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[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]

Note: Kapote艣a is at Chandanpur (Puri) and Bilve艣a on the seashore to the east of Gundic膩 house.

The sages enquired:

1. It behoves you to recount to us why this site of Kapote艣a became famous, O great sage. Who Kapota was and who was the Lord, O great sage?

Jaimini replied:

2. Formerly 碍耻艣补蝉迟丑补濒墨 became inhospitable for habitation of creatures because it was fully overgrown with 碍耻艣补 grass having keen edges and thorns.

3-4. It was devoid of trees. It had no water-reservoirs. It was like an abode of 笔颈艣腻肠补蝉 (ghosts). Formerly no Deva other than the Lord (痴颈峁ａ箛耻) was worshipped. A desire to compete with (痴颈峁ａ箛耻) and a feeling of rivalry arose in 顿丑奴谤箩补峁璱 (艢颈惫补) who thought, 鈥楲et me too be worshipped鈥�. Thinking thus he turned his mind to the devotion of the same 痴颈峁ａ箛耻.

5-8. 鈥業 shall propitiate Hari by resorting to a very great penance, staying in a place devoid of all objects. I shall have no personal possessions. What is it that I should speak to the Lord of 搁补尘腻? What can be the eulogy for 艢膩rad膩pati(?)? What else can give satisfaction to the deity who is the lord of the whole universe? Hence no external thing can be of any use to him. Therefore, I shall adopt Antary膩ga (鈥業nternal sacrifice鈥� i.e. 惭腻迟峁沰腻 狈测腻蝉补 etc.) with a pure mind. I shall propitiate Hari, the sire of mobile and immobile beings, the Lord who offers his own soul unto the devotees. By his grace I shall be worthy of being worshipped by all.鈥�

9-10. Thinking thus in his mind, he went to the holy spot 碍耻艣补蝉迟丑补濒墨. He performed a very severe penance near 狈墨濒补 mountain. 惭补丑别艣惫补谤补 avoided all Dvandvas (i.e. pairs of opposites e.g. heat-cold, pleasure-pain). He took in only air. Eight-formed^[1] though he was, the Lord was reduced to the size of a dove.

11. The delighted Lord granted him supremacy, so that he became equal (to 痴颈峁ａ箛耻) in respect of worship, reverence etc.

12. By the power of his penance that holy spot became one comparable to 痴峁沶诲腻惫补苍补, the forest near Gokula. Its interior was rendered splendid by lakes, ponds, reservoirs and rivers.

13. It was full of different kinds of trees and creepers (laden) with fruits and flowers of all seasons. It was resonant with the humming sounds of bees inebriated with honey.

14-15. It was full of different kinds of flocks of birds. It was a comfortable place of resort for all creatures. Since by means of his penance 艢颈惫补 became (small) like a dove, he came to be called Kapote艣vara^[2] at the behest of 惭耻谤腻谤颈 (痴颈峁ａ箛耻). It is at his bidding that the Three-eyed Lord always stays here along with 惭峁涐笉腻苍墨 (笔腻谤惫补迟墨).

16. Those who worship, eulogize and bow down to Kapote艣a shall get rid of all their sins and attain 笔耻谤耻峁�o迟迟补尘补.

17-22. Henceforth I shall narrate the greatness of Bilve艣a, O 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉.

Formerly Daityas who were the residents of 笔腻迟腻濒补 pierced through the surface of the earth and began to harass 叠丑奴谤濒辞办补. They used to devour people.

When the Lord incarnated as the son of 顿别惫补办墨 in order to reduce the burden on the earth, and protected the earth along with the 驰腻诲补惫补蝉 and the 笔腻峁囜笉补惫补蝉, he once came to that spot.

He took his bath in the water of the 罢墨谤迟丑补谤腻箩补 (the ocean) and paid obeisance to 狈墨濒补 惭腻诲丑补惫补 from a great distance mentally. Then he came to the entrance (of the abode of) Daityas.

He found that the underground passage was awful and impenetrable for human beings. He deluded the worlds with wrong notions (?) and desirous of spreading (the idea of) the venerability of 艢颈惫补, he took up a fruit of a Bilva tree and invoked the Three-eyed Lord there. After worshipping the Destroyer of the Puras, 艢谤墨办峁涐梗峁嘺 eulogized him.

艢r墨 Bhagav膩n prayed:

23. Obeisance to you, O Lord beyond the three 骋耻峁嘺蝉, O Lord who divides the three 骋耻峁嘺蝉, O Lord, embodiment of the three Vedas, O Lord beyond the three (Vedas). Obeisance to the knower of the three divisions of time (viz. Past, Present and Future).

24. To the Lord with the Moon, the Sun and Fire as eyes, obeisance to the excellent 膧迟尘补苍 favourable to 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉. Salute to you, the storehouse of eightfold prosperity, to the eight-formed Lord.

25. Obeisance to the Lord devoid of Tamas, the Lord whose form is beyond darkness, who is immutable and is destructive of darkness and who dispels the darkness of ignorance.

26. After eulogizing his own 膧迟尘补苍 by means of his own 膧迟尘补苍, the Lord saw that the passage had become easily penetrable by his favour.

27-29a. Through that passage the Lord went to 笔腻迟腻濒补 along with his army. There he slew the Daityas who were fierce and powerful and removed the burden (of the earth).

He then came back to the same place. There the Lord worshipped the Bull-emblemed Lord. Desirous of establishing 艢颈惫补 there in order to block the passage, the highly intelligent 骋补诲腻诲丑补谤补 (碍峁涐梗峁嘺), the Lord who can be won over by devotion, said thus:

29b-33. 鈥淥 顿丑奴谤箩补峁璱 (艢颈惫补), stay here in the place preventing Asuras from coming out. Who else, O 艢补峁僢丑耻, is competent to destroy the army of 搁腻办峁�a蝉补蝉?鈥�

After establishing 惭补丑腻诲别惫补 he returned to 顿惫腻谤补办腻. Since then Bilve艣a became famous on the earth.

O 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉, that Bilve艣a is the first creator of the prominent sacred place. By visiting that immutable Lord of 惭峁涐笉腻苍墨, the Lord who destroys sins, one shall derive all the desired results. One shall surmount adversity very difficult to cross.

The greatness of Kapote艣a and Bilve艣vara has been recounted to you, O sages. Henceforth, what else do you wish to hear?

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

The following are the eight forms of 艢颈惫补: (The special name of that form is given in the bracket) 1. Earth (艢arva); 2. Water (Bhava); 3. Fire (Rudra); 4. Wind (Ugra); 5. Ether (Bh墨ma); 6. The sacrificer i.e. Yajam膩na (Pa艣upati); 7. The Moon (惭补丑腻诲别惫补); 8. The Sun (莫艣膩na).

[2]:

The above is an explanatory legend to support the derivation of the name Kapote艣vara.