Varaha Purana 60.3: Adhyaya 60, Shloka 3
The Rite of the Śāntivrata: A Yearlong Observance with Viṣṇu-on-Śeṣa and Nāga-Anganyāsa Worship
नक्तं देवं तु सम्पूज्य हरिं शेषोपरि स्थितम् । अनन्तायेति पादौ तु वासुकायेति वै कटिम् ॥ ६०.३ ॥
naktaṃ devaṃ tu sampūjya hariṃ śeṣopari sthitam | anantāyeti pādau tu vāsukāyeti vai kaṭim || 60.3 ||
Nachts, nachdem man Hari, den Göttlichen, der auf Śeṣa ruht, ordnungsgemäß verehrt hat, soll man die Füße mit dem Namen „Ananta“ anrufen und wahrlich die Taille mit dem Namen „Vāsuka“.
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It preserves a ritual-lexical convention in Purāṇic literature where parts of Viṣṇu’s form are associated with nāga names (Śeṣa/Ananta/Vāsuka), reflecting medieval South Asian iconography and liturgical address formulas.
No specific geographic toponym is mentioned in this verse; the content is primarily ritual and iconographic rather than a sacred-geography notice.
The verse emphasizes disciplined and attentive worship—careful, respectful address to the divine form—presented as a procedural (rather than coercive) guideline within a Vaiṣṇava devotional-ritual framework.
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