Varaha Purana 179.9: Adhyaya 179, Shloka 9
Enumeration of Ritual Offenses and Their Expiations; The Sacred Merit of Saukara and Mathurā Pilgrimage
पानं सुराया देवस्य अन्धकारे प्रबोधनम् ॥ तावत्कर्मार्च्चने विष्णोरनमस्करणं तथा
pānaṃ surāyā devasya andhakāre prabodhanam || tāvatkarmārcane viṣṇor anamaskaraṇaṃ tathā
शराब पीना, अंधेरे में भगवान को जगाना, और विष्णु की पूजा में उनको प्रणाम नहीं करना, यह सब गलत काम हैं। इन सब को ठीक करने का उपाय बताया गया है।
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It reflects a Dharmaśāstra-adjacent concern within Purāṇic literature: cataloguing ritual lapses (doṣa) and implying corrective procedures (prāyaścitta) for temple and devotional practice.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is procedural and ethical within ritual context.
Care in worship is emphasized: intoxicant use, improper ritual timing/conditions (darkness), and omission of respectful salutation are treated as significant lapses.
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