Varaha Purana · Chapter 46

durvāsā uvāca /
āṣāḍhe'pyevamevaṃ tu saṃkalpya vidhinā naraḥ /
arcayet paramaṃ devaṃ gandhapuṣpairanekaśaḥ

vāsudevāya pādau tu kaṭiṃ saṃkarṣaṇāya ca /
pradyumnāyeti jaṭharaṃ aniruddhāya vai uraḥ

cakrapāṇayeti bhujau kaṇṭhaṃ bhūpataye tathā /
svanāmnā śaṅkhacakrau tu puruṣāyeti vai śiraḥ

evamabhyarcya medhāvī prāgvattasyāgrato ghaṭam /
vinyasya vastrasaṃyuktaṃ tasyopari tato nyaset /
kāñcanaṃ vāsudevaṃ tu caturvyūhaṃ sanātanam

tamabhyarcya vidhānena gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt /
prāgvat taṃ brāhmaṇe dadyād vedavādini suvrate /
evaṃ niyamayuktasya yatpuṇyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva me

vasudevo'bhavad rājā yaduvaṃśavivarddhanaḥ /
devakī tasya bhāryā tu samānavratadhāriṇī

sā tvaputrā'bhavat sādhvī patidharmaparāyaṇā /
tasya kālena mahatā nārado'bhyagamad gṛham

vasudevenāsau bhaktyā pūjito vākyamabravīt /
vasudeva śruṇuṣva tvaṃ devakāryaṃ mamānagha /
śrutvaitāṃ ca kathāṃ śīghramāgato'smi tavāntikam

pṛthivī devasamitau mayā dṛṣṭā yadūttama /
gatvā ca jalpatī bhāraṃ na śaktā ūhituṃ surāḥ

saubhakaṃsajarāsandhāḥ punarnaraka eva ca /
kurupāñcālabhojāśca balino dānavāḥ surāḥ /
pīḍayanti sametā māṃ tān hanadhvaṃ surottamāḥ

evamuktāḥ pṛthivyā te devā nārāyaṇaṃ gatāḥ /
manasā sa ca deveśaḥ pratyakṣastat kṣaṇāt babhau

uvāca ca suraśreṣṭhaḥ svayaṃ kāryamidaṃ surāḥ /
sādhayāmi na sandeho martyaṃ gatvā manuṣyavat

kiṃtvāṣāḍhe śuklapakṣe yā nārī saha bharttṛṇā /
upoṣyati manuṣyeṣu tasyā garbhe bhavāmyaham

evamuktvā gato devaḥ svayaṃ cāhamihāgataḥ /
upadiṣṭaṃ tu bhavato aputrasya viśeṣataḥ /
upoṣya labhate putraṃ sahabhāryo na saṃśayaḥ

etāṃ ca dvādaśīṃ kṛtvā vasudevastathāptavān /
mahatīṃ ca śriyaṃ prāptaḥ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ

bhuktvā rājyaśriyaṃ so'tha gataḥ paramikāṃ gatim /
eṣa te vidhiruddiṣṭa āṣāḍhe māsi vai mune

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ