Varaha Purana

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.

तत्र कुण्डं स्वच्छजलं नीलोत्पलविभूषितम् 157.

There is a pond with clear water, adorned with blue lotuses.

अस्ति संपीठकं नाम अस्मिन् क्षेत्रे परं मम

There is a place called Saṃpīṭhaka, which is supreme in this field of mine.

तत्र स्नानं च ये कुर्युरेकरात्रोषिता नराः

There, those men who perform bathing after staying for a single night,

अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति

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

तत्र पुण्येन हि मया रविराराधितः शुभः

Indeed, by virtue there, I have worshipped the auspicious Sun.

तत्रैवं तु ततो दृष्टः पद्महस्तो दिवाकरः

There, thus, the Sun holding a lotus in his hand was seen.

सप्तम्यां कृष्णपक्षस्य रविस्तिष्ठति सर्वदा

On the seventh day of the dark fortnight, the Sun always remains there.

न तस्य दुर्ल्लभं लोके सर्वदाता दिवाकरः

For him, nothing is difficult to obtain in the world; the Sun always bestows everything.

नरो वाप्यथवा नारी प्राप्नोत्यविकलं फलम्

Whether man or woman, each attains the full result without fail.

आदित्यं तु पुरः स्थाप्य प्राप्तो भीष्मो महाबलः

Having placed the Sun before him, mighty Bhishma attained it.