अग्निदत्तस्तु वै नाम छान्दसो ब्राह्मणोत्तमः
Agnidatta, indeed, was the name of a foremost Brahmin of the Chandasa lineage.
मृतस्सुगृहकामेन राक्षसत्वमुपागतः
Having died with a desire for a fine house, he attained the state of a Rakshasa.
एकविश्रामपुण्यं मे देहि त्वं वणिगुत्तम
Grant me, O excellent merchant, the merit of a single period of rest.
साधु राक्षस दत्तं ते एकनृत्यं मया तव
Well done, O Rakshasa; I have given you a single dance.
श्रीवराह उवाच अग्रतस्तु स्थितं देवं दृष्ट्वाऽसौ धरणीं गतः
Śrī Varāha said: Seeing the deity standing before him, he departed to the earth.
उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं देवदेवो जनार्दनः
The god of gods, Janardana, spoke sweet words.
विमानवरमारुह्य मम लोकं व्रजस्व च
Ascend the excellent celestial vehicle and go to my world.
सुधनः सशरीरोऽपि सकुटुंबो दिवं ययौ 155.
Sudhana, even with his body and his family, went to heaven.
एष तीर्थप्रभावो वै कथितस्ते वसुन्धरे
O Vasundhara, the power of this sacred place has thus been told to you.
तस्य तीर्थप्रभावेण सुधनो मुक्तिमाप्तवान्
By the power of that sacred place, Sudhana attained liberation.
तस्मिन्स्नातस्य वसुधे राजसूयफलं भवेत्
For one who bathes there, O Vasundhara, the fruit of the Rājasūya sacrifice is obtained.
वृषोत्सर्गं नरः कुर्वंस्तारयेत्सकुलोद्भवान्
A man performing the release of a bull saves all his lineage.
पितरस्तारितास्तेन सदैव प्रपितामहाः
By him, the ancestors and always the great-grandfathers are delivered.
इति श्रीवराहपुरणे मथुरामाहात्म्ये अकूर तीर्थप्रभावो नाम पंचपंचाशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Varāha Purāṇa, in the greatness of Mathurā, the chapter named 'The Power of Akūra Tīrtha', being the one hundred and fifty-fifth.
अथ मथुराप्रादुर्भावः वत्सक्रीडनकं नाम तीर्थं वक्ष्ये परं मम
Now, the manifestation of Mathurā: I shall describe the sacred place called Vatsakrīḍanaka, which is supreme to me.
स्नानमात्रेण तत्रैव वायुलोकं व्रजेन्नरः
By merely bathing there, a man attains the world of the wind.
पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे
I shall tell you another, listen to it, O Vasundhara.
सालैस्तालैश्च तरुभिस्तमालैरर्ज्जुनैस्तथा
With sāla, tāla, tamāla, and arjuna trees as well.
तस्मिन्भाण्डीरके स्नातो नियतो नियताशनः
There, having bathed at Bhāṇḍīraka, disciplined and restrained in diet,
तत्राऽथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं च गच्छति
there, then, one gives up the life-breath and attains my world.
तत्राहं क्रीडयिष्यामि गोभिर् गोपालकैः सह
There I shall sport together with cows and cowherds.
तत्र कुण्डे महाभागे बहुगुल्मलतावृते
There, in that great and blessed pool, thickly covered with many bushes and creepers,
गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च क्रीडमानः स मोदते
he delights, playing with Gandharvas and Apsarases.
पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि महापातकनाशनम् 156.
Now I shall tell you another, which destroys great sins.
तीर्थं शतगुणं पुण्यं यत्र केशी निपातितः
The holy place is a hundred times more meritorious, where Keśī was slain.
तस्माच्छतगुणं पुण्यं नात्र कार्या विचारणा
Therefore, its merit is a hundredfold; there is no need for doubt here.
तस्मिन्पिण्डप्रदानेन गयातुल्य फलं भवेत्
By offering piṇḍa there, one obtains the same result as at Gayā.
सूर्यतीर्थेषु वसुधे द्वादशादित्यसंज्ञिके
At the Sūrya-tīrthas on earth, named after the twelve Ādityas,
कालियो दमितस्तत्र आदित्याः स्थापिता मया
There Kāliya was subdued, and the Ādityas were established by me.
आदित्या ऊचुः अस्मिंस्तीर्थवरे स्नानमस्माकं संप्रदीयताम्
The Ādityas said: 'Let bathing at this excellent tīrtha be granted to us.'