Varaha Purana 148.39: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 39
The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline
ऊर्ध्वं वा यदि वाऽधो वा ये कुर्वन्ति ममार्चनम् ॥ तथापि मां संस्पृशन्ति शिरोमध्ये तु सुन्दरी ॥
ūrdhvaṁ vā yadi vā 'dho vā ye kurvanti mamārcanam || tathāpi māṁ saṁspṛśanti śiromadhye tu sundarī
سواء إلى أعلى أو إلى أسفل، فإن الذين يؤدّون عبادتي—ومع ذلك—يلمسونني في وسط الرأس، أيتها الحسناء.
Varāha (default instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
FAQs
It offers a compact ritual note about bodily orientation and contact during worship, useful for reconstructing local practice traditions associated with a specific sacred site.
The verse itself does not name the site; it continues the prior Bhūta-giri context.
The emphasis is ritual rather than ethical: it highlights that worship, regardless of orientation, results in a defined form of contact/connection.
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