Varaha Purana 120.1: Adhyaya 120, Shloka 1
Procedure for the Three Daily Twilight Mantra-Observance
अथ त्रिसन्ध्यामन्त्रोपस्थानम् ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ शृणुष्व परमं गुह्यं पूर्वं पृष्टं त्वया धरे ॥ देवि सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि संसारतरणं महत्
atha trisandhyā-mantropasthānam || śrī-varāha uvāca || śṛṇuṣva paramaṃ guhyaṃ pūrvaṃ pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā dhare || devi sarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi saṃsāra-taraṇaṃ mahat
अब तीन वक्त का मंत्र सुनो। वराह बोल रहे हैं। धरा, जो तूने पहले पूछा था वो मैं बताता हूँ। यह एक राज़ है। देवी, मैं सब बताऊँगा। यह संसार से पार करने का रास्ता है।
Varāha
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It introduces a structured devotional-ritual topic (trisandhyā practice) within a didactic Purāṇic dialogue, illustrating how daily rites are framed as culturally normative disciplines.
No specific location is named; “Dharā”/“Devi” indicates Earth personified as the interlocutor.
The verse frames knowledge transmission as confidential and purposeful: disciplined daily practice is presented as a means to reduce existential suffering (saṃsāra).
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