Varaha Purana 181.23: Adhyaya 181, Shloka 23
Ritual Procedure for Installing and Consecrating a Madhūka-Wood Icon
यस्त्वनेन विधानने अर्च्चां काष्ठस्य स्थापयेत् ॥ स न गच्छति संसारं मम लोकं च गच्छति
yas tv anena vidhānena arcāṃ kāṣṭhasya sthāpayet || sa na gacchati saṃsāraṃ mama lokaṃ ca gacchati
जो कोई भी इस तरीका से लकड़ी की मूर्ति बना के स्थापित करता है, वो फिर से जनम-मरने के चक्कर में नहीं पड़ता। वो सीधा मेरे पास आता है।
Varāha
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It exemplifies the Purāṇic phalaśruti style, where ritual acts are linked to liberation-oriented outcomes, informing the study of devotional soteriology.
No geographic location is specified; the verse speaks in universal terms of outcome.
The instruction motivates careful adherence to prescribed practice, presenting disciplined ritual action as ethically and existentially consequential.
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