Varaha Purana

तत्र स्नातो नरो देवि रुद्रलोके महीयते

One who bathes there, O Devi, is honored in the realm of Rudra.

तत्र स्नातो नरो याति मम लोकं न संशयः 157.

One who bathes there, without doubt, attains my world.

दृश्यन्तेऽहरहस्तत्र आदित्याः शुभकारिणः

There, every day, the auspicious Adityas are seen.

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सूर्यलोकं व्रजेन्नरः

Freed from all sins, a man attains the world of the Sun.

अर्कस्थलसमीपे तु कूपं तु विमलोदकम्

Near the place of the Sun, there is a well with pure water.

तत्र स्नानेन वसुधे स्वच्छन्दगमनालयः

By bathing there, O Earth, one attains a dwelling where movement is at will.

तत्र वीरस्थलं नाम क्षेत्रं गुह्यं परं मम

There is a place called Virasthala, a secret and supreme field of mine.

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानमेकरात्रोषितो नरः

He who bathes there, having stayed one night, O Earth,

अथाऽत्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्ममलोकं स गच्छति

Then, departing from life there, he attains my world.

तत्र स्नातो नरो देवि ब्रह्मलोके महीयते

One who bathes there, O Devi, is honored in the realm of Brahma.

ख्याता एते पञ्च देशा महापापविनाशनाः 157.

These five places are renowned as destroyers of great sins.

तत्र गोपीश्वरो नाम महापातकनाशनः

There is a deity named Gopīśvara, destroyer of great transgressions.

गोप्यो रूपाणि चक्रे च तत्र क्रीडनके हरिः

There, Hari made forms of the gopis for play.

शकटं च तदा भिन्नं घटभाण्डकुटीरकम्

And at that time, the cart was broken, along with the hut of pots and jars.

परिष्वज्य हि धर्मेण व्याजेन च सुगोपितम्

Embracing it with righteousness, and skillfully concealing it by pretense.

गोपवेषधरं देवमभिषेकं चकार ह

He performed the consecration of the god, who was adorned in the attire of a cowherd.

गोपीमण्डलपातेन स्नापितो हेमकुण्डलः

Bathed by the circle of cowherd women, he wore golden earrings.

तत्र गोपीश्वरं देवं मातलिः स्थाप्य पूजितम्

There, Mātali installed and worshipped the god, lord of the cowherds.

सप्तसामुद्रिकं नाम कूपं तु विमलोदकम्

There is a well called Saptasāmudrika, with pure water.

पितरस्तारितास्तेन कुलानां सप्तसप्ततिः 157.

By him, seventy-seven lineages of ancestors were delivered.

पितरस्तस्य तृप्यन्ति कोटिवर्षशतान्यलम्

His ancestors are satisfied for countless hundreds of millions of years.

मध्ये तु मरणं यस्य शक्रस्यैति सलोकताम्

If one dies in the midst there, he attains the same realm as Indra.

तद्वद्ब्रह्माणमाशास्य गोपीशस्यैव मध्यतः

Likewise, aspiring for Brahma's world, from the midst of the lord of cowherds.

नरस्तारयते पुंसां दश पूर्वान्दशापरान्

A man delivers ten ancestors before and ten after himself.

तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति

Then, when he relinquishes his life there, he goes to my world.

मथुरादक्षिणे पार्श्वे क्षेत्रं फाल्गुनकं तथा

On the southern side of Mathura is the Phālgunaka field.

तत्र फाल्गुनके चैव तीर्थे परमदुर्ल्लभे

There, at Phālgunaka, in that exceedingly rare holy place.

तत्राभिषेकं यः कुर्यात्स देवैः सह मोदते

Whoever performs consecration there rejoices together with the gods.

अस्ति तालवनं नाम धेनुकासुररक्षितम्

There is a place called Tālavana, guarded by the demon Dhenuka.