Varaha Purana

दुष्करं पूर्वमुक्तं हि योगधर्मस्य साधनम्

For the means of yoga-dharma previously spoken is indeed difficult.

अल्पोपायकरं चैव सुखोपायं च सर्वशः

And there is a method that is easy to perform and pleasant in every way.

आत्मायत्ताश्च ये नित्यं न च विस्तारविस्तरः

Those which always depend on oneself and are not excessively elaborate.

कर्मणामशुभानां च विविधोत्पत्तिजन्मनाम्

And of the various actions that are unwholesome and arise in many ways.

यम उवाच तदहं भावयिष्यामि नमस्कृत्य स्वयम्भुवम्

Yama said: Therefore, I shall contemplate this, having bowed to the Self-born.

लोकानां श्रेयसोऽर्थं तु पापानां तु विनाशनम्

For the welfare of the worlds and the destruction of the wicked.

कैवल्यमभिसम्पन्ने श्रद्दधानो भवेन्नरः 210.

When liberation is attained, a man should be faithful.

प्राप्नुयादीप्सितान्कामान्पापैर्मुक्तो यथासुखम्

Freed from sins, he attains his desired wishes and enjoys as he pleases.

यस्तु कारयते रूपं शिशुमारं प्रजापतिम्

But he who causes the image of Śiśumāra, the lord of creatures, to be made—

यदा तस्य शरीरस्थं सोमं पश्येत्समाहितः

When, with concentrated mind, one perceives the Soma residing in his body,

ललाटे तूत्थितं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यते च स पातकैः

and sees it arisen upon the forehead, then he is freed from his sins.

मनसा कर्मणा वाचा यत्किंचित्कलुषं कृतम्

Whatever impurity has been committed in mind, action, or speech,

वाङ्मनोभिः कृतानां तु पापानां विप्रमोक्षणम्

there is liberation from the sins done by speech and mind.

तदा स दुष्कृतान्सर्वान्विनाशयति मानवः

Then, the person destroys all his misdeeds.

ध्यायेत ह्यक्षयं यस्तु स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते

Indeed, whoever meditates upon the imperishable is released from sins.

सौम्यरूपो यदा चन्द्रः कुरुते च प्रदक्षिणाम्

When the moon, gentle in form, makes a circumambulation,

तदा निर्मलतां याति चन्द्रमाः शारदो यथा 210.

then the moon attains purity, just as it does in autumn.

जघनस्थं शुचिर्दृष्ट्वा नरश्चन्द्रमसं मुने

O sage, when a man sees the pure moon situated at the hips,

आर्द्रस्थमार्द्रकर्मा तु ध्यात्वा चाष्टशताक्षरम्

and meditates upon the moist moon with moist deeds, reciting the eight-hundred-syllabled mantra,

सम्पूर्णौ विमलौ सम्यग्भ्राजमानौ स्वतेजसा

both full and spotless, shining perfectly with their own brilliance,

वामनं ब्राह्मणं दृष्ट्वा वाराहं च जलोत्थितम्

having seen the dwarf Brahmin and the Varaha arisen from the waters,

नमस्येद्वै पयोभक्षः स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते

He should bow, indeed, the one who partakes of milk, and is freed from sins.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे भगवच्छास्त्रे संसारचक्रे पापनाशोपायनिरूपणं नाम दशाधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the two hundred and tenth chapter, named 'Description of the Means for the Destruction of Sin in the Cycle of Samsara,' in the Divine Scripture of the Varaha Purana.

पुनः पापनाशोपायवर्णनम् एतच्छ्रुत्वा शुभं वाक्यं धर्मराजस्य नारदः

Again, the description of the means for the destruction of sin. Having heard these auspicious words of Dharmaraja, Narada,

नारद उवाच धर्मराज महाबाहो पितृतुल्यपराक्रम

Narada said: O Dharmaraja, mighty-armed, whose valor equals that of the ancestors,

ब्राह्मणानां हितार्थाय यदुक्तं मे प्रदक्षिणम्

For the welfare of the Brahmins, whatever you have spoken to me regarding circumambulation,

त्रयो वर्णा महाभाग यज्ञसामान्यभागिनः

O fortunate one, three castes partake equally in sacrifice.

यथैव सर्वसमता तव भूतेषु मानद

Just as you, O bestower of honor, are impartial toward all beings,

यथा कर्म हितं वाक्यं शूद्राणामपि कथ्यताम् अहं ते कथयिष्यामि चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य नित्यशः

So too, let beneficial actions and words be spoken even to Śūdras; I shall tell you what is always proper for the four classes.