Varaha Purana

तत आराधितस्तेन वर्षाणां तु चतुर्दश

Then, he worshipped me for fourteen years.

अहं तु तपसा तुष्टस्तीव्रेण कृतनिश्चयात्

By his intense austerity and firm resolve, I was pleased.

दृष्ट्वाश्रमं महादेवि किञ्चिदेव सुभाषितम्

O great goddess, seeing his hermitage and hearing a few auspicious words—

चतुर्बाहुं च मां दृष्ट्वा मम कर्मपरायणः तं च दृष्ट्वा मया प्रोक्तं प्रसन्नेनान्तरात्मना ।। 129.

Seeing me with four arms, devoted to my duties, and seeing him, I spoke with a gladdened heart.

गुडाकेश महाभाग ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते

"O Guḍākeśa, highly fortunate one, tell me—what shall I do for you?"

यत्त्वया चिन्तितं सौम्य कर्मणा मनसा गिरा

Whatever you have contemplated, gentle one, in deed, thought, or word—

एवं मम वचः श्रुत्वा गुडकेशोऽब्रवीदिदम्

Thus, hearing my words, Guḍākeśa spoke this:

यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव समस्तेनान्तरात्मना

"If you are truly pleased with me, O Lord, with your entire inner being—"

चक्रेण वधमिच्छामि त्वया मुक्तेन केशव

"I desire to be slain by you, Keśava, with your discus."

चकेण पातितस्यैतद्वसामांसानि किं चन

"After being struck down by the discus, what of my flesh and marrow?"

तेन पात्रं ततः कृत्वा शुभधर्मविनिश्चितः

Then, making a vessel from that, he who was established in virtuous conduct—

निवेदिते परा प्रीतिर्भवत्वेतन्मनोगतम्

Let there be supreme satisfaction in my mind once the offering has been made.

यच्चिन्तितोऽसि देवेश उग्रे तपति तिष्ठता

O Lord of the gods, whatever you have contemplated, standing firm in severe austerity—

तावत्ताम्रस्थितो भूत्वा मम संस्थो भविष्यसि 129.

You shall remain established in my presence, having assumed a form stationed upon copper.

तत्ताम्रभाजने मह्यं दीयते यत्सुपुष्कलम्

Whatever is given to me in a copper vessel, filled to the brim—

मङ्गल्यं च पवित्रं च ताम्रं तेन प्रियं मम

That copper is auspicious and pure; for this reason, it is dear to me.

वैशाखस्य तु मासस्य शुक्लपक्षे तु द्वादशी

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

एष्यसे मम लोकाय एवमेतन्न संशयः

You shall come to my world; thus it is—there is no doubt about this.

चक्राद्वधमभीप्सन्वै सोऽपि मत्कर्मणि स्थितः

Desiring to be struck down by the discus, he too remained steadfast in my service.

शुक्लपक्षस्य सम्प्राप्ता तस्यां धर्मविनिश्चितः

When the bright fortnight arrived, he, established in righteousness—

मुञ्च मुञ्च प्रभो चक्रमपि वह्निसमप्रभम्

Release, release, O Lord, even the discus, shining like fire.

तदैव चक्रेण विपाटितोऽसौ प्राप्तोऽपि मां भागवतप्रधानः रङ्गं च सीसं त्रपुधातुसंस्थं कांस्यं च रीतिश्च मलस्तु तेषाम्

Then, pierced by the discus, he attained me, being foremost among devotees. As for tin, lead, zinc, and bronze—these are impure, and so is iron; impurity belongs to them.

ताम्रपात्रेण वै भूमे प्रापणं यत्प्रदीयते 129.

Whatever is offered with a copper vessel upon the earth—

एतद्भागवतैः कार्यं मम प्रियकरैः सदा

This should always be performed by my dear devotees, the Bhāgavatas.

दीक्षितैर्वै भागवतैः पाद्यार्घ्यादौ च दीयते

Initiated Bhāgavatas should offer water for washing the feet and arghya, and so forth.

देवि तत्त्वेन कथितः किमन्यत् परिपृच्छसि देवदेव कथं सन्ध्यां दीक्षितः कुरुते वद

O goddess, I have explained this to you in truth; what else do you wish to ask? O Lord of gods, tell me how an initiated person performs the twilight worship.

केन मन्त्रेण वा भक्तस्तव कर्मपरायणः शृणु माधवि तत्त्वेन सन्ध्यामन्त्रमनुत्तमम्

By which mantra does your devoted follower, intent on action, perform it? Listen, Mādhavī, to the supreme mantra for twilight worship, in truth.

यथा वदन्ति वै सूर्यं सन्ध्यां पूर्वां परां तथा

Just as they worship the Sun, so too do they worship the former and later twilight.

मुहूर्त्तं ध्यानमास्थाय इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्

Assuming a meditative posture for a moment, one should recite this mantra.