Varaha Purana · Chapter 50

durvāsā uvāca /
gatvā tu puṣkaraṃ tīrthamagastyo munipuṃgavaḥ /
kārtikyāmājagāmāśu punarbhadrāśvamandiram

tamāgataṃ muniṃ prekṣya rājā paramadhārmikaḥ /
arghapādyādibhiḥ pūjya kṛtāsanaparigraham /
uvāca harṣito rājā tamṛṣiṃ saṃśitavratam

rājovāca /
bhagavan kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ tvayā ṛṣivarottama /
dvādaśyāśvayuje māsi vidhānaṃ tat kṛtaṃ mayā /
idānīṃ kārtike māsi yat syāt puṇyaṃ vadasva me

agastya uvāca /
śrṛṇu rājan mahābāho kārtike māsi dvādaśīm /
upoṣya vidhinā yena yaccāsyāḥ prāpyate phalam

prāgvidhānena saṃkalpya tadvat snānaṃ tu kārayet /
vibhumevārcayed devaṃ nārāyaṇamakalmaṣam

namaḥ sahastraśirase śiraḥ saṃpūjayeddhareḥ /
puruṣāyeti ca bhujau kaṇṭhaṃ vai viśvarūpiṇe /
jñānāstrāyeti cāstrāṇi śrīvatsāya tathā uraḥ

jagadgrasiṣṇave pūjya udaraṃ divyamūrttaye /
kaṭiṃ sahastrapādāya pādau devasya pūjayet

anulomena deveśaṃ pūjayitvā vicakṣaṇaḥ /
namo dāmodarāyeti sarvāṅgaṃ pūjayeddhareḥ

evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhinā tasyāgre caturo ghaṭān /
sthāpayed ratnagarbhāṃstu sitacandanacarcitān

stragdāmabaddhagrīvāṃstu sitavastrāvaguṇṭhitān /
sthāpitān tāmrapātraistu tilapūrṇaiḥ sakāñcanaiḥ

catvāraḥ sāgarāścaiva kalpitā rājasattama /
tanmadhye prāgvidhānena sauvarṇaṃ sthāpayeddharim /
yogīśvaraṃ yoganidrāṃ carantaṃ pītavāsasam

tamapyevaṃ tu saṃpūjya jāgaraṃ tatra kārayet /
kuryācca vaiṣṇavaṃ yajñaṃ yajed yogīśvaraṃ harim

ṣoḍaśāre tathā cakre rājabhirbahubhiḥ kṛte /
evaṃ kṛtvā prabhāte tu brāhmarṇāya ca dāpayet

catvāraḥ sāgarā deyāścaturṇāṃ pañcamasya ha /
yogīśvaraṃ tu saṃpūrṇaṃ dāpayet prayataḥ śuciḥ

vedāḍhye tu samaṃ dattaṃ dviguṇaṃ tadvide tathā /
ācārye pañcarātrāṇāṃ sahastraguṇitaṃ bhavet

yastvimaṃ sarahasyaṃ tu samantraṃ copapādayet /
vidhānaṃ tasya vai dattaṃ koṭikoṭiguṇottaram

gurave sati yastvanyamāśrayet pūjayet kudhīḥ /
sa durgatimavāpnoti dattamasya ca niṣphalam /
prayatnena gurau pūrvaṃ paścādanyasya dāpayet

avidyo vā savidyo vā gurureva janārdanaḥ /
mārgastho vāpyamārgastho gurureva parā gatiḥ

pratipadya guruṃ yastu mohād vipratipadyate /
sa janmakoṭi narake pacyate puruṣādhamaḥ

evaṃ dattvā vidhānena dvādaśyāṃ viṣṇumarcya ca /
viprāṇāṃ bhojanaṃ kuryād yathāśaktyā sadakṣiṇam

dharaṇīvratametaddhi purā kṛtvā prajāpatiḥ /
prajāpatyaṃ tathā lebhe muktiṃ brahma ca śāśvatam

yuvanāśvo'pi rājarṣiranena vidhinā purā /
māndhātāraṃ sutaṃ lebhe paraṃ brahma ca śāśvatam

tathā ca haihayo rājā kṛtavīryo narādhipaḥ /
kārttavīryaṃ sutaṃ lebhe paraṃ brahma ca śāśvatam

śakuntalā'pyevameva tapaścīrtvā mahāmune /
lebhe śākuntalaṃ putraṃ dauṣyantiṃ cakravartinam

tathā paurāṇarājāno vedoktāścakravarttinaḥ /
anena vidhinā prāptāścakravartitvamuttamam

dharaṇyā api pātāle magnayā caritaṃ purā /
vratametat tato nāmnā dharaṇīvratamuttamam

samāpte'smin dharā devī hariṇā kroḍarūpiṇā /
uddhṛtā'dyāpi tuṣṭena sthāpitā naurivāmbhasi

dharaṇīvratametaddhi kīrtitaṃ te mayā mune /
ya idaṃ śrṛṇuyād bhaktyā yaśca kuryānnarottamaḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇusāyujyamāpnuyāt

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre pañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ