Varaha Purana 59.2: Adhyaya 59, Shloka 2
The Obstacle-Removing Vow
Procedure for Worship of Vināyaka
चतुर्थ्यां फाल्गुने मासि ग्रहीतव्यं व्रतं त्विदम् । नक्ताहारेण राजेन्द्र तिलान्नं पारणं स्मृतम् । तदेवाग्नौ तु होतव्यं ब्राह्मणाय च तद्भवेत् ॥ ५९.२ ॥
caturthyāṃ phālgune māsi grahītavyaṃ vrataṃ tvidam | naktāhāreṇa rājendra tilānnaṃ pāraṇaṃ smṛtam | tadevāgnau tu hotavyaṃ brāhmaṇāya ca tad bhavet || 59.2 ||
Phalgun mahine ki chauthi ko yeh vrat rakhna hai. Raja, din mein khana nahi, raat mein khana hai. Til aur chawal se bana khana khatam karna hai. Usmein se kuch aag mein daalna hai aur kuch brahman ko dena hai.
Varāha
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It documents a standardized Purāṇic vrata protocol—date specification (caturthī in Phālguna), dietary discipline (naktāhāra), and the closing rite (pāraṇa)—reflecting how late-classical Sanskrit texts systematized household and royal ritual practice.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is a calendrical and procedural instruction rather than a site-specific passage.
The verse emphasizes disciplined observance and socially oriented giving: completing a vow with restraint (regulated eating) and directing offerings through fire-ritual and charitable gifting to a brāhmaṇa.
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