Varaha Purana

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.

तस्य चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व शुचिस्मिते 126.

I will describe to you its sign; listen to this, O pure-smiled one.

रथचक्रप्रमाणो वै चरते तत्र कच्छपः

There moves a tortoise, the size of a chariot wheel.

स्नात्वा प्राप्नोति सुश्रोणि फलं तत्र महागुणम्

By bathing there, O lovely-hipped one, one obtains a great and excellent result.

प्राप्नोति वसुधे तत्र एवमेव न संशयः

There, O Earth, one attains this without any doubt.

दशानां पुण्डरीकाणां फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः

A man obtains the fruit of ten lotuses there.

सिद्धस्य लभते नित्यं मम लोकाय गच्छति

He always attains perfection and goes to my world.

अग्नितीर्थमिति ख्यातं सिद्धं कुब्जाम्रके स्थितम्

That sacred place is known as Agnitīrtha, established in Kubjāmra.

कौमुदस्य तु मासस्य मासो मार्गशिरस्य च

Of the month of Kaumudā and also the month of Mārgaśīrṣa,

यश्चैव माधवे मासि समये यदि वर्त्तते

And whoever is present in the month of Mādhava at the proper time,

तस्य चिह्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व हि वसुन्धरे

I will describe to you its sign; listen, O Earth.