Matsya Purana · Chapter 176
evamastviti saṃhṛṣṭaḥ śakrastridaśavardhanaḥ
saṃdideśāgrataḥ somaṃ yuddhāya śiśirāyudham //
gaccha soma sahāyatvaṃ kuru pāśadharasya vai
asurāṇāṃ vināśāya jayārthaṃ ca divaukasām //
tvaṃ mattaḥ prativīryaśca jyotiṣāṃ ceśvareśvaraḥ
tvanmayaṃ sarvalokeṣu rasaṃ rasavido viduḥ //
kṣayavṛddhī tava vyakte sāgarasyeva maṇḍale
parivartasyahorātraṃ kālaṃ jagati yojayan //
lokacchāyāmayaṃ lakṣma tavāṅkaḥ śaśasaṃnibhaḥ
na viduḥ soma devāpi ye ca nakṣatrayonayaḥ //
tvamādityapathādūrdhvaṃ jyotiṣāṃ copari sthitaḥ
tamaḥ protsārya mahasā bhāsayasyakhilaṃ jagat //
śvetabhānur himatanur jyotiṣām adhipaḥ śaśī
adhikṛt kālayogātmā iṣṭo yajñaraso 'vyayaḥ //
oṣadhīśaḥ kriyāyonir haraśekharabhāktathā
śītāṃśuramṛtādhāraś capalaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ //
tvaṃ kāntiḥ kāntivapuṣāṃ tvaṃ somaḥ somapāyinām
saumyastvaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ timiraghnastvam ṛkṣarāṭ //
tadgaccha tvaṃ mahāsena varuṇena varūthinā
śamaya tvāsurīṃ māyāṃ yayā dahyāma saṃyuge //
yanmāṃ vadasi yuddhārthe devarāja varaprada
eṣa varṣāmi śiśiraṃ daityamāyāpakarṣaṇam //
etānmacchītanirdagdhān paśya tvaṃ himaveṣṭitān
vimāyānvimadāṃścaiva daityasiṃhānmahāhave //
ityuktvā tārakādhīśaḥ sajaleśaḥ śivodakaiḥ
plāvayāmāsa sainyāni surāṇāṃ śāntivṛddhaye //
teṣāṃ himakarotsṛṣṭāḥ sapāśā himavṛṣṭayaḥ
veṣṭayanti sma tānghorān daityānmeghagaṇā iva //
Original text: Matsyapurāṇa, 1-176 · Edition: Calcutta: Caukhamba Vidyabhavan, 1954. · Data entry Oliver Hellwig · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0