Varaha Purana 129.19: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 19
Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel
सर्वाणि तानि त्यक्त्वेह ताम्रं च मम रोचते ॥ एतन्नारायणाच्छ्रुत्वा धर्मकामा वसुन्धरा ॥
sarvāṇi tāni tyaktveha tāmraṃ ca mama rocate || etan nārāyaṇāc chrutvā dharmakāmā vasundharā ||
बाकी सब छोड़ दो, सिर्फ तांबा मुझे पसंद है। नारायण की यह बात सुन के, धरम चाहती हुई धरती ने पूछना शुरू किया।
Varāha (as Nārāyaṇa) / narrative pivot to Pṛthivī
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic valuation of copper, relevant to the history of ritual objects and South Asian metallurgical material culture.
No explicit location is named; the verse focuses on preferred material (tāmra) rather than a tīrtha or region.
That discernment in the means of giving/ritual (choice of vessel) is treated as part of dharma, not merely a technical detail.
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