Varaha Purana

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,

तीर्थयात्रां पुरस्कृत्य प्रादक्षिण्यं च चक्रतुः

Having undertaken a pilgrimage, they performed circumambulation.

यथास्थानानि ते तस्मान्निवृत्ताश्च सुरादयः

Then, having returned to their own places, the gods and others withdrew.

पौलस्त्यो रावणो नाम भ्रातृभिः सह राक्षसैः

Then Paulastya, named Rāvaṇa, together with his brothers, the Rākṣasas,

शुश्रूषया च परया गोकर्णेश्वरमव्ययम्

With utmost devotion, served the imperishable Lord of Gokarṇa.

तदा त्रैलोक्यविजयं वरं वव्रे स राक्षसः

Then that Rākṣasa sought the boon of victory over the three worlds.

अवाप्य च दशग्रीवस्तदिष्टं परमेश्वरात्

And having obtained his desire from the Supreme Lord, Daśagrīva,

त्रैलोक्यं स विनिर्जित्य शक्रं च त्रिदशाधिपम्

He conquered the three worlds and Indra, the lord of the gods.

शृंगाग्रं यत्पुरा नीत्वा स्थापितं वज्रपाणिना

The summit, which was once carried away and set down by the wielder of the thunderbolt,

तद्यावद्रावणः स्थाप्य मुहूर्त्तमुदधेस्तटे 216.

That, as long as Rāvaṇa placed it for a moment on the shore of the ocean,

न शशाक यदा रक्षस्तदुत्पाटयितुं बलात्

When the Rākṣasa was unable to uproot it again by force,