Varaha Purana 134.72: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 72
Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure
Upaspṛśya
Uttara Bhāga · Vrata/Observance Instructions (Ritual Postures and Offerings)
वीरासनविधींश्चैव कारयेत् सप्त सप्त च ॥ चतुर्थं भक्ष्यमेकेन मासेन घृतपायसम् ॥
vīrāsanavidhīṃś caiva kārayet sapta sapta ca || caturthaṃ bhakṣyam ekena māsena ghṛtapāyasam ||
vIrAsanavidhIMshchaiva kArayetsapta sapta cha || chaturthaM bhakShyamekena mAsena ghRRitapAyasam ||
वीरासन की पूजा करनी चाहिए। सात बार, फिर फिर से सात बार। चौथा महिना एक महीना रहता है। उस टाइम घी और दूध से बना खीर भोग लगाना चाहिए।
Sandhi Notes
- vidhīṃś caiva → vidhīn + ca + eva
- bhakṣyam ekena → bhakṣyam + ekena (sandhi at word boundary)
- ghṛtapāyasam → ghṛta-pāyasam
Varāha
Attentive; learning procedural details of discipline
What bodily discipline and dietary observance should accompany the ritual regimen to make it effective?
Spiritual progress is supported by structured bodily practice and disciplined, sanctified diet.
Adopt consistent āsana routine (counted sets) and a defined monthly dietary rule; treat food as consecrated support for worship, not indulgence.
Varāha continues instructing Pṛthivī on a vrata-like regimen combining posture/discipline (vīrāsana-vidhi) and regulated diet (ghṛta-pāyasa).
Yajña internalized as yogic-ritual: posture (āsana) stabilizes the ‘altar’ of the body; regulated sāttvika food becomes purified ‘havis’ offered to the indwelling Lord (Varāha).
Body-as-vedi stabilized by vīrāsana; ghṛta (ghee) as clarified offering; pāyasa as auspicious oblation-food, mirroring soma-like nourishment in a purāṇic register.
Discipline of body and senses as auxiliaries (aṅgas) to bhakti and contemplation; sāttvika āhāra supports clarity (sattva) conducive to higher realization.
Undertake prescribed vīrāsana practice in structured counts (seven and seven) and observe a regulated monthly diet in the specified phase, taking ghṛta-pāyasa as the sanctioned food.
Following: supports steadiness, purity, and vrata-siddhi; Breaking: weakens discipline and compromises the intended ritual fruit.
Implied enhancement of worship’s efficacy and eligibility for higher attainment through disciplined practice.
Varāha Purāṇa: nearby procedural verses on worship-vidhi and dietary restraints
FAQs
It documents the intersection of posture discipline, periodic observance structure, and prescribed foods—useful for reconstructing medieval vrata practice and embodied ritual.
No geographic location is specified in this verse.
Ritual life is framed as disciplined repetition and regulated consumption, emphasizing structured self-control.
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