Varaha Purana 39.65: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 65
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
यः सकृद्द्वादशीमेतामनेन विधिना क्षिपेत् । स ब्रह्मलोकमाप्नोति तत्कालं चैव तिष्ठति ॥ ३९.६५ ॥
yaḥ sakṛd dvādaśīm etām anena vidhinā kṣipet | sa brahmalokam āpnoti tatkālaṁ caiva tiṣṭhati || 39.65 ||
যি কোনোবাই এই বিধি অনুসাৰে এই দ্বাদশী-ব্ৰত একবাৰো পালন কৰে, সি ব্ৰহ্মলোক লাভ কৰে আৰু নিৰ্ধাৰিত সেই সময়লৈকে তাতেই থাকে।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of linking calendrical observances (vratas tied to lunar tithis such as Dvādaśī) with cosmological destinations (e.g., Brahmaloka), illustrating how ritual discipline and moral order are framed within the broader Puranic worldview.
No specific terrestrial geographic site is named in this verse; the only location mentioned is Brahmaloka, a cosmological realm in Purāṇic cosmography rather than a mappable place on earth.
The verse promotes disciplined adherence to a prescribed observance—emphasizing that even a single correctly performed ritual act, done according to stated procedure (vidhi), is presented as ethically and spiritually consequential within the text’s value system.
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