Varaha Purana · Chapter 42

durvāsā uvāca /
tadvat phālgunamāse tu śuklapakṣe tu dvādaśīm /
upoṣya proktavidhinā harimārādhayet sudhīḥ

narasiṃhāya pādau tu govindāyetyurū tathā /
kaṭiṃ viśvabhuje pūjya aniruddhetyurastathā

kaṇṭhaṃ tu śitikaṇṭhāya piṅgakeśāya vai śiraḥ /
asuradhvaṃsanāyeti cakraṃ toyātmane tathā /
śaṅkhamityeva saṃpūjya gandhapuṣpaphalaistathā

tadagre ghaṭamādāya sitavastrayugānvitam /
tasyopari nṛsihaṃ tu sauvarṇaṃ tāmrabhājane /
sauvarṇa śaktitaḥ kṛtvā dāruvaṃśamaye'pi vā

ratnagarbhaghaṭe sthāpya taṃ saṃpūjya ca mānavaḥ /
dvādaśyāṃ vedaviduṣe brāhmaṇāya nivedayet

evaṃ kṛte phalaṃ prāptaṃ yat purā pārthivena tu /
tasyāhaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi vatsanāmnā mahāmune

āsīt kiṃpuruṣe varṣe rājā paramadhārmikaḥ /
bhārateti ca vikhyātastasya vatsaḥ suto'bhavat

sa śatrubhirjitaḥ saṃkhye hṛtakośo dvipādavān /
vanaṃ prāyāt sapatnīko vasiṣṭhasyāśrame'vasat

kālena gacchatā so'tha vasiṣṭhena maharṣiṇā /
kiṃ kāryamiti sa prokto vasasyasmin mahāśrame

rājovāca /
bhagavan hṛtakośo'haṃ hṛtarājyo viśeṣataḥ /
śatrubhirhatasaṃkalpo bhavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ /
upadeśapradānena prasādaṃ kartumarhasi

evamukto vasiṣṭhastu tasyemāṃ dvādaśīṃ mune /
vidhinā pratyuvācātha so'pi sarvaṃ tathā'karot

tasya vratānte bhagavān nārasiṃhastutoṣa ha /
cakraṃ prādācca śatrūṇāṃ vidhvaṃsanakaraṃ param

tenāstreṇa svakaṃ rājyaṃ jitavān sa nṛpottamaḥ /
rājye sthitvā'śvamedhānāṃ sahastramakarod vibhuḥ /
ante ca viṣṇulokākhyaṃ padamāpa ca sattama

eṣā dhanyā pāpaharā dvādaśī bhavato mune /
kathitā yā prayatnena śrutvā kuru yathepsitam

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre dvicatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ