Varaha Purana 183.21: Adhyaya 183, Shloka 21
Installation of a Clay Icon (Mṛnmayārcā) and the Ritual Protocol of Worship
Uttara Bhāga · Arcā-pratiṣṭhā and Pūjā-vidhi (image consecration and worship procedure)
मन्त्रः— वस्त्रेण पीतेन सदा प्रसन्नो यस्मिन्प्रसन्ने तु जगत्प्रसन्नम् ॥ गृह्णातु वस्त्रं सुमुखः प्रसन्नो देवः सदा पातु भवस्य बन्धात् ॥
mantraḥ— vastreṇa pītena sadā prasanno yasmin prasanne tu jagat prasannam || gṛhṇātu vastraṃ sumukhaḥ prasanno devaḥ sadā pātu bhavasya bandhāt ||
mantraH- vastreNa pItena sadA prasanno yasminprasanne tu jagatprasannam || gRRihNAtu vastraM sumukhaH prasanno devaH sadA pAtu bhavasya bandhAt
यह मंत्र है। भगवान पीले कपड़े से हमेशा खुश रहते हैं। जब वो खुश होते हैं, तो पूरा जग खुश हो जाता है। भगवान मुस्कुरा के कपड़े ले लें। वो हमेशा तुम्हे संसार के बंधन से बचाएं।
Sandhi Notes
- yasminprasanne = yasmin + prasanne
- jagatprasannam = jagat + prasannam
Ritual officiant/installer (mantra text embedded within Varāha’s instruction)
Divine pleasure (prasannatā) is portrayed as the condition for cosmic well-being and personal release from saṃsāra-bondage.
Transform offering into prayer: while giving, cultivate surrender and request protection from habitual becoming (bhava), reinforcing vairāgya and devotion.
The mantra links divine satisfaction to cosmic harmony (‘when he is pleased, the world is pleased’), expressing the Purāṇic vision of īśvara as the integrative principle; the garment symbolizes the devotee’s offering of sattvic order to the cosmic Lord.
Vastra as auspicious ‘covering’ of the deity parallels yajña’s sanctifying enclosures; the world’s well-being depending on divine pleasure mirrors yajña sustaining loka-saṃgraha.
Bhava-bandha language gestures to mokṣa: devotion and surrender (prasāda-seeking) as a means to loosen saṃsāra; īśvara-prasāda as transformative grace alongside disciplined action.
Offer the yellow garment with the mantra, seeking the deity’s pleasure and protection from bhava-bandha (bondage of becoming).
Pleasing the deity through proper offering is said to bring welfare to the world and protection/liberative aid; neglect sustains bondage and forfeits protective grace.
Varāha Purāṇa 183.22 (vastra offering instruction); Varāha Purāṇa 183.24 (vastra-dāna and further pūjā steps)
FAQs
It links a concrete offering (cloth) with a broader social-cosmic ideal (worldly well-being) and with soteriological language (release from bondage), typical of Purāṇic ritual framing.
No geographic location is identified; the verse is a mantra centered on offering and protection.
Ritual generosity and reverence are coupled with the aspiration for protection from bondage (bhava-bandha), expressing a moral-spiritual orientation rather than mere formalism.
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