Varaha Purana · Chapter 37

dharaṇyuvāca /
kathamārādhyase deva bhaktimadbhirnarairvibho /
strībhirvā sarvametanme śaṃsa tvaṃ bhūtabhāvana

śrīvarāha uvāca /
bhāvasādhyo'smyahaṃ devi na vittairna japairaham /
sādhyastathā'pi bhaktānāṃ kāyakleśaṃ vadāmi te

karmaṇā manasā vācā maccitto yo naro bhavet /
tasya vratāni dhāsyāmi vividhāni nibodha me

ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ prakīrtitam (-kalkata)ā /
etāni mānasānyāhurvratāni tu dharādhare

ekabhaktaṃ tathā naktamupavāsādikaṃ ca yat /
tatsarvaṃ kāyikaṃ puṃsāṃ vrataṃ bhavati nānyathā

maunaṃ cādhyayanaṃ caiva devastutyarthakīrtitat /
nivṛttiścāpi paiśunyād vācikaṃ vratamuttamam

atrāpi śrūyate cānyadṛṣirugratapāḥ purā /
brahmaputraḥ purā kalpe āruṇirnāma nāmataḥ

so'raṇyamagamat kiṃcit taporthī dvijasattamaḥ /
tapastepe tatastasminnupavāsaparāyaṇaḥ

devikāyāstaṭe ramye so'vasad brāhmaṇaḥ kila /
kadācidabhiṣekāya sa jagāma mahānadīm

tatra snātvā japan vipro dadarśāyāntamagrataḥ /
vyādhaṃ mahādhanuḥpāṇimugranetraṃ vibhīṣaṇam

taṃ dvijaṃ hantumāyāt sa valkalānāṃ jighṛkṣayā /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣubhito vipro brahmaghnasya bhayāditi /
dhyāyan nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ tasthau tatraiva sa dvijaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā'ntargatahariṃ vyādho bhīta ivāgrataḥ /
vihāya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ tato vacanamabravīt

vyādha uvāca /
hantumicchurahaṃ brahman bhavantaṃ prāgihāgataḥ /
idānīṃ darśanāt tubhyaṃ sā matiḥ kvāpi me gatā

brāhmaṇānāṃ sahastrāṇi sastrīṇāmayutāni ca /
nihatāni mayā brahman nihatau ca kuṭambinau

narake'bhyadhikaṃ cittaṃ kadācidapi vidyate /
idānīṃ taptumicchāmi tapo'haṃ tvatsamīpataḥ /
upadeśapradānena prasādaṃ kartumarhasi

evamukto'pyasau vipro nottaraṃ pratyapadyata /
brahmahā pāpakarmeti matvā brāhmaṇapuṃgavaḥ

anukto'pi sa dharmepsurvyādhastatraiva tasthivān /
snātvā nadyāṃ dvijaḥ so'pi vṛkṣamūlamupāśritaḥ

kasyacit tvatha kālasya tāṃ nadīmagamat kila /
vyāghro bubhukṣitaḥ śāntaṃ taṃ vipraṃ hantumudyataḥ

antarjalagataṃ vipraṃ yāvad vyāghro jighṛkṣati /
tāvad vyādhena viddho'sau sadyaḥ prāṇairviyojitaḥ

tasmād vyāghraśarīrāt tu utthāya puruṣaḥ kila /
vipraścāntarjale magnaḥ śrutvā taṃ śabdamākulam /
namo nārāyaṇāyeti vākyamuccairuvāca ha

vyāghreṇāpi śruto mantraḥ prāṇaiḥ kaṇṭhasthitaistataḥ /
śrutamātre jahau prāṇān puruṣaścābhavacchubhaḥ

so'bravīd yāmi taṃ deśaṃ yatra viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ /
tvatprasādād dvijaśreṣṭha muktapāpmā nirāmayaḥ

ityukto brāhmaṇaḥ prāha ko'si tvaṃ puruṣarṣabha /
so'bravīt tasya rājendraḥ pratāpī pūrvajanmani /
dīrghabāhuriti khyātaḥ sarvadharmaviśāradaḥ

ahaṃ jānāmi vedāṃśca ahaṃ vedmi śubhāśubham /
brāhmaṇe naiva me kāryaṃ kiṃ vastu brāhmaṇā iti

tasyaivaṃ vādino viprāḥ sarve krodhasamanvitāḥ /
ūcuḥ śāpaṃ durādharṣaḥ krūro vyāghro bhaviṣyasi

avamānāt tu viprāṇāṃ satyāntaṃ smaraṇaṃ tava /
mṛtyukālena saṃmūḍha keśavena bhaviṣyati

ityukto'haṃ purā taistu brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ /
tameva sarvaṃ saṃprāpto brahmaśāpaṃ supuṣkalam

tataste brāhmaṇā sarve praṇipatya mahāmune /
uktā'nugrahahetorvai ūcuste māmimaṃ purā

ṣaṣṭhānnakālikasyāgre yaste sthāsyati kaścana /
sa bhakṣyaste tu bhavitā kaṃcitkālaṃ narādhama

yadeṣughātaṃ labdhvā tu prāṇaiḥ kaṇṭhagatairbhavān /
śroṣyase dvijavaktrāt tu namo nārāyaṇeti hi /
tadā svargagatistubhyaṃ bhavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ

paravaktragatasyāpi viṣṇornāma śrutaṃ mayā /
labdhadveṣasya viprāṇāṃ pratyakṣaṃ tava sattama

yaḥ punarbrāhmaṇān pūjya svavaktreṇa namo harim /
vadan prāṇaṃ vimucyeta muktau'sau vītakilbiṣaḥ /

satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyamutkṣipya bhujamucyate /
jaṅgamā brāhmaṇā devāḥ kūṭasthaḥ puruṣottamaḥ

evamuktvā gataḥ svargaṃ sa rājā vītakalmaṣaḥ /
brāhmaṇo'pi sadāyuktastaṃ vyādhaṃ pratyabhāṣata

ṛṣiruvāca /
jighṛkṣormṛgarājasya yattvayā rakṣito hyaham /
tatputra tuṣṭaste dadmi varaṃ varaya suvrata

vyādha uvāca /
eṣa eva varo mahyaṃ yat tvaṃ māṃ bhāṣase dvija /
ataḥ paraṃ vareṇāhaṃ kiṃ karomi praśādhi mām

ṛṣiruvāca /
ahaṃ tvayā purā putra prārthito'smi tapo'rthinā /
bahupātakayuktena ghorarūpeṇa cānagha

idānīṃ tava pāpāni devikābhiṣaveṇa ca /
maddarśanena ca ciraṃ viṣṇunāmaśrutena ca /
naṣṭāni śuddhadeho'si sāṃprataṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

idānīṃ varamekaṃ tvaṃ gṛhāṇa mama sannidhau /
tapaḥ kuruṣva sādho tvaṃ cirakālaṃ yadīcchasi

vyādha uvāca /
ya eṣa bhavatā prokto viṣṇurnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ /
sa kathaṃ prāpyate martyaireṣa eva varo mama

ṛṣiruvāca /
tamuddiśya vrataṃ kuryād yatkiṃcitpuruṣo'cyutam /
sa paraṃ tamavāpnoti bhaktayā yuktaḥ pumāniti

evaṃ jñātvā bhavān putra vratametat samācara /
na bhakṣayed gaṇānnaṃ tu na vadedanṛtaṃ kvacit

etat te vratamādiṣṭaṃ mayā vyādhavara dhruvam /
atraivaṃ tapasā yuktastiṣṭha tvaṃ yāvadicchasi

śrīvarāha uvāca /
evaṃ cintānvitaṃ matvā varado brāhmaṇo'bhavat /
mokṣārthinamatho buddhvā vañcayitvā gato muniḥ

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ