Varaha Purana 174.64: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 64
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
(आवाहनम्) यत्त्वं नक्षत्ररूपेण द्वादश्यां नभसि स्थितः ॥ तन्नक्षत्रमहं वन्दे मनोवाञ्छितसिद्धये ॥
(āvāhanam) yat tvaṁ nakṣatra-rūpeṇa dvādaśyāṁ nabhasi sthitaḥ | tat nakṣatram ahaṁ vande mano-vāñchita-siddhaye ||
आज द्वादशी है और आसमान में नक्षत्र है। मैं उस नक्षत्र को प्रणाम करता हूँ। मेरे मन की इच्छा पूरी हो, यही दुआ है।
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It shows the integration of astral calendrics into Purāṇic ritual speech, preserving a liturgical register that aligns tithi observance with nakṣatra veneration.
No terrestrial location is named; the reference is celestial (nabhasi, 'in the sky').
To perform ritual acts with mindful intention and structured invocation, emphasizing disciplined aspiration rather than coercive claims.
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