Varaha Purana 124.7: Adhyaya 124, Shloka 7
Ritual Observances Aligned with the Seasons
Seasonal Devotional Procedure
Pūrva Bhāga · Seasonal Inquiry (Vaiśākha Dvādaśī) — Transition to Next Instruction
यत्तु पृच्छसि सुश्रोणि मासे वैशाख उत्तमे ॥ शुक्लपक्षे तु द्वादश्यां यत्फलं तच्छृणुष्व मे ॥
yattu pṛcchasi suśroṇi māse vaiśākha uttame || śuklapakṣe tu dvādaśyāṃ yatphalaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva me ||
yattu pRRichChasi sushroNi mAse vaishAkha uttame || shuklapakShe tu dvAdashyAM yatphalaM tachChRRiNuShva me
सुश्रोणि, तुम जो पूछ रही हो, वो सुनो। वैशाख महीने में, शुक्ल पक्ष की द्वादशी को जो फल मिलता है, मैं बताता हूँ।
Sandhi Notes
- यत्तु → यत् तु
- वैशाख उत्तमे → वैशाखे उत्तमे (पाठानुसार सप्तमी)
- यत्फलं → यत् फलम्
- तच्छृणुष्व → तत् शृणुष्व (त्+श् → च्छ्)
Varāha (instructor; implied continuation; vocative addressed to the inquirer)
Curious
What is the fruit (phala) of the observance performed in the excellent month of Vaiśākha, on bright-fortnight Dvādaśī?
Kāla (time) is a carrier of dharma: certain tithis/months are privileged windows for intensified devotion and merit.
Maintain a vrata calendar; prepare in advance for Vaiśākha śukla Dvādaśī with purity, fasting/observance, and attentive listening to phala teachings.
Direct address to the inquirer (‘suśroṇi’), consistent with Bhū-devī as questioner; Varāha prepares to explain the fruit of a Vaiśākha-śukla-dvādaśī observance
The teaching specifies ritual timing: Vaiśākha month, śukla-pakṣa, dvādaśī—then the phala is to be heard and followed.
Correct kāla (calendar timing) is presented as essential for obtaining the stated fruit; wrong timing implies loss/reduction of promised merit.
Vaiśākha-śukla Dvādaśī vrata (likely Vaiṣṇava Dvādaśī observance; specific name not given here)
To be detailed in subsequent verses; this verse introduces the phala discourse.
Varāha Purāṇa 124.9 (Nārāyaṇa-mantra and stuti used in the observance)
FAQs
It shows the dialogic pedagogy of Purāṇic literature: the teacher frames the next instruction by restating the question and specifying calendrical parameters (Vaiśākha, bright fortnight, dvādaśī).
No geographic location is named; the verse specifies ritual time rather than place.
The verse underscores attentive listening and structured learning—receiving guidance about practice and its consequences within a teacher–inquirer dialogue.
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