Varaha Purana

भगवन् यदि तुष्टोऽसि मम चात्र गतः प्रभो

O Lord, if you are pleased and have come here for me—

यावल्लोका धरिष्यन्ति तावत्त्वयि जनार्दन

As long as the worlds endure, so long, O Janardana, may I abide in you.

यच्चापि मम तद्रूपं त्वया संस्थापितं प्रभो

And whatever my form, O Lord, you have established—

सोम इत्येव यज्ञेषु पिबन्तु मम ब्राह्मणाः

Let my Brāhmaṇas drink Soma only in sacrifices.

क्षीणस्तत्र त्वमावस्यां तत्र पिण्डपितृक्रियाः १३७.

When you wane there at the new moon, then the rites for ancestors with balls of food are performed there.

अधर्मे च न मे बुद्धिर्भवेद्विष्णो कदाचन। पतित्वं चाथ गच्छेयमोषधीनां तथा कुरु

O Viṣṇu, may my mind never incline toward unrighteousness at any time; and if it does, then let us fall to the state of plants—so be it.

यदि तुष्टो महादेव आदिमध्यान्त वर्जितः

If you, O Great Lord, who are beyond beginning, middle, and end, are pleased,

ततः सोमवचः श्रुत्वा तत्रैवान्तर्हितोऽभवम्

Then, having heard Soma’s words, I became invisible right there.

प्राप्ता च परमा सिद्धिः सोमतीर्थेऽन्यदुर्ल्लभा

And the supreme attainment was gained at the Soma-tīrtha, which is otherwise hard to obtain.

अष्टमेन तु भक्तेन मम कर्मविधौ स्थितः

By the eighth devotee, steadfast in performing my rites,

यत्र तप्तं तपस्तेन सोमेन सुमहात्मना

Where that great-souled Soma performed severe austerity,

पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि तथैवोर्द्ध्वमुखः स्थितः

He stood upright, facing upward, for five thousand years.

ममापराधान्मुक्तश्च ब्राह्मणानां पतिस्तथा

Freed from my offense, he became the lord of the brāhmaṇas.

त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि त्रिंशद्वर्षशतानि च

For thirty thousand years, and for thirty hundred years as well,

द्रव्यवान्गुणवांश्चैव संविभागी यशस्विनि १३७.

He was endowed with wealth, virtues, and generosity, O illustrious one.

स एष ब्राह्मणो भूत्वा संसाराद्विप्रमुच्यते

Having become a brāhmaṇa, he is thus liberated from worldly existence.

तत्तीर्थं येन विज्ञेयं मम मार्गानुसारिणा

That tīrtha should be known by one who follows my path.

प्रवृत्ते चान्धकारे तु यत्र कश्चिन्न दृश्यते

When darkness prevails and no one can be seen,

आलोकश्चैव दृश्येत सोमस्तत्र न दृश्यते ।। एवं त्वां वच्मि हे भद्रे एष ३ विस्मयः परः

Light alone is visible there, but Soma is not seen. Thus I tell you, O blessed one—this is indeed a great wonder.

एतच्चिह्नं महाभागे पुण्ये सौकरवे मम

This, O highly fortunate one, is the mark in my sacred Saukara region.

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे

And now I will tell you something else—listen to this, O Vasundharā.

अकामा तु मृता तीर्थे आत्मनः कर्मनिश्चयात्

A woman died at the tīrtha, not by her own will, but due to the destiny of her actions.

राजपुत्री विशालाक्षी श्यामा सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरी

She was a princess, broad-eyed, dark-complexioned, and beautiful in every limb.

वाक्यं नारायणाच्छ्रुत्वा धरणी शुभलक्षणा 137.

Hearing the words of Nārāyaṇa, the Earth, adorned with auspicious marks,

अहो तीर्थप्रभावो वै त्वया प्रोक्तो महान्मम गृध्रश्चैव सृगाली च प्राप्तौ वै मानुषीं तनुम्

Ah! The great power of the holy place you have described to me—both the vulture and the jackal have attained human bodies.

स्नानेन तत्र तीर्थे च मरणाद्वा जनार्दन

By bathing at that holy place, or by dying there, O Janārdana,

चिह्नं च कीदृशं तेषां जायन्ते येन ते तथा

What kind of mark arises for them, by which they are thus born?

ततो महीवचः श्रुत्वा विष्णुर्धर्मविदां वरः

Then, hearing the words of the Earth, Viṣṇu, the best among knowers of dharma,

शृणु तत्त्वेन मे भूमे यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि

Listen in truth, O Earth, to what you have asked me.