Garga Samhita · Chapter 3.10

girirājakhaṇḍa - daśamo'dhyāyaḥ
govardhanaśilāmāhātmyam -
śrīnārada uvāca -
atraivodāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam /
yasya śravaṇamātreṇa mahāpāpaṃ praṇaśyati

vijayo brāhmaṇaḥ kaścid‌‌gautamītīravāsakṛt /
āyayau svamṛṇaṃ netuṃ mathurāṃ pāpanāśinīm

kṛtvā kāryaṃ gṛhaṃ gacchan govardhanataṭīṃ gataḥ /
vartulaṃ tatra pāṣāṇaṃ caikaṃ jagrāha maithila

śanaiḥ śanairvanoddeśe nirgato vrajamaṃḍalāt /
agre dadarśa cāyāntaṃ rākṣasaṃ ghorarūpiṇam

hṛdaye ca mukhaṃ yasya trayaḥ pādā bhujāśca ṣaṭ /
hastatrayaṃ ca sthūloṣṭho nāsā hastasamunnatā

saptahastā lalajjihvā kaṃṭakābhāstanūruhāḥ /
aruṇe akṣiṇī dīrghe daṃtā vakrā bhayaṃkarāḥ

rākṣaso ghurghuraṃ śabdaṃ kṛtvā cāpi bubhukṣitaḥ /
āyayau saṃmukhe rājan brāhmaṇasya sthitasya ca

girirājod‌bhavenāsau pāṣāṇena jaghāna tam /
girirājaśilāsparśāttyaktvā'sau rākṣasīṃ tanum

padmapatraviśālākṣaḥ śyāmasundaravigrahaḥ /
vanamālī pītavāsā mukuṭī kuṃḍalānvitaḥ

vaṃśīdharo vetrahastaḥ kāmadeva ivāparaḥ /
bhūtvā kṛtāṃjalirvipraṃ praṇanāma muhurmuhuḥ

siddha uvāca -
dhanyastvaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha paratrāṇaparāyaṇaḥ /
tvayā vimocito'haṃ vai rākṣasatvānmahāmate

pāṣāṇasparśamātreṇa kalyāṇaṃ me babhūva ha /
na ko'pi māṃ mocayituṃ samartho hi tvayā vinā

śrībrāhmaṇa uvāca -
vismitastava vākye'haṃ na tvāṃ mocayituṃ kṣamaḥ /
pāṣāṇasparśanaphalaṃ na jāne vada suvrata

siddha uvāca -
girirājo hare rūpaṃ śrīmān govardhano giriḥ /
tasya darśanamātreṇa naro yāti kṛtārthatām

gandhamādanayātrāyāṃ yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ /
tasmātkoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ girirājasya darśane

paṃcavarṣasahasrāṇi kedāre yattapaḥphalam /
tacca govardhane vipra kṣaṇena labhate naraḥ

malayādrau svarṇabhāradānasyāpi ca yatphalam /
tasmātkoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ girirāje hi māsikam

parvate maṃgalaprasthe yo dadyāddhemadakṣiṇām /
sa yāti viṣṇusārūpyaṃ yuktaḥ pāpaśatairapi

tatpadaṃ hi naro yāti girirājasya darśanāt /
girirājasamaṃ puṇyamanyattīrthaṃ na vidyate

ṛṣabhādrau kūṭakādrau kolakādrau tathā naraḥ /
suvarṇaśṛṅgayuktānāṃ gavāṃ koṭīrdadāti yaḥ

mahāpuṇyaṃ labhetso'pi viprānsaṃpūjya yat‍nataḥ /
tasmāllakṣaguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ girau govardhane dvija

ṛṣyamūkasya sahyasya tathā devagireḥ punaḥ /
yātrāyāṃ labhate puṇyaṃ samastāyā bhuvaḥ phalam

girirājasya yātrāyāṃ tasmātkoṭiguṇaṃ phalam /
girirājasamaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati

śrīśaile daśa varṣāṇi kuṇḍe vidyādhare naraḥ /
snānaṃ karoti sukṛtī śatayajñaphalaṃ labhet

govardhane pucchakuṇḍe dinaikaṃ snānakṛnnaraḥ /
koṭiyajñaphalaṃ sākṣātpuṇyameti na saṃśayaḥ

veṃkaṭādrau vāridhāre mahendre vindhyaparvate /
yajñaṃ kṛtvā hyaśvamedhaṃ naro nākapatirbhavet

govardhane'sminyo yajñaṃ kṛtvā datvā sudakṣiṇām /
nāke padaṃ saṃvidhāya sa viṣṇoḥ padamāvrajet

citrakūṭe payasvinyāṃ śrīrāmanavamīdine /
pāriyātre tṛtīyāyāṃ vaiśākhasya dvijottama

kukurādrau ca pūrṇāyāṃ nīlādrau dvādaśīdine /
indrakīle ca saptamyāṃ snānaṃ dānaṃ tapaḥkriyāḥ

tatsarvaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ bhavatītthaṃ hi bhārate /
govardhane tu tatsarvamanantaṃ jāyate dvija

godāvaryāṃ gurau siṃhe māyāpuryāṃ tu kuṃbhage /
puṣkare puṣyanakṣatre kurukṣetre ravigrahe

candragrahe tu kāśyāṃ vai phālgune naimiṣe tathā /
ekādaśyāṃ śūkare ca kārtikyāṃ gaṇamuktide

janmāṣṭamyāṃ madhoḥ puryāṃ khāṇḍave dvādaśīdine /
kārtikyāṃ pūrṇimāyāṃ tu vaṭeśvaramahāvaṭe

makarārke prayāge tu barhiṣmatyāṃ hi vaidhṛtau /
ayodhyāsarayūtīre śrīrāmanavamīdine

evaṃ śivacaturdaśyāṃ vaijanāthaśubhe vane /
tathā darśe somavāre gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame

daśamyāṃ setubandhe ca śrīraṅge saptamīdine /
eṣu dānaṃ tapaḥ snānaṃ japo devadvijārcanam

tatsarvaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ bhavatīha dvijottama /
tattulyaṃ puṇyamāpnoti girau govardhane vare

govindakuṇḍe viśade yaḥ snāti kṛṣṇamānasaḥ /
prāpnoti kṛṣṇasārūpyaṃ maithilendra na saṃśayaḥ

aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca /
mānasīgaṅgayā tulyaṃ na bhavaṃtyatra no girau

tvayā vipra kṛtaṃ sākṣād‌girirājasya darśanam /
sparśanaṃ ca tataḥ snānaṃ na tvatto'pyadhiko bhuvi

na manyase cenmāṃ paśya mahāpātakinaṃ param /
govardhanaśilāsparśātkṛṣṇasārūpyatāṃ gatam

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ girirājakhaṇḍe śrīnāradabahulāśvasaṃvāde
girirājamāhātmyaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ

hariḥ ॐ tatsacchrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu //
vargaḥ :garga saṃhitā