A wise person, seeking the sacred, should approach this holy place following the prescribed methods, free from desire and anger. Bathing here brings ten times the usual merit—there can be no doubt about this. Charity given in this land yields imperishable rewards, granting the donor great merit. Truly, there is no field of virtue greater than this; none other is known to surpass it. Wherever I, taking the form of a deer, wandered among the gods, every place I touched became sacred ground, entirely holy. This site will be renowned on earth as Gokarṇeśvara. After blessing these lands, I departed unseen by the gods, moving northward. Thus concludes the chapter describing the glory of Jaleśvara in the Bhagavad Gokarṇeśvara Mahatmya of the sacred Varaha Purana. Now begins the account of the greatness of Gokarṇa, Śṛṅgeśvara, and other holy places. When the divine being, in deer form, left Tryambaka, the horn was divided into three parts, each established separately. O Devi, Vajrapāṇi took the tip of the horn and enshrined it. The gods, divine sages, Siddhas, and Brahmarshis all participated, and Viṣṇu himself established the root with the sacred waters of the gods. There, upon that very peak, the Blessed Lord abided in a threefold form. He placed a hundred portions of himself within the deer. By that path and through that form, the Blessed, All-pervading One departed. The division at this lord of mountains is remembered as a hundredfold. Then, the preceptor of gods and demons worshipped the great Lord of beings. Gods, demons, Gandharvas, Siddhas, Yakṣas, and great serpents undertook pilgrimage and circumambulated the sacred site. Afterward, they returned to their own places. Paulastya, known as Rāvaṇa, along with his brothers, the Rākṣasas, served the imperishable Lord of Gokarṇa with utmost devotion. Rāvaṇa then sought a boon: victory over the three worlds. Having received his wish from the Supreme Lord, Daśagrīva conquered the three worlds and Indra, lord of the gods. The summit, once carried away and set down by the wielder of the thunderbolt, remained on the shore of the ocean as long as Rāvaṇa placed it there. When he could not uproot it again by force, that southern Gokarna, O wise one, became established as such. All this, O sage, has been explained to you in detail. The extent of the southern region, O best of Brahmins, and likewise of Shringeśvara—the great expanse of the land and the origin of these sacred places—has been recounted. Thus ends the chapter on the greatness of Gokarna, Shringeśvara, and others in the glorious Varaha Purana. Now begins the description of the merit gained from hearing the dialogue between the Earth and Varaha. Everything has been told exactly as it was by the supreme Lord. The divine, all-pervading form of the Lord—Sthanu, whose power is unmatched—how his body and horn were established in the holy land, has been recounted. Tell me the rest in truth, O greatly fortunate one, Lord of the world. Pulastya will relate whatever remains. The certain results of all these sacred places await.