Varaha Purana · Chapter 27

mahātapā uvāca /
pūrvamāsīnmahādaityo balavānandhako bhuvi /
sa devān vaśamāninye brahmaṇo varadarpitaḥ

tenātmavān surāḥ sarve tyājitā meruparvatam /
brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmurandhakasya bhayārditāḥ

tānāgatāṃstadā brahmā uvāca surasattamān /
kimāgamanakṛtyaṃ vo devā brūta kimāsyate

devā ūcuḥ /
andhakenārditāḥ sarve vayaṃ devā jagatpate /
trāhi sarvāṃścaturvaktra pitāmaha namo'stu te

brahmovāca /
andhakānnaiva śakto'haṃ trātuṃ vai surasattamāḥ /
bhavaṃ śarvaṃ mahādevaṃ vrajāma śaraṇārthinaḥ

kintu pūrvaṃ mayā datto varastasya surottamāḥ /
avadhyastvaṃ hi bhavitā na śarīraṃ spṛśenmahīm

tasyaivaṃ balinastveko hantā rudraḥ paraṃtapaḥ /
tatra gacchāmahe sarve kailāsanilayaṃ prabhum

evamuktvā yayau brahmā sadevo bhavasannidhau /
tasya saṃdarśanād rudraḥ pratyutthānādikāḥ kriyāḥ /
kṛtvābhyuvāca deveśo brahmāṇaṃ bhuvaneśvaram

śaṃbhuruvāca /
kiṃ kāryaṃ devatāḥ sarvā āgatā mama sannidhau /
yenāhaṃ tatkaromyāśu ājñā kāryā hi satvaram

devā ūcuḥ /
rakṣasva deva balinastvandhakād duṣṭacetasaḥ

yāvadevaṃ surā sarve śaṃsanti parameṣṭhinaḥ /
tāvat sainyena mahatā tatraivāndhaka āyayau

balena caturaṅgeṇa hantukāmo bhavaṃ mṛdhe /
tasya bhāryāṃ girisutāṃ hartumicchan sasādhanaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā'yāntaṃ devaśakraprahāriṇam /
sannahya sahasā devā rudrasyānucarā bhavan

rudro'pi vāsukiṃ dhyātvā takṣakaṃ ca dhanaṃjayam /
valayaṃ kaṭiṃsūtraṃ ca cakāra parameśvaraḥ

nīlanāmā ca daityendro hastī bhūtvā bhavāntikam /
āgatastvaritaḥ śakrahastīvoddhatarūpavān

sa jñāto nandinā daityo vīrabhadrāya darśitaḥ /
vīrabhadro'pi siṃhena rūpeṇāhatya ca drutam

tasya kṛttiṃ vidāryāśu kariṇastvañjanaprabhām /
rudrāyārpitavān so'pi tamevāmbaramākarot /
tataḥ prabhṛti rudro'pi gajacarmapaṭo'bhavat

gajacarmmapaṭo bhūtvā bhujaṃgābharaṇojjvalaḥ /
ādāya triśikhaṃ bhīmaṃ sagaṇo'ndhakamanvayāt

tataḥ pravṛtte yuddhe ca devadānavayormahat /
indrādyā lokapālāstu skandaḥ senāpatistathā /
sarve devagaṇāścānye yuyudhuḥ samare tadā

taṃ dṛṣṭvā nāradā yuddhaṃ yayau nārāyaṇaṃ prati /
śaśaṃsa ca mahad yuddhaṃ kailāse dānavaiḥ saha

tacchrutvā cakramādāya garuḍastho janārdanaḥ /
tameva deśamāgatya yuyudhe dānavaiḥ saha

āgatya ca tato devā hariṇāpyāyitā raṇe /
viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ sarve palāyanaparā bhavan

tatra bhagneṣu deveṣu svayaṃ rudro'ndhakaṃ yayau /
tatra tena mahadyuddhamabhavallomaharṣaṇam

tatra devo'pyasau daityaṃ triśūlenāhanad bhṛśam /
tasyāhatasya yad raktamapatad bhūtale kila /
tatrāndhakā asaṃkhyātā babhūvurapare bhṛśam

tad dṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ rudro śūle'ndhakaṃ mṛdhe /
gṛhītvā triśikhāgreṇa nanartta parameśvaraḥ

itare'pyandhakāḥ sarve cakreṇa parameṣṭhinā /
nārāyaṇena nihatāstatra ye'nye samutthitāḥ / २७.२६ //
asṛgdhārātuṣāraistu śūlaprotasya cāsakṛt /
anārataṃ samuttasthustato rudro ruṣānvitaḥ

tasya krodhena mahatā mukhājjvālā viniryayau /
tadrūpadhāriṇī devī yāṃ tāṃ yogeśvarīṃ viduḥ

svarūpadhāriṇī cānyā viṣṇunāpi vinirmitā /
brahmaṇā kārtikeyena indreṇa ca yamena ca /
varāheṇa ca devena viṣṇunā parameṣṭhinā

pātāloddharaṇaṃ rūpaṃ tasyā devyā vinirmame /
māheśvarī ca rājendra ityetā aṣṭamārataḥ

kāraṇaṃ tāni yatproktaṃ kṣetrajñenāvadhāraṇam /
śarīrād devatānāṃ tu tadidaṃ kīrtitaṃ mayā

kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobho mado moho'tha pañcamaḥ /
mātsaryaṃ ṣaṣṭhamityāhuḥ paiśunyaṃ saptamaṃ tathā /
asūyā cā'ṣṭamī jñeyā ityetā aṣṭamātaraḥ

kāmaṃ yogeśvarīṃ viddhi krodho māheśvarīṃ tathā /
lobhastu vaiṣṇavī proktā brahmāṇī mada eva ca

mohaḥ svayaṃbhūḥ kaumārī mātsaryaṃ cendrajaṃ viduḥ /
yamadaṇḍadharā devī paiśunyaṃ svayameva ca /
asūyā ca varāhākhyā ityetāḥ parikīrtitāḥ

kāmādigaṇa eṣo'yaṃ śarīre parikīrtitaḥ /
jagrāha mūrttiṃ tu yathā tathā te kīrtitaṃ mayā

etābhirdevatābhiśca tasya rakte'tiśoṣite /
kṣayaṃ gatā''surī māyā sa ca siddho'ndhako'bhavat /
etat te sarvamākhyātamātmavidyā'mṛtaṃ mayā

ya etacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ mātṝṇāmudbhavaṃ śubham /
tasya tāḥ sarvato rakṣāṃ kurvantyanudinaṃ nṛpa

yaścaitat paṭhate janma mātṝṇāṃ puruṣottama /
sa dhanyaḥ sarvadā loke śivalokaṃ ca gacchati

tāsāṃ ca brahmaṇā dattā aṣṭamī tithiruttamā /
etāḥ saṃpūjayed bhaktyā bilvāhāro naraḥ sadā /
tasya tāḥ parituṣṭāstu kṣemārogyaṃ dadanti ca

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ