Varaha Purana

ब्रह्मा स्वसूनवे प्रादात्पुलस्त्याय महात्मने

Brahma gave it to his own son, Pulastya, the great-souled.

असावपि स्वशिष्याय प्रादादुग्राय धारिणि 112.

He too gave it to his disciple, Ugra, the steadfast.

सम्बन्धः पूर्वकल्पीयो द्वितीयं शृणु साम्प्रतम्

The connection is from a previous cycle; now hear the second.

त्वत्तश्च तपसा सिद्धा वेत्स्यन्ते कपिलादयः

Through your asceticism, Kapila and others will attain perfection and knowledge.

तस्यापि शिष्यो भविता नाम्ना वै रोमहर्षणिः

His disciple will be Romaharshana by name.

अष्टादश पुराणानि वेद द्वैपायनो गुरुः

The teacher Dvaipayana divided the eighteen Purāṇas and the Veda.

तथान्यं नारदीयं च मार्कण्डेयं च सप्तमम्

Likewise, the Nārada Purāṇa and the seventh, the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.

दशमं ब्रह्मवैवर्त्त लैङ्गमेकादशं स्मृतम्

The tenth is Brahmavaivarta; the eleventh is known as the Linga Purāṇa.

चतुर्दशं वामनकं कौर्मं पंचदशं स्मृतम्

The fourteenth is the Vāmana Purāṇa; the fifteenth is known as the Kurma Purāṇa.

य एतत्पाठयेद्भक्त्या कार्तिक्यां द्वादशीदिने

Whoever recites this with devotion on the twelfth day of Kartika,

यस्येदं तिष्ठते गेहे लिखितं पूज्यते सदा

In whose house this is kept written and always honored,

यश्चैतच्छृणुयाद्भक्त्या नैरन्तर्येण मानवः 112.

And whoever hears this with uninterrupted devotion,

श्रुत्वा तु पूजयेच्छास्त्रं तथा विष्णुं सनातनम्

Having heard, one should worship the scripture and likewise eternal Vishnu.

यथाशक्त्या नृपो ग्रामैः पूजयेद्वत्सकं धरे

According to his ability, the king should worship the calf with the villages.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे श्वेतविनीताश्वोपाख्याने उभयतोमुखीगोदान हेमकुम्भदान पुराणप्रशंसनंनाम द्वादशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus, in the glorious Varaha Purāṇa, in the tale of Śveta and Vinītāśva, the chapter named 'Praise of Purāṇa, Gift of Cow from Both Sides, Gift of Golden Pot' is the one hundred and twelfth.

अथ भगवत्स्तुतिः

Now begins the praise of the Blessed Lord.

नमस्तस्मै वराहाय लीलयोद्धरते महीम्

Salutations to that Varaha, who playfully raised up the earth.

दंष्ट्राग्रेणोद्धृता गोरुदधिपरिवृता पर्वतैर्निम्नगाभिर्भक्तानां भीतिहानौ सुरनरकदशास्यान्तकः क्रोडरूपी

With the tip of his tusk, surrounded by mountains and rivers, he lifted up the earth, encircled by serpents; for the sake of removing the fear of his devotees, the boar-formed one, destroyer of the ten-headed demon, did this.

यस्मिन्काले क्षितिः पूर्वकल्पे वाराह मूर्तिना

At that time, in the previous cycle, the earth was rescued by the Boar incarnation.

धरण्युवाच न बाहुश्चेष्टते मूर्तिर्मादृशीं गां च केशव

The Earth said: O Keśava, no other form or arm is able to support someone like me, the earth.

स तेन सान्त्वितायां वै पृथिव्यां यः समागतः

When the earth had thus been comforted by him, he who had come there—

स्वस्ति वाच्याह पुण्याग्रे प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम् यं दृष्ट्वा वर्द्धसे देवि त्वं च यस्यासि माधवि

He spoke words of blessing at the sacred place, and replied to the earth goddess: 'O Devi, you flourish upon seeing him, and you are his beloved.'

विष्णुना धार्यमाणा च किं त्वया दृष्टमद्भुतम्

While being upheld by Viṣṇu, what wondrous thing did you behold?

ब्रह्मपुत्रवचः श्रुत्वा पृथिवी वाक्यमब्रवीत् यद्गुह्यं स मया पृष्टो यच्च मे सम्प्रभाषितम्

Hearing the words of the son of Brahmā, the earth spoke: 'What was secret, he asked me, and what I replied—'

शृणु तत्त्वेन विप्रेन्द्र गुह्यं धर्मं महौजसम् 113.

Listen, O foremost of Brahmins, to the true and profound secret of dharma, full of great power.

तेन मे कथितं ह्येतत्संसारात्तु विमोक्षणम्

He told me this, indeed, as the means of liberation from the cycle of existence.

उवाच परमं गुह्यं धर्माणां व्याप्तनिश्चयम्

He spoke the supreme secret, the all-pervading certainty of dharmas.

ततो महीवचः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मपुत्रो महातपाः

Then, having heard the words of the earth, the great ascetic son of Brahmā—

तान्सर्वानानयामास यत्र देवी व्यवस्थिता

He brought all of them to the place where the goddess was present.