Varaha Purana 39.69: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 69
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
वन्ध्या नारी भवेद्या तु अनेन विधिना शुभा । उपोष्यति भवेत् तस्याः पुत्रः परमधार्मिकः ॥ ३९.६९ ॥
vandhyā nārī bhaved yā tu anena vidhinā śubhā | upoṣyati bhavet tasyāḥ putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ || 39.69 ||
Jo aurat ka baccha nahi hota, woh bhi agar is vrat ko sahi vidhi se rakhe. Usko ek beta milta hai jo bahut dharam wala hota hai.
Varāha (default speaker in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary pattern: a ritual prescription (vidhi) followed by a stated result (phala-śruti). Such passages are historically valuable for understanding how ethical ideals (dharma) were linked to domestic and social aspirations in premodern Sanskrit textual culture.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on ritual practice and its stated outcome rather than sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds disciplined observance (fasting/upoṣa) within a prescribed rite, and it frames the ideal outcome as the birth of a child characterized by strong commitment to dharma (paramadhārmika).
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