Varaha Purana — Chapter 216
VrP 216.1
; अथ गोकर्णशृंगेश्वरादिमाहात्म्यम् ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। तस्मात्स्थानादपक्रान्ते त्र्यम्बके मृगरूपिणि ।। अन्योऽन्यं मन्त्रयित्वा तु मया सह सुरोत्तमाः
; atha gokarṇaśṛṃgeśvarādimāhātmyam || brahmovāca || tasmātsthānādapakrānte tryambake mṛgarūpiṇi || anyo'nyaṃ mantrayitvā tu mayā saha surottamāḥ
Now the greatness of Gokarṇa, Śṛṅgeśvara and the rest. Brahmā said: When Tryambaka in the form of a deer had departed from that place, O best of gods, having taken counsel with one another together with me,
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VrP 216.2
त्रिधाविभक्तं तच्छृङ्गं पृथक्पृथगवस्थितम् ।। सम्यक्स्थापयितुं देवा विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा
tridhāvibhaktaṃ tacchṛṅgaṃ pṛthakpṛthagavasthitam || samyaksthāpayituṃ devā vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā
the gods (resolved) to set up properly, by rites prescribed in the ordinance, that horn which had been split in three and stood in separate pieces.
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VrP 216.3
स्थापितं देवि नीत्वा वै शृंगाग्रं वज्रपाणिना ।। मया तत्रैव तन्मध्यं स्थापितं विधिवत्प्रभोः
sthāpitaṃ devi nītvā vai śṛṃgāgraṃ vajrapāṇinā || mayā tatraiva tanmadhyaṃ sthāpitaṃ vidhivatprabhoḥ
The tip of the horn, O goddess, was carried away and set up by the wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra); by me the middle part of it was set up there itself, duly, (belonging) to the Lord.
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VrP 216.4
देवैर्देवर्षिभिश्चैव सिद्धैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिस्तथा ।। गोकर्ण इति विख्यातिः कृता वैशेषिकी वरा
devairdevarṣibhiścaiva siddhairbrahmarṣibhistathā || gokarṇa iti vikhyātiḥ kṛtā vaiśeṣikī varā
By the gods, the divine sages, the Siddhas and the brahmin sages, the excellent, distinctive renown "Gokarṇa" was made (for it).
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VrP 216.5
विष्णुना देवतीर्थेन तन्मूलं स्थापितं ततः ।। तस्य शृङ्गेश्वर इति नाम तत्राभवन्महत्
viṣṇunā devatīrthena tanmūlaṃ sthāpitaṃ tataḥ || tasya śṛṅgeśvara iti nāma tatrābhavanmahat
Then by Viṣṇu, whose bathing-place is divine, the base of it was set up; its great name there became "Śṛṅgeśvara."
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VrP 216.6
thumb|Gokarna Atmalinga तत्र तत्रैव भगवांस्तस्मिन्शृंगे त्रिधा स्थिते ।। सान्निध्यं कल्पयामास भागेनैकेन चोन्मना
thumb|Gokarna Atmalinga tatra tatraiva bhagavāṃstasminśṛṃge tridhā sthite || sānnidhyaṃ kalpayāmāsa bhāgenaikena conmanā
There, in that very place, the Lord, in that horn standing threefold, with a single portion and with elated mind, arranged his presence.
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VrP 216.7
शतं तेन तु भागानामात्मनो निहितं मृगे ।। तस्माद्द्विकं तु भागानां शृंगाणां त्रितये न्यधात्
śataṃ tena tu bhāgānāmātmano nihitaṃ mṛge || tasmāddvikaṃ tu bhāgānāṃ śṛṃgāṇāṃ tritaye nyadhāt
But a hundred of the portions of himself were placed by him in the deer; from that, two of the portions he deposited in the triad of horns.
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VrP 216.8
मार्गेण तच्छरीरेण निर्ययौ भगवान्विभुः ।। शैशिरस्य गिरेः पादं प्रपेदे स्वयमात्मनः
mārgeṇa taccharīreṇa niryayau bhagavānvibhuḥ || śaiśirasya gireḥ pādaṃ prapede svayamātmanaḥ
By that road, with that body, the mighty Lord went forth; he himself reached the foot of the Śaiśira mountain by his own (power).
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VrP 216.9
शतसंख्या स्मृता व्युष्टिस्तस्मिञ्छैलेश्वरे विभोः ।। त्रिधा विभक्ते शृंगेऽस्मिन्नेकाग्रगतिनिप्रभोः
śatasaṃkhyā smṛtā vyuṣṭistasmiñchaileśvare vibhoḥ || tridhā vibhakte śṛṃge'sminnekāgragatiniprabhoḥ
The reward (there) is said to be a hundredfold at that Śaileśvara (shrine) of the Lord; and on this peak, which is divided threefold, of the Lord (?) whose course is single-pointed...
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VrP 216.11
देवदानवगन्धर्वाः सिद्धयक्षमहोरगाः ।। श्लेष्मातकवनं कृत्स्नं सर्वतः परिमण्डलम्
devadānavagandharvāḥ siddhayakṣamahoragāḥ || śleṣmātakavanaṃ kṛtsnaṃ sarvataḥ parimaṇḍalam
Gods, Dānavas, Gandharvas, Siddhas, Yakṣas and great serpents (came); the whole Śleṣmātaka forest is circular on every side.
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VrP 216.12
तीर्थयात्रां पुरस्कृत्य प्रादक्षिण्यं च चक्रतुः ।। फलान्निर्द्दिश्य तीर्थानां तथा क्षेत्रफलं महत्
tīrthayātrāṃ puraskṛtya prādakṣiṇyaṃ ca cakratuḥ || phalānnirddiśya tīrthānāṃ tathā kṣetraphalaṃ mahat
Putting the pilgrimage to the sacred fords first, the two of them also made a circumambulation, having declared the fruits of the fords and likewise the great fruit of the holy field.
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VrP 216.13
यथास्थानानि ते तस्मान्निवृत्ताश्च सुरादयः ।। एवं तस्मान्निवृत्तेषु दैवतेषु तदा ततः
yathāsthānāni te tasmānnivṛttāśca surādayaḥ || evaṃ tasmānnivṛtteṣu daivateṣu tadā tataḥ
And they, the gods and the rest, returned from there to their own stations. Thus, when the deities had returned from there, then thereafter—
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VrP 216.14
पौलस्त्यो रावणो नाम भ्रातृभिः सह राक्षसैः ।। आगम्योग्रेण तपसा देवमाराधयद्विभुम्
paulastyo rāvaṇo nāma bhrātṛbhiḥ saha rākṣasaiḥ || āgamyogreṇa tapasā devamārādhayadvibhum
Rāvaṇa by name, Pulastya's descendant, came with his brothers, the Rākṣasas, and propitiated the pervading God with fierce austerity,
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VrP 216.15
शुश्रूषया च परया गोकर्णेश्वरमव्ययम् ।। यदा तु तस्य तुष्टो वै वरदः शंकरः स्वयम्
śuśrūṣayā ca parayā gokarṇeśvaramavyayam || yadā tu tasya tuṣṭo vai varadaḥ śaṃkaraḥ svayam
and with the highest service (he propitiated) the imperishable Lord of Gokarṇa. But when Śaṃkara himself, the giver of boons, was pleased with him,
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VrP 216.16
तदा त्रैलोक्यविजयं वरं वव्रे स राक्षसः ।। प्रसादात्तस्य तत्सर्वं वाञ्छितं मनसा हि यत्
tadā trailokyavijayaṃ varaṃ vavre sa rākṣasaḥ || prasādāttasya tatsarvaṃ vāñchitaṃ manasā hi yat
then that Rākṣasa chose as his boon the conquest of the three worlds; by his (the god's) grace (he obtained) all that which was desired by his mind.
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VrP 216.17
अवाप्य च दशग्रीवस्तदिष्टं परमेश्वरात् ।। त्रैलोक्यविजयायाशु तत्क्षणादेव निर्ययौ
avāpya ca daśagrīvastadiṣṭaṃ parameśvarāt || trailokyavijayāyāśu tatkṣaṇādeva niryayau
And having obtained that wish from the Supreme Lord, the ten-necked one went forth that very instant, swiftly, for the conquest of the three worlds.
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VrP 216.18
त्रैलोक्यं स विनिर्जित्य शक्रं च त्रिदशाधिपम् ।। तदुत्पाट्यानयामास पुत्रेणेन्द्रजिता सह
trailokyaṃ sa vinirjitya śakraṃ ca tridaśādhipam || tadutpāṭyānayāmāsa putreṇendrajitā saha
Having conquered the three worlds and Śakra, the lord of the thirty gods, he tore it up and brought it away together with his son Indrajit.
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VrP 216.19
शृंगाग्रं यत्पुरा नीत्वा स्थापितं वज्रपाणिना ।। तदुत्पाट्यानयामास पुत्रेणेन्द्रजिता सह
śṛṃgāgraṃ yatpurā nītvā sthāpitaṃ vajrapāṇinā || tadutpāṭyānayāmāsa putreṇendrajitā saha
That peak-tip which the wielder of the thunderbolt had formerly brought and set up—that he tore up and brought away together with his son Indrajit.
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VrP 216.21
न शशाक यदा रक्षस्तदुत्पाटयितुं बलात् ।। वज्रकल्पं समुत्सृज्य तदा लंकां विनिर्ययौ
na śaśāka yadā rakṣastadutpāṭayituṃ balāt || vajrakalpaṃ samutsṛjya tadā laṃkāṃ viniryayau
When the Rākṣasa was unable to tear it up by force, then, abandoning that thunderbolt-like (peak), he went off to Laṅkā.
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VrP 216.22
स तु दक्षिणगोकर्णो विज्ञेयस्ते महामते ।। स्वयं प्रतिष्ठितस्तत्र स्वयं भूतपतिः शिवः
sa tu dakṣiṇagokarṇo vijñeyaste mahāmate || svayaṃ pratiṣṭhitastatra svayaṃ bhūtapatiḥ śivaḥ
But that, O you of great mind, is to be known by you as the southern Gokarṇa; there Śiva, the lord of beings, is established of his own accord.
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VrP 216.23
एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं मया विस्तरतो मुने ।। यथावदुत्तरस्तस्य गोकर्णस्य महात्मनः
etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ mayā vistarato mune || yathāvaduttarastasya gokarṇasya mahātmanaḥ
All this has been told to you by me at length, O sage, just as it is: of that great-souled Gokarṇa, the northern one,
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VrP 216.24
दक्षिणस्य च विप्रर्षे तथा शृंगेश्वरस्य च।। शैलेश्वरस्य च विभो स्थित्युत्पत्तिर्यथाक्रमम्
dakṣiṇasya ca viprarṣe tathā śṛṃgeśvarasya ca|| śaileśvarasya ca vibho sthityutpattiryathākramam
and of the southern one, O sage among brahmins, and likewise of Śṛṅgeśvara, and of Śaileśvara, O mighty one—their establishment and origin in due order.
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VrP 216.25
व्युष्टिः क्षेत्रस्य महती तीर्थानां च समुद्भवः ।। प्रोक्तं सर्वं मया वत्स किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
vyuṣṭiḥ kṣetrasya mahatī tīrthānāṃ ca samudbhavaḥ || proktaṃ sarvaṃ mayā vatsa kimanyacchrotumicchasi
The great reward of the holy field, and the arising of the sacred fords—all has been declared by me, my child. What else do you wish to hear?
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VrP 216.216
ततः सुरासुरगुरुर्देवं भूतमहेश्वरम् ।। तपसोऽग्रेण संसेव्य वव्रिरे विविधान्वरान् तद्यावद्रावणः स्थाप्य मुहूर्त्तमुदधेस्तटे ।। सन्ध्यामुपासते तत्र लग्नस्तावदसौ भुवि
tataḥ surāsuragururdevaṃ bhūtamaheśvaram || tapaso'greṇa saṃsevya vavrire vividhānvarān tadyāvadrāvaṇaḥ sthāpya muhūrttamudadhestaṭe || sandhyāmupāsate tatra lagnastāvadasau bhuvi
Then the preceptors of the gods and of the demons, having served the God, the Great Lord of beings, with the foremost of austerities, chose boons of various kinds. Then, for as long as Rāvaṇa, having set (it) down for a moment on the shore of the ocean, worships the twilight there, for that long it stayed fixed to the ground.
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