Varahapurana 105.1

105.1

atha dadhidhenudāna māhātmyam ..
hotovāca ..
dadhidhenormahārāja vidhānaṃ śṛṇu sāṃpratam ..
anulipte mahībhāge gomayena narādhipaḥ ..1 ..
gocarmamātraṃ tu punaḥ puṣpaprakaraśobhite ..
kuśairāstīrya vasudhāṃ kṛṣṇājinakuśottarīm .. 2 ..
dadhikumbhaṃ tu saṃsthāpya saptadhānyacayopari ..
caturthāṃśena vatsaṃ tu sauvarṇaṃ mukhamaṇḍitam ..3..
ācchādya vastrayugmena puṣpagandhaistu pūjitām ..
brāhmaṇāya kulīnāya sādhuvṛttāya dhīmate ..4..
kṣamādiguṇayuktāya dadyāttāṃ dadhidhenukām ..
pucchadeśopaviṣṭastu mudrikākarṇabhūṣaṇaiḥ ..5 ..
pādukopānahau chatraṃ dattvā maṃtramimaṃ paṭhet ..
dadhikrāvṇeti maṃtreṇa dadyāddhenuṃ supūjitām .. 6 ..
evaṃ dadhimayīṃ dhenuṃ dattvā rājarṣisattama ..
ekāhārī dinaṃ tiṣṭheddadhnā ca nṛpanandana ..7..
yajamāno vasedrājaṃstrirātraṃ ca dvijottamaḥ ..
dīyamānāṃ prapaśyanti te yānti paramaṃ padam .. 8 ..
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā śrāvayedvāpi mānavaḥ ..
so'śvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati .. 9 ..
iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe śvetavinītāśvāpokhyāne dadhidhenudānamāhātmyaṃnāma ṣaḍadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 106 ..