Varaha Purana

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.

यस्तत्र स्नाति कश्चिद्वै वैशाखस्य तु द्वादशीम् 126.

Whoever bathes there on the twelfth day of the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha,

अथात्र मुंचते प्राणांस्तीर्थे सार्षपके तथा

Or, if one gives up their life there at the Sārṣapaka tīrtha,

पुनरन्यत् प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व शुभलोचने

Again, I shall tell you something else; listen, O beautiful-eyed one.

तत्र सर्वा भवेद्गङ्गा शीतलं जायते जलम्

There, all becomes as the Ganges; the water becomes cool.

स्नातो गच्छति सुश्रोणी सोमलोके महीयते

Having bathed, O lovely-hipped one, one goes to the realm of Soma and is honored.

ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो ब्राह्मणश्चैव जायते

Then, having fallen from heaven, one is born as a Brāhmaṇa.

अथवा म्रियते तत्र मासि मार्गशिरे तथा

Or, if one dies there in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa,

तत्र पश्यति मां नित्यं दीप्तिमन्तं चतुर्भुजम्

There, one constantly beholds me, radiant and four-armed.

पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्याभि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। अनन्यमानसो भूत्वा भक्तो भागवतो मम

Again, I shall tell you something else; listen to this, O Earth: If one becomes single-minded, devoted, and a follower of me,

तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यः स्नाति कदाचिदपि मानवः

Whoever bathes at that tīrtha at any time,