Varaha Purana

त्वया न तत्कृतं किंचिच्छुभं वाशुभमेव वा 125.

You have not performed any act, whether auspicious or inauspicious.

यत्त्वया दुष्कृतं कर्म व्यभिचारश्च तत्र वै

Whatever wrongful deeds or transgressions you have committed—

भवान्तरे कृतं यच्च येनेदं प्राप्तवान्महत्

And whatever was done by you in a previous existence, by which you have now attained this great state—

मम भक्ता द्विजाः शुद्धा यत्त्वया नाभिवादिताः

The pure twice-born who are my devotees, whom you did not greet—

ये च भागवताः शुद्धास्ते नूनं मम मूर्त्तयः विदितोऽस्मीह विप्रेन्द्र तैरहं नात्र संशयः

And those pure devotees of Bhagavan are truly my embodiments; I am known here, O best of Brahmins, by them—of this there is no doubt.

मम दर्शनकामा ये ते मे भक्ता द्विजास्तथा

Those twice-born who desire to see me, they too are my devotees.

विशेषेण कलौ ब्रह्मन्द्विजरूपो ह्यवस्थितः

Especially in the Kali age, I am present in the form of a Brahmin.

यो मां प्राप्तमिहेच्छेत यस्यावाच्यं न विद्यते

Whoever wishes to attain me here, for him there is nothing unutterable.

गच्छ ब्राह्मण सिद्धोऽसि यदा प्राणान्विमोक्ष्यसि

Go, O Brahmin—you are perfected; when you relinquish your life-breath, you shall attain.

एवमुक्त्वा वरारोहे तत्रैवान्तर्हितोऽभवम् कृत्वा सुदुष्करं कर्म श्वेतद्वीपमुपागतः

Having spoken thus, O fair one, I vanished right there, and after performing a most difficult deed, I reached Śvetadvīpa.

धन्वी तूणी शरी खड्गी मायाबलपराक्रमः 125.

Armed with bow, quiver, arrows, and sword, endowed with the power and prowess of illusion.

मायया किं तव धरे न मायां ज्ञातुमर्हसि

By illusion—what is there for you, O Earth? You are not fit to know my illusion.

एतत्ते कथितं भूमे मायाख्यानं महौजसम्

Thus, O Earth, this account of my illusion, endowed with great power, has been told to you.

आख्यानानां महाख्यानं तपसां च परन्तपः

Among stories, it is the greatest story; among austerities, it is supreme, O scorcher of foes.

नित्यं पठेद्यो भक्तेषु अभक्तेषु न कीर्तयेत्

Whoever recites this always among devotees, but does not proclaim it among non-devotees—

अग्रतः पृच्छता शूद्रमद्भक्तेषु तथाग्रतः

And who, when asked, recites it before my devotees, even if they are Śūdras—

कल्यमुत्थाय यो भूमे पठते च दृढव्रतः

Whoever, rising at dawn, O Earth, recites it with firm resolve—

अथ पूर्णेन कालेन पुमान्पंचत्वमागतः

Then, after the full course of time, the man reached his end.

य एवं शृणुयान्नित्यं महाख्यानं वसुन्धरे

Whoever listens daily to this great narrative, O Earth,

एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे त्वया यत्पूर्वमीप्सितम्

This, O blessed one, is what you previously desired and I have now related to you.

अथ कुब्जाम्रकमाहात्म्यारम्भः श्रुत्वा मायाबलं ह्येतद्धरणी संशितव्रता

Now begins the account of the greatness of Kubjāmraka. Having heard of this power of illusion, the Earth, steadfast in her vows,

धरण्युवाच न तत्राहं विजानामि पूर्वमुक्तं च यत्त्वया

The Earth said: I do not know about that, nor what you have spoken of before.

यच्च कुब्जाम्रके पुण्यं पुष्टिस्तस्य सनातनी

And what merit and eternal nourishment exist at Kubjāmraka,

वराह उवाच यच्च कुब्जाम्रके पुष्टिर्यच्च तीर्थमनिन्दिते

Varāha said: The nourishment at Kubjāmraka, and the sacred ford, O blameless one,

तच्च कार्त्स्न्येन मे देवि शृणु तत्त्वेन सुन्दरि

All of that, O goddess, listen as I tell you completely and truly, O beautiful one.

यच्च कर्म यतो भूमे स्नातो याति मृतोऽपि च

And what acts, by which one who bathes there, even if dead, attains—

मधुकैटभौ तथा हत्वा ब्रह्मणो वचनात्तदा

Having slain Madhu and Kaiṭabha, at Brahmā’s command,

पश्यामि तं नतं भूमे रैभ्यं नाममहामुनिम्

I beheld there the great sage named Raibhya, bowed in reverence, O Earth.

युक्तिमन्तं गुणज्ञं च शुचिं दक्षं जितेंद्रियम्

He was wise, knower of virtues, pure, skilled, and master of his senses.