Varaha Purana 128.13: Adhyaya 128, Shloka 13
Rites for the comb, collyrium, and mirror; initiations for the four social orders; and the Gaṇāntikā vow/insignia
Uttara Bhāga · Dīkṣā-vidhi (Initiatory Procedure by Varṇa)
वैश्यस्य चैव वक्ष्यामि शृणु तत्त्वेन सुन्दरि ॥ दीक्षा च यादृशी तस्य यथा भवति सुन्दरि
vaiśyasya caiva vakṣyāmi śṛṇu tattvena sundari || dīkṣā ca yādṛśī tasya yathā bhavati sundari
vaishyasya chaiva vakShyAmi shRRiNu tattvena sundari || dIkShA cha yAdRRishI tasya yathA bhavati sundari
अब वैश्य का भी बताता हूँ। सुंदर, ध्यान से सुन। उसकी दीक्षा कैसी होती है और कैसे होती है, वो भी बताता हूँ।
Varāha
Curious, studious
What is the vaiśya’s initiation, and by what steps is it properly performed?
Right practice depends on truthful teaching and attentive listening.
Approach dharma instructions with focused śravaṇa; verify steps ‘as taught’ before performance.
Continues instructing Bhūdevī (‘sundari’) by transitioning to the vaiśya’s dīkṣā, emphasizing truthful, attentive listening.
The Lord will state the vaiśya’s dīkṣā in truth; the listener must attend carefully to the correct procedure.
Careful hearing and correct enactment supports dharmic order and yields the rite’s fruit; inattentive hearing leads to procedural error and diminished merit.
Varāha Purāṇa 128.14 (transition to vaiśya dīkṣā)
FAQs
It signals a structured, category-based presentation of practice (here framed by varṇa), a common didactic strategy in Dharma- and Purāṇic literature for organizing ritual instruction.
No geographic location is mentioned.
Attentive listening and principled understanding (tattvena) are presented as prerequisites for correct practice.
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