Varaha Purana — Chapter 217
VrP 217.1
; अथ धरणीवराहसंवादफलश्रुतिवर्णनम् ।। सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। उक्तं भगवता सर्वं यथावत्परमेष्ठिना ।। पृष्टेन संशयं सम्यक्परं कृत्वार्थनिश्चयम्
; atha dharaṇīvarāhasaṃvādaphalaśrutivarṇanam || sanatkumāra uvāca || uktaṃ bhagavatā sarvaṃ yathāvatparameṣṭhinā || pṛṣṭena saṃśayaṃ samyakparaṃ kṛtvārthaniścayam
Now, the description of the fruit of hearing the dialogue of the Earth and the Boar. Sanatkumāra said: All has been told just as it is by the Blessed One, the highest lord, who, being questioned, thoroughly resolved the doubt and (gave) certainty about the matter.
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VrP 217.2
भगवद्विश्वरूपस्य स्थाणोरप्रतिमौजसः ।। क्रीडतो लोकनाथस्य कानने मृगरूपिणः
bhagavadviśvarūpasya sthāṇorapratimaujasaḥ || krīḍato lokanāthasya kānane mṛgarūpiṇaḥ
Of the Blessed One of universal form, the Immovable, of unequalled might, the Lord of the worlds, playing in the forest in the form of a deer—
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VrP 217.3
यथा शरीरं शृङ्गं च पुण्यक्षेत्रे प्रतिष्ठितम् ।। हिताय जगतस्तत्र तीर्थानि च यथाभवन्
yathā śarīraṃ śṛṅgaṃ ca puṇyakṣetre pratiṣṭhitam || hitāya jagatastatra tīrthāni ca yathābhavan
how his body and the horn were established in the holy field, for the welfare of the world, and how the sacred fords came to be there:
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VrP 217.4
तन्मे ब्रूहि महाभाग यथातत्त्वं जगत्पते ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। पुलस्त्यो वक्ष्यते शेषं यदतोऽन्यन्महामुने
tanme brūhi mahābhāga yathātattvaṃ jagatpate || brahmovāca || pulastyo vakṣyate śeṣaṃ yadato'nyanmahāmune
tell me that as it truly is, O greatly fortunate one, O lord of the world. Brahmā said: Pulastya will tell the rest, whatever else there is beyond this, O great sage—
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VrP 217.5
सर्वेषामेव तीर्थानामेषां फलविनिश्चयम् ।। कुरु राज्यं पुरस्कृत्य मुनीनां पुरतो वने
sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāmeṣāṃ phalaviniścayam || kuru rājyaṃ puraskṛtya munīnāṃ purato vane
(This is) the determination of the fruit of all these sacred fords. Perform (it) in the forest before the sages, putting the kingdom first.
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VrP 217.6
पुत्रो मे मत्समः सम्यग्वेदवेदांगतत्त्ववित् ।। यच्छ्रुत्वा पुरुषस्तात विमुक्तः सर्वकिल्बिषैः
putro me matsamaḥ samyagvedavedāṃgatattvavit || yacchrutvā puruṣastāta vimuktaḥ sarvakilbiṣaiḥ
My son is equal to me, fully knowing the truth of the Vedas and their auxiliary sciences; hearing which, dear one, a man is freed from all sins.
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VrP 217.7
यशस्वी कीर्त्तिमान्भूत्वा वन्द्यते प्रेत्य चेह च ।। श्रोतव्यमेतत्सततं चातुर्वर्ण्यैः सुसंयुतैः
yaśasvī kīrttimānbhūtvā vandyate pretya ceha ca || śrotavyametatsatataṃ cāturvarṇyaiḥ susaṃyutaiḥ
Having become renowned and famous, he is honoured both after death and here. This should always be heard by (members of) the four classes who are well disposed.
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VrP 217.8
मंगल्यं च शिवं चैव धर्मकामार्थसाधकम् ।। श्रीभूतिजननं पुण्यमायुष्यं विजयावहम्
maṃgalyaṃ ca śivaṃ caiva dharmakāmārthasādhakam || śrībhūtijananaṃ puṇyamāyuṣyaṃ vijayāvaham
(It is) auspicious and benign, accomplishing dharma, pleasure and wealth, generating prosperity and well-being, meritorious, life-giving, bringing victory,
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VrP 217.9
धन्यं यशस्यं पापघ्नं स्वस्तिकृच्छान्तिकारकम् ।। श्रुत्वैवं पुरुषः सम्यङ्न दुर्गतिमवाप्नुयात्
dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ pāpaghnaṃ svastikṛcchāntikārakam || śrutvaivaṃ puruṣaḥ samyaṅna durgatimavāpnuyāt
bestowing wealth, conferring fame, destroying sin, working welfare, bringing about peace. Having heard it thus properly, a man would not come to an evil state.
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VrP 217.11
सनत्कुमारं सन्दिश्य विरराम महायशाः ।। एतद्वः कथितं सर्वं मया तत्त्वेन सत्तमाः
sanatkumāraṃ sandiśya virarāma mahāyaśāḥ || etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ mayā tattvena sattamāḥ
Having instructed Sanatkumāra, the greatly famed one fell silent. All this has been recounted to you by me as it truly is, O best of the good.
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VrP 217.12
वराहभूमिसंवादं सारमुद्धृत्य सत्तमाः ।। यश्चैव कीर्त्तयेन्नित्यं शृणुयाद्वापि भक्तितः
varāhabhūmisaṃvādaṃ sāramuddhṛtya sattamāḥ || yaścaiva kīrttayennityaṃ śṛṇuyādvāpi bhaktitaḥ
Having drawn out the essence of the conversation of the Boar and the Earth, O best of the good — and whoever should constantly recite it, or hear it with devotion,
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VrP 217.13
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः स याति परमां गतिम् ।। प्रभासे नैमिषारण्ये गंगाद्वारेऽथ पुष्करे
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim || prabhāse naimiṣāraṇye gaṃgādvāre'tha puṣkare
he, released from all sins, goes to the highest state. At Prabhāsa, in the Naimiṣa forest, at the gate of the Gaṅgā, and at Puṣkara,
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VrP 217.14
प्रयागे ब्रह्मतीर्थे च तीर्थे चामरकण्टके ।। यत्पुण्यफलमाप्नोति तत्कोटिगुणितं भवेत्
prayāge brahmatīrthe ca tīrthe cāmarakaṇṭake || yatpuṇyaphalamāpnoti tatkoṭiguṇitaṃ bhavet
at Prayāga, at Brahmatīrtha, and at the tīrtha Amarakaṇṭaka — whatever fruit of merit one obtains (there), that becomes multiplied ten million times.
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VrP 217.15
कपिलां द्विजमुख्याय सम्यग्दत्त्वा तु यत्फलम् ।। प्राप्नोति सकलं श्रुत्वा चाध्यायं तु न संशयः
kapilāṃ dvijamukhyāya samyagdattvā tu yatphalam || prāpnoti sakalaṃ śrutvā cādhyāyaṃ tu na saṃśayaḥ
And whatever fruit (one gains) by properly giving a tawny cow to a foremost brahmin, all of that one obtains by hearing (even) a single chapter — there is no doubt.
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VrP 217.16
श्रुत्वाऽस्यैव दशाध्यायं शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः ।। अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्यां फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः
śrutvā'syaiva daśādhyāyaṃ śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ || agniṣṭomātirātrābhyāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ
Having heard ten chapters of this very (work), being pure and concentrated, a man obtains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma and the Atirātra (sacrifices).
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VrP 217.17
यः पुनः सततं शृण्वन्नैरन्तर्येण बुद्धिमान् ।। पारयेत्परया भक्त्या तस्यापि शृणु यत्फलम्
yaḥ punaḥ satataṃ śṛṇvannairantaryeṇa buddhimān || pārayetparayā bhaktyā tasyāpi śṛṇu yatphalam
But the wise man who, hearing it constantly and without interruption, should recite it to the end with supreme devotion — hear what fruit is his also.
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VrP 217.18
सर्वयज्ञेषु यत्पुण्यं सर्वदानेषु यत्फलम् ।। सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकेन यत्फलं मुनिभिः स्मृतम्
sarvayajñeṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvadāneṣu yatphalam || sarvatīrthābhiṣekena yatphalaṃ munibhiḥ smṛtam
Whatever merit (there is) in all sacrifices, whatever fruit in all gifts, whatever fruit is declared by the sages to come from bathing at all the tīrthas —
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VrP 217.19
तत्प्राप्नोति न सन्देहो वराहवचनं यथा ।। यदेतत्पारयेद्भक्त्या मम माहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
tatprāpnoti na sandeho varāhavacanaṃ yathā || yadetatpārayedbhaktyā mama māhātmyamuttamam
that he obtains; there is no doubt, according to the word of the Boar. Whoever should recite to the end this excellent glorification of mine with devotion,
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VrP 217.21
तस्य नारायणो देवः सन्तुष्टः स्याद्धि सर्वदा ।। यश्चैतच्छृणुयाद्भक्त्या नैरन्तर्येण मानवः
tasya nārāyaṇo devaḥ santuṣṭaḥ syāddhi sarvadā || yaścaitacchṛṇuyādbhaktyā nairantaryeṇa mānavaḥ
with him the god Nārāyaṇa would indeed be pleased always. And the man who should hear this with devotion, without interruption —
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VrP 217.22
श्रुत्वा तु पूजयेच्छास्त्रं यथा विष्णुं सनातनम् ।। गन्धपुष्पैस्तथा वस्त्रैर्ब्राह्मणानां च तर्पणैः
śrutvā tu pūjayecchāstraṃ yathā viṣṇuṃ sanātanam || gandhapuṣpaistathā vastrairbrāhmaṇānāṃ ca tarpaṇaiḥ
having heard it, one should worship the text as one worships the eternal Viṣṇu, with perfumes, flowers and garments, and with the gratifying of brahmins;
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VrP 217.23
यथाशक्ति नृपो ग्रामैः पूजयेच्च वसुन्धरे।। श्रुत्वा तु पूजयेद्यः पौराणिकं नियतः शुचिः
yathāśakti nṛpo grāmaiḥ pūjayecca vasundhare|| śrutvā tu pūjayedyaḥ paurāṇikaṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ
and a king should worship (it) with villages according to his ability, O Earth. He who, having heard it, worships the reciter of the Purāṇa, restrained and pure,
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VrP 217.217
कीर्तयित्वा व्रजेत्स्वर्गं कल्यमुत्थाय मानवः ।। सूत उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्देवः परमेष्ठी प्रजापतिः अपुत्रस्य भवेत्पुत्रः सपौत्रस्य सुपौत्रकः ।। यस्येदं लिखितं गेहे तिष्ठेत्संपूज्यते सदा सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुसायुज्यमाप्नुयात् २४।।ॐ।।
kīrtayitvā vrajetsvargaṃ kalyamutthāya mānavaḥ || sūta uvāca || ityuktvā bhagavāndevaḥ parameṣṭhī prajāpatiḥ aputrasya bhavetputraḥ sapautrasya supautrakaḥ || yasyedaṃ likhitaṃ gehe tiṣṭhetsaṃpūjyate sadā sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇusāyujyamāpnuyāt 24||oṃ||
and having recited (it), rising at dawn, that man goes to heaven. Sūta said: Having spoken thus, the lord god, Parameṣṭhin, the Lord of creatures... The sonless would get a son, and one with a grandson a good grandson; he in whose house this stands written and is always worshipped, freed from all sins, would attain union with Viṣṇu. 24. Om.
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