Varaha Purana · Chapter 40

durvāsā uvāca /
tathaiva pauṣamāse tu amṛtaṃ mathitaṃ suraiḥ /
tatra kūrmo bhaved devaḥ svayameva janārdanaḥ

tasyeyaṃ tithiruddiṣṭā harervai kūrmarūpiṇaḥ /
puṣyamāsasya yā śuddhā dvādaśī śuklapakṣataḥ

tasyāṃ prāgeva saṃkalpya prāgvat snānnādikāḥ kriyāḥ /
nirvartyārādhayed rātryāmekādaśyāṃ janārdanam /
pṛthaṅmantrairmuniśreṣṭha devadevaṃ janārdanam

ॐkūrmāya pādau prathamaṃ prapūjya
nārāyaṇeti hareḥ kaṭiṃ ca /
saṃkarṣaṇāyetyudaraṃ viśoke-
tyurobhavāyeti tathaiva kaṇṭham /
subāhavetyeva bhujau śiraśca
namo viśālāya rathāṅgasāram

svanāmamantreṇa sugandhapuṣpai-
rnānānivedyairvividhaiḥ phalaiśca /
abhyarcya devaṃ kalaśaṃ tadagre
saṃsthāpya mālyaiḥ sitakaṇṭhadāma

taṃ ratnagarbhaṃ tu pureva kṛtvā
svaśaktito hemamayaṃ tu devam /
samandaraṃ kūrmarūpeṇa kṛtvā
saṃsthāpya tāmre ghṛtapūrṇapātre /
pūrṇaghaṭasyopari saṃniveśya
śvo brāhmaṇāyaivamevaṃ tu dadyāt

śvo brāhmaṇān bhojya sadakṣiṇāṃśca
yathāśaktyā prīṇayed devadevam /
nārāyaṇaṃ kūrmarūpeṇa paścād
tathā svayaṃ bhuñjīta sabhṛtyavargaḥ

evaṃ kṛte vipra samastapāpaṃ
vinaśyate nātra kuryād vicāram /
saṃsāracakraṃ tu vihāya śuddhaṃ
prāpnoti lokaṃ ca hareḥ purāṇam /
prayānti pāpāni vināśamāśu
śrīmāṃstathā jāyate satyadharmaḥ

anekajanmāntarasaṃcitāni
naśyanti pāpāni narasya bhaktyā /
prāguktarūpaṃ tu phalaṃ bhaveta
nārāyaṇastuṣṭimāyāti sadyaḥ

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ