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Varaha Purana · Chapter 54

54.54.1

bhadrāśva uvāca /
vijñānotpattikāmasya ka ārādhyo bhaved dvija /
kathaṃ cārādhyate'sau hi etadākhyāhi me dvija

54.54.2

agastya uvāca /
viṣṇureva sadārādhyaḥ sarvadevairapi prabhuḥ /
tasyopāyaṃ pravakṣyāmi yenāsau varado bhavet

54.54.3

rahasyaṃ sarvadevānāṃ munīnāṃ manujāṃstathā /
nārāyaṇaḥ paro devastaṃ praṇamya na sīdati

54.54.4

śrūyate ca purā rājan nāradena mahātmanā /
kathitaṃ tuṣṭidaṃ viṣṇorvrtamapsarasāṃ tathā

54.54.5

nāradastu purā kalpe gatavān mānasaṃ saraḥ /
snānārthaṃ tatra cajāpaśyat sarvamapsarasāṃ gaṇam

54.54.6

tāstaṃ dṛṣṭvā vilāsinyo jaṭāmukuṭadhāriṇam /
asthicarmāvaśeṣaṃ tu chatradaṇḍakapālinam

54.54.7

devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ didṛkṣuṃ kalahapriyam /
brahmaputraṃ tapoyuktaṃ papracchustā varāṅganāḥ

54.54.8

apsarasa ūcuḥ /
bhagavan brahmatanaya bhartṛkāmā vayaṃ dvija /
nārāyaṇaśca bharttā no yathā syāt tat pracakṣva naḥ

54.54.9

nārada uvāca /
praṇāmapūrvakaḥ praśnaḥ sarvatra vihitaḥ śubhaḥ /
sa ca me na kṛto garvād yuṣmābhiryauvanasmayāt

54.54.10

tathāpi devadevasya viṣṇoryannāmakīrtitam /
bhavatībhistathā bharttā bhavatviti hariḥ kṛtaḥ /
tannāmoccāraṇādeva kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

54.54.11

idānīṃ kathayāmyāśu vrataṃ yena hariḥ svayam /
varadatvamavāpnoti bhartṛtvaṃ ca niyacchati

54.54.12

nārada uvāca /
vasante śuklapakṣasya dvādaśī yā bhavecchubhā /
tasyāmupoṣya vidhivan niśāyāṃ harimarccayet

54.54.13

paryaṅkāstaraṇaṃ kṛtvā nānācitrasamanvitam /
tatra lakṣmyā yutaṃ raupyaṃ hariṃ kṛtvā niveśayet

54.54.14

tasyopari tataḥ puṣpairmaṇḍapaṃ kārayed budhaḥ /
nṛtyavāditrageyaiśca jāgaraṃ tatra kārayet

54.54.15

manobhavāyeti śira anaṅgāyeti vai kaṭim /
kāmāya bāhumūle tu suśāstrāyeti codaram

54.54.16

manmathāyeti pādau tu harayeti ca sarvataḥ /
puṣpaiḥ saṃpūjya deveśaṃ mallikājātibhistathā

54.54.17

paścāccatura ādāya ikṣudaṇḍān suśobhanān /
caturdikṣu nyaset tasya devasya praṇato nṛpa

54.54.18

evaṃ kṛtvā prabhāte tu pradadyād brāhmaṇāya vai /
vedavedāṅgayuktāya saṃpūrṇāṅgāya dhīmate

54.54.19

brāhmaṇāṃśca tathā pūjya vratametat samāpayet /
evaṃ kṛte tathā viṣṇurbharttā vo bhavitā dhruvam

54.54.20

akṛtvā matpraṇāmaṃ tu pṛṣṭo garveṇa śobhanāḥ /
avamānasya tasyāyaṃ vipāko vo bhaviṣyati

54.54.21

etasminneva sarasi aṣṭāvakro mahāmuniḥ /
tasyopahāsaṃ kṛtvā tu śāpaṃ lapsyatha śobhanāḥ

54.54.22

vratenānena deveśaṃ patiṃ labdhvā'bhimānataḥ /
avamāne'paharaṇaṃ gopālairvo bhaviṣyati /
purā harttā ca kanyānāṃ devo bharttā bhaviṣyati

54.54.23

agastya uvāca /
evamuktvā sa devarṣiḥ prayayau nāradaḥ kṣaṇāt /
tā apyetad vrataṃ cakrustuṣṭaścāsāṃ svayaṃ hariḥ

54.54

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