त्वया विवाहिता राजन्न च मां विजहात्स्मृतिः
O King, though you married me, memory never abandoned me.
धारापतनके तीर्थे त्यक्त्वा जीवितमात्मनः
At the holy place Dhārāpatanaka, she gave up her own life.
स्वां चाप्यकथयत्तस्यै यथा संयमने मृतः 154.
She also told her own story to her, how he had died in Yama’s realm.
मां पश्यन्तौ नियमतस्तत्रैव निधनं गतौ
While they were looking at me, both died there by destiny.
एतत्ते कथितं देवि आश्चर्यं यदभून्महत्
O Devi, this great and wondrous event has been told to you.
नाकलोकमवाप्नोति त्यक्तपापो न संशयः
One who has abandoned sin surely attains not the world of the ancestors.
विष्णुलोकमवाप्नोति दिव्यमूर्तिश्चतुर्भुजः
He attains the world of Vishnu, with a divine form and four arms.
अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
And here, when he gives up his life, he goes to my world.
यत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्तेऽपुनर्भवाः
Where, having bathed, those who have died go to heaven and do not return.
अथाऽत्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
And here, when he gives up his life, he goes to my world.
पुनरन्यत् प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे
Now I will tell you something else, listen to this, O Vasundhara.
तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च नियतो नियताशनः
There, after bathing and drinking, observing discipline and regulated food—
सोमतीर्थे तु वसुधे पवित्रे यमुनाम्भसि 154.
At the pure Soma-tirtha, O Vasudha, in the waters of the Yamuna—
तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत स्वकर्मपरिनिष्ठितः
There, one should perform ablution, having completed one's own duties.
अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
And here, when he gives up his life, he goes to my world.
तत्र स्नातो नरो देवि अवर्णोऽपि यतिर्भवेत्
O Devi, even a man of no caste, if he bathes there, becomes an ascetic.
यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः
Whoever bathes there, having fasted for three nights—
अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति
And here, when he gives up his life, he goes to my world.
तत्र ये स्नान्ति नियतास्तेषां स्वर्गो न दुर्लभः
There, those who bathe with discipline find heaven is not difficult to attain.
ब्रह्मणा सृष्टिकाले तु मनसा निर्मितं पुरा
In the beginning of creation, it was fashioned by Brahma through his mind.
तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्तेऽपुनर्भवाः
Those who bathe there and die ascend to heaven and are not born again.
यत्र स्नातान्मनुष्यांश्च विघ्नराजो न पीडयेत्
At that place, the lord of obstacles does not trouble those humans who have bathed.
तस्मिंस्तीर्थवरे स्नातं न पीडयति विघ्नराट् 154.
At that excellent ford, the king of obstacles does not afflict one who has bathed.
अविघ्नं कुरुते तस्य सततं पार्वतीसुतः
The son of Parvati always removes obstacles for such a person.
ततः परे कोटितीर्थे पवित्रं परमं स्मृतम्
Beyond that is the Koṭitīrtha, remembered as supremely pure.
तथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणाँल्लोभमोहविवर्जितः
There, one who gives up greed and delusion departs from life.
अतः परं शिवक्षेत्रमर्द्धक्रोशं तु दुष्करम्
After that is the Śiva-kshetra, half a krosha in distance, difficult to reach.
तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च माथुरं लभते फलम्
There, by bathing and drinking, one attains the fruit of Māthura.
इति श्रीवराहपुराणे मथुरामाहात्म्ये यमुनातीर्थप्रभावो नाम चतुष्पञ्चाशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred fifty-fourth chapter, named 'The Power of the Yamuna Ford,' in the Mathura-mahatmya of the glorious Varaha Purana.
अथाऽक्रूरतीर्थप्रभावः पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि मर्त्त्यलोके सुदुर्लभम्
Now, I will again declare the power of the Akrura Ford, which is exceedingly rare in the mortal world.