Varaha Purana 49.28: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 28
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
पारक्यदीपस्योत्कर्षाद् वै देवाग्रे फलमीदृशम् । प्राप्तं फलं त्वया राजन् फलमेतन् मयेरितम् । अहो मूढा न जानन्ति हरेर्दीपक्रियाफलम् ॥ ४९.२८ ॥
pārakyadīpasyotkarṣād vai devāgre phalam īdṛśam | prāptaṃ phalaṃ tvayā rājan phalam etan mayeritam | aho mūḍhā na jānanti harer dīpakriyāphalam || 49.28 ||
حقًّا، بفضل الفاعلية الفائقة لمصباحٍ يُقدَّم باسم غيرك، يُنال مثل هذا الجزاء أمام الإله. أيها الملك، لقد نلتَ ذلك الجزاء؛ وهذا هو الثمر الذي أعلنته. آهٍ، إنّ المغترّين لا يدركون ثمرة إقامة شعيرة إهداء المصباح لهاري.
Varāha (default instructor voice in the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
Implicit Hari-bhakti frame; no Mathurā/Kṛṣṇa-līlā cue stated
Offer a lamp (dīpa) to Hari—even when dedicated in another’s name (pārakya)—as a potent act whose fruit manifests before the deity.
Understanding and performing the dīpa-offering yields exceptional merit and divine favor; delusion/ignorance causes one to miss or undervalue this fruit.
Small, sincere ritual acts offered to Hari can carry disproportionate spiritual efficacy; ignorance (moha) obscures dharmic causality.
Maintain dīpa-dāna/ārati as a regular offering with clear intention and faith; avoid dismissing ‘minor’ devotional acts.
Varāha Purāṇa 49.49.29-32 (continuation on sādhutva via yajña/sevā/bhakti)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic-era valuation of dīpa-dāna (lamp-offering) as a widely practiced devotional and merit-generating act, illustrating how ritual economy and ethical intent (including acts done on behalf of others) were framed in Sanskrit narrative discourse.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; the setting is described generally as “before the deity” (devāgre), which functions as a ritual context rather than a named place.
The verse emphasizes informed practice: it highlights the perceived efficacy of lamp-offering to Hari and critiques ignorance (mūḍhatā) that fails to recognize the stated moral-ritual consequence (phala) of such actions.
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