Varaha Purana · Chapter 32
pūrvaṃ brahmā'vyayaḥ śuddhaḥ parādaparasaṃjñitaḥ /
sa sisṛkṣuḥ prajāstvādau pālanaṃ ca vicintayat
tasya cintayatastvaṅgād dakṣiṇācchvetakuṇḍalaḥ /
prādurbabhūva puruṣaḥ śvetamālyānulepanaḥ
taṃ dṛṣṭvovāca bhagavāṃścatuṣpādaṃ vṛṣākṛtim /
pālayemāḥ prajāḥ sādho tvaṃ jyeṣṭho jagato bhava
ityuktaḥ samavastho'sau catuḥpadbhyāṃ kṛte yuge /
tretāyāṃ sa samastṛbhyāṃ dve caiva dvāpare'bhavat /
kalāvekena pādena prajāḥ pālayate prabhuḥ
ṣaḍbhedo brāhmaṇānāṃ sa tridhā kṣatre vyavasthitaḥ /
dvidhā vaiśyekadhā śūdre sthitaḥ sarvagataḥ prabhuḥ /
rasātaleṣu sarveṣu dvīpavarṣe svayaṃ prabhuḥ
dravyaguṇakriyājāticatuḥpādaḥ prakīrtitaḥ /
saṃhitāpadakramaścaiva triśrṛṅgo'sau smṛto budhaiḥ
tathā ādyanta oṅkāra dviśirāḥ saptahastavān /
tribaddhabaddho viprāṇāṃ mukhyaḥ pālayate jagat
sa dharmaḥ pīḍitaḥ pūrvaṃ somenādbhutakarmaṇa /
tārāṃ jighṛkṣatā patnīṃ bhrāturāṅgirasasya ha
so'pāyād bhīṣitastena balinā krūrakarmaṇā /
araṇyaṃ gahanaṃ ghoramāviveśa tadā prabhuḥ
tasmin gate surāḥ sarve asurāṇāṃ tu patnayaḥ /
jighṛkṣantastadaukāṃsi babhramurdharmavañcitāḥ /
asurā api tadvacca suraveśmani babhramuḥ
nirmaryāde tathā jāte dharmanāśe ca pārthiva /
devāsurā yuyudhire somadoṣeṇa kopitāḥ /
strīhetośca mahābhāga vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ
tān dṛṣṭvā yudhyato devānasuraiḥ saha kopitān /
nāradaḥ prāha saṃgamya pitre brahmaṇi harṣitaḥ
sa haṃsayānamāruhya sarvalokapitāmahaḥ /
nivārayāmāsa tadā kasyārthe yuddhamabravīt
sarve śaśaṃsuḥ somaṃ tu sa tu buddhvā svakaṃ sutam /
pīḍanādapayātaṃ tu gahanaṃ vanamāśritam
tato brahmā yayau tatra devāsurayutastvaran /
dadarśa ca suraiḥ sārddhaṃ catuṣpādaṃ vṛṣākṛtim /
carantaṃ śaśisaṅkāśaṃ dṛṣṭvā devānuvāca ha
brahmā uvāca /
ayaṃ me prathamaḥ putraḥ pīḍitaḥ śaśinā bhṛśam /
patnīṃ jighṛkṣatā bhrāturddharmasaṃjño mahāmuniḥ
idānīṃ toṣayadhvaṃ vai sarva eva surāsurāḥ /
yena sthitirvo bhavati samaṃ devāsurā iti
tataḥ sarve stutiṃ cakrustasya devasya harṣitāḥ /
viditvā brahmaṇo vākyāt saṃpūrṇaśaśisannibham
devā ūcuḥ /
namo'stu śaśisaṅkāśa namaste jagataḥ pate /
namo'stu devarūpāya svargamārgapradarśaka /
karmamārgasvarūpāya sarvagāya namo namaḥ
tvayeyaṃ pālyate pṛthvī trailokyaṃ ca tvayaiva hi /
janastapastathā satyaṃ tvayā sarvaṃ tu pālyate
na tvayā rahitaṃ kiṃcijjagatsthāvarajaṅgamam /
vidyate tvadvihīnaṃ tu sadyo naśyati vai jagat
tvamātmā sarvabhūtānāṃ satāṃ sattvasvarūpavān /
rājasānāṃ rajastvaṃ ca tāmasānāṃ tama eva ca
catuṣpādo bhavān deva catuśśrṛṅgastrilocanaḥ /
saptahastastribandhaśca vṛṣarūpa namo'stu te
tvayā hīnā vayaṃ deva sarva unmārgavarttinaḥ /
tanmārgaṃ yaccha mūḍhānāṃ tvaṃ hi naḥ paramā gatiḥ
evaṃ stutastadā devairvṛṣarūpī prajāpatiḥ /
tuṣṭaḥ prasannamanasā śāntacakṣurapaśyata
dṛṣṭamātrāstu te devāḥ svayaṃ dharmeṇa cakṣuṣā /
kṣaṇena gatasaṃmohāḥ samyaksaddharmasaṃhitāḥ
asurā api tadvacca tato brahmā uvāca tam /
adyaprabhṛti te dharma tithirastu trayodaśī
yastāmupoṣya puruṣo bhavantaṃ samupārjayet /
kṛtvā pāpasamāhāraṃ tasmānmuñcati mānavaḥ
yaccāraṇyamidaṃ dharmma tvayā vyāptaṃ ciraṃ prabho /
tato nāmnā bhaviṣye taddharmāraṇyamiti prabho
catustripād dvyekapācca prabho tvaṃ
kṛtādibhirllakṣyase yena lokaiḥ /
tathā tathā karmabhūmau nabhaśca
prāyoyuktaḥ svagṛhaṃ pāhi viśvam
ityuktamātraḥ prapitāmaho'dhunā
surāsurāṇāmatha paśyatāṃ nṛpa /
adṛśyatāmagamat svālayāṃśca
jagmuḥ surāḥ savṛṣā vītaśokāḥ
dharmotpattiṃ ya imāṃ śrāvayīta
tadā śrāddhe tarpayeta pitṝṃśca /
trayodaśyāṃ pāyasena svaśaktyā
sa svargagāmī tu surānupeyāt
// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
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