Varaha Purana 128.2: Adhyaya 128, Shloka 2
Rites for the comb, collyrium, and mirror; initiations for the four social orders; and the Gaṇāntikā vow/insignia
Uttara Bhāga · Kṣatriya-dīkṣā (initiation) procedure
पूर्वमन्त्रेण मे भूमे तस्य दीक्षां च कारयेत्॥ मया च पूर्वमुक्तानि यानि संसारकाणि च॥
pūrvamantreṇa me bhūme tasya dīkṣāṃ ca kārayet | mayā ca pūrvamuktāni yāni saṃsārakāṇi ca ||
pUrvamantreNa me bhUme tasya dIkShAM cha kArayet || mayA cha pUrvamuktAni yAni saMsArakANi cha
पहले वाला मंत्र इस्तेमाल करके इसकी दीक्षा करो, मैंने जो बताया था। और जो मैंने पहले ज़िन्दगी के बारे में कहा था, वो भी फॉलो करो।
Sandhi Notes
- pūrvamantreṇa = pūrva + mantreṇa
- pūrvamuktāni = pūrva + uktāni (pūrvam + uktāni as tatpurusha)
Varāha
Attentive, seeking procedural clarity
How is dīkṣā to be performed—specifically, which prior mantra is to be used and which earlier teachings about worldly conduct must accompany it?
Spiritual initiation is validated by both sacred speech (mantra) and lived discipline (right conduct).
When adopting a mantra or sādhana, also adopt the ethical restraints and lifestyle supports taught alongside it; treat practice as a whole system.
Varāha directs Bhūmi regarding initiation (dīkṣā) using a previously given mantra and reiterates earlier ethical/worldly-life instructions to be implemented.
‘Earlier mantra’ + ‘earlier worldly instructions’ shows Purāṇic integration: mantra (śabda-śakti) and conduct (karma-śuddhi) together lift the practitioner—mirroring Varāha’s cosmic lifting of Earth through both power and order.
Dīkṣā as consecration parallels yajña-dīkṣā: mantra is the invocatory fire; ācāra is the enclosure (vedi) that contains and protects the rite’s power.
Mantra without ethical assimilation is incomplete; inner purification (citta-śuddhi) through right living supports stable devotion and knowledge.
Dīkṣā should be conducted with the previously taught mantra, together with adherence to the earlier stated rules governing proper worldly conduct (ācāra) as part of the transformative discipline.
Following the prescribed mantra and ācāra yields valid initiation and purificatory fruit; neglecting the accompanying conduct reduces the rite to formality and weakens its efficacy.
127.127.7 (mantra about gandha-pātra—possible ‘earlier mantra’ context); 128.1.0 (kṣatriya procedure introduction); 128.3.0–128.4.0 (material rules for dīkṣā)
FAQs
It shows internal textual linkage (pūrva-mantra, pūrvokta) typical of compendial Purāṇas, useful for reconstructing ritual sequences and editorial layering.
No location is named; “Bhūmi” is the dialogic addressee (Earth).
Ritual initiation is tied to broader conduct-related teachings, implying that practice is not isolated from everyday ethical discipline.
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