Therefore Vaiṣṇava-hood is to be accomplished with effort by the discerning man. Those Vaiṣṇavas, great souls, intent on the worship of Viṣṇu —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 211.95
तेषां नैवास्त्ययं लोको यान्ति तत्परमं पदम्।। ये सकृद्द्वादशीमेतामुपोष्यंति विधानतः
teṣāṃ naivāstyayaṃ loko yānti tatparamaṃ padam|| ye sakṛddvādaśīmetāmupoṣyaṃti vidhānataḥ
For them this world does not exist; they go to that highest state. Those who once fast on this twelfth day according to the prescribed rule —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.96
प्रबोधनाख्यां सुधियस्ते यांति परमं पदम् ।। न यमं यातनादण्डान्नरकं न च किङ्करान्
prabodhanākhyāṃ sudhiyaste yāṃti paramaṃ padam || na yamaṃ yātanādaṇḍānnarakaṃ na ca kiṅkarān
— the one named Prabodhana — those of good understanding go to the highest state. They do not see Yama, nor the rods of torment, nor hell, nor (Yama's) servants;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.97
पश्यंति द्विजशार्दूल इति सत्यं मयोदितम् ।। एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम्
paśyaṃti dvijaśārdūla iti satyaṃ mayoditam || etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam
(so) they do not see (them), O tiger among the twice-born: this is the truth as spoken by me. All this has been declared to you just as it was seen and just as it was heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.98
कथितं मे महाभाग यत्त्वया परिपृच्छितम्।। स्वयंभुवा यथा प्रोक्तं गुह्याख्यानं महामुने
kathitaṃ me mahābhāga yattvayā paripṛcchitam|| svayaṃbhuvā yathā proktaṃ guhyākhyānaṃ mahāmune
What you asked has been related by me, O greatly fortunate one — the secret narrative, just as it was declared by the Self-existent (Brahmā), O great sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.99
तत्ते सर्वं समासेन व्याख्यातं धर्मवत्सल
tatte sarvaṃ samāsena vyākhyātaṃ dharmavatsala
All that has been expounded to you in brief, O you who are devoted to dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 211.211
यावज्जीव कृतात्पापात्तत्क्षणादेव मुच्यते ।। लांगूलेनोद्धृतं तोयं मूर्ध्ना गृह्णाति यो नरः द्विजं शुश्रूषते यस्तु तर्पयित्वातिभक्तितः ।। नमस्येत्प्रयतो भूत्वा स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते या सा विष्णोः परा मूर्त्तिरव्यक्तानेकरूपिणी ।। सा क्षिप्ता मानुषे लोके द्वादशी मुनिपुङ्गव या सा विष्णोः परा शक्तिरव्यक्तानेकरूपिणी ।। सा मर्त्ये निर्मिता भूमे द्वादशीरूपधारिणी स ब्रह्महा सुरापश्च स स्तेयी गुरुतल्पगः ।। एकादश्यां तु यो भुंक्ते पक्षयोरुभयोरपि शयने बोधने चैव हरेस्तु परिवर्त्तने ।। उपोष्यैव विधानेन नरो निर्मलतां व्रजेत् पुष्पैर्धूपैस्तथा दीपनैवद्यैर्विविधैरपि ।। संपूज्यैवमलङ्कारैर्विविधैरुपशोभितम् पापान्येतानि सर्वाणि श्रवणेनैव नाशयेत् मामाराध्य तथा याति तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् ।। वैष्णवा हि महाभागाः पुनन्ति सकलं जगत्
yāvajjīva kṛtātpāpāttatkṣaṇādeva mucyate || lāṃgūlenoddhṛtaṃ toyaṃ mūrdhnā gṛhṇāti yo naraḥ dvijaṃ śuśrūṣate yastu tarpayitvātibhaktitaḥ || namasyetprayato bhūtvā sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate yā sā viṣṇoḥ parā mūrttiravyaktānekarūpiṇī || sā kṣiptā mānuṣe loke dvādaśī munipuṅgava yā sā viṣṇoḥ parā śaktiravyaktānekarūpiṇī || sā martye nirmitā bhūme dvādaśīrūpadhāriṇī sa brahmahā surāpaśca sa steyī gurutalpagaḥ || ekādaśyāṃ tu yo bhuṃkte pakṣayorubhayorapi śayane bodhane caiva harestu parivarttane || upoṣyaiva vidhānena naro nirmalatāṃ vrajet puṣpairdhūpaistathā dīpanaivadyairvividhairapi || saṃpūjyaivamalaṅkārairvividhairupaśobhitam pāpānyetāni sarvāṇi śravaṇenaiva nāśayet māmārādhya tathā yāti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam || vaiṣṇavā hi mahābhāgāḥ punanti sakalaṃ jagat
He is freed that very instant from the sin committed in his whole life. The man who receives upon his head the water raised by (a cow's) tail, and who waits upon a brahmin, having gratified him with great devotion, and who, becoming pure, makes obeisance — he is released from his sins. That which is the supreme form of Viṣṇu, unmanifest and of many shapes — that has been set down in the human world as the twelfth day, O bull among sages. That which is the supreme power of Viṣṇu, unmanifest and of many shapes — that has been fashioned on the mortal earth bearing the form of the twelfth day. He is a brahmin-slayer, a liquor-drinker, a thief, a defiler of the guru's bed, who eats on the eleventh day in either fortnight. At (Hari's) sleeping, at his awakening, and at his turning over, a man who fasts according to the rule attains purity. Having duly worshipped (him), who is resplendent with various ornaments, with flowers, incense, lamps and manifold food-offerings — one destroys all these sins by the mere hearing (of this). And having thus propitiated me, one goes to that supreme abode of Viṣṇu; for the greatly fortunate Vaiṣṇavas purify the whole world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain