Varaha Purana

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,

ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टस्तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावतः 126.

Then, having fallen from heaven, by the power of that tīrtha,

वैशाखस्य तु मासस्य शुक्लपक्षस्य द्वादशी

On the twelfth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Vaiśākha,

न जन्म मरणं तस्य न ग्लानिर्न च वै भयम्

He has neither birth nor death, nor fatigue, nor indeed any fear.

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुंधरे

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

तस्य चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि येन ज्ञापयते शुभे

I will describe to you its sign, by which it is made known, O auspicious one.

माघमासे तु सुश्रोणि शुक्लपक्षे तु द्वादशी

In the month of Māgha, O lovely-hipped one, on the twelfth day of the bright fortnight,

तस्मिंकृतोदकस्तीर्थे स्वच्छंदगमनालयः

At that time, at the sacred water, one may come and go freely as one wishes.

तत्राथ म्रियते भूमे माघमासस्य द्वाशीम्

There, O Earth, if one dies on the twelfth day of the month of Māgha,

पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुंधरे

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

तस्मिन्कुब्जाम्रके भद्रे स्थानं तु मम रोचते

In that Kubjāmra grove, O blessed one, that place is dear to me.