Varaha Purana · Chapter 52
agastya uvāca /
sa trivarṇo nṛpotsṛṣṭaḥ svatantratvācca pārthiva /
ahaṃ nāmānamasṛjat putraṃ putrastrivarṇakam
tasyāpi cābhavat kanyā avabodhasvarūpiṇī /
sā tu vijñānadaṃ putraṃ manohvaṃ visasarja
tasyāpi sarvarūpāḥ syustanayāḥ pañcabhoginaḥ /
yathāsaṃkhyena putrāstu teṣāmakṣābhidhānakāḥ
ete pūrvaṃ dasyavaḥ syustato rājñā vaśīkṛtāḥ /
amūrttā iva te sarve cakrurāyatanaṃ śubham
navadbāraṃ puraṃ tasya tvekastambhaṃ catuṣpatham /
nadīsahastrasaṃkīrṇa jalakṛtya samāsthitam
tatpuraṃ te praviviśurekībhūtāstato nava /
puruṣo mūrttimān rājā paśupālo'bhavat kṣaṇāt
tatastatpurasaṃsthastu paśupālo mahānṛpaḥ /
saṃsūcya vācakāñchabdān vedān sasmāra tatpure
ātmasvarūpiṇo nityāstaduktāni vratāni ca /
niyamān kratavaścaiva sarvān rājā cakāra ha
sa kadācinnṛpaḥ khinnaḥ karmakāṇḍaṃ prarocayan /
sarvajño yoganidrāyāṃ sthitvā putraṃ sasarja ha
caturvaktraṃ caturbāhuṃ caturvedaṃ catuṣpatham /
tasmādārabhya nṛpatervaśe paśvādayaḥ sthitāḥ
tasmin samudre sa nṛpo vane tasmiṃstathaiva ca /
tṛṇādiṣu nṛpassaiva hastyādiṣu tathaiva ca /
samobhavat karmakāṇḍādanujñāya mahāmate
// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre dvāpañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ
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