देवा देव्यस्तथा गावो ऋषिभिश्च समन्विताः
The gods, goddesses, and cows, along with the sages, were present there.
तस्मिन्स्थाने तर्पणेन शतक्रतुफलं लभेत्
At that place, by making offerings, one obtains the fruit of a hundred sacrifices.
स्नात्वा पितॄन्समभ्यर्च्य ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नुयात्
After bathing and duly honoring the ancestors, one attains the world of Brahmā.
यत्र स्नानाद्दर्शनाच्च वाजपेयफलं लभेत् 164.
Where, by bathing and by sight alone, one obtains the fruit of the Vājapeya sacrifice.
कुण्डे स्नात्वा पितॄँस्तर्प्य कृतकृत्यो दिवं व्रजेत्
Having bathed in the pond and offered oblations to the ancestors, one fulfills one's duty and ascends to heaven.
अरिष्टेन समं यत्र महद्युद्धं प्रवर्त्तितम्
Where, together with Ariṣṭa, a great battle was waged.
कोपेन पार्ष्णिघातेन मह्यां तीर्थं प्रवर्तितम्
Out of anger, by striking with the heel, a sacred place was established on the earth.
स्नातस्तत्र तदा कृष्णो वृषं हत्वा महासुरम्
There, having bathed, Kṛṣṇa once slew the mighty demon in the form of a bull.
वृषो हतो मया चायमरिष्टः पापपूरुषः
The bull was slain by me, and this Ariṣṭa, a sinful being.
स्वनाम्ना विदितं कुण्डं कृतं तीर्थमदूरतः
A pond known by its own name was created, with a sacred site nearby.
अरिष्टराधाकुण्डाभ्यां स्नानात्फलमवाप्नुयात्
By bathing in Ariṣṭa and Rādhā ponds, one attains the fruit.
गोनरब्रह्महत्यायाः पापं क्षिप्रं विनश्यति
The sin of killing a cow or a Brahmin is quickly destroyed.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
By merely seeing it, one is freed from all sins.
इन्द्रध्वजमिति ख्यातं तीर्थ चैवातिमुक्तिदम् 164.
The sacred site is known as Indradhvaja and grants supreme liberation.
ततो हरो निवेद्याशु यात्राफलमनुत्तमम्
Then Hara swiftly declared the unsurpassed fruit of the pilgrimage.
समाप्य तीर्थयात्रां च रात्रौ जागरणं तथा
Having completed the pilgrimage to the sacred sites, one should also keep vigil at night.
एकादश्यां तदा रात्रौ कृत्वा जागरणं शुभम्
On the night of Ekādaśī, one should perform the auspicious vigil.
पितॄणां मुक्तिदं तेषां य एवं कुरुते नरः
Whoever does so grants liberation to his ancestors.
एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे अन्नकूटपरिक्रमम्
O blessed one, thus I have described to you the circumambulation of Annakūṭa.
य एतच्छृणुयाद्भक्त्या तीर्थानुकमणं हरेः
Whoever hears with devotion this account of Hari's pilgrimage to the sacred sites—
इति श्रीवराहपुराणे मथुरामाहात्म्यान्तर्गते गोवर्द्धनमाहात्म्येऽन्नकूटपरिक्रमप्रभावो नाम चतुःषष्ट्यषिकशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the sixty-fourth chapter, named 'The Power of the Circumambulation of Annakūṭa,' in the section on the glory of Govardhana within the Mathurā Māhātmya of the Śrī Varāha Purāṇa.
श्रीवराह उवाच यथावृत्तं प्रतिष्ठाने दक्षिणापथमण्डले
Śrī Varāha said: As it happened in the establishment in the southern region—
सुशीलो नाम वैश्यस्तु तस्मिन्वसति पत्तने
There lived in that city a merchant named Suśīla.
कुटुम्बभरणासक्तो नित्यकालं हि तिष्ठति
He was constantly engaged in supporting his family.
क्रयविक्रयसक्तस्य कालो दीर्घो गतस्तदा
Much time passed as he was absorbed in buying and selling.
न तेन धर्मश्रवणं कदाचिदपि संश्रुतम्
He never once listened to teachings about dharma.
आत्मोदरनिमित्तं हि पापं च कुरुते सदा
For the sake of his own sustenance, he always committed sinful acts.
न तस्य जायते बुद्धिर्दानं दातुं कदाचन
He never developed the intention to give charity.
धनयुक्तोऽपि पापोऽसौ न ददाति कदाचन
Even though he possessed wealth, that sinful man never gave anything.
स तु कालेन महता कुटुम्बासक्तमानसः
After a long time, his mind still attached to his family,