उदयाचलमाश्रित्य यमुनायाश्च दक्षिणे
Taking refuge at the eastern mountain and on the southern bank of the Yamunā,
मूलस्थानं ततः पश्चादस्तमानाचले रविम्
Afterwards, at the root place, the Sun sets at the western mountain.
मथुरायां तथा चैकं स्थाप्य सांबो वसुन्धरे
Thus, Sāmba established one (image) in Mathurā, O Earth.
एवं सांबपुरं नाम मथुरायां कुलेश्वरम्
Thus, the city named Sāmbapura in Mathurā is the lord of the clan.
माघमासस्य सप्तम्यां दिव्यं सांबपुरं नराः 177.
On the seventh day of the month of Māgha, people attain the divine city of Sāmbapura.
गच्छन्ति तत्पदं शान्तं सूर्यमण्डलभेदकम्
They reach that peaceful abode, which transcends even the solar sphere.
पापप्रशमनाख्यानं महापातक नाशनम्
The narration called 'Pacification of Sin' destroys even great sins.
इति श्रीवराहपुराणे साम्बवचनत्रयसूर्यप्रतिष्ठानं नाम सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred seventy-seventh chapter, entitled 'The Establishment of the Threefold Sūrya by Sāmba,' in the glorious Varāha Purāṇa.
श्रीवराह उवाच द्विजानुग्रहकामार्थमन्नमुग्रस्वरूपिणम्
Śrī Varāha said: For the sake of blessing the twice-born, food of a fierce nature is to be given.
द्वादश्यां मार्गशीर्षस्य उपोष्य नियतः शुचिः
On the twelfth day of the bright fortnight of Mārgaśīrṣa, having fasted, disciplined, and pure,
द्विजानां प्रीणनं कृत्वा स्वधान्नपटुभोजनैः
Having satisfied the twice-born with excellent meals of one's own food,
हर्षस्तु सुमहाञ्जातो रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः
Great joy arises for Rāma, whose actions are untainted.
महोत्सवं च कर्तुं स शत्रुघ्नस्य महात्मनः
And a great festival is to be held for the noble Śatrughna.
एकादश्यां सोपवासः स्नात्वा विश्रान्तिसंज्ञके
On the eleventh day, with fasting, after bathing at the place called Viśrānti,
तस्मिन्मुक्त्वा यथाकामं ब्राह्मणान्वै प्रतर्प्य च
There, having gratified the brāhmaṇas as desired,
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः पितृभिः सह मोदते
Freed from all sins, he rejoices together with his ancestors.
इति श्रीवराहपुराणे मथुरामाहात्म्ये शत्रुघ्नलावणे रामतीर्थयात्रायामष्टसप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred seventy-eighth chapter, entitled 'The Pilgrimage to Rāmatīrtha in the Section on the Greatness of Mathurā and the Slaying of Lavaṇa by Śatrughna,' in the glorious Varāha Purāṇa.
धरण्युवाच विनापराधो मनुजः सापराधश्च जायते
Earth said: A man is born both without fault and with fault.
कर्मणाचरणेनैव करणेन जुगुप्सितः
He becomes blameworthy only through the performance of actions.
श्रीवराह उवाच भक्षणं दन्तकाष्ठस्य राजान्नस्य तु भोजनम्
Śrī Varāha said: Eating with a tooth-stick, eating the king's food,
मैथुनं शवसंस्पर्शं पुरीषोत्सर्गमेव च
Sexual union, touching a corpse, and the act of defecation,
अभाष्य भाषणं चैव पिण्याकस्य च भक्षणम्
Speaking without being addressed, and eating oil-cake,
गुरोश्चालीकनिर्बन्धः पतितान्नस्य भक्षणम्
The insistence on a teacher’s food, and eating food that has fallen.
अदानं तुवरान्नस्य जालपादवराकयोः
Not giving green or uncooked food to the poor or those caught in a net.
तथैव देव पूजायां निषिद्धकुसुमार्च्चनम्
Likewise, in the worship of the gods, offering forbidden flowers.
पानं सुराया देवस्य अन्धकारे प्रबोधनम्
Drinking liquor for the deity, or awakening in darkness.
अपराधास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्समाख्याता मया धरे 179.
O Earth, I have thus described thirty-three offenses.
दूरस्थो न नमस्कारं कुर्यात्पूजा तु राक्षसी सवासाः पंचगव्याशी मलसंवस्त्रकं क्रमात् प्राजापत्येन शुद्धिः स्यान्नीलीवस्त्रस्य धारणात्
If one, being far away, does not offer salutations, the worship becomes demonic; wearing clothes, consuming five products of the cow, and wearing soiled garments in succession—purification is by the prājāpatya rite, or by wearing blue garments.
चान्द्रायणद्वयं कुर्याद्गुरोः क्षयितमुत्तमम्
One should perform two cāndrāyaṇa penances for the gravest offense against the teacher.
चान्द्रायणं पराकं च प्राजापत्यं तथैव च
Cāndrāyaṇa, parāka, and likewise prājāpatya penances.