Varaha Purana 39.22: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 22
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
सा भूतधारिणी देवी रसातलगता शुभा । आराधयामास विभुं देवं नारायणं परम् । उपवासव्रतैर्देवी नियमैश्च पृथग्विधैः ॥ ३९.२२ ॥
sā bhūtadhāriṇī devī rasātala-gatā śubhā | ārādhayāmāsa vibhuṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ param | upavāsa-vratair devī niyamaiś ca pṛthag-vidhaiḥ || 39.22 ||
Jene glückverheißende Göttin — Trägerin der Wesen — gelangte nach Rasātala und verehrte den allgegenwärtigen Herrn, die höchste Gottheit Nārāyaṇa, durch Fastengelübde und vielfältige Disziplinen (niyamas).
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It preserves a Purāṇic model of disciplined devotion (upavāsa, vrata, niyama) embedded within cosmographic narrative, illustrating how ethical-ritual practice is framed alongside descriptions of the layered universe (e.g., Rasātala).
Rasātala is not a terrestrial site but a cosmological region (a netherworld level) in Purāṇic cosmography; it is generally treated by scholars as a mythic-structural “underworld” rather than a single mappable historical location.
The verse foregrounds disciplined self-regulation—fasting-vows and varied observances—as a means of focused devotion and moral cultivation, presented in a neutral narrative register.
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