गर्त्तेश्वरोऽथ भूतेशो द्वे कोटी तु वसुन्धरे
O Earth, there are two crores at the holy places called Gartteśvara and Bhūteśa.
माथुराणां च यद्रूपं तद्रूपं मे वसुन्धरे 169.
O Earth, whatever form is found among the people of Mathura, that is my form as well.
शृणु देवि यथावृत्तं गरुडस्य महात्मनः मथुरायां स्थितं देवं भिन्नरूपं न पश्यति
Listen, O Goddess, to what happened concerning the great-souled Garuḍa: in Mathura, he could not see the deity in its distinct form.
तदा गतोऽसौ वसुधे देवस्याग्रे विहंगमः
Then, O Earth, that bird went before the deity.
गरुड उवाच जय केशव ईशान जय कृष्ण नमोऽस्तु ते
Garuḍa said: Victory to you, Keśava, Lord! Victory to you, Krishna! Salutations to you!
जय मूर्त जयाचिन्त्य जय लोकविभूषण
Victory to you, O Embodied One! Victory to you, O Inconceivable! Victory to you, Ornament of the worlds!
गरुडस्य पुरस्तत्र स्थितो देवः शरीरवान्
There, in front of Garuḍa, the deity stood in bodily form.
किं कुर्यात्स्तोत्रमेतन्मे किं वा तव चिकीर्षितम्
He said, 'What should I do? Is it this hymn, or is there something else you wish me to do?'
गरुड उवाच आगते तु मया देव न दृष्टं तव रूपकम्
Garuḍa said: O Lord, though I have come, I have not seen your form.
माथुरैरेव लोकैस्तु समं दृष्टं हि रूपकम्
Indeed, your form has been seen only by the people of Mathura, together with the world.
तस्मात्स्तुतिस्तु देवेश कृतानुग्रहकाम्यया
Therefore, O Lord of gods, this praise is offered out of the desire for your favor.
उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा गरुडं प्रति भाविनि माथुराणां च यद्रूपं तद्रूपं मे विहंगम ।।169.
He spoke gently to Garuḍa, saying, 'O bird, whatever form is found among the people of Mathura, that is my form as well.'
ये पापास्ते न पश्यन्ति मद्रूपा माथुरा द्विजाः
Those sinners, O twice-born, do not behold my form in Mathura.
गरुडोऽपि ततः स्थानाद्गतो देवि यथासुखम्
Even Garuda, O goddess, departed from that place as he wished.
येषां पूजितमात्रेण तुष्टोऽहं चैव सर्वदा
By merely being worshipped by them, I am always pleased.
अपि कीटः पतंगो वा तिर्यग्योनिगतोऽपि वा
Even an insect, a moth, or one born in an animal womb,
यः पश्येत्पद्मनाभं तु द्वादश्यामाश्विनस्य तु
Whoever beholds Padmanabha on the twelfth day of Ashvina,
एकादश्यां चोपवासी कृतशौचः समाहितः
Or, having fasted on the eleventh day, pure and composed,
चैत्रस्य शुक्लद्वादश्यामुपोष्य स्नानमाचरेत्
Fasting on the bright twelfth day of Chaitra, one should bathe.
यः करोति स मुच्येत नात्र कार्या विचारणा
Whoever does this is liberated; there is no need for doubt here.
महाविद्येश्वरीं देवि मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया
O goddess, by seeing Mahavidyeshvari, one is freed from the sin of killing a Brahmin.
स्नानं करोति तस्यां तु ग्रहदाषैर्न लिप्यते 169.
Whoever bathes there is not tainted by the afflictions of planets.
विश्रान्तिसंज्ञकं दृष्ट्वा दीर्घविष्णुं च केशवम्
Seeing the one called Vishranti, the long Vishnu, Keshava,
इति जपविधिहोमध्यानकाले स सम्यक्सततमभिसमीक्ष्य ब्रह्मणा यत्प्रयुक्तम्
Thus, during the time of recitation, ritual, or meditation, having properly and constantly observed, as prescribed by Brahma—
इति श्रीवराहपुराणे प्रागितिहासे मथुरामाहात्म्यं नामैकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the Varaha Purana, in the ancient narrative, is the seventy-ninth chapter named 'The Greatness of Mathura.'
श्रीवराह उवाच मथुरायां पुरा वृत्तं गोकर्णस्य महात्मनः
Sri Varaha said: Formerly, in Mathura, there occurred an event concerning the great soul Gokarna.
तस्य भार्या सुशीला तु नाम्ना गुणसमन्विता
His wife was Suśīlā by name, endowed with virtues.
विललाप च सुश्रोणि चैकान्ते दीनमानसा
And the lovely-hipped woman lamented alone, her mind dejected.
वृक्षमूले तु तत्रैव मुनिरेकः समास्थितः
There, at the root of a tree, a certain sage was seated.
जात हार्दः प्रियं चेष्टं शनैः स्त्रियमथाब्रवीत्
Moved by compassion, he gently spoke to the woman, who was dear to him.