Varaha Purana

तत एतेन मन्त्रेण शुद्धा भूमे रजस्वलाः

Then, O Earth, menstruating women are purified by this mantra.

एवं दुष्यति नो देवि नारी वा पुरुषोऽपि वा

Thus, O goddess, neither woman nor man is defiled.

सर्वाण्यनुदिनं भद्रे मम चित्तानुसारिणः

All, every day, O auspicious one, follow my mind.

एकचित्तस्ततो भूत्वा भूमे चेन्द्रियनिग्रहात्

Then, becoming of one mind, O Earth, through restraint of the senses—

एवं कुर्वन्ति ये नित्यं स्त्रियः पुंसो नपुंसकम्

Those who always act thus—women, men, and the neuter—

अद्यापि मां न जानन्ति नराः संसारसंश्रिताः

Even today, men immersed in worldly existence do not know me.

मातापितृसहस्राणि पुत्रदारशतानि च

Thousands of mothers and fathers, and hundreds of sons and wives—

अज्ञानेनावृतो लोको मोहेन च वशीकृतः

The world is veiled by ignorance and is overpowered by delusion.

गच्छत्यन्यत्र माता वै पिता चान्यत्र गच्छति

The mother goes one way, and indeed the father goes another.

जायन्ते चात्मनः स्थाने स्वस्वकर्मसमुद्भवे 142.

Beings are born in their own places, arising from their respective actions.

अल्पकालपरं चैव माससंवत्सरेति च

And indeed, it is only for a short time—be it a month or a year.

यस्यैतद्विदितं सर्वं न्यासयोगं वसुन्धरे

O Earth, for whom all this is known—the entire discipline of renunciation—

य एतच्छृणुयान्नित्यं कल्यमुत्थाय मानवः

Whoever, rising early, listens to this daily, O human—

एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे रहस्यं परमं महत्

This, O blessed one, is the supreme and great secret that has been told to you.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे भगवच्छास्त्रे गुह्यकर्ममाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम द्वाचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus, in the Śrī Varāha Purāṇa, in the divine scripture, is the one hundred forty-second chapter entitled 'The Greatness of Secret Rites.'

अथ मन्दारमहिमनिरूपणम् पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि एकान्तं शृणु सुन्दरि

Now, I will again describe the glory of Mandāra; listen attentively, O beautiful one, to this other account.

जाह्नव्या दक्षिणे कूले विन्ध्यपृष्ठसमाश्रितम्

On the southern bank of the Jāhnavī, situated on the slope of the Vindhya,

तत्र त्रेतायुगे भूमे रामो नाम महाद्युतिः

There, in the Tretā Yuga, O Earth, was Rāma by name, of great splendor.

नारायणमुखाच्छ्रुत्वा धर्मकामा वसुन्धरा

Having heard from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa, O Earth, desirous of righteousness,

धरण्युवाच मन्दारेति त्वया प्रोक्तं देवधर्मार्थसंयुतम्

Earth said: 'Mandāra has been spoken of by you, endowed with divine righteousness and purpose.'

मन्दारे कानि कर्माणि कुर्वन्ति च ततो नराः

What actions do people perform at Mandāra, and what results from them?

मन्दारे कानि गुह्यानि रहस्यं किंच तत्र वै

What are the secrets at Mandāra, and what is the mystery there?

श्रीवराह उवाच कथयिष्यामि ते गुह्यां मन्दारस्य महाक्रियाम्

Śrī Varāha said: 'I shall tell you the secret, the great rite of Mandāra.'

क्रीडमानोऽस्महं तत्र मन्दारे पुष्पिते तदा

At that time, I was playing there at Mandāra, when it was in bloom.

ततो ममाभवच्चिन्ता मन्दारे पर्वतस्थिते 143.

Then, as I was on Mandāra mountain, a thought arose in me.

विन्ध्ये च मत्प्रभावेण मन्दारश्च महाद्रुमः

And on the Vindhya, by my power, there is also the Mandara, the great tree.

दर्शनीयतमं स्थानं मनोज्ञं च शिलातलम्

A most delightful and charming place is the stone surface there.

विस्मयं शृणु सुश्रोणि मन्दारेऽस्मिन्महाद्रुमे

Hear of a marvel, O lovely-hipped one, concerning this great Mandara tree.

तत्र मध्याह्नवेलायां वीक्ष्यमाणो जनैस्ततः

There, at midday, it is beheld by people.