Varaha Purana

तथा कृत्वा तमूचुस्ता अभयं तेऽस्तु मा शुचः

Having done so, they said to him, 'May you be free from fear; do not grieve.'

गतास्ताः पुनरेवं च नित्यमेव दिने दिने

Those goddesses departed, and in this way, they came again every single day.

पोतात्तस्मादुत्ततार सुवातेनोपवाहितः

Then the boat rose up, carried along by a favorable wind.

रत्नानि बहु मौल्यानि आहृतानि बहून्यथ

Many jewels of great value were brought, and many other things as well.

निरीक्ष्यतेऽस्य संवासो न दृष्टश्चुक्रुशुस्ततः

His presence was sought, but not seen; then they cried out.

व्रीडायुतो निमग्नोऽयं निश्चितं मकरालये

Overcome by shame, he has surely sunk down into the abode of the makaras.

यथाभागं च रत्नानां भागं दास्यामहे परम्

We shall give each his proper share of the jewels, the highest portion.

एवं वसन्स गोकर्णो द्वीपस्थः शोकविह्वलः 171.

Thus, Gokarṇa, dwelling on the island, was overwhelmed with sorrow.

शुकेन मन्त्रमूढत्वात्पितुरेवं निवेदितम्

Because of confusion regarding the mantra, the parrot reported this to his father.

याता ऽस्मि मथुरां मार्गे समुद्रे जलमालिनि

I have gone to Mathurā; on the way, at the ocean covered with water—

अवश्यं च गमिष्येऽहमनुज्ञा तु प्रदीयताम्

I must certainly go; let permission be granted.

गच्छ त्वं पुत्र मथुरामवस्थां मामकीमिमाम्

Go, my son, to Mathurā and observe my present condition.

इत्युक्तः स तथेत्युक्त्वा पोतारूढः खगोत्तमः

Thus addressed, he replied, 'So be it,' and the best of birds boarded the boat.

श्रुत्वा तौ विषमावस्थं मृतं हृदि निवेश्य च

Hearing that he was in a dire state and had died, they took it to heart.

अस्माकं जीवनार्थाय त्वया कार्यं विहङ्गम

O bird, for the sake of our survival, you must act.

शुकेन पंजरस्थेन कथालापेन विद्यया

By the conversation and knowledge of the parrot kept in the cage,

अथ सार्थः समायातो रत्नपूर्णो यथोदधिः

Then the caravan arrived, filled with jewels like the ocean.

सर्वैस्तैर्विंशतिः संख्या एकैकेन समुद्रगैः 171.

All of them, twenty in number, each accompanied by those from the sea.

प्रसाद्य सर्वे सम्पूज्य प्रेषितास्ते गृहं ययुः

Having pleased and honored all, they were sent off and went home.

शुश्रूषमाणास्तं वैश्यं यथा स्वपितरं तथा

They served that merchant just as they would their own father.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे भगवच्छास्त्रे गोकर्णमाहात्म्ये एकसप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the one hundred seventy-first chapter in the glorious Varaha Purana, in the divine scripture, in the greatness of Gokarna.

श्रीवराह उवाच प्रथमेऽह्नि यथा कृत्यमेवमेव त्रयोदश

Sri Varaha said: On the first day, as was the duty, so too on the thirteenth.

ता देव्यो नृत्यगीतेषु कुशलाश्चागमेऽभवन्

Those goddesses became skilled in dance and song.

गोकर्णः सर्वभावेन गृहं विस्मृतवानसौ

Gokarna, with all his being, forgot his home.

विवर्णं वदना दीना भग्नालंकारवाससः

Their faces appeared pale, dejected, with broken ornaments and garments.

दृश्यन्ते विकृताकाराः सव्रणा रुधिरस्रवाः

They are seen with deformed bodies, covered in wounds and flowing with blood.

अपुत्रस्य गतिर्नास्ति स्वर्गो नैव च नैव च

For the one without a son, there is no path, nor heaven, nor anything else.

एवं ज्ञात्वा स पप्रच्छ तासां रूपविपर्ययम्

Knowing this, he asked about the change in their appearance.

देव्य ऊचुः कालात्मकः स भगवान्भुज्यते सुकृतं यतः

The goddesses said: That Lord is time itself, by whom good deeds are enjoyed.