Varaha Purana 128.9: Adhyaya 128, Shloka 9
Rites for the comb, collyrium, and mirror; initiations for the four social orders; and the Gaṇāntikā vow/insignia
एवं ततो वचश्चोक्त्वा क्षत्रियो मम पार्श्वतः ॥ उभौ च चरणौ गृहीय इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्
evaṃ tato vacaś coktvā kṣatriyo mama pārśvataḥ || ubhau ca caraṇau gṛhīya imaṃ mantram udīrayet
यह सब बात बोल के, जो क्षत्रिय मेरे पास खड़ा है, वो मेरे दोनों पैर पकड़ ले। फिर यह मंत्र पढ़े।
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It reflects Purāṇic codification of ritual etiquette (e.g., approaching the teacher/deity, grasping the feet) as part of dīkṣā-style procedures, a motif shared across late-classical Sanskrit ritual and devotional literature.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse fragment.
A procedural ethic of humility and formal approach to instruction: the initiate physically and verbally signals reverence before recitation.
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