Varaha Purana 182.1: Adhyaya 182, Shloka 1
Installation of a Stone Image
Ritual Procedure for Consecration
अथ शैलार्चास्थापनम् ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ॥ यथा तिष्ठामि शैलेषु प्रतिमायामितस्ततः ॥
atha śailārcāsthāpanam || śrīvarāha uvāca || punar anyat pravakṣyāmi tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare || yathā tiṣṭhāmi śaileṣu pratimāyām itas tataḥ ||
वराह बोले, मैं एक और बात बताता हूँ, ध्यान से सुनो। मैं पहाड़ों पर मूर्ति बन के रहता हूँ। कहीं यहाँ, कहीं वहाँ, सब जगह।
Varāha
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It frames a procedural section on installing and venerating stone icons, reflecting the material and ritual culture associated with Purāṇic-era temple practice.
No specific site is named; the phrase “on mountains/stone” indicates a general setting associated with stone shrines and sacred landscapes.
Attentive reception of instruction (śravaṇa) is foregrounded as a disciplined approach to ritual knowledge transmission.
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