Varaha Purana · Chapter 57

agastya uvāca /
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi kāntivratamanuttamam /
yatkṛtvā tu purā somaḥ kāntimānabhavat punaḥ

yakṣmaṇā dakṣaśāpena purākrānto niśākaraḥ /
etaccīrtvā vrataṃ sadyaḥ kāntimānabhavat kila

dvitīyāyāṃ tu rājendra kārttikasya site dine /
naktaṃ kurvīta yatnena arcayan balakeśavam

baladevāya pādau tu keśavāya śiro'rcayet /
evamabhyarcya medhāvī vaiṣṇavaṃ rūpamuttamam

parasvarūpaṃ somākhyaṃ dvikalaṃ taddine hi yat /
tasyārghaṃ dāpayed dhīmān mantreṇa parameṣṭhinaḥ

namo'stvamṛtarūpāya sarvauṣadhinṛpāya ca /
yajñalokādhipataye somāya paramātmane

anenaiva ca mārgeṇa dattvārghyaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ /
rātrau savipro bhuñjīta yavānnaṃ saghṛtaṃ naraḥ

phālgunādicatuṣke tu pāyasaṃ bhojayecchuciḥ /
śālihomaṃ tu kurvīta kārttike tu yavaistathā

āṣāḍhādicatuṣke tu tilahomaṃ tu kārayet /
tadvat tilānnaṃ bhuñjīta eṣa eva vidhikramaḥ

tataḥ saṃvatsare pūrṇe śaśinaṃ kṛtarājatam /
sitavastrayugacchannaṃ sitapuṣpānulepanam /
evameva dvijaṃ pūjya tatastaṃ pratipādayet

kāntimānapi loke'smin sarvajñaḥ priyadarśanaḥ /
tvatprasādāt somarūpin nārāyaṇa namo'stu te

anena kila mantreṇa dattvā viprāya vāgyataḥ /
dattamātre tatastasmin kāntimān jāyate naraḥ

ātreyeṇāpi somena kṛtametat purā nṛpa /
tasya vratānte saṃtuṣṭaḥ svayameva janārdanaḥ /
yakṣmāṇamapanīyāśu amṛtākhyāṃ kalāṃ dadau

tāṃ kalāṃ somarājā'sau tapasā labdhavāniti /
somatvaṃ cāgamat so'sya oṣadhīnāṃ patirbabhau

dvitīyāmaśvinau somabhujau kīrtyete taddine nṛpa /
tau śeṣaviṣṇū vikhyātau mukhyapakṣau na saṃśayaḥ

na viṣṇorvyatiriktaṃ syād daivataṃ nṛpasattama /
nāmabhedena sarvatra saṃsthitaḥ parameśvaraḥ

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre saptapañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ