Varaha Purana

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.

तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि मम लोके स मोदते

He delights in my world for as many thousands of years.

मन्त्रः – भवोद्भवमादिव्यक्तरूपमादित्यं सर्वे देवा ब्रह्मरुद्रेन्द्रास्त्वां च

Mantra— All the gods, Brahma, Rudra, Indra, and you, O Sun, are the primal, unmanifest form arising from existence.

वयं देवमादिमव्यक्तरूपं कृत्वा चात्मनि देव संस्थास्तथापि

We, having established the god, the primal, unmanifest form, within ourselves, likewise—

अनेनैव हि मन्त्रेण सन्ध्यां कुर्यात्तु दीक्षितः ।। 129.

Indeed, with this very mantra, the initiated should perform the twilight worship.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे चतुर्वर्णदीक्षाताम्रवर्णनं नामोनत्रिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus, in the glorious Varaha Purana, the one hundred twenty-ninth chapter entitled 'Description of the Initiation of the Four Classes and Copper.'

अथ राजान्नभोगे प्रायश्चित्तम् एवं दीक्षां ततः श्रुत्वा नारायणमुखान्मही

Now, expiation for eating the king's food. Having heard thus about the initiation from the mouth of Narayana, O Earth—

धरण्युवाच श्रुत्वाहं तु महाभाग जातास्मि विमला विभो

Earth said: Having heard, O greatly fortunate one, I have become pure, O Lord.

अहो देवस्य माहात्म्यं लोकनाथस्य तत्त्वतः

Ah, truly, the greatness of the Lord of the worlds!

एकं मे परमं गुह्यं यदीश हृदि वर्त्तते

There is one supreme secret that abides in my heart, O Lord.

देव पूर्वापराधास्ते द्वात्रिंशदपि कीर्तिताः

O God, your former and later offenses, even thirty-two, have been recounted.