Vishnu Purana · Chapter 2.9

iti śrīviṣṇumahāpurāṇe dvitīye 'ṃśe 'ṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ (8)
śrīpāraśara uvāca
tārāmayaṃ bhagavataḥ śiśumārākṛti prabhoḥ /
divi rūpaṃ harer yattu tasya pucche sthito dhruvaḥ

saiṣa bhraman bhrāmayati candrādityādikān grahān /
bhramantamanu taṃ yānti nakṣatrāṇi ca cakravat

sūryācandramasau tārā nakṣatrāmi grahaiḥ saha /
vātānīkamayair bandhair dhruve baddhāni tāni vai

śiśumārākṛti proktaṃ yadrūpaṃ jyotiṣāṃ divi /
nārāyaṇo 'yanaṃ dhāmnāṃ tasyādhāraḥ svayaṃ hṛdi

uttānapādaputrastu tamārādhya jagatpatim /
sa tārā śiśumārasya dhruvaḥ pucche vyavasthitaḥ

ādhāraḥ śiśumārasya sarvādhyakṣo janārdanaḥ /
dhruvasya śiśumārastu dhruve bhānurvyavasthitaḥ

tadādhāraṃ jagaccedaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam

yena vipravidhānena tanmamaikamanāḥ śṛṇu /
vivasvānaṣṭabhir māsair ādāyāpo rasātmikāḥ /
varṣatyambutataścānnamannādapyakhilaṃ jagat

vivasvānaṃśubhis tīkṣṇair ādāya jagato jatam /
somaṃ puṣmātyathenduś ca vāyunāḍīmayair divi /
nālair vikṣipate 'bhreṣu dhūmāgnyanilamūrtiṣu

na bhraśyanti yatastebhyo jalānyabhrāṇi tānyataḥ /
abhrasthāḥ prapatantyāpo vāyunā samudīritāḥ /
saṃskāraṃ kāṃlajanitaṃ maitreyāsādya nirmalāḥ

saritsamudrabhomāstu tathāpaḥ prāṇisambhavāḥ /
catuṣprakārā bhagavānādatte savitā mune

ākāśagaṅgāsalilaṃ tathādāyagabhastimān /
anabhragatamevorvyāṃ sadyaḥ kṣipati raśmibhiḥ

tasya saṃsparśanirdhūtapāpapaṅko dvijottama /
na yāti narakaṃ martyo divyaṃ snānaṃ hi tatsmṛtam

dṛṣṭasūryaṃ hi yadvāri patatyabhrair vinā divaḥ /
ākāśagaṅgāsalilaṃ tadgobhiḥ kṣipyate raveḥ

kṛttikādiṣu ṛkṣeṣu viṣameṣu ca yaddivaḥ /
dṛṣṭārkapatitaṃ jñeyaṃ tadgāṅgaṃ diggajojjhitam

yugmarkṣeṣu ca yattoyaṃ patatyarkojjhitaṃ divaḥ /
tatsūryaraśmibhiḥ sarvaṃ samādāya nirasyate

ubhayaṃ puṇyamatyarthaṃ nṛṇāṃ pāpabhayāpaham /
ākāśagaṅgāsalilaṃ divyaṃ snānaṃ mahāmune

yattu maighaiḥ samutsṛṣṭaṃ vāri tatprāṇināṃ dvija /
puṣṇātyauṣadhayaḥ sarvā jīvanāyāmṛtaṃ hi tat

tena vṛddhiṃ parāṃ nītaḥ sakalaścauṣadhīgaṇaḥ /
sādhakaḥ phalapākantaḥ prajānāṃ dvija jāyate

tena yajñānyathāproktānmānavāḥ śāstracakṣuṣaḥ /
kurvantyaharahastaiś ca devānāpyāyayantite

evaṃ yajñāś ca vedāś ca varṇāś ca dvijapūrvakāḥ /
sarve devanikāyāś ca sarve bhūtagaṇāś ca ye

vṛṣṭyā dhṛtamidaṃ sarvamannaṃ niṣpādyate yayā /
sāpi niṣpādyate vṛṣṭiḥ savitrā munisattama

ādhārabhūtaḥ saviturdhruvo munivarottama /
dhruvasya śiśupāro 'sau so 'pi nārāyaṇātmakaḥ

hṛdi nārāyaṇastasya śiśumārasyaṃ saṃsthitaḥ /
bibhartā sarvabhūtānāmādibhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ