Garuda Purana

आराधयिष्यन्ति च मां क्व एते तेषां दयां कुत्र वाहं करिष्ये । एवं हरिश्चिन्तयित्वा सुकन्ये वैकुण्ठलोकादचलं शेष संज्ञम् । वीन्द्रस्कन्धे स्थापयित्वा स्वयं च समागतोभूद्भूतलं भूतलेशः ॥ ३,२६.

Where will those who worship me be found? Where will I show them compassion? Thus Hari pondered, and then, O Sukanya, from Vaikuntha, he placed the immovable Shesha on Indra's shoulder, and himself descended to earth as the lord of the earth.

सुवर्णमुखरीतीरमारभ्य गरुडध्वजः । श्रीकृष्णवेणीपर्यन्तं स्थापयामास तं गिरिम् ॥ ३,२६.

Beginning from the bank of Suvarṇamukharī, the bearer of Garuda's banner, up to the end of Śrīkṛṣṇaveṇī, established that mountain.

गिरेः पुच्छे तु श्रीशैलं मध्यमेऽहोबलं स्मृतम् । मुखं च श्रीनिवासस्य क्षेत्रं च समुदाहृतम् ॥ ३,२६.

At the tail of the mountain is Śrīśaila; in the middle is known Ahobala; and the face is the field of Śrīnivāsa, so it is declared.

अल्पेन तपसाभीष्टं सिध्यत्यस्मिन्नहोबले । गङ्गादिसर्वतीर्थानि पुण्यानि ह्यत्र संति वै ॥ ३,२६.

With little austerity, one's desired goal is attained in Ahobala. All holy places, including the Ganges, are indeed present here.

य एनं सेवते नित्यं श्रद्धाभक्तिसमन्वितः । ज्ञानार्थी ज्ञानमाप्नोति द्रव्यार्थी द्रव्यमाप्नुयात् ॥ ३,२६.

Whoever serves this place daily, endowed with faith and devotion, seeking knowledge attains knowledge, seeking wealth attains wealth.

पुत्रार्थी पुत्रमाप्नोति नृपो राज्यं च विन्दति । यंयं कामयते मर्त्यस्तन्तमाप्नोति सर्वथा ॥ ३,२६.

One desiring a son attains a son; a king attains a kingdom. Whatever a mortal desires, he attains it in every way.

चिन्तितं साध्यते यस्मात्तस्माच्चिन्तामणिं विदुः । पुष्करिण्याश्च बाहुल्याद्गिरावस्मिन्सरः सु च । पुष्कराद्रिरिति प्राहुरेवं तत्त्वार्थवेदिनः ॥ ३,२६.

Because whatever is thought of is accomplished, they call it the wish-fulfilling jewel. Due to the abundance of lakes, there is a lake here in the mountain, and those who know the truth call it Puṣkara mountain.

शातकुंभस्वरूपत्वात्कनकाद्रिं च तं विदुः । वैकुण्ठादागतेनैव वैकुण्ठाद्रिरिति स्मृतः ॥ ३,२६.

Because it is in the form of a golden vessel, they know it as Kanakādri. Since it came from Vaikuntha, it is remembered as Vaikuntha mountain.

अमृतैश्वर्यसंयुक्तो व्यङ्कटाद्रिरिति स्मृतः । व्यङ्कटेशस्य शैलस्य माहात्म्यं यावदस्ति हि ॥ ३,२६.

Endowed with nectar and prosperity, it is remembered as Vyaṅkaṭādri. As long as the greatness of Vyaṅkaṭeśa's mountain exists, so long does its glory endure.

तावद्वक्तुं समग्रेण न समर्थश्चतुर्मुखः । व्यङ्कटाद्रौ परां भक्तिं ये कुर्वन्ति दिनेदिने । पङ्गर्जङ्घाल एव स्यादचक्षुः पद्मलोचनः ॥ ३,२६.

Even the four-faced one is not able to describe it fully. Those who perform supreme devotion daily on Vyaṅkaṭādri, their legs become like those of a lotus, and their eyes like those of a lotus-eyed one.

मूको वाग्मी भवेदेव बधिरः श्रावको भवेत् । वन्ध्या स्याद्बहुपुत्रा च निर्धनः सधनो भवेत् ॥ ३,२६.

The mute becomes eloquent, the deaf becomes a hearer; the barren woman becomes mother of many children, and the poor becomes wealthy.

एतत्सर्वं गिरौ भक्तिमात्रेणैव भवेद्ध्रुवम् । तत्त्वतो व्यङ्कटाद्रेस्तु स्वरूपं वेत्ति को भुवि ॥ ३,२६.

All this is certainly attained on the mountain by devotion alone; but who on earth truly knows the real nature of Vyaṅkaṭādri?

यस्मादस्य गिरेः पुण्यं माहात्म्यं वेत्ति यः पुमान् । मायावी परमानन्दं त्यक्त्वा वैकुण्ठमुत्तमम् । स्वामिपुष्करिणीतीरे रमया सहमोदते ॥ ३,२६.

Whoever knows the sacred greatness of this mountain, leaving behind even the illusory supreme bliss and the highest Vaikuṇṭha, rejoices with Lakṣmī on the bank of Svāmipuṣkariṇī.

कल्याणाद्भुतगात्राय कामितार्थप्दायिने । श्रीमद्व्यङ्कटनाथाय श्रीनिवासाय ते नमः ॥ ३,२६.

Salutations to you, Śrīnivāsa, the illustrious Lord of Vyaṅkaṭa, whose form is auspicious and wondrous, who grants the desired objects.

श्रीस्वामिपुष्करिण्याश्च माहात्म्यं शृणु कन्यके । स्वामिपुष्करिणीमध्ये श्रीनिवासोस्ति सर्वदा ॥ ३,२६.

O maiden, listen to the greatness of Śrīsvāmipuṣkariṇī; in the midst of Svāmipuṣkariṇī, Śrīnivāsa is always present.

स्नानं कुर्वन्ति ये तत्र तेषां मुक्तिः करे स्थिता । तिस्रः कोट्योर्धकोटिश्च तीर्थानि भुवनत्रये । तानि सर्वाणि तत्रैव संति तीर्थे हरेः सदा ॥ ३,२६.

Those who bathe there have liberation in their grasp; three crore and ten crore sacred waters of the three worlds are all always present at that holy place of Hari.

तत्तीर्थं श्रीनिवासाख्यं सर्वदेवनमस्कृतम् । तदेव श्रीनिवासस्य मन्दिरं परिकीर्तितम् ॥ ३,२६.

That holy place, known as Śrīnivāsa, is worshipped by all the gods; it is declared to be the very temple of Śrīnivāsa.

तद्दर्शनादेव कन्ये यान्ति पापानि भस्मसात् । एकैकस्नानमात्रेण सत्संगो भवति ध्रुवम् ॥ ३,२६.

O maiden, by merely seeing that place, sins are reduced to ashes; with even a single bath, one surely attains the company of the virtuous.

सत्संगाज्ज्ञानमासाद्य ज्ञानान्मोक्षं च विन्दति । अधिकारिणां भवेदेवं विपरीतमयोगिनाम् ॥ ३,२६.

From the company of the virtuous, knowledge arises; from knowledge, liberation is attained; so it is for those who are qualified, but the opposite for the unfit.

तीर्थानां स्नानमात्रेण मोक्षं यान्तीति ये विदुः । ते सर्वे असुरा ज्ञेयास्ते यान्ति ह्यधमां गतिम् ॥ ३,२६.

Those who think that liberation is attained merely by bathing in holy waters—all such are to be known as demons; they go to a degraded state.

श्रीनिवासस्य तीर्थेस्मिन्वायुकोणे च कन्यके । आस्ते वायुः सदा विष्णोः पूजां कर्तुमनुत्तमाम् ॥ ३,२६.

O maiden, in this holy place of Śrīnivāsa, at the corner of the wind, Vāyu always remains, performing the supreme worship of Viṣṇu.

वायुतीर्थं च तत्प्रोक्तं हस्तद्वादशकान्तरम् । हस्तषट्कप्रमाणं च पश्चिमे समुदाहृतम् । उत्तरे हस्तषट्कं तु वायुतीर्थमुदाहृतम् ॥ ३,२६.

That is called Vāyutīrtha, at a distance of twelve hand-lengths; in the west, it is measured as six hand-lengths, and in the north, six hand-lengths is known as Vāyutīrtha.

ये वेष्णवा वैष्णवदासवर्याः स्नानं सुर्युस्तत्र पूर्वं सुकन्ये । मध्वान्तस्थाः श्रीनिवासस्तु नित्यमत्र स्नानात्प्रीयतां मे दयालुः ॥ ३,२६.

Those who are foremost among Vaiṣṇavas and their servants, O good maiden, first bathe there; Śrīnivāsa always dwells in the midst, may the compassionate one be pleased with my bath here.

ये मध्वतीर्थे स्नातुमिच्छन्ति देवि रुद्रादयो वायुभक्ता महान्तः । सदा स्नानं तत्र कुर्वन्ति देवि प्रातः काले चोदयात्पूर्वमेव ॥ ३,२६.

O goddess, those great ones devoted to Vāyu, such as Rudra and others, always bathe there at Madhvatīrtha, wishing to bathe, and do so every morning before sunrise.

ये वायुतीर्थे विसृजन्ति देहजं मलं मूत्रं वमनं श्लेष्मकं च । येऽपानशुद्धिं लिङ्गशुद्धिं च कन्ये कुर्वन्ति ते ह्यसुरा राक्षसाश्च ॥ ३,२६.

Those who discharge bodily impurities—urine, vomit, phlegm—at Vāyutīrtha, and those who perform purification of the lower and generative organs there, O maiden, are indeed demons and rākṣasas.

शृण्वन्ति ये भागवतं पुराणं किं वर्णये तस्य पुण्यं तु देवि । ये कृष्णमन्त्रं तु जपन्ति देवि ह्यष्टा क्षरं मन्त्रवरं सुगोप्यम् ॥ ३,२६.

O goddess, what need is there to describe the merit of those who listen to the Bhāgavata Purāṇa? Those who recite the eight-syllabled secret mantra of Kṛṣṇa, O goddess—

तेषां हरिः प्रीयते केशवोलं मध्वान्तस्थो नात्र विचार्यमस्ति । एवं दानं तत्र कुर्वन्ति ये वै द्विजाग्र्याणां वैष्णवानां विदां च ॥ ३,२६.

For them, Hari, Keśava, who dwells in the midst, is pleased—there is no doubt of this; likewise, those who give gifts there to the best of twice-born Vaiṣṇavas and the learned.

तेषां पुण्यं नैव जानन्ति देवा जानात्येवं श्रीनिवासो हरिस्तु । शालग्रामं वायुतीर्थे ददन्ते तेषां पुण्यं वेत्ति स व्यङ्कटेशः ॥ ३,२६.

Even the gods do not know the merit of such people; only Śrīnivāsa Hari knows. Those who offer a Śālagrāma at Vāyutīrtha—the Lord of Vyaṅkaṭa knows their merit.

सुदुर्लभो वायुतीर्थेऽभिषेको निष्कामबुद्ध्या वैष्णवानां च देवि । तत्रापि तीर्थे लभ्यते भाग्ययोगाद्भागवतस्य श्रवणं विष्णुदासैः ॥ ३,२६.

O goddess, the anointing at Vāyutīrtha with desireless mind is extremely rare for Vaiṣṇavas; even there, by the conjunction of fortune, the hearing of the Bhāgavata by the servants of Viṣṇu is attained.