Varaha Purana

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.

इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सा स्त्री ऋषिमथाब्रवीत्

Hearing his words, that woman spoke to the sage.

मम तन्नास्ति हि मुने दुर्भगायाः प्रजासुखम्

O sage, I do not have that happiness of offspring, being unfortunate.

देवतायाः प्रसादेन तव पुत्रो भविष्यति

By the grace of the goddess, you shall have a son.

इत्युक्ता सा च सुश्रोणी प्रणिपत्य प्रसाद्य तम् 170.

Thus addressed, that beautiful-hipped woman bowed down and sought his favor.

स तद्वचनमाकर्ण्य प्रीतियुक्तं सुसंयुतम्

He, hearing those words, filled with joy and well-disposed,

ममाप्येतन्मतं देवि यदुक्तमृषिणा ततः

O lady, my opinion is also the same as what the sage has said.

सरस्वत्याः संगमे तौ स्नात्वा गोकर्णमर्चतुः

At the confluence of the Sarasvati, the two bathed and worshipped Gokarna.

एवं तयोर्दशाब्दानि गतानि सुतहेतवे

Thus, ten years passed for them in pursuit of a son.

भविष्यति युवां पुत्रो रूपवान्गुणसंयुतः

You two shall have a son, endowed with beauty and virtues.

देवतानां प्रसादेन तदुक्तस्य भविष्यति

By the grace of the gods, what was spoken shall come to pass.