Varaha Purana

इतः प्रीतोऽस्म्यहं देवि रैभ्यस्य च महात्मनः

Because of this, O goddess, I was pleased with the great-souled Raibhya.

ततो वै तप्यमानं तं गङ्गाद्वारमुपागतम्

Then, as he was practicing austerities, he arrived at the gateway of the Gaṅgā.

दर्शितोऽयं मया चात्मा हेतुमात्रेण केनचित्

To him I revealed myself, for some particular reason.

एवं कुब्जाम्रकं ख्यातं स्थानमतेन्मनस्विनि

Thus, O wise one, this place became known as Kubjāmraka.

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे

And now I will tell you something else; listen to this, O Earth.

एवं तत्र मया दृष्टः कुब्जरूपं समास्थितः

There, I saw him assuming a hunchbacked form.

नमस्कृत्य स्थितं तं तु मुनिं वै संशितव्रतम्

After bowing to that sage, steadfast in his vows, I stood before him.

ममैव वचनं श्रुत्वा स मुनिस्तपसान्वितः

Hearing my words, that sage endowed with austerity—

यदि प्रसन्नो भगवाँल्लोकनाथो जनार्द्दनः

If the Blessed Lord, Janardana, the Protector of the Worlds, is pleased—

यावल्लोका धरिष्यन्ति तावच्चैव महाप्रभो 126.

As long as the worlds endure, O Great Lord, so long—

त्वयि भक्तिः सदा भूयाद्यावत्स्थानं जनार्द्दन

May devotion to you, Janardana, always remain, for as long as your abode exists.

एतदेव परं चित्ते मया चैव विधार्यते

This alone is cherished in my heart and upheld by me.

ततस्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा रैभ्यस्यर्षेरहं पुनः

Then, having heard the words of that sage Raibhya, I again—

ममैवं वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणः स वसुन्धरे

O Earth, when the brahmin heard my words in this manner—

एतस्य तीर्थवर्यस्य महिमानं त्वया प्रभो

O Lord, the greatness of this foremost of sacred fords—

अन्यानि यानि तीर्थानि एतत्क्षेत्राश्रितानि तु

And whatever other sacred fords are established in this region—

शृणु तत्त्वेन मे ब्रह्मन्यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि

Hear from me, O brahmin, in truth, that which you ask of me.

तीर्थं तु कुमुदाकारं तस्मिन् कुब्जाम्रके स्थितम्

There is a sacred ford in the form of a water-lily, situated at Kubjāmra.

कौमुदस्य तु मासस्य तथा मार्गशिरस्य च

During the month of Kaumuda, as well as in Mārgaśīrṣa—

यो वै परित्यजेत्प्राणान् स्त्री पुमान्वा नपुंसकम् 126.

Whoever, whether woman, man, or neuter, gives up their life there—

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुंधरे

Moreover, I shall tell you something else; listen, O Earth.

यस्मिन् स्नात्वा विशालाक्षि गच्छते नंदनं वनम्

Whoever bathes there, O wide-eyed one, goes to the Nandana forest.

पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे तु जायते विपुले कुले

After a full thousand years, one is born in a noble family.

तत्राथ मुंचते प्राणान् कौमुदस्य तु द्वादशी

There, on the twelfth day of the bright fortnight of Kartika, one gives up their life.

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुंधरे

And now I shall tell you something else; listen to this, O Earth.

तस्मिन् कृतोदको ब्रह्मन्मायातीर्थे महायशाः

There, if one offers water at the Māyā-tīrtha, O illustrious Brahman,

लभते परमां पुष्टिं कुबेरभवनं यथा

One attains supreme nourishment, as if entering the abode of Kubera.

अथवा म्रियते तत्र मायातीर्थे यशस्विनि

Or, if one dies there at the Māyā-tīrtha, O renowned one,

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे

Again, I shall tell you something else; listen to this, O Earth.