Varaha Purana 120.12: Adhyaya 120, Shloka 12
Procedure for the Three Daily Twilight Mantra-Observance
यजामहे दिव्यं परं पुराणमनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तरूपम् ॥ भवोद्भवं विश्वकरं प्रशान्तं संसारमोक्षावहमद्वितीयम् ॥ १३॥ ततस्तेनैव कालेन भूत्वा वै दक्षिणामुखः ॥ नमः पुरुषोत्तमायेत्युक्त्वा इमं मन्त्र मुदीरयेत् ॥
yajāmahe divyaṃ paraṃ purāṇam anādimadhyāntam anantarūpam | bhavodbhavaṃ viśvakaraṃ praśāntaṃ saṃsāramokṣāvaham advitīyam | 13 | tatas tenaiva kālena bhūtvā vai dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ | namaḥ puruṣottamāyety uktvā imaṃ mantraṃ udīrayet |
हम उस भगवान की पूजा करते हैं जो डिवाइन हैं, सबसे बड़े हैं, जिसका ना शुरू है ना बीच है ना अंत। जिसके रूप अनेक हैं, जिन्होंने सब बनाया, जो शांत हैं, जो संसार से मुक्ति दिलाते हैं, जो एक हैं। फिर उसी वक्त दक्षिण दिशा की तरफ मुँह कर के, नमः पुरुषोत्तमाय बोल के यह मंत्र पढ़ो।
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It combines high-register doctrinal epithets (anādi-madhyānta, advitīya) with practical ritual instructions, illustrating how Purāṇas integrate metaphysics and liturgy.
No geographic location is named; the passage specifies a southern orientation (dakṣiṇāmukha) in the rite.
To align practice (recitation) with a stabilizing philosophical focus on tranquility (praśānta) and liberation-oriented intent.
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