Varaha Purana · Chapter 3

priyavrata uvāca /
anyasmin bhagavan janmanyāsīd yat tad viceṣṭitam /
sarvaṃ kathaya devarṣe mahat kautūhalaṃ hi me

nādarada uvāca /
snātasya mama rājendra tasmin vedasarasyatha /
sāvitryāśca vacaḥ śrutvā tasmin janmasahastrakam /
smaraṇaṃ tatkṣaṇājjātaṃ śrṛṇu janmāntaraṃ mama

astyavantīpuraṃ rājaṃstatrāhaṃ prāg dvijottamaḥ /
nāmnā sārasvataḥ pūrvaṃ vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ

bahubhṛtyaparīvāro bahudhānyaśca pārthiva /
anyasmin kṛtasaṃjñe tu yuge paramabuddhimān

tato dhyātaṃ mayaikānte kimanena karomyaham /
dvandvena sarvametaddhi nyastvā putreṣu yāmyaham /
tapase dhṛtasaṃkalpaḥ saraḥ sārasvataṃ drutam

evaṃ cintya mayā iṣṭaḥ karmakāṇḍena keśavaḥ /
śrāddhaiśca pitaro devā yajñaiścānye tathā janāḥ

tato'haṃ nirgato rājaṃstapase dhṛtamānasaḥ /
sārasvataṃ nāma saro yadetat puṣkaraṃ smṛtam

tatra gatvā mayā viṣṇuḥ purāṇaḥ puruṣaḥ śivaḥ /
ārādhito mayā bhaktyā japaṃ nārāyaṇātmakam

brahmapāramayaṃ rājan japatā paramaṃ stavam /
tato me bhagavāṃstuṣṭaḥ pratyakṣatvaṃ jagāma ha

priyavrata uvāca /
kīdṛśaṃ brahmapāraṃ tu śrotumicchāmi sattama /
kathayasva prasādena devarṣe suprasannadhīḥ

nārada uvāca /
paraṃ parāṇāmamṛtaṃ purāṇaṃ
pāraṃ paraṃ viṣṇumanantavīryam /
namāmi nityaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ
parāyaṇaṃ pāragataṃ parāṇām

purātanaṃ tvapratimaṃ purāṇaṃ
parāparaṃ pāragamugratejasam /
gambhīragambhīradhiyāṃ pradhānaṃ
nato'smi devaṃ harimīśitāram

parātparaṃ cāparamaṃ pradhānaṃ
parāspadaṃ śuddhapadaṃ viśālam /
parātpareśaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ
nārāyaṇaṃ staumi viśuddhabhāvaḥ

purā puraṃ śūnyamidaṃ sasarjja
tadā sthitatvāt puruṣaḥ pradhānaḥ /
jane prasiddhaḥ śaraṇaṃ mamāstu
nārāyaṇo vītamalaḥ purāṇaḥ

pāraṃ paraṃ viṣṇumapārarūpaṃ
purātanaṃ nītimatāṃ pradhānam /
dhṛtakṣamaṃ śāntidharaṃ kṣitīśaṃ
śubhaṃ sadā staumi mahānubhāvam

sahastramūrdhānamanantapāda-
manekabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetram /
kṣarākṣaraṃ kṣīrasamudranidraṃ
nārāyaṇaṃ staumyamṛtaṃ pareśam

trivedagamyaṃ trinavaikamūrtiṃ
triśuklasaṃsthaṃ trihutāśabhedam /
tritattvalakṣyaṃ triyugaṃ trinetraṃ
namāmi nārāyaṇamaprameyam

kṛte sitaṃ raktatanuṃ tathā ca
tretāyuge pūtatanuṃ purāṇam /
tathā hariṃ dvāparataḥ kalau ca
kṛṣṇīkṛtātmānamatho namāmi

sasarja yo vaktrata eva viprān
bhujāntare kṣatramathoruyugme /
viśaḥ padāgreṣu tathaiva śūdrān
namāmi taṃ viśvatanuṃ purāṇam

parātparaṃ pāragataṃ prameyaṃ
yudhāṃpatiṃ kāryata eva kṛṣṇam/
gadāsicarmaṇyabhṛtotthapāṇiṃ
namāmi nārāyaṇamaprameyam

iti stuto devavaraḥ prasanno
jagāda māṃ nīradatulyaghoṣaḥ /
varaṃ vṛṇīṣvetyasakṛt tato'haṃ
tasyaiva dehe layamiṣṭavāṃśca

iti śrutvā vaco mahyaṃ devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ /
uvāca prakṛtiṃ vipra saṃsarasvākṣayāmimām

brahmaṇo yugasāhastraṃ tatte tasmāt samudbhavaḥ /
bhavitā te tathā nāma dāsyate saṃprayojanam

nāraṃ pānīyamityuktaṃ taṃ pitṝṇāṃ sadā bhavān /
dadāti tena te nāma nāradeti bhaviṣyati

evamuktvā gato devaḥ sadyo'darśanamuccakaiḥ /
ahaṃ kalevaraṃ tyaktvā kālena tapasā tadā

brahmaṇo'ṅge layaṃ prāptastadotpattiṃ ca pārthiva /
divase tu punaḥ sṛṣṭo daśabhistanayaiḥ saha

dinādiryo hi devasya brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ /
sa sṛṣṭyādiḥ samastānāṃ devādīnāṃ na saṃśayaḥ

sarvasya jagataḥ sṛṣṭireṣaiva prabhudharmataḥ /
etanme prākṛtaṃ janma yanmāṃ pṛcchasi pārthiva

tasmānnārāyaṇaṃ dhyātvā prāpto'smi parato nṛpa /
tasmāt tvamapi rājendra bhava viṣṇuparāyaṇaḥ

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ