Varaha Purana · Chapter 44

durvāsa uvāca /
vaiśākhe'pyevamevaṃ tu saṃkalpya vidhinā naraḥ /
tadvat snānādikaṃ kṛtvā tato devālayaṃ vrajet

tatrārādhya hariṃ bhaktyā ebhirmantrairvicakṣaṇaḥ /
jāmadagnyāya pādau tu udaraṃ sarvadhāriṇe /
madhusūdanāyeti kaṭimuraḥ śrīvatsadhāriṇe

kṣatrāntakāya ca bhujau maṇikaṇṭhāya kaṇṭhakam /
svanāmnā śaṅkhacakrau tu śiro brahmāṇḍadhāriṇe

evamabhyarcya medhāvī prāgvat tasyāgrato ghaṭam /
vinyasya sthagitaṃ tadvad vastrayugmena veṣṭitam

vaiṇavena tu pātreṇa tasmin saṃsthāpayeddharim /
jāmadagnyeti vikhyātaṃ nāmnā kleśavināśanam

dakṣiṇe paraśuṃ haste tasya devasya kārayet /
sarvagandhaiśca saṃpūjya puṣpairnānāvidhaiḥ śubhaiḥ

tatastasyāgrataḥ kuryājjāgaraṃ bhaktimānnaraḥ /
prabhāte vimale sūrye brāhmaṇāya nivedayet /
evaṃ niyamayuktasya yatphalaṃ tannibodha me

āsīd rājā mahābhāgo vīraseno mahābalaḥ /
aputraḥ sa purā tīvraṃ tapastepe mahaujasā

caratastattapo ghoraṃ yājñavalkyo mahāmuniḥ /
ājagāma mahāyogī taṃ dṛṣṭvā nātidūrataḥ

tamāyāntamatho dṛṣṭvā ṛṣiṃ paramavarcasam /
kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā rājābhyutthānamākarot

sa pūjito muniḥ prāha kimarthaṃ tapyate tapaḥ /
rājan kathaya dharmajña kiṃ te kāryaṃ vivakṣitam

rājovāca /
aputro'haṃ mahābhāga nāsti me putrasaṃtatiḥ /
tena me tapa āṃsthāya kṛṣyate svatanurdvija

yājñavalkya uvāca /
alaṃ te tapasā'nena mahākleśena pārthiva /
alpāyāsena te putro bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

rājovāca /
kathaṃ me bhavitā putro alpāyāsena vai dvija /
etanme kathaya prīto bhagavan praṇatasya ha

durvāsā uvāca /
evamukto munistena pārthivena yaśasvinā /
ācakhyau dvādaśīṃ cemāṃ vaiśākhe sitapakṣajām

sa hi rājā vidhānena putrakāmo viśeṣataḥ /
upoṣya labdhavān putraṃ nalaṃ paramadhārmikam /
yo'dyāpi kīrtyate loke puṇyaśloko narottamaḥ

prāsaṅgikaṃ phalaṃ hyetad gatasyāsya mahāmune /
suputro jāyate vittavidyāvān kāntiruttamā

iha janmani kiṃ citraṃ paraloke śrṛṇuṣva me /
kalpamekaṃ brahmaloke vasitvā'psarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ

krīḍatyante punaḥ sṛṣṭau cakravartī bhaved dhruvam /
triṃśatyabdasahastrāṇi jīvate nātra saṃśayaḥ

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhavagacchāstre catuścatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ