Varaha Purana 43.2: Adhyaya 43, Shloka 2
The Caitra Dvādaśī Observance and the Ritual Procedure for Worship of Vāmana
वामनायेति पादौ तु विष्णवे कटिमर्चयेत् । वासुदेवेत्य जठरमुरः सम्पूर्णकाय च ॥ ४३.२ ॥
vāmanāyeti pādau tu viṣṇave kaṭim arcayet | vāsudeveti jaṭharam uraḥ sampūrṇakāya ca || 43.2 ||
Man verehre die Füße mit der Formel „(zu) Vāmana“ und die Hüfte mit „(zu) Viṣṇu“; mit „(zu) Vāsudeva“ verehre man den Bauch, die Brust und ebenso den ganzen Leib in seiner Gesamtheit.
Varāha
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It exemplifies Purāṇic-era Vaiṣṇava ritual pedagogy, where divine epithets are systematically associated with bodily loci (aṅga-nyāsa) to structure visualization and worship in a standardized, teachable sequence.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is procedural and concerns meditative/ritual mapping of mantra and body.
A disciplined attentiveness in practice: the verse emphasizes ordered, respectful bodily and verbal engagement (mantra with gesture/attention) as a method of self-regulation and contemplative focus rather than a social directive.
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