Varaha Purana · Chapter 35

mahātapā uvāca /
brahmaṇo mānasaḥ putraḥ atrirnāma mahātapāḥ /
tasya putro'bhavatsomo dakṣajāmātṛtāṃ gataḥ

saptaviṃśati yāḥ kanyā dākṣāyaṇyaḥ prakīrttitāḥ /
somapatnyo'timantavyāstāsāṃ śreṣṭhā tu rohiṇi

tāmeva ramate somo netarā iti śuśrumaḥ /
itarāḥ procurāgatya dakṣasyāsamatāṃ śaśeḥ

dakṣo'pyasakṛdāgatya tamuvāca sa nākarot /
samatāṃ so'pi taṃ dakṣaḥ śaśāpāntarhito bhava

evaṃ śaptastu dakṣeṇa somo dehaṃ tyajedatha /
uvāca somo dakṣaṃ tu bhavānevaṃ bhaviṣyati /
anekajo vihāyemaṃ brahmadehaṃ sanātanam

evamuktvā kṣayaṃ soma agamad dakṣaśāpataḥ /
devā manuṣyāḥ paśavo naṣṭe some savīrudhaḥ

kṣīṇābhavaṃstadā sarvā oṣadhyaśca viśeṣataḥ /
kṣayaṃ gacchadbhiratyarthamoṣadhībhiḥ surarṣabhāḥ

mūleṣu vīrudhāṃ somaḥ sthita ityūcurāturāḥ /
teṣāṃ cintā'bhavat tīvrā viṣṇuṃ ca śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ

bhagavānāha tān sarvān brūta kiṃ kriyate mayā /
te cocurdeva dakṣeṇa śaptaḥ somo vināśitaḥ

tānuvāca tadā devo mathyatāṃ kalaśodadhiḥ /
oṣadhyaḥ sarvato devāḥ prakṣipyāśu susaṃyataiḥ

evamuktvā tato devān dadhyau rudraṃ hariḥ svayam /
brahmāṇaṃ ca tathā dadhyau vāsukiṃ netrakāraṇāt

te sarve tatra sahitā mamanthurvaruṇālayam /
tasmiṃstu mathite jātaḥ punaḥ somo mahīpate

yo'sau kṣetrajñasaṃjño vai dehe'smin puruṣaḥ paraḥ /
sa eva somo mantavyo dehināṃ jīvasaṃjñitaḥ /
parecchayā sa mūrttiṃ tu pṛthak saumyāṃ prapedivān

tameva devamanujāḥ ṣoḍaśemāśca devatāḥ /
upajīvanti vṛkṣāśca tathaivoṣadhayaḥ prabhum

rudrastameva sakalaṃ dadhāra śirasā tadā /
tadātmikā bhavantyāpo viśvamūrtirasau smṛtaḥ

tasya brahmā dadau prītaḥ paurṇamāsīṃ tithiṃ prabhuḥ /
tasyāmupoṣayed rājaṃstamarthaṃ pratipādayet

yavānnahāraśca bhavet tasya jñānaṃ prayacchati /
kāntiṃ puṣṭiṃ ca rājendra dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ ca kevalam

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre pañcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ