Varaha Purana

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.

एकाग्रं तु मनः कृत्वा तच्छृणुश्व वसुन्धरे 126.

Focus your mind single-pointedly and listen to this, O Earth.

न हि कश्चिद्विजानाति शास्त्रं मम न यश्च वै

For truly, no one knows my scripture, nor does anyone else.

एकचित्तं समाधाय तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे

With your mind gathered in one place, listen to this, O Earth.

अग्नितीर्थं महाभागे दीप्तमन्तं सवैष्णवम्

The Agni-tirtha, O noble one, is radiant and wholly Vaishnava.

प्राप्नोति तन्महाभागे स्नानमात्रान्न संशयः

By merely bathing there, O noble one, one attains its reward—of this there is no doubt.

स्थित्वा विंशत्यहोरात्रान्मम लोकाय गच्छति

After staying for twenty days and nights, one goes to my world.

येन विज्ञायते प्राज्ञैर्मम भक्तं सुखावहम्

By which the wise recognize my devotion, which brings happiness.

उष्णकाले भवेच्छीतमेवं चिह्नं तु तद्भवेत्

In the hot season, it becomes cool—this is the sign, indeed.

तरन्ति मानवा येन घोरं संसारसागरम्

By which people cross over the dreadful ocean of worldly existence.

वायव्यमितिविख्यातं तीर्थं धर्माद्विनिस्सृतम् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यः स्नातः कृतनित्योदकक्रियः

The tirtha known as Vayavya, born of Dharma—whoever bathes there and performs the daily water-rites,