Varaha Purana 49.40: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 40
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
सपत्नीको नृपवरॊ द्वादशीं समुपोष्य च । इह जन्मनि राजा ऽसौ पुत्रपौत्रांस्तथा ऽऽप्तवान् ॥ ४९.४० ॥
sapatnīko nṛpavaro dvādaśīṃ samupoṣya ca | iha janmani rājā 'sau putrapautrāṃs tathā 'ptavān || 49.40 ||
Woh bada raja apni patni ke saath dwadashi ka vrat rakhta. Isi janam mein use bete aur potte mil gaye.
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic didactic pattern where royal exempla are used to frame vrata (observance) as a socially stabilizing ethic, linking disciplined practice with ideals of lineage continuity and governance.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on the merit/result of observing Dvādaśī.
The verse presents disciplined observance (fasting on Dvādaśī, undertaken jointly with one’s spouse) as a model of ethical self-regulation associated with prosperity and familial continuity.
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