Vishnu Purana · Chapter 2.11

iti kṣiviṣṇumahāpurāṇe dvitīye 'ṃśe daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ (10)
maitreya uvāca
yadetadbhagavānāha gaṇaḥ saptavidho raveḥ /
maṇḍale himatāpādeḥ kāraṇaṃ tanmayā śrutam

vyāpāraścāpikathito gandharvoragarakṣasām /
ṛṣīṇāṃ vālakhilyānāṃ tathaivāpsarasāṃ guro

yakṣāṇāṃ ca rathe bhānorviṣṇuśaktidhṛtātmanām /
kiṃ cādityasya yatkarma tannātroktaṃ tvayā mune

yadi saptagaṇo vāri himamuṣṇaṃ ca varṣati /
tatkimatra raveryena vṛṣṭiḥ sūryāditīryate

vivasvānudito madhye yātyastamiti kiṃ janaḥ /
bravītyetatsamaṃ karma yadi saptagaṇasya tat

parāśara uvāca
maitreyaśrūyatāmetadyadbhavānparipṛccati /
yathā saptagaṇopyekaḥ prādhānyenādhiko raviḥ

sarvaśaktiḥ parā viṣṇo ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṃjñitā /
saiṣātrayī tapatyaṃho jagataś ca hinasti yā

saiṣa viṣṇuḥ sthitaḥ sthityāṃ jagataḥ pālanodyataḥ /
ṛgyajuḥ sāmabhūtontaḥ saviturdvijatiṣṭhati

māsimāsi raviryoyastatra tatra hi sā parā /
trayīmayī viṣṇuśaktiravasthānaṃ karoti vai

ṛcastuvantiḥ pūrvāhne madhyāhnetha yajūṃṣi vai /
bṛhadrathantarādīni sāmānyahnaḥ kṣaye ravim

aṅgameṣā trayī viṣṇo ṛgyajuḥ sāmasaṃjñitā /
viṣṇuśaktiravasthānaṃ sadāditye karoti sā

na kevalaṃ raveḥ śaktirvaiṣṇavī sā trayīmayī /
brahmātha puruṣo rudrastrayametattrayīmayam

sargādau ṛṅmayo brahmā sthitau viṣṇuryajurmayaḥ /
rudraḥ sāmamayontāya tasmāttasyāśucirthvaniḥ

evaṃ sā sāttvikī śaktirvaiṣṇavī yā trayīmayī /
ātmasaptagaṇasthaṃ taṃ bhāsvantamadhitiṣṭhati

tayā cādhiṣṭhitaḥ so 'pi jājvalīti svaraśmibhiḥ /
tamaḥ samastajagatāṃ nāśaṃnayati cākhilam

stuvanti cainaṃ munayo gandharvair gīyate puraḥ /
nṛtyantyo 'psaraso yānti tasya cānu niśācarāḥ

vahanti pannagā yakṣaiḥ kriyate 'bhīṣusaṃgrahaḥ /
vālakhilyāstathaivainaṃ parivārya samāsate

nodetā nāstametā ca kadācicchaktirūpadhṛk /
viṣṇurviṣṇoḥ pṛthak tasya gaṇāḥsaptavidho 'pyayam

stambhasthadarpaṇasyeva yo 'yamāsannatāṃ gataḥ /
chāyādarśanasaṃyogaṃ sa taṃ prāpnotyathātmanaḥ

evaṃ sā vaiṣṇavī śaktirnaivāpaiti tato dvija /
māsānumāsaṃ bhāsvantamadhyāste tatra saṃsthitam

pitṛdevamanuṣyādīnsa sadāpyāyayanprabhuḥ /
parivartatyahorātrakāraṇaṃ savitā dvaja

sūryaraśmisuṣumṇāyastarpitastena candramāḥ /
kṛṣṇapakṣemaraiḥ śaśvatpīyate vai sudhāmayaḥ

pītaṃ taṃ dvikalaṃ somaṃ kṛṣṇapakṣakṣaye dvija /
pibanti patarasteṣāṃ bhāskarāttarpamaṃ tathā

ādatte raśmibhir yaṃtu kṣitisaṃsthaṃ rasaṃ raviḥ /
tamutsṛjati bhūtānāṃ puṣṭyarthaṃ sasyavṛddhaye

tena prīṇātyaśeṣāṇi bhūtāni bhagavānraviḥ /
pitṛdevamanuṣyādīnevamāpyāyayatyasau

pakṣatṛptiṃ tu devānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ caiva māsikīm /
śaśvattṛptiṃ ca martyānāṃ maitreyārkaḥ prayacchati