Varaha Purana · Chapter 66

bhadrāśva uvāca /
āścaryaṃ yadi te kiṃcid viditaṃ dṛṣṭameva vā /
tanme kathaya dharmajña mama kautūhalaṃmahat

agastya uvāca /
āścaryabhūto bhagavāneṣa eva janārdanaḥ /
tasyāścaryāṇi dṛṣṭāni bahūni vividhāni vai

śvetadvīpaṃ gataḥ pūrvaṃ nāradaḥ kila pārthiva /
so'paśyacchaṅkhacakrābjān puruṣāṃstigmatejasaḥ

ayaṃ viṣṇurayaṃ viṣṇureṣa viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ /
cintā'bhūttasyatāndṛṣṭvā ko'sminviṣṇuriti prabhuḥ

evaṃ cintayatastasya cintā kṛṣṇaṃ prati prabho /
ārādhayāmi ca kathaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam

yena vedmi paraṃ teṣāṃ devo nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ /
evaṃ saṃcintya dadhyau sa taṃ devaṃ parameśvaram

divyaṃ varṣasahastraṃ tu sāgraṃ brahmasutastadā /
dhyāyatastasya devo'sau paritoṣaṃ jagāma ha

uvāca ca prasannātmā pratyakṣatvaṃ gataḥ prabhuḥ /
varaṃ brahmasuta brūhi kiṃ te dadmi mahāmune

nārada uvāca /
sahastramekaṃ varṣāṇāṃ dhyātastvaṃ bhuvaneśvara /
tvatprāptiryena tad brūhi yadi tuṣṭo'si me'cyuta

devadeva uvāca /
pauruṣaṃ sūktamāsthāya ye yajanti dvijāstu mām /
saṃhitāmādyamāsthāya te māṃ prāpsyanti nārada

alābhe vedaśāstrāṇāṃ pañcarātroditena ha /
mārgeṇa māṃ prapaśyante te māṃ prāpsyanti mānavāḥ

brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ pañcarātraṃ vidhīyate /
śūdrādīnāṃ na tacchrotrapadavīmupayāsyati

evaṃ mayoktaṃ viprendra purākalpe purātanam /
pañcarātraṃ sahastrāṇāṃ yadi kaścid grahīṣyati

karmakṣaye ca māṃ kaścid yadi bhakto bhaviṣyati /
tasya cedaṃ pañcarātraṃ nityaṃ hṛdi vasiṣyati

itare rājasairbhāvaistāmasaiśca samāvṛtāḥ /
bhaviṣyanti dvijaśreṣṭha macchāsanaparāṅmukhāḥ

kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca yugāni trīṇi nārada /
sattvasthāṃ māṃ sameṣyanti kalau rajastamo'dhikāḥ

anyacca te varaṃ dadmi śrṛṇu nārada sāmpratam /
yadidaṃ pañcarātraṃ me śāstraṃ paramadurlabham /
tadbhavān vetsyate sarvaṃ matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ

vedena pañcarātreṇa bhaktyā yajñena ca dvija /
prāpyo'haṃ nānyathā vatsa varṣakoṭyāyutairapi

evamuktvā sa bhagavān nāradaṃ parameśvaraḥ /
jagāmādarśanaṃ sadyo nārado'pi yayau divam

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ