Varaha Purana 182.6: Adhyaya 182, Shloka 6
Installation of a Stone Image
Ritual Procedure for Consecration
प्रवर अयुतवराह जय जय वर्धस्व ॥ अनेनैव तु मन्त्रेण कर्तव्यं यस्य यादृशम् ॥ एवंरूपं ततः कृत्वा देवं नारायणं प्रभुम् ॥
pravara ayuta-varāha jaya jaya vardhasva || anenaiva tu mantreṇa kartavyaṃ yasya yādṛśam || evaṃrūpaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum ||
अयुत-वराह भगवान की जय हो, जय हो, आगे बढ़ो। इस मंत्र से जो भी करना है वो करो, जैसे कि भगवान का रूप बनाना है। फिर नारायण भगवान के साथ आगे बढ़ो, वो ही सबके गुरु हैं।
Varāha
FAQs
It links verbal formulae (mantra) to material formation (rūpa), illustrating how text and craft jointly structure installation rites.
No location is mentioned.
Appropriateness (yādṛśam) and fidelity to intended form are emphasized—an ethic of correctness in making and installing cultural objects.
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