Sraosha

In these earliest texts, Soroush is routinely associated with the Amesha Spentas, the six "Bounteous Immortals" through which Ahura Mazda realized ("created by His thought") creation.

Directly evident in the Gathas is the description as the strongest, the sturdiest, the most active, the swiftest, and the most awe-inspiring of youths (Yasna 57.13), and as the figure that the poor look to for support (57.10).

In Yasna 33.5, the poet speaks of Soroush as the greatest of all (decision makers) at the final renovation of the world.

Yasna 56-57 is a "hidden" yasht in that those verses describe a devotee's relationship with Soroush but do not directly address him.

In Yasna 56–57, Soroush is variously described as mighty, the incarnate word of reason, whose body is the holy spell (57.1).

He recited five holy verses in order to favor the great sextet (57.8), and the Ahuna Vairya invocation and other sacred formulae are Soroush's weapons (57.22).

He returned victorious from his battles with evil (57.12), which allowed the various aspects of creation to populate the world (57.23).

In yet other texts Soroush is again protector of ritual, but here the celebrant priest receives the epithet Soroushvarez (Yasht 24.15; Vendidad 5.25, 7.17 et al.).

In Vendidad 18.22, Soroush is called for help against the demon-serpent Azi Dahaka who threatens to extinguish the hearth fire (cf.