Varaha Purana 127.45: Adhyaya 127, Shloka 45
Description of the Brāhmaṇa Initiation Procedure
Dīkṣā-sūtra
मन्त्रः— अकृतघ्ने देवानसुराकृतघ्नरुद्रेण ब्राह्मणाय च लब्धं सर्वमिमां भगवतेऽस्तु दत्तं प्रतिगृह्णीष्व च लोकनाथ ॥
mantraḥ— akṛtaghne devānasurākṛtaghnarudreṇa brāhmaṇāya ca labdhaṃ sarvam imāṃ bhagavate’stu dattaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva ca lokanātha ||
यह मंत्र है। जो कभी किसी का भला भूलता नहीं, उस रुद्र ने देवता और असुर दोनों को मारा। ब्राह्मण को जो मिला है वह सब भगवान को समर्पित हो। हे लोकनाथ, यह सब अक्सेप्ट करो।
Varāha (default instructor voice; mantra citation)
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It exemplifies Purāṇic mantra-embedding: short liturgical formulae are preserved within instructional prose/verse, useful for reconstructing ritual idioms and donation language.
No location is named; the verse is a mantra addressed to a universalized deity-title, 'Lokanātha'.
The ethical emphasis is on dedicating gains as an offering and on the reciprocal recognition of giving and acceptance within a ritual economy.
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