Varaha Purana · Chapter 62

agastya uvāca /
athāparaṃ mahārāja vratamārogyasaṃjñitam /
kathayāmi paraṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

tasyaiva māghamāsasya saptamyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ /
pūjayed bhāskaraṃ devaṃ viṣṇurūpaṃ sanātanam

āditya bhāskara rave bhāno sūrya divākara /
prabhākareti saṃpūjya evaṃ saṃpūjyate raviḥ

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ caiva kṛtāhāraḥ saptamyāṃ bhānumarcayet /
aṣṭamyāṃ caiva bhuñjīta eṣa eva vidhikramaḥ

anena vatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ vidhinā yo'rcayed ravim /
tasyārogyaṃ dhanaṃ dhānyamiha janmami jāyate /
paratra ca śubhaṃ sthānaṃ yad gatvā na nivartate

sārvabhaumaḥ purā rājā anaraṇyo mahābalaḥ /
tenāyamarcito devo vratenānena pārthiva /
tasya tuṣṭo varaṃ devaḥ prādādārogyamuttamam

bhadrāśva uvāca /
kimasau rogavān rājā yenārogyamavāptavān /
sārvabhaumasya ca kathaṃ brahman rogasya saṃbhavaḥ

agastya uvāca /
sa rājā sārvabhaumo'bhūd yaśasvī ca surūpavān /
sa kadācinnṛpaśreṣṭho nṛpaśreṣṭha mahābalaḥ

gatavān mānasaṃ divyaṃ saro devagaṇānvitam /
tatrāpaśyad bṛhad padmaṃ saromadhyagataṃ sitam

tatra cāṅguṣṭhamātraṃ tu sthitaṃ puruṣasattamam /
raktavāsobhirāchannaṃ dvibhujaṃ tigmatejasam

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sārathiṃ prāha padmametat samānaya /
idaṃ tu śirasā bibhrat sarvalokasya sannidhau /
ślāghanīyo bhaviṣyāmi tasmādāhara māciram

evamuktastadā tena sārathiḥ praviveśa ha /
grahītumupacakrāma taṃ padmaṃ nṛpasattama

spṛṣṭamātre tataḥ padme huṅkāraḥ samajāyata /
tena śabdena sa trastaḥ papāta ca mamāra ca

rājā ca tatkṣaṇāt tena śabdena samapadyata /
kuṣṭhī vigatavarṇaśca balavīryavivarjitaḥ

tathāgatamathātmānaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa puruṣarṣabhaḥ /
tasthau tatraiva śokārttaḥ kimetaditi cintayan

tasya cintayato dhīmānājagāma mahātapāḥ /
vasiṣṭho brahmaputro'tha taṃ sa papraccha pārthivam

kathaṃ te rājaśārdūla tava dehasya śāsanam /
idānīmeva kiṃ kāryaṃ tanmamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ

evamuktastato rājā vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā /
sarvaṃ padmasya vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsa sa prabhuḥ

taṃ śrutvā sa munistatra sādhu rājannathābravīt /
asādhuratha vā tiṣṭha tasmāt kuṣṭhitvamāgataḥ

evamuktastadā rājā vepamānaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ /
papraccha sādhvahaṃ vipra kathaṃ vā'sādhvahaṃ mune /
kathaṃ ca kuṣṭhaṃ me jātametanme vaktumarhasi

vasiṣṭha uvāca /
etad brahmodbhavaṃ nāma padmaṃ trailokyaviśrutam /
dṛṣṭamātreṇa cānena dṛṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ /
etasmin dṛśyate caitat ṣaṇmāsaṃ kvāpi pārthiva

etasmin dṛṣṭamātre tu yo jalaṃ viśate naraḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ paraṃ nirvāṇamarhati

brahmaṇaḥ prāgavasthāyā mūrtirapsu vyavasthitā /
etāṃ dṛṣṭvā jale magnaḥ saṃsārād vipramucyate

imaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā te sūto jale magno narottama /
praviṣṭaśca punarimaṃ hartumicchannarādhipa /
prāptavānasi durbuddhe kuṣṭhitvaṃ pāpapūruṣa

dṛṣṭametat tvayā yasmāt tvaṃ sādhviti tataḥ prabho /
mayokto mohamāpannastenāsādhuritīritaḥ

brahmaputro hyahaṃ cemaṃ paśyāmi parameśvaram /
ahanyahani cāgacchaṃstaṃ punardṛṣṭavānasi

devā api vadantyete padmaṃ kāñcanamuttamam /
mānase brahmapadmaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā cātra gataṃ harim /
prāpsyāmastat paraṃ brahma yad gatvā na punarbhavet

idaṃ ca kāraṇaṃ cānyat kuṣṭhasya śrṛṇu pārthiva /
ādityaḥ padmagarbhe'smin svayameva vyavasthitaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā tattvato bhāvaḥ paramātmaiṣa śāśvataḥ /
dhārayāmi śirasyenaṃ lokamadhye vibhūṣaṇam

evaṃ te jalpatā pāpamidaṃ devena darśitam /
idānīmimameva tvamārādhaya mahāmate

agastya uvāca /
evamuktvā vasiṣṭhastu imameva vrataṃ tadā /
ādityārādhanaṃ divyamārogyākhyaṃ jagāda ha

so'pi rājā'karoccemaṃ vrataṃ bhaktisamanvitaḥ /
siddhiṃ ca paramāṃ prāpto virogaścābhavat kṣaṇāt

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre dviṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ