एकस्नानस्य हि फलं तव दत्तं च राक्षस 167.
The fruit of a single bath has been given to you, O Rākṣasa.
इति श्रीवराहपुराणे मथुरामाहात्म्ये विश्रान्तिमाहात्म्यं नाम सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred sixty-seventh chapter, named 'The Greatness of Viśrānti,' in the Mathurā Māhātmya of the glorious Varāha Purāṇa.
धरण्युवाच तेन दृष्टेन यत्पुण्यं कथयस्वाखिलं प्रभो
The Earth spoke: Tell me, O Lord, all the merit gained by seeing that place.
श्रीवराह उवाच तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण मथुरायां फलं भवेत्
Śrī Varāha said: By merely seeing it, one attains the fruit of Mathurā.
पुरा वर्षसहस्रं तु तपस्तप्तं सुदारुणम्
Long ago, a thousand years of severe austerity were performed.
वरं वरय भद्रं ते यस्ते मनसि वर्त्तते सर्वगस्त्वं हि देवेश मया ज्ञातं सुनिश्चितम्
Choose a boon, auspicious one, whatever abides in your mind; you are omnipresent, O Lord of the gods, I have certainly known this.
मथुरायां च मे स्थानं सदा देव प्रदीयताम्
May my abode always be granted to me in Mathurā, O Lord.
मथुरायां च देव त्वं क्षेत्रपालो भविष्यसि
O Lord, you will be the guardian of the field in Mathurā.
अन्यथा नाप्नुयात् सिद्धिमेवमेतन्न संशयः
Otherwise, one would not attain perfection; thus it is, there is no doubt.
भजते मनुजः सिद्धिमात्मभावेन तादृशीम्
A man attains perfection of such a kind by devotion in his own nature.
विंशतिर्योजनानां हि माथुरं मम मण्डलम् 168.
My Māthura region extends for twenty yojanas.
न मया कथितं देवि ब्रह्मणश्च महात्मनः
I have not spoken of this, O goddess, even to the great-souled Brahmā.
मया सुगोपितं पूर्वं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं परम्
I have kept it well hidden before, more secret than the most secret, supreme.
तस्यां तिष्ठन्ति तीर्थानि तानि वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु
In that region are the tīrthas; I will tell you of them, listen to this.
तीर्थसंख्या च वसुधे मथुरायां मयोदिता
O Vasudhā, I have declared to you the number of tīrthas in Mathurā.
प्रस्कन्दनं च भाण्डीरं कुरुक्षेत्रसमानि षट्
Praskandana and Bhāṇḍīra, and six equal to Kurukṣetra.
असिकुण्डं सवैकुण्ठं कोटितीर्थोत्तमं स्मृतम्
Asikuṇḍa, along with Vaikuṇṭha, is remembered as the most excellent among the ten million sacred fords.
चक्रतीर्थं तथाक्रूरं द्वादशादित्यसंज्ञितम्
Cakra Tīrtha, as well as Ākrūra, and the place known as Dvādaśāditya.
कुरुक्षेत्राच्छतगुणं मथुरायां न संशयः
There is no doubt that in Mathurā, the merit is a hundred times greater than at Kurukṣetra.
मथुरायास्तु माहात्म्यं ते यान्ति परमं पदम्
Those who attain the greatness of Mathurā reach the supreme state.
एतन्मरणकाले तु यः स्मरेत्प्रयतो नरः 168.
Whoever, at the time of death, remembers this with a pure mind—
एतत्ते कथितं देवि सर्वपातकनाशनम्
O Devi, this has been told to you; it destroys all sins.
इति श्रीवराहपुराणे भगवच्छास्त्रे मथुरामाहात्म्ये अष्टषष्ट्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred sixty-eighth chapter, concerning the greatness of Mathurā, in the divine scripture of the Śrī Varāha Purāṇa.
श्रीवराह उवाच तस्यां वसाम्यहं देवि मथुरायां च सर्वदा
Śrī Varāha said: O Devi, I always reside there in Mathurā.
सर्वेषामेव तीर्थानां मथुरा च परं महत्
Among all sacred fords, Mathurā is the highest and greatest.
चक्रस्थितं हि तत्सर्वं कृष्णस्यैव पदेन तु
Indeed, all of that abides in the Cakra, truly by the foot of Kṛṣṇa.
तत्रैव वासिनो लोका मुक्तिं यान्ति न संशयः
The inhabitants dwelling there surely attain liberation—there is no doubt.
तयोर्मध्ये स्थितो देव आकारात्सोमचक्रता
Between the two, the god stands, having the form of the Soma-cakra.
तस्माद्धि मरणं चात्र द्वे कोटी सर्वकर्मसु
Therefore, death here is equal to two crores in all actions.
तेन वै चाक्षया लोकाः प्राप्ताश्चैव न संशयः यज्ञोपवीतमात्रेण त्रायन्ते च कुलं बहु
By this, indeed, imperishable worlds are attained—there is no doubt; even by the mere sacred thread, many families are protected.