Varaha Purana 13.54: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 54
The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
अन्नेन वा यथाशक्त्या कालेऽस्मिन् भक्तिनम्रधीः । भोजयिष्यति विप्राग्र्यांस्तन्मात्रविभवो नरः ॥ १३.५४ ॥
annena vā yathāśaktyā kāle 'smin bhaktinamradhīḥ | bhojayiṣyati viprāgryāṁs tanmātravibhavo naraḥ || 13.54 ||
इस समय जो भी शक्ति हो, भोजन करवाओ। ब्राह्मिन लोगों को खिलाओ। भक्ति से, झुक के, दिल से करो। जो ताकत हो, उतना ही करो, ज़्यादा मत सोचो।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical theme: merit is associated with hospitality and giving, but explicitly calibrated to personal capacity (yathāśaktyā), indicating a normative social ethic rather than an absolute economic requirement.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is a general ethical injunction rather than a site-specific māhātmya passage.
To offer food as a form of charitable hospitality to exemplary recipients (viprāgryān), doing so with a humble disposition and in proportion to one’s available means.
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