154 - Power of the Tirthas in Yamuna

Varaha said:

1. Both of them were very glad to see Mathura of this description. 

2. While living there, O Earth, the queen asked the king to tell her the truth as promised by him.

3. The king then asked her to tell him the truth about herself which she too had promised to reveal.

4. Then the virtuous Pivari laughed and told the king what he wished to know.

5. “I was living on the bank of river Ganga. I came here to see this city on the Dvadashi day in the month of Kumuda.

6. As I was crossing the river in a canoe, I fell down in the water and was drowned.

7. But by the power of that tirtha, I was born as the daughter of the king of Kàšhi and I was married by you. But the memory of my past life never left me.

8. All this was due to my losing life in the tirtha called Dhäräpatanaka (in Yamunä)”

9. Hearing this the king narrated his own former life and of Samyamana where he lost his life.

10. Then they bathed in Yamunä and after worshipping me according to rules, died there.

 11. And as they had given up all attachments, they reached my world.

12. Thus have I told you about the wonder that occurred there.

13. He who dies in the tirtha called Dhäräpatanaka, gets all his sins removed and reaches heaven.

14. He who dies after worshipping Yamuneshvara, goes to the world of and remains there in divine form with four hands, and he who gives up life there, reaches my world.

15. Then there is the very holy spot named Nägatïrtha by bathing in which one goes to heaven and is never born again.

16. Then there is the tirtha Ghantabharanaka which purifies everyone. By bathing in it one goes to the world of Sürya.

17. By giving up life there one certainly goes to my world.

18. I shall tell you, O Earth, about another tirtha which is known even in the world of Brahma.

19. By bathing in this (Brahmatirtha) and drinking the water there, one gets honoured by Brahmä and then reaches my world.

20. There is Somatirtha in the holy Yamunä where Soma will see me in Dväpara Yuga.

21. He who bathes there remaining steadfast in’ his duties, delights himself in the world of Soma.

 22. And he who gives up life there, reaches my world.

23. There is the Sarasvati (tirtha) which removes all sins. By bathing in this even an outcaste becomes a saint.

24. I shall tell you about another tirtha in Mathurä.¹ He who bathes there after fasting for three nights, gets even the sin of killing a Brahmin removed. And he who gives up life there, goes to my world. 

1. The name of the tirtha is not given.

25. Then there is Dašhäšhvamedha (tirtha) which is resorted to by sages. A bath there makes entry into heaven easy.

26-27. On the western side of Mathurä is the tirtha called Mänasa which was created by Brahma from his mind and which is worshipped by sages.

28. Those who bathe there go to heaven and are never born again.

29. There is the Vighnaräja tirtha by bathing in which one becomes immune from the troubles of Vighnaräja.

30. Those who bathe there particularly on Ashtami, Chaturdashi and Chaturthï days, are never troubled by Vighnaräja.

31. This son of Pärvati wards off all impediments to them in education and in sacrifices and other ceremonies. He who gives up life there, reaches my world.

32. Then there is the holy Kotitirtha, by bathing in which one attains the merit of a crore of cows.

33. He who gives up life there without desire or delusion, transcends the world of Soma and reaches my world.

34. At a distance of half a Krošha from there is the temple of Shiva from where he protects Mathurä.

35. By bathing there and drinking the water, the same result as of doing them in Mathurä is obtained. And he who gives up life there, reaches my world.