Varaha Purana

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,

त्रिधाविभक्तं तच्छृङ्गं पृथक्पृथगवस्थितम्

That horn was divided into three parts, each situated separately.

स्थापितं देवि नीत्वा वै शृंगाग्रं वज्रपाणिना

O Devi, Vajrapāṇi took the tip of the horn and established it.

देवैर्देवर्षिभिश्चैव सिद्धैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिस्तथा

By the gods, the divine sages, the Siddhas, and the Brahmarshis as well,

विष्णुना देवतीर्थेन तन्मूलं स्थापितं ततः

That root was then established by Viṣṇu, with the sacred water of the gods.

thumb|Gokarna Atmalinga तत्र तत्रैव भगवांस्तस्मिन्शृंगे त्रिधा स्थिते

There, on that very peak, the Blessed Lord abided in threefold form.

शतं तेन तु भागानामात्मनो निहितं मृगे

A hundred portions of himself were placed by him in the deer.

मार्गेण तच्छरीरेण निर्ययौ भगवान्विभुः

By that path, through that body, the Blessed and All-pervading One departed.

शतसंख्या स्मृता व्युष्टिस्तस्मिञ्छैलेश्वरे विभोः

The division there is remembered as a hundredfold at that lord of mountains.

ततः सुरासुरगुरुर्देवं भूतमहेश्वरम् 216.

Then the preceptor of gods and demons worshipped the great lord of beings.

देवदानवगन्धर्वाः सिद्धयक्षमहोरगाः

Gods, demons, Gandharvas, Siddhas, Yakṣas, and great serpents,