Varaha Purana 128.41: Adhyaya 128, Shloka 41
Rites for the comb, collyrium, and mirror; initiations for the four social orders; and the Gaṇāntikā vow/insignia
धरण्युवाच ॥ त्वद्भक्तेन महाभाग विधिना दीक्षितेन च ॥ तव चिन्तापरेणात्र किं कर्त्तव्यं च माधव
dharaṇy uvāca || tvadbhaktena mahābhāga vidhinā dīkṣitena ca || tava cintāpareṇātra kiṃ karttavyaṃ ca mādhava
धरणी ने कहा। अरे भगवान, तुम्हारा एक भक्त है। उसने सही विधि से व्रत लिया है। वो तुम्हारे बारे में सोच में लगी है। अब उसको क्या करना चाहिए, माधव?
Pṛthivī (Dharāṇī)
FAQs
It frames ritual initiation as regulated by vidhि (procedure), reflecting the institutionalization of devotional practice in Purāṇic-era religious culture.
No place-name appears in this verse.
Practice is presented as accountable to proper method (vidhi) and sincere intention (cintā), not merely to identity or claim.
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