Varaha Purana 129.5: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 5
Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel
Uttara Bhāga · Application of Tilaka and Transition to Flower Offering
एतेन मन्त्रेण चित्रकं मे दद्याल्ललाटे तिलकं धरित्री ॥ ततः सुमनसो गृह्य इमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत् ॥
etena mantreṇa citrakaṃ me dadyāl lalāṭe tilakaṃ dharitrī || tataḥ sumanaso gṛhya imaṃ mantram udāharet ||
etena mantreNa chitrakaM me dadyAllalATe tilakaM dharitri || tataH sumanaso gRRihya imaM mantramudAharet
धरती, इस मंत्र से तिलक लगाओ। फिर फूल लो और यह मंत्र बोलो।
Varāha (instructor; implied)
Guided; moving from question to practice
Right action is refined by right order and right speech; discipline supports inner transformation.
Adopt a consistent worship sequence: apply tilaka with mantra, then offer flowers with focused recitation.
Varaha instructs Bhu Devi (and by extension devotees) on the procedure: apply tilaka with the given mantra, then take flowers and recite.
Perform tilaka as a mantra-consecrated act, followed by flower-offering with recitation—proper sequence (krama) matters in worship.
Following the prescribed krama yields steadiness of mind and devotional merit; neglecting sequence/mantra weakens the saṃskāra and its purificatory effect.
Indirect: Vaiṣṇava upacāra sequence anticipates later Kṛṣṇa temple pūjā patterns, but no explicit Mathurā reference.
Varāha Purāṇa 129.4 (tilaka mantra); Varāha Purāṇa 129.6 (flower mantra); Varāha Purāṇa 129.7 (incense offering)
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It records a step-by-step liturgical order (tilaka followed by flowers), useful for reconstructing practical ritual sequences in Purāṇic contexts.
No geographic location is identified.
It encourages orderly, mindful progression through rites, indicating that actions are to be performed with accompanying speech-acts (mantras).
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