Varaha Purana

मन्त्रहीनं क्रियाहीनं यः श्राद्धं कुरुते द्विजः

If a twice-born performs śrāddha lacking in mantras or proper rites,

उद्धरेद्यदि पात्रं तु ब्राह्मणो ज्ञानवर्जितः

Or if a brāhmaṇa devoid of knowledge lifts the vessel,

एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे पितृकार्यमनुत्तमम्

Thus, O blessed one, I have described to you the unsurpassed rite for the ancestors.

अपरं चापि वसुधे किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि

And now, O Earth, what else do you wish to hear?

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे श्राद्धपितृयज्ञनिश्चयो नाम नवत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the one hundred and ninetieth chapter, entitled 'The Determination of the Śrāddha and Ancestor Rite,' in the glorious Varāha Purāṇa.

अथ मधुपर्कोत्पत्तिदानसंकरणप्रकरणम् एवं श्रुत्वा बहून्धर्मान् धर्मशास्त्रविनिश्चयात्

Now, the section on the origin, offering, and mixing of madhuparka: Having thus heard many dharmas, ascertained from the treatises on dharma,

धरण्युवाच श्रुतं सुबहुशश्चैव तृप्तिर्मम न विद्यते

The Earth said: Though I have heard much and often, I am not yet satisfied.

ममैवानुग्रहार्थाय रहस्यं वक्तुमर्हसि

For my own benefit, you should speak the secret.

कानि द्रव्याणि कस्मै च देयानीति वदस्व मे

Tell me, what substances are to be given, and to whom?

वराहरूपी भगवान्प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम्

The Lord, in the form of Varāha, replied to the Earth.

श्रीवराह उवाच उत्पत्तिश्चैव दानं च सर्वो यस्य च हीयते

Śrī Varāha said: The origin and the offering, and whatever is diminished thereby—

अहं ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च कृत्वा लोकस्य संक्षयम्

I, along with Brahma and Rudra, bring about the dissolution of the world.

ततो भूमे दक्षिणाङ्गात्पुरुषो मे विनिःसृतः

Then, from the southern part of my body, a person emerged, O Earth.

तत्र पप्रच्छ मां ब्रह्मा मम गात्राद्विनिःसृतः

There, Brahma, who had arisen from my body, questioned me.

सरहश्च लघुर्देव एतत्तव न युज्यते 191.

O god, this is subtle and light; it does not suit you.

एवं च मे समुत्पन्नः सर्वकर्मसु निष्ठितः

Thus, he was born from me, established in all actions.

मयात्र संशितं ब्रह्मन् रुद्रे चापि समासतः

Here, O Brahman, I have resolved this, and likewise for Rudra.

उद्भवं मधुपर्क्कस्य आत्मसम्भवनिश्चयम्

The origin of the madhuparka and the certainty of its self-born nature.

मधुपर्केण किं कार्यमेतदाचक्ष्व निष्कलम्

What is to be done with the madhuparka? Tell me this, without omission.

कारणं मधुपर्कस्य दानं सङ्करणं तथा

The reason for the madhuparka, its giving, and its mixing as well.

ब्रह्मन् यात्युत्तरं स्थानं यत्र गत्वा न शोचति

O Brahman, he attains the highest state, where, having reached, he does not grieve.

यस्य दानविधिं प्राप्य यान्ति दिव्यां गतिं मम

Those who obtain the rite of giving attain my divine path.

संगृह्य मधुपर्कं वै इमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत्

Taking the madhuparka, one should recite this mantra.

मन्त्रः--- ॐ एष हि देव भगवंस्तव गात्रसूतिः संसारमोक्षणकरो मधुपर्कनामा

Mantra: Om, this indeed, O divine Lord, is the essence of your body, the madhuparka, which brings liberation from worldly existence.

पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे 191.

I will now tell you something else; listen to it, O Earth.

मध्वेवं दधि सर्पिश्च कुर्याच्चैव समं तथा

In this way, honey, curd, and ghee should be prepared equally.

सामासाद्य ततः कृत्वा मम कर्मपरायणः

Having obtained them together, one should perform my dedicated actions.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे मधुपर्क्कोत्पत्तिदानसंकरणं नामैकनवत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-first chapter in the glorious Varaha Purana, named 'The Origin, Giving, and Mixing of Madhuparka.'

अथ सर्वशान्तिवर्णनम् श्रुत्वा तु मधुपर्क्कस्य ह्युत्पत्तिं दानमेव च

Now, the description of universal peace: Having heard the origin and giving of madhuparka.