Varaha Purana

संवत्सरं तु यस्तत्र स्नास्यंस्तु नियतेन्द्रियः

Whoever bathes there for a year, with the senses restrained—

तत्र गोरक्षकं नाम गोवृषः पदविक्षतम्

—there is the place called Gorakṣaka, marked by the footprints of a bull.

गौर्यास्तु शिखरं तत्र गच्छेत्सिद्धनिषेवितम्

There, one should go to the peak of Gaurī, frequented by accomplished beings.

लोकमाता भगवती लोकरक्षार्थमुद्यता

The blessed goddess, mother of the world, stands ready for the protection of all beings.

त्यजते पतितुं तस्या अधस्ताद्वाग्मतीतटे

She is about to descend there, below, at the bank of the Vagmatī river.

स्तनकुण्डे उमायास्तु यः स्नायात्खलु मानवः 215.

Whoever, indeed, bathes in Umā’s breast-shaped pool—

तीर्थं पंचनदं प्राप्य पुण्यं ब्रह्मर्षिसेवितम्

—having reached the sacred Pañcanada, honored by the great seers—

नकुलोहेन मतिमान्स्नापयेत्प्रयतात्मवान्

—should bathe there with a pure mind, using Nakulohena.

तस्यैवोत्तरतस्तीर्थमपरं सिद्धसेवितम्

To the north of that is another sacred ford, frequented by accomplished beings.

संवत्सरं यस्तु पूर्णं तत्र स्नायान्नरः सदा

If a man bathes there always for a full year—

देव्याः शिखरवासिन्या ज्ञेयं पूर्वोत्तरेण वै

—the goddess who dwells on the peak should be known to be to the northeast.

तीर्थं ब्रह्मोदयं नाम पुण्यं पापप्रणाशनम्

There is the sacred ford called Brahmodaya, destroyer of sin.

मृत्युलोकं न पश्येत्स कृच्छ्रेषु च न सीदति

He does not see the world of death, nor does he fall into hardship.

तत्र स्नात्वा भवेत्तोये रूपवानुत्तमद्युतिः

There, after bathing in the water, one becomes handsome and radiant.

तत्र सन्ध्यामुपास्याथ द्विजो मुच्येत किल्विषात्

There, after performing the evening worship, a twice-born person is freed from sin.

अहोरात्रं वसेद्यस्तु रुद्रजापो द्विजः शुचिः 215.

If a pure twice-born person stays there for a day and night, reciting Rudra prayers,

तारितं च कुलं तेन सर्वं भवति साधुना

His entire lineage is rescued and becomes virtuous through him.

यत्र यत्र च वाग्मत्यां स्नाति वै मानवोत्तमः

Wherever the best of men bathes in the sacred Vāgmatī river,

तिर्यग्योनिं न गच्छेत्तु समृद्धे जायते कुले

He does not enter a lower birth; he is born in a prosperous family.

धीमान्गच्छेत्तु विधिना कामक्रोधविवर्जितः

A wise person should go there according to the prescribed method, free from desire and anger.

स्नानस्य तद्दशगुणं भवेदत्र न संशयः

The merit of bathing there is tenfold; there is no doubt about this.

तदक्षयं भवेद्दातुर्दानपुण्यफलं महत्

The reward of giving there is imperishable; the donor attains great merit.

वरिष्ठं क्षेत्रमेतस्मान्नान्यदेव हि विद्यते

There is no field of merit superior to this; indeed, none other is known.

यत्र यत्र मया देवाश्चरता मृगरूपिणा

Wherever I, in the form of a deer, wandered among the gods,

तत्र तत्राभवत्सर्वं पुण्यक्षेत्रं च सर्वशः 215.

There, in every place, all became sacred grounds, entirely holy.

गोकर्णेश्वर इत्येतत्पृथिव्यां ख्यातिमेष्यति

This will become famous on earth as Gokarṇeśvara.

अदृश्य एव विबुधैः प्रययावुत्तरां दिशम्

Invisible to the gods, he departed toward the northern direction.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे भगवच्छास्त्रे भगवद्गोकर्णेश्वरमाहात्म्ये जलेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम पंचदशाधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the two hundred and fifteenth chapter, named 'The Description of the Glory of Jaleśvara,' in the Bhagavad Gokarṇeśvara Mahatmya of the sacred Varaha Purana.

; अथ गोकर्णशृंगेश्वरादिमाहात्म्यम् तस्मात्स्थानादपक्रान्ते त्र्यम्बके मृगरूपिणि

Now begins the greatness of Gokarṇa, Śṛṅgeśvara, and others. When the deer-formed (god) departed from that place called Tryambaka,