Varaha Purana

पूर्ववच्चार्च्चयित्वा तां कृत्वा दीपार्च्चनादिकम्

Having worshipped her as before, performing lamp offerings and the like,

त्रिः प्रदक्षिणमावृत्त्य दंडवत्प्रणमेच्च ताम्

He should circumambulate her three times and bow down in prostration.

मया दत्तां च गृह्णीष्व प्रसीद त्वं द्विजोत्तम

Please accept this which has been given by me; be gracious, O best of twice-born.

या च लक्ष्मीस्तु गोविन्दे स्वाहा या च विभावसौ

The fortune that is in Govinda, and that which is in fire,

गायत्री ब्रह्मणः प्रोक्ता ज्योत्स्ना चन्द्रे रवेः प्रभा

Gāyatrī, declared as the essence of Brahman; the moonlight in the moon, the radiance in the sun,

तस्मात्सर्वमयी देवी धान्यरूपेण संस्थिता

Therefore, the goddess who is the essence of all, abides in the form of grain.

दत्त्वा प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा तं क्षमाप्य द्विजोत्तमम्

Having given (the cow), circumambulating, and seeking forgiveness from the best of twice-born,

तावत्पुण्यं समधिकं व्रीहिधेनोश्च तत्फलम्

So much merit, and even more, is the fruit of gifting a rice-cow.

इहलोके च सौभाग्यमायुरारोग्यवर्द्धनम्

In this world, there is increase of good fortune, lifespan, and health.

स्तूयमानोऽप्सरोभिश्च स याति शिवमन्दिरम् 110.

Praised by the celestial nymphs, he goes to the temple of Shiva.

ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो जम्बूद्वीपपतिर्भवेत्

Then, having fallen from heaven, he becomes the lord of Jambudvīpa.

सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा रुद्रलोके महीयते

With a mind purified from all sins, he is honored in the realm of Rudra.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे श्वेतविनीताश्वोपाख्याने धान्यधेनुदानमाहात्म्यं नाम दशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the one hundred and tenth chapter, entitled 'The Greatness of Giving Grain and Cows,' in the Śvetavinītāśva narrative of the glorious Varāha Purāṇa.

अथ कपिलाधेनुदानमाहात्म्यम् अथातः सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि कपिलां धेनुमुत्तमाम्

Now, the greatness of giving a tawny cow: Therefore, I shall now explain the excellent tawny cow.

पूर्वोक्तेन विधानेन दद्याद्धेनुं सवत्सकाम्

One should give a cow with her calf, according to the procedure previously described.

कपिलायाः शिरो ग्रीवा सर्वतीर्थानि भामिनि

O beautiful one, the head and neck of the tawny cow are all the sacred fords.

प्रातरुत्थाय यो मर्त्यः कपिलागलमस्तकात्

Whoever, rising in the morning, touches the throat and head of the tawny cow—

स तेन पुण्यतोयेन तत्क्षणाद्दग्धकिल्बिषः

By that meritorious contact, at that very moment, his sins are burned away.

कल्यमुत्थाय यो मर्त्यः कुर्यात्तासां प्रदक्षिणम्

Whoever, rising early, makes a circumambulation of them—

प्रदक्षिणेन चैकेन श्रद्धायुक्तेन तत्क्षणात्

By even one circumambulation, performed with faith, at that very moment—

कपिलायास्तु मूत्रेण स्नायाच्चैव शुचिव्रतः। स गङ्गादिषु तीर्थेषु स्नातो भवति मानवः

If a pure-minded person bathes with the urine of the tawny cow, he is as if bathed in the sacred rivers like the Ganges.

तेन स्नानेन चैकेन भावयुक्तेन वै नरः

By even one such bath, performed with devotion, a man—

गोसहस्रं च यो दद्यादेकां वा कपिलां नरः 111.

Whoever gives a thousand cows, or even one tawny cow—

गवामस्थि ततोऽप्येतन्मृतगन्धेन दूषयेत्

If he pollutes it with the smell of death from the bone of a cow—

गवां कण्डूयनं श्रेष्ठं तथा च परिपालनम्

The best service to cows is scratching them, as well as protecting them.

तृणादिकानि यो दद्यात्क्षुधितेन गवाह्निकम्

Whoever gives grass and such things daily to a hungry cow—

विमानैर्विविधैर्दिव्यैः कन्याभिरभितोऽर्पितैः

With various divine aerial chariots, surrounded by maidens offered to him—

सुवर्णकपिला पूर्वं द्वितीया गौरपिङ्गला

First is the golden-brown Kapilā, second is the fair and tawny one.

पंचमी बहुवर्णा स्यात्षष्ठी च श्वेतपिङ्गला

The fifth is multicolored, and the sixth is white and tawny.