Varaha Purana · Chapter 53

bhadrāśva uvāca /
matpraśnaviṣaye brahman katheyaṃ kathitā tvayā /
tasyā vibhūtirabhavat kasya kena kṛtena ha

agastya uvāca /
āgateyaṃ kathā citrā sarvasya viṣaye sthitā /
tvaddehe mama dehe ca sarvajantuṣu sā samā

tasyāṃ saṃbhūtimicchan yastasyopāyaṃ svayaṃ param /
paśupālāt samutpanno yaścatuṣpāccaturmukhaḥ

sa guruḥ sa kathāyāstu tasyāścaiva pravarttakaḥ /
tasya putraḥ svaro nāma saptamūrtiṃrasau smṛtaḥ

tena proktaṃ tu yatkiṃcit caturṇāṃ sādhanaṃ nṛpa /
ṛgarthānāṃ caturbhiste tadbhaktyārādhyatāṃ yayuḥ

caturṇāṃ prathamo yastu catuḥśrṛṅgasamāsthitaḥ /
vṛṣadvitīyastatproktamārgeṇaiva tṛtīyakaḥ /
caturthastatpraṇītastāṃ pūjya bhaktyā sutaṃ vrajet

saptamūrttestu caritaṃ śuśruṃvuḥ prathamaṃ nṛpa /
brahmacaryeṇa vartteta dvitīyo'sya sanātanaḥ

tato bhṛtyādibharaṇaṃ vṛṣabhārohaṇaṃ triṣu /
vanavāsaśca nirddiṣṭa ātmasthe vṛṣabhe sati

ahamasmi vadatyanyaścaturddhā ekadhā dvidhā /
bhedabhinnasahotpannāstasyāpatyāni jajñire

nityānityasvarūpāṇi dṛṣṭvā pūrvaṃ caturmukhaḥ /
cintayāmāsa janakaṃ kathaṃ paśyāmyahaṃ nṛpa

madīyasya piturye hi guṇā āsan mahātmanaḥ /
na te samprati dṛśyante svarāpatyeṣu keṣucit

pituḥ putrasya yaḥ putraḥ sa pitāmahanāmavān /
evaṃ śrutiḥ sthitā ceyaṃ svarāpatyeṣu nānyathā

kvāpi saṃpatsyate bhāvo draṣṭavyaścāpi te pitā /
evaṃ nīte'pi kiṃ kāryamiti cintāparo'bhavat

tasya cintayataḥ śastraṃ pitṛkaṃ purato babhau /
tena śastreṇa taṃ roṣānmamantha svaramantike

tasmin mathitamātre tu śirastasyāpi durgraham /
nālikeraphalākāraṃ caturvaktro'nvapaśyata

taccāvṛtaṃ pradhānena daśadhā saṃvṛto babhau /
catuṣpādena śastreṇa ciccheda tilakāṇḍavat

prakāmaṃ tilasaṃcchinne tadamūlau na me babhau /
ahaṃ tvahaṃ vadan bhūtaṃ tamapyevamathācchinat

tasmin chinne tadasyāṃse hrasvamanyamavekṣata /
ahaṃ bhūtādi vaḥ pañca vadantaṃ bhūtimantikāt

tamapyevamatho chittvā pañcāśūnyamamīkṣata /
kṛtvāvakāśaṃ te sarve jalpanta idamantikāt

tamapyasaṅgaśastreṇa ciccheda tilakāṇḍavat /
tasmiṃcchinne daśāṃśena hrasvamanyamapaśyata

puruṣaṃ rūpaśastreṇa taṃ chittvā'nyamapaśyata /
tadvad hrasvaṃ sitaṃ saumyaṃ tamapyevaṃ tadā'karot

evaṃ kṛte śarīraṃ tu dadarśa sa punaḥ prabhuḥ /
svakīyamevākasyāntaḥ pitaraṃ nṛpasattama

trasareṇusamaṃ mūrtyā avyaktaṃ sarvajantuṣu /
samaṃ dṛṣṭvā paraṃ harṣaṃ ubhe visasvarārttavit

evaṃvidho'sau puruṣaḥ svaranāmā mahātapāḥ /
mūrttistasya pravṛttākhyaṃ nivṛttākhyaṃ śiro mahat

etasmādeva tasyāśu kathayā rājasattama /
saṃbhūtirabhavad rājan vivṛttestveṣa eva tu

eṣetihāsaḥ prathamaḥ sarvasya jagato bhṛśam /
ya imaṃ vetti tattvena sākṣāt karmaparo bhavet

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre tripañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ