Varaha Purana · Chapter 19

mahātapā uvāca /
viṣṇorvibhūtimāhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ te prasaṅgataḥ /
tithīnāṃ śrṛṇu māhātmyaṃ kathyamānaṃ mayā nṛpa

itthaṃbhūto mahānagnirbrahmakrodhodbhavo mahān /
uvāca devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ tithirme dīyatāṃ vibho /
yasyāmahaṃ samastasya jagataḥ khyātimāpnuyām

brahmovāca /
devānāmatha yakṣāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ ca sattama /
ādau pratipadā yena tvamutpanno'si pāvaka

tvatpadāt pratipadaṃ cānyā saṃbhaviṣyanti devatāḥ /
ataste pratipannāma tithireṣā bhaviṣyati

tasyāṃ tithau haviṣyeṇa prājāpatyena mūrtinā /
hoṣyanti teṣāṃ prītāḥ syuḥ pitaraḥ sarvadevatāḥ

caturvidhāni bhūtāni manuṣyāḥ paśavo'surāḥ /
devāḥ sarve sagandharvāḥ prītāḥ syustarpite tvayi

yaścopavāsaṃ kurvīta tvadbhaktaḥ pratipaddine /
kṣīrāśano vā vartteta śrṛṇu tasya phalaṃ mahat

caturyugāni ṣaṭtriṃśat svarloke'sau mahīyate /
tejasvī rūpasaṃpanno dravyavān jāyate naraḥ

iha janmanyasau rājā pretya svarge mahīyate /
tūṣṇīṃ babhūva sopyagnirbrahmadattāśrayaṃ yayau

ya idaṃ śrṛṇuyānnityaṃ prātarutthāya mānavaḥ /
agnerjanma sa pāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre ekonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ