Varaha Purana 139.39: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 39
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
उद्यंस्तत्र गत्वाहमुपास्य विधिना हरिम् ॥ पश्चात्खादस्व मां रक्षो जागराद्विनिवर्तितम् ॥
udyaṃs tatra gatvāham upāsya vidhinā harim || paścāt khādasva māṃ rakṣo jāgarād vinivartitam ||
सुबह होते ही मैं वहाँ जाऊँगा और विष्णु की पूजा करूँगा। उसके बाद जब मैं व्रत से वापस आ जाऊँगा, तब तुम मुझे खा लेना।
Unspecified (context suggests the human/caṇḍāla speaker)
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It preserves a narrative pattern where ritual correctness (vidhinā) is presented as socially meaningful conduct, even for marginal figures, illustrating Purāṇic moral pedagogy.
No explicit location is named; “tatra” (‘there’) is deictic and depends on prior narrative context.
Commitment to a vowed religious observance is upheld as binding; the speaker insists on completing worship before submitting to the threat.
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