Varaha Purana

पुनरब्दद्वयं भ्रान्तो ब्रह्माण्डं तीर्थकारणात्

Again, for another two years, he wandered through the universe for the sake of the fords.

त्यजतोऽपि न तद्धस्ताच्च्यवते भूतधारिणि

Even as he tried to let it go, O bearer of beings, it would not fall from his hand.

ततोऽन्यद्वर्षमेकं तु वर्त्तते हिमवद्गिरौ

Then, for another year, he remained on the Himālaya mountain.

पुनरब्दद्वयं चान्यत्परमेष्ठी वृषाकपिः

Again, for another two years, the supreme lord Vṛṣākapi wandered.

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य द्वादशेऽब्दे धराधरे

Then, after some time, in the twelfth year, on the mountain,

गङ्गायां देवदेवेशो यावन्मज्जति भामिनि

O beautiful one, as long as the lord of gods bathed in the Gaṅgā,

कपालमोचनं नाम ततस्तीर्थमनुत्तमम् 97.

Then, that ford became known as Kapālamocana, the unsurpassed holy place.

गत्वा हरिहरक्षेत्रं स्नात्वा देवाङ्गदे तथा

Having gone to the sacred place of Hari and Hara, and having bathed there at the divine ford,

तत्र स्नात्वा तथा नत्वा त्रिजलेश्वरसंज्ञितम्

There, after bathing and bowing at the place known as Trijaleśvara,

द्वादशाब्दैर्गतवतः सीमाचारिगणैस्तथा

After twelve years had passed, along with the groups of boundary-guardians,

कपालमोचनं तीर्थं ततो जातमघापहम्

The holy site called Kapālamocana then arose, which removes sin.

रुद्रो विशुद्धिमापन्नो मुक्तः स ब्रह्महत्यया

Rudra attained purity there, freed from the sin of killing a Brahmin.

यत्राप्लुतो नरो भक्त्या ब्रह्महा तु विशुध्यति

Where a man, immersed with devotion, even if a Brahmin-slayer, becomes purified.

आगतो देवसहितो वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह भव रुद्र विशालाक्ष लोकमार्गव्यवस्थित

Having come together with the gods, he spoke these words: 'O Rudra, wide-eyed, established on the path of the world—'

(भव रुद्र विरूपाक्ष लोकमार्गे व्यास्थितः ) कपालं गृह्य यद्भ्रान्तं कपालव्यग्रपाणिना

'O Rudra, with uneven eyes, standing on the path of the world, having wandered with the skull in your hand, fierce with the skull-hand—'

यच्च ते बभ्रुता जाता हिमवत्यचलोत्तमे

'And that which became tawny for you on the highest peak of the Himalaya—'

यच्चेदानीं विशुद्धस्य तीर्थेऽस्मिन्देहशुद्धता 97.

'And now, having become pure at this holy site, bodily purity is attained.'

ये पुरस्कृत्य देवास्त्वां पूज्यं यद्विधिनान्विताः

'Those gods who, having placed you first, worship you according to the prescribed rites—'

व्रतानि कुरुते देव त्वत्कृतानि हि पुत्रक

'The vows they perform, O god, are indeed those you have established, O son.'

यद्व्रतं नग्नकापालं यद्बाभ्रव्यं त्वया कृतम्

'The vow of nakedness and bearing the skull, and the tawny vow you performed—'

मां पुरस्कृत्य देवस्त्वं पूज्यसे यैर्विधानतः

'Having placed me first, O god, you are worshipped by those according to the proper rites.'

कथयस्व महादेव सविधानं समासतः

'Tell us, O great god, the proper procedure in brief.'

देवैर्जयेति संतुष्टः कैलासनिलयं ययौ

Pleased by the gods' victory-cry, he went to his abode on Kailāsa.

देवा अपि ययुः खं च स्वस्थानं ते यथागतम्

The gods too went to the sky and to their own places, just as they had come.

चरितं यच्च देवस्य वित्तं समभवद्भुवि

And whatever deeds of the god there were, became known on earth.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे रुद्रमाहात्म्यं नाम सप्तनवतितमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the ninety-seventh chapter, entitled 'The Greatness of Rudra,' in the glorious Varaha Purana.

अथ पर्वाध्यायः योऽसौ सत्यतपा नाम लुब्धो भूत्वा द्विजो बभौ

Now begins the chapter on the mountain; there was a certain brahmin named Satyatapa, who became greedy.

दुर्वासाः संश्रुतार्थश्च हिमवन्तं नगं ययौ

Durvasa, intent on fulfilling his vow, went to the mountain Himavat.

कीदृशं तन्ममाचक्ष्व महत्कौतूहलं विभो स हि सत्यतपा पूर्वं भृगुवंशोद्भवो द्विजः

Tell me, O illustrious one, what kind of person he was; I am greatly curious, for Satyatapa was formerly a brahmin born in the lineage of Bhrigu.