Varaha Purana

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.'

आदित्यानां वचः श्रुत्वा क्रीडां कृत्वा वसुन्धरे

Hearing the words of the Ādityas, after sporting, O Earth,

अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति

then, there, one gives up the life-breath and goes to my world.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे मथुरामाहात्म्ये मथुराप्रादुर्भावो नाम षट्पंचाशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus, in the glorious Varāha Purāṇa, in the section on the greatness of Mathurā, is the one hundred and fifty-sixth chapter, called 'The Manifestation of Mathurā.'

अथ मलयार्जुनतीर्थादिस्नानादिप्रशंसा यमुनापारमुल्लङ्घ्य तत्रैव च महामुने

Now, the praise of bathing and related acts at Malayārjuna and other tīrthas: having crossed the Yamunā there itself, O great sage,

पर्यस्तं तत्र शकटं भिन्नभाण्डकुटीघटम्

There, a cart was overturned, and the pots and jars of the hut were broken.

द्वादश्यां शुक्लपक्षस्य ज्येष्ठमासे वसुन्धरे

On the twelfth day of the bright fortnight, in the month of Jyeṣṭha, O Earth,

ज्येष्ठस्य शुक्लद्वादश्यां स्नात्वा सुनियतेन्द्रियः

On the twelfth day of the bright fortnight of Jyeshtha, having bathed, with senses well restrained,

यमुनासलिले स्नातः शुचिर्भूत्वा जितेन्द्रियः

Having bathed in the waters of the Yamuna, becoming pure and mastering the senses,

अपि चास्मत्कुले जातः कालिन्दीसलिले प्लुतः

Even one born in our lineage, immersed in the waters of Kalindi,

इति गायन्ति पितरः परलोकगताः सदा

Thus do the ancestors, who have gone to the other world, always sing,