Varaha Purana 181.8: Adhyaya 181, Shloka 8
Ritual Procedure for Installing and Consecrating a Madhūka-Wood Icon
एवं धरावचः श्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाचादिसूकरः ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ प्रतिमा यस्य कर्तव्या तदानिय वसुन्धरे
evaṁ dharāvacaḥ śrutvā pratyuvācādisūkaraḥ || śrīvarāha uvāca || pratimā yasya kartavyā tadānīya vasundhare
धरा ने यह बात कही और वराह भगवान ने जवाब दिया। श्री वराह बोले, जिसका मूर्ति बनाना है उसे सामने लाओ, वसुंधरा।
Varāha
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It introduces a prescriptive sequence for icon production and installation, a key feature in later temple manuals and Purāṇic ritual literature.
No location is specified; the address to Vasundharā is personified Earth rather than a site.
The instruction implies accountability and orderliness in cultural-heritage practice: first identify the intended icon/commission, then proceed properly.
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