Varaha Purana 14.48: Adhyaya 14, Shloka 48
Ritual Procedure for Śrāddha: Sequence, Eligibility, and Offerings to Ancestors
सहस्रस्यापि विप्राणां योगी चेत् पुरतः स्थितः । सर्वान् भोक्तॄंस्तारयति यजमानं तथा द्विज ॥ १४.४८ ॥
sahasrasyāpi viprāṇāṁ yogī cet purataḥ sthitaḥ | sarvān bhoktṝṁstārayati yajamānaṁ tathā dvija || 14.48 ||
अगर हज़ार पंडित में से कोई एक योगी भी आ जाए, वो सबका भला कर देता है। जो भी भोजन कर रहा हो, उसकी मदद हो जाती है। यजमान का भी काम बन जाता है।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not given in the fragment)
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It reflects a Purāṇic valuation of ascetic-yogic authority within or alongside ritual settings, indicating how later Sanskrit traditions often integrate renunciant ideals (yogin) with sacrificial and communal religious culture (yajamāna and participants).
No geographic place-name appears in this verse; the content is primarily social-ritual and soteriological rather than topographical.
The verse emphasizes the perceived transformative efficacy of a realized practitioner (yogin) for the wider community, framing spiritual benefit as something that can extend to ritual participants and the patron through association and proper leadership.
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