Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19


Sanskrit:

वरुणप्रेषिता देवी वारुणी वृक्षकोटरात् ।पतन्ती तद् वनं सर्वं स्वगन्धेनाध्यवासयत् ॥ १९ ॥

ITRANS:

varuṇa-preṣitā devīvāruṇī vṛkṣa-koṭarātpatantī tad vanaṁ sarvaṁsva-gandhenādhyavāsayat

Translation:

Sent by the demigod Varuṇa, the divine vāruṇī liquor flowed from a tree hollow and made the entire forest even more fragrant with its sweet aroma.

Purport:

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that vāruṇī is a liquor distilled from honey. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī adds that the goddess Vāruṇī, the daughter of Varuṇa, is the presiding deity of that particular divine liquor. The ācārya also quotes the following statement from Śrī Hari-vaṁśa: samīpaṁ preṣitā pitrā varuṇena tavānagha. Here the goddess Vāruṇī says to Lord Balarāma: “My father, Varuṇa, has sent me to You, O sinless one.”