Varaha Purana — Chapter 98

VrP 98.1

अथ पर्वाध्यायः ।। धरण्युवाच ।। योऽसौ सत्यतपा नाम लुब्धो भूत्वा द्विजो बभौ ।। येनारुणिर्व्याघ्रभयाद्रक्षितो यः स्वशक्तितः

atha parvādhyāyaḥ || dharaṇyuvāca || yo'sau satyatapā nāma lubdho bhūtvā dvijo babhau || yenāruṇirvyāghrabhayādrakṣito yaḥ svaśaktitaḥ

Now the chapter of the joint. The Earth said: That brahmin named Satyatapas, who appeared having become greedy, by whom Āruṇi was protected from the danger of a tiger through his own power,

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VrP 98.2

दुर्वासाः संश्रुतार्थश्च हिमवन्तं नगं ययौ ।। तस्योपरि महच्चित्रं भवतीति त्वयेरितम्

durvāsāḥ saṃśrutārthaśca himavantaṃ nagaṃ yayau || tasyopari mahaccitraṃ bhavatīti tvayeritam

and Durvāsas, who, having heard the matter, went to the mountain Himavat — you said that a great marvel takes place upon it.

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VrP 98.3

कीदृशं तन्ममाचक्ष्व महत्कौतूहलं विभो ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। स हि सत्यतपा पूर्वं भृगुवंशोद्भवो द्विजः

kīdṛśaṃ tanmamācakṣva mahatkautūhalaṃ vibho || śrīvarāha uvāca || sa hi satyatapā pūrvaṃ bhṛguvaṃśodbhavo dvijaḥ

Tell me what that was like; (my) curiosity is great, O mighty one. The blessed Boar said: That Satyatapas was formerly a brahmin born in the lineage of Bhṛgu,

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VrP 98.4

दस्युसंसर्गसम्भूतो दस्युवत्समजायत ।। ततः कालेन महता ऋषिसङ्गात्पुनर्द्विजः

dasyusaṃsargasambhūto dasyuvatsamajāyata || tataḥ kālena mahatā ṛṣisaṅgātpunardvijaḥ

(but) arising from association with bandits, he became like a bandit. Then, after a long time, through the company of a seer he again became a brahmin,

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VrP 98.5

बभौ दुर्वाससा सम्यग्बोधितश्च विशेषतः ।। हिमाद्रेरुत्तरे पादे पुष्यभद्रा नदी शुभा

babhau durvāsasā samyagbodhitaśca viśeṣataḥ || himādreruttare pāde puṣyabhadrā nadī śubhā

and, particularly, was thoroughly awakened by Durvāsas. On the northern foot of the snowy mountain there is the auspicious river Puṣyabhadrā.

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VrP 98.6

तस्यास्तीरे शिला दिव्या नाम्ना चित्रशिला धरे ।। न्यग्रोधश्च महांस्तत्र नाम्ना भद्रो महावटः

tasyāstīre śilā divyā nāmnā citraśilā dhare || nyagrodhaśca mahāṃstatra nāmnā bhadro mahāvaṭaḥ

On its bank is a divine rock, called Citraśilā, O Earth; and there is a great banyan there, the great fig tree called Bhadra.

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VrP 98.7

तत्र सत्यतपाः स्थित्वा तपः कुर्वन्महातपाः ।। स कदाचित्कुठारेण चकर्त्त समिधः किल

tatra satyatapāḥ sthitvā tapaḥ kurvanmahātapāḥ || sa kadācitkuṭhāreṇa cakartta samidhaḥ kila

There Satyatapas, of great austerity, remained performing penance; once, with an axe, he was cutting firewood.

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VrP 98.8

चिच्छेद चांगुलीमेकां वामतर्जनिकां मुनिः ।। छिन्नायामंगुलौ तस्य भस्मचूर्णं भवत्किल

ciccheda cāṃgulīmekāṃ vāmatarjanikāṃ muniḥ || chinnāyāmaṃgulau tasya bhasmacūrṇaṃ bhavatkila

And the sage cut through one finger, the index finger of the left hand; and when his finger was cut, there was, it is said, a powder of ash.

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VrP 98.9

न लोहितं न मांसं तु न मज्जा तत्र दृश्यते ।। अंगुली सन्धिता तेन पूर्ववच्चाभवत्कृते

na lohitaṃ na māṃsaṃ tu na majjā tatra dṛśyate || aṃgulī sandhitā tena pūrvavaccābhavatkṛte

No blood, no flesh, nor marrow was seen there; the finger was joined back by him, and when this was done it became as before.

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VrP 98.11

प्रभाते विमले प्राप्तमिन्द्रलोकमिति स्मृतिः ।। अथेन्द्रेण सुराः सर्वे यक्षगन्धर्वकिन्नरैः

prabhāte vimale prāptamindralokamiti smṛtiḥ || athendreṇa surāḥ sarve yakṣagandharvakinnaraiḥ

At clear dawn he reached the world of Indra — so the tradition runs; then by Indra all the gods, together with yakṣas, gandharvas and kinnaras,

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VrP 98.12

पृष्टाः किंचिदिहाश्चर्यमपूर्वं कथ्यतामिति ।। तत्र रुद्रसरस्तीरे यदेतन्मिथुनं शुभम्

pṛṣṭāḥ kiṃcidihāścaryamapūrvaṃ kathyatāmiti || tatra rudrasarastīre yadetanmithunaṃ śubham

were asked: "Let some unprecedented marvel here be told." (One replied:) "That auspicious pair which is there on the shore of Rudra's lake —

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VrP 98.13

स्थितं किन्नरयोस्तच्च वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह।। दृष्टं तु मह दाश्चर्यं पुष्यभद्रातटे शुभे

sthitaṃ kinnarayostacca vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha|| dṛṣṭaṃ tu maha dāścaryaṃ puṣyabhadrātaṭe śubhe

that which belongs to the two kinnaras stationed (there)" — and he spoke this speech: "A great marvel indeed was seen on the fair bank of the Puṣyabhadrā,

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VrP 98.14

यदेतत्सत्यतपसः समवोचत्ततः शुभे ।। दृष्टं किंचिदिहाश्चर्यं दृष्टिस्तु हिमवद्गिरौ

yadetatsatyatapasaḥ samavocattataḥ śubhe || dṛṣṭaṃ kiṃcidihāścaryaṃ dṛṣṭistu himavadgirau

namely this of Satyatapas" — thus he then spoke, O fair one. "Some marvel was seen here, but the sight was on the Himālaya mountain,

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VrP 98.15

पुष्यभद्रानदी तीरे महदाश्चर्यमुत्तमम् ।। यदेतत्सत्यतपसः समवोचस्ततः शुभे

puṣyabhadrānadī tīre mahadāścaryamuttamam || yadetatsatyatapasaḥ samavocastataḥ śubhe

on the bank of the river Puṣyabhadrā, a great and supreme marvel, namely this of Satyatapas" — thus you then spoke, O fair one.

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VrP 98.16

स्रवणं भस्मनश्चैव श्रुतं सर्वं शशंस ह ।। तच्छुत्वा सहसा शक्रो विस्मितो विष्णुमब्रवीत्

sravaṇaṃ bhasmanaścaiva śrutaṃ sarvaṃ śaśaṃsa ha || tacchutvā sahasā śakro vismito viṣṇumabravīt

And he related all that he had heard — the flowing out of ash (from the cut). Hearing that, Śakra, at once amazed, said to Viṣṇu:

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VrP 98.17

आगच्छ विष्णो गच्छामो हिमवत्पार्श्वमुत्तमम् ।। तत्राश्चर्यमपूर्वं मे कथितं किन्नरेण ह

āgaccha viṣṇo gacchāmo himavatpārśvamuttamam || tatrāścaryamapūrvaṃ me kathitaṃ kinnareṇa ha

"Come, Viṣṇu, let us go to the excellent slope of the Himālaya; a marvel unheard of there has been told to me by a kinnara."

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VrP 98.18

एवमुक्तस्ततो विष्णुर्वाराहं रूपमग्रहीत् ।। मृगयुश्च तथैवेन्द्रो जग्मतुस्तमृषिं प्रति

evamuktastato viṣṇurvārāhaṃ rūpamagrahīt || mṛgayuśca tathaivendro jagmatustamṛṣiṃ prati

Addressed thus, Viṣṇu then took on the form of a boar, and Indra likewise (the form of) a hunter, and the two went towards that sage.

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VrP 98.19

विष्णुर्वाराहरूपेण ऋषिदृष्टिपथे स्थितः ।। भूत्वा दृश्योऽप्यदृश्योऽभूत्पुनरेव च दृश्यते

viṣṇurvārāharūpeṇa ṛṣidṛṣṭipathe sthitaḥ || bhūtvā dṛśyo'pyadṛśyo'bhūtpunareva ca dṛśyate

Viṣṇu, in the form of a boar, stood in the path of the sage's sight; having become visible, he became invisible, and again was seen.

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VrP 98.21

भगवन्निह दृष्टस्ते वराहः पृथुलो महान् ।। येन तं हन्मि भृत्यानां पोषणाय महामुने

bhagavanniha dṛṣṭaste varāhaḥ pṛthulo mahān || yena taṃ hanmi bhṛtyānāṃ poṣaṇāya mahāmune

"Reverend one, a large, great boar has been seen here by you — (tell me) by which (path he went), so that I may kill it for the nourishment of my dependents, O great sage."

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VrP 98.22

एवमुक्तो मुनिस्तेन चिन्तयामास तत्क्षणात् ।। यदि तं दर्शयाम्यस्मै वराहं हन्यते तदा

evamukto munistena cintayāmāsa tatkṣaṇāt || yadi taṃ darśayāmyasmai varāhaṃ hanyate tadā

Addressed thus by him, the sage reflected that very instant: "If I show him that boar, then it will be killed;

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VrP 98.23

नो चेत्कुटुंबः क्षुधया सीदत्यस्य न संशयः ।। जायापुत्रसमायुक्तो लुब्धकोऽयं क्षुधा न्वितः

no cetkuṭuṃbaḥ kṣudhayā sīdatyasya na saṃśayaḥ || jāyāputrasamāyukto lubdhako'yaṃ kṣudhā nvitaḥ

but if not, his family suffers from hunger, no doubt of it. This hunter, together with wife and sons, is afflicted with hunger."

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VrP 98.25

नाध्यगच्छत बुद्धिश्च क्षणात्तस्य व्यजायत

nādhyagacchata buddhiśca kṣaṇāttasya vyajāyata

He did not arrive (at a decision); and in an instant an idea arose in him.

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VrP 98.26

दृष्टं चक्षुर्निहितं जङ्गमेषु जिह्वा वक्तुं मृगयौ तद्विसृष्टम् ।। द्रष्टुं चक्षुर्नास्ति जिह्वेह वक्तुं जिह्वायाः स्यात्तत्त्वतोऽस्तीह चक्षुः

dṛṣṭaṃ cakṣurnihitaṃ jaṅgameṣu jihvā vaktuṃ mṛgayau tadvisṛṣṭam || draṣṭuṃ cakṣurnāsti jihveha vaktuṃ jihvāyāḥ syāttattvato'stīha cakṣuḥ

"The eye is set upon moving creatures for seeing; the tongue is released for speaking" — this was what he uttered to the hunter: "The eye has no power to speak, nor the tongue here to see; the tongue would (speak) — in truth the eye is here (only for seeing)."

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VrP 98.27

एवं श्रुत्वा द्वावपि तस्य तुष्टौ इन्द्राविष्णू दर्शयन्तौ स्वमूर्तिम् ।। वाक्यं चेदमूचतुर्ब्रूहि नौ ते तुष्टौ धन्यं वरमेकं वदस्व ।। तच्छ्रुत्वाऽसौ सत्यतपा उवाच १

evaṃ śrutvā dvāvapi tasya tuṣṭau indrāviṣṇū darśayantau svamūrtim || vākyaṃ cedamūcaturbrūhi nau te tuṣṭau dhanyaṃ varamekaṃ vadasva || tacchrutvā'sau satyatapā uvāca 1

Hearing this, both of them were pleased with him; Indra and Viṣṇu, showing their own forms, spoke this speech: "Speak to us; we two are pleased with you — ask one excellent boon." Hearing that, this Satyatapas said:

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VrP 98.28

न चातिरिक्तोऽस्ति वरः पृथिव्यां यद्दृष्टो मे पुरतो देवदेवाः ।। बलं वरेणापि कृतार्थतासीत् तथापीदं ये सदा पर्वकाले

na cātirikto'sti varaḥ pṛthivyāṃ yaddṛṣṭo me purato devadevāḥ || balaṃ vareṇāpi kṛtārthatāsīt tathāpīdaṃ ye sadā parvakāle

"There is no greater boon on earth than that you, gods of gods, have been seen before me. Even by (that) power, fulfilment came about, without a boon; nevertheless (grant) this: those who always at the parvan time..."

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VrP 98.29

सशल्यश्च वराहोऽयं ममाश्रममुपागतः ।। एवं गते तु किं कार्यमथासौ चिन्तयन् प्रभुः विप्रा विप्राश्चार्चयन्तीह भक्त्या तेषां पापं नश्यतां मासमेकम् ।। यत्सञ्चितं त्वेष एको वरोऽस्तु ह्यभीष्टो मे सांप्रतं देहि मह्यम्

saśalyaśca varāho'yaṃ mamāśramamupāgataḥ || evaṃ gate tu kiṃ kāryamathāsau cintayan prabhuḥ viprā viprāścārcayantīha bhaktyā teṣāṃ pāpaṃ naśyatāṃ māsamekam || yatsañcitaṃ tveṣa eko varo'stu hyabhīṣṭo me sāṃprataṃ dehi mahyam

"And this boar, with the arrow in it, has come to my hermitage; things being so, what is to be done?" Then that lord, reflecting: "Those brahmins who here worship brahmins with devotion — let the sin they have accumulated for one month be destroyed: let this be the one boon, the one desired by me; grant it to me now."

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VrP 98.31

अदर्शनं गतौ देवो सोऽपि तत्र व्यवस्थितः ।। लब्ध्वा वरं सत्यतपा ब्रह्मभूतोऽभवद्धृदि

adarśanaṃ gatau devo so'pi tatra vyavasthitaḥ || labdhvā varaṃ satyatapā brahmabhūto'bhavaddhṛdi

The god passed out of sight, and he too remained there; having obtained the boon, Satyatapas became Brahman in his heart.

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VrP 98.32

यावदास्ते शुभे देशे कृतकृत्यो महामुनिः ।। तावत्तस्य गुरुस्तत्र त्वारुणिः समदृश्यत

yāvadāste śubhe deśe kṛtakṛtyo mahāmuniḥ || tāvattasya gurustatra tvāruṇiḥ samadṛśyata

While the great sage, his task accomplished, dwelt in that auspicious place, meanwhile his teacher Āruṇi appeared there.

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VrP 98.33

पृथ्वीं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य तीर्थहेतोर्विचक्षण ।। तेन चासौ महाभक्त्या पूजितो मुनि पुङ्गवः

pṛthvīṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tīrthahetorvicakṣaṇa || tena cāsau mahābhaktyā pūjito muni puṅgavaḥ

The wise one, having circumambulated the earth for the sake of the sacred fords — and that bull among sages was worshipped by him (Satyatapas) with great devotion.

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VrP 98.34

पाद्याचमनगोदानेः कृतासनपरिग्रहः ।। ज्ञात्वा स शिष्यं सिद्धं तु तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषम्

pādyācamanagodāneḥ kṛtāsanaparigrahaḥ || jñātvā sa śiṣyaṃ siddhaṃ tu tapasā dagdhakilbiṣam

With water for the feet, water for rinsing the mouth, and gifts of cows, he was made to accept a seat; and (the teacher), knowing his disciple to be perfected and his sin burnt up by austerity, (said):

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VrP 98.36

इदानीमात्मना सार्द्धं मुक्तिकालो मतोऽस्ति ते ।। उत्तिष्ठ गम्यतां पुत्र मया सार्द्धं परं पदम्

idānīmātmanā sārddhaṃ muktikālo mato'sti te || uttiṣṭha gamyatāṃ putra mayā sārddhaṃ paraṃ padam

"Now, together with myself, the time of your liberation is deemed to have come. Rise, son, let us go, together with me, to the supreme abode,

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VrP 98.37

यद्गत्वा न पुनर्जन्म भवतीति न संशयः ।। एवमुक्त्वा तु तौ सिद्धौ उभौ सत्यतपारुणी

yadgatvā na punarjanma bhavatīti na saṃśayaḥ || evamuktvā tu tau siddhau ubhau satyatapāruṇī

having gone to which there is no rebirth again — of this there is no doubt." Having spoken thus, the two perfected ones, both Satyatapas and Āruṇi,

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VrP 98.38

ध्यात्वा नारायणं देवं तद्देहे तौ लयं गतौ ।। यश्चापि शृणुयात्पादं पर्वाध्यायं सविस्तरम्

dhyātvā nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ taddehe tau layaṃ gatau || yaścāpi śṛṇuyātpādaṃ parvādhyāyaṃ savistaram

meditating on the god Nārāyaṇa, the two went to dissolution in his body. And whoever should hear even a quarter (of this), the whole chapter in full...

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VrP 98.39

उवाच विनयापन्नं प्राञ्जलिं पुरतः स्थितम् ।। आरुणिरुवाच ।। पुत्र सिद्धोऽसि तपसा ब्रह्मभूतोऽसि सुव्रत

uvāca vinayāpannaṃ prāñjaliṃ purataḥ sthitam || āruṇiruvāca || putra siddho'si tapasā brahmabhūto'si suvrata

He spoke to him who had come in humility, standing before him with joined palms. Āruṇi said: "Son, you are perfected by austerity, you have become Brahman, O you of good vows."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VrP 98.98

तस्मिन् भद्रवटे चैकं मिथुनं किन्नरं स्थितम् ।। रात्रौ सुप्तमृषेस्तस्य दृष्ट्वा तन्महदद्भुतम् तावदिन्द्रो धनुष्पाणिस्तीक्ष्णसायकधृग्वने ।। आगत्य सत्यतपतमृषिमेनमुवाच ह मुक्तिं चाहं व्रजामीति द्वितीयोऽस्तु वरो मम।। तथेत्युक्त्वा तु तौ देवौ दत्त्वा तस्य वरं शुभम् श्रावयेद्वापि स नरो गतिमिष्टामवाप्नुयात् ।।

tasmin bhadravaṭe caikaṃ mithunaṃ kinnaraṃ sthitam || rātrau suptamṛṣestasya dṛṣṭvā tanmahadadbhutam tāvadindro dhanuṣpāṇistīkṣṇasāyakadhṛgvane || āgatya satyatapatamṛṣimenamuvāca ha muktiṃ cāhaṃ vrajāmīti dvitīyo'stu varo mama|| tathetyuktvā tu tau devau dattvā tasya varaṃ śubham śrāvayedvāpi sa naro gatimiṣṭāmavāpnuyāt ||

And in that Bhadravaṭa a single kinnara couple was staying; at night, while the sage slept, having seen that great marvel of his — just then Indra, bow in hand, bearing sharp arrows in the forest, having come, spoke thus to this sage Satyatapas — "And that I may go to liberation: let that be my second boon." Saying "So be it," the two gods, having given him the auspicious boon... or if a man should cause it to be heard, he would attain the desired destination.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain