Varaha Purana 49.27: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 27
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
त्रिमासे द्वापरे भक्त्या पूजयँल्लभते फलम् । नमो नारायणायेति उक्त्वा कलौ तु लभते फलम् । तेन मुष्टं जगद्विष्णोर्भक्तिमात्रं मयेरितम् ॥ ४९.२७ ॥
trimāse dvāpare bhaktyā pūjayaṁllabhate phalam | namo nārāyaṇāyety uktvā kalau tu labhate phalam | tena muṣṭaṁ jagad viṣṇor bhaktimātraṁ mayeritam || 49.27 ||
Im Dvāpara-Zeitalter erlangt, wer drei Monate lang in Hingabe verehrt, die Frucht. Im Kali-Zeitalter jedoch erlangt man die Frucht schon durch das bloße Aussprechen von „namo nārāyaṇāya“. Darum habe ich der Welt kurz verkündet: Allein die Bhakti zu Viṣṇu ist das Wesentliche.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic discourse on yuga-based religious discipline, contrasting longer ritual observances with the increasing emphasis on accessible devotional utterance in the Kali age.
No geographic location is named in this verse; its focus is temporal (yuga) and methodological (worship and mantra).
The verse foregrounds devotion (bhakti) as the central principle, presenting it as a concise and universally applicable discipline across changing historical epochs.
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