Varaha Purana 183.32: Adhyaya 183, Shloka 32
Installation of a Clay Icon (Mṛnmayārcā) and the Ritual Protocol of Worship
Uttara Bhāga · Pratimā-sthāpana & Pūjā-vidhi (Icon installation and worship procedure)
पूजायां मम मार्गेषु पतन्ति जलबिन्दवः ॥ तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि मम लोकेषु मोदते
pūjāyāṃ mama mārgeṣu patanti jalabindavaḥ || tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi mama lokeṣu modate
pUjAyAM mama mArgeShu patanti jalabindavaH || tAvadvarShasahasrANi mama lokeShu modate
जब पूजा के टाइम मेरे रास्ते पर पानी की बूंदें गिरती हैं। उतने ही हज़ार साल तक मेरे पास लोग खुश रहते हैं।
Sandhi Notes
- तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि = तावत् + वर्षसहस्राणि
- प्रसङ्गतः ‘वर्षसहस्राणि’ नपुंसक बहुवचनम्, कालपरिमाणवाचकत्वात् क्रियाविशेषणवत्।
Varāha
Reassured; learning the extraordinary potency of small devotional acts
How potent are even minor, accidental elements of worship in producing merit and access to the Lord’s realms?
In devotion, even small acts (or incidental contact with sacred space) can yield vast results due to the Lord’s anugraha and the sanctity of sambandha (connection).
Maintain cleanliness and reverence in worship areas; perform abhiṣeka/ācamanīya offerings mindfully, understanding that even minor offerings carry spiritual weight.
Varāha gives a phala-śruti to Devī: even incidental water-drops falling on his worship-pathways yield long enjoyment in his worlds.
Varāha Purāṇa 183.34 (phala of saṃsthāpana)
FAQs
It exemplifies Purāṇic phala-śruti style, where small ritual acts are linked to extended posthumous reward, reflecting the didactic and motivational rhetoric of medieval ritual literature.
No specific place-name appears in this verse; the reference is to “mama lokeṣu” (the deity’s worlds) rather than a terrestrial site.
Carefulness and reverence in worship are presented as morally meaningful, with even incidental offerings (like water drops) framed as meritorious.
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