सूत उवाच प्रणम्य शिरसा देवी वराहं पुनरब्रवीत्
Sūta said: Bowing her head, the goddess again addressed Varāha.
पृथिव्युवाच एतान्हित्वा महाभाग मथुरां किं प्रशंसति ।। 152.
Pṛthivī said: Why, O greatly fortunate one, does he praise Mathurā above these others?
श्रीवराह उवाच मथुरेति च विख्यातं तस्मान्नास्ति परं मम
Śrī Varāha said: Mathurā is renowned by that name; for me, there is nothing higher.
सा रम्या च सुशस्ता च जन्मभूमिस्तथा मम
It is beautiful, praiseworthy, and is also my birthplace.
तत्र वासी नरो याति मोक्षं नास्त्यत्र संशयः
A person dwelling there attains liberation; there is no doubt about this.
तत्फलं लभते देवि मथुरायां दिने दिने
O goddess, one obtains that result in Mathurā day by day.
तत्फलं लभते देवि मथुरायां क्षणेन हि
O goddess, one obtains that result in Mathurā even in a moment.
तत्फलं लभते देवि मथुरायां जितेन्द्रियः
O goddess, one who has mastered the senses obtains that result in Mathurā.
मूढो भ्रमति संसारे मोहितो मम मायया
Deluded by my illusion, the ignorant wanders in worldly existence.
अन्येनोच्चारितं शश्वत्सोऽपि पापैः प्रमुच्यते
Even if uttered by another, one is always freed from sins.
मथुरायां प्रयान्त्यत्र सुप्ते चैव जनार्दने
In Mathurā, when people depart while Janārdana is at rest,
तृप्तिं प्रयान्ति पितरो यावत्स्थित्यग्रजन्मनः 152.
Their ancestors attain satisfaction until the end of their stay in the highest state.
तेऽपि यान्ति परां सिद्धिं मत्प्रसादान्न संशयः
They too attain supreme perfection by my grace; there is no doubt.
विना सांख्येन योगेन मत्प्रसादान्न संशयः
Even without Sāṅkhya or Yoga, by my grace, there is no doubt.
बलिभिक्षाप्रदातारो देवास्ते नरविग्रहाः
Those who give offerings and alms are gods in human form.
ययातिभूपवंशाच्च क्षत्रियः कुलवर्द्धनः
And from the lineage of King Yayāti comes the Kṣatriya, the increaser of his family.
मूर्तिं चतुर्विधां कृत्वा स्थास्यामि ऋषिभिः स्तुतः
Assuming four forms, I will remain, praised by the sages.
एका चन्दनसङ्काशा द्वितीया कनकप्रभा
One form will be like sandalwood in appearance, the second will shine like gold.
तत्र गुह्यानि नामानि भविष्यन्ति मम प्रिये
There, my secret names will exist, O beloved.
यत्राहं पातयिष्यामि द्वात्रिंशत्तु वसुन्धरे
Where I will cause thirty-two to fall, O Earth.
यमुना यत्र सुवहा नित्यं सन्निहिता ध्रुवम्
Where the Yamunā, ever pure, is constantly present, unchanging.
गङ्गां प्राप्य प्रयागे या वेणीति प्रथिता भुवि 152.
Having reached the Gaṅgā at Prayāga, which is renowned on earth as the Veṇī.
यमुना विश्रुता देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा
The Yamunā is famous there, O goddess; there is no need for further inquiry.
येषु स्नाने नरो देवि मम लोके महीयते
In those places where one bathes, O goddess, one is honored in my world.
न जायत स मर्त्त्येषु जायते च चतुर्भुजः
He is not born among mortals; instead, he is born four-armed.
तथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
Thus, departing from life there, he goes to my world.
यस्मिन्स्नातो नरो देवि मम लोकं प्रपद्यते
He who bathes there, O goddess, attains my world.
तत्फलं लभते देवि दृष्ट्वा देवं गतश्रमः
He obtains that fruit, O goddess, having seen the deity, freed from fatigue.
तत्फलं लभते स्नातो यथा विश्रान्तिसंज्ञके
He obtains that fruit by bathing, just as in the place called Viśrānti.
कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणे द्वे तु विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
By making two circumambulations, he goes to Viṣṇu's world.