Vamana Purana · Chapter 24
devadeva uvāca /
evaṃ pṛthūdako devāḥ puṇyaḥ pāpabhayāpahaḥ /
taṃ gacchadhvaṃ mahātīrthaṃ yāvat saṃnidhivodhitam
yadā mṛgaśiroṛkṣe śaśisūryau bṛhaspatiḥ /
tiṣṭhanti sā tithiḥ puṇyā tvakṣayā parigīyate
taṃ gacchadhvaṃ suraśreṣṭhā yatra prācī sarasvatī /
pitṝn ārādhayadhvaṃ hi tatra śrāddhena bhaktitataḥ
tato murārivacanaṃ śrutvā devāḥ savāsavāḥ /
samājagmuḥ kurukṣetre puṇyatīrthaṃ pṛthūdakam
tatra snātvā surāḥ sarve bṛhaspatimacodayan /
viśasva bhagavan ṛkṣamimaṃ mṛśiraṃ kuru /
puṇyāṃ tithiṃ pāpaharāṃ tava kālo 'yamāgataḥ
pravartate ravistatra candramāpi viśatyasau /
tvadāyattaṃ guro kāryaṃ surāṇāṃ tat kuruṣva ca
ityevamukto devaistu devācāryo 'bravīdidam /
yadi varṣādhipo 'haṃ syāṃ tato yāsyāmi devatāḥ
āṣāḍhe māsi mārgarkṣe candrakṣayatithirhi yā /
tasyāṃ purandaraḥ prītaḥ piṇḍaṃ pitṛṣu bhaktitaḥ
prādāt tilamadhūnmiśraṃ haviṣyānnaṃ kuruṣvatha /
tataḥ prītāstu pitarastāṃ prāhustanayāṃ nijāma
menāṃ devāśca śailāya himayuktāya vai daduḥ /
tāṃ menāṃ himavāṃllabdhvā prasādād daivateṣvatha /
prītimānabhavaccāsau rarāma ca yathecchayā
tato himādriḥ pitṛkanyayā samaṃ samarpayan vai viṣayān yathaiṣṭam /
ajījanat sā tanayāśca tisro rūpātiyuktāḥ surayoṣitopamāḥ
Original text: Vāmanapurāṇa, 1-69 · Edition: A.S. Gupta, Varanasi : All India Kashiraj Trust 1967 · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0