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.
उपवासस्तु पंचाहं पंचगव्येन शुद्ध्यति
Fasting for five days, and purification by taking the five products of the cow.
पुष्पाभावेऽर्च्चनं स्नानं देवस्पर्शं च कारयन्
When there are no flowers, one should perform worship, bathing, and touching the deity.
सुरापाने द्विजातीनां चान्द्रायणचतुष्टयम्
For drinking liquor, four cāndrāyaṇa penances are prescribed for twice-born men.
ब्रह्मकूर्च्चेन शुद्धिः स्याद्गोप्रदानत्रयेण च
Purification is achieved by the brahmakūrcca rite or by giving three cows.
मुच्यते त्वपराधैस्तु तथा विष्णोः स्तवं पठन्
One is freed from offenses also by reciting a hymn to Viṣṇu.
पुनः पुनरुवाचेदं देवदेवो जनार्दनः 179.
Again and again, the god of gods, Janārdana, spoke this.
मुहुर्त्तमात्रे सा देवी संज्ञां प्राप्येदमब्रवीत्
That goddess, regaining consciousness for a moment, spoke this.
प्रायश्चित्तानि भूरीणि कृतानि तु नरैः सदा
Many acts of atonement have always been performed by people.
अस्ति कश्चिदुपायोऽत्र येन त्वं नृषु तुष्यसि
Is there any means here by which you are pleased with people?
श्रीवराह उवाच कृतोपवासः स्नानेन गंगायां शुद्धिमाप्नुयात्
Śrī Varāha said: One who has fasted and bathed in the Gaṅgā attains purification.
मथुरायां तथाप्येवं सापराधः शुचिर्भवेत्
Even so, in Mathurā, one remains pure despite an offense.
सहस्रजन्मसु कृतानपराधाञ्जहाति सः
He is freed from offenses committed over a thousand lifetimes.
श्रवणान्मननाच्चैव दर्शनाद्याति पातकम् मथुरा सूकरं चैव द्वावेतौ तव वल्लभौ
By hearing, reflecting, and seeing, sin departs; Mathurā and the Boar are both dear to you.
विशिष्टमनयोः किं च सत्यं ब्रूहि सुरेश्वर पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि आसमुद्रसरांसि च
Tell me truly, O Lord of the gods, what is superior between these two? What are the holy places and lakes on earth up to the ocean?
कुब्जाम्रकं प्रशंसन्ति सदा मद्भावभाविताः
Those devoted to my nature always praise Kubjāmra.
एकाहं मार्गशीर्ष्यां च द्वादश्यां सितवैष्णवम् 179.
On a single day in Mārgaśīrṣa, on the twelfth lunar day sacred to Viṣṇu—
गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं पुण्यं माथुरं मम मण्डलम्
My Māthura region is a merit more secret than the most secret.
अटित्वा सर्वतीर्थानि कुब्जाम्रादीनि नित्यशः
Having visited all the holy places, including Kubjāmra and others, continually—
विश्रमणाच्च विश्रान्तिस्तेन संज्ञा वरा मम
From resting comes repose; thus, the name 'Varā' is mine.
गतिरन्वेषणीयानां मथुरा परमा गतिः
Of all destinations sought, Mathurā is the supreme goal.